,transcriber's ,notes ,obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected4 ,variations in hyphenation have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged with the exception of ,greek and ,hebrew which have been extensively corrected4 ,the corrections are listed at the end of the book4 ,the index appears only in ,volume #b of this work4 ,a copy was added to this volume for the convenience of readers4 ,italics are represented thus italic1 bold thus bold and superscripts thus yen4 ,illustration3 ,head and shoulders drawing of the author ,,isis ,,unveiled3 ,a ,,master-,,key ,,to ,,the ,,mysteries ,,of ,,ancient ,,and ,,modern ,,science ,,and ,,theology4 ,,by ,h4 ,p4 ,,blavatsky1 ,,corresponding ,,secretary ,,of ,,the ,,theosophical ,,society4 8,cecy est un livre de bonne ,foy40--,,montaigne4 ,,vol4 ,i4--,,science4 ,,fourth ,,edition4 ,,new ,,york3 ,j4 ,w4 ,,bouton1 #gjf ,,broadway4 ,,london3 ,,bernard ,,quaritch4 #ahgh4 ,,copyright1 ,,by ,j4 ,w4 ,,bouton4 #ahgg4 ,,trow',s ,,printing ,,and ,,bookbinding ,,co41 ,,printers ,,and ,,bookbinders1 #bje-bac ,east #abth4 ,st41 ,,new ,,york4 ,,the ,,author ,dedicates these ,volumes ,,to ,,the ,,theosophical ,,society1 ,,which ,,was ,,founded ,,at ,,new ,,york1 ,a4,d4 #ahge1 ,,to ,,study ,,the ,,subjects ,,on ,,which ,,they ,,treat4 ,,table ,,of ,,contents ,,page ,,preface v ,,before ,,the ,,veil ,dogmatic assumptions of modern science and theology ix ,the ,platonic philosophy affords the only middle ground xi ,review of the ancient philosophical systems xv ,a ,syriac manuscript on ,simon ,magus xxiii ,glossary of terms used in this book xxiii ,volume first4 ,,the 8,,infallibility0 ,,of ,,modern ,,science4 ,,chapter ,i4 ,,old ,,things ,,with ,,new ,,names4 ,the ,oriental ,kabala #a ,ancient traditions supported by modern research #c ,the progress of mankind marked by cycles #e ,ancient cryptic science #g ,priceless value of the ,vedas #ab ,mutilations of the ,jewish sacred books in translation #ac ,magic always regarded as a divine science #be ,achievements of its adepts and hypotheses of their modern detractors #be ,man's yearning for immortality #cg ,,chapter ,,ii4 ,,phenomena ,,and ,,forces4 ,the servility of society #ci ,prejudice and bigotry of men of science #dj ,they are chased by psychical phenomena #da ,lost arts #di ,the human will the master-force of forces #eg ,superficial generalizations of the ,french savants #fj ,mediumistic phenomena1 to what attributable #fg ,their relation to crime #ga ,,chapter ,,iii4 ,,blind ,,leaders ,,of ,,the ,,blind4 ,huxley's derivation from the ,orohippus #gd ,comte1 his system and disciples #ge ,the ,london materialists #he ,borrowed robes #hi ,emanation of the objective universe from the subjective #ib ,,chapter ,,iv4 ,,theories ,,respecting ,,psychic ,,phenomena4 ,theory of de ,gasparin #ajj 8 of ,thury #ajj 8 of des ,mousseaux1 de ,mirville #ajj 8 of ,babinet #aja 8 of ,houdin #aja 8 of ,,mm4 ,royer and ,jobart de ,lamballe #ajb ,the twins--8unconscious cerebration0 and 8unconscious ventriloquism40 #aje ,theory of ,crookes #aab 8 of ,faraday #aaf 8 of ,chevreuil #aaf ,the ,mendeleyeff commission of #ahgf #aag ,soul blindness #aba ,,chapter ,v4 ,,the ,,ether1 ,,or 8,,astral ,,light40 ,one primal force1 but many correlations #abf ,tyndall narrowly escapes a great discovery #abg ,the impossibility of miracle #abh ,nature of the primordial substance #acc ,interpretation of certain ancient myths #acc ,experiments of the fakirs #aci ,evolution in ,hindu allegory #aec ,,chapter ,,vi4 ,,psycho-,,physical ,,phenomena4 ,the debt we owe to ,paracelsus #afc ,mesmerism--its parentage1 reception1 potentiality #afe 8,psychometry0 #ahc ,time1 space1 eternity #ahd ,transfer of energy from the visible to the invisible universe #ahf ,the ,crookes experiments and ,cox theory #aie ,,chapter ,,vii4 ,,the ,,elements1 ,,elementals1 ,,and ,,elementaries4 ,attraction and repulsion universal in all the kingdoms of nature #bjf ,psychical phenomena depend on physical surroundings #baa ,observations in ,siam #bad ,music in nervous disorders #bae ,the 8world-soul0 and its potentialities #baf ,healing by touch1 and healers #bag 8,diakka0 and ,porphyry's bad demons #bai ,the quenchless lamp #bbd ,modern ignorance of vital force #bcg ,antiquity of the theory of force-correlation #bda ,universality of belief in magic #bdg ,,chapter ,,viii4 ,,some ,,mysteries ,,of ,,nature4 ,do the planets affect human destiny8 #bec ,very curious passage from ,hermes #bed ,the restlessness of matter #beg ,prophecy of ,nostradamus fulfilled #bfj ,sympathies between planets and plants #bfd ,hindu knowledge of the properties of colors #bfe 8,coincidences0 the panacea of modern science #bfh ,the moon and the tides #bgc ,epidemic mental and moral disorders #bgd ,the gods of the ,pantheons only natural forces #bhj ,proofs of the magical powers of ,pythagoras #bhc ,the viewless races of ethereal space #bhd ,the 8four truths0 of ,buddhism #bia ,,chapter ,,ix4 ,,cyclic ,,phenomena4 ,meaning of the expression 8coats of skin0 #bic ,natural selection and its results #bie ,the ,egyptian 8circle of necessity0 #bif ,pre-,adamite races #bii ,descent of spirit into matter #cjb ,the triune nature of man #cji ,the lowest creatures in the scale of being #caj ,elementals specifically described #caa ,proclus on the beings of the air #cab ,various names for elementals #cac ,swedenborgian views on soul-death #cag ,earth-bound human souls #cai ,impure mediums and their 8guides0 #cbe ,psychometry an aid to scientific research #ccc ,,chapter ,x4 ,,the ,,inner ,,and ,,outer ,,man4 ,pre ,flix arraigns the scientists #cch ,the 8,unknowable0 #cdj ,danger of evocations by tyros #cdb ,lares and ,lemures #cde ,secrets of ,hindu temples #cej ,rencarnation #cea ,witchcraft and witches #cec ,the sacred soma trance #ceg ,vulnerability of certain 8shadows0 #cfc ,experiment of ,clearchus on a sleeping boy #cfe ,the author witnesses a trial of magic in ,india #cfi ,case of the ,cevennois #cga ,,chapter ,,xi4 ,,psychological ,,and ,,physical ,,marvels4 ,invulnerability attainable by man #cgi ,projecting the force of the will #chj ,insensibility to snake-poison #cha ,charming serpents by music #chc ,teratological phenomena discussed #che ,the psychological domain confessedly unexplored #djg ,despairing regrets of ,berzelius #daa ,turning a river into blood a vegetable phenomenon #dac ,,chapter ,,xii4 ,,the 8,,impassable ,,chasm40 ,confessions of ignorance by men of science #dag ,the ,pantheon of nihilism #dba ,triple composition of fire #dbc ,instinct and reason defined #dbe ,philosophy of the ,hindu ,jans #dbi ,deliberate misrepresentations of ,lemprire #dca ,man's astral soul not immortal #dcb ,the rencarnation of ,buddha #dcg ,magical sun and moon pictures of ,thibet #dda ,vampirism--its phenomena explained #ddi ,bengalese jugglery #deg ,,chapter ,,xiii4 ,,realities ,,and ,,illusion4 ,the rationale of talismans #dfb ,unexplained mysteries #dff ,magical experiment in ,bengal #dfg ,chibh ,chondor's surprising feats #dga ,the ,indian tape-climbing trick an illusion #dgc ,resuscitation of buried fakirs #dgg ,limits of suspended animation #dha ,mediumship totally antagonistic to adeptship #dhg ,what are 8materialized spirits08 #dic ,the ,shudla ,mdan #die ,philosophy of levitation #dig ,the elixir and alkahest #ejc ,,chapter ,,xiv4 ,,egyptian ,,wisdom4 ,origin of the ,egyptians #eae ,their mighty engineering works #eag ,the ancient land of the ,pharaohs #eba ,antiquity of the ,nilotic monuments #ebi ,arts of war and peace #eca ,mexican myths and ruins #ede ,resemblances to the ,egyptian #eea ,moses a priest of ,osiris #eee ,the lessons taught by the ruins of ,siam #efc ,the ,egyptian ,tau at ,palenque #egc ,,chapter ,,xv4 ,,india ,,the ,,cradle ,,of ,,the ,,race4 ,acquisition of the 8secret doctrine0 #ege ,two relics owned by a ,pali scholar #egg ,jealous exclusiveness of the ,hindus #eha ,lydia ,maria ,child on ,phallic symbolism #ehc ,the age of the ,vedas and ,manu #ehg ,traditions of pre-diluvian races #ehi ,atlantis and its peoples #eic ,peruvian relics #eig ,the ,gobi desert and its secrets #eii ,thibetan and ,chinese legends #fjj ,the magician aids1 not impedes1 nature #fag ,philosophy1 religion1 arts and sciences bequeathed by ,mother ,india to posterity #fah ,,preface4 v ,the work now submitted to public judgment is the fruit of a somewhat intimate acquaintance with ,eastern adepts and study of their science4 ,it is offered to such as are willing to accept truth wherever it may be found1 and to defend it1 even looking popular prejudice straight in the face4 ,it is an attempt to aid the student to detect the vital principles which underlie the philosophical systems of old4 ,the book is written in all sincerity4 ,it is meant to do even justice1 and to speak the truth alike without malice or prejudice4 ,but it shows neither mercy for enthroned error1 nor reverence for usurped authority4 ,it demands for a spoliated past1 that credit for its achievements which has been too long withheld4 ,it calls for a restitution of borrowed robes1 and the vindication of calumniated but glorious reputations4 ,toward no form of worship1 no religious faith1 no scientific hypothesis has its criticism been directed in any other spirit4 ,men and parties1 sects and schools are but the mere ephemera of the world's day4 ,,truth1 high-seated upon its rock of adamant1 is alone eternal and supreme4 ,we believe in no ,magic which transcends the scope and capacity of the human mind1 nor in 8miracle10 whether divine or diabolical1 if such imply a transgression of the laws of nature instituted from all eternity4 ,nevertheless1 we accept the saying of the gifted author of ,festus1 that the human heart has not yet fully uttered itself1 and that we have never attained or even understood the extent of its powers4 ,is it too much to believe that man should be developing new sensibilities and a closer relation with nature8 ,the logic of evolution must teach as much1 if carried to its legitimate conclusions4 ,if1 somewhere1 in the line of ascent from vegetable or ascidian to the noblest man a soul was evolved1 gifted with intellectual qualities1 it cannot be unreasonable to infer and believe that a faculty of perception is also growing in man1 enabling him to descry facts and truths even beyond our ordinary ken4 ,yet we do not hesitate to accept the assertion of ,biff1 that 8the essential is forever the same4 ,whether we cut away the marble inward that hides the statue in the vi block1 or pile stone upon stone outward till the temple is completed1 our ,,new result is only an old idea4 ,the latest of all the eternities will find its destined other half-soul in the earliest40 ,when1 years ago1 we first travelled over the ,east1 exploring the penetralia of its deserted sanctuaries1 two saddening and ever-recurring questions oppressed our thoughts3 ,where1 ,,who1 ,,what is ,,god8 ,who ever saw the ,,immortal ,,spirit of man1 so as to be able to assure himself of man's immortality8 ,it was while most anxious to solve these perplexing problems that we came into contact with certain men1 endowed with such mysterious powers and such profound knowledge that we may truly designate them as the sages of the ,orient4 ,to their instructions we lent a ready ear4 ,they showed us that by combining science with religion1 the existence of ,god and immortality of man's spirit may be demonstrated like a problem of ,euclid4 ,for the first time we received the assurance that the ,oriental philosophy has room for no other faith than an absolute and immovable faith in the omnipotence of man's own immortal self4 ,we were taught that this omnipotence comes from the kinship of man's spirit with the ,universal ,soul--,god6 ,the latter1 they said1 can never be demonstrated but by the former4 ,man-spirit proves ,god-spirit1 as the one drop of water proves a source from which it must have come4 ,tell one who had never seen water1 that there is an ocean of water1 and he must accept it on faith or reject it altogether4 ,but let one drop fall upon his hand1 and he then has the fact from which all the rest may be inferred4 ,after that he could by degrees understand that a boundless and fathomless ocean of water existed4 ,blind faith would no longer be necessary2 he would have supplanted it with ,,knowledge4 ,when one sees mortal man displaying tremendous capabilities1 controlling the forces of nature and opening up to view the world of spirit1 the reflective mind is overwhelmed with the conviction that if one man's spiritual ,ego can do this much1 the capabilities of the ,,father ,,spirit must be relatively as much vaster as the whole ocean surpasses the single drop in volume and potency4 ,ex nihilo nihil fit2 prove the soul of man by its wondrous powers--you have proved ,god6 ,in our studies1 mysteries were shown to be no mysteries4 ,names and places that to the ,western mind have only a significance derived from ,eastern fable1 were shown to be realities4 ,reverently we stepped in spirit within the temple of ,isis2 to lift aside the veil of 8the one that is and was and shall be0 at ,sas2 to look through the rent curtain of the ,sanctum ,sanctorum at ,jerusalem2 and even to interrogate within the crypts which once existed beneath the sacred edifice1 the mysterious ,bath-,kol4 ,the ,filia ,vocis--the daughter of the divine vii voice--responded from the mercy-seat within the veil1#a and science1 theology1 every human hypothesis and conception born of imperfect knowledge1 lost forever their authoritative character in our sight4 ,the one-living ,god had spoken through his oracle--man1 and we were satisfied4 ,such knowledge is priceless2 and it has been hidden only from those who overlooked it1 derided it1 or denied its existence4 ,from such as these we apprehend criticism1 censure1 and perhaps hostility1 although the obstacles in our way neither spring from the validity of proof1 the authenticated facts of history1 nor the lack of common sense among the public whom we address4 ,the drift of modern thought is palpably in the direction of liberalism in religion as well as science4 ,each day brings the reactionists nearer to the point where they must surrender the despotic authority over the public conscience1 which they have so long enjoyed and exercised4 ,when the ,pope can go to the extreme of fulminating anathemas against all who maintain the liberty of the ,press and of speech1 or who insist that in the conflict of laws1 civil and ecclesiastical1 the civil law should prevail1 or that any method of instruction solely secular1 may be approved2#b and ,mr4 ,tyndall1 as the mouthpiece of nineteenth century science1 says1 8444 the impregnable position of science may be stated in a few words3 we claim1 and we shall wrest from theology1 the entire domain of cosmological theory0#c--the end is not difficult to foresee4 ,centuries of subjection have not quite congealed the life-blood of men into crystals around the nucleus of blind faith2 and the nineteenth is witnessing the struggles of the giant as he shakes off the ,liliputian cordage and rises to his feet4 ,even the ,protestant communion of ,england and ,america1 now engaged in the revision of the text of its ,oracles1 will be compelled to show the origin and merits of the text itself4 ,the day of domineering over men with dogmas has reached its gloaming4 ,our work1 then1 is a plea for the recognition of the ,hermetic philosophy1 the anciently universal ,wisdom-,religion1 as the only possible key to the ,absolute in science and theology4 ,to show that we do not at all conceal from ourselves the gravity of our undertaking1 we may say in advance that it would not be strange if the following classes should array themselves against us3 ,the ,christians1 who will see that we question the evidences of the viii genuineness of their faith4 ,the ,scientists1 who will find their pretensions placed in the same bundle with those of the ,roman ,catholic ,church for infallibility1 and1 in certain particulars1 the sages and philosophers of the ancient world classed higher than they4 ,pseudo-,scientists will1 of course1 denounce us furiously4 ,broad ,churchmen and ,freethinkers will find that we do not accept what they do1 but demand the recognition of the whole truth4 ,men of letters and various authorities1 who hide their real belief in deference to popular prejudices4 ,the mercenaries and parasites of the ,press1 who prostitute its more than royal power1 and dishonor a noble profession1 will find it easy to mock at things too wonderful for them to understand2 for to them the price of a paragraph is more than the value of sincerity4 ,from many will come honest criticism2 from many--cant4 ,but we look to the future4 ,the contest now going on between the party of public conscience and the party of reaction1 has already developed a healthier tone of thought4 ,it will hardly fail to result ultimately in the overthrow of error and the triumph of ,truth4 ,we repeat again--we are laboring for the brighter morrow4 ,and yet1 when we consider the bitter opposition that we are called upon to face1 who is better entitled than we upon entering the arena to write upon our shield the hail of the ,roman gladiator to ,csar3 ,,moriturus ,,te ,,salutat6 ,new ,york1 ,september1 #ahgg4 ,,before ,,the ,,veil4 ix ,joan4--,advance our waving colors on the walls6 --,king ,henry ,,vi4 ,act ,,iv4 8,my life has been devoted to the study of man1 his destiny and his happiness40--,j4 ,r4 ,,buchanan1 ,m4,d41 ,outlines of ,lectures on ,anthropology4 ,it is nineteen centuries since1 as we are told1 the night of ,heathenism and ,paganism was first dispelled by the divine light of ,christianity2 and two-and-a-half centuries since the bright lamp of ,modern ,science began to shine on the darkness of the ignorance of the ages4 ,within these respective epochs1 we are required to believe1 the true moral and intellectual progress of the race has occurred4 ,the ancient philosophers were well enough for their respective generations1 but they were illiterate as compared with modern men of science4 ,the ethics of ,paganism perhaps met the wants of the uncultivated people of antiquity1 but not until the advent of the luminous 8,star of ,bethlehem10 was the true road to moral perfection and the way to salvation made plain4 ,of old1 brutishness was the rule1 virtue and spirituality the exception4 ,now1 the dullest may read the will of ,god in ,his revealed word2 men have every incentive to be good1 and are constantly becoming better4 ,this is the assumption2 what are the facts8 ,on the one hand an unspiritual1 dogmatic1 too often debauched clergy2 a host of sects1 and three warring great religions2 discord instead of union1 dogmas without proofs1 sensation-loving preachers1 and wealth and pleasure-seeking parishioners' hypocrisy and bigotry1 begotten by the tyrannical exigencies of respectability1 the rule of the day1 sincerity and real piety exceptional4 ,on the other hand1 scientific hypotheses built on sand2 no accord upon a single question2 rancorous quarrels and jealousy2 a general drift into materialism4 ,a death-grapple of ,science with ,theology for infallibility--8a conflict of ages40 ,at ,rome1 the self-styled seat of ,christianity1 the putative successor to the chair of ,peter is undermining social order with his invisible but omnipresent net-work of bigoted agents1 and incites them to revolutionize ,europe for his temporal as well as spiritual supremacy4 ,we see him who calls himself the 8,vicar of ,christ10 fraternizing with the anti-,christian ,moslem against another ,christian nation1 publicly invoking the blessing of ,god upon the arms of those who have for centuries withstood1 with fire and sword1 the pretensions x of his ,christ to ,godhood6 ,at ,berlin--one of the great seats of learning--professors of modern exact sciences1 turning their backs on the boasted results of enlightenment of the post-,galileonian period1 are quietly snuffing out the candle of the great ,florentine2 seeking1 in short1 to prove the heliocentric system1 and even the earth's rotation1 but the dreams of deluded scientists1 ,newton a visionary1 and all past and present astronomers but clever calculators of unverifiable problems4#d ,between these two conflicting ,titans--,science and ,theology--is a bewildered public1 fast losing all belief in man's personal immortality1 in a deity of any kind1 and rapidly descending to the level of a mere animal existence4 ,such is the picture of the hour1 illumined by the bright noon-day sun of this ,christian and scientific era6 ,would it be strict justice to condemn to critical lapidation the most humble and modest of authors for entirely rejecting the authority of both these combatants8 ,are we not bound rather to take as the true aphorism of this century1 the declaration of ,horace ,greeley3 8,i accept unreservedly the views of no man1 living or dead08#e ,such1 at all events1 will be our motto1 and we mean that principle to be our constant guide throughout this work4 ,among the many phenomenal outgrowths of our century1 the strange creed of the so-called ,spiritualists has arisen amid the tottering ruins of self-styled revealed religions and materialistic philosophies2 and yet it alone offers a possible last refuge of compromise between the two4 ,that this unexpected ghost of pre-,christian days finds poor welcome from our sober and positive century1 is not surprising4 ,times have strangely changed2 and it is but recently that a well-known ,brooklyn preacher pointedly remarked in a sermon1 that could ,jesus come back and behave in the streets of ,new ,york1 as he did in those of ,jerusalem1 he would find himself confined in the prison of the ,tombs4#f ,what sort of welcome1 then1 could ,spiritualism ever expect8 ,true enough1 the weird stranger seems neither attractive nor promising at first sight4 ,shapeless and uncouth1 like an infant attended by seven nurses1 it is coming out of its teens lame and mutilated4 ,the name of its enemies is legion2 its friends and protectors are a handful4 ,but what of that8 ,when was ever truth accepted priori8 ,because the champions of ,spiritualism have in their fanaticism magnified its qualities1 and remained blind to its imperfections1 that gives no excuse to doubt its reality4 ,a forgery is impossible when we have no model to forge after4 ,the fanaticism of ,spiritualists is itself a proof of the xi genuineness and possibility of their phenomena4 ,they give us facts that we may investigate1 not assertions that we must believe without proof4 ,millions of reasonable men and women do not so easily succumb to collective hallucination4 ,and so1 while the clergy1 following their own interpretations of the ,bible1 and science its self-made ,codex of possibilities in nature1 refuse it a fair hearing1 real science and true religion are silent1 and gravely wait further developments4 ,the whole question of phenomena rests on the correct comprehension of old philosophies4 ,whither1 then1 should we turn1 in our perplexity1 but to the ancient sages1 since1 on the pretext of superstition1 we are refused an explanation by the modern8 ,let us ask them what they know of genuine science and religion2 not in the matter of mere details1 but in all the broad conception of these twin truths--so strong in their unity1 so weak when divided4 ,besides1 we may find our profit in comparing this boasted modern science with ancient ignorance2 this improved modern theology with the 8,secret doctrines0 of the ancient universal religion4 ,perhaps we may thus discover a neutral ground whence we can reach and profit by both4 ,it is the ,platonic philosophy1 the most elaborate compend of the abstruse systems of old ,india1 that can alone afford us this middle ground4 ,although twenty-two and a quarter centuries have elapsed since the death of ,plato1 the great minds of the world are still occupied with his writings4 ,he was1 in the fullest sense of the word1 the world's interpreter4 ,and the greatest philosopher of the pre-,christian era mirrored faithfully in his works the spiritualism of the ,vedic philosophers who lived thousands of years before himself1 and its metaphysical expression4 ,vyasa1 ,djeminy1 ,kapila1 ,vrihaspati1 ,sumati1 and so many others1 will be found to have transmitted their indelible imprint through the intervening centuries upon ,plato and his school4 ,thus is warranted the inference that to ,plato and the ancient ,hindu sages was alike revealed the same wisdom4 ,so surviving the shock of time1 what can this wisdom be but divine and eternal8 ,plato taught justice as subsisting in the soul of its possessor and his greatest good4 8,men1 in proportion to their intellect1 have admitted his transcendent claims40 ,yet his commentators1 almost with one consent1 shrink from every passage which implies that his metaphysics are based on a solid foundation1 and not on ideal conceptions4 ,but ,plato could not accept a philosophy destitute of spiritual aspirations2 the two were at one with him4 ,for the old ,grecian sage there was a single object of attainment3 ,,real ,,knowledge4 ,he considered those only to be genuine philosophers1 or students of truth1 who possess the knowledge of the really-existing1 in opposition to the mere xii seeing2 of the always-existing1 in opposition to the transitory2 and of that which exists permanently1 in opposition to that which waxes1 wanes1 and is developed and destroyed alternately4 8,beyond all finite existences and secondary causes1 all laws1 ideas1 and principles1 there is an ,,intelligence or ,,mind 1 nous1 the spirit1 the first principle of all principles1 the ,supreme ,idea on which all other ideas are grounded2 the ,monarch and ,lawgiver of the universe2 the ultimate substance from which all things derive their being and essence1 the first and efficient ,cause of all the order1 and harmony1 and beauty1 and excellency1 and goodness1 which pervades the universe--who is called1 by way of preminence and excellence1 the ,supreme ,good1 the ,god 7 7 #8the ,god over all' 7 740#g ,he is not the truth nor the intelligence1 but 8the father of it40 ,though this eternal essence of things may not be perceptible by our physical senses1 it may be apprehended by the mind of those who are not wilfully obtuse4 8,to you10 said ,jesus to his elect disciples1 8it is given to know the mysteries of the ,kingdom of ,god1 but to them the it is not given2 444 therefore speak ,i to them in parables or allegories2 because they seeing1 see not1 and hearing1 they hear not1 neither do they understand40#h ,the philosophy of ,plato1 we are assured by ,porphyry1 of the ,neo-platonic ,school was taught and illustrated in the ,,mysteries4 ,many have questioned and even denied this2 and ,lobeck1 in his ,aglaophomus1 has gone to the extreme of representing the sacred orgies as little more than an empty show to captivate the imagination4 ,as though ,athens and ,greece would for twenty centuries and more have repaired every fifth year to ,eleusis to witness a solemn religious farce6 ,augustine1 the papa-bishop of ,hippo1 has resolved such assertions4 ,he declares that the doctrines of the ,alexandrian ,platonists were the original esoteric doctrines of the first followers of ,plato1 and describes ,plotinus as a ,plato resuscitated4 ,he also explains the motives of the great philosopher for veiling the interior sense of what he taught4#i ,as to the myths1 ,plato declares in the ,gorgias and the ,phdon xiii that they were the vehicles of great truths well worth the seeking4 ,but commentators are so little en rapport with the great philosopher as to be compelled to acknowledge that they are ignorant where 8the doctrinal ends1 and the mythical begins40 ,plato put to flight the popular superstition concerning magic and dmons1 and developed the exaggerated notions of the time into rational theories and metaphysical conceptions4 ,perhaps these would not quite stand the inductive method of reasoning established by ,aristotle2 nevertheless they are satisfactory in the highest degree to those who apprehend the existence of that higher faculty of insight or intuition1 as affording a criterion for ascertaining truth4 ,basing all his doctrines upon the presence of the ,supreme ,mind1 ,plato taught that the nous1 spirit1 or rational soul of man1 being 8generated by the ,divine ,father10 possessed a nature kindred1 or even homogeneous1 with the ,divinity1 and was capable of beholding the eternal realities4 ,this faculty of contemplating reality in a direct and immediate manner belongs to ,god alone2 the aspiration for this knowledge constitutes what is really meant by philosophy--the love of wisdom4 ,the love of truth is inherently the love of good2 and so predominating over every desire of the soul1 purifying it and assimilating it to the divine1 thus governing every act of the individual1 it raises man to a participation and communion with ,divinity1 and restores him to the likeness of ,god4 8,this flight10 says ,plato in the ,thetetus1 8consists in becoming like ,god1 and this assimilation is the becoming just and holy with wisdom40 ,the basis of this assimilation is always asserted to be the prexistence of the spirit or nous4 ,in the allegory of the chariot and winged steeds1 given in the ,phdrus1 he represents the psychical nature as composite and two-fold2 the thumos1 or epithumetic part1 formed from the substances of the world of phenomena2 and the 1 thumoeides1 the essence of which is linked to the eternal world4 ,the present earth-life is a fall and punishment4 ,the soul dwells in 8the grave which we call the body10 and in its incorporate state1 and previous to the discipline of education1 the notic or spiritual element is 8asleep40 ,life is thus a dream1 rather than a reality4 ,like the captives in the subterranean cave1 described in ,the ,republic1 the back is turned to the light1 we perceive only the shadows of objects1 and think them the actual realities4 ,is not this the idea of ,maya1 xiv or the illusion of the senses in physical life1 which is so marked a feature in ,buddhistical philosophy8 ,but these shadows1 if we have not given ourselves up absolutely to the sensuous nature1 arouse in us the reminiscence of that higher world that we once inhabited4 8,the interior spirit has some dim and shadowy recollection of its antenatal state of bliss1 and some instinctive and proleptic yearnings for its return40 ,it is the province of the discipline of philosophy to disinthrall it from the bondage of sense1 and raise it into the empyrean of pure thought1 to the vision of eternal truth1 goodness1 and beauty4 8,the soul10 says ,plato1 in the ,thetetus1 8cannot come into the form of a man if it has never seen the truth4 ,this is a recollection of those things which our soul formerly saw when journeying with ,deity1 despising the things which we now say are1 and looking up to that which ,,really ,,is4 ,wherefore the nous1 or spirit1 of the philosopher 7or student of the higher truth7 alone is furnished with wings2 because he1 to the best of his ability1 keeps these things in mind1 of which the contemplation renders even ,deity itself divine4 ,by making the right use of these things remembered from the former life1 by constantly perfecting himself in the perfect mysteries1 a man becomes truly perfect--an initiate into the diviner wisdom40 ,hence we may understand why the sublimer scenes in the ,mysteries were always in the night4 ,the life of the interior spirit is the death of the external nature2 and the night of the physical world denotes the day of the spiritual4 ,dionysus1 the night-sun1 is1 therefore1 worshipped rather than ,helios1 orb of day4 ,in the ,mysteries were symbolized the prexistent condition of the spirit and soul1 and the lapse of the latter into earth-life and ,hades1 the miseries of that life1 the purification of the soul1 and its restoration to divine bliss1 or renion with spirit4 ,theon1 of ,smyrna1 aptly compares the philosophical discipline to the mystic rites3 8,philosophy10 says he1 8may be called the initiation into the true arcana1 and the instruction in the genuine ,mysteries4 ,there are five parts of this initiation3 ,i41 the previous purification2 ,,ii41 the admission to participation in the arcane rites2 ,,iii41 the epoptic revelation2 ,,iv41 the investiture or enthroning2 ,v4--the fifth1 which is produced from all these1 is friendship and interior communion with ,god1 and the enjoyment of that felicity which arises from intimate converse with divine beings4444 ,plato denominates the epopteia1 or personal view1 the perfect contemplation of things which are apprehended intuitively1 absolute truths and ideas4 ,he also considers the binding of the head and crowning as analogous to the authority which any one receives from his instructors1 of leading others into the same contemplation4 ,the fifth gradation is the most perfect felicity arising from hence1 and1 xv according to ,plato1 an assimilation to divinity as far as is possible to human beings40#aj ,such is ,platonism4 8,out of ,plato10 says ,ralph ,waldo ,emerson1 8come all things that are still written and debated among men of thought40 ,he absorbed the learning of his times--of ,greece from ,philolaus to ,socrates2 then of ,pythagoras in ,italy2 then what he could procure from ,egypt and the ,east4 ,he was so broad that all philosophy1 ,european and ,asiatic1 was in his doctrines2 and to culture and contemplation he added the nature and qualities of the poet4 ,the followers of ,plato generally adhered strictly to his psychological theories4 ,several1 however1 like ,xenocrates1 ventured into bolder speculations4 ,speusippus1 the nephew and successor of the great philosopher1 was the author of the ,numerical ,analysis1 a treatise on the ,pythagorean numbers4 ,some of his speculations are not found in the written ,dialogues2 but as he was a listener to the unwritten lectures of ,plato1 the judgment of ,enfield is doubtless correct1 that he did not differ from his master4 ,he was evidently1 though not named1 the antagonist whom ,aristotle criticised1 when professing to cite the argument of ,plato against the doctrine of ,pythagoras1 that all things were in themselves numbers1 or rather1 inseparable from the idea of numbers4 ,he especially endeavored to show that the ,platonic doctrine of ideas differed essentially from the ,pythagorean1 in that it presupposed numbers and magnitudes to exist apart from things4 ,he also asserted that ,plato taught that there could be no real knowledge1 if the object of that knowledge was not carried beyond or above the sensible4 ,but ,aristotle was no trustworthy witness4 ,he misrepresented ,plato1 and he almost caricatured the doctrines of ,pythagoras4 ,there is a canon of interpretation1 which should guide us in our examinations of every philosophical opinion3 8,the human mind has1 under the necessary operation of its own laws1 been compelled to entertain the same fundamental ideas1 and the human heart to cherish the same feelings in all ages40 ,it is certain that ,pythagoras awakened the deepest intellectual sympathy of his age1 and that his doctrines exerted a powerful influence upon the mind of ,plato4 ,his cardinal idea was that there existed a permanent principle of unity beneath the forms1 changes1 and other phenomena of the universe4 ,aristotle asserted that he taught that 8numbers are the first principles of all entities40 ,ritter has expressed the opinion that the formula of ,pythagoras should be taken symbolically1 which is doubtless correct4 ,aristotle goes on to associate these numbers with the 8forms0 and 8ideas0 of ,plato4 ,he even declares that ,plato said3 8forms are numbers10 and that 8ideas xvi are substantial existences--real beings40 ,yet ,plato did not so teach4 ,he declared that the final cause was the ,supreme ,goodness-- 4 8,ideas are objects of pure conception for the human reason1 and they are attributes of the ,divine ,reason40#aa ,nor did he ever say that 8forms are numbers40 ,what he did say may be found in the ,timus3 8,god formed things as they first arose according to forms and numbers40 ,it is recognized by modern science that all the higher laws of nature assume the form of quantitative statement4 ,this is perhaps a fuller elaboration or more explicit affirmation of the ,pythagorean doctrine4 ,numbers were regarded as the best representations of the laws of harmony which pervade the cosmos4 ,we know too that in chemistry the doctrine of atoms and the laws of combination are actually and1 as it were1 arbitrarily defined by numbers4 ,as ,mr4 ,w4 ,archer ,butler has expressed it3 8,the world is1 then1 through all its departments1 a living arithmetic in its development1 a realized geometry in its repose40 ,the key to the ,pythagorean dogmas is the general formula of unity in multiplicity1 the one evolving the many and pervading the many4 ,this is the ancient doctrine of emanation in few words4 ,even the apostle ,paul accepted it as true4 8 1 1 0--,out of him and through him and in him all things are4 ,this1 as we can see by the following quotation1 is purely ,hindu and ,brahmanical3 8,when the dissolution--,pralaya--had arrived at its term1 the great ,being--,para-,atma or ,para-,purusha--the ,lord existing through himself1 out of whom and through whom all things were1 and are and will be 444 resolved to emanate from his own substance the various creatures0 7,manava-,dharma-,sastra1 book i41 slokas #f and #g74 ,the mystic ,decad #a #b #c #d #aj is a way of expressing this idea4 ,the ,one is ,god1 the ,two1 matter2 the ,three1 combining ,monad and ,duad1 and partaking of the nature of both1 is the phenomenal world2 the ,tetrad1 or form of perfection1 expresses the emptiness of all2 and the ,decad1 or sum of all1 involves the entire cosmos4 ,the universe is the combination of a thousand elements1 and yet the expression of a single spirit--a chaos to the sense1 a cosmos to the reason4 ,the whole of this combination of the progression of numbers in the idea of creation is ,hindu4 ,the ,being existing through himself1 ,swayambhu or ,swayambhuva1 as he is called by some1 is one4 ,he emanates from himself the creative faculty1 ,brahma or ,purusha 7the divine male71 and the one becomes ,two2 out of this ,duad1 union of the purely xvii intellectual principle with the principle of matter1 evolves a third1 which is ,viradj1 the phenomenal world4 ,it is out of this invisible and incomprehensible trinity1 the ,brahmanic ,trimurty1 that evolves the second triad which represents the three faculties--the creative1 the conservative1 and the transforming4 ,these are typified by ,brahma1 ,vishnu1 and ,siva1 but are again and ever blended into one4 ,unity1 ,brahma1 or as the ,vedas called him1 ,tridandi1 is the god triply manifested1 which gave rise to the symbolical ,aum or the abbreviated ,trimurty4 ,it is but under this trinity1 ever active and tangible to all our senses1 that the invisible and unknown ,monas can manifest itself to the world of mortals4 ,when he becomes ,sarira1 or he who puts on a visible form1 he typifies all the principles of matter1 all the germs of life1 he is ,purusha1 the god of the three visages1 or triple power1 the essence of the ,vedic triad4 8,let the ,brahmas know the sacred ,syllable 7,aum71 the three words of the ,savitri1 and read the ,vedas daily0 7,manu1 book iv41 sloka #abe74 8,after having produced the universe1 ,he whose power is incomprehensible vanished again1 absorbed in the ,supreme ,soul4444 ,having retired into the primitive darkness1 the great ,soul remains within the unknown1 and is void of all form4444 8,when having again renited the subtile elementary principles1 it introduces itself into either a vegetable or animal seed1 it assumes at each a new form40 8,it is thus that1 by an alternative waking and rest1 the ,immutable ,being causes to revive and die eternally all the existing creatures1 active and inert0 7,manu1 book i41 sloka #ej1 and others74 ,he who has studied ,pythagoras and his speculations on the ,monad1 which1 after having emanated the ,duad retires into silence and darkness1 and thus creates the ,triad can realize whence came the philosophy of the great ,samian ,sage1 and after him that of ,socrates and ,plato4 ,speusippus seems to have taught that the psychical or thumetic soul was immortal as well as the spirit or rational soul1 and further on we will show his reasons4 ,he also--like ,philolaus and ,aristotle1 in his disquisitions upon the soul--makes of ther an element2 so that there were five principal elements to correspond with the five regular figures in ,geometry4 ,this became also a doctrine of the ,alexandrian school4#ab ,indeed1 there was much in the doctrines of the ,philaletheans which did not appear in the works of the older ,platonists1 but was doubtless taught in substance by the philosopher himself1 but with his usual reticence was not committed to writing as being too arcane for promiscuous publication4 ,speusippus and ,xenocrates after him1 held1 like their great master1 that the anima mundi1 or xviii world-soul1 was not the ,deity1 but a manifestation4 ,those philosophers never conceived of the ,one as an animate nature4#ac ,the original ,one did not exist1 as we understand the term4 ,not till he had united with the many--emanated existence 7the monad and duad7 was a being produced4 ,the 1 honored--the something manifested1 dwells in the centre as in the circumference1 but it is only the reflection of the ,deity--the ,world-,soul4#ad ,in this doctrine we find the spirit of esoteric ,buddhism4 ,a man's idea of ,god1 is that image of blinding light that he sees reflected in the concave mirror of his own soul1 and yet this is not1 in very truth1 ,god1 but only ,his reflection4 ,his glory is there1 but1 it is the light of his own ,spirit that the man sees1 and it is all he can bear to look upon4 ,the clearer the mirror1 the brighter will be the divine image4 ,but the external world cannot be witnessed in it at the same moment4 ,in the ecstatic ,yogin1 in the illuminated ,seer1 the spirit will shine like the noon-day sun2 in the debased victim of earthly attraction1 the radiance has disappeared1 for the mirror is obscured with the stains of matter4 ,such men deny their ,god1 and would willingly deprive humanity of soul at one blow4 ,,no ,,god1 ,,no ,,soul8 ,dreadful1 annihilating thought6 ,the maddening nightmare of a lunatic--,atheist2 presenting before his fevered vision1 a hideous1 ceaseless procession of sparks of cosmic matter created by no one2 self-appearing1 self-existent1 and self-developing2 this ,self no ,self1 for it is nothing and nobody2 floating onward from nowhence1 it is propelled by no ,cause1 for there is none1 and it rushes nowhither4 ,and this in a circle of ,eternity blind1 inert1 and--,,causeless4 ,what is even the erroneous conception of the ,buddhistic ,nirvana in comparison6 ,the ,nirvana is preceded by numberless spiritual transformations and metempsychoses1 during which the entity loses not for a second the sense of its own individuality1 and which may last for millions of ages before the ,final ,no-thing is reached4 ,though some have considered ,speusippus as inferior to ,aristotle1 the world is nevertheless indebted to him for defining and expounding many things that ,plato had left obscure in his doctrine of the ,sensible and ,ideal4 ,his maxim was 8,the ,immaterial is known by means of scientific thought1 the ,material by scientific perception40#ae ,xenocrates expounded many of the unwritten theories and teachings of his master4 ,he too held the ,pythagorean doctrine1 and his system of numerals and mathematics in the highest estimation4 ,recognizing but three degrees of knowledge--,thought1 ,perception1 and ,envisagement 7or knowledge by ,intuition71 he made the former busy itself with all xix that which is beyond the heavens2 ,perception with things in the heavens2 ,intuition with the heavens themselves4 ,we find again these theories1 and nearly in the same language in the ,manava-,dharma-,sastra1 when speaking of the creation of man3 8,he 7the ,supreme7 drew from his own essence the immortal breath which perisheth not in the being1 and to this soul of the being he gave the ,ahancara 7conscience of the ego7 sovereign guide4 ,then he gave to that soul of the being 7man7 the intellect formed of the three qualities1 and the five organs of the outward perception40 ,these three qualities are ,intelligence1 ,conscience1 and ,will2 answering to the ,thought1 ,perception1 and ,envisagement of ,xenocrates4 ,the relation of numbers to ,ideas was developed by him further than by ,speusippus1 and he surpassed ,plato in his definition of the doctrine of ,invisible ,magnitudes4 ,reducing them to their ideal primary elements1 he demonstrated that every figure and form originated out of the smallest indivisible line4 ,that ,xenocrates held the same theories as ,plato in relation to the human soul 7supposed to be a number7 is evident1 though ,aristotle contradicts this1 like every other teaching of this philosopher4#af ,this is conclusive evidence that many of ,plato's doctrines were delivered orally1 even were it shown that ,xenocrates and not ,plato was the first to originate the theory of indivisible magnitudes4 ,he derives the ,soul from the first ,duad1 and calls it a self-moved number4#ag ,theophrastus remarks that he entered and eliminated this ,soul-theory more than any other ,platonist4 ,he built upon it the cosmological doctrine1 and proved the necessary existence in every part of the universal space of a successive and progressive series of animated and thinking though spiritual beings4#ah ,the ,human ,soul with him is a compound of the most spiritual properties of the ,monad and the ,duad1 possessing the highest principles of both4 ,if1 like ,plato and ,prodicus1 he refers to the ,elements as to ,divine ,powers1 and calls them gods1 neither himself nor others connected any anthropomorphic idea with the appellation4 ,krische remarks that he called them gods only that these elementary powers should not be confounded with the dmons of the nether world#ai 7the ,elementary ,spirits74 ,as the ,soul of the ,world permeates the whole ,cosmos1 even beasts must have in them something divine4#bj ,this1 also1 is the doctrine of ,buddhists and the ,hermetists1 and ,manu endows with a living soul even the plants and the tiniest blade of grass4 ,the dmons1 according to this theory1 are intermediate beings between xx the divine perfection and human sinfulness1#ba and he divides them into classes1 each subdivided in many others4 ,but he states expressly that the individual or personal soul is the leading guardian dmon of every man1 and that no dmon has more power over us than our own4 ,thus the ,daimonion of ,socrates is the god or ,divine ,entity which inspired him all his life4 ,it depends on man either to open or close his perceptions to the ,divine voice4 ,like ,speusippus he ascribed immortality to the 1 psychical body1 or irrational soul4 ,but some ,hermetic philosophers have taught that the soul has a separate continued existence only so long as in its passage through the spheres any material or earthly particles remain incorporated in it2 and that when absolutely purified1 the latter are annihilated1 and the quintessence of the soul alone becomes blended with its divine spirit 7the ,rational71 and the two are thenceforth one4 ,zeller states that ,xenocrates forbade the eating of animal food1 not because he saw in beasts something akin to man1 as he ascribed to them a dim consciousness of ,god1 but1 8for the opposite reason1 lest the irrationality of animal souls might thereby obtain a certain influence over us40#bb ,but we believe that it was rather because1 like ,pythagoras1 he had had the ,hindu sages for his masters and models4 ,cicero depicted ,xenocrates utterly despising everything except the highest virtue2#bc and describes the stainlessness and severe austerity of his character4#bd 8,to free ourselves from the subjection of sensuous existence1 to conquer the ,titanic elements in our terrestrial nature through the ,divine one1 is our problem40 ,zeller makes him say3#be 8,purity1 even in the secret longings of our heart1 is the greatest duty1 and only philosophy and the initiation into the ,mysteries help toward the attainment of this object40 ,crantor1 another philosopher associated with the earliest days of ,plato's ,academy1 conceived the human soul as formed out of the primary substance of all things1 the ,monad or ,one1 and the ,duad or the ,two4 ,plutarch speaks at length of this philosopher1 who like his master believed in souls being distributed in earthly bodies as an exile and punishment4 ,herakleides1 though some critics do not believe him to have strictly adhered to ,plato's primal philosophy1#bf taught the same ethics4 ,zeller presents him to us imparting1 like ,hicetas and ,ecphantus1 the ,pythagorean doctrine of the diurnal rotation of the earth and the immobility of the fixed stars1 but adds that he was ignorant of the xxi annual revolution of the earth around the sun1 and of the heliocentric system4#bg ,but we have good evidence that the latter system was taught in the ,mysteries1 and that ,socrates died for atheism1 i4 e41 for divulging this sacred knowledge4 ,herakleides adopted fully the ,pythagorean and ,platonic views of the human soul1 its faculties and its capabilities4 ,he describes it as a luminous1 highly ethereal essence4 ,he affirms that souls inhabit the milky way before descending 8into generation0 or sublunary existence4 ,his dmons or spirits are airy and vaporous bodies4 ,in the ,epinomis is fully stated the doctrine of the ,pythagorean numbers in relation to created things4 ,as a true ,platonist1 its author maintains that wisdom can only be attained by a thorough inquiry into the occult nature of the creation2 it alone assures us an existence of bliss after death4 ,the immortality of the soul is greatly speculated upon in this treatise2 but its author adds that we can attain to this knowledge only through a complete comprehension of the numbers2 for the man1 unable to distinguish the straight line from a curved one will never have wisdom enough to secure a mathematical demonstration of the invisible1 i4 e41 we must assure ourselves of the objective existence of our soul 7astral body7 before we learn that we are in possession of a divine and immortal spirit4 ,iamblichus says the same thing2 adding1 moreover1 that it is a secret belonging to the highest initiation4 ,the ,divine ,power1 he says1 always felt indignant with those 8who rendered manifest the composition of the icostagonus10 viz41 who delivered the method of inscribing in a sphere the dodecahedron4#bh ,the idea that 8numbers0 possessing the greatest virtue1 produce always what is good and never what is evil1 refers to justice1 equanimity of temper1 and everything that is harmonious4 ,when the author speaks of every star as an individual soul1 he only means what the ,hindu initiates and the ,hermetists taught before and after him1 viz43 that every star is an independent planet1 which1 like our earth1 has a soul of its own1 every atom of matter being impregnated with the divine influx of the soul of the world4 ,it breathes and lives2 it feels and suffers as well as enjoys life in its way4 ,what naturalist is prepared to dispute it on good evidence8 ,therefore1 we must consider the celestial bodies as the images of gods2 as partaking of the divine powers in their substance2 and though they are not immortal in their soul-entity1 their agency in the economy of the universe is entitled to divine honors1 such as we pay to minor gods4 ,the idea is plain1 and one must be malevolent indeed to misrepresent it4 ,if the author of ,epinomis places these fiery gods higher than the animals1 plants1 and even mankind1 all of which1 as earthly creatures1 are assigned by xxii him a lower place1 who can prove him wholly wrong8 ,one must needs go deep indeed into the profundity of the abstract metaphysics of the old philosophies1 who would understand that their various embodiments of their conceptions are1 after all1 based upon an identical apprehension of the nature of the ,first ,cause1 its attributes and method4 ,again when the author of ,epinomis locates between these highest and lowest gods 7embodied souls7 three classes of dmons1 and peoples the universe with invisible beings1 he is more rational than our modern scientists1 who make between the two extremes one vast hiatus of being1 the playground of blind forces4 ,of these three classes the first two are invisible2 their bodies are pure ether and fire 7planetary spirits72 the dmons of the third class are clothed with vapory bodies2 they are usually invisible1 but sometimes making themselves concrete become visible for a few seconds4 ,these are the earthly spirits1 or our astral souls4 ,it is these doctrines1 which1 studied analogically1 and on the principle of correspondence1 led the ancient1 and may now lead the modern ,philaletheian step by step toward the solution of the greatest mysteries4 ,on the brink of the dark chasm separating the spiritual from the physical world stands modern science1 with eyes closed and head averted1 pronouncing the gulf impassable and bottomless1 though she holds in her hand a torch which she need only lower into the depths to show her her mistake4 ,but across this chasm1 the patient student of ,hermetic philosophy has constructed a bridge4 ,in his ,fragments of ,science ,tyndall makes the following sad confession3 8,if you ask me whether science has solved1 or is likely in our day to solve the problem of this universe1 ,i must shake my head in doubt40 ,if moved by an afterthought1 he corrects himself later1 and assures his audience that experimental evidence has helped him to discover1 in the opprobrium-covered matter1 the 8promise and potency of every quality of life10 he only jokes4 ,it would be as difficult for ,professor ,tyndall to offer any ultimate and irrefutable proofs of what he asserts1 as it was for ,job to insert a hook into the nose of the leviathan4 ,to avoid confusion that might easily arise by the frequent employment of certain terms in a sense different from that familiar to the reader1 a few explanations will be timely4 ,we desire to leave no pretext either for misunderstanding or misrepresentation4 ,magic may have one signification to one class of readers and another to another class4 ,we shall give it the meaning which it has in the minds of its ,oriental students and practitioners4 ,and so with the words ,hermetic ,science1 ,occultism1 ,hierophant1 ,adept1 ,sorcerer1 etc42 there has been little agreement of late as to their meaning4 ,though the distinctions xxiii between the terms are very often insignificant--merely ethnic--still1 it may be useful to the general reader to know just what that is4 ,we give a few alphabetically4 ,,throbacy1 is the ,greek name for walking or being lifted in the air2 levitation1 so called1 among modern spiritualists4 ,it may be either conscious or unconscious2 in the one case1 it is magic2 in the other1 either disease or a power which requires a few words of elucidation4 ,a symbolical explanation of throbacy is given in an old ,syriac manuscript which was translated in the fifteenth century by one ,malchus1 an alchemist4 ,in connection with the case of ,simon ,magus1 one passage reads thus3 8,simon1 laying his face upon the ground1 whispered in her ear1 #8,o mother ,earth1 give me1 ,i pray thee1 some of thy breath2 and ,i will give thee mine2 let me loose1 ,o mother1 that ,i may carry thy words to the stars1 and ,i will return faithfully to thee after a while4' ,and the ,earth strengthening her status1 none to her detriment1 sent her genius to breathe of her breath on ,simon1 while he breathed on her2 and the stars rejoiced to be visited by the mighty ,one40 ,the starting-point here is the recognized electro-chemical principle that bodies similarly electrified repel each other1 while those differently electrified mutually attract4 8,the most elementary knowledge of chemistry10 says ,professor ,cooke1 8shows that1 while radicals of opposite natures combine most eagerly together1 two metals1 or two closely-allied metalloids1 show but little affinity for each other40 ,the earth is a magnetic body2 in fact1 as some scientists have found1 it is one vast magnet1 as ,paracelsus affirmed some #cjj years ago4 ,it is charged with one form of electricity--let us call it positive--which it evolves continuously by spontaneous action1 in its interior or centre of motion4 ,human bodies1 in common with all other forms of matter1 are charged with the opposite form of electricity--negative4 ,that is to say1 organic or inorganic bodies1 if left to themselves will constantly and involuntarily charge themselves with1 and evolve the form of electricity opposed to that of the earth itself4 ,now1 what is weight8 ,simply the attraction of the earth4 8,without the attractions of the earth you would have no weight10 says ,professor ,stewart2#bi 8and if you had an earth twice as heavy as this1 you would have double the attraction40 ,how then1 can we get rid of this attraction8 ,according to the electrical law above stated1 there is an attraction between our planet and the organisms upon it1 which holds them upon the surface of the ground4 ,but the law of gravitation has been counteracted in many instances1 by levitations of persons and inanimate objects2 how xxiv account for this8 ,the condition of our physical systems1 say theurgic philosophers1 is largely dependent upon the action of our will4 ,if well-regulated1 it can produce 8miracles20 among others a change of this electrical polarity from negative to positive2 the man's relations with the earth-magnet would then become repellent1 and 8gravity0 for him would have ceased to exist4 ,it would then be as natural for him to rush into the air until the repellent force had exhausted itself1 as1 before1 it had been for him to remain upon the ground4 ,the altitude of his levitation would be measured by his ability1 greater or less1 to charge his body with positive electricity4 ,this control over the physical forces once obtained1 alteration of his levity or gravity would be as easy as breathing4 ,the study of nervous diseases has established that even in ordinary somnambulism1 as well as in mesmerized somnambulists1 the weight of the body seems to be diminished4 ,professor ,perty mentions a somnambulist1 ,koehler1 who when in the water could not sink1 but floated4 ,the seeress of ,prevorst rose to the surface of the bath and could not be kept seated in it4 ,he speaks of ,anna ,fleisher1 who being subject to epileptic fits1 was often seen by the ,superintendent to rise in the air2 and was once1 in the presence of two trustworthy witnesses 7two deans7 and others1 raised two and a half yards from her bed in a horizontal position4 ,the similar case of ,margaret ,rule is cited by ,upham in his ,history of ,salem ,witchcraft4 8,in ecstatic subjects10 adds ,professor ,perty1 8the rising in the air occurs much more frequently than with somnambulists4 ,we are so accustomed to consider gravitation as being a something absolute and unalterable1 that the idea of a complete or partial rising in opposition to it seems inadmissible2 nevertheless1 there are phenomena in which1 by means of material forces1 gravitation is overcome4 ,in several diseases--as1 for instance1 nervous fever--the weight of the human body seems to be increased1 but in all ecstatic conditions to be diminished4 ,and there may1 likewise1 be other forces than material ones which can counteract this power40 ,a ,madrid journal1 ,el ,criterio ,espiritista1 of a recent date1 reports the case of a young peasant girl near ,santiago1 which possesses a peculiar interest in this connection4 8,two bars of magnetized iron held over her horizontally1 half a metre distant1 was sufficient to suspend her body in the air40 ,were our physicians to experiment on such levitated subjects1 it would be found that they are strongly charged with a similar form of electricity to that of the spot1 which1 according to the law of gravitation1 ought to attract them1 or rather prevent their levitation4 ,and1 if some physical nervous disorder1 as well as spiritual ecstasy produce unconsciously to the subject the same xxv effects1 it proves that if this force in nature were properly studied1 it could be regulated at will4 ,,alchemists4--,from ,al and ,chemi1 fire1 or the god and patriarch1 ,kham1 also1 the name of ,egypt4 ,the ,rosicrucians of the middle ages1 such as ,robertus de ,fluctibus 7,robert ,fludd71 ,paracelsus1 ,thomas ,vaughan 7,eugenius ,philalethes71 ,van ,helmont1 and others1 were all alchemists1 who sought for the hidden spirit in every inorganic matter4 ,some people--nay1 the great majority--have accused alchemists of charlatanry and false pretending4 ,surely such men as ,roger ,bacon1 ,agrippa1 ,henry ,kunrath1 and the ,arabian ,geber 7the first to introduce into ,europe some of the secrets of chemistry71 can hardly be treated as impostors--least of all as fools4 ,scientists who are reforming the science of physics upon the basis of the atomic theory of ,demokritus1 as restated by ,john ,dalton1 conveniently forget that ,demokritus1 of ,abdera1 was an alchemist1 and that the mind that was capable of penetrating so far into the secret operations of nature in one direction must have had good reasons to study and become a ,hermetic philosopher4 ,olaus ,borrichias says1 that the cradle of alchemy is to be sought in the most distant times4 ,,astral ,,light4--,the same as the sidereal light of ,paracelsus and other ,hermetic philosophers4 ,physically1 it is the ether of modern science4 ,metaphysically1 and in its spiritual1 or occult sense1 ether is a great deal more than is often imagined4 ,in occult physics1 and alchemy1 it is well demonstrated to enclose within its shoreless waves not only ,mr4 ,tyndall's 8promise and potency of every quality of life10 but also the realization of the potency of every quality of spirit4 ,alchemists and ,hermetists believe that their astral1 or sidereal ether1 besides the above properties of sulphur1 and white and red magnesia1 or magnes1 is the anima mundi1 the workshop of ,nature and of all the cosmos1 spiritually1 as well as physically4 ,the 8grand magisterium0 asserts itself in the phenomenon of mesmerism1 in the 8levitation0 of human and inert objects2 and may be called the ether from its spiritual aspect4 ,the designation astral is ancient1 and was used by some of the ,neo-platonists4 ,porphyry describes the celestial body which is always joined with the soul as 8immortal1 luminous1 and star-like40 ,the root of this word may be found1 perhaps1 in the ,scythic aist-aer--which means star1 or the ,assyrian ,istar1 which1 according to ,burnouf has the same sense4 ,as the ,rosicrucians regarded the real1 as the direct opposite of the apparent1 and taught that what seems light to matter1 is darkness to spirit1 they searched for the latter in the astral ocean of invisible fire which encompasses the world2 and claim to have traced the equally invisible divine spirit1 which overshadows every man and is erroneously called soul1 to the very throne of the ,invisible xxvi and ,unknown ,god4 ,as the great cause must always remain invisible and imponderable1 they could prove their assertions merely by demonstration of its effects in this world of matter1 by calling them forth from the unknowable down into the knowable universe of effects4 ,that this astral light permeates the whole cosmos1 lurking in its latent state even in the minutest particle of rock1 they demonstrate by the phenomenon of the spark from flint and from every other stone1 whose spirit when forcibly disturbed springs to sight spark-like1 and immediately disappears in the realms of the unknowable4 ,paracelsus named it the sidereal light1 taking the term from the ,latin4 ,he regarded the starry host 7our earth included7 as the condensed portions of the astral light which 8fell down into generation and matter10 but whose magnetic or spiritual emanations kept constantly a never-ceasing intercommunication between themselves and the parent-fount of all--the astral light4 8,the stars attract from us to themselves1 and we again from them to us10 he says4 ,the body is wood and the life is fire1 which comes like the light from the stars and from heaven4 8,magic is the philosophy of alchemy10 he says again4#cj ,everything pertaining to the spiritual world must come to us through the stars1 and if we are in friendship with them1 we may attain the greatest magical effects4 8,as fire passes through an iron stove1 so do the stars pass through man with all their properties and go into him as the rain into the earth1 which gives fruit out of that same rain4 ,now observe that the stars surround the whole earth1 as a shell does the egg2 through the shell comes the air1 and penetrates to the centre of the world40 ,the human body is subjected as well as the earth1 and planets1 and stars1 to a double law2 it attracts and repels1 for it is saturated through with double magnetism1 the influx of the astral light4 ,everything is double in nature2 magnetism is positive and negative1 active and passive1 male and female4 ,night rests humanity from the day's activity1 and restores the equilibrium of human as well as of cosmic nature4 ,when the mesmerizer will have learned the grand secret of polarizing the action and endowing his fluid with a bi-sexual force he will have become the greatest magician living4 ,thus the astral light is androgyne1 for equilibrium is the resultant of two opposing forces eternally reacting upon each other4 ,the result of this is ,,life4 ,when the two forces are expanded and remain so long inactive1 as to equal one another and so come to a complete rest1 the condition is ,,death4 ,a human being can blow either a hot or a cold breath2 and can absorb either cold or hot air4 ,every child knows how to regulate the xxvii temperature of his breath2 but how to protect one's self from either hot or cold air1 no physiologist has yet learned with certainty4 ,the astral light alone1 as the chief agent in magic1 can discover to us all secrets of nature4 ,the astral light is identical with the ,hindu aksa1 a word which we will now explain4 ,,ak,,sa4--,literally the word means in ,sanscrit sky1 but in its mystic sense it signifies the invisible sky2 or1 as the ,brahmans term it in the ,soma-sacrifice 7the ,gyotishtoma ,agnishtoma71 the god ,aksa1 or god ,sky4 ,the language of the ,vedas shows that the ,hindus of fifty centuries ago ascribed to it the same properties as do the ,thibetan lamas of the present day2 that they regarded it as the source of life1 the reservoir of all energy1 and the propeller of every change of matter4 ,in its latent state1 it tallies exactly with our idea of the universal ether2 in its active state it became the ,aksa1 the all-directing and omnipotent god4 ,in the ,brahmanical sacrificial mysteries it plays the part of ,sadasya1 or superintendent over the magical effects of the religious performance1 and it had its own appointed ,hotar 7or priest71 who took its name4 ,in ,india1 as in other countries in ancient times1 the priests are the representatives on earth of different gods2 each taking the name of the deity in whose name he acts4 ,the ,aksa is the indispensable agent of every ,krity1 7magical performance7 either religious or profane4 ,the ,brahmanical expression 8to stir up the ,brahma0 ,brahma jinvati--means to stir up the power which lies latent at the bottom of every such magical operation1 for the ,vedic sacrifices are but ceremonial magic4 ,this power is the ,aksa or the occult electricity2 the alkahest of the alchemists in one sense1 or the universal solvent1 the same anima mundi as the astral light4 ,at the moment of the sacrifice1 the latter becomes imbued with the spirit of ,brahma1 and so for the time being is ,brahma himself4 ,this is the evident origin of the ,christian dogma of transubstantiation4 ,as to the most general effects of the ,aksa1 the author of one of the most modern works on the occult philosophy1 ,art-,magic1 gives for the first time to the world a most intelligible and interesting explanation of the ,aksa in connection with the phenomena attributed to its influence by the fakirs and lamas4 ,,anthropology--the science of man2 embracing among other things3 ,physiology1 or that branch of natural science which discloses the mysteries of the organs and their functions in men1 animals1 and plants2 and also1 and especially1 ,psychology1 or the great1 and in our days1 so neglected science xxviii of the soul1 both as an entity distinct from the spirit and in its relations with the spirit and body4 ,in modern science1 psychology relates only or principally to conditions of the nervous system1 and almost absolutely ignores the psychical essence and nature4 ,physicians denominate the science of insanity psychology1 and name the lunatic chair in medical colleges by that designation4 ,,chaldeans1 or ,kasdim4--,at first a tribe1 then a caste of learned kabalists4 ,they were the savants1 the magians of ,babylonia1 astrologers and diviners4 ,the famous ,hillel1 the precursor of ,jesus in philosophy and in ethics1 was a ,chaldean4 ,franck in his ,kabbala points to the close resemblance of the 8secret doctrine0 found in the ,avesta and the religious metaphysics of the ,chaldees4 ,,dactyls 7daktulos1 a finger74--,a name given to the priests attached to the worship of ,kybel 7,cybel74 ,some archologists derive the name from 1 finger1 because they were ten1 the same in number as the fingers of the hand4 ,but we do not believe the latter hypothesis is the correct one4 ,d,,mons4--,a name given by the ancient people1 and especially the philosophers of the ,alexandrian school1 to all kinds of spirits1 whether good or bad1 human or otherwise4 ,the appellation is often synonymous with that of gods or angels4 ,but some philosophers tried1 with good reason1 to make a just distinction between the many classes4 ,,demiurgos1 or ,demiurge4--,artificer2 the ,supernal ,power which built the universe4 ,freemasons derive from this word their phrase of 8,supreme ,architect40 ,the chief magistrates of certain ,greek cities bore the title4 ,,dervishes1 or the 8whirling charmers10 as they are called4 ,apart from the austerities of life1 prayer and contemplation1 the ,mahometan devotee presents but little similarity with the ,hindu fakir4 ,the latter may become a sannyasi1 or saint and holy mendicant2 the former will never reach beyond his second class of occult manifestations4 ,the dervish may also be a strong mesmerizer1 but he will never voluntarily submit to the abominable and almost incredible self-punishment which the fakir invents for himself with an ever-increasing avidity1 until nature succumbs and he dies in slow and excruciating tortures4 ,the most dreadful operations1 such as flaying the limbs alive2 cutting off the toes1 feet1 and legs2 tearing out the eyes2 and causing one's self to be buried alive up to the chin in the earth1 and passing whole months in this posture1 seem child's play to them4 ,one of the most common tortures is that of ,tshiddy-,parvdy4#ca ,it consists in suspending the fakir to one of the mobile arms of a kind of gallows to be seen in xxix the vicinity of many of the temples4 ,at the end of each of these arms is fixed a pulley over which passes a rope terminated by an iron hook4 ,this hook is inserted into the bare back of the fakir1 who inundating the soil with blood is hoisted up in the air and then whirled round the gallows4 ,from the first moment of this cruel operation until he is either unhooked or the flesh of his back tears out under the weight of the body and the fakir is hurled down on the heads of the crowd1 not a muscle of his face will move4 ,he remains calm and serious and as composed as if taking a refreshing bath4 ,the fakir will laugh to scorn every imaginable torture1 persuaded that the more his outer body is mortified1 the brighter and holier becomes his inner1 spiritual body4 ,but the ,dervish1 neither in ,india1 nor in other ,mahometan lands1 will ever submit to such operations4 ,,druids4--,a sacerdotal caste which flourished in ,britain and ,gaul4 ,,elemental ,,spirits4--,the creatures evolved in the four kingdoms of earth1 air1 fire1 and water1 and called by the kabalists gnomes1 sylphs1 salamanders1 and undines4 ,they may be termed the forces of nature1 and will either operate effects as the servile agents of general law1 or may be employed by the disembodied spirits--whether pure or impure--and by living adepts of magic and sorcery1 to produce desired phenomenal results4 ,such beings never become men4#cb ,under the general designation of fairies1 and fays1 these spirits of the elements appear in the myth1 fable1 tradition1 or poetry of all nations1 ancient and modern4 ,their names are legion--peris1 devs1 djins1 sylvans1 satyrs1 fauns1 elves1 dwarfs1 trolls1 norns1 nisses1 kobolds1 brownies1 necks1 stromkarls1 undines1 nixies1 salamanders1 goblins1 ponkes1 banshees1 kelpies1 pixies1 moss people1 good people1 good neighbors1 wild women1 men of peace1 white ladies--and many more4 ,they have been seen1 feared1 blessed1 banned1 and invoked in every quarter of the globe and in every age4 ,shall we then concede that all who have met them were hallucinated8 ,these elementals are the principal agents of disembodied but never xxx visible spirits at seances1 and the producers of all the phenomena except the subjective4 ,,elementary ,,spirits4--,properly1 the disembodied souls of the depraved2 these souls having at some time prior to death separated from themselves their divine spirits1 and so lost their chance for immortality4 ,eliphas ,levi and some other kabalists make little distinction between elementary spirits who have been men1 and those beings which people the elements1 and are the blind forces of nature4 ,once divorced from their bodies1 these souls 7also called 8astral bodies07 of purely materialistic persons1 are irresistibly attracted to the earth1 where they live a temporary and finite life amid elements congenial to their gross natures4 ,from having never1 during their natural lives1 cultivated their spirituality1 but subordinated it to the material and gross1 they are now unfitted for the lofty career of the pure1 disembodied being1 for whom the atmosphere of earth is stifling and mephitic1 and whose attractions are all away from it4 ,after a more or less prolonged period of time these material souls will begin to disintegrate1 and finally1 like a column of mist1 be dissolved1 atom by atom1 in the surrounding elements4 ,,essenes--from ,asa1 a healer4 ,a sect of ,jews said by ,pliny to have lived near the ,dead ,sea 8per millia sculorum0 for thousands of ages4 ,some have supposed them to be extreme ,pharisees2 and others--which may be the true theory--the descendants of the ,benim nabim of the ,bible1 and think they were 8,kenites0 and 8,nazarites40 ,they had many ,buddhistic ideas and practices2 and it is noteworthy that the priests of the ,great ,mother at ,ephesus1 ,diana-,bhavani with many breasts1 were also so denominated4 ,eusebius1 and after him ,de ,quincey1 declared them to be the same as the early ,christians1 which is more than probable4 ,the title 8brother10 used in the early ,church1 was ,essenean3 they were a fraternity1 or a koinobion or community like the early converts4 ,it is noticeable that only the ,sadducees1 or ,zadokites1 the priest-caste and their partisans1 persecuted the ,christians2 the ,pharisees were generally scholastic and mild1 and often sided with the latter4 ,james the ,just was a ,pharisee till his death2 but ,paul or ,aher was esteemed a schismatic4 ,,evolution4--,the development of higher orders of animals from the lower4 ,modern1 or so-called exact science1 holds but to a one-sided physical evolution1 prudently avoiding and ignoring the higher or spiritual evolution1 which would force our contemporaries to confess the superiority of the ancient philosophers and psychologists over themselves4 ,the ancient sages1 ascending to the ,,unknowable1 made their starting-point from the first manifestation of the unseen1 the unavoidable1 and from a strict logical reasoning1 the absolutely xxxi necessary creative ,being1 the ,demiurgos of the universe4 ,evolution began with them from pure spirit1 which descending lower and lower down1 assumed at last a visible and comprehensible form1 and became matter4 ,arrived at this point1 they speculated in the ,darwinian method1 but on a far more large and comprehensive basis4 ,in the ,rig-,veda-,sanhita1 the oldest book of the ,world#cc 7to which even our most prudent ,indiologists and ,sanscrit scholars assign an antiquity of between two and three thousand years ,b4,c471 in the first book1 8,hymns to the ,maruts10 it is said3 8,not-being and ,being are in the highest heaven1 in the birthplace of ,daksha1 in the lap of ,aditi0 7,mandala1 i41 ,skta #aff74 8,in the first age of the gods1 ,being 7the comprehensible ,deity7 was born from ,not-being 7whom no intellect can comprehend72 after it were born the ,regions 7the invisible71 from them ,uttnapada40 8,from ,uttnapad the ,earth was born1 the ,regions 7those that are visible7 were born from the ,earth4 ,daksha was born of ,aditi1 and ,aditi from ,daksha0 7,ibid474 ,aditi is the ,infinite1 and ,daksha is dksha-pitarah1 literally meaning the father of gods1 but understood by ,max ,mller and ,roth to mean the fathers of strength1 8preserving1 possessing1 granting faculties40 ,therefore1 it is easy to see that 8,daksha1 born of ,aditi and ,aditi from ,daksha10 means what the moderns understand by 8correlation of forces20 the more so as we find in this passage 7translated by ,prof4 ,mller73 8,i place ,agni1 the source of all beings1 the father of strength0 7iii41 #bg1 #b71 a clear and identical idea which prevailed so much in the doctrines of the ,zoroastrians1 the ,magians1 and the medival fire-philosophers4 ,agni is god of fire1 of the ,spiritual ,ether1 the very substance of the divine essence of the ,invisible ,god present in every atom of ,his creation and called by the ,rosicrucians the 8,celestial ,fire40 ,if we only carefully compare the verses from this ,mandala1 one of which runs thus3 8,the ,sky is your father1 the ,earth your mother1 ,soma your brother1 ,aditi your sister0 7i41 #aia1 #f71cd with the inscription on the ,smaragdine ,tablet of ,hermes1 we will find the same substratum of metaphysical philosophy1 the identical doctrines6 8,as all things were produced by the mediation of one being1 so all things were produced from this one thing by adaptation3 #8,its father is the sun2 its mother is the moon' 444 etc4 ,separate the earth from xxxii the fire1 the subtile from the gross4444 ,what ,i had to say about the operation of the sun is completed0 7,smaragdine ,tablet74#ce ,professor ,max ,mller sees in this ,mandala 8at last1 something like a theogony1 though full of contradictions40#cf ,the alchemists1 kabalists1 and students of mystic philosophy will find therein a perfectly defined system of ,evolution in the ,cosmogony of a people who lived a score of thousands of years before our era4 ,they will find in it1 moreover1 a perfect identity of thought and even doctrine with the ,hermetic philosophy1 and also that of ,pythagoras and ,plato4 ,in ,evolution1 as it is now beginning to be understood1 there is supposed to be in all matter an impulse to take on a higher form--a supposition clearly expressed by ,manu and other ,hindu philosophers of the highest antiquity4 ,the philosopher's tree illustrates it in the case of the zinc solution4 ,the controversy between the followers of this school and the ,emanationists may be briefly stated thus3 ,the ,evolutionist stops all inquiry at the borders of 8the ,unknowable20 the ,emanationist believes that nothing can be evolved--or1 as the word means1 unwombed or born--except it has first been involved1 thus indicating that life is from a spiritual potency above the whole4 ,,fakirs4--,religious devotees in ,east ,india4 ,they are generally attached to ,brahmanical pagodas and follow the laws of ,manu4 ,a strictly religious fakir will go absolutely naked1 with the exception of a small piece of linen called dhoti1 around his loins4 ,they wear their hair long1 and it serves them as a pocket1 as they stick in it various objects--such as a pipe1 a small flute called vagudah1 the sounds of which throw the serpents into a cataleptic torpor1 and sometimes their bamboo-stick 7about one foot long7 with the seven mystical knots on it4 ,this magical stick1 or rather rod1 the fakir receives from his guru on the day of his initiation1 together with the three mantrams1 which are communicated to him 8mouth to ear40 ,no fakir will be seen without this powerful adjunct of his calling4 ,it is1 as they all claim1 the divining rod1 the cause of every occult phenomenon produced xxxiii by them4#cg ,the ,brahmanical fakir is entirely distinct from the ,mussulman mendicant of ,india1 also called fakirs in some parts of the ,british territory4 ,,hermetist4--,from ,hermes1 the god of ,wisdom1 known in ,egypt1 ,syria1 and ,phnicia as ,thoth1 ,tat1 ,adad1 ,seth1 and ,sat-an 7the latter not to be taken in the sense applied to it by ,moslems and ,christians71 and in ,greece as ,kadmus4 ,the kabalists identify him with ,adam ,kadmon1 the first manifestation of the ,divine ,power1 and with ,enoch4 ,there were two ,hermes3 the elder was the ,trismegistus1 and the second an emanation1 or 8permutation0 of himself2 the friend and instructor of ,isis and ,osiris4 ,hermes is the god of the priestly wisdom1 like ,mazeus4 ,,hierophant4--,discloser of sacred learning4 ,the ,old ,man1 the ,chief of the ,adepts at the initiations1 who explained the arcane knowledge to the neophytes1 bore this title4 ,in ,hebrew and ,chaldaic the term was ,peter1 or opener1 discloser2 hence1 the ,pope1 as the successor of the hierophant of the ancient ,mysteries1 sits in the ,pagan chair of 8,st4 ,peter40 ,the vindictiveness of the ,catholic ,church toward the alchemists1 and to arcane and astronomical science1 is explained by the fact that such knowledge was the ancient prerogative of the hierophant1 or representative of ,peter1 who kept the mysteries of life and death4 ,men like ,bruno1 ,galileo1 and ,kepler1 therefore1 and even ,cagliostro1 trespassed on the preserves of the ,church1 and were accordingly murdered4 ,every nation had its ,mysteries and hierophants4 ,even the ,jews had their ,peter--,tanam or ,rabbin1 like ,hillel1 ,akiba1#ch and other famous kabalists1 who alone could impart the awful knowledge contained in the ,merkaba4 ,in ,india1 there was in ancient times one1 and now there are several hierophants scattered about the country1 attached to the principal pagodas1 who are known as the ,brahma-tmas4 ,in ,thibet the chief hierophant is the ,dalay1 or ,taley-,lama of ,lha-ssa4#ci ,among ,christian nations1 the ,catholics alone have preserved this 8heathen0 custom1 in the person of their ,pope1 albeit they have sadly disfigured its majesty and the dignity of the sacred office4 ,,initiates4--,in times of antiquity1 those who had been initiated into the arcane knowledge taught by the hierophants of the ,mysteries2 and in our modern days those who have been initiated by the adepts of mystic lore into the mysterious knowledge1 which1 notwithstanding the lapse of ages1 has yet a few real votaries on earth4 ,,kabalist1 from 1 ,,kabala2 an unwritten or oral tradition4 ,the xxxiv kabalist is a student of 8secret science10 one who interprets the hidden meaning of the ,scriptures with the help of the symbolical ,kabala1 and explains the real one by these means4 ,the ,tanam were the first kabalists among the ,jews2 they appeared at ,jerusalem about the beginning of the third century before the ,christian era4 ,the ,books of ,ezekiel1 ,daniel1 ,henoch1 and the ,revelation of ,st4 ,john1 are purely kabalistical4 ,this secret doctrine is identical with that of the ,chaldeans1 and includes at the same time much of the ,persian wisdom1 or 8magic40 ,,lamas4--,buddhist monks belonging to the ,lamaic religion of ,thibet1 as1 for instance1 friars are the monks belonging to the ,popish or ,roman ,catholic religion4 ,every lama is subject to the grand ,taley-,lama1 the ,buddhist pope of ,thibet1 who holds his residence at ,lha-ssa1 and is a rencarnation of ,buddha4 ,,mage1 or ,magian2 from ,mag or ,maha4 ,the word is the root of the word magician4 ,the ,maha-tma 7the great ,soul or ,spirit7 in ,india had its priests in the pre-,vedic times4 ,the ,magians were priests of the fire-god2 we find them among the ,assyrians and ,babylonians1 as well as among the ,persian fire-worshippers4 ,the three magi1 also denominated kings1 that are said to have made gifts of gold1 incense1 and myrrh to the infant ,jesus1 were fire-worshippers like the rest1 and astrologers2 for they saw his star4 ,the high priest of the ,parsis1 at ,surat1 is called ,mobed1 others derived the word from ,megh2 ,meh-ab signifying something grand and noble4 ,zoroaster's disciples were called ,meghestom1 according to ,kleuker4 ,,magician4--,this term1 once a title of renown and distinction1 has come to be wholly perverted from its true meaning4 ,once the synonym of all that was honorable and reverent1 of a possessor of learning and wisdom1 it has become degraded into an epithet to designate one who is a pretender and a juggler2 a charlatan1 in short1 or one who has 8sold his soul to the ,evil ,one20 who misuses his knowledge1 and employs it for low and dangerous uses1 according to the teachings of the clergy1 and a mass of superstitious fools who believe the magician a sorcerer and an enchanter4 ,but ,christians forget1 apparently1 that ,moses was also a magician1 and ,daniel1 8,master of the magicians1 astrologers1 ,chaldeans1 and soothsayers0 7,daniel1 v4 #aa74 ,the word magician then1 scientifically speaking1 is derived from ,magh1 ,mah1 ,hindu or ,sanscrit ,maha--great2 a man well versed in the secret or esoteric knowledge2 properly a sacerdote4 ,,manticism1 or mantic frenzy4 ,during this state was developed the gift of prophecy4 ,the two words are nearly synonymous4 ,one was as honored as the other4 ,pythagoras and ,plato held it in high esteem1 and xxxv ,socrates advised his disciples to study ,manticism4 ,the ,church ,fathers1 who condemned so severely the mantic frenzy in ,pagan priests and ,pythi1 were not above applying it to their own uses4 ,the ,montanists1 who took their name from ,montanus1 a bishop of ,phrygia1 who was considered divinely inspired1 rivalled with the 7manteis7 or prophets4 8,tertullian1 ,augustine1 and the martyrs of ,carthage1 were of the number10 says the author of ,prophecy1 ,ancient and ,modern4 8,the ,montanists seem to have resembled the ,bacchantes in the wild enthusiasm that characterized their orgies10 he adds4 ,there is a diversity of opinion as to the origin of the word ,manticism4 ,there was the famous ,mantis the ,seer1 in the days of ,melampus and ,prtus1 ,king of ,argos2 and there was ,manto1 the daughter of the prophet of ,thebes1 herself a prophetess4 ,cicero describes prophecy and mantic frenzy by saying that 8in the inner recesses of the mind is divine prophecy hidden and confined1 a divine impulse1 which when it burns more vividly is called furor0 7frenzy1 madness74 ,but there is still another etymology possible for the word mantis1 and to which we doubt if the attention of the philologists was ever drawn4 ,the mantic frenzy may1 perchance1 have a still earlier origin4 ,the two sacrificial cups of the ,soma-mystery used during the religious rites1 and generally known as grahs1 are respectively called ,sukra and ,manti4#dj ,it is in the latter manti or manthi cup that ,brahma is said to be 8stirred up40 ,while the initiate drinks 7albeit sparingly7 of this sacred soma-juice1 the ,brahma1 or rather his 8spirit10 personified by the god ,soma1 enters into the man and takes possession of him4 ,hence1 ecstatic vision1 clairvoyance1 and the gift of prophecy4 ,both kinds of divination--the natural and the artificial--are aroused by the ,soma4 ,the ,sukra-cup awakens that which is given to every man by nature4 ,it unites both spirit and soul1 and these1 from their own nature and essence1 which are divine1 have a foreknowledge of future things1 as dreams1 unexpected visions1 and presentiments1 well prove4 ,the contents of the other cup1 the manti1 which 8stirs the ,brahma10 put there by the soul in communication not only with the minor gods--the well-informed but not omniscient spirits--but actually with the highest divine essence itself4 ,the soul receives a direct illumination from the presence of its 8god20 but as it is not allowed to remember certain things1 well known only in heaven1 the initiated person is generally seized with a kind of sacred frenzy1 and upon recovering from it1 only remembers that which is allowed to him4 ,as to the other kind of seers xxxvi and diviners--those who make a profession of and a living by it--they are usually held to be possessed by a gandharva1 a deity which is nowhere so little honored as in ,india4 ,,mantra4--,a ,sanskrit word conveying the same idea as the 8,ineffable ,name40 ,some mantras1 when pronounced according to magical formula taught in the ,atharva-,veda1 produce an instantaneous and wonderful effect4 ,in its general sense1 though1 a mantra is either simply a prayer to the gods and powers of heaven1 as taught by the ,brahmanical books1 and especially ,manu1 or else a magical charm4 ,in its esoteric sense1 the 8word0 of the mantra1 or mystic speech1 is called by the ,brahmans ,vch4 ,it resides in the mantra1 which literally means those parts of the sacred books which are considered as the ,sruti1 or direct divine revelation4 ,,marabut4--,a ,mahometan pilgrim who has been to ,mekka2 a saint1 after whose death his body is placed in an open sepulchre built on the surface1 like other buildings1 but in the middle of the streets and public places of populated cities4 ,placed inside the small and only room of the tomb 7and several such public sarcophagi of brick and mortar may be seen to this day in the streets and squares of ,cairo71 the devotion of the wayfarers keeps a lamp ever burning at his head4 ,the tombs of some of these marabuts have a great fame for the miracles they are alleged to perform4 ,,materialization4--,a word employed by spiritualists to indicate the phenomenon of 8a spirit clothing himself with a material form40 ,the far less objectionable term1 8form-manifestation10 has been recently suggested by ,mr4 ,stainton-,moses1 of ,london4 ,when the real nature of these apparitions is better comprehended1 a still more appropriate name will doubtless be adopted4 ,to call them materialized spirits is inadmissible1 for they are not spirits but animated portrait-statues4 ,,mazdeans1 from 7,ahura7 ,mazda4 7,see ,spiegel's ,yasna1 xl47 ,they were the ancient ,persian nobles who worshipped ,ormazd1 and1 rejecting images1 inspired the ,jews with the same horror for every concrete representation of the ,deity4 8,they seem in ,herodotus's time to have been superseded by the ,magian religionists4 ,the ,parsis and ,ghebers 7 geberim1 mighty men1 of ,genesis vi4 and x4 #h7 appear to be ,magian religionists4444 ,by a curious muddling of ideas1 ,zoro-,aster 7,zero1 a circle1 a son or priest1 ,aster1 ,ishtar1 or ,astart--in ,aryan dialect1 a star71 the title of the head of the ,magians and fire-worshippers1 or ,surya-ishtara1 the sun-worshipper1 is often confounded in modern times with ,zara-tustra1 the reputed ,mazdean apostle0 7,zoroaster74 ,,metempsychosis4--,the progress of the soul from one stage of existence to another4 ,symbolized and vulgarly believed to be rebirths in animal bodies4 ,a term generally misunderstood by every class of ,european and xxxvii ,american society1 including many scientists4 ,the kabalistic axiom1 8,a stone becomes a plant1 a plant an animal1 an animal a man1 a man a spirit1 and a spirit a god10 receives an explanation in ,manu's ,manava-,dharma-,sastra1 and other ,brahmanical books4 ,,mysteries4--,greek teletai1 or finishings1 as analogous to teleuteia or death4 ,they were observances1 generally kept secret from the profane and uninitiated1 in which were taught by dramatic representation and other methods1 the origin of things1 the nature of the human spirit1 its relations to the body1 and the method of its purification and restoration to higher life4 ,physical science1 medicine1 the laws of music1 divination1 were all taught in the same manner4 ,the ,hippocratic oath was but a mystic obligation4 ,hippocrates was a priest of ,asklepios1 some of whose writings chanced to become public4 ,but the ,asklepiades were initiates of the sculapian serpent-worship1 as the ,bacchantes were of the ,dionysia2 and both rites were eventually incorporated with the ,eleusinia4 ,we will treat of the ,mysteries fully in the subsequent chapters4 ,,mystics4--,those initiated4 ,but in the medival and later periods the term was applied to men like ,bhmn the ,theosophist1 ,molinos the ,quietist1 ,nicholas of ,basle1 and others who believed in a direct interior communion with ,god1 analogous to the inspiration of the prophets4 ,,nabia4--,seership1 soothsaying4 ,this oldest and most respected of mystic phenomena1 is the name given to prophecy in the ,bible1 and is correctly included among the spiritual powers1 such as divination1 clairvoyant visions1 trance-conditions1 and oracles4 ,but while enchanters1 diviners1 and even astrologers are strictly condemned in the ,mosaic books1 prophecy1 seership1 and nabia appear as the special gifts of heaven4 ,in early ages they were all termed ,epoptai1 the ,greek word for seers1 clairvoyants2 after which they were designated as ,nebim1 8the plural of ,nebo1 the ,babylonian god of wisdom40 ,the kabalist distinguishes between the seer and the magician2 one is passive1 the other active2 ,nebirah1 is one who looks into futurity and a clairvoyant2 ,nebi-poel1 he who possesses magic powers4 ,we notice that ,elijah and ,apollonius resorted to the same means to isolate themselves from the disturbing influences of the outer world1 viz43 wrapping their heads entirely in a woolen mantle3 from its being an electric non-conductor we must suppose4 ,,occultist4--,one who studies the various branches of occult science4 ,the term is used by the ,french kabalists 7,see ,eliphas ,levi's works74 ,occultism embraces the whole range of psychological1 physiological1 cosmical1 physical1 and spiritual phenomena4 ,from the word occult hidden or secret2 applying therefore to the study of the ,kabala1 astrology1 alchemy1 and all arcane sciences4 ,,pagan ,,gods4--,this term gods is erroneously understood by most of the xxxviii reading public1 to mean idols4 ,the idea attached to them is not that of something objective or anthropomorphical4 ,with the exception of occasions when 8gods0 mean either divine planetary entities 7angels71 or disembodied spirits of pure men1 the term simply conveys to the mind of the mystic--whether ,hindu ,hotar1 ,mazdean ,mage1 ,egyptian hierophant1 or disciple of the ,greek philosophers--the idea of a visible or cognized manifestation of an invisible potency of nature4 ,and such occult potencies are invoked under the appellation of various gods1 who1 for the time being1 are personating these powers4 ,thus every one of the numberless deities of the ,hindu1 ,greek1 and ,egyptian ,pantheons1 are simply ,powers of the 8,unseen ,universe40 ,when the officiating ,brahman invokes ,aditya--who1 in her cosmic character1 is the goddess-sun--he simply commands that potency 7personified in some god71 which1 as he asserts1 8resides in the ,mantra1 as the sacred ,vch40 ,these god-powers are allegorically regarded as the divine ,hotars of the ,supreme ,one2 while the priest 7,brahman7 is the human ,hotar who officiates on earth1 and representing that particular ,power becomes1 ambassador-like1 invested with the very potency which he personates4 ,,pitris4--,it is generally believed that the ,hindu term ,pitris means the spirits of our direct ancestors2 of disembodied people4 ,hence the argument of some spiritualists that fakirs1 and other ,eastern wonder-workers1 are mediums2 that they themselves confess to being unable to produce anything without the help of the ,pitris1 of whom they are the obedient instruments4 ,this is in more than one sense erroneous4 ,the ,pitris are not the ancestors of the present living men1 but those of the human kind or ,adamic race2 the spirits of human races which1 on the great scale of descending evolution1 preceded our races of men1 and were physically1 as well as spiritually1 far superior to our modern pigmies4 ,in ,manava-,dharma-,sastra they are called the ,lunar ancestors4 ,,pythia1 or ,pythoness4--,webster dismisses the word very briefly by saying that it was the name of one who delivered the oracles at the ,temple of ,delphi1 and 8any female supposed to have the spirit of divination in her--a witch10 which is neither complimentary1 exact1 nor just4 ,a ,pythia1 upon the authority of ,plutarch1 ,iamblichus1 ,lamprias1 and others1 was a nervous sensitive2 she was chosen from among the poorest class1 young and pure4 ,attached to the temple1 within whose precincts she had a room1 secluded from every other1 and to which no one but the priest1 or seer1 had admittance1 she had no communications with the outside world1 and her life was more strict and ascetic than that of a ,catholic nun4 ,sitting on a tripod of brass placed over a fissure in the ground1 through which arose intoxicating vapors1 these subterranean xxxix exhalations penetrating her whole system produced the prophetic mania4 ,in this abnormal state she delivered oracles4 ,she was sometimes called ventriloqua vates1#da the ventriloquist-prophetess4 ,the ancients placed the astral soul of man1 1 or his self-consciousness1 in the pit of the stomach4 ,the ,brahmans shared this belief with ,plato and other philosophers4 ,thus we find in the fourth verse of the second ,nbhnedishtha ,hymn it is said3 8,hear1 ,o sons of the gods 7spirits7 one who speaks through his navel 7nbh7 for he hails you in your dwellings60 ,many of the ,sanscrit scholars agree that this belief is one of the most ancient among the ,hindus4 ,the modern fakirs1 as well as the ancient gymnosophists1 unite themselves with their tman and the ,deity by remaining motionless in contemplation and concentrating their whole thought on their navel4 ,as in modern somnambulic phenomena1 the navel was regarded as 8the circle of the sun10 the seat of internal divine light4#db ,is the fact of a number of modern somnambulists being enabled to read letters1 hear1 smell1 and see1 through that part of their body to be regarded again as a simple 8coincidence10 or shall we admit at last that the old sages knew something more of physiological and psychological mysteries than our modern ,academicians8 ,in modern ,persia1 when a 8magician0 7often simply a mesmerizer7 is consulted upon occasions of theft and other puzzling occurrences1 he makes his manipulations over the pit of his stomach1 and so brings himself into a state of clairvoyance4 ,among the modern ,parsis1 remarks a translator of the ,rig-vedas1 there exists a belief up to the present day that their adepts have a flame in their navel1 which enlightens to them all darkness and discloses the spiritual world1 as well as all things unseen1 or at a distance4 ,they call it the lamp of the ,deshtur1 or high priest2 the light of the ,dikshita 7the initiate71 and otherwise designate it by many other names4 ,,samothraces4--,a designation of the ,fane-gods worshipped at ,samothracia in the ,mysteries4 ,they are considered as identical with the ,kabeiri1 ,dioskuri1 and ,korybantes4 ,their names were mystical--denoting ,pluto1 ,ceres or ,proserpina1 ,bacchus1 and sculapius or ,hermes4 ,,shamans1 or ,samaneans4--,an order of ,buddhists among the ,tartars1 especially those of ,siberia4 ,they are possibly akin to the xl philosophers anciently known as ,brachmanes1 mistaken sometimes for ,brahmans4#dc ,they are all magicians1 or rather sensitives or mediums artificially developed4 ,at present those who act as priests among the ,tartars are generally very ignorant1 and far below the fakirs in knowledge and education4 ,both men and women may be ,shamans4 ,,soma4--,this ,hindu sacred beverage answers to the ,greek ambrosia or nectar1 drunk by the gods of ,olympus4 ,a cup of kykeon was also quaffed by the mysta at the ,eleusinian initiation4 ,he who drinks it easily reaches ,bradhna1 or place of splendor 7,heaven74 ,the soma-drink known to ,europeans is not the genuine beverage1 but its substitute2 for the initiated priests alone can taste of the real soma2 and even kings and rajas1 when sacrificing1 receive the substitute4 ,haug shows by his own confession1 in his ,aytareya ,brahmanan1 that it was not the ,soma that he tasted and found nasty1 but the juice from the roots of the ,nyagradha1 a plant or bush which grows on the hills of ,poona4 ,we were positively informed that the majority of the sacrificial priests of the ,dekkan have lost the secret of the true soma4 ,it can be found neither in the ritual books nor through oral information4 ,the true followers of the primitive ,vedic religion are very few2 these are the alleged descendants from the ,rishis1 the real ,agnihtris1 the initiates of the great ,mysteries4 ,the soma-drink is also commemorated in the ,hindu ,pantheon1 for it is called the ,king-,soma4 ,he who drinks of it is made to participate in the heavenly king1 because he becomes filled with it1 as the ,christian apostles and their converts became filled with the ,holy ,ghost1 and purified of their sins4 ,the soma makes a new man of the initiate2 he is reborn and transformed1 and his spiritual nature overcomes the physical2 it gives the divine power of inspiration1 and develops the clairvoyant faculty to the utmost4 ,according to the exoteric explanation the soma is a plant1 but1 at the same time it is an angel4 ,it forcibly connects the inner1 highest 8spirit0 of man1 which spirit is an angel like the mystical soma1 with his 8irrational soul10 or astral body1 and thus united by the power of the magic drink1 they soar together above physical nature1 and participate during life in the beatitude and ineffable glories of ,heaven4 ,thus the ,hindu soma is mystically1 and in all respects the same that the ,eucharistic supper is to the ,christian4 ,the idea is similar4 ,by xli means of the sacrificial prayers--the mantras--this liquor is supposed to be transformed on the spot into real soma--or the angel1 and even into ,brahma himself4 ,some missionaries have expressed themselves very indignantly about this ceremony1 the more so that1 generally speaking1 the ,brahmans use a kind of spirituous liquor as a substitute4 ,but do the ,christians believe less fervently in the transubstantiation of the communion-wine into the blood of ,christ1 because this wine happens to be more or less spirituous8 ,is not the idea of the symbol attached to it the same8 ,but the missionaries say that this hour of soma-drinking is the golden hour of ,satan1 who lurks at the bottom of the ,hindu sacrificial cup4#dd ,,spirit4--,the lack of any mutual agreement between writers in the use of this word has resulted in dire confusion4 ,it is commonly made synonymous with soul2 and the lexicographers countenance the usage4 ,this is the natural result of our ignorance of the other word1 and repudiation of the classification adopted by the ancients4 ,elsewhere we attempt to make clear the distinction between the terms 8spirit0 and 8soul40 ,there are no more important passages in this work4 ,meanwhile1 we will only add that 8spirit0 is the of ,plato1 the immortal1 immaterial1 and purely divine principle in man--the crown of the human ,triad2 whereas1 ,,soul is the 1 or the nephesh of the ,bible2 the vital principle1 or the breath of life1 which every animal1 down to the infusoria1 shares with man4 ,in the translated ,bible it stands indifferently for life1 blood1 and soul4 8,let us not kill his nephesh10 says the original text3 8let us not kill him10 translate the ,christians 7,genesis xxxvii4 #ba71 and so on4 ,,theosophists4--,in the medival ages it was the name by which were known the disciples of ,paracelsus of the sixteenth century1 the so-called fire-philosophers or ,philosophi per ignem4 ,as well as the ,platonists they regarded the soul 77 and the divine spirit1 nous 771 as a particle of the great ,archos--a fire taken from the eternal ocean of light4 ,the ,theosophical ,society1 to which these volumes are dedicated by the author as a mark of affectionate regard1 was organized at ,new ,york in #ahge4 ,the object of its founders was to experiment practically in the occult powers of ,nature1 and to collect and disseminate among ,christians information about the ,oriental religious philosophies4 ,later1 it has determined to spread among the 8poor benighted heathen0 xlii such evidences as to the practical results of ,christianity as will at least give both sides of the story to the communities among which missionaries are at work4 ,with this view it has established relations with associations and individuals throughout the ,east1 to whom it furnishes authenticated reports of the ecclesiastical crimes and misdemeanors1 schisms and heresies1 controversies and litigations1 doctrinal differences and biblical criticisms and revisions1 with which the press of ,christian ,europe and ,america constantly teems4 ,christendom has been long and minutely informed of the degradation and brutishness into which ,buddhism1 ,brahmanism1 and ,confucianism have plunged their deluded votaries1 and many millions have been lavished upon foreign missions under such false representations4 ,the ,theosophical ,society1 seeing daily exemplifications of this very state of things as the sequence of ,christian teaching and example--the latter especially--thought it simple justice to make the facts known in ,palestine1 ,india1 ,ceylon1 ,cashmere1 ,tartary1 ,thibet1 ,china1 and ,japan1 in all which countries it has influential correspondents4 ,it may also in time have much to say about the conduct of the missionaries to those who contribute to their support4 ,,theurgist4--,from 1 god1 and 1 work4 ,the first school of practical theurgy in the ,christian period was founded by ,iamblichus among the ,alexandrian ,platonists2 but the priests attached to the temples of ,egypt1 ,assyria1 and ,babylonia1 and who took an active part in the evocations of the gods during the ,sacred ,mysteries1 were known by this name from the earliest archaic period4 ,the purpose of it was to make spirits visible to the eyes of mortals4 ,a theurgist was one expert in the esoteric learning of the ,sanctuaries of all the great countries4 ,the ,neo-platonists of the school of ,iamblichus were called theurgists1 for they performed the so-called 8ceremonial magic10 and evoked the 8spirits0 of the departed heroes1 8gods10 and ,daimonia 7 divine1 spiritual entities74 ,in the rare cases when the presence of a tangible and visible spirit was required1 the theurgist had to furnish the weird apparition with a portion of his own flesh and blood--he had to perform the theopa1 or the 8creation of gods10 by a mysterious process well known to the modern fakirs and initiated ,brahmans of ,india4 ,this is what is said in the ,book of ,evocations of the pagodas4 ,it shows the perfect identity of rites and ceremonial between the oldest ,brahmanic theurgy and that of the ,alexandrian ,platonists3 8,the ,brahman ,grihasta 7the evocator7 must be in a state of complete purity before he ventures to call forth the ,pitris40 ,after having prepared a lamp1 some sandal1 incense1 etc41 and having traced the magic circles taught to him by the superior guru1 in order to keep away bad spirits1 he 8ceases to breathe1 and calls the fire xliii to his help to disperse his body40 ,he pronounces a certain number of times the sacred word1 and 8his soul escapes from his body1 and his body disappears1 and the soul of the evoked spirit descends into the double body and animates it40 ,then 8,his 7,grihasta's7 soul renters into his body1 whose subtile particles have again been aggregating1 after having formed of their emanations an arial body to the spirit he evoked40 ,and now1 that he has formed for the ,pitri a body with the particles the most essential and pure of his own1 the grihasta is allowed1 after the ceremonial sacrifice is over1 to 8converse with the souls of the ancestors and the ,pitris1 and offer them questions on the mysteries of the ,being and the transformations of the imperishable40 8,then after having blown out his lamp he must light it again1 and set at liberty the bad spirits shut out from the place by the magical circles1 and leave the sanctuary of the ,pitris40#de ,the school of ,iamblichus was distinct from that of ,plotinus and ,porphyry1 who were strongly against ceremonial magic and practical theurgy as dangerous1 though these two eminent men firmly believed in both4 8,the theurgic or benevolent magic1 the ,gotic1 or dark and evil necromancy1 were alike in preminent repute during the first century of the ,christian era40#df ,but never have any of the highly moral and pious philosophers1 whose fame has descended to us spotless of any evil deed1 practiced any other kind of magic than the theurgic1 or benevolent1 as ,bulwer-,lytton terms it4 8,whoever is acquainted with the nature of divinely luminous appearances 77 knows also on what account it is requisite to abstain from all birds 7animal food71 and especially for him who hastens to be liberated from terrestrial concerns and to be established with the celestial gods10 says ,porphyry4#dg ,though he refused to practice theurgy himself1 ,porphyry1 in his ,life of ,plotinus1 mentions a priest of ,egypt1 who1 8at the request of a certain friend of ,plotinus 7which friend was perhaps ,porphyry himself1 remarks ,t4 ,taylor71 exhibited to ,plotinus1 in the temple of ,isis at ,rome1 the familiar daimon1 or1 in modern language1 the guardian angel of that philosopher40#dh ,the popular1 prevailing idea was that the theurgists1 as well as the magicians1 worked wonders1 such as evoking the souls or shadows of the heroes and gods1 and doing other thaumaturgic works by supernatural powers4 ,,yajna4--8,the ,yajna10 say the ,brahmans1 exists from eternity1 for it xliv proceeded forth from the ,supreme ,one1 the ,brahma-,prajapti1 in whom it lay dormant from 8no beginning40 ,it is the key to the ,,traividya1 the thrice sacred science contained in the ,rig verses1 which teaches the ,yagus or sacrificial mysteries4 8,the ,yajna0 exists as an invisible thing at all times2 it is like the latent power of electricity in an electrifying machine1 requiring only the operation of a suitable apparatus in order to be elicited4 ,it is supposed to extend from the ,ahavaniya or sacrificial fire to the heavens1 forming a bridge or ladder by means of which the sacrificer can communicate with the world of gods and spirits1 and even ascend when alive to their abodes4#di ,this ,yajna is again one of the forms of the ,aksa1 and the mystic word calling it into existence and pronounced mentally by the initiated ,priest is the ,lost ,word receiving impulse through ,,will-,,power4 ,to complete the list1 we will now add that in the course of the following chapters1 whenever we use the term ,archaic1 we mean before the time of ,pythagoras2 when ,ancient1 before the time of ,mahomet2 and when ,medival1 the period between ,mahomet and ,martin ,luther4 ,it will only be necessary to infringe the rule when from time to time we may have to speak of nations of a pre-,pythagorean antiquity1 and will adopt the common custom of calling them 8ancient40 99 99 99 99 99 ,before closing this initial chapter1 we venture to say a few words in explanation of the plan of this work4 ,its object is not to force upon the public the personal views or theories of its author2 nor has it the pretensions of a scientific work1 which aims at creating a revolution in some department of thought4 ,it is rather a brief summary of the religions1 philosophies1 and universal traditions of human kind1 and the exegesis of the same1 in the spirit of those secret doctrines1 of which none--thanks to prejudice and bigotry--have reached ,christendom in so unmutilated a form1 as to secure it a fair judgment4 ,since the days of the unlucky medival philosophers1 the last to write upon these secret doctrines of which they were the depositaries1 few men have dared to brave persecution and prejudice by placing their knowledge upon record4 ,and these few have never1 as a rule1 written for the public1 but only for those of their own and succeeding times who possessed the key to their jargon4 ,the multitude1 not understanding them or their doctrines1 have been accustomed to regard them en masse as either charlatans or dreamers4 ,hence the unmerited contempt into which the study of the noblest of sciences--that of the spiritual man--has gradually fallen4 ,in undertaking to inquire into the assumed infallibility of ,modern xlv ,science and ,theology1 the author has been forced1 even at the risk of being thought discursive1 to make constant comparison of the ideas1 achievements1 and pretensions of their representatives1 with those of the ancient philosophers and religious teachers4 ,things the most widely separated as to time1 have thus been brought into immediate juxtaposition1 for only thus could the priority and parentage of discoveries and dogmas be determined4 ,in discussing the merits of our scientific contemporaries1 their own confessions of failure in experimental research1 of baffling mysteries1 of missing links in their chains of theory1 of inability to comprehend natural phenomena1 of ignorance of the laws of the causal world1 have furnished the basis for the present study4 ,especially 7since ,psychology has been so much neglected1 and the ,east is so far away that few of our investigators will ever get there to study that science where alone it is understood71 we will review the speculations and policy of noted authorities in connection with those modern psychological phenomena which began at ,rochester and have now overspread the world4 ,we wish to show how inevitable were their innumerable failures1 and how they must continue until these pretended authorities of the ,west go to the ,brahmans and ,lamaists of the far ,orient1 and respectfully ask them to impart the alphabet of true science4 ,we have laid no charge against scientists that is not supported by their own published admissions1 and if our citations from the records of antiquity rob some of what they have hitherto viewed as well-earned laurels1 the fault is not ours but ,truth's4 ,no man worthy of the name of philosopher would care to wear honors that rightfully belong to another4 ,deeply sensible of the ,titanic struggle that is now in progress between materialism and the spiritual aspirations of mankind1 our constant endeavor has been to gather into our several chapters1 like weapons into armories1 every fact and argument that can be used to aid the latter in defeating the former4 ,sickly and deformed child as it now is1 the materialism of ,to-,day is born of the brutal ,yesterday4 ,unless its growth is arrested1 it may become our master4 ,it is the bastard progeny of the ,french ,revolution and its reaction against ages of religious bigotry and repression4 ,to prevent the crushing of these spiritual aspirations1 the blighting of these hopes1 and the deadening of that intuition which teaches us of a ,god and a hereafter1 we must show our false theologies in their naked deformity1 and distinguish between divine religion and human dogmas4 ,our voice is raised for spiritual freedom1 and our plea made for enfranchisement from all tyranny1 whether of ,,science or ,,theology4 ,,the ,,veil ,,of ,,isis4 #a ,,part ,,one4--,,science4 ,,chapter ,i4 8,ego sum qui sum40 --,an axiom of ,hermetic ,philosophy4 8,we commenced research where modern conjecture closes its faithless wings4 ,and with us1 these were the common elements of science which the sages of to-day disdain as wild chimeras1 or despair of as unfathomable mysteries48,,bulwer',s 8,,zanoni40 ,there exists somewhere in this wide world an old ,book--so very old that our modern antiquarians might ponder over its pages an indefinite time1 and still not quite agree as to the nature of the fabric upon which it is written4 ,it is the only original copy now in existence4 ,the most ancient ,hebrew document on occult learning--the ,siphra ,dzeniouta--was compiled from it1 and that at a time when the former was already considered in the light of a literary relic4 ,one of its illustrations represents the ,divine ,essence emanating from ,,adam#ej like a luminous arc proceeding to form a circle2 and then1 having attained the highest point of its circumference1 the ineffable ,glory bends back again1 and returns to earth1 bringing a higher type of humanity in its vortex4 ,as it approaches nearer and nearer to our planet1 the ,emanation becomes more and more shadowy1 until upon touching the ground it is as black as night4 ,a conviction1 founded upon seventy thousand years of experience1#ea as they allege1 has been entertained by hermetic philosophers of all periods that matter has in time become1 through sin1 more gross and dense than it was at man's first formation2 that1 at the beginning1 #b the human body was of a half-ethereal nature2 and that1 before the fall1 mankind communed freely with the now unseen universes4 ,but since that time matter has become the formidable barrier between us and the world of spirits4 ,the oldest esoteric traditions also teach that1 before the mystic ,adam1 many races of human beings lived and died out1 each giving place in its turn to another4 ,were these precedent types more perfect8 ,did any of them belong to the winged race of men mentioned by ,plato in ,phdrus8 ,it is the special province of science to solve the problem4 ,the caves of ,france and the relics of the stone age afford a point at which to begin4 ,as the cycle proceeded1 man's eyes were more and more opened1 until he came to know 8good and evil0 as well as the ,elohim themselves4 ,having reached its summit1 the cycle began to go downward4 ,when the arc attained a certain point which brought it parallel with the fixed line of our terrestrial plane1 the man was furnished by nature with 8coats of skin10 and the ,lord ,god 8clothed them40 ,this same belief in the pre-existence of a far more spiritual race than the one to which we now belong can be traced back to the earliest traditions of nearly every people4 ,in the ancient ,quich manuscript1 published by ,brasseur de ,bourbourg--the ,popol ,vuh--the first men are mentioned as a race that could reason and speak1 whose sight was unlimited1 and who knew all things at once4 ,according to ,philo ,judus1 the air is filled with an invisible host of spirits1 some of whom are free from evil and immortal1 and others are pernicious and mortal4 8,from the sons of ,,el we are descended1 and sons of ,el must we become again40 ,and the unequivocal statement of the anonymous ,gnostic who wrote ,the ,gospel according to ,john1 that 8as many as received ,him10 i4e41 who followed practically the esoteric doctrine of ,jesus1 would 8become the sons of ,god10 points to the same belief4 7i41 #ab47 8,know ye not1 ye are gods80 exclaimed the ,master4 ,plato describes admirably in ,phdrus the state in which man once was1 and what he will become again3 before1 and after the 8loss of his wings20 when 8he lived among the gods1 a god himself in the airy world40 ,from the remotest periods religious philosophies taught that the whole universe was filled with divine and spiritual beings of divers races4 ,from one of these evolved1 in the course of time1 ,,adam1 the primitive man4 ,the ,kalmucks and some tribes of ,siberia also describe in their legends earlier creations than our present race4 ,these beings1 they say1 were possessed of almost boundless knowledge1 and in their audacity even threatened rebellion against the ,great ,chief ,spirit4 ,to punish their presumption and humble them1 he imprisoned them in bodies1 and so #c shut in their senses4 ,from these they can escape but through long repentance1 self-purification1 and development4 ,their ,shamans1 they think1 occasionally enjoy the divine powers originally possessed by all human beings4 ,the ,astor ,library of ,new ,york has recently been enriched by a fac-simile of an ,egyptian ,medical ,treatise1 written in the sixteenth century ,b4,c4 7or1 more precisely1 #aeeb ,b4,c471 which1 according to the commonly received chronology1 is the time when ,moses was just twenty-one years of age4 ,the original is written upon the inner bark of ,cyperus papyrus1 and has been pronounced by ,professor ,schenk1 of ,leipsig1 not only genuine1 but also the most perfect ever seen4 ,it consists of a single sheet of yellow-brown papyrus of finest quality1 three-tenths of a metre wide1 more than twenty metres long1 and forming one roll divided into one hundred and ten pages1 all carefully numbered4 ,it was purchased in ,egypt1 in #ahgb-c1 by the archologist ,ebers1 of 8a well-to-do ,arab from ,luxor40 ,the ,new ,york ,tribune1 commenting upon the circumstance1 says3 ,the papyrus 8bears internal evidence of being one of the six ,hermetic ,books on ,medicine1 named by ,clement of ,alexandria40 ,the editor further says3 8,at the time of ,iamblichus1 ,a4,d4 #cfc1 the priests of ,egypt showed forty-two books which they attributed to ,hermes 7,thuti74 ,of these1 according to that author1 thirty-six contained the history of all human knowledge2 the last six treated of anatomy1 of pathology1 of affections of the eye1 instruments of surgery1 and of medicines4#eb ,the ,papyrus ,ebers is indisputably one of these ancient ,hermetic works40 ,if so clear a ray of light has been thrown upon ancient ,egyptian science1 by the accidental 787 encounter of the ,german archologist with one 8well-to-do ,arab0 from ,luxor1 how can we know what sunshine may be let in upon the dark crypts of history by an equally accidental meeting between some other prosperous ,egyptian and another enterprising student of antiquity6 ,the discoveries of modern science do not disagree with the oldest traditions which claim an incredible antiquity for our race4 ,within the last few years geology1 which previously had only conceded that man could be traced as far back as the tertiary period1 has found unanswerable proofs that human existence antedates the last glaciation of ,europe--over #bej1jjj years6 ,a hard nut1 this1 for ,patristic ,theology to crack2 but an accepted fact with the ancient philosophers4 ,moreover1 fossil implements have been exhumed together with human #d remains1 which show that man hunted in those remote times1 and knew how to build a fire4 ,but the forward step has not yet been taken in this search for the origin of the race2 science comes to a dead stop1 and waits for future proofs4 ,unfortunately1 anthropology and psychology possess no ,cuvier2 neither geologists nor archologists are able to construct1 from the fragmentary bits hitherto discovered1 the perfect skeleton of the triple man--physical1 intellectual1 and spiritual4 ,because the fossil implements of man are found to become more rough and uncouth as geology penetrates deeper into the bowels of the earth1 it seems a proof to science that the closer we come to the origin of man1 the more savage and brute-like he must be4 ,strange logic6 ,does the finding of the remains in the cave of ,devon prove that there were no contemporary races then who were highly civilized8 ,when the present population of the earth have disappeared1 and some archologist belonging to the 8coming race0 of the distant future shall excavate the domestic implements of one of our ,indian or ,andaman ,island tribes1 will he be justified in concluding that mankind in the nineteenth century was 8just emerging from the ,stone ,age80 ,it has lately been the fashion to speak of 8the untenable conceptions of an uncultivated past40 ,as though it were possible to hide behind an epigram the intellectual quarries out of which the reputations of so many modern philosophers have been carved6 ,just as ,tyndall is ever ready to disparage ancient philosophers--for a dressing-up of whose ideas more than one distinguished scientist has derived honor and credit--so the geologists seem more and more inclined to take for granted that all of the archaic races were contemporaneously in a state of dense barbarism4 ,but not all of our best authorities agree in this opinion4 ,some of the most eminent maintain exactly the reverse4 ,max ,mller1 for instance1 says3 8,many things are still unintelligible to us1 and the hieroglyphic language of antiquity records but half of the mind's unconscious intentions4 ,yet more and more the image of man1 in whatever clime we meet him1 rises before us1 noble and pure from the very beginning2 even his errors we learn to understand1 even his dreams we begin to interpret4 ,as far as we can trace back the footsteps of man1 even on the lowest strata of history1 we see the divine gift of a sound and sober intellect belonging to him from the very first1 and the idea of a humanity emerging slowly from the depths of an animal brutality can never be maintained again40#ec ,as it is claimed to be unphilosophical to inquire into first causes1 #e scientists now occupy themselves with considering their physical effects4 ,the field of scientific investigation is therefore bounded by physical nature4 ,when once its limits are reached1 enquiry must stop1 and their work be recommenced4 ,with all due respect to our learned men1 they are like the squirrel upon its revolving wheel1 for they are doomed to turn their 8matter0 over and over again4 ,science is a mighty potency1 and it is not for us pigmies to question her4 ,but the 8scientists0 are not themselves science embodied any more than the men of our planet are the planet itself4 ,we have neither the right to demand1 nor power to compel our 8modern-day philosopher0 to accept without challenge a geographical description of the dark side of the moon4 ,but1 if in some lunar cataclysm one of her inhabitants should be hurled thence into the attraction of our atmosphere1 and land1 safe and sound1 at ,dr4 ,carpenter's door1 he would be indictable as recreant to professional duty if he should fail to set the physical problem at rest4 ,for a man of science to refuse an opportunity to investigate any new phenomenon1 whether it comes to him in the shape of a man from the moon1 or a ghost from the ,eddy homestead1 is alike reprehensible4 ,whether arrived at by the method of ,aristotle1 or that of ,plato1 we need not stop to inquire2 but it is a fact that both the inner and outer natures of man are claimed to have been thoroughly understood by the ancient andrologists4 ,notwithstanding the superficial hypotheses of geologists1 we are beginning to have almost daily proofs in corroboration of the assertions of those philosophers4 ,they divided the interminable periods of human existence on this planet into cycles1 during each of which mankind gradually reached the culminating point of highest civilization and gradually relapsed into abject barbarism4 ,to what eminence the race in its progress had several times arrived may be feebly surmised by the wonderful monuments of old1 still visible1 and the descriptions given by ,herodotus of other marvels of which no traces now remain4 ,even in his days the gigantic structures of many pyramids and world-famous temples were but masses of ruins4 ,scattered by the unrelenting hand of time1 they are described by the ,father of ,history as 8these venerable witnesses of the long bygone glory of departed ancestors40 ,he 8shrinks from speaking of divine things10 and gives to posterity but an imperfect description from hearsay of some marvellous subterranean chambers of the ,labyrinth1 where lay--and now lie--concealed1 the sacred remains of the ,king-,initiates4 ,we can judge1 moreover1 of the lofty civilization reached in some #f periods of antiquity by the historical descriptions of the ages of the ,ptolemies1 yet in that epoch the arts and sciences were considered to be degenerating1 and the secret of a number of the former had been already lost4 ,in the recent excavations of ,mariette-,bey1 at the foot of the ,pyramids1 statues of wood and other relics have been exhumed1 which show that long before the period of the first dynasties the ,egyptians had attained to a refinement and perfection which is calculated to excite the wonder of even the most ardent admirers of ,grecian art4 ,bayard ,taylor describes these statues in one of his lectures1 and tells us that the beauty of the heads1 ornamented with eyes of precious stones and copper eyelids1 is unsurpassed4 ,far below the stratum of sand in which lay the remains gathered into the collections of ,lepsius1 ,abbott1 and the ,british ,museum1 were found buried the tangible proofs of the hermetic doctrine of cycles which has been already explained4 ,dr4 ,schliemann1 the enthusiastic ,hellenist1 has recently found1 in his excavations in the ,troad1 abundant evidences of the same gradual change from barbarism to civilization1 and from civilization to barbarism again4 ,why then should we feel so reluctant to admit the possibility that1 if the antediluvians were so much better versed than ourselves in certain sciences as to have been perfectly acquainted with important arts1 which we now term lost1 they might have equally excelled in psychological knowledge8 ,such a hypothesis must be considered as reasonable as any other until some countervailing evidence shall be discovered to destroy it4 ,every true savant admits that in many respects human knowledge is yet in its infancy4 ,can it be that our cycle began in ages comparatively recent8 ,these cycles1 according to the ,chaldean philosophy1 do not embrace all mankind at one and the same time4 ,professor ,draper partially corroborates this view by saying that the periods into which geology has 8found it convenient to divide the progress of man in civilization are not abrupt epochs which hold good simultaneously for the whole human race20 giving as an instance the 8wandering ,indians of ,america10 who 8are only at the present moment emerging from the stone age40 ,thus more than once scientific men have unwittingly confirmed the testimony of the ancients4 ,any ,kabalist well acquainted with the ,pythagorean system of numerals and geometry can demonstrate that the metaphysical views of ,plato were based upon the strictest mathematical principles4 8,true mathematics10 says the ,magicon1 8is something with which all higher sciences are connected2 common mathematics is but a deceitful phantasmagoria1 whose much-praised infallibility only arises from this--that materials1 #g conditions1 and references are made its foundation40 ,scientists who believe they have adopted the ,aristotelian method only because they creep when they do not run from demonstrated particulars to universals1 glorify this method of inductive philosophy1 and reject that of ,plato1 which they treat as unsubstantial4 ,professor ,draper laments that such speculative mystics as ,ammonius ,saccas and ,plotinus should have taken the place 8of the severe geometers of the old museum40#ed ,he forgets that geometry1 of all sciences the only one which proceeds from universals to particulars1 was precisely the method employed by ,plato in his philosophy4 ,as long as exact science confines its observations to physical conditions and proceeds ,aristotle-like1 it certainly cannot fail4 ,but notwithstanding that the world of matter is boundless for us1 it still is finite2 and thus materialism will turn forever in this vitiated circle1 unable to soar higher than the circumference will permit4 ,the cosmological theory of numerals which ,pythagoras learned from the ,egyptian hierophants1 is alone able to reconcile the two units1 matter and spirit1 and cause each to demonstrate the other mathematically4 ,the sacred numbers of the universe in their esoteric combination solve the great problem and explain the theory of radiation and the cycle of the emanations4 ,the lower orders before they develop into higher ones must emanate from the higher spiritual ones1 and when arrived at the turning-point1 be reabsorbed again into the infinite4 ,physiology1 like everything else in this world of constant evolution1 is subject to the cyclic revolution4 ,as it now seems to be hardly emerging from the shadows of the lower arc1 so it may be one day proved to have been at the highest point of the circumference of the circle far earlier than the days of ,pythagoras4 ,mochus1 the ,sidonian1 the physiologist and teacher of the science of anatomy1 flourished long before the ,sage of ,samos2 and the latter received the sacred instructions from his disciples and descendants4 ,pythagoras1 the pure philosopher1 the deeply-versed in the profounder phenomena of nature1 the noble inheritor of the ancient lore1 whose great aim was to free the soul from the fetters of sense and force it to realize its powers1 must live eternally in human memory4 ,the impenetrable veil of arcane secrecy was thrown over the sciences taught in the sanctuary4 ,this is the cause of the modern depreciating of the ancient philosophies4 ,even ,plato and ,philo ,judus have been accused by many a commentator of absurd inconsistencies1 whereas the #h design which underlies the maze of metaphysical contradictions so perplexing to the reader of the ,timus1 is but too evident4 ,but has ,plato ever been read understandingly by one of the expounders of the classics8 ,this is a question warranted by the criticisms to be found in such authors as ,stalbam1 ,schleirmacher1 ,ficinus 7,latin translation71 ,heindorf1 ,sydenham1 ,buttmann1 ,taylor and ,burges1 to say nothing of lesser authorities4 ,the covert allusions of the ,greek philosopher to esoteric things have manifestly baffled these commentators to the last degree4 ,they not only with unblushing coolness suggest as to certain difficult passages that another phraseology was evidently intended1 but they audaciously make the changes6 ,the ,orphic line3 8,of the song1 the order of the sixth race close0 which can only be interpreted as a reference to the sixth race evolved in the consecutive evolution of the spheres1#ee ,burges says3 8 444 was evidently taken from a cosmogony where man was feigned to be created the last40#ef--,ought not one who undertakes to edit another's works at least understand what his author means8 ,indeed1 the ancient philosophers seem to be generally held1 even by the least prejudiced of our modern critics1 to have lacked that profundity and thorough knowledge in the exact sciences of which our century is so boastful4 ,it is even questioned whether they understood that basic scientific principle3 ex nihilo nihil fit4 ,if they suspected the indestructibility of matter at all1--say these commentators--it was not in consequence of a firmly-established formula but only through an intuitional reasoning and by analogy4 ,we hold to the contrary opinion4 ,the speculations of these philosophers upon matter were open to public criticism3 but their teachings in regard to spiritual things were profoundly esoteric4 ,being thus sworn to secrecy and religious silence upon abstruse subjects involving the relations of spirit and matter1 they rivalled each other in their ingenious methods for concealing their real opinions4 ,the doctrine of ,metempsychosis has been abundantly ridiculed by men of science and rejected by theologians1 yet if it had been properly understood in its application to the indestructibility of matter and the immortality of spirit1 it would have been perceived that it is a sublime conception4 ,should we not first regard the subject from #i the standpoint of the ancients before venturing to disparage its teachers8 ,the solution of the great problem of eternity belongs neither to religious superstition nor to gross materialism4 ,the harmony and mathematical equiformity of the double evolution--spiritual and physical--are elucidated only in the universal numerals of ,pythagoras1 who built his system entirely upon the so-called 8metrical speech0 of the ,hindu ,vedas4 ,it is but lately that one of the most zealous ,sanskrit scholars1 ,martin ,haug1 undertook the translation of the ,aitareya ,brahmana of the ,rig-,veda4 ,it had been till that time entirely unknown2 these explanations indicate beyond dispute the identity of the ,pythagorean and ,brahmanical systems4 ,in both1 the esoteric significance is derived from the number3 in the former1 from the mystic relation of every number to everything intelligible to the human mind2 in the latter1 from the number of syllables of which each verse in the ,mantras consists4 ,plato1 the ardent disciple of ,pythagoras1 realized it so fully as to maintain that the ,dodecahedron was the geometrical figure employed by the ,demiurgus in constructing the universe4 ,some of these figures had a peculiarly solemn significance4 ,for instance four1 of which the ,dodecahedron is the trine1 was held sacred by the ,pythagoreans4 ,it is the perfect square1 and neither of the bounding lines exceeds the other in length1 by a single point4 ,it is the emblem of moral justice and divine equity geometrically expressed4 ,all the powers and great symphonies of physical and spiritual nature lie inscribed within the perfect square2 and the ineffable name of ,him1 which name otherwise1 would remain unutterable1 was replaced by this sacred number #d the most binding and solemn oath with the ancient mystics--the ,tetractys4 ,if the ,pythagorean metempsychosis should be thoroughly explained and compared with the modern theory of evolution1 it would be found to supply every 8missing link0 in the chain of the latter4 ,but who of our scientists would consent to lose his precious time over the vagaries of the ancients4 ,notwithstanding proofs to the contrary1 they not only deny that the nations of the archaic periods1 but even the ancient philosophers had any positive knowledge of the ,heliocentric system4 ,the 8,venerable ,bedes10 the ,augustines and ,lactantii appear to have smothered1 with their dogmatic ignorance1 all faith in the more ancient theologists of the pre-,christian centuries4 ,but now philology and a closer acquaintance with ,sanskrit literature have partially enabled us to vindicate them from these unmerited imputations4 ,in the ,vedas1 for instance1 we find positive proof that so long ago as #bjjj ,b4,c41 the ,hindu sages and scholars must have been acquainted with the rotundity of our globe and the ,heliocentric system4 ,hence1 ,pythagoras and ,plato knew well this astronomical truth2 for ,pythagoras obtained #aj his knowledge in ,india1 or from men who had been there1 and ,plato faithfully echoed his teachings4 ,we will quote two passages from the ,aitareya ,brahmana3 ,in the 8,serpent-,mantra10#eg the ,brahmana declares as follows3 that this ,mantra is that one which was seen by the ,queen of the ,serpents1 ,sarpa-rjni2 because the earth 7iyam7 is the ,queen of the ,serpents1 as she is the mother and queen of all that moves 7sarpat74 ,in the beginning she 7the earth7 was but one head 7round71 without hair 7bald71 i4e41 without vegetation4 ,she then perceived this ,mantra which confers upon him who knows it1 the power of assuming any form which he might desire4 ,she 8pronounced the ,mantra10 i4e41 sacrificed to the gods2 and1 in consequence1 immediately obtained a motley appearance2 she became variegated1 and able to produce any form she might like1 changing one form into another4 ,this ,mantra begins with the words3 8,ayam gah pris'nir akramt0 7x41 #ahi74 ,the description of the earth in the shape of a round and bald head1 which was soft at first1 and became hard only from being breathed upon by the god ,vyu1 the lord of the air1 forcibly suggests the idea that the authors of the sacred ,vedic books knew the earth to be round or spherical2 moreover1 that it had been a gelatinous mass at first1 which gradually cooled off under the influence of the air and time4 ,so much for their knowledge about our globe's sphericity2 and now we will present the testimony upon which we base our assertion1 that the ,hindus were perfectly acquainted with the ,heliocentric system1 at least #bjjj years ,b4,c4 ,in the same treatise the ,hotar1 7priest71 is taught how the ,shastras should be repeated1 and how the phenomena of sunrise and sunset are to be explained4 ,it says3 8,the ,agnishtoma is that one 7that god7 who burns4 ,the sun never sets nor rises4 ,when people think the sun is setting1 it is not so2 they are mistaken4 ,for after having arrived at the end of the day1 it produces two opposite effects1 making night to what is below1 and day to what is on the other side4 ,when they 7the people7 believe it rises in the morning1 the sun only does thus3 having reached the end of the night1 it makes itself produce two opposite effects1 making day to what is below1 and night to what is on the other side4 ,in fact the sun never sets2 nor does it set for him who has such a knowledge44440#eh ,this sentence is so conclusive1 that even the translator of the ,rig-,veda1 ,dr4 ,haug1 was forced to remark it4 ,he says this passage contains 8the denial of the existence of sunrise and sunset10 and that the author supposes the sun 8to remain always in its high position40#ei ,in one of the earliest ,nivids1 ,rishi ,kutsa1 a ,hindu sage of the #aa remotest antiquity1 explains the allegory of the first laws given to the celestial bodies4 ,for doing 8what she ought not to do10 ,anhit 7,anatis or ,nana1 the ,persian ,venus71 representing the earth in the legend1 is sentenced to turn round the sun4 ,the ,sattras1 or sacrificial sessions#fj prove undoubtedly that so early as in the eighteenth or twentieth century ,b4,c41 the ,hindus had made considerable progress in astronomical science4 ,the ,sattras lasted one year1 and were 8nothing but an imitation of the sun's yearly course4 ,they were divided1 says ,haug1 into two distinct parts1 each consisting of six months of thirty days each2 in the midst of both was the ,vishuvan 7equator or central day71 cutting the whole ,sattras into two halves1 etc40#fa ,this scholar1 although he ascribes the composition of the bulk of the ,brahmanas to the period #adjj-abjj ,b4,c41 is of opinion that the oldest of the hymns may be placed at the very commencement of ,vedic literature1 between the years #bdjj-bjjj1 ,b4,c4 ,he finds no reason for considering the ,vedas less ancient than the sacred books of the ,chinese4 ,as the ,shu-,king or ,book of ,history1 and the sacrificial songs of the ,shi-,king1 or ,book of ,odes1 have been proved to have an antiquity as early as #bbjj1 ,b4,c41 our philologists may yet be compelled before long to acknowledge1 that in astronomical knowledge1 the antediluvian ,hindus were their masters4 ,at all events1 there are facts which prove that certain astronomical calculations were as correct with the ,chaldeans in the days of ,julius ,csar as they are now4 ,when the calendar was reformed by the ,conqueror1 the civil year was found to correspond so little with the seasons1 that summer had merged into the autumn months1 and the autumn months into full winter4 ,it was ,sosigenes1 the ,chaldean astronomer1 who restored order into the confusion1 by putting back the #beth of ,march ninety days1 thus making it correspond with the vernal equinox2 and it was ,sosigenes1 again1 who fixed the lengths of the months as they now remain4 ,in ,america1 it was found by the ,motezuman army1 that the calendar of the ,aztecs gave an equal number of days and weeks to each month4 ,the extreme accuracy of their astronomical calculations was so great1 that no error has been discovered in their reckoning by subsequent verifications2 while the ,europeans1 who landed in ,mexico in #aeai1 were1 by the ,julian calendar1 nearly eleven days in advance of the exact time4 ,it is to the priceless and accurate translations of the ,vedic ,books1 and to the personal researches of ,dr4 ,haug1 that we are indebted for #ab the corroboration of the claims of the hermetic philosophers4 ,that the period of ,zarathustra ,spitama 7,zoroaster7 was of untold antiquity1 can be easily proved4 ,the ,brahmanas1 to which ,haug ascribes four thousand years1 describe the religious contest between the ancient ,hindus1 who lived in the pre-,vedic period1 and the ,iranians4 ,the battles between the ,devas and the ,asuras--the former representing the ,hindus and the latter the ,iranians--are described at length in the sacred books4 ,as the ,iranian prophet was the first to raise himself against what he called the 8idolatry0 of the ,brahmans1 and to designate them as the ,devas 7devils71 how far back must then have been this religious crisis8 8,this contest10 answers ,dr4 ,haug1 8must have appeared to the authors of the ,brahmanas as old as the feats of ,king ,arthur appear to ,english writers of the nineteenth century40 ,there was not a philosopher of any notoriety who did not hold to this doctrine of metempsychosis1 as taught by the ,brahmans1 ,buddhists1 and later by the ,pythagoreans1 in its esoteric sense1 whether he expressed it more or less intelligibly4 ,origen and ,clemens ,alexandrinus1 ,synesius and ,chalcidius1 all believed in it2 and the ,gnostics1 who are unhesitatingly proclaimed by history as a body of the most refined1 learned1 and enlightened men1#fb were all believers in metempsychosis4 ,socrates entertained opinions identical with those of ,pythagoras2 and both1 as the penalty of their divine philosophy1 were put to a violent death4 ,the rabble has been the same in all ages4 ,materialism has been1 and will ever be blind to spiritual truths4 ,these philosophers held1 with the ,hindus1 that ,god had infused into matter a portion of his own ,divine ,spirit1 which animates and moves every particle4 ,they taught that men have two souls1 of separate and quite different natures3 the one perishable--the ,astral ,soul1 or the inner1 fluidic body--the other incorruptible and immortal--the ,augoeides1 or portion of the ,divine ,spirit2 that the mortal or ,astral ,soul perishes at each gradual change at the threshold of every new sphere1 becoming with every transmigration more purified4 ,the astral man1 intangible and invisible as he might be to our mortal1 earthly senses1 is still constituted of matter1 though sublimated4 ,aristotle1 notwithstanding that for political reasons of his own he maintained a prudent silence as to certain esoteric matters1 expressed very clearly his opinion on the subject4 ,it was his belief that human souls are emanations of ,god1 that are finally reabsorbed into ,divinity4 ,zeno1 the founder of the ,stoics1 taught that there are 8two eternal qualities throughout nature3 the one active2 or male1 the other passive1 or female3 that the former #ac is pure1 subtile ether1 or ,divine ,spirit2 the other entirely inert in itself till united with the active principle4 ,that the ,divine ,spirit acting upon matter produced fire1 water1 earth1 and air2 and that it is the sole efficient principle by which all nature is moved4 ,the ,stoics1 like the ,hindu sages1 believed in the final absorption4 ,st4 ,justin believed in the emanation of these souls from ,divinity1 and ,tatian1 the ,assyrian1 his disciple1 declared that 8man was as immortal as ,god himself40#fc ,that profoundly significant verse of the ,genesis1 8,and to every beast of the earth1 and to every fowl of the air1 and to everything that creepeth upon the earth1 ,i gave a living soul1 4440 should arrest the attention of every ,hebrew scholar capable of reading the ,scripture in its original1 instead of following the erroneous translation1 in which the phrase reads1 8wherein there is life40#fd ,from the first to the last chapters1 the translators of the ,jewish ,sacred ,books misconstrued this meaning4 ,they have even changed the spelling of the name of ,god1 as ,sir ,w4 ,drummond proves4 ,thus ,el1 if written correctly1 would read ,al1 for it stands in the original --,al1 and1 according to ,higgins1 this word means the god ,mithra1 the ,sun1 the preserver and savior4 ,sir ,w4 ,drummond shows that ,beth-,el means the ,house of the ,sun in its literal translation1 and not of ,god4 8,el1 in the composition of these ,canaanite names1 does not signify ,deus1 but ,sol40#fe ,thus ,theology has disfigured ancient ,theosophy1 and ,science ancient ,philosophy4#ff ,for lack of comprehension of this great philosophical principle1 the methods of modern science1 however exact1 must end in nullity4 ,in no one branch can it demonstrate the origin and ultimate of things4 ,instead of tracing the effect from its primal source1 its progress is the reverse4 ,its higher types1 as it teaches1 are all evolved from antecedent lower ones4 ,it starts from the bottom of the cycle1 led on step by step in the great labyrinth of nature by a thread of matter4 ,as soon as this breaks and the clue is lost1 it recoils in affright #ad from the ,incomprehensible1 and confesses itself powerless4 ,not so did ,plato and his disciples4 ,with him the lower types were but the concrete images of the higher abstract ones4 ,the soul1 which is immortal1 has an arithmetical1 as the body has a geometrical1 beginning4 ,this beginning1 as the reflection of the great universal ,,arch,,us1 is self-moving1 and from the centre diffuses itself over the whole body of the microcosm4 ,it was the sad perception of this truth that made ,tyndall confess how powerless is science1 even over the world of matter4 8,the first marshalling of the atoms1 on which all subsequent action depends1 baffles a keener power than that of the microscope40 8,through pure excess of complexity1 and long before observation can have any voice in the matter1 the most highly trained intellect1 the most refined and disciplined imagination1 retires in bewilderment from the contemplation of the problem4 ,we are struck dumb by an astonishment which no microscope can relieve1 doubting not only the power of our instrument1 but even whether we ourselves possess the intellectual elements which will ever enable us to grapple with the ultimate structural energies of nature40 ,the fundamental geometrical figure of the ,kabala--that figure which tradition and the esoteric doctrines tell us was given by the ,deity itself to ,moses on ,mount ,sinai#fg--;contains in its grandiose1 because simple combination1 the key to the universal problem4 ,this figure contains in itself all the others4 ,for those who are able to master it1 there is no need to exercise imagination4 ,no earthly microscope can be compared with the keenness of the spiritual perception4 ,and even for those who are unacquainted with the ,,great ,,science1 the description given by a well-trained child-psychometer of the genesis of a grain1 a fragment of crystal1 or any other object--is worth all the telescopes and microscopes of 8exact science40 ,there may be more truth in the adventurous pangenesis of ,darwin--whom ,tyndall calls a 8soaring speculator0 than in the cautious1 line-bound hypothesis of the latter2 who1 in common with other thinkers of his class1 surrounds his imagination 8by the firm frontiers of reason40 ,the theory of a microscopic germ which contains in itself 8a world of minor germs10 soars in one sense at least into the infinite4 ,it oversteps the world of matter1 and begins unconsciously busying itself in the world of spirit4 ,if we accept ,darwin's theory of the development of species1 we find that his starting-point is placed in front of an open door4 ,we are at liberty with him1 to either remain within1 or cross the threshold1 #ae beyond which lies the limitless and the incomprehensible1 or rather the ,unutterable4 ,if our mortal language is inadequate to express what our spirit dimly foresees in the great 8,beyond0 while on this earth--it must realize it at some point in the timeless ,eternity4 ,not so with ,professor ,huxley's theory of the 8,physical ,basis of ,life40 ,regardless of the formidable majority of 8nays0 from his ,german brother-scientists1 he creates a universal protoplasm and appoints its cells to become henceforth the sacred founts of the principle of all life4 ,by making the latter identical in living man1 8dead mutton10 a nettle-sting1 and a lobster2 by shutting in1 in the molecular cell of the protoplasm1 the life-principle1 and by shutting out from it the divine influx which comes with subsequent evolution1 he closes every door against any possible escape4 ,like an able tactician he converts his 8laws and facts0 into sentries whom he causes to mount guard over every issue4 ,the standard under which he rallies them is inscribed with the word 8necessity20 but hardly is it unfurled when he mocks the legend and calls it 8an empty shadow of my own imagination40#fh ,the fundamental doctrines of spiritualism1 he says1 8lie outside the limits of philosophical inquiry40 ,we will be bold enough to contradict this assertion1 and say that they lie a great deal more within such inquiry than ,mr4 ,huxley's protoplasm4 ,insomuch that they present evident and palpable facts of the existence of spirit1 and the protoplasmic cells1 once dead1 present none whatever of being the originators or the bases of life1 as this one of the few 8foremost thinkers of the day0 wants us to believe4#fi ,the ancient ,kabalist rested upon no hypothesis till he could lay its basis upon the firm rock of recorded experiment4 ,but the too great dependence upon physical facts led to a growth of materialism and a decadence of spirituality and faith4 ,at the time of ,aristotle1 this was the prevailing tendency of thought4 ,and though the ,delphic commandment was not as yet completely eliminated from ,grecian thought2 and some philosophers still held that 8in order to know what man is1 we ought to know what man was0-- still materialism had already begun to gnaw at the root of faith4 ,the ,mysteries themselves had degenerated in a very great degree into mere priestly speculations and religious fraud4 ,few were the true adepts and initiates1 the heirs and descendants of those who had been dispersed by the conquering swords of various invaders of ,old ,egypt4 ,the time predicted by the great ,hermes in his dialogue with sculapius #af had indeed come2 the time when impious foreigners would accuse ,egypt of adoring monsters1 and naught but the letters engraved in stone upon her monuments would survive--enigmas incredible to posterity4 ,their sacred scribes and hierophants were wanderers upon the face of the earth4 ,obliged from fear of a profanation of the sacred mysteries to seek refuge among the ,hermetic fraternities--known later as the ,essenes--their esoteric knowledge was buried deeper than ever4 ,the triumphant brand of ,aristotle's pupil swept away from his path of conquest every vestige of a once pure religion1 and ,aristotle himself1 the type and child of his epoch1 though instructed in the secret science of the ,egyptians1 knew but little of this crowning result of millenniums of esoteric studies4 ,as well as those who lived in the days of the ,psammetics1 our present-day philosophers 8lift the ,veil of ,isis0--for ,isis is but the symbol of nature4 ,but1 they see only her physical forms4 ,the soul within escapes their view2 and the ,divine ,mother has no answer for them4 ,there are anatomists1 who1 uncovering to sight no indwelling spirit under the layers of muscles1 the net-work of nerves1 or the cineritious matter1 which they lift with the point of the scalpel1 assert that man has no soul4 ,such are as purblind in sophistry as the student1 who1 confining his research to the cold letter of the ,kabala1 dares say it has no vivifying spirit4 ,to see the true man who once inhabited the subject which lies before him1 on the dissecting table1 the surgeon must use other eyes than those of his body4 ,so1 the glorious truth covered up in the hieratic writings of the ancient papyri can be revealed only to him who possesses the faculty of intuition--which1 if we call reason the eye of the mind1 may be defined as the eye of the soul4 ,our modern science acknowledges a ,supreme ,power1 an ,invisible ,principle1 but denies a ,supreme ,being1 or ,personal ,god4#gj ,logically1 the difference between the two might be questioned2 for in this case the ,power and the ,being are identical4 ,human reason can hardly imagine to itself an ,intelligent ,supreme ,power without associating it with the idea of an ,intelligent ,being4 ,the masses can never be expected to have a clear conception of the omnipotence and omnipresence of a ,supreme ,god1 without investing with those attributes a gigantic projection of their own personality4 ,but the kabalists have never looked upon the invisible ,,en-,,soph otherwise than as a ,power4 ,so far our modern positivists have been anticipated by thousands of ages1 in their cautious philosophy4 ,what the hermetic adept claims to demonstrate is1 that simple common sense precludes the possibility #ag that the universe is the result of mere chance4 ,such an idea appears to him more absurd than to think that the problems of ,euclid were unconsciously formed by a monkey playing with geometrical figures4 ,very few ,christians understand1 if indeed they know anything at all1 of the ,jewish ,theology4 ,the ,talmud is the darkest of enigmas even for most ,jews1 while those ,hebrew scholars who do comprehend it do not boast of their knowledge4 ,their kabalistic books are still less understood by them2 for in our days more ,christian than ,jewish students are engrossed in the elimination of their great truths4 ,how much less is definitely known of the ,oriental1 or the universal ,kabala6 ,its adepts are few2 but these heirs elect of the sages who first discovered 8the starry truths which shone on the great ,shemaa of the ,chaldean lore0#ga have solved the 8absolute0 and are now resting from their grand labor4 ,they cannot go beyond that which is given to mortals of this earth to know2 and no one1 not even these elect1 can trespass beyond the line drawn by the finger of the ,divinity itself4 ,travellers have met these adepts on the shores of the sacred ,ganges1 brushed against them in the silent ruins of ,thebes1 and in the mysterious deserted chambers of ,luxor4 ,within the halls upon whose blue and golden vaults the weird signs attract attention1 but whose secret meaning is never penetrated by the idle gazers1 they have been seen but seldom recognized4 ,historical memoirs have recorded their presence in the brilliantly illuminated salons of ,european aristocracy4 ,they have been encountered again on the arid and desolate plains of the ,great ,sahara1 as in the caves of ,elephanta4 ,they may be found everywhere1 but make themselves known only to those who have devoted their lives to unselfish study1 and are not likely to turn back4 ,maimonides1 the great ,jewish theologian and historian1 who at one time was almost deified by his countrymen and afterward treated as a heretic1 remarks1 that the more absurd and void of sense the ,talmud seems the more sublime is the secret meaning4 ,this learned man has successfully demonstrated that the ,chaldean ,magic1 the science of ,moses and other learned thaumaturgists was wholly based on an extensive knowledge of the various and now forgotten branches of natural science4 ,thoroughly acquainted with all the resources of the vegetable1 animal1 and mineral kingdoms1 experts in occult chemistry and physics1 psychologists as well as physiologists1 why wonder that the graduates or adepts instructed in the mysterious sanctuaries of the temples1 could perform wonders1 which even in our days of enlightenment would #ah appear supernatural8 ,it is an insult to human nature to brand magic and the occult science with the name of imposture4 ,to believe that for so many thousands of years1 one-half of mankind practiced deception and fraud on the other half1 is equivalent to saying that the human race was composed only of knaves and incurable idiots4 ,where is the country in which magic was not practiced8 ,at what age was it wholly forgotten8 ,in the oldest documents now in our possession--the ,vedas and the older laws of ,manu--we find many magical rites practiced and permitted by the ,brahmans4#gb ,thibet1 ,japan and ,china teach in the present age that which was taught by the oldest ,chaldeans4 ,the clergy of these respective countries1 prove moreover what they teach1 namely3 that the practice of moral and physical purity1 and of certain austerities1 developes the vital soul power of self-illumination4 ,affording to man the control over his own immortal spirit1 it gives him truly magical powers over the elementary spirits inferior to himself4 ,in the ,west we find magic of as high an antiquity as in the ,east4 ,the ,druids of ,great ,britain practiced it in the silent crypts of their deep caves2 and ,pliny devotes many a chapter to the 8wisdom0#gc of the leaders of the ,celts4 ,the ,semothees1--the ,druids of the ,gauls1 expounded the physical as well as the spiritual sciences4 ,they taught the secrets of the universe1 the harmonious progress of the heavenly bodies1 the formation of the earth1 and above all--the immortality of the soul4#gd ,into their sacred groves--natural academies built by the hand of the ,invisible ,architect--the initiates assembled at the still hour of midnight to learn about what man once was and what he will be4#ge ,they needed no artificial illumination1 nor life-drawing gas1 to light up their temples1 for the chaste goddess of night beamed her most silvery rays on their oak-crowned heads2 and their white-robed sacred bards knew how to converse with the solitary queen of the starry vault4#gf ,on the dead soil of the long bygone past stand their sacred oaks1 now dried up and stripped of their spiritual meaning by the venomous breath of materialism4 ,but for the student of occult learning1 their vegetation is still as verdant and luxuriant1 and as full of deep and sacred truths1 as at that hour when the arch-druid performed his magical cures1 and waving the branch of misletoe1 severed with his golden sickle the green bough from its mother oak-tree4 ,magic is as old as man4 ,it is as impossible to name the time when it sprang #ai into existence as to indicate on what day the first man himself was born4 ,whenever a writer has started with the idea of connecting its first foundation in a country with some historical character1 further research has proved his views groundless4 ,odin1 the ,scandinavian priest and monarch1 was thought by many to have originated the practice of magic some seventy years ,b4,c4 ,but it was easily demonstrated that the mysterious rites of the priestesses called ,volers1 ,valas1 were greatly anterior to his age4#gg ,some modern authors were bent on proving that ,zoroaster was the founder of magic1 because he was the founder of the ,magian religion4 ,ammianus ,marcellinus1 ,arnobius1 ,pliny1 and other ancient historians demonstrated conclusively that he was but a reformer of ,magic as practiced by the ,chaldeans and ,egyptians4#gh ,the greatest teachers of divinity agree that nearly all ancient books were written symbolically and in a language intelligible only to the initiated4 ,the biographical sketch of ,apollonius of ,tyana affords an example4 ,as every ,kabalist knows1 it embraces the whole of the ,hermetic philosophy1 being a counterpart in many respects of the traditions left us of ,king ,solomon4 ,it reads like a fairy story1 but1 as in the case of the latter1 sometimes facts and historical events are presented to the world under the colors of a fiction4 ,the journey to ,india represents allegorically the trials of a neophyte4 ,his long discourses with the ,brahmans1 their sage advice1 and the dialogues with the ,corinthian ,menippus would1 if interpreted1 give the esoteric catechism4 ,his visit to the empire of the wise men1 and interview with their king ,hiarchas1 the oracle of ,amphiaras1 explain symbolically many of the secret dogmas of ,hermes4 ,they would disclose1 if understood1 some of the most important secrets of nature4 ,eliphas ,levi points out the great resemblance which exists between ,king ,hiarchas and the fabulous ,hiram1 of whom ,solomon procured the cedars of ,lebanon and the gold of ,ophir4 ,we would like to know whether modern ,masons1 even 8,grand ,lecturers0 and the most intelligent craftsmen belonging to important lodges1 understand who the ,hiram is whose death they combine together to avenge8 ,putting aside the purely metaphysical teachings of the ,kabala1 if one would devote himself but to physical occultism1 to the so-called branch of therapeutics1 the results might benefit some of our modern sciences2 such as chemistry and medicine4 ,says ,professor ,draper3 8,sometimes1 #bj not without surprise1 we meet with ideas which we flatter ourselves originated in our own times40 ,this remark1 uttered in relation to the scientific writings of the ,saracens1 would apply still better to the more secret ,treatises of the ancients4 ,modern medicine1 while it has gained largely in anatomy1 physiology1 and pathology1 and even in therapeutics1 has lost immensely by its narrowness of spirit1 its rigid materialism1 its sectarian dogmatism4 ,one school in its purblindness sternly ignores whatever is developed by other schools2 and all unite in ignoring every grand conception of man or nature1 developed by ,mesmerism1 or by ,american experiments on the brain--every principle which does not conform to a stolid materialism4 ,it would require a convocation of the hostile physicians of the several different schools to bring together what is now known of medical science1 and it too often happens that after the best practitioners have vainly exhausted their art upon a patient1 a mesmerist or a 8healing medium0 will effect a cure6 ,the explorers of old medical literature1 from the time of ,hippocrates to that of ,paracelsus and ,van ,helmont1 will find a vast number of well-attested physiological and psychological facts and of measures or medicines for healing the sick which modern physicians superciliously refuse to employ4#gi ,even with respect to surgery1 modern practitioners have humbly and publicly confessed the total impossibility of their approximating to anything like the marvellous skill displayed in the art of bandaging by ancient ,egyptians4 ,the many hundred yards of ligature enveloping a mummy from its ears down to every separate toe1 were studied by the chief surgical operators in ,paris1 and1 notwithstanding that the models were before their eyes1 they were unable to accomplish anything like it4 ,in the ,abbott ,egyptological collection1 in ,new ,york ,city1 may be seen numerous evidences of the skill of the ancients in various handicrafts2 among others the art of lace-making2 and1 as it could hardly be expected but that the signs of woman's vanity should go side by side #ba with those of man's strength1 there are also specimens of artificial hair1 and gold ornaments of different kinds4 ,the ,new ,york ,tribune1 reviewing the contents of the ,ebers ,papyrus1 says3--8,verily1 there is no new thing under the sun4444 ,chapters #fe1 #ff1 #gi1 and #hi show that hair-invigorators1 hair dyes1 pain-killers1 and flea-powders were desiderata #c1djj years ago40 ,how few of our recent alleged discoveries are in reality new1 and how many belong to the ancients1 is again most fairly and eloquently though but in part stated by our eminent philosophical writer1 ,professor ,john ,w4 ,draper4 ,his ,conflict between ,religion and ,science--a great book with a very bad title--swarms with such facts4 ,at page #ac1 he cites a few of the achievements of ancient philosophers1 which excited the admiration of ,greece4 ,in ,babylon was a series of ,chaldean astronomical observations1 ranging back through nineteen hundred and three years1 which ,callisthenes sent to ,aristotle4 ,ptolemy1 the ,egyptian king-astronomer possessed a ,babylonian record of eclipses going back seven hundred and forty-seven years before our era4 ,as ,prof4 ,draper truly remarks3 8,long-continued and close observations were necessary before some of these astronomical results that have reached our times could have been ascertained4 ,thus1 the ,babylonians had fixed the length of a tropical year within twenty-five seconds of the truth2 their estimate of the sidereal year was barely two minutes in excess4 ,they had detected the precession of the equinoxes4 ,they knew the causes of eclipses1 and1 by the aid of their cycle1 called saros1 could predict them4 ,their estimate of the value of that cycle1 which is more than #f1ehe days1 was within nineteen and a half minutes of the truth40 8,such facts furnish incontrovertible proof of the patience and skill with which astronomy had been cultivated in ,mesopotamia1 and that1 with very inadequate instrumental means1 it had reached no inconsiderable perfection4 ,these old observers had made a catalogue of the stars1 had divided the zodiac into twelve signs2 they had parted the day into twelve hours1 the night into twelve4 ,they had1 as ,aristotle says1 for a long time devoted themselves to observations of star-occultations by the moon4 ,they had correct views of the structure of the solar system1 and knew the order of emplacement of the planets4 ,they constructed sundials1 clepsydras1 astrolabes1 gnomons40 ,speaking of the world of eternal truths that lies 8within the world of transient delusions and unrealities10 ,professor ,draper says3 8,that world is not to be discovered through the vain traditions that have brought down to us the opinion of men who lived in the morning of civilization1 nor in the dreams of mystics who thought that they were inspired4 ,it is to be discovered by the investigations of geometry1 #bb and by the practical interrogations of nature40 ,precisely4 ,the issue could not be better stated4 ,this eloquent writer tells us a profound truth4 ,he does not1 however1 tell us the whole truth1 because he does not know it4 ,he has not described the nature or extent of the knowledge imparted in the ,mysteries4 ,no subsequent people has been so proficient in geometry as the builders of the ,pyramids and other ,titanic monuments1 antediluvian and postdiluvian4 ,on the other hand1 none has ever equalled them in the practical interrogation of nature4 ,an undeniable proof of this is the significance of their countless symbols4 ,every one of these symbols is an embodied idea1--combining the conception of the ,divine ,invisible with the earthly and visible4 ,the former is derived from the latter strictly through analogy according to the hermetic formula--8as below1 so it is above40 ,their symbols show great knowledge of natural sciences and a practical study of cosmical power4 ,as to practical results to be obtained by 8the investigations of geometry10 very fortunately for students who are coming upon the stage of action1 we are no longer forced to content ourselves with mere conjectures4 ,in our own times1 an ,american1 ,mr4 ,george ,h4 ,felt1 of ,new ,york1 who1 if he continues as he has begun1 may one day be recognized as the greatest geometer of the age1 has been enabled1 by the sole help of the premises established by the ancient ,egyptians1 to arrive at results which we will give in his own language4 8,firstly10 says ,mr4 ,felt1 8the fundamental diagram to which all science of elementary geometry1 both plane and solid1 is referable2 to produce arithmetical systems of proportion in a geometrical manner2 to identify this figure with all the remains of architecture and sculpture1 in all which it had been followed in a marvellously exact manner2 to determine that the ,egyptians had used it as the basis of all their astronomical calculations1 on which their religious symbolism was almost entirely founded2 to find its traces among all the remnants of art and architecture of the ,greeks2 to discover its traces so strongly among the ,jewish sacred records1 as to prove conclusively that it was founded thereon2 to find that the whole system had been discovered by the ,egyptians after researches of tens of thousands of years into the laws of nature1 and that it might truly be called the science of the ,universe40 ,further it enabled him 8to determine with precision problems in physiology heretofore only surmised2 to first develop such a ,masonic philosophy as showed it to be conclusively the first science and religion1 as it will be the last20 and we may add1 lastly1 to prove by ocular demonstrations that the ,egyptian sculptors and architects #bc obtained the models for the quaint figures which adorn the faades and vestibules of their temples1 not in the disordered fantasies of their own brains1 but from the 8viewless races of the air10 and other kingdoms of nature1 whom he1 like them1 claims to make visible by resort to their own chemical and kabalistical processes4 ,schweigger proves that the symbols of all the mythologies have a scientific foundation and substance4#hj ,it is only through recent discoveries of the physical electro-magnetical powers of nature that such experts in ,mesmerism as ,ennemoser1 ,schweigger and ,bart1 in ,germany1 ,baron ,du ,potet and ,regazzoni1 in ,france and ,italy1 were enabled to trace with almost faultless accuracy the true relation which each ,theomythos bore to some one of these powers4 ,the ,idic finger1 which had such importance in the magic art of healing1 means an iron finger1 which is attracted and repulsed in turn by magnetic1 natural forces4 ,it produced1 in ,samothrace1 wonders of healing by restoring affected organs to their normal condition4 ,bart goes deeper than ,schweigger into the significations of the old myths1 and studies the subject from both its spiritual and physical aspects4 ,he treats at length of the ,phrygian ,dactyls1 those 8magicians and exorcists of sickness10 and of the ,cabeirian ,theurgists4 ,he says3 8,while we treat of the close union of the ,dactyls and magnetic forces1 we are not necessarily confined to the magnetic stone1 and our views of nature but take a glance at magnetism in its whole meaning4 ,then it is clear how the initiated1 who called themselves ,dactyls1 created astonishment in the people through their magic arts1 working as they did1 miracles of a healing nature4 ,to this united themselves many other things which the priesthood of antiquity was wont to practice2 the cultivation of the land and of morals1 the advancement of art and science1 mysteries1 and secret consecrations4 ,all this was done by the priestly ,cabeirians1 and wherefore not guided and supported by the mysterious spirits of nature80#ha ,schweigger is of the same opinion1 and demonstrates that the phenomena of ancient ,theurgy were produced by magnetic powers 8under the guidance of spirits40 ,despite their apparent ,polytheism1 the ancients--those of the educated class at all events--were entirely monotheistical2 and this1 too1 ages upon ages before the days of ,moses4 ,in the ,ebers ,papyrus this fact is shown conclusively in the following words1 translated from the first four lines of ,plate ,i43 8,i came from ,heliopolis with the great ones #bd from ,het-aat1 the ,lords of ,protection1 the masters of eternity and salvation4 ,i came from ,sais with the ,mother-goddesses1 who extended to me protection4 ,the ,lord of the ,universe told me how to free the gods from all murderous diseases40 ,eminent men were called gods by the ancients4 ,the deification of mortal men and supposititious gods is no more a proof against their monotheism than the monument-building of modern ,christians1 who erect statues to their heroes1 is proof of their polytheism4 ,americans of the present century would consider it absurd in their posterity #c1jjj years hence to classify them as idolaters for having built statues to their god ,washington4 ,so shrouded in mystery was the ,hermetic ,philosophy that ,volney asserted that the ancient peoples worshipped their gross material symbols as divine in themselves2 whereas these were only considered as representing esoteric principles4 ,dupuis1 also1 after devoting many years of study to the problem1 mistook the symbolic circle1 and attributed their religion solely to astronomy4 ,eberhart 7,berliner ,monatschriff7 and many other ,german writers of the last and present centuries1 dispose of magic most unceremoniously1 and think it due to the ,platonic mythos of the ,timus4 ,but how1 without possessing a knowledge of the mysteries1 was it possible for these men or any others not endowed with the finer intuition of a ,champollion1 to discover the esoteric half of that which was concealed1 behind the veil of ,isis1 from all except the adepts8 ,the merit of ,champollion as an ,egyptologist none will question4 ,he declares that everything demonstrates the ancient ,egyptians to have been profoundly monotheistical4 ,the accuracy of the writings of the mysterious ,hermes ,trismegistus1 whose antiquity runs back into the night of time1 is corroborated by him to their minutest details4 ,ennemoser also says3 8,into ,egypt and the ,east went ,herodotus1 ,thales1 ,parmenides1 ,empedocles1 ,orpheus1 and ,pythagoras1 to instruct themselves in ,natural ,philosophy and ,theology40 ,there1 too1 ,moses acquired his wisdom1 and ,jesus passed the earlier years of his life4 ,thither gathered the students of all countries before ,alexandria was founded4 8,how comes it10 ,ennemoser goes on to say1 8that so little has become known of these mysteries8 through so many ages and amongst so many different times and people8 ,the answer is that it is owing to the universally strict silence of the initiated4 ,another cause may be found in the destruction and total loss of all the written memorials of the secret knowledge of the remotest antiquity40 ,numa's books1 described by ,livy1 consisting of treatises upon natural philosophy1 were found in his tomb2 but they were not allowed to be made known1 lest they should reveal the most secret mysteries of the state religion4 ,the senate and #be the tribune of the people determined that the books themselves should be burned1 which was done in public4#hb ,magic was considered a divine science which led to a participation in the attributes of ,divinity itself4 8,it unveils the operations of nature10 says ,philo ,judus1 8and leads to the contemplation of celestial powers40#hc ,in later periods its abuse and degeneration into sorcery made it an object of general abhorrence4 ,we must therefore deal with it only as it was in the remote past1 during those ages when every true religion was based on a knowledge of the occult powers of nature4 ,it was not the sacerdotal class in ancient ,persia that established magic1 as it is commonly thought1 but the ,magi1 who derive their name from it4 ,the ,mobeds1 priests of the ,parsis--the ancient ,ghebers--are named1 even at the present day1 ,mago1 in the dialect of the ,pehlvi4#hd ,magic appeared in the world with the earlier races of men4 ,cassien mentions a treatise1 well-known in the fourth and fifth centuries1 which was accredited to ,ham1 the son of ,noah1 who in his turn was reputed to have received it from ,jared1 the fourth generation from ,seth1 the son of ,adam4#he ,moses was indebted for his knowledge to the mother of the ,egyptian princess1 ,thermuthis1 who saved him from the waters of the ,nile4 ,the wife of ,pharaoh1#hf ,batria1 was an initiate herself1 and the ,jews owe to her the possession of their prophet1 8learned in all the wisdom of the ,egyptians1 and mighty in words and deeds40#hg ,justin ,martyr1 giving as his authority ,trogus ,pompeius1 shows ,joseph as having acquired a great knowledge in magical arts with the high priests of ,egypt4#hh ,the ancients knew more concerning certain sciences than our modern savants have yet discovered4 ,reluctant as many are to confess as much1 it has been acknowledged by more than one scientist4 8,the degree of scientific knowledge existing in an early period of society was much greater than the moderns are willing to admit20 says ,dr4 ,a4 ,todd ,thomson1 the editor of ,occult ,sciences1 by ,salverte2 8but10 he adds1 8it was confined to the temples1 carefully veiled from the eyes of the people and opposed only to the priesthood40 ,speaking of the ,kabala1 the learned ,franz von ,baader remarks that 8not only our salvation and wisdom1 but our science itself came to us from the ,jews40 ,but why not complete the sentence and tell the reader from whom the ,jews got their wisdom8 ,origen1 who had belonged to the ,alexandrian school of ,platonists1 #bf declares that ,moses1 besides the teachings of the covenant1 communicated some very important secrets 8from the hidden depths of the law0 to the seventy elders4 ,these he enjoined them to impart only to persons whom they found worthy4 ,st4 ,jerome names the ,jews of ,tiberias and ,lydda as the only teachers of the mystical manner of interpretation4 ,finally1 ,ennemoser expresses a strong opinion that 8the writings of ,dionysius ,areopagita have palpably been grounded on the ,jewish ,kabala40 ,when we take in consideration that the ,gnostics1 or early ,christians1 were but the followers of the old ,essenes under a new name1 this fact is nothing to be wondered at4 ,professor ,molitor gives the ,kabala its just due4 ,he says3 8,the age of inconsequence and shallowness1 in theology as well as in sciences1 is past1 and since that revolutionary rationalism has left nothing behind but its own emptiness1 after having destroyed everything positive1 it seems now to be the time to direct our attention anew to that mysterious revelation which is the living spring whence our salvation must come 444 the ,mysteries of ancient ,israel1 which contain all secrets of modern ,israel1 would be particularly calculated to 444 found the fabric of theology upon its deepest theosophical principles1 and to gain a firm basis to all ideal sciences4 ,it would open a new path 444 to the obscure labyrinth of the myths1 mysteries and constitutions of primitive nations4444 ,in these traditions alone are contained the system of the schools of the prophets1 which the prophet ,samuel did not found1 but only restored1 whose end was no other than to lead the scholars to wisdom and the highest knowledge1 and when they had been found worthy1 to induct them into deeper mysteries4 ,classed with these mysteries was magic1 which was of a double nature--divine magic1 and evil magic1 or the black art4 ,each of these is again divisible into two kinds1 the active and seeing2 in the first1 man endeavors to place himself en rapport with the world to learn hidden things2 in the latter he endeavors to gain power over spirits2 in the former1 to perform good and beneficial acts2 in the latter to do all kinds of diabolical and unnatural deeds40#hi ,the clergy of the three most prominent ,christian bodies1 the ,greek1 ,roman ,catholic1 and ,protestant1 discountenance every spiritual phenomenon manifesting itself through the so-called 8mediums40 ,a very brief period1 indeed1 has elapsed since both the two latter ecclesiastical corporations burned1 hanged1 and otherwise murdered every helpless victim through whose organism spirits--and sometimes blind and as yet unexplained forces of nature--manifested themselves4 #bg ,at the head of these three churches1 pre-eminent stands the ,church of ,rome4 ,her hands are scarlet with the innocent blood of countless victims shed in the name of the ,moloch-like divinity at the head of her creed4 ,she is ready and eager to begin again4 ,but she is bound hand and foot by that nineteenth century spirit of progress and religious freedom which she reviles and blasphemes daily4 ,the ,grco-,russian ,church is the most amiable and ,christ-like in her primitive1 simple1 though blind faith4 ,despite the fact that there has been no practical union between the ,greek and ,latin ,churches1 and that the two parted company long centuries ago1 the ,roman ,pontiffs seem to invariably ignore the fact4 ,they have in the most impudent manner possible arrogated to themselves jurisdiction not only over the countries within the ,greek communion but also over all ,protestants as well4 8,the ,church insists10 says ,professor ,draper1 8that the state has no rights over any thing which it declares to be within its domain1 and that ,protestantism being a mere rebellion1 has no rights at all2 that even in ,protestant communities the ,catholic bishop is the only lawful spiritual pastor40#ij ,decrees unheeded1 encyclical letters unread1 invitations to ecumenical councils unnoticed1 excommunications laughed at--all these have seemed to make no difference4 ,their persistence has only been matched by their effrontery4 ,in #ahfd1 the culmination of absurdity was attained when ,pius ,,ix4 excommunicated and fulminated publicly his anathemas against the ,russian ,emperor1 as a 8schismatic cast out from the bosom of the ,holy ,mother ,church40#ia ,neither he nor his ancestors1 nor ,russia since it was ,christianized1 a thousand years ago1 have ever consented to join the ,roman ,catholics4 ,why not claim ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the ,buddhists of ,thibet1 or the shadows of the ancient ,hyk-,sos8 ,the mediumistic phenomena have manifested themselves at all times in ,russia as well as in other countries4 ,this force ignores religious differences2 it laughs at nationalities2 and invades unasked any individuality1 whether of a crowned head or a poor beggar4 ,not even the present ,vice-,god1 ,pius ,,ix41 himself1 could avoid the unwelcome guest4 ,for the last fifty years his ,holiness has been known to be subject to very extraordinary fits4 ,inside the ,vatican they are termed ,divine visions2 outside1 physicians call them epileptic fits2 and popular rumor attributes them to an obsession by the ghosts of ,peruggia1 ,castelfidardo1 and ,mentana6 8,the lights burn blue3 it is now dead midnight1 #bh ,cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh1 ,methought the souls of all that ,i caused to be murdered ,came44440#ib ,the ,prince of ,hohenlohe1 so famous during the first quarter of our century for his healing powers1 was himself a great medium4 ,indeed1 these phenomena and powers belong to no particular age or country4 ,they form a portion of the psychological attributes of man--the ,microcosmos4 ,for centuries have the ,klikouchy1#ic the ,yourodevo1#id and other miserable creatures been afflicted with strange disorders1 which the ,russian clergy and the populace attribute to possession by the devil4 ,they throng the entrances of the cathedrals1 without daring to trust themselves inside1 lest their self-willed controlling demons might fling them on the ground4 ,voroneg1 ,kiew1 ,kazan1 and all cities which possess the thaumaturgical relics of canonized saints1 abound with such unconscious mediums4 ,one can always find numbers of them1 congregating in hideous groups1 and hanging about the gates and porches4 ,at certain stages of the celebration of the mass by the officiating clergy1 such as the appearance of the sacraments1 or the beginning of the prayer and chorus1 8,ejey ,cherouvim10 these half-maniacs1 half-mediums1 begin crowing like cocks1 barking1 bellowing and braying1 and1 finally1 fall down in fearful convulsions4 8,the unclean one cannot bear the holy prayer10 is the pious explanation4 ,moved by pity1 some charitable souls administer restoratives to the 8afflicted ones10 and distribute alms among them4 ,occasionally1 a priest is invited to exorcise1 in which event he either performs the ceremony for the sake of love and charity1 or the alluring prospect of a twenty-copeck silver bit1 according to his ,christian impulses4 ,but these miserable creatures--who are mediums1 for they prophesy and see visions sometimes1 when the fit is genuine#ie--;are never molested because of their misfortune4 ,why should the clergy persecute them1 or people hate and denounce them as damnable witches or wizards8 ,common sense and justice surely suggest that if any are to be punished it is certainly not the victims who cannot help themselves1 but the demon who is alleged to control their actions4 ,the worst that happens to the patient is1 that the priest inundates him or her with holy water1 and causes the poor creature to catch cold4 ,this failing in efficacy1 the ,klikoucha is left to the will of ,god1 and #bi taken care of in love and pity4 ,superstitious and blind as it is1 a faith conducted on such principles certainly deserves some respect1 and can never be offensive1 either to man or the true ,god4 ,not so with that of the ,roman ,catholics2 and hence1 it is they1 and secondarily1 the ,protestant clergy--with the exception of some foremost thinkers among them--that we purpose questioning in this work4 ,we want to know upon what grounds they base their right to treat ,hindus and ,chinese spiritualists and kabalists in the way they do2 denouncing them1 in company with the infidels--creatures of their own making--as so many convicts sentenced to the inextinguishable fires of hell4 ,far from us be the thought of the slightest irreverence--let alone blasphemy--toward the ,divine ,power which called into being all things1 visible and invisible4 ,of its majesty and boundless perfection we dare not even think4 ,it is enough for us to know that ,it exists and that ,it is all wise4 ,enough that in common with our fellow creatures we possess a spark of ,its essence4 ,the supreme power whom we revere is the boundless and endless one--the grand 8,,central ,,spiritual ,,sun0 by whose attributes and the visible effects of whose inaudible ,,will we are surrounded--the ,god of the ancient and the ,god of modern seers4 ,his nature can be studied only in the worlds called forth by his mighty ,,fiat4 ,his revelation is traced with his own finger in imperishable figures of universal harmony upon the face of the ,cosmos4 ,it is the only ,,infallible gospel we recognize4 ,speaking of ancient geographers1 ,plutarch remarks in ,theseus1 that they 8crowd into the edges of their maps parts of the world which they do not know about1 adding notes in the margin to the effect that beyond this lies nothing but sandy deserts full of wild beasts and unapproachable bogs40 ,do not our theologians and scientists do the same8 ,while the former people the invisible world with either angels or devils1 our philosophers try to persuade their disciples that where there is no matter there is nothing4 ,how many of our inveterate skeptics belong1 notwithstanding their materialism1 to ,masonic ,lodges8 ,the brothers of the ,rosie-,cross1 mysterious practitioners of the medival ages1 still live--but in name only4 ,they may 8shed tears at the grave of their respectable ,master1 ,hiram ,abiff20 but vainly will they search for the true locality1 8where the sprig of myrtle was placed40 ,the dead letter remains alone1 the spirit has fled4 ,they are like the ,english or ,german chorus of the ,italian opera1 who descend in the fourth act of ,ernani into the crypt of ,charlemagne1 singing their conspiracy in a tongue utterly unknown to them4 ,so1 our modern knights of the ,sacred ,arch may descend every #cj night if they choose 8through the nine arches into the bowels of the earth18they 8will never discover the sacred ,delta of ,enoch40 ,the 8,sir ,knights in the ,south ,valley0 and those in 8the ,north ,valley0 may try to assure themselves that 8enlightenment dawns upon their minds10 and that as they progress in ,masonry 8the veil of superstition1 despotism1 tyranny0 and so on1 no longer obscures the visions of their minds4 ,but these are all empty words so long as they neglect their mother ,magic1 and turn their backs upon its twin sister1 ,spiritualism4 ,verily1 8,sir ,knights of the ,orient10 you may 8leave your stations and sit upon the floor in attitudes of grief1 with your heads resting upon your hands10 for you have cause to bewail and mourn your fate4 ,since ,phillipe le ,bel destroyed the ,knights-,templars1 not one has appeared to clear up your doubts notwithstanding all claims to the contrary4 ,truly1 you are 8wanderers from ,jerusalem1 seeking the lost treasure of the holy place40 ,have you found it8 ,alas1 no6 for the holy place is profaned2 the pillars of wisdom1 strength and beauty are destroyed4 ,henceforth1 8you must wander in darkness10 and 8travel in humility10 among the woods and mountains in search of the 8lost word40 8,pass on68you will never find it so long as you limit your journeys to seven or even seven times seven2 because you are 8travelling in darkness10 and this darkness can only be dispelled by the light of the blazing torch of truth which alone the right descendants of ,ormazd carry4 ,they alone can teach you the true pronunciation of the name revealed to ,enoch1 ,jacob and ,moses4 8,pass on60 ,till your ,r4 ,s4 ,w4 shall learn to multiply #ccc1 and strike instead #fff--the number of the ,apocalyptic ,beast1 you may just as well observe prudence and act 8sub rosa40 ,in order to demonstrate that the notions which the ancients entertained about dividing human history into cycles were not utterly devoid of a philosophical basis1 we will close this chapter by introducing to the reader one of the oldest traditions of antiquity as to the evolution of our planet4 ,at the close of each 8great year10 called by ,aristotle--according to ,censorinus--the greatest1 and which consists of six sars#if our planet is subjected to a thorough physical revolution4 ,the polar and equatorial climates gradually exchange places2 the former moving slowly toward the ,line1 and the tropical zone1 with its exuberant vegetation and swarming animal life1 replacing the forbidding wastes of the icy #ca poles4 ,this change of climate is necessarily attended by cataclysms1 earthquakes1 and other cosmical throes4#ig ,as the beds of the ocean are displaced1 at the end of every decimillennium and about one neros1 a semi-universal deluge like the legendary ,noachian flood is brought about4 ,this year was called the ,heliacal by the ,greeks2 but no one outside the sanctuary knew anything certain either as to its duration or particulars4 ,the winter of this year was called the ,cataclysm or the ,deluge1--the ,summer1 the ,ecpyrosis4 ,the popular traditions taught that at these alternate seasons the world was in turn burned and deluged4 ,this is what we learn at least from the ,astronomical ,fragments of ,censorinus and ,seneca4 ,so uncertain were the commentators about the length of this year1 that none except ,herodotus and ,linus1 who assigned to it1 the former #aj1hjj1 and the latter #ac1ihd1 came near the truth4#ih ,according to the claims of the ,babylonian priests1 corroborated by ,eupolemus1#ii 8the city of ,babylon1 owes its foundation to those who were saved from the catastrophe of the deluge2 they were the giants and they built the tower which is noticed in history40#ajj ,these giants who were great astrologers and had received moreover from their fathers1 8the sons of ,god10 every instruction pertaining to secret matters1 instructed the priests in their turn1 and left in the temples all the records of the periodical cataclysm that they had witnessed themselves4 ,this is how the high priests came by the knowledge of the great years4 ,when we remember1 moreover1 that ,plato in the ,timus cites the old ,egyptian priest rebuking ,solon for his ignorance of the fact that there were several such deluges as the great one of ,ogyges1 we can easily ascertain that this belief in the ,heliakos was a doctrine held by the initiated priests the world over4 ,the ,neroses1 the ,vrihaspati1 or the periods called yugas or kalpas1 are life-problems to solve4 ,the ,satya-yug and ,buddhistic cycles of chronology would make a mathematician stand aghast at the array of ciphers4 ,the ,maha-kalpa embraces an untold number of periods far back #cb in the antediluvian ages4 ,their system comprises a kalpa or grand period of #d1cbj1jjj1jjj years1 which they divide into four lesser yugas1 running as follows3 #ast4--,satya-yug #a1gbh1jjj years4 #b;d4--,trtya yug #a1bif1jjj 8 #c;d4--,dvpa yug #hfd1jjj 8 #dth4--,kali yug #dcb1jjj 8 -------------- ,total #d1cbj1jjj which make one divine age or ,maha-yug2 seventy-one ,maha-yugs make #cjf1gbj1jjj years1 to which is added a sandhi 7or the time when day and night border on each other1 morning and evening twilight71 equal to a ,satya-yug1 #a1gbh1jjj1 make a manwantara of #cjh1ddh1jjj years2#aja fourteen manwantaras make #d1cah1bgb1jjj years2 to which must be added a sandhi to begin the kalpa1 #a1gbh1jjj years1 making the kalpa or grand period of #d1cbj1jjj1jjj of years4 ,as we are now only in the ,kali-yug of the twenty-eighth age of the seventh manwantara of #cjh1ddh1jjj years1 we have yet sufficient time before us to wait before we reach even half of the time allotted to the world4 ,these ciphers are not fanciful1 but founded upon actual astronomical calculations1 as has been demonstrated by ,s4 ,davis4#ajb ,many a scientist1 ,higgins among others1 notwithstanding their researches1 has been utterly perplexed as to which of these was the secret cycle4 ,bunsen has demonstrated that the ,egyptian priests1 who made the cyclic notations1 kept them always in the profoundest mystery4#ajc ,perhaps their difficulty arose from the fact that the calculations of the ancients applied equally to the spiritual progress of humanity as to the physical4 ,it will not be difficult to understand the close correspondence drawn by the ancients between the cycles of nature and of mankind1 if we keep in mind their belief in the constant and all-potent influences of the planets upon the fortunes of humanity4 ,higgins justly believed that the cycle of the ,indian system1 of #dcb1jjj1 is the true key of the secret cycle4 ,but his failure in trying to decipher it was made apparent2 for as it pertained to the mystery of the creation1 this cycle was the most inviolable of all4 ,it was repeated in symbolic figures only in the ,chaldean ,book of ,numbers1 #cc the original of which1 if now extant1 is certainly not to be found in libraries1 as it formed one of the most ancient ,books of ,hermes1#ajd the number of which is at present undetermined4 ,calculating by the secret period of the ,great ,neros and the ,hindu ,kalpas1 some kabalists1 mathematicians and archologists who knew naught of the secret computations made the above number of #ba1jjj years to be #bd1jjj years1 for the length of the great year1 as it was to the renewal only of our globe that they thought the last period of #f1jjj years applied4 ,higgins gives as a reason for it1 that it was anciently thought that the equinoxes preceded only after the rate of #b1jjj1 not #b1afj1 years in a sign2 for thus it would allow for the length of the great year four times #f1jjj or #bd1jjj years4 8,hence10 he says1 8might arise their immensely-lengthened cycles2 because1 it would be the same with this great year as with the common year1 till it travelled round an immensely-lengthened circle1 when it would come to the old point again40 ,he therefore accounts for the #bd1jjj in the following manner3 8,if the angle which the plane of the ecliptic makes with the plane of the equator had decreased gradually and regularly1 as it was till very lately supposed to do1 the two planes would have coincided in about ten #cd ages1 #f1jjj years2 in ten ages1 #f1jjj years more1 the sun would have been situated relatively to the ,southern ,hemisphere as he is now to the ,northern2 in ten ages1 #f1jjj years more1 the two planes would coincide again2 and1 in ten ages1 #f1jjj years more1 he would be situated as he is now1 after a lapse of about twenty-four or twenty-five thousand years in all4 ,when the sun arrived at the equator1 the ten ages or six thousand years would end1 and the world would be destroyed by fire2 when he arrived at the southern point1 it would be destroyed by water4 ,and thus1 it would be destroyed at the end of every #f1jjj years1 or ten neroses40#aje ,this method of calculating by the neroses1 without allowing any consideration for the secrecy in which the ancient philosophers1 who were exclusively of the sacerdotal order1 held their knowledge1 gave rise to the greatest errors4 ,it led the ,jews1 as well as some of the ,christian ,platonists1 to maintain that the world would be destroyed at the end of six thousand years4 ,gale shows how firmly this belief was rooted in the ,jews4 ,it has also led modern scientists to discredit entirely the hypothesis of the ancients4 ,it has given rise to the formation of different religious sects1 which1 like the ,adventists of our century1 are always living in the expectation of the approaching destruction of the world4 ,as our planet revolves once every year around the sun and at the same time turns once in every twenty-four hours upon its own axis1 thus traversing minor circles within a larger one1 so is the work of the smaller cyclic periods accomplished and recommenced1 within the ,great ,saros4 ,the revolution of the physical world1 according to the ancient doctrine1 is attended by a like revolution in the world of intellect--the spiritual evolution of the world proceeding in cycles1 like the physical one4 ,thus we see in history a regular alternation of ebb and flow in the tide of human progress4 ,the great kingdoms and empires of the world1 after reaching the culmination of their greatness1 descend again1 in accordance with the same law by which they ascended2 till1 having reached the lowest point1 humanity reasserts itself and mounts up once more1 the height of its attainment being1 by this law of ascending progression by cycles1 somewhat higher than the point from which it had before descended4 ,the division of the history of mankind into ,golden1 ,silver1 ,copper and ,iron ,ages1 is not a fiction4 ,we see the same thing in the literature of peoples4 ,an age of great inspiration and unconscious productiveness is invariably followed by an age of criticism and consciousness4 ,the one affords material for the analyzing and critical intellect of the other4 ,thus1 all those great characters who tower like giants in the history of mankind1 like ,buddha-,siddrtha1 and ,jesus1 in the realm of #ce spiritual1 and ,alexander the ,macedonian and ,napoleon the ,great1 in the realm of physical conquests1 were but reflexed images of human types which had existed ten thousand years before1 in the preceding decimillennium1 reproduced by the mysterious powers controlling the destinies of our world4 ,there is no prominent character in all the annals of sacred or profane history whose prototype we cannot find in the half-fictitious and half-real traditions of bygone religions and mythologies4 ,as the star1 glimmering at an immeasurable distance above our heads1 in the boundless immensity of the sky1 reflects itself in the smooth waters of a lake1 so does the imagery of men of the antediluvian ages reflect itself in the periods we can embrace in an historical retrospect4 8,as above1 so it is below4 ,that which has been1 will return again4 ,as in heaven1 so on earth40 ,the world is always ungrateful to its great men4 ,florence has built a statue to ,galileo1 but hardly even mentions ,pythagoras4 ,the former had a ready guide in the treatises of ,copernicus1 who had been obliged to contend against the universally established ,ptolemaic system4 ,but neither ,galileo nor modern astronomy discovered the emplacement of the planetary bodies4 ,thousands of ages before1 it was taught by the sages of ,middle ,asia1 and brought thence by ,pythagoras1 not as a speculation1 but as a demonstrated science4 8,the numerals of ,pythagoras10 says ,porphyry1 8were hieroglyphical symbols1 by means whereof he explained all ideas concerning the nature of all things40#ajf ,verily1 then1 to antiquity alone have we to look for the origin of all things4 ,how well ,hargrave ,jennings expresses himself when speaking of ,pyramids1 and how true are his words when he asks3 8,is it at all reasonable to conclude1 at a period when knowledge was at the highest1 and when the human powers were1 in comparison with ours at the present time1 prodigious1 that all these indomitable1 scarcely believable physical effects--that such achievements as those of the ,egyptians--were devoted to a mistake8 that the myriads of the ,nile were fools laboring in the dark1 and that all the magic of their great men was forgery1 and that we1 in despising that which we call their superstition and wasted power1 are alone the wise8 ,no6 there is much more in these old religions than probably--in the audacity of modern denial1 in the confidence of these superficial-science times1 and in the derision of these days without faith--is in the least degree supposed4 ,we do not understand the old time4444 ,thus we see how classic practice and heathen teaching may be made to reconcile--how even the ,gentile and the #cf ,hebrew1 the mythological and the ,christian doctrine harmonize in the general faith founded on ,magic4 ,that ,magic is indeed possible is the moral of this book40#ajg ,it is possible4 ,thirty years ago1 when the first rappings of ,rochester awakened slumbering attention to the reality of an invisible world2 when the gentle shower of raps gradually became a torrent which overflowed the whole globe1 spiritualists had to contend but against two potencies--theology and science4 ,but the theosophists have1 in addition to these1 to meet the world at large and the spiritualists first of all4 8,there is a personal ,god1 and there is a personal ,devil60 thunders the ,christian preacher4 8,let him be anathema who dares say nay60 8,there is no personal ,god1 except the gray matter in our brain10 contemptuously replies the materialist4 8,and there is no ,devil4 ,let him be considered thrice an idiot who says aye40 ,meanwhile the occultists and true philosophers heed neither of the two combatants1 but keep perseveringly at their work4 ,none of them believe in the absurd1 passionate1 and fickle ,god of superstition1 but all of them believe in good and evil4 ,our human reason1 the emanation of our finite mind1 is certainly incapable of comprehending a divine intelligence1 an endless and infinite entity2 and1 according to strict logic1 that which transcends our understanding and would remain thoroughly incomprehensible to our senses cannot exist for us2 hence1 it does not exist4 ,so far finite reason agrees with science1 and says3 8,there is no ,god40 ,but1 on the other hand1 our ,ego1 that which lives and thinks and feels independently of us in our mortal casket1 does more than believe4 ,it knows that there exists a ,god in nature1 for the sole and invincible ,artificer of all lives in us as we live in ,him4 ,no dogmatic faith or exact science is able to uproot that intuitional feeling inherent in man1 when he has once fully realized it in himself4 ,human nature is like universal nature in its abhorrence of a vacuum4 ,it feels an intuitional yearning for a ,supreme ,power4 ,without a ,god1 the cosmos would seem to it but like a soulless corpse4 ,being forbidden to search for ,him where alone ,his traces would be found1 man filled the aching void with the personal ,god whom his spiritual teachers built up for him from the crumbling ruins of heathen myths and hoary philosophies of old4 ,how otherwise explain the mushroom growth of new sects1 some of them absurd beyond degree8 ,mankind have one innate1 irrepressible craving1 that must be satisfied in any religion that would supplant the dogmatic1 undemonstrated and undemonstrable theology of our ,christian ages4 ,this is the yearning after the proofs of immortality4 ,as ,sir ,thomas ,browne has expressed it3 444 8it is the #cg heaviest stone that melancholy can throw at a man1 to tell him that he is at the end of his nature1 or that there is no future state to come1 unto which this seems progressive1 and otherwise made in vain40 ,let any religion offer itself that can supply these proofs in the shape of scientific facts1 and the established system will be driven to the alternative of fortifying its dogmas with such facts1 or of passing out of the reverence and affection of ,christendom4 ,many a ,christian divine has been forced to acknowledge that there is no authentic source whence the assurance of a future state could have been derived by man4 ,how could then such a belief have stood for countless ages1 were it not that among all nations1 whether civilized or savage1 man has been allowed the demonstrative proof8 ,is not the very existence of such a belief an evidence that thinking philosopher and unreasoning savage have both been compelled to acknowledge the testimony of their senses8 ,that if1 in isolated instances1 spectral illusion may have resulted from physical causes1 on the other hand1 in thousands of instances1 apparitions of persons have held converse with several individuals at once1 who saw and heard them collectively1 and could not all have been diseased in mind8 ,the greatest thinkers of ,greece and ,rome regarded such matters as demonstrated facts4 ,they distinguished the apparitions by the names of manes1 anima and umbra3 the manes descending after the decease of the individual into the ,underworld2 the anima1 or pure spirit1 ascending to heaven2 and the restless umbra 7earth-bound spirit71 hovering about its tomb1 because the attraction of matter and love of its earthly body prevailed in it and prevented its ascension to higher regions4 8,terra legit carnem tumulum circumvolet umbra1 ,orcus habet manes1 spiritus astra petit10 says ,ovid1 speaking of the threefold constituents of souls4 ,but all such definitions must be subjected to the careful analysis of philosophy4 ,too many of our thinkers do not consider that the numerous changes in language1 the allegorical phraseology and evident secretiveness of old ,mystic writers1 who were generally under an obligation never to divulge the solemn secrets of the sanctuary1 might have sadly misled translators and commentators4 ,the phrases of the medival alchemist they read literally2 and even the veiled symbolology of ,plato is commonly misunderstood by the modern scholar4 ,one day they may learn to know better1 and so become aware that the method of extreme necessarianism was practiced in ancient as well as in modern philosophy2 that from the first ages of man1 the fundamental truths of all that we are permitted to know on earth was in the safe keeping of the adepts of the sanctuary2 that the difference in creeds #ch and religious practice was only external2 and that those guardians of the primitive divine revelation1 who had solved every problem that is within the grasp of human intellect1 were bound together by a universal freemasonry of science and philosophy1 which formed one unbroken chain around the globe4 ,it is for philology and psychology to find the end of the thread4 ,that done1 it will then be ascertained that1 by relaxing one single loop of the old religious systems1 the chain of mystery may be disentangled4 ,the neglect and withholding of these proofs have driven such eminent minds as ,hare and ,wallace1 and other men of power1 into the fold of modern spiritualism4 ,at the same time it has forced others1 congenitally devoid of spiritual intuitions1 into a gross materialism that figures under various names4 ,but we see no utility in prosecuting the subject further4 ,for1 though in the opinion of most of our contemporaries1 there has been but one day of learning1 in whose twilight stood the older philosophers1 and whose noontide brightness is all our own2 and though the testimony of scores of ancient and medival thinkers has proved valueless to modern experimenters1 as though the world dated from ,a4,d4 #a1 and all knowledge were of recent growth1 we will not lose hope or courage4 ,the moment is more opportune than ever for the review of old philosophies4 ,archologists1 philologists1 astronomers1 chemists and physicists are getting nearer and nearer to the point where they will be forced to consider them4 ,physical science has already reached its limits of exploration2 dogmatic theology sees the springs of its inspiration dry4 ,unless we mistake the signs1 the day is approaching when the world will receive the proofs that only ancient religions were in harmony with nature1 and ancient science embraced all that can be known4 ,secrets long kept may be revealed2 books long forgotten and arts long time lost may be brought out to light again2 papyri and parchments of inestimable importance will turn up in the hands of men who pretend to have unrolled them from mummies1 or stumbled upon them in buried crypts2 tablets and pillars1 whose sculptured revelations will stagger theologians and confound scientists1 may yet be excavated and interpreted4 ,who knows the possibilities of the future8 ,an era of disenchantment and rebuilding will soon begin--nay1 has already begun4 ,the cycle has almost run its course2 a new one is about to begin1 and the future pages of history may contain full evidence1 and convey full proof that 8,if ancestry can be in aught believed1 ,descending spirits have conversed with man1 ,and told him secrets of the world unknown40 ,,chapter ,,ii4 #ci 8,pride1 where wit fails1 steps in to our defence ,and fills up all the mighty void of sense44440 --,,pope4 8,but why should the operations of nature be changed8 ,there may be a deeper philosophy than we dream of--a philosophy that discovers the secrets of nature1 but does not alter1 by penetrating them1 its course40--,,bulwer4 ,is it enough for man to know that he exists8 ,is it enough to be formed a human being to enable him to deserve the appellation of ,,man8 ,it is our decided impression and conviction1 that to become a genuine spiritual entity1 which that designation implies1 man must first create himself anew1 so to speak--i4e41 thoroughly eliminate from his mind and spirit1 not only the dominating influence of selfishness and other impurity1 but also the infection of superstition and prejudice4 ,the latter is far different from what we commonly term antipathy or sympathy4 ,we are at first irresistibly or unwittingly drawn within its dark circle by that peculiar influence1 that powerful current of magnetism which emanates from ideas as well as from physical bodies4 ,by this we are surrounded1 and finally prevented through moral cowardice--fear of public opinion--from stepping out of it4 ,it is rare that men regard a thing in either its true or false light1 accepting the conclusion by the free action of their own judgment4 ,quite the reverse4 ,the conclusion is more commonly reached by blindly adopting the opinion current at the hour among those with whom they associate4 ,a church member will not pay an absurdly high price for his pew any more than a materialist will go twice to listen to ,mr4 ,huxley's talk on evolution1 because they think that it is right to do so2 but merely because ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,so-and-so have done it1 and these personages are ,,the ,s--,,and ,s--',s4 ,the same holds good with everything else4 ,if psychology had had its ,darwin1 the descent of man as regards moral qualities might have been found inseparably linked with that of his physical form4 ,society in its servile condition suggests to the intelligent observer of its mimicry a kinship between the ,simia and human beings even more striking than is exhibited in the external marks pointed out by the great #dj anthropologist4 ,the many varieties of the ape--8mocking presentments of ourselves0 appear to have been evolved on purpose to supply a certain class of expensively-dressed persons with the material for genealogical trees4 ,science is daily and rapidly moving toward the great discoveries in chemistry and physics1 organology1 and anthropology4 ,learned men ought to be free from preconceptions and prejudices of every kind2 yet1 although thought and opinion are now free1 scientists are still the same men as of old4 ,an ,utopian dreamer is he who thinks that man ever changes with the evolution and development of new ideas4 ,the soil may be well fertilized and made to yield with every year a greater and better variety of fruit2 but1 dig a little deeper than the stratum required for the crop1 and the same earth will be found in the subsoil as was there before the first furrow was turned4 ,not many years ago1 the person who questioned the infallibility of some theological dogma was branded at once an iconoclast and an infidel4 ,v victis6 444 ,science has conquered4 ,but in its turn the victor claims the same infallibility1 though it equally fails to prove its right4 8,tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis10 the saying of the good old ,lotharius1 applies to the case4 ,nevertheless1 we feel as if we had some right to question the high-priests of science4 ,for many years we have watched the development and growth of that apple of discord--,,modern ,,spiritualism4 ,familiar with its literature both in ,europe and ,america1 we have closely and eagerly witnessed its interminable controversies and compared its contradictory hypotheses4 ,many educated men and women--heterodox spiritualists1 of course--have tried to fathom the ,protean phenomena4 ,the only result was that they came to the following conclusion3 whatever may be the reason of these constant failures--whether such are to be laid at the door of the investigators themselves1 or of the secret ,force at work--it is at least proved that1 in proportion as the psychological manifestations increase in frequency and variety1 the darkness surrounding their origin becomes more impenetrable4 ,that phenomena are actually witnessed1 mysterious in their nature--generally and perhaps wrongly termed spiritual--it is now idle to deny4 ,allowing a large discount for clever fraud1 what remains is quite serious enough to demand the careful scrutiny of science4 8,e pur se muove10 the sentence spoken ages since1 has passed into the category of household words4 ,the courage of ,galileo is not now required to fling it into the face of the ,academy4 ,psychological phenomena are already on the offensive4 ,the position assumed by modern scientists is that even though the occurrence of certain mysterious phenomena in the presence of the #da mediums be a fact1 there is no proof that they are not due to some abnormal nervous condition of those individuals4 ,the possibility that they may be produced by returning human spirits need not be considered until the other question is decided4 ,little exception can be taken to this position4 ,unquestionably1 the burden of proof rests upon those who assert the agency of spirits4 ,if the scientists would grapple with the subject in good faith1 showing an earnest desire to solve the perplexing mystery1 instead of treating it with undignified and unprofessional contempt1 they would be open to no censure4 ,true1 the great majority of 8spiritual0 communications are calculated to disgust investigators of even moderate intelligence4 ,even when genuine they are trivial1 commonplace1 and often vulgar4 ,during the past twenty years we have received through various mediums messages purporting to be from ,shakspere1 ,byron1 ,franklin1 ,peter the ,great1 ,napoleon and ,josephine1 and even from ,voltaire4 ,the general impression made upon us was that the ,french conqueror and his consort seemed to have forgotten how to spell words correctly2 ,shakspere and ,byron had become chronic inebriates2 and ,voltaire had turned an imbecile4 ,who can blame men trained to habits of exactitude1 or even simply well-educated persons1 for hastily concluding that when so much palpable fraud lies upon the surface1 there could hardly be truth if they should go to the bottom8 ,the huckstering about of pompous names attached to idiotic communications has given the scientific stomach such an indigestion that it cannot assimilate even the great truth which lies on the telegraphic plateaux of this ocean of psychological phenomena4 ,they judge by its surface1 covered with froth and scum4 ,but they might with equal propriety deny that there is any clear water in the depths of the sea when an oily scum was floating upon the surface4 ,therefore1 if on one hand we cannot very well blame them for stepping back at the first sight of what seems really repulsive1 we do1 and have a right to censure them for their unwillingness to explore deeper4 ,neither pearls nor cut diamonds are to be found lying loose on the ground2 and these persons act as unwisely as would a professional diver1 who should reject an oyster on account of its filthy and slimy appearance1 when by opening it he might find a precious pearl inside the shell4 ,even the just and severe rebukes of some of their leading men are of no avail2 and the fear on the part of men of science to investigate such an unpopular subject1 seems to have now become a general panic4 8,the phenomena chase the scientists1 and the scientists run away from the phenomena10 very pointedly remarks ,m4 ,a4 ,n4 ,aksakof in an able article on ,mediumism and the ,st4 ,petersburg ,scientific ,committee4 ,the #db attitude of this body of professors toward the subject which they had pledged themselves to investigate was throughout simply disgraceful4 ,their premature and prearranged report was so evidently partial and inconclusive as to call out a scornful protest even from unbelievers4 ,the inconsistency of the logic of our learned gentlemen against the philosophy of spiritualism proper is admirably pointed out by ,professor ,john ,fisk--one of their own body4 ,in a recent philosophical work1 ,the ,unseen ,world1 while showing that from the very definition of the terms1 matter and spirit1 the existence of spirit cannot be demonstrated to the senses1 and that thus no theory is amenable to scientific tests1 he deals a severe blow at his colleagues in the following lines3 8,the testimony in such a case10 he says1 8must1 under the conditions of the present life1 be forever inaccessible4 ,it lies wholly outside the range of experience4 ,however abundant it may be1 we cannot expect to meet it4 ,and1 accordingly1 our failure to produce it does not raise even the slightest presumption against our theory4 ,when conceived in this way1 the belief in the future life is without scientific support1 but at the same time it is placed beyond the need of scientific support and the range of scientific criticism4 ,it is a belief which no imaginable future advance of physical discovery can in any way impugn4 ,it is a belief which is in no sense irrational1 and which may be logically entertained without in the least affecting our scientific habit of mind1 or influencing our scientific conclusions40 8,if now10 he adds1 8men of science will accept the position that spirit is not matter1 nor governed by the laws of matter1 and refrain from speculations concerning it restricted by their knowledge of material things1 they will withdraw what is to men of religion1 at present1 their principal cause of irritation40 ,but1 they will do no such thing4 ,they feel incensed at the brave1 loyal1 and highly commendable surrender of such superior men as ,wallace1 and refuse to accept even the prudent and restrictive policy of ,mr4 ,crookes4 ,no other claim is advanced for a hearing of the opinions contained in the present work than that they are based upon many years' study of both ancient magic and its modern form1 ,spiritualism4 ,the former1 even now1 when phenomena of the same nature have become so familiar to all1 is commonly set down as clever jugglery4 ,the latter1 when overwhelming evidence precludes the possibility of truthfully declaring it charlatanry1 is denominated an universal hallucination4 ,many years of wandering among 8heathen0 and 8,christian0 magicians1 occultists1 mesmerisers and the tutti quanti of white and black art1 ought to be sufficient1 we think1 to give us a certain right #dc to feel competent to take a practical view of this doubted and very complicated question4 ,we have associated with the fakirs1 the holy men of ,india1 and seen them when in intercourse with the ,pitris4 ,we have watched the proceedings and modus operandi of the howling and dancing dervishes2 held friendly communications with the marabouts of ,european and ,asiatic ,turkey2 and the serpent-charmers of ,damascus and ,benares have but few secrets that we have not had the fortune to study4 ,therefore1 when scientists who have never had an opportunity of living among these oriental jugglers and can judge at the best but superficially1 tell us that there is naught in their performances but mere tricks of prestidigitation1 we cannot help feeling a profound regret for such hasty conclusions4 ,that such pretentious claims should be made to a thorough analysis of the powers of nature1 and at the same time such unpardonable neglect displayed of questions of purely physiological and psychological character1 and astounding phenomena rejected without either examination or appeal1 is an exhibition of inconsistency1 strongly savoring of timidity1 if not of moral obliquity4 ,if1 therefore1 we should ever receive from some contemporaneous ,faraday the same fling that that gentleman made years since1 when1 with more sincerity than good breeding1 he said that 8many dogs have the power of coming to much more logical conclusions than some spiritualists10#ajh we fear we must still persist4 ,abuse is not argument1 least of all1 proof4 ,because such men as ,huxley and ,tyndall denominate spiritualism 8a degrading belief0 and oriental magic 8jugglery10 they cannot thereby take from truth its verity4 ,skepticism1 whether it proceeds from a scientific or an ignorant brain1 is unable to overturn the immortality of our souls--if such immortality is a fact--and plunge them into post-mortem annihilation4 8,reason is subject to error10 says ,aristotle2 so is opinion2 and the personal views of the most learned philosopher are often more liable to be proved erroneous1 than the plain common sense of his own illiterate cook4 ,in the ,tales of the ,impious ,khalif1 ,barrachias-,hassan-,oglu1 the ,arabian sage holds a wise discourse3 8,beware1 ,o my son1 of self-incense10 he says4 8,it is the most dangerous1 on account of its agreeable intoxication4 ,profit by thy own wisdom1 but learn to respect the wisdom of thy fathers likewise4 ,and remember1 ,o my beloved1 that the light of ,allah's truth will often penetrate much easier an empty head1 than one that is so crammed with learning that many a silver ray is crowded out for want of space2 444 such is the case with our over-wise ,kadi40 ,these representatives of modern science in both hemispheres seem never #dd to have exhibited more scorn1 or to have felt more bitterly toward the unsolvable mystery1 than since ,mr4 ,crookes began the investigation of the phenomena1 in ,london4 ,this courageous gentleman was the first to introduce to the public one of those alleged 8materialized0 sentries that guard the forbidden gates4 ,following after him1 several other learned members of the scientific body had the rare integrity1 combined with a degree of courage1 which1 in view of the unpopularity of the subject1 may be deemed heroic1 to take the phenomena in hand4 ,but1 alas6 although the spirit1 indeed1 was willing1 the mortal flesh proved weak4 ,ridicule was more than the majority of them could bear2 and so1 the heaviest burden was thrown upon the shoulders of ,mr4 ,crookes4 ,an account of the benefit this gentleman reaped from his disinterested investigations1 and the thanks he received from his own brother scientists1 can be found in his three pamphlets1 entitled1 ,researches in the ,phenomena of ,spiritualism4 ,after a while1 the members appointed on the ,committee of the ,dialectical society and ,mr4 ,crookes1 who had applied to his mediums the most crucial tests1 were forced by an impatient public to report in so many plain words what they had seen4 ,but what could they say1 except the truth8 ,thus1 they were compelled to acknowledge3 #ast4 ,that the phenomena which they1 at least1 had witnessed1 were genuine1 and impossible to simulate2 thus showing that manifestations produced by some unknown force1 could and did happen4 #b;d4 ,that1 whether the phenomena were produced by disembodied spirits or other analogous entities1 they could not tell2 but that manifestations1 thoroughly upsetting many preconceived theories as to natural laws1 did happen and were undeniable4 ,several of these occurred in their own families4 #c;d4 ,that1 notwithstanding all their combined efforts to the contrary1 beyond the indisputable fact of the reality of the phenomena1 8glimpses of natural action not yet reduced to law10#aji they1 to borrow the expression of the ,count de ,gabalis1 8could make neither head nor tail on't40 ,now this was precisely what a skeptical public had not bargained for4 ,the discomfiture of the believers in spiritualism had been impatiently anticipated before the conclusions of ,messrs4 ,crookes1 ,varley1 and the ,dialectical ,society were announced4 ,such a confession on the part of their brother-scientists was too humiliating for the pride of even those who had timorously abstained from investigation4 ,it was regarded as really too much1 that such vulgar and repulsive manifestations of #de phenomena which had always1 by common consent of educated people1 been regarded as nursery tales1 fit only to amuse hysterical servant-girls and afford revenue to professional somnambulists--that manifestations which had been consigned by the ,academy and ,institute of ,paris to oblivion1 should so impertinently elude detection at the hands of experts in physical sciences4 ,a tornado of indignation followed the confession4 ,mr4 ,crookes depicts it in his pamphlet on ,psychic ,force4 ,he heads it very pointedly with the quotation from ,galvani3 8,i am attacked by two very opposite sects--the scientists and the know-nothings1 yet ,i know that ,i have discovered one of the greatest forces in nature44440 ,he then proceeds3 8,it was taken for granted that the results of my experiments would be in accordance with their preconceptions4 ,what they really desired was not the truth1 but an additional witness in favor of their own foregone conclusions4 ,when they found the facts which that investigation established could not be made to fit those opinions1 why1 444 so much the worse for the facts4 ,they try to creep out of their own confident recommendations of the inquiry1 by declaring #8that ,mr4 ,home is a clever conjurer who has duped us all4' #8,mr4 ,crookes might1 with equal propriety1 examine the performances of an ,indian juggler4' #8,mr4 ,crookes must get better witnesses before he can be believed4' #8,the thing is too absurd to be treated seriously4' #8,it is impossible1 and therefore can't be4' 444 7,i never said it was impossible1 ,i only said it was true47 #8,the observers have all been biologized1 and fancy they saw things occur which really never took place1' etc41 etc41 etc40#aaj ,after expending their energy on such puerile theories as 8unconscious cerebration10 8involuntary muscular contraction10 and the sublimely ridiculous one of the 8cracking knee-joints0 7le muscle craqueur72 after meeting ignominious failures by the obstinate survival of the new force1 and finally1 after every desperate effort to compass its obliteration1 these filii diffidenti--as ,st4 ,paul calls their class--thought best to give up the whole thing in disgust4 ,sacrificing their courageously persevering brethren as a holocaust on the altar of public opinion1 they withdrew in dignified silence4 ,leaving the arena of investigation to more fearless champions1 these unlucky experimenters are not likely to ever enter it again4#aaa ,it is easier by far to deny the reality of such manifestations from a secure distance1 than find for them a proper place among the classes #df of natural phenomena accepted by exact science4 ,and how can they1 since all such phenomena pertain to psychology1 and the latter1 with its occult and mysterious powers1 is a terra incognita for modern science4 ,thus1 powerless to explain that which proceeds directly from the nature of the human soul itself--the existence of which most of them deny--unwilling at the same time to confess their ignorance1 scientists retaliate very unjustly on those who believe in the evidence of their senses without any pretence to science4 8,a kick from thee1 ,o ,jupiter6 is sweet10 says the poet ,tretiakowsky1 in an old ,russian tragedy4 ,rude as those ,jupiters of science may be occasionally toward us credulous mortals1 their vast learning--in less abstruse questions1 we mean--if not their manners1 entitles them to public respect4 ,but unfortunately it is not the gods who shout the loudest4 ,the eloquent ,tertullian1 speaking of ,satan and his imps1 whom he accuses of ever mimicking the ,creator's works1 denominates them the 8monkeys of ,god40 ,it is fortunate for the philosophicules that we have no modern ,tertullian to consign them to an immortality of contempt as the 8monkeys of science40 ,but to return to genuine scientists4 8,phenomena of a merely objective character10 says ,a4 ,n4 ,aksakof1 8force themselves upon the representatives of exact sciences for investigation and explanation2 but the high-priests of science1 in the face of apparently such a simple question 444 are totally disconcerted6 ,this subject seems to have the privilege of forcing them to betray1 not only the highest code of morality--truth1 but also the supreme law of science--experiment6444 ,they feel that there is something too serious underlying it4 ,the cases of ,hare1 ,crookes1 de ,morgan1 ,varley1 ,wallace1 and ,butleroff create a panic6 ,they fear that as soon as they concede one step1 they will have to yield the whole ground4 ,time-honored principles1 the contemplative speculations of a whole life1 of a long line of generations1 are all staked on a single card68#aab ,in the face of such experience as that of ,crookes and the ,dialectical ,society1 of ,wallace and the late ,professor ,hare1 what can we expect from our luminaries of erudition8 ,their attitude toward the undeniable phenomena is in itself another phenomenon4 ,it is simply incomprehensible1 unless we admit the possibility of another psychological disease1 as mysterious and contagious as hydrophobia4 ,although we claim no honor for this new discovery1 we nevertheless propose to recognize it under the name of scientific psychophobia4 ,they ought to have learned by this time1 in the school of bitter #dg experience1 that they can rely on the self-sufficiency of the positive sciences only to a certain point2 and that1 so long as there remains one single unexplained mystery in nature1 the word 0impossible0 is a dangerous word for them to pronounce4 ,in the ,researches on the ,phenomena of ,spiritualism1 ,mr4 ,crookes submits to the option of the reader eight theories 8to account for the phenomena observed40 ,these theories run as follows3 8,first ,theory4--,the phenomena are all the result of tricks1 clever mechanical arrangements1 or legerdemain2 the mediums are impostors1 and the rest of the company fools4 8,second ,theory4--,the persons at a seance are the victims of a sort of mania1 or delusion1 and imagine phenomena to occur which have no real objective existence4 8,third ,theory4--,the whole is the result of conscious or unconscious cerebral action4 8,fourth ,theory4--,the result of the spirit of the medium1 perhaps in association with the spirits of some or all of the people present4 8,fifth ,theory4--,the actions of evil spirits1 or devils1 personifying whom or what they please1 in order to undermine ,christianity1 and ruin men's souls4 7,theory of our theologians47 8,sixth ,theory4--,the actions of a separate order of beings living on this earth1 but invisible and immaterial to us4 ,able1 however1 occasionally to manifest their presence1 known in almost all countries and ages as demons 7not necessarily bad71 gnomes1 fairies1 kobolds1 elves1 goblins1 ,puck1 etc4 7,one of the claims of the kabalists47 8,seventh ,theory4--,the actions of departed human beings4 7,the spiritual theory par excellence47 8,eighth ,theory4--7,the psychic force7 444 an adjunct to the fourth1 fifth1 sixth1 and seventh theories48 ,the first of these theories having been proved valid only in exceptional1 though unfortunately still too frequent cases1 must be ruled out as having no material bearing upon the phenomena themselves4 ,theories the second and the third are the last crumbling entrenchments of the guerilla of skeptics and materialists1 and remain1 as lawyers say1 0,adhuc sub judice lis est40 ,thus1 we can deal in this work but with the four remaining ones1 the last1 eighth1 theory being according to ,mr4 ,crookes's opinion1 but 8a necessary adjunct0 of the others4 ,how subject even a scientific opinion is to error1 we may see1 if we only compare the several articles on spiritual phenomena from the able #dh pen of that gentleman1 which appeared from #ahgj to #ahge4 ,in one of the first we read3 444 8the increased employment of scientific methods will promote exact observations and greater love of truths among inquirers1 and will produce a race of observers who will drive the worthless residuum of spiritualism hence into the unknown limbo of magic and necromancy40 ,and in #ahge1 we read1 over his own signature1 minute and most interesting descriptions of the materialized spirit--,katie ,king6#aac ,it is hardly possible to suppose that ,mr4 ,crookes could be under electro-biological influence or hallucination for two or three consecutive years4 ,the 8spirit0 appeared in his own house1 in his library1 under the most crucial tests1 and was seen1 felt1 and heard by hundreds of persons4 ,but ,mr4 ,crookes denies that he ever took ,katie ,king for a disembodied spirit4 ,what was it then8 ,if it was not ,miss ,florence ,cook1 and his word is our sufficient guarantee for it--then it was either the spirit of one who had lived on earth1 or one of those that come directly under the sixth theory of the eight the eminent scientist offers to the public choice4 ,it must have been one of the classes named3 8,fairies1 ,kobolds1 ,gnomes1 ,elves1 ,goblins1 or a ,puck40#aad ,yes2 ,katie ,king must have been a fairy--a ,titania4 ,for to a fairy only could be applied with propriety the following poetic effusion which ,mr4 ,crookes quotes in describing this wonderful spirit3 8,round her she made an atmosphere of life2 ,the very air seemed lighter from her eyes2 ,they were so soft and beautiful and rife ,with all we can imagine of the skies2 ,her overpowering presence makes you feel ,it would not be idolatry to kneel60#aae ,and thus1 after having written1 in #ahgj1 his severe sentence against spiritualism and magic2 after saying that even at that moment he believed 8the whole affair a superstition1 or1 at least1 an unexplained trick--a delusion of the senses20#aaf ,mr4 ,crookes1 in #ahge1 closes his letter with the following memorable words3--8,to imagine1 ,i say1 the ,katie ,king of the last three years to be the result of imposture does more violence to one's reason and common sense than to believe her to be what she herself affirms40#aag ,this last remark1 moreover1 #di conclusively proves that3 #a4 ,notwithstanding ,mr4 ,crookes's full convictions that the somebody calling herself ,katie ,king was neither the medium nor some confederate1 but on the contrary an unknown force in nature1 which--like love--8laughs at locksmiths20 #b4 ,that that hitherto unrecognized form of ,force1 albeit it had become with him 8not a matter of opinion1 but of absolute knowledge18the eminent investigator still did not abandon to the last his skeptical attitude toward the question4 ,in short1 he firmly believes in the phenomenon1 but cannot accept the idea of its being the human spirit of a departed somebody4 ,it seems to us1 that1 as far as public prejudice goes1 ,mr4 ,crookes solves one mystery by creating a still deeper one3 the obscurum per obscurius4 ,in other words1 rejecting 8the worthless residuum of spiritualism10 the courageous scientist fearlessly plunges into his own 8unknown limbo of magic and necromancy60 ,the recognized laws of physical science account for but a few of the more objective of the so-called spiritual phenomena4 ,while proving the reality of certain visible effects of an unknown force1 they have not thus far enabled scientists to control at will even this portion of the phenomena4 ,the truth is that the professors have not yet discovered the necessary conditions of their occurrence4 ,they must go as deeply into the study of the triple nature of man--physiological1 psychological1 and divine--as did their predecessors1 the magicians1 theurgists1 and thaumaturgists of old4 ,until the present moment1 even those who have investigated the phenomena as thoroughly and impartially as ,mr4 ,crookes1 have set aside the cause as something not to be discovered now1 if ever4 ,they have troubled themselves no more about that than about the first cause of the cosmic phenomena of the correlation of forces1 whose endless effects they are at such pains to observe and classify4 ,their course has been as unwise as that of a man who should attempt to discover the sources of a river by exploring toward its mouth4 ,it has so narrowed their views of the possibilities of natural law that very simple forms of occult phenomena have necessitated their denial that they can occur unless miracles were possible2 and this being a scientific absurdity the result has been that physical science has latterly been losing prestige4 ,if scientists had studied the so-called 8miracles0 instead of denying them1 many secret laws of nature comprehended by the ancients would have been again discovered4 8,conviction10 says ,bacon1 8comes not through arguments but through experiments40 ,the ancients were always distinguished--especially the ,chaldean astrologers and ,magians--for their ardent love and pursuit of knowledge in every branch of science4 ,they tried to penetrate the secrets of #ej nature in the same way as our modern naturalists1 and by the only method by which this object can be obtained1 namely3 by experimental researches and reason4 ,if our modern philosophers cannot apprehend the fact that they penetrated deeper than themselves into the mysteries of the universe1 this does not constitute a valid reason why the credit of possessing this knowledge should be denied them or the imputation of superstition laid at their door4 ,nothing warrants the charge2 and every new archological discovery militates against the assumption4 ,as chemists they were unequalled1 and in his famous lecture on ,the ,lost ,arts1 ,wendell ,phillips says3 8,the chemistry of the most ancient period had reached a point which we have never even approached40 ,the secret of the malleable glass1 which1 8if supported by one end by its own weight1 in twenty hours dwindles down to a fine line that you can curve around your wrist10 would be as difficult to rediscover in our civilized countries as to fly to the moon4 ,the fabrication of a cup of glass which was brought by an exile to ,rome in the reign of ,tiberius1--a cup 8which he dashed upon the marble pavement1 and it was not crushed nor broken by the fall10 and which1 as it got 8dented some0 was easily brought into shape again with a hammer1 is a historic fact4 ,if it is doubted now it is merely because the moderns cannot do the same4 ,and yet1 in ,samarkand and some monasteries of ,thibet such cups and glassware may be found to this day2 nay1 there are persons who claim that they can make the same by virtue of their knowledge of the much-ridiculed and ever-doubted alkahest--the universal solvent4 ,this agent that ,paracelsus and ,van ,helmont maintain to be a certain fluid in nature1 8capable of reducing all sublunary bodies1 as well homogeneous as mixed1 into their ens primum1 or the original matter of which they are composed2 or into an uniform1 equable1 and potable liquor1 that will unite with water1 and the juices of all bodies1 and yet retain its own radical virtues2 and1 if again mixed with itself will thereby be converted into pure elementary water3 8what impossibilities prevent our crediting the statement8 ,why should it not exist and why the idea be considered ,utopian8 ,is it again because our modern chemists are unable to produce it8 ,but surely it may be conceived without any great effort of imagination that all bodies must have originally come from some first matter1 and that this matter1 according to the lessons of astronomy1 geology and physics1 must have been a fluid4 ,why should not gold--of whose genesis our scientists know so little--have been originally a primitive or basic matter of gold1 a ponderous fluid which1 as says ,van ,helmont1 8from its own nature or a strong cohesion between its particles1 acquired #ea afterward a solid form80 ,there seems to be very little absurdity to believe in a 8universal ens that resolves all bodies into their ens genitale40 ,van ,helmont calls it 8the highest and most successful of all salts2 which having obtained the supreme degree of simplicity1 purity1 subtilty1 enjoys alone the faculty of remaining unchanged and unimpaired by the subjects it works upon1 and of dissolving the most stubborn and untractable bodies2 as stones1 gems1 glass1 earth1 sulphur1 metals1 etc41 into red salt1 equal in weight to the matter dissolved2 and this with as much ease as hot water melts down snow40 ,it is into this fluid that the makers of malleable glass claimed1 and now claim1 that they immersed common glass for several hours1 to acquire the property of malleability4 ,we have a ready and palpable proof of such possibilities4 ,a foreign correspondent of the ,theosophical ,society1 a well-known medical practitioner1 and one who has studied the occult sciences for upward of thirty years1 has succeeded in obtaining what he terms the 8true oil of gold10 i4e41 the primal element4 ,chemists and physicists have seen and examined it1 and were driven to confess that they neither knew how it was obtained nor could they do the same4 ,that he desires his name to remain unknown is not to be wondered at2 ridicule and public prejudice are more dangerous sometimes than the inquisition of old4 ,this 8,adamic earth0 is next-door neighbor to the alkahest1 and one of the most important secrets of the alchemists4 ,no ,kabalist will reveal it to the world1 for1 as he expresses it in the well-known jargon3 8it would explain the eagles of the alchemists1 and how the eagles' wings are clipped10 a secret that it took ,thomas ,vaughan 7,eugenius ,philalethes7 twenty years to learn4 ,as the dawn of physical science broke into a glaring daylight1 the spiritual sciences merged deeper and deeper into night1 and in their turn they were denied4 ,so1 now1 these greatest masters in psychology are looked upon as 8ignorant and superstitious ancestors20 as mountebanks and jugglers1 because1 forsooth1 the sun of modern learning shines to-day so bright1 it has become an axiom that the philosophers and men of science of the olden time knew nothing1 and lived in a night of superstition4 ,but their traducers forget that the sun of to-day will seem dark by comparison with the luminary of to-morrow1 whether justly or not2 and as the men of our century think their ancestors ignorant1 so will perhaps their descendants count them for know-nothings4 ,the world moves in cycles4 ,the coming races will be but the reproductions of races long bygone2 as we1 perhaps1 are the images of those who lived a hundred centuries ago4 ,the time will come when those who #eb now in public slander the hermetists1 but ponder in secret their dust-covered volumes2 who plagiarize their ideas1 assimilate and give them out as their own--will receive their dues4 8,who10 honestly exclaims ,pfaff--8what man has ever taken more comprehensive views of nature than ,paracelsus8 ,he was the bold creator of chemical medicines2 the founder of courageous parties2 victorious in controversy1 belonging to those spirits who have created amongst us a new mode of thinking on the natural existence of things4 ,what he scattered through his writings on the philosopher's stone1 on pigmies and spirits of the mines2 on signs1 on homunculi1 and the elixir of life1 and which are employed by many to lower his estimation1 cannot extinguish our grateful remembrance of his general works1 nor our admiration of his free1 bold exertions1 and his noble1 intellectual life40#aah ,more than one pathologist1 chemist1 homoeopathist1 and magnetist has quenched his thirst for knowledge in the books of ,paracelsus4 ,frederick ,hufeland got his theoretical doctrines on infection from this medival 8quack10 as ,sprengel delights in calling one who was immeasurably higher than himself4 ,hemman1 who endeavors to vindicate this great philosopher1 and nobly tries to redress his slandered memory1 speaks of him as the 8greatest chemist of his time40#aai ,so do ,professor ,molitor1#abj and ,dr4 ,ennemoser1 the eminent ,german psychologist4#aba ,according to their criticisms on the labors of this ,hermetist1 ,paracelsus is the most 8wondrous intellect of his age10 a 8noble genius40 ,but our modern lights assume to know better1 and the ideas of the ,rosicrucians about the elementary spirits1 the goblins and the elves1 have sunk into the 8limbo of magic0 and fairy tales for early childhood4#abb ,we are quite ready to concede to skeptics that one-half1 and even more1 of seeming phenomena1 are but more or less clever fraud4 ,recent exposures1 especially of 8materializing0 mediums1 but too well prove the fact4 ,unquestionably numerous others are still in store1 and this #ec will continue until tests have become so perfect and spiritualists so reasonable as no longer to furnish opportunity to mediums or weapons to adversaries4 ,what should sensible spiritualists think of the character of angel guides1 who after monopolizing1 perhaps for years1 a poor medium's time1 health and means1 suddenly abandon him when he most needs their help8 ,none but creatures without soul or conscience would be guilty of such injustice4 ,conditions8--,mere sophistry4 ,what sort of spirits must they be who would not summon if necessary an army of spirit-friends 7if such there be7 to snatch the innocent medium from the pit dug for his feet8 ,such things happened in the olden time1 such may happen now4 ,there were apparitions before modern spiritualism1 and phenomena like ours in every previous age4 ,if modern manifestations are a reality and palpable facts1 so must have been the so-called 8miracles0 and thaumaturgic exploits of old2 or if the latter are but fictions of superstition so must be the former1 for they rest on no better testimony4 ,but1 in this daily-increasing torrent of occult phenomena that rushes from one end of the globe to the other1 though two-thirds of the manifestations are proved spurious1 what of those which are proved genuine beyond doubt or cavil8 ,among these may be found communications coming through non-professional as well as professional mediums1 which are sublime and divinely grand4 ,often1 through young children1 and simple-minded ignorant persons1 we receive philosophical teachings and precepts1 poetry and inspirational orations1 music and paintings that are fully worthy of the reputations of their alleged authors4 ,their prophecies are often verified and their moral disquisitions beneficent1 though the latter is of rarer occurrence4 ,who are those spirits1 what those powers or intelligences which are evidently outside of the medium proper and entities per se8 ,these intelligences deserve the appellation2 and they differ as widely from the generality of spooks and goblins that hover around the cabinets for physical manifestations1 as day from night4 ,we must confess that the situation appears to be very grave4 ,the control of mediums by such unprincipled and lying 8spirits0 is constantly becoming more and more general2 and the pernicious effects of seeming diabolism constantly multiply4 ,some of the best mediums are abandoning the public rostrum and retiring from this influence2 and the movement is drifting churchward4 ,we venture the prediction that unless spiritualists set about the study1 of ancient philosophy so as to learn to discriminate between spirits and to guard themselves against the baser sort1 twenty-five years more will not elapse before they will have to fly to the ,romish communion to escape these 8guides0 and 8controls0 that they have fondled so long4 ,the signs of this catastrophe already exhibit themselves4 ,at a recent convention #ed at ,philadelphia1 it was seriously proposed to organize a sect of ,christian ,spiritualists6 ,this is because1 having withdrawn from the church and learned nothing of the philosophy of the phenomena1 or the nature of their spirits1 they are drifting about on a sea of uncertainty like a ship without compass or rudder4 ,they cannot escape the dilemma2 they must choose between ,porphyry and ,pio ,nono4 ,while men of genuine science1 such as ,wallace1 ,crookes1 ,wagner1 ,butlerof1 ,varley1 ,buchanan1 ,hare1 ,reichenbach1 ,thury1 ,perty1 de ,morgan1 ,hoffmann1 ,goldschmidt1 ,w4 ,gregory1 ,flammarion1 ,sergeant ,cox and many others1 firmly believe in the current phenomena1 many of the above named reject the theory of departed spirits4 ,therefore1 it seems but logical to think that if the ,london 8,katie ,king10 the only materialized something which the public is obliged more or less to credit out of respect to science1--is not the spirit of an ex-mortal1 then it must be the astral solidified shadow of either one of the ,rosicrucian spooks--8fantasies of superstition0 or of some as yet unexplained force in nature4 ,be it however a 8spirit of health or goblin damn'd0 it is of little consequence2 for if it be once proved that its organism is not solid matter1 then it must be and is a 8spirit10 an apparition1 a breath4 ,it is an intelligence which acts outside our organisms and therefore must belong to some existing even though unseen race of beings4 ,but what is it8 ,what is this something which thinks and even speaks but yet is not human2 that is impalpable and yet not a disembodied spirit2 that simulates affection1 passion1 remorse1 fear1 joy1 but yet feels neither8 ,what is this canting creature which rejoices in cheating the truthful inquirer and mocking at sacred human feeling8 ,for1 if not ,mr4 ,crookes's ,katie ,king1 other similar creatures have done all these4 ,who can fathom the mystery8 ,the true psychologist alone4 ,and where should he go for his text-books but to the neglected alcoves of libraries where the works of despised hermetists and theurgists have been gathering dust these many years4 ,says ,henry ,more1 the revered ,english ,platonist1 in his answer to an attack on the believers of spiritual and magic phenomena by a skeptic of that age1 named ,webster3#abc 8,as for that other opinion1 that the #ee greater part of the reformed divines hold1 that it was the ,devil that appeared in ,samuel's shape1 it is beneath contempt2 for though ,i do not doubt but that in many of these necromantic apparitions1 they are ludicrous spirits1 not the souls of the deceased that appear1 yet ,i am clear for the appearing of the soul of ,samuel1 and as clear that in other necromancies1 it may be such kinds of spirits1 as ,porphyrius above describes1 #8that change themselves into omnifarious forms and shapes1 and one while act the parts of dmons1 another while of angels or gods1 and another while of the souls of the departed4' ,and ,i confess such a spirit as this might personate ,samuel here1 for anything ,webster alleged to the contrary1 for his arguments indeed are wonderfully weak and wooden40 ,when such a metaphysician and philosopher as ,henry ,more gives such testimony as this1 we may well assume our point to have been well taken4 ,learned investigators1 all very skeptical as to spirits in general and 8departed human spirits0 in particular1 during the last twenty years have taxed their brains to invent new names for an old thing4 ,thus1 with ,mr4 ,crookes and ,sergeant ,cox1 it is the 8psychic force40 ,professor ,thury of ,geneva calls it the 8psychode0 or ectenic force2 ,professor ,balfour ,stewart1 the 8electro-biological power20 ,faraday1 the 8great master of experimental philosophy in physics10 but apparently a novice in psychology1 superciliously termed it an 8unconscious muscular action10 an 8unconscious cerebration10 and what not8 ,sir ,william ,hamilton1 a 8latent thought20 ,dr4 ,carpenter1 8the ideo-motor principle10 etc41 etc4 ,so many scientists--so many names4 ,years ago the old ,german philosopher1 ,schopenhauer1 disposed of this force and matter at the same time2 and since the conversion of ,mr4 ,wallace1 the great anthropologist has evidently adopted his ideas4 ,schopenhauer's doctrine is that the universe is but the manifestation of the will4 ,every force in nature is also an effect of will1 representing a higher or lower degree of its objectiveness4 ,it is the teaching of ,plato1 who stated distinctly that everything visible was created or evolved out of the invisible and eternal ,,will1 and after its fashion4 ,our ,heaven--he says--was produced according to the eternal pattern of the 8,ideal ,world10 contained1 as everything else1 in the dodecahedron1 the geometrical model used by the ,deity4#abd ,with ,plato1 the ,primal ,being is an emanation of the ,demiurgic ,mind 7,nous71 which contains from the eternity the 8idea0 of the 8to be created world0 within itself1 and which idea he produces out of himself4#abe ,the laws of nature are the established relations of this idea to the forms #ef of its manifestations2 8these forms10 says ,schopenhauer1 8are time1 space1 and causality4 ,through time and space the idea varies in its numberless manifestations40 ,these ideas are far from being new1 and even with ,plato they were not original4 ,this is what we read in the ,chaldean ,oracles3#abf 8,the works of nature co-exist with the intellectual 1 spiritual ,light of the ,father4 ,for it is the soul which adorned the great heaven1 and which adorns it after the ,father40 8,the incorporeal world then was already completed1 having its seat in the ,divine ,reason10 says ,philo1#abg who is erroneously accused of deriving his philosophy from ,plato's4 ,in the ,theogony of ,mochus1 we find ther first1 and then the air2 the two principles from which ,ulom1 the intelligible ,god 7the visible universe of matter7 is born4#abh ,in the ,orphic hymns1 the ,eros-,phanes evolves from the ,spiritual ,egg1 which the thereal winds impregnate1 ,wind#abi being 8the spirit of ,god10 who is said to move in ther1 8brooding over the ,chaos0 the ,divine 8,idea40 ,in the ,hindu ,katakopanisd1 ,purusha1 the ,divine ,spirit1 already stands before the original matter1 from whose union springs the great ,soul of the ,world1 8,maha,atma1 ,brahm1 the ,spirit of ,life20#acj these latter appellations are identical with the ,universal ,soul1 or ,anima ,mundi1 and the ,astral ,light of the theurgists and kabalists4 ,pythagoras brought his doctrines from the eastern sanctuaries1 and ,plato compiled them into a form more intelligible than the mysterious numerals of the sage--whose doctrines he had fully embraced--to the uninitiated mind4 ,thus1 the ,cosmos is 8the ,son0 with ,plato1 having for his father and mother the ,divine ,thought and ,matter4#aca 8,the ,egyptians10 says ,dunlap1#acb 8distinguish between an older and younger ,horus1 the former the brother of ,osiris1 the latter the son of ,osiris and ,isis40 ,the first is the ,idea of the world remaining in the ,demiurgic ,mind1 8born in darkness before the creation of the world40 ,the second ,horus is this 8,idea0 going forth from the ,logos1 becoming clothed with matter1 and assuming an actual existence4#acc 8,the mundane ,god1 eternal1 boundless1 young and old1 of winding form10#acd say the ,chaldean oracles4 ,this 8winding form0 is a figure to express the vibratory motion of the ,astral ,light1 with which the ancient priests were perfectly well #eg acquainted1 though they may have differed in views of ether1 with modern scientists2 for in the ther they placed the ,eternal ,idea pervading the ,universe1 or the ,will which becomes ,force1 and creates or organizes matter4 8,the will10 says ,van ,helmont1 8is the first of all powers4 ,for through the will of the ,creator all things were made and put in motion4444 ,the will is the property of all spiritual beings1 and displays itself in them the more actively the more they are freed from matter40 ,and ,paracelsus1 8the divine10 as he was called1 adds in the same strain3 8,faith must confirm the imagination1 for faith establishes the will4444 ,determined will is a beginning of all magical operations4444 ,because men do not perfectly imagine and believe the result1 is that the arts are uncertain1 while they might be perfectly certain40 ,the opposing power alone of unbelief and skepticism1 if projected in a current of equal force1 can check the other1 and sometimes completely neutralize it4 ,why should spiritualists wonder that the presence of some strong skeptics1 or of those who1 feeling bitterly opposed to the phenomenon1 unconsciously exercise their will-power in opposition1 hinders and often stops altogether the manifestations8 ,if there is no conscious power on earth but sometimes finds another to interfere with or even counterbalance it1 why wonder when the unconscious1 passive power of a medium is suddenly paralyzed in its effects by another opposing one1 though it also be as unconsciously exercised8 ,professors ,faraday and ,tyndall boasted that their presence at a circle would stop at once every manifestation4 ,this fact alone ought to have proved to the eminent scientists that there was some force in these phenomena worthy to arrest their attention4 ,as a scientist1 ,prof4 ,tyndall was perhaps pre-eminent in the circle of those who were present at the seance2 as a shrewd observer1 one not easily deceived by a tricking medium1 he was perhaps no better1 if as clever1 as others in the room1 and if the manifestations were but a fraud so ingenious as to deceive the others1 they would not have stopped1 even on his account4 ,what medium can ever boast of such phenomena as were produced by ,jesus1 and the apostle ,paul after him8 ,yet even ,jesus met with cases where the unconscious force of resistance overpowered even his so well directed current of will4 8,and he did not many mighty works there1 because of their unbelief40 ,there is a reflection of every one of these views in ,schopenhauer's philosophy4 ,our 8investigating0 scientists might consult his works with profit4 ,they will find therein many a strange hypothesis founded on old ideas1 speculations on the 8new0 phenomena1 which may prove as reasonable as any1 and be saved the useless trouble of inventing #eh new theories4 ,the psychic and ectenic forces1 the 8ideo-motor0 and 8electro-biological powers20 8latent thought0 and even 8unconscious cerebration0 theories1 can be condensed in two words3 the kabalistic ,,astral ,,light4 ,the bold theories and opinions expressed in ,schopenhauer's works differ widely with those of the majority of our orthodox scientists4 8,in reality10 remarks this daring speculator1 8there is neither matter nor spirit4 ,the tendency to gravitation in a stone is as unexplainable as thought in human brain4444 ,if matter can--no one knows why--fall to the ground1 then it can also--no one knows why--think4444 ,as soon1 even in mechanics1 as we trespass beyond the purely mathematical1 as soon as we reach the inscrutable1 adhesion1 gravitation1 and so on1 we are faced by phenomena which are to our senses as mysterious as the ,,will and ,,thought in man--we find ourselves facing the incomprehensible1 for such is every force in nature4 ,where is then that matter which you all pretend to know so well2 and from which--being so familiar with it--you draw all your conclusions and explanations1 and attribute to it all things8444 ,that1 which can be fully realized by our reason and senses1 is but the superficial3 they can never reach the true inner substance of things4 ,such was the opinion of ,kant4 ,if you consider that there is in a human head some sort of a spirit1 then you are obliged to concede the same to a stone4 ,if your dead and utterly passive matter can manifest a tendency toward gravitation1 or1 like electricity1 attract and repel1 and send out sparks--then1 as well as the brain1 it can also think4 ,in short1 every particle of the so-called spirit1 we can replace with an equivalent of matter1 and every particle of matter replace with spirit4444 ,thus1 it is not the ,cartesian division of all things into matter and spirit that can ever be found philosophically exact2 but only if we divide them into will and manifestation1 which form of division has naught to do with the former1 for it spiritualizes every thing3 all that1 which is in the first instance real and objective--body and matter--it transforms into a representation1 and every manifestation into will40#ace ,these views corroborate what we have expressed about the various names given to the same thing4 ,the disputants are battling about mere words4 ,call the phenomena force1 energy1 electricity or magnetism1 will1 or spirit-power1 it will ever be the partial manifestation of the soul1 whether disembodied or imprisoned for a while in its body--of a portion of that intelligent1 omnipotent1 and individual ,,will1 pervading all nature1 and known1 through the insufficiency of human language to express correctly psychological images1 as--,,god4 ,the ideas of some of our schoolmen about matter are1 from the #ei kabalistic standing-point1 in many a way erroneous4 ,hartmann calls their views 8an instinctual prejudice40 ,furthermore1 he demonstrates that no experimenter can have anything to do with matter properly termed1 but only with the forces into which he divides it4 ,the visible effects of matter are but the effects of force4 ,he concludes thereby1 that that which is now called matter is nothing but the aggregation of atomic forces1 to express which the word matter is used3 outside of that1 for science matter is but a word void of sense4 ,notwithstanding many an honest confession on the part of our specialists--physicists1 physiologists and chemists--that they know nothing whatever of matter1#acf they deify it4 ,every new phenomenon which they find themselves unable to explain1 is triturated1 compounded into incense1 and burned on the altar of the goddess who patronizes modern scientists4 ,no one can better treat his subject than does ,schopenhauer in his ,parerga4 ,in this work he discusses at length animal magnetism1 clairvoyance1 sympathetic cures1 seership1 magic1 omens1 ghost-seeing1 and other spiritual matters4 8,all these manifestations10 he says1 8are branches of one and the same tree1 and furnish us with irrefutable proofs of the existence of a chain of beings which is based on quite a different order of things than that nature which has at its foundation laws of space1 time and adaptability4 ,this other order of things is far deeper1 for it is the original and the direct one2 in its presence the common laws of nature1 which are simply formal1 are unavailing2 therefore1 under its immediate action neither time nor space can separate any longer the individuals1 and the separation impendent on these forms presents no more insurmountable barriers for the intercourse of thoughts and the immediate action of the will4 ,in this manner changes may be wrought by quite a different course than the course of physical causality1 i4e41 through an action of the manifestation of the will exhibited in a peculiar way and outside the individual himself4 ,therefore the peculiar character of all the aforesaid manifestations is the visioin distante et actio in distante 7vision and action at a distance7 in its relation to time as well as in its relation to space4 ,such an action at a distance is just what constitutes the fundamental character of what is called magical2 for such is the immediate action of our will1 an action liberated from the causal conditions of physical action1 viz41 contact40 8,besides that10 continues ,schopenhauer1 8these manifestations present to us a substantial and perfectly logical contradiction to materialism1 and even to naturalism1 because in the light of such manifestations1 #fj that order of things in nature which both these philosophies seek to present as absolute and the only genuine1 appears before us on the contrary purely phenomenal and superficial1 and containing at the bottom of it a substance of things parte and perfectly independent of its own laws4 ,that is why these manifestations--at least from a purely philosophical point of view--among all the facts which are presented to us in the domain of experiment1 are beyond any comparison the most important4 ,therefore1 it is the duty of every scientist to acquaint himself with them40#acg ,to pass from the philosophical speculations of a man like ,schopenhauer to the superficial generalizations of some of the ,french ,academicians1 would be profitless but for the fact that it enables us to estimate the intellectual grasp of the two schools of learning4 ,what the ,german makes of profound psychological questions1 we have seen4 ,compare with it the best that the astronomer ,babinet and the chemist ,boussingault can offer by way of explaining an important spiritualistic phenomenon4 ,in #ahed-e these distinguished specialists presented to the ,academy a memoire1 or monograph1 whose evident object was to corroborate and at the same time make clearer ,dr4 ,chevreuil's too complicated theory in explanation of the turning-tables1 of the commission for the investigation of which he was a member4 ,here it is verbatim3 8,as to the movements and oscillations alleged to happen with certain tables1 they can have no cause other than the invisible and involuntary vibrations of the experimenter's muscular system2 the extended contraction of the muscles manifesting itself at such time by a series of vibrations1 and becoming thus a visible tremor which communicates to the object a circumrotary motion4 ,this rotation is thus enabled to manifest itself with a considerable energy1 by a gradually quickening motion1 or by a strong resistance1 whenever it is required to stop4 ,hence the physical explanation of the phenomenon becomes clear and does not offer the slightest difficulty40#ach ,none whatever4 ,this scientific hypothesis--or demonstration shall we say8--is as clear as one of ,m4 ,babinet's nebul examined on a foggy night4 ,and still1 clear as it may be1 it lacks an important feature1 i4e41 common sense4 ,we are at a loss to decide whether or not ,babinet accepts en desespoir de cause ,hartmann's proposition that 8the visible effects of matter are nothing but the effects of a force10 and1 that in order to form a clear conception of matter1 one must first form one of force4 ,the philosophy to the school of which belongs ,hartmann1 #fa and which is partly accepted by several of the greatest ,german scientists1 teaches that the problem of matter can only be solved by that invisible ,force1 acquaintance with which ,schopenhauer terms the 8magical knowledge10 and 8magical effect or action of ,will40 ,thus1 we must first ascertain whether the 8involuntary vibrations of the experimenter's muscular system10 which are but 8actions of matter10 are influenced by a will within the experimenter or without4 ,in the former case ,babinet makes of him an unconscious epileptic2 the latter1 as we will further see1 he rejects altogether1 and attributes all intelligent answers of the tipping or rapping tables to 8unconscious ventriloquism40 ,we know that every exertion of will results in force1 and that1 according to the above-named ,german school1 the manifestations of atomic forces are individual actions of will1 resulting in the unconscious rushing of atoms into the concrete image already subjectively created by the will4 ,democritus taught1 after his instructor ,leucippus1 that the first principles of all things contained in the universe were atoms and a vacuum4 ,in its kabalistic sense1 the vacuum means in this instance the latent ,deity1 or latent force1 which at its first manifestation became ,,will1 and thus communicated the first impulse to these atoms--whose agglomeration1 is matter4 ,this vacuum was but another name for chaos1 and an unsatisfactory one1 for1 according to the ,peripatetics 8nature abhors a vacuum40 ,that before ,democritus the ancients were familiar with the idea of the indestructibility of matter is proved by their allegories and numerous other facts4 ,movers gives a definition of the ,phnician idea of the ideal sunlight as a spiritual influence issuing from the highest ,god1 ,,iao1 8the light conceivable only by intellect--the physical and spiritual ,principle of all things2 out of which the soul emanates40 ,it was the male ,essence1 or ,wisdom1 while the primitive matter or ,chaos was the female4 ,thus the two first principles--co-eternal and infinite1 were already with the primitive ,phnicians1 spirit and matter4 ,therefore the theory is as old as the world2 for ,democritus was not the first philosopher who taught it2 and intuition existed in man before the ultimate development of his reason4 ,but it is in the denial of the boundless and endless ,entity1 possessor of that invisible ,will which we for lack of a better term call ,,god1 that lies the powerlessness of every materialistic science to explain the occult phenomena4 ,it is in the rejection a priori of everything which might force them to cross the boundary of exact science and step into the domain of psychological1 or1 if we prefer1 metaphysical physiology1 that we find the secret cause of their discomfiture by the manifestations1 and their absurd theories to account for them4 ,the ancient philosophy affirmed that it is in consequence of the manifestation of that ,will--termed by ,plato the ,divine ,idea--that everything visible and invisible sprung #fb into existence4 ,as that ,intelligent ,idea1 which1 by directing its sole will-power toward a centre of localized forces called objective forms into being1 so can man1 the microcosm of the great ,macrocosm1 do the same in proportion with the development of his will-power4 ,the imaginary atoms--a figure of speech employed by ,democritus1 and gratefully seized upon by the materialists--are like automatic workmen moved inwardly by the influx of that ,universal ,will directed upon them1 and which1 manifesting itself as force1 sets them into activity4 ,the plan of the structure to be erected is in the brain of the ,architect1 and reflects his will2 abstract as yet1 from the instant of the conception it becomes concrete through these atoms which follow faithfully every line1 point and figure traced in the imagination of the ,divine ,geometer4 ,as ,god creates1 so man can create4 ,given a certain intensity of will1 and the shapes created by the mind become subjective4 ,hallucinations1 they are called1 although to their creator they are real as any visible object is to any one else4 ,given a more intense and intelligent concentration of this will1 and the form becomes concrete1 visible1 objective2 the man has learned the secret of secrets2 he is a ,,magician4 ,the materialist should not object to this logic1 for he regards thought as matter4 ,conceding it to be so1 the cunning mechanism contrived by the inventor2 the fairy scenes born in the poet's brain2 the gorgeous painting limned by the artist's fancy2 the peerless statue chiselled in ether by the sculptor2 the palaces and castles built in air by the architect--all these1 though invisible and subjective1 must exist1 for they are matter1 shaped and moulded4 ,who shall say1 then1 that there are not some men of such imperial will as to be able to drag these air-drawn fancies into view1 enveloped in the hard casing of gross substance to make them tangible8 ,if the ,french scientists reaped no laurels in the new field of investigation1 what more was done in ,england1 until the day when ,mr4 ,crookes offered himself in atonement for the sins of the learned body8 ,why1 ,mr4 ,faraday1 some twenty years ago1 actually condescended to be spoken to once or twice upon the subject4 ,faraday1 whose name is pronounced by the anti-spiritualists in every discussion upon the phenomena1 as a sort of scientific charm against the evil-eye of ,spiritualism1 ,faraday1 who 8blushed0 for having published his researches upon such a degrading belief1 is now proved on good authority to have never sat at a tipping table himself at all6 ,we have but to open a few stray numbers of the ,journal des ,debats1 published while a noted ,scotch medium was in ,england1 to recall the past events in all their primitive freshness4 ,in one of these numbers1 ,dr4 ,foucault1 of ,paris1 comes out as a champion for the eminent ,english experimenter4 8,pray1 do not imagine10 says he1 8that #fc the grand physicist had ever himself condescended so far as to sit prosaically at a jumping table40 ,whence1 then1 came the 8blushes0 which suffused the cheeks of the 8,father of ,experimental ,philosophy80 ,remembering this fact1 we will now examine the nature of ,faraday's beautiful 8,indicator10 the extraordinary 8,medium-,catcher10 invented by him for the detection of mediumistic fraud4 ,that complicated machine1 the memory of which haunts like a nightmare the dreams of dishonest mediums1 is carefully described in ,comte de ,mirville's ,question des ,esprits4 ,the better to prove to the experimenters the reality of their own impulsion1 ,professor ,faraday placed several card-board disks1 united to each other and stuck to the table by a half-soft glue1 which1 making the whole adhere for a time together1 would1 nevertheless1 yield to a continuous pressure4 ,now1 the table having turned--yes1 actually having dared to turn before ,mr4 ,faraday1 which fact is of some value1 at least--the disks were examined2 and1 as they were found to have gradually displaced themselves by slipping in the same direction as the table1 it thus became an unquestionable proof that the experimenters had pushed the tables themselves4 ,another of the so called scientific tests1 so useful in a phenomenon alleged to be either spiritual or psychical1 consisted of a small instrument which immediately warned the witnesses of the slightest personal impulsion on their part1 or rather1 according to ,mr4 ,faraday's own expression1 8it warned them when they changed from the passive to the active state40 ,this needle which betrayed the active motion proved but one thing1 viz43 the action of a force which either emanated from the sitters or controlled them4 ,and who has ever said that there is no such force8 ,every one admits so much1 whether this force passes through the operator1 as it is generally shown1 or acts independently of him1 as is so often the case4 8,the whole mystery consisted in the disproportion of the force employed by the operators1 who pushed because they were forced to push1 with certain effects of rotation1 or rather1 of a really marvellous race4 ,in the presence of such prodigious effects1 how could any one imagine that the ,lilliputian experiments of that kind could have any value in this newly discovered ,land of ,giants80#aci ,professor ,agassiz1 who occupied in ,america nearly the same eminent position as a scientist which ,mr4 ,faraday did in ,england1 acted with a still greater unfairness4 ,professor ,j4 ,r4 ,buchanan1 the distinguished anthropologist1 who has treated ,spiritualism in some respects more scientifically than any one else in ,america1 speaks of ,agassiz1 in a #fd recent article1 with a very just indignation4 ,for1 of all other men1 ,professor ,agassiz ought to believe in a phenomenon to which he had been a subject himself4 ,but now that both ,faraday and ,agassiz are themselves disembodied1 we can do better by questioning the living than the dead4 ,thus a force whose secret powers were thoroughly familiar to the ancient theurgists1 is denied by modern skeptics4 ,the antediluvian children--who perhaps played with it1 using it as the boys in ,bulwer-,lytton's ,coming ,race1 use the tremendous 8vril0 called it the 8,water of ,phtha20 their descendants named it the ,anima ,mundi1 the soul of the universe2 and still later the medival hermetists termed it 8sidereal light10 or the 8,milk of the ,celestial ,virgin10 the 8,magnes10 and many other names4 ,but our modern learned men will neither accept nor recognize it under such appellations2 for it pertains to magic1 and magic is1 in their conception1 a disgraceful superstition4 ,apollonius and ,iamblichus held that it was not 8in the knowledge of things without1 but in the perfection of the soul within1 that lies the empire of man1 aspiring to be more than men40#adj ,thus they had arrived at a perfect cognizance of their godlike souls1 the powers of which they used with all the wisdom1 outgrowth of esoteric study of the hermetic lore1 inherited by them from their forefathers4 ,but our philosophers1 tightly shutting themselves up in their shells of flesh1 cannot or dare not carry their timid gaze beyond the comprehensible4 ,for them there is no future life2 there are no godlike dreams1 they scorn them as unscientific2 for them the men of old are but 8ignorant ancestors10 as they express it2 and whenever they meet during their physiological researches with an author who believes that this mysterious yearning after spiritual knowledge is inherent in every human being1 and cannot have been given us utterly in vain1 they regard him with contemptuous pity4 ,says a ,persian proverb3 8,the darker the sky is1 the brighter the stars will shine40 ,thus1 on the dark firmament of the medival ages began appearing the mysterious ,brothers of the ,rosie ,cross4 ,they formed no associations1 they built no colleges2 for1 hunted up and down like so many wild beasts1 when caught by the ,christian ,church1 they were unceremoniously roasted4 8,as religion forbids it10 says ,bayle1 8to spill blood10 therefore1 8to elude the maxim1 ,ecclesia non novit sanguinem1 they burned human beings1 as burning a man does not shed his blood60 ,many of these mystics1 by following what they were taught by some treatises1 secretly preserved from one generation to another1 achieved discoveries which would not be despised even in our modern days of exact sciences4 ,roger ,bacon1 the friar1 was laughed at as a quack1 #fe and is now generally numbered among 8pretenders0 to magic art2 but his discoveries were nevertheless accepted1 and are now used by those who ridicule him the most4 ,roger ,bacon belonged by right if not by fact to that ,brotherhood which includes all those who study the occult sciences4 ,living in the thirteenth century1 almost a contemporary1 therefore1 of ,albertus ,magnus and ,thomas ,aquinas1 his discoveries--such as gunpowder and optical glasses1 and his mechanical achievements--were considered by every one as so many miracles4 ,he was accused of having made a compact with the ,evil ,one4 ,in the legendary history of ,friar ,bacon1 as 8well as in an old play written by ,robert ,green1 a dramatist in the days of ,queen ,elizabeth1 it is recounted1 that1 having been summoned before the king1 the friar was induced to show0 some of his skill before her majesty the queen4 ,so he waved his hand 7his wand1 says the text71 and 8presently was heard such excellent music1 that they all said they had never heard the like40 ,then there was heard a still louder music and four apparitions suddenly presented themselves and danced until they vanished and disappeared in the air4 ,then he waved his wand again1 and suddenly there was such a smell 8as if all the rich perfumes in the whole world had been there prepared in the best manner that art could set them out40 ,then ,roger ,bacon having promised a gentleman to show him his sweetheart1 he pulled a hanging in the king's apartment aside and every one in the room saw 8a kitchen-maid with a basting-ladle in her hand40 ,the proud gentleman1 although he recognized the maiden who disappeared as suddenly as she had appeared1 was enraged at the humiliating spectacle1 and threatened the friar with his revenge4 ,what does the magician do8 ,he simply answers3 8,threaten not1 lest ,i do you more shame2 and do you take heed how you give scholars the lie again60 ,as a commentary on this1 the modern historian#ada remarks3 8,this may be taken as a sort of exemplification of the class of exhibitions which were probably the result of a superior knowledge of natural sciences40 ,no one ever doubted that it was the result of precisely such a knowledge1 and the hermetists1 magicians1 astrologers and alchemists never claimed anything else4 ,it certainly was not their fault that the ignorant masses1 under the influence of an unscrupulous and fanatical clergy1 should have attributed all such works to the agency of the devil4 ,in view of the atrocious tortures provided by the ,inquisition for all suspected of either black or white magic1 it is not strange that these philosophers neither boasted nor even acknowledged the fact of such an intercourse4 ,on the contrary1 their own writings prove that #ff they held that magic is 8no more than the application of natural active causes to passive things or subjects2 by means thereof1 many tremendously surprising but yet natural effects are produced40 ,the phenomena of the mystic odors and music1 exhibited by ,roger ,bacon1 have been often observed in our own time4 ,to say nothing of our personal experience1 we are informed by ,english correspondents of the ,theosophical ,society that they have heard strains of the most ravishing music1 coming from no visible instrument1 and inhaled a succession of delightful odors produced1 as they believed1 by spirit-agency4 ,one correspondent tells us that so powerful was one of these familiar odors--that of sandal-wood--that the house would be impregnated with it for weeks after the seance4 ,the medium in this case was a member of a private family1 and the experiments were all made within the domestic circle4 ,another describes what he calls a 8musical rap40 ,the potencies that are now capable of producing these phenomena must have existed and been equally efficacious in the days of ,roger ,bacon4 ,as to the apparitions1 it suffices to say that they are evoked now in spiritualistic circles1 and guarantied by scientists1 and their evocation by ,roger ,bacon is thus made more probable than ever4 ,baptista ,porta1 in his treatise on ,natural ,magic1 enumerates a whole catalogue of secret formul for producing extraordinary effects by employing the occult powers of nature4 ,although the 8magicians0 believed as firmly as our spiritualists in a world of invisible spirits1 none of them claimed to produce his effects under their control or through their sole help4 ,they knew too well how difficult it is to keep away the elementary creatures when they have once found the door wide open4 ,even the magic of the ancient ,chaldeans was but a profound knowledge of the powers of simples and minerals4 ,it was only when the theurgist desired divine help in spiritual and earthly matters that he sought direct communication through religious rites1 with pure spiritual beings4 ,with them1 even1 those spirits who remain invisible and communicate with mortals through their awakened inner senses1 as in clairvoyance1 clairaudience and trance1 could only be evoked subjectively and as a result of purity of life and prayer4 ,but all physical phenomena were produced simply by applying a knowledge of natural forces1 although certainly not by the method of legerdemain1 practiced in our days by conjurers4 ,men possessed of such knowledge and exercising such powers patiently toiled for something better than the vain glory of a passing fame4 ,seeking it not1 they became immortal1 as do all who labor for the good of the race1 forgetful of mean self4 ,illuminated with the light of eternal truth1 these rich-poor alchemists fixed their attention upon the things that lie beyond the common ken1 recognizing nothing inscrutable but the ,first ,cause1 and finding no question unsolvable4 #fg ,to dare1 to know1 to will1 and ,,remain ,,silent1 was their constant rule2 to be beneficent1 unselfish1 and unpretending1 were1 with them1 spontaneous impulses4 ,disdaining the rewards of petty traffic1 spurning wealth1 luxury1 pomp1 and worldly power1 they aspired to knowledge as the most satisfying of all acquisitions4 ,they esteemed poverty1 hunger1 toil1 and the evil report of men1 as none too great a price to pay for its achievement4 ,they1 who might have lain on downy1 velvet-covered beds1 suffered themselves to die in hospitals and by the wayside1 rather than debase their souls and allow the profane cupidity of those who tempted them to triumph over their sacred vows4 ,the lives of ,paracelsus1 ,cornelius ,agrippa1 and ,philalethes are too well known to repeat the old1 sad story4 ,if spiritualists are anxious to keep strictly dogmatic in their notions of the 8spirit-world10 they must not set scientists to investigate their phenomena in the true experimental spirit4 ,the attempt would most surely result in a partial re-discovery of the magic of old--that of ,moses and ,paracelsus4 ,under the deceptive beauty of some of their apparitions1 they might find some day the sylphs and fair ,undines of the ,rosicrucians playing in the currents of psychic and odic force4 ,already ,mr4 ,crookes1 who fully credits the being1 feels that under the fair skin of ,katie1 covering a simulacrum of heart borrowed partially from the medium and the circle1 there is no soul6 ,and the learned authors of ,the ,unseen ,universe1 abandoning their 8electro-biological0 theory1 begin to perceive in the universal ether the possibility that it is a photographic album of ,,en-,,soph--the ,boundless4 ,we are far from believing that all the spirits that communicate at circles are of the classes called 8,elemental10 and 8,elementary40 ,many--especially among those who control the medium subjectively to speak1 write1 and otherwise act in various ways--are human1 disembodied spirits4 ,whether the majority of such spirits are good or bad1 largely depends on the private morality of the medium1 much on the circle present1 and a great deal on the intensity and object of their purpose4 ,if this object is merely to gratify curiosity and to pass the time1 it is useless to expect anything serious4 ,but1 in any case1 human spirits can never materialize themselves in propria person4 ,these can never appear to the investigator clothed with warm1 solid flesh1 sweating hands and faces1 and grossly-material bodies4 ,the most they can do is to project their thereal reflection on the atmospheric waves1 and if the touch of their hands and clothing can become upon rare occasions objective to the senses of a living mortal1 it will be felt as a passing breeze gently sweeping over the touched spot1 not as a human hand or material body4 ,it is useless to plead that the 8materialized spirits0 that have exhibited themselves with beating #fh hearts and loud voices 7with or without a trumpet7 are human spirits4 ,the voices--if such sound can be termed a voice at all--of a spiritual apparition once heard can hardly be forgotten4 ,that of a pure spirit is like the tremulous murmur of an olian harp echoed from a distance2 the voice of a suffering1 hence impure1 if not utterly bad spirit1 may be assimilated to a human voice issuing from an empty barrel4 ,this is not our philosophy1 but that of the numberless generations of theurgists and magicians1 and based upon their practical experience4 ,the testimony of antiquity is positive on this subject3 8 44440#adb ,the voices of spirits are not articulated4 ,the spirit-voice consists of a series of sounds which conveys the impression of a column of compressed air ascending from beneath upward1 and spreading around the living interlocutor4 ,the many eye-witnesses who testified in the case of ,elizabeth ,eslinger1 namely3#adc the deputy-governor of the prison of ,weinsberg1 ,mayer1 ,eckhart1 ,theurer1 and ,knorr 7sworn evidence71 ,dttenhfer1 and ,kapff1 the mathematician1 testified that they saw the apparition like a pillar of clouds4 ,for the space of eleven weeks1 ,doctor ,kerner and his sons1 several ,lutheran ministers1 the advocate ,fraas1 the engraver ,dttenhfer1 two physicians1 ,siefer and ,sicherer1 the judge ,heyd1 and the ,baron von ,hugel1 with many others1 followed this manifestation daily4 ,during the time it lasted1 the prisoner ,elizabeth prayed with a loud voice uninterruptedly2 therefore1 as the 8spirit0 was talking at the same time1 it could be no ventriloquism2 and that voice1 they say18had nothing human in it2 no one could imitate its sounds40 ,further on we will give abundant proofs from ancient authors concerning this neglected truism4 ,we will now only again assert that no spirit claimed by the spiritualists to be human was ever proved to be such on sufficient testimony4 ,the influence of the disembodied ones can be felt1 and communicated subjectively by them to sensitives4 ,they can produce objective manifestations1 but they cannot produce themselves otherwise than as described above4 ,they can control the body of a medium1 and express their desires and ideas in various modes well known to spiritualists2 but not materialize what is matterless and purely spiritual--their divine essence4 ,thus every so-called 8materialization0 when genuine--is either produced 7perhaps7 by the will of that spirit whom the 8appearance0 is claimed to be but can only personate at best1 or by the elementary goblins themselves1 which are generally too stupid to deserve the honor of being called devils4 ,upon rare occasions the spirits are able to subdue and control these #fi soulless beings1 which are ever ready to assume pompous names if left to themselves1 in such a way that the mischievous spirit 8of the air10 shaped in the real image of the human spirit1 will be moved by the latter like a marionette1 and unable to either act or utter other words than those imposed on him by the 8immortal soul40 ,but this requires many conditions generally unknown to the circles of even spiritualists most in the habit of regularly attending seances4 ,not every one can attract human spirits who likes4 ,one of the most powerful attractions of our departed ones is their strong affection for those whom they have left on earth4 ,it draws them irresistibly1 by degrees1 into the current of the ,astral ,light vibrating between the person sympathetic to them and the ,universal ,soul4 ,another very important condition is harmony1 and the magnetic purity of the persons present4 ,if this philosophy is wrong1 if all the 8materialized0 forms emerging in darkened rooms from still darker cabinets1 are spirits of men who once lived upon this earth1 why such a difference between them and the ghosts that appear unexpectedly--ex abrupto--without either cabinet or medium8 ,who ever heard of the apparitions1 unrestful 8souls10 hovering about the spots where they were murdered1 or coming back for some other mysterious reasons of their own1 with 8warm hands0 feeling like living flesh1 and but that they are known to be dead and buried1 not distinguishable from living mortals8 ,we have well-attested facts of such apparitions making themselves suddenly visible1 but never1 until the beginning of the era of the 8materializations10 did we see anything like them4 ,in the ,medium and ,day ,break1 of ,september #h1 #ahgf1 we read a letter from 8a lady travelling on the continent10 narrating a circumstance that happened in a haunted house4 ,she says3 8 444 ,a strange sound proceeded from a darkened corner of the library 444 on looking up she perceived a cloud or column of luminous vapor2 444 the earth-bound spirit was hovering about the spot rendered accursed by his evil deed44440 ,as this spirit was doubtless a genuine elementary apparition1 which made itself visible of its own free will--in short1 an umbra--it was1 as every respectable shadow should be1 visible but impalpable1 or if palpable at all1 communicating to the feeling of touch the sensation of a mass of water suddenly clasped in the hand1 or of condensed but cold steam4 ,it was luminous and vapory2 for aught we can tell it might have been the real personal umbra of the 8spirit10 persecuted1 and earth-bound1 either by its own remorse and crimes or those of another person or spirit4 ,the mysteries of after-death are many1 and modern 8materializations0 only make them cheap and ridiculous in the eyes of the indifferent4 ,to these assertions may be opposed a fact well known among spiritualists3 ,the writer has publicly certified to having seen such materialized forms4 ,we have most assuredly done so1 and are ready to #gj repeat the testimony4 ,we have recognized such figures as the visible representations of acquaintances1 friends1 and even relatives4 ,we have1 in company with many other spectators1 heard them pronounce words in languages unfamiliar not only to the medium and to every one else in the room1 except ourselves1 but1 in some cases1 to almost if not quite every medium in ,america and ,europe1 for they were the tongues of ,eastern tribes and peoples4 ,at the time1 these instances were justly regarded as conclusive proofs of the genuine mediumship of the uneducated ,vermont farmer who sat in the 8cabinet40 ,but1 nevertheless1 these figures were not the forms of the persons they appeared to be4 ,they were simply their portrait statues1 constructed1 animated and operated by the elementaries4 ,if we have not previously elucidated this point1 it was because the spiritualistic public was not then ready to even listen to the fundamental proposition that there are elemental and elementary spirits4 ,since that time this subject has been broached and more or less widely discussed4 ,there is less hazard now in attempting to launch upon the restless sea of criticism the hoary philosophy of the ancient sages1 for there has been some preparation of the public mind to consider it with impartiality and deliberation4 ,two years of agitation have effected a marked change for the better4 ,pausanias writes that four hundred years after the battle of ,marathon1 there were still heard in the place where it was fought1 the neighing of horses and the shouts of shadowy soldiers4 ,supposing that the spectres of the slaughtered soldiers were their genuine spirits1 they looked like 8shadows10 not materialized men4 ,who1 then1 or what1 produced the neighing of horses8 ,equine 8spirits80 ,and if it be pronounced untrue that horses have spirits--which assuredly no one among zologists1 physiologists or psychologists1 or even spiritualists1 can either prove or disprove--then must we take it for granted that it was the 8immortal souls0 of men which produced the neighing at ,marathon to make the historical battle scene more vivid and dramatic8 ,the phantoms of dogs1 cats1 and various other animals have been repeatedly seen1 and the world-wide testimony is as trustworthy upon this point as that with respect to human apparitions4 ,who or what personates1 if we are allowed such an expression1 the ghosts of departed animals8 ,is it1 again1 human spirits8 ,as the matter now stands1 there is no side issue2 we have either to admit that animals have surviving spirits and souls as well as ourselves1 or hold with ,porphyry that there are in the invisible world a kind of tricky and malicious demons1 intermediary beings between living men and 8gods10 spirits that delight in appearing under every imaginable shape1 beginning with the human form1 and ending with those of multifarious animals4#add ,before venturing to decide the question whether the spectral animal #ga forms so frequently seen and attested are the returning spirits of dead beasts1 we must carefully consider their reported behavior4 ,do these spectres act according to the habits and display the same instincts1 as the animals during life8 ,do the spectral beasts of prey lie in wait for victims1 and timid animals flee before the presence of man2 or do the latter show a malevolence and disposition to annoy1 quite foreign to their natures8 ,many victims of these obsessions--notably1 the afflicted persons of ,salem and other historical witchcrafts--testify to having seen dogs1 cats1 pigs1 and other animals1 entering their rooms1 biting them1 trampling upon their sleeping bodies1 and talking to them2 often inciting them to suicide and other crimes4 ,in the well-attested case of ,elizabeth ,eslinger1 mentioned by ,dr4 ,kerner1 the apparition of the ancient priest of ,wimmenthal#ade was accompanied by a large black dog1 which he called his father1 and which dog in the presence of numerous witnesses jumped on all the beds of the prisoners4 ,at another time the priest appeared with a lamb1 and sometimes with two lambs4 ,most of those accused at ,salem were charged by the seeresses with consulting and plotting mischief with yellow birds1 which would sit on their shoulder or on the beams overhead4#adf ,and unless we discredit the testimony of thousands of witnesses1 in all parts of the world1 and in all ages1 and allow a monopoly of seership to modern mediums1 spectre-animals do appear and manifest all the worst traits of depraved human nature1 without themselves being human4 ,what1 then1 can they be but elementals8 ,descartes was one of the few who believed and dared say that to occult medicine we shall owe discoveries 8destined to extend the domain of philosophy20 and ,brierre de ,boismont not only shared in these hopes but openly avowed his sympathy with 8supernaturalism10 which he considered the universal 8grand creed0 8 444 ,we think with ,guizot10 he says1 8that the existence of society is bound up in it4 ,it is in vain that modern reason1 which1 notwithstanding its positivism1 cannot explain the intimate cause of any phenomena1 rejects the supernatural2 it is universal1 and at the root of all hearts4 ,the most elevated minds are frequently its most ardent disciples40#adg ,christopher ,columbus discovered ,america1 and ,americus ,vespucius reaped the glory and usurped his dues4 ,theophrastus ,paracelsus rediscovered the occult properties of the magnet--8the bone of ,horus0 which1 twelve centuries before his time1 had played such an important part in the theurgic mysteries--and he very naturally became the founder of the #gb school of magnetism and of medival magico-theurgy4 ,but ,mesmer1 who lived nearly three hundred years after him1 and as a disciple of his school brought the magnetic wonders before the public1 reaped the glory that was due to the fire-philosopher1 while the great master died in a hospital6 ,so goes the world3 new discoveries1 evolving from old sciences2 new men--the same old nature6 ,,chapter ,,iii4 #gc 8,the mirror of the soul cannot reflect both earth and heaven2 and the one vanishes from its surface1 as the other is glassed upon its deep40 ,,zanoni4 8,qui1 donc1 t'a donn la mission d'annoncer au peuple que la ,divinit n'existe pas--quel avantage trouves tu persuader l'homme qu'une force aveugle prside ses destines et frappe au hazard le crime et la vertu80 ,,robespierre 7,discours71 ,may #g1 #agid4 ,we believe that few of those physical phenomena which are genuine are caused by disembodied human spirits4 ,still1 even those that are produced by occult forces of nature1 such as happen through a few genuine mediums1 and are consciously employed by the so-called 8jugglers0 of ,india and ,egypt1 deserve a careful and serious investigation by science2 especially now that a number of respected authorities have testified that in many cases the hypothesis of fraud does not hold4 ,no doubt1 there are professed 8conjurors0 who can perform cleverer tricks than all the ,american and ,english 8,john ,kings0 together4 ,robert ,houdin unquestionably could1 but this did not prevent his laughing outright in the face of the academicians1 when they desired him to assert in the newspapers1 that he could make a table move1 or rap answers to questions1 without contact of hands1 unless the table was a prepared one4#adh ,the fact alone1 that a now notorious ,london juggler refused to accept a challenge for #a1jjj offered him by ,mr4 ,algernon ,joy1#adi to produce such manifestations as are usually obtained through mediums1 unless he was left unbound and free from the hands of a committee1 negatives his expos of the occult phenomena4 ,clever as he may be1 we defy and challenge him to reproduce1 under the same conditions1 the 8tricks0 exhibited even by a common ,indian juggler4 ,for instance1 the spot to be chosen by the investigators at the moment of the performance1 and the juggler to know nothing of the choice2 the experiment to be made in broad daylight1 without the least preparations for it2 without any confederate but a boy absolutely naked1 and the juggler to be in a condition of semi-nudity4 ,after that1 we should select out of a variety three tricks1 the most common among such public jugglers1 and that were recently exhibited to some gentlemen belonging to the suite of #gd the ,prince of ,wales3 ,i4 ,to transform a rupee--firmly clasped in the hand of a skeptic--into a living cobra1 the bite of which would prove fatal1 as an examination of its fangs would show4 #b4 ,to cause a seed chosen at random by the spectators1 and planted in the first semblance of a flower-pot1 furnished by the same skeptics1 to grow1 mature1 and bear fruit in less than a quarter of an hour4 #c4 ,to stretch himself on three swords1 stuck perpendicularly in the ground at their hilts1 the sharp points upward2 after that1 to have removed first one of the swords1 then the other1 and1 after an interval of a few seconds1 the last one1 the juggler remaining1 finally1 lying on nothing--on the air1 miraculously suspended at about one yard from the ground4 ,when any prestidigitateur1 to begin with ,houdin and end with the last trickster who has secured gratuitous advertisement by attacking spiritualism1 does the same1 then--but only then--we will train ourselves to believe that mankind has been evolved out of the hind-toe of ,mr4 ,huxley's ,eocene ,orohippus4 ,we assert again1 in full confidence1 that there does not exist a professional wizard1 either of the ,north1 ,south or ,west1 who can compete with anything approaching success1 with these untutored1 naked sons of the ,east4 ,these require no ,egyptian ,hall for their performances1 nor any preparations or rehearsals2 but are ever ready1 at a moment's notice1 to evoke to their help the hidden powers of nature1 which1 for ,european prestidigitateurs as well as for scientists1 are a closed book4 ,verily1 as ,elihu puts it1 8great men are not always wise2 neither do the aged understand judgment40#aej ,to repeat the remark of the ,english divine1 ,dr4 ,henry ,more1 we may well say3 8 444 indeed1 if there were any modesty left in mankind1 the histories of the ,bible might abundantly assure men of the existence of angels and spirits40 ,the same eminent man adds1 8,i look upon it as a special piece of ,providence that 444 fresh examples of apparitions may awaken our benumbed and lethargic minds into an assurance that there are other intelligent beings besides those that are clothed in heavy earth or clay 444 for this evidence1 showing that there are bad spirits1 will necessarily open a door to the belief that there are good ones1 and lastly1 that there is a ,god40 ,the instance above given carries a moral with it1 not only to scientists1 but theologians4 ,men who have made their mark in the pulpit and in professors' chairs1 are continually showing the lay public that they really know so little of psychology1 as to take up with any plausible schemer who comes their way1 and so make themselves ridiculous in the eyes of the thoughtful student4 ,public opinion upon this subject has been manufactured by jugglers and self-styled savants1 unworthy of respectful consideration4 ,the development of psychological science has been retarded far more #ge by the ridicule of this class of pretenders1 than by the inherent difficulties of its study4 ,the empty laugh of the scientific nursling or of the fools of fashion1 has done more to keep man ignorant of his imperial psychical powers1 than the obscurities1 the obstacles and the dangers that cluster about the subject4 ,this is especially the case with spiritualistic phenomena4 ,that their investigation has been so largely confined to incapables1 is due to the fact that men of science1 who might and would have studied them1 have been frightened off by the boasted exposures1 the paltry jokes1 and the impertinent clamor of those who are not worthy to tie their shoes4 ,there are moral cowards even in university chairs4 ,the inherent vitality of modern spiritualism is proven in its survival of the neglect of the scientific body1 and of the obstreperous boasting of its pretended exposers4 ,if we begin with the contemptuous sneers of the patriarchs of science1 such as ,faraday and ,brewster1 and end with the professional 787 exposs of the successful mimicker of the phenomena1----1 of ,london1 we will not find them furnishing one single1 well-established argument against the occurrence of spiritual manifestations4 8,my theory is10 says this individual1 in his recent soi-disant 8expos10 8that ,mr4 ,williams dressed up and personified ,john ,king and ,peter4 ,nobody can prove that it wasn't so40 ,thus it appears that1 notwithstanding the bold tone of assertion1 it is but a theory after all1 and spiritualists might well retort upon the exposer1 and demand that he should prove that it is so4 ,but the most inveterate1 uncompromising enemies of ,spiritualism are a class very fortunately composed of but few members1 who1 nevertheless1 declaim the louder and assert their views with a clamorousness worthy of a better cause4 ,these are the pretenders to science of young ,america--a mongrel class of pseudo-philosophers1 mentioned at the opening of this chapter1 with sometimes no better right to be regarded as scholars than the possession of an electrical machine1 or the delivery of a puerile lecture on insanity and mediomania4 ,such men are--if you believe them--profound thinkers and physiologists2 there is none of your metaphysical nonsense about them2 they are ,positivists--the mental sucklings of ,auguste ,comte1 whose bosoms swell at the thought of plucking deluded humanity from the dark abyss of superstition1 and rebuilding the cosmos on improved principles4 ,irascible psychophobists1 no more cutting insult can be offered them than to suggest that they may be endowed with immortal spirits4 ,to hear them1 one would fancy that there can be no other souls in men and women than 8scientific0 or 8unscientific souls20 whatever that kind of soul may be4#aea ,some thirty or forty years ago1 in ,france1 ,auguste ,comte--a pupil #gf of the ,ecole ,polytechnique1 who had remained for years at that establishment as a repetiteur of ,transcendant ,analysis and ,rationalistic ,mechanics--awoke one fine morning with the very irrational idea of becoming a prophet4 ,in ,america1 prophets can be met with at every street-corner2 in ,europe1 they are as rare as black swans4 ,but ,france is the land of novelties4 ,auguste ,comte became a prophet2 and so infectious is fashion1 sometimes1 that even in sober ,england he was considered1 for a certain time1 the ,newton of the nineteenth century4 ,the epidemic extended1 and for the time being1 it spread like wildfire over ,germany1 ,england1 and ,america4 ,it found adepts in ,france1 but the excitement did not last long with these4 ,the prophet needed money3 the disciples were unwilling to furnish it4 ,the fever of admiration for a religion without a ,god cooled off as quickly as it had come on2 of all the enthusiastic apostles of the prophet1 there remained but one worthy any attention4 ,it was the famous philologist ,littr1 a member of the ,french ,institute1 and a would-be member of the ,imperial ,academy of ,sciences1 but whom the archbishop of ,orleans maliciously prevented from becoming one of the 8,immortals40#aeb ,the philosopher-mathematician--the high-priest of the 8religion of the future0 taught his doctrine as do all his brother-prophets of our modern days4 ,he deified 8woman10 and furnished her with an altar2 but the goddess had to pay for its use4 ,the rationalists had laughed at the mental aberration of ,fourier2 they had laughed at the ,st4 ,simonists2 and their scorn for ,spiritualism knew no bounds4 ,the same rationalists and materialists were caught1 like so many empty-headed sparrows1 by the bird-lime of the new prophet's rhetoric4 ,a longing for some kind of divinity1 a craving for the 8unknown10 is a feeling congenital in man2 hence the worst atheists seem not to be exempt from it4 ,deceived by the outward brilliancy of this ignus fatuus1 the disciples followed it until they found themselves floundering in a bottomless morass4 ,covering themselves with the mask of a pretended erudition1 the ,positivists of this country have organized themselves into clubs and committees with the design of uprooting ,spiritualism1 while pretending to impartially investigate it4 ,too timid to openly challenge the churches and the ,christian doctrine1 they endeavor to sap that upon which all religion is based--man's faith in ,god and his own immortality4 ,their policy is to ridicule that which affords an unusual basis for such a faith--phenomenal ,spiritualism4 #gg ,attacking it at its weakest side1 they make the most of its lack of an inductive method1 and of the exaggerations that are to be found in the transcendental doctrines of its propagandists4 ,taking advantage of its unpopularity1 and displaying a courage as furious and out of place as that of the errant knight of ,la ,mancha1 they claim recognition as philanthropists and benefactors who would crush out a monstrous superstition4 ,let us see in what degree ,comte's boasted religion of the future is superior to ,spiritualism1 and how much less likely its advocates are to need the refuge of those lunatic asylums which they officiously recommend for the mediums whom they have been so solicitous about4 ,before beginning1 let us call attention to the fact that three-fourths of the disgraceful features exhibited in modern ,spiritualism are directly traceable to the materialistic adventurers pretending to be spiritualists4 ,comte has fulsomely depicted the 8artificially-fecundated0 woman of the future4 ,she is but elder sister to the ,cyprian ideal of the free-lovers4 ,the immunity against the future offered by the teachings of his moon-struck disciples1 has inoculated some pseudo-spiritualists to such an extent as to lead them to form communistic associations4 ,none1 however1 have proved long-lived4 ,their leading feature being generally a materialistic animalism1 gilded over with a thin leaf of ,dutch-metal philosophy and tricked out with a combination of hard ,greek names1 the community could not prove anything else than a failure4 ,plato1 in the fifth book of the ,republic1 suggests a method for improving the human race by the elimination of the unhealthy or deformed individuals1 and by coupling the better specimens of both sexes4 ,it was not to be expected that the 8genius of our century10 even were he a prophet1 would squeeze out of his brain anything entirely new4 ,comte was a mathematician4 ,cleverly combining several old utopias1 he colored the whole1 and1 improving on ,plato's idea1 materialized it1 and presented the world with the greatest monstrosity that ever emanated from a human mind6 ,we beg the reader to keep in view1 that we do not attack ,comte as a philosopher1 but as a professed reformer4 ,in the irremediable darkness of his political1 philosophical and religious views1 we often meet with isolated observations and remarks in which profound logic and judiciousness of thought rival the brilliancy of their interpretation4 ,but then1 these dazzle you like flashes of lightning on a gloomy night1 to leave you1 the next moment1 more in the dark than ever4 ,if condensed and repunctuated1 his several works might produce1 on the whole1 a volume of very original aphorisms1 giving a very clear and really clever definition of most of our social evils2 but it would be vain to seek1 either through the tedious circumlocution of the six volumes of his ,cours de ,philosophie ,positive1 or in that parody on #gh priesthood1 in the form of a dialogue--,the ,catechism of the ,religion of ,positivism--any idea suggestive of even provisional remedies for such evils4 ,his disciples suggest that the sublime doctrines of their prophet were not intended for the vulgar4 ,comparing the dogmas preached by ,positivism with their practical exemplifications by its apostles1 we must confess the possibility of some very achromatic doctrine being at the bottom of it4 ,while the 8high-priest0 preaches that 8woman must cease to be the female of the man20#aec while the theory of the positivist legislators on marriage and the family1 chiefly consists in making the woman the 8mere companion of man by ridding her of every maternal function20#aed and while they are preparing against the future a substitute for that function by applying 8to the chaste woman0 8a latent force10#aee some of its lay priests openly preach polygamy1 and others affirm that their doctrines are the quintessence of spiritual philosophy4 ,in the opinion of the ,romish clergy1 who labor under a chronic nightmare of the devil1 ,comte offers his 8woman of the future0 to the possession of the 8incubi40#aef ,in the opinion of more prosaic persons1 the ,divinity of ,positivism1 must henceforth be regarded as a biped broodmare4 ,even ,littr made prudent restrictions while accepting the apostleship of this marvellous religion4 ,this is what he wrote in #ahei3 8,m4 ,comte not only thought that he found the principles1 traced the outlines1 and furnished the method1 but that he had deduced the consequences and constructed the social and religious edifice of the future4 ,it is in this second division that we make our reservations1 declaring1 at the same time1 that we accept as an inheritance1 the whole of the first40#aeg ,further1 he says3 8,m4 ,comte1 in a grand work entitled the ,system of the ,positive ,philosophy1 established the basis of a philosophy 8 which must finally supplant every theology and the whole of metaphysics4 ,such a work necessarily contains a direct application to the government of societies2 as it has nothing arbitrary in it 8 and as we find therein a real science 81 my adhesion to the principles involves my adhesion to the essential consequences40 ,m4 ,littr has shown himself in the light of a true son of his prophet4 ,indeed the whole system of ,comte appears to us to have been built on a play of words4 ,when they say 8,positivism0 read ,nihilism2 when you hear the word chastity1 know that it means impudicity2 and so #gi on4 ,being a religion based on a theory of negation1 its adherents can hardly carry it out practically without saying white when meaning black6 8,positive ,philosophy10 continues ,littr1 8does not accept atheism1 for the atheist is not a really-emancipated mind1 but is1 in his own way1 a theologian still2 he gives his explanation about the essence of things2 he knows how they begun6444 ,atheism is ,pantheism2 this system is quite theological yet1 and thus belongs to the ancient party40#aeh ,it really would be losing time to quote any more of these paradoxical dissertations4 ,comte attained to the apotheosis of absurdity and inconsistency when1 after inventing his philosophy1 he named it a 8,religion40 ,and1 as is usually the case1 the disciples have surpassed the reformer--in absurdity4 ,supposititious philosophers1 who shine in the ,american academies of ,comte1 like a lampyris noctiluca beside a planet1 leave us in no doubt as to their belief1 and contrast 8that system of thought and life0 elaborated by the ,french apostle with the 8idiocy0 of ,spiritualism2 of course to the advantage of the former4 8,to destroy1 you must replace20 exclaims the author of the ,cathechism of the ,religion of ,positivism1 quoting ,cassaudiere1 by the way1 without crediting him with the thought2 and his disciples proceed to show by what sort of a loathsome system they are anxious to replace ,christianity1 ,spiritualism1 and even ,science4 8,positivism10 perorates one of them1 8is an integral doctrine4 ,it rejects completely all forms of theological and metaphysical belief2 all forms of supernaturalism1 and thus--,spiritualism4 ,the true positive spirit consists in substituting the study of the invariable laws of phenomena for that of their so-called causes1 whether proximate or primary4 ,on this ground it equally rejects atheism2 for the atheist is at bottom a theologian10 he adds1 plagiarizing sentences from ,littr's works3 8the atheist does not reject the problems of theology1 only the solution of these1 and so he is illogical4 ,we ,positivists reject the problem in our turn on the ground that it is utterly inaccessible to the intellect1 and we would only waste our strength in a vain search for first and final causes4 ,as you see1 ,positivism gives a complete explanation 8 of the world1 of man1 his duty and destiny444406#aei ,very brilliant this2 and now1 by way of contrast1 we will quote what a really great scientist1 ,professor ,hare1 thinks of this system4 8,comte's positive philosophy10 he says1 8after all1 is merely negative4 ,it is admitted by ,comte1 that he knows nothing of the sources and causes of nature's laws2 that their origination is so perfectly inscrutable as #hj to make it idle to take up time in any scrutiny for that purpose4444 ,of course his doctrine makes him avowedly a thorough ignoramus1 as to the causes of laws1 or the means by which they are established1 and can have no basis but the negative argument above stated1 in objecting to the facts ascertained in relation to the spiritual creation4 ,thus1 while allowing the atheist his material dominion1 ,spiritualism will erect within and above the same space a dominion of an importance as much greater as eternity is to the average duration of human life1 and as the boundless regions of the fixed stars are to the habitable area of this globe40#afj ,in short1 ,positivism proposes to itself to destroy ,theology1 ,metaphysics1 ,spiritualism1 ,atheism1 ,materialism1 ,pantheism1 and ,science1 and it must finally end in destroying itself4 ,de ,mirville thinks that according to ,positivism1 8order will begin to reign in the human mind only on the day when psychology will become a sort of cerebral physics1 and history a kind of social physics40 ,the modern ,mohammed first disburdens man and woman of ,god and their own soul1 and then unwittingly disembowels his own doctrine with the too sharp sword of metaphysics1 which all the time he thought he was avoiding1 thus letting out every vestige of philosophy4 ,in #ahfd1 ,m4 ,paul ,janet1 a member of the ,institute1 pronounced a discourse upon ,positivism1 in which occur the following remarkable words3 8,there are some minds which were brought up and fed on exact and positive sciences1 but which feel nevertheless1 a sort of instinctive impulse for philosophy4 ,they can satisfy this instinct but with elements that they have already on hand4 ,ignorant in psychological sciences1 having studied only the rudiments of metaphysics1 they nevertheless are determined to fight these same metaphysics as well as psychology1 of which they know as little as of the other4 ,after this is done1 they will imagine themselves to have founded a ,positive ,science1 while the truth is that they have only built up a new mutilated and incomplete metaphysical theory4 ,they arrogate to themselves the authority and infallibility properly belonging alone to the true sciences1 those which are based on experience and calculations2 but they lack such an authority1 for their ideas1 defective as they may be1 nevertheless belong to the same class as those which they attack4 ,hence the weakness of their situation1 the final ruin of their ideas1 which are soon scattered to the four winds40#afa ,the ,positivists of ,america have joined hands in their untiring efforts to overthrow ,spiritualism4 ,to show their impartiality1 though1 they propound such novel queries as follows3 8 444 how much rationality #ha is there in the dogmas of the ,immaculate ,conception1 the ,trinity and ,transubstantiation1 if submitted to the tests of physiology1 mathematics1 and chemistry80 and they 8undertake to say1 that the vagaries of ,spiritualism do not surpass in absurdity these eminently respectable beliefs40 ,very well4 ,but there is neither theological absurdity nor spiritualistic delusion that can match in depravity and imbecility that positivist notion of 8artificial fecundation40 ,denying to themselves all thought on primal and final causes1 they apply their insane theories to the construction of an impossible woman for the worship of future generations2 the living1 immortal companion of man they would replace with the ,indian female fetich of the ,obeah1 the wooden idol that is stuffed every day with serpents' eggs1 to be hatched by the heat of the sun6 ,and now1 if we are permitted to ask in the name of common-sense1 why should ,christian mystics be taxed with credulity or the spiritualists be consigned to ,bedlam1 when a religion embodying such revolting absurdity finds disciples even among ,academicians8--when such insane rhapsodies as the following can be uttered by the mouth of ,comte and admired by his followers3 8,my eyes are dazzled2--they open each day more and more to the increasing coincidence between the social advent of the feminine mystery1 and the mental decadence of the eucharistical sacrament4 ,already the ,virgin has dethroned ,god in the minds of ,southern ,catholics6 ,positivism realizes the ,utopia of the medival ages1 by representing all the members of the great family as the issue of a virgin mother without a husband44440 ,and again1 after giving the modus operandi3 8,the development of the new process would soon cause to spring up a caste without heredity1 better adapted than vulgar procreation to the recruitment of spiritual chiefs1 or even temporal ones1 whose authority would then rest upon an origin truly superior1 which would not shrink from an investigation40#afb ,to this we might inquire with propriety1 whether there has ever been found in the 8vagaries of ,spiritualism10 or the mysteries of ,christianity1 anything more preposterous than this ideal 8coming race40 ,if the tendency of materialism is not grossly belied by the behavior of some of its advocates1 those who publicly preach polygamy1 we fancy that whether or not there will ever be a sacerdotal stirp so begotten1 we shall see no end of progeny1--the offspring of 8mothers without husbands40 ,how natural that a philosophy which could engender such a caste of didactic incubi1 should express through the pen of one of its most garrulous essayists1 the following sentiments3 8,this is a sad1 a very #hb sad age1#afc full of dead and dying faiths2 full of idle prayers sent out in vain search for the departing gods4 ,but oh6 it is a glorious age1 full of the golden light which streams from the ascending sun of science6 ,what shall we do for those who are shipwrecked in faith1 bankrupt in intellect1 but 444 who seek comfort in the mirage of spiritualism1 the delusions of transcendentalism1 or the will o' the wisp of mesmerism84440 ,the ignis fatuus1 now so favorite an image with many dwarf philosophers1 had itself to struggle for recognition4 ,it is not so long since the now familiar phenomenon was stoutly denied by a correspondent of the ,london ,times1 whose assertions carried weight1 till the work of ,dr4 ,phipson1 supported by the testimony of ,beccaria1 ,humboldt1 and other naturalists1 set the question at rest4#afd ,the ,positivists should choose some happier expression1 and follow the discoveries of science at the same time4 ,as to mesmerism1 it has been adopted in many parts of ,germany1 and is publicly used with undeniable success in more than one hospital2 its occult properties have been proved and are believed in by physicians1 whose eminence1 learning1 and merited fame1 the self-complacent lecturer on mediums and insanity cannot well hope to equal4 ,we have to add but a few more words before we drop this unpleasant subject4 ,we have found ,positivists particularly happy in the delusion that the greatest scientists of ,europe were ,comtists4 ,how far their claims may be just1 as regards other savants1 we do not know1 but ,huxley1 whom all ,europe considers one of her greatest scientists1 most decidedly declines that honor1 and ,dr4 ,maudsley1 of ,london1 follows suit4 ,in a lecture delivered by the former gentleman in #ahfh1 in ,edinburg1 on ,the ,physical ,basis of ,life1 he even appears to be very much shocked at the liberty taken by the ,archbishop of ,york1 in identifying him with ,comte's philosophy4 8,so far as ,i am concerned10 says ,mr4 ,huxley1 8the most reverend prelate might dialectically hew ,mr4 ,comte in pieces1 as a modern ,agag1 and ,i would not attempt to stay his hand4 ,in so far as my study of what specially characterizes the positive philosophy has led me1 ,i find1 therein1 little or nothing of any scientific value1 and a great deal which is as thoroughly antagonistic to the very essence of science as anything in ultramontane ,catholicism4 ,in fact1 ,comte's philosophy in practice might be compendiously described as ,catholicism minus ,christianity40 ,further1 ,huxley even becomes wrathful1 and falls to accusing ,scotchmen of ingratitude for having allowed the ,bishop to mistake ,comte for the founder of a philosophy which belonged by right to ,hume4 8,it was #hc enough10 exclaims the professor1 8to make ,david ,hume turn in his grave1 that here1 almost within earshot of his house1 an interested audience should have listened1 without a murmur1 whilst his most characteristic doctrines were attributed to a ,french writer of fifty years later date1 in whose dreary and verbose pages we miss alike the vigor of thought and the clearness of style44440#afe ,poor ,comte6 ,it appears that the highest representatives of his philosophy are now reduced1 at least in this country1 to 8one physicist1 one physician who has made a specialty of nervous diseases1 and one lawyer40 ,a very witty critic nicknamed this desperate trio1 8an anomalistic triad1 which1 amid its arduous labors1 finds no time to acquaint itself with the principles and laws of their language40#aff ,to close the question1 the ,positivists neglect no means to overthrow ,spiritualism in favor of their religion4 ,their high priests are made to blow their trumpets untiringly2 and though the walls of no modern ,jericho are ever likely to tumble down in dust before their blast1 still they neglect no means to attain the desired object4 ,their paradoxes are unique1 and their accusations against spiritualists irresistible in logic4 ,in a recent lecture1 for instance1 it was remarked that3 8,the exclusive exercise of religious instinct is productive of sexual immorality4 ,priests1 monks1 nuns1 saints1 media1 ecstatics1 and devotees are famous for their impurities40#afg ,we are happy to remark that1 while ,positivism loudly proclaims itself a religion1 ,spiritualism has never pretended to be anything more than a science1 a growing philosophy1 or rather a research in hidden and as yet unexplained forces in nature4 ,the objectiveness of its various phenomena has been demonstrated by more than one genuine representative of science1 and as ineffectually denied by her 8monkeys40 ,finally1 it may be remarked of our ,positivists who deal so unceremoniously with every psychological phenomenon1 that they are like ,samuel ,butler's rhetorician1 who 8 444 could not ope ,his mouth1 but out there flew a trope40 ,we would there were no occasion to extend the critic's glance beyond the circle of triflers and pedants who improperly wear the title of #hd men of science4 ,but it is also undeniable that the treatment of new subjects by those whose rank is high in the scientific world but too often passes unchallenged1 when it is amenable to censure4 ,the cautiousness bred of a fixed habit of experimental research1 the tentative advance from opinion to opinion1 the weight accorded to recognized authorities--all foster a conservatism of thought which naturally runs into dogmatism4 ,the price of scientific progress is too commonly the martyrdom or ostracism of the innovator4 ,the reformer of the laboratory must1 so to speak1 carry the citadel of custom and prejudice at the point of the bayonet4 ,it is rare that even a postern-door is left ajar by a friendly hand4 ,the noisy protests and impertinent criticisms of the little people of the antechamber of science1 he can afford to let pass unnoticed2 the hostility of the other class is a real peril that the innovator must face and overcome4 ,knowledge does increase apace1 but the great body of scientists are not entitled to the credit4 ,in every instance they have done their best to shipwreck the new discovery1 together with the discoverer4 ,the palm is to him who has won it by individual courage1 intuitiveness1 and persistency4 ,few are the forces in nature which1 when first announced1 were not laughed at1 and then set aside as absurd and unscientific4 ,humbling the pride of those who had not discovered anything1 the just claims of those who have been denied a hearing until negation was no longer prudent1 and then--alas for poor1 selfish humanity6 these very discoverers too often became the opponents and oppressors1 in their turn1 of still more recent explorers in the domain of natural law6 ,so1 step by step1 mankind move around their circumscribed circle of knowledge1 science constantly correcting its mistakes1 and readjusting on the following day the erroneous theories of the preceding one4 ,this has been the case1 not merely with questions pertaining to psychology1 such as mesmerism1 in its dual sense of a physical and spiritual phenomenon1 but even with such discoveries as directly related to exact sciences1 and have been easy to demonstrate4 ,what can we do8 ,shall we recall the disagreeable past8 ,shall we point to medival scholars conniving with the clergy to deny the ,heliocentric theory1 for fear of hurting an ecclesiastical dogma8 ,must we recall how learned conchologists once denied that the fossil shells1 found scattered over the face of the earth1 were ever inhabited by living animals at all8 ,how the naturalists of the eighteenth century declared these but mere fac-similes of animals8 ,and how these naturalists fought and quarrelled and battled and called each other names1 over these venerable mummies of the ancient ages for nearly a century1 until ,buffon settled the question by proving to the negators that they were mistaken8 ,surely an oyster-shell is anything but transcendental1 and ought to be quite a palpable subject for any exact study2 and if #he the scientists could not agree on that1 we can hardly expect them to believe at all that evanescent forms1--of hands1 faces1 and whole bodies sometimes--appear at the seances of spiritual mediums1 when the latter are honest4 ,there exists a certain work which might afford very profitable reading for the leisure hours of skeptical men of science4 ,it is a book published by ,flourens1 the ,perpetual ,secretary of the ,french ,academy1 called ,histoire des ,recherches de ,buffon4 ,the author shows in it how the great naturalist combated and finally conquered the advocates of the fac-simile theory2 and how they still went on denying everything under the sun1 until at times the learned body fell into a fury1 an epidemic of negation4 ,it denied ,franklin and his refined electricity2 laughed at ,fulton and his concentrated steam2 voted the engineer ,perdonnet a strait-jacket for his offer to build railroads2 stared ,harvey out of countenance2 and proclaimed ,bernard de ,palissy 8as stupid as one of his own pots60 ,in his oft-quoted work1 ,conflict between ,religion and ,science1 ,professor ,draper shows a decided propensity to kick the beam of the scales of justice1 and lay all such impediments to the progress of science at the door of the clergy alone4 ,with all respect and admiration due to this eloquent writer and scientist1 we must protest and give every one his just due4 ,many of the above-enumerated discoveries are mentioned by the author of the ,conflict4 ,in every case he denounces the bitter resistance on the part of the clergy1 and keeps silent on the like opposition invariably experienced by every new discoverer at the hands of science4 ,his claim on behalf of science that 8knowledge is power0 is undoubtedly just4 ,but abuse of power1 whether it proceeds from excess of wisdom or ignorance is alike obnoxious in its effects4 ,besides1 the clergy are silenced now4 ,their protests would at this day be scarcely noticed in the world of science4 ,but while theology is kept in the background1 the scientists have seized the sceptre of despotism with both hands1 and they use it1 like the cherubim and flaming sword of ,eden1 to keep the people away from the tree of immortal life and within this world of perishable matter4 ,the editor of the ,london ,spiritualist1 in answer to ,dr4 ,gully's criticism of ,mr4 ,tyndall's fire-mist theory1 remarks that if the entire body of spiritualists are not roasting alive at ,smithfield in the present century1 it is to science alone that we are indebted for this crowning mercy4 ,well1 let us admit that the scientists are indirectly public benefactors in this case1 to the extent that the burning of erudite scholars is no longer fashionable4 ,but is it unfair to ask whether the disposition manifested toward the spiritualistic doctrine by ,faraday1 ,tyndall1 ,huxley1 ,agassiz1 and others1 does not warrant the suspicion that if these learned gentlemen and their following had the #hf unlimited power once held by the ,inquisition1 spiritualists would not have reason to feel as easy as they do now8 ,even supposing that they should not roast believers in the existence of a spirit-world--it being unlawful to cremate people alive--would they not send every spiritualist they could to ,bedlam8 ,do they not call us 8incurable monomaniacs10 8hallucinated fools10 8fetich-worshippers10 and like characteristic names8 ,really1 we cannot see what should have stimulated to such extent the gratitude of the editor of the ,london ,spiritualist1 for the benevolent tutelage of the men of science4 ,we believe that the recent ,lankester-,donkin-,slade prosecution in ,london ought at last to open the eyes of hopeful spiritualists1 and show them that stubborn materialism is often more stupidly bigoted than religious fanaticism itself4 ,one of the cleverest productions of ,professor ,tyndall's pen is his caustic essay upon ,martineau and ,materialism4 ,at the same time it is one which in future years the author will doubtless be only too ready to trim of certain unpardonable grossnesses of expression4 ,for the moment1 however1 we will not deal with these1 but consider what he has to say of the phenomenon of consciousness4 ,he quotes this question from ,mr4 ,martineau3 8,a man can say #8,i feel1 ,i think1 ,i love2' but how does consciousness infuse itself into the problem80 ,and thus answers3 8,the passage from the physics of the brain to the corresponding facts of consciousness is unthinkable4 ,granted that a definite thought and a molecular action in the brain occur simultaneously2 we do not possess the intellectual organ nor apparently any rudiments of the organ1 which would enable us to pass by a process of reasoning from one to the other4 ,they appear together1 but we do not know why4 ,were our minds and senses so expanded1 strengthened and illuminated1 as to enable us to see and feel the very molecules of the brain2 were we capable of following all their motions1 all their groupings1 all their electric discharges1 if such there be2 and were we intimately acquainted with the corresponding states of thought and feeling1 we should be as far as ever from the solution of the problem1 #8,how are these physical processes connected with the facts of consciousness8' ,the chasm between the two classes of phenomena would still remain intellectually impassable40#afh ,this chasm1 as impassable to ,professor ,tyndall as the fire-mist where the scientist is confronted with his unknowable cause1 is a barrier only to men without spiritual intuitions4 ,professor ,buchanan's ,outlines of ,lectures on the ,neurological ,system of ,anthropology1 a work written so far back as #ahed1 contains suggestions that1 if #hg the sciolists would only heed them1 would show how a bridge can be thrown across this dreadful abyss4 ,it is one of the bins in which the thought-seed of future harvests is stored up by a frugal present4 ,but the edifice of materialism is based entirely upon that gross sub-structure--the reason4 ,when they have stretched its capabilities to their utmost limits1 its teachers can at best only disclose to us an universe of molecules animated by an occult impulse4 ,what better diagnosis of the ailment of our scientists could be asked than can be derived from ,professor ,tyndall's analysis of the mental state of the ,ultramontane clergy by a very slight change of names4 ,for 8spiritual guides0 read 8scientists10 for 8prescientific past0 substitute 8materialistic present10 say 8spirit0 for 8science10 and in the following paragraph we have a life portrait of the modern man of science drawn by the hand of a master3 8 444 ,their spiritual guides live so exclusively in the prescientific past1 that even the really strong intellects among them are reduced to atrophy as regards scientific truth4 ,eyes they have and see not2 ears they have and hear not2 for both eyes and ears are taken possession of by the sights and sounds of another age4 ,in relation to science1 the ,ultramontane brain1 through lack of exercise1 is virtually the undeveloped brain of the child4 ,and thus it is that as children in scientific knowledge1 but as potent wielders of spiritual power among the ignorant1 they countenance and enforce practices sufficient to bring the blush of shame to the cheeks of the more intelligent among themselves40#afi ,the ,occultist holds this mirror up to science that it may see how it looks itself4 ,since history recorded the first laws established by man1 there never was yet a people1 whose code did not hang the issues of the life and death of its citizens upon the testimony of two or three credible witnesses4 8,at the mouth of two witnesses1 or three witnesses1 shall he that is worthy of death be put to death10#agj says ,moses1 the first legislator we meet in ancient history4 8,the laws which put to death a man on the deposition of one witness are fatal to freedom0 says ,montesquieu4 8,reason claims there should be two witnesses40#aga ,thus the value of evidence has been tacitly agreed upon and accepted in every country4 ,but the scientists will not accept the evidence of the million against one4 ,in vain do hundreds of thousands of men testify to facts4 ,oculos habent et non vident6 ,they are determined to remain blind and deaf4 ,thirty years of practical demonstrations and the testimony of some millions of believers in ,america and ,europe are certainly entitled to some degree of respect and attention4 ,especially #hh so1 when the verdict of twelve spiritualists1 influenced by the evidence testified to by any two others1 is competent to send even a scientist to swing on the gallows for a crime1 perhaps committed under the impulse supplied by a commotion among the cerebral molecules unrestrained by a consciousness of future moral ,,retribution4 ,toward science as a whole1 as a divine goal1 the whole civilized world ought to look with respect and veneration2 for science alone can enable man to understand the ,deity by the true appreciation of his works4 8,science is the understanding of truth or facts10 says ,webster2 8it is an investigation of truth for its own sake and a pursuit of pure knowledge40 ,if the definition be correct1 then the majority of our modern scholars have proved false to their goddess4 8,truth for its own sake60 ,and where should the keys to every truth in nature be searched for1 unless in the hitherto unexplored mystery of psychology8 ,alas6 that in questioning nature so many men of science should daintily sort over her facts and choose only such for study as best bolster their prejudices4 ,psychology has no worse enemies than the medical school denominated allopathists4 ,it is in vain to remind them that of the so-called exact sciences1 medicine1 confessedly1 least deserves the name4 ,although of all branches of medical knowledge1 psychology ought more than any other to be studied by physicians1 since without its help their practice degenerates into mere guess-work and chance-intuitions1 they almost wholly neglect it4 ,the least dissent from their promulgated doctrines is resented as a heresy1 and though an unpopular and unrecognized curative method should be shown to save thousands1 they seem1 as a body1 disposed to cling to accepted hypotheses and prescriptions1 and decry both innovator and innovation until they get the mint-stamp of regularity4 ,thousands of unlucky patients may die meanwhile1 but so long as professional honor is vindicated1 this is a matter of secondary importance4 ,theoretically the most benignant1 at the same time no other school of science exhibits so many instances of petty prejudice1 materialism1 atheism1 and malicious stubbornness as medicine4 ,the predilections and patronage of the leading physicians are scarcely ever measured by the usefulness of a discovery4 ,bleeding1 by leeching1 cupping1 and the lancet1 had its epidemic of popularity1 but at last fell into merited disgrace2 water1 now freely given to fevered patients1 was once denied them1 warm baths were superseded by cold water1 and for a while hydropathy was a mania4 ,peruvian bark--which a modern defender of biblical authority seriously endeavors to identify with the paradisiacal 8,tree of ,life10#agb and which was brought to ,spain #hi in #afcb--was neglected for years4 ,the ,church1 for once1 showed more discrimination than science4 ,at the request of ,cardinal de ,lugo1 ,innocent ,x4 gave it the prestige of his powerful name4 ,in an old book entitled ,demonologia1 the author cites many instances of important remedies which being neglected at first afterward rose into notice through mere accident4 ,he also shows that most of the new discoveries in medicine have turned out to be no more than 8the revival and redoption of very ancient practices40 ,during the last century1 the root of the male fern was sold and widely advertised as a secret nostrum by a ,madame ,nouffleur1 a female quack1 for the effective cure of the tapeworm4 ,the secret was bought by ,louis ,,xv4 for a large sum of money2 after which the physicians discovered that it was recommended and administered in that disease by ,galen4 ,the famous powder of the ,duke of ,portland for the gout1 was the diacentaureon of ,clius ,aurelianus4 ,later it was ascertained that it had been used by the earliest medical writers1 who had found it in the writings of the old ,greek philosophers4 ,so with the eau medicinale of ,dr4 ,husson1 whose name it bears4 ,this famous remedy for the gout was recognized under its new mask to be the ,colchicum autumnale1 or meadow saffron1 which is identical with a plant called ,hermodactylus1 whose merits as a certain antidote to gout were recognized and defended by ,oribasius1 a great physician of the fourth century1 and tius ,amidenus1 another eminent physician of ,alexandria 7fifth century74 ,subsequently it was abandoned and fell into disfavor only because it was too old to be considered good by the members of the medical faculties that flourished toward the end of the last century6 ,even the great ,magendie1 the wise physiologist1 was not above discovering that which had already been discovered and found good by the oldest physicians4 ,his proposed remedy against consumption1 namely1 the use of prussic acid1 may be found in the works of ,lumus1 ,amenitates ,academic1 vol4 iv41 in which he shows distilled laurel water to have been used with great profit in pulmonary consumption4 ,pliny also assures us that the extract of almonds and cherry-pits had cured the most obstinate coughs4 ,as the author of ,demonologia well remarks1 it may be asserted with perfect safety that 8all the various secret preparations of opium which have been lauded as the discovery of modern times1 may be recognized in the works of ancient authors10 who see themselves so discredited in our days4 ,it is admitted on all hands that from time immemorial the distant ,east was the land of knowledge4 ,not even in ,egypt were botany and mineralogy so extensively studied as by the savants of archaic ,middle ,asia4 ,sprengel1 unjust and prejudiced as he shows himself in everything else1 confesses this much in his ,histoire de la ,mdecine4 ,and yet1 #ij notwithstanding this1 whenever the subject of magic is discussed1 that of ,india has rarely suggested itself to any one1 for of its general practice in that country less is known than among any other ancient people4 ,with the ,hindus it was and is more esoteric1 if possible1 than it was even among the ,egyptian priests4 ,so sacred was it deemed that its existence was only half admitted1 and it was only practiced in public emergencies4 ,it was more than a religious matter1 for it was considered divine4 ,the ,egyptian hierophants1 notwithstanding the practice of a stern and pure morality1 could not be compared for one moment with the ascetical ,gymnosophists1 either in holiness of life or miraculous powers developed in them by the supernatural adjuration of everything earthly4 ,by those who knew them well they were held in still greater reverence than the magians of ,chaldea4 ,denying themselves the simplest comforts of life1 they dwelt in woods1 and led the life of the most secluded hermits1#agc while their ,egyptian brothers at least congregated together4 ,notwithstanding the slur thrown by history on all who practiced magic and divination1 it has proclaimed them as possessing the greatest secrets in medical knowledge and unsurpassed skill in its practice4 ,numerous are the volumes preserved in ,hindu convents1 in which are recorded the proofs of their learning4 ,to attempt to say whether these ,gymnosophists were the real founders of magic in ,india1 or whether they only practiced what had passed to them as an inheritance from the earliest ,rishis#agd--the seven primeval sages--would be regarded as a mere speculation by exact scholars4 8,the care which they took in educating youth1 in familiarizing it with generous and virtuous sentiments1 did them peculiar honor1 and their maxims and discourses1 as recorded by historians1 prove that they were expert in matters of philosophy1 metaphysics1 astronomy1 morality1 and religion10 says a modern writer4 ,they preserved their dignity under the sway of the most powerful princes1 whom they would not condescend to visit1 or to trouble for the slightest favor4 ,if the latter desired the advice or the prayers of the holy men1 they were either obliged to go themselves1 or to send messengers4 ,to these men no secret power of either plant or mineral was unknown4 ,they had fathomed nature to its depths1 while psychology and physiology were to them open books1 and the result was that science or machagiotia that is now termed1 so superciliously1 magic4 ,while the miracles recorded in the ,bible have become accepted facts #ia with the ,christians1 to disbelieve which is regarded as infidelity1 the narratives of wonders and prodigies found in the ,atharva-,veda1#age either provoke their contempt or are viewed as evidences of diabolism4 ,and yet1 in more than one respect1 and notwithstanding the unwillingness of certain ,sanscrit scholars1 we can show the identity between the two4 ,moreover1 as the ,vedas have now been proved by scholars to antedate the ,jewish ,bible by many ages1 the inference is an easy one that if one of them has borrowed from the other1 the ,hindu sacred books are not to be charged with plagiarism4 ,first of all1 their cosmogony shows how erroneous has been the opinion prevalent among the civilized nations that ,brahma was ever considered by the ,hindus their chief or ,supreme ,god4 ,brahma is a secondary deity1 and like ,jehovah is 8a mover of the waters40 ,he is the creating god1 and has in his allegorical representations four heads1 answering to the four cardinal points4 ,he is the demiurgos1 the architect of the world4 8,in the primordiate state of the creation10 says ,polier's ,mythologie des ,indous1 8the rudimental universe1 submerged in water1 reposed in the bosom of the ,eternal4 ,sprang from this chaos and darkness1 ,brahma1 the architect of the world1 poised on a lotus-leaf floated 7moved87 upon the waters1 unable to discern anything but water and darkness40 ,this is as identical as possible with the ,egyptian cosmogony1 which shows in its opening sentences ,athtor#agf or ,mother ,night 7which represents illimitable darkness7 as the primeval element which covered the infinite abyss1 animated by water and the universal spirit of the ,eternal1 dwelling alone in ,chaos4 ,as in the ,jewish ,scriptures1 the history of the creation opens with the spirit of ,god and his creative emanation--another ,deity4#agg ,perceiving such a dismal state of things1 ,brahma soliloquizes in consternation3 8,who am ,i8 ,whence came ,i80 ,then he hears a voice3 8,direct your prayer to ,bhagavant--the ,eternal1 known1 also1 as ,parabrahma40 ,brahma1 rising from his natatory position1 seats himself upon the lotus in an attitude of contemplation1 and reflects upon the ,eternal1 who1 pleased with this evidence of piety1 disperses the primeval darkness and opens his understanding4 8,after this ,brahma issues from the universal egg--7infinite chaos7 as light1 for his understanding is now opened1 and he sets himself to work2 he moves on the eternal waters1 with the spirit of ,god within himself2 in his capacity of mover of the waters he is ,narayana40 ,the lotus1 the sacred flower of the ,egyptians1 as well as the ,hindus1 is the symbol of ,horus as it is that of ,brahma4 ,no temples in ,thibet #ib or ,nepaul are found without it2 and the meaning of this symbol is extremely suggestive4 ,the sprig of lilies placed in the hand of the archangel1 who offers them to the ,virgin ,mary1 in the pictures of the 8,annunciation10 have in their esoteric symbolism precisely the same meaning4 ,we refer the reader to ,sir ,william ,jones4#agh ,with the ,hindus1 the lotus is the emblem of the productive power of nature1 through the agency of fire and water 7spirit and matter74 8,eternal60 says a verse in the ,bhagaveda ,gita1 8,i see ,brahma the creator enthroned in thee above the lotus60 and ,sir ,w4 ,jones shows that the seeds of the lotus contain--even before they germinate--perfectly-formed leaves1 the miniature shapes of what one day1 as perfected plants1 they will become2 or1 as the author of ,the ,heathen ,religion1 has it--8nature thus giving us a specimen of preformation of its productions20 adding further that 8the seed of all phnogamous plants bearing proper flowers1 contain an embryo plantlet ready formed40#agi ,with the ,buddhists1 it has the same signification4 ,maha-,maya1 or ,maha-,deva1 the mother of ,gautama ,bhudda1 had the birth of her son announced to her by ,bhdist 7the spirit of ,buddha71 who appeared beside her couch with a lotus in his hand4 ,thus1 also1 ,osiris and ,horus are represented by the ,egyptians constantly in association with the lotus-flower4 ,these facts all go to show the identical parentage of this idea in the three religious systems1 ,hindu1 ,egyptian and ,judaico-,christian4 ,wherever the mystic water-lily 7lotus7 is employed1 it signifies the emanation of the objective from the concealed1 or subjective--the eternal thought of the ever-invisible ,deity passing from the abstract into the concrete or visible form4 ,for as soon as darkness was dispersed and 8there was light10 ,brahma's understanding was opened1 and he saw in the ideal world 7which had hitherto lain eternally concealed in the ,divine thought7 the archetypal forms of all the infinite future things that would be called into existence1 and hence become visible4 ,at this first stage of action1 ,brahma had not yet become the architect1 the builder of the universe1 for he had1 like the architect1 to first acquaint himself with the plan1 and realize the ideal forms which were buried in the bosom of the ,eternal ,one1 as the future lotus-leaves are concealed within the seed of that plant4 ,and it is in this idea that we must look for the origin and explanation of the verse in the ,jewish cosmogony1 which reads3 8,and ,god said1 ,let the earth bring forth 444 the fruit-tree yielding fruit after his kind1 whose seed is in itself40 ,in all the primitive religions1 the 8,son of the ,father0 is the creative ,god--i4e41 ,his thought made visible2 and before the ,christian era1 from the ,trimurti of the ,hindus down to the three #ic kabalistic heads of the ,jewish-explained scriptures1 the triune godhead of each nation was fully defined and substantiated in its allegories4 ,in the ,christian creed we see but the artificial engrafting of a new branch upon the old trunk2 and the adoption by the ,greek and ,roman churches of the lily-symbol held by the archangel at the moment of the ,annunciation1 shows a thought of precisely the same metaphysical significance4 ,the lotus is the product of fire 7heat7 and water1 hence the dual symbol of spirit and matter4 ,the ,god ,brahma is the second person of the ,trinity1 as are ,jehovah 7,adam-,kadmon7 and ,osiris1 or rather ,pimander1 or the ,power of the ,thought ,divine1 of ,hermes2 for it is ,pimander who represents the root of all the ,egyptian ,sun-gods4 ,the ,eternal is the ,spirit of ,fire1 which stirs up and fructifies and develops into a concrete form everything that is born of water or the primordial earth1 evolved out of ,brahma2 but the universe is itself ,brahma1 and he is the universe4 ,this is the philosophy of ,spinoza1 which he derived from that of ,pythagoras2 and it is the same for which ,bruno died a martyr4 ,how much ,christian theology has gone astray from its point of departure1 is demonstrated in this historical fact4 ,bruno was slaughtered for the exegesis of a symbol that was adopted by the earliest ,christians1 and expounded by the apostles6 ,the sprig of water-lilies of ,bhdist1 and later of ,gabriel1 typifying fire and water1 or the idea of creation and generation1 is worked into the earliest dogma of the baptismal sacrament4 ,bruno's and ,spinoza's doctrines are nearly identical1 though the words of the latter are more veiled1 and far more cautiously chosen than those to be found in the theories of the author of the ,causa ,principio et ,uno1 or the ,infinito ,universo e ,mondi4 ,both ,bruno1 who confesses that the source of his information was ,pythagoras1 and ,spinoza1 who1 without acknowledging it as frankly1 allows his philosophy to betray the secret1 view the ,first ,cause from the same standpoint4 ,with them1 ,god is an ,entity totally per se1 an ,infinite ,spirit1 and the only ,being utterly free and independent of either effects or other causes2 who1 through that same ,will which produced all things and gave the first impulse to every cosmic law1 perpetually keeps in existence and order everything in the universe4 ,as well as the ,hindu ,swbhvikas1 erroneously called ,atheists1 who assume that all things1 men as well as gods and spirits1 were born from ,swabhva1 or their own nature1#ahj #id both ,spinoza and ,bruno were led to the conclusion that ,god is to be sought for within nature and not without4 ,for1 creation being proportional to the power of the ,creator1 the universe as well as its ,creator must be infinite and eternal1 one form emanating from its own essence1 and creating in its turn another4 ,the modern commentators affirm that ,bruno1 8unsustained by the hope of another and better world1 still surrendered his life rather than his convictions20 thereby allowing it to be inferred that ,giordano ,bruno had no belief in the continued existence of man after death4 ,professor ,draper asserts most positively that ,bruno did not believe in the immortality of the soul4 ,speaking of the countless victims of the religious intolerance of the ,popish ,church1 he remarks3 8,the passage from this life to the next1 though through a hard trial1 was the passage from a transient trouble to eternal happiness4444 ,on his way through the dark valley1 the martyr believed that there was an invisible hand that would lead him4444 ,for ,bruno there was no such support4 ,the philosophical opinions1 for the sake of which he surrendered his life1 could give him no consolation40#aha ,but ,professor ,draper seems to have a very superficial knowledge of the true belief of the philosophers4 ,we can leave ,spinoza out of the question1 and even allow him to remain in the eyes of his critics an utter atheist and materialist2 for the cautious reserve which he placed upon himself in his writings makes it extremely difficult for one who does not read him between the lines1 and is not thoroughly acquainted with the hidden meaning of the ,pythagorean metaphysics1 to ascertain what his real sentiments were4 ,but as for ,giordano ,bruno1 if he adhered to the doctrines of ,pythagoras he must have believed in another life1 hence1 he could not have been an atheist whose philosophy offered him no such 8consolation40 ,his accusation and subsequent confession1 as given by ,professor ,domenico ,berti1 in his ,life of ,bruno1 and compiled from original documents recently published1 prove beyond doubt what were his real philosophy1 creed and doctrines4 ,in common with the ,alexandrian ,platonists1 and the later ,kabalists1 he held that ,jesus was a magician in the sense given to this appellation by ,porphyry and ,cicero1 who call it the divina sapientia 7divine knowledge71 and by ,philo ,judus1 who described the ,magi as the most wonderful inquirers into the hidden mysteries of nature1 not in the degrading sense given to the word magic in our century4 ,in his noble conception1 the ,magi were holy men1 who1 setting themselves apart from everything else on this earth1 contemplated the divine virtues and understood the divine nature of the gods and spirits1 the more clearly2 and so1 initiated #ie others into the same mysteries1 which consist in one holding an uninterrupted intercourse with these invisible beings during life4 ,but we will show ,bruno's inmost philosophical convictions better by quoting fragments from the accusation and his own confession4 ,the charges in the denunciation of ,mocenigo1 his accuser1 are expressed in the following terms3 8,i1 ,zuane ,mocenigo1 son of the most illustrious ,ser ,marcantonio1 denounce to your very reverend fathership1 by constraint of my conscience and by order of my confessor1 that ,i have heard say by ,giordano ,bruno1 several times when he discoursed with me in my house1 that it is great blasphemy in ,catholics to say that the bread transubstantiates itself into flesh2 that he is opposed to the ,mass2 that no religion pleases him2 that ,christ was a wretch 7un tristo71 and that if he did wicked works to seduce the people he might well predict that ,he ought to be impaled2 that there is no distinction of persons in ,god1 and that it would be imperfection in ,god2 that the world is eternal1 and that there are infinite worlds1 and that ,god makes them continually1 because1 he says1 ,he desires all ,he can2 that ,christ did apparent miracles and was a magician1 and so were the apostles1 and that he had a mind to do as much and more than they did2 that ,christ showed an unwillingness to die1 and shunned death all ,he could2 that there is no punishment of sin1 and that souls created by the operation of nature pass from one animal to another1 and that as the brute animals are born of corruption1 so also are men when after dissolution they come to be born again40 ,perfidious as they are1 the above words plainly indicate the belief of ,bruno in the ,pythagorean metempsychosis1 which1 misunderstood as it is1 still shows a belief in the survival of man in one shape or another4 ,further1 the accuser says3 8,he has shown indications of wishing to make himself the author of a new sect1 under the name of #8,new ,philosophy4' ,he has said that the ,virgin could not have brought forth1 and that our ,catholic faith is all full of blasphemies against the majesty of ,god2 that the monks ought to be deprived of the right of disputation and their revenues1 because they pollute the world2 that they are all asses1 and that our opinions are doctrines of asses2 that we have no proof that our faith has merit with ,god1 and that not to do to others what we would not have done to ourselves suffices for a good life1 and that he laughs at all other sins1 and wonders how ,god can endure so many heresies in ,catholics4 ,he says that he means to apply himself to the art of divination1 and make all the world run after him2 that ,st4 ,thomas and all the ,doctors knew nothing to compare with him1 and that he could ask questions of all the first theologians of the world that they could not answer40 ,to this1 the accused philosopher answered by the following profession #if of faith1 which is that of every disciple of the ancient masters3 8,i hold1 in brief1 to an infinite universe1 that is1 an effect of infinite divine power1 because ,i esteemed it a thing unworthy of divine goodness and power1 that1 being able to produce besides this world another and infinite others1 it should produce a finite world4 ,thus ,i have declared that there are infinite particular worlds similar to this of the earth1 which1 with ,pythagoras1 ,i understand to be a star similar in nature with the moon1 the other planets1 and the other stars1 which are infinite2 and that all those bodies are worlds1 and without number1 which thus constitute the infinite universality in an infinite space1 and this is called the infinite universe1 in which are innumerable worlds1 so that there is a double kind of infinite greatness in the universe1 and of a multitude of worlds4 ,indirectly1 this may be understood to be repugnant to the truth according to the true faith4 8,moreover1 ,i place in this universe a universal ,providence1 by virtue of which everything lives1 vegetates and moves1 and stands in its perfection1 and ,i understand it in two ways2 one1 in the mode in which the whole soul is present in the whole and every part of the body1 and this ,i call nature1 the shadow and footprint of divinity2 the other1 the ineffable mode in which ,god1 by essence1 presence1 and power1 is in all and above all1 not as part1 not as soul1 but in mode inexplicable4 8,moreover1 ,i understand all the attributes in divinity to be one and the same thing4 ,together with the theologians and great philosophers1 ,i apprehend three attributes1 power1 wisdom1 and goodness1 or1 rather1 mind1 intellect1 love1 with which things have first1 being1 through the mind2 next1 ordered and distinct being1 through the intellect2 and third1 concord and symmetry1 through love4 ,thus ,i understand being in all and over all1 as there is nothing without participation in being1 and there is no being without essence1 just as nothing is beautiful without beauty being present2 thus nothing can be free from the divine presence1 and thus by way of reason1 and not by way of substantial truth1 do ,i understand distinction in divinity4 8,assuming then the world caused and produced1 ,i understand that1 according to all its being1 it is dependent upon the first cause1 so that it did not reject the name of creation1 which ,i understand that ,aristotle also has expressed1 saying1 #8,god is that upon whom the world and all nature depends1' so that according to the explanation of ,st4 ,thomas1 whether it be eternal or in time1 it is1 according to all its being1 dependent on the first cause1 and nothing in it is independent4 8,next1 in regard to what belongs to the true faith1 not speaking philosophically1 to come to individuality about the divine persons1 #ig the wisdom and the son of the mind1 called by philosophers intellect1 and by theologians the word1 which ought to be believed to have taken on human flesh4 ,but ,i1 abiding in the phrases of philosophy1 have not understood it1 but have doubted and held it with inconstant faith1 not that ,i remember to have shown marks of it in writing nor in speech1 except indirectly from other things1 something of it may be gathered as by way of ingenuity and profession in regard to what may be proved by reason and concluded from natural light4 ,thus1 in regard to the ,holy ,spirit in a third person1 ,i have not been able to comprehend1 as ought to be believed1 but1 according to the ,pythagoric manner1 in conformity to the manner shown by ,solomon1 ,i have understood it as the soul of the universe1 or adjoined to the universe according to the saying of the wisdom of ,solomon3 #8,the spirit of ,god filled all the earth1 and that which contains all things1' all which conforms equally to the ,pythagoric doctrine explained by ,virgil in the text of the neid03 ,principio clum ac terras camposque liquentes1 ,lucentemque globum ,lun1 ,titaniaque astra ,spiritus intus alit1 totamque infusa per artus ,mens agitat molem2 and the lines following4 8,from this spirit1 then1 which is called the life of the universe1 ,i understand1 in my philosophy1 proceeds life and soul to everything which has life and soul1 which1 moreover1 ,i understand to be immortal1 as also to bodies1 which1 as to their substance1 are all immortal1 there being no other death than division and congregation1 which doctrine seems expressed in ,ecclesiastes1 where it is said that #8there is nothing new under the sun2 that which is is that which was4'0 ,furthermore1 ,bruno confesses his inability to comprehend the doctrine of three persons in the godhead1 and his doubts of the incarnation of ,god in ,jesus1 but firmly pronounces his belief in the miracles of ,christ4 ,how could he1 being a ,pythagorean philosopher1 discredit them8 ,if1 under the merciless constraint of the ,inquisition1 he1 like ,galileo1 subsequently recanted1 and threw himself upon the clemency of his ecclesiastical persecutors1 we must remember that he spoke like a man standing between the rack and the fagot1 and human nature cannot always be heroic when the corporeal frame is debilitated by torture and imprisonment4 ,but for the opportune appearance of ,berti's authoritative work1 we would have continued to revere ,bruno as a martyr1 whose bust was deservedly set high in the ,pantheon of ,exact ,science1 crowned with laurel by the hand of ,draper4 ,but now we see that their hero of an #ih hour is neither atheist1 materialist1 nor positivist1 but simply a ,pythagorean who taught the philosophy of ,upper ,asia1 and claimed to possess the powers of the magicians1 so despised by ,draper's own school6 ,nothing more amusing than this contretemps has happened since the supposed statue of ,st4 ,peter was discovered by irreverent archologists to be nothing else than the ,jupiter of the ,capitol1 and ,buddha's identity with the ,catholic ,st4 ,josaphat was satisfactorily proven4 ,thus1 search where we may through the archives of history1 we find that there is no fragment of modern philosophy--whether ,newtonian1 ,cartesian1 ,huxleyian or any other--but has been dug from the ,oriental mines4 ,even ,positivism and ,nihilism find their prototype in the exoteric portion of ,kapila's philosophy1 as is well remarked by ,max ,mller4 ,it was the inspiration of the ,hindu sages that penetrated the mysteries of ,pragu ,pramit 7perfect wisdom72 their hands that rocked the cradle of the first ancestor of that feeble but noisy child that we have christened ,,modern ,,science4 ,,chapter ,,iv4 #ii 8,i choose the nobler part of ,emerson1 when1 after various disenchantments1 he exclaimed1 #8,i covet ,truth4' ,the gladness of true heroism visits the heart of him who is really competent to say this40 --,,tyndall4 8,a testimony is sufficient when it rests on3 #ast4 ,a great number of very sensible witnesses who agree in having seen well4 #b;d4 ,who are sane1 bodily and mentally4 #c;d4 ,who are impartial and disinterested4 #dth4 ,who unanimously agree4 #eth4 ,who solemnly certify to the fact40--,,voltaire1 ,dictionnaire ,philosophique4 ,the ,count ,agenor de ,gasparin is a devoted ,protestant4 ,his battle with des ,mousseaux1 de ,mirville and other fanatics who laid the whole of the spiritual phenomena at the door of ,satan1 was long and fierce4 ,two volumes of over fifteen hundred pages are the result1 proving the effects1 denying the cause1 and employing superhuman efforts to invent every other possible explanation that could be suggested rather than the true one4 ,the severe rebuke received by the ,journal des ,dbats from ,m4 de ,gasparin1 was read by all civilized ,europe4#ahb ,after that gentleman had minutely described numerous manifestations that he had witnessed himself1 this journal very impertinently proposed to the authorities in ,france to send all those who1 after having read the fine analysis of the 8spiritual hallucinations0 published by ,faraday1 should insist on crediting this delusion1 to the lunatic asylum for ,incurables4 8,take care10 wrote de ,gasparin in answer1 8the representatives of the exact sciences are on their way to become 444 the ,inquisitors of our days4444 ,facts are stronger than ,academies4 ,rejected1 denied1 mocked1 they nevertheless are facts1 and do exist40#ahc ,the following affirmations of physical phenomena1 as witnessed by himself and ,professor ,thury1 may be found in de ,gasparin's voluminous work4 8,the experimenters have often seen the legs of the table glued1 so to say1 to the floor1 and1 notwithstanding the excitement of those present1 refuse to be moved from their place4 ,on other occasions they have seen the tables levitated in quite an energetic way4 ,they #ajj heard1 with their own ears1 loud as well as gentle raps1 the former threatening to shatter the table to pieces on account of their violence1 the latter so soft as to become hardly perceptible4444 ,as to ,,levitations ,,without ,,contact1 we found means to produce them easily1 and with success4444 ,and such levitations do not pertain to isolated results4 ,we have reproduced them over ,,thirty times4#ahd 444 ,one day the table will turn1 and lift its legs successively1 its weight being augmented by a man weighing eighty-seven kilogrammes seated on it2 another time it will remain motionless and immovable1 notwithstanding that the person placed on it weighs but sixty4#ahe 444 ,on one occasion we willed it to turn upside down1 and it turned over1 with its legs in the air1 notwithstanding that our fingers never touched it once40#ahf 8,it is certain10 remarks de ,mirville1 8that a man who had repeatedly witnessed such a phenomenon1 could not accept the fine analysis of the ,english physicist40#ahg ,since #ahej1 des ,mousseaux and de ,mirville1 uncompromising ,roman ,catholics1 have published many volumes whose titles are cleverly contrived to attract public attention4 ,they betray on the part of the authors a very serious alarm1 which1 moreover1 they take no pains to conceal4 ,were it possible to consider the phenomena spurious1 the church of ,rome would never have gone so much out of her way to repress them4 ,both sides having agreed upon the facts1 leaving skeptics out of the question1 people could divide themselves into but two parties3 the believers in the direct agency of the devil1 and the believers in disembodied and other spirits4 ,the fact alone1 that theology dreaded a great deal more the revelations which might come through this mysterious agency than all the threatening 8conflicts0 with ,science and the categorical denials of the latter1 ought to have opened the eyes of the most skeptical4 ,the church of ,rome has never been either credulous or cowardly1 as is abundantly proved by the ,machiavellism which marks her policy4 ,moreover1 she has never troubled herself much about the clever prestidigitateurs whom she knew to be simply adepts in juggling4 ,robert ,houdin1 ,comte1 ,hamilton and ,bosco1 slept secure in their beds1 while she persecuted such men as ,paracelsus1 ,cagliostro1 and ,mesmer1 the ,hermetic philosophers and mystics--and effectually stopped every genuine manifestation of an occult nature by killing the mediums4 ,those who are unable to believe in a personal devil and the dogmas of the church must nevertheless accord to the clergy enough of shrewdness #aja to prevent the compromising of her reputation for infallibility by making so much of manifestations which1 if fraudulent1 must inevitably be some day exposed4 ,but the best testimony to the reality of this force was given by ,robert ,houdin himself1 the king of jugglers1 who1 upon being called as an expert by the ,academy to witness the wonderful clairvoyant powers and occasional mistakes of a table1 said3 8,we jugglers never make mistakes1 and my second-sight never failed me yet40 ,the learned astronomer ,babinet was not more fortunate in his selection of ,comte1 the celebrated ventriloquist1 as an expert to testify against the phenomena of direct voices and the rappings4 ,comte1 if we may believe the witnesses1 laughed in the face of ,babinet at the bare suggestion that the raps were produced by 8unconscious ventriloquism60 ,the latter theory1 worthy twin-sister of 8unconscious cerebration10 caused many of the most skeptical academicians to blush4 ,its absurdity was too apparent4 8,the problem of the supernatural10 says de ,gasparin1 8such as it was presented by the middle ages1 and as it stands now1 is not among the number of those which we are permitted to despise2 its breadth and grandeur escape the notice of no one4444 ,everything is profoundly serious in it1 both the evil and the remedy1 the superstitious recrudescency1 and the physical fact which is destined to conquer the latter40#ahh ,further1 he pronounces the following decisive opinion1 to which he came1 conquered by the various manifestations1 as he says himself--8,the number of facts which claim their place in the broad daylight of truth1 has so much increased of late1 that of two consequences one is henceforth inevitable3 either the domain of natural sciences must consent to expand itself1 or the domain of the supernatural will become so enlarged as to have no bounds40#ahi ,among the multitude of books against spiritualism emanating from ,catholic and ,protestant sources1 none have produced a more appalling effect than the works of de ,mirville and des ,mousseaux3 ,la ,magie au ,x,i,xme ,siecle--,murs et ,pratiques des ,demons--,hauts ,phnomnes de la ,magie--,les ,mediateurs de la ,magie--,des ,esprits et de leurs ,manifestations1 etc4 ,they comprise the most cyclopdic biography of the devil and his imps that has appeared for the private delectation of good ,catholics since the middle ages4 ,according to the authors1 he who was 8a liar and murderer from the beginning10 was also the principal motor of spiritual phenomena4 ,he had been for thousands of years at the head of pagan theurgy2 and it was #ajb he1 again1 who1 encouraged by the increase of heresies1 infidelity1 and atheism1 had reappeared in our century4 ,the ,french ,academy lifted up its voice in a general outcry of indignation1 and ,m4 de ,gasparin even took it for a personal insult4 8,this is a declaration of war1 a #8leve of shields'0--wrote he in his voluminous book of refutations4 8,the work of ,m4 de ,mirville is a real manifesto4444 ,i would be glad to see in it the expression of a strictly individual opinion1 but1 in truth1 it is impossible4 ,the success of the work1 these solemn adhesions1 the faithful reproduction of its theses by the journals and writers of the party1 the solidarity established throughout between them and the whole body of catholicity 444 everything goes to show a work which is essentially an act1 and has the value of a collective labor4 ,as it is1 ,i felt that ,i had a duty to perform4444 ,i felt obliged to pick up the glove1 444 and lift high the ,protestant flag against the ,ultramontane banner40#aij ,the medical faculties1 as might have been expected1 assuming the part of the ,greek chorus1 echoed the various expostulations against the demonological authors4 ,the ,medico-,psychological ,annals1 edited by ,drs4 ,brierre de ,boismont and ,cerise1 published the following3 8,outside these controversies of antagonistical parties1 never in our country did a writer dare to face1 with a more aggressive serenity1 444 the sarcasms1 the scorn of what we term common sense2 and1 as if to defy and challenge at the same time thundering peals of laughter and shrugging of shoulders1 the author strikes an attitude1 and placing himself with effrontery before the members of the ,academy 444 addresses to them what he modestly terms his ,mmoire on the ,devil60#aia ,that was a cutting insult to the ,academicians1 to be sure2 but ever since #ahej they seem to have been doomed to suffer in their pride more than most of them can bear4 ,the idea of asking the attention of the forty 8,immortals0 to the pranks of the ,devil6 ,they vowed revenge1 and1 leaguing themselves together1 propounded a theory which exceeded in absurdity even de ,mirville's demonolatry6 ,dr4 ,royer and ,jobart de ,lamballe--both celebrities in their way--formed an alliance and presented to the ,institute a ,german whose cleverness afforded1 according to his statement1 the key to all the knockings and rappings of both hemispheres4 8,we blush0 remarks the ,marquis de ,mirville--8to say that the whole of the trick consisted simply in the reiterated displacement of one of the muscular tendons of the legs4 ,great demonstration of the system in full sitting of the ,institute--and on the spot 444 expressions of ,academical gratitude for this interesting communication1 and1 a few days later1 a full assurance given to the public by a professor of #ajc the medical faculty1 that1 scientists having pronounced their opinion1 the mystery was at last unravelled68#aib ,but such scientific explanations neither prevented the phenomenon from quietly following its course1 nor the two writers on demonology from proceeding to expound their strictly orthodox theories4 ,denying that the ,church had anything to do with his books1 des ,mousseaux gravely gave the ,academy1 in addition to his ,mmoire1 the following interesting and profoundly philosophical thoughts on ,satan3 8,the ,devil is the chief pillar of ,faith4 ,he is one of the grand personages whose life is closely allied to that of the church2 and without his speech which issued out so triumphantly from the mouth of the ,serpent1 his medium1 the fall of man could not have taken place4 ,thus1 if it was not for him1 the ,saviour1 the ,crucified1 the ,redeemer1 would be but the most ridiculous of supernumeraries1 and the ,cross an insult to good sense60#aic ,this writer1 be it remembered1 is only the faithful echo of the church1 which anathematizes equally the one who denies ,god and him who doubts the objective existence of ,satan4 ,but the ,marquis de ,mirville carries this idea of ,god's partnership with the ,devil still further4 ,according to him it is a regular commercial affair1 in which the senior 8silent partner0 suffers the active business of the firm to be transacted as it may please his junior associate1 by whose audacity and industry he profits4 ,who could be of any other opinion1 upon reading the following8 8,at the moment of this spiritual invasion of #ahec1 so slightingly regarded1 we had dared to pronounce the word of a #8threatening catastrophe4' ,the world was nevertheless at peace1 but history showing us the same symptoms at all disastrous epochs1 we had a presentiment of the sad effects of a law which ,gorres has formulated thus3 vol4 v41 p4 #cef4 #8,these mysterious apparitions have invariably indicated the chastening hand of ,god on earth4'0#aid ,these guerilla-skirmishes between the champions of the clergy and the materialistic ,academy of ,science1 prove abundantly how little the latter has done toward uprooting blind fanaticism from the minds of even very educated persons4 ,evidently science has neither completely conquered nor muzzled theology4 ,she will master her only on that day when she will condescend to see in the spiritual phenomenon something besides mere hallucination and charlatanry4 ,but how can she do it without investigating it thoroughly8 ,let us suppose that before the #ajd time when electro-magnetism was publicly acknowledged1 the ,copenhagen ,professor ,oersted1 its discoverer1 had been suffering from an attack of what we call psychophobia1 or pneumatophobia4 ,he notices that the wire along which a voltaic current is passing shows a tendency to turn the magnetic needle from its natural position to one perpendicular to the direction of the current4 ,suppose1 moreover1 that the professor had heard much of certain superstitious people who used that kind of magnetized needles to converse with unseen intelligences4 ,that they received signals and even held correct conversations with them by means of the tippings of such a needle1 and that in consequence he suddenly felt a scientific horror and disgust for such an ignorant belief1 and refused1 point-blank1 to have anything to do with such a needle4 ,what would have been the result8 ,electro-magnetism might not have been discovered till now1 and our experimentalists would have been the principal losers thereby4 ,babinet1 ,royer1 and ,jobert de ,lamballe1 all three members of the ,institute1 particularly distinguished themselves in this struggle between skepticism and supernaturalism1 and most assuredly have reaped no laurels4 ,the famous astronomer had imprudently risked himself on the battlefield of the phenomenon4 ,he had explained scientifically the manifestations4 ,but1 emboldened by the fond belief among scientists that the new epidemic could not stand close investigation nor outlive the year1 he had the still greater imprudence to publish two articles on them4 ,as ,m4 de ,mirville very wittily remarks1 if both of the articles had but a poor success in the scientific press1 they had1 on the other hand1 none at all in the daily one4 ,m4 ,babinet began by accepting a priori1 the rotation and movements of the furniture1 which fact he declared to be 0hors de doute40 8,this rotation10 he said1 8being able to manifest itself with a considerable energy1 either by a very great speed1 or by a strong resistance when it is desired that it should stop40#aie ,now comes the explanation of the eminent scientist4 8,gently pushed by little concordant impulsions of the hands laid upon it1 the table begins to oscillate from right to left4444 ,at the moment when1 after more or less delay1 a nervous trepidation is established in the hands and the little individual impulsions of all the experimenters have become harmonized1 the table is set in motion40#aif ,he finds it very simple1 for 8all muscular movements are determined over bodies by levers of the third order1 in which the fulcrum is very near to the point where the force acts4 ,this1 consequently1 #aje communicates a great speed to the mobile parts for the very little distance which the motor force has to run4444 ,some persons are astonished to see a table subjected to the action of several well-disposed individuals in a fair way to conquer powerful obstacles1 even break its legs1 when suddenly stopped2 but that is very simple if we consider the power of the little concordant actions4444 ,once more1 the physical explanation offers no difficulty40#aig ,in this dissertation1 two results are clearly shown3 the reality of the phenomena proved1 and the scientific explanation made ridiculous4 ,but ,m4 ,babinet can well afford to be laughed at a little2 he knows1 as an astronomer1 that dark spots are to be found even in the sun4 ,there is one thing1 though1 that ,babinet has always stoutly denied1 viz43 the levitation of furniture without contact4 ,de ,mirville catches him proclaiming that such levitation is impossible3 8simply impossible10 he says1 8as impossible as perpetual motion40#aih ,who can take upon himself1 after such a declaration1 to maintain that the word impossible pronounced by science is infallible8 ,but the tables1 after having waltzed1 oscillated and turned1 began tipping and rapping4 ,the raps were sometimes as powerful as pistol-detonations4 ,what of this8 ,listen3 8,the witnesses and investigators are ventriloquists60 ,de ,mirville refers us to the ,revue des ,deux ,mondes1 in which is published a very interesting dialogue1 invented by ,m4 ,babinet speaking of himself to himself1 like the ,chaldean ,en-,soph of the ,kabalists3 8,what can we finally say of all these facts brought under our observation8 ,are there such raps produced8 ,yes4 ,do such raps answer questions8 ,yes4 ,who produces these sounds8 ,the mediums4 ,by what means8 ,by the ordinary acoustic method of the ventriloquists4 ,but we were given to suppose that these sounds might result from the cracking of the toes and fingers8 ,no2 for then they would always proceed from the same point1 and such is not the fact40#aii 8,now10 asks de ,mirville1 8what are we to believe of the ,americans1 and their thousands of mediums who produce the same raps before millions of witnesses80 8,ventriloquism1 to be sure10 answers ,babinet4 8,but how can you explain such an impossibility80 ,the easiest thing in the world2 listen only3 8,all that was necessary to produce the first manifestation in the first house in ,america was1 a street-boy knocking at the door of a mystified citizen1 perhaps with a leaden ball attached to a #ajf string1 and if ,mr4 ,weekman 7the first believer in ,america7 787#bjj when he watched for the third time1 heard no shouts of laughter in the street1 it is because of the essential difference which exists between a ,french street-,arab1 and an ,english or ,trans-,atlantic one1 the latter being amply provided with what we call a sad merriment1 0gait triste40#bja ,truly says de ,mirville in his famous reply to the attacks of de ,gasparin1 ,babinet1 and other scientists3 8and thus according to our great physicist1 the tables turn very quickly1 very energetically1 resist likewise1 and1 as ,m4 de ,gasparin has proved1 they levitate without contact4 ,said a minister3 #8,with three words of a man's handwriting1 ,i take upon myself to have him hung4' ,with the above three lines1 we take upon ourselves1 in our turn1 to throw into the greatest confusion the physicists of all the globe1 or rather to revolutionize the world--if at least1 ,m4 de ,babinet had taken the precaution of suggesting1 like ,m4 de ,gasparin1 some yet unknown law or force4 ,for this would cover the whole ground40,c ,but it is in the notes embracing the 8facts and physical theories10 that we find the acme of the consistency and logic of ,babinet as an expert investigator on the field of ,spiritualism4 ,it would appear1 that ,m4 de ,mirville in his narrative of the wonders manifested at the ,presbytere de ,cideville1#bjb was much struck by the marvellousness of some facts4 ,though authenticated before the inquest and magistrates1 they were of so miraculous a nature as to force the demonological author himself to shrink from the responsibility of publishing them4 ,these facts were as follows3 8,at the precise moment predicted by a sorcerer0 a case of revenge--8a violent clap of thunder was heard above one of the chimneys of the presbytery1 after which the fluid descended with a formidable noise through that passage1 threw down believers as well as skeptics 7as to the power of the sorcerer7 who were warming themselves by the fire2 and1 having filled the room with a multitude of fantastic animals1 returned to the chimney1 and having reascended it1 disappeared1 after producing the same terrible noise40 8,as10 adds de ,mirville1 8we were already but too rich in facts1 we recoiled before this new enormity added to so many others40#bjc ,but ,babinet1 who in common with his learned colleagues had made such fun of the two writers on demonology1 and who was determined1 moreover1 to prove the absurdity of all like stories1 felt himself obliged to #ajg discredit the above-mentioned fact of the ,cideville phenomena1 by presenting one still more incredible4 ,we yield the floor to ,m4 ,babinet1 himself4 ,the following circumstance which he gave to the ,academy of ,sciences1 on ,july #e1 #aheb1 can be found without further commentary1 and merely as an instance of a sphere-like lightning1 in the 8uvres de ,f4 ,arago10 vol4 i4 p4 #eb4 ,we offer it verbatim4 8,after a strong clap of thunder10 says ,m4 ,babinet1 8but not immediately following it1 a tailor apprentice1 living in the ,rue ,st4 ,jacques1 was just finishing his dinner1 when he saw the paper-screen which shut the fireplace fall down as if pushed out of its place by a moderate gust of wind4 ,immediately after that he perceived a globe of fire1 as large as the head of a child1 come out quietly and softly from within the grate and slowly move about the room1 without touching the bricks of the floor4 ,the aspect of this fire-globe was that of a young cat1 of middle size 444 moving itself without the use of its paws4 ,the fire-globe was rather brilliant and luminous than hot or inflamed1 and the tailor had no sensation of warmth4 ,this globe approached his feet like a young cat which wishes to play and rub itself against the legs1 as is habitual to these animals2 but the apprentice withdrew his feet from it1 and moving with great caution1 avoided contact with the meteor4 ,the latter remained for a few seconds moving about his legs1 the tailor examining it with great curiosity and bending over it4 ,after having tried several excursions in opposite directions1 but without leaving the centre of the room1 the fire-globe elevated itself vertically to the level of the man's head1 who to avoid its contact with his face1 threw himself backward on his chair4 ,arrived at about a yard from the floor the fire-globe slightly lengthened1 took an oblique direction toward a hole in the wall over the fireplace1 at about the height of a metre above the mantelpiece40 ,this hole had been made for the purpose of admitting the pipe of a stove in winter2 but1 according to the expression of the tailor1 8the thunder could not see it1 for it was papered over like the rest of the wall4 ,the fire-globe went directly to that hole1 unglued the paper without damaging it1 and reascended the chimney 444 when it arrived at the top1 which it did very slowly 444 at least sixty feet above ground 444 it produced a most frightful explosion1 which partly destroyed the chimney1 4440 etc4 8,it seems10 remarks de ,mirville in his review1 8that we could apply to ,m4 ,babinet the following remark made by a very witty woman to ,raynal1 #8,if you are not a ,christian1 it is not for lack of faith4'0#bjd ,it was not alone believers who wondered at the credulity displayed by #ajh ,m4 ,babinet1 in persisting to call the manifestation a meteor2 for ,dr4 ,boudin mentions it very seriously in a work on lightning he was just then publishing4 8,if these details are exact10 says the doctor1 8as they seem to be1 since they are admitted by ,,mm4 ,babinet and ,arago1 it appears very difficult for the phenomenon to retain its appellation of sphere-shaped lightning4 ,however1 we leave it to others to explain1 if they can1 the essence of a fire-globe emitting no sensation of heat1 having the aspect of a cat1 slowly promenading in a room1 which finds means to escape by reascending the chimney through an aperture in the wall covered over with a paper which it unglues without damaging it60#bje 8,we are of the same opinion10 adds the marquis1 8as the learned doctor1 on the difficulty of an exact definition1 and we do not see why we should not have in future lightning in the shape of a dog1 of a monkey1 etc41 etc4 ,one shudders at the bare idea of a whole meteorological menagerie1 which1 thanks to thunder1 might come down to our rooms to promenade themselves at will40 ,says de ,gasparin1 in his monster volume of refutations3 8,in questions of testimony1 certitude must absolutely cease the moment we cross the borders of the supernatural40#bjf ,the line of demarcation not being sufficiently fixed and determined1 which of the opponents is best fitted to take upon himself the difficult task8 ,which of the two is better entitled to become the public arbiter8 ,is it the party of superstition1 which is supported in its testimony by the evidence of many thousands of people8 ,for nearly two years they crowded the country where were daily manifested the unprecedented miracles of ,cideville1 now nearly forgotten among other countless spiritual phenomena2 shall we believe them1 or shall we bow to science1 represented by ,babinet1 who1 on the testimony of one man 7the tailor71 accepts the manifestation of the fire-globe1 or the meteor-cat1 and henceforth claims for it a place among the established facts of natural phenomena8 ,mr4 ,crookes1 in his first article in the ,quarterly ,journal of ,science1 ,october #a1 #ahga1 mentions de ,gasparin and his work ,science v4 ,spiritualism4 ,he remarks that 8the author finally arrived at the conclusion that all these phenomena are to be accounted for by the action of natural causes1 and do not require the supposition of miracles1 nor the intervention of spirits and diabolical influences6 ,gasparin considers it as a fact fully established by his experiments1 that the will1 in certain states of organism1 can act at a distance #aji on inert matter1 and most of his work is devoted to ascertaining the laws and conditions under which this action manifests itself40#bjg ,precisely2 but as the work of de ,gasparin called forth numberless ,answers1 ,defenses1 and ,memoirs1 it was then demonstrated by his own work that as he was a ,protestant1 in point of religious fanaticism1 he was as little to be relied upon as des ,mousseaux and de ,mirville4 ,the former is a profoundly pious ,calvinist1 while the two latter are fanatical ,roman ,catholics4 ,moreover1 the very words of de ,gasparin betray the spirit of partisanship3--8,i feel ,i have a duty to perform4444 ,i lift high the ,protestant flag against the ,ultramontane banner60 etc4#bjh ,in such matters as the nature of the so-called spiritual phenomena1 no evidence can be relied upon1 except the disinterested testimony of cold unprejudiced witnesses and science4 ,truth is one1 and ,legion is the name for religious sects2 every one of which claims to have found the unadulterated truth2 as 8the ,devil is the chief pillar of the 7,catholic7 ,church10 so all supernaturalism and miracles ceased1 in de ,gasparin's opinion1 8with apostleship40 ,but ,mr4 ,crookes mentioned another eminent scholar1 ,thury1 of ,geneva1 professor of natural history1 who was a brother-investigator with ,gasparin in the phenomena of ,valleyres4 ,this professor contradicts point-blank the assertions of his colleague4 8,the first and most necessary condition10 says ,gasparin1 8is the will of the experimenter2 without the will1 one would obtain nothing2 you can form the chain 7the circle7 for twenty-four hours consecutively1 without obtaining the least movement40#bji ,the above proves only that de ,gasparin makes no difference between phenomena purely magnetic1 produced by the persevering will of the sitters among whom there may be not even a single medium1 developed or undeveloped1 and the so-called spiritual ones4 ,while the first can be produced consciously by nearly every person1 who has a firm and determined will1 the latter overpowers the sensitive very often against his own consent1 and always acts independently of him4 ,the mesmerizer wills a thing1 and if he is powerful enough1 that thing is done4 ,the medium1 even if he had an honest purpose to succeed1 may get no manifestations at all2 the less he exercises his will1 the better the phenomena3 the more he feels anxious1 the less he is likely to get anything2 to mesmerize requires a positive nature1 to be a medium a perfectly passive one4 ,this is the ,alphabet of ,spiritualism1 and no medium is ignorant of it4 ,the opinion of ,thury1 as we have said1 disagrees entirely with #aaj ,gasparin's theories of will-power4 ,he states it in so many plain words1 in a letter1 in answer to the invitation of the count to modify the last article of his mmoire4 ,as the book of ,thury is not at hand1 we translate the letter as it is found in the rsum of de ,mirville's ,defense4 ,thury's article which so shocked his religious friend1 related to the possibility of the existence and intervention in those manifestations 8of wills other than those of men and animals40 8,i feel1 sir1 the justness of your observations in relation to the last pages of this mmoire3 they may provoke a very bad feeling for me on the part of scientists in general4 ,i regret it the more as my determination seems to affect you so much2 nevertheless1 ,i persist in my resolution1 because ,i think it a duty1 to shirk which would be a kind of treason4 8,if1 against all expectations1 there were some truth in ,spiritualism1 by abstaining from saying on the part of science1 as ,i conceive it to be1 that the absurdity of the belief in the intervention of spirits is not as yet demonstrated scientifically 7for such is the rsum1 and the thesis of the past pages of my mmoire71 by abstaining from saying it to those who1 after having read my work1 will feel inclined to experiment with the phenomena1 ,i might risk to entice such persons on a path many issues of which are very equivocal4 0,without leaving the domain of science1 as ,i esteem it1 ,i will pursue my duty to the end1 without any reticence to the profit of my own glory1 and1 to use your own words1 #8as the great scandal lies there1' ,i do not wish to assume the shame of it4 ,i1 moreover1 insist that #8this is as scientific as anything else4' ,if ,i wanted to sustain now the theory of the intervention of disembodied spirits1 ,i would have no power for it1 for the facts which are made known are not sufficient for the demonstration of such a hypothesis4 ,as it is1 and in the position ,i have assumed1 ,i feel ,i am strong against every one4 ,willingly or not1 all the scientists must learn1 through experience and their own errors1 to suspend their judgment as to things which they have not sufficiently examined4 ,the lesson you gave them in this direction cannot be lost4 8,,geneva1 #ba ,december1 #ahed40 ,let us analyze the above letter1 and try to discover what the writer thinks1 or rather what he does not think of this new force4 ,one thing is certain1 at least3 ,professor ,thury1 a distinguished physicist and naturalist1 admits1 and even scientifically proves that various manifestations take place4 ,like ,mr4 ,crookes1 he does not believe that they are produced by the interference of spirits or disembodied men who #aaa have lived and died on earth2 for he says in his letter that nothing has demonstrated this theory4 ,he certainly believes no more in the ,catholic devils or demons1 for de ,mirville1 who quotes this letter as a triumphant proof against de ,gasparin's naturalistic theory1 once arrived at the above sentence1 hastens to emphasize it by a foot-note1 which runs thus3 8,at ,valleyres--perhaps1 but everywhere else60#baj showing himself anxious to convey the idea that the professor only meant the manifestations of ,valleyres1 when denying their being produced by demons4 ,the contradictions1 and we are sorry to say1 the absurdities in which de ,gasparin allows himself to be caught1 are numerous4 ,while bitterly criticizing the pretensions of the learned ,faradaysiacs1 he attributes things which he declares magical1 to causes perfectly natural4 8,if10 he says1 8we had to deal but with such phenomena 7as witnessed and explained 787 by the great physicist71 we might as well hold our tongues2 but we have passed beyond1 and what good can they do now1 ,i would ask1 these apparatus which demonstrate that an unconscious pressure explains the whole8 ,it explains all1 and the table resists pressure and guidance6 ,it explains all1 and a piece of furniture which nobody touches follows the fingers pointed at it2 it levitates 7without contact71 and it turns itself upside down60#baa ,but for all that1 he takes upon himself to explain the phenomena4 8,people will be advocating miracles1 you say--magic6 ,every new law appears to them as a prodigy4 ,calm yourselves2 ,i take upon myself the task to quiet those who are alarmed4 ,in the face of such phenomena1 we do not cross at all the boundaries of natural law40#bab ,most assuredly1 we do not4 ,but can the scientists assert that they have in their possession the keys to such law8 ,m4 de ,gasparin thinks he has4 ,let us see4 8,i do not risk myself to explain anything2 it is no business of mine4787 ,to authenticate simple facts1 and maintain a truth which science desires to smother1 is all ,i pretend to do4 ,nevertheless1 ,i cannot resist the temptation to point out to those who would treat us as so many illuminati or sorcerers1 that the manifestation in question affords an interpretation which agrees with the ordinary laws of science4 8,suppose a fluid1 emanating from the experimenters1 and chiefly from some of them2 suppose that the will determined the direction taken by the fluid1 and you will readily understand the rotation and levitation of that one of the legs of the table toward which is ejected with every action of the will an excess of fluid4 ,suppose that the glass causes #aab the fluid to escape1 and you will understand how a tumbler placed on the table can interrupt its rotation1 and that the tumbler1 placed on one of its sides1 causes the accumulation of the fluid in the opposite side1 which1 in consequence of that1 is lifted60 ,if every one of the experimenters were clever mesmerizers1 the explanation1 minus certain important details1 might be acceptable4 ,so much for the power of human will on inanimate matter1 according to the learned minister of ,louis ,philippe4 ,but how about the intelligence exhibited by the table8 ,what explanation does he give as to answers obtained through the agency of this table to questions8 answers which could not possibly have been the 8reflections of the brain0 of those present 7one of the favorite theories of de ,gasparin71 for their own ideas were quite the reverse of the very liberal philosophy given by this wonderful table8 ,on this he is silent4 ,anything but spirits1 whether human1 satanic1 or elemental4 ,thus1 the 8simultaneous concentration of thought10 and the 8accumulation of fluid10 will be found no better than 8the unconscious cerebration0 and 8psychic force0 of other scientists4 ,we must try again2 and we may predict beforehand that the thousand and one theories of science will prove of no avail until they will confess that this force1 far from being a projection of the accumulated wills of the circle1 is1 on the contrary1 a force which is abnormal1 foreign to themselves1 and supra-intelligent4 ,professor ,thury1 who denies the theory of departed human spirits1 rejects the ,christian devil-doctrine1 and shows himself unwilling to pronounce in favor of ,crookes's theory 7the #fth71 that of the hermetists and ancient theurgists1 adopts the one1 which1 he says in his letter1 is 8the most prudent1 and makes him feel strong against every one40 ,moreover1 he accepts as little of de ,gasparin's hypothesis of 8unconscious will-power40 ,this is what he says in his work3 8,as to the announced phenomena1 such as the levitation without contact1 and the displacement of furniture by invisible hands--unable to demonstrate their impossibility1 a priori1 no one has the right to treat as absurd the serious evidences which affirm their occurrence0 7p4 #i74 ,as to the theory proposed by ,m4 de ,gasparin1 ,thury judges it very severely4 8,while admitting that in the experiments of ,valleyres10 says de ,mirville1 8the seat of the force might have been in the individual--and we say that it was intrinsic and extrinsic at the same time--and that the will might be generally necessary 7p4 #bj71 he repeats but what he had said in his preface1 to wit3 #8,m4 de ,gasparin presents us with crude facts1 and the explanations following he offers for what they are worth4 ,breathe on them1 and not many will be found #aac standing after this4 ,no1 very little1 if anything1 will remain of his explanations4 ,as to facts1 they are henceforth demonstrated'0 7p4 #aj74 ,as ,mr4 ,crookes tells us1 ,professor ,thury refutes 8all these explanations1 and considers the effects due to a peculiar substance1 fluid1 or agent1 pervading in a manner similar to the luminiferous ether of the scientists1 all matter1 nervous1 organic or inorganic1 which he terms psychode4 ,he enters into full discussion as to the properties of this state1 or form1 or matter1 and proposes the term ectenic force 444 for the power exerted when the mind acts at a distance through the influence of the psychode40#bac ,mr4 ,crookes remarks further1 that 8,professor ,thury's ectenic force1 and his own #8psychic force' are evidently equivalent terms40 ,we certainly could very easily demonstrate that the two forces are identical1 moreover1 the astral or sidereal light as explained by the alchemists and ,eliphas ,levi1 in his ,dogme et ,rituel de la ,haute ,magie2 and that1 under the name of ,,akasa1 or life-principle1 this all-pervading force was known to the gymnosophists1 ,hindu magicians1 and adepts of all countries1 thousands of years ago2 and1 that it is still known to them1 and used at present by the ,thibetan lamas1 fakirs1 thaumaturgists of all nationalities1 and even by many of the ,hindu 8jugglers40 ,in many cases of trance1 artificially induced by mesmerization1 it is also quite possible1 even quite probable1 that it is the 8spirit0 of the subject which acts under the guidance of the operator's will4 ,but1 if the medium remains conscious1 and psycho-physical phenomena occur which indicate a directing intelligence1 then1 unless it be conceded that he is a 8magician10 and can project his double1 physical exhaustion can signify nothing more than nervous prostration4 ,the proof that he is the passive instrument of unseen entities controlling occult potencies1 seems conclusive4 ,even if ,thury's ectenic and ,crookes's psychic force are substantially of the same derivation1 the respective discoverers seem to differ widely as to the properties and potencies of this force2 while ,professor ,thury candidly admits that the phenomena are often produced by 8wills not human10 and so1 of course1 gives a qualified endorsement to ,mr4 ,crookes's theory ,no4 #f1 the latter1 admitting the genuineness of the phenomena1 has as yet pronounced no definite opinion as to their cause4 ,thus1 we find that neither ,m4 ,thury1 who investigated these manifestations with de ,gasparin in #ahed1 nor ,mr4 ,crookes1 who conceded their undeniable genuineness in #ahgd1 have reached anything definite4 ,both are chemists1 physicists1 and very learned men4 ,both have given all their attention to the puzzling question2 and besides these two #aad scientists there were many others who1 while coming to the same conclusion1 have hitherto been as unable to furnish the world with a final solution4 ,it follows then1 that in twenty years none of the scientists have made a single step toward the unravelling of the mystery1 which remains as immovable and impregnable as the walls of an enchanted castle in a fairy tale4 ,would it be too impertinent to surmise that perhaps our modern scientists have got in what the ,french term un cercle vicieux8 ,that1 hampered by the weight of their materialism1 and the insufficiency of what they name 8the exact sciences0 to demonstrate to them tangibly the existence of a spiritual universe1 peopled and inhabited much more than our visible one1 they are doomed forever to creep around inside that circle1 unwilling rather than unable to penetrate beyond its enchanted ring1 and explore it in its length and breadth8 ,it is but prejudice which keeps them from making a compromise with well-established facts and seek alliance with such expert magnetists and mesmerizers as were ,du ,potet and ,regazzoni4 8,what1 then1 is produced from death80 inquired ,socrates of ,cebes4 8,life10 was the reply4#bad 444 ,can the soul1 since it is immortal1 be anything else than imperishable8#bae ,the 8seed cannot develop unless it is in part consumed10 says ,prof4 ,lecomte2 8it is not quickened unless it die10 says ,st4 ,paul4 ,a flower blossoms2 then withers and dies4 ,it leaves a fragrance behind1 which1 long after its delicate petals are but a little dust1 still lingers in the air4 ,our material sense may not be cognizant of it1 but it nevertheless exists4 ,let a note be struck on an instrument1 and the faintest sound produces an eternal echo4 ,a disturbance is created on the invisible waves of the shoreless ocean of space1 and the vibration is never wholly lost4 ,its energy being once carried from the world of matter into the immaterial world will live for ever4 ,and man1 we are asked to believe1 man1 the living1 thinking1 reasoning entity1 the indwelling deity of our nature's crowning masterpiece1 will evacuate his casket and be no more6 ,would the principle of continuity which exists even for the so-called inorganic matter1 for a floating atom1 be denied to the spirit1 whose attributes are consciousness1 memory1 mind1 ,,love6 ,really1 the very idea is preposterous4 ,the more we think and the more we learn1 the more difficult it becomes for us to account for the atheism of the scientist4 ,we may readily understand that a man ignorant of the laws of nature1 unlearned in either chemistry or physics1 may be fatally drawn into materialism through his very #aae ignorance2 his incapacity of understanding the philosophy of the exact sciences1 or drawing any inference by analogy from the visible to the invisible4 ,a natural-born metaphysician1 an ignorant dreamer1 may awake abruptly and say to himself3 8,i dreamed it2 ,i have no tangible proof of that which ,i imagined2 it is all illusion10 etc4 ,but for a man of science1 acquainted with the characteristics of the universal energy1 to maintain that life is merely a phenomenon of matter1 a species of energy1 amounts simply to a confession of his own incapability of analyzing and properly understanding the alpha and the omega even of that--matter4 ,sincere skepticism as to the immortality of man's soul is a malady2 a malformation of the physical brain1 and has existed in every age4 ,as there are infants born with a caul upon their heads1 so there are men who are incapable to their last hour of ridding themselves of that kind of caul evidently enveloping their organs of spirituality4 ,but it is quite another feeling which makes them reject the possibility of spiritual and magical phenomena4 ,the true name for that feeling is--vanity4 8,we can neither produce nor explain it--hence1 it does not exist1 and moreover1 could never have existed40 ,such is the irrefutable argument of our present-day philosophers4 ,some thirty years ago1 ,e4 ,salverte startled the world of the 8credulous0 by his work1 ,the ,philosophy of ,magic4 ,the book claimed to unveil the whole of the miracles of the ,bible as well as those of the ,pagan sanctuaries4 ,its resum ran thus3 ,long ages of observation2 a great knowledge 7for those days of ignorance7 of natural sciences and philosophy2 imposture2 legerdemain2 optics2 phantasmagoria2 exaggeration4 ,final and logical conclusion3 ,thaumaturgists1 prophets1 magicians1 rascals1 and knaves2 the rest of the world1 fools4 ,among many other conclusive proofs1 the reader can find him offering the following3 8,the enthusiastic disciples of ,iamblichus affirmed that when he prayed1 he was raised to the height of ten cubits from the ground2 and dupes to the same metaphor1 although ,christians1 have had the simplicity to attribute a similar miracle to ,st4 ,clare1 and ,st4 ,francis of ,assisi40#baf ,hundreds of travellers claimed to have seen fakirs produce the same phenomena1 and they were all thought either liars or hallucinated4 ,but it was but yesterday that the same phenomenon was witnessed and endorsed by a well-known scientist2 it was produced under test conditions2 declared by ,mr4 ,crookes to be genuine1 and to be beyond the possibility of an illusion or a trick4 ,and so was it manifested many a time before and attested by numerous witnesses1 though the latter are now invariably disbelieved4 ,peace to thy scientific ashes1 ,o credulous ,eusebe ,salverte6 ,who knows #aaf but before the close of the present century popular wisdom will have invented a new proverb3 8,as incredibly credulous as a scientist40 ,why should it appear so impossible that when the spirit is once separated from its body1 it may have the power to animate some evanescent form1 created out of that magical 8psychic0 or 8ectenic0 or 8ethereal0 force1 with the help of the elementaries who furnish it with the sublimated matter of their own bodies8 ,the only difficulty is1 to realize the fact that surrounding space is not an empty void1 but a reservoir filled to repletion with the models of all things that ever were1 that are1 and that will be2 and with beings of countless races1 unlike our own4 ,seemingly supernatural facts--supernatural in that they openly contradict the demonstrated natural laws of gravitation1 as in the above-mentioned instance of levitation--are recognized by many scientists4 ,every one who has dared to investigate with thoroughness has found himself compelled to admit their existence2 only in their unsuccessful efforts to account for the phenomena on theories based on the laws of such forces as were already known1 some of the highest representatives of science have involved themselves in inextricable difficulties6 ,in his ,resum de ,mirville describes the argumentation of these adversaries of spiritualism as consisting of five paradoxes1 which he terms distractions4 ,first distraction3 that of ,faraday1 who explains the table phenomenon1 by the table which pushes you 8in consequence of the resistance which pushes it back40 ,second distraction3 that of ,babinet1 explaining all the communications 7by raps7 which are produced1 as he says1 8in good faith and with perfect conscientiousness1 correct in every way and sense--by ventriloquism10 the use of which faculty implies of necessity--bad faith4 ,third distraction3 ,that of ,dr4 ,chevreuil1 explaining the faculty of moving furniture without contact1 by the preliminary acquisition of that faculty4 ,fourth distraction3 that of the ,french ,institute and its members1 who consent to accept the miracles1 on condition that the latter will not contradict in any way those natural laws with which they are acquainted4 ,fifth distraction3 that of ,m4 de ,gasparin1 introducing as a very simple and perfectly elementary phenomenon that which every one rejects1 precisely because no one ever saw the like of it4#bag ,while the great1 world-known scientists indulge in such fantastic theories1 some less known neurologists find an explanation for occult #aag phenomena of every kind in an abnormal effluvium resulting from epilepsy4#bah ,another would treat mediums--and poets1 too1 we may infer--with assaftida and ammonia1#bai and declare every one of the believers in spiritual manifestations lunatics and hallucinated mystics4 ,to the latter lecturer and professed pathologist is commended that sensible bit of advice to be found in the ,new ,testament3 8,physician1 heal thyself40 ,truly1 no sane man would so sweepingly charge insanity upon four hundred and forty-six millions of people in various parts of the world1 who believe in the intercourse of spirits with ourselves6 ,considering all this1 it remains to us but to wonder at the preposterous presumption of these men1 who claim to be regarded by right of learning as the high priests of science1 to classify a phenomenon they know nothing about4 ,surely1 several millions of their countrymen and women1 if deluded1 deserve at least as much attention as potato-bugs or grasshoppers6 ,but1 instead of that1 what do we find8 ,the ,congress of the ,united ,states1 at the demand of the ,american ,association for the ,advancement of ,science1 enacts statutes for organization of ,national ,insect ,commissions2 chemists are busying themselves in boiling frogs and bugs2 geologists amuse their leisure by osteological surveys of armor-plated ganoids1 and discuss the odontology of the various species of dinichtys2 and entomologists suffer their enthusiasm to carry them to the length of supping on grasshoppers boiled1 fried1 and in soup4#bbj ,meanwhile1 millions of ,americans are either losing themselves in the maze of 8crazy delusions10 according to the opinion of some of these very learned encyclopdists1 or perishing physically from 8nervous disorders10 brought on or brought out by mediumistic diathesis4 ,at one time1 there was reason to hope that ,russian scientists would have undertaken the task of giving the phenomena a careful and impartial study4 ,a commission was appointed by the ,imperial ,university of ,st4 ,petersburg1 with ,professor ,mendeleyeff1 the great physicist1 at its head4 ,the advertised programme provided for a series of forty seances to test mediums1 and invitations were extended to all of this class who chose to come to the ,russian capital and submit their powers to examination4 ,as a rule they refused--doubtless from a prevision of the trap that had been laid for them4 ,after eight sittings1 upon a shallow pretext1 and just when the manifestations were becoming interesting1 the commission prejudged the case1 and published a decision adverse to the claims of mediumism4 ,instead of pursuing dignified1 scientific methods1 they set spies to peep through #aah key-holes4 ,professor ,mendeleyeff declared in a public lecture that spiritualism1 or any such belief in our souls' immortality1 was a mixture of superstition1 delusion1 and fraud2 adding that every 8manifestation0 of such nature--including mind-reading1 trance1 and other psychological phenomena1 we must suppose--could be1 and was produced by means of clever apparatus and machinery concealed under the clothing of mediums6 ,after such a public exhibition of ignorance and prejudice1 ,mr4 ,butlerof1 ,professor of ,chemistry at the ,st4 ,petersburg ,university1 and ,mr4 ,aksakof1 ,counsellor of ,state in the same city1 who had been invited to assist on the committee for mediums1 became so disgusted that they withdrew4 ,having published their protests in the ,russian papers1 they were supported by the majority of the press1 who did not spare either ,mendeleyeff or his officious committee with their sarcasms4 ,the public acted fairly in that case4 ,one hundred and thirty names1 of the most influential persons of the best society of ,st4 ,petersburg1 many of them no spiritualists at all1 but simply investigators1 added their signatures to the well-deserved protest4 ,the inevitable result of such a procedure followed2 universal attention was drawn to the question of spiritualism2 private circles were organized throughout the empire2 some of the most liberal journals began to discuss the subject2 and1 as we write1 a new commission is being organized to finish the interrupted task4 ,but now--as a matter of course--they will do their duty less than ever4 ,they have a better pretext than they ever had in the pretended expos of the medium ,slade1 by ,professor ,lankester1 of ,london4 ,true1 to the evidence of one scientist and his friend1--,messrs4 ,lankester and ,donkin--the accused opposed the testimony of ,wallace1 ,crookes1 and a host of others1 which totally nullifies an accusation based merely on circumstantial evidence and prejudice4 ,as the ,london ,spectator very pertinently observes3 8,it is really a pure superstition and nothing else to assume that we are so fully acquainted with the laws of nature1 that even carefully examined facts1 attested by an experienced observer1 ought to be cast aside as utterly unworthy of credit1 only because they do not1 at first sight1 seem to be in keeping with what is most clearly known already4 ,to assume1 as ,professor ,lankester appears to do1 that because there are fraud and credulity in plenty to be found in connection with these facts--as there is1 no doubt1 in connection with all nervous diseases--fraud and credulity will account for all the carefully attested statements of accurate and conscientious observers1 is to saw away at the very branch of the tree of knowledge on which inductive science necessarily rests1 and to bring the whole structure toppling to the ground40 ,but what matters all this to scientists8 ,the torrent of superstition1 #aai which1 according to them1 sweeps away millions of bright intellects in its impetuous course1 cannot reach them4 ,the modern deluge called spiritualism is unable to affect their strong minds2 and the muddy waves of the flood must expend their raging fury without wetting even the soles of their boots4 ,surely it must be but traditional stubbornness on the part of the ,creator that prevents him from confessing what a poor chance his miracles have in our day in blinding professed scientists4 ,by this time even ,he ought to know and take notice that long ago they decided to write on the porticoes of their universities and colleges3 ,science commands that ,god shall not ,do miracles upon this spot6#bba ,both the infidel spiritualists and the orthodox ,roman ,catholics seem to have leagued themselves this year against the iconoclastic pretensions of materialism4 ,increase of skepticism has developed of late a like increase of credulity4 ,the champions of the ,bible 8divine0 miracles rival the panegyrist's mediumistic phenomena1 and the middle ages revive in the nineteenth century4 ,once more we see the ,virgin ,mary resume her epistolary correspondence with the faithful children of her church2 and while the 8angel friends0 scribble messages to spiritualists through their mediums1 the 8mother of ,god0 drops letters direct from heaven to earth4 ,the shrine of ,notre ,dame de ,lourdes has turned into a spiritualistic cabinet for 8materializations10 while the cabinets of popular ,american mediums are transformed into sacred shrines1 into which ,mohammed1 ,bishop ,polk1 ,joan of ,arc and other aristocratic spirits from over the 8dark river10 having descended1 8materialize0 in full light4 ,and if the ,virgin ,mary is seen taking her daily walk in the woods about ,lourdes in full human form1 why not the ,apostle of ,islam1 and the late ,bishop of ,louisiana8 ,either both 8miracles0 are possible1 or both kinds of these manifestations1 the 8divine0 as well as the 8spiritual10 are arrant impostures4 ,time alone will prove which2 but meanwhile1 as science refuses the loan of her magic lamp to illuminate these mysteries1 common people must go stumbling on whether they be mired or not4 ,the recent 8miracles0 at ,lourdes having been unfavorably discussed in the ,london papers1 ,monsignor ,capel communicates to the ,times the views of the ,roman ,church in the following terms3 8,as to the miraculous cures which are effected1 ,i would refer your #abj readers to the calm1 judicious work1 ,la ,grotte de ,lourdes1 written by ,dr4 ,dozous1 an eminent resident practitioner1 inspector of epidemic diseases for the district1 and medical assistant of the ,court of ,justice4 ,he prefaces a number of detailed cases of miraculous cures1 which he says he has studied with great care and perseverance1 with these words3 #8,i declare that these cures effected at the ,sanctuary of ,lourdes by means of the water of the fountain1 have established their supernatural character in the eyes of men of good faith4 ,i ought to confess that without these cures1 my mind1 little prone to listen to miraculous explanations of any kind1 would have had great difficulty in accepting even this fact 7the apparition71 remarkable as it is from so many points of view4 ,but the cures1 of which ,i have been so often an ocular witness1 have given to my mind a light which does not permit me to ignore the importance of the visits of ,bernadette to the ,grotto1 and the reality of the apparitions with which she was favored4' ,the testimony of a distinguished medical man1 who has carefully watched from the beginning ,bernadette1 and the miraculous cures at the ,grotto1 is at least worthy of respectful consideration4 ,i may add1 that the vast number of those who come to the ,grotto do so to repent of their sins1 to increase their piety1 to pray for the regeneration of their country1 to profess publicly their belief in the ,son of ,god and his ,immaculate ,mother4 ,many come to be cured of bodily ailments2 and on the testimony of eye-witnesses several return home freed from their sickness4 ,to upbraid with non-belief1 as does your article1 those who use also the waters of the ,pyrenees1 is as reasonable as to charge with unbelief the magistrates who inflict punishment on the peculiar people for neglecting to have medical aid4 ,health obliged me to pass the winters of #ahfj to #ahfg at ,pau4 ,this gave me the opportunity of making the most minute inquiry into the apparition at ,lourdes4 ,after frequent and lengthened examinations of ,bernadette and of some of the miracles effected1 ,i am convinced that1 if facts are to be received on human testimony1 then has the apparition at ,lourdes every claim to be received as an undeniable fact4 ,it is1 however1 no part of the ,catholic faith1 and may be accepted or rejected by any ,catholic without the least praise or condemnation40 ,let the reader observe the sentence we have italicized4 ,this makes it clear that the ,catholic ,church1 despite her infallibility and her liberal postage convention with the ,kingdom of ,heaven1 is content to accept even the validity of divine miracles upon human testimony4 ,now when we turn to the report of ,mr4 ,huxley's recent ,new ,york lectures on evolution1 we find him saying that it is upon 8human historical evidence that we depend for the greater part of our knowledge for the #aba doings of the past40 ,in a lecture on ,biology1 he has said 8 444 every man who has the interest of truth at heart must earnestly desire that every well-founded and just criticism that can be made should be made2 but it is essential 444 that the critic should know what he is talking about40 ,an aphorism that its author should recall when he undertakes to pronounce upon psychological subjects4 ,add this to his views1 as expressed above1 and who could ask a better platform upon which to meet him8 ,here we have a representative materialist1 and a representative ,catholic prelate1 enunciating an identical view of the sufficiency of human testimony to prove facts that it suits the prejudices of each to believe4 ,after this1 what need for either the student of occultism1 or even the spiritualist1 to hunt about for endorsements of the argument they have so long and so persistently advanced1 that the psychological phenomena of ancient and modern thaumaturgists being superabundantly proven upon human testimony must be accepted as facts8 ,church and ,college having appealed to the tribunal of human evidence1 they cannot deny the rest of mankind an equal privilege4 ,one of the fruits of the recent agitation in ,london of the subject of mediumistic phenomena1 is the expression of some remarkably liberal views on the part of the secular press4 8,in any case1 we are for admitting spiritualism to a place among tolerated beliefs1 and letting it alone accordingly10 says the ,london ,daily ,news1 in #ahgf4 8,it has many votaries who are as intelligent as most of us1 and to whom any obvious and palpable defect in the evidence meant to convince must have been obvious and palpable long ago4 ,some of the wisest men in the world believed in ghosts1 and would have continued to do so even though half-a-dozen persons in succession had been convicted of frightening people with sham goblins40 ,it is not for the first time in the history of the world1 that the invisible world has to contend against the materialistic skepticism of soul-blind ,sadducees4 ,plato deplores such an unbelief1 and refers to this pernicious tendency more than once in his works4 ,from ,kapila1 the ,hindu philosopher1 who many centuries before ,christ demurred to the claim of the mystic ,yogins1 that in ecstasy a man has the power of seeing ,deity face to face and conversing with the 8highest0 beings1 down to the ,voltaireans of the eighteenth century1 who laughed at everything that was held sacred by other people1 each age had its unbelieving ,thomases4 ,did they ever succeed in checking the progress of truth8 ,no more than the ignorant bigots who sat in judgment over ,galileo checked the progress of the earth's rotation4 ,no exposures whatever are able to vitally affect the stability or instability of a belief which humanity inherited from the first races of men1 those1 #abb who--if we can believe in the evolution of spiritual man as in that of the physical one--had the great truth from the lips of their ancestors1 the gods of their fathers1 8that were on the other side of the flood40 ,the identity of the ,bible with the legends of the ,hindu sacred books and the cosmogonies of other nations1 must be demonstrated at some future day4 ,the fables of the mythopic ages will be found to have but allegorized the greatest truths of geology and anthropology4 ,it is in these ridiculously expressed fables that science will have to look for her 8missing links40 ,otherwise1 whence such strange 8coincidences0 in the respective histories of nations and peoples so widely thrown apart8 ,whence that identity of primitive conceptions which1 fables and legends though they are termed now1 contain in them nevertheless the kernel of historical facts1 of a truth thickly overgrown with the husks of popular embellishment1 but still a truth8 ,compare only this verse of ,genesis vi43 8,and it came to pass1 when men began to multiply on the face of the earth1 and daughters were born unto them1 that the sons of ,god saw the daughters of men that they were fair2 and they took them wives of all which they chose4444 ,there were giants in the earth in those days10 etc41 with this part of the ,hindu cosmogony1 in the ,vedas1 which speaks of the descent of the ,brahmans4 ,the first ,brahman complains of being alone among all his brethren without a wife4 ,notwithstanding that the ,eternal advises him to devote his days solely to the study of the ,sacred ,knowledge 7,veda71 the first-born of mankind insists4 ,provoked at such ingratitude1 the eternal gave ,brahman a wife of the race of the ,daints1 or giants1 from whom all the ,brahmans maternally descend4 ,thus the entire ,hindu priesthood is descended1 on the one hand1 from the superior spirits 7the sons of ,god71 and from ,daintany1 a daughter of the earthly giants1 the primitive men4#bbb 8,and they bare children to them2 the same became mighty men which were of old2 men of renown40#bbc ,the same is found in the ,scandinavian cosmogonical fragment4 ,in the ,edda is given the description to ,gangler by ,har1 one of the three informants 7,har1 ,jafuhar1 and ,tredi7 of the first man1 called ,bur1 8the father of ,br1 who took for wife ,besla1 a daughter of the giant ,blthara1 of the race of the primitive giants40 ,the full and interesting narrative may be found in the ,prose ,edda1 sects4 #d-h1 in ,mallett's ,northern ,antiquities4#bbd ,the same groundwork underlies the ,grecian fables about the ,titans2 and may be found in the legend of the ,mexicans--the four successive races of ,popol-,vuh4 ,it constitutes one of the many ends to be found in #abc the entangled and seemingly inextricable skein of mankind1 viewed as a psychological phenomenon4 ,belief in supernaturalism would be otherwise inexplicable4 ,to say that it sprang up1 and grew and developed throughout the countless ages1 without either cause or the least firm basis to rest upon1 but merely as an empty fancy1 would be to utter as great an absurdity as the theological doctrine that the universe sprang into creation out of nothing4 ,it is too late now to kick against an evidence which manifests itself as in the full glare of noon4 ,liberal1 as well as ,christian papers1 and the organs of the most advanced scientific authorities1 begin to protest unanimously against the dogmatism and narrow prejudices of sciolism4 ,the ,christian ,world1 a religious paper1 adds its voice to that of the unbelieving ,london press4 ,following is a good specimen of its common sense3 8,if a medium10 it says1#bbe 8can be shown ever so conclusively to be an impostor1 we shall still object to the disposition manifested by persons of some authority in scientific matters1 to pooh-pooh and knock on the head all careful inquiry into those subjects of which ,mr4 ,barrett took note in his paper before the ,british ,association4 ,because spiritualists have committed themselves to many absurdities1 that is no reason why the phenomena to which they appeal should be scouted as unworthy of examination4 ,they may be mesmeric1 or clairvoyant1 or something else4 ,but let our wise men tell us what they are1 and not snub us1 as ignorant people too often snub inquiring youth1 by the easy but unsatisfactory apothegm1 8,little children should not ask questions40 ,thus the time has come when the scientists have lost all right to be addressed with the ,miltonian verse1 8,o thou who1 for the testimony of truth1 hast borne universal reproach60 ,sad degeneration1 and one that recalls the exclamation of that 8doctor of physic0 mentioned one hundred and eighty years ago by ,dr4 ,henry ,more1 and who1 upon hearing the story told of the drummer of ,tedworth and of ,ann ,walker1 8cryed out presently1 ,if this be true1 ,i have been in a wrong box all this time1 and must begin my account anew40#bbf ,but in our century1 notwithstanding ,huxley's endorsement of the value of 8human testimony10 even ,dr4 ,henry ,more has become 8an enthusiast and a visionary1 both of which1 united in the same person1 constitute a canting madman40#bbg ,what psychology has long lacked to make its mysterious laws better #abd understood and applied to the ordinary as well as extraordinary affairs of life1 is not facts4 ,these it has had in abundance4 ,the need has been for their recording and classification--for trained observers and competent analysts4 ,from the scientific body these ought to have been supplied4 ,if error has prevailed and superstition run riot these many centuries throughout ,christendom1 it is the misfortune of the common people1 the reproach of science4 ,the generations have come and gone1 each furnishing its quota of martyrs to conscience and moral courage1 and psychology is little better understood in our day than it was when the heavy hand of the ,vatican sent those brave unfortunates to their untimely doom and branded their memories with the stigma of heresy and sorcery4 ,,chapter ,v4 #abe 8,ich bin der geist der stets verneint40 7,i am the spirit which still denies47 --7,mephisto in ,,faust47 8,the ,spirit of truth1 whom the world cannot receive because it seeth ,him not2 neither knoweth ,him40--,gospel according to ,john1 xiv4 #ag4 8,millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth ,unseen1 both when we wake and when we sleep40 --,,milton4 8,mere intellectual enlightenment cannot recognize the spiritual4 ,as the sun puts out a fire1 so spirit puts out the eyes of mere intellect40--,w4 ,,howitt4 ,there has been an infinite confusion of names to express one and the same thing4 ,the chaos of the ancients2 the ,zoroastrian sacred fire1 or the ,antusbyrum of the ,parsees2 the ,hermes-fire2 the ,elmes-fire of the ancient ,germans2 the lightning of ,cybel2 the burning torch of ,apollo2 the flame on the altar of ,pan2 the inextinguishable fire in the temple on the ,acropolis1 and in that of ,vesta2 the fire-flame of ,pluto's helm2 the brilliant sparks on the hats of the ,dioscuri1 on the ,gorgon head1 the helm of ,pallas1 and the staff of ,mercury2 the 2 the ,egyptian ,phtha1 or ,ra2 the ,grecian ,zeus ,cataibates 7the descending72#bbh the pentacostal fire-tongues2 the burning bush of ,moses2 the pillar of fire of the ,exodus1 and the 8burning lamp0 of ,abram2 the eternal fire of the 8bottomless pit20 the ,delphic oracular vapors2 the ,sidereal light of the ,rosicrucians2 the ,,akasa of the ,hindu adepts2 the ,astral light of ,eliphas ,levi2 the nerve-aura and the fluid of the magnetists2 the od of ,reichenbach2 the fire-globe1 or meteor-cat of ,babinet2 the ,psychod and ectenic force of ,thury2 the psychic force of ,sergeant ,cox and ,mr4 ,crookes2 the atmospheric magnetism of some naturalists2 galvanism2 and finally1 electricity1 are but various names for many different manifestations1 or effects of the same mysterious1 all-pervading cause--the ,greek ,archeus1 or 4 ,sir ,e4 ,bulwer-,lytton1 in his ,coming ,race1 describes it as the ,,vril1#bbi used by the subterranean populations1 and allowed his #abf readers to take it for a fiction4 8,these people10 he says1 8consider that in the vril they had arrived at the unity in natural energic agencies20 and proceeds to show that ,faraday intimated them 8under the more cautious term of correlation10 thus3 8,i have long held an opinion1 almost amounting to a conviction1 in common1 ,i believe1 with many other lovers of natural knowledge1 that the various forms under which the forces of matter are made manifest1 ,,have ,,one ,,common ,,origin2 or1 in other words1 are so directly related and naturally dependent1 that they are convertible1 as it were1 into one another1 and possess equivalents of power in their action40 ,absurd and unscientific as may appear our comparison of a fictitious vril invented by the great novelist1 and the primal force of the equally great experimentalist1 with the kabalistic astral light1 it is nevertheless the true definition of this force4 ,discoveries are constantly being made to corroborate the statement thus boldly put forth4 ,since we began to write this part of our book1 an announcement has been made in a number of papers of the supposed discovery of a new force by ,mr4 ,edison1 the electrician1 of ,newark1 ,new ,jersey1 which force seems to have little in common with electricity1 or galvanism1 except the principle of conductivity4 ,if demonstrated1 it may remain for a long time under some pseudonymous scientific name2 but1 nevertheless1 it will be but one of the numerous family of children brought forth from the commencement of time by our kabalistic mother1 the ,astral ,virgin4 ,in fact1 the discoverer says that1 8it is as distinct1 and has as regular laws as heat1 magnetism1 or electricity40 ,the journal which contains the first account of the discovery adds that1 8,mr4 ,edison thinks that it exists in connection with heat1 and that it can also be generated by independent and as yet undiscovered means40 ,another of the most startling of recent discoveries1 is the possibility of annihilating distance between human voices--by means of the telephone 7distance-sounder71 an instrument invented by ,professor ,a4 ,graham ,bell4 ,this possibility1 first suggested by the little 8lovers' telegraph10 consisting of small tin cups with vellum and drug-twine apparatus1 by which a conversation can be carried on at a distance of two hundred feet1 has developed into the telephone1 which will become the wonder of this age4 ,a long conversation has taken place between ,boston and ,cambridgeport by telegraph2 8every word being distinctly heard and perfectly understood1 and the modulations of voices being quite distinguishable10 according to the official report4 ,the voice is seized upon1 so to say1 and held in form by a magnet1 and the sound-wave transmitted by electricity acting in unison and co-operating with the magnet4 ,the whole success depends upon a perfect control of #abg the electric currents and the power of the magnets used1 with which the former must co-operate4 8,the invention10 reports the paper1 8may be rudely described as a sort of trumpet1 over the bell-mouth of which is drawn a delicate membrane1 which1 when the voice is thrown into the tube1 swells outward in proportion to the force of the sound-wave4 ,to the outer side of the membrane is attached a piece of metal1 which1 as the membrane swells outward1 connects with a magnet1 and this1 with the electric circuit1 is controlled by the operator4 ,by some principle1 not yet fully understood1 the electric current transmits the sound-wave just as delivered by the voice in the trumpet1 and the listener at the other end of the line1 with a twin or fac-simile trumpet at his ear1 hears every word distinctly1 and readily detects the modulations of the speaker's voice40 ,thus1 in the presence of such wonderful discoveries of our age1 and the further magical possibilities lying latent and yet undiscovered in the boundless realm of nature1 and further1 in view of the great probability that ,edison's ,force and ,professor ,graham ,bell's ,telephone may unsettle1 if not utterly upset all our ideas of the imponderable fluids1 would it not be well for such persons as may be tempted to traverse our statements1 to wait and see whether they will be corroborated or refuted by further discoveries4 ,only in connection with these discoveries1 we may1 perhaps1 well remind our readers of the many hints to be found in the ancient histories as to a certain secret in the possession of the ,egyptian priesthood1 who could instantly communicate1 during the celebration of the ,mysteries1 from one temple to another1 even though the former were at ,thebes and the latter at the other end of the country2 the legends attributing it1 as a matter of course1 to the 8invisible tribes0 of the air1 which carry messages for mortals4 ,the author of ,pre-,adamite ,man quotes an instance1 which being given merely on his own authority1 and he seeming uncertain whether the story comes from ,macrinus or some other writer1 may be taken for what it is worth4 ,he found good evidence1 he says1 during his stay in ,egypt1 that 8one of the ,cleopatras 787 sent news by a wire to all the cities1 from ,heliopolis to ,elephantine1 on the ,upper ,nile40#bcj ,it is not so long since ,professor ,tyndall ushered us into a new world1 peopled with airy shapes of the most ravishing beauty4 8,the discovery consists10 he says1 8in subjecting the vapors of volatile liquids to the action of concentrated sunlight1 or to the concentrated beam of the electric light40 ,the vapors of certain nitrites1 iodides1 and acids are subjected to the action of the light in an experimental tube1 lying horizontally1 and so arranged that #abh the axis of the tube and that of the parallel beams issuing from the lamp are coincident4 ,the vapors form clouds of gorgeous tints1 and arrange themselves into the shapes of vases1 of bottles and cones1 in nests of six or more2 of shells1 of tulips1 roses1 sunflowers1 leaves1 and of involved scrolls4 8,in one case10 he tells us1 8the cloud-bud grew rapidly into a serpent's head2 a mouth was formed1 and from the cloud1 a cord of cloud resembling a tongue was discharged40 ,finally1 to cap the climax of marvels1 8once it positively assumed the form of a fish1 with eyes1 gills1 and feelers4 ,the twoness of the animal form was displayed throughout1 and no disk1 coil1 or speck existed on one side that did not exist on the other40 ,these phenomena may possibly be explained in part by the mechanical action of a beam of light1 which ,mr4 ,crookes has recently demonstrated4 ,for instance1 it is a supposable case1 that the beams of light may have constituted a horizontal axis1 about which the disturbed molecules of the vapors gathered into the forms of globes and spindles4 ,but how account for the fish1 the serpent's head1 the vases1 the flowers of different varieties1 the shells8 ,this seems to offer a dilemma to science as baffling as the meteor-cat of ,babinet4 ,we do not learn that ,tyndall ventured as absurd an explanation of his extraordinary phenomena as that of the ,frenchman about his4 ,those who have not given attention to the subject may be surprised to find how much was known in former days of that all-pervading1 subtile principle which has recently been baptized ,,the ,,universal ,,ether4 ,before proceeding1 we desire once more to enunciate in two categorical propositions1 what was hinted at before4 ,these propositions were demonstrated laws with the ancient theurgists4 ,i4 ,the so-called miracles1 to begin with ,moses and end with ,cagliostro1 when genuine1 were as de ,gasparin very justly insinuates in his work on the phenomena1 8perfectly in accordance with natural law20 hence--no miracles4 ,electricity and magnetism were unquestionably used in the production of some of the prodigies2 but now1 the same as then1 they are put in requisition by every sensitive1 who is made to use unconsciously these powers by the peculiar nature of his or her organization1 which serves as a conductor for some of these imponderable fluids1 as yet so imperfectly known to science4 ,this force is the prolific parent of numberless attributes and properties1 many1 or rather1 most of which1 are as yet unknown to modern physics4 ,,ii4 ,the phenomena of natural magic to be witnessed in ,siam1 ,india1 ,egypt1 and other ,oriental countries1 bear no relationship whatever to sleight of hand2 the one being an absolute physical effect1 due to the action of occult natural forces1 the other1 a mere deceptive result #abi obtained by dexterous manipulations supplemented with confederacy4#bca ,the thaumaturgists of all periods1 schools1 and countries1 produced their wonders1 because they were perfectly familiar with the imponderable--in their effects--but otherwise perfectly tangible waves of the astral light4 ,they controlled the currents by guiding them with their will-power4 ,the wonders were both of physical and psychological character2 the former embracing effects produced upon material objects1 the latter the mental phenomena of ,mesmer and his successors4 ,this class has been represented in our time by two illustrious men1 ,du ,potet and ,regazzoni1 whose wonderful powers were well attested in ,france and other countries4 ,mesmerism is the most important branch of magic2 and its phenomena are the effects of the universal agent which underlies all magic and has produced at all ages the so-called miracles4 ,the ancients called it ,chaos2 ,plato and the ,pythagoreans named it the ,soul of the ,world4 ,according to the ,hindus1 the ,deity in the shape of ther pervades all things4 ,it is the invisible1 but1 as we have said before1 too tangible ,fluid4 ,among other names this universal ,proteus--or 8the nebulous ,almighty10 as de ,mirville calls it in derision--was termed by the theurgists 8the living fire10#bcb the 8,spirit of ,light10 and ,magnes4 ,this last appellation indicates its magnetic properties and shows its magical nature4 ,for1 as truly expressed by one of its enemies-- and are two branches growing from the same trunk1 and shooting forth the same resultants4 ,magnetism is a word for the derivation of which we have to look to an incredibly early epoch4 ,the stone called magnet is believed by many to owe its name to ,magnesia1 a city or district in ,thessaly1 where these stones were found in quantity4 ,we believe1 however1 the opinion of the ,hermetists to be the correct one4 ,the word ,magh1 magus1 is derived from the ,sanskrit ,mahaji1 the great or wise 7the anointed by the divine wisdom74 8,eumolpus is the mythic founder #acj of the ,eumolpid 7priests72 the priests traced their own wisdom to the ,divine ,intelligence40#bcc ,the various cosmogonies show that the ,archal ,universal ,soul was held by every nation as the 8mind0 of the ,demiurgic ,creator1 the ,sophia of the ,gnostics1 or the ,holy ,ghost as a female principle4 ,as the ,magi derived their name from it1 so the ,magnesian stone or ,magnet was called in their honor1 for they were the first to discover its wonderful properties4 ,their temples dotted the country in all directions1 and among these were some temples of ,hercules1#bcd--;hence the stone1 when it once became known that the priests used it for their curative and magical purposes1 received the name of the ,magnesian or ,heraclean stone4 ,socrates1 speaking of it1 remarks3 8,euripides calls it the ,magnesian stone1 but the common people1 the ,heraclean4#bce0 ,it was the country and stone which were called after the ,magi1 not the ,magi after one or the other4 ,pliny informs us that the wedding-ring among the ,romans was magnetized by the priests before the ceremony4 ,the old ,pagan historians are careful to keep silent on certain ,mysteries of the 8wise0 7,magi7 and ,pausanias was warned in a dream1 he says1 not to unveil the holy rites of the temple of ,demeter and ,persephoneia at ,athens4#bcf ,modern science1 after having ineffectually denied animal magnetism1 has found herself forced to accept it as a fact4 ,it is now a recognized property of human and animal organization2 as to its psychological1 occult influence1 the ,academies battle with it1 in our century1 more ferociously than ever4 ,it is the more to be regretted and even wondered at1 as the representatives of 8exact science0 are unable to either explain or even offer us anything like a reasonable hypothesis for the undeniable mysterious potency contained in a simple magnet4 ,we begin to have daily proofs that these potencies underlie the theurgic mysteries1 and therefore might perhaps explain the occult faculties possessed by ancient and modern thaumaturgists as well as a good many of their most astounding achievements4 ,such were the gifts transmitted by ,jesus to #aca some of his disciples4 ,at the moment of his miraculous cures1 the ,nazarene felt a power issuing from him4 ,socrates1 in his dialogue with ,theages1#bcg telling him of his familiar god 7demon71 and his power of either imparting his 7,socrates'7 wisdom to his disciples or preventing it from benefiting those he associates with1 brings the following instance in corroboration of his words3 8,i will tell you1 ,socrates10 says ,aristides1 8a thing incredible1 indeed1 by the gods1 but true4 ,i made a proficiency when ,i associated with you1 even if ,i was only in the same house1 though not in the same room2 but more so1 when ,i was in the same room 444 and much more when ,i looked at you4444 ,but ,i made by far the greatest proficiency when ,i sat near you and touched you40 ,this is the modern magnetism and mesmerism of ,du ,potet and other masters1 who1 when they have subjected a person to their fluidic influence1 can impart to them all their thoughts even at a distance1 and with an irresistible power force their subject to obey their mental orders4 ,but how far better was this psychic force known to the ancient philosophers6 ,we can glean some information on that subject from the earliest sources4 ,pythagoras taught his disciples that ,god is the universal mind diffused through all things1 and that this mind by the sole virtue of its universal sameness could be communicated from one object to another and be made to create all things by the sole will-power of man4 ,with the ancient ,greeks1 ,kurios was the god-,mind 7,nous74 8,now ,koros 7,kurios7 signifies the pure and unmixed nature of intellect--wisdom10 says ,plato4#bch ,kurios is ,mercury1 the ,divine ,wisdom1 and 8,mercury is the ,sol0 7,sun71#bci from whom ,thaut--,hermes--received this divine wisdom1 which1 in his turn1 he imparted to the world in his books4 ,hercules is also the ,sun--the celestial storehouse of the universal magnetism2#bdj or rather ,hercules is the magnetic light which1 when having made its way through the 8opened eye of heaven10 enters into the regions of our planet and thus becomes the ,creator4 ,hercules passes through the twelve labors1 the valiant ,titan6 ,he is called 8,father of ,all0 and 8self-born0 #acb 87autophues740#bda ,hercules1 the ,sun1 is killed by the ,devil1 ,typhon1#bdb and so is ,osiris1 who is the father and brother of ,horus1 and at the same time is identical with him2 and we must not forget that the magnet was called the 8bone of ,horus10 and iron the 8bone of ,typhon40 ,he is called 8,hercules ,invictus10 only when he descends to ,hades 7the subterranean garden71 and plucking the 8golden apples0 from the 8tree of life10 slays the dragon4#bdc ,the rough ,titanic power1 the 8lining0 of every sun-god1 opposes its force of blind matter to the divine magnetic spirit1 which tries to harmonize everything in nature4 ,all the sun-gods1 with their symbol1 the visible sun1 are the creators of physical nature only4 ,the spiritual is the work of the ,highest ,god--the ,concealed1 the ,central1 ,spiritual ,,sun1 and of his ,demiurge--the ,divine ,mind of ,plato1 and the ,divine ,wisdom of ,hermes ,trismegistus#bdd--the wisdom effused from ,oulom or ,kronos4 8,after the distribution of pure ,fire1 in the ,samothracian ,mysteries1 a new life began40#bde ,this was the 8new birth10 that is alluded to by ,jesus1 in his nocturnal conversation with ,nicodemus4 8,initiated into the most blessed of all ,mysteries1 being ourselves pure 444 we become just and holy with wisdom40#bdf 8,he breathed on them and saith unto them1 #8,take the ,holy ,pneuma4'0#bdg ,and this simple act of will-power was sufficient to impart vaticination in its nobler and most perfect form if both the initiator and the initiated were worthy of it4 ,to deride this gift1 even in its present aspect1 8as the corrupt offspring and lingering remains of an ignorant age of superstition1 and hastily to condemn it as unworthy of sober investigation1 would be as unphilosophical as it is wrong10 remarks the ,rev4 ,j4 ,b4 ,gross4 8,to remove the veil which hides our vision from the future1 has been attempted--in all ages of the world2 and therefore the propensity to pry into the lap of time1 contemplated as one of the faculties of human mind1 comes recommended to us under the sanction of ,god4444 ,zuinglius1 the ,swiss reformer1 attested the comprehensiveness of his faith in the providence of the ,supreme ,being1 in the cosmopolitan doctrine that the ,holy ,ghost was not entirely excluded from the more worthy portion of #acc the heathen world4 ,admitting its truth1 we cannot easily conceive a valid reason why a heathen1 thus favored1 should not be capable of true prophecy40#bdh ,now1 what is this mystic1 primordial substance8 ,in the book of ,genesis1 at the beginning of the first chapter1 it is termed the 8face of the waters10 said to have been incubated by the 8,spirit of ,god40 ,job mentions1 in chap4 xxvi41 #e1 that 8dead things are formed from under the waters1 and inhabitants thereof40 ,in the original text1 instead of 8dead things10 it is written dead ,rephaim 7giants1 or mighty primitive men71 from whom 8,evolution0 may one day trace our present race4 ,in the ,egyptian mythology1 ,kneph the ,eternal unrevealed ,god is represented by a snake-emblem of eternity encircling a water-urn1 with his head hovering over the waters1 which it incubates with his breath4 ,in this case the serpent is the ,agathodaimon1 the good spirit2 in its opposite aspect it is the ,kakothodaimon--the bad one4 ,in the ,scandinavian ,eddas1 the honey-dew--the food of the gods and of the creative1 busy ,yggdrasill--bees--falls during the hours of night1 when the atmosphere is impregnated with humidity2 and in the ,northern mythologies1 as the passive principle of creation1 it typifies the creation of the universe out of water2 this dew is the astral light in one of its combinations and possesses creative as well as destructive properties4 ,in the ,chaldean legend of ,berosus1 ,onnes or ,dagon1 the man-fish1 instructing the people1 shows the infant world created out of water and all beings originating from this prima materia4 ,moses teaches that only earth and water can bring a living soul2 and we read in the ,scriptures that herbs could not grow until the ,eternal caused it to rain upon earth4 ,in the ,mexican ,popol-,vuh man is created out of mud or clay 7terre glaise71 taken from under the water4 ,brahma creates ,lomus1 the great ,muni 7or first man71 seated on his lotus1 only after having called into being1 spirits1 who thus enjoyed among mortals a priority of existence1 and he creates him out of water1 air1 and earth4 ,alchemists claim that primordial or pre-,adamic earth when reduced to its first substance is in its second stage of transformation like clear-water1 the first being the alkahest#bdi proper4 ,this primordial substance is said to contain within itself the essence of all that goes to make up man2 it has not only all the elements of his physical being1 but even the 8breath of life0 itself in a latent state1 ready to be awakened4 ,this it derives from the 8incubation0 of the ,spirit of ,god upon the face of the waters--chaos2 in fact1 this substance is chaos itself4 ,from this it was that ,paracelsus claimed to be able to make his 8homunculi20 and this #acd is why ,thales1 the great natural philosopher1 maintained that water was the principle of all things in nature4 ,what is the primordial ,chaos but ther8 ,the modern ,ether2 not such as is recognized by our scientists1 but such as it was known to the ancient philosophers1 long before the time of ,moses2 ,ether1 with all its mysterious and occult properties1 containing in itself the germs of universal creation2 ,ether1 the celestial virgin1 the spiritual mother of every existing form and being1 from whose bosom as soon as 8incubated0 by the ,divine ,spirit1 are called into existence ,matter and ,life1 ,force and ,action4 ,electricity1 magnetism1 heat1 light1 and chemical action are so little understood even now that fresh facts are constantly widening the range of our knowledge4 ,who knows where ends the power of this protean giant--,ether2 or whence its mysterious origin8--,who1 we mean1 that denies the spirit that works in it and evolves out of it all visible forms8 ,it is an easy task to show that the cosmogonical legends all over the world are based on a knowledge by the ancients of those sciences which have allied themselves in our days to support the doctrine of evolution2 and that further research may demonstrate that they were far better acquainted with the fact of evolution itself1 embracing both its physical and spiritual aspects1 than we are now4 ,with the old philosophers1 evolution was a universal theorem1 a doctrine embracing the whole1 and an established principle2 while our modern evolutionists are enabled to present us merely with speculative theoretics2 with particular1 if not wholly negative theorems4 ,it is idle for the representatives of our modern wisdom to close the debate and pretend that the question is settled1 merely because the obscure phraseology of the ,mosaic account clashes with the definite exegesis of 8exact science40 ,one fact at least is proved3 there is not a cosmogonical fragment1 to whatever nation it may belong1 but proves by this universal allegory of water and the spirit brooding over it1 that no more than our modern physicists did any of them hold the universe to have sprung into existence out of nothing2 for all their legends begin with that period when nascent vapors and ,cimmerian darkness lay brooding over a fluid mass ready to start on its journey of activity at the first flutter of the breath of ,him1 who is the ,unrevealed ,one4 ,him they felt1 if they saw ,him not4 ,their spiritual intuitions were not so darkened by the subtile sophistry of the forecoming ages as ours are now4 ,if they talked less of the ,silurian age slowly developing into the ,mammalian1 and if the ,cenozoic time was only recorded by various allegories of the primitive man--the ,adam of our race--it is but a negative proof after all that their 8wise men0 and leaders did not know of these successive #ace periods as well as we do now4 ,in the days of ,democritus and ,aristotle1 the cycle had already begun to enter on its downward path of progress4 ,and if these two philosophers could discuss so well the atomic theory and trace the atom to its material or physical point1 their ancestors may have gone further still and followed its genesis far beyond that limit where ,mr4 ,tyndall and others seem rooted to the spot1 not daring to cross the line of the 8,incomprehensible40 ,the lost arts are a sufficient proof that if even their achievements in physiography are now doubted1 because of the unsatisfactory writings of their physicists and naturalists1--on the other hand their practical knowledge in phytochemistry and mineralogy far exceeded our own4 ,furthermore1 they might have been perfectly acquainted with the physical history of our globe without publishing their knowledge to the ignorant masses in those ages of religious ,mysteries4 ,illustration3 ,possibly a fac-simile of some amulets ,therefore1 it is not only from the ,mosaic books that we mean to adduce proof for our further arguments4 ,the ancient ,jews got all their knowledge--religious as well as profane--from the nations with which we see them mixed up from the earliest periods4 ,even the oldest of all sciences1 their kabalistic 8secret doctrine10 may be traced in each detail to its primeval source1 ,upper ,india1 or ,turkestan1 far before the time of a distinct separation between the ,aryan and ,semitic nations4 ,the ,king ,solomon so celebrated by posterity1 as ,josephus the historian says1#bej for his magical skill1 got his secret learning from ,india through ,hiram1 the king of ,ophir1 and perhaps ,sheba4 ,his ring1 commonly known as 8,solomon's seal10 so celebrated for the potency of its sway over the various kinds of genii and demons1 in all the popular legends1 is equally of ,hindu origin4 ,writing on the pretentious and abominable skill of the 8devil-worshippers0 of ,travancore1 the ,rev4 ,samuel ,mateer1 of the ,london ,missionary ,society1 claims at the same time to be in possession of a very old manuscript volume of magical incantations and spells in the ,malaylim language1 giving directions for effecting a great variety of purposes4 ,of course he adds1 that 8many of these are fearful in their malignity and obscenity10 and gives in his work the fac-simile of some amulets bearing the magical figures and designs on them4 ,we find among them one with the following legend3 8,to remove trembling arising from demoniacal #acf possession--write this figure on a plant that has milky juice1 and drive a nail through it2 the trembling will cease40#bea ,the figure is the identical ,solomon's seal1 or double triangle of the ,kabalists4 ,did the ,hindu get it from the ,jewish kabalist1 or the latter from ,india1 by inheritance from their great king-kabalist1 the wise ,solomon8#beb ,but we will leave this trifling dispute to continue the more interesting question of the astral light1 and its unknown properties4 ,admitting1 then1 that this mythical agent is ,ether1 we will proceed to see what and how much of it is known to science4 ,with respect to the various effects of the different solar rays1 ,robert ,hunt1 ,f4,r4,s41 remarks1 in his ,researches on ,light in its ,chemical ,relations1 that3 8,those rays which give the most light--the yellow and the orange rays--will not produce change of color in the chloride of silver20 while 8those rays which have the least illuminating power--the blue and violet--produce the greatest change1 and in exceedingly short time4444 #acg ,the yellow glasses obstruct scarcely any light2 the blue glasses may be so dark as to admit of the permeation of a very small quantity40 ,and still we see that under the blue ray both vegetable and animal life manifest an inordinate development1 while under the yellow ray it is proportionately arrested4 ,how is it possible to account for this satisfactorily upon any other hypothesis than that both animal and vegetable life are differently modified electrico-magnetic phenomena1 as yet unknown in their fundamental principles8 ,mr4 ,hunt finds that the undulatory theory does not account for the results of his experiments4 ,sir ,david ,brewster1 in his ,treatise on ,optics1 showing that 8the colors of vegetable life arise 444 from a specific attraction which the particles of these bodies exercise over the differently-colored rays of light10 and that 8it is by the light of the sun that the colored juices of plants are elaborated1 that the colors of bodies are changed1 etc44440 remarks that it is not easy to allow 8that such effects can be produced by the mere vibration of an ethereal medium40 ,and he is forced1 he says1 8by this class of facts1 to reason as if light was material78740 ,professor ,josiah ,p4 ,cooke1 of ,harvard ,university1 says that he 8cannot agree 444 with those who regard the wave-theory of light as an established principle of science40#bec ,herschel's doctrine1 that the intensity of light1 in effect of each undulation1 8is inversely as the square of the distance from the luminous body10 if correct1 damages a good deal if it does not kill the undulatory theory4 ,that he is right1 was proved repeatedly by experiments with photometers2 and1 though it begins to be much doubted1 the undulatory theory is still alive4 ,as ,general ,pleasanton1 of ,philadelphia1 has undertaken to combat this anti-,pythagorean hypothesis1 and has devoted to it a whole volume1 we cannot do any better than refer the reader to his recent work on the ,blue ,ray1 etc4 ,we leave the theory of ,thomas ,young1 who1 according to ,tyndall1 8placed on an immovable basis the undulatory theory of light10 to hold its own if it can1 with the ,philadelphia experimenter4 ,eliphas ,levi1 the modern magician1 describes the astral light in the following sentence3 8,we have said that to acquire magical power1 two things are necessary3 to disengage the will from all servitude1 and to exercise it in control40 8,the sovereign will is represented in our symbols by the woman who crushes the serpent's head1 and by the resplendent angel who represses the dragon1 and holds him under his foot and spear2 the great magical agent1 the dual current of light1 the living and astral fire of the earth1 has been represented in the ancient theogonies by the serpent #ach with the head of a bull1 a ram1 or a dog4 ,it is the double serpent of the caduceus1 it is the ,old ,serpent of the ,genesis1 but it is also the brazen serpent of ,moses entwined around the tau1 that is to say1 the generative lingha4 ,it is also the goat of the witch-sabbath1 and the ,baphomet of the ,templars2 it is the ,hyl of the ,gnostics2 it is the double-tail of serpent which forms the legs of the solar cock of the ,abraxas2 finally1 it is the ,devil of ,m4 ,eudes de ,mirville4 ,but in very fact it is the blind force which souls have to conquer to liberate themselves from the bonds of the earth2 for if their will does not free 8them from this fatal attraction1 they will be absorbed in the current by the force which has produced them1 and will return to the central and eternal fire40 ,this last kabalistic figure of speech1 notwithstanding its strange phraseology1 is precisely the one used by ,jesus2 and in his mind it could have had no other significance than the one attributed to it by the ,gnostics and the ,kabalists4 ,later the ,christian theologians interpreted it differently1 and with them it became the doctrine of ,hell4 ,literally1 though1 it simply means what it says--the astral light1 or the generator and destroyer of all forms4 8,all the magical operations10 continues ,levi1 8consist in freeing one's self from the coils of the ,ancient ,serpent2 then to place the foot on its head1 and lead it according to the operator's will4 #8,i will give unto thee1' says the ,serpent1 in the ,gospel myth1 #8all the kingdoms of the earth1 if thou wilt fall down and worship me4' ,the initiate should reply to him1 #8,i will not fall down1 but thou shalt crouch at my feet2 thou wilt give me nothing1 but ,i will make use of thee and take whatever ,i wish4 ,for ,i am thy ,lord and ,master6' ,this is the real meaning of the ambiguous response made by ,jesus to the tempter4444 ,thus1 the ,devil is not an ,entity4 ,it is an errant force1 as the name signifies4 ,an odic or magnetic current formed by a chain 7a circle7 of pernicious wills must create this evil spirit which the ,gospel calls legion1 and which forces into the sea a herd of swine--another evangelical allegory showing how base natures can be driven headlong by the blind forces set in motion by error and sin40#bed ,in his extensive work on the mystical manifestations of human nature1 the ,german naturalist and philosopher1 ,maximilian ,perty1 has devoted a whole chapter to the ,modern forms of ,magic4 8,the manifestations of magical life10 he says in his ,preface1 8partially repose on quite another order of things than the nature in which we are acquainted with time1 space1 and causality2 these manifestations can be experimented with but little2 they cannot be called out at our bidding1 but may be #aci observed and carefully followed whenever they occur in our presence2 we can only group them by analogy under certain divisions1 and deduce from them general principles and laws40 ,thus1 for ,professor ,perty1 who evidently belongs to the school of ,schopenhauer1 the possibility and naturalness of the phenomena which took place in the presence of ,kavindasami1 the fakir1 and are described by ,louis ,jacolliot1 the ,orientalist1 are fully demonstrated on that principle4 ,the fakir was a man who1 through the entire subjugation of the matter of his corporeal system has attained to that state of purification at which the spirit becomes nearly freed from its prison1#bee and can produce wonders4 ,his will1 nay1 a simple desire of his has become creative force1 and he can command the elements and powers of nature4 ,his body is no more an impediment to him2 hence he can converse 8spirit to spirit1 breath to breath40 ,under his extended palms1 a seed1 unknown to him 7for ,jacolliot has chosen it at random among a variety of seeds1 from a bag1 and planted it himself1 after marking it1 in a flower pot71 will germinate instantly1 and push its way through the soil4 ,developing in less than two hours' time to a size and height which1 perhaps1 under ordinary circumstances1 would require several days or weeks1 it grows miraculously under the very eyes of the perplexed experimenter1 and mockingly upsets every accepted formula in ,botany4 ,is this a miracle8 ,by no means2 it may be one1 perhaps1 if we take ,webster's definition1 that a miracle is 8every event contrary to the established constitution and course of things--a deviation from the known laws of nature40 ,but are our naturalists prepared to support the claim that what they have once established on observation is infallible8 ,or that every law of nature is known to them8 ,in this instance1 the 8miracle0 is but a little more prominent than the now well-known experiments of ,general ,pleasanton1 of ,philadelphia4 ,while the vegetation and fruitage of his vines were stimulated to an incredible activity by the artificial violet light1 the magnetic fluid emanating from the hands of the fakir effected still more intense and rapid changes in the vital function of the ,indian plants4 ,it attracted and concentrated the akasa1 or life-principle1 on the germ4#bef ,his magnetism1 obeying #adj his will1 drew up the akasa in a concentrated current through the plant towards his hands1 and by keeping up an unintermitted flow for the requisite space of time1 the life-principle of the plant built up cell after cell1 layer after layer1 with preternatural activity1 until the work was done4 ,the life-principle is but a blind force obeying a controlling influence4 ,in the ordinary course of nature the plant-protoplasm would have concentrated and directed it at a certain established rate4 ,this rate would have been controlled by the prevalent atmospheric conditions2 its growth being rapid or slow1 and1 in stalk or head1 in proportion to the amount of light1 heat1 and moisture of the season4 ,but the fakir1 coming to the help of nature with his powerful will and spirit purified from the contact with matter1#beg condenses1 so to speak1 the essence of plant-life into its germ1 and forces it to maturity ahead of its time4 ,this blind force being totally submissive to his will1 obeys it with servility4 ,if he chose to imagine the plant as a monster1 it would as surely become such1 as ordinarily it would grow in its natural shape2 for the concrete image--slave to the subjective model outlined in the imagination of the fakir--is forced to follow the original in its least detail1 as the hand and brush of the painter follow the image which they copy from his mind4 ,the will of the fakir-conjurer forms an invisible but yet1 to it1 perfectly objective matrix1 in which the vegetable matter is caused to deposit itself and assume the fixed shape4 ,the will creates2 for the will in motion is force1 and force produces matter4 ,if some persons object to the explanation on the ground that the fakir #ada could by no means create the model in his imagination1 since he was kept ignorant by ,jacolliot of the kind of seed he had selected for the experiment2 to these we will answer that the spirit of man is like that of his ,creator--omniscient in its essence4 ,while in his natural state the fakir did not1 and could not know whether it was a melon-seed1 or seed of any other plant2 once entranced1 i4e41 bodily dead to all outward appearance--the spirit1 for which there exist neither distance1 material obstacle1 nor space of time1 experienced no difficulty in perceiving the melon-seed1 whether as it lay deeply buried in the mud of the flower-pot1 or reflected in the faithful picture-gallery of ,jacolliot's brain4 ,our visions1 portents1 and other psychological phenomena1 all of which exist in nature1 are corroborative of the above fact4 ,and now1 perhaps1 we might as well meet at once another impending objection4 ,indian jugglers1 they will tell us1 do the same1 and as well as the fakir1 if we can believe newspapers and travellers' narratives4 ,undoubtedly so2 and moreover these strolling jugglers are neither pure in their modes of living nor considered holy by any one2 neither by foreigners nor their own people4 ,they are generally ,,feared and despised by the natives1 for they are sorcerers2 men practising the black art4 ,while such a holy man as ,kavindasami requires but the help of his own divine soul1 closely united with the astral spirit1 and the help of a few familiar pitris--pure1 ethereal beings1 who rally around their elect brother in flesh--the sorcerer can summon to his help but that class of spirits which we know as the elementals4 ,like attracts like2 and greed for money1 impure purposes1 and selfish views1 cannot attract any other spirits than those that the ,hebrew kabalists know as the klippoth1 dwellers of ,asiah1 the fourth world1 and the ,eastern magicians as the afrits1 or elementary spirits of error1 or the devs4 ,this is how an ,english paper describes the astounding trick of plant-growth1 as performed by ,indian jugglers3 8,an empty flower-pot was now placed upon the floor by the juggler1 who requested that his comrades might be allowed to bring up some garden mould from the little plot of ground below4 ,permission being accorded1 the man went1 and in two minutes returned with a small quantity of fresh earth tied up in a corner of his chudder1 which was deposited in the flower-pot and lightly pressed down4 ,taking from his basket a dry mango-stone1 and handing it round to the company that they might examine it1 and satisfy themselves that it was really what it seemed to be1 the juggler scooped out a little earth from the centre of the flower-pot and placed the stone in the cavity4 ,he then turned the earth lightly over it1 and1 having poured a little water over the surface1 #adb shut the flower-pot out of view by means of a sheet thrown over a small triangle4 ,and now1 amid a full chorus of voices and rat-tat-tat accompaniment of the tabor1 the stone germinated2 presently a section of the cloth was drawn aside1 and gave to view the tender shoot1 characterized by two long leaves of a blackish-brown color4 ,the cloth was readjusted1 and the incantation resumed4 ,not long was it1 however1 before the cloth was a second time drawn aside1 and it was then seen that the two first leaves had given place to several green ones1 and that the plant now stood nine or ten inches high4 ,a third time1 and the foliage was much thicker1 the sapling being about thirteen to fourteen inches in height4 ,a fourth time1 and the little miniature tree1 now about eighteen inches in height1 had ten or twelve mangoes about the size of walnuts hanging about its branches4 ,finally1 after the lapse of three of four minutes1 the cloth was altogether removed1 and the fruit1 having the perfection of size1 though not of maturity1 was plucked and handed to the spectators1 and1 on being tasted1 was found to be approaching ripeness1 being sweetly acid40 ,we may add to this1 that we have witnessed the same experiment in ,india and ,thibet1 and that more than once we provided the flower-pot ourselves1 by emptying an old tin box of some ,liebig extracts4 ,we filled it with earth with our own hands1 and planted in it a small root handed to us by the conjurer1 and until the experiment was ended never once removed our eyes from the pot1 which was placed in our own room4 ,the result was invariably the same as above described4 ,does the reader imagine that any prestidigitator could produce the same manifestation under the same conditions8 ,the learned ,orioli1 ,corresponding ,member of the ,institute of ,france1 gives a number of instances which show the marvellous effects produced by the will-power acting upon the invisible ,proteus of the mesmerists4 8,i have seen10 says he1 8certain persons1 who simply by pronouncing certain words1 arrest wild bulls and horses at headlong speed1 and suspend in its flight the arrow which cleaves the air40 ,thomas ,bartholini affirms the same4 ,says ,du ,potet3 8,when ,i trace upon the floor with chalk or charcoal this figure 444 a fire1 a light fixes itself on it4 ,soon it attracts to itself the person who approaches it2 it detains and fascinates him 444 and it is useless for him to try to cross the line4 ,a magic power compels him to stand still4 ,at the end of a few moments he yields1 uttering sobs4444 ,the cause is not in me1 it is in this entirely kabalistic sign2 in vain would you employ violence40#beh ,in a series of remarkable experiments made by ,regazzoni in the #adc presence of certain well-known ,french physicians1 at ,paris1 on the #ahth of ,may1 #ahef1 they assembled on one night together1 and ,regazzoni1 with his finger1 traced an imaginary kabalistic line upon the floor1 over which he made a few rapid passes4 ,it was agreed that the mesmeric subjects1 selected by the investigators and the committee for the experiments1 and all strangers to him1 should be brought blindfold into the room1 and caused to walk toward the line1 without a word being spoken to indicate what was expected of them4 ,the subjects moved along unsuspiciously till they came to the invisible barrier1 when1 as it is described1 8their feet1 as if they had been suddenly seized and riveted1 adhere to the ground1 while their bodies1 carried forward by the rapid impulse of the motion1 fall and strike the floor4 ,the sudden rigidity of their limbs was like that of a frozen corpse1 and their heels were rooted with mathematical precision upon the fatal line60#bei ,in another experiment it was agreed that upon one of the physicians giving a certain signal by a glance of the eye1 the blindfolded girl should be made to fall on the ground1 as if struck by lightning1 by the magnetic fluid emitted by ,regazzoni's will4 ,she was placed at a distance from the magnetizer2 the signal was given1 and instantly the subject was felled to the earth1 without a word being spoken or a gesture made4 ,involuntarily one of the spectators stretched out his hand as if to catch her2 but ,regazzoni1 in a voice of thunder1 exclaimed1 8,do not touch her6 ,let her fall2 a magnetized subject is never hurt by falling40 ,des ,mousseaux1 who tells the story1 says that 8marble is not more rigid than was her body2 her head did not touch the ground2 one of her arms remained stretched in the air2 one of her legs was raised and the other horizontal4 ,she remained in this unnatural posture an indefinite time4 ,less rigid is a statue of bronze40#bfj ,all the effects witnessed in the experiments of public lecturers upon mesmerism1 were produced by ,regazzoni in perfection1 and without one spoken word to indicate what the subject was to do4 ,he even by his silent will produced the most surprising effects upon the physical systems of persons totally unknown to him4 ,directions whispered by the committee in ,regazzoni's ear were immediately obeyed by the subjects1 whose ears were stuffed with cotton1 and whose eyes were bandaged4 ,nay1 in some cases it was not even necessary for them to express to the magnetizer what they desired1 for their own mental requests were complied with with perfect fidelity4 ,experiments of a similar character were made by ,regazzoni in ,england1 at a distance of three hundred paces from the subject brought to him4 #add ,the jettatura1 or evil eye1 is nothing but the direction of this invisible fluid1 charged with malicious will and hatred1 from one person to another1 and sent out with the intention of harming him4 ,it may equally be employed for a good or evil purpose4 ,in the former case it is magic2 in the latter1 sorcery4 ,what is the ,,will8 ,can 8exact science0 tell8 ,what is the nature of that intelligent1 intangible1 and powerful something which reigns supreme over all inert matter8 ,the great ,universal ,idea willed1 and the cosmos sprang into existence4 ,i will1 and my limbs obey4 ,i will1 and1 my thought traversing space1 which does not exist for it1 envelops the body of another individual who is not a part of myself1 penetrates through his pores1 and1 superseding his own faculties1 if they are weaker1 forces him to a predetermined action4 ,it acts like the fluid of a galvanic battery on the limbs of a corpse4 ,the mysterious effects of attraction and repulsion are the unconscious agents of that will2 fascination1 such as we see exercised by some animals1 by serpents over birds1 for instance1 is a conscious action of it1 and the result of thought4 ,sealing-wax1 glass1 and amber1 when rubbed1 i4e41 when the latent heat which exists in every substance is awakened1 attract light bodies2 they exercise unconsciously1 will2 for inorganic as well as organic matter possesses a particle of the divine essence in itself1 however infinitesimally small it may be4 ,and how could it be otherwise8 ,notwithstanding that in the progress of its evolution it may from beginning to end have passed through millions of various forms1 it must ever retain its germ-point of that prexistent matter1 which is the first manifestation and emanation of the ,deity itself4 ,what is then this inexplicable power of attraction but an atomical portion of that essence that scientists and kabalists equally recognize as the 8principle of life0 the akasa8 ,granted that the attraction exercised by such bodies may be blind2 but as we ascend higher the scale of the organic beings in nature1 we find this principle of life developing attributes and faculties which become more determined and marked with every rung of the endless ladder4 ,man1 the most perfect of organized beings on earth1 in whom matter and spirit--i4e41 will--are the most developed and powerful1 is alone allowed to give a conscious impulse to that principle which emanates from him2 and only he can impart to the magnetic fluid opposite and various impulses without limit as to the direction4 8,he wills10 says ,du ,potet1 8and organized matter obeys4 ,it has no poles40 ,dr4 ,brierre de ,boismont1 in his volume on ,hallucinations1 reviews a wonderful variety of visions1 apparitions1 and ecstasies1 generally termed hallucinations4 8,we cannot deny10 he says1 8that in certain diseases we see developed a great surexcitation of sensibility1 which #ade lends to the senses a prodigious acuteness of perception4 ,thus1 some individuals will perceive at considerable distances1 others will announce the approach of persons who are really on their way1 although those present can neither hear nor see them coming40#bfa ,a lucid patient1 lying in his bed1 announces the arrival of persons to see whom he must possess transmural vision1 and this faculty is termed by ,brierre de ,boismont--hallucination4 ,in our ignorance1 we have hitherto innocently supposed that in order to be rightly termed a hallucination1 a vision must be subjective4 ,it must have an existence only in the delirious brain of the patient4 ,but if the latter announces the visit of a person1 miles away1 and this person arrives at the very moment predicted by the seer1 then his vision was no more subjective1 but on the contrary perfectly objective1 for he saw that person in the act of coming4 ,and how could the patient see1 through solid bodies and space1 an object shut out from the reach of our mortal sight1 if he had not exercised his spiritual eyes on that occasion8 ,coincidence8 ,cabanis speaks of certain nervous disorders in which the patients easily distinguished with the naked eye infusoria and other microscopical beings which others could only perceive through powerful lenses4 8,i have met subjects10 he says1 8who saw in ,cimmerian darkness as well as in a lighted room2 4440 others 8who followed persons1 tracing them out like dogs1 and recognizing by the smell objects belonging to such persons or even such as had been only touched by them1 with a sagacity which was hitherto observed only in animals40#bfb ,exactly2 because reason1 which1 as ,cabanis says1 develops only at the expense and loss of natural instinct1 is a ,chinese wall slowly rising on the soil of sophistry1 and which finally shuts out man's spiritual perceptions of which the instinct is one of the most important examples4 ,arrived at certain stages of physical prostration1 when mind and the reasoning faculties seem paralyzed through weakness and bodily exhaustion1 instinct--the spiritual unity of the five senses--sees1 hears1 feels1 tastes1 and smells1 unimpaired by either time or space4 ,what do we know of the exact limits of mental action8 ,how can a physician take upon himself to distinguish the imaginary from the real senses in a man who may be living a spiritual life1 in a body so exhausted of its usual vitality that it actually is unable to prevent the soul from oozing out from its prison8 ,the divine light through which1 unimpeded by matter1 the soul #adf perceives things past1 present1 and to come1 as though their rays were focused in a mirror2 the death-dealing bolt projected in an instant of fierce anger or at the climax of long-festering hate2 the blessing wafted from a grateful or benevolent heart2 and the curse hurled at an object--offender or victim--all have to pass through that universal agent1 which under one impulse is the breath of ,god1 and under another--the venom of the devil4 ,it was discovered 787 by ,baron ,reichenbach and called ,,od1 whether intentionally or otherwise we cannot say1 but it is singular that a name should have been chosen which is mentioned in the most ancient books of the ,kabala4 ,our readers will certainly inquire what then is this invisible all8 ,how is it that our scientific methods1 however perfected1 have never discovered any of the magical properties contained in it8 ,to this we can answer1 that it is no reason because modern scientists are ignorant of them that it should not possess all the properties with which the ancient philosophers endowed it4 ,science rejects many a thing to-day which she may find herself forced to accept to-morrow4 ,a little less than a century ago the ,academy denied ,franklin's electricity1 and1 at the present day1 we can hardly find a house without a conductor on its roof4 ,shooting at the barn-door1 the ,academy missed the barn itself4 ,modern scientists1 by their wilful skepticism and learned ignorance1 do this very frequently4 ,emepht1 the supreme1 first principle1 produced an egg2 by brooding over which1 and permeating the substance of it with its own vivifying essence1 the germ contained within was developed2 and ,phtha1 the active creative principle proceeded from it1 and began his work4 ,from the boundless expanse of cosmic matter1 which had formed itself under his breath1 or will1 this cosmic matter--astral light1 ther1 fire-mist1 principle of life--it matters not how we may call it1 this creative principle1 or1 as our modern philosophy terms it1 law of evolution1 by setting in motion the potencies latent in it1 formed suns and stars1 and satellites2 controlled their emplacement by the immutable law of harmony1 and peopled them 8with every form and quality of life40 ,in the ancient ,eastern mythologies1 the cosmogonic myth states that there was but water 7the father7 and the prolific slime 7the mother1 ,ilus or ,hyl71 from which crept forth the mundane snake-matter4 ,it was the god ,phanes1 the revealed one1 the ,word1 or logos4 ,how willingly this myth was accepted1 even by the ,christians who compiled the ,new ,testament1 may be easily inferred from the following fact3 ,phanes1 the revealed god1 is represented in this snake-symbol as a protogonos1 a being furnished with the heads of a man1 a hawk or an eagle1 a bull--taurus1 and a lion1 with wings on both sides4 ,the heads relate to the zodiac1 and typify the four seasons of the year1 for the mundane serpent is the mundane #adg year1 while the serpent itself is the symbol of ,kneph1 the hidden1 or unrevealed deity--,god the ,father4 ,time is winged1 therefore the serpent is represented with wings4 ,if we remember that each of the four evangelists is represented as having near him one of the described animals--grouped together in ,solomon's triangle in the pentacle of ,ezekiel1 and to be found in the four cherubs or sphinxes of the sacred arch--we will perhaps understand the secret meaning1 as well as the reason why the early ,christians adopted this symbol2 and how it is that the present ,roman ,catholics and the ,greeks of the ,oriental ,church still represent these animals in the pictures of their evangelists which sometimes accompany the four ,gospels4 ,we will also understand why ,irenus1 ,bishop of ,lyons1 had so insisted upon the necessity of the fourth gospel2 giving as a reason that there could not be less than four of them1 as there were four zones in the world1 and four principal winds coming from the four cardinal points1 etc4#bfc ,according to one of the ,egyptian myths1 the phantom-form of the isle of ,chemmis 7,chemi1 ancient ,egypt71 which floats on the ethereal waves of the empyrean sphere1 was called into being by ,horus-,apollo1 the sun-god1 who caused it to evolve out of the mundane egg4 ,in the cosmogonical poem of ,vluspa 7the song of the prophetess71 which contains the ,scandinavian legends of the very dawn of ages1 the phantom-germ of the universe is represented as lying in the ,ginnunga-gap--or the cup of illusion1 a boundless and void abyss4 ,in this world's matrix1 formerly a region of night and desolation1 ,nebelheim 7the ,mist-place7 dropped a ray of cold light 7ther71 which overflowed this cup and froze in it4 ,then the ,invisible blew a scorching wind which dissolved the frozen waters and cleared the mist4 ,these waters1 called the streams of ,elivgar1 distilled in vivifying drops which1 falling down1 created the earth and the giant ,ymir1 who only had 8the semblance of man0 7male principle74 ,with him was created the cow1 ,audhumla#bfd 7female principle71 from whose udder flowed four streams of milk1#bfe which diffused themselves throughout space 7the astral light in its purest emanation74 ,the cow ,audhumla produces a superior being1 called ,bur1 handsome and powerful1 by licking the stones that were covered with mineral salt4 ,now1 if we take into consideration that this mineral was universally #adh regarded by ancient philosophers as one of the chief formative principles in organic creation2 by the alchemists as the universal menstruum1 which1 they said1 was to be wrought from water2 and by every one else1 even as it is regarded now by science as well as in the popular ideas1 to be an indispensable ingredient for man and beast2 we may readily comprehend the hidden wisdom of this allegory of the creation of man4 ,paracelsus calls salt 8the centre of water1 wherein metals ought to die10 etc41 and ,van ,helmont terms the ,alkahest1 8summum et felicissimum omnium salium10 the most successful of all salts4 ,in the ,gospel according to ,matthew1 ,jesus says3 8,ye are the salt of the earth3 but if the salt have lost his savor1 wherewith shall it be salted80 and following the parable he adds3 8,ye are the light of the world0 7v4 #ad74 ,this is more than an allegory2 these words point to a direct and unequivocal meaning in relation to the spiritual and physical organisms of man in his dual nature1 and show1 moreover1 a knowledge of the 8secret doctrine10 the direct traces of which we find equally in the oldest ancient and current popular traditions1 in both the ,old and ,new ,testaments1 and in the writings of the ancient and medival mystics and philosophers4 ,but to return to our ,edda-legend4 ,ymir1 the giant1 falls asleep1 and sweats profusely4 ,this perspiration causes the pit of his left arm to generate out of that place a man and a woman1 while his foot produces a son for them4 ,thus1 while the mythic 8cow0 gives being to a race of superior spiritual men1 the giant ,ymir begets a race of evil and depraved men1 the ,hrimthursen1 or frost-giants4 ,comparing notes with the ,hindu ,vedas1 we find it then1 with slight modifications1 the same cosmogonic legend in substance and details4 ,brahma1 as soon as ,bhagaveda1 the ,supreme ,god1 endows him with creative powers1 produces animated beings1 wholly spiritual at first4 ,the ,dejotas1 inhabitants of the ,surg's 7the celestial7 region1 are unfit to live on earth1 therefore ,brahma creates the ,daints 7giants1 who become the dwellers of the ,patals1 the lower regions of space71 who are also unfit to inhabit ,mirtlok 7the earth74 ,to palliate the evil1 the creative power evolves from his mouth the first ,brahman1 who thus becomes the progenitor of our race2 from his right arm ,brahma creates ,raettris1 the warrior1 and from his left ,shaterany1 the wife of ,raettris4 ,then their son ,bais springs from the right foot of the creator1 and his wife ,basany from the left4 ,while in the ,scandinavian legend ,bur 7the son of the cow ,audhumla71 a superior being1 marries ,besla1 a daughter of the depraved race of giants1 in the ,hindu tradition the first ,brahman marries ,daintary1 also a daughter of the race of the giants2 and in ,genesis we see the sons of ,god taking for wives the daughters of men1 #adi and likewise producing mighty men of old2 the whole establishing an unquestionable identity of origin between the ,christian inspired ,book1 and the heathen 8fables0 of ,scandinavia and ,hindustan4 ,the traditions of nearly every other nation1 if examined1 will yield a like result4 ,what modern cosmogonist could compress within so simple a symbol as the ,egyptian serpent in a circle such a world of meaning8 ,here we have1 in this creature1 the whole philosophy of the universe3 matter vivified by spirit1 and the two conjointly evolving out of chaos 7,force7 everything that was to be4 ,to signify that the elements are fast bound in this cosmic matter1 which the serpent symbolizes1 the ,egyptians tied its tail into a knot4 ,there is one more important emblem connected with the sloughing of the serpent's skin1 which1 so far as we are aware1 has never been heretofore noticed by our symbolists4 ,as the reptile upon casting his coat becomes freed from a casing of gross matter1 which cramped a body grown too large for it1 and resumes its existence with renewed activity1 so man1 by casting off the gross material body1 enters upon the next stage of his existence with enlarged powers and quickened vitality4 ,inversely1 the ,chaldean ,kabalists tell us that primeval man1 who1 contrary to the ,darwinian theory was purer1 wiser1 and far more spiritual1 as shown by the myths of the ,scandinavian ,bur1 the ,hindu ,dejotas1 and the ,mosaic 8sons of ,god18in short1 of a far higher nature than the man of the present ,adamic race1 became despiritualized or tainted with matter1 and then1 for the first time1 was given the fleshly body1 which is typified in ,genesis in that profoundly-significant verse3 8,unto ,adam also and to his wife did the ,lord ,god make coats of skin1 and clothed them40#bff ,unless the commentators would make of the ,first ,cause a celestial tailor1 what else can the apparently absurd words mean1 but that the spiritual man had reached1 through the progress of involution1 to that point where matter1 predominating over and conquering spirit1 had transformed him into the physical man1 or the second ,adam1 of the second chapter of ,genesis8 ,this kabalistical doctrine is much more elaborated in the ,book of ,jasher4#bfg ,in chapter vii41 these garments of skin are taken by ,noah into the ark1 he having obtained them by inheritance from ,methuselah and ,enoch1 who had them from ,adam and his wife4 ,ham steals them from #aej his father ,noah2 gives them 8in secret0 to ,cush1 who conceals them from his sons and brothers1 and passes them to ,nimrod4 ,while some ,kabalists1 and even archologists say that 8,adam1 ,enoch1 and ,noah might1 in outward appearance1 be different men1 but they were really the self-same divine person40#bfh ,others explain that between ,adam and ,noah there intervened several cycles4 ,that is to say1 that every one of the antediluvian patriarchs stood as the representative of a race which had its place in a succession of cycles2 and each of which races was less spiritual than its predecessor4 ,thus ,noah1 though a good man1 could not have borne comparison with his ancestor1 ,enoch1 who 8walked with ,god and did not die40 ,hence the allegorical interpretation which makes ,noah have this coat of skin by inheritance from the second ,adam and ,enoch1 but not wear it himself1 for if otherwise1 ,ham could not have stolen it4 ,but ,noah and his children bridged the flood2 and while the former belonged to the old and still spiritual antediluvian generation1 insomuch as he was selected from all mankind for his purity1 his children were post-diluvian4 ,the coat of skin worn by ,cush 8in secret18i4 e41 when his spiritual nature began to be tainted by the material--is placed on ,nimrod1 the most powerful and strongest of physical men on this side of the flood--the last remnant of the antediluvian giants4#bfi ,in the ,scandinavian legend1 ,ymir1 the giant1 is slain by the sons of ,bur1 and the streams of blood flowing from his wounds were so copious that the flood drowned the whole race of ice and frost giants1 and ,bergelmir alone of that race was saved1 with his wife1 by taking refuge in a bark2 which fact permitted him to transmit a new branch of giants from the old stock4 ,but all the sons of ,bur remained untouched by the flood4#bgj ,when the symbolism of this diluvian legend is unravelled1 one perceives at once the real meaning of the allegory4 ,the giant ,ymir typifies the primitive rude organic matter1 the blind cosmical forces1 in their chaotic state1 before they received the intelligent impulse of the ,divine ,spirit which set them into a regular motion dependent on immovable laws4 ,the progeny of ,bur are the 8sons of ,god10 or the minor gods mentioned by ,plato in the ,timus1 and who were intrusted1 as he expresses it1 with the creation of men2 for we see them taking the mangled remains of ,ymir to the ,ginnunga-gap1 the chaotic abyss1 and employing them for the creation of our world4 ,his blood goes to form oceans and rivers2 his bones1 the mountains2 his teeth1 the rocks and #aea cliffs2 his hair1 the trees1 etc42 while his skull forms the heavenly vault1 supported by four pillars representing the four cardinal points4 ,from the eyebrows of ,ymir was created the future abode of man--,midgard4 ,this abode 7the earth71 says the ,edda1 in order to be correctly described in all its minute particulars1 must be conceived as round as a ring1 or as a disk1 floating in the midst of the ,celestial ,ocean 7,ether74 ,it is encircled by ,yrmungand1 the gigantic ,midgard or ,earth ,serpent1 holding its tail in its mouth4 ,this is the mundane snake1 matter and spirit1 combined product and emanation of ,ymir1 the gross rudimental matter1 and of the spirit of the 8sons of ,god10 who fashioned and created all forms4 ,this emanation is the astral light of the ,kabalists1 and the as yet problematical1 and hardly known1 ther1 or the 8hypothetical agent of great elasticity0 of our physicists4 ,how sure the ancients were of this doctrine of man's trinitarian nature may be inferred from the same ,scandinavian legend of the creation of mankind4 ,according to the ,vluspa1 ,odin1 ,hnir1 and ,lodur1 who are the progenitors of our race1 found in one of their walks on the ocean-beach1 two sticks floating on the waves1 8powerless and without destiny40 ,odin breathed in them the breath of life2 ,hnir endowed them with soul and motion2 and ,lodur with beauty1 speech1 sight1 and hearing4 ,the man they called ,askr--the ash1#bga and the woman ,embla--the alder4 ,these first men are placed in ,midgard 7mid-garden1 or ,eden7 and thus inherit1 from their creators1 matter or inorganic life2 mind1 or soul2 and pure spirit2 the first corresponding to that part of their organism which sprung from the remains of ,ymir1 the giant-matter1 the second from the sir1 or gods1 the descendants of ,bur1 and the third from the ,vanr1 or the representative of pure spirit4 ,another version of the ,edda makes our visible universe spring from beneath the luxuriant branches of the mundane tree--the ,yggdrasill1 the tree with the three roots4 ,under the first root runs the fountain of life1 ,urdar2 under the second is the famous well of ,mimer1 in which lie deeply buried ,wit and ,wisdom4 ,odin1 the ,alfadir1 asks for a draught of this water2 he gets it1 but finds himself obliged to pledge one of his eyes for it2 the eye being in this case the symbol of the ,deity revealing itself in the wisdom of its own creation2 for ,odin leaves it at the bottom of the deep well4 ,the care of the mundane tree is intrusted to three maidens 7the ,norns or ,parc71 ,urdhr1 ,verdandi1 and ,skuld--or the ,present1 the ,past1 and the ,future4 ,every #aeb morning1 while fixing the term of human life1 they draw water from the ,urdar-fountain1 and sprinkle with it the roots of the mundane tree1 that it may live4 ,the exhalations of the ash1 ,yggdrasill1 condense1 and falling down upon our earth call into existence and change of form every portion of the inanimate matter4 ,this tree is the symbol of the universal ,life1 organic as well as inorganic2 its emanations represent the spirit which vivifies every form of creation2 and of its three roots1 one extends to heaven1 the second to the dwelling of the magicians--giants1 inhabitants of the lofty mountains--and at the third1 under which is the spring ,hvergelmir1 gnaws the monster ,nidhgg1 who constantly leads mankind into evil4 ,the ,thibetans have also their mundane tree1 and the legend is of an untold antiquity4 ,with them it is called ,zampun4 ,the first of its three roots also extends to heaven1 to the top of the highest mountains2 the second passes down to the lower region2 the third remains midway1 and reaches the east4 ,the mundane tree of the ,hindus is the ,aswatha4#bgb ,its branches are the components of the visible world2 and its leaves the ,mantras of the ,vedas1 symbols of the universe in its intellectual or moral character4 ,who can study carefully the ancient religious and cosmogonic myths without perceiving that this striking similitude of conceptions1 in their exoteric form and esoteric spirit1 is the result of no mere coincidence1 but manifests a concurrent design8 ,it shows that already in those ages which are shut out from our sight by the impenetrable mist of tradition1 human religious thought developed in uniform sympathy in every portion of the globe4 ,christians call this adoration of nature in her most concealed verities--,pantheism4 ,but if the latter1 which worships and reveals to us ,god in space in ,his only possible objective form--that of visible nature--perpetually reminds humanity of ,him who created it1 and a religion of theological dogmatism only serves to conceal ,him the more from our sight1 which is the better adapted to the needs of mankind8 ,modern science insists upon the doctrine of evolution2 so do human reason and the 8secret doctrine10 and the idea is corroborated by the ancient legends and myths1 and even by the ,bible itself when it is read between the lines4 ,we see a flower slowly developing from a bud1 and the bud from its seed4 ,but whence the latter1 with all its predetermined programme of physical transformation1 and its invisible1 therefore spiritual forces which gradually develop its form1 color1 and odor8 ,the word evolution speaks for itself4 ,the germ of the present human race must have prexisted in the parent #aec of this race1 as the seed1 in which lies hidden the flower of next summer1 was developed in the capsule of its parent-flower2 the parent may be but slightly different1 but it still differs from its future progeny4 ,the antediluvian ancestors of the present elephant and lizard were1 perhaps1 the mammoth and the plesiosaurus2 why should not the progenitors of our human race have been the 8giants0 of the ,vedas1 the ,vluspa1 and the ,book of ,genesis8 ,while it is positively absurd to believe the 8transformation of species0 to have taken place according to some of the more materialistic views of the evolutionists1 it is but natural to think that each genus1 beginning with the mollusks and ending with monkey-man1 has modified from its own primordial and distinctive form4 ,supposing that we concede that 8animals have descended from at most only four or five progenitors20#bgc and that even la rigueur 8all the organic beings which have ever lived on this earth have descended from some one primordial form20#bgd still no one but a stone-blind materialist1 one utterly devoid of intuitiveness1 can seriously expect to see 8in the distant future 444 psychology based on a new foundation1 that of the necessary acquirement of each mental power and capacity by gradation40#bge ,physical man1 as a product of evolution1 may be left in the hands of the man of exact science4 ,none but he can throw light upon the physical origin of the race4 ,but1 we must positively deny the materialist the same privilege as to the question of man's psychical and spiritual evolution1 for he and his highest faculties cannot be proved on any conclusive evidence to be 8as much products of evolution as the humblest plant or the lowest worm40#bgf ,having said so much1 we will now proceed to show the evolution-hypothesis of the old ,brahmans1 as embodied by them in the allegory of the mundane tree4 ,the ,hindus represent their mythical tree1 which they call ,aswatha1 in a way which differs from that of the ,scandinavians4 ,it is described by them as growing in a reversed position1 the branches extending downward and the roots upward2 the former typifying the external world of sense1 i4e41 the visible cosmical universe1 and the latter the invisible world of spirit1 because the roots have their genesis in the heavenly regions where1 from the world's creation1 humanity has placed its invisible deity4 ,the creative energy having originated in the primordial point1 the religious symbols of every people are so many illustrations of this metaphysical hypothesis expounded by ,pythagoras1 ,plato1 and other #aed philosophers4 8,these ,chaldeans10 says ,philo1#bgg 8were of opinion that the ,kosmos1 among the things that exist1 is a single point1 either being itself ,god 7,theos7 or that in it is ,god1 comprehending the soul of all the things40 ,the ,egyptian ,pyramid also symbolically represents this idea of the mundane tree4 ,its apex is the mystic link between heaven and earth1 and stands for the root1 while the base represents the spreading branches1 extending to the four cardinal points of the universe of matter4 ,it conveys the idea that all things had their origin in spirit--evolution having originally begun from above and proceeded downward1 instead of the reverse1 as taught in the ,darwinian theory4 ,in other words1 there has been a gradual materialization of forms until a fixed ultimate of debasement is reached4 ,this point is that at which the doctrine of modern evolution enters into the arena of speculative hypothesis4 ,arrived at this period we will find it easier to understand ,haeckel's ,anthropogeny1 which traces the pedigree of man 8from its protoplasmic root1 sodden in the mud of seas which existed before the oldest of the fossiliferous rocks were deposited10 according to ,professor ,huxley's exposition4 ,we may believe man evolved 8by gradual modification of a mammal of ape-like organization0 still easier when we remember that 7though in a more condensed and less elegant1 but still as comprehensible1 phraseology7 the same theory was said by ,berosus to have been taught many thousands of years before his time by the man-fish ,oannes or ,dagon1 the semi-demon of ,babylonia4#bgh ,we may add1 as a fact of interest1 that this ancient theory of evolution is not only embalmed in allegory and legend1 but also depicted upon the walls of certain temples in ,india1 and1 in a fragmentary form1 has been found in those of ,egypt and on the slabs of ,nimroud and ,nineveh1 excavated by ,layard4 ,but what lies back of the ,darwinian line of descent8 ,so far as he is concerned nothing but 8unverifiable hypotheses40 ,for1 as he puts it1 he views all beings 8as the lineal descendants of some few beings which lived long before the first bed of the ,silurian system was deposited40#bgi ,he does not attempt to show us who these 8few beings0 were4 ,but it answers our purpose quite as well1 for in the admission of their existence at all1 resort to the ancients for corroboration and elaboration of the idea receives the stamp of scientific approbation4 ,with all the changes that our globe has passed through as regards temperature1 climate1 soil1 and--if we may be pardoned1 in view of recent developments--its electro-magnetic condition1 he would be bold #aee indeed who dare say that anything in present science contradicts the ancient hypothesis of ante-,silurian man4 ,the flint-axes first found by ,boucher de ,perthes1 in the valley of the ,smme1 prove that men must have existed at a period so remote as to be beyond calculation4 ,if we believe ,bchner1 man must have lived even during and before the glacial epoch1 a subdivision of the quaternary or diluvial period probably extending very far back in it4 ,but who can tell what the next discovery has in store for us8 ,now1 if we have indisputable proof that man has existed so long as this1 there must have been wonderful modifications of his physical system1 corresponding with the changes of climate and atmosphere4 ,does not this seem to show by analogy that1 tracing backward1 there may have been other modifications1 which fitted the most remote progenitors of the 8frost-giants0 to live even contemporaneously with the ,devonian fishes or the ,silurian mollusks8 ,true1 they left no flint-hatchets behind them1 nor any bones or cave-deposits2 but1 if the ancients are correct1 the races at that time were composed not only of giants1 or 8mighty men of renown10 but also of 8sons of ,god40 ,if those who believe in the evolution of spirit as firmly as the materialists believe in that of matter are charged with teaching 8unverifiable hypotheses10 how readily can they retort upon their accusers by saying that1 by their own confession1 their physical evolution is still 8an unverified1 if not actually an unverifiable hypothesis40#bhj ,the former have at least the inferential proof of legendary myth1 the vast antiquity of which is admitted by both philologists and archologists2 while their antagonists have nothing of a similar nature1 unless they help themselves to a portion of the ancient picture-writings1 and suppress the rest4 ,it is more than fortunate that1 while the works of some men of science--who have justly won their great reputations--will flatly contradict our hypotheses1 the researches and labors of others not less eminent seem to fully confirm our views4 ,in the recent work of ,mr4 ,alfred ,r4 ,wallace1 ,the ,geographical ,distribution of ,animals1 we find the author seriously favoring the idea of 8some slow process of development0 of the present species from others which have preceded them1 his idea extending back over an innumerable series of cycles4 ,and if animals1 why not animal man1 preceded still farther back by a thoroughly 8spiritual0 one--a 8son of ,god08 ,and now1 we may once more return to the symbolology of the olden times1 and their physico-religious myths4 ,before we close this work1 we hope to demonstrate more or less successfully how closely the conceptions of the latter were allied with many of the achievements of modern science #aef in physics and natural philosophy4 ,under the emblematical devices and peculiar phraseology of the priesthood of old lie latent hints of sciences as yet undiscovered during the present cycle4 ,well acquainted as may be a scholar with the hieratic writing and hieroglyphical system of the ,egyptians1 he must first of all learn to sift their records4 ,he has to assure himself1 compasses and rule in hand1 that the picture-writing he is examining fits1 to a line1 certain fixed geometrical figures which are the hidden keys to such records1 before he ventures on an interpretation4 ,but there are myths which speak for themselves4 ,in this class we may include the double-sexed first creators1 of every cosmogony4 ,the ,greek ,zeus-,zn 7ther71 and ,chthonia 7the chaotic earth7 and ,metis 7the water71 his wives2 ,osiris and ,isis-,latona--the former god representing also ether--the first emanation of the ,supreme ,deity1 ,amun1 the primeval source of light2 the goddess earth and water again2 ,mithras1#bha the rock-born god1 the symbol of the male mundane-fire1 or the personified primordial light1 and ,mithra1 the fire-goddess1 at once his mother and his wife2 the pure element of fire 7the active1 or male principle7 regarded as light and heat1 in conjunction with earth and water1 or matter 7female or passive elements of cosmical generation74 ,mithras is the son of ,bordj1 the ,persian mundane mountain1#bhb from which he flashes out as a radiant ray of light4 ,brahma1 the fire-god1 and his prolific consort2 and the ,hindu ,unghi1 the refulgent deity1 from whose body issue a thousand streams of glory and seven tongues of flame1 and in whose honor the ,sagniku ,brahmans preserve to this day a perpetual fire2 ,siva1 personated by the mundane mountain of the ,hindus--the ,meru 7,himalaya74 ,this terrific fire-god1 who is said in the legend to have descended from heaven1 like the ,jewish ,jehovah1 in a pillar of fire1 and a dozen of other archaic1 double-sexed deities1 all loudly proclaim their hidden meaning4 ,and what can these dual myths mean but the physico-chemical principle of primordial creation8 ,the first revelation of the ,supreme ,cause in its triple manifestation of spirit1 force1 and matter2 the divine correlation1 at its starting-point of evolution1 allegorized as the marriage of fire and water1 products of electrifying spirit1 union of the male active principle with the female passive element1 which become the parents of their tellurian child1 cosmic matter1 the prima materia1 whose spirit is ether1 the ,,astral ,,light6 ,thus all the world-mountains and mundane eggs1 the mundane trees1 and the mundane snakes and pillars1 may be shown to embody scientifically #aeg demonstrated truths of natural philosophy4 ,all of these mountains contain1 with very trifling variations1 the allegorically-expressed description of primal cosmogony2 the mundane trees1 that of subsequent evolution of spirit and matter2 the mundane snakes and pillars1 symbolical memorials of the various attributes of this double evolution in its endless correlation of cosmic forces4 ,within the mysterious recesses of the mountain--the matrix of the universe--the gods 7powers7 prepare the atomic germs of organic life1 and at the same time the life-drink1 which1 when tasted1 awakens in man-matter the man-spirit4 ,the soma1 the sacrificial drink of the ,hindus1 is that sacred beverage4 ,for1 at the creation of the prima materia1 while the grossest portions of it were used for the physical embryo-world1 the more divine essence of it pervaded the universe1 invisibly permeating and enclosing within its ethereal waves the newly-born infant1 developing and stimulating it to activity as it slowly evolved out of the eternal chaos4 ,from the poetry of abstract conception1 these mundane myths gradually passed into the concrete images of cosmic symbols1 as archology now finds them4 ,the snake1 which plays such a prominent part in the imagery of the ancients1 was degraded by the absurd interpretation of the serpent of the ,book of ,genesis into a synonym of ,satan1 the ,prince of ,darkness1 whereas it is the most ingenious of all the myths in its various symbolisms4 ,for one1 as agathodaimon1 it is the emblem of the healing art and of the immortality of man4 ,it encircles the images of most of the sanitary or hygienic gods4 ,the cup of health1 in the ,egyptian ,mysteries1 was entwined by serpents4 ,as evil can only arise from an extreme in good1 the serpent1 under some other aspects1 became typical of matter2 which1 the more it recedes from its primal spiritual source1 the more it becomes subject of evil4 ,in the oldest ,egyptian imagery1 as in the cosmogonic allegories of ,kneph1 the mundane snake1 when typifying matter1 is usually represented as contained within a circle2 he lies straight across its equator1 thus indicating that the universe of astral light1 out of which the physical world evolved1 while bounding the latter1 is itself bound by ,emepht1 or the ,supreme ,first ,cause4 ,phtha producing ,ra1 and the myriad forms to which he gives life1 are shown as creeping out of the mundane egg1 because it is the most familiar form of that in which is deposited and developed the germ of every living being4 ,when the serpent represents eternity and immortality1 it encircles the world1 biting its tail1 and thus offering no solution of continuity4 ,it then becomes the astral light4 ,the disciples of the school of ,pherecydes taught that ether 7,zeus or ,zn7 is the highest empyrean heaven1 which encloses the supernal world1 and its light 7the astral7 is the concentrated primordial element4 ,such is the origin of the serpent1 metamorphosed in ,christian ages #aeh into ,satan4 ,it is the ,od1 the ,ob1 and the ,aour of ,moses and the ,kabalists4 ,when in its passive state1 when it acts on those who are unwittingly drawn within its current1 the astral light is the ,ob1 or ,python4 ,moses was determined to exterminate all those who1 sensitive to its influence1 allowed themselves to fall under the easy control of the vicious beings which move in the astral waves like fish in the water2 beings who surround us1 and whom ,bulwer-,lytton calls in ,zanoni 8the dwellers of the threshold40 ,it becomes the ,od1 as soon as it is vivified by the conscious efflux of an immortal soul2 for then the astral currents are acting under the guidance of either an adept1 a pure spirit1 or an able mesmerizer1 who is pure himself and knows how to direct the blind forces4 ,in such cases even a high ,planetary ,spirit1 one of the class of beings that have never been embodied 7though there are many among these hierarchies who have lived on our earth71 descends occasionally to our sphere1 and purifying the surrounding atmosphere enables the subject to see1 and opens in him the springs of true divine prophecy4 ,as to the term ,aor1 the word is used to designate certain occult properties of the universal agent4 ,it pertains more directly to the domain of the alchemist1 and is of no interest to the general public4 ,the author of the ,homoiomerian system of philosophy1 ,anaxagoras of ,clazomen1 firmly believed that the spiritual prototypes of all things1 as well as their elements1 were to be found in the boundless ether1 where they were generated1 whence they evolved1 and whither they returned from earth4 ,in common with the ,hindus who had personified their ,akas'a 7sky or ether7 and made of it a deific entity1 the ,greeks and ,latins had deified ther4 ,virgil calls ,zeus1 pater omnipotens ther2#bhc ,magnus1 the great god1 ,ether4 ,these beings above alluded to are the elemental spirits of the ,kabalists1#bhd whom the ,christian clergy denounce as 8devils10 the enemies of mankind4 8,already ,tertullian10 gravely remarks ,des ,mousseaux1 in his chapter on #aei the devils1 8has formally discovered the secret of their cunning40 ,a priceless discovery1 that4 ,and now that we have learned so much of the mental labors of the holy fathers and their achievements in astral anthropology1 need we be surprised at all1 if1 in the zeal of their spiritual explorations1 they have so far neglected their own planet as at times to deny not only its right to motion but even its sphericity8 ,and this is what we find in ,langhorne1 the translator of ,plutarch3 8,dionysius of ,halicarnassus ,l4 ii4 is of opinion that ,numa built the temple of ,vesta in a round form1 to represent the figure of the earth1 for by ,vesta they meant the earth40 ,moreover1 ,philolas1 in common with all other ,pythagoreans1 held that the element of fire was placed in the centre of the universe2 and ,plutarch1 speaking on the subject1 remarks of the ,pythagoreans that 8the earth they suppose not to be without motion1 nor situated in the centre of the world1 but to make its revolution round the sphere of fire1 being neither one of the most valuable1 nor principal parts of the great machine40 ,plato1 too1 is reported to have been of the same opinion4 ,it appears1 therefore1 that the ,pythagoreans anticipated ,galileo's discovery4 ,the existence of such an invisible universe being once admitted--as seems likely to be the fact if the speculations of the authors of the ,unseen ,universe are ever accepted by their colleagues--many of the phenomena1 hitherto mysterious and inexplicable1 become plain4 ,it acts on the organism of the magnetized mediums1 it penetrates and saturates them through and through1 either directed by the powerful will of a mesmerizer1 or by unseen beings who achieve the same result4 ,once that the silent operation is performed1 the astral or sidereal phantom of the mesmerized subject quits its paralyzed1 earthly casket1 and1 after having roamed in the boundless space1 alights at the threshold of the mysterious 8bourne40 ,for it1 the gates of the portal which marks the entrance to the 8silent land10 are now but partially ajar2 they will fly wide open before the soul of the entranced somnambulist only on that day when1 united with its higher immortal essence1 it will have quitted forever its mortal frame4 ,until then1 the seer or seeress can look but through a chink2 it depends on the acuteness of the clairvoyant's spiritual sight to see more or less through it4 ,the trinity in unity is an idea which all the ancient nations held in #afj common4 ,the three ,dejotas--the ,hindu ,trimurti2 the ,three ,heads of the ,jewish ,kabala4#bhe 8,three heads are hewn in one another and over one another40 ,the trinity of the ,egyptians and that of the mythological ,greeks were alike representations of the first triple emanation containing two male and one female principles4 ,it is the union of the male ,logos1 or wisdom1 the revealed ,deity1 with the female ,aura or ,anima ,mundi--8the holy ,pneuma10 which is the ,sephira of the ,kabalists and the ,sophia of the refined ,gnostics--that produced all things visible and invisible4 ,while the true metaphysical interpretation of this universal dogma remained within the sanctuaries1 the ,greeks1 with their poetical instincts1 impersonated it in many charming myths4 ,in the ,dionysiacs of ,nonnus1 the god ,bacchus1 among other allegories1 is represented as in love with the soft1 genial breeze 7the ,holy ,pneuma71 under the name of ,aura ,placida4#bhf ,and now we will leave ,godfrey ,higgins to speak3 8,when the ignorant ,fathers were constructing their calendar1 they made out of this gentle zephyr two ,roman ,catholic saints660 ,,ss4 ,aura and ,placida2--nay1 they even went so far as to transfer the jolly god into ,st4 ,bacchus1 and actually show his coffin and relics at ,rome4 ,the festival of the two 8blessed saints10 ,aura and ,placida1 occurs on the #eth of ,october1 close to the festival of ,st4 ,bacchus4#bhg ,how far more poetical1 and how much greater the religious spirit to be found in the 8heathen0 ,norse legends of creation6 ,in the boundless abyss of the mundane pit1 the ,ginnunga-gap1 where rage in blind fury and conflict cosmic matter and the primordial forces1 suddenly blows the thaw-wind4 ,it is the 8unrevealed ,god10 who sends his beneficent breath from ,muspellheim1 the sphere of empyreal fire1 within whose glowing rays dwells this great ,being1 far beyond the limits of the world of matter2 and the animus of the ,unseen1 the ,spirit brooding over the dark1 abysmal waters1 calls order out of chaos1 and once having given the impulse to all creation the ,,first ,,cause retires1 and remains for evermore in statu abscondito6#bhh ,there is both religion and science in these ,scandinavian songs of heathendom4 ,as an example of the latter1 take the conception of ,thor1 the son of ,odin4 ,whenever this ,hercules of the ,north would grasp the handle of his terrible weapon1 the thunderbolt or electric hammer1 he is obliged to put on his iron gantlets4 ,he also wears a magical #afa belt known as the 8girdle of strength10 which1 whenever girded about his person1 greatly augments his celestial power4 ,he rides upon a car drawn by two rams with silver bridles1 and his awful brow is encircled by a wreath of stars4 ,his chariot has a pointed iron pole1 and the spark-scattering wheels continually roll over rumbling thunder-clouds4 ,he hurls his hammer with resistless force against the rebellious frost-giants1 whom he dissolves and annihilates4 ,when he repairs to the ,urdar fountain1 where the gods meet in conclave to decide the destinies of humanity1 he alone goes on foot1 the rest of the deities being mounted4 ,he walks1 for fear that in crossing ,bifrost 7the rainbow71 the many-hued sir-bridge1 he might set it on fire with his thunder-car1 at the same time causing the ,urdar waters to boil4 ,rendered into plain ,english1 how can this myth be interpreted but as showing that the ,norse legend-makers were thoroughly acquainted with electricity8 ,thor1 the euhemerization of electricity1 handles his peculiar element only when protected by gloves of iron1 which is its natural conductor4 ,his belt of strength is a closed circuit1 around which the isolated current is compelled to run instead of diffusing itself through space4 ,when he rushes with his car through the clouds1 he is electricity in its active condition1 as the sparks scattering from his wheels and the rumbling thunder of the clouds testify4 ,the pointed iron pole of the chariot is suggestive of the lightning-rod2 the two rams which serve as his coursers are the familiar ancient symbols of the male or generative power2 their silver bridles typify the female principle1 for silver is the metal of ,luna1 ,astart1 ,diana4 ,therefore in the ram and his bridle we see combined the active and passive principles of nature in opposition1 one rushing forward1 and the other restraining1 while both are in subordination to the world-permeating1 electrical principle1 which gives them their impulse4 ,with the electricity supplying the impulse1 and the male and female principles combining and recombining in endless correlation1 the result is--evolution of visible nature1 the crown-glory of which is the planetary system1 which in the mythic ,thor is allegorized by the circlet of glittering orbs which bedeck his brow4 ,when in his active condition1 his awful thunderbolts destroy everything1 even the lesser other ,titanic forces4 ,but he goes afoot over the rainbow bridge1 ,bifrost1 because to mingle with other less powerful gods than himself1 he is obliged to be in a latent state1 which he could not be in his car2 otherwise he would set on fire and annihilate all4 ,the meaning of the ,urdar-fountain1 that ,thor is afraid to make boil1 and the cause of his reluctance1 will only be comprehended by our physicists when the reciprocal electro-magnetic relations of the innumerable members of the planetary system1 now just suspected1 shall be thoroughly determined4 ,glimpses of the truth are given in the recent scientific #afb essays of ,professors ,mayer and ,sterry ,hunt4 ,the ancient philosophers believed that not only volcanos1 but boiling springs were caused by concentrations of underground electric currents1 and that this same cause produced mineral deposits of various natures1 which form curative springs4 ,if it be objected that this fact is not distinctly stated by the ancient authors1 who1 in the opinion of our century were hardly acquainted with electricity1 we may simply answer that not all the works embodying ancient wisdom are now extant among our scientists4 ,the clear and cool waters of ,urdar were required for the daily irrigation of the mystical mundane tree2 and if they had been disturbed by ,thor1 or active electricity1 they would have been converted into mineral springs unsuited for the purpose4 ,such examples as the above will support the ancient claim of the philosophers that there is a logos in every mythos1 or a groundwork of truth in every fiction4 ,,chapter ,,vi4 #afc 8,hermes1 who is of my ordinances ever the bearer 444 ,then taking his staff1 with which he the eyelids of mortals ,closes at will1 and the sleeper1 at will1 reawakens40--,odyssey1 ,book ,v4 8,i saw the ,samothracian rings ,leap1 and steel-filings boil in a brass dish ,so soon as underneath it there was placed ,the magnet-stone2 and with wild terror seemed ,the iron to flee from it in stern hate44440--,lucretius1 ,book ,,vi4 8,but that which especially distinguishes the ,brotherhood is their marvellous knowledge of the resources of the medical art4 ,they work not by charms but by simples40 7,,ms4 ,account of the ,origin and ,attributes of the ,true ,rosicrucians47 ,one of the truest things ever said by a man of science is the remark made by ,professor ,cooke in his ,new ,chemistry4 8,the history of ,science shows that the age must be prepared before scientific truths can take root and grow4 ,the barren premonitions of science have been barren because these seeds of truth fell upon unfruitful soil2 and1 as soon as the fulness of the time has come1 the seed has taken root and the fruit has ripened 444 every student is surprised to find how very little is the share of new truth which even the greatest genius has added to the previous stock40 ,the revolution through which chemistry has recently passed1 is well calculated to concentrate the attention of chemists upon this fact2 and it would not be strange1 if1 in less time than it has required to effect it1 the claims of the alchemists would be examined with impartiality1 and studied from a rational point of view4 ,to bridge over the narrow gulf which now separates the new chemistry from old alchemy1 is little1 if any harder than what they have done in going from dualism to the law of ,avogadro4 ,as ,ampre served to introduce ,avogadro to our contemporary chemists1 so ,reichenbach will perhaps one day be found to have paved the way with his ,,od for the just appreciation of ,paracelsus4 ,it was more than fifty years before molecules were accepted as units of chemical calculations2 it may require less than half that time to cause the superlative merits of the ,swiss mystic to be acknowledged4 ,the warning paragraph about healing mediums1#bhi which will be found elsewhere1 might have been #afd written by one who had read his works4 8,you must understand10 he says1 8that the magnet is that spirit of life in man which the infected seeks1 as both unite themselves with chaos from without4 ,and thus the healthy are infected by the unhealthy through magnetic attraction40 ,the primal causes of the diseases afflicting mankind2 the secret relations between physiology and psychology1 vainly tortured by men of modern science for some clew to base their speculations upon2 the specifics and remedies for every ailment of the human body--all are described and accounted for in his voluminous works4 ,electro-magnetism1 the so-called discovery of ,professor ,oersted1 had been used by ,paracelsus three centuries before4 ,this may be demonstrated by examining critically his mode of curing disease4 ,upon his achievements in chemistry there is no need to enlarge1 for it is admitted by fair and unprejudiced writers that he was one of the greatest chemists of his time4#bij ,brierre de ,boismont terms him a 8genius0 and agrees with ,deleuze that he created a new epoch in the history of medicine4 ,the secret of his successful and1 as they were called1 magic cures lies in his sovereign contempt for the so-called learned 8authorities0 of his age4 8,seeking for truth10 says ,paracelsus1 8,i considered with myself that if there were no teachers of medicine in this world1 how would ,i set to learn the art8 ,no otherwise than in the great open book of nature1 written with the finger of ,god4444 ,i am accused and denounced for not having entered in at the right door of art4 ,but which is the right one8 ,galen1 ,avicenna1 ,mesue1 ,rhasis1 or honest nature8 ,i believe1 the last6 ,through this door ,i entered1 and the light of nature1 and no apothecary's lamp directed me on my way40 ,this utter scorn for established laws and scientific formulas1 this aspiration of mortal clay to commingle with the spirit of nature1 and look to it alone for health1 and help1 and the light of truth1 was the cause of the inveterate hatred shown by the contemporary pigmies to the fire-philosopher and alchemist4 ,no wonder that he was accused of charlatanry and even drunkenness4 ,of the latter charge1 ,hemmann boldly and fearlessly exonerates him1 and proves that the foul accusation proceeded from 8,oporinus1 who lived with him some time in order to learn his secrets1 but his object was defeated2 hence1 the evil reports of his disciples and apothecaries40 ,he was the founder of the ,school of ,animal ,magnetism and the discoverer of the occult properties of the magnet4 ,he was branded by his age as a sorcerer1 because the cures he made were marvellous4 ,three centuries later1 ,baron ,du ,potet was also accused of sorcery and demonolatry by the ,church of ,rome1 and of #afe charlatanry by the academicians of ,europe4 ,as the fire-philosophers say1 it is not the chemist who will condescend to look upon the 8living fire0 otherwise than his colleagues do4 8,thou hast forgotten what thy fathers taught thee about it--or rather1 thou hast never known 444 it is too loud for thee60#bia ,a work upon magico-spiritual philosophy and occult science would be incomplete without a particular notice of the history of animal magnetism1 as it stands since ,paracelsus staggered with it the schoolmen of the latter half of the sixteenth century4 ,we will observe briefly its appearance in ,paris when imported from ,germany by ,anton ,mesmer4 ,let us peruse with care and caution the old papers now mouldering in the ,academy of ,sciences of that capital1 for there we will find that1 after having rejected in its turn every discovery that was ever made since ,galileo1 the ,immortals capped the climax by turning their backs upon magnetism and mesmerism4 ,they voluntarily shut the doors before themselves1 the doors which led to those greatest mysteries of nature1 which lie hid in the dark regions of the psychical as well as the physical world4 ,the great universal solvent1 the ,alkahest1 was within their reach--they passed it by2 and now1 after nearly a hundred years have elapsed1 we read the following confession3 8,still it is true that1 beyond the limits of direct observation1 our science 7chemistry7 is not infallible1 and our theories and systems1 although they may all contain a kernel of truth1 undergo frequent changes1 and are often revolutionized40#bib ,to assert so dogmatically that mesmerism and animal magnetism are but hallucinations1 implies that it can be proved4 ,but where are these proofs1 which alone ought to have authority in science8 ,thousands of times the chance was given to the academicians to assure themselves of its truth2 but1 they have invariably declined4 ,vainly do mesmerists and healers invoke the testimony of the deaf1 the lame1 the diseased1 the dying1 who were cured or restored to life by simple manipulations and the apostolic 8laying on of hands40 8,coincidence0 is the usual reply1 when the fact is too evident to be absolutely denied2 8will-o'-the-wisp10 8exaggeration10 8quackery10 are favorite expressions1 with our but too numerous ,thomases4 ,newton1 the well-known ,american healer1 has performed more instantaneous cures than many a famous physician of ,new ,york ,city has had patients in all his life2 ,jacob1 the ,zouave1 has had a like success in ,france4 ,must we then consider the accumulated testimony of the last forty years upon this subject to be all illusion1 confederacy with clever charlatans1 and #aff lunacy8 ,even to breathe such a stupendous fallacy would be equivalent to a self-accusation of lunacy4 ,notwithstanding the recent sentence of ,leymarie1 the scoffs of the skeptics and of a vast majority of physicians and scientists1 the unpopularity of the subject1 and1 above all1 the indefatigable persecutions of the ,roman ,catholic clergy1 fighting in mesmerism woman's traditional enemy1 so evident and unconquerable is the truth of its phenomena that even the ,french magistrature was forced tacitly1 though very reluctantly1 to admit the same4 ,the famous clairvoyante1 ,madame ,roger1 was charged with obtaining money under false pretenses1 in company with her mesmerist1 ,dr4 ,fortin4 ,on ,may #ahth1 #ahgf1 she was arraigned before the ,tribunal ,correctionnel of the ,seine4 ,her witness was ,baron ,du ,potet1 the grand master of mesmerism in ,france for the last fifty years2 her advocate1 the no less famous ,jules ,favre4 ,truth for once triumphed--the accusation was abandoned4 ,was it the extraordinary eloquence of the orator1 or bare facts incontrovertible and unimpeachable that won the day8 ,but ,leymarie1 the editor of the ,revue ,spirite1 had also facts in his favor2 and1 moreover1 the evidence of over a hundred respectable witnesses1 among whom were the first names of ,europe4 ,to this there is but one answer--the magistrates dared not question the facts of mesmerism4 ,spirit-photography1 spirit-rapping1 writing1 moving1 talking1 and even spirit-materializations can be simulated2 there is hardly a physical phenomenon now in ,europe and ,america but could be imitated--with apparatus--by a clever juggler4 ,the wonders of mesmerism and subjective phenomena alone defy tricksters1 skepticism1 stern science1 and dishonest mediums2 the cataleptic state it is impossible to feign4 ,spiritualists who are anxious to have their truths proclaimed and forced on science1 cultivate the mesmeric phenomena4 ,place on the stage of ,egyptian ,hall a somnambulist plunged in a deep mesmeric sleep4 ,let her mesmerist send her freed spirit to all the places the public may suggest2 test her clairvoyance and clairaudience2 stick pins into any part of her body which the mesmerist may have made his passes over2 thrust needles through the skin below her eyelids2 burn her flesh and lacerate it with a sharp instrument4 8,do not fear60 exclaim ,regazzoni and ,du ,potet1 ,teste and ,pierrard1 ,puysegur and ,dolgorouky--8a mesmerized or entranced subject is never hurt60 ,and when all this is performed1 invite any popular wizard of the day who thirsts for puffery1 and is1 or pretends to be1 clever at mimicking every spiritual phenomenon1 to submit his body to the same tests6#bic ,the speech of ,jules ,favre is reported to have lasted an hour and a #afg half1 and to have held the judges and the public spellbound by its eloquence4 ,we who have heard ,jules ,favre believe it most readily2 only the statement embodied in the last sentence of his argument was unfortunately premature and erroneous at the same time4 8,we are in the presence of a phenomenon which science admits without attempting to explain4 ,the public may smile at it1 but our most illustrious physicians regard it with gravity4 ,justice can no longer ignore what science has acknowledged60 ,were this sweeping declaration based upon fact and had mesmerism been impartially investigated by many instead of a few true men of science1 more desirous of questioning nature than mere expediency1 the public would never smile4 ,the public is a docile and pious child1 and readily goes whither the nurse leads it4 ,it chooses its idols and fetishes1 and worships them in proportion to the noise they make2 and then turns round with a timid look of adulation to see whether the nurse1 old ,mrs4 ,public ,opinion1 is satisfied4 ,lactantius1 the old ,christian father1 is said to have remarked that no skeptic in his days would have dared to maintain before a magician that the soul did not survive the body1 but died together with it2 8for he would refute them on the spot by calling up the souls of the dead1 rendering them visible to human eyes1 and making them foretell future events40#bid ,so with the magistrates and bench in ,madame ,roger's case4 ,baron ,du ,potet was there1 and they were afraid to see him mesmerize the somnambulist1 and so force them not only to believe in the phenomenon1 but to acknowledge it--which was far worse4 ,and now to the doctrine of ,paracelsus4 ,his incomprehensible1 though lively style must be read like the biblio-rolls of ,ezekiel1 8within and without40 ,the peril of propounding heterodox theories was great in those days2 the ,church was powerful1 and sorcerers were burnt by the dozens4 ,for this reason1 we find ,paracelsus1 ,agrippa1 and ,eugenius ,philalethes as notable for their pious declarations as they were famous for their achievements in alchemy and magic4 ,the full views of ,paracelsus on the occult properties of the magnet are explained partially in his famous book1 ,archidaxarum1 in which he describes the #afh wonderful tincture1 a medicine extracted from the magnet and called ,magisterium ,magnetis1 and partially in the ,de ,ente ,dei1 and ,de ,ente ,astrorum1 ,lib4 ,i4 ,but the explanations are all given in a diction unintelligible to the profane4 8,every peasant sees10 said he1 8that a magnet will attract iron1 but a wise man must inquire for himself4444 ,i have discovered that the magnet1 besides this visible power1 that of attracting iron1 possesses another and concealed power40 ,he demonstrates further that in man lies hidden a 8sidereal force10 which is that emanation from the stars and celestial bodies of which the spiritual form of man--the astral spirit--is composed4 ,this identity of essence1 which we may term the spirit of cometary matter1 always stands in direct relation with the stars from which it was drawn1 and thus there exists a mutual attraction between the two1 both being magnets4 ,the identical composition of the earth and all other planetary bodies and man's terrestrial body was a fundamental idea in his philosophy4 8,the body comes from the elements1 the astral spirit from the stars4444 ,man eats and drinks of the elements1 for the sustenance of his blood and flesh2 from the stars are the intellect and thoughts sustained in his spirit40 ,the spectroscope has made good his theory as to the identical composition of man and stars2 the physicists now lecture to their classes upon the magnetic attractions of the sun and planets4#bie ,of the substances known to compose the body of man1 there have been discovered in the stars already1 hydrogen1 sodium1 calcium1 magnesium and iron4 ,in all the stars observed1 numbering many hundreds1 hydrogen was found1 except in two4 ,now1 if we recollect how they have deprecated ,paracelsus and his theory of man and the stars being composed of like substances2 how ridiculed he was by astronomers and physicists1 for his ideas of chemical affinity and attraction between the two2 and then realize that the spectroscope has vindicated one of his assertions at least1 is it so absurd to prophesy that in time all the rest of his theories will be substantiated8 ,and now1 a very natural question is suggested4 ,how did ,paracelsus come to learn anything of the composition of the stars1 when1 till a very recent period--till the discovery of the spectroscope in fact--the constituents of the heavenly bodies were utterly unknown to our learned #afi academies8 ,and even now1 notwithstanding tele-spectroscope and other very important modern improvements1 except a few elements and a hypothetical chromosphere1 everything is yet a mystery for them in the stars4 ,could ,paracelsus have been so sure of the nature of the starry host1 unless he had means of which science knows nothing8 ,yet knowing nothing she will not even hear pronounced the very names of these means1 which are--hermetic philosophy and alchemy4 ,we must bear in mind1 moreover1 that ,paracelsus was the discoverer of hydrogen1 and knew well all its properties and composition long before any of the orthodox academicians ever thought of it2 that he had studied astrology and astronomy1 as all the fire-philosophers did2 and that1 if he did assert that man is in a direct affinity with the stars1 he knew well what he asserted4 ,the next point for the physiologists to verify is his proposition that the nourishment of the body comes not merely through the stomach1 8but also imperceptibly through the magnetic force1 which resides in all nature and by which every individual member draws its specific nourishment to itself40 ,man1 he further says1 draws not only health from the elements when in equilibrium1 but also disease when they are disturbed4 ,living bodies are subject to the laws of attraction and chemical affinity1 as science admits2 the most remarkable physical property of organic tissues1 according to physiologists1 is the property of imbibition4 ,what more natural1 then1 than this theory of ,paracelsus1 that this absorbent1 attractive1 and chemical body of ours gathers into itself the astral or sidereal influences8 8,the sun and the stars attract from us to themselves1 and we again from them to us40 ,what objection can science offer to this8 ,what it is that we give off1 is shown in ,baron ,reichenbach's discovery of the odic emanations of man1 which are identical with flames from magnets1 crystals1 and in fact from all vegetable organisms4 ,the unity of the universe was asserted by ,paracelsus1 who says that 8the human body is possessed of primeval stuff 7or cosmic matter72 the spectroscope has proved the assertion by showing that the same chemical elements which exist upon earth and in the sun1 are also found in all the stars4 ,the spectroscope does more3 it shows that all the stars are suns1 similar in constitution to our own2#bif and as we are told by ,professor ,mayer1#big that the magnetic condition of the earth changes with every variation upon the sun's surface1 and is said to be 8in #agj subjection to emanations from the sun10 the stars being suns must also give off emanations which affect us in proportionate degrees4 8,in our dreams10 says ,paracelsus1 8we are like the plants1 which have also the elementary and vital body1 but possess not the spirit4 ,in our sleep the astral body is free and can1 by the elasticity of its nature1 either hover round in proximity with its sleeping vehicle1 or soar higher to hold converse with its starry parents1 or even communicate with its brothers at great distances4 ,dreams of a prophetic character1 prescience1 and present wants1 are the faculties of the astral spirit4 ,to our elementary and grosser body1 these gifts are not imparted1 for at death it descends into the bosom of the earth and is reunited to the physical elements1 while the several spirits return to the stars4 ,the animals10 he adds1 8have also their presentiments1 for they too have an astral body40 ,van ,helmont1 who was a disciple of ,paracelsus1 says much the same1 though his theories on magnetism are more largely developed1 and still more carefully elaborated4 ,the ,magnale ,magnum1 the means by which the secret magnetic property 8enables one person to affect another mutually1 is attributed by him to that universal sympathy which exists between all things in nature4 ,the cause produces the effect1 the effect refers itself back to the cause1 and both are reciprocated4 8,magnetism10 he says1 8is an unknown property of a heavenly nature2 very much resembling the stars1 and not at all impeded by any boundaries of space or time4444 ,every created being possesses his own celestial power and is closely allied with heaven4 ,this magic power of man1 which thus can operate externally1 lies1 as it were1 hidden in the inner man4 ,this magical wisdom and strength thus sleeps1 but1 by a mere suggestion is roused into activity1 and becomes more living1 the more the outer man of flesh and the darkness is repressed 444 and this1 ,i say1 the kabalistic art effects2 it brings back to the soul that magical yet natural strength which like a startled sleep had left it40#bih ,both ,van ,helmont and ,paracelsus agree as to the great potency of the will in the state of ecstasy2 they say that 8the spirit is everywhere diffused2 and the spirit is the medium of magnetism20 that pure primeval magic does not consist in superstitious practices and vain ceremonies but in the imperial will of man4 8,it is not the spirits of heaven and of hell which are the masters over physical nature1 but the soul and spirit of man which are concealed in him as the fire is concealed in the flint40 ,the theory of the sidereal influence on man was enunciated by all the medival philosophers4 8,the stars consist equally of the elements #aga of earthly bodies10 says ,cornelius ,agrippa1 8and therefore the ideas attract each other4444 ,influences only go forth through the help of the spirit2 but this spirit is diffused through the whole universe and is in full accord with the human spirits4 ,the magician who would acquire supernatural powers must possess faith1 love1 and hope4444 ,in all things there is a secret power concealed1 and thence come the miraculous powers of magic40 ,the modern theory of ,general ,pleasanton#bii singularly coincides with the views of the fire-philosophers4 ,his view of the positive and negative electricities of man and woman1 and the mutual attraction and repulsion of everything in nature seems to be copied from that of ,robert ,fludd1 the ,grand ,master of the ,rosicrucians of ,england4 8,when two men approach each other10 says the fire-philosopher1 8their magnetism is either passive or active2 that is1 positive or negative4 ,if the emanations which they send out are broken or thrown back1 there arises antipathy4 ,but when the emanations pass through each other from both sides1 then there is positive magnetism1 for the rays proceed from the centre to the circumference4 ,in this case they not only affect sicknesses but also moral sentiments4 ,this magnetism or sympathy is found not only among animals but also in plants and in animals40#cjj ,and now we will notice how1 when ,mesmer had imported into ,france his 8baquet0 and system based entirely on the philosophy and doctrines of the ,paracelsites--the great psychological and physiological discovery was treated by the physicians4 ,it will demonstrate how much ignorance1 superficiality1 and prejudice can be displayed by a scientific body1 when the subject clashes with their own cherished theories4 ,it is the more important because1 to the neglect of the committee of the ,french ,academy of #aghd is probably due the present materialistic drift of the public mind2 and certainly the gaps in the atomic philosophy which we have seen its most devoted teachers confessing to exist4 ,the committee of #aghd comprised men of such eminence as ,borie1 ,sallin1 d',arcet1 and the famous ,guillotin1 to whom were subsequently added1 ,franklin1 ,leroi1 ,bailly1 ,de ,borg and ,lavoisier4 ,borie died shortly afterward and ,magault succeeded him4 ,there can be no doubt of two things1 viz43 that the committee began their work under strong prejudices and only because peremptorily ordered to do it by the king2 and that their manner of observing the delicate facts of mesmerism was injudicious and illiberal4 ,their report1 drawn by ,bailly1 was intended to be a death-blow to the new science4 ,it was spread ostentatiously throughout all the schools and ranks of society1 arousing the bitterest feelings #agb among a large portion of the aristocracy and rich commercial class1 who had patronized ,mesmer and had been eye-witnesses of his cures4 ,ant4 ,l4 de ,jussieu1 an academician of the highest rank1 who had thoroughly investigated the subject with the eminent court-physician1 d',eslon1 published a counter-report drawn with minute exactness1 in which he advocated the careful observation by the medical faculty of the therapeutic effects of the magnetic fluid and insisted upon the immediate publication of their discoveries and observations4 ,his demand was met by the appearance of a great number of memoirs1 polemical works1 and dogmatical books developing new facts2 and ,thouret's works entitled ,recherches et ,doutes sur le ,magnetisme ,animal1 displaying a vast erudition1 stimulated research into the records of the past1 and the magnetic phenomena of successive nations from the remotest antiquity were laid before the public4 ,the doctrine of ,mesmer was simply a restatement of the doctrines of ,paracelsus1 ,van ,helmont1 ,santanelli1 and ,maxwell1 the ,scotchman2 and he was even guilty of copying texts from the work of ,bertrand1 and enunciating them as his own principles4#cja ,in ,professor ,stewart's work1#cjb the author regards our universe as composed of atoms with some sort of medium between them as the machine1 and the laws of energy as the laws working this machine4 ,professor ,youmans calls this 8a modern doctrine10 but we find among the twenty-seven propositions laid down by ,mesmer1 in #agge1 just one century earlier1 in his ,letter to a ,foreign ,physician1 the following3 #ast4 ,there exists a mutual influence between the heavenly bodies1 the earth1 and living bodies4 #b;d4 ,a fluid1 universally diffused and continued1 so as to admit no vacuum1 whose subtility is beyond all comparison1 and which1 from its nature1 is capable of receiving1 propagating1 and communicating all the impressions of motion1 is the medium of this influence4 ,it would appear from this1 that the theory is not so modern after all4 ,professor ,balfour ,stewart says1 8,we may regard the universe in the light of a vast physical machine40 ,and ,mesmer3 #c;d4 ,this reciprocal action is subject to mechanical laws1 unknown up to the present time4 ,professor ,mayer1 reaffirming ,gilbert's doctrine that the earth is a great magnet1 remarks that the mysterious variations in the intensity of its force seem to be in subjection to emanations from the sun1 8changing with the apparent daily and yearly revolutions of that orb1 #agc and pulsating in sympathy with the huge waves of fire which sweep over its surface40 ,he speaks of 8the constant fluctuation1 the ebb and flow of the earth's directive influence40 ,and ,mesmer3 #dth4 8,from this action result alternate effects which may be considered a flux and reflux40 #fth4 ,it is by this operation 7the most universal of those presented to us by nature7 that the relations of activity occur between the heavenly bodies1 the earth1 and its constituent parts4 ,there are two more which will be interesting reading to our modern scientists3 #gth4 ,the properties of matter1 and of organized body1 depend on this operation4 #hth4 ,the animal body experiences the alternate effects of this agent2 and it is by insinuating itself into the substance of the nerves1 that it immediately affects them4 ,among other important works which appeared between #agih and #ahbd1 when the ,french ,academy appointed its second commission to investigate mesmerism1 the ,annales du ,magnetisme ,animal1 by the ,baron d',henin de ,cuvillier1 ,lieutenant-,general1 ,chevalier of ,st4 ,louis1 member of the ,academy of ,sciences1 and correspondent of many of the learned societies of ,europe1 may be consulted with great advantage4 ,in #ahbj the ,prussian government instructed the ,academy of ,berlin to offer a prize of three hundred ducats in gold for the best thesis on mesmerism4 ,the ,royal ,scientific ,society of ,paris1 under the presidency of ,his ,royal ,highness the ,duc d',angoulme1 offered a gold medal for the same purpose4 ,the ,marquis de la ,place1 peer of ,france1 one of the ,forty of the ,academy of ,sciences1 and honorary member of the learned societies of all the principal ,european governments1 issued a work entitled ,essai ,philosophique sur les ,probabilits1 in which this eminent scientist says3 8,of all the instruments that we can employ to know the imperceptible agents of nature1 the most sensitive are the nerves1 especially when exceptional influences increase their sensibility4444 ,the singular phenomena which result from this extreme nervous sensitiveness of certain individuals1 have given birth to diverse opinions as to the existence of a new agent1 which has been named animal magnetism4444 ,we are so far from knowing all the agents of nature and their various modes of action that it would be hardly philosophical to deny the phenomena1 simply because they are inexplicable1 in the actual state of our information4 ,it is simply our duty to examine them with an attention as much more scrupulous as it seems difficult to admit them40 ,the experiments of ,mesmer were vastly improved upon by the ,marquis de ,puysegur1 who entirely dispensed with apparatus and produced #agd remarkable cures among the tenants of his estate at ,busancy4 ,these being given to the public1 many other educated men experimented with like success1 and in #ahbe ,m4 ,foissac proposed to the ,academy of ,medicine to institute a new inquiry4 ,a special committee1 consisting of ,adelon1 ,parisey1 ,marc1 ,burdin1 sen41 with ,husson as reporter1 united in a recommendation that the suggestion should be adopted4 ,they make the manly avowal that 8in science no decision whatever is absolute and irrevocable10 and afford us the means to estimate the value which should be attached to the conclusions of the ,franklin committee of #aghd1 by saying that 8the experiments on which this judgment was founded appeared to have been conducted without the simultaneous and necessary assembling together of all the commissioners1 and also with moral predispositions1 which1 according to the principles of the fact which they were appointed to examine1 must cause their complete failure40 ,what they say concerning magnetism as a secret remedy1 has been said many times by the most respected writers upon modern ,spiritualism1 namely3 8,it is the duty of the ,academy to study it1 to subject it to trials2 finally1 to take away the use and practice of it from persons quite strangers to the art1 who abuse this means1 and make it an object of lucre and speculation40 ,this report provoked long debates1 but in ,may1 #ahbf1 the ,academy appointed a commission which comprised the following illustrious names3 ,leroux1 ,bourdois de la ,motte1 ,double1 ,magendie1 ,guersant1 ,husson1 ,thillaye1 ,marc1 ,itard1 ,fouquier1 and ,gunau de ,mussy4 ,they began their labors immediately1 and continued them five years1 communicating1 through ,monsieur ,husson1 to the ,academy the results of their observations4 ,the report embraces accounts of phenomena classified under thirty-four different paragraphs1 but as this work is not specially devoted to the science of magnetism1 we must be content with a few brief extracts4 ,they assert that neither contact of the hands1 frictions1 nor passes are invariably needed1 since1 on several occasions1 the will1 fixedness of stare1 have sufficed to produce magnetic phenomena1 even without the knowledge of the magnetized4 8,well-attested and therapeutical phenomena0 depend on magnetism alone1 and are not reproduced without it4 ,the state of somnambulism exists and 8occasions the development of new faculties1 which have received the denominations of clairvoyance1 intuition1 internal prevision40 ,sleep 7the magnetic7 has 8been excited under circumstances where those magnetized could not see1 and were entirely ignorant of the means employed to occasion it4 ,the magnetizer1 having once controlled his subject1 may 8put him completely into somnambulism1 take him out of it without his knowledge1 out of his sight1 at a certain distance1 and through closed doors40 ,the external senses of the sleeper seem #age to be completely paralyzed1 and a duplicate set to be brought into action4 8,most of the time they are entirely strangers to the external and unexpected noise made in their ears1 such as the sound of copper vessels1 forcibly struck1 the fall of any heavy substance1 and so forth4444 ,one may make them respire hydrochloric acid or ammonia without inconveniencing them by it1 or without even a suspicion on their part40 ,the committee could 8tickle their feet1 nostrils1 and the angles of the eyes by the approach of a feather1 pinch their skin so as to produce ecchymosis1 prick it under the nails with pins plunged to a considerable depth1 without the evincing of any pain1 or by sign of being at all aware of it40 ,in a word1 we have seen one person who was insensible to one of the most painful operations of surgery1 and whose countenance1 pulse1 or respiration did not manifest the slightest emotion40 ,so much for the external senses2 now let us see what they have to say about the internal ones1 which may fairly be considered as proving a marked difference between man and a mutton-protoplasm4 8,whilst they are in this state of somnambulism10 say the committee1 8the magnetized persons we have observed1 retain the exercise of the faculties which they have whilst awake4 ,their memory even appears to be more faithful and more extensive4444 ,we have seen two somnambulists distinguish1 with their eyes shut1 the objects placed before them2 they have told1 without touching them1 the color and value of the cards2 they have read words traced with the hand1 or some lines of books opened by mere chance4 ,this phenomenon took place1 even when the opening of the eyelids was accurately closed1 by means of the fingers4 ,we met1 in two somnambulists1 the power of foreseeing acts more or less complicated of the organism4 ,one of them announced several days1 nay1 several months beforehand1 the day1 the hour1 and the minute when epileptic fits would come on and return2 the other declared the time of the cure4 ,their previsions were realized with remarkable exactness40 ,the commission say that 8it has collected and communicated facts sufficiently important to induce it to think that the ,academy should encourage the researches on magnetism as a very curious branch of psychology and natural history40 ,the committee conclude by saying that the facts are so extraordinary that they scarcely imagine that the ,academy will concede their reality1 but protest that they have been throughout animated by motives of a lofty character1 8the love of science and by the necessity of justifying the hopes which the ,academy had entertained of our zeal and our devotion40 ,their fears were fully justified by the conduct of at least one member of their own number1 who had absented himself from the experiments1 and1 as ,m4 ,husson tells us1 8did not deem it right to #agf sign the report40 ,this was ,magendie1 the physiologist1 who1 despite the fact stated by the official report that he had not 8been present at the experiments10 did not hesitate to devote four pages of his famous work on ,human ,physiology to the subject of mesmerism1 and after summarizing its alleged phenomena1 without endorsing them as unreservedly as the erudition and scientific acquirements of his fellow committee-men would seem to have exacted1 says3 8,self-respect and the dignity of the profession demand circumspection on these points4 ,he 7the well-informed physician7 will remember how readily mystery glides into charlatanry1 and how apt the profession is to become degraded even by its semblance when countenanced by respectable practitioners40 ,no word in the context lets his readers into the secret that he had been duly appointed by the ,academy to serve on the commission of #ahbf2 had absented himself from its sittings2 had so failed to learn the truth about mesmeric phenomena1 and was now pronouncing judgment ex parte4 8,self-respect and the dignity of the profession0 probably exacted silence6 ,thirty-eight years later1 an ,english scientist1 whose specialty is the investigation of physics1 and whose reputation is even greater than that of ,magendie1 stooped to as unfair a course of conduct4 ,when the opportunity offered to investigate the spiritualistic phenomena1 and aid in taking it out of the hands of ignorant or dishonest investigators1 ,professor ,john ,tyndall avoided the subject2 but in his ,fragments of ,science1 he was guilty of the ungentlemanly expressions which we have quoted in another place4 ,but we are wrong2 he made one attempt1 and that sufficed4 ,he tells us1 in the ,fragments1 that he once got under a table1 to see how the raps were made1 and arose with a despair for humanity1 such as he never felt before6 ,israel ,putnam1 crawling on hand and knee to kill the she-wolf in her den1 partially affords a parallel by which to estimate the chemist's courage in groping in the dark after the ugly truth2 but ,putnam killed his wolf1 and ,tyndall was devoured by his6 8,sub mensa desperatio0 should be the motto on his shield4 ,speaking of the report of the committee of #ahbd1 ,dr4 ,alphonse ,teste1 a distinguished contemporaneous scientist1 says that it produced a great impression on the ,academy1 but few convictions3 8,no one could question the veracity of the commissioners1 whose good faith as well as great knowledge were undeniable1 but they were suspected of having been dupes4 ,in fact1 there are certain unfortunate truths which compromise those who believe in them1 and those especially who are so candid as to avow them publicly40 ,how true this is1 let the records of history1 from the earliest times to this very day1 attest4 ,when ,professor ,robert ,hare announced the preliminary results of his spiritualistic #agg investigations1 he1 albeit one of the most eminent chemists and physicists in the world1 was1 nevertheless1 regarded as a dupe4 ,when he proved that he was not1 he was charged with having fallen into dotage2 the ,harvard professors denouncing 8his insane adherence to the gigantic humbug40 ,when the professor began his investigations in #ahec1 he announced that he 8felt called upon1 as an act of duty to his fellow-creatures1 to bring whatever influence he possessed to the attempt to stem the tide of popular madness1 which1 in defiance of reason and science1 was fast setting in favor of the gross delusion called ,spiritualism40 ,though1 according to his declaration1 he 8entirely coincided with ,faraday's theory of table-turning10 he had the true greatness which characterizes the princes of science to make his investigation thorough1 and then tell the truth4 ,how he was rewarded by his life-long associates1 let his own words tell4 ,in an address delivered in ,new ,york1 in ,september1 #ahed1 he says that 8he had been engaged in scientific pursuits for upwards of half a century1 and his accuracy and precision had never been questioned1 until he had become a spiritualist2 while his integrity as a man had never in his life been assailed1 until the ,harvard professors fulminated their report against that which he knew to be true1 and which they did not know to be false40 ,how much mournful pathos is expressed in these few words6 ,an old man of seventy-six--a scientist of half a century1 deserted for telling the truth6 ,and now ,mr4 ,a4 ,r4 ,wallace1 who had previously been esteemed among the most illustrious of ,british scientists1 having proclaimed his belief in spiritualism and mesmerism1 is spoken of in terms of compassion4 ,professor ,nicholas ,wagner1 of ,st4 ,petersburg1 whose reputation as a zologist is one of the most conspicuous1 in his turn pays the penalty of his exceptional candor1 in his outrageous treatment by the ,russian scientists6 ,there are scientists and scientists2 and if the occult sciences suffer in the instance of modern spiritualism from the malice of one class1 nevertheless1 they have had their defenders at all times among men whose names have shed lustre upon science itself4 ,in the first rank stands ,isaac ,newton1 8the light of science10 who was a thorough believer in magnetism1 as taught by ,paracelsus1 ,van ,helmont1 and by the fire-philosophers in general4 ,no one will presume to deny that his doctrine of universal space and attraction is purely a theory of magnetism4 ,if his own words mean anything at all1 they mean that he based all his speculations upon the 8soul of the world10 the great universal1 magnetic agent1 which he called the divine sensorium4#cjc #agh 8,here10 he says1 8the question is of a very subtile spirit which penetrates through all1 even the hardest bodies1 and which is concealed in their substance4 ,through the strength and activity of this spirit1 bodies attract each other1 and adhere together when brought into contact4 ,through it1 electrical bodies operate at the remotest distance1 as well as near at hand1 attracting and repelling2 through this spirit the light also flows1 and is refracted and reflected1 and warms bodies4 ,all senses are excited by this spirit1 and through it the animals move their limbs4 ,but these things cannot be explained in few words1 and we have not yet sufficient experience to determine fully the laws by which this universal spirit operates40 ,there are two kinds of magnetization2 the first is purely animal1 the other transcendent1 and depending on the will and knowledge of the mesmerizer1 as well as on the degree of spirituality of the subject1 and his capacity to receive the impressions of the astral light4 ,but now it is next to ascertain that clairvoyance depends a great deal more on the former than on the latter4 ,to the power of an adept1 like ,du ,potet1 the most positive subject will have to submit4 ,if his sight is ably directed by the mesmerizer1 magician1 or spirit1 the light must yield up its most secret records to our scrutiny2 for1 if it is a book which is ever closed to those 8who see and do not perceive10 on the other hand it is ever opened for one who wills to see it opened4 ,it keeps an unmutilated record of all that was1 that is1 or ever will be4 ,the minutest acts of our lives are imprinted on it1 and even our thoughts rest photographed on its eternal tablets4 ,it is the book which we see opened by the angel in the ,revelation1 8which is the ,book of life1 and out of which the dead are judged according to their works40 ,it is1 in short1 the ,,memory of ,,god6 8,the oracles assert that the impression of thoughts1 characters1 men1 and other divine visions1 appear in the ther4444 ,in this the things without figure are figured10 says an ancient fragment of the ,chaldean ,oracles of ,zoroaster4#cjd ,thus1 ancient as well as modern wisdom1 vaticination and science1 agree in corroborating the claims of the kabalists4 ,it is on the indestructible tablets of the astral light that is stamped the impression of every thought we think1 and every act we perform2 and that future events--effects of long-forgotten causes--are already delineated as a vivid picture for the eye of the seer and prophet to follow4 ,memory--the despair of the materialist1 the enigma of the psychologist1 the sphinx of science--is to the student of old philosophies merely a name to express that power which man #agi unconsciously exerts1 and shares with many of the inferior animals--to look with inner sight into the astral light1 and there behold the images of past sensations and incidents4 ,instead of searching the cerebral ganglia for 8micrographs of the living and the dead1 of scenes that we have visited1 of incidents in which we have borne a part10#cje they went to the vast repository where the records of every man's life as well as every pulsation of the visible cosmos are stored up for all ,eternity6 ,that flash of memory which is traditionally supposed to show a drowning man every long-forgotten scene of his mortal life--as the landscape is revealed to the traveller by intermittent flashes of lightning--is simply the sudden glimpse which the struggling soul gets into the silent galleries where his history is depicted in imperishable colors4 ,the well-known fact--one corroborated by the personal experience of nine persons out of ten--that we often recognize as familiar to us1 scenes1 and landscapes1 and conversations1 which we see or hear for the first time1 and sometimes in countries never visited before1 is a result of the same causes4 ,believers in rencarnation adduce this as an additional proof of our antecedent existence in other bodies4 ,this recognition of men1 countries1 and things that we have never seen1 is attributed by them to flashes of soul-memory of anterior experiences4 ,but the men of old1 in common with medival philosophers1 firmly held to a contrary opinion4 ,they affirmed that though this psychological phenomenon was one of the greatest arguments in favor of immortality and the soul's prexistence1 yet the latter being endowed with an individual memory apart from that of our physical brain1 it is no proof of rencarnation4 ,as ,eliphas ,levi beautifully expresses it1 8nature shuts the door after everything that passes1 and pushes life onward0 in more perfected forms4 ,the chrysalis becomes a butterfly2 the latter can never become again a grub4 ,in the stillness of the night-hours1 when our bodily senses are fast locked in the fetters of sleep1 and our elementary body rests1 the astral form becomes free4 ,it then oozes out of its earthly prison1 and as ,paracelsus has it--8confabulates with the outward world10 and travels round the visible as well as the invisible worlds4 8,in sleep10 he says1 8the astral body 7soul7 is in freer motion2 then it soars to its parents1 and holds converse with the stars40 ,dreams1 forebodings1 prescience1 prognostications and presentiments are impressions left by our astral spirit on our brain1 which receives them more or less distinctly1 according to the proportion of blood with which it is supplied during the hours of sleep4 ,the more the body is exhausted1 the freer is the spiritual man1 and the more vivid the impressions of our soul's memory4 ,in heavy and robust sleep1 dreamless and uninterrupted1 #ahj upon awakening to outward consciousness1 men may sometimes remember nothing4 ,but the impressions of scenes and landscapes which the astral body saw in its peregrinations are still there1 though lying latent under the pressure of matter4 ,they may be awakened at any moment1 and then1 during such flashes of man's inner memory1 there is an instantaneous interchange of energies between the visible and the invisible universes4 ,between the 8micrographs0 of the cerebral ganglia and the photo-scenographic galleries of the astral light1 a current is established4 ,and a man who knows that he has never visited in body1 nor seen the landscape and person that he recognizes may well assert that still has he seen and knows them1 for the acquaintance was formed while travelling in 8spirit40 ,to this the physiologists can have but one objection4 ,they will answer that in natural sleep--perfect and deep1 8half of our nature which is volitional is in the condition of inertia20 hence unable to travel2 the more so as the existence of any such individual astral body or soul is considered by them little else than a poetical myth4 ,blumenbach assures us that in the state of sleep1 all intercourse between mind and body is suspended2 an assertion which is denied by ,dr4 ,richardson1 ,f4 ,r4 ,s41 who honestly reminds the ,german scientist that 8the precise limits and connections of mind and body being unknown0 it is more than should be said4 ,this confession1 added to those of the ,french physiologist1 ,fourni1 and the still more recent one of ,dr4 ,allchin1 an eminent ,london physician1 who frankly avowed1 in an address to students1 that 8of all scientific pursuits which practically concern the community1 there is none perhaps which rests upon so uncertain and insecure a basis as medicine10 gives us a certain right to offset the hypotheses of ancient scientists against those of the modern ones4 ,no man1 however gross and material he may be1 can avoid leading a double existence2 one in the visible universe1 the other in the invisible4 ,the life-principle which animates his physical frame is chiefly in the astral body2 and while the more animal portions of him rest1 the more spiritual ones know neither limits nor obstacles4 ,we are perfectly aware that many learned1 as well as the unlearned1 will object to such a novel theory of the distribution of the life-principle4 ,they would prefer remaining in blissful ignorance and go on confessing that no one knows or can pretend to tell whence and whither this mysterious agent appears and disappears1 than to give one moment's attention to what they consider old and exploded theories4 ,some might object on the ground taken by theology1 that dumb brutes have no immortal souls1 and hence1 can have no astral spirits2 for theologians as well as laymen labor under the erroneous impression that soul and spirit are one and the same thing4 ,but if we study #aha ,plato and other philosophers of old1 we may readily perceive that while the 8irrational soul10 by which ,plato meant our astral body1 or the more ethereal representation of ourselves1 can have at best only a more or less prolonged continuity of existence beyond the grave2 the divine spirit--wrongly termed soul1 by the ,church--is immortal by its very essence4 7,any ,hebrew scholar will readily appreciate the distinction who comprehends the difference between the two words ruah and nephesh47 ,if the life-principle is something apart from the astral spirit and in no way connected with it1 why is it that the intensity of the clairvoyant powers depends so much on the bodily prostration of the subject8 ,the deeper the trance1 the less signs of life the body shows1 the clearer become the spiritual perceptions1 and the more powerful are the soul's visions4 ,the soul1 disburdened of the bodily senses1 shows activity of power in a far greater degree of intensity than it can in a strong1 healthy body4 ,brierre de ,boismont gives repeated instances of this fact4 ,the organs of sight1 smell1 taste1 touch1 and hearing are proved to become far acuter in a mesmerized subject deprived of the possibility of exercising them bodily1 than while he uses them in his normal state4 ,such facts alone1 once proved1 ought to stand as invincible demonstrations of the continuity of individual life1 at least for a certain period after the body has been left by us1 either by reason of its being worn out or by accident4 ,but though during its brief sojourn on earth our soul may be assimilated to a light hidden under a bushel1 it still shines more or less bright and attracts to itself the influences of kindred spirits2 and when a thought of good or evil import is begotten in our brain1 it draws to it impulses of like nature as irresistibly as the magnet attracts iron filings4 ,this attraction is also proportionate to the intensity with which the thought-impulse makes itself felt in the ether2 and so it will be understood how one man may impress himself upon his own epoch so forcibly1 that the influence may be carried--through the ever-interchanging currents of energy between the two worlds1 the visible and the invisible--from one succeeding age to another1 until it affects a large portion of mankind4 ,how much the authors of the famous work entitled the ,unseen ,universe may have allowed themselves to think in this direction1 it would be difficult to say2 but that they have not told all they might will be inferred from the following language3 8,regard it as you please1 there can be no doubt that the properties of the ether are of a much higher order in the arena of nature than those of tangible matter4 ,and1 as even the high priests of science still find the latter far beyond their comprehension1 except in numerous #ahb but minute and often isolated particulars1 it would not become us to speculate further4 ,it is sufficient for our purpose to know from what the ether certainly does1 that it is capable of vastly more than any has yet ventured to say40 ,one of the most interesting discoveries of modern times1 is that of the faculty which enables a certain class of sensitive persons to receive from any object held in the hand or against the forehead impressions of the character or appearance of the individual1 or any other object with which it has previously been in contact4 ,thus a manuscript1 painting1 article of clothing1 or jewelry--no matter how ancient--conveys to the sensitive1 a vivid picture of the writer1 painter1 or wearer2 even though he lived in the days of ,ptolemy or ,enoch4 ,nay1 more2 a fragment of an ancient building will recall its history and even the scenes which transpired within or about it4 ,a bit of ore will carry the soul-vision back to the time when it was in process of formation4 ,this faculty is called by its discoverer--,professor ,j4 ,r4 ,buchanan1 of ,louisville1 ,kentucky--psychometry4 ,to him1 the world is indebted for this most important addition to ,psychological ,sciences2 and to him1 perhaps1 when skepticism is found felled to the ground by such accumulation of facts1 posterity will have to elevate a statue4 ,in announcing to the public his great discovery1 ,professor ,buchanan1 confining himself to the power of psychometry to delineate human character1 says3 8,the mental and physiological influence imparted to writing appears to be imperishable1 as the oldest specimens ,i have investigated gave their impressions with a distinctness and force1 little impaired by time4 ,old manuscripts1 requiring an antiquary to decipher their strange old penmanship1 were easily interpreted by the psychometric power4444 ,the property of retaining the impress of mind is not limited to writing4 ,drawings1 paintings1 everything upon which human contact1 thought1 and volition have been expended1 may become linked with that thought and life1 so as to recall them to the mind of another when in contact40 ,without1 perhaps1 really knowing1 at the early time of the grand discovery1 the significance of his own prophetic words1 the ,professor adds3 8,this discovery1 in its application to the arts and to history1 will open a mine of interesting knowledge40#cjf ,the existence of this faculty was first experimentally demonstrated in #ahda4 ,it has since been verified by a thousand psychometers in different parts of the world4 ,it proves that every occurrence in nature--no matter how minute or unimportant--leaves its indelible impress upon physical nature2 and1 as there has been no appreciable molecular #ahc disturbance1 the only inference possible is1 that these images have been produced by that invisible1 universal force--,ether1 or astral light4 ,in his charming work1 entitled ,the ,soul of ,things1 ,professor ,denton the geologist1#cjg enters at great length into a discussion of this subject4 ,he gives a multitude of examples of the psychometrical power1 which ,mrs4 ,denton possesses in a marked degree4 ,a fragment of ,cicero's house1 at ,tusculum1 enabled her to describe1 without the slightest intimation as to the nature of the object placed on her forehead1 not only the great orator's surroundings1 but also the previous owner of the building1 ,cornelius ,sulla ,felix1 or1 as he is usually called1 ,sulla the ,dictator4 ,a fragment of marble from the ancient ,christian ,church of ,smyrna1 brought before her its congregation and officiating priests4 ,specimens from ,nineveh1 ,china1 ,jerusalem1 ,greece1 ,ararat1 and other places all over the world brought up scenes in the life of various personages1 whose ashes had been scattered thousands of years ago4 ,in many cases ,professor ,denton verified the statements by reference to historical records4 ,more than this1 a bit of the skeleton1 or a fragment of the tooth of some antediluvian animal1 caused the seeress to perceive the creature as it was when alive1 and even live for a few brief moments its life1 and experience its sensations4 ,before the eager quest of the psychometer1 the most hidden recesses of the domain of nature yield up their secrets2 and the events of the most remote epochs rival in vividness of impression the flitting circumstances of yesterday4 ,says the author1 in the same work3 8,not a leaf waves1 not an insect crawls1 not a ripple moves1 but each motion is recorded by a thousand faithful scribes in infallible and indelible scripture4 ,this is just as true of all past time4 ,from the dawn of light upon this infant globe1 when round its cradle the steamy curtains hung1 to this moment1 nature has been busy photographing everything4 ,what a picture-gallery is hers60 ,it appears to us the height of impossibility to imagine that scenes in ancient ,thebes1 or in some temple of prehistoric times should be photographed only upon the substance of certain atoms4 ,the images of the events are imbedded in that all-permeating1 universal1 and ever-retaining medium1 which the philosophers call the 8,soul of the ,world10 and ,mr4 ,denton 8the ,soul of ,things40 ,the psychometer1 by applying the fragment of a substance to his forehead1 brings his inner-self into relations with the inner soul of the object he handles4 ,it is now admitted that the universal ther pervades all things in nature1 even the most solid4 ,it is beginning to be admitted1 #ahd also1 that this preserves the images of all things which transpire4 ,when the psychometer examines his specimen1 he is brought in contact with the current of the astral light1 connected with that specimen1 and which retains pictures of the events associated with its history4 ,these1 according to ,denton1 pass before his vision with the swiftness of light2 scene after scene crowding upon each other so rapidly1 that it is only by the supreme exercise of the will that he is able to hold any one in the field of vision long enough to describe it4 ,the psychometer is clairvoyant2 that is1 he sees with the inner eye4 ,unless his will-power is very strong1 unless he has thoroughly trained himself to that particular phenomenon1 and his knowledge of the capabilities of his sight are profound1 his perceptions of places1 persons1 and events1 must necessarily be very confused4 ,but in the case of mesmerization1 in which this same clairvoyant faculty is developed1 the operator1 whose will holds that of the subject under control1 can force him to concentrate his attention upon a given picture long enough to observe all its minute details4 ,moreover1 under the guidance of an experienced mesmerizer1 the seer would excel the natural psychometer in having a prevision of future events1 more distinct and clear than the latter4 ,and to those who might object to the possibility of perceiving that which 8yet is not10 we may put the question3 ,why is it more impossible to see that which will be1 than to bring back to sight that which is gone1 and is no more8 ,according to the kabalistic doctrine1 the future exists in the astral light in embryo1 as the present existed in embryo in the past4 ,while man is free to act as he pleases1 the manner in which he will act was foreknown from all time2 not on the ground of fatalism or destiny1 but simply on the principle of universal1 unchangeable harmony2 and1 as it may be foreknown that1 when a musical note is struck1 its vibrations will not1 and cannot change into those of another note4 ,besides1 eternity can have neither past nor future1 but only the present2 as boundless space1 in its strictly literal sense1 can have neither distant nor proximate places4 ,our conceptions1 limited to the narrow area of our experience1 attempt to fit if not an end1 at least a beginning of time and space2 but neither of these exist in reality2 for in such case time would not be eternal1 nor space boundless4 ,the past no more exists than the future1 as we have said1 only our memories survive2 and our memories are but the glimpses that we catch of the reflections of this past in the currents of the astral light1 as the psychometer catches them from the astral emanations of the object held by him4 ,says ,professor ,e4 ,hitchcock1 when speaking of the influences of light upon bodies1 and of the formation of pictures upon them by means of it3 8,it seems1 then1 that this photographic influence pervades all nature2 nor can we say where it stops4 ,we do not know but it may #ahe imprint upon the world around us our features1 as they are modified by various passions1 and thus fill nature with daguerreotype impressions of all our actions2 444 it may be1 too1 that there are tests by which nature1 more skilful than any photographist1 can bring out and fix these portraits1 so that acuter senses than ours shall see them as on a great canvas1 spread over the material universe4 ,perhaps1 too1 they may never fade from that canvas1 but become specimens in the great picture-gallery of eternity40#cjh ,the 8perhaps0 of ,professor ,hitchcock is henceforth changed by the demonstration of psychometry into a triumphant certitude4 ,those who understand these psychological and clairvoyant faculties will take exception to ,professor ,hitchcock's idea1 that acuter senses than ours are needed to see these pictures upon his supposed cosmic canvas1 and maintain that he should have confined his limitations to the external senses of the body4 ,the human spirit1 being of the ,divine1 immortal ,spirit1 appreciates neither past nor future1 but sees all things as in the present4 ,these daguerreotypes referred to in the above quotation are imprinted upon the astral light1 where1 as we said before--and1 according to the ,hermetic teaching1 the first portion of which is already accepted and demonstrated by science--is kept the record of all that was1 is1 or ever will be4 ,of late1 some of our learned men have given a particular attention to a subject hitherto branded with the mark of 8superstition40 ,they begin speculating on hypothetical and invisible worlds4 ,the authors of the ,unseen ,universe were the first to boldly take the lead1 and already they find a follower in ,professor ,fiske1 whose speculations are given in the ,unseen ,world4 ,evidently the scientists are probing the insecure ground of materialism1 and1 feeling it trembling under their feet1 are preparing for a less dishonorable surrender of arms in case of defeat4 ,jevons confirms ,babbage1 and both firmly believe that every thought1 displacing the particles of the brain and setting them in motion1 scatters them throughout the universe1 and think that 8each particle of the existing matter must be a register of all that has happened40#cji ,on the other hand1 ,dr4 ,thomas ,young1 in his lectures on natural philosophy1 most positively invites us to 8speculate with freedom on the possibility of independent worlds2 some existing in different parts1 others pervading each other1 unseen and unknown1 in the same space1 and others again to which space may not be a necessary mode of existence40 ,if scientists1 proceeding from a strictly scientific point of view1 such as the possibility of energy being transferred into the invisible universe--and on the principle of continuity1 indulge in such speculations1 why should occultists and spiritualists be refused the #ahf same privilege8 ,ganglionic impressions on the surface of polished metal1 are registered and may be preserved for an indefinite space of time1 according to science2 and ,professor ,draper illustrates the fact most poetically4 8,a shadow10 says he1 8never falls upon a wall without leaving thereupon a permanent trace1 a trace which might be made visible by resorting to proper processes4444 ,the portraits of our friends1 or landscape-views1 may be hidden on the sensitive surface from the eye1 but they are ready to make their appearance1 as soon as proper developers are resorted to4 ,a spectre is concealed on a silver or glassy surface1 until1 by our necromancy1 we make it come forth into the visible world4 ,upon the walls of our most private apartments1 where we think the eye of intrusion is altogether shut out1 and our retirement can never be profaned1 there exist the vestiges of all our acts1 silhouettes of whatever we have done40#caj ,if an indelible impression may be thus obtained on inorganic matter1 and if nothing is lost or passes completely out of existence in the universe1 why such a scientific levee of arms against the authors of the ,unseen ,universe8 ,and on what ground can they reject the hypothesis that 8,thought1 conceived to affect the matter of another universe simultaneously with this1 may explain a future state80#caa ,in our opinion1 if psychometry is one of the grandest proofs of the indestructibility of matter1 retaining eternally the impressions of the outward world1 the possession of that faculty by our inner sight is a still greater one in favor of the immortality of man's individual spirit4 ,capable of discerning events which took place hundreds of thousands of years ago1 why would it not apply the same faculty to a future lost in the eternity1 in which there can be neither past nor future1 but only one boundless present8 ,notwithstanding the confessions of stupendous ignorance in some things1 made by the scientists themselves1 they still deny the existence of that mysterious spiritual force1 lying beyond the grasp of the ordinary physical laws4 ,they still hope to be able to apply to living beings the same laws which they have found to answer in reference to dead matter4 ,and1 having discovered what the kabalists term 8the gross purgations0 of ,ether--light1 heat1 electricity1 and motion--they have rejoiced over their good fortune1 counted its vibrations in producing the colors of the spectrum2 and1 proud of their achievements1 refuse to see any further4 ,several men of science have pondered more or less over its protean essence1 and unable to measure it with their photometers1 called it 8an hypothetical medium of great elasticity and extreme #ahg tenuity1 supposed to pervade all space1 the interior of solid bodies not excepted20 and1 8to be the medium of transmission of light and heat0 7,dictionary74 ,others1 whom we will name 8the will-o'-the-wisps0 of science--her pseudo-sons--examined it also1 and even went to the trouble of scrutinizing it 8through powerful glasses10 they tell us4 ,but perceiving neither spirits nor ghosts in it1 and failing equally to discover in its treacherous waves anything of a more scientific character1 they turned round and called all believers in immortality in general1 and spiritualists in particular1 8insane fools0 and 8visionary lunatics20#cab the whole1 in doleful accents1 perfectly appropriate to the circumstance of such a sad failure4 ,say the authors of the ,unseen ,universe3 8,we have driven the operation of that mystery called ,life out of the objective universe4 ,the mistake made1 lies in imagining that by this process they completely get rid of a thing so driven before them1 and that it disappears from the universe altogether4 ,it does no such thing4 ,it only disappears from that small circle of light which we may call the universe of scientific perception4 ,call it the trinity of mystery3 mystery of matter1 the mystery of life and--the mystery of ,god--and these three are ,one40#cac ,taking the ground that 8the visible universe must certainly1 in transformable energy1 and probably in matter1 come to an end10 and 8the principle of continuity 444 still demanding a continuance of the universe4440 the authors of this remarkable work find themselves forced to believe 8that there is something beyond that which is visible#cad 444 and that the visible system is not the whole universe but only1 it may be1 a very small part of it40 ,furthermore1 looking back as well as forward to the origin of this visible universe1 the authors urge that 8if the visible universe is all that exists then the first abrupt manifestation of it is as truly a break of continuity as its final overthrow0 7,art4 #he74 ,therefore1 as such a break is against the accepted law of continuity1 the authors come to the following conclusion3-- 8,now1 is it not natural to imagine1 that a universe of this nature1 which we have reason to think exists1 and is connected by bonds of energy with the visible universe1 is also capable of receiving energy from it8444 ,may we not regard ,ether1 or the medium1 as not merely a #ahh bridge#cae between one order of things and another1 forming as it were a species of cement1 in virtue of which the various orders of the universe are welded together and made into one8 ,in fine1 what we generally called ,ether1 may be not a mere medium1 but a medium plus the invisible order of things1 so that when the motions of the visible universe are transferred into ,ether1 part of them are conveyed as by a bridge into the invisible universe1 and are there made use of and stored up4 ,nay1 is it even necessary to retain the conception of a bridge8 ,may we not at once say that when energy is carried from matter into ,ether1 it is carried from the visible into the invisible2 and that when it is carried from ,ether to matter it is carried from the invisible into the visible887,art4 #aih1 ,unseen ,universe47 ,precisely2 and were ,science to take a few more steps in that direction and fathom more seriously the 8hypothetical medium0 who knows but ,tyndall's impassable chasm between the physical processes of the brain and consciousness1 might be--at least intellectually--passed with surprising ease and safety4 ,so far back as #ahef1 a man considered a savant in his days--,dr4 ,jobard of ,paris1--had certainly the same ideas as the authors of the ,unseen ,universe1 on ether1 when he startled the press and the world of science by the following declaration3 8,i hold a discovery which frightens me4 ,there are two kinds of electricity2 one1 brute and blind1 is produced by the contact of metals and acids20 7the gross purgation7 444 8the other is intelligent and ,,clairvoyant6444 ,electricity has bifurcated itself in the hands of ,galvani1 ,nobili1 and ,matteuci4 ,the brute force of the current has followed ,jacobi1 ,bonelli1 and ,moncal1 while the intellectual one was following ,bois-,robert1 ,thilorier1 and the ,chevalier ,duplanty4 ,the electric ball or globular electricity contains a thought which disobeys ,newton and ,mariotte to follow its own freaks4444 ,we have1 in the annals of the ,academy1 thousands of proofs of the ,,intelligence of the electric bolt4444 ,but ,i remark that ,i am permitting myself to become indiscreet4 ,a little more and ,i should have disclosed to you the key which is about to discover to us the universal spirit40#caf ,the foregoing1 added to the wonderful confessions of science and what we have just quoted from the ,unseen ,universe1 throw an additional lustre on the wisdom of the long departed ages4 ,in one of the preceding chapters we have alluded to a quotation from ,cory's translation of ,ancient ,fragments1 in which it appears that one of the ,chaldean ,oracles expresses this self-same idea about ether1 and in language #ahi singularly like that of the authors of the ,unseen ,universe4 ,it states that from ther have come all things1 and to it all will return2 that the images of all things are indelibly impressed upon it2 and that it is the storehouse of the germs or of the remains of all visible forms1 and even ideas4 ,it appears as if this case strangely corroborates our assertion that whatever discoveries may be made in our days will be found to have been anticipated by many thousand years by our 8simple-minded ancestors40 ,at the point at which we are now arrived1 the attitude assumed by the materialists toward psychical phenomena being perfectly defined1 we may assert with safety that were this key lying loose on the threshold of the 8chasm0 not one of our ,tyndalls would stoop to pick it up4 ,how timid would appear to some kabalists these tentative efforts to solve the ,,great ,,mystery of the universal ether6 ,although so far in advance of anything propounded by contemporary philosophers1 what the intelligent explorers of the ,unseen ,universe speculate upon1 was to the masters of hermetic philosophy familiar science4 ,to them ether was not merely a bridge connecting the seen and unseen sides of the universe1 but across its span their daring feet followed the road that led through the mysterious gates which modern speculators either will not or cannot unlock4 ,the deeper the research of the modern explorer1 the more often he comes face to face with the discoveries of the ancients4 ,does ,elie de ,beaumont1 the great ,french geologist1 venture a hint upon the terrestrial circulation1 in relation to some elements in the earth's crust1 he finds himself anticipated by the old philosophers4 ,do we demand of distinguished technologists1 what are the most recent discoveries in regard to the origin of the metalliferous deposits8 ,we hear one of them1 ,professor ,sterry ,hunt1 in showing us how water is a universal solvent1 enunciating the doctrine held and taught by the old ,thales1 more than two dozen centuries ago1 that water was the principle of all things4 ,we listen to the same professor1 with de ,beaumont as authority1 expounding the terrestrial circulation1 and the chemical and physical phenomena of the material world4 ,while we read with pleasure that he is 8not prepared to concede that we have in chemical and physical processes the whole secret of organic life10 we note with a still greater delight the following honest confession on his part3 8,still we are1 in many respects1 approximating the phenomena of the organic world to those of the mineral kingdom2 and we at the same time learn that these so far interest and depend upon each other that we begin to see a certain truth underlying the notion of those old philosophers1 who extended to the mineral world the notion of a vital force1 which led them to speak of the earth as a great living organism1 and to look upon the various changes of its air1 its waters1 and its rocky depths1 as processes belonging to the life of our planet40 ,everything in this world must have a beginning4 ,things have latterly #aij gone so far with scientists in the matter of prejudice1 that it is quite a wonder that even so much as this should be conceded to ancient philosophy4 ,the poor1 honest primordial elements have long been exiled1 and our ambitious men of science run races to determine who shall add one more to the fledgling brood of the sixty-three or more elementary substances4 ,meanwhile there rages a war in modern chemistry about terms4 ,we are denied the right to call these substances 8chemical elements10 for they are not 8primordial principles or self-existing essences out of which the universe was fashioned40#cag ,such ideas associated with the word element were good enough for the 8old ,greek philosophy10 but modern science rejects them2 for1 as ,professor ,cooke says1 8they are unfortunate terms10 and experimental science will have 8nothing to do with any kind of essences except those which it can see1 smell1 or taste40 ,it must have those that can be put in the eye1 the nose1 or the mouth6 ,it leaves others to the metaphysicians4 ,therefore1 when ,van ,helmont tells us that1 8though a homogeneal part of elementary earth may be artfully 7artificially7 converted into water10 though he still denies 8that the same can be done by nature alone2 for no natural agent is able to transmute one element into another10 offering as a reason that the elements always remain the same1 we must believe him1 if not quite an ignoramus1 at least an unprogressed disciple of the mouldy 8old ,greek philosophy40 ,living and dying in blissful ignorance of the future sixty-three substances1 what could either he or his old master1 ,paracelsus1 achieve8 ,nothing1 of course1 but metaphysical and crazy speculations1 clothed in a meaningless jargon common to all medival and ancient alchemists4 ,nevertheless1 in comparing notes1 we find in the latest of all works upon modern chemistry1 the following3 8,the study of chemistry has revealed a remarkable class of substances1 from no one of which a second substance has ever been produced by any chemical process which weighs less than the original substance 444 by no chemical process whatever can we obtain from iron a substance weighing less than the metal used in its production4 ,in a word1 we can extract from iron nothing but iron40#cah ,moreover1 it appears1 according to ,professor ,cooke1 that 8seventy-five years ago men did not know there was any difference0 between elementary and compound substances1 for in old times alchemists had never conceived 8that weight is the measure of material1 and that1 as thus measured1 no material is ever lost2 but1 on the contrary1 they imagined that in such experiments#cai as these the substances involved underwent a mysterious transformation4444 ,centuries10 in #aia short1 8were wasted in vain attempts to transform the baser metals into gold40 ,is ,professor ,cooke1 so eminent in modern chemistry1 equally proficient in the knowledge of what the alchemists did or did not know8 ,is he quite sure that he understands the meaning of the alchemical diction8 ,we are not4 ,but let us compare his views as above expressed with but sentences written in plain and good1 albeit old ,english1 from the translations of ,van ,helmont and ,paracelsus4 ,we learn from their own admissions that the alkahest induces the following changes3 87#a47 ,the alkahest never destroys the seminal virtues of the bodies thereby dissolved3 for instance1 gold1 by its action1 is reduced to a salt of gold1 antimony to a salt of antimony1 etc41 of the same seminal virtues1 or characters with the original concrete4 7#b47 ,the subject exposed to its operation is converted into its three principles1 salt1 sulphur1 and mercury1 and afterwards into salt alone1 which then becomes volatile1 and at length is wholly turned into clear water4 7#c47 ,whatever it dissolves may be rendered volatile by a sand-heat2 and if1 after volatilizing the solvent1 it be distilled therefrom1 the body is left pure1 insipid water1 but always equal in quantity to its original self40 ,further1 we find ,van ,helmont1 the elder1 saying of this salt that it will dissolve the most untractable bodies into substances of the same seminal virtues1 8equal in weight to the matter dissolved20 and he adds1 8,this salt1 by being several times cohobated with ,paracelsus1 sal circulatum1 loses all its fixedness1 and at length becomes an insipid water1 equal in quantity to the salt it was made from40#cbj ,the objection that might be made by ,professor ,cooke1 in behalf of modern science1 to the hermetic expressions1 would equally apply to the ,egyptian hieratic writings--they hide that which was meant to be concealed4 ,if he would profit by the labors of the past1 he must employ the cryptographer1 and not the satirist4 ,paracelsus1 like the rest1 exhausted his ingenuity in transpositions of letters and abbreviations of words and sentences4 ,for example1 when he wrote sutratur he meant tartar1 and mutrin meant nitrum1 and so on4 ,there was no end to the pretended explanations of the meaning of the alkahest4 ,some imagined that it was an alkaline of salt of tartar salatilized2 others that it meant algeist1 a ,german word which means all-spirit1 or spirituous4 ,paracelsus usually termed salt 8the centre of water wherein metals ought to die40 ,this gave rise to the most absurd suppositions1 and some persons--such as ,glauber--thought that the alkahest was the spirit of salt4 ,it requires no little hardihood to assert that ,paracelsus and his colleagues were ignorant of the natures of elementary and compound #aib substances2 they may not be called by the same names as are now in fashion1 but that they were known is proved by the results attained4 ,what matters it by what name the gas given off when iron is dissolved in sulphuric acid was called by ,paracelsus1 since he is recognized1 even by our standard authorities1 as the discoverer of hydrogen8#cba ,his merit is the same2 and though ,van ,helmont may have concealed1 under the name 8seminal virtues10 his knowledge of the fact that elementary substances have their original properties1 which the entering into compounds only temporarily modifies--never destroys--he was none the less the greatest chemist of his age1 and the peer of modern scientists4 ,he affirmed that the aurum potabile could be obtained with the alkahest1 by converting the whole body of gold into salt1 retaining its seminal virtues1 and being soluble in water4 ,when chemists learn what he meant by aurum potabile1 alkahest1 salt1 and seminal virtues--what he really meant1 not what he said he meant1 nor what was thought he meant--then1 and not before1 can our chemists safely assume such airs toward the fire-philosophers and those ancient masters whose mystic teachings they reverently studied4 ,one thing is clear1 at any rate4 ,taken merely in its exoteric form1 this language of ,van ,helmont shows that he understood the solubility of metallic substances in water1 which ,sterry ,hunt makes the basis of his theory of metalliferous deposits4 ,we would like to see what sort of terms would be invented by our scientific contempories to conceal and yet half-reveal their audacious proposition that man's 8only ,god is the cineritious matter of his brain10 if in the basement of the new ,court ,house or the cathedral on ,fifth ,avenue there were a torture-chamber1 to which judge or cardinal could send them at will4 ,professor ,sterry ,hunt says in one of his lectures3#cbb 8,the alchemists sought in vain for a universal solvent2 but we now know that water1 aided in some cases by heat1 pressure1 and the presence of certain widely-distributed substances1 such as carbonic acid and alkaline carbonates and sulphides1 will dissolve the most insoluble bodies2 so that it may1 after all1 be looked upon as the long-sought for alkahest or universal menstruum40 ,this reads almost like a paraphrase of ,van ,helmont1 or ,paracelsus himself6 ,they knew the properties of water as a solvent as well as modern chemists1 and what is more1 made no concealment of the fact2 which shows that this was not their universal solvent4 ,many commentaries and criticisms of their works are still extant1 and one can hardly take up a book on the subject without finding at least one #aic of their speculations of which they never thought of making a mystery4 ,this is what we find in an old work on alchemists--a satire1 moreover--of #ahbj1 written at the beginning of our century when the new theories on the chemical potency of water were hardly in their embryonic state4 8,it may throw some light to observe1 that ,van ,helmont1 as well as ,paracelsus1 took water for the universal instrument 7agent87 of chymistry and natural philosophy2 and earth for the unchangeable basis of all things--that fire was assigned as the sufficient cause of all things--that seminal impressions were lodged in the mechanism of the earth--that water1 by dissolving and fermenting with this earth1 as it does by means of fire1 brings forth everything2 whence originally proceeded animal1 vegetable1 and mineral kingdoms40#cbc ,the alchemists understand well this universal potency of water4 ,in the works of ,paracelsus1 ,van ,helmont1 ,philalethes1 ,pantatem1 ,tachenius1 and even ,boyle1 8the great characteristic of the alkahest10 8to dissolve and change all sublunary bodies--water alone excepted10 is explicitly stated4 ,and is it possible to believe that ,van ,helmont1 whose private character was unimpeachable1 and whose great learning was universally recognized1 should most solemnly declare himself possessed of the secret1 were it but a vain boast6#cbd ,in a recent address at ,nashville1 ,tennessee1 ,professor ,huxley laid down a certain rule with respect to the validity of human testimony as a basis of history and science1 which we are quite ready to apply to the present case4 8,it is impossible10 he says1 8that one's practical life should not be more or less influenced by the views which we may hold as to what has been the past history of things4 ,one of them is human testimony in its various shapes--all testimony of eye-witnesses1 traditional testimony from the lips of those who have been eye-witnesses1 and the testimony of those who have put their impressions into writing and into print4444 ,if you read ,csar's ,commentaries1 wherever he gives an account of his battles with the ,gauls1 you place a certain amount of confidence in his statements4 ,you take his testimony upon this4 ,you feel that ,csar would not have made these statements unless he had believed them to be true40 ,now1 we cannot in logic permit ,mr4 ,huxley's philosophical rule to be applied in a one-sided manner to ,csar4 ,either that personage was naturally truthful or a natural liar2 and since ,mr4 ,huxley has settled that point to his own satisfaction as regards the facts of military history in his favor1 we insist that ,csar is also a competent witness #aid as to augurs1 diviners1 and psychological facts4 ,so with ,herodotus1 and all other ancient authorities1 unless they were by nature men of truth1 they should not be believed even about civil or military affairs4 ,falsus in uno1 falsus in omnibus4 ,and equally1 if they are credible as to physical things1 they must be regarded as equally so as to spiritual things2 for as ,professor ,huxley tells us1 human nature was of old just as it is now4 ,men of intellect and conscience did not lie for the pleasure of bewildering or disgusting posterity4 ,the probabilities of falsification by such men having been defined so clearly by a man of science1 we feel free from the necessity of discussing the question in connection with the names of ,van ,helmont and his illustrious but unfortunate master1 the much-slandered ,paracelsus4 ,deleuze1 though finding in the works of the former many 8mythic1 illusory ideas0 perhaps only because he could not understand them--credits him nevertheless with a vast knowledge1 8an acute judgment10 and at the same time with having given to the world 8great truths40 8,he was the first10 he adds1 8to give the name of gas to aerial fluids4 ,without him it is probable that steel would have given no new impulse to science40#cbe ,by what application of the doctrine of chances could we discover the likelihood that experimentalists1 capable of resolving and recombining chemical substances1 as they are admitted to have done1 were ignorant of the nature of elementary substances1 their combining energies1 and the solvent or solvents1 that would disintegrate them when wanted8 ,if they had the reputation only of theorists the case would stand differently and our argument would lose its force1 but the chemical discoveries grudgingly accorded to them1 by their worst enemies1 form the basis for much stronger language than we have permitted ourselves1 from a fear of being deemed over partial4 ,and1 as this work1 moreover1 is based on the idea that there is a higher nature of man1 that his moral and intellectual faculties should be judged psychologically1 we do not hesitate to reaffirm that since ,van ,helmont asserted1 8most solemnly10 that he was possessed of the secret of the alkahest1 no modern critic has a right to set him down as either a liar or a visionary1 until something more certain is known about the nature of this alleged universal menstruum4 8,facts are stubborn things10 remarks ,mr4 ,a4 ,r4 ,wallace1 in his preface to ,miracles and ,modern ,spiritualism4 ,therefore1#cbf as facts must #aie be our strongest allies1 we will bring as many of these forward as the 8miracles0 of antiquity and those of our modern times will furnish us with4 ,the authors of the ,unseen ,universe have scientifically demonstrated the possibility of certain alleged psychological phenomena through the medium of the universal ether4 ,mr4 ,wallace has as scientifically proved that the whole catalogue of assumptions to the contrary1 including the sophisms of ,hume1 are untenable if brought face to face with strict logic4 ,mr4 ,crookes has given to the world of skepticism his own experiments1 which lasted above three years before he was conquered by the most undeniable of evidence--that of his own senses4 ,a whole list could be made up of men of science who have recorded their testimony to that effect2 and ,camille ,flammarion1 the well-known ,french astronomer1 and author of many works which1 in the eyes of the skeptical1 should send him to the ranks of the 8deluded10 in company with ,wallace1 ,crookes1 and ,hare1 corroborates our words in the following lines3 8,i do not hesitate to affirm my conviction1 based on a personal examination of the subject1 that any scientific man who declares the phenomena denominated #8magnetic1' #8somnambulic1#8 #8mediumic1' and others not yet explained by science1 to be impossible1 is one who speaks without knowing what he is talking about1 and also any man accustomed1 by his professional avocations1 to scientific observations--provided that his mind be not biassed by preconceived opinions1 nor his mental vision blinded by that opposite kind of illusion1 unhappily too common in the learned world1 which consists in imagining that the laws of ,nature are already known to us1 and that everything which appears to overstep the limit of our present formulas is impossible1 may require a radical and absolute certainty of the reality of the facts alluded to40 ,in ,mr4 ,crookes' ,notes of an ,enquiry into the ,phenomena called ,spiritual1 on p4 #aja1 this gentleman quotes ,mr4 ,sergeant ,cox1 who having named this unknown force1 psychic1 explains it thus3 8,as the organism is itself moved and directed within the structure by a force--which either is1 or is not controlled by--the soul1 spirit1 or mind 444 which constitutes the individual being we term #8the man1' it is an equally reasonable conclusion that the force which causes the motions beyond the limits of the body is the same force that produces motion within the limits of the body4 ,and1 as the external force is often directed by intelligence1 it is an equally reasonable conclusion that the directing intelligence of the external force is the same intelligence that directs the force internally40 ,in order to comprehend this theory the better1 we may as well divide it in four propositions and show that ,mr4 ,sergeant ,cox believes3 #a4 ,that the force which produces physical phenomena proceeds from 7consequently is generated in7 the medium4 #b4 ,that the intelligence directing the force for the production of the #aif phenomena 7a7 may sometimes be other than the intelligence of the medium2 but of this the 8proof0 is 8insufficient20 therefore1 7b7 the directing intelligence is probably that of the medium himself4 ,this ,mr4 ,cox calls 8a reasonable conclusion40 #c4 ,he assumes that the force which moves the table is identical with the force which moves the medium's body itself4 #d4 ,he strongly disputes the spiritualistic theory1 or rather assertion1 that 8spirits of the dead are the sole agents in the production of all the phenomena40 ,before we fairly proceed on our analysis of such views we must remind the reader that we find ourselves placed between two extreme opposites represented by two parties--the believers and unbelievers in this agency of human spirits4 ,neither seem capable of deciding the point raised by ,mr4 ,cox2 for while the spiritualists are so omnivorous in their credulity as to believe every sound and movement in a circle to be produced by disembodied human beings1 their antagonists dogmatically deny that anything can be produced by 8spirits10 for there are none4 ,hence1 neither class is in a position to examine the subject without bias4 ,if they consider that force which 8produces motion within the body0 and the one 8which causes the motion beyond the limits of the body0 to be of the same essence1 they may be right4 ,but the identity of these two forces stops here4 ,the life-principle which animates ,mr4 ,cox's body is of the same nature as that of his medium2 nevertheless he is not the medium1 nor is the latter ,mr4 ,cox4 ,this force1 which1 to please ,mr4 ,cox and ,mr4 ,crookes we may just as well call psychic as anything else1 proceeds through not from the individual medium4 ,in the latter case this force would be generated in the medium and we are ready to show that it cannot be so2 neither in the instances of levitation of human bodies1 the moving of furniture and other objects without contact1 nor in such cases in which the force shows reason and intelligence4 ,it is a well-known fact to both mediums and spiritualists1 that the more the former is passive1 the better the manifestations2 and every one of the above-mentioned phenomena requires a conscious predetermined will4 ,in cases of levitation1 we should have to believe that this self-generated force would raise the inert mass off the ground1 direct it through the air1 and lower it down again1 avoiding obstacles and thereby showing intelligence1 and still act automatically1 the medium remaining all the while passive4 ,if such were the fact1 the medium would be a conscious magician1 and all pretence for being a passive instrument in the hands of invisible intelligences would become useless4 ,as well plead that a quantity of #aig steam sufficient to fill1 without bursting1 a boiler1 will raise the boiler2 or a ,leyden jar1 full of electricity1 overcome the inertia of the jar1 as such a mechanical absurdity4 ,all analogy would seem to indicate that the force which operates in the presence of a medium upon external objects comes from a source back of the medium himself4 ,we may rather compare it with the hydrogen which overcomes the inertia of the balloon4 ,the gas1 under the control of an intelligence1 is accumulated in the receiver in sufficient volume to overcome the attraction of its combined mass4 ,on the same principle this force moves articles of furniture1 and performs other manifestations2 and though identical in its essence with the astral spirit of the medium1 it cannot be his spirit only1 for the latter remains all the while in a kind of cataleptic torpor1 when the mediumship is genuine4 ,mr4 ,cox's first point seems1 therefore1 not well taken2 it is based upon an hypothesis mechanically untenable4 ,of course our argument proceeds upon the supposition that levitation is an observed fact4 ,the theory of psychic force1 to be perfect1 must account for all 8visible motions 444 in solid substances10 and among these is levitation4 ,as to his second point1 we deny that 8the proof is insufficient0 that the force which produces the phenomena is sometimes directed by other intelligences than the mind of the 8psychic40 ,on the contrary there is such an abundance of testimony to show that the mind of the medium1 in a majority of cases1 has nothing to do with the phenomena1 that we cannot be content to let ,mr4 ,cox's bold assertion go unchallenged4 ,equally illogical do we conceive to be his third proposition2 for if the medium's body be not the generator but simply the channel of the force which produces the phenomena--a question upon which ,mr4 ,cox's researches throw no light whatever--then it does not follow that because the medium's 8soul1 spirit1 or mind0 directs the medium's organism1 therefore this 8soul1 spirit1 or mind10 lifts a chair or raps at the call of the alphabet4 ,as to the fourth proposition1 namely1 that 8spirits of the dead are the sole agents in the production of all the phenomena10 we need not join issue at the present moment1 inasmuch as the nature of the spirits producing mediumistic manifestations is treated at length in other chapters4 ,the philosophers1 and especially those who were initiated into the ,mysteries1 held that the astral soul is the impalpable duplicate of the gross external form which we call body4 ,it is the perisprit of the ,kardecists and the spirit-form of the spiritualists4 ,above this internal duplicate1 and illuminating it as the warm ray of the #aih sun illuminates the earth1 fructifying the germ and calling out to spiritual vivification the latent qualities dormant in it1 hovers the divine spirit4 ,the astral perisprit is contained and confined within the physical body as ether in a bottle1 or magnetism in magnetized iron4 ,it is a centre and engine of force1 fed from the universal supply of force1 and moved by the same general laws which pervade all nature and produce all cosmical phenomena4 ,its inherent activity causes the incessant physical operations of the animal organism and ultimately results in the destruction of the latter by overuse and its own escape4 ,it is the prisoner1 not the voluntary tenant1 of the body4 ,it has an attraction so powerful to the external universal force1 that after wearing out its casing it finally escapes to it4 ,the stronger1 grosser1 more material its encasing body1 the longer is the term of its imprisonment4 ,some persons are born with organizations so exceptional1 that the door which shuts other people in from communication with the world of the astral light1 can be easily unbarred and opened1 and their souls can look into1 or even pass into that world1 and return again4 ,those who do this consciously1 and at will1 are termed magicians1 hierophants1 seers1 adepts2 those who are made to do it1 either through the fluid of the mesmerizer or of 8spirits10 are 8mediums40 ,the astral soul1 when the barriers are once opened1 is so powerfully attracted by the universal1 astral magnet1 that it sometimes lifts its encasement with it and keeps it suspended in mid-air1 until the gravity of matter resserts its supremacy1 and the body redescends again to earth4 ,every objective manifestation1 whether it be the motion of a living limb1 or the movement of some inorganic body1 requires two conditions3 will and force--plus matter1 or that which makes the object so moved visible to our eye2 and these three are all convertible forces1 or the force-correlation of the scientists4 ,in their turn they are directed or rather overshadowed by the ,divine intelligence which these men so studiously leave out of the account1 but without which not even the crawling of the smallest earth-worm could ever take place4 ,the simplest as the most common of all natural phenomena1--the rustling of the leaves which tremble under the gentle contact of the breeze--requires a constant exercise of these faculties4 ,scientists may well call them cosmic laws1 immutable and unchangeable4 ,behind these laws we must search for the intelligent cause1 which once having created and set these laws in motion1 has infused into them the essence of its own consciousness4 ,whether we call this the first cause1 the universal will1 or ,god1 it must always bear intelligence4 ,and now we may ask1 how can a will manifest itself intelligently and unconsciously at the same time8 ,it is difficult1 if not impossible1 to conceive of intellection apart from consciousness4 ,by consciousness #aii we do not necessarily imply physical or corporeal consciousness4 ,consciousness is a quality of the sentient principle1 or1 in other words1 the soul2 and the latter often displays activity even while the body is asleep or paralyzed4 ,when we lift our arm mechanically1 we may imagine that we do it unconsciously because our superficial senses cannot appreciate the interval between the formulation of the purpose and its execution4 ,latent as it seemed to us1 our vigilant will evolved force1 and set our matter in motion4 ,there is nothing in the nature of the most trivial of mediumistic phenomena to make ,mr4 ,cox's theory plausible4 ,if the intelligence manifested by this force is no proof that it belongs to a disembodied spirit1 still less is it evidence that it is unconsciously given out by the medium2 ,mr4 ,crookes himself tells us of cases where the intelligence could not have emanated from any one in the room2 as in the instance where the word 8however10 covered by his finger and unknown even to himself1 was correctly written by planchette4#cbg ,no explanation whatever can account for this case2 the only hypothesis tenable--if we exclude the agency of a spirit-power--is that the clairvoyant faculties were brought into play4 ,but scientists deny clairvoyance2 and if1 to escape the unwelcome alternative of accrediting the phenomena to a spiritual source1 they concede to us the fact of clairvoyance1 it then devolves upon them to either accept the kabalistic explanation of what this faculty is1 or achieve the task hitherto impracticable of making a new theory to fit the facts4 ,again1 if for the sake of argument it should be admitted that ,mr4 ,crookes' word 8however0 might have been clairvoyantly read1 what shall we say of mediumistic communications having a prophetic character8 ,does any theory of mediumistic impulse account for the ability to foretell events beyond the possible knowledge of both speaker and listener8 ,mr4 ,cox will have to try again4 ,as we have said before1 the modern psychic force1 and the ancient oracular fluids1 whether terrestrial or sidereal1 are identical in essence--simply a blind force4 ,so is air4 ,and while in a dialogue the sound-waves produced by a conversation of the speakers affect the same body of air1 that does not imply any doubt of the fact that there are two persons talking with each other4 ,is it any more reasonable to say that when a common agent is employed by medium and 8spirit0 to intercommunicate1 there must necessarily be but one intelligence displaying itself8 ,as the air is necessary for the mutual exchange of audible sounds1 so are certain currents of astral light1 or ether directed by an ,intelligence1 necessary for the production of the phenomena called spiritual4 ,place two interlocutors in the exhausted #bjj receiver of an air-pump1 and1 if they could live1 their words would remain inarticulate thoughts1 for there would be no air to vibrate1 and hence no ripple of sound would reach their ears4 ,place the strongest medium in such isolating atmosphere as a powerful mesmerizer1 familiar with the properties of the magical agent1 can create around him1 and no manifestations will take place until some opposing intelligence1 more potential than the will-power of the mesmerizer1 overcomes the latter and terminates the astral inertia4 ,the ancients were at no loss to discriminate between a blind force acting spontaneously and the same force when directed by an intelligence4 ,plutarch1 the priest of ,apollo1 when speaking of the oracular vapors which were but a subterranean gas1 imbued with intoxicating magnetic properties1 shows its nature to be dual1 when he addresses it in these words3 8,and who art thou8 without a ,god who creates and ripens thee2 without a dmon spirit who1 acting under the orders of ,god1 directs and governs thee2 thou canst do nothing1 thou art nothing but a vain breath40#cbh ,thus without the indwelling soul or intelligence1 8,psychic ,force0 would be also but a 8vain breath40 ,aristotle maintains that this gas1 or astral emanation1 escaping from inside the earth1 is the sole sufficient cause1 acting from within outwardly for the vivification of every living being and plant upon the external crust4 ,in answer to the skeptical negators of his century1 ,cicero1 moved by a just wrath1 exclaims3 8,and what can be more divine than the exhalations of the earth1 which affect the human soul so as to enable her to predict the future8 ,and could the hand of time evaporate such a virtue8 ,do you suppose you are talking of some kind of wine or salted meat80#cbi ,do modern experimentalists claim to be wiser than ,cicero1 and say that this eternal force has evaporated1 and that the springs of prophecy are dry8 ,all the prophets of old--inspired sensitives--were said to be uttering their prophecies under the same conditions1 either by the direct outward efflux of the astral emanation1 or a sort of damp fluxion1 rising from the earth4 ,it is this astral matter which serves as a temporary clothing of the souls who form themselves in this light4 ,cornelius ,agrippa expresses the same views as to the nature of these phantoms by describing it as moist or humid3 8,in spirito turbido ,,humidoque40#ccj ,prophecies are delivered in two ways--consciously1 by magicians who are able to look into the astral light2 and unconsciously1 by those who #bja act under what is called inspiration4 ,to the latter class belonged and belong the ,biblical prophets and the modern trance-speakers4 ,so familiar with this fact was ,plato1 that of such prophets he says3 8,no man1 when in his senses1 attains prophetic truth and inspiration 444 but only when demented by some distemper or possession 4440 7by a daimonion or spirit74#cca 8,some persons call them prophets2 they do not know that they are only repeaters 444 and are not to be called prophets at all1 but only transmitters of vision and prophecy18he adds4 ,in continuation of his argument1 ,mr4 ,cox says3 8,the most ardent spiritualists practically admit the existence of psychic force1 under the very inappropriate name of magnetism 7to which it has no affinity whatever71 for they assert that the spirits of the dead can only do the acts attributed to them by using the magnetism 7that is1 the psychic force7 of the mediums40#ccb ,here1 again1 a misunderstanding arises in consequence of different names being applied to what may prove to be one and the same imponderable compound4 ,because electricity did not become a science till the eighteenth century1 no one will presume to say that this force has not existed since the creation2 moreover1 we are prepared to prove that even the ancient ,hebrews were acquainted with it4 ,but1 merely because exact science did not happen before #ahai to stumble over the discovery which showed the intimate connection existing between magnetism and electricity1 it does not at all prevent these two agents being identical4 ,if a bar of iron can be endowed with magnetic properties1 by passing a current of voltaic electricity over some conductor placed in a certain way close to the bar1 why not accept1 as a provisional theory1 that a medium may also be a conductor1 and nothing more1 at a seance8 ,is it unscientific to say that the intelligence of 8psychic force10 drawing currents of electricity from the waves of the ether1 and employing the medium as a conductor1 develops and calls into action the latent magnetism with which the atmosphere of the seance-room is saturated1 so as to produce the desired effects8 ,the word magnetism is as appropriate as any other1 until science gives us something more than a merely hypothetical agent endowed with conjectural properties4 8,the difference between the advocates of psychic force and the spiritualists consists in this10 says ,sergeant ,cox1 8that we contend that there is as yet insufficient proof of any other directing agent than the intelligence of the medium1 and no proof whatever of the agency of the #8spirits' of the dead40#ccc ,we fully agree with ,mr4 ,cox as to the lack of proof that the agency #bjb is that of the spirits of the dead2 as for the rest1 it is a very extraordinary deduction from 8a wealth of facts10 according to the expression of ,mr4 ,crookes1 who remarks further1 8,on going over my notes1 ,i find 444 such a superabundance of evidence1 so overwhelming a mass of testimony 444 that ,i could fill several numbers of the ,quarterly40#ccd ,now some of these facts of an 8overwhelming evidence0 are as follows3 #ast4 ,the movement of heavy bodies with contact1 but without mechanical exertion4 #b;d4 ,the phenomena of percussive and other sounds4 #c;d4 ,the alteration of weight of bodies4 #dth4 ,movements of heavy substances when at a distance from the medium4 #eth4 ,the rising of tables and chairs off the ground1 without contact with any person4 #fth4 ,,the ,,levitation ,,of ,,human ,,beings4#cce #gth4 8,luminous apparitions40 ,says ,mr4 ,crookes1 8,under the strictest conditions1 ,i have seen a solid self-luminous body1 the size and nearly the shape of a turkey's egg1 float noiselessly about the room1 at one time higher than any one could reach on tiptoe1 and then gently descend to the floor4 ,it was visible for more than ten minutes1 and before it faded away it struck the table three times with a sound like that of a hard1 solid body40#ccf 7,we must infer that the egg was of the same nature as ,m4 ,babinet's meteor-cat1 which is classified with other natural phenomena in ,arago's works47 #hth4 ,the appearance of hands1 either self-luminous or visible by ordinary light4 #ith4 8,direct writing0 by these same luminous hands1 detached1 and evidently endowed with intelligence4 7,psychic force87 #ajth4 8,phantom-forms and faces40 ,in this instance1 the psychic force comes 8from a corner of the room0 as a 8phantom form10 takes an accordeon in its hand1 and then glides about the room1 playing the instrument2 ,home1 the medium1 being in full view at the time4#ccg ,the whole of the preceding ,mr4 ,crookes witnessed and tested at his own house1 and1 having assured himself scientifically of the genuineness of the phenomenon1 reported it to the ,royal ,society4 ,was he welcomed as #bjc the discoverer of natural phenomena of a new and important character8 ,let the reader consult his work for the answer4 ,in addition to these freaks played on human credulity by 8psychic force10 ,mr4 ,crookes gives another class of phenomena1 which he terms 8special instances10 which seem 787 to point to the agency of an exterior intelligence4#cch 8,i have been10 says ,mr4 ,crookes1 8with ,miss ,fox when she has been writing a message automatically to one person present1 whilst a message to another person1 on another subject1 was being given alphabetically by means of #8raps1' and the whole time she was conversing freely with a third person1 on a subject totally different from either4444 ,during a seance with ,mr4 ,home1 a small lath moved across the table to me1 in the light1 and delivered a message to me by tapping my hand2 ,i repeating the alphabet1 and the lath tapping me at the right letters 444 being at a distance from ,mr4 ,home's hands40 ,the same lath1 upon request of ,mr4 ,crookes1 gave him 8a telegraphic message through the ,morse alphabet1 by taps on my hand0 7the ,morse code being quite unknown to any other person present1 and but imperfectly to himself71 8and10 adds ,mr4 ,crookes1 8it convinced me that there was a good ,morse operator at the other end of the line1 ,,wherever ,,that ,,might ,,be40#cci ,would it be undignified in the present case to suggest that ,mr4 ,cox should search for the operator in his private principality--,psychic ,land8 ,but the same lath does more and better4 ,in full light in ,mr4 ,crookes' room it is asked to give a message1 8 444 a pencil and some sheets of paper had been lying on the centre of the table2 presently the pencil rose on its point1 and after advancing by hesitating jerks to the paper1 fell down4 ,it then rose1 and again fell4444 ,after three unsuccessful attempts1 a small wooden lath0 7the ,morse operator7 8which was lying near upon the table1 slid towards the pencil1 and rose a few inches from the table2 the pencil rose again1 and propping itself against the lath1 the two together made an effort to mark the paper4 ,it fell1 and then a joint effort was made again4 ,after a third trial the lath gave it up1 and moved back to its place2 the pencil lay as it fell across the paper1 and an alphabetic message told us3 8,we have tried to do as you asked1 but our power is exhausted40#cdj ,the word our1 as the joint intelligent efforts of the friendly lath and pencil1 would make us think that there were two psychic forces present4 ,in all this1 is there any proof that the directing agent was 8the intelligence of the medium08 ,is there not1 on the contrary1 every indication that the movements of the lath and pencil were directed by spirits 8of the dead10 or at least of those of some other unseen #bjd intelligent entities8 ,most certainly the word magnetism explains in this case as little as the term psychic force2 howbeit1 there is more reason to use the former than the latter1 if it were but for the simple fact that the transcendent magnetism or mesmerism produces phenomena identical in effects with those of spiritualism4 ,the phenomenon of the enchanted circle of ,baron ,du ,potet and ,regazzoni1 is as contrary to the accepted laws of physiology as the rising of a table without contact is to the laws of natural philosophy4 ,as strong men have often found it impossible to raise a small table weighing a few pounds1 and broken it to pieces in the effort1 so a dozen of experimenters1 among them sometimes1 academicians1 were utterly unable to step across a chalk-line drawn on the floor by ,du ,potet4 ,on one occasion a ,russian general1 well known for his skepticism1 persisted until he fell on the ground in violent convulsions4 ,in this case1 the magnetic fluid which opposed such a resistance was ,mr4 ,cox's psychic force1 which endows the tables with an extraordinary and supernatural weight4 ,if they produce the same psychological and physiological effects1 there is good reason to believe them more or less identical4 ,we do not think the deduction could be very reasonably objected to4 ,besides1 were the fact even denied1 this is no reason why it should not be so4 ,once upon a time1 all the ,academies in ,christendom had agreed to deny that there were any mountains in the moon2 and there was a certain time when1 if any one had been so bold as to affirm that there was life in the superior regions of the atmosphere as well as in the fathomless depths of the ocean1 he would have been set down as a fool or an ignoramus4 8,the ,devil affirms--it must be a lie60 the pious ,abb ,almiguana used to say1 in a discussion with a 8spiritualized table40 ,we will soon be warranted in paraphrasing the sentence and making it read--8,scientists deny--then it must be true40 ,,chapter ,,vii4 #bje 8,thou great ,first ,cause1 least understood40--,,pope4 8,whence this pleasing hope1 this fond desire1 ,this longing after immortality8 ,or whence this secret dread1 and inward horror ,of falling into naught8 ,why shrinks the soul ,back on herself1 and startles at destruction8 ',tis the divinity that stirs within us2 ',tis heaven itself that points out our hereafter ,and intimates eternity to man4 ,,eternity6 ,thou pleasing1 dreadful thought60--,,addison4 8,there is another and a better world40--,,kotzebue3 ,the ,stranger4 ,after according so much space to the conflicting opinions of our men of science about certain occult phenomena of our modern period1 it is but just that we give attention to the speculations of medival alchemists and certain other illustrious men4 ,almost without exception1 ancient and medival scholars believed in the arcane doctrines of wisdom4 ,these included ,alchemy1 the ,chaldeo-,jewish ,kabala1 the esoteric systems of ,pythagoras and the old ,magi1 and those of the later ,platonic philosophers and theurgists4 ,we also propose in subsequent pages to treat of the ,indian gymnosophists and the ,chaldean astrologers4 ,we must not neglect to show the grand truths underlying the misunderstood religions of the past4 ,the four elements of our fathers1 earth1 air1 water1 and fire1 contain for the student of alchemy and ancient psychology--or as it is now termed1 magic--many things of which our philosophy has never dreamed4 ,we must not forget that what is now called ,necromancy by the ,church1 and ,spiritualism by modern believers1 and that includes the evoking of departed spirits1 is a science which has1 from remote antiquity1 been almost universally diffused over the face of the globe4 ,although neither an alchemist1 magician1 nor astrologer1 but simply a great philosopher1 ,henry ,more1 of ,cambridge ,university--a man universally esteemed1 may be named as a shrewd logician1 scientist1 and metaphysician4 ,his belief in witchcraft was firm throughout his life4 ,his faith in immortality and able arguments in demonstration of the survival of man's spirit after death are all based on the ,pythagorean system1 adopted by ,cardan1 ,van ,helmont1 and other mystics4 ,the infinite #bjf and uncreated spirit that we usually call ,,god1 a substance of the highest virtue and excellency1 produced everything else by emanative causality4 ,god thus is the primary substance1 the rest1 the secondary2 if the former created matter with a power of moving itself1 he1 the primary substance1 is still the cause of that motion as well as of the matter1 and yet we rightly say that it is matter which moves itself4 8,we may define this kind of spirit we speak of to be a substance indiscernible1 that can move itself1 that can penetrate1 contract1 and dilate itself1 and can also penetrate1 move1 and alter matter10#cda which is the third emanation4 ,he firmly believed in apparitions1 and stoutly defended the theory of the individuality of every soul in which 8personality1 memory1 and conscience will surely continue in the future state40 ,he divided the astral spirit of man after its exit from the body into two distinct entities3 the 8arial0 and the 8thereal vehicle40 ,during the time that a disembodied man moves in its arial clothing1 he is subject to ,fate--i4 e41 evil and temptation1 attached to its earthly interests1 and therefore is not utterly pure2 it is only when he casts off this garb of the first spheres and becomes ethereal that he becomes sure of his immortality4 8,for what shadow can that body cast that is a pure and transparent light1 such as the ethereal vehicle is8 ,and therefore that oracle is then fulfilled1 when the soul has ascended into that condition we have already described1 in which alone it is out of the reach of fate and mortality40 ,he concludes his work by stating that this transcendent and divinely-pure condition was the only aim of the ,pythagoreans4 ,as to the skeptics of his age1 his language is contemptuous and severe4 ,speaking of ,scot1 ,adie1 and ,webster1 he terms them 8our new inspired saints 444 sworn advocates of the witches1 who thus madly and boldly1 against all sense and reason1 against all antiquity1 all interpreters1 and against the ,scripture itself1 will have even no ,samuel in the scene1 but a confederate knave6 ,whether the ,scripture1 or these inblown buffoons1 puffed up with nothing but ignorance1 vanity1 and stupid infidelity1 are to be believed1 let any one judge10 he adds4#cdb ,what kind of language would this eminent divine have used against our skeptics of the nineteenth century8 ,descartes1 although a worshipper of matter1 was one of the most devoted teachers of the magnetic doctrine and1 in a certain sense1 even of ,alchemy4 ,his system of physics was very much like that of other great philosophers4 ,space1 which is infinite1 is composed1 or rather filled up with a fluid and elementary matter1 and is the sole fountain of all #bjg life1 enclosing all the celestial globes and keeping them in perpetual motion4 ,the magnet-streams of ,mesmer are disguised by him into the ,cartesian vortices1 and both rest on the same principle4 ,ennemoser does not hesitate to say that both have more in common 8than people suppose1 who have not carefully examined the subject40#cdc ,the esteemed philosopher1 ,pierre ,poiret ,naud1 was the warmest defender of the doctrines of occult magnetism and its first propounders1#cdd in #afgi4 ,the magico-theosophical philosophy is fully vindicated in his works4 ,the well-known ,dr4 ,hufeland has written a work on magic#cde in which he propounds the theory of the universal magnetic sympathy between men1 animals1 plants1 and even minerals4 ,the testimony of ,campanella1 ,van ,helmont1 and ,servius1 is confirmed by him in relation to the sympathy existing between the different parts of the body as well as between the parts of all organic and even inorganic bodies4 ,such also was the doctrine of ,tenzel ,wirdig4 ,it may even be found expounded in his works1 with far more clearness1 logic1 and vigor1 than in those of other mystical authors who have treated of the same subject4 ,in his famous treatise1 ,the ,new ,spiritual ,medicine1 he demonstrates1 on the ground of the later-accepted fact of universal attraction and repulsion--now called 8gravitation0 that the whole nature is ensouled4 ,wirdig calls this magnetic sympathy 8the accordance of spirits40 ,everything is drawn to its like1 and converges with natures congenial to itself4 ,out of this sympathy and antipathy arises a constant movement in the whole world1 and in all its parts1 and uninterrupted communion between heaven and earth1 which produces universal harmony4 ,everything lives and perishes through magnetism2 one thing affects another one1 even at great distances1 and its 8congenitals0 may be influenced to health and disease by the power of this sympathy1 at any time1 and notwithstanding the intervening space4#cdf 8,hufeland10 says ,ennemoser1 8gives the account of a nose which had been cut from the back of a porter1 but which1 when the porter died1 died too and fell off from its artificial position4 ,a piece of skin10 adds ,hufeland1 8taken from a living head1 had its hair turn gray at the same time as that on the head from which it was taken40#cdg ,kepler1 the forerunner of ,newton in many great truths1 even in that of the universal 8gravitation0 which he very justly attributed to magnetic attraction1 notwithstanding that he terms astrology 8the insane daughter of a most wise mother0 ,astronomy1 shares the kabalistic belief #bjh that the spirits of the stars are so many 8intelligences40 ,he firmly believes that each planet is the seat of an intelligent principle1 and that they are all inhabited by spiritual beings1 who exercise influences over other beings inhabiting more gross and material spheres than their own and especially our earth4#cdh ,as ,kepler's spiritual starry influences were superseded by the vortices of the more materialistic ,descartes1 whose atheistical tendencies did not prevent him from believing that he had found out a diet that would prolong his life five hundred years and more1 so the vortices of the latter and his astronomical doctrines may some day give place to the intelligent magnetic streams which are directed by the ,anima ,mundi4 ,baptista ,porta1 the learned ,italian philosopher1 notwithstanding his endeavors to show to the world the groundlessness of their accusations of magic being a superstition and sorcery1 was treated by later critics with the same unfairness as his colleagues4 ,this celebrated alchemist left a work on ,natural ,magic1#cdi in which he bases all of the occult phenomena possible to man upon the world-soul which binds all with all4 ,he shows that the astral light acts in harmony and sympathy with all nature2 that it is the essence out of which our spirits are formed2 and that by acting in unison with their parent-source1 our sidereal bodies are rendered capable of producing magic wonders4 ,the whole secret depends on our knowledge of kindred elements4 ,he believed in the philosopher's stone1 8of which the world hath so great an opinion of1 which hath been bragged of in so many ages and happily attained unto by some40 ,finally1 he throws out many valuable hints as to its 8spiritual meaning40 ,in #afdc1 there appeared among the mystics a monk1 ,father ,kircher1 who taught a complete philosophy of universal magnetism4 ,his numerous works#cej embrace many of the subjects merely hinted at by ,paracelsus4 ,his definition of magnetism is very original1 for he contradicted ,gilbert's theory that the earth was a great magnet4 ,he asserted that although every particle of matter1 and even the intangible invisible 8powers0 were magnetic1 they did not themselves constitute a magnet4 ,there is but one ,,magnet in the universe1 and from it proceeds the magnetization of everything existing4 ,this #bji magnet is of course what the kabalists term the central ,spiritual ,sun1 or ,god4 ,the sun1 moon1 planets1 and stars he affirmed are highly magnetic2 but they have become so by induction from living in the universal magnetic fluid--the ,spiritual light4 ,he proves the mysterious sympathy existing between the bodies of the three principal kingdoms of nature1 and strengthens his argument by a stupendous catalogue of instances4 ,many of these were verified by naturalists1 but still more have remained unauthenticated2 therefore1 according to the traditional policy and very equivocal logic of our scientists1 they are denied4 ,for instance1 he shows a difference between mineral magnetism and zomagnetism1 or animal magnetism4 ,he demonstrates it in the fact that except in the case of the lodestone all the minerals are magnetized by the higher potency1 the animal magnetism1 while the latter enjoys it as the direct emanation from the first cause--the ,creator4 ,a needle can be magnetized by simply being held in the hand of a strong-willed man1 and amber develops its powers more by the friction of the human hand than by any other object2 therefore man can impart his own life1 and1 to a certain degree1 animate inorganic objects4 ,this1 8in the eyes of the foolish1 is sorcery40 8,the sun is the most magnetic of all bodies10 he says2 thus anticipating the theory of ,general ,pleasonton by more than two centuries4 8,the ancient philosophers never denied the fact10 he adds2 8but have at all times perceived that the sun's emanations were binding all things to itself1 and that it imparts this binding power to everything falling under its direct rays40 ,as a proof of it he brings the instance of a number of plants being especially attracted to the sun1 and others to the moon1 and showing their irresistible sympathy to the former by following its course in the heavens4 ,the plant known as the ,githymal1#cea faithfully follows its sovereign1 even when it is invisible on account of the fog4 ,the acacia uncloses its petals at its rising1 and closes them at its setting4 ,so does the ,egyptian lotos and the common sunflower4 ,the nightshade exhibits the same predilection for the moon4 ,as examples of antipathies or sympathies among plants1 he instances the aversion which the vine feels for the cabbage1 and its fondness toward the olive-tree2 the love of the ranunculus for the water-lily1 and of the rue for the fig4 ,the antipathy which sometimes exists even among kindred substances is clearly demonstrated in the case of the ,mexican pomegranate1 whose shoots1 when cut to pieces1 repel each other with the 8most extraordinary ferocity40 ,kircher accounts for every feeling in human nature as results of changes in our magnetic condition4 ,anger1 jealousy1 friendship1 love1 #baj and hatred1 are all modifications of the magnetic atmosphere which is developed in us and constantly emanates from us4 ,love is one of the most variable1 and therefore the aspects of it are numberless4 ,spiritual love1 that of a mother for her child1 of an artist for some particular art1 love as pure friendship1 are purely magnetic manifestations of sympathy in congenial natures4 ,the magnetism of pure love is the originator of every created thing4 ,in its ordinary sense love between the sexes is electricity1 and he calls it amor febris species1 the fever of species4 ,there are two kinds of magnetic attraction3 sympathy and fascination2 the one holy and natural1 the other evil and unnatural4 ,to the latter1 fascination1 we must attribute the power of the poisonous toad1 which upon merely opening its mouth1 forces the passing reptile or insect to run into it to its destruction4 ,the deer1 as well as smaller animals1 are attracted by the breath of the boa1 and are made irresistibly to come within its reach4 ,the electric fish1 the torpedo1 repels the arm with a shock that for a time benumbs it4 ,to exercise such a power for beneficent purposes1 man requires three conditions3 #a1 nobility of soul2 #b1 strong will and imaginative faculty2 #c1 a subject weaker than the magnetizer2 otherwise he will resist4 ,a man free from worldly incentives and sensuality1 may cure in such a way the most 8incurable0 diseases1 and his vision may become clear and prophetic4 ,a curious instance of the above-mentioned universal attraction between all the bodies of the planetary system and everything organic as well as inorganic pertaining to them1 is found in a quaint old volume of the seventeenth century4 ,it contains notes of travel and an official report to the ,king of ,france1 by his ,ambassador1 de la ,loubre1 upon what he has seen in the kingdom of ,siam4 8,at ,siam10 he says1 8there are two species of fresh-water fish1 which they respectively call pal-out and pla-cadi fish4 ,once salted and placed uncut 7whole7 in the pot1 they are found to exactly follow the flux and reflux of the sea1 growing higher and lower in the pot as the sea ebbs or flows40#ceb ,de la ,loubre experimented with this fish for a long time1 together with a government engineer1 named ,vincent1 and1 therefore1 vouches for the truth of this assertion1 which at first had been dismissed as an idle fable4 ,so powerful is this mysterious attraction that it affected the fishes even when their bodies became totally rotten and fell to pieces4 ,it is especially in the countries unblessed with civilization that we should seek for an explanation of the nature1 and observe the effects of that subtile power1 which ancient philosophers called the #baa 8world's soul40 ,in the ,east only1 and on the boundless tracts of unexplored ,africa1 will the student of psychology find abundant food for his truth-hungering soul4 ,the reason is obvious4 ,the atmosphere in populous neighborhoods is badly vitiated by the smoke and fumes of manufactories1 steam-engines1 railroads1 and steamboats1 and especially by the miasmatic exhalations of the living and the dead4 ,nature is as dependent as a human being upon conditions before she can work1 and her mighty breathing1 so to say1 can be as easily interfered with1 impeded1 and arrested1 and the correlation of her forces destroyed in a given spot1 as though she were a man4 ,not only climate1 but also occult influences daily felt not only modify the physio-psychological nature of man1 but even alter the constitution of so-called inorganic matter in a degree not fairly realized by ,european science4 ,thus the ,london ,medical and ,surgical ,journal advises surgeons not to carry lancets to ,calcutta1 because it has been found by personal experience 8that ,english steel could not bear the atmosphere of ,india20 so a bunch of ,english or ,american keys will be completely covered with rust twenty-four hours after having been brought to ,egypt2 while objects made of native steel in those countries remain unoxidized4 ,so1 too1 it has been found that a ,siberian ,shaman who has given stupendous proofs of his occult powers among his native ,tschuktschen1 is gradually and often completely deprived of such powers when coming into smoky and foggy ,london4 ,is the inner organism of man less sensitive to climatic influences than a bit of steel8 ,if not1 then why should we cast doubt upon the testimony of travellers who may have seen the ,shaman1 day after day1 exhibit phenomena of the most astounding character in his native country1 and deny the possibility of such powers and such phenomena1 only because he cannot do as much in ,london or ,paris8 ,in his lecture on the ,lost ,arts1 ,wendell ,phillips proves that beside the psychological nature of man being affected by a change of climate1 ,oriental people have physical senses far more acute than the ,europeans4 ,the ,french dyers of ,lyons1 whom no one can surpass in skill1 he says1 8have a theory that there is a certain delicate shade of blue that ,europeans cannot see4444 ,and in ,cashmere1 where the girls make shawls worth #cj1jjj1 they will show him 7the dyer of ,lyons7 three hundred distinct colors1 which he not only cannot make1 but cannot even distinguish40 ,if there is such a vast difference between the acuteness of the external senses of two races1 why should there not be the same in their psychological powers8 ,moreover1 the eye of a ,cashmere girl is able to see objectively a color which does exist1 but which being inappreciable by the ,european1 is therefore non-existent for him4 ,why then not concede1 that some peculiarly-endowed organisms1 which are thought to be possessed of that mysterious faculty called second #bab sight1 see their pictures as objectively as the girl sees the colors2 and that therefore the former1 instead of mere objective hallucinations called forth by imagination are1 on the contrary1 reflections of real things and persons impressed upon the astral ether1 as explained by the old philosophy of the ,chaldean ,oracles1 and surmised by those modern discoverers1 ,babbage1 ,jevons1 and the authors of the ,unseen ,universe8 8,three spirits live and actuate man10 teaches ,paracelsus2 8three worlds pour their beams upon him2 but all three only as the image and echo of one and the same all constructing and uniting principle of production4 ,the first is the spirit of the elements 7terrestrial body and vital force in its brute condition72 the second1 the spirit of the stars 7sidereal or astral body--the soul72 the third is the ,divine spirit 7,augoeids740 ,our human body1 being possessed of 8primeval earth-stuff10 as ,paracelsus calls it1 we may readily accept the tendency of modern scientific research 8to regard the processes of both animal and vegetable life as simply physical and chemical40 ,this theory only the more corroborates the assertions of old philosophers and the ,mosaic ,bible1 that from the dust of the ground our bodies were made1 and to dust they will return4 ,but we must remember that 8#8,dust thou art1 to dust returnest1' ,was not spoken of the soul40 ,man is a little world--a microcosm inside the great universe4 ,like a ftus1 he is suspended1 by all his three spirits1 in the matrix of the macrocosmos2 and while his terrestrial body is in constant sympathy with its parent earth1 his astral soul lives in unison with the sidereal anima mundi4 ,he is in it1 as it is in him1 for the world-pervading element fills all space1 and is space itself1 only shoreless and infinite4 ,as to his third spirit1 the divine1 what is it but an infinitesimal ray1 one of the countless radiations proceeding directly from the ,highest ,cause--the ,spiritual ,light of the ,world8 ,this is the trinity of organic and inorganic nature--the spiritual and the physical1 which are three in one1 and of which ,proclus says that 8,the first monad is the ,eternal ,god2 the second1 eternity2 the third1 the paradigm1 or pattern of the universe20 the three constituting the ,intelligible ,triad4 ,everything in this visible universe is the outflow of this ,triad1 and a microcosmic triad itself4 ,and thus they move in majestic procession in the fields of eternity1 around the spiritual sun1 as in the heliocentric system the celestial bodies move round the visible suns4 ,the ,pythagorean ,monad1 which lives 8in solitude and darkness10 may remain on this earth forever invisible1 impalpable1 and undemonstrated by experimental science4 ,still the whole universe will be gravitating around it1 as it did from the 8beginning of time10 #bac and with every second1 man and atom approach nearer to that solemn moment in the eternity1 when the ,invisible ,presence will become clear to their spiritual sight4 ,when every particle of matter1 even the most sublimated1 has been cast off from the last shape that forms the ultimate link of that chain of double evolution which1 throughout millions of ages and successive transformations1 has pushed the entity onward2 and when it shall find itself reclothed in that primordial essence1 identical with that of its ,creator1 then this once impalpable organic atom will have run its race1 and the sons of ,god will once more 8shout for joy0 at the return of the pilgrim4 8,man10 says ,van ,helmont1 8is the mirror of the universe1 and his triple nature stands in relationship to all things40 ,the will of the ,creator1 through which all things were made and received their first impulse1 is the property of every living being4 ,man1 endowed with an additional spirituality1 has the largest share of it on this planet4 ,it depends on the proportion of matter in him whether he will exercise its magical faculty with more or less success4 ,sharing this divine potency in common with every inorganic atom1 he exercises it through the course of his whole life1 whether consciously or otherwise4 ,in the former case1 when in the full possession of his powers1 he will be the master1 and the magnale magnum 7the universal soul7 will be controlled and guided by him4 ,in the cases of animals1 plants1 minerals1 and even of the average of humanity1 this ethereal fluid which pervades all things1 finding no resistance1 and being left to itself1 moves them as its impulse directs4 ,every created being in this sublunary sphere1 is formed out of the magnale magnum1 and is related to it4 ,man possesses a double celestial power1 and is allied to heaven4 ,this power is 8not only in the outer man1 but to a degree also in the animals1 and perhaps in all other things1 as all things in the universe stand in a relation to each other2 or1 at least1 ,god is in all things1 as the ancients have observed it with a worthy correctness4 ,it is necessary that the magic strength should be awakened in the outer as well as in the inner man4444 ,and if we call this a magic power1 the uninstructed only can be terrified by the expression4 ,but1 if you prefer it1 you can call it a spiritual power--spirituale robur vocitaveris4 ,there is1 therefore1 such magic power in the inner man4 ,but1 as there exists a certain relationship between the inner and the outer man1 this strength must be diffused through the whole man40#cec ,in an extended description of the religious rites1 monastic life1 and 8superstitions0 of the ,siamese1 de la ,loubre cites among other things the wonderful power possessed by the ,talapoin 7the monks1 or the #bad holy men of ,buddha7 over the wild beasts4 8,the ,talapoin of ,siam10 he says1 8will pass whole weeks in the dense woods under a small awning of branches and palm leaves1 and never make a fire in the night to scare away the wild beasts1 as all other people do who travel through the woods of this country40 ,the people consider it a miracle that no ,talapoin is ever devoured4 ,the tigers1 elephants1 and rhinoceroses--with which the neighborhood abounds--respect him2 and travellers placed in secure ambuscade have often seen these wild beasts lick the hands and feet of the sleeping ,talapoin4 8,they all use magic10 adds the ,french gentleman1 8and think all nature animated 7ensouled72#ced they believe in tutelar geniuses40 ,but that which seems to shock the author most is the idea which prevails among the ,siamese1 8that all that man was in his bodily life1 he will be after death40 8,when the ,tartar1 which now reigns at ,china10 remarks de la ,loubre1 8would force the ,chinese to shave their hair after the ,tartarian fashion1 several of them chose rather to suffer death1 than to go1 they said1 into the other world and appear before their ancestors without hair2 imagining that they shaved the head of the soul also60#cee 8,now1 what is altogether impertinent10 adds the ,ambassador1 8in this absurd opinion is1 that the ,orientals attribute the human figure rather than any other to the soul40 ,without enlightening his reader as to the particular shape these benighted ,orientals ought to select for their disembodied souls1 de la ,loubre proceeds to pour out his wrath on these 8savages40 ,finally1 he attacks the memory of the old king of ,siam1 the father of the one to whose court he was sent1 by accusing him of having foolishly spent over two million livres in search of the philosopher's stone4 8,the ,chinese10 he says1 8reputed so wise1 have for three or four thousand years had the folly of believing in the existence1 and of seeking out a universal remedy by which they hope to exempt themselves from the necessity of dying4 ,they base themselves on some foolish traditions1 concerning some rare persons that are reported to have made gold1 and to have lived some ages2 there are some very strongly established facts among the ,chinese1 the ,siamese1 and other ,orientals1 concerning those that know how to render themselves immortal1 either absolutely1 or in such a manner that they can die no otherwise than by violent death4#cef ,wherefore1 they name some persons who have withdrawn themselves from the sight of men to enjoy free and peaceable life4 ,they relate wonders concerning the knowledge of these pretended immortals40 ,if ,descartes1 a ,frenchman and a scientist1 could1 in the midst of civilization1 firmly believe that such a universal remedy had been #bae found1 and that if possessed of it he could live at least five hundred years1 why are not the ,orientals entitled to the same belief8 ,the master-problems of both life and death are still unsolved by occidental physiologists4 ,even sleep is a phenomenon about whose cause there is a great divergence of opinion among them4 ,how1 then1 can they pretend to set limits to the possible1 and define the impossible8 ,from the remotest ages the philosophers have maintained the singular power of music over certain diseases1 especially of the nervous class4 ,kircher recommends it1 having experienced its good effects in himself1 and he gives an elaborate description of the instrument he employed4 ,it was a harmonica composed of five tumblers of a very thin glass1 placed in a row4 ,in two of them were two different varieties of wine2 in the third1 brandy2 in the fourth1 oil2 in the fifth1 water4 ,he extracted five melodious sounds from them in the usual way1 by merely rubbing his finger on the edges of the tumblers4 ,the sound has an attractive property2 it draws out disease1 which streams out to encounter the musical wave1 and the two1 blending together1 disappear in space4 ,asclepiades employed music for the same purpose1 some twenty centuries ago2 he blew a trumpet to cure sciatica1 and its prolonged sound making the fibres of the nerves to palpitate1 the pain invariably subsided4 ,democritus in like manner affirmed that many diseases could be cured by the melodious sounds of a flute4 ,mesmer used this very harmonica described by ,kircher for his magnetic cures4 ,the celebrated ,scotchman1 ,maxwell1 offered to prove to various medical faculties that with certain magnetic means at his disposal1 he would cure any of the diseases abandoned by them as incurable2 such as epilepsy1 impotence1 insanity1 lameness1 dropsy1 and the most obstinate fevers4#ceg ,the familiar story of the exorcism of the 8evil spirit from ,god0 that obsessed ,saul1 will recur to every one in this connection4 ,it is thus related3 8,and it came to pass1 when the evil spirit from ,god was upon ,saul1 that ,david took an harp1 and played with his hand3 so ,saul was refreshed1 and was well1 and the evil spirit departed from him40#ceh ,maxwell1 in his ,medicina ,magnetica1 expounds the following propositions1 all which are the very doctrines of the alchemists and kabalists4 8,that which men call the world-soul1 is a life1 as fire1 spiritual1 fleet1 light1 and ethereal as light itself4 ,it is a life-spirit everywhere1 and everywhere the same4444 ,all matter is destitute of action1 except as it is ensouled by this spirit4 ,this spirit maintains all things in their peculiar condition4 ,it is found in nature free from #baf all fetters2 and he who understands how to unite it with a harmonizing body1 possesses a treasure which exceeds all riches40 8,this spirit is the common bond of all quarters of the earth1 and lives through and in all--adest in mundo quid commune omnibus mextis1 in quo ipsa permanent40 8,he who knows this universal life-spirit and its application can prevent all injuries40#cei 8,if thou canst avail thyself of this spirit and fix it on some particular body thou wilt perform the mystery of magic40 8,he who knows how to operate on men by this universal spirit1 can heal1 and this at any distance that he pleases40#cfj 8,he who can invigorate the particular spirit through the universal one1 might continue his life to eternity40#cfa 8,there is a blending together of spirits1 or of emanations1 even when they are far separated from each other4 ,and what is this blending together8 ,it is an eternal and incessant outpouring of the rays of one body into another40 8,in the meantime10 says ,maxwell1 8it is not without danger to treat of this4 ,many abominable abuses of this may take place40 ,and now let us see what are these abuses of mesmeric and magnetic powers in some healing mediums4 ,healing1 to deserve the name1 requires either faith in the patient1 or robust health united with a strong will1 in the operator4 ,with expectency supplemented by faith1 one can cure himself of almost any morbific condition4 ,the tomb of a saint2 a holy relic2 a talisman2 a bit of paper or a garment that has been handled by the supposed healer2 a nostrum2 a penance1 or a ceremonial2 the laying on of hands1 or a few words impressively pronounced--either will do4 ,it is a question of temperament1 imagination1 self-cure4 ,in thousands of instances1 the doctor1 the priest1 or the relic has had credit for healings that were solely and simply due to the patient's unconscious will4 ,the woman with the bloody issue who pressed through the throng to touch the robe of ,jesus1 was told that her 8faith0 had made her whole4 ,the influence of mind over the body is so powerful that it has effected miracles at all ages4 8,how many unhoped-for1 sudden1 and prodigious cures have been effected by imagination10 says ,salverte4 8,our medical books are filled with facts of this nature which would easily pass for miracles40#cfb ,but1 if the patient has no faith1 what then8 ,if he is physically #bag negative and receptive1 and the healer strong1 healthy1 positive1 determined1 the disease may be extirpated by the imperative will of the operator1 which1 consciously or unconsciously1 draws to and reinforces itself with the universal spirit of nature1 and restores the disturbed equilibrium of the patient's aura4 ,he may employ as an auxiliary1 a crucifix--as ,gassner did2 or impose the hands and 8will10 like the ,french ,zouave ,jacob1 like our celebrated ,american1 ,newton1 the healer of many thousands of sufferers1 and like many others2 or like ,jesus1 and some apostles1 he may cure by the word of command4 ,the process in each case is the same4 ,in all these instances1 the cure is radical and real1 and without secondary ill-effects4 ,but1 when one who is himself physically diseased1 attempts healing1 he not only fails of that1 but often imparts his illness to his patient1 and robs him of what strength he may have4 ,the decrepit ,king ,david reinforced his failing vigor with the healthy magnetism of the young ,abishag2#cfc and the medical works tell us of an aged lady of ,bath1 ,england1 who broke down the constitutions of two maids in succession1 in the same way4 ,the old sages1 and ,paracelsus also1 removed disease by applying a healthy organism to the afflicted part1 and in the works of the above-said fire-philosopher1 their theory is boldly and categorically set forth4 ,if a diseased person--medium or not--attempts to heal1 his force may be sufficiently robust to displace the disease1 to disturb it in the present place1 and cause it to shift to another1 where shortly it will appear2 the patient1 meanwhile1 thinking himself cured4 ,but1 what if the healer be morally diseased8 ,the consequences may be infinitely more mischievous2 for it is easier to cure a bodily disease than cleanse a constitution infected with moral turpitude4 ,the mystery of ,morzine1 ,cevennes1 and that of the ,jansenists1 is still as great a mystery for physiologists as for psychologists4 ,if the gift of prophecy1 as well as hysteria and convulsions1 can be imparted by 8infection10 why not every vice8 ,the healer1 in such a case1 conveys to his patient--who is now his victim--the moral poison that infects his own mind and heart4 ,his magnetic touch is defilement2 his glance1 profanation4 ,against this insidious taint1 there is no protection for the passively-receptive subject4 ,the healer holds him under his power1 spellbound and powerless1 as the serpent holds a poor1 weak bird4 ,the evil that one such 8healing medium0 can effect is incalculably great2 and such healers there are by the hundred4 ,but1 as we have said before1 there are real and ,god-like healers1 who1 notwithstanding all the malice and skepticism of their bigoted #bah opponents1 have become famous in the world's history4 ,such are the ,cur d',ars1 of ,lyons1 ,jacob1 and ,newton4 ,such1 also1 were ,gassner1 the clergyman of ,klorstele1 and the well-known ,valentine ,greatrakes1 the ignorant and poor ,irishman1 who was endorsed by the celebrated ,robert ,boyle1 ,president of the ,royal ,society of ,london1 in #afgj4 ,in #ahgj1 he would have been sent to ,bedlam1 in company with other healers1 if another president of the same society had had the disposal of the case1 or ,professor ,lankester would have 8summoned0 him under the ,vagrant ,act for practicing upon ,her ,majesty's subjects 8by palmistry or otherwise40 ,but1 to close a list of witnesses which might be extended indefinitely1 it will suffice to say that1 from first to last1 from ,pythagoras down to ,eliphas ,levi1 from highest to humblest1 every one teaches that the magical power is never possessed by those addicted to vicious indulgences4 ,only the pure in heart 8see ,god10 or exercise divine gifts--only such can heal the ills of the body1 and allow themselves1 with relative security1 to be guided by the 8invisible powers40 ,such only can give peace to the disturbed spirits of their brothers and sisters1 for the healing waters come from no poisonous source2 grapes do not grow on thorns1 and thistles bear no figs4 ,but1 for all this1 8magic has nothing supernal in it20 it is a science1 and even the power of 8casting out devils0 was a branch of it1 of which the ,initiates made a special study4 8,that skill which expels demons out of human bodies1 is a science useful and sanative to men10 says ,josephus4#cfd ,the foregoing sketches are sufficient to show why we hold fast to the wisdom of the ages1 in preference to any new theories that may have been hatched from the occurrences of our later days1 respecting the laws of intermundane intercourse and the occult powers of man4 ,while phenomena of a physical nature may have their value as a means of arousing the interest of materialists1 and confirming1 if not wholly1 at least inferentially1 our belief in the survival of our souls and spirits1 it is questionable whether1 under their present aspect1 the modern phenomena are not doing more harm than good4 ,many minds1 hungering after proofs of immortality1 are fast falling into fanaticism2 and1 as ,stow remarks1 8fanatics are governed rather by imagination than judgment40 ,undoubtedly1 believers in the modern phenomena can claim for themselves a diversity of endowments1 but the 8discerning of spirits0 is evidently absent from this catalogue of 8spiritual0 gifts4 ,speaking of the 8,diakka10 whom he one fine morning had discovered in a shady corner of the 8,summer ,land10 ,a4 ,j4 ,davis1 the great ,american seer1 remarks3 8,a ,diakka is one who takes insane delight in playing parts1 in juggling #bai tricks1 in personating opposite characters2 to whom prayer and profane utterances are of equi-value2 surcharged with a passion for lyrical narrations2 444 morally deficient1 he is without the active feelings of justice1 philanthropy1 or tender affection4 ,he knows nothing of what men call the sentiment of gratitude2 the ends of hate and love are the same to him2 his motto is often fearful and terrible to others--,,self is the whole of private living1 and exalted annihilation the end of all private life4#cfe ,only yesterday1 one said to a lady medium1 signing himself ,swedenborg1 this3 8,whatsoever is1 has been1 will be1 or may be1 that ,i ,,am2 and private life is but the aggregative phantasms of thinking throblets1 rushing in their rising onward to the central heart of eternal death60#cff ,porphyry1 whose works--to borrow the expression of an irritated phenomenalist--8are mouldering like every other antiquated trash in the closets of oblivion10 speaks thus of these ,diakka--if such be their name--rediscovered in the nineteenth century3 8,it is with the direct help of these bad demons1 that every kind of sorcery is accomplished 444 it is the result of their operations1 and men who injure their fellow-creatures by enchantments1 usually pay great honors to these bad demons1 and especially to their chief4 ,these spirits pass their time in deceiving us1 with a great display of cheap prodigies and illusions2 their ambition is to be taken for gods1 and their leader demands to be recognized as the supreme god40#cfg ,the spirit signing himself ,swedenborg--just quoted from ,davis's ,diakka1 and hinting that he is the ,i ,,am1 singularly resembles this chief leader of ,porphyry's bad demons4 ,what more natural than this vilification of the ancient and experienced theurgists by certain mediums1 when we find ,iamblichus1 the expositor of spiritualistic theurgy1 strictly forbidding all endeavors to procure such phenomenal manifestations2 unless1 after a long preparation of moral and physical purification1 and under the guidance of experienced theurgists4 ,when1 furthermore1 he declares that1 with very few exceptions1 for a person 8to appear elongated or thicker1 or be borne aloft in the air10 is a sure mark of obsession by bad demons4#cfh ,everything in this world has its time1 and truth1 however based upon unimpeachable evidence1 will not root or grow1 unless1 like a plant1 it is thrown into soil in its proper season4 8,the age must be prepared10 #bbj says ,professor ,cooke2 and some thirty years ago this humble work would have been doomed to self-destruction by its own contents4 ,but the modern phenomenon1 notwithstanding the daily exposs1 the ridicule with which it is crowned at the hand of every materialist1 and its own numerous errors1 grows and waxes strong in facts1 if not in wisdom and spirit4 ,what would have appeared twenty years ago simply preposterous1 may well be listened to now that the phenomena are endorsed by great scientists4 ,unfortunately1 if the manifestations increase in power daily1 there is no corresponding improvement in philosophy4 ,the discernment of spirits is still as wanting as ever4 ,perhaps1 among the whole body of spiritualist writers of our day1 not one is held in higher esteem for character1 education1 sincerity1 and ability1 than ,epes ,sargent1 of ,boston1 ,massachusetts4 ,his monograph entitled ,the ,proof ,palpable of ,immortality1 deservedly occupies a high rank among works upon the subject4 ,with every disposition to be charitable and apologetic for mediums and their phenomena1 ,mr4 ,sargent is still compelled to use the following language3 8,the power of spirits to reproduce simulacra of persons who have passed from the earth-life1 suggests the question--,how far can we be assured of the identity of any spirit1 let the tests be what they may8 ,we have not yet arrived at that stage of enlightenment that would enable us to reply confidently to this inquiry4444 ,there is much that is yet a puzzle in the language and action of this class of materialized spirits40 ,as to the intellectual calibre of most of the spirits which lurk behind the physical phenomena1 ,mr4 ,sargent will unquestionably be accepted as a most competent judge1 and he says1 8the great majority1 as in this world1 are of the unintellectual sort40 ,if it is a fair question1 we would like to ask why they should be so lacking in intelligence1 if they are human spirits8 ,either intelligent human spirits cannot materialize1 or1 the spirits that do materialize have not human intelligence1 and1 therefore1 by ,mr4 ,sargent's own showing1 they may just as well be 8elementary0 spirits1 who have ceased to be human altogether1 or those demons1 which1 according to the ,persian ,magi and ,plato1 hold a middle rank between gods and disembodied men4 ,there is good evidence1 that of ,mr4 ,crookes for one1 to show that many 8materialized0 spirits talk in an audible voice4 ,now1 we have shown1 on the testimony of ancients1 that the voice of human spirits is not and cannot be articulated2 being1 as ,emanuel ,swedenborg declares1 8a deep suspiration40 ,who of the two classes of witnesses may be trusted more safely8 ,is it the ancients who had the experience of so many ages in theurgical practices1 or modern spiritualists1 who have had none at all1 and who have no facts upon which to base an opinion1 except such as have been communicated by 8spirits10 whose identity they have #bba no means of proving8 ,there are mediums whose organisms have called out sometimes hundreds of these would-be 8human0 forms4 ,and yet we do not recollect to have seen or heard of one expressing anything but the most commonplace ideas4 ,this fact ought surely to arrest the attention of even the most uncritical spiritualist4 ,if a spirit can speak at all1 and if the way is opened to intelligent as well as to unintellectual beings1 why should they not sometimes give us addresses in some remote degree approximating in quality to the communications we receive through the 8direct writing80 ,mr4 ,sargent puts forward a very suggestive and important idea in this sentence4 8,how far they are limited in their mental operations and in their recollections by the act of materialization1 or how far by the intellectual horizon of the medium is still a question40#cfi ,if the same kind of 8spirits0 materialize that produce the direct writing1 and both manifest through mediums1 and the one talk nonsense1 while the other often give us sublime philosophical teachings1 why should their mental operations be limited 8by the intellectual horizon of the medium0 in the one instance more than in the other8 ,the materializing mediums--at least so far as our observation extends--are no more uneducated than many peasants and mechanics who at different times have1 under supernal influences1 given profound and sublime ideas to the world4 ,the history of psychology teems with examples in illustration of this point1 among which that of ,boehm1 the inspired but ignorant shoemaker1 and our own ,davis1 are conspicuous4 ,as to the matter of unintellectuality we presume that no more striking cases need be sought than those of the child-prophets of ,cevennes1 poets and seers1 such as have been mentioned in previous chapters4 ,when spirits have once furnished themselves with vocal organs to speak at all1 it surely ought to be no more difficult for them to talk as persons of their assumed respective education1 intelligence1 and social rank would in life1 instead of falling invariably into one monotonous tone of commonplace and1 but too often1 platitude4 ,as to ,mr4 ,sargent's hopeful remark1 that 8the science of ,spiritualism being still in its infancy1 we may hope for more light on this question10 we fear we must reply1 that it is not through 8dark cabinets0 that this light will ever break4#cgj ,it is simply ridiculous and absurd to require from every investigator who comes forward as a witness to the marvels of the day and psychological phenomena the diploma of a master of arts and sciences4 ,the experience of the past forty years is an evidence that it is not always the minds which are the most 8scientifically trained0 that are the best in matters of simple common sense and honest truth4 ,nothing #bbb blinds like fanaticism1 or a one sided view of a question4 ,we may take as an illustration ,oriental magic or ancient spiritualism1 as well as the modern phenomena4 ,hundreds1 nay thousands of perfectly trustworthy witnesses1 returning from residence and travels in the ,east1 have testified to the fact that uneducated fakirs1 sheiks1 dervishes1 and lamas have1 in their presence1 without confederates or mechanical appliances1 produced wonders4 ,they have affirmed that the phenomena exhibited by them were in contravention of all the known laws of science1 and thus tended to prove the existence of many yet unknown occult potencies in nature1 seemingly directed by preterhuman intelligences4 ,what has been the attitude assumed by our scientists toward this subject8 ,how far did the testimony of the most 8scientifically0 trained minds make impression on their own8 ,did the investigations of ,professors ,hare and de ,morgan1 of ,crookes and ,wallace1 de ,gasparin and ,thury1 ,wagner and ,butlerof1 etc41 shake for one moment their skepticism8 ,how were the personal experiences of ,jacolliot with the fakirs of ,india received1 or the psychological elucidations of ,professor ,perty1 of ,geneva1 viewed8 ,how far does the loud cry of mankind1 craving for palpable and demonstrated signs of a ,god1 an individual soul1 and of eternity1 affect them2 and what is their response8 ,they pull down and destroy every vestige of spiritual things1 but they erect nothing4 8,we cannot get such signs with either retorts or crucibles10 they say2 8hence1 it's all but a delusion60 ,in this age of cold reason and prejudice1 even the ,church has to look to science for help4 ,creeds built on sand1 and high-towering but rootless dogmas1 crumble down under the cold breath of research1 and pull down true religion in their fall4 ,but the longing for some outward sign of a ,god and a life hereafter1 remains as tenaciously as ever in the human heart4 ,in vain is all sophistry of science2 it can never stifle the voice of nature4 ,only her representatives have poisoned the pure waters of simple faith1 and now humanity mirrors itself in waters made turbid with all the mud stirred up from the bottom of the once pure spring4 ,the anthropomorphic ,god of our fathers is replaced by anthropomorphic monsters2 and what is still worse1 by the reflection of humanity itself in these waters1 whose ripples send it back the distorted images of truth and facts as evoked by its misguided imagination4 8,it is not a miracle that we want10 writes the ,reverend ,brooke ,herford1 8but to find palpable evidence of the spiritual and the divine4 ,it is not to the prophets that men cry for such a 8sign10 but rather to the scientists4 ,men feel as if all that groping about in the foremost verge or innermost recesses of creation should bring the investigator at length close to the deep1 underlying facts of all things1 to some unmistakable signs of ,god40 ,the signs are there1 and the scientists too2 what can #bbc we expect more of them1 now that they have done so well their duty8 ,have they not1 these ,titans of thought1 dragged down ,god from ,his hiding-place1 and given us instead a protoplasm8 ,at the ,edinburgh meeting of the ,british ,association1 in #ahga1 ,sir ,william ,thomson said3 8,science is bound by the everlasting law of honor to face fearlessly every problem which can fairly be presented to it40 ,in his turn1 ,professor ,huxley remarks3 8,with regard to the miracle-question1 ,i can only say that the word #8impossible' is not1 to my mind1 applicable to matters of philosophy40 ,the great ,humboldt remarks that 8a presumptuous skepticism that rejects facts without examination of their truth is1 in some respects1 more injurious than unquestioning credulity40 ,these men have proved untrue to their own teachings4 ,the opportunity afforded them by the opening of the ,orient1 to investigate for themselves the phenomena alleged by every traveller to take place in those countries1 has been rejected4 ,did our physiologists and pathologists ever so much as think of availing themselves of it to settle this most momentous subject of human thought8 ,oh1 no2 for they would never dare4 ,it is not to be expected that the principal ,academicians of ,europe and ,america should undertake a joint journey to ,thibet and ,india1 and investigate the fakir marvel on the spot6 ,and were one of them to go as a solitary pilgrim and witness all the miracles of creation1 in that land of wonders1 who1 of his colleagues1 could be expected to believe his testimony8 ,it would be as tedious as superfluous to begin a restatement of facts1 so forcibly put by others4 ,mr4 ,wallace and ,w4 ,howitt1#cga have repeatedly and cleverly described the thousand and one absurd errors into which the learned societies of ,france and ,england have fallen1 through their blind skepticism4 ,if ,cuvier could throw aside the fossil excavated in #ahbh by ,bou1 the ,french geologist1 only because the anatomist thought himself wiser than his colleague1 and would not believe that human skeletons could be found eighty feet deep in the mud of the ,rhine2 and if the ,french ,academy could discredit the assertions of ,boucher de ,perthes1 in #ahdf1 only to be criticised in its turn in #ahfj1 when the truth of de ,perthes' discoveries and observations was fully confirmed by the whole body of geologists finding flint weapons in the drift-gravels of northern ,france2 and if ,mc,enery's testimony1 in #ahbe1 to the fact that he had discovered worked flints1 together with the remains of extinct animals1 in ,kent's ,hole ,cavern#cgb was laughed #bbd at2 and that of ,godwin ,austen to the same effect1 in #ahdj1 ridiculed still more1 if that were possible2 and all that excess of scientific skepticism and merriment could1 in #ahfe1 finally come to grief1 and be shown to have been entirely uncalled for2 when--says ,mr4 ,wallace 8all the previous reports for forty years were confirmed and shown to be even less wonderful than the reality28who can be so credulous as to believe in the infallibility of our science8 ,and why wonder at the exhibition of such a lack of moral courage in individual members of this great and stubborn body known as modern science8 ,thus fact after fact has been discredited4 ,from all sides we hear constant complaints4 8,very little is known of psychology60 sighs one ,f4 ,r4 ,s4 8,we must confess that we know little1 if anything1 in physiology10 says another4 8,of all sciences1 there is none which rests upon so uncertain a basis as medicine10 reluctantly testifies a third4 8,what do we know about the presumed nervous fluids8444 ,nothing1 as yet10 puts in a fourth one2 and so on in every branch of science4 ,and1 meanwhile1 phenomena1 surpassing in interest all others of nature1 and to be solved only by physiology1 psychology1 and the 8as yet unknown0 fluids1 are either rejected as delusions1 or1 if even true1 8do not interest0 scientists4 ,or1 what is still worse1 when a subject1 whose organism exhibits in itself the most important features of such occult though natural potencies1 offers his person for an investigation1 instead of an honest experiment being attempted with him he finds himself entrapped by a scientist 787 and paid for his trouble with a sentence of three months' imprisonment6 ,this is indeed promising4 ,it is easy to comprehend that a fact given in #agca1 testifying to another fact which happened during the papacy of ,paul ,,iii41 for instance1 is disbelieved in #ahgf4 ,and when scientists are told that the ,romans preserved lights in their sepulchres for countless years by the oiliness of gold2 and that one of such ever-burning lamps was found brightly burning in the tomb of ,tullia1 the daughter of ,cicero1 notwithstanding that the tomb had been shut up fifteen hundred and fifty years1#cgc--they have a certain right to doubt1 and even disbelieve the statement1 until they assure themselves1 on the evidence of their own senses1 that such a thing is possible4 ,in such a case they can reject the testimony of all the ancient and medival philosophers4 ,the burial of living fakirs and their subsequent resuscitation1 after thirty days of inhumation1 may have a suspicious look to them4 ,so also with the self-infliction of mortal wounds1 and the exhibition of their own bowels to the persons present by various lamas1 who heal such wounds almost instantaneously4 ,for certain men who deny the evidence of their own senses as to #bbe phenomena produced in their own country1 and before numerous witnesses1 the narratives to be found in classical books1 and in the notes of travellers1 must of course seem absurd4 ,but what we will never be able to understand is the collective stubbornness of the ,academies1 in the face of such bitter lessons in the past1 to these institutions which have so often 8darkened counsel by words without knowledge40 ,like the ,lord answering ,job 8out of the whirlwind10 magic can say to modern science3 8,where wast thou when ,i laid the foundations of the earth8 declare1 if thou hast understanding60 ,and1 who art thou who dare say to nature1 8,hitherto shalt thou come1 but no further2 and here shall thy proud waves be stayed80 ,but what matters it if they do deny8 ,can they prevent phenomena taking place in the four corners of the world1 if their skepticism were a thousand times more bitter8 ,fakirs will still be buried and resuscitated1 gratifying the curiosity of ,european travellers2 and lamas and ,hindu ascetics will wound1 mutilate1 and even disembowel themselves1 and find themselves all the better for it2 and the denials of the whole world will not blow sufficiently to extinguish the perpetually-burning lamps in certain of the subterranean crypts of ,india1 ,thibet1 and ,japan4 ,one of such lamps is mentioned by the ,rev4 ,s4 ,mateer1 of the ,london ,mission4 ,in the temple of ,trevandrum1 in the kingdom of ,travancore1 ,south ,india1 8there is a deep well inside the temple1 into which immense riches are thrown year by year1 and in another place1 in a hollow covered by a stone1 a great golden lamp1 which was lit over #abj years ago1 still continues burning10 says this missionary in his description of the place4 ,catholic missionaries attribute these lamps1 as a matter of course1 to the obliging services of the devil4 ,the more prudent ,protestant divine mentions the fact1 and makes no commentary4 ,the ,abb ,huc has seen and examined one of such lamps1 and so have other people whose good luck it has been to win the confidence and friendship of ,eastern lamas and divines4 ,no more can be denied the wonders seen by ,captain ,lane in ,egypt2 the ,benares experiences of ,jacolliot and those of ,sir ,charles ,napier2 the levitations of human beings in broad daylight1 and which can be accounted for only on the explanation given in the ,introductory chapter of the present work4#cgd ,such levitations are testified to--besides ,mr4 ,crookes--by ,professor ,perty1 who shows them produced in open air1 and lasting sometimes twenty minutes2 all these phenomena and many more have happened1 do1 and will happen in every country of this globe1 and that in spite of all the skeptics and scientists that ever were evolved out of the ,silurian mud4 ,among the ridiculed claims of alchemy is that of the perpetual lamps4 #bbf ,if we tell the reader that we have seen such1 we may be asked--in case that the sincerity of our personal belief is not questioned--how we can tell that the lamps we have observed are perpetual1 as the period of our observation was but limited8 ,simply that1 as we know the ingredients employed1 and the manner of their construction1 and the natural law applicable to the case1 we are confident that our statement can be corroborated upon investigation in the proper quarter4 ,what that quarter is1 and from whom that knowledge can be learned1 our critics must discover1 by taking the pains we did4 ,meanwhile1 however1 we will quote a few of the #agc authorities who have written upon the subject4 ,none of these1 as we recollect1 have asserted that these sepulchral lamps would burn perpetually1 but only for an indefinite number of years1 and instances are recorded of their continuing alight for many centuries4 ,it will not be denied that1 if there is a natural law by which a lamp can be made without replenishment to burn ten years1 there is no reason why the same law could not cause the combustion to continue one hundred or one thousand years4 ,among the many well-known personages who firmly believed and strenuously asserted that such sepulchral lamps burned for several hundreds of years1 and would have continued to burn may be forever1 had they not been extinguished1 or the vessels broken by some accident1 we may reckon the following names3 ,clemens ,alexandrinus1 ,hermolaus ,barbarus1 ,appian1 ,burattinus1 ,citesius1 ,clius1 ,foxius1 ,costus1 ,casalius1 ,cedrenus1 ,delrius1 ,ericius1 ,gesnerus1 ,jacobonus1 ,leander1 ,libavius1 ,lazius1 ,p4 de la ,mirandolla1 ,philalethes1 ,licetus1 ,maiolus1 ,maturantius1 ,baptista ,porta1 ,pancirollus1 ,ruscellius1 ,scardonius1 ,ludovicus ,vives1 ,volateranus1 ,paracelsus1 several ,arabian alchemists1 and finally1 ,pliny1 ,solinus1 ,kircher1 and ,albertus ,magnus4 ,the discovery is claimed by the ancient ,egyptians1 those sons of the ,land of ,chemistry4#cge ,at least1 they were a people who used these lamps far more than any other nation1 on account of their religious doctrines4 ,the astral soul of the mummy was believed to be lingering about the body for the whole space of the three thousand years of the circle of necessity4 ,attached to it by a magnetic thread1 which could be broken but by its own exertion1 the ,egyptians hoped that the ever-burning lamp1 symbol of their incorruptible and immortal spirit1 would at last decide the more material soul to part with its earthly dwelling1 and unite forever with its divine ,,self4 ,therefore lamps were hung in the sepulchres of the rich4 ,such lamps are often found in the #bbg subterranean caves of the dead1 and ,licetus has written a large folio to prove that in his time1 whenever a sepulchre was opened1 a burning lamp was found within the tomb1 but was instantaneously extinguished on account of the desecration4 ,t4 ,livius1 ,burattinus1 and ,michael ,schatta1 in their letters to ,kircher1#cgf affirm that they found many lamps in the subterranean caves of old ,memphis4 ,pausanias speaks of the golden lamp in the temple of ,minerva at ,athens1 which he says was the workmanship of ,callimachus1 and burnt a whole year4 ,plutarch#cgg affirms that he saw one in the temple of ,jupiter ,amun1 and that the priests assured him that it had burnt continually for years1 and though it stood in the open air1 neither wind nor water could extinguish it4 ,st4 ,augustine1 the ,catholic authority1 also describes a lamp in the fane of ,venus1 of the same nature as the others1 unextinguishable either by the strongest wind or by water4 ,a lamp was found at ,edessa1 says ,kedrenus1 8which1 being hidden at the top of a certain gate1 burned #ejj years40 ,but of all such lamps1 the one mentioned by ,olybius ,maximus of ,padua is by far the more wonderful4 ,it was found near ,attest1 and ,scardeonius#cgh gives a glowing description of it3 8,in a large earthen urn was contained a lesser1 and in that a burning lamp1 which had continued so for #aejj years1 by means of a most pure liquor contained in two bottles1 one of gold and the other of silver4 ,these are in the custody of ,franciscus ,maturantius1 and are by him valued at an exceeding rate40 ,taking no account of exaggerations1 and putting aside as mere unsupported negation the affirmation by modern science of the impossibility of such lamps1 we would ask whether1 in case these inextinguishable fires are found to have really existed in the ages of 8miracles10 the lamps burning at ,christian shrines and those of ,jupiter1 ,minerva1 and other ,pagan deities1 ought to be differently regarded4 ,according to certain theologians1 it would appear that the former 7for ,christianity also claims such lamps7 have burned by a divine1 miraculous power1 and that the light of the latter1 made by 8heathen0 art1 was supported by the wiles of the devil4 ,kircher and ,licetus show that they were ordered in these two diverse ways4 ,the lamp at ,antioch1 which burned #aejj years1 in an open and public place1 over the door of a church1 was preserved by the 8power of ,god10 who 8hath made so infinite a number of stars to burn with perpetual light40 ,as to the ,pagan lamps1 ,st4 ,augustine assures us they were the work of the devil1 8who deceives us in a thousand ways40 ,what more easy for ,satan to do than represent a flash of light1 or a bright flame to them who #bbh first enter into such a subterranean cave8 ,this was asserted by all good ,christians during the ,papacy of ,paul ,,iii41 when upon opening a tomb in the ,appian ,way1 at ,rome1 there was found the entire body of a young girl swimming in a bright liquor which had so well preserved it1 that the face was beautiful and like life itself4 ,at her feet burned a lamp1 whose flame vanished upon opening the sepulchre4 ,from some engraved signs it was found to have been buried for over #aejj years1 and supposed to have been the body of ,tulliola1 or ,tullia1 ,cicero's daughter4#cgi ,chemists and physicists deny that perpetual lamps are possible1 alleging that whatever is resolved into vapor or smoke cannot be permanent1 but must consume2 and as the oily nutriment of a lighted lamp is exhaled into a vapor1 hence the fire cannot be perpetual for want of food4 ,alchemists1 on the other hand1 deny that all the nourishment of kindled fire must of necessity be converted into vapor4 ,they say that there are things in nature which will not only resist the force of fire and remain inconsumable1 but will also prove inextinguishable by either wind or water4 ,in an old chemical work of the year #agjj1 called 1 the author gives a number of refutations of the claims of various alchemists4 ,but though he denies that a fire can be made to burn perpetually1 he is half-inclined to believe it possible that a lamp should burn several hundred years4 ,besides1 we have a mass of testimony from alchemists who devoted years to these experiments and came to the conclusion that it was possible4 ,there are some peculiar preparations of gold1 silver1 and mercury2 also of naphtha1 petroleum1 and other bituminous oils4 ,alchemists also name the oil of camphor and amber1 the ,lapis asbestos seu ,amianthus1 the ,lapis ,carystius1 ,cyprius1 and ,linum vivum seu ,creteum1 as employed for such lamps4 ,they affirm that such matter can be prepared either of gold or silver1 reduced to fluid1 and indicate that gold is the fittest pabulum for their wondrous flame1 as1 of all metals1 gold wastes the least when either heated or melted1 and1 moreover1 can be made to rebsorb its oily humidity as soon as exhaled1 so continuously feeding its own flame when it is once lighted4 ,the ,kabalists assert that the secret was known to ,moses1 who had learned it from the ,egyptians2 and that the lamp ordered by the 8,lord0 to burn on the tabernacle1 was an inextinguishable lamp4 8,and thou shalt command the children of ,israel1 that they bring thee pure oil-olive beaten for the light1 to cause the lamp to burn always0 7,exod4 xxvii4 #bj74 ,licetus also denies that these lamps were prepared of metal1 but on #bbi page #dd of his work mentions a preparation of quicksilver filtrated seven times through white sand by fire1 of which1 he says1 lamps were made that would burn perpetually4 ,both ,maturantius and ,citesius firmly believe that such a work can be done by a purely chemical process4 ,this liquor of quicksilver was known among alchemists as ,aqua ,mercurialis1 ,materia ,metallorum1 ,perpetua ,dispositio1 and ,materia prima ,artis1 also ,oleum ,vitri4 ,tritenheim and ,bartolomeo ,korndorf both made preparations for the inextinguishable fire1 and left their recipes for it4#chj ,asbestos1 which was known to the ,greeks under the name of 1 or inextinguishable1 is a kind of stone1 which once set on fire cannot #bcj be quenched1 as ,pliny and ,solinus tell us4 ,albertus ,magnus describes it as a stone of an iron color1 found mostly in ,arabia4 ,it is generally found covered with a hardly-perceptible oleaginous moisture1 which upon being approached with a lighted candle will immediately catch fire4 ,many were the experiments made by chemists to extract from it this indissoluble oil1 but they are alleged to have all failed4 ,but1 are our chemists prepared to say that the above operation is utterly impracticable8 ,if this oil could once be extracted there can be no question but it would afford a perpetual fuel4 ,the ancients might well boast of having had the secret of it1 for1 we repeat1 there are experimenters living at this day who have done so successfully4 ,chemists who have vainly tried it1 have asserted that the fluid or liquor chemically extracted from that stone was more of a watery than oily nature1 and so impure and feculent that it could not burn2 others affirmed1 on the contrary1 that the oil1 as soon as exposed to the air1 became so thick and solid that it would hardly flow1 and when lighted emitted no flame1 but escaped in dark smoke2 whereas the lamps of the ancients are alleged to have burned with the purest and brightest flame1 without emitting the slightest smoke4 ,kircher1 who shows the practicability of purifying it1 thinks it so difficult as to be accessible only to the highest adepts of alchemy4 ,st4 ,augustine1 who attributes the whole of these arts to the ,christian scape-goat1 the devil1 is flatly contradicted by ,ludovicus ,vives1#cha who shows that all such would-be magical operations are the work of man's industry and deep study of the hidden secrets of nature1 wonderful and miraculous as they may seem4 ,podocattarus1 a ,cypriote knight1#chb had both flax and linen made out of another asbestos1 which ,porcacchius says#chc he saw at the house of this knight4 ,pliny calls this flax linum vinum1 and ,indian flax1 and says it is done out of asbeston sive asbestinum1 a kind of flax of which they made cloth that was to be cleaned by throwing it in the fire4 ,he adds that it was as precious as pearls and diamonds1 for not only was it very rarely found but exceedingly difficult to be woven1 on account of the shortness of the threads4 ,being beaten flat with a hammer1 it is soaked in warm water1 and when dried its filaments can be easily divided into threads like flax and woven into cloth4 ,pliny asserts he has seen some towels made of it1 and assisted in an experiment of purifying them by fire4 ,baptista ,porta also states that he found the same1 at ,venice1 in the hands of a ,cyprian lady2 he calls this discovery of ,alchemy a secretum optimum4 ,dr4 ,grew1 in his description of the curiosities in ,gresham ,college #bca 7seventeenth century71 believes the art1 as well as the use of such linen1 altogether lost1 but it appears that it was not quite so1 for we find the ,museum ,septalius boasting of the possession of thread1 ropes1 paper1 and net-work done of this material as late as #agbf2 some of these articles made1 moreover1 by the own hand of ,septalius1 as we learn in ,greenhill's ,art of ,embalming1 p4 #cfa4 8,grew10 says the author1 8seems to make ,asbestinus ,lapis and ,amianthus all one1 and calls them in ,english the thrum-stone20 he says it grows in short threads or thrums1 from about a quarter of an inch to an inch in length1 parallel and glossy1 as fine as those small1 single threads the silk-worms spin1 and very flexible like to flax or tow4 ,that the secret is not altogether lost is proved by the fact that some ,buddhist convents in ,china and ,thibet are in possession of it4 ,whether made of the fibre of one or the other of such stones1 we cannot say1 but we have seen in a monastery of female ,talapoins1 a yellow gown1 such as the ,buddhist monks wear1 thrown into a large pit1 full of glowing coals1 and taken out two hours afterward as clear as if it had been washed with soap and water4 ,similar severe trials of asbestos having occurred in ,europe and ,america in our own times1 the substance is being applied to various industrial purposes1 such as roofing-cloth1 incombustible dresses and fire-proof safes4 ,a very valuable deposit on ,staten ,island1 in ,new ,york harbor1 yields the mineral in bundles1 like dry wood1 with fibres of several feet in length4 ,the finer variety of asbestos1 called 7undefiled7 by the ancients1 took its name from its white1 satin-like lustre4 ,the ancients made the wick of their perpetual lamps from another stone also1 which they called ,lapis ,carystius4 ,the inhabitants of the city of ,carystos seemed to have made no secret of it1 as ,matthus ,raderus says in his work#chd that they 8kemb'd1 spun1 and wove this downy stone into mantles1 table-linen1 and the like1 which when foul they purified again with fire instead of water40 ,pausanias1 in ,atticus1 and ,plutarch#che also assert that the wicks of lamps were made from this stone2 but ,plutarch adds that it was no more to be found in his time4 ,licetus is inclined to believe that the perpetual lamps used by the ancients in their sepulchres had no wicks at all1 as very few have been found2 but ,ludovicus ,vives is of a contrary opinion and affirms that he has seen quite a number of them4 ,licetus1 moreover1 is firmly persuaded that a 8pabulum for fire may be given with such an equal temperament as cannot be consumed but after a long series of ages1 and so that neither the matter shall exhale #bcb but strongly resist the fire1 nor the fire consume the matter1 but be restrained by it1 as it were with a chain1 from flying upward40 ,to this1 ,sir ,thomas ,brown1#chf speaking of lamps which have burned many hundred years1 included in small bodies1 observes that 8this proceeds from the purity of the oil1 which yields no fuliginous exhalations to suffocate the fire2 for if air had nourished the flame1 then it had not continued many minutes1 for it would certainly in that case have been spent and wasted by the fire40 ,but he adds1 8the art of preparing this inconsumable oil is lost40 ,not quite2 and time will prove it1 though all that we now write should be doomed to fail1 like so many other truths4 ,we are told1 in behalf of science1 that she accepts no other mode of investigation than observation and experiment4 ,agreed2 and have we not the records of say three thousand years of observation of facts going to prove the occult powers of man8 ,as to experiment1 what better opportunity could have been asked than the so-called modern phenomena have afforded8 ,in #ahfi1 various scientific ,englishmen were invited by the ,london ,dialectical ,society to assist in an investigation of these phenomena4 ,let us see what our philosophers replied4 ,professor ,huxley wrote3 8,i have no time for such an inquiry1 which would involve much trouble and 7unless it were unlike all inquiries of that kind ,i have known7 much annoyance4444 ,i take no interest in the subject 444 but supposing the phenomena to be genuine--they do not interest me40#chg ,mr4 ,george ,h4 ,lewes expresses a wise thing in the following sentence3 8,when any man says that phenomena are produced by no known physical laws1 he declares he knows the laws by which they are produced40#chh ,professor ,tyndall expresses doubt as to the possibility of good results at any seance which he might attend4 ,his presence1 according to the opinion of ,mr4 ,varley1 throws everything in confusion4#chi ,professor ,carpenter writes1 8,i have satisfied myself by personal investigation1 that1 whilst a great number of what pass as such 7i4 e41 spiritual manifestations7 are the results of intentional imposture1 and many others of self-deception1 there are certain phenomena which are quite genuine1 and must be considered as fair subjects of scientific study 444 the source of these phenomena does not lie in any communication ab-extra1 but depend upon the subjective condition of the individual which operates according to certain recognized physiological laws 444 the process to which ,i have given the name #8unconscious cerebration' 444 performs a large part in the production of the #bcc phenomena known as spiritualistic40#cij ,and it is thus that the world is apprised through the organ of exact science1 that unconscious cerebration has acquired the faculty of making the guitars fly in the air and forcing furniture to perform various clownish tricks6 ,so much for the opinions of the ,english scientists4 ,the ,americans have not done much better4 ,in #aheg1 a committee of ,harvard ,university warned the public against investigating this subject1 which 8corrupts the morals and degrades the intellect40 ,they called it1 furthermore1 8a contaminating influence1 which surely tends to lessen the truth of man and the purity of woman40 ,later1 when ,professor ,robert ,hare1 the great chemist1 defying the opinions of his contemporaries1 investigated spiritualism1 and became a believer1 he was immediately declared non compos mentis2 and in #ahgd1 when one of the ,new ,york daily papers addressed a circular letter to the principal scientists of this country1 asking them to investigate1 and offering to pay the expenses1 they1 like the guests bidden to the supper1 8with one consent1 began to make excuses40 ,yet1 despite the indifference of ,huxley1 the jocularity of ,tyndall1 and the 8unconscious cerebration0 of ,carpenter1 many a scientist as noted as either of them1 has investigated the unwelcome subject1 and1 overwhelmed with the evidence1 become converted4 ,and another scientist1 and a great author--although not a spiritualist--bears this honorable testimony3 8,that the spirits of the dead occasionally revisit the living1 or haunt their former abodes1 has been in all ages1 in all ,european countries1 a fixed belief1 not confined to rustics1 but participated in by the intelligent4444 ,if human testimony on such subjects can be of any value1 there is a body of evidence reaching from the remotest ages to the present time1 as extensive and unimpeachable as is to be found in support of anything whatever40#cia ,unfortunately1 human skepticism is a stronghold capable of defying any amount of testimony4 ,and to begin with ,mr4 ,huxley1 our men of science accept of but so much as suits them1 and no more4 8,oh shame to men6 devil with devil damn'd ,firm concord holds1--men only disagree ,of creatures rational44440#cib ,how can we account for such divergence of views among men taught out of the same text-books and deriving their knowledge from the same source8 #bcd ,clearly1 this is but one more corroboration of the truism that no two men see the same thing exactly alike4 ,this idea is admirably formulated by ,dr4 ,j4 ,j4 ,garth ,wilkinson1 in a letter to the ,dialectical ,society4 8,i have long10 says he1 8been convinced1 by the experience of my life as a pioneer in several heterodoxies which are rapidly becoming orthodoxies1 that nearly all truth is temperamental to us1 or given in the affections and intuitions1 and that discussion and inquiry do little more than feed temperament40 ,this profound observer might have added to his experience that of ,bacon1 who remarks that 8 444 a little philosophy inclineth a man's mind to atheism1 but depth in philosophy bringeth man's mind about to religion40 ,professor ,carpenter vaunts the advanced philosophy of the present day which 8ignores no fact however strange that can be attested by valid evidence20 and yet he would be the first to reject the claims of the ancients to philosophical and scientific knowledge1 although based upon evidence quite 8as valid0 as that which supports the pretensions of men of our times to philosophical or scientific distinction4 ,in the department of science1 let us take for example the subjects of electricity and electro-magnetism1 which have exalted the names of ,franklin and ,morse to so high a place upon our roll of fame4 ,six centuries before the ,christian era1 ,thales is said to have discovered the electric properties of amber2 and yet the later researches of ,schweigger1 as given in his extensive works on ,symbolism1 have thoroughly demonstrated that all the ancient mythologies were based on the science of natural philosophy1 and show that the most occult properties of electricity and magnetism were known to the theurgists of the earliest ,mysteries recorded in history1 those of ,samothrace4 ,diodorus1 of ,sicily1 ,herodotus1 and ,sanchoniathon1 the ,phnician--the oldest of historians--tell us that these ,mysteries originated in the night of time1 centuries and probably thousands of years prior to the historical period4 ,one of the best proofs of it we find in a most remarkable picture1 in ,raoul-,rochette's ,monuments d',antiquit ,figurs1 in which1 like the 8erect-haired ,pan10 all the figures have their hair streaming out in every direction--except the central figure of the ,kabeirian ,demeter1 from whom the power issues1 and one other1 a kneeling man4#cic ,the picture1 according to ,schweigger1 evidently represents a part of the ceremony of initiation4 ,and yet it is not so long since the elementary works on natural philosophy began to be ornamented with cuts of electrified heads1 with hair standing #bce out in all directions1 under the influence of the electric fluid4 ,schweigger shows that a lost natural philosophy of antiquity was connected with the most important religious ceremonies4 ,he demonstrates in the amplest manner1 that magic in the prehistoric periods had a part in the mysteries and that the greatest phenomena1 the so-called miracles--whether ,pagan1 ,jewish1 or ,christian--rested in fact on the arcane knowledge of the ancient priests of physics and all the branches of chemistry1 or rather alchemy4 ,in chapter xi41 which is entirely devoted to the wonderful achievements of the ancients1 we propose to demonstrate our assertions more fully4 ,we will show1 on the evidence of the most trustworthy classics1 that at a period far anterior to the siege of ,troy1 the learned priests of the sanctuaries were thoroughly acquainted with electricity and even lightning-conductors4 ,we will now add but a few more words before closing the subject4 ,the theurgists so well understood the minutest properties of magnetism1 that1 without possessing the lost key to their arcana1 but depending wholly upon what was known in their modern days of electro-magnetism1 ,schweigger and ,ennemoser have been able to trace the identity of the 8twin brothers10 the ,dioskuri1 with the polarity of electricity and magnetism4 ,symbolical myths1 previously supposed to be meaningless fictions1 are now found to be 8the cleverest and at the same time most profound expressions of a strictly scientifically defined truth of nature10 according to ,ennemoser4#cid ,our physicists pride themselves on the achievements of our century and exchange antiphonal hymns of praise4 ,the eloquent diction of their class-lectures1 their flowery phraseology1 require but a slight modification to change these lectures into melodious sonnets4 ,our modern ,petrarchs1 ,dantes1 and ,torquato ,tassos rival with the troubadours of old in poetical effusion4 ,in their unbounded glorification of matter1 they sing the amorous commingling of the wandering atoms1 and the loving interchange of protoplasms1 and lament the coquettish fickleness of 8forces0 which play so provokingly at hide-and-seek with our grave professors in the great drama of life1 called by them 8force-correlation40 ,proclaiming matter sole and autocratic sovereign of the ,boundless ,universe1 they would forcibly divorce her from her consort1 and place the widowed queen on the great throne of nature made vacant by the exiled spirit4 ,and now1 they try to make her appear as attractive as they can by incensing and worshipping at the shrine of their own building4 ,do they forget1 or are they #bcf utterly unaware of the fact1 that in the absence of its legitimate sovereign1 this throne is but a whitened sepulchre1 inside of which all is rottenness and corruption6 ,that matter without the spirit which vivifies it1 and of which it is but the 8gross purgation10 to use a hermetic expression1 is nothing but a soulless corpse1 whose limbs1 in order to be moved in predetermined directions1 require an intelligent operator at the great galvanic battery called ,,life6 ,in what particular is the knowledge of the present century so superior to that of the ancients8 ,when we say knowledge we do not mean that brilliant and clear definition of our modern scholars of particulars to the most trifling detail in every branch of exact science2 of that tuition which finds an appropriate term for every detail insignificant and microscopic as it may be2 a name for every nerve and artery in human and animal organisms1 an appellation for every cell1 filament1 and rib in a plant2 but the philosophical and ultimate expression of every truth in nature4 ,the greatest ancient philosophers are accused of shallowness and a superficiality of knowledge of those details in exact sciences of which the moderns boast so much4 ,plato is declared by his various commentators to have been utterly ignorant of the anatomy and functions of the human body2 to have known nothing of the uses of the nerves to convey sensations2 and to have had nothing better to offer than vain speculations concerning physiological questions4 ,he has simply generalized the divisions of the human body1 they say1 and given nothing reminding us of anatomical facts4 ,as to his own views on the human frame1 the microcosmos being in his ideas the image in miniature of the macrocosmos1 they are much too transcendental to be given the least attention by our exact and materialistic skeptics4 ,the idea of this frame being1 as well as the universe1 formed out of triangles1 seems preposterously ridiculous to several of his translators4 ,alone of the latter1 ,professor ,jowett1 in his introduction to the ,timus1 honestly remarks that the modern physical philosopher 8hardly allows to his notions the merit of being #8the dead men's bones' out of which he has himself risen to a higher knowledge20#cie forgetting how much the metaphysics of olden times has helped the 8physical0 sciences of the present day4 ,if1 instead of quarrelling with the insufficiency and at times absence of terms and definitions strictly scientific in ,plato's works1 we analyze them carefully1 the ,timus1 alone1 will be found to contain within its limited space the germs of every new discovery4 ,the circulation of the blood and the law of gravitation are clearly mentioned1 though the former fact1 it may be1 is not so clearly defined as to withstand the reiterated attacks of modern science2 for #bcg according to ,prof4 ,jowett1 the specific discovery that the blood flows out at one side of the heart through the arteries1 and returns through the veins at the other1 was unknown to him1 though ,plato was perfectly aware 8that blood is a fluid in constant motion40 ,plato's method1 like that of geometry1 was to descend from universals to particulars4 ,modern science vainly seeks a first cause among the permutations of molecules2 the former sought and found it amid the majestic sweep of worlds4 ,for him it was enough to know the great scheme of creation and to be able to trace the mightiest movements of the universe through their changes to their ultimates4 ,the petty details1 whose observation and classification have so taxed and demonstrated the patience of modern scientists1 occupied but little of the attention of the old philosophers4 ,hence1 while a fifth-form boy of an ,english school can prate more learnedly about the little things of physical science than ,plato himself1 yet1 on the other hand1 the dullest of ,plato's disciples could tell more about great cosmic laws and their mutual relations1 and demonstrate a familiarity with and control over the occult forces which lie behind them1 than the most learned professor in the most distinguished academy of our day4 ,this fact1 so little appreciated and never dwelt upon by ,plato's translators1 accounts for the self-laudation in which we moderns indulge at the expense of that philosopher and his compeers4 ,their alleged mistakes in anatomy and physiology are magnified to an inordinate extent to gratify our self-love1 until1 in acquiring the idea of our own superior learning1 we lose sight of the intellectual splendor which adorns the ages of the past2 it is as if one should1 in fancy1 magnify the solar spots until he should believe the bright luminary to be totally eclipsed4 ,the unprofitableness of modern scientific research is evinced in the fact that while we have a name for the most trivial particle of mineral1 plant1 animal1 and man1 the wisest of our teachers are unable to tell us anything definite about the vital force which produces the changes in these several kingdoms4 ,it is necessary to seek further for corroboration of this statement than the works of our highest scientific authorities themselves4 ,it requires no little moral courage in a man of eminent professional position to do justice to the acquirements of the ancients1 in the face of a public sentiment which is content with nothing else than their abasement4 ,when we meet with a case of the kind we gladly lay a laurel at the feet of the bold and honest scholar4 ,such is ,professor ,jowett1 ,master of ,balliol ,college1 and ,regius ,professor of ,greek in the ,university of ,oxford1 who1 in his translation of ,plato's works1 speaking of 8the physical philosophy of the ancients as a whole10 #bch gives them the following credit3 #a4 8,that the nebular theory was the received belief of the early physicists40 ,therefore it could not have rested1 as ,draper asserts1#cif upon the telescopic discovery made by ,herschel ,i4 #b4 8,that the development of animals out of frogs who came to land1 and of man out of the animals1 was held by ,anaximenes in the sixth century before ,christ40 ,the professor might have added that this theory antedated ,anaximenes by some thousands of years1 perhaps2 that it was an accepted doctrine among ,chaldeans1 and that ,darwin's evolution of species and monkey theory are of an antediluvian origin4 #c4 8 444 that1 even by ,philolaus and the early ,pythagoreans1 the earth was held to be a body like the other stars revolving in space40#cig ,thus ,galileo1 studying some ,pythagorean fragments1 which are shown by ,reuchlin to have yet existed in the days of the ,florentine mathematician2#cih being1 moreover1 familiar with the doctrines of the old philosophers1 but resserted an astronomical doctrine which prevailed in ,india at the remotest antiquity4 #d4 ,the ancients 8 444 thought that there was a sex in plants as well as in animals40 ,thus our modern naturalists had but to follow in the steps of their predecessors4 #e4 8,that musical notes depended on the relative length or tension of the strings from which they were emitted1 and were measured by ratios of number40 #f4 8,that mathematical laws pervaded the world and even qualitative differences were supposed to have their origin in number20 and #g1 8the annihilation of matter was denied by them1 and held to be a transformation only40#cii 8,although one of these discoveries might have been supposed to be a happy guess10 adds ,mr4 ,jowett1 8we can hardly attribute them all to mere coincidences40#djj ,in short1 the ,platonic philosophy was one of order1 system1 and proportion2 it embraced the evolution of worlds and species1 the correlation and conservation of energy1 the transmutation of material form1 the indestructibility of matter and of spirit4 ,their position in the latter respect being far in advance of modern science1 and binding #bci the arch of their philosophical system with a keystone at once perfect and immovable4 ,if science has made such colossal strides during these latter days--if we have such clearer ideas of natural law than the ancients--why are our inquiries as to the nature and source of life unanswered8 ,if the modern laboratory is so much richer in the fruits of experimental research than those of the olden time1 how comes it that we make no step except on paths that were trodden long before the ,christian era8 ,how does it happen that the most advanced standpoint that has been reached in our times only enables us to see in the dim distance up the ,alpine path of knowledge the monumental proofs that earlier explorers have left to mark the plateaux they had reached and occupied8 ,if modern masters are so much in advance of the old ones1 why do they not restore to us the lost arts of our postdiluvian forefathers8 ,why do they not give us the unfading colors of ,luxor--the ,tyrian purple2 the bright vermilion and dazzling blue which decorate the walls of this place1 and are as bright as on the first day of their application8 ,the indestructible cement of the pyramids and of ancient aqueducts2 the ,damascus blade1 which can be turned like a corkscrew in its scabbard without breaking2 the gorgeous1 unparalleled tints of the stained glass that is found amid the dust of old ruins and beams in the windows of ancient cathedrals2 and the secret of the true malleable glass8 ,and if chemistry is so little able to rival even with the early medival ages in some arts1 why boast of achievements which1 according to strong probability1 were perfectly known thousands of years ago8 ,the more archology and philology advance1 the more humiliating to our pride are the discoveries which are daily made1 the more glorious testimony do they bear in behalf of those who1 perhaps on account of the distance of their remote antiquity1 have been until now considered ignorant flounderers in the deepest mire of superstition4 ,why should we forget that1 ages before the prow of the adventurous ,genoese clove the ,western waters1 the ,phnician vessels had circumnavigated the globe1 and spread civilization in regions now silent and deserted8 ,what archologist will dare assert that the same hand which planned the ,pyramids of ,egypt1 ,karnak1 and the thousand ruins now crumbling to oblivion on the sandy banks of the ,nile1 did not erect the monumental ,nagkon-,wat of ,cambodia8 or trace the hieroglyphics on the obelisks and doors of the deserted ,indian village1 newly discovered in ,british ,columbia by ,lord ,dufferin8 or those on the ruins of ,palenque and ,uxmal1 of ,central ,america8 ,do not the relics we treasure in our museums--last mementos of the long 8lost arts0 speak loudly in favor of ancient civilization8 ,and do they not prove1 over and over again1 that nations and continents that have passed away have #bdj buried along with them arts and sciences1 which neither the first crucible ever heated in a medival cloister1 nor the last cracked by a modern chemist have revived1 nor will--at least1 in the present century4 8,they were not without some knowledge of optics10 ,professor ,draper magnanimously concedes to the ancients2 others positively deny to them even that little4 8,the convex lens found at ,nimroud shows that they were not unacquainted with magnifying instruments40#dja ,indeed8 ,if they were not1 all the classical authors must have lied4 ,for1 when ,cicero tells us that he had seen the entire ,iliad written on skin of such a miniature size1 that it could easily be rolled up inside a nut-shell1 and ,pliny asserts that ,nero had a ring with a small glass in it1 through which he watched the performance of the gladiators at a distance--could audacity go farther8 ,truly1 when we are told that ,mauritius could see from the promontory of ,sicily over the entire sea to the coast of ,africa1 with an instrument called nauscopite1 we must either think that all these witnesses lied1 or that the ancients were more than slightly acquainted with optics and magnifying glasses4 ,wendell ,phillips states that he has a friend who possesses an extraordinary ring 8perhaps three-quarters of an inch in diameter1 and on it is the naked figure of the god ,hercules4 ,by the aid of glasses1 you can distinguish the interlacing muscles1 and count every separate hair on the eyebrows4444 ,rawlinson brought home a stone about twenty inches long and ten wide1 containing an entire treatise on mathematics4 ,it would be perfectly illegible without glasses4444 ,in ,dr4 ,abbott's ,museum1 there is a ring of ,cheops1 to which ,bunsen assigns #ejj ,b4,c4 ,the signet of the ring is about the size of a quarter of a dollar1 and the engraving is invisible without the aid of glasses4444 ,at ,parma1 they will show you a gem once worn on the finger of ,michael ,angelo1 of which the engraving is #b1jjj years old1 and on which there are the figures of seven women4 ,you must have the aid of powerful glasses in order to distinguish the forms at all4444 ,so the microscope10 adds the learned lecturer1 8instead of dating from our time1 finds its brothers in the ,books of ,moses--and these are infant brothers48 ,the foregoing facts do not seem to show that the ancients had merely 8some knowledge of optics40 ,therefore1 totally disagreeing in this particular with ,professor ,fiske and his criticism of ,professor ,draper's ,conflict in his ,unseen ,world1 the only fault we find with the admirable book of ,draper is that1 as an historical critic1 he sometimes uses his own optical instruments in the wrong place4 ,while1 in order to magnify the atheism of the ,pythagorean ,bruno1 he looks through #bda convex lenses2 whenever talking of the knowledge of the ancients1 he evidently sees things through concave ones4 ,it is simply worthy of admiration to follow in various modern works the cautious attempts of both pious ,christians and skeptical1 albeit very learned men1 to draw a line of demarcation between what we are and what we are not to believe1 in ancient authors4 ,no credit is ever allowed them without being followed by a qualifying caution4 ,if ,strabo tells us that ancient ,nineveh was forty-seven miles in circumference1 and his testimony is accepted1 why should it be otherwise the moment he testifies to the accomplishment of ,sibylline prophecies8 ,where is the common sense in calling ,herodotus the 8,father of ,history10 and then accusing him1 in the same breath1 of silly gibberish1 whenever he recounts marvellous manifestations1 of which he was an eye-witness8 ,perhaps1 after all1 such a caution is more than ever necessary1 now that our epoch has been christened the ,century of ,discovery4 ,the disenchantment may prove too cruel for ,europe4 ,gunpowder1 which has long been thought an invention of ,bacon and ,schwartz1 is now shown in the school-books to have been used by the ,chinese for levelling hills and blasting rocks1 centuries before our era4 8,in the ,museum of ,alexandria10 says ,draper1 8there was a machine invented by ,hero1 the mathematician1 a little more than #ajj years ,b4,c4 ,it revolved by the agency of steam1 and was of the form that we should now call a reaction-engine4444 ,chance had nothing to do with the invention of the modern steam-engine40#djb ,europe prides herself upon the discoveries of ,copernicus and ,galileo1 and now we are told that the astronomical observations of the ,chaldeans extend back to within a hundred years of the flood2 and ,bunsen fixes the flood at not less than #aj1jjj years before our era4#djc ,moreover1 a ,chinese emperor1 more than #b1jjj years before the birth of ,christ 7i4 e41 before ,moses7 put to death his two chief astronomers for not predicting an eclipse of the sun4 ,it may be noted1 as an example of the inaccuracy of current notions as to the scientific claims of the present century1 that the discoveries of the indestructibility of matter and force-correlation1 especially the latter1 are heralded as among our crowning triumphs4 ,it is 8the most important discovery of the present century10 as ,sir ,william ,armstrong expressed it in his famous address as president of the ,british ,association4 ,but1 this 8important discovery0 is no discovery after all4 ,its origin1 apart from the undeniable traces of it to be found among the old philosophers1 is lost in the dense shadows of #bdb prehistoric days4 ,its first vestiges are discovered in the dreamy speculations of ,vedic theology1 in the doctrine of emanation and absorption1 the nirvana in short4 ,john ,erigena outlined it in his bold philosophy in the eighth century1 and we invite any one to read his ,de ,divisione ,natur1 who would convince himself of this truth4 ,science tells that when the theory of the indestructibility of matter 7also a very1 very old idea of ,demokritus1 by the way7 was demonstrated1 it became necessary to extend it to force4 ,no material particle can ever be lost2 no part of the force existing in nature can vanish2 hence1 force was likewise proved indestructible1 and its various manifestations or forces1 under divers aspects1 were shown to be mutually convertible1 and but different modes of motion of the material particles4 ,and thus was rediscovered the force-correlation4 ,mr4 ,grove1 so far back as #ahdb1 gave to each of these forces1 such as heat1 electricity1 magnetism1 and light1 the character of convertibility2 making them capable of being at one moment a cause1 and at the next an effect4#djd ,but whence come these forces1 and whither do they go1 when we lose sight of them8 ,on this point science is silent4 ,the theory of 8force-correlation10 though it may be in the minds of our contemporaries 8the greatest discovery of the age10 can account for neither the beginning nor the end of one of such forces2 neither can the theory point out the cause of it4 ,forces may be convertible1 and one may produce the other1 still1 no exact science is able to explain the alpha and omega of the phenomenon4 ,in what particular are we then in advance of ,plato who1 discussing in the ,timus the primary and secondary qualities of matter1#dje and the feebleness of human intellect1 makes ,timus say3 8,god knows the original qualities of things2 man can only hope to attain to probability40 ,we have but to open one of the several pamphlets of ,huxley and ,tyndall to find precisely the same confession2 but they improve upon ,plato by not allowing even ,god to know more than themselves2 and perhaps it may be upon this that they base their claims of superiority8 ,the ancient ,hindus founded their doctrine of emanation and absorption on precisely that law4 ,the the primordial point in the boundless circle1 8whose circumference is nowhere1 and the centre everywhere10 emanating from itself all things1 and manifesting them in the visible universe under multifarious forms2 the forms interchanging1 commingling1 and1 after a gradual transformation from the pure spirit 7or the ,buddhistic 8nothing071 into the grossest matter1 beginning to recede and as gradually re-emerge into their primitive state1 which is the absorption into ,nirvana#djf--what else is this but correlation of forces8 ,science tells us that heat may be shown to develop electricity1 #bdc electricity produce heat2 and magnetism to evolve electricity1 and vice versa4 ,motion1 they tell us1 results from motion itself1 and so on1 ad infinitum4 ,this is the ,a ,b ,c of occultism and of the earliest alchemists4 ,the indestructibility of matter and force being discovered and proved1 the great problem of eternity is solved4 ,what need have we more of spirit8 its uselessness is henceforth scientifically demonstrated6 ,thus modern philosophers may be said not to have gone one step beyond what the priests of ,samothrace1 the ,hindus1 and even the ,christian ,gnostics well knew4 ,the former have shown it in that wonderfully ingenious mythos of the ,dioskuri1 or 8the sons of heaven20 the twin brothers1 spoken of by ,schweigger1 8who constantly die and return to life together1 while it is absolutely necessary that one should die that the other may live40 ,they knew as well as our physicists1 that when a force has disappeared it has simply been converted into another force4 ,though archology may not have discovered any ancient apparatus for such special conversions1 it may nevertheless be affirmed with perfect reason and upon analogical deductions that nearly all the ancient religions were based on such indestructibility of matter and force--plus the emanation of the whole from an ethereal1 spiritual fire--or the central sun1 which is ,god or spirit1 on the knowledge of whose potentiality is based ancient theurgic magic4 ,in the manuscript commentary of ,proclus on magic he gives the following account3 8,in the same manner as lovers gradually advance from that beauty which is apparent in sensible forms1 to that which is divine2 so the ancient priests1 when they considered that there is a certain alliance and sympathy in natural things to each other1 and of things manifest to occult powers1 and discovered that all things subsist in all1 they fabricated a sacred science from this mutual sympathy and similarity4 ,thus they recognized things supreme in such as are subordinate1 and the subordinate in the supreme2 in the celestial regions1 terrene properties subsisting in a causal and celestial manner2 and in earth celestial properties1 but according to a terrene condition40 ,proclus then proceeds to point to certain mysterious peculiarities #bdd of plants1 minerals1 and animals1 all of which are well known to our naturalists1 but none of which are explained4 ,such are the rotatory motion of the sunflower1 of the heliotrope1 of the lotos--which1 before the rising of the sun1 folds its leaves1 drawing the petals within itself1 so to say1 then expands them gradually1 as the sun rises1 and draws them in again as it descends to the west--of the sun and lunar stones and the helioselenus1 of the cock and lion1 and other animals4 8,now the ancients10 he says1 8having contemplated this mutual sympathy of things 7celestial and terrestrial7 applied them for occult purposes1 both celestial and terrene natures1 by means of which1 through a certain similitude1 they deduced divine virtues into this inferior abode4444 ,all things are full of divine natures2 terrestrial natures receiving the plenitude of such as are celestial1 but celestial of supercelestial essences1 while every order of things proceeds gradually in a beautiful descent from the highest to the lowest4#djg ,for whatever particulars are collected into one above the order of things1 are afterwards dilated in descending1 various souls being distributed under their various ruling divinities40#djh ,evidently ,proclus does not advocate here simply a superstition1 but science2 for notwithstanding that it is occult1 and unknown to our scholars1 who deny its possibilities1 magic is still a science4 ,it is firmly and solely based on the mysterious affinities existing between organic and inorganic bodies1 the visible productions of the four kingdoms1 and the invisible powers of the universe4 ,that which science calls gravitation1 the ancients and the medival hermetists called magnetism1 attraction1 affinity4 ,it is the universal law1 which is understood by ,plato and explained in ,timus as the attraction of lesser bodies to larger ones1 and of similar bodies to similar1 the latter exhibiting a magnetic power rather than following the law of gravitation4 ,the anti-,aristotelean formula that gravity causes all bodies to descend with equal rapidity1 without reference to their weight1 the difference being caused by some other unknown agency1 would seem to point a great deal more forcibly to magnetism than to gravitation1 the former attracting rather in virtue of the substance than of the weight4 ,a thorough familiarity with the occult faculties of everything existing in nature1 visible as well as invisible2 their mutual relations1 attractions1 and repulsions2 the cause of these1 traced to the spiritual principle which pervades and animates all things2 the ability to furnish the best conditions for this principle to manifest itself1 in other words a profound and exhaustive knowledge of natural law--this was and is the basis of magic4 ,in his notes on ,ghosts and ,goblins1 when reviewing some facts adduced #bde by certain illustrious defenders of the spiritual phenomena1 such as ,professor de ,morgan1 ,mr4 ,robert ,dale ,owen1 and ,mr4 ,wallace among others--,mr4 ,richard ,a4 ,proctor says that he 8cannot see any force in the following remarks by ,professor ,wallace3 #8,how is such evidence as this1' he 7,wallace7 says1 speaking of one of ,owen's stories1 #8refuted or explained away8 ,scores1 and even hundreds1 of equally-attested facts are on record1 but no attempt is made to explain them4 ,they are simply ignored1 and in many cases admitted to be inexplicable4'0 ,to this ,mr4 ,proctor jocularly replies that as 8our philosophers declare that they have long ago decided these ghost stories to be all delusions2 therefore they need only be ignored2 and they feel much #8worritted' that fresh evidence should be adduced1 and fresh converts made1 some of whom are so unreasonable as to ask for a new trial on the ground that the former verdict was contrary to the evidence40 8,all this10 he goes on to say1 8affords excellent reason why the #8converts' should not be ridiculed for their belief2 but something more to the purpose must be urged before #8the philosophers' can be expected to devote much of their time to the inquiry suggested4 ,it ought to be shown that the well-being of the human race is to some important degree concerned in the matter1 whereas the trivial nature of all ghostly conduct hitherto recorded is admitted even by converts60 ,mrs4 ,emma ,hardinge ,britten has collected a great number of authenticated facts from secular and scientific journals1 which show with what serious questions our scientists sometimes replace the vexed subject of 8,ghosts and ,goblins40 ,she quotes from a ,washington paper a report of one of these solemn conclaves1 held on the evening of ,april #bith1 #ahed4 ,professor ,hare1 of ,philadelphia1 the venerable chemist1 who was so universally respected for his individual character1 as well as for his life-long labors for science1 8was bullied into silence0 by ,professor ,henry1 as soon as he had touched the subject of spiritualism4 8,the impertinent action of one of the members of the #8,american ,scientific ,association1'0 says the authoress1 8was sanctioned by the majority of that distinguished body and subsequently endorsed by all of them in their proceedings40#dji ,on the following morning1 in the report of the session1 the ,spiritual ,telegraph thus commented upon the events3 8,it would seem that a subject like this0 7presented by ,professor ,hare7 was one which would lie peculiarly within the domain of #8science4' ,but the #8,american ,association for the ,promotion of ,science'1#daj decided #bdf that it was either unworthy of their attention or dangerous for them to meddle with1 and so they voted to put the invitation on the table4444 ,we cannot omit in this connection to mention that the #8,american ,association for the ,promotion of ,science' held a very learned1 extended1 grave1 and profound discussion at the same session1 upon the cause why #8roosters crow between twelve and one o'clock at night6' ,a subject worthy of philosophers2 and one1 moreover1 which must have been shown to effect 8the well-being of the human race0 in a very 8important degree40 ,it is sufficient for one to express belief in the existence of a mysterious sympathy between the life of certain plants and that of human beings1 to assure being made the subject of ridicule4 ,nevertheless1 there are many well-authenticated cases going to show the reality of such an affinity4 ,persons have been known to fall sick simultaneously with the uprooting of a tree planted upon their natal day1 and dying when the tree died4 ,reversing affairs1 it has been known that a tree planted under the same circumstances withered and died simultaneously with the person whose twin brother1 so to speak1 it was4 ,the former would be called by ,mr4 ,proctor an 8effect of the imagination20 the latter a 8curious coincidence40 ,max ,mller gives a number of such cases in his essay ,on ,manners and ,customs4 ,he shows this popular tradition existing in ,central ,america1 in ,india1 and ,germany4 ,he traces it over nearly all ,europe2 finds it among the ,maori ,warriors1 in ,british ,guiana1 and in ,asia4 ,reviewing ,tyler's ,researches into the ,early ,history of ,mankind1 a work in which are brought together quite a number of such traditions1 the great philologist very justly remarks the following3 8,if it occurred in ,indian and ,german tales only1 we might consider it as ancient ,aryan property2 but when we find it again in ,central ,america1 nothing remains but either to admit a later communication between ,european settlers and native ,american story-tellers 444 or to inquire whether there is not some intelligible and truly human element in this supposed sympathy between the life of flowers and the life of man40 ,the present generation of men1 who believe in nothing beyond the superficial evidence of their senses1 will doubtless reject the very idea of such a sympathetic power existing in plants1 animals1 and even stones4 ,the caul covering their inner sight allows them to see but that which they cannot well deny4 ,the author of the ,asclepian ,dialogue furnishes us with a reason for it1 that might perhaps fit the present period and account for this epidemic of unbelief4 ,in our century1 as #bdg then1 8there is a lamentable departure of divinity from man1 when nothing worthy of heaven or celestial concerns is heard or believed1 and when every divine voice is by a necessary silence dumb40#daa ,or1 as the ,emperor ,julian has it1 8the little soul0 of the skeptic 8is indeed acute1 but sees nothing with a vision healthy and sound40 ,we are at the bottom of a cycle and evidently in a transitory state4 ,plato divides the intellectual progress of the universe during every cycle into fertile and barren periods4 ,in the sublunary regions1 the spheres of the various elements remain eternally in perfect harmony with the divine nature1 he says2 8but their parts10 owing to a too close proximity to earth1 and their commingling with the earthly 7which is matter1 and therefore the realm of evil71 8are sometimes according1 and sometimes contrary to 7divine7 nature40 ,when those circulations--which ,eliphas ,levi calls 8currents of the astral light0 in the universal ether which contains in itself every element1 take place in harmony with the divine spirit1 our earth and everything pertaining to it enjoys a fertile period4 ,the occult powers of plants1 animals1 and minerals magically sympathize with the 8superior natures10 and the divine soul of man is in perfect intelligence with these 8inferior0 ones4 ,but during the barren periods1 the latter lose their magic sympathy1 and the spiritual sight of the majority of mankind is so blinded as to lose every notion of the superior powers of its own divine spirit4 ,we are in a barren period3 the eighteenth century1 during which the malignant fever of skepticism broke out so irrepressibly1 has entailed unbelief as an hereditary disease upon the nineteenth4 ,the divine intellect is veiled in man2 his animal brain alone philosophizes4 ,formerly1 magic was a universal science1 entirely in the hands of the sacerdotal savant4 ,though the focus was jealously guarded in the sanctuaries1 its rays illuminated the whole of mankind4 ,otherwise1 how are we to account for the extraordinary identity of 8superstitions10 customs1 traditions1 and even sentences1 repeated in popular proverbs so widely scattered from one pole to the other that we find exactly the same ideas among the ,tartars and ,laplanders as among the southern nations of ,europe1 the inhabitants of the steppes of ,russia1 and the aborigines of ,north and ,south ,america8 ,for instance1 ,tyler shows one of the ancient ,pythagorean maxims1 8,do not stir the fire with a sword10 as popular among a number of nations which have not the slightest connection with each other4 ,he quotes ,de ,plano ,carpini1 who found this tradition prevailing among the ,tartars so far back as in #abdf4 ,a ,tartar will not consent for any amount of money to stick a knife into the fire1 or touch it with any sharp or pointed instrument1 for fear #bdh of cutting the 8head of the fire40 ,the ,kamtchadal of ,north-eastern ,asia consider it a great sin so to do4 ,the ,sioux ,indians of ,north ,america dare not touch the fire with either needle1 knife1 or any sharp instrument4 ,the ,kalmucks entertain the same dread2 and an ,abyssinian would rather bury his bare arms to the elbows in blazing coals than use a knife or axe near them4 ,all these facts ,tyler also calls 8simply curious coincidences40 ,max ,mller1 however1 thinks that they lose much of their force by the fact 8of the ,pythagorean doctrine being at the bottom of it40 ,every sentence of ,pythagoras1 like most of the ancient maxims1 has a dual signification2 and1 while it had an occult physical meaning1 expressed literally in its words1 it embodied a moral precept1 which is explained by ,iamblichus in his ,life of ,pythagoras4 ,this 8,dig not fire with a sword10 is the ninth symbol in the ,protreptics of this ,neo-platonist4 8,this symbol10 he says1 8exhorts to prudence40 ,it shows 8the propriety of not opposing sharp words to a man full of fire and wrath--not contending with him4 ,for frequently by uncivil words you will agitate and disturb an ignorant man1 and you will suffer yourself4444 ,herakleitus also testifies to the truth of this symbol4 ,for1 he says1 #8,it is difficult to fight with anger1 for whatever is necessary to be done redeems the soul4' ,and this he says truly4 ,for many1 by gratifying anger1 have changed the condition of their soul1 and have made death preferable to life4 ,but by governing the tongue and being quiet1 friendship is produced from strife1 the fire of anger being extinguished1 and you yourself will not appear to be destitute of intellect40#dab ,we have had misgivings sometimes2 we have questioned the impartiality of our own judgment1 our ability to offer a respectful criticism upon the labors of such giants as some of our modern philosophers--,tyndall1 ,huxley1 ,spencer1 ,carpenter1 and a few others4 ,in our immoderate love for the 8men of old0 the primitive sages--we were always afraid to trespass the boundaries of justice and refuse their dues to those who deserve them4 ,gradually this natural fear gave way before an unexpected reinforcement4 ,we found out that we were but the feeble echo of public opinion1 which1 though suppressed1 has sometimes found relief in able articles scattered throughout the periodicals of the country4 ,one of such can be found in the ,national ,quarterly ,review of ,december1 #ahge1 entitled 8,our ,sensational ,present-,day ,philosophers40 ,it is a very able article1 discussing fearlessly the claims of several of our scientists to new discoveries in regard to the nature of matter1 the human soul1 the mind1 the universe2 how the universe came into existence1 etc4 8,the religious world has been much startled10 the author proceeds to say1 8and not a little excited by the utterances #bdi of men like ,spencer1 ,tyndall1 ,huxley1 ,proctor1 and a few others of the same school40 ,admitting very cheerfully how much science owes to each of those gentlemen1 nevertheless the author 8most emphatically0 denies that they have made any discoveries at all4 ,there is nothing new in the speculations1 even of the most advanced of them2 nothing which was not known and taught1 in one form or another1 thousands of years ago4 ,he does not say that these scientists 8put forward their theories as their own discoveries1 but they leave the fact to be implied1 and the newspapers do the rest4444 ,the public1 which has neither time nor the inclination to examine the facts1 adopts the faith of the newspapers 444 and wonders what will come next6 444 ,the supposed originators of such startling theories are assailed in the newspapers4 ,sometimes the obnoxious scientists undertake to defend themselves1 but we cannot recall a single instance in which they have candidly said1 #8,gentlemen1 be not angry with us2 we are merely revamping stories which are nearly as old as the mountains4'0 ,this would have been the simple truth2 8but even scientists or philosophers10 adds the author1 8are not always proof against the weakness of encouraging any notion which they think may secure niches for them among the immortal ones40#dac ,huxley1 ,tyndall1 and even ,spencer have become lately the great oracles1 the 8infallible popes0 on the dogmas of protoplasm1 molecules1 primordial forms1 and atoms4 ,they have reaped more palms and laurels for their great discoveries than ,lucretius1 ,cicero1 ,plutarch1 and ,seneca had hairs on their heads4 ,nevertheless1 the works of the latter teem with ideas on the protoplasm1 primordial forms1 etc41 let alone the atoms1 which caused ,demokritus to be called the atomic philosopher4 ,in the same ,review we find this very startling denunciation3 8,who1 among the innocent1 has not been astonished1 even within the last year1 at the wonderful results accomplished by oxygen8 ,what an excitement ,tyndall and ,huxley have created by proclaiming1 in their own ingenious1 oracular way1 just the very doctrines which we have just quoted from ,liebig2 yet1 as early as #ahdj1 ,professor ,lyon ,playfair translated into ,english the most #8advanced' of ,baron ,liebig's works40#dad 8,another recent utterance10 he says1 8which startled a large number of innocent and pious persons1 is1 that every thought we express1 or attempt to express1 produces a certain wonderful change in the substance of the brain4 ,but1 for this and a good deal more of its kind1 our philosophers had only to turn to the pages of ,baron ,liebig4 #bej ,thus1 for instance1 that scientist proclaims3 8,physiology has sufficiently decisive grounds for the opinions1 that every thought1 every sensation is accompanied by a change in the composition of the substance of the brain2 that every motion1 every manifestation of force is the result of a transformation of the structure or of its substance4#dae ,thus1 throughout the sensational lectures of ,tyndall1 we can trace1 almost to a page1 the whole of ,liebig's speculations1 interlined now and then with the still earlier views of ,demokritus and other ,pagan philosophers4 ,a potpourri of old hypotheses elevated by the great authority of the day into quasi-demonstrated formulas1 and delivered in that pathetic1 picturesque1 mellow1 and thrillingly-eloquent phraseology so pre-eminently his own4 ,further1 the same reviewer shows us many of the identical ideas and all the material requisite to demonstrate the great discoveries of ,tyndall and ,huxley1 in the works of ,dr4 ,joseph ,priestley1 author of ,disquisitions on ,matter and ,spirit1 and even in ,herder's ,philosophy of ,history4 8,priestley10 adds the author1 8was not molested by government1 simply because he had no ambition to obtain fame by proclaiming his atheistic views from the house-top4 ,this philosopher 444 was the author of from seventy to eighty volumes1 and the discoverer of oxygen40 ,it is in these works that 8he puts forward those identical ideas which have been declared so #8startling1' #8bold1' etc41 as the utterances of our present-day philosophers40 8,our readers10 he proceeds to say1 8remember what an excitement has been created by the utterances of some of our modern philosophers as to the origin and nature of ideas1 but those utterances1 like others that preceded and followed them1 contain nothing new40 8,an idea10 says ,plutarch1 8is a being incorporeal1 which has no subsistence by itself1 but gives figure and form unto shapeless matter1 and becomes the cause of its manifestation0 7,de ,placitio ,philosophorum74 ,verily1 no modern atheist1 ,mr4 ,huxley included1 can outvie ,epicurus in materialism2 he can but mimic him4 ,and what is his 8protoplasm10 but a rechauff of the speculations of the ,hindu ,swbhvikas or ,pantheists1 who assert that all things1 the gods as well as men and animals1 are born from ,swbhva or their own nature8#daf ,as to ,epicurus1 this is what ,lucretius makes him say3 8,the soul1 thus produced1 must be material1 because we trace it issuing from a material source2 because it exists1 and exists alone in a material system2 is nourished by material food2 grows with the growth of the body2 becomes matured with its maturity2 declines with its decay2 and hence1 whether belonging to #bea man or brute1 must die with its death40 ,nevertheless1 we would remind the reader that ,epicurus is here speaking of the ,astral ,soul1 not of ,divine ,spirit4 ,still1 if we rightly understand the above1 ,mr4 ,huxley's 8mutton-protoplasm0 is of a very ancient origin1 and can claim for its birthplace1 ,athens1 and for its cradle1 the brain of old ,epicurus4 ,further1 still1 anxious not to be misunderstood or found guilty of depreciating the labor of any of our scientists1 the author closes his essay by remarking1 8,we merely want to show that1 at least1 that portion of the public which considers itself intelligent and enlightened should cultivate its memory1 or remember the #8advanced' thinkers of the past much better than it does4 ,especially should those do so who1 whether from the desk1 the rostrum1 or the pulpit1 undertake to instruct all willing to be instructed by them4 ,there would then be much less groundless apprehension1 much less charlatanism1 and above all1 much less plagiarism1 than there is40#dag ,truly says ,cudworth that the greatest ignorance of which our modern wiseacres accuse the ancients is their belief in the soul's immortality4 ,like the old skeptic of ,greece1 our scientists--to use an expression of the same ,dr4 ,cudworth--are afraid that if they admit spirits and apparitions they must admit a ,god too2 and there is nothing too absurd1 he adds1 for them to suppose1 in order to keep out the existence of ,god4 ,the great body of ancient materialists1 skeptical as they now seem to us1 thought otherwise1 and ,epicurus1 who rejected the soul's immortality1 believed still in a ,god1 and ,demokritus fully conceded the reality of apparitions4 ,the prexistence and ,god-like powers of the human spirit were believed in by most all the sages of ancient days4 ,the magic of ,babylon and ,persia based upon it the doctrine of their machagistia4 ,the ,chaldean ,oracles1 on which ,pletho and ,psellus have so much commented1 constantly expounded and amplified their testimony4 ,zoroaster1 ,pythagoras1 ,epicharmus1 ,empedocles1 ,kebes1 ,euripides1 ,plato1 ,euclid1 ,philo1 ,bothius1 ,virgil1 ,marcus ,cicero1 ,plotinus1 ,iamblichus1 ,proclus1 ,psellus1 ,synesius1 ,origen1 and1 finally1 ,aristotle himself1 far from denying our immortality1 support it most emphatically4 ,like ,cardon and ,pompanatius1 8who were no friends to the soul's immortality10 as says ,henry ,more1 8,aristotle expressly concludes that the rational soul is both a distinct being from the soul of the world1 though of the same essence1 and that 8it does prexist before it comes into the body40#dah ,years have rolled away since the ,count ,joseph ,de ,maistre wrote a sentence which1 if appropriate to the ,voltairean epoch in which #beb he lived1 applies with still more justice to our period of utter skepticism4 8,i have heard10 writes this eminent man1 8,i have heard and read of myriads of good jokes on the ignorance of the ancients1 who were always seeing spirits everywhere2 methinks that we are a great deal more imbecile than our forefathers1 in never perceiving any such now1 anywhere40#dai ,,chapter ,,viii4 #bec 8,think not my magic wonders wrought by aid ,of ,stygian angels summoned up from ,hell2 ,scorned and accursed by those who have essay'd ,her gloomy ,divs and ,afrites to compel4 ,but by perception of the secret powers ,of mineral springs1 in nature's inmost cell1 ,of herbs in curtain of her greenest bowers1 ,and of the moving stars o'er mountain tops and towers40 --,,tasso1 ,canto ,,xiv41 xliii4 8,who dares think one thing and another tell ,my heart detests him as the gates of ,hell60--,,pope4 8,if man ceases to exist when he disappears in the grave1 you must be compelled to affirm that he is the only creature in existence whom nature or providence has condescended to deceive and cheat by capacities for which there are no available objects40--,,bulwer-,,lytton3 ,strange ,story4 ,the preface of ,richard ,a4 ,proctor's latest work on astronomy1 entitled ,our ,place among ,infinities1 contains the following extraordinary words3 8,it was their ignorance of the earth's place among infinities1 which led the ancients to regard the heavenly bodies as ruling favorably or adversely the fates of men and nations1 and to dedicate the days in sets of seven to the seven planets of their astrological system40 ,mr4 ,proctor makes two distinct assertions in this sentence3 #a4 ,that the ancients were ignorant of the earth's place among infinities2 and #b1 ,that they regarded the heavenly bodies as ruling1 favorably or adversely1 the fates of men and nations4#dbj ,we are very confident that there is at least good reason to suspect that the ancients were familiar with the movements1 emplacement1 and mutual relations of the heavenly bodies4 ,the testimony of ,plutarch1 ,professor ,draper1 and ,jowett1 are sufficiently explicit4 ,but we would ask ,mr4 ,proctor how it happens1 if the ancient astronomers were so ignorant of the law of the birth and death of worlds that1 in the fragmentary bits which the hand of time has spared us of ancient lore there should be--albeit couched in obscure language--so much information which the most recent discoveries of science have verified8 ,beginning with the tenth page of the work #bed under notice1 ,mr4 ,proctor sketches for us the theory of the formation of our earth1 and the successive changes through which it passed until it became habitable for man4 ,in vivid colors he depicts the gradual accretion of cosmic matter into gaseous spheres surrounded with 8a liquid non-permanent shell20 the condensation of both2 the ultimate solidification of the external crust2 the slow cooling of the mass2 the chemical results following the action of intense heat upon the primitive earthy matter2 the formation of soils and their distribution2 the change in the constitution of the atmosphere2 the appearance of vegetation and animal life2 and1 finally1 the advent of man4 ,now1 let us turn to the oldest written records left us by the ,chaldeans1 the ,hermetic ,book of ,numbers1#dba and see what we shall find in the allegorical language of ,hermes1 ,kadmus1 or ,thuti1 the thrice great ,trismegistus4 8,in the beginning of time the great invisible one had his holy hands full of celestial matter which he scattered throughout the infinity2 and lo1 behold6 it became balls of fire and balls of clay2 and they scattered like the moving metal#dbb into many smaller balls1 and began their ceaseless turning2 and some of them which were balls of fire became balls of clay2 and the balls of clay became balls of fire2 and the balls of fire were waiting their time to become balls of clay2 and the others envied them and bided their time to become balls of pure divine fire40 ,could any one ask a clearer definition of the cosmic changes which ,mr4 ,proctor so elegantly expounds8 ,here we have the distribution of matter throughout space2 then its concentration into the spherical form2 the separation of smaller spheres from the greater ones2 axial rotation2 the gradual change of orbs from the incandescent to the earthy consistence2 and1 finally1 the total loss of heat which marks their entrance into the stage of planetary death4 ,the change of the balls of clay into balls of fire would be understood by materialists to indicate some such phenomenon as the sudden ignition of the star in ,cassiopeia1 ,a4,d4 #aegb1 and the one in ,serpentarius1 in #afjd1 which was noted by ,kepler4 ,but1 do the ,chaldeans evince in this expression a profounder philosophy than of our day8 ,does this change into balls of 8pure divine fire0 signify a #bee continuous planetary existence1 correspondent with the spirit-life of man1 beyond the awful mystery of death8 ,if worlds have1 as the astronomers tell us1 their periods of embryo1 infancy1 adolescence1 maturity1 decadence1 and death1 may they not1 like man1 have their continued existence in a sublimated1 ethereal1 or spiritual form8 ,the magians so affirm4 ,they tell us that the fecund mother ,earth is subject to the same laws as every one of her children4 ,at her appointed time she brings forth all created things2 in the fulness of her days she is gathered to the tomb of worlds4 ,her gross1 material body slowly parts with its atoms under the inexorable law which demands their new arrangement in other combinations4 ,her own perfected vivifying spirit obeys the eternal attraction which draws it toward that central spiritual sun from which it was originally evolved1 and which we vaguely know under the name of ,,god4 8,and the heaven was visible in seven circles1 and the planets appeared with all their signs1 in star-form1 and the stars were divided and numbered with the rulers that were in them1 and their revolving course was bounded with the air1 and borne with a circular course1 through the agency of the divine ,,spirit40#dbc ,we challenge any one to indicate a single passage in the works of ,hermes which proves him guilty of that crowning absurdity of the ,church of ,rome which assumed1 upon the geocentric theory of astronomy1 that the heavenly bodies were made for our use and pleasure1 and that it was worth while for the only son of ,god to descend upon this cosmic mote and die in expiation for our sins6 ,mr4 ,proctor tells us of a liquid non-permanent shell of uncongealed matter enclosing a 8viscous plastic ocean10 within which 8there is another interior solid globe rotating40 ,we1 on our part1 turn to the ,magia ,adamica of ,eugenius ,philalethes1 published in #afej1 and at page #ab1 we find him quoting from ,trismegistus in the following terms3 8,hermes affirmeth that in the ,beginning the earth was a quackmire or quivering kind of jelly1 it being nothing else but water congealed by the incubation and heat of the divine spirit2 cum adhuc 7sayeth he7 ,terra tremula esset1 ,lucente sole compacta esto40 ,in the same work1 ,philalethes1 speaking in his quaint1 symbolical way1 says1 8,the earth is invisible 444 on my soul it is so1 and which is more1 the eye of man never saw the earth1 nor can it be seen without art4 ,to make this element invisible1 is the greatest secret in magic 444 as for this fculent1 gross body upon which we walk1 it is a compost1 and no earth but it hath earth in it1 444 in a word all the elements are visible but one1 namely the earth1 and when thou hast attained to so much perfection as to #bef know why ,god hath placed the earth in abscondito1#dbd thou hast an excellent figure whereby to know ,god ,himself1 and how ,he is visible1 how invisible40#dbe ,ages before our savants of the nineteenth century came into existence1 a wise man of the ,orient thus expressed himself1 in addressing the invisible ,deity3 8,for thy ,almighty ,hand1 that made the world of formless matter40#dbf ,there is much more contained in this language than we are willing to explain1 but we will say that the secret is worth the seeking2 perhaps in this formless matter1 the pre-,adamite earth1 is contained a 8potency0 with which ,messrs4 ,tyndall and ,huxley would be glad to acquaint themselves4 ,but to descend from universals to particulars1 from the ancient #beg theory of planetary evolution to the evolution of plant and animal life1 as opposed to the theory of special creation1 what does ,mr4 ,proctor call the following language of ,hermes but an anticipation of the modern theory of evolution of species8 8,when ,god had filled his powerful hands with those things which are in nature1 and in that which compasseth nature1 then shutting them close again1 he said3 #8,receive from me1 ,o holy earth6 that art ordained to be the mother of all1 lest thou shouldst want anything2' when presently opening such hands as it becomes a ,god to have1 he poured down all that was necessary to the constitution of things40 ,here we have primeval matter imbued with 8the promise and potency of every future form of life10 and the earth declared to be the predestined mother of everything that should thenceforth spring from her bosom4 ,more definite is the language of ,marcus ,antoninus in his discourse to himself4 8,the nature of the universe delights not in anything so much as to alter all things1 and present them under another form4 ,this is her conceit to play one game and begin another4 ,matter is placed before her like a piece of wax and she shapes it to all forms and figures4 ,now she makes a bird1 then out of the bird a beast--now a flower1 then a frog1 and she is pleased with her own magical performances as men are with their own fancies40#dbg ,before any of our modern teachers thought of evolution1 the ancients taught us1 through ,hermes1 that nothing can be abrupt in nature2 that she never proceeds by jumps and starts1 that everything in her works is slow harmony1 and that there is nothing sudden--not even violent death4 ,the slow development from prexisting forms was a doctrine with the ,rosicrucian ,illuminati4 ,the ,tres ,matres showed ,hermes the mysterious progress of their work1 before they condescended to reveal themselves to medival alchemists4 ,now1 in the ,hermetic dialect1 these three mothers are the symbol of light1 heat1 and electricity1 or magnetism1 the two latter being as convertible as the whole of the forces or agents which have a place assigned them in the modern 8,force-correlation40 ,synesius mentions books of stone which he found in the temple of ,memphis1 on which was engraved the following sentence3 8,one nature delights in another1 one nature overcomes another1 one nature overrules another1 and the whole of them are one40 ,the inherent restlessness of matter is embodied in the saying of ,hermes3 8,action is the life of ,phta20 and ,orpheus calls nature 1 8the mother that makes many things10 or the ingenious1 the contriving1 the inventive mother4 ,mr4 ,proctor says3 8,all that that is upon and within the earth1 all #beh vegetable forms and all animal forms1 our bodies1 our brains1 are formed of materials which have been drawn in from those depths of space surrounding us on all sides40 ,the ,hermetists and the later ,rosicrucians held that all things visible and invisible were produced by the contention of light with darkness1 and that every particle of matter contains within itself a spark of the divine essence--or light1 spirit--which1 through its tendency to free itself from its entanglement and return to the central source1 produced motion in the particles1 and from motion forms were born4 ,says ,hargrave ,jennings1 quoting ,robertus di ,fluctibus3 8,thus all minerals in this spark of life have the rudimentary possibility of plants and growing organisms2 thus all plants have rudimentary sensations which might 7in the ages7 enable them to perfect and transmute into locomotive new creatures1 lesser or higher in their grade1 or nobler or meaner in their functions2 thus all plants1 and all vegetation might pass off 7by side roads7 into more distinguished highways as it were1 of independent1 completer advance1 allowing their original spark of light to expand and thrill with higher and more vivid force1 and to urge forward with more abounding1 informed purpose1 all wrought by planetary influence directed by the unseen spirits 7or workers7 of the great original architect40#dbh ,light--the first mentioned in ,genesis1 is termed by the kabalists1 ,sephira1 or the ,divine ,intelligence1 the mother of all the ,sephiroth1 while the ,concealed ,wisdom is the father4 ,light is the first begotten1 and the first emanation of the ,supreme1 and ,light is ,life1 says the evangelist4 ,both are electricity--the life-principle1 the anima mundi1 pervading the universe1 the electric vivifier of all things4 ,light is the great ,protean magician1 and under the ,divine ,will of the architect1 its multifarious1 omnipotent waves gave birth to every form as well as to every living being4 ,from its swelling1 electric bosom1 springs matter and spirit4 ,within its beams lie the beginnings of all physical and chemical action1 and of all cosmic and spiritual phenomena2 it vitalizes and disorganizes2 it gives life and produces death1 and from its primordial point gradually emerged into existence the myriads of worlds1 visible and invisible celestial bodies4 ,it was at the ray of this ,first mother1 one in three1 that ,god1 according to ,plato1 8lighted a fire1 which we now call the sun10#dbi and1 which is not the cause of either light or heat1 but merely the focus1 or1 as we might say1 the lens1 by which the rays of the primordial light become materialized1 are concentrated upon our solar system1 and produce all the correlations of forces4 ,so much for the first of ,mr4 ,proctor's two propositions2 now for the #bei second4 ,the work which we have been noticing1 comprises a series of twelve essays1 of which the last is entitled ,thoughts on ,astrology4 ,the author treats the subject with so much more consideration than is the custom of men of his class1 that it is evident he has given it thoughtful attention4 ,in fact1 he goes so far as to say that1 8,if we consider the matter aright1 we must concede 444 that of all the errors into which men have fallen in their desire to penetrate into futurity1 astrology is the most respectable1 we may even say the most reasonable40#dcj ,he admits that 8,the heavenly bodies do rule the fates of men and nations in the most unmistakable manner1 seeing that without the controlling and beneficent influences of the chief among those orbs--the sun--every living creature on the earth must perish48#dca ,he admits1 also1 the influence of the moon1 and sees nothing strange in the ancients reasoning by analogy1 that if two among these heavenly bodies were thus potent in terrestrial influences1 it was 0 444 natural that the other moving bodies known to the ancients1 should be thought to possess also their special powers40#dcb ,indeed1 the professor sees nothing unreasonable in their supposition that the influences exerted by the slower moving planets 8might be even more potent than those of the sun himself40 ,mr4 ,proctor thinks that the system of astrology 8was formed gradually and perhaps tentatively40 ,some influences may have been inferred from observed events1 the fate of this or that king or chief1 guiding astrologers in assigning particular influences to such planetary aspects as were presented at the time of his nativity4 ,others may have been invented1 and afterward have found general acceptance1 because confirmed by some curious coincidences4 ,a witty joke may sound very prettily1 even in a learned treatise1 and the word 8coincidence0 may be applied to anything we are unwilling to accept4 ,but a sophism is not a truism2 still less is it a mathematical demonstration1 which alone ought to serve as a beacon--to astronomers1 at least4 ,astrology is a science as infallible as astronomy itself1 with the condition1 however1 that its interpreters must be equally infallible2 and it is this condition1 sine qua non1 so very difficult of realization1 that has always proved a stumbling-block to both4 ,astrology is to exact astronomy what psychology is to exact physiology4 ,in astrology and psychology one has to step beyond the visible world of matter1 and enter into the domain of transcendent spirit4 ,it is the old struggle between the ,platonic and ,aristotelean schools1 and it is not #bfj in our century of ,sadducean skepticism that the former will prevail over the latter4 ,mr4 ,proctor1 in his professional capacity1 is like the uncharitable person of the ,sermon on the ,mount1 who is ever ready to attract public attention to the mote in his despised neighbor's eye1 and overlook the beam in his own4 ,were we to record the failures and ridiculous blunders of astronomers1 we are afraid they would outnumber by far those of the astrologers4 ,present events fully vindicate ,nostradamus1 who has been so much ridiculed by our skeptics4 ,in an old book of prophecies1 published in the fifteenth century 7an edition of #adec71 we read the following1 among other astrological predictions3#dcc 8,in twice two hundred years1 the ,bear ,the ,crescent will assail2 ,but if the ,cock and ,bull unite1 ,the ,bear will not prevail4 ,in twice ten years again-- ,let ,islam know and fear-- ,the ,cross shall stand1 the ,crescent wane1 ,dissolve1 and disappear40 ,in just twice two hundred years from the date of that prophecy1 we had the ,crimean war1 during which the alliance of the ,gallic ,cock and ,english ,bull interfered with the political designs of the ,russian ,bear4 ,in #ahef the war was ended1 and ,turkey1 or the ,crescent1 closely escaped destruction4 ,in the present year 7#ahgf7 the most unexpected events of a political character have just taken place1 and twice ten years have elapsed since peace was proclaimed4 ,everything seems to bid fair for a fulfilment of the old prophecy2 the future will tell whether the ,moslem ,crescent1 which seems1 indeed1 to be waning1 will irrevocably 8wane1 dissolve1 and disappear10 as the outcome of the present troubles4 ,in explaining away the heterodox facts which he appears to have encountered in his pursuit of knowledge1 ,mr4 ,proctor is obliged more than once in his work1 to fall back upon these 8curious coincidences40 ,one of the most curious of these is stated by him in a foot-note 7page #cja7 as follows3 8,i do not here dwell on the curious coincidence--if1 indeed1 ,chaldean astrologers had not discovered the ring of ,saturn--that they showed the god corresponding within a ring and triple4444 ,very moderate optical knowledge--such1 indeed1 as we may fairly infer from #bfa the presence of optical instruments among ,assyrian remains--might have led to the discovery of ,saturnal rings and ,jupiter's moons4444 ,bel1 the ,assyrian ,jupiter10 he adds1 8was represented sometimes with four star-tipped wings4 ,but it is possible that these are mere coincidences40 ,in short1 ,mr4 ,proctor's theory of coincidence becomes finally more suggestive of miracle than the facts themselves4 ,for coincidences our friends the skeptics appear to have an unappeasable appetite4 ,we have brought sufficient testimony in the preceding chapter to show that the ancients must have used as good optical instruments as we have now4 ,were the instruments in possession of ,nebuchadnezzar of such moderate power1 and the knowledge of his astronomers so very contemptible1 when1 according to ,rawlinson's reading of the tiles1 the ,birs-,nimrud1 or temple of ,borsippa1 had seven stages1 symbolical of the concentric circles of the seven spheres1 each built of tiles and metals to correspond with the color of the ruling planet of the sphere typified8 ,is it a coincidence again1 that they should have appropriated to each planet the color which our latest telescopic discoveries show to be the real one8#dcd ,or is it again a coincidence1 that ,plato should have indicated in the ,timus his knowledge of the indestructibility of matter1 of conservation of energy1 and correlation of forces8 8,the latest word of modern philosophy10 says ,jowett1 8is continuity and development1 but to ,plato this is the beginning and foundation of science40#dce ,the radical element of the oldest religions was essentially sabaistic2 and we maintain that their myths and allegories--if once correctly and thoroughly interpreted1 will dovetail with the most exact astronomical notions of our day4 ,we will say more2 there is hardly a scientific law--whether pertaining to physical astronomy or physical geography--that could not be easily pointed out in the ingenious combinations of their fables4 ,they allegorized the most important as well as the most trifling causes of the celestial motions2 the nature of every phenomenon was personified2 and in the mythical biographies of the ,olympic gods and goddesses1 one well acquainted with the latest principles of physics and chemistry can find their causes1 inter-agencies1 and mutual relations embodied in the deportment and course of action of the fickle deities4 ,the atmospheric electricity in its neutral and latent states is embodied usually in demi-gods and goddesses1 whose scene of action is more limited to earth and who1 in their occasional flights to the higher deific regions1 display their electric tempers always in strict proportion with the increase of distance from the earth's surface3 the weapons of ,hercules and ,thor #bfb were never more mortal than when the gods soared into the clouds4 ,we must bear in mind that before the time when the ,olympian ,jupiter was anthropomorphized by the genius of ,pheidias into the ,omnipotent ,god1 the ,maximus1 the ,god of gods1 and thus abandoned to the adoration of the multitudes1 in the earliest and abstruse science of symbology he embodied in his person and attributes the whole of the cosmic forces4 ,the ,myth was less metaphysical and complicated1 but more truly eloquent as an expression of natural philosophy4 ,zeus1 the male element of the creation with ,chthonia--,vesta 7the earth71 and ,metis 7the water7 the first of the ,oceanides 7the feminine principles7--was viewed according to ,porphyry and ,proclus as the zn-ek-zn1 the chief of living beings4 ,in the ,orphic theology1 the oldest of all1 metaphysically speaking1 he represented both the potentia and actus1 the unrevealed cause and the ,demiurg1 or the active creator as an emanation from the invisible potency4 ,in the latter demiurgic capacity1 in conjunction with his consorts1 we find in him all the mightiest agents of cosmic evolution--chemical affinity1 atmospheric electricity1 attraction1 and repulsion4 ,it is in following his representations in this physical qualification that we discover how well acquainted were the ancients with all the doctrines of physical science in their modern development4 ,later1 in the ,pythagorean speculations1 ,zeus became the metaphysical trinity2 the monad evolving from its invisible ,,self the active cause1 effect1 and intelligent will1 the whole forming the ,tetractis4 ,still later we find the earlier ,neo-platonists leaving the primal monad aside1 on the ground of its utter incomprehensibleness to human intellect1 speculating merely on the demiurgic triad of this deity as visible and intelligible in its effects2 and thus the metaphysical continuation by ,plotinus1 ,porphyry1 ,proclus1 and other philosophers of this view of ,zeus the father1 ,zeus ,poseidon1 or dunamis1 the son and power1 and the spirit or nous4 ,this triad was also accepted as a whole by the ,irenic school of the second century2 the more substantial difference between the doctrines of the ,neo-platonists and the ,christians being merely the forcible amalgamation by the latter of the incomprehensible monad with its actualized creative trinity4 ,in his astronomical aspect ,zeus-,dionysus has his origin in the zodiac1 the ancient solar year4 ,in ,libya he assumed the form of a ram1 and is identical with the ,egyptian ,amun1 who begat ,osiris1 the taurian god4 ,osiris is also a personified emanation of the ,father-,sun1 and himself the ,sun in ,taurus4 ,the ,parent-,sun being the ,sun in ,aries4 ,as the latter1 ,jupiter1 is in the guise of a ram1 and as ,jupiter-,dionysus or ,jupiter-,osiris1 he is the bull4 ,this animal is1 as it is well known1 the symbol of the creative power2 moreover the ,kabala explains1 through #bfc the medium of one of its chief expounders1 ,simon-,ben-,iochai1#dcf the origin of this strange worship of the bulls and cows4 ,it is neither ,darwin nor ,huxley--the founders of the doctrine of evolution and its necessary complement1 the transformation of species--that can find anything against the rationality of this symbol1 except1 perhaps1 a natural feeling of uneasiness upon finding that they were preceded by the ancients even in this particular modern discovery4 ,elsewhere1 we will give the doctrine of the kabalists as taught by ,simon-,ben-,iochai4 ,it may be easily proved that from time immemorial ,saturn or ,kronos1 whose ring1 most positively1 was discovered by the ,chaldean astrologers1 and whose symbolism is no 8coincidence10 was considered the father of ,zeus1 before the latter became himself the father of all the gods1 and was the highest deity4 ,he was the ,bel or ,baal of the ,chaldeans1 and originally imported among them by the ,akkadians4 ,rawlinson insists that the latter came from ,armenia2 but if so1 how can we account for the fact that ,bel is but a ,babylonian personification of the ,hindu ,siva1 or ,bala1 the fire-god1 the omnipotent creative1 and at the same time1 destroying ,deity1 in many senses higher than ,brahma himself8 8,zeus10 says an ,orphic hymn1 8is the first and the last1 the head1 and the extremities2 from him have proceeded all things4 ,he is a man and an immortal nymph 7male and female element72 the soul of all things2 and the principal motor in fire2 he is the sun and the moon2 the fountain of the ocean2 the demiurgus of the universe2 one power1 one ,god2 the mighty creator and governor of the cosmos4 ,everything1 fire1 water1 earth1 ether1 night1 the heavens1 ,metis1 the primeval architecturess 7the ,sophia of the ,gnostics1 and the ,sephira of the ,kabalists71 the beautiful ,eros1 ,cupid1 all is included within the vast dimensions of his glorious body60#dcg ,this short hymn of laudation contains within itself the groundwork of every mythopic conception4 ,the imagination of the ancients proved as boundless as the visible manifestations of the ,deity itself which afforded them the themes for their allegories4 ,still the latter1 exuberant as they seem1 never departed from the two principal ideas which may be ever found running parallel in their sacred imagery2 a strict adherence to the physical as well as moral or spiritual aspect of natural law4 ,their metaphysical researches never clashed with scientific truths1 and their religions may be truly termed the psycho-physiological creeds of the priests and scientists1 who built them on the traditions of the infant-world1 such as the unsophisticated minds of the primitive races received them1 and on their own experimental knowledge1 hoary with all the wisdom of the intervening ages4 ,as the sun1 what better image could be found for ,jupiter emitting #bfd his golden rays than to personify this emanation in ,diana1 the all-illuminating virgin ,artemis1 whose oldest name was ,diktynna1 literally the emitted ray1 from the word dikein4 ,the moon is non-luminous1 and it shines only by the reflected light of the sun2 hence1 the imagery of his daughter1 the goddess of the moon1 and herself1 ,luna1 ,astart1 or ,diana4 ,as the ,cretan ,diktynna1 she wears a wreath made of the magic plant diktamnon1 or dictamnus1 the evergreen shrub whose contact is said1 at the same time1 to develop somnambulism and cure finally of it2 and1 as ,eilithyia and ,juno ,pronuba1 she is the goddess who presides over births2 she is an sculapian deity1 and the use of the dictamnus-wreath1 in association with the moon1 shows once more the profound observation of the ancients4 ,this plant is known in botany as possessing strongly sedative properties2 it grows on ,mount ,dicte1 a ,cretan mountain1 in great abundance2 on the other hand1 the moon1 according to the best authorities on animal magnetism1 acts upon the juices and ganglionic system1 or nerve-cells1 the seat from whence proceed all the nerve-fibres which play such a prominent part in mesmerization4 ,during childbirth the ,cretan women were covered with this plant1 and its roots were administered as best calculated to soothe acute pain1 and allay the irritability so dangerous at this period4 ,they were placed1 moreover1 within the precincts of the temple sacred to the goddess1 and1 if possible1 under the direct rays of the resplendent daughter of ,jupiter--the bright and warm ,eastern moon4 ,the ,hindu ,brahmans and ,buddhists have complicated theories on the influence of the sun and moon 7the male and female elements71 as containing the negative and positive principles1 the opposites of the magnetic polarity4 8,the influence of the moon on women is well known10 write all the old authors on magnetism2 and ,ennemoser1 as well as ,du ,potet1 confirm the theories of the ,hindu seers in every particular4 ,the marked respect paid by the ,buddhists to the sapphire-stone--which was also sacred to ,luna1 in every other country--may be found based on something more scientifically exact than a mere groundless superstition4 ,they ascribed to it a sacred magical power1 which every student of psychological mesmerism will readily understand1 for its polished and deep-blue surface produces extraordinary somnambulic phenomena4 ,the varied influence of the prismatic colors on the growth of vegetation1 and especially that of the 8blue ray10 has been recognized but recently4 ,the ,academicians quarrelled over the unequal heating power of the prismatic rays until a series of experimental demonstrations by ,general ,pleasonton1 proved that under the blue ray1 the most electric of all1 animal and vegetable growth was increased to #bfe a magical proportion4 ,thus ,amoretti's investigations of the electric polarity of precious stones show that the diamond1 the garnet1 the amethyst1 are -,e41 while the sapphire is ,e4#dch ,thus1 we are enabled to show that the latest experiments of science only corroborate that which was known to the ,hindu sages before any of the modern academies were founded4 ,an old ,hindu legend says that ,brahma-,prajapti1 having fallen in love with his own daughter1 ,ushs 7,heaven1 sometimes the ,dawn also71 assumed the form of a buck 7ris'ya7 and ,ushs that of a female deer 7rhit7 and thus committed the first sin4#dci ,upon seeing such a desecration1 the gods felt so terrified1 that uniting their most fearful-looking bodies--each god possessing as many bodies as he desires--they produced ,bhtavan 7the spirit of evil71 who was created by them on purpose to destroy the incarnation of the first sin committed by the ,brahma himself4 ,upon seeing this1 ,brahma-,hiranyagarbha#ddj repented bitterly and began repeating the ,mantras1 or prayers of purification1 and1 in his grief1 dropped on earth a tear1 the hottest that ever fell from an eye2 and from it was formed the first sapphire4 ,this half-sacred1 half-popular legend shows that the ,hindus knew which was the most electric of all the prismatic colors2 moreover1 the particular influence of the sapphire-stone was as well defined as that of all the other minerals4 ,orpheus teaches how it is possible to affect a whole audience by means of a lodestone2 ,pythagoras pays a particular attention to the color and nature of precious stones2 while ,apollonius of ,tyana imparts to his disciples the secret virtues of each1 and changes his jewelled rings daily1 using a particular stone for every day of the month and according to the laws of judicial astrology4 ,the ,buddhists assert that the sapphire produces peace of mind1 equanimity1 and chases all evil thoughts by establishing a healthy circulation in man4 ,so does an electric battery1 with its well-directed fluid1 say our electricians4 8,the sapphire10 say the ,buddhists1 8will open barred doors and dwellings 7for the spirit of man72 it produces a desire for prayer1 and brings with it more peace than any other gem2 but he who would wear it must lead a pure and holy life40#dda ,diana-,luna is the daughter of ,zeus by ,proserpina1 who represents the ,earth in her active labor1 and1 according to ,hesiod1 as ,diana #bff ,eilythia-,lucina she is ,juno's daughter4 ,but ,juno1 devoured by ,kronos or ,saturn1 and restored back to life by the ,oceanid ,metis1 is also known as the ,earth4 ,saturn1 as the evolution of ,time1 swallows the earth in one of the ante-historical cataclysms1 and it is only when ,metis 7the waters7 by retreating in her many beds1 frees the continent1 that ,juno is said to be restored to her first shape4 ,the idea is expressed in the #ith and #ajth verses of the first chapter of ,genesis4 ,in the frequent matrimonial quarrels between ,juno and ,jupiter1 ,diana is always represented as turning her back on her mother and smiling upon her father1 though she chides him for his numerous frolics4 ,the ,thessalian magicians are said to have been obliged1 during such eclipses1 to draw her attention to the earth by the power of their spells and incantations1 and the ,babylonian astrologers and magi never desisted in their spells until they brought about a reconciliation between the irritated couple1 after which ,juno 8radiantly smiled on the bright goddess0 ,diana1 who1 encircling her brow with her crescent1 returned to her hunting-place in the mountains4 ,it seems to us that the fable illustrates the different phases of the moon4 ,we1 the inhabitants of the earth1 never see but one-half of our bright satellite1 who thus turns her back to her mother ,juno4 ,the sun1 the moon1 and the earth are constantly changing positions with relation to each other4 ,with the new moon there is constantly a change of weather2 and sometimes the wind and storms may well suggest a quarrel between the sun and earth1 especially when the former is concealed by grumbling thunder-clouds4 ,furthermore1 the new moon1 when her dark side is turned toward us1 is invisible2 and it is only after a reconciliation between the sun and the earth1 that a bright crescent becomes visible on the side nearest to the sun1 though this time ,luna is not illuminated by sunlight directly received1 but by sunlight reflected from the earth to the moon1 and by her reflected back to us4 ,hence1 the ,chaldean astrologers and the magicians of ,thessaly1 who probably watched and determined as accurately as a ,babinet the course of the celestial bodies1 were said by their enchantments to force the moon to descend on earth1 i4e41 to show her crescent1 which she could do but after receiving the 8radiant smile0 from her mother-earth1 who put it on after the conjugal reconciliation4 ,diana-,luna1 having adorned her head with her crescent1 returns back to hunt in her mountains4 ,as to calling in question the intrinsic knowledge of the ancients on the ground of their 8superstitious deductions from natural phenomena10 it is as appropriate as it would be if1 five hundred years hence1 our descendents should regard the pupils of ,professor ,balfour ,stewart as ancient ignoramuses1 and himself a shallow philosopher4 ,if modern science1 in the person of this gentleman1 can condescend to #bfg make experiments to determine whether the appearance of the spots on the sun's surface is in any way connected with the potatoe disease1 and finds it is2 and that1 moreover1 8the earth is very seriously affected by what takes place in the sun10#ddb why should the ancient astrologers be held up as either fools or arrant knaves8 ,there is the same relation between natural and judicial or judiciary astrology1 as between physiology and psychology1 the physical and the moral4 ,if in later centuries these sciences were degraded into charlatanry by some money-making impostors1 is it just to extend the accusation to those mighty men of old who1 by their persevering studies and holy lives1 bestowed an immortal name upon ,chaldea and ,babylonia8 ,surely those who are now found to have made correct astronomical observations ranging back to 8within #ajj years from the flood10 from the top observatory of the 8cloud-encompassed ,bel10 as ,prof4 ,draper has it1 can hardly be considered impostors4 ,if their mode of impressing upon the popular minds the great astronomical truths differed from the 8system of education0 of our present century and appears ridiculous to some1 the question still remains unanswered3 which of the two systems was the best8 ,with them science went hand in hand with religion1 and the idea of ,god was inseparable from that of his works4 ,and while in the present century there is not one person out of ten thousand who knows1 if he ever knew the fact at all1 that the planet ,uranus is next to ,saturn1 and revolves about the sun in eighty-four years2 and that ,saturn is next to ,jupiter1 and takes twenty-nine and a half years to make one complete revolution in its orbit2 while ,jupiter performs his revolution in twelve years2 the uneducated masses of ,babylon and ,greece1 having impressed on their minds that ,uranus was the father of ,saturn1 and ,saturn that of ,jupiter1 considering them furthermore deities as well as all their satellites and attendants1 we may perhaps infer from it1 that while ,europeans only discovered ,uranus in #agha1 a curious coincidence is to be noticed in the above myths4 ,we have but to open the most common book on astrology1 and compare the descriptions embraced in the ,fable of the ,twelve ,houses with the most modern discoveries of science as to the nature of the planets and the elements in each star1 to see that without any spectroscope the ancients were perfectly well acquainted with the same4 ,unless the fact is again regarded as 8a coincidence10 we can learn1 to a certain extent1 of the degree of the solar heat1 light1 and nature of the planets by simply studying their symbolic representations in the ,olympic gods1 and the twelve signs of the zodiac1 to each of which in astrology is attributed a particular quality4 ,if the goddesses of our #bfh own planet vary in no particular from other gods and goddesses1 but all have a like physical nature1 does not this imply that the sentinels who watched from the top of ,bel's tower1 by day as well as by night1 holding communion with the euhemerized deities1 had remarked1 before ourselves1 the physical unity of the universe and the fact that the planets above are made of precisely the same chemical elements as our own4 ,the sun in ,aries1 ,jupiter1 is shown in astrology as a masculine1 diurnal1 cardinal1 equinoctial1 easterly sign1 hot and dry1 and answers perfectly to the character attributed to the fickle 8,father of the gods40 ,when angry ,zeus-,akrios snatches from his fiery belt the thunderbolts which he hurls forth from heaven1 he rends the clouds and descends as ,jupiter ,pluvius in torrents of rain4 ,he is the greatest and highest of gods1 and his movements are as rapid as lightning itself4 ,the planet ,jupiter is known to revolve on its axis so rapidly that the point of its equator turns at the rate of #dej miles a minute4 ,an immense excess of centrifugal force at the equator is believed to have caused the planet to become extremely flattened at the poles2 and in ,crete the personified god ,jupiter was represented without ears4 ,the planet ,jupiter's disk is crossed by dark belts2 varying in breadth1 they appear to be connected with its rotation on its axis1 and are produced by disturbances in its atmosphere4 ,the face of ,father ,zeus1 says ,hesiod1 became spotted with rage when he beheld the ,titans ready to rebel4 ,in ,mr4 ,proctor's book1 astronomers seem especially doomed by ,providence to encounter all kinds of curious 8coincidences10 for he gives us many cases out of the 8multitude10 and even of the 8thousands of facts sic40 ,to this list we may add the army of ,egyptologists and archologists who of late have been the chosen pets of the capricious ,dame ,chance1 who1 moreover1 generally selects 8well-to-do ,arabs0 and other ,eastern gentlemen1 to play the part of benevolent genii to ,oriental scholars in difficulties4 ,professor ,ebers is one of the latest favored ones4 ,it is a well-known fact1 that whenever ,champollion needed important links1 he fell in with them in the most various and unexpected ways4 ,voltaire1 the greatest of 8infidels0 of the eighteenth century1 used to say1 that if there were no ,god1 people would have to invent one4 ,volney1 another 8materialist10 nowhere throughout his numerous writings denies the existence of ,god4 ,on the contrary1 he plainly asserts several times that the universe is the work of the 8,all-wise10 and is convinced that there is a ,supreme ,agent1 a universal and identical ,artificer1 designated by the name of ,god4#ddc ,voltaire becomes1 toward the end of his life1 ,pythagorical1 and concludes by saying3 8,i have #bfi consumed forty years of my pilgrimage 444 seeking the philosopher's stone called truth4 ,i have consulted all the adepts of antiquity1 ,epicurus and ,augustine1 ,plato and ,malebranche1 and ,i still remain in ignorance4444 ,all that ,i have been able to obtain by comparing and combining the system of ,plato1 of the tutor of ,alexander1 ,pythagoras1 and the ,oriental1 is this3 ,chance is a word void of sense4 ,the world is arranged according to mathematical laws40#ddd ,it is pertinent for us to suggest that ,mr4 ,proctor's stumbling-block is that which trips the feet of all materialistic scientists1 whose views he but repeats2 he confounds the physical and spiritual operations of nature4 ,his very theory of the probable inductive reasoning of the ancients as to the subtile influences of the more remote planets1 by comparison with the familiar and potent effects of the sun and moon upon our earth1 shows the drift of his mind4 ,because science affirms that the sun imparts physical heat and light to us1 and the moon affects the tides1 he thinks that the ancients must have regarded the other heavenly bodies as exerting the same kind of influence upon us physically1 and indirectly upon our fortunes4#dde ,and here we must permit ourselves a digression4 ,how the ancients regarded the heavenly bodies is very hard to determine1 for one unacquainted with the esoteric explanation of their doctrines4 ,while philology and comparative theology have begun the arduous work of analysis1 they have as yet arrived at meagre results4 ,the allegorical form of speech has often led our commentators so far astray1 that they have confounded causes with effects1 and vice versa4 ,in the baffling phenomenon of force-correlation1 even our greatest scientists would find it very hard to explain which of these forces is the cause1 and which the effect1 since each may be both by turns1 and convertible4 ,thus1 if we should inquire of the physicists1 8,is it light which generates heat1 or the latter which produces light80 we would in all probability be answered that it is certainly light which creates heat4 ,very well2 but how8 did the great ,artificer first produce light1 or did ,he first construct the sun1 which is said to be the sole dispenser of light1 and1 consequently1 heat8 ,these questions may appear at first glance indicative of ignorance2 but1 perhaps1 if we ponder them deeply1 they will assume another appearance4 ,in ,genesis1 the 8,lord0 first creates light1 and three days and three nights are alleged to pass away before ,he creates the sun1 the moon1 and the stars4 ,this gross blunder against exact science has created much merriment among materialists4 ,and they certainly would be warranted in laughing1 if their doctrine that our light and heat #bgj are derived from the sun were unassailable4 ,until recently1 nothing has happened to upset this theory1 which1 for lack of a better one1 according to the expression of a preacher1 8reigns sovereign in the ,empire of ,hypothesis40 ,the ancient sun-worshippers regarded the ,great ,spirit as a nature-god1 identical with nature1 and the sun as the deity1 8in whom the ,lord of life dwells40 ,gama is the sun1 according to the ,hindu theology1 and 8,the sun is the source of the souls and of all life40#ddf ,agni1 the 8,divine ,fire10 the deity of the ,hindu1 is the sun1#ddg for the fire and sun are the same4 ,ormazd is light1 the ,sun-,god1 or the ,life-giver4 ,in the ,hindu philosophy1 8,the souls issue from the soul of the world1 and return to it as sparks to the fire40#ddh ,but1 in another place1 it is said that 8,the ,sun is the soul of all things2 all has proceeded out of it1 and will return to it10#ddi which shows that the sun is meant allegorically here1 and refers to the central1 invisible sun1 ,,god1 whose first manifestation was ,sephira1 the emanation of ,en-,soph--,light1 in short4 8,and ,i looked1 and behold1 a whirlwind came out of the north1 a great cloud1 and a fire infolding itself1 and a brightness was about it10 says ,ezekiel 7i4 #d1 #bb1 etc471 8 444 and the likeness of a throne 444 and as the appearance of a man above upon it 444 and ,i saw as it were the appearance of fire and it had brightness round about it40 ,and ,daniel speaks of the 8ancient of days10 the kabalistic ,en-,soph1 whose throne was 8the fiery flame1 his wheels burning fire4444 ,a fiery stream issued and came forth from before him40#dej ,like the ,pagan ,saturn1 who had his castle of flame in the seventh heaven1 the ,jewish ,jehovah had his 8castle of fire over the seventh heavens40#dea ,if the limited space of the present work would permit we might easily show that none of the ancients1 the sun-worshippers included1 regarded our visible sun otherwise than as an emblem of their metaphysical invisible central sun-god4 ,moreover1 they did not believe what our modern science teaches us1 namely1 that light and heat proceed from our sun1 and that it is this planet which imparts all life to our visible nature4 8,his radiance is undecaying10 says the ,rig-,veda1 8the intensely-shining1 all-pervading1 unceasing1 undecaying rays of ,agni desist not1 neither night nor day40 ,this evidently related to the spiritual1 central sun1 whose rays are all-pervading and unceasing1 the eternal and boundless life-giver4 ,,he the ,point2 the centre 7which is everywhere7 of the circle 7which is nowhere71 the ethereal1 spiritual fire1 the soul and spirit of the all-pervading1 mysterious ether2 the despair and puzzle of the materialist1 who will some day find that that #bga which causes the numberless cosmic forces to manifest themselves in eternal correlation is but a divine electricity1 or rather galvanism1 and that the sun is but one of the myriad magnets disseminated through space--a reflector--as ,general ,pleasonton has it4 ,that the sun has no more heat in it than the moon or the space-crowding host of sparkling stars4 ,that there is no gravitation in the ,newtonian sense1#deb but only magnetic attraction and repulsion2 and that it is by their magnetism that the planets of the solar system have their motions regulated in their respective orbits by the still more powerful magnetism of the sun1 not by their weight or gravitation4 ,this and much more they may learn2 but1 until then we must be content with being merely laughed at1 instead of being burned alive for impiety1 or shut up in an insane asylum4 ,the laws of ,manu are the doctrines of ,plato1 ,philo1 ,zoroaster1 ,pythagoras1 and of the ,kabala4 ,the esoterism of every religion may be solved by the latter4 ,the kabalistic doctrine of the allegorical ,father and ,son1 or and is identical with the groundwork of ,buddhism4 ,moses could not reveal to the multitude the sublime secrets of religious speculation1 nor the cosmogony of the universe2 the whole resting upon the ,hindu ,illusion1 a clever mask veiling the ,sanctum ,sanctorum1 and which has misled so many theological commentators4#dec ,the kabalistic heresies receive an unexpected support in the heterodox #bgb theories of ,general ,pleasonton4 ,according to his opinions 7which he supports on far more unimpeachable facts than orthodox scientists theirs7 the space between the sun and the earth must be filled with a material medium1 which1 so far as we can judge from his description1 answers to our kabalistic astral light4 ,the passage of light through this must produce enormous friction4 ,friction generates electricity1 and it is this electricity and its correlative magnetism which forms those tremendous forces of nature that produce in1 on1 and about our planet the various changes which we everywhere encounter4 ,he proves that terrestrial heat cannot be directly derived from the sun1 for heat ascends4 ,the force by which heat is effected is a repellent one1 he says1 and as it is associated with positive electricity1 it is attracted to the upper atmosphere by its negative electricity1 always associated with cold1 which is opposed to positive electricity4 ,he strengthens his position by showing that the earth1 which when covered with snow cannot be affected by the sun's rays1 is warmest where the snow is deepest4 ,this he explains upon the theory that the radiation of heat from the interior of the earth1 positively electrified1 meeting at the surface of the earth with the snow in contact with it1 negatively electrified1 produces the heat4 ,thus he shows that it is not at all to the sun that we are indebted for light and heat2 that light is a creation sui generis1 which sprung into existence at the instant when the ,deity willed1 and uttered the fiat3 8,let there be light20 and that it is this independent material agent which produces heat by friction1 on account of its enormous and incessant velocity4 ,in short1 it is the first kabalistic emanation to which ,general ,pleasonton introduces us1 that ,sephira or divine ,intelligence 7the female principle71 which1 in unity with ,en-,soph1 or divine wisdom 7male principle7 produced every thing visible and invisible4 ,he laughs at the current theory of the incandescence of the sun and its gaseous substance4 ,the reflection from the photosphere of the sun1 he says1 passing through planetary and stellar spaces1 must have thus created a vast amount of electricity and magnetism4 ,electricity1 by the union of its opposite polarities1 evolves heat and imparts magnetism to all substances capable of receiving it4 ,the sun1 planets1 stars1 and nebul are all magnets1 etc4 ,if this courageous gentleman should prove his case1 future generations will have but little disposition to laugh at ,paracelsus and his sidereal or astral light1 and at his doctrine of the magnetic influence #bgc exercised by the stars and planets upon every living creature1 plant1 or mineral of our globe4 ,moreover1 if the ,pleasonton hypothesis is established1 the transcendent glory of ,professor ,tyndall will be rather obscured4 ,according to public opinion1 the ,general makes a terrible onslaught on the learned physicist1 for attributing to the sun calorific effects experienced by him in an ,alpine ramble1 that were simply due to his own vital electricity4#ded ,the prevalence of such revolutionary ideas in science1 embolden us to ask the representatives of science whether they can explain why the tides follow the moon in her circling motion8 ,the fact is1 they cannot demonstrate even so familiar a phenomenon as this1 one that has no mystery for even the neophytes in alchemy and magic4 ,we would also like to learn whether they are equally incapable of telling us why the moon's rays are so poisonous1 even fatal1 to some organisms2 why in some parts of ,africa and ,india a person sleeping in the moonlight is often made insane2 why the crises of certain diseases correspond with lunar changes2 why somnambulists are more affected at her full2 and why gardeners1 farmers1 and woodmen cling so tenaciously to the idea that vegetation is affected by lunar influences8 ,several of the mimos alternately open and close their petals as the full moon emerges from or is obscured by clouds4 ,and the ,hindus of ,travancore have a popular but extremely suggestive proverb which says3 8,soft words are better than harsh2 the sea is attracted by the cool moon and not by the hot sun40 ,perhaps the one man or the many men who launched this proverb on the world knew more about the cause of such attraction of the waters by the moon than we do4 ,thus if science cannot explain the cause of this physical influence1 what can she know of the moral and occult influences that may be exercised by the celestial bodies on men and their destiny2 and why contradict that which it is impossible for her to prove false8 ,if certain aspects of the moon effect tangible results so familiar in the experience of men throughout all time1 what violence are we doing to logic in assuming the possibility that a certain combination of sidereal influences may also be more or less potential8 ,if the reader will recall what is said by the learned authors of #bgd the ,unseen ,universe1 as to the positive effect produced upon the universal ether by so small a cause as the evolution of thought in a single human brain1 how reasonable will it not appear that the terrific impulses imparted to this common medium by the sweep of the myriad blazing orbs that are rushing through 8the interstellar depths10 should affect us and the earth upon which we live1 in a powerful degree8 ,if astronomers cannot explain to us the occult law by which the drifting particles of cosmic matter aggregate into worlds1 and then take their places in the majestic procession which is ceaselessly moving around some central point of attraction1 how can any one assume to say what mystic influences may or may not be darting through space and affecting the issues of life upon this and other planets8 ,almost nothing is known of the laws of magnetism and the other imponderable agents2 almost nothing of their effects upon our bodies and minds2 even that which is known and moreover perfectly demonstrated1 is attributed to chance1 and curious coincidences4 ,but we do know1 by these coincidences1#dee that 8there are periods when certain diseases1 propensities1 fortunes1 and misfortunes of humanity are more rife than at others40 ,there are times of epidemic in moral and physical affairs4 ,in one epoch 8the spirit of religious controversy will arouse the most ferocious passions of which human nature is susceptible1 provoking mutual persecution1 bloodshed1 and wars2 at another1 an epidemic of resistance to constituted authority will spread over half the world 7as in the year #ahdh71 rapid and simultaneous as the most virulent bodily disorder40 ,again1 the collective character of mental phenomena is illustrated by an anomalous psychological condition invading and dominating over thousands upon thousands1 depriving them of everything but automatic action1 and giving rise to the popular opinion of demoniacal possession1 an opinion in some sense justified by the satanic passions1 emotions1 and acts which accompany the condition4 ,at one period1 the aggregate tendency is to retirement and contemplation2 hence1 the countless votaries of monachism and anchoretism2 at another the mania is directed toward action1 having for its proposed end some utopian scheme1 equally impracticable and useless2 hence1 the myriads who have forsaken their kindred1 their homes1 and their country1 to seek a land whose stones were gold1 or to wage exterminating war for the possession of worthless cities and trackless deserts4#def ,the author from whom the above is quoted says that 8the seeds of vice #bge and crime appear to be sown under the surface of society1 and to spring up and bring forth fruit with appalling rapidity and paralyzing succession40 ,in the presence of these striking phenomena science stands speechless2 she does not even attempt to conjecture as to their cause1 and naturally1 for she has not yet learned to look outside of this ball of dirt upon which we live1 and its heavy atmosphere1 for the hidden influences which are affecting us day by day1 and even minute by minute4 ,but the ancients1 whose 8ignorance0 is assumed by ,mr4 ,proctor1 fully realized the fact that the reciprocal relations between the planetary bodies is as perfect as those between the corpuscles of the blood1 which float in a common fluid2 and that each one is affected by the combined influences of all the rest1 as each in its turn affects each of the others4 ,as the planets differ in size1 distance1 and activity1 so differ in intensity their impulses upon the ether or astral light1 and the magnetic and other subtile forces radiated by them in certain aspects of the heavens4 ,music is the combination and modulation of sounds1 and sound is the effect produced by the vibration of the ether4 ,now1 if the impulses communicated to the ether by the different planets may be likened to the tones produced by the different notes of a musical instrument1 it is not difficult to conceive that the ,pythagorean 8music of the spheres0 is something more than a mere fancy1 and that certain planetary aspects may imply disturbances in the ether of our planet1 and certain others rest and harmony4 ,certain kinds of music throw us into frenzy2 some exalt the soul to religious aspirations4 ,in fine1 there is scarcely a human creation which does not respond to certain vibrations of the atmosphere4 ,it is the same with colors2 some excite us1 some soothe and please4 ,the nun clothes herself in black to typify the despondency of a faith crushed under the sense of original sin2 the bride robes herself in white2 red inflames the anger of certain animals4 ,if we and the animals are affected by vibrations acting upon a very minute scale1 why may we not be influenced in the mass by vibrations acting upon a grand scale as the effect of combined stellar influences8 8,we know10 says ,dr4 ,elam1 8that certain pathological conditions have a tendency to become epidemic1 influenced by causes not yet investigated4444 ,we see how strong is the tendency of opinion once promulgated to run into an epidemic form--no opinion1 no delusion1 is too absurd to assume this collective character4 ,we observe1 also1 how remarkably the same ideas reproduce themselves and reappear in successive ages2 444 no crime is too horrible to become popular1 homicide1 infanticide1 suicide1 poisoning1 or any other diabolical #bgf human conception4 444 ,in epidemics1 the cause of the rapid spread at that particular period remains a mystery60 ,these few lines contain an undeniable psychological fact1 sketched with a masterly pen1 and at the same time a half-confession of utter ignorance--8,causes not yet investigated40 ,why not be honest and add at once1 8impossible to investigate with present scientific methods80 ,noticing an epidemic of incendiarism1 ,dr4 ,elam quotes from the ,annales d',hygiene ,publique the following cases3 8,a girl about seventeen years of age was arrested on suspicion 444 she confessed that twice she had set fire to dwellings by instinct1 by irresistible necessity4444 ,a boy about eighteen committed many acts of this nature4 ,he was not moved by any passion1 but the bursting-out of the flames excited a profoundly pleasing emotion40 ,who but has noticed in the columns of the daily press similar incidents8 ,they meet the eye constantly4 ,in cases of murder1 of every description1 and of other crimes of a diabolical character1 the act is attributed1 in nine cases out of ten1 by the offenders themselves1 to irresistible obsessions4 8,something whispered constantly in my ear4444 ,somebody was incessantly pushing and leading me on40 ,such are the too-frequent confessions of the criminals4 ,physicians attribute them to hallucinations of disordered brains1 and call the homicidal impulse temporary lunacy4 ,but is lunacy itself well understood by any psychologist8 ,has its cause ever been brought under a hypothesis capable of withstanding the challenge of an uncompromising investigator8 ,let the controversial works of our contemporary alienists answer for themselves4 ,plato acknowledges man to be the toy of the element of necessity1 which he enters upon in appearing in this world of matter2 he is influenced by external causes1 and these causes are daimonia1 like that of ,socrates4 ,happy is the man physically pure1 for if his external soul 7body7 is pure1 it will strengthen the second one 7astral body71 or the soul which is termed by him the higher mortal soul1 which though liable to err from its own motives1 will always side with reason against the animal proclivities of the body4 ,the lusts of man arise in consequence of his perishable material body1 so do other diseases2 but though he regards crimes as involuntary sometimes1 for they result like bodily disease from external causes1 ,plato clearly makes a wide distinction between these causes4 ,the fatalism which he concedes to humanity1 does not preclude the possibility of avoiding them1 for though pain1 fear1 anger1 and other feelings are given to men by necessity1 8if they conquered these they would live righteously1 and if they were conquered by them1 unrighteously40#deg ,the #bgg dual man1 i4 e41 one from whom the divine immortal spirit has departed1 leaving but the animal form and astral body 7,plato's higher mortal soul71 is left merely to his instincts1 for he was conquered by all the evils entailed on matter2 hence1 he becomes a docile tool in the hands of the invisibles--beings of sublimated matter1 hovering in our atmosphere1 and ever ready to inspire those who are deservedly deserted by their immortal counsellor1 the ,divine ,spirit1 called by ,plato 8genius40#deh ,according to this great philosopher and initiate1 one 8who lived well during his appointed time would return to the habitation of his star1 and there have a blessed and suitable existence4 ,but if he failed in attaining this in the second generation he would pass into a woman--become helpless and weak as a woman2#dei and should he not cease from evil in that condition1 he would be changed into some brute1 which resembled him in his evil ways1 and would not cease from his toils and transformations until he followed the original principle of sameness and likeness within him1 and overcame1 by the help of reason1 the latter secretions of turbulent and irrational elements 7elementary dmons7 composed of fire and air1 and water and earth1 and returned to the form of his first and better nature40#dfj ,but ,dr4 ,elam thinks otherwise4 ,on page #aid of his book1 ,a ,physician's ,problems1 he says that the cause of the rapid spread of certain epidemics of disease which he is noticing 8remains a mystery20 but as regards the incendiarism he remarks that 8in all this we find nothing mysterious10 though the epidemic is strongly developed4 ,strange contradiction6 ,de ,quincey1 in his paper1 entitled ,murder ,considered as ,one of the ,fine ,arts1 treats of the epidemic of assassination1 between #aehh and #afce1 by which seven of the most distinguished characters of #bgh the time lost their lives at the hands of assassins1 and neither he1 nor any other commentator has been able to explain the mysterious cause of this homicidal mania4 ,if we press these gentlemen for an explanation1 which as pretended philosophers they are bound to give us1 we are answered that it is a great deal more scientific to assign for such epidemics 8agitation of the mind10 8 444 a time of political excitement 7#ahcj78 0 444 imitation and impulse18 0 444 excitable and idle boys18 and 0hysterical girls10 than to be absurdly seeking for the verification of superstitious traditions in a hypothetical astral light4 ,it seems to us that if1 by some providential fatality1 hysteria were to disappear entirely from the human system1 the medical fraternity would be entirely at a loss for explanations of a large class of phenomena now conveniently classified under the head of 8normal symptoms of certain pathological conditions of the nervous centres40 ,hysteria has been hitherto the sheet-anchor of skeptical pathologists4 ,does a dirty peasant-girl begin suddenly to speak with fluency different foreign languages hitherto unfamiliar to her1 and to write poetry--8hysterics60 ,is a medium levitated1 in full view of a dozen of witnesses1 and carried out of one third-story window and brought back through another--8disturbance of the nervous centres1 followed by a collective hysterical delusion40#dfa ,a ,scotch terrier1 caught in the room during a manifestation1 is hurled by an invisible hand across the room1 breaks to pieces1 in his salto mortali1 a chandelier1 under a ceiling eighteen feet high1 to fall down killed#dfb--8;canine hallucination60 8,true science has no belief10 says ,dr4 ,fenwick1 in ,bulwer-,lytton's ,strange ,story2 8true science knows but three states of mind3 denial1 conviction1 and the vast interval between the two1 which is not belief1 but the suspension of judgment40 ,such1 perhaps1 was true science in ,dr4 ,fenwick's days4 ,but the true science of our modern times proceeds otherwise2 it either denies point-blank1 without any preliminary investigation1 or sits in the interim1 between denial and conviction1 and1 dictionary in hand1 invents new ,grco-,latin appellations for non-existing kinds of hysteria6 ,how often have powerful clairvoyants and adepts in mesmerism described the epidemics and physical 7though to others invisible7 manifestations which science attributes to epilepsy1 hmato-nervous disorders1 and what not1 of somatic origin1 as their lucid vision saw them in the astral light4 ,they affirm that the 8electric waves0 were in violent perturbation1 and that they discerned a direct relation between this ethereal disturbance and the mental or physical epidemic #bgi then raging4 ,but science has heeded them not1 but gone on with her encyclopdic labor of devising new names for old things4 8,history10 says ,du ,potet1 the prince of ,french mesmerists1 8keeps but too well the sad records of sorcery4 ,these facts were but too real1 and lent themselves but too readily to dreadful malpractices of the art1 to monstrous abuse6444 ,but how did ,i come to find out that art8 ,where did ,i learn it8 ,in my thoughts8 no2 it is nature herself which discovered to me the secret4 ,and how8 ,by producing before my own eyes1 without waiting for me to search for it1 indisputable facts of sorcery and magic4444 ,what is1 after all1 somnambulistic sleep8 ,a result of the potency of magic4 ,and what is it which determines these attractions1 these sudden impulses1 these raving epidemics1 rages1 antipathies1 crises2--these convulsions which you can make durable8444 what is it which determines them1 if not the very principle we employ1 the agent so decidedly well known to the ancients8 ,what you call nervous fluid or magnetism1 the men of old called occult power1 or the potency of the soul1 subjection1 ,,magic60 8,magic is based on the existence of a mixed world placed without1 not within us2 and with which we can enter in communication by the use of certain arts and practices4444 ,an element existing in nature1 unknown to most men1 gets hold of a person and withers and breaks him down1 as the fearful hurricane does a bulrush2 it scatters men far away1 it strikes them in a thousand places at the same time1 without their perceiving the invisible foe1 or being able to protect themselves 444 all this is demonstrated2 but that this element could choose friends and select favorites1 obey their thoughts1 answer to the human voice1 and understand the meaning of traced signs1 that is what people cannot realize1 and what their reason rejects1 and that is what ,i saw2 and ,i say it here most emphatically1 that for me it is a fact and a truth demonstrated for ever40#dfc 8,if ,i entered into greater details1 one could readily understand that there do exist around us1 as in ourselves1 mysterious beings who have power and shape1 who enter and go out at will1 notwithstanding the well-closed doors40#dfd ,further1 the great mesmerizer teaches us that the faculty of directing this fluid is a 8physical property1 resulting from our organization 444 it passes through all bodies 444 everything can be used as a conductor for magical operations1 and it will retain the power of producing effects in its turn40 ,this is the theory common to all hermetic philosophers4 ,such is the power of the fluid1 8that no chemical or physical forces are able to destroy it4444 ,there is very little analogy between the imponderable fluids #bhj known to physicists and this animal magnetic fluid40#dfe ,if we now refer to medival ages1 we find1 among others1 ,cornelius ,agrippa telling us precisely the same3 8,the ever-changing universal force1 the #8soul of the world1' can fecundate anything by infusing in it its own celestial properties4 ,arranged according to the formula taught by science1 these objects receive the gift of communicating to us their virtue4 ,it is sufficient to wear them1 to feel them immediately operating on the soul as on the body4444 ,human soul possesses1 from the fact of its being of the same essence as all creation1 a marvellous power4 ,one who possesses the secret is enabled to rise in science and knowledge as high as his imagination will carry him2 but he does that only on the condition of becoming closely united to this universal force4444 ,truth1 even the future1 can be then made ever present to the eyes of the soul2 and this fact has been many times demonstrated by things coming to pass as they were seen and described beforehand 444 time and space vanish before the eagle eye of the immortal soul 444 her power becomes boundless 444 she can shoot through space and envelop with her presence a man1 no matter at what distance2 she can plunge and penetrate him through1 and make him hear the voice of the person she belongs to1 as if that person were in the room40#dff ,if unwilling to seek for proof or receive information from medival1 hermetic philosophy1 we may go still further back into antiquity1 and select1 out of the great body of philosophers of the pre-,christian ages1 one who can least be accused of superstition and credulity--,cicero4 ,speaking of those whom he calls gods1 and who are either human or atmospheric spirits1 8,we know10 says the old orator1 8that of all living beings man is the best formed1 and1 as the gods belong to this number1 they must have a human form4444 ,i do not mean to say that the gods have body and blood in them2 but ,i say that they seem as if they had bodies with blood in them4444 ,epicurus1 for whom hidden things were as tangible as if he had touched them with his finger1 teaches us that gods are not generally visible1 but that they are intelligible2 that they are not bodies having a certain solidity 444 but that we can recognize them by their passing images2 that as there are atoms enough in the infinite space to produce such images1 these are produced before us 444 and make us realize what are these happy1 immortal beings40#dfg 8,when the initiate10 says ,levi1 in his turn1 8has become quite #bha lucide1 he communicates and directs at will the magnetic vibrations in the mass of astral light4444 ,transformed in human light at the moment of the conception1 it 7the light7 becomes the first envelope of the soul2 by combination with the subtlest fluids it forms an ethereal body1 or the sidereal phantom1 which is entirely disengaged only at the moment of death40#dfh ,to project this ethereal body1 at no matter what distance2 to render it more objective and tangible by condensing over its fluidic form the waves of the parent essence1 is the great secret of the adept-magician4 ,theurgical magic is the last expression of occult psychological science4 ,the ,academicians reject it as the hallucination of diseased brains1 or brand it with the opprobrium of charlatanry4 ,we deny to them most emphatically the right of expressing their opinion on a subject which they have never investigated4 ,they have no more right1 in their present state of knowledge1 to judge of magic and ,spiritualism than a ,fiji islander to venture his opinion about the labors of ,faraday or ,agassiz4 ,about all they can do on any one day is to correct the errors of the preceding day4 ,nearly three thousand years ago1 earlier than the days of ,pythagoras1 the ancient philosophers claimed that light was ponderable--hence matter1 and that light was force4 ,the corpuscular theory1 owing to certain ,newtonian failures to account for it1 was laughed down1 and the undulatory theory1 which proclaimed light imponderable1 accepted4 ,and now the world is startled by ,mr4 ,crookes weighing light with his radiometer6 ,the ,pythagoreans held that neither the sun nor the stars were the sources of light and heat1 and that the former was but an agent2 but the modern schools teach the contrary4 ,the same may be said respecting the ,newtonian law of gravitation4 ,following strictly the ,pythagorean doctrine1 ,plato held that gravitation was not merely a law of the magnetic attraction of lesser bodies to larger ones1 but a magnetic repulsion of similars and attraction of dissimilars4 8,things brought together10 says he1 8contrary to nature1 are naturally at war1 and repel one another40#dfi ,this cannot be taken to mean that repulsion occurs of necessity between bodies of dissimilar properties1 but simply that when naturally antagonistic bodies are brought together they repel one another4 ,the researches of ,bart and ,schweigger leave us in little or no doubt that the ancients were well acquainted with the mutual attractions of iron and the lodestone1 as well as with the positive and negative properties of electricity1 by whatever name they may have called it4 #bhb ,the reciprocal magnetic relations of the planetary orbs1 which are all magnets1 was with them an accepted fact1 and arolites were not only called by them magnetic stones1 but used in the ,mysteries for purposes to which we now apply the magnet4 ,when1 therefore1 ,professor ,a4 ,m4 ,mayer1 of the ,stevens ,institute of ,technology1 in #ahgb1 told the ,yale ,scientific ,club that the earth is a great magnet1 and that 8on any sudden agitation of the sun's surface the magnetism of the earth receives a profound disturbance in its equilibrium1 causing fitful tremors in the magnets of our observatories1 and producing those grand outbursts of the polar lights1 whose lambent flames dance in rhythm to the quivering needle10#dgj he only restated1 in good ,english1 what was taught in good ,doric untold centuries before the first ,christian philosopher saw the light4 ,the prodigies accomplished by the priests of theurgical magic are so well authenticated1 and the evidence--if human testimony is worth anything at all--is so overwhelming1 that1 rather than confess that the ,pagan theurgists far outrivalled the ,christians in miracles1 ,sir ,david ,brewster piously concedes to the former the greatest proficiency in physics1 and everything that pertains to natural philosophy4 ,science finds herself in a very disagreeable dilemma4 ,she must either confess that the ancient physicists were superior in knowledge to her modern representatives1 or that there exists something in nature beyond physical science1 and that spirit possesses powers of which our philosophers never dreamed4 8,the mistake we make in some science we have specially cultivated10 says ,bulwer-,lytton1 8is often only to be seen by the light of a separate science as especially cultivated by another40#dga ,nothing can be easier accounted for than the highest possibilities of magic4 ,by the radiant light of the universal magnetic ocean1 whose electric waves bind the cosmos together1 and in their ceaseless motion penetrate every atom and molecule of the boundless creation1 the disciples of mesmerism--howbeit insufficient their various experiments--intuitionally perceive the alpha and omega of the great mystery4 ,alone1 the study of this agent1 which is the divine breath1 can unlock the secrets of psychology and physiology1 of cosmical and spiritual phenomena4 8,magic10 says ,psellus1 8formed the last part of the sacerdotal science4 ,it investigated the nature1 power1 and quality of everything sublunary2 of the elements and their parts1 of animals1 all various plants and their fruits1 of stones and herbs4 ,in short1 it explored the essence and power of everything4 ,from hence1 therefore1 it produced its #bhc effects ,and it formed statues 7magnetized7 which procure health1 and made all various figures and things 7talismans7 which could equally become the instruments of disease as well as of health4 ,often1 too1 celestial fire is made to appear through magic1 and then statues laugh and lamps are spontaneously enkindled40#dgb ,if ,galvani's modern discovery can set in motion the limbs of a dead frog1 and force a dead man's face to express1 by the distortion of its features1 the most varied emotions1 from joy to diabolical rage1 despair1 and horror1 the ,pagan priests1 unless the combined evidence of the most trustworthy men of antiquity is not to be relied upon1 accomplished the still greater wonders of making their stone and metal statues to sweat and laugh4 ,the celestial1 pure fire of the ,pagan altar was electricity drawn from the astral light4 ,statues1 therefore1 if properly prepared1 might1 without any accusation of superstition1 be allowed to have the property of imparting health and disease by contact1 as well as any modern galvanic belt1 or overcharged battery4 ,scholastic skeptics1 as well as ignorant materialists1 have greatly amused themselves for the last two centuries over the absurdities attributed to ,pythagoras by his biographer1 ,iamblichus4 ,the ,samian philosopher is said to have persuaded a she-bear to give up eating human flesh2 to have forced a white eagle to descend to him from the clouds1 and to have subdued him by stroking him gently with the hand1 and by talking to him4 ,on another occasion1 ,pythagoras actually persuaded an ox to renounce eating beans1 by merely whispering in the animal's ear6#dgc ,oh1 ignorance and superstition of our forefathers1 how ridiculous they appear in the eyes of our enlightened generations6 ,let us1 however1 analyze this absurdity4 ,every day we see unlettered men1 proprietors of strolling menageries1 taming and completely subduing the most ferocious animals1 merely by the power of their irresistible will4 ,nay1 we have at the present moment in ,europe several young and physically-weak girls1 under twenty years of age1 fearlessly doing the same thing4 ,every one has either witnessed or heard of the seemingly magical power of some mesmerizers and psychologists4 ,they are able to subjugate their patients for any length of time4 ,regazzoni1 the mesmerist who excited such wonder in ,france and ,london1 has achieved far more extraordinary feats than what is above attributed to ,pythagoras4 ,why1 then1 accuse the ancient biographers of such men as ,pythagoras and ,apollonius of ,tyana of either wilful misrepresentation or absurd superstition8 ,when we realize that the majority of those #bhd who are so skeptical as to the magical powers possessed by the ancient philosophers1 who laugh at the old theogonies and the fallacies of mythology1 nevertheless have an implicit faith in the records and inspiration of their ,bible1 hardly daring to doubt even that monstrous absurdity that ,joshua arrested the course of the sun1 we may well say ,amen to ,godfrey ,higgins' just rebuke3 8,when ,i find10 he says1 8learned men believing ,genesis literally1 which the ancients1 with all their failings1 had too much sense to receive except allegorically1 ,i am tempted to doubt the reality of the improvement of the human mind40#dgd ,one of the very few commentators on old ,greek and ,latin authors1 who have given their just dues to the ancients for their mental development1 is ,thomas ,taylor4 ,in his translation of ,iamblichus' ,life of ,pythagoras1 we find him remarking as follows3 8,since ,pythagoras1 as ,iamblichus informs us1 was initiated in all the ,mysteries of ,byblus and ,tyre1 in the sacred operations of the ,syrians1 and in the ,mysteries of the ,phnicians1 and also that he spent two and twenty years in the adyta of temples in ,egypt1 associated with the magians in ,babylon1 and was instructed by them in their venerable knowledge1 it is not at all wonderful that he was skilled in magic1 or theurgy1 and was therefore able to perform things which surpass merely human power1 and which appear to be perfectly incredible to the vulgar40#dge ,the universal ether was not1 in their eyes1 simply a something stretching1 tenantless1 throughout the expanse of heaven2 it was a boundless ocean peopled like our familiar seas with monstrous and minor creatures1 and having in its every molecule the germs of life4 ,like the finny tribes which swarm in our oceans and smaller bodies of water1 each kind having its habitat in some spot to which it is curiously adapted1 some friendly and some inimical to man1 some pleasant and some frightful to behold1 some seeking the refuge of quiet nooks and land-locked harbors1 and some traversing great areas of water1 the various races of the elemental spirits were believed by them to inhabit the different portions of the great ethereal ocean1 and to be exactly adapted to their respective conditions4 ,if we will only bear in mind the fact that the rushing of planets through space must create as absolute a disturbance in this plastic and attenuated medium1 as the passage of a cannon shot does in the air or that of a steamer in the water1 and on a cosmic scale1 we can understand that certain planetary aspects1 admitting our premises to be true1 may produce much more violent agitation and cause much stronger currents to flow in a given direction1 than others4 ,with the same premises conceded1 we may also see why1 by such various aspects of the stars1 shoals of friendly or #bhe hostile 8elementals0 might be poured in upon our atmosphere1 or some particular portion of it1 and make the fact appreciable by the effects which ensue4 ,according to the ancient doctrines1 the soulless elemental spirits were evolved by the ceaseless motion inherent in the astral light4 ,light is force1 and the latter is produced by the will4 ,as this will proceeds from an intelligence which cannot err1 for it has nothing of the material organs of human thought in it1 being the superfine pure emanation of the highest divinity itself--7,plato's 8,father07 it proceeds from the beginning of time1 according to immutable laws1 to evolve the elementary fabric requisite for subsequent generations of what we term human races4 ,all of the latter1 whether belonging to this planet or to some other of the myriads in space1 have their earthly bodies evolved in the matrix out of the bodies of a certain class of these elemental beings which have passed away in the invisible worlds4 ,in the ancient philosophy there was no missing link to be supplied by what ,tyndall calls an 8educated imagination20 no hiatus to be filled with volumes of materialistic speculations made necessary by the absurd attempt to solve an equation with but one set of quantities2 our 8ignorant0 ancestors traced the law of evolution throughout the whole universe4 ,as by gradual progression from the star-cloudlet to the development of the physical body of man1 the rule holds good1 so from the universal ether to the incarnate human spirit1 they traced one uninterrupted series of entities4 ,these evolutions were from the world of spirit into the world of gross matter2 and through that back again to the source of all things4 ,the 8descent of species0 was to them a descent from the spirit1 primal source of all1 to the 8degradation of matter40 ,in this complete chain of unfoldings the elementary1 spiritual beings had as distinct a place1 midway between the extremes1 as ,mr4 ,darwin's missing-link between the ape and man4 ,no author in the world of literature ever gave a more truthful or more poetical description of these beings than ,sir ,e4 ,bulwer-,lytton1 the author of ,zanoni4 ,now1 himself 8a thing not of matter0 but an 8,idea of joy and light10 his words sound more like the faithful echo of memory than the exuberant outflow of mere imagination4 8,man is arrogant in proportion of his ignorance10 he makes the wise ,mejnour say to ,glyndon4 8,for several ages he saw in the countless worlds that sparkle through space like the bubbles of a shoreless ocean1 only the petty candles 444 that ,providence has been pleased to light for no other purpose but to make the night more agreeable to man4444 ,astronomy has corrected this delusion of human vanity1 and man now reluctantly confesses that the stars are worlds1 larger and more glorious than his own4444 ,everywhere1 then1 in this immense design1 #bhf science brings new life to light4444 ,reasoning1 then1 by evident analogy1 if not a leaf1 if not a drop of water1 but is1 no less than yonder star1 a habitable and breathing world--nay1 if even man himself1 is a world to other lives1 and millions and myriads dwell in the rivers of his blood1 and inhabit man's frame1 as man inhabits earth--common sense 7if our schoolmen had it7 would suffice to teach that the circumfluent infinite which you call space--the boundless impalpable which divides earth from the moon and stars--is filled also with its correspondent and appropriate life4 ,is it not a visible absurdity to suppose that being is crowded upon every leaf1 and yet absent from the immensities of space6 ,the law of the great system forbids the waste even of an atom2 it knows no spot where something of life does not breathe4444 ,well1 then1 can you conceive that space1 which is the infinite itself1 is alone a waste1 is alone lifeless1 is less useful to the one design of universal being 444 than the peopled leaf1 than the swarming globule8 ,the microscope shows you the creatures on the leaf2 no mechanical tube is yet invented to discover the nobler and more gifted things that hover in the illimitable air4 ,yet between these last and man is a mysterious and terrible affinity4444 ,but first1 to penetrate this barrier1 the soul with which you listen must be sharpened by intense enthusiasm1 purified from all earthly desires4444 ,when thus prepared1 science can be brought to aid it2 the sight itself may be rendered more subtile1 the nerves more acute1 the spirit more alive and outward1 and the element itself--the air the space--may be made1 by certain secrets of the higher chemistry1 more palpable and clear4 ,and this1 too1 is not magic as the credulous call it2 as ,i have so often said before1 magic 7a science that violates nature7 exists not2 it is but the science by which nature can be controlled4 ,now1 in space there are millions of beings1 not literally spiritual1 for they have all1 like the animalcula unseen by the naked eye1 certain forms of matter1 though matter so delicate1 air-drawn1 and subtile1 that it is1 as it were1 but a film1 a gossamer1 that clothes the spirit4444 ,yet1 in truth1 these races differ most widely 444 some of surpassing wisdom1 some of horrible malignity2 some hostile as fiends to men1 others gentle as messengers between earth and heaven4444 ,amid the dwellers of the threshold is one1 too1 surpassing in malignity and hatred all her tribe2 one whose eyes have paralyzed the bravest1 and whose power increases over the spirit precisely in proportion to its fear40#dgf ,such is the insufficient sketch of elemental beings void of divine spirit1 given by one whom many with reason believed to know more than he was prepared to admit in the face of an incredulous public4 ,in the following chapter we will contrive to explain some of the #bhg esoteric speculations of the initiates of the sanctuary1 as to what man was1 is1 and may yet be4 ,the doctrines they taught in the ,mysteries--the source from which sprung the ,old and partially the ,new ,testament1 belonged to the most advanced notions of morality1 and religious revelations4 ,while the literal meaning was abandoned to the fanaticism of the unreasoning lower classes of society1 the higher ones1 the majority of which consisted of ,initiates1 pursued their studies in the solemn silence of the temples1 and their worship of the one ,god of ,heaven4 ,the speculations of ,plato1 in the ,banquet1 on the creation of the primordial men1 and the essay on ,cosmogony in the ,timus1 must be taken allegorically1 if we accept them at all4 ,it is this hidden ,pythagorean meaning in ,timus1 ,cratylus1 and ,parmenides1 and a few other trilogies and dialogues1 that the ,neo-platonists ventured to expound1 as far as the theurgical vow of secresy would allow them4 ,the ,pythagorean doctrine that ,god is the universal mind diffused through all things1 and the dogma of the soul's immortality1 are the leading features in these apparently incongruous teachings4 ,his piety and the great veneration ,plato felt for the ,,mysteries1 are sufficient warrant that he would not allow his indiscretion to get the better of that deep sense of responsibility which is felt by every adept4 8,constantly perfecting himself in perfect ,,mysteries1 a man in them alone becomes truly perfect10 says he in the ,phdrus4#dgg ,he took no pains to conceal his displeasure that the ,mysteries had become less secret than formerly4 ,instead of profaning them by putting them within the reach of the multitude1 he would have guarded them with jealous care against all but the most earnest and worthy of his disciples4#dgh ,while mentioning the gods1 on every page1 his monotheism is unquestionable1 for the whole thread of his discourse indicates that by the term gods be means a class of beings far lower in the scale than deities1 and but one grade higher than men4 ,even ,josephus perceived and acknowledged this fact1 despite the natural prejudice of his race4 ,in his famous onslaught upon ,apion1 this historian says3#dgi 8,those1 however1 among the ,greeks who philosophized in accordance with truth1 were not ignorant of anything 444 nor did they fail to perceive the chilling superficialities of the #bhh mythical allegories1 on which account they justly despised them4444 ,by which thing ,plato1 being moved1 says it is not necessary to admit any one of the other poets into #8the ,commonwealth1' and he dismisses ,homer blandly1 after having crowned him and pouring unguent upon him1 in order that indeed he should not destroy1 by his myths1 the orthodox belief respecting one ,god40 ,those who can discern the true spirit of ,plato's philosophy1 will hardly be satisfied with the estimate of the same which ,jowett lays before his readers4 ,he tells us that the influence exercised upon posterity by the ,timus is partly due to a misunderstanding of the doctrine of its author by the ,neo-platonists4 ,he would have us believe that the hidden meanings which they found in this ,dialogue1 are 8quite at variance with the spirit of ,plato40 ,this is equivalent to the assumption that ,jowett understands what this spirit really was2 whereas his criticism upon this particular topic rather indicates that he did not penetrate it at all4 ,if1 as he tells us1 the ,christians seem to find in his work their trinity1 the word1 the church1 and the creation of the world1 in a ,jewish sense1 it is because all this is there1 and therefore it is but natural that they should have found it4 ,the outward building is the same2 but the spirit which animated the dead letter of the philosopher's teaching has fled1 and we would seek for it in vain through the arid dogmas of ,christian theology4 ,the ,sphinx is the same now1 as it was four centuries before the ,christian era2 but the dipus is no more4 ,he is slain because he has given to the world that which the world was not ripe enough to receive4 ,he was the embodiment of truth1 and he had to die1 as every grand truth has to1 before1 like the ,phnix of old1 it revives from its own ashes4 ,every translator of ,plato's works remarked the strange similarity between the philosophy of the esoterists and the ,christian doctrines1 and each of them has tried to interpret it in accordance with his own religious feelings4 ,so ,cory1 in his ,ancient ,fragments1 tries to prove that it is but an outward resemblance2 and does his best to lower the ,pythagorean ,monad in the public estimation and exalt upon its ruins the later anthropomorphic deity4 ,taylor1 advocating the former1 acts as unceremoniously with the ,mosaic ,god4 ,zeller boldly laughs at the pretensions of the ,fathers of the ,church1 who1 notwithstanding history and its chronology1 and whether people will have it or not1 insist that ,plato and his school have robbed ,christianity of its leading features4 ,it is as fortunate for us as it is unfortunate for the ,roman ,church that such clever sleight-of-hand as that resorted to by ,eusebius is rather difficult in our century4 ,it was easier to pervert chronology 8for the sake of making synchronisms10 in the days of the ,bishop of ,csarea1 than it is now1 and while history exists1 no one can help people knowing that ,plato lived #fjj years before ,irenus took it into his head to #bhi establish a new doctrine from the ruins of ,plato's older ,academy4 ,this doctrine of ,god being the universal mind diffused through all things1 underlies all ancient philosophies4 ,the ,buddhistic tenets which can never be better comprehended than when studying the ,pythagorean philosophy--its faithful reflection--are derived from this source as well as the ,brahmanical religion and early ,christianity4 ,the purifying process of transmigrations--the metempsychoses--however grossly anthropomorphized at a later period1 must only be regarded as a supplementary doctrine1 disfigured by theological sophistry with the object of getting a firmer hold upon believers through a popular superstition4 ,neither ,gautama ,buddha nor ,pythagoras intended to teach this purely-metaphysical allegory literally4 ,esoterically1 it is explained in the 8,mystery0 of the ,kounboum1#dhj and relates to the purely spiritual peregrinations of the human soul4 ,it is not in the dead letter of ,buddhistical sacred literature that scholars may hope to find the true solution of its metaphysical subtilties4 ,the latter weary the power of thought by the inconceivable profundity of its ratiocination2 and the student is never farther from truth than when he believes himself nearest its discovery4 ,the mastery of every doctrine of the perplexing ,buddhist system can be attained only by proceeding strictly according to the ,pythagorean and ,platonic method2 from universals down to particulars4 ,the key to it lies in the refined and mystical tenets of the spiritual influx of divine life4 8,whoever is unacquainted with my law10 says ,buddha1 8and dies in that state1 must return to the earth till he becomes a perfect ,samanean4 ,to achieve this object1 he must destroy within himself the trinity of ,maya4#dha ,he must extinguish his passions1 unite and identify himself with the law 7the teaching of the secret doctrine71 and comprehend the religion of annihilation40 ,here1 annihilation refers but to matter1 that of the visible as well as of the invisible body2 for the astral soul 7perisprit7 is still matter1 however sublimated4 ,the same book says that what ,fo 7,buddha7 meant to say was1 that 8the primitive substance is eternal and unchangeable4 ,its highest revelation is the pure1 luminous ether1 the boundless infinite space1 not a void resulting from the absence of forms1 but1 on the contrary1 the foundation of all forms1 and anterior to them4 8,but the very presence of forms denotes it to be the creation of ,maya1 and all her works are as nothing before the uncreated being1 ,,spirit1 in whose profound and sacred repose all motion must cease forever40 ,thus annihilation means1 with the ,buddhistical philosophy1 only a #bij dispersion of matter1 in whatever form or semblance of form it may be2 for everything that bears a shape was created1 and thus must sooner or later perish1 i4e41 change that shape2 therefore1 as something temporary1 though seeming to be permanent1 it is but an illusion1 ,maya2 for1 as eternity has neither beginning nor end1 the more or less prolonged duration of some particular form passes1 as it were1 like an instantaneous flash of lightning4 ,before we have the time to realize that we have seen it1 it is gone and passed away for ever2 hence1 even our astral bodies1 pure ether1 are but illusions of matter1 so long as they retain their terrestrial outline4 ,the latter changes1 says the ,buddhist1 according to the merits or demerits of the person during his lifetime1 and this is metempsychosis4 ,when the spiritual entity breaks loose for ever from every particle of matter1 then only it enters upon the eternal and unchangeable ,nirvana4 ,he exists in spirit1 in nothing2 as a form1 a shape1 a semblance1 he is completely annihilated1 and thus will die no more1 for spirit alone is no ,maya1 but the only ,,reality in an illusionary universe of ever-passing forms4 ,it is upon this ,buddhist doctrine that the ,pythagoreans grounded the principal tenets of their philosophy4 8,can that spirit1 which gives life and motion1 and partakes of the nature of light1 be reduced to nonentity80 they ask4 8,can that sensitive spirit in brutes which exercises memory1 one of the rational faculties1 die1 and become nothing80 ,and ,whitelock ,bulstrode1 in his able defence of ,pythagoras1 expounds this doctrine by adding3 8,if you say1 they 7the brutes7 breathe their spirits into the air1 and there vanish1 that is all ,i contend for4 ,the air1 indeed1 is the proper place to receive them1 being1 according to ,laertius1 full of souls2 and1 according to ,epicurus1 full of atoms1 the principles of all things2 for even this place wherein we walk and birds fly has so much of a spiritual nature1 that it is invisible1 and1 therefore1 may well be the receiver of forms1 since the forms of all bodies are so2 we can only see and hear its effects2 the air itself is too fine1 and above the capacity of the age4 ,what then is the ether in the region above1 and what are the influences or forms that descend from thence80 ,the spirits of creatures1 the ,pythagoreans hold1 who are emanations of the most sublimated portions of ether1 emanations1 ,,breaths1 but not forms4 ,ether is incorruptible1 all philosophers agree in that2 and what is incorruptible is so far from being annihilated when it gets rid of the form1 that it lays a good claim to ,,immortality4 8,but what is that which has no body1 no form2 which is imponderable1 invisible and indivisible2 that which exists and yet is not80 ask the ,buddhists4 8,it is ,nirvana10 is the answer4 ,it is ,,nothing1 not a region1 but rather #bia a state4 ,when once ,nirvana is reached1 man is exempt from the effects of the 8four truths20 for an effect can only be produced through a certain cause1 and every cause is annihilated in this state4 ,these 8four truths0 are the foundation of the whole ,buddhist doctrine of ,nirvana4 ,they are1 says the book of ,pradju ,pramit1#dhb #a4 ,the existence of pain4 #b4 ,the production of pain4 #c4 ,the annihilation of pain4 #d4 ,the way to the annihilation of pain4 ,what is the source of pain8--,existence4 ,birth existing1 decrepitude and death ensue2 for wherever there is a form1 there is a cause for pain and suffering4 ,spirit alone has no form1 and therefore cannot be said to exist4 ,whenever man 7the ethereal1 inner man7 reaches that point when he becomes utterly spiritual1 hence1 formless1 he has reached a state of perfect bliss4 ,,man as an objective being becomes annihilated1 but the spiritual entity with its subjective life1 will live for ever1 for spirit is incorruptible and immortal4 ,it is by the spirit of the teachings of both ,buddha and ,pythagoras1 that we can so easily recognize the identity of their doctrines4 ,the all-pervading1 universal soul1 the ,anima ,mundi1 is ,nirvana2 and ,buddha1 as a generic name1 is the anthropomorphized monad of ,pythagoras4 ,when resting in ,nirvana1 the final bliss1 ,buddha is the silent monad1 dwelling in darkness and silence2 he is also the formless ,brahm1 the sublime but unknowable ,deity1 which pervades invisibly the whole universe4 ,whenever it is manifested1 desiring to impress itself upon humanity in a shape intelligent to our intellect1 whether we call it an avatar1 or a ,king ,messiah1 or a permutation of ,divine ,spirit1 ,logos1 ,christos1 it is all one and the same thing4 ,in each case it is 8the ,father10 who is in the ,son1 and the ,son in 8the ,father40 ,the immortal spirit overshadows the mortal man4 ,it enters into him1 and pervading his whole being1 makes of him a god1 who descends into his earthly tabernacle4 ,every man may become a ,buddha1 says the doctrine4 ,and so throughout the interminable series of ages we find now and then men who more or less succeed in uniting themselves 8with ,god10 as the expression goes1 with their own spirit1 as we ought to translate4 ,the ,buddhists call such men ,arhat4 ,an ,arhat is next to a ,buddha1 and none is equal to him either in infused science1 or miraculous powers4 ,certain fakirs demonstrate the theory well in practice1 as ,jacolliot has proved4 ,even the so-called fabulous narratives of certain ,buddhistical books1 when stripped of their allegorical meaning1 are found to be the secret doctrines taught by ,pythagoras4 ,in the ,pali ,books called the ,jutaks1 are given the #eej incarnations or metempsychoses of ,buddha4 #bib ,they narrate how he has appeared in every form of animal life1 and animated every sentient being on earth1 from infinitesimal insect to the bird1 the beast1 and finally man1 the microcosmic image of ,god on earth4 ,must this be taken literally2 is it intended as a description of the actual transformations and existence of one and the same individual immortal1 divine spirit1 which by turns has animated every kind of sentient being8 ,ought we not rather to understand1 with ,buddhist metaphysicians1 that though the individual human spirits are numberless1 collectively they are one1 as every drop of water drawn out of the ocean1 metaphorically speaking1 may have an individual existence and still be one with the rest of the drops going to form that ocean2 for each human spirit is a scintilla of the one all-pervading light8 ,that this divine spirit animates the flower1 the particle of granite on the mountain side1 the lion1 the man8 ,egyptian ,hierophants1 like the ,brahmans1 and the ,buddhists of the ,east1 and some ,greek philosophers1 maintained originally that the same spirit that animates the particle of dust1 lurking latent in it1 animates man1 manifesting itself in him in its highest state of activity4 ,the doctrine1 also1 of a gradual refusion of the human soul into the essence of the primeval parent spirit1 was universal at one time4 ,but this doctrine never implied annihilation of the higher spiritual ego--only the dispersion of the external forms of man1 after his terrestrial death1 as well as during his abode on earth4 ,who is better fitted to impart to us the mysteries of after-death1 so erroneously thought impenetrable1 than those men who having1 through self-discipline and purity of life and purpose1 succeeded in uniting themselves with their 8,god10 were afforded some glimpses1 however imperfect1 of the great truth4#dhc ,and these seers tell us strange stories about the variety of forms assumed by disembodied astral souls2 forms of which each one is a spiritual though concrete reflection of the abstract state of the mind1 and thoughts of the once living man4 ,to accuse ,buddhistical philosophy of rejecting a ,supreme ,being--,god1 and the soul's immortality1 of atheism1 in short1 on the ground that according to their doctrines1 ,nirvana means annihilation1 and ,svabhvt is ,,not a person1 but nothing1 is simply absurd4 ,the ,en 7or ,ayn7 of the ,jewish ,en-,soph1 also means nihil or nothing1 that which is not 7quo ad nos72 but no one has ever ventured to twit the ,jews with atheism4 ,in both cases the real meaning of the term nothing carries with it the idea that ,god is not a thing1 not a concrete or visible ,being to which a name expressive of any object known to us on earth may be applied with propriety4 ,,chapter ,,ix4 #bic 8,thou can'st not call that madness of which thou art proved to know nothing40--,,tertullian3 ,apology 8,this is not a matter of to-day1 ,or yesterday1 but hath been from all times2 ,and none hath told us whence it came or how60--,,sophocles4 8,belief in the supernatural is a fact natural1 primitive1 universal1 and constant in the life and history of the human race4 ,unbelief in the supernatural begets materialism2 materialism1 sensuality2 sensuality1 social convulsions1 amid whose storms man again learns to believe and pray40--,,guizot4 8,if any one think these things incredible1 let him keep his opinions to himself1 and not contradict those who1 by such events1 are incited to the study of virtue40--,,josephus4 ,from the ,platonic and ,pythagorean views of matter and force1 we will now turn to the kabalistic philosophy of the origin of man1 and compare it with the theory of natural selection enunciated by ,darwin and ,wallace4 ,it may be that we shall find as much reason to credit the ancients with originality in this direction as in that which we have been considering4 ,to our mind1 no stronger proof of the theory of cyclical progression need be required than the comparative enlightenment of former ages and that of the ,patristic ,church1 as regards the form of the earth1 and the movements of the planetary system4 ,even were other evidence wanting1 the ignorance of ,augustine and ,lactantius1 misleading the whole of ,christendom upon these questions until the period of ,galileo1 would mark the eclipses through which human knowledge passes from age to age4 ,the 8coats of skin10 mentioned in the third chapter of ,genesis as given to ,adam and ,eve1 are explained by certain ancient philosophers to mean the fleshy bodies with which1 in the progress of the cycles1 the progenitors of the race became clothed4 ,they maintained that the godlike physical form became grosser and grosser1 until the bottom of what may be termed the last spiritual cycle was reached1 and mankind entered upon the ascending arc of the first human cycle4 ,then began an uninterrupted series of cycles or yogas2 the precise number of years of which each of them consisted remaining an inviolable mystery within the precincts of the sanctuaries and disclosed only to the initiates4 ,as soon as humanity entered upon a new one1 the stone age1 with which the preceding cycle had closed1 began to gradually merge into the following and next higher age4 ,with each successive age1 or #bid epoch1 men grew more refined1 until the acme of perfection possible in that particular cycle had been reached4 ,then the receding wave of time carried back with it the vestiges of human1 social1 and intellectual progress4 ,cycle succeeded cycle1 by imperceptible transitions2 highly-civilized flourishing nations1 waxed in power1 attained the climax of development1 waned1 and became extinct2 and mankind1 when the end of the lower cyclic arc was reached1 was replunged into barbarism as at the start4 ,kingdoms have crumbled and nation succeeded nation from the beginning until our day1 the races alternately mounting to the highest and descending to the lowest points of development4 ,draper observes that there is no reason to suppose that any one cycle applied to the whole human race4 ,on the contrary1 while man in one portion of the planet was in a condition of retrogression1 in another he might be progressing in enlightenment and civilization4 ,how analogous this theory is to the law of planetary motion1 which causes the individual orbs to rotate on their axes2 the several systems to move around their respective suns2 and the whole stellar host to follow a common path around a common centre6 ,life and death1 light and darkness1 day and night on the planet1 as it turns about its axis and traverses the zodiacal circle representing the lesser and the greater cycles4#dhd ,remember the ,hermetic axiom3--8,as above1 so below2 as in heaven1 so on earth40 ,mr4 ,alfred ,r4 ,wallace argues with sound logic1 that the development of man has been more marked in his mental organization than in his external form4 ,man1 he conceives to differ from the animal1 by being able to undergo great changes of conditions and of his entire environment1 without very marked alterations in bodily form and structure4 ,the changes of climate he meets with a corresponding alteration in his clothing1 shelter1 weapons1 and implements of husbandry4 ,his body may become less hairy1 more erect1 and of a different color and proportions2 8the head and face is immediately connected with the organ of the mind1 and as being the medium1 expressing the most refined motions of his nature10 alone change with the development of his intellect4 ,there was a time when 8he had not yet acquired that wonderfully-developed brain1 the organ of the mind1 which now1 even in his lowest examples1 raises him far above the highest brutes1 at a period when he had the form1 but hardly the nature of man1 when he neither possessed human speech nor sympathetic and moral feelings40 ,further1 ,mr4 ,wallace says that 8,man may have been--indeed1 #bie ,i believe must have been1 once a homogeneous race 444 in man1 the hairy covering of the body has almost entirely disappeared48 ,of the cave men of ,les ,eyzies1 ,mr4 ,wallace remarks further 0 444 the great breadth of the face1 the enormous development of the ascending ramus of the lower jaw 444 indicate enormous muscular power and the habits of a savage and brutal race40 ,such are the glimpses which anthropology affords us of men1 either arrived at the bottom of a cycle or starting in a new one4 ,let us see how far they are corroborated by clairvoyant psychometry4 ,professor ,denton submitted a fragment of fossilized bone to his wife's examination1 without giving ,mrs4 ,denton any hint as to what the article was4 ,it immediately called up to her pictures of people and scenes which he thinks belonged to the stone age4 ,she saw men closely resembling monkeys1 with a body very hairy1 and 8as if the natural hair answered the purpose of clothing40 8,i question whether he can stand perfectly upright2 his hip-joints appear to be so formed1 he cannot10 she added4 8,occasionally ,i see part of the body of one of those beings that looks comparatively smooth4 ,i can see the skin1 which is lighter colored 444 ,i do not know whether he belongs to the same period4444 ,at a distance the face seems flat2 the lower part of it is heavy2 they have what ,i suppose would be called prognathous jaws4 ,the frontal region of the head is low1 and the lower portion of it is very prominent1 forming a round ridge across the forehead1 immediately above the eyebrows4444 ,now ,i see a face that looks like that of a human being1 though there is a monkey-like appearance about it4 ,all these seem of that kind1 having long arms and hairy bodies40#dhe ,whether or not the men of science are willing to concede the correctness of the ,hermetic theory of the physical evolution of man from higher and more spiritual natures1 they themselves show us how the race has progressed from the lowest observed point to its present development4 ,and1 as all nature seems to be made up of analogies1 is it unreasonable to affirm that the same progressive development of individual forms has prevailed among the inhabitants of the unseen universe8 ,if such marvellous effects have been caused by evolution upon our little insignificant planet1 producing reasoning and intuitive men from some higher type of the ape family1 why suppose that the boundless realms of space are inhabited only by disembodied angelic forms8 ,why not give place in that vast domain to the spiritual duplicates of these hairy1 long-armed and half-reasoning ancestors1 their predecessors1 and all their successors1 down to our time8 ,of course1 the spiritual parts of such primeval members of the human family would #bif be as uncouth and undeveloped as were their physical bodies4 ,while they made no attempt to calculate the duration of the 8grand cycle10 the ,hermetic philosophers yet maintained that1 according to the cyclic law1 the living human race must inevitably and collectively return one day to that point of departure1 where man was first clothed with 8coats of skin20 or1 to express it more clearly1 the human race must1 in accordance with the law of evolution1 be finally physically spiritualized4 ,unless ,messrs4 ,darwin and ,huxley are prepared to prove that the man of our century has attained1 as a physical and moral animal1 the acme of perfection1 and evolution1 having reached its apex1 must stop all further progress with the modern genus1 ,homo1 we do not see how they can possibly confute such a logical deduction4 ,in his lecture on ,the ,action of ,natural ,selection on ,man1 ,mr4 ,alfred ,r4 ,wallace concludes his demonstrations as to the development of human races under that law of selection by saying that1 if his conclusions are just1 8it must inevitably follow that the higher--the more intellectual and moral--must displace the lower and more degraded races2 and the power of #8natural selection1' still acting on his mental organization1 must ever lead to the more perfect adaptation of man's higher faculties to the condition of surrounding nature1 and to the exigencies of the social state4 ,while his external form will probably ever remain unchanged1 except in the development of that perfect beauty 444 refined and ennobled by the highest intellectual faculties and sympathetic emotions1 his mental constitution may continue to advance and improve1 till the world is again inhabited by a single1 nearly homogeneous race1 no individual of which will be inferior to the noblest specimens of existing humanity40 ,sober1 scientific methods and cautiousness in hypothetical possibilities have evidently their share in this expression of the opinions of the great anthropologist4 ,still1 what he says above clashes in no way with our kabalistic assertions4 ,allow to ever-progressing nature1 to the great law of the 8survival of the fittest10 one step beyond ,mr4 ,wallace's deductions1 and we have in future the possibility--nay1 the assurance of a race1 which1 like the ,vril-ya of ,bulwer-,lytton's ,coming ,race1 will be but one remove from the primitive 8,sons of ,god40 ,it will be observed that this philosophy of cycles1 which was allegorized by the ,egyptian ,hierophants in the 8circle of necessity10 explains at the same time the allegory of the 8,fall of man40 ,according to the ,arabian descriptions1 each of the seven chambers of the ,pyramids--those grandest of all cosmic symbols--was known by the name of a planet4 ,the peculiar architecture of the ,pyramids shows in itself the drift of the metaphysical thought of their builders4 ,the apex is lost in the clear blue sky of the land of the ,pharaohs1 and typifies #big the primordial point lost in the unseen universe from whence started the first race of the spiritual prototypes of man4 ,each mummy1 from the moment that it was embalmed1 lost its physical individuality in one sense2 it symbolized the human race4 ,placed in such a way as was best calculated to aid the exit of the 8soul10 the latter had to pass through the seven planetary chambers before it made its exit through the symbolical apex4 ,each chamber typified1 at the same time1 one of the seven spheres1 and one of the seven higher types of physico-spiritual humanity alleged to be above our own4 ,every #c1jjj years1 the soul1 representative of its race1 had to return to its primal point of departure before it underwent another evolution into a more perfected spiritual and physical transformation4 ,we must go deep indeed into the abstruse metaphysics of ,oriental mysticism before we can realize fully the infinitude of the subjects that were embraced at one sweep by the majestic thought of its exponents4 ,starting as a pure and perfect spiritual being1 the ,adam of the second chapter of ,genesis1 not satisfied with the position allotted to him by the ,demiurgus 7who is the eldest first-begotten1 the ,adam-,kadmon71 ,adam the second1 the 8man of dust10 strives in his pride to become ,creator in his turn4 ,evolved out of the androgynous ,kadmon1 this ,adam is himself an androgyn2 for1 according to the oldest beliefs presented allegorically in ,plato's ,timus1 the prototypes of our races were all enclosed in the microcosmic tree which grew and developed within and under the great mundane or macrocosmic tree4 ,divine spirit being considered a unity1 however numerous the rays of the great spiritual sun1 man has still had his origin like all other forms1 whether organic or otherwise1 in this one ,fount of ,eternal ,light4 ,were we even to reject the hypothesis of an androgynous man1 in connection with physical evolution1 the significance of the allegory in its spiritual sense1 would remain unimpaired4 ,so long as the first god-man1 symbolizing the two first principles of creation1 the dual male and female element1 had no thought of good and evil he could not hypostasize 8woman10 for she was in him as he was in her4 ,it was only when1 as a result of the evil hints of the serpent1 matter1 the latter condensed itself and cooled on the spiritual man in its contact with the elements1 that the fruits of the man-tree--who is himself that tree of knowledge--appeared to his view4 ,from this moment the androgynal union ceased1 man evolved out of himself the woman as a separate entity4 ,they have broken the thread between pure spirit and pure matter4 ,henceforth they will create no more spiritually1 and by the sole power of their will2 man has become a physical creator1 and the kingdom of spirit can be won only by a long imprisonment in matter4 ,the meaning of ,gogard1 the ,hellenic tree of life1 the sacred #bih oak among whose luxuriant branches a serpent dwells1 and cannot be dislodged1#dhf thus becomes apparent4 ,creeping out from the primordial ilus1 the mundane snake grows more material and waxes in strength and power with every new evolution4 ,the ,adam ,primus1 or ,kadmon1 the ,logos of the ,jewish mystics1 is the same as the ,grecian ,prometheus1 who seeks to rival with the divine wisdom2 he is also the ,pimander of ,hermes1 or the ,,power ,,of ,,the ,,thought ,,divine1 in its most spiritual aspect1 for he was less hypostasized by the ,egyptians than the two former4 ,these all create men1 but fail in their final object4 ,desiring to endow man with an immortal spirit1 in order that by linking the trinity in one1 he might gradually return to his primal spiritual state without losing his individuality1 ,prometheus fails in his attempt to steal the divine fire1 and is sentenced to expiate his crime on ,mount ,kazbeck4 ,prometheus is also the ,logos of the ancient ,greeks1 as well as ,herakles4 ,in the ,codex ,nazarus#dhg we see ,bahak-,zivo deserting the heaven of his father1 confessing that though he is the father of the genii1 he is unable to 8construct creatures10 for he is equally unacquainted with ,orcus as with 8the consuming fire which is wanting in light40 ,and ,fetahil1 one of the 8powers10 sits in the 8mud0 7matter7 and wonders why the living fire is so changed4 ,all of these ,logoi strove to endow man with the immortal spirit1 failed1 and nearly all are represented as being punished for the attempt by severe sentences4 ,those of the early ,christian ,fathers who like ,origen and ,clemens ,alexandrinus1 were well versed in ,pagan symbology1 having begun their careers as philosophers1 felt very much embarrassed4 ,they could not deny the anticipation of their doctrines in the oldest myths4 ,the latest ,logos1 according to their teachings1 had also appeared in order to show mankind the way to immortality2 and in his desire to endow the world with eternal life through the ,pentecostal fire1 had lost his life agreeably to the traditional programme4 ,thus was originated the very awkward explanation of which our modern clergy freely avail themselves1 that all these mythic types show the prophetic spirit which1 through the ,lord's mercy1 was afforded even to the heathen idolaters6 ,the ,pagans1 they assert1 had presented in their imagery the great drama of ,calvary--hence the resemblance4 ,on the other hand1 the philosophers maintained1 with unassailable logic1 that the pious fathers had simply helped themselves to a ready-made groundwork1 either finding it easier than to exert their own imagination1 or because of the greater number of ignorant proselytes who were attracted #bii to the new doctrine by such an extraordinary resemblance with their mythologies1 at least as far as the outward form of the most fundamental doctrines goes4 ,the allegory of the ,fall of man and the fire of ,prometheus is also another version of the myth of the rebellion of the proud ,lucifer1 hurled down to the bottomless pit--,orcus4 ,in the religion of the ,brahmans1 ,moisasure1 the ,hindu ,lucifer1 becomes envious of the ,creator's resplendent light1 and at the head of a legion of inferior spirits rebels against ,brahma1 and declares war against him4 ,like ,hercules1 the faithful ,titan1 who helps ,jupiter and restores to him his throne1 ,siva1 the third person of the ,hindu trinity1 hurls them all from the celestial abode in ,honderah1 the region of eternal darkness4 ,but here the fallen angels are made to repent of their evil deed1 and in the ,hindu doctrine they are all afforded the opportunity to progress4 ,in the ,greek fiction1 ,hercules1 the ,sun-god1 descends to ,hades to deliver the victims from their tortures2 and the ,christian ,church also makes her incarnate god descend to the dreary ,plutonic regions and overcome the rebellious ex-archangel4 ,in their turn the kabalists explain the allegory in a semi-scientific way4 ,adam the second1 or the first-created race which ,plato calls gods1 and the ,bible the ,elohim1 was not triple in his nature like the earthly man3 i4e41 he was not composed of soul1 spirit1 and body1 but was a compound of sublimated astral elements into which the 8,father0 had breathed an immortal1 divine spirit4 ,the latter1 by reason of its godlike essence1 was ever struggling to liberate itself from the bonds of even that flimsy prison2 hence the 8sons of ,god10 in their imprudent efforts1 were the first to trace a future model for the cyclic law4 ,but1 man must not be 8like one of us10 says the ,creative ,deity1 one of the ,elohim 8intrusted with the fabrication of the lower animal40#dhh ,and thus it was1 when the men of the first race had reached the summit of the first cycle1 they lost their balance1 and their second envelope1 the grosser clothing 7astral body71 dragged them down the opposite arc4 ,this kabalistic version of the sons of ,god 7or of light7 is given in the ,codex ,nazarus4 ,bahak-,zivo1 the 8father of genii1 is ordered to #8construct creatures4'0 ,but1 as he is 8ignorant of ,orcus10 he fails to do so and calls in ,fetahil a still purer spirit to his aid1 who fails still worse4 ,then steps on the stage of creation the 8spirit0#dhi 7which properly ought to be translated 8soul10 for it is the anima mundi1 and which #cjj with the ,nazarenes and the ,gnostics was feminine71 and perceiving that for ,fetahil1#dij the newest man 7the latest71 the splendor was 8changed10 and that for splendor existed 8decrease and damage10 awakes ,karabtanos1#dia 8who was frantic and without sense and judgment10 and says to him3 8,arise2 see1 the splendor 7light7 of the newest man 7,fetahil7 has failed 7to produce or create men71 the decrease of this splendor is visible4 ,rise up1 come with thy ,,mother 7the spiritus7 and free thee from limits by which thou art held1 and those more ample than the whole world40 ,after which follows the union of the frantic and blind matter1 guided by the insinuations of the spirit 7not the ,divine breath1 but the ,astral spirit1 which by its double essence is already tainted with matter7 and the offer of the ,,mother being accepted the ,spiritus conceives 8,seven ,figures10 which ,irenus is disposed to take for the seven stellars 7planets7 but which represent the seven capital sins1 the progeny of an astral soul separated from its divine source 7spirit7 and matter1 the blind demon of concupiscence4 ,seeing this1 ,fetahil extends his hand toward the abyss of matter1 and says3 #8,let the earth exist1 just as the abode of the powers has existed4'0 ,dipping his hand in the chaos1 which he condenses1 he creates our planet4#dib ,then the ,codex proceeds to tell how ,bahak-,zivo was separated from the ,spiritus1 and the genii1 or angels1 from the rebels4#dic ,then ,mano#did 7the greatest71 who dwells with the greatest ,,ferho1 calls ,kebar-,zivo 7known also by the name of ,nebat-,iavar bar ,iufin-,ifafin71 ,helm and ,vine of the food of life1#die he being the third life1 and1 commiserating the rebellious and foolish genii1 on account of the magnitude of their ambition1 says3 8,lord of the genii#dif 7ons71 see what the genii1 the rebellious angels do1 and about what they are consulting4#dig ,they say1 8,let us call forth the world1 and let us call the #8powers' into existence4 ,the genii are the ,principes1 the #8sons of ,light1' but thou art the #8,messenger of ,life4'0#dih ,and in order to counteract the influence of the seven 8badly disposed0 #cja principles1 the progeny of ,spiritus1 ,,cabar ,,zio1 the mighty ,lord of ,splendor1 procreates seven other lives 7the cardinal virtues7 who shine in their own form and light 8from on high0#dii and thus restablishes the balance between good and evil1 light and darkness4 ,but this creation of beings1 without the requisite influx of divine pure breath in them1 which was known among the kabalists as the 8,living ,fire10 produced but creatures of matter and astral light4#ejj ,thus were generated the animals which preceded man on this earth4 ,the spiritual beings1 the 8sons of light10 those who remained faithful to the great ,ferho 7the ,first ,cause of all71 constitute the celestial or angelic hierarchy1 the ,adonim1 and the legions of the never-embodied spiritual men4 ,the followers of the rebellious and foolish genii1 and the descendants of the 8witless0 seven spirits begotten by 8,karabtanos0 and the 8spiritus10 became1 in course of time1 the 8men of our planet10#eja after having previously passed through every 8creation0 of every one of the elements4 ,from this stage of life they have been traced by ,darwin1 who shows us how our highest forms have been evolved out of the lowest4 ,anthropology dares not follow the kabalist in his metaphysical flights beyond this planet1 and it is doubtful if its teachers have the courage to search for the missing link in the old kabalistic manuscripts4 ,thus was set in motion the first cycle1 which in its rotations downward1 brought an infinitesimal part of the created lives to our planet of mud4 ,arrived at the lowest point of the arc of the cycle which directly preceded life on this earth1 the pure divine spark still lingering in the ,adam made an effort to separate itself from the astral spirit1 for 8man was falling gradually into generation10 and the fleshy coat was becoming with every action more and more dense4 ,and now comes a mystery1 a ,sod2#ejb a secret which ,rabbi #cjb ,simeon#ejc imparted but to very few initiates4 ,it was enacted once every seven years during the ,mysteries of ,samothrace1 and the records of it are found self-printed on the leaves of the ,thibetan sacred tree1 the mysterious ,,kounboum1 in the ,lamasery of the holy adepts4#ejd ,in the shoreless ocean of space radiates the central1 spiritual1 and ,invisible sun4 ,the universe is his body1 spirit and soul2 and after this ideal model are framed ,,all ,,things4 ,these three emanations are the three lives1 the three degrees of the gnostic ,pleroma1 the three 8,kabalistic ,faces10 for the ,,ancient of the ancient1 the holy of the aged1 the great ,en-,soph1 8has a form and then he has no form40 ,the invisible 8assumed a form when he called the universe into existence10#eje says the ,sohar1 the ,book of splendor4 ,the first light is ,his soul1 the ,infinite1 ,boundless1 and ,immortal breath2 under the efflux of which the universe heaves its mighty bosom1 infusing ,intelligent life throughout creation4 ,the second emanation condenses cometary matter and produces forms within the cosmic circle2 sets the countless worlds floating in the electric space1 and infuses the unintelligent1 blind life-principle into every form4 ,the third1 produces the whole universe of physical matter2 and as it keeps gradually receding from the ,central ,divine ,light its brightness wanes and it becomes ,,darkness and the ,,bad--pure matter1 the 8gross purgations of the celestial fire0 of the ,hermetists4 ,when the ,central ,invisible 7the ,lord ,ferho7 saw the efforts of the divine ,scintilla1 unwilling to be dragged lower down into the degradation of matter1 to liberate itself1 he permitted it to shoot out from itself a monad1 over which1 attached to it as by the finest thread1 the ,divine ,scintilla 7the soul7 had to watch during its ceaseless peregrinations from one form to another4 ,thus the monad was shot down into the first form of matter and became encased in stone2 then1 in course of time1 through the combined efforts of living fire and living water1 both of which shone their reflection upon the stone1 the monad crept out of its prison to sunlight as a lichen4 ,from change to change it went higher and higher2 the monad1 with every new transformation borrowing more of the radiance of its parent1 ,scintilla1 which approached it nearer at every transmigration4 ,for 8the ,first ,cause1 had willed it to proceed in this order20 and destined it to creep on higher until its physical form became once more the ,adam of dust1 shaped in the image of the ,adam ,kadmon4 ,before undergoing its last earthly transformation1 the external covering of the monad1 from the moment of its conception as an embryo1 passes in turn1 once more1 through the phases of the several kingdoms4 ,in its #cjc fluidic prison it assumes a vague resemblance at various periods of the gestation to plant1 reptile1 bird1 and animal1 until it becomes a human embryo4#ejf ,at the birth of the future man1 the monad1 radiating with all the glory of its immortal parent which watches it from the seventh sphere1 becomes senseless4#ejg ,it loses all recollection of the past1 and returns to consciousness but gradually1 when the instinct of childhood gives way to reason and intelligence4 ,after the separation between the life-principle 7astral spirit7 and the body takes place1 the liberated soul--,monad1 exultingly rejoins the mother and father spirit1 the radiant ,augoeides1 and the two1 merged into one1 forever form1 with a glory proportioned to the spiritual purity of the past earth-life1 the ,adam who has completed the circle of necessity1 and is freed from the last vestige of his physical encasement4 ,henceforth1 growing more and more radiant at each step of his upward progress1 he mounts the shining path that ends at the point from which he started around the ,,grand ,,cycle4 ,the whole ,darwinian theory of natural selection is included in the first six chapters of the book of ,genesis4 ,the 8,man0 of chapter i4 is radically different from the 8,adam0 of chapter ii41 for the former was created 8male and female0 that is1 bi-sexed--and in the image of ,god2 while the latter1 according to verse seven1 was formed of the dust of the ground1 and became 8a living soul10 after the ,lord ,god 8breathed into his nostrils the breath of life40 ,moreover1 this ,adam was a male being1 and in verse twenty we are told that 8there was not found a helpmeet for him40 ,the ,adonai1 being pure spiritual entities1 had no sex1 or rather had both sexes united in themselves1 like their ,creator2 and the ancients understood this so well that they represented many of their deities as of dual sex4 ,the ,biblical student must either accept this interpretation1 or make the passages in the two chapters alluded to absurdly contradict each other4 ,it was such literal acceptance of passages that warranted the atheists in covering the ,mosaic account with ridicule1 and it is the dead letter of the old text that begets the materialism of our age4 ,not only are these two races of beings thus clearly indicated in ,genesis1 but even a third and a fourth one are ushered before the reader in chapter iv41 where the 8sons of ,god0 and the race of 8giants0 are spoken of4 ,as we write1 there appears in an ,american paper1 ,the ,kansas ,city ,times1 an account of important discoveries of the remains of a prehistorical race of giants1 which corroborates the statements of the kabalists and the ,bible allegories at the same time4 ,it is worth preserving3 8,in his researches among the forests of ,western ,missouri1 ,judge ,e4 #cjd ,p4 ,west has discovered a number of conical-shaped mounds1 similar in construction to those found in ,ohio and ,kentucky4 ,these mounds are found upon the high bluffs overlooking the ,missouri ,river1 the largest and more prominent being found in ,tennessee1 ,mississippi1 and ,louisiana4 ,until about three weeks ago it was not suspected that the mound builders had made this region their home in the prehistoric days2 but now it is discovered that this strange and extinct race once occupied this land1 and have left an extensive graveyard in a number of high mounds upon the ,clay ,county bluffs4 8,as yet1 only one of these mounds has been opened4 ,judge ,west discovered a skeleton about two weeks ago1 and made a report to other members of the society4 ,they accompanied him to the mound1 and not far from the surface excavated and took out the remains of two skeletons4 ,the bones are very large--so large1 in fact1 when compared with an ordinary skeleton of modern date1 they appear to have formed part of a giant4 ,the head bones1 such as have not rotted away1 are monstrous in size4 ,the lower jaw of one skeleton is in a state of preservation1 and is double the size of the jaw of a civilized person4 ,the teeth in this jaw-bone are large1 and appear to have been ground down and worn away by contact with roots and carnivorous food4 ,the jaw-bone indicates immense muscular strength4 ,the thigh-bone1 when compared with that of an ordinary modern skeleton1 looks like that of a horse4 ,the length1 thickness1 and muscular development are remarkable4 ,but the most peculiar part about the skeleton is the frontal bone4 ,it is very low1 and differs radically from any ever seen in this section before4 ,it forms one thick ridge of bone about one inch wide1 extending across the eyes4 ,it is a narrow but rather heavy ridge of bone which1 instead of extending upward1 as it does now in these days of civilization1 receded back from the eyebrows1 forming a flat head1 and thus indicates a very low order of mankind4 ,it is the opinion of the scientific gentlemen who are making these discoveries that these bones are the remains of a prehistoric race of men4 ,they do not resemble the present existing race of ,indians1 nor are the mounds constructed upon any pattern or model known to have been in use by any race of men now in existence in ,america4 ,the bodies are discovered in a sitting posture in the mounds1 and among the bones are found stone weapons1 such as flint knives1 flint scrapers1 and all of them different in shape to the arrow-heads1 war-hatchets1 and other stone tools and weapons known to have been in use by the aboriginal ,indians of this land when discovered by the whites4 ,the gentlemen who have these curious bones in charge have deposited them with ,dr4 ,foe1 on ,main street4 ,it is their intention to make further and closer researches in the mounds on the bluffs #cje opposite this city4 ,they will make a report of their labors at the next meeting of the ,academy of ,science1 by which time they expect to be able to make some definite report as to their opinions4 ,it is pretty definitely settled1 however1 that the skeletons are those of a race of men not now in existence40 ,the author of a recent and very elaborate work#ejh finds some cause for merriment over the union of the sons of ,god with the 8daughters of men10 who were fair1 as alluded to in ,genesis1 and described at great length in that wonderful legend1 the ,book of ,enoch4 ,more is the pity1 that our most learned and liberal men do not employ their close and merciless logic to repair its one-sidedness by seeking the true spirit which dictated these allegories of old4 ,this spirit was certainly more scientific than skeptics are yet prepared to admit4 ,but with every year some new discovery may corroborate their assertions1 until the whole of antiquity is vindicated4 ,one thing1 at least1 has been shown in the ,hebrew text1 viz43 that there was one race of purely physical creatures1 another purely spiritual4 ,the evolution and 8transformation of species0 required to fill the gap between the two has been left to abler anthropologists4 ,we can only repeat the philosophy of men of old1 which says that the union of these two races produced a third--the ,adamite race4 ,sharing the natures of both its parents1 it is equally adapted to an existence in the material and spiritual worlds4 ,allied to the physical half of man's nature is reason1 which enables him to maintain his supremacy over the lower animals1 and to subjugate nature to his uses4 ,allied to his spiritual part is his conscience1 which will serve as his unerring guide through the besetments of the senses2 for conscience is that instantaneous perception between right and wrong1 which can only be exercised by the spirit1 which1 being a portion of the ,divine ,wisdom and ,purity1 is absolutely pure and wise4 ,its promptings are independent of reason1 and it can only manifest itself clearly1 when unhampered by the baser attractions of our dual nature4 ,reason being a faculty of our physical brain1 one which is justly defined as that of deducing inferences from premises1 and being wholly dependent on the evidence of other senses1 cannot be a quality pertaining directly to our divine spirit4 ,the latter knows--hence1 all reasoning which implies discussion and argument would be useless4 ,so an entity1 which1 if it must be considered as a direct emanation from the eternal ,spirit of wisdom1 has to be viewed as possessed of #cjf the same attributes as the essence or the whole of which it is a part4 ,therefore1 it is with a certain degree of logic that the ancient theurgists maintained that the rational part of man's soul 7spirit7 never entered wholly into the man's body1 but only overshadowed him more or less through the irrational or astral soul1 which serves as an intermediatory agent1 or a medium between spirit and body4 ,the man who has conquered matter sufficiently to relieve the direct light from his shining ,augoeides1 feels truth intuitionally2 he could not err in his judgment1 notwithstanding all the sophisms suggested by cold reason1 for he is ,,illuminated4 ,hence1 prophecy1 vaticination1 and the so-called ,divine inspiration are simply the effects of this illumination from above by our own immortal spirit4 ,swedenborg1 following the mystical doctrines of the ,hermetic philosophers1 devoted a number of volumes to the elucidation of the 8internal sense0 of ,genesis4 ,swedenborg was undoubtedly a 8natural-born magician10 a seer2 he was not an adept4 ,thus1 however closely he may have followed the apparent method of interpretation used by the alchemists and mystic writers1 he partially failed2 the more so1 that the model chosen by him in this method was one who1 albeit a great alchemist1 was no more of an adept than the ,swedish seer himself1 in the fullest sense of the word4 ,eugenius ,philalethes had never attained 8the highest pyrotechny10 to use the diction of the mystic philosophers4 ,but1 although both have missed the whole truth in its details1 ,swedenborg has virtually given the same interpretation of the first chapter of ,genesis as the ,hermetic philosophers4 ,the seer1 as well as the initiates1 notwithstanding their veiled phraseology1 clearly show that the first chapters of ,genesis relate to the regeneration1 or a new birth of man1 not to the creation of our universe and its crown work--,,man4 ,the fact that the terms of the alchemists1 such as salt1 sulphur1 and mercury are transformed by ,swedenborg into ens1 cause1 and effect1#eji does not affect the underlying idea of solving the problems of the ,mosaic books by the only possible method--that used by the ,hermetists--that of correspondences4 ,his doctrine of correspondence1 or ,hermetic symbolism1 is that of ,pythagoras and of the kabalists--8as above1 so below40 ,it is also that of the ,buddhist philosophers1 who1 in their still more abstract metaphysics1 inverting the usual mode of definition given by our erudite scholars1 call the invisible types the only reality1 and everything else the effects of the causes1 or visible prototypes--illusions4 ,however contradictory their various elucidations of the ,pentateuch may appear on their surface1 every one of them tends to show that the sacred literature of every country1 the ,bible as much as the ,vedas or the ,buddhist ,scriptures1 can #cjg only be understood and thoroughly sifted by the light of ,hermetic philosophy4 ,the great sages of antiquity1 those of the medival ages1 and the mystical writers of our more modern times also1 were all ,hermetists4 ,whether the light of truth had illuminated them through their faculty of intuition1 or as a consequence of study and regular initiation1 virtually1 they had accepted the method and followed the path traced to them by such men as ,moses1 ,gautama-,buddha1 and ,jesus4 ,the truth1 symbolized by some alchemists as dew from heaven1 had descended into their hearts1 and they had all gathered it upon the tops of mountains1 after having spread ,,clean linen cloths to receive it2 and thus1 in one sense1 they had secured1 each for himself1 and in his own way1 the universal solvent4 ,how much they were allowed to share it with the public is another question4 ,that veil1 which is alleged to have covered the face of ,moses1 when1 after descending from ,sinai1 he taught his people the ,word of ,god1 cannot be withdrawn at the will of the teacher only4 ,it depends on the listeners1 whether they will also remove the veil which is 8upon their hearts40 ,paul says it plainly2 and his words addressed to the ,corinthians can be applied to every man or woman1 and of any age in the history of the world4 ,if 8their minds are blinded0 by the shining skin of divine truth1 whether the ,hermetic veil be withdrawn or not from the face of the teacher1 it cannot be taken away from their heart unless 8it shall turn to the ,lord40 ,but the latter appellation must not be applied to either of the three anthropomorphized personages of the ,trinity1 but to the 8,lord10 as understood by ,swedenborg and the ,hermetic philosophers--the ,lord1 who is ,life and ,,man4 ,the everlasting conflict between the world-religions--,christianity1 ,judaism1 ,brahmanism1 ,paganism1 ,buddhism1 proceeds from this one source3 ,truth is known but to the few2 the rest1 unwilling to withdraw the veil from their own hearts1 imagine it blinding the eyes of their neighbor4 ,the god of every exoteric religion1 including ,christianity1 notwithstanding its pretensions to mystery1 is an idol1 a fiction1 and cannot be anything else4 ,moses1 closely-veiled1 speaks to the stiff-necked multitudes of ,jehovah1 the cruel1 anthropomorphic deity1 as of the highest ,god1 burying deep in the bottom of his heart that truth which cannot be 8either spoken of or revealed40 ,kapila cuts with the sharp sword of his sarcasms the ,brahman-,yoggins1 who in their mystical visions pretend to see the ,,highest one4 ,gautama-,buddha conceals1 under an impenetrable cloak of metaphysical subtilties1 the verity1 and is regarded by posterity as an atheist4 ,pythagoras1 with his allegorical mysticism and metempsychosis1 is held for a clever impostor1 and is succeeded in the same estimation by other philosophers1 like ,apollonius and ,plotinus1 who are generally spoken of as visionaries1 if not charlatans4 ,plato1 whose #cjh writings were never read by the majority of our great scholars but superficially1 is accused by many of his translators of absurdities and puerilities1 and even of being ignorant of his own language2#eaj most likely for saying1 in reference to the ,supreme1 that 8a matter of that kind cannot be expressed by words1 like other things to be learned20#eaa and making ,protagoras lay too much stress on the use of 8veils40 ,we could fill a whole volume with names of misunderstood sages1 whose writings--only because our materialistic critics feel unable to lift the 8veil10 which shrouds them--pass off in a current way for mystical absurdities4 ,the most important feature of this seemingly imcomprehensible mystery lies perhaps in the inveterate habit of the majority of readers to judge a work by its words and insufficiently-expressed ideas1 leaving the spirit of it out of the question4 ,philosophers of quite different schools may be often found to use a multitude of different expressions1 some dark and metaphorical--all figurative1 and yet treating of the same subject4 ,like the thousand divergent rays of a globe of fire1 every ray leads1 nevertheless1 to the central point1 so every mystic philosopher1 whether he be a devotedly pious enthusiast like ,henry ,more2 an irascible alchemist1 using a ,billingsgate phraseology--like his adversary1 ,eugenius ,philalethes2 or an atheist 787 like ,spinoza1 all had one and the same object in view--,,man4 ,it is ,spinoza1 however1 who furnishes perhaps the truest key to a portion of this unwritten secret4 ,while ,moses forbids 8graven images0 of ,him whose name is not to be taken in vain1 ,spinoza goes farther4 ,he clearly infers that ,god must not be so much as described4 ,human language is totally unfit to give an idea of this 8,being0 who is altogether unique4 ,whether it is ,spinoza or the ,christian theology that is more right in their premises and conclusion1 we leave the reader to judge for himself4 ,every attempt to the contrary leads a nation to anthropomorphize the deity in whom it believes1 and the result is that given by ,swedenborg4 ,instead of stating that ,god made man after his own image1 we ought in truth to say that 8man imagines ,god after his image10#eab forgetting that he has set up his own reflection for worship4 ,where1 then1 lies the true1 real secret so much talked about by the ,hermetists8 ,that there was and there is a secret1 no candid student of esoteric literature will ever doubt4 ,men of genius--as many of the ,hermetic philosophers undeniably were--would not have made fools of themselves by trying to fool others for several thousand consecutive years4 ,that this great secret1 commonly termed 8the philosopher's stone10 had a spiritual as well as a physical meaning attached to it1 was suspected in all ages4 ,the author of ,remarks on ,alchemy and the ,alchemists very truly observes that the subject of the #cji ,hermetic art is ,,man1 and the object of the art is the perfection of man4#eac ,but we cannot agree with him that only those whom he terms 8money-loving sots10 ever attempted to carry a purely moral design 7of the alchemists7 into the field of physical science4 ,the fact alone that man1 in their eyes1 is a trinity1 which they divide into ,sol1 water of mercury1 and sulphur1 which is the secret fire1 or1 to speak plain1 into body1 soul1 and spirit1 shows that there is a physical side to the question4 ,man is the philosopher's stone spiritually--8a triune or trinity in unity10 as ,philalethes expresses it4 ,but he is also that stone physically4 ,the latter is but the effect of the cause1 and the cause is the universal solvent of everything--divine spirit4 ,man is a correlation of chemical physical forces1 as well as a correlation of spiritual powers4 ,the latter react on the physical powers of man in proportion to the development of the earthly man4 8,the work is carried to perfection according to the virtue of a body1 soul1 and spirit10 says an alchemist2 8for the body would never be penetrable were it not for the spirit1 nor would the spirit be permanent in its supra-perfect tincture1 were it not for the body2 nor could these two act one upon another without the soul1 for the spirit is an invisible thing1 nor doth it ever appear without another ,,garment1 which garment is the ,,soul40#ead ,the 8philosophers by fire0 asserted1 through their chief1 ,robert ,fludd1 that sympathy is the offspring of light1 and 8antipathy hath its beginning from darkness40 ,moreover1 they taught1 with other kabalists1 that 8contrarieties in nature doth proceed from one eternal essence1 or from the root of all things40 ,thus1 the first cause is the parent-source of good as well as of evil4 ,the creator--who is not the ,highest ,god--is the father of matter1 which is bad1 as well as of spirit1 which1 emanating from the highest1 invisible cause1 passes through him like through a vehicle1 and pervades the whole universe4 8,it is most certain10 remarks ,robertus di ,fluctibus 7,robert ,fludd71 8that1 as there are an infinity of visible creatures1 so there is an endless variety of invisible ones1 of divers natures1 in the universal machine4 ,through the mysterious name of ,god1 which ,moses was so desirous of him 7,jehova7 to hear and know1 when he received from him this answer1 ,jehova is my everlasting name4 ,as for the other name1 it is so pure and simple that it cannot be articulated1 or compounded1 or truly expressed by man's voice 444 all the other names are wholly comprehended within it1 for it contains the property as well of ,nolunty as volunty1 of privation as position1 of death as life1 of cursing as blessing1 of evil as good 7though nothing ideally is #caj bad in him71 of hatred and discord1 and consequently of sympathy and antipathy40#eae ,lowest in the scale of being are those invisible creatures called by the kabalists the 8elementary40 ,there are three distinct classes of these4 ,the highest1 in intelligence and cunning1 are the so-called terrestrial spirits1 of which we will speak more categorically in other parts of this work4 ,suffice to say1 for the present1 that they are the larv1 or shadows of those who have lived on earth1 have refused all spiritual light1 remained and died deeply immersed in the mire of matter1 and from whose sinful souls the immortal spirit has gradually separated4 ,the second class is composed of the invisible antitypes of the men to be born4 ,no form can come into objective existence--from the highest to the lowest--before the abstract ideal of this form--or1 as ,aristotle would call it1 the privation of this form--is called forth4 ,before an artist paints a picture every feature of it exists already in his imagination2 to have enabled us to discern a watch1 this particular watch must have existed in its abstract form in the watchmaker's mind4 ,so with future men4 ,according to ,aristotle's doctrine1 there are three principles of natural bodies3 privation1 matter1 and form4 ,these principles may be applied in this particular case4 ,the privation of the child which is to be we will locate in the invisible mind of the great ,architect of the ,universe--privation not being considered in the ,aristotelic philosophy as a principle in the composition of bodies1 but as an external property in their production2 for the production is a change by which the matter passes from the shape it has not to that which it assumes4 ,though the privation of the unborn child's form1 as well as of the future form of the unmade watch1 is that which is neither substance nor extension nor quality as yet1 nor any kind of existence1 it is still something which is1 though its outlines1 in order to be1 must acquire an objective form--the abstract must become concrete1 in short4 ,thus1 as soon as this privation of matter is transmitted by energy to universal ether1 it becomes a material form1 however sublimated4 ,if modern science teaches that human thought 8affects the matter of another universe simultaneously with this10 how can he who believes in an ,intelligent ,first ,cause1 deny that the divine thought is equally transmitted1 by the same law of energy1 to our common mediator1 the universal ether--the world-soul8 ,and1 if so1 then it must follow that once there the divine thought manifests itself objectively1 energy faithfully reproducing the outlines of that whose 8privation0 was first born in the divine mind4 ,only it must not be understood that this thought creates matter4 ,no2 it creates but the design for the future #caa form2 the matter which serves to make this design having always been in existence1 and having been prepared to form a human body1 through a series of progressive transformations1 as the result of evolution4 ,forms pass2 ideas that created them and the material which gave them objectiveness1 remain4 ,these models1 as yet devoid of immortal spirits1 are 8elementals18properly speaking1 psychic embryos--which1 when their time arrives1 die out of the invisible world1 and are born into this visible one as human infants1 receiving in transitu that divine breath called spirit which completes the perfect man4 ,this class cannot communicate objectively with men4 ,the third class are the 8elementals0 proper1 which never evolve into human beings1 but occupy1 as it were1 a specific step of the ladder of being1 and1 by comparison with the others1 may properly be called nature-spirits1 or cosmic agents of nature1 each being confined to its own element and never transgressing the bounds of others4 ,these are what ,tertullian called the 8princes of the powers of the air40 ,this class is believed to possess but one of the three attributes of man4 ,they have neither immortal spirits nor tangible bodies2 only astral forms1 which partake1 in a distinguishing degree1 of the element to which they belong and also of the ether4 ,they are a combination of sublimated matter and a rudimental mind4 ,some are changeless1 but still have no separate individuality1 acting collectively1 so to say4 ,others1 of certain elements and species1 change form under a fixed law which kabalists explain4 ,the most solid of their bodies is ordinarily just immaterial enough to escape perception by our physical eyesight1 but not so unsubstantial but that they can be perfectly recognized by the inner1 or clairvoyant vision4 ,they not only exist and can all live in ether1 but can handle and direct it for the production of physical effects1 as readily as we can compress air or water for the same purpose by pneumatic and hydraulic apparatus2 in which occupation they are readily helped by the 8human elementary40 ,more than this2 they can so condense it as to make to themselves tangible bodies1 which by their ,protean powers they can cause to assume such likeness as they choose1 by taking as their models the portraits they find stamped in the memory of the persons present4 ,it is not necessary that the sitter should be thinking at the moment of the one represented4 ,his image may have faded many years before4 ,the mind receives indelible impression even from chance acquaintance or persons encountered but once4 ,as a few seconds exposure of the sensitized photograph plate is all that is requisite to preserve indefinitely the image of the sitter1 so is it with the mind4 ,according to the doctrine of ,proclus1 the uppermost regions from the zenith of the universe to the moon belonged to the gods or planetary #cab spirits1 according to their hierarchies and classes4 ,the highest among them were the twelve per-ouranioi1 or supercelestial gods1 having whole legions of subordinate demons at their command4 ,they are followed next in rank and power by the egkosmioi1 the intercosmic gods1 each of these presiding over a great number of demons1 to whom they impart their power and change it from one to another at will4 ,these are evidently the personified forces of nature in their mutual correlation1 the latter being represented by the third class or the 8elementals0 we have just described4 ,further on he shows1 on the principle of the ,hermetic axiom--of types1 and prototypes--that the lower spheres have their subdivisions and classes of beings as well as the upper celestial ones1 the former being always subordinate to the higher ones4 ,he held that the four elements are all filled with demons1 maintaining with ,aristotle that the universe is full1 and that there is no void in nature4 ,the demons of the earth1 air1 fire1 and water are of an elastic1 ethereal1 semi-corporeal essence4 ,it is these classes which officiate as intermediate agents between the gods and men4 ,although lower in intelligence than the sixth order of the higher demons1 these beings preside directly over the elements and organic life4 ,they direct the growth1 the inflorescence1 the properties1 and various changes of plants4 ,they are the personified ideas or virtues shed from the heavenly ul into the inorganic matter2 and1 as the vegetable kingdom is one remove higher than the mineral1 these emanations from the celestial gods take form and being in the plant1 they become its soul4 ,it is that which ,aristotle's doctrine terms the form in the three principles of natural bodies1 classified by him as privation1 matter1 and form4 ,his philosophy teaches that besides the original matter1 another principle is necessary to complete the triune nature of every particle1 and this is form2 an invisible1 but still1 in an ontological sense of the word1 a substantial being1 really distinct from matter proper4 ,thus1 in an animal or a plant1 besides the bones1 the flesh1 the nerves1 the brains1 and the blood1 in the former1 and besides the pulpy matter1 tissues1 fibres1 and juice in the latter1 which blood and juice1 by circulating through the veins and fibres1 nourishes all parts of both animal and plant2 and besides the animal spirits1 which are the principles of motion2 and the chemical energy which is transformed into vital force in the green leaf1 there must be a substantial form1 which ,aristotle called in the horse1 the horse's soul2 ,proclus1 the demon of every mineral1 plant1 or animal1 and the medival philosophers1 the elementary spirits of the four kingdoms4 ,all this is held in our century as metaphysics and gross superstition4 ,still1 on strictly ontological principles1 there is1 in these old hypotheses1 some shadow of probability1 some clew to the perplexing #cac 8missing links0 of exact science4 ,the latter has become so dogmatical of late1 that all that lies beyond the ken of inductive science is termed imaginary2 and we find ,professor ,joseph ,le ,conte stating that some of the best scientists 8ridicule the use of the term #8vital force1' or vitality1 as a remnant of superstition40#eaf ,de ,candolle suggests the term 8vital movement10 instead of vital force2#eag thus preparing for a final scientific leap which will transform the immortal1 thinking man1 into an automaton with a clock-work inside him4 8,but10 objects ,le ,conte1 8can we conceive of movement without force8 ,and if the movement is peculiar1 so also is the form of force40 ,in the ,jewish ,kabala1 the nature-spirits were known under the general name of ,shedim and divided into four classes4 ,the ,persians called them all devs2 the ,greeks1 indistinctly designated them as demons2 the ,egyptians knew them as afrites4 ,the ancient ,mexicans1 says ,kaiser1 believed in numerous spirit-abodes1 into one of which the shades of innocent children were placed until final disposal2 into another1 situated in the sun1 ascended the valiant souls of heroes2 while the hideous spectres of incorrigible sinners were sentenced to wander and despair in subterranean caves1 held in the bonds of the earth atmosphere1 unwilling and unable to liberate themselves4 ,they passed their time in communicating with mortals1 and frightening those who could see them4 ,some of the ,african tribes know them as ,yowahoos4 ,in the ,indian ,pantheon there are no less than #ccj1jjj1jjj of various kinds of spirits1 including elementals1 which latter were termed by the ,brahmans the ,daityas4 ,these beings are known by the adepts to be attracted toward certain quarters of the heavens by something of the same mysterious property which makes the magnetic needle turn toward the north1 and certain plants to obey the same attraction4 ,the various races are also believed to have a special sympathy with certain human temperaments1 and to more readily exert power over such than others4 ,thus1 a bilious1 lymphatic1 nervous1 or sanguine person would be affected favorably or otherwise by conditions of the astral light1 resulting from the different aspects of the planetary bodies4 ,having reached this general principle1 after recorded observations extending over an indefinite series of years1 or ages1 the adept astrologer would require only to know what the planetary aspects were at a given anterior date1 and to apply his knowledge of the succeeding changes in the heavenly bodies1 to be able to trace1 with approximate accuracy1 the varying fortunes of the personage whose horoscope was required1 #cad and even to predict the future4 ,the accuracy of the horoscope would depend1 of course1 no less upon the astrologer's knowledge of the occult forces and races of nature1 than upon his astronomical erudition4 ,eliphas ,levi expounds with reasonable clearness1 in his ,dogme et ,rituel de la ,haute ,magie1 the law of reciprocal influences between the planets and their combined effect upon the mineral1 vegetable1 and animal kingdoms1 as well as upon ourselves4 ,he states that the astral atmosphere is as constantly changing from day to day1 and from hour to hour1 as the air we breathe4 ,he quotes approvingly the doctrine of ,paracelsus that every man1 animal1 and plant bears external and internal evidences of the influences dominant at the moment of germinal development4 ,he repeats the old kabalistic doctrine1 that nothing is unimportant in nature1 and that even so small a thing as the birth of one child upon our insignificant planet has its effect upon the universe1 as the whole universe has its own rective influence upon him4 8,the stars10 he remarks1 8are linked to each other by attractions which hold them in equilibrium and cause them to move with regularity through space4 ,this net-work of light stretches from all the spheres to all the spheres1 and there is not a point upon any planet to which is not attached one of these indestructible threads4 ,the precise locality1 as well as the hour of birth1 should then be calculated by the true adept in astrology2 then1 when he shall have made the exact calculation of the astral influences1 it remains for him to count the chances of his position in life1 the helps or hindrances he is likely to encounter 444 and his natural impulses toward the accomplishment of his destiny40 ,he also asserts that the individual force of the person1 as indicating his ability to conquer difficulties and subdue unfavorable propensities1 and so carve out his fortune1 or to passively await what blind fate may bring1 must be taken into account4 ,a consideration of the subject from the standpoint of the ancients1 affords us1 it will be seen1 a very different view from that taken by ,professor ,tyndall in his famous ,belfast address4 8,to supersensual beings10 says he1 8which1 however potent and invisible1 were nothing but species of human creatures1 perhaps raised from among mankind1 and retaining all human passions and appetites1 were handed over the rule and governance of natural phenomena40 ,to enforce his point1 ,mr4 ,tyndall conveniently quotes from ,euripides the familiar passage in ,hume3 8,the gods toss all into confusion1 mix everything with its reverse1 that all of us1 from our ignorance and uncertainty1 may pay them the more worship and reverence40 ,although enunciating in ,chrysippus several ,pythagorean doctrines1 ,euripides is considered by every ancient writer as heterodox1 therefore the #cae quotation proceeding from this philosopher does not at all strengthen ,mr4 ,tyndall's argument4 ,as to the human spirit1 the notions of the older philosophers and medival kabalists while differing in some particulars1 agreed on the whole2 so that the doctrine of one may be viewed as the doctrine of the other4 ,the most substantial difference consisted in the location of the immortal or divine spirit of man4 ,while the ancient ,neo-platonists held that the ,augoeides never descends hypostatically into the living man1 but only sheds more or less its radiance on the inner man--the astral soul--the kabalists of the middle ages maintained that the spirit1 detaching itself from the ocean of light and spirit1 entered into man's soul1 where it remained through life imprisoned in the astral capsule4 ,this difference was the result of the belief of ,christian kabalists1 more or less1 in the dead letter of the allegory of the fall of man4 ,the soul1 they said1 became1 through the fall of ,adam1 contaminated with the world of matter1 or ,satan4 ,before it could appear with its enclosed divine spirit in the presence of the ,eternal1 it had to purify itself of the impurities of darkness4 ,they compared 8the spirit imprisoned within the soul to a drop of water enclosed within a capsule of gelatine and thrown in the ocean2 so long as the capsule remains whole the drop of water remains isolated2 break the envelope and the drop becomes a part of the ocean--its individual existence has ceased4 ,so it is with the spirit4 ,as long as it is enclosed in its plastic mediator1 or soul1 it has an individual existence4 ,destroy the capsule1 a result which may occur from the agonies of withered conscience1 crime1 and moral disease1 and the spirit returns back to its original abode4 ,its individuality is gone40 ,on the other hand1 the philosophers who explained the 8fall into generation0 in their own way1 viewed spirit as something wholly distinct from the soul4 ,they allowed its presence in the astral capsule only so far as the spiritual emanations or rays of the 8shining one0 were concerned4 ,man and soul had to conquer their immortality by ascending toward the unity with which1 if successful1 they were finally linked1 and into which they were absorbed1 so to say4 ,the individualization of man after death depended on the spirit1 not on his soul and body4 ,although the word 8personality10 in the sense in which it is usually understood1 is an absurdity1 if applied literally to our immortal essence1 still the latter is a distinct entity1 immortal and eternal1 per se2 and1 as in the case of criminals beyond redemption1 when the shining thread which links the spirit to the soul1 from the moment of the birth of a child1 is violently snapped1 and the disembodied entity is left to share the fate of the lower animals1 to gradually dissolve into ether1 and have its individuality annihilated--even then the spirit remains a distinct being4 ,it becomes #caf a planetary spirit1 an angel2 for the gods of the ,pagan or the archangels of the ,christian1 the direct emanations of the ,first ,cause1 notwithstanding the hazardous statement of ,swedenborg1 never were or will be men1 on our planet1 at least4 ,this specialization has been in all ages the stumbling-block of metaphysicians4 ,the whole esoterism of the ,buddhistical philosophy is based on this mysterious teaching1 understood by so few persons1 and so totally misrepresented by many of the most learned scholars4 ,even metaphysicians are too inclined to confound the effect with the cause4 ,a person may have won his immortal life1 and remain the same inner-self he was on earth1 throughout eternity2 but this does not imply necessarily that he must either remain the ,mr4 ,smith or ,brown he was on earth1 or lose his individuality4 ,therefore1 the astral soul and terrestrial body of man may1 in the dark ,hereafter1 be absorbed into the cosmical ocean of sublimated elements1 and cease to feel his ego1 if this ego did not deserve to soar higher2 and the divine spirit still remain an unchanged entity1 though this terrestrial experience of his emanations may be totally obliterated at the instant of separation from the unworthy vehicle4 ,if the 8spirit10 or the divine portion of the soul1 is prexistent as a distinct being from all eternity1 as ,origen1 ,synesius1 and other ,christian fathers and philosophers taught1 and if it is the same1 and nothing more than the metaphysically-objective soul1 how can it be otherwise than eternal8 ,and what matters it in such a case1 whether man leads an animal or a pure life1 if1 do what he may1 he can never lose his individuality8 ,this doctrine is as pernicious in its consequences as that of vicarious atonement4 ,had the latter dogma1 in company with the false idea that we are all immortal1 been demonstrated to the world in its true light1 humanity would have been bettered by its propagation4 ,crime and sin would be avoided1 not for fear of earthly punishment1 or of a ridiculous hell1 but for the sake of that which lies the most deeply rooted in our inner nature--the desire of an individual and distinct life in the hereafter1 the positive assurance that we cannot win it unless we 8take the kingdom of heaven by violence10 and the conviction that neither human prayers nor the blood of another man will save us from individual destruction after death1 unless we firmly link ourselves during our terrestrial life with our own immortal spirit--our ,,god4 ,pythagoras1 ,plato1 ,timus of ,locris1 and the whole ,alexandrian school derived the soul from the universal ,world-,soul2 and the latter was1 according to their own teachings--ether2 something of such a fine nature as to be perceived only by our inner sight4 ,therefore1 it cannot be the essence of the ,monas1 or cause1 because the anima mundi is but the effect1 the objective emanation of the former4 ,both the human spirit #cag and soul are prexistent4 ,but1 while the former exists as a distinct entity1 an individualization1 the soul exists as prexisting matter1 an unscient portion of an intelligent whole4 ,both were originally formed from the ,eternal ,ocean of ,light2 but as the theosophists expressed it1 there is a visible as well as invisible spirit in fire4 ,they made a difference between the anima bruta and the anima divina4 ,empedocles firmly believed all men and animals to possess two souls2 and in ,aristotle we find that he calls one the reasoning soul--1 and the other1 the animal soul--4 ,according to these philosophers1 the reasoning soul comes from without the universal soul1 and the other from within4 ,this divine and superior region1 in which they located the invisible and supreme deity1 was considered by them 7by ,aristotle himself7 as a fifth element1 purely spiritual and divine1 whereas the anima mundi proper was considered as composed of a fine1 igneous1 and ethereal nature spread throughout the universe1 in short--ether4 ,the ,stoics1 the greatest materialists of ancient days1 excepted the ,invisible ,god and ,divine ,soul 7,spirit7 from any such a corporeal nature4 ,their modern commentators and admirers1 greedily seizing the opportunity1 built on this ground the supposition that the ,stoics believed in neither ,god nor soul4 ,but ,epicurus1 whose doctrine militating directly against the agency of a ,supreme ,being and gods1 in the formation or government of the world1 placed him far above the ,stoics in atheism and materialism1 taught1 nevertheless1 that the soul is of a fine1 tender essence1 formed from the smoothest1 roundest1 and finest atoms1 which description still brings us to the same sublimated ether4 ,arnobius1 ,tertullian1 ,irenus1 and ,origen1 notwithstanding their ,christianity1 believed1 with the more modern ,spinoza and ,hobbes1 that the soul was corporeal1 though of a very fine nature4 ,this doctrine of the possibility of losing one's soul and1 hence1 individuality1 militates with the ideal theories and progressive ideas of some spiritualists1 though ,swedenborg fully adopts it4 ,they will never accept the kabalistic doctrine which teaches that it is only through observing the law of harmony that individual life hereafter can be obtained2 and that the farther the inner and outer man deviate from this fount of harmony1 whose source lies in our divine spirit1 the more difficult it is to regain the ground4 ,but while the spiritualists and other adherents of ,christianity have little if any perception of this fact of the possible death and obliteration of the human personality by the separation of the immortal part from the perishable1 the ,swedenborgians fully comprehend it4 ,one of the most respected ministers of the ,new ,church1 the ,rev4 ,chauncey ,giles1 ,d4,d41 of ,new ,york1 recently elucidated the subject in a public discourse as follows3 ,physical death1 or the death of the body1 was a #cah provision of the divine economy for the benefit of man1 a provision by means of which he attained the higher ends of his being4 ,but there is another death which is the interruption of the divine order and the destruction of every human element in man's nature1 and every possibility of human happiness4 ,this is the spiritual death1 which takes place before the dissolution of the body4 8,there may be a vast development of man's natural mind without that development being accompanied by a particle of love of ,god1 or of unselfish love of man40 ,when one falls into a love of self and love of the world1 with its pleasures1 losing the divine love of ,god and of the neighbor1 he falls from life to death4 ,the higher principles which constitute the essential elements of his humanity perish1 and he lives only on the natural plane of his faculties4 ,physically he exists1 spiritually he is dead4 ,to all that pertain to the higher and the only enduring phase of existence he is as much dead as his body becomes dead to all the activities1 delights1 and sensations of the world when the spirit has left it4 ,this spiritual death results from disobedience of the laws of spiritual life1 which is followed by the same penalty as the disobedience of the laws of the natural life4 ,but the spiritually dead have still their delights2 they have their intellectual endowments and power1 and intense activities4 ,all the animal delights are theirs1 and to multitudes of men and women these constitute the highest ideal of human happiness4 ,the tireless pursuit of riches1 of the amusements and entertainments of social life2 the cultivation of graces of manner1 of taste in dress1 of social preferment1 of scientific distinction1 intoxicate and enrapture these dead-alive2 but1 the eloquent preacher remarks1 8these creatures1 with all their graces1 rich attire1 and brilliant accomplishments1 are dead in the eye of the ,lord and the angels1 and when measured by the only true and immutable standard have no more genuine life than skeletons whose flesh has turned to dust40 ,a high development of the intellectual faculties does not imply spiritual and true life4 ,many of our greatest scientists are but animate corpses--they have no spiritual sight because their spirits have left them4 ,so we might go through all ages1 examine all occupations1 weigh all human attainments1 and investigate all forms of society1 and we would find these spiritually dead everywhere4 ,pythagoras taught that the entire universe is one vast system of mathematically correct combinations4 ,plato shows the deity geometrizing4 ,the world is sustained by the same law of equilibrium and harmony upon which it was built4 ,the centripetal force could not manifest itself without the centrifugal in the harmonious revolutions of the spheres2 all forms are the product of this dual force in nature4 ,thus1 to illustrate our case1 we may designate the spirit as the centrifugal1 and the soul as the centripetal1 spiritual energies4 #cai ,when in perfect harmony1 both forces produce one result2 break or damage the centripetal motion of the earthly soul tending toward the centre which attracts it2 arrest its progress by clogging it with a heavier weight of matter than it can bear1 and the harmony of the whole1 which was its life1 is destroyed4 ,individual life can only be continued if sustained by this two-fold force4 ,the least deviation from harmony damages it2 when it is destroyed beyond redemption the forces separate and the form is gradually annihilated4 ,after the death of the depraved and the wicked1 arrives the critical moment4 ,if during life the ultimate and desperate effort of the inner-self to reunite itself with the faintly-glimmering ray of its divine parent is neglected2 if this ray is allowed to be more and more shut out by the thickening crust of matter1 the soul1 once freed from the body1 follows its earthly attractions1 and is magnetically drawn into and held within the dense fogs of the material atmosphere4 ,then it begins to sink lower and lower1 until it finds itself1 when returned to consciousness1 in what the ancients termed ,hades4 ,the annihilation of such a soul is never instantaneous2 it may last centuries1 perhaps2 for nature never proceeds by jumps and starts1 and the astral soul being formed of elements1 the law of evolution must bide its time4 ,then begins the fearful law of compensation1 the ,yin-youan of the ,buddhists4 ,this class of spirits are called the 8terrestrial0 or 8earthly elementary10 in contradistinction to the other classes1 as we have shown in the introductory chapter4 ,in the ,east they are known as the 8,brothers of the ,shadow40 ,cunning1 low1 vindictive1 and seeking to retaliate their sufferings upon humanity1 they become1 until final annihilation1 vampires1 ghouls1 and prominent actors4 ,these are the leading 8stars0 on the great spiritual stage of 8materialization10 which phenomena they perform with the help of the more intelligent of the genuine-born 8elemental0 creatures1 which hover around and welcome them with delight in their own spheres4 ,henry ,kunrath1 the great ,german kabalist1 has on a plate of his rare work1 ,amphitheatri ,sapienti tern1 representations of the four classes of these human 8elementary spirits40 ,once past the threshold of the sanctuary of initiation1 once that an adept has lifted the 8,veil of ,isis10 the mysterious and jealous goddess1 he has nothing to fear2 but till then he is in constant danger4 ,although ,aristotle himself1 anticipating the modern physiologists1 regarded the human mind as a material substance1 and ridiculed the hylozosts1 nevertheless he fully believed in the existence of a 8double0 soul1 or spirit and soul4#eah ,he laughed at ,strabo for believing that any particles of matter1 per se1 could have life #cbj and intellect in themselves sufficient to fashion by degrees such a multiform world as ours4#eai ,aristotle is indebted for the sublime morality of his ,nichomachean ,ethics to a thorough study of the ,pythagoric ,ethical ,fragments2 for the latter can be easily shown to have been the source at which he gathered his ideas1 though he might not have sworn 8by him who the tetractys found40#ebj ,finally1 what do we know so certain about ,aristotle8 ,his philosophy is so abstruse that he constantly leaves his reader to supply by the imagination the missing links of his logical deductions4 ,moreover1 we know that before his works ever reached our scholars1 who delight in his seemingly atheistical arguments in support of his doctrine of fate1 these works passed through too many hands to have remained immaculate4 ,from ,theophrastus1 his legator1 they passed to ,neleus1 whose heirs kept them mouldering in subterranean caves for nearly #aej years2#eba after which1 we learn that his manuscripts were copied and much augmented by ,apellicon of ,theos1 who supplied such paragraphs as had become illegible1 by conjectures of his own1 probably many of these drawn from the depths of his inner consciousness4 ,our scholars of the nineteenth century might certainly profit well by ,aristotle's example1 were they as anxious to imitate him practically as they are to throw his inductive method and materialistic theories at the head of the ,platonists4 ,we invite them to collect facts as carefully as he did1 instead of denying those they know nothing about4 ,what we have said in the introductory chapter and elsewhere1 of mediums and the tendency of their mediumship1 is not based upon conjecture1 but upon actual experience and observation4 ,there is scarcely one phase of mediumship1 of either kind1 that we have not seen exemplified during the past twenty-five years1 in various countries4 ,india1 ,thibet1 ,borneo1 ,siam1 ,egypt1 ,asia ,minor1 ,america 7,north and ,south71 and other parts of the world1 have each displayed to us its peculiar phase of mediumistic phenomena and magical power4 ,our varied experience has taught us two important truths1 viz43 that for the exercise of the latter personal purity and the exercise of a trained and indomitable will-power are indispensable2 and that spiritualists can never assure themselves of the genuineness of mediumistic manifestations1 unless they occur in the light and under such reasonable test conditions as would make an attempted fraud instantly noticed4 ,for fear of being misunderstood1 we would remark that while1 as a rule1 physical phenomena are produced by the nature-spirits1 of their own #cba motion and to please their own fancy1 still good disembodied human spirits1 under exceptional circumstances1 such as the aspiration of a pure heart or the occurrence of some favoring emergency1 can manifest their presence by any of the phenomena except personal materialization4 ,but it must be a mighty attraction indeed to draw a pure1 disembodied spirit from its radiant home into the foul atmosphere from which it escaped upon leaving its earthly body4 ,magi and theurgic philosophers objected most severely to the 8evocation of souls40 8,bring her 7the soul7 not forth1 lest in departing she retain something10 says ,psellus4#ebb 8,it becomes you not to behold them before your body is initiated1 ,since1 by always alluring1 they seduce the souls of the uninitiated10 says the same philosopher1 in another passage4#ebc ,they objected to it for several good reasons4 #a4 8,it is extremely difficult to distinguish a good dmon from a bad one10 says ,iamblichus4 #b4 ,if a human soul succeeds in penetrating the density of the earth's atmosphere--always oppressive to her1 often hateful--still there is a danger the soul is unable to come into proximity with the material world without that she cannot avoid2 8departing1 she retains something10 that is to say1 contaminating her purity1 for which she has to suffer more or less after her departure4 ,therefore1 the true theurgist will avoid causing any more suffering to this pure denizen of the higher sphere than is absolutely required by the interests of humanity4 ,it is only the practitioner of black magic who compels the presence1 by the powerful incantations of necromancy1 of the tainted souls of such as have lived bad lives1 and are ready to aid his selfish designs4 ,of intercourse with the ,augoeides1 through the mediumistic powers of subjective mediums1 we elsewhere speak4 ,the theurgists employed chemicals and mineral substances to chase away evil spirits4 ,of the latter1 a stone called was one of the most powerful agents4 8,when you shall see a terrestrial demon approaching1 ,exclaim1 and sacrifice the stone ,mnizurin10 exclaims a ,zoroastrian oracle 7,psel41 #dj74 ,and now1 to descend from the eminence of theurgico-magian poetry to the 8unconscious0 magic of our present century1 and the prose of a modern kabalist1 we will review it in the following3 ,in ,dr4 ,morin's ,journal de ,magntisme1 published a few years since #cbb in ,paris1 at a time when the 8table-turning0 was raging in ,france1 a curious letter was published4 8,believe me1 sir10 wrote the anonymous correspondent1 8that there are no spirits1 no ghosts1 no angels1 no demons enclosed in a table2 but1 all of these can be found there1 nevertheless1 for that depends on our own wills and our imaginations4444 ,this ,m,e,n,s,abulism#ebd is an ancient phenomenon 444 misunderstood by us moderns1 but natural1 for all that1 and which pertains to physics and psychology2 unfortunately1 it had to remain incomprehensible until the discovery of electricity and heliography1 as1 to explain a fact of spiritual nature1 we are obliged to base ourselves on a corresponding fact of a material order4444 8,as we all know1 the daguerreotype-plate may be impressed1 not only by objects1 but also by their reflections4 ,well1 the phenomenon in question1 which ought to be named mental photography1 produces1 besides realities1 the dreams of our imagination1 with such a fidelity that very often we become unable to distinguish a copy taken from one present1 from a negative obtained of an image4444 8,the magnetization of a table or of a person is absolutely identical in its results2 it is the saturation of a foreign body by either the intelligent vital electricity1 or the thought of the magnetizer and those present40 ,nothing can give a better or a more just idea of it than the electric battery gathering the fluid on its conductor1 to obtain thereof a brute force which manifests itself in sparks of light1 etc4 ,thus1 the electricity accumulated on an isolated body acquires a power of reaction equal to the action1 either for charging1 magnetizing1 decomposing1 inflaming1 or for discharging its vibrations far away4 ,these are the visible effects of the blind1 or crude electricity produced by blind elements--the word blind being used by the table itself in contradistinction to the intelligent electricity4 ,but there evidently exists a corresponding electricity produced by the cerebral pile of man2 this soul-electricity1 this spiritual and universal ether1 which is the ambient1 middle nature of the metaphysical universe1 or rather of the incorporeal universe1 has to be studied before it is admitted by science1 which1 having no idea of it1 will never know anything of the great phenomenon of life until she does4 8,it appears that to manifest itself the cerebral electricity requires the help of the ordinary statical electricity2 when the latter is lacking in the atmosphere--when the air is very damp1 for instance--you can get little or nothing of either tables or mediums4444 8,there is no need for the ideas to be formulated very precisely in the #cbc brains of the persons present2 the table discovers and formulates them itself1 in either prose or verse1 but always correctly2 the table requires time to compose a verse2 it begins1 then it erases a word1 corrects it1 and sometimes sends back the epigram to our address 444 if the persons present are in sympathy with each other1 it jokes and laughs with us as any living person could4 ,as to the things of the exterior world1 it has to content itself with conjectures1 as well as ourselves2 it 7the table7 composes little philosophical systems1 discusses and maintains them as the most cunning rhetorician might4 ,in short1 it creates itself a conscience and a reason properly belonging to itself1 but with the materials it finds in us4444 8,the ,americans are persuaded that they talk with their dead2 some think 7more truly7 that these are spirits2 others take them for angels2 others again for devils 444 7the intelligence7 assuming the shape which fits the conviction and preconceived opinion of every one2 so did the initiates of the temples of ,serapis1 of ,delphi1 and other theurgico-medical establishments of the same kind4 ,they were convinced beforehand that they would communicate with their gods2 and they never failed4 8,we1 who well know the value of the phenomenon 444 are perfectly sure that after having charged the table with our magnetic efflux1 we have called to life1 or created an intelligence analogous to our own1 which like ourselves is endowed with a free will1 can talk and discuss with us1 with a degree of superior lucidity1 considering that the resultant is stronger than the individual1 or rather the whole is larger than a part of it4444 ,we must not accuse ,herodotus of telling us fibs when he records the most extraordinary circumstances1 for we must hold them to be as true and correct as the rest of historical facts which are to be found in all the ,pagan writers of antiquity4444 8,the phenomenon is as old as the world4444 ,the priests of ,india and ,china practiced it before the ,egyptians and the ,greeks4 ,the savages and the ,esquimaux know it well4 ,it is the phenomenon of ,faith1 sole source of every prodigy10 and it will be done to you according to your faith4 ,the one who enunciated this profound doctrine was verily the incarnated word of ,truth2 he neither deceived himself1 nor wanted to deceive others2 he expounded an axiom which we now repeat1 without much hope of seeing it accepted4 8,man is a microcosm1 or a little world2 he carries in him a fragment of the great ,all1 in a chaotic state4 ,the task of our half-gods is to disentangle from it the share belonging to them by an incessant mental and material labor4 ,they have their task to do1 the perpetual invention of new products1 of new moralities1 and the proper arrangement of the crude and formless material furnished them by the ,creator1 who created #cbd them in ,his own image1 that they should create in their turn and so complete here the work of the ,creation2 an immense labor which can be achieved only when the whole will become so perfect1 that it will be like unto ,god ,himself1 and thus able to survive to itself4 ,we are very far yet from that final moment1 for we can say that everything is to be done1 to be undone1 and outdone as yet on our globe1 institutions1 machinery1 and products4 8,mens non solum agitat sed creat molem4 8,we live in this life1 in an ambient1 intellectual centre1 which entertains between human beings and things a necessary and perpetual solidarity2 every brain is a ganglion1 a station of a universal neurological telegraphy in constant rapport with the central and other stations by the vibrations of thought4 8,the spiritual sun shines for souls as the material sun shines for bodies1 for the universe is double and follows the law of couples4 ,the ignorant operator interprets erroneously the divine dispatches1 and often delivers them in a false and ridiculous manner4 ,thus study and true science alone can destroy the superstitions and nonsense spread by the ignorant interpreters placed at the stations of teaching among every people in this world4 ,these blind interpreters of the ,verbum1 the ,,word1 have always tried to impose on their pupils the obligation to swear to everything without examination in verba magistri4 8,alas6 we could wish for nothing better were they to translate correctly the inner voices1 which voices never deceive but those who have false spirits in them4 #8,it is our duty1' they say1 #8to interpret oracles2 it is we who have received the exclusive mission for it from heaven1 spiritus flat ubi vult1 and it blows on us alone4444' 8,it blows on every one1 and the rays of the spiritual light illuminate every conscience2 and when all the bodies and all the minds will reflect equally this dual light1 people will see a great deal clearer than they do now40 ,we have translated and quoted the above fragments for their great originality and truthfulness4 ,we know the writer2 fame proclaims him a great kabalist1 and a few friends know him as a truthful and honest man4 ,the letter shows1 moreover1 that the writer has well and carefully studied the chameleon-like nature of the intelligences presiding over spiritual circles4 ,that they are of the same kind and race as those so frequently mentioned in antiquity1 admits of as little doubt as that the present generation of men are of the same nature as were human beings in the days of ,moses4 ,subjective manifestations proceed1 #cbe under harmonious conditions1 from those beings which were known as the 8good demons0 in days of old4 ,sometimes1 but rarely1 the planetary spirits--beings of another race than our own--produce them2 sometimes the spirits of our translated and beloved friends2 sometimes nature-spirits of one or more of the countless tribes2 but most frequently of all terrestrial elementary spirits1 disembodied evil men1 the ,diakka of ,a4 ,jackson ,davis4 ,we do not forget what we have elsewhere written about subjective and objective mediumistic phenomena4 ,we keep the distinction always in mind4 ,there are good and bad of both classes4 ,an impure medium will attract to his impure inner self1 the vicious1 depraved1 malignant influences as inevitably as one that is pure draws only those that are good and pure4 ,of the latter kind of medium where can a nobler example be found than the gentle ,baroness ,adelma von ,vay1 of ,austria 7born ,countess ,wurmbrandt71 who is described to us by a correspondent as 8the ,providence of her neighborhood80 ,she uses her mediumistic power to heal the sick and comfort the afflicted4 ,to the rich she is a phenomenon2 but to the poor a ministering angel4 ,for many years she has seen and recognized the nature-spirits or cosmic elementaries1 and found them always friendly4 ,but this was because she was a pure1 good woman4 ,other correspondents of the ,theosophical ,society have not fared so well at the hands of these apish and impish beings4 ,the ,havanna case1 elsewhere described1 is an example4 ,though spiritualists discredit them ever so much1 these nature-spirits are realities4 ,if the gnomes1 sylphs1 salamanders1 and undines of the ,rosicrucians existed in their days1 they must exist now4 ,bulwer-,lytton's ,dweller of the ,threshold1 is a modern conception1 modelled on the ancient type of the ,sulanuth#ebe of the ,hebrews and ,egyptians1 which is mentioned in the ,book of ,jasher4#ebf ,the ,christians call them 8devils10 8imps of ,satan10 and like characteristic names4 ,they are nothing of the kind1 but simply creatures of ethereal matter1 irresponsible1 and neither good nor bad1 unless influenced by a superior intelligence4 ,it is very extraordinary #cbf to hear devout ,catholics abuse and misrepresent the nature-spirits1 when one of their greatest authorities1 ,clement the ,alexandrinian1 disposed of them1 by describing these creatures as they really are4 ,clement1 who perhaps had been a theurgist as well as a ,neo-platonist1 thus arguing upon good authority1 remarks1 that it is absurd to call them devils1#ebg for they are only inferior angels1 8the powers which inhabit elements1 move the winds and distribute showers1 and as such are agents and subject to ,god40#ebh ,origen1 who before he became a ,christian also belonged to the ,platonic school1 is of the same opinion4 ,porphyry describes these dmons more carefully than any one else4 ,when the possible nature of the manifesting intelligences1 which science believes to be a 8psychic force10 and spiritualists the identical spirits of the dead1 is better known1 then will academicians and believers turn to the old philosophers for information4 ,let us for a moment imagine an intelligent orang-outang or some ,african anthropoid ape disembodied1 i4 e41 deprived of its physical and in possession of an astral1 if not an immortal body4 ,we have found in spiritual journals many instances where apparitions of departed pet dogs and other animals have been seen4 ,therefore1 upon spiritualistic testimony1 we must think that such animal 8spirits0 do appear although we reserve the right of concurring with the ancients that the forms are but tricks of the elementals4 ,once open the door of communication between the terrestrial and the spiritual world1 what prevents the ape from producing physical phenomena such as he sees human spirits produce4 ,and why may not these excel in cleverness of ingenuity many of those which have been witnessed in spiritual circles8 ,let spiritualists answer4 ,the orang-outang of ,borneo is little1 if any1 inferior to the savage man in intelligence4 ,mr4 ,wallace and other great naturalists give instances of its wonderful acuteness1 although its brains are inferior in cubic capacity to the most undeveloped of savages4 ,these apes lack but speech to be men of low grade4 ,the sentinels placed by monkeys2 the sleeping chambers selected and built by orang-outangs2 their prevision of danger and calculations1 which show more than instinct2 their choice of leaders whom they obey2 and the exercise of many of their faculties1 certainly entitle them to a place at least on a level with many a flat-headed ,australian4 ,says ,mr4 ,wallace1 8,the mental requirements of savages1 and the faculties actually exercised by them1 are very little above those of the animals40 ,now1 people assume that there can be no apes in the other world1 because apes have no 8souls40 ,but apes have as much intelligence1 it #cbg appears1 as some men2 why1 then1 should these men1 in no way superior to the apes1 have immortal spirits1 and the apes none8 ,the materialists will answer that neither the one nor the other has a spirit1 but that annihilation overtakes each at physical death4 ,but the spiritual philosophers of all times have agreed that man occupies a step one degree higher than the animal1 and is possessed of that something which it lacks1 be he the most untutored of savages or the wisest of philosophers4 ,the ancients1 as we have seen1 taught that while man is a trinity of body1 astral spirit1 and immortal soul1 the animal is but a duality--a being having a physical body and an astral spirit animating it4 ,scientists can distinguish no difference in the elements composing the bodies of men and brutes2 and the kabalists agree with them so far as to say that the astral bodies 7or1 as the physicists would call it1 8the life-principle07 of animals and men are identical in essence4 ,physical man is but the highest development of animal life4 ,if1 as the scientists tell us1 even thought is matter1 and every sensation of pain or pleasure1 every transient desire is accompanied by a disturbance of ether2 and those bold speculators1 the authors of the ,unseen ,universe believe that thought is conceived 8to affect the matter of another universe simultaneously with this20 why1 then1 should not the gross1 brutish thought of an orang-outang1 or a dog1 impressing itself on the ethereal waves of the astral light1 as well as that of man1 assure the animal a continuity of life after death1 or 8a future state80 ,the kabalists held1 and now hold1 that it is unphilosophical to admit that the astral body of man can survive corporeal death1 and at the same time assert that the astral body of the ape is resolved into independent molecules4 ,that which survives as an individuality after the death of the body is the astral soul1 which ,plato1 in the ,timus and ,gorgias1 calls the mortal soul1 for1 according to the ,hermetic doctrine1 it throws off its more material particles at every progressive change into a higher sphere4 ,socrates narrates to ,callicles#ebi that this mortal soul retains all the characteristics of the body after the death of the latter2 so much so1 indeed1 that a man marked with the whip will have his astral body 8full of the prints and scars40 ,the astral spirit is a faithful duplicate of the body1 both in a physical and spiritual sense4 ,the ,divine1 the highest and immortal spirit1 can be neither punished nor rewarded4 ,to maintain such a doctrine would be at the same time absurd and blasphemous1 for it is not merely a flame lit at the central and inexhaustible fountain of light1 but actually a portion of it1 and of identical essence4 ,it assures immortality to the individual astral being in proportion to the willingness of the latter to receive it4 ,so long as the double man1 #cbh i4 e41 the man of flesh and spirit1 keeps within the limits of the law of spiritual continuity2 so long as the divine spark lingers in him1 however faintly1 he is on the road to an immortality in the future state4 ,but those who resign themselves to a materialistic existence1 shutting out the divine radiance shed by their spirit1 at the beginning of the earthly pilgrimage1 and stifling the warning voice of that faithful sentry1 the conscience1 which serves as a focus for the light in the soul--such beings as these1 having left behind conscience and spirit1 and crossed the boundaries of matter1 will of necessity have to follow its laws4 ,matter is as indestructible and eternal as the immortal spirit itself1 but only in its particles1 and not as organized forms4 ,the body of so grossly materialistic a person as above described1 having been deserted by its spirit before physical death1 when that event occurs1 the plastic material1 astral soul1 following the laws of blind matter1 shapes itself thoroughly into the mould which vice has been gradually preparing for it through the earth-life of the individual4 ,then1 as ,plato says1 it assumes the form of that 8animal to which it resembled in its evil ways0#ecj during life4 8,it is an ancient saying10 he tells us1 8that the souls departing hence exist in ,hades and return hither again and are produced from the dead#eca4444 ,but those who are found to have lived an eminently holy life1 these are they who arrive at the pure abode ,,above and ,,dwell ,,on ,,the ,,upper ,,parts of the earth0#ecb 7the ethereal region74 ,in ,phdrus1 again1 he says that when man has ended his first life 7on earth71 some go to places of punishment beneath the earth4#ecc ,this region below the earth1 the kabalists do not understand as a place inside the earth1 but maintain it to be a sphere1 far inferior in perfection to the earth1 and far more material4 ,of all the modern speculators upon the seeming incongruities of the ,new ,testament1 alone the authors of the ,unseen ,universe seem to have caught a glimpse of its kabalistic truths1 respecting the gehenna of the universe4#ecd ,this gehenna1 termed by the occultists the eighth sphere 7numbering inversely71 is merely a planet like our own1 attached to the latter and following it in its penumbra2 a kind of dust-hole1 a 8place where all its garbage and filth is consumed10 to borrow an expression of the above-mentioned authors1 and on which all the dross and scorification of the cosmic matter pertaining to our planet is in a continual state of remodelling4 ,the secret doctrine teaches that man1 if he wins immortality1 will remain forever the trinity that he is in life1 and will continue so #cbi throughout all the spheres4 ,the astral body1 which in this life is covered by a gross physical envelope1 becomes--when relieved of that covering by the process of corporeal death--in its turn the shell of another and more ethereal body4 ,this begins developing from the moment of death1 and becomes perfected when the astral body of the earthly form finally separates from it4 ,this process1 they say1 is repeated at every new transition from sphere to sphere4 ,but the immortal soul1 8the silvery spark10 observed by ,dr4 ,fenwick in ,margrave's brain1#ece and not found by him in the animals1 never changes1 but remains indestructible 8by aught that shatters its tabernacle40 ,the descriptions by ,porphyry and ,iamblichus and others1 of the spirits of animals1 which inhabit the astral light1 are corroborated by those of many of the most trustworthy and intelligent clairvoyants4 ,sometimes the animal forms are even made visible to every person present at a spiritual circle1 by being materialized4 ,in his ,people from the ,other ,world1 ,colonel ,h4 ,s4 ,olcott describes a materialized squirrel which followed a spirit-woman into the view of the spectators1 disappeared and reappeared before their eyes several times1 and finally followed the spirit into the cabinet4 ,let us advance another step in our argument4 ,if there is such a thing as existence in the spiritual world after corporeal death1 then it must occur in accordance with the law of evolution4 ,it takes man from his place at the apex of the pyramid of matter1 and lifts him into a sphere of existence where the same inexorable law follows him4 ,and if it follows him1 why not everything else in nature8 ,why not animals and plants1 which have all a life-principle1 and whose gross forms decay like his1 when that life-principle leaves them8 ,if his astral body becomes more ethereal upon attaining the other sphere1 why not theirs8 ,they1 as well as he1 have been evolved out of condensed cosmic matter1 and our physicists cannot see the slightest difference between the molecules of the four kingdoms of nature1 which are thus specified by ,professor ,le ,conte3 #d4 ,animal ,kingdom4 #c4 ,vegetable ,kingdom4 #b4 ,mineral ,kingdom4 #a4 ,elements4 ,the progress of matter from each of these planes to the plane above is continuous2 and1 according to ,le ,conte1 there is no force in nature #ccj capable of raising matter at once from ,no4 #a to ,no4 #c1 or from ,no4 #b to ,no4 #d1 without stopping and receiving an accession of force of a different kind on the intermediate plane4 ,now1 will any one presume to say that out of a given number of molecules1 originally and constantly homogeneous1 and all energized by the same principle of evolution1 a certain number can be carried through those four kingdoms to the final result of evolving immortal man1 and the others not be allowed to progress beyond planes #a1 #b1 and #c8 ,why should not all these molecules have an equal future before them2 the mineral becoming plant1 the plant1 animal1 and the animal1 man--if not upon this earth1 at least somewhere in the boundless realms of space8 ,the harmony which geometry and mathematics--the only exact sciences--demonstrate to be the law of the universe1 would be destroyed if evolution were perfectly exemplified in man alone and limited in the subordinate kingdoms4 ,what logic suggests1 psychometry proves2 and1 as we said before1 it is not unlikely that a monument will one day be erected by men of science to ,joseph ,r4 ,buchanan1 its modern discoverer4 ,if a fragment of mineral1 fossilized plant1 or animal form gives the psychometer as vivid and accurate pictures of their previous conditions1 as a fragment of human bone does of those of the individual to which it belonged1 it would seem as if the same subtile spirit pervaded all nature1 and was inseparable from organic or inorganic substances4 ,if anthropologists1 physiologists1 and psychologists are equally perplexed by primal and final causes1 and by finding in matter so much similarity in all its forms1 but in spirit such abysses of difference1 it is1 perhaps1 because their inquiries are limited to our visible globe1 and that they cannot1 or dare not1 go beyond4 ,the spirit of a mineral1 plant1 or animal1 may begin to form here1 and reach its final development millions of ages hereafter1 on other planets1 known or unknown1 visible or invisible to astronomers4 ,for1 who is able to controvert the theory previously suggested1 that the earth itself will1 like the living creatures to which it has given birth1 ultimately1 and after passing through its own stage of death and dissolution1 become an etherealized astral planet8 8,as above1 so below20 harmony is the great law of nature4 ,harmony in the physical and mathematical world of sense1 is justice in the spiritual one4 ,justice produces harmony1 and injustice1 discord2 and discord1 on a cosmical scale1 means chaos--annihilation4 ,if there is a developed immortal spirit in man1 it must be in every thing else1 at least in a latent or germinal state1 and it can only be a question of time for each of these germs to become fully developed4 ,what gross injustice it would be for an impenitent criminal man1 the perpetrator of a brutal murder when in the exercise of his free will1 #cca to have an immortal spirit which in time may be washed clean of sin1 and enjoying perfect happiness1 while a poor horse1 innocent of all crime1 should toil and suffer under the merciless torture of his master's whip during a whole life1 and then be annihilated at death8 ,such a belief implies a brutal injustice1 and is only possible among people taught in the dogma that everything is created for man1 and he alone is the sovereign of the universe2--a sovereign so mighty that to save him from the consequences of his own misdeeds1 it was not too much that the ,god of the universe should die to placate his own just wrath4 ,if the most abject savage1 with a brain 8very little inferior to that of a philosopher0#ecf 7the latter developed physically by ages of civilization71 is still1 as regards the actual exercise of his mental faculties1 very little superior to an animal1 is it just to infer that both he and the ape will not have the opportunity to become philosophers2 the ape in this world1 the man on some other planet peopled equally with beings created in some other image of ,god8 ,says ,professor ,denton1 when speaking of the future of psychometry3 8,astronomy will not disdain the assistance of this power4 ,as new forms of organic being are revealed1 when we go back to the earlier geologic periods1 so new groupings of the stars1 new constellations1 will be displayed1 when the heavens of those early periods are examined by the piercing gaze of future psychometers4 ,an accurate map of the starry heavens during the ,silurian period may reveal to us many secrets that we have been unable to discover4444 ,why may we not indeed be able to read the history of the various heavenly bodies 444 their geological1 their natural1 and1 perchance1 their human history8444 ,i have good reason to believe that trained psychometers will be able to travel from planet to planet1 and read their present condition minutely1 and their past history40#ecg ,herodotus tells us that in the eighth of the towers of ,belus1 in ,babylon1 used by the sacerdotal astrologers1 there was an uppermost room1 a sanctuary1 where the prophesying priestesses slept to receive communications from the god4 ,beside the couch stood a table of gold1 upon which were laid various stones1 which ,manetho informs us were all arolites4 ,the priestesses developed the prophetic vision in themselves by pressing one of these sacred stones against their heads and bosoms4 ,the same took place at ,thebes1 and at ,patara1 in ,lycia4#ech ,this would seem to indicate that psychometry was known and extensively practiced by the ancients4 ,we have somewhere seen it stated that the #ccb profound knowledge possessed1 according to ,draper1 by the ancient ,chaldean astrologers1 of the planets and their relations1 was obtained more by the divination of the betylos1 or the meteoric stone1 than by astronomical instruments4 ,strabo1 ,pliny1 ,helancius--all speak of the electrical1 or electro-magnetic power of the betyli4 ,they were worshipped in the remotest antiquity in ,egypt and ,samothrace1 as magnetic stones1 8containing souls which had fallen from heaven20 and the priests of ,cybel wore a small betylos on their bodies4 ,how curious the coincidence between the practice of the priests of ,belus and the experiments of ,professor ,denton6 ,as ,professor ,buchanan truthfully remarks of psychometry1 it will enable us 8 444 to detect vice and crime4 ,no criminal act 444 can escape the detection of psychometry1 when its powers are properly brought forth 444 the sure detection of guilt by psychometry 7no matter how secret the act7 will nullify all concealment40#eci ,speaking of the elementary1 ,porphyry says3 8,these invisible beings have been receiving from men honors as gods 444 a universal belief makes them capable of becoming very malevolent3 it proves that their wrath is kindled against those who neglect to offer them a legitimate worship40#edj ,homer describes them in the following terms3 8,our gods appear to us when we offer them sacrifice 444 sitting themselves at our tables1 they partake of our festival meals4 ,whenever they meet on his travels a solitary ,phnician1 they serve to him as guides1 and otherwise manifest their presence4 ,we can say that our piety approaches us to them as much as crime and bloodshed unite the ,cyclopes and the ferocious race of giants40#eda ,the latter proving that these gods were kind and beneficent dmons1 and that1 whether they were disembodied spirits or elementary beings1 they were no devils4 ,the language of ,porphyry1 who was himself a direct disciple of ,plotinus1 is still more explicit as to the nature of these spirits4 8,demons10 he says1 8are invisible2 but they know how to clothe themselves with forms and configurations subjected to numerous variations1 which can be explained by their nature having much of the corporeal in itself4 ,their abode is in the neighborhood of the earth 444 and when they can escape the vigilance of the good dmons1 there is no mischief they will not dare commit4 ,one day they will employ brute force2 another1 cunning40#edb ,further1 he says3 8,it is a child's #ccc play for them to arouse in us vile passions1 to impart to societies and nations turbulent doctrines1 provoking wars1 seditions1 and other public calamities1 and then tell you #8that all of these is the work of the gods4' 444 ,these spirits pass their time in cheating and deceiving mortals1 creating around them illusions and prodigies2 their greatest ambition is to pass as gods and souls 7disembodied spirits740#edc ,iamblichus1 the great theurgist of the ,neo-platonic school1 a man skilled in sacred magic1 teaches that 8good dmons appear to us in reality1 while the bad ones can manifest themselves but under the shadowy forms of phantoms40 ,further1 he corroborates ,porphyry1 and tells that 8 444 the good ones fear not the light1 while the wicked ones require darkness4444 ,the sensations they excite in us make us believe in the presence and reality of things they show1 though these things be absent40#edd ,even the most practiced theurgists found danger sometimes in their dealings with certain elementaries1 and we have ,iamblichus stating that1 8,the gods1 the angels1 and the dmons1 as well as the souls1 may be summoned through evocation and prayer4444 ,but when1 during theurgic operations1 a mistake is made1 beware6 ,do not imagine that you are communicating with beneficent divinities1 who have answered your earnest prayer2 no1 for they are bad dmons1 only under the guise of good ones6 ,for the elementaries often clothe themselves with the similitude of the good1 and assume a rank very much superior to that they really occupy4 ,their boasting betrays them40#ede ,some twenty years since1 ,baron ,du ,potet1 disgusted with the indifference of the scientists1 who persisted in seeing in the greatest psychological phenomena only the result of clever trickery1 gave vent to his indignation in the following terms3 8,here am ,i1 on my way1 ,i may truly say1 to the land of marvels6 ,i am preparing to shock every opinion1 and provoke laughter in our most illustrious scientists 444 for ,i am convinced that agents of an immense potency exist outside of us2 that they can enter in us2 move our limbs and organs2 and use us as they please4 ,it was1 after all1 the belief of our fathers and of the whole of antiquity4 ,every religion admitted the reality of spiritual agents4444 ,recalling innumerable phenomena which ,i have produced in the sight of thousands of persons1 seeing the beastly indifference of official science1 in presence of a discovery which transports the mind into the regions of the unknown sic2 an old man1 at the very moment when ,i ought to be #ccd just being born4444 ,i am not sure if it would not have been better for me to have shared the common ignorance4 8,i have suffered calumnies to be written without refuting them4444 ,at one time it is simple ignorance which speaks1 and ,i am silent2 at another still1 superficiality1 raising its voice1 makes a bluster1 and ,i find myself hesitating whether or not to speak4 ,is this indifference or laziness8 ,has fear the power to paralyze my spirit8 ,no2 none of these causes affect me2 ,i know simply that it is necessary to prove what one asserts1 and this restrains me4 ,for1 in justifying my assertions1 in showing the living ,,fact1 which proves my sincerity and the truth1 ,i translate ,,outside ,,the ,,precincts ,,of ,,the ,,temple the sacred inscription1 ,,which ,,no ,,profane ,,eye ,,should ,,ever ,,read4 8,you doubt sorcery and magic8 ,o1 truth6 thy possession is a heavy burden60#edf ,with a bigotry which one might search for in vain outside the church in whose interest he writes1 des ,mousseaux quotes the above language1 as proof positive that this devoted savant1 and all who share his belief1 have given themselves over to the dominion of the ,evil ,one6 ,self-complacency is the most serious obstacle to the enlightenment of the modern spiritualist4 ,his thirty years' experience with the phenomena seem to him sufficient to have established intermundane intercourse upon an unassailable basis4 ,his thirty years have not only brought to him the conviction that the dead communicate and thus prove the spirit's immortality1 but also settled in his mind an idea that little or nothing can be learned of the other world1 except through mediums4 ,for the spiritualists1 the records of the past either do not exist1 or if they are familiar with its gathered treasures1 they regard them as having no bearing upon their own experiences4 ,and yet1 the problems which so vex them1 were solved thousands of years ago by the theurgists1 who have left the keys to those who will search for them in the proper spirit and with knowledge4 ,is it possible that nature has changed her work1 and that we are encountering different spirits and different laws from those of old8 ,or can any spiritualist imagine that he knows more1 or even as much about mediumistic phenomena or the nature of various spirits1 as a priest-caste who spent their lives in theurgical practice1 which had been known and studied for countless centuries8 ,if the narratives of ,owen and ,hare1 of ,edmonds1 and ,crookes1 and ,wallace are credible1 why not those of ,herodotus1 the 8,father of ,history10 of ,iamblichus1 and ,porphyry1 and hundreds of #cce other ancient authors8 ,if the spiritualists have their phenomena under test-conditions1 so had the old theurgists1 whose records1 moreover1 show that they could produce and vary them at will4 ,the day when this fact shall be recognized1 and profitless speculations of modern investigators shall give place to patient study of the works of the theurgists1 will mark the dawn of new and important discoveries in the field of psychology4 ,,chapter ,x4 #ccf --4 --,,tay43 ,lyd4 de ,mens41 #bj4 8,the more powerful souls perceive truth through themselves1 and are of a more inventive nature4 ,such souls are saved through their own strength1 according to the oracle40--,,proclus in #a ,alc4 8,since the soul perpetually runs and passes through all things in a certain space of time1 which being performed1 it is presently compelled to run back again through all things1 and unfold the same web of generation in the world 444 for as often as the same causes return1 the same effects will in like manner be returned40--,,ficin4 de ,im4 ,an41 #abi1 ,chaldean ,oracles4 8,if not to some peculiar end assign'd1 ,study's the specious trifling of the mind40--,,young4 ,from the moment when the ftal embryo is formed until the old man1 gasping his last1 drops into the grave1 neither the beginning nor the end is understood by scholastic science2 all before us is a blank1 all after us chaos4 ,for it there is no evidence as to the relations between spirit1 soul1 and body1 either before or after death4 ,the mere life-principle itself presents an unsolvable enigma1 upon the study of which materialism has vainly exhausted its intellectual powers4 ,in the presence of a corpse the skeptical physiologist stands dumb when asked by his pupil whence came the former tenant of that empty box1 and whither it has gone4 ,the pupil must either1 like his master1 rest satisfied with the explanation that protoplasm made the man1 and force vitalized and will now consume his body1 or he must go outside the walls of his college and the books of its library to find an explanation of the mystery4 ,it is sometimes as interesting as instructive to follow the two great rivals1 science and theology1 in their frequent skirmishes4 ,not all of the sons of the ,church are as unsuccessful in their attempts at advocacy as the poor ,abb ,moigno1 of ,paris4 ,this respectable1 and no doubt well-meaning divine1 in his fruitless attempt to refute the free-thinking arguments of ,huxley1 ,tyndall1 ,du ,bois-,raymond1 and many others1 has met with a sad failure4 ,in his antidotal arguments his success was more than doubtful1 and1 as a reward for his trouble1 the 8,congregation of the ,index0 forbids the circulation of his book among the faithful4 ,it is a dangerous experiment to engage in a single-handed duel with scientists on topics which are well demonstrated by experimental research4 ,in what they do know they are unassailable1 and until the old formula is destroyed by their own hands and replaced by a more newly-discovered one1 there is no use fighting against ,achilles--unless1 #ccg indeed1 one is fortunate enough to catch the swift-footed god by his vulnerable heel4 ,this heel is--what they confess they do not know6 ,that was a cunning device to which a certain well-known preacher resorted to reach this mortal part4 ,before we proceed to narrate the extraordinary though well authenticated facts with which we intend to fill this chapter1 it will be good policy to show once more how fallible is modern science as to every fact in nature which can be tested neither by retort nor crucible4 ,the following are a few fragments from a series of sermons by ,f4 ,felix1 of ,notre ,dame1 entitled ,mystery and ,science4 ,they are worthy to be translated for and quoted in a work which is undertaken in precisely the same spirit as that exhibited by the preacher4 ,for once the ,church silenced for a time the arrogance of her traditional enemy1 in the face of the learned academicians4 ,it was known that the great preacher1 in response to the general desire of the faithful1 and perhaps to the orders of ecclesiastical superiors1 had been preparing himself for a great oratorical effort1 and the historic cathedral was filled with a monster congregation4 ,amid a profound silence he began his discourse1 of which the following paragraphs are sufficient for our purpose3 8,a portentous word has been pronounced against us to confront progress with ,christianity--,,science4 ,such is the formidable evocation with which they try to appall us4 ,to all that we can say to base progress upon ,christianity1 they have always a ready response3 that is not scientific4 ,we say revelation2 revelation is not scientific4 ,we say miracle2 a miracle is not scientific4 8,thus antichristianism1 faithful to its tradition1 and now more than ever1 pretends to kill us by science4 ,principle of darkness1 it threatens us with light4 ,it proclaims itself the light4444 8,a hundred times ,i asked myself1 ,what is1 then1 that terrible science which is making ready to devour us8444 ,is it mathematical science8444 but we also have our mathematicians4 ,is it physics8 ,astronomy8 ,physiology8 ,geology8 ,but we number in ,catholicism astronomers1 physicists1 geologists1#edg and physiologists1 who make somewhat of a figure in the scientific world1 who have their place in the ,academy and their name in history4 ,it would appear that what is to crush us is neither this nor that science1 but science in general4 8,and why do they prophesy the overthrow of ,christianity by science8 ,listen3 444 we must perish by science because we teach mysteries1 and because the ,christian mysteries are in radical antagonism with modern #cch science4444 ,mystery is the negation of common sense2 science repels it2 science condemns it2 she has spoken--,anathema6 8,ah6 you are right2 if ,christian mystery is what you proclaim it1 then in the name of science hurl the anathema at it4 ,nothing is antipathetic to science like the absurd and contradictory4 ,but1 glory be to the truth6 such is not the mystery of ,christianity4 ,if it were so1 it would remain for you to explain the most inexplicable of mysteries3 how comes it that1 during nearly #b1jjj years1 so many superior minds and rare geniuses have embraced our mysteries1 without thinking to repudiate science or abdicate reason8#edh ,talk as much as you like of your modern science1 modern thought1 and modern genius1 there were scientists before #aghi4 8,if our mysteries are so manifestly absurd and contradictory1 how is it that such mighty geniuses should have accepted them without a single doubt8444 ,but ,god preserve me from insisting upon demonstrating that mystery implies no contradiction with science6444 ,of what use to prove1 by metaphysical abstractions1 that science can reconcile itself with mystery1 when all the realities of creation show unanswerably that mystery everywhere baffles science8 ,you ask that we should show you1 beyond doubt1 that exact science cannot admit mystery2 ,i answer you decidedly that she cannot escape it4 ,mystery is the ,,fatality of science4 8,shall we choose our proofs8 ,first1 then1 look around at the purely material world1 from the smallest atom to the most majestic sun4 ,there1 if you try to embrace in the unity of a single law all these bodies and their movements1 if you seek the word which explains1 in this vast panorama of the universe1 this prodigious harmony1 where all seems to obey the empire of a single force1 you pronounce a word to express it1 and say ,attraction6444 ,yes1 attraction1 this is the sublime epitome of the science of the heavenly bodies4 ,you say that throughout space these bodies recognize and attract each other2 you say that they attract in proportion to their mass1 and in inverse ratio with the squares of their distances4 ,and1 in fact1 until the present moment1 nothing has happened to give the lie to this assertion1 but everything has confirmed a formula which now reigns sovereign in the ,,empire ,,of ,,hypothesis1 and therefore it must henceforth enjoy the glory of being an invincible truism4 8,gentlemen1 with all my heart ,i make my scientific obeisances to the sovereignty of attraction4 ,it is not ,i who would desire to obscure a light in the world of matter which reflects upon the world of spirits4 #cci ,the empire of attraction1 then1 is palpable2 it is sovereign2 it stares us in the face6 8,but1 what is this attraction8 who has seen attraction8 who has met attraction8 who has touched attraction8 ,how do these mute bodies1 intelligent1 insensible1 exercise upon each other unconsciously this reciprocity of action and reaction which holds them in a common equilibrium and unanimous harmony8 ,is this force which draws sun to sun1 and atom to atom1 an invisible mediator which goes from one to another8 ,and1 in such case what is this mediator8 whence comes to itself this force which mediates1 and this power which embraces1 from which the sun can no more escape than the atom4 ,but is this force nothing different from the elements themselves which attract each other8444 ,mystery6 ,mystery6 8,yes1 gentlemen1 this attraction which shines with such brightness throughout the material world1 remains to you at bottom an impenetrable mystery4444 ,well6 because of its mystery1 will you deny its reality1 which touches you1 and its domination1 which subjugates you8444 ,and again1 remark if you please1 mystery is so much at the foundation of all science that if you should desire to exclude mystery1 you would be compelled to suppress science itself4 ,imagine whatever science you will1 follow the magnificent sweep of its deductions 444 when you arrive at its parent source1 you come face to face with the unknown4#edi 8,who has been able to penetrate the secret of the formation of a body1 the generation of a single atom8 ,what is there ,i will not say at the centre of a sun1 but at the centre of an atom8 who has sounded to the bottom the abyss in a grain of sand8 ,the grain of sand1 gentlemen1 has been studied four thousand years by science1 she has turned and returned it2 she divides it and subdivides it2 she torments it with her experiments2 she vexes it with her questions to snatch from it the final word as to its secret constitution2 she asks it1 with an insatiable curiosity3 #8,shall ,i divide thee infinitesimally8' ,then1 suspended over this abyss1 science hesitates1 she stumbles1 she feels dazzled1 she becomes dizzy1 and1 in despair says3 ,i ,,do ,,not ,,know6 8,but if you are so fatally ignorant of the genesis and hidden nature of a grain of sand1 how should you have an intuition as to the generation of a single living being8 ,whence in the living being does life come8 ,where does it commence8 ,what is the life-principle80#eej ,can the scientists answer the eloquent monk8 ,can they escape from his #cdj pitiless logic8 ,mystery certainly does bound them on every side2 and the ,ultima ,thule1 whether of ,herbert ,spencer1 ,tyndall1 or ,huxley1 has written upon the closed portals the words ,,incomprehensible1 ,,unknowable4 ,for the lover of metaphor1 science may be likened to a twinkling star shining with resplendent brightness through rifts in a bank of densely-black clouds4 ,if her votaries cannot define that mysterious attraction which draws into concrete masses the material particles which form the smallest pebble on the ocean-beach1 how can they define the limits at which the possible stops and the impossible begins8 ,why should there be an attraction between the molecules of matter1 and none between those of spirit8 ,if1 out of the material portion of the ether1 by virtue of the inherent restlessness of its particles1 the forms of worlds and their species of plants and animals can be evolved1 why1 out of the spiritual part of the ether1 should not successive races of beings1 from the stage of monad to that of man1 be developed2 each lower form unfolding a higher one until the work of evolution is completed on our earth1 in the production of immortal man8 ,it will be seen that1 for the moment1 we entirely put aside the accumulated facts which prove the case1 and submit it to the arbitrament of logic4 ,by whatsoever name the physicists may call the energizing principle in matter is of no account2 it is a subtile something apart from the matter itself1 and1 as it escapes their detection1 it must be something besides matter4 ,if the law of attraction is admitted as governing the one1 why should it be excluded from influencing the other8 ,leaving logic to answer1 we turn to the common experience of mankind1 and there find a mass of testimony corroborative of the immortality of the soul1 if we judge but from analogies4 ,but we have more than that--we have the unimpeachable testimony of thousands upon thousands1 that there is a regular science of the soul1 which1 notwithstanding that it is now denied the right of a place among other sciences1 is a science4 ,this science1 by penetrating the arcana of nature far deeper than our modern philosophy ever dreamed possible1 teaches us how to force the invisible to become visible2 the existence of elementary spirits2 the nature and magical properties of the astral light2 the power of living men to bring themselves into communication with the former through the latter4 ,let them examine the proofs with the lamp of experience1 and neither the ,academy nor the ,church1 for which ,father ,felix so persuasively spoke1 can deny them4 ,modern science is in a dilemma2 it must concede our hypothesis to be correct1 or admit the possibility of miracle4 ,to do so1 is to say that there can be an infraction of natural law4 ,if this can happen #cda in one case1 what assurance have we that it may not be repeated indefinitely1 and so destroy that fixity of law1 that perfect balance of forces by which the universe is governed4 ,this is a very ancient and an unanswerable argument4 ,to deny the appearance1 in our midst1 of supersensual beings1 when they have been seen1 at various times and in various countries1 by not merely thousands1 but millions of persons1 is unpardonable obstinacy2 to say that1 in any one instance1 the apparition has been produced by a miracle1 fatal to the fundamental principle of science4 ,what will they do8 ,what can they do1 when they shall have awakened from the benumbing stupor of their pride1 but collect the facts1 and try to enlarge the boundaries of their field of investigations8 ,the existence of spirit in the common mediator1 the ether1 is denied by materialism2 while theology makes of it a personal god1 the kabalist holds that both are wrong1 saying that in ether1 the elements represent but matter--the blind cosmic forces of nature2 and ,spirit1 the intelligence which directs them4 ,the ,hermetic1 ,orphic1 and ,pythagorean cosmogonical doctrines1 as well as those of ,sanchoniathon and ,berosus1 are all based upon one irrefutable formula1 viz43 that the ether and chaos1 or1 in the ,platonic language1 mind and matter1 were the two primeval and eternal principles of the universe1 utterly independent of anything else4 ,the former was the all-vivifying intellectual principle2 the chaos1 a shapeless1 liquid principle1 without 8form or sense10 from the union of which two1 sprung into existence the universe1 or rather1 the universal world1 the first androgenous deity--the chaotic matter becoming its body1 and ether the soul4 ,according to the phraseology of a ,fragment of ,hermias1 8chaos1 from this union with spirit1 obtaining sense1 shone with pleasure1 and thus was produced the ,protogonos 7the first-born7 light40#eea ,this is the universal trinity1 based on the metaphysical conceptions of the ancients1 who1 reasoning by analogy1 made of man1 who is a compound of intellect and matter1 the microcosm of the macrocosm1 or great universe4 ,if we now compare this doctrine with the speculations of science1 which comes to a full stop at the ,borderland of the unknown1 and1 while incompetent to solve the mystery1 will allow no one else to speculate upon the subject2 or1 with the great theological dogma1 that the world was called into existence by a heavenly trick of prestidigitation2 we do not hesitate to believe that1 in the absence of better proof1 the ,hermetic doctrine is by far the more reasonable1 highly metaphysical as it may appear4 ,the universe is there1 and we know that we exist2 but how did it come1 and how did we appear in it8 ,denied an answer #cdb by the rpresentatives of physical learning1 and excommunicated and anathematized for our blasphemous curiosity by the spiritual usurpers1 what can we do1 but turn for information to the sages who meditated upon the subject ages before the molecules of our philosophers aggregated in ethereal space8 ,this visible universe of spirit and matter1 they say1 is but the concrete image of the ideal abstraction2 it was built on the model of the first divine ,,idea4 ,thus our universe existed from eternity in a latent state4 ,the soul animating this purely spiritual universe is the central sun1 the highest deity itself4 ,it was not himself who built the concrete form of his idea1 but his first-begotten2 and as it was constructed on the geometrical figure of the dodecahedron1#eeb the first-begotten 8was pleased to employ twelve thousand years in its creation40 ,the latter number is expressed in the ,tyrrhenian cosmogony1#eec which shows man created in the sixth millennium4 ,this agrees with the ,egyptian theory of #f1jjj 8years10#eed and with the ,hebrew computation4 ,sanchoniathon1#eee in his ,cosmogony1 declares that when the wind 7spirit7 became enamored of its own principles 7the chaos71 an intimate union took place1 which connection was called pothos1 and from this sprang the seed of all4 ,and the chaos knew not its own production1 for it was senseless2 but from its embrace with the wind was generated mt1 or the ilus 7mud74#eef ,from this proceeded the spores of creation and the generation of the universe4 ,the ancients1 who named but four elements1 made of ther a fifth one4 ,on account of its essence being made divine by the unseen presence it was considered as a medium between this world and the next4 ,they held that when the directing intelligences retired from any portion of ether1 one of the four kingdoms which they are bound to superintend1 the space was left in possession of evil4 ,an adept who prepared to converse with the 8invisibles10 had to know well his ritual1 and be perfectly acquainted with the conditions required for the perfect equilibrium of the four elements in the astral light4 ,first of all1 he must purify the essence1 and within the circle in which he sought to attract the pure spirits1 equilibrize the elements1 so as to prevent the ingress of the elementaries into their respective spheres4 ,but woe to the imprudent inquirer who ignorantly trespasses upon forbidden ground2 danger will beset him at every step4 ,he evokes powers that he cannot control2 he arouses sentries which allow only their masters to pass4 ,for1 in the words of the immortal ,rosicrucian1 8,once that thou hast resolved to become a coperator with the spirit of the living #cdc ,god1 take care not to hinder ,him in ,his work2 for1 if thy heat exceeds the natural proportion thou hast stirr'd the wrath of the moyst#eeg natures1 and they will stand up against the central fire1 and the central fire against them1 and there will be a terrible division in the chaos40#eeh ,the spirit of harmony and union will depart from the elements1 disturbed by the imprudent hand2 and the currents of blind forces will become immediately infested by numberless creatures of matter and instinct--the bad dmons of the theurgists1 the devils of theology2 the gnomes1 salamanders1 sylphs1 and undines will assail the rash performer under multifarious arial forms4 ,unable to invent anything1 they will search your memory to its very depths2 hence the nervous exhaustion and mental oppression of certain sensitive natures at spiritual circles4 ,the elementals will bring to light long-forgotten remembrances of the past2 forms1 images1 sweet mementos1 and familiar sentences1 long since faded from our own remembrance1 but vividly preserved in the inscrutable depths of our memory and on the astral tablets of the imperishable 8,,book ,,of ,,life40 ,every organized thing in this world1 visible as well as invisible1 has an element appropriate to itself4 ,the fish lives and breathes in the water2 the plant consumes carbonic acid1 which for animals and men produces death2 some beings are fitted for rarefied strata of air1 others exist only in the densest4 ,life1 to some1 is dependent on sunlight1 to others1 upon darkness2 and so the wise economy of nature adapts to each existing condition some living form4 ,these analogies warrant the conclusion that1 not only is there no unoccupied portion of universal nature1 but also that for each thing that has life1 special conditions are furnished1 and1 being furnished1 they are necessary4 ,now1 assuming that there is an invisible side to the universe1 the #cdd fixed habit of nature warrants the conclusion that this half is occupied1 like the other half2 and that each group of its occupants is supplied with the indispensable conditions of existence4 ,it is as illogical to imagine that identical conditions are furnished to all1 as it would be to maintain such a theory respecting the inhabitants of the domain of visible nature4 ,that there are spirits implies that there is a diversity of spirits2 for men differ1 and human spirits are but disembodied men4 ,to say that all spirits are alike1 or fitted to the same atmosphere1 or possessed of like powers1 or governed by the same attractions--electric1 magnetic1 odic1 astral1 it matters not which--is as absurd as though one should say that all planets have the same nature1 or that all animals are amphibious1 or all men can be nourished on the same food4 ,it accords with reason to suppose that the grossest natures among the spirits will sink to the lowest depths of the spiritual atmosphere--in other words1 be found nearest to the earth4 ,inversely1 the purest would be farthest away4 ,in what1 were we to coin a word1 we should call the ,psychomatics of ,occultism1 it is as unwarrantable to assume that either of these grades of spirits can occupy the place1 or subsist in the conditions1 of the other1 as in hydraulics it would be to expect that two liquids of different densities could exchange their markings on the scale of ,beaume's hydrometer4 ,grres1 describing a conversation he had with some ,hindus of the ,malabar coast1 reports that upon asking them whether they had ghosts among them1 they replied1 8,yes1 but we know them to be bad spirits 444 good ones can hardly ever appear at all4 ,they are principally the spirits of suicides and murderers1 or of those who die violent deaths4 ,they constantly flutter about and appear as phantoms4 ,night-time is favorable to them1 they seduce the feeble-minded and tempt others in a thousand different ways40#eei ,porphyry presents to us some hideous facts whose verity is substantiated in the experience of every student of magic4 8,the soul10#efj says he1 8having even after death a certain affection for its body1 an affinity proportioned to the violence with which their union was broken1 we see many spirits hovering in despair about their earthly remains2 we even see them eagerly seeking the putrid remains of other bodies1 but above all freshly-spilled blood1 which seems to impart to them for the moment some of the faculties of life40#efa ,let spiritualists who doubt the theurgist1 try the effect of about half #cde a pound of freshly-drawn human blood at their next materializing seance6 8,the gods and the angels10 says ,iamblichus1 8appear to us among peace and harmony2 the bad demons1 in tossing everything in confusion4444 ,as to the ordinary souls1 we can perceive them more rarely1 etc40#efb 8,the human soul 7the astral body7 is a demon that our language may name genius10 says ,apuleius4#efc 8,she is an immortal god1 though in a certain sense she is born at the same time as the man in whom she is4 ,consequently1 we may say that she dies in the same way that she is born40 8,the soul is born in this world upon leaving another world 7anima mundi71 in which her existence precedes the one we all know 7on earth74 ,thus1 the gods who consider her proceedings in all the phases of various existences and as a whole1 punish her sometimes for sins committed during an anterior life4 ,she dies when she separates herself from a body in which she crossed this life as in a frail bark4 ,and this is1 if ,i mistake not1 the secret meaning of the tumulary inscription1 so simple for the initiate3 8,to the gods manes who lived40 ,but this kind of death does not annihilate the soul1 it only transforms it into a lemure4 ,lemures are the manes or ghosts1 which we know under the name of lares4 ,when they keep away and show us a beneficient protection1 we honor in them the protecting divinities of the family hearth2 but1 if their crimes sentence them to err1 we call them larv4 ,they become a plague for the wicked1 and the vain terror of the good40 ,this language can hardly be called ambiguous1 and yet1 the ,rencarnationists quote ,apuleius in corroboration of their theory that man passes through a succession of physical human births upon this planet1 until he is finally purged from the dross of his nature4 ,but ,apuleius distinctly says that we come upon this earth from another one1 where we had an existence1 the recollection of which has faded away4 ,as the watch passes from hand to hand and room to room in a factory1 one part being added here1 and another there1 until the delicate machine is perfected1 according to the design conceived in the mind of the master before the work was begun2 so1 according to ancient philosophy1 the first divine conception of man takes shape little by little1 in the several departments of the universal workshop1 and the perfect human being finally appears on our scene4 ,this philosophy teaches that nature never leaves her work #cdf unfinished2 if baffled at the first attempt1 she tries again4 ,when she evolves a human embryo1 the intention is that a man shall be perfected--physically1 intellectually1 and spiritually4 ,his body is to grow mature1 wear out1 and die2 his mind unfold1 ripen1 and be harmoniously balanced2 his divine spirit illuminate and blend easily with the inner man4 ,no human being completes its grand cycle1 or the 8circle of necessity10 until all these are accomplished4 ,as the laggards in a race struggle and plod in their first quarter while the victor darts past the goal1 so1 in the race of immortality1 some souls outspeed all the rest and reach the end1 while their myriad competitors are toiling under the load of matter1 close to the starting-point4 ,some unfortunates fall out entirely1 and lose all chance of the prize2 some retrace their steps and begin again4 ,this is what the ,hindu dreads above all things--transmigration and rencarnation2 only on other and inferior planets1 never on this one4 ,but there is a way to avoid it1 and ,buddha taught it in his doctrine of poverty1 restriction of the senses1 perfect indifference to the objects of this earthly vale of tears1 freedom from passion1 and frequent intercommunication with the ,atma--soul-contemplation4 ,the cause of rencarnation is ignorance of our senses1 and the idea that there is any reality in the world1 anything except abstract existence4 ,from the organs of sense comes the 8hallucination0 we call contact2 8from contact1 desire2 from desire1 sensation 7which also is a deception of our body72 from sensation1 the cleaving to existing bodies2 from this cleaving1 reproduction2 and from reproduction1 disease1 decay1 and death40 ,thus1 like the revolutions of a wheel1 there is a regular succession of death and birth1 the moral cause of which is the cleaving to existing objects1 while the instrumental cause is karma 7the power which controls the universe1 prompting it to activity71 merit and demerit4 8,it is1 therefore1 the great desire of all beings who would be released from the sorrows of successive birth1 to seek the destruction of the moral cause1 the cleaving to existing objects1 or evil desire40 ,they1 in whom evil desire is entirely destroyed1 are called ,arhats4#efd ,freedom from evil desire insures the possession of a miraculous power4 ,at his death1 the ,arhat is never rencarnated2 he invariably attains ,nirvana--a word1 by the bye1 falsely interpreted by the ,christian scholars and skeptical commentators4 ,nirvana is the world of cause1 in which all deceptive effects or delusions of our senses disappear4 ,nirvana is the highest attainable sphere4 ,the pitris 7the pre-,adamic spirits7 are considered as rencarnated1 by the ,buddhistic philosopher1 though in a degree far superior to that of the man of earth4 ,do they not die in their turn8 ,do not their astral bodies #cdg suffer and rejoice1 and feel the same curse of illusionary feelings as when embodied8 ,what ,buddha taught in the sixth century1 ,b4,c41 in ,india1 ,pythagoras taught in the fifth1 in ,greece and ,italy4 ,gibbon shows how deeply the ,pharisees were impressed with this belief in the transmigration of souls4#efe ,the ,egyptian circle of necessity is ineffaceably stamped on the hoary monuments of old4 ,and ,jesus1 when healing the sick1 invariably used the following expression3 8,thy sins are forgiven thee40 ,this is a pure ,buddhistical doctrine4 8,the ,jews said to the blind man3 ,thou wast altogether born in sins1 and dost thou teach us8 ,the doctrine of the disciples 7of ,christ7 is analogous to the #8,merit and ,demerit' of the ,buddhists2 for the sick recovered1 if their sins were forgiven40#eff ,but1 this former life believed in by the ,buddhists1 is not a life on this planet1 for1 more than any other people1 the ,buddhistical philosopher appreciated the great doctrine of cycles4 ,the speculations of ,dupuis1 ,volney1 and ,godfrey ,higgins on the secret meaning of the cycles1 or the kalpas and the yogs of the ,brahmans and ,buddhists1 amounted to little1 as they did not have the key to the esoteric1 spiritual doctrine therein contained4 ,no philosophy ever speculated on ,god as an abstraction1 but considered ,him under ,his various manifestations4 ,the 8,first ,cause0 of the ,hebrew ,bible1 the ,pythagorean 8,monad10 the 8,one ,existence0 of the ,hindu philosopher1 and the kabalistic 8,en-,soph0 the ,boundless--are identical4 ,the ,hindu ,bhagavant does not create2 he enters the egg of the world1 and emanates from it as ,brahm1 in the same manner as the ,pythagorean ,duad evolves from the highest and solitary ,monas4#efg ,the ,monas of #cdh the ,samian philosopher is the ,hindu ,monas 7mind71 8who has no first cause 7aprva1 or material cause71 nor is liable to destruction40#efh ,brahma1 as ,prajpati1 manifests himself first of all as 8twelve bodies10 or attributes1 which are represented by the twelve gods1 symbolizing #a1 ,fire2 #b1 the ,sun2 #c1 ,soma1 which gives omniscience2 #d1 all living ,beings2 #e1 ,vayn1 or material ,ether2 #f1 ,death1 or breath of destruction--,siva2 #g1 ,earth2 #h1 ,heaven2 #i1 ,agni1 the ,immaterial ,fire2 #aj1 ,aditya1 the immaterial and female invisible ,sun2 #aa1 ,mind2 #ab1 the great ,infinite ,cycle1 8which is not to be stopped40#efi ,after that1 ,brahma dissolves himself into the ,visible ,universe1 every atom of which is himself4 ,when this is done1 the not-manifested1 indivisible1 and indefinite ,monas retires into the undisturbed and majestic solitude of its unity4 ,the manifested deity1 a duad at first1 now becomes a triad2 its triune quality emanates incessantly spiritual powers1 who become immortal gods 7souls74 ,each of these souls must be united in its turn with a human being1 and from the moment of its consciousness it commences a series of births and deaths4 ,an ,eastern artist has attempted to give pictorial expression to the kabalistic doctrine of the cycles4 ,the picture covers a whole inner wall of a subterranean temple in the neighborhood of a great ,buddhistic pagoda1 and is strikingly suggestive4 ,let us attempt to convey some idea of the design1 as we recall it4 ,imagine a given point in space as the primordial one2 then with compasses draw a circle around this point2 where the beginning and the end unite together1 emanation and reabsorption meet4 ,the circle itself is composed of innumerable smaller circles1 like the rings of a bracelet1 and each of these minor rings forms the belt of the goddess which represents that sphere4 ,as the curve of the arc approaches the ultimate point of the semi-circle--the nadir of the grand cycle--at which is placed our planet by the mystical painter1 the face of each successive goddess becomes more dark and hideous than ,european imagination is able to conceive4 ,every belt is covered with the representations of plants1 animals1 and human beings1 belonging to the fauna1 flora1 and anthropology of that particular sphere4 ,there is a certain distance between each of the spheres1 purposely marked2 for1 after the accomplishment of the circles through various #cdi transmigrations1 the soul is allowed a time of temporary nirvana1 during which space of time the atma loses all remembrance of past sorrows4 ,the intermediate ethereal space is filled with strange beings4 ,those between the highest ether and the earth below are the creatures of a 8middle nature20 nature-spirits1 or1 as the kabalists term it sometimes1 the elementary4 ,this picture is either a copy of the one described to posterity by ,berosus1 the priest of the temple of ,belus1 at ,babylon1 or the original4 ,we leave it to the shrewdness of the modern archologist to decide4 ,but the wall is covered with precisely such creatures as described by the semi-demon1 or half-god1 ,oannes1 the ,chaldean man-fish1#egj 8 444 hideous beings1 which were produced of a two-fold principle0 the astral light and the grosser matter4 ,even remains of architectural relics of the earliest races have been sadly neglected by antiquarians1 until now4 ,the caverns of ,ajunta1 which are but #bjj miles from ,bombay1 in the ,chandor range1 and the ruins of the ancient city of ,aurungabad1 whose crumbling palaces and curious tombs have lain in desolate solitude for many centuries1 have attracted attention but very recently4 ,mementos of long bygone civilization1 they were allowed to become the shelter of wild beasts for ages before they were found worthy of a scientific exploration1 and it is only recently that the ,observer gave an enthusiastic description of these archaic ancestors of ,herculaneum and ,pompeii4 ,after justly blaming the local government which 8has provided a bungalow where the traveller may find shelter and safety1 but that is all10 it proceeds to narrate the wonders to be seen in this retired spot1 in the following words3 8,in a deep glen away up the mountain there is a group of cave-temples which are the most wonderful caverns on the earth4 ,it is not known at the present age how many of these exist in the deep recesses of the mountains2 but twenty-seven have been explored1 surveyed1 and1 to some extent1 cleared of rubbish4 ,there are1 doubtless1 many others4 ,it is hard to realize with what indefatigable toil these wonderful caves have been hewn from the solid rock of amygdaloid4 ,they are said to have been wholly ,buddhist in their origin1 and were used for purposes of worship and asceticism4 ,they rank very high as works of art4 ,they extend over #ejj feet along a high cliff1 and are carved in the most curious manner1 exhibiting1 in a wonderful degree1 the taste1 talent1 and persevering industry of the ,hindu sculptors4 8,these cave-temples are beautifully cut and carved on the outside2 but #cej inside they were finished most elaborately1 and decorated with a vast profusion of sculptures and paintings4 ,these long-deserted temples have suffered from dampness and neglect1 and the paintings and frescoes are not what they were hundreds of years ago4 ,but the colors are still brilliant1 and scenes gay and festive still appear upon the walls4 ,some of the figures cut in the rock are taken for marriage-processions and scenes in domestic life that are represented as joyful4 ,the female figures are beautiful1 delicate1 and fair as ,europeans4 ,every one of these representations is artistic1 and all of them are unpolluted by any grossness or obscenity generally so prominent in ,brahmanical representations of a similar character4 8,these caves are visited by a great number of antiquarians1 who are striving to decipher the hieroglyphics inscribed on the walls and determine the age of these curious temples4 8,the ruins of the ancient city of ,aurungabad are not very far from these caves4 ,it was a walled city of great repute1 but is now deserted4 ,there are not only broken walls1 but crumbling palaces4 ,they were built of immense strength1 and some of the walls appear as solid as the everlasting hills4 8,there are a great many places in this vicinity where there are ,hindu remains1 consisting of deep caves and rock-cut temples4 ,many of these temples are surrounded by a circular enclosure1 which is often adorned with statues and columns4 ,the figure of an elephant is very common1 placed before or beside the opening of a temple1 as a sort of sentinel4 ,hundreds and thousands of niches are beautifully cut in the solid rock1 and when these temples were thronged with worshippers1 each niche had a statue or image1 usually in the florid style of these ,oriental sculptures4 ,it is a sad truth that almost every image here is shamefully defaced and mutilated4 ,it is often said that no ,hindu will bow down to an imperfect image1 and that the ,mahometans1 knowing this1 purposely mutilated all these images to prevent the ,hindus from worshipping them4 ,this is regarded by the ,hindus as sacrilegious and blasphemous1 awakening the keenest animosities1 which every ,hindu inherits from his father1 and which centuries have not been able to efface4 8,here also are the remains of buried cities--sad ruins--generally without a single inhabitant4 ,in the grand palaces where royalty once gathered and held festivals1 wild beasts find their hiding-places4 ,in several places the track of the railway has been constructed over or through these ruins1 and the material has been used for the bed of the road4444 ,enormous stones have remained in their places for thousands of years1 and probably will for thousands of years to come4 ,these rock #cea cut temples1 as well as these mutilated statues1 show a workmanship that no work now being done by the natives can equal4#ega ,it is very evident that hundreds of years since these hills were alive with a vast multitude1 where now it is all utter desolation1 without cultivation or inhabitants1 and given over to wild beasts4 8,it is good hunting ground1 and1 as the ,english are mighty hunters1 they may prefer to have these mountains and ruins remain without change40 ,we fervently hope they will4 ,enough vandalism was perpetrated in earlier ages to permit us the hope that at least in this century of exploration and learning1 science1 in its branches of archology and philology1 will not be deprived of these most precious records1 wrought on imperishable tablets of granite and rock4 ,we will now present a few fragments of this mysterious doctrine of rencarnation--as distinct from metempsychosis--which we have from an authority4 ,rencarnation1 i4e41 the appearance of the same individual1 or rather of his astral monad1 twice on the same planet1 is not a rule in nature2 it is an exception1 like the teratological phenomenon of a two-headed infant4 ,it is preceded by a violation of the laws of harmony of nature1 and happens only when the latter1 seeking to restore its disturbed equilibrium1 violently throws back into earth-life the astral monad which had been tossed out of the circle of necessity by crime or accident4 ,thus1 in cases of abortion1 of infants dying before a certain age1 and of congenital and incurable idiocy1 nature's original design to produce a perfect human being has been interrupted4 ,therefore1 while the gross matter of each of these several entities is suffered to disperse itself at death1 through the vast realm of being1 the immortal spirit and astral monad of the individual--the latter having been set apart to animate a frame and the former to shed its divine light on the corporeal organization--must try a second time to carry out the purpose of the creative intelligence4 ,if reason has been so far developed as to become active and discriminative1 there is no rencarnation on this earth1 for the three parts of the triune man have been united together1 and he is capable of running the race4 ,but when the new being has not passed beyond the condition of monad1 or when1 as in the idiot1 the trinity has not been completed1 the immortal spark which illuminates it1 has to renter on the earthly plane as it was frustrated in its first attempt4 ,otherwise1 #ceb the mortal or astral1 and the immortal or divine1 souls1 could not progress in unison and pass onward to the sphere above4 ,spirit follows a line parallel with that of matter2 and the spiritual evolution goes hand in hand with the physical4 ,as in the case exemplified by ,professor ,le ,conte 7vide chap1 ix471 8there is no force in nature0 and the rule applies to the spiritual as well as to the physical evolution--8which is capable of raising at once spirit or matter from ,no4 #a to ,no4 #c1 or from #b to #d1 without stopping and receiving an accession of force of a different kind on the intermediate plane40 ,that is to say1 the monad which was imprisoned in the elementary being--the rudimentary or lowest astral form of the future man--after having passed through and quitted the highest physical shape of a dumb animal--say an orang-outang1 or again an elephant1 one of the most intellectual of brutes--that monad1 we say1 cannot skip over the physical and intellectual sphere of the terrestrial man1 and be suddenly ushered into the spiritual sphere above4 ,what reward or punishment can there be in that sphere of disembodied human entities for a ftus or a human embryo which had not even time to breathe on this earth1 still less an opportunity to exercise the divine faculties of the spirit8 ,or1 for an irresponsible infant1 whose senseless monad remaining dormant within the astral and physical casket1 could as little prevent him from burning himself as another person to death8 ,or for one idiotic from birth1 the number of whose cerebral circumvolutions is only from twenty to thirty per cent4 of those of sane persons2#egb and who therefore is irresponsible for either his disposition1 acts1 or the imperfections of his vagrant1 half-developed intellect8 ,no need to remark that if even hypothetical1 this theory is no more ridiculous than many others considered as strictly orthodox4 ,we must not forget that either through the inaptness of the specialists or some other reason1 physiology itself is the least advanced or understood of sciences1 and that some ,french physicians1 with ,dr4 ,fourni1 positively despair of ever progressing in it beyond pure hypotheses4 ,further1 the same occult doctrine recognizes another possibility2 albeit so rare and so vague that it is really useless to mention it4 ,even the modern ,occidental occultists deny it1 though it is universally accepted in ,eastern countries4 ,when1 through vice1 fearful crimes and animal passions1 a disembodied spirit has fallen to the eighth sphere--the allegorical ,hades1 and the gehenna of the ,bible--the nearest to our earth--he can1 with the help of that glimpse of reason and consciousness left to him1 repent2 that is to say1 he can1 by exercising the remnants of his will-power1 strive upward1 and like a #cec drowning man1 struggle once more to the surface4 ,in the ,magical and ,philosophical ,precepts of ,psellus1 we find one which1 warning mankind1 says3 8,stoop not down1 for a precipice lies below the earth1 ,drawing under a descent of ,,seven steps1 beneath which ,is the throne of dire necessity40#egc ,a strong aspiration to retrieve his calamities1 a pronounced desire1 will draw him once more into the earth's atmosphere4 ,here he will wander and suffer more or less in dreary solitude4 ,his instincts will make him seek with avidity contact with living persons4444 ,these spirits are the invisible but too tangible magnetic vampires2 the subjective dmons so well known to medival ecstatics1 nuns1 and monks1 to the 8witches0 made so famous in the ,witch-,hammer2 and to certain sensitive clairvoyants1 according to their own confessions4 ,they are the blood-dmons of ,porphyry1 the larv1 and lemures of the ancients2 the fiendish instruments which sent so many unfortunate and weak victims to the rack and stake4 ,origen held all the dmons which possessed the demoniacs mentioned in the ,new ,testament to be human 8spirits40 ,it is because ,moses knew so well what they were1 and how terrible were the consequences to weak persons who yielded to their influence1 that he enacted the cruel1 murderous law against such would-be 8witches20 but ,jesus1 full of justice and divine love to humanity1 healed instead of killing them4 ,subsequently our clergy1 the pretended exemplars of ,christian principles1 followed the law of ,moses1 and quietly ignored the law of ,him whom they call their 8one living ,god10 by burning dozens of thousands of such pretended 8witches40 ,witch6 mighty name1 which in the past contained the promise of ignominious death2 and in the present has but to be pronounced to raise a whirlwind of ridicule1 a tornado of sarcasms6 ,how is it then that there have always been men of intellect and learning1 who never thought that it would disgrace their reputation for learning1 or lower their dignity1 to publicly affirm the possibility of such a thing as a 8witch10 in the correct acceptation of the word4 ,one such fearless champion was ,henry ,more1 the learned scholar of ,cambridge1 of the seventeenth century4 ,it is well worth our while to see how cleverly he handled the question4 ,it appears that about the year #afgh1 a certain divine1 named ,john ,webster1 wrote ,criticisms and ,interpretations of ,scripture1 against the existence of witches1 and other 8superstitions40 ,finding the work 8a weak and impertinent piece10 ,dr4 ,more criticised it in a letter to ,glanvil1 the author of ,sadducismus ,triumphatus1 and as an appendix #ced sent a treatise on witchcraft and explanations of the word witch1 itself4 ,this document is very rare1 but we possess it in a fragmentary form in an old manuscript1 having seen it mentioned besides only in an insignificant work of #ahbj1 on ,apparitions1 for it appears that the document itself was long since out of print4 ,the words witch and wizard1 according to ,dr4 ,more1 signify no more than a wise man or a wise woman4 ,in the word wizard1 it is plain at the very sight2 and 8the most plain and least operose deduction of the name witch1 is from wit1 whose derived adjective might be wittigh or wittich1 and by contraction1 afterwards witch2 as the noun wit is from the verb to weet1 which is1 to know4 ,so that a witch1 thus far1 is no more than a knowing woman2 which answers exactly to the ,latin word saga1 according to that of ,festus1 sag dict anus qu multa sciunt60 ,this definition of the word appears to us the more plausible1 as it exactly answers the evident meaning of the ,slavonian-,russian names for witches and wizards4 ,the former is called vydma1 and the latter vydmak1 both from the verb to know1 vdat or vyedt2 the root1 moreover1 being positively ,sanscrit4 8,veda10 says ,max ,mller1 in his ,lecture on the ,vedas1 8means originally knowing1 or knowledge4 ,veda is the same word which appears in ,greek 1 ,i know the digamma1 vau being omitted1 and in the ,english wise1 wisdom1 to wit40#egd ,furthermore1 the ,sanscrit word vidma1 answering to the ,german wir wissen1 means literally 8we know40 ,it is a great pity that the eminent philologist1 while giving in his lecture the ,sanscrit1 ,greek1 ,gothic1 ,anglo-,saxon1 and ,german comparative roots of this word1 has neglected the ,slavonian4 ,another ,russian appellation for witch and wizard1 the former being purely ,slavonian1 is znhr and znharka 7feminine7 from the same verb znt to know4 ,thus ,dr4 ,more's definition of the word1 given in #afgh1 is perfectly correct1 and coincides in every particular with modern philology4 8,use10 says this scholar1 8questionless had appropriated the word to such a kind of skill and knowledge as was out of the common road or extraordinary4 ,nor did this peculiarity imply any unlawfulness4 ,but there was after a further restriction1 in which alone now-a-days the words witch and wizard are used4 ,and that is1 for one that has the knowledge and skill of doing or telling things in an extraordinary way1 and that in virtue of either an express or implicit sociation or confederacy with some bad spirits40 ,in the clause of the severe law of ,moses1 so many names are reckoned up with that of witch1 that it is difficult as well as useless to give here the definition of every one of them as found in ,dr4 ,more's able treatise4 8,there shall not be #cee found among you any one that useth divination1 or an observer of time1 or an enchanter1 or a witch1 or a charmer1 or a consulter with familiar spirits1 or a wizard1 or a necromancer10 says the text4 ,we will show1 further on1 the real object of such severity4 ,for the present1 we will remark that ,dr4 ,more1 after giving a learned definition of every one of such appellations1 and showing the value of their real meaning in the days of ,moses1 proves that there is a vast difference between the 8enchanters10 8observers of time10 etc41 and a witch4 8,so many names are reckoned up in this prohibition of ,moses1 that1 as in our common law1 the sense may be more sure1 and leave no room to evasion4 ,and that the name of #8witch' is not from any tricks of legerdemain as in common jugglers1 that delude the sight of the people at a market or fair1 but that it is the name of such as raise magical spectres to deceive men's sight1 and so are most certainly witches--women and men who have a bad spirit in them4 #8,thou shalt not suffer' mecassephah1 that is1 #8a witch1 to live4' ,which would be a law of extreme severity1 or rather cruelty1 against a poor hocus-pocus for his tricks of legerdemain40 ,thus1 it is but the sixth appellation1 that of a consulter with familiar spirits or a witch1 that had to incur the greatest penalty of the law of ,moses1 for it is only a witch which must not be suffered to live1 while all the others are simply enumerated as such with whom the people of ,israel were forbidden to communicate on account of their idolatry or rather religious views and learning chiefly4 ,this sixth word is 1 shoel aub1 which our ,english translation renders1 8a consulter with familiar spirits20 but which the ,septuagint translates1 1 one that has a familiar spirit inside him1 one possessed with the spirit of divination1 which was considered to be ,python by the ,greeks1 and obh by the ,hebrews1 the old serpent2 in its esoteric meaning the spirit of concupiscence and matter2 which1 according to the kabalists1 is always an elementary human spirit of the eighth sphere4 8,shoel obh1 ,i conceive10 says ,henry ,more1 8is to be understood of the witch herself who asks counsel of her or his familiar4 ,the reason of the name obh1 was taken first from that spirit that was in the body of the party1 and swelled it to a protuberancy1 the voice always seeming to come out as from a bottle1 for which reason they were named ventriloquists4 ,ob signifies as much as ,pytho1 which at first took its name from the pythii vates1 a spirit that tells hidden things1 or things to come4 ,in ,acts ,,xvi4 #af1 1 when 8,paul being grieved1 turned and said to that spirit1 ,i command thee1 in the name of ,jesus ,christ1 to come out of her1 and he came out at the same hour40 ,therefore1 the words obsessed or possessed are synonyms of the word witch2 nor could this pytho of the eighth sphere come #cef out of her1 unless it was a spirit distinct from her4 ,and so it is that we see in ,leviticus ,,xx4 #bg3 8,a man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit1 or that is a wizard 7an irresponsible jidegnoni7 shall surely be put to death1 they shall stone them with stones1 their blood shall be upon them40 ,a cruel and unjust law beyond doubt1 and one which gives the lie to a recent utterance of 8,spirits10 by the mouth of one of the most popular inspirational mediums of the day1 to the effect that modern philological research proves that the ,mosaic law never contemplated the killing of the poor 8mediums0 or witches of the ,old ,testament1 but that the words1 8thou shalt not suffer a witch to live10 meant to live by their mediumship1 that is1 to gain their livelihood6 ,an interpretation no less ingenius than novel4 ,certainly1 nowhere short of the source of such inspiration could we find such philological profundity6#ege 8,shut the door in the face of the dmon10 says the ,kabala1 8and he will keep running away from you1 as if you pursued him10 which means1 that you must not give a hold on you to such spirits of obsession by attracting them into an atmosphere of congenial sin4 ,these dmons seek to introduce themselves into the bodies of the simple-minded and idiots1 and remain there until dislodged therefrom by a powerful and pure will4 ,jesus1 ,apollonius1 and some of the apostles1 had the power to cast out devils1 by purifying the atmosphere within and without the patient1 so as to force the unwelcome tenant to flight4 ,certain volatile salts are particularly obnoxious to them2 and the effect of the chemicals used in a saucer1 and placed under the bed by ,mr4 ,varley1 of ,london1#egf for the purpose #ceg of keeping away some disagreeable physical phenomena at night1 are corroborative of this great truth4 ,pure or even simply inoffensive human spirits fear nothing1 for having rid themselves of terrestrial matter1 terrestrial compounds can affect them in no wise2 such spirits are like a breath4 ,not so with the earth-bound souls and the nature-spirits4 ,it is for these carnal terrestrial larv1 degraded human spirits1 that the ancient kabalists entertained a hope of rencarnation4 ,but when1 or how8 ,at a fitting moment1 and if helped by a sincere desire for his amendment and repentance by some strong1 sympathizing person1 or the will of an adept1 or even a desire emanating from the erring spirit himself1 provided it is powerful enough to make him throw off the burden of sinful matter4 ,losing all consciousness1 the once bright monad is caught once more into the vortex of our terrestrial evolution1 and it repasses the subordinate kingdoms1 and again breathes as a living child4 ,to compute the time necessary for the completion of this process would be impossible4 ,since there is no perception of time in eternity1 the attempt would be a mere waste of labor4 ,as we have said1 but few kabalists believe in it1 and this doctrine originated with certain astrologers4 ,while casting up the nativities of certain historical personages renowned for some peculiarities of disposition1 they found the conjunction of the planets answering perfectly to remarkable oracles and prophesies about other persons born ages later4 ,observation1 and what would now be termed 8remarkable coincidences10 added to revelation during the 8sacred sleep0 of the neophyte1 disclosed the dreadful truth4 ,so horrible is the thought that even those who ought to be convinced of it prefer ignoring it1 or at least avoid speaking on the subject4 ,this way of obtaining oracles was practiced in the highest antiquity4 ,in ,india1 this sublime lethargy is called 8the sacred sleep of 99 99 9940 ,it is an oblivion into which the subject is thrown by certain magical processes1 supplemented by draughts of the juice of the soma4 ,the body of the sleeper remains for several days in a condition resembling death1 and by the power of the adept is purified of its earthliness and #ceh made fit to become the temporary receptacle of the brightness of the immortal ,augoeides4 ,in this state the torpid body is made to reflect the glory of the upper spheres1 as a burnished mirror does the rays of the sun4 ,the sleeper takes no note of the lapse of time1 but upon awakening1 after four or five days of trance1 imagines he has slept but a few moments4 ,what his lips utter he will never know2 but as it is the spirit which directs them they can pronounce nothing but divine truth4 ,for the time being the poor helpless clod is made the shrine of the sacred presence1 and converted into an oracle a thousand times more infallible than the asphyxiated ,pythoness of ,delphi2 and1 unlike her mantic frenzy1 which was exhibited before the multitude1 this holy sleep is witnessed only within the sacred precinct by those few of the adepts who are worthy to stand in the presence of the ,,adonai4 ,the description which ,isaiah gives of the purification necessary for a prophet to undergo before he is worthy to be the mouthpiece of heaven1 applies to the case in point4 ,in customary metaphor he says3 8,then flew one of the seraphim unto me having a live coal in his hand1 which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar 444 and he laid it upon my mouth and said1 ,lo6 this hath touched thy lips and thine iniquity is taken away40 ,the invocation of his own ,augoeides1 by the purified adept1 is described in words of unparalleled beauty by ,bulwer-,lytton in ,zanoni1 and there he gives us to understand that the slightest touch of mortal passion unfits the hierophant to hold communion with his spotless soul4 ,not only are there few who can successfully perform the ceremony1 but even these rarely resort to it except for the instruction of some neophytes1 and to obtain knowledge of the most solemn importance4 ,and yet how little is the knowledge treasured up by these hierophants understood or appreciated by the general public6 8,there is another collection of writings and traditions bearing the title of ,kabala1 attributed to ,oriental scholars10 says the author of ,art-,magic2 8but as this remarkable work is of little or no value without a key1 which can only be furnished by ,oriental fraternities1 its transcript would be of no value to the general reader40#egg ,and how they are ridiculed by every ,houndsditch commercial traveller who wanders through ,india in pursuit of 8orders0 and writes to the ,times1 and misrepresented by every nimble-fingered trickster who pretends to show by legerdemain1 to the gaping crowd1 the feats of true ,oriental magicians6 ,but1 notwithstanding his unfairness in the ,algerian affair1 ,robert ,houdin1 an authority on the art of prestidigitation1 and ,moreau-,cinti1 #cei another1 gave honest testimony in behalf of the ,french mediums4 ,they both testified1 when cross-examined by the ,academicians1 that none but the 8mediums0 could possibly produce the phenomena of table-rapping and levitation without a suitable preparation and furniture adapted for the purpose4 ,they also showed that the so-called 8levitations without contact0 were feats utterly beyond the power of the professional juggler2 that for them1 such levitations1 unless produced in a room supplied with secret machinery and concave mirrors1 was impossible4 ,they added moreover1 that the simple apparition of a diaphanous hand1 in a place in which confederacy would be rendered impossible1 the medium having been previously searched1 would be a demonstration that it was the work of no human agency1 whatever else that agency might be4 ,the ,sicle1 and other ,parisian newspapers immediately published their suspicions that these two professional and very clever gentlemen had become the confederates of the spiritists6 ,professor ,pepper1 director of the ,polytechnic ,institute of ,london1 invented a clever apparatus to produce spiritual appearances on the stage1 and sold his patent in #ahfc1 in ,paris1 for the sum of #bj1jjj francs4 ,the phantoms looked real and were evanescent1 being but an effect produced by the reflection of a highly-illuminated object upon the surface of plate-glass4 ,they seemed to appear and disappear1 to walk about the stage and play their parts to perfection4 ,sometimes one of the phantoms placed himself on a bench2 after which1 one of the living actors would begin quarrelling with him1 and1 seizing a heavy hatchet1 would part the head and body of the ghost in two4 ,but1 joining his two parts again1 the spectre would reappear1 a few steps off1 to the amazement of the public4 ,the contrivance worked marvellously well1 and nightly attracted large crowds4 ,but to produce these ghosts required a stage-apparatus1 and more than one confederate4 ,there were nevertheless some reporters who made this exhibition the pretext for ridiculing the spiritists--as though the two classes of phenomena had the slightest connection6 ,what the ,pepper ghosts pretended to do1 genuine disembodied human spirits1 when their reflection is materialized by the elementals1 can actually perform4 ,they will permit themselves to be perforated with bullets or the sword1 or to be dismembered1 and then instantly form themselves anew4 ,but the case is different with both cosmic and human elementary spirits1 for a sword or dagger1 or even a pointed stick1 will cause them to vanish in terror4 ,this will seem unaccountable to those who do not understand of what a material substance the elementary are composed2 but the kabalists understand perfectly4 ,the records of antiquity and of the middle ages1 to say nothing of the modern wonders at ,cideville1 which have been judicially attested for us1 corroborate these facts4 ,skeptics1 and even skeptical spiritualists1 have often unjustly accused #cfj mediums of fraud1 when denied what they considered their inalienable right to test the spirits4 ,but where there is one such case1 there are fifty in which spiritualists have permitted themselves to be practiced upon by tricksters1 while they neglected to appreciate genuine manifestations procured for them by their mediums4 ,ignorant of the laws of mediumship1 such do not know that when an honest medium is once taken possession of by spirits1 whether disembodied or elemental1 he is no longer his own master4 ,he cannot control the actions of the spirits1 nor even his own4 ,they make him a puppet to dance at their pleasure while they pull the wires behind the scenes4 ,the false medium may seem entranced1 and yet be playing tricks all the while2 while the real medium may appear to be in full possession of his senses1 when in fact he is far away1 and his body is animated by his 8,indian guide10 or 8control40 ,or1 he may be entranced in his cabinet1 while his astral body 7double7 or doppelganger1 is walking about the room moved by another intelligence4 ,among all the phenomena1 that of re-percussion1 closely allied with those of bi-location and arial 8travelling10 is the most astounding4 ,in the middle ages it was included under the head of sorcery4 ,de ,gasparin1 in his refutations of the miraculous character of the marvels of ,cideville1 treats of the subject at length2 but these pretended explanations were all in their turn exploded by de ,mirville and des ,mousseaux1 who1 while failing in their attempt to trace the phenomena back to the ,devil1 did1 nevertheless1 prove their spiritual origin4 8,the prodigy of re-percussion10 says des ,mousseaux1 8occurs when a blow aimed at the spirit1 visible or otherwise1 of an absent living person1 or at the phantom which represents him1 strikes this person himself1 at the same time1 and in the very place at which the spectre or his double is touched6 ,we must suppose1 therefore1 that the blow is re-percussed1 and that it reaches1 as if rebounding1 from the image of the living person--his phantasmal#egh duplicate--the original1 wherever he may be1 in flesh and blood4 8,thus1 for instance1 an individual appears before me1 or1 remaining invisible1 declares war1 threatens1 and causes me to be threatened with obsession4 ,i strike at the place where ,i perceive his phantom1 where ,i hear him moving1 where ,i feel somebody1 something which molests and resists me4 ,i strike2 the blood will appear sometimes on this place1 and occasionally a scream may be heard2 he is wounded--perhaps1 dead6 ,it is done1 and ,i have explained the fact40#egi 8,notwithstanding that1 at the moment ,i struck him1 his presence in #cfa another place is authentically proved2 444 ,i saw--yes1 ,i saw plainly the phantom hurt upon the cheek or shoulder1 and this same wound is found precisely on the living person1 re-percussed upon his cheek or shoulder4 ,thus1 it becomes evident that the facts of re-percussion have an intimate connection with those of bi-location or duplication1 either spiritual or corporeal40 ,the history of the ,salem witchcraft1 as we find it recorded in the works of ,cotton ,mather1 ,calef1 ,upham1 and others1 furnishes a curious corroboration of the fact of the double1 as it also does of the effects of allowing elementary spirits to have their own way4 ,this tragical chapter of ,american history has never yet been written in accordance with the truth4 ,a party of four or five young girls had become 8developed0 as mediums1 by sitting with a ,west ,indian negro woman1 a practitioner of ,obeah4 ,they began to suffer all kinds of physical torture1 such as pinching1 having pins stuck in them1 and the marks of bruises and teeth on different parts of their bodies4 ,they would declare that they were hurt by the spectres of various persons1 and we learn from the celebrated ,narrative of ,deodat ,lawson 7,london1 #agjd71 that 8some of them confessed that they did afflict the sufferers 7i4 e41 these young girls71 according to the time and manner they were accused thereof2 and1 being asked what they did to afflict them1 some said that they pricked pins into poppets1 made with rags1 wax1 and other materials4 ,one that confessed after the signing of her death-warrant1 said she used to afflict them by clutching and pinching her hands together1 and wishing in what part and after what manner she would have them afflicted1 and it was done40#ehj ,mr4 ,upham tells us that ,abigail ,hobbs1 one of these girls1 acknowledged that she had confederated with the ,devil1 who 8came to her in the shape of a man10 and commanded her to afflict the girls1 bringing images made of wood in their likeness1 with thorns for her to prick into the images1 which she did2 whereupon1 the girls cried out that they were hurt by her40 ,how perfectly these facts1 the validity of which was proven by #cfb unimpeachable testimony in court1 go to corroborate the doctrine of ,paracelsus4 ,it is surpassingly strange that so ripe a scholar as ,mr4 ,upham should have accumulated into the #a1jjj pages of his two volumes such a mass of legal evidence1 going to show the agency of earth-bound souls and tricksy nature-spirits in these tragedies1 without suspecting the truth4 ,ages ago1 the old ,ennius was made by ,lucretius to say3 8,bis duo sunt hominis1 manes1 caro1 spiritus umbra2 ,quatuor ista loci bis duo suscipirent2 ,terra tegit carnem2--tumulum circumvolat umbra1 ,orcus habet manes40 ,in this present case1 as in every similar one1 the scientists1 being unable to explain the fact1 assert that it cannot exist4 ,but we will now give a few historical instances going to show that some daimons1 or elementary spirits1 are afraid of sword1 knife1 or any thing sharp4 ,we do not pretend to explain the reason4 ,that is the province of physiology and psychology4 ,unfortunately1 physiologists have not yet been able to even establish the relations between speech and thought1 and so1 have handed it over to the metaphysicians1 who1 in their turn1 according to ,fourni1 have done nothing4 ,done nothing1 we say1 but claimed everything4 ,no fact could be presented to some of them1 that was too large for these learned gentlemen to at least try to stuff into their pigeon-holes1 labelled with some fancy ,greek name1 expressive of everything else but the true nature of the phenomenon4 8,alas1 alas6 my son60 exclaims the wise ,muphti1 of ,aleppo1 to his son ,ibrahim1 who choked himself with the head of a huge fish4 8,when will you realize that your stomach is smaller than the ocean80 ,or1 as ,mrs4 ,catherine ,crowe remarks in her ,night-,side of ,nature1 when will our scientists admit that 8their intellects are no measure of ,god ,almighty's designs80 ,we will not ask which of the ancient writers mention facts of seemingly-supernatural nature2 but rather which of them does not8 ,in ,homer1 we find ,ulysses evoking the spirit of his friend1 the soothsayer ,tiresias4 ,preparing for the ceremony of the 8festival of blood10 ,ulysses draws his sword1 and thus frightens away the thousands of phantoms attracted by the sacrifice4 ,the friend himself1 the so-long-expected ,tiresias1 dares not approach him so long as ,ulysses holds the dreaded weapon in his hand4#eha neas prepares to descend to the kingdom of the shadows1 and as soon as they approach its entrance1 #cfc the ,sibyl who guides him utters her warning to the ,trojan hero1 and orders him to draw his sword and clear himself a passage through the dense crowd of flitting forms3 8,tuque invade viam1 vaginque eripe ferrum40#ehb ,glanvil gives a wonderful narrative of the apparition of the 8,drummer of ,tedworth10 which happened in #affa2 in which the scin-lecca1 or double1 of the drummer-sorcerer was evidently very much afraid of the sword4 ,psellus1 in his work1#ehc gives a long story of his sister-in-law being thrown into a most fearful state by an elementary daimon taking possession of her4 ,she was finally cured by a conjurer1 a foreigner named ,anaphalangis1 who began by threatening the invisible occupant of her body with a naked sword1 until he finally dislodged him4 ,psellus introduces a whole catechism of demonology1 which he gives in the following terms1 as far as we remember3 8,you want to know10 asked the conjurer1 8whether the bodies of the spirits can be hurt by sword or any other weapon8#ehd ,yes1 they can4 ,any hard substance striking them can make them sensible to pain2 and though their bodies be made neither of solid nor firm substance1 they feel it the same1 for in beings endowed with sensibility it is not their nerves only which possess the faculty of feeling1 but likewise also the spirit which resides in them 444 the body of a spirit can be sensible in its whole1 as well as in each one of its parts4 ,without the help of any physical organism the spirit sees1 hears1 and if you touch him feels your touch4 ,if you divide him in two1 he will feel the pain as would any living man1 for he is matter still1 though so refined as to be generally invisible to our eye4444 ,one thing1 however1 distinguishes him from the living man1 viz43 that when a man's limbs are once divided1 their parts cannot be reunited very easily4 ,but1 cut a demon in two1 and you will see him immediately join himself together4 ,as water or air closes in behind a solid body#ehe passing through it1 and no trace is left1 so does the body of a demon condense itself again1 when the penetrative weapon is withdrawn from the wound4 ,but every rent made in it causes him pain nevertheless4 ,that is why daimons dread the point of a sword or any sharp weapon4 ,let those who want to see them flee try the experiment40 ,one of the most learned scholars of his century1 ,bodin1 the #cfd ,demonologian1 held the same opinion1 that both the human and cosmical elementaries 8were sorely afraid of swords and daggers40 ,it is also the opinion of ,porphyry1 ,iamblichus1 and ,plato4 ,plutarch mentions it several times4 ,the practicing theurgists knew it well and acted accordingly2 and many of the latter assert that 8the demons suffer from any rent made in their bodies40 ,bodin tells us a wonderful story to this effect1 in his work ,on the ,dmons1 p4 #bib4 8,i remember10 says the author1 8that in #aeeg an elemental demon1 one of those who are called thundering1 fell down with the lightning1 into the house of ,poudot1 the shoemaker1 and immediately began flinging stones all about the room4 ,we picked up so many of them that the landlady filled a large chest full1 after having securely closed the windows and doors and locked the chest itself4 ,but it did not prevent the demon in the least from introducing other stones into the room1 but without injuring any one for all that4 ,latomi1 who was then ,quarter-,president1#ehf came to see what was the matter4 ,immediately upon his entrance1 the spirit knocked the cap off his head and made him run away4 ,it had lasted for over six days1 when ,m4 ,jean ,morgnes1 ,counsellor at the ,presidial1 came to fetch me to see the mystery4 ,when ,i entered the house1 some one advised the master of it to pray to ,god with all his heart and to wheel round a sword in the air about the room2 he did so4 ,on that following day the landlady told us1 that from that very moment they did not hear the least noise in the house2 but that during the seven previous days that it lasted they could not get a moment's rest40 ,the books on the witchcraft of the middle ages are full of such narratives4 ,the very rare and interesting work of ,glanvil1 called ,sadducismus ,triumphatus1 ranks with that of ,bodin1 above mentioned1 as one of the best4 ,but we must give space now to certain narratives of the more ancient philosophers1 who explain at the same time that they describe4 ,and first in rank for wonders comes ,proclus4 ,his list of facts1 most of which he supports by the citation of witnesses--sometimes well-known philosophers--is staggering4 ,he records many instances in his time of dead persons who were found to have changed their recumbent positions in the sepulchre1 for one of either sitting or standing1 which he attributes to their being larv1 and which he says 8is related by the ancients of ,aristius1 ,epimenides1 and ,hermodorus40 ,he gives five such cases from the history of ,clearchus1 the disciple of ,aristotle4 #a4 ,cleonymus1 the ,athenian4 #b4 ,polykritus1 an illustrious man among the olians4 ,it is related by the historian ,nomachius1 that ,polykritus died1 and returned in the ninth month after his death4 8,hiero1 the #cfe ,ephesian1 and other historians10 says his translator1 ,taylor1 8testify to the truth of this40 #c4 ,in ,nicopolis1 the same happened to one ,eurinus4 ,the latter revived on the fifteenth day after his burial1 and lived for some time after that1 leading an exemplary life4 #d4 ,rufus1 a priest of ,thessalonica1 restored to life the third day after his death1 for the purpose of performing certain sacred ceremonies according to promise2 he fulfilled his engagement1 and died again to return no more4 #e4 ,this is the case of one ,philona1 who lived under the reign of ,philip4 ,she was the daughter of ,demostratus and ,charito of ,amphipolos4 ,married against her wish to one ,kroterus1 she died soon after4 ,but in the sixth month after her death1 she revived1 as ,proclus says3 8through her love of a youth named ,machates1 who came to her father ,demostratus1 from ,pella40 ,she visited him for many nights successively1 but when this was finally discovered1 she1 or rather the vampire that represented her1 died of rage4 ,previous to this she declared that she acted in this manner according to the will of terrestrial demons4 ,her dead body was seen at this second death by every one in the town1 lying in her father's house4 ,on opening the vault1 where her body had been deposited1 it was found empty by those of her relatives1 who being incredulous upon that point1 went to ascertain the truth4 ,the narrative is corroborated by the ,epistles of ,hipparchus and those of ,arridus to ,philip4#ehg ,says ,proclus3 8,many other of the ancients have collected a history of those that have apparently died1 and afterward revived4 ,among these is the natural philosopher ,demokritus4 ,in his writings concerning ,hades1 he affirms that in a certain case under discussion death was not1 as it seemed1 an entire desertion of the whole life of the body1 but a cessation caused by some blow1 or perhaps a wound2 but the bonds of the soul yet remained rooted about the marrow1 and the heart contained in its profundity the empyreuma of life2 and this remaining1 it again acquired the life1 which had been extinguished1 in consequence of being adapted to animation40 ,he says again1 8,that it is possible for the soul to depart from and enter into the body1 is evident from him1 who1 according to ,clearchus1 used a soul-attracting wand on a sleeping boy2 and who persuaded ,aristotle1 as ,clearchus relates in his ,treatise on ,sleep1 that the soul may be separated from the body1 and that it enters into a body and uses it as a lodging4 ,for1 striking the boy with the wand1 he drew out1 and1 as it were1 led his soul1 for the purpose of evincing that the #cff body was immovable when the soul 7astral body7 was at a distance from it1 and that it was preserved uninjured2 but the soul being again led into the body by means of the wand1 after its entrance1 narrated every particular4 ,from this circumstance1 therefore1 both the spectators and ,aristotle were persuaded that the soul is separate from the body40 ,it may be considered quite absurd to recall so often the facts of witchcraft1 in the full light of the nineteenth century4 ,but the century itself is getting old2 and as it gradually approaches the fatal end1 it seems as if it were falling into dotage2 not only does it refuse to recollect how abundantly the facts of witchcraft were proven1 but it refuses to realize what has been going on for the last thirty years1 all over the wide world4 ,after a lapse of several thousand years we may doubt the magic powers of the ,thessalonian priests and their 8sorceries10 as mentioned by ,pliny2#ehh we may throw discredit upon the information given us by ,suidas1 who narrates ,medea's journey through the air1 and thus forget that magic was the highest knowledge of natural philosophy2 but how are we to dispose of the frequent occurrence of precisely such journeys 8through the air0 when they happen before our own eyes1 and are corroborated by the testimony of hundreds of apparently sane persons8 ,if the universality of a belief be a proof of its truth1 few facts have been better established than that of sorcery4 8,every people1 from the rudest to the most refined1 we may also add in every age1 have believed in the kind of supernatural agency1 which we understand by this term10 says ,thomas ,wright1 the author of ,sorcery and ,magic1 and a skeptical member of the ,national ,institute of ,france4 8,it was founded on the equally extensive creed1 that1 besides our own visible existence1 we live in an invisible world of spiritual beings1 by which our actions and even our thoughts are often guided1 and which have a certain degree of power over the elements and over the ordinary course of organic life40 ,further1 marvelling how this mysterious science flourished everywhere1 and noticing several famous schools of magic in different parts of ,europe1 he explains the time-honored belief1 and shows the difference between sorcery and magic as follows3 8,the magician differed from the witch in this1 that1 while the latter was an ignorant instrument in the hands of the demons1 the former had become their master by the powerful intermediation of ,science1 which was only within reach of the few1 and which these beings were unable to disobey40#ehi ,this delineation1 established and known since the days of ,moses1 the author gives as derived from 8the most authentic sources40 ,if from this unbeliever we pass to the authority of an adept in that #cfg mysterious science1 the anonymous author of ,art-,magic1 we find him stating the following3 8,the reader may inquire wherein consists the difference between a medium and a magician8444 ,the medium is one through whose astral spirit other spirits can manifest1 making their presence known by various kinds of phenomena4 ,whatever these consist in1 the medium is only a passive agent in their hands4 ,he can neither command their presence1 nor will their absence2 can never compel the performance of any special act1 nor direct its nature4 ,the magician1 on the contrary1 can summon and dismiss spirits at will2 can perform many feats of occult power through his own spirit2 can compel the presence and assistance of spirits of lower grades of being than himself1 and effect transformations in the realm of nature upon animate and inanimate bodies40#eij ,this learned author forgot to point out a marked distinction in mediumship1 with which he must have been entirely familiar4 ,physical phenomena are the result of the manipulation of forces through the physical system of the medium1 by the unseen intelligences1 of whatever class4 ,in a word1 physical mediumship depends on a peculiar organization of the physical system2 spiritual mediumship1 which is accompanied by a display of subjective1 intellectual phenomena1 depends upon a like peculiar organization of the spiritual nature of the medium4 ,as the potter from one lump of clay fashions a vessel of dishonor1 and from another a vessel of honor1 so1 among physical mediums1 the plastic astral spirit of one may be prepared for a certain class of objective phenomena1 and that of another for a different one4 ,once so prepared1 it appears difficult to alter the phase of mediumship1 as when a bar of steel is forged into a certain shape1 it cannot be used for any other than its original purpose without difficulty4 ,as a rule1 mediums who have been developed for one class of phenomena rarely change to another1 but repeat the same performance ad infinitum4 ,psychography1 or the direct writing of messages by spirits1 partakes of both forms of mediumship4 ,the writing itself is an objective physical fact1 while the sentiments it contains may be of the very noblest character4 ,the latter depend entirely on the moral state of the medium4 ,it does not require that he should be educated1 to write philosophical treatises worthy of ,aristotle1 nor a poet1 to write verses that would reflect honor upon a ,byron or a ,lamartine2 but it does require that the soul of the medium shall be pure enough to serve as a channel for spirits who are capable of giving utterance to such lofty sentiments4 ,in ,art-,magic1 one of the most delightful pictures presented to us #cfh is that of an innocent little child-medium1 in whose presence1 during the past three years1 four volumes of ,,mss41 in the ancient ,sanscrit1 have been written by the spirits1 without pens1 pencils1 or ink4 8,it is enough10 says the author1 8to lay the blank sheets on a tripod1 carefully screened from the direct rays of light1 but still dimly visible to the eyes of attentive observers4 ,the child sits on the ground and lays her head on the tripod1 embracing its supports with her little arms4 ,in this attitude she most commonly sleeps for an hour1 during which time the sheets lying on the tripod are filled up with exquisitely formed characters in the ancient ,sanscrit40 ,this is so remarkable an instance of psychographic mediumship1 and so thoroughly illustrates the principle we have above stated1 that we cannot refrain from quoting a few lines from one of the ,sanscrit writings1 the more so as it embodies that portion of the ,hermetic philosophy relating to the antecedent state of man1 which elsewhere we have less satisfactorily described4 8,man lives on many earths before he reaches this4 ,myriads of worlds swarm in space where the soul in rudimental states performs its pilgrimages1 ere he reaches the large and shining planet named the ,earth1 the glorious function of which is to confer self-consciousness4 ,at this point only is he man2 at every other stage of his vast1 wild journey he is but an embryonic being--a fleeting1 temporary shape of matter--a creature in which a part1 but only a part1 of the high1 imprisoned soul shines forth2 a rudimental shape1 with rudimental functions1 ever living1 dying1 sustaining a flitting spiritual existence as rudimental as the material shape from whence it emerged2 a butterfly1 springing up from the chrysalitic shell1 but ever1 as it onward rushes1 in new births1 new deaths1 new incarnations1 anon to die and live again1 but still stretch upward1 still strive onward1 still rush on the giddy1 dreadful1 toilsome1 rugged path1 until it awakens once more--once more to live and be a material shape1 a thing of dust1 a creature of flesh and blood1 but now--a man40#eia ,we witnessed once in ,india a trial of psychical skill between a holy gossein#eib and a sorcerer1#eic which recurs to us in this connection4 ,we had been discussing the relative powers of the fakir's ,pitris1--pre-,adamite spirits1 and the juggler's invisible allies4 ,a trial of skill was agreed upon1 and the writer was chosen as a referee4 ,we were taking our noon-day rest1 beside a small lake in ,northern ,india4 ,upon the surface of the glassy water floated innumerable aquatic flowers1 and large shining leaves4 ,each of the contestants plucked a leaf4 ,the fakir1 laying his against his breast1 folded his hands across #cfi it1 and fell into a momentary trance4 ,he then laid the leaf1 with its surface downward1 upon the water4 ,the juggler pretended to control the 8water-master10 the spirit dwelling in the water2 and boasted that he would compel the power to prevent the ,pitris from manifesting any phenomena upon the fakir's leaf in their element4 ,he took his own leaf and tossed it upon the water1 after going through a form of barbarous incantation4 ,it at once exhibited a violent agitation1 while the other leaf remained perfectly motionless4 ,after the lapse of a few seconds1 both leaves were recovered4 ,upon that of the fakir were found--much to the indignation of the juggler--something that looked like a symmetrical design traced in milk-white characters1 as though the juices of the plant had been used as a corrosive writing fluid4 ,when it became dry1 and an opportunity was afforded to examine the lines with care1 it proved to be a series of exquisitely-formed ,sanscrit characters2 the whole composed a sentence embodying a high moral precept4 ,the fakir1 let us add1 could neither read nor write4 ,upon the juggler's leaf1 instead of writing1 was found the tracing of a most hideous1 impish face4 ,each leaf1 therefore1 bore an impression or allegorical reflection of the character of the contestant1 and indicated the quality of spiritual beings with which he was surrounded4 ,but1 with deep regret1 we must once more leave ,india1 with its blue sky and mysterious past1 its religious devotees and its weird sorcerers1 and on the enchanted carpet of the historian1 transport ourselves back to the musty atmosphere of the ,french ,academy4 ,to appreciate the timidity1 prejudice1 and superficiality which have marked the treatment of psychological subjects in the past1 we propose to review a book which lies before us4 ,it is the ,histoire du ,merveilleux dans les ,temps ,modernes4 ,the work is published by its author1 the learned ,dr4 ,figuier1 and teems with quotations from the most conspicuous authorities in physiology1 psychology1 and medicine4 ,dr4 ,calmeil1 the well-known director-in-chief of ,charenton1 the famous lunatic asylum of ,france1 is the robust ,atlas on whose mighty shoulders rests this world of erudition4 ,as the ripe fruit of the thought of #ahfj it must forever keep a place among the most curious of works of art4 ,moved by the restless demon of science1 determined to kill superstition--and1 as a consequence1 spiritism--at one blow1 the author affords us a summary view of the most remarkable instances of mediumistic phenomena during the last two centuries4 ,the discussion embraces the ,prophets of ,cevennes1 the ,camisards1 the ,jansenists1 the ,abb ,paris1 and other historical epidemics1 which1 as they have been described during the last twenty years by nearly every writer upon the modern phenomena1 we will mention as briefly as possible4 ,it is not facts that we desire to bring again under #cgj discussion1 but merely the way in which such facts were regarded and treated by those who1 as physicians and recognized authorities1 had the greater responsibility in such questions4 ,if this prejudiced author is introduced to our readers at this time1 it is only because his work enables us to show what occult facts and manifestations may expect from orthodox science4 ,when the most world-renowned psychological epidemics are so treated1 what will induce a materialist to seriously study other phenomena as well authenticated and as interesting1 but still less popular8 ,let it be remembered that the reports made by various committees to their respective academies at that time1 as well as the records of the judicial tribunals1 are still in existence1 and may be consulted for purposes of verification4 ,it is from such unimpeachable sources that ,dr4 ,figuier compiled his extraordinary work4 ,we must give1 at least1 in substance1 the unparalleled arguments with which the author seeks to demolish every form of supernaturalism1 together with the commentaries of the demonological des ,mousseaux1 who1 in one of his works1#eid pounces upon his skeptical victim like a tiger upon his prey4 ,between the two champions--the materialist and the bigot--the unbiassed student may glean a good harvest4 ,we will begin with the ,convulsionaires of ,cevennes1 the epidemic of whose astounding phenomena occurred during the latter part of #agjj4 ,the merciless measures adopted by the ,french ,catholics to extirpate the spirit of prophecy from an entire population1 is historical1 and needs no repetition here4 ,the fact alone that a mere handful of men1 women1 and children1 not exceeding #b1jjj persons in number1 could withstand for years king's troops1 which1 with the militia1 amounted to #fj1jjj men1 is a miracle in itself4 ,the marvels are all recorded1 and the procs verbaux of the time preserved in the ,archives of ,france until this day4 ,there is in existence an official report among others1 which was sent to ,rome by the ferocious ,abb ,chayla1 the prior of ,laval1 in which he complains that the ,evil ,one is so powerful1 that no torture1 no amount of inquisitory exorcism1 is able to dislodge him from the ,cevennois4 ,he adds1 that he closed their hands upon burning coals1 and they were not even singed2 that he had wrapped their whole persons in cotton soaked with oil1 and had set them on fire1 and in many cases did not find one blister on their skins2 that balls were shot at them1 and found flattened between the skin and clothes1 without injuring them1 etc41 etc4 ,accepting the whole of the above as a solid groundwork for his learned arguments1 this is what ,dr4 ,figuier says3 8,toward the close of the seventeenth century1 an old maid imports into ,cevennes the #cga spirit of prophecy4 ,she communicates it 787 to young boys and girls1 who transpire it in their turn1 and spread it in the surrounding atmosphere4444 ,women and children become the most sensitive to the infection0 7vol4 ii41 p4 #bfa74 8,men1 women1 and babies speak under inspiration1 not in ordinary patois1 but in the purest ,french--a language at that time utterly unknown in the country4 ,children of twelve months1 and even less1 as we learn from the procs verbaux1 who previously could hardly utter a few short syllables1 spoke fluently1 and prophesied40 8,eight thousand prophets10 says ,figuier1 8were scattered over the country2 doctors and eminent physicians were sent for40 ,half of the medical schools of ,france1 among others1 the ,faculty of ,montpellier1 hastened to the spot4 ,consultations were held1 and the physicians declared themselves 8delighted1 lost in wonder and admiration1 upon hearing young girls and boys1 ignorant and illiterate1 deliver discourses on things they had never learned40#eie ,the sentence pronounced by ,figuier against these treacherous professional brethren1 for being so delighted with the young prophets1 is that they 8did not understand1 themselves1 what they saw40#eif ,many of the prophets forcibly communicated their spirit to those who tried to break the spell4#eig ,a great number of them were between three and twelve years of age2 still others were at the breast1 and spoke ,french distinctly and correctly4#eih ,these discourses1 which often lasted for several hours1 would have been impossible to the little orators1 were the latter in their natural or normal state4#eii 8,now10 asks the reviewer1 8what was the meaning of such a series of prodigies1 all of them freely admitted in ,figuier's book8 ,no meaning at all6 ,it was nothing10 he says1 8except the effect of a #8momentary exaltation of the intellectual faculties4'0#fjj 8,these phenomena10 he adds1 8are observable in many of the cerebral affections40 8,momentary exaltation1 lasting for many hours in the brains of babies under one year old1 not weaned yet1 speaking good ,french before they had learned to say one word in their own patois6 ,oh1 miracle of physiology6 ,prodigy ought to be thy name60 exclaims des ,mousseaux4 8,dr4 ,calmeil1 in his work on insanity10 remarks ,figuier1 8when reporting on the ecstatic theomania of the ,calvinists1 concludes that the disease must be attributed 8in the simpler cases to ,,hysteria1 and in those of more serious character to epilepsy4444 ,we rather incline to the opinion10 says ,figuier1 8that it was a disease sui #cgb generis1 and in order to have an appropriate name for such a disease1 we must be satisfied with the one of the ,trembling ,convulsionaires of ,cevennes40#fja ,theomania and hysteria1 again6 ,the medical corporations must themselves be possessed with an incurable atomomania2 otherwise why should they give out such absurdities for science1 and hope for their acceptance8 8,such was the fury for exorcising and roasting10 continues ,figuier1 8that monks saw possessions by demons everywhere when they felt in need of miracles to either throw more light on the omnipotency of the ,devil1 or keep their dinner-pot boiling at the convent40#fjb ,for this sarcasm the pious des ,mousseaux expresses a heartfelt gratitude to ,figuier2 for1 as he remarks1 8he is in ,france one of the first writers whom we find1 to our surprise1 not denying the phenomena which have been made long since undeniable4 ,moved by a sense of lofty superiority and even disdain for the method used by his predecessors4 ,dr4 ,figuier desires his readers to know that he does not follow the same path as they4 #8,we will not reject1' says he1 #8as being unworthy of credit1 facts only because they are embarrassing for our system4 ,on the contrary1 we will collect all of the facts that the same historical evidence has transmitted to us 444 and which1 consequently1 are entitled to the same credence1 and it is upon the whole mass of such facts that we will base the natural explanation1 which we have to offer1 in our turn1 as a sequel to those of the savants who have preceded us on this subject4'0#fjc ,thereupon1 ,dr4 ,figuier proceeds4#fjd ,he takes a few steps1 and1 placing himself right in the midst of the ,convulsionaires of ,st4 ,medard1 he invites his readers to scrutinize1 under his direction1 prodigies which are for him but simple effects of nature4 ,but before we proceed1 in our turn1 to show ,dr4 ,figuier's opinion1 we must refresh the reader's memory as to what the ,jansenist miracles comprised1 according to historical evidence4 ,abb ,paris was a ,jansenist1 who died in #agbg4 ,immediately after his decease the most surprising phenomena began to occur at his tomb4 ,the churchyard was crowded from morning till night4 ,jesuits1 exasperated at seeing heretics perform wonders in healing1 and other works1 got from the magistrates an order to close all access to the tomb of the ,abb4 ,but1 notwithstanding every opposition1 the wonders lasted for over twenty years4 ,bishop ,douglas1 who went to ,paris for that sole purpose in #agdi1 visited the place1 and he reports that the miracles were still going on among the ,convulsionaires4 ,when every endeavor to stop them failed1 the ,catholic clergy were forced to admit their reality1 #cgc but screened themselves1 as usual1 behind the ,devil4 ,hume1 in his ,philosophical ,essays1 says3 8,there surely never was so great a number of miracles ascribed to one person as those which were lately said to have been wrought in ,france upon the tomb of the ,abb ,paris4 ,the curing of the sick1 giving hearing to the deaf and sight to the blind1 were everywhere talked of as the effects of the holy sepulchre4 ,but1 what is more extraordinary1 many of the miracles were immediately proved upon the spot1 before judges of unquestioned credit and distinction1 in a learned age1 and on the most eminent theatre that is now in the world 444 nor were the ,jesuits1 though a learned body1 supported by the civil magistrates1 and determined enemies to those opinions in whose favor the miracles were said to have been wrought1 ever able distinctly to refute or detect them 444 such is historic evidence40#fje ,dr4 ,middleton1 in his ,free ,enquiry1 a book which he wrote at a period when the manifestations were already decreasing1 i4 e41 about nineteen years after they had first begun1 declares that the evidence of these miracles is fully as strong as that of the wonders recorded of the ,apostles4 ,the phenomena so well authenticated by thousands of witnesses before magistrates1 and in spite of the ,catholic clergy1 are among the most wonderful in history4 ,carr de ,montgeron1 a member of parliament and a man who became famous for his connection with the ,jansenists1 enumerates them carefully in his work4 ,it comprises four thick quarto volumes1 of which the first is dedicated to the king1 under the title3 8,la ,verit des ,miracles opers par l',intercession de ,m4 de ,paris1 demontre contre l',archeveque de ,sens4 ,ouvrage dedi au ,roi1 par ,m4 de ,montgeron1 ,conseiller au ,parlement40 ,the author presents a vast amount of personal and official evidence to the truthfulness of every case4 ,for speaking disrespectfully of the ,roman clergy1 ,montgeron was thrown into the ,bastile1 but his work was accepted4 ,and now for the views of ,dr4 ,figuier upon these remarkable and unquestionably historical phenomena4 8,a ,convulsionary bends back into an arc1 her loins supported by the sharp point of a peg10 quotes the learned author1 from the procs verbaux4 8,the pleasure that she begs for is to be pounded by a stone weighing fifty pounds1 and suspended by a rope passing over a pulley fixed to the ceiling4 ,the stone1 being hoisted to its extreme height1 falls with all its weight upon the patient's stomach1 her back resting all the while on the sharp point of the peg4 ,montgeron and numerous other witnesses testified to the fact that neither the flesh nor the skin of the back were ever marked in the least1 and that the girl1 to show she suffered no pain whatever1 kept crying out1 #8,strike harder--harder6' 8,jeanne ,maulet1 a girl of twenty1 leaning with her back against a wall1 #cgd received upon her stomach one hundred blows of a hammer weighing thirty pounds2 the blows1 administered by a very strong man1 were so terrible that they shook the wall4 ,to test the force of the blows1 ,montgeron tried them on the stone wall against which the girl was leaning4444 ,he gets one of the instruments of the ,jansenist healing1 called the #8,,grand ,,secours4' ,at the twenty-fifth blow10 he writes1 8the stone upon which ,i struck1 which had been shaken by the preceding efforts1 suddenly became loose and fell on the other side of the wall1 making an aperture more than half a foot in size40 ,when the blows are struck with violence upon an iron drill held against the stomach of a ,convulsionaire 7who1 sometimes1 is but a weak woman71 8it seems10 says ,montgeron1 8as if it would penetrate through to the spine and rupture all the entrails under the force of the blows0 7vol4 i41 p4 #chj74 8,but1 so far from that occurring1 the ,convulsionaire cries out1 with an expression of perfect rapture in her face1 #8,oh1 how delightful6 ,oh1 that does me good6 ,courage1 brother2 strike twice as hard1 if you can6' ,it now remains10 continues ,dr4 ,figuier1 8to try to explain the strange phenomena which we have described40 8,we have said1 in the introduction to this work1 that at the middle of the nineteenth century one of the most famous epidemics of possession broke out in ,germany3 that of the ,nonnains1 who performed all the miracles most admired since the days of ,st4 ,medard1 and even some greater ones2 who turned summersaults1 who ,,climbed ,,dead ,,walls1 and spoke ,,foreign ,,languages40#fjf ,the official report of the wonders1 which is more full than that of ,figuier1 adds such further particulars as that 8the affected persons would stand on their heads for hours together1 and correctly describe distant events1 even such as were happening in the homes of the committee-men2 as it was subsequently verified4 ,men and women were held suspended in the air1 by an invisible force1 and the combined efforts of the committee were insufficient to pull them down4 ,old women climbed perpendicular walls thirty feet in height with the agility of wild cats1 etc41 etc40 ,now1 one should expect that the learned critic1 the eminent physician and psychologist1 who not only credits such incredible phenomena but himself describes them minutely1 and con amore1 so to say1 would necessarily startle the reading public with some explanation so extraordinary that his scientific views would cause a real hegira to the unexplored fields of psychology4 ,well1 he does startle us1 for to #cge all this he quietly observes3 8,recourse was had to marriage to bring to a stop these disorders of the ,convulsionaires60#fjg ,for once des ,mousseaux had the best of his enemy3 8,marriage1 do you understand this80 he remarks4 8,marriage cures them of this faculty of climbing dead-walls like so many flies1 and of speaking foreign languages4 ,oh6 the curious properties of marriage in those remarkable days60 8,it should be added10 continues ,figuier1 8that with the fanatics of ,st4 ,medard1 the blows were never administered except during the convulsive crisis2 and that1 therefore1 as ,dr4 ,calmeil suggests1 meteorism of the abdomen1 the state of spasm of the uterus of women1 of the alimentary canal in all cases1 the state of contraction1 of erethism1 of turgescence of the carneous envelopes of the muscular coats which protect and cover the abdomen1 chest1 and principal vascular masses and the osseous surfaces1 may have singularly contributed toward reducing1 and even destroying1 the force of the blows60 8,the astounding resistance that the skin1 the areolar tissue1 the surface of the bodies and limbs of the ,convulsionaires offered to things which seem as if they ought to have torn or crushed them1 is of a nature to excite more surprise4 ,nevertheless1 it can be explained4 ,this resisting force1 this insensibility1 seems to partake of the extreme changes in sensibility which can occur in the animal economy during a time of great exaltation4 ,anger1 fear1 in a word1 every passion1 provided that it be carried to a paroxysmal point1 can produce this insensibility40#fjh 8,let us remark1 besides10 rejoins ,dr4 ,calmeil1 quoted by ,figuier1 8that for striking upon the bodies of the ,convulsionaires use was made either of massive objects with flat or rounded surfaces1 or of cylindrical and blunt shapes4#fji ,the action of such physical agents is not to be compared1 in respect to the danger which attaches to it1 with that of cords1 supple or flexible instruments1 and those having a sharp edge4 ,in fine1 the contact and the shock of the blows produced upon the ,convulsionaires the effect of a salutary shampooing1 and reduced the violence of the tortures of ,,hysteria40 ,the reader will please observe that this is not intended as a joke1 but is the sober theory of one of the most eminent of ,french physicians1 hoary with age and experience1 the ,director-in-,chief of the ,government ,insane ,asylum at ,charenton4 ,really1 the above explanation might lead the reader to a strange suspicion4 ,we might imagine1 perhaps1 that ,dr4 #cgf ,calmeil has kept company with the patients under his care a few more years than was good for the healthy action of his own brain4 ,besides1 when ,figuier talks of massive objects1 of cylindrical and blunt shapes1 he surely forgets the sharp swords1 pointed iron pegs1 and the hatchets1 of which he himself gave a graphic description on page #dji of his first volume4 ,the brother of ,elie ,marion is shown by him striking his stomach and abdomen with the sharp point of a knife1 with tremendous force1 8his body all the while resisting as if it were made of iron40 ,arrived at this point1 des ,mousseaux loses all patience1 and indignantly exclaims3 8,was the learned physician quite awake when writing the above sentences8444 ,if1 perchance1 the ,drs4 ,calmeil and ,figuier should seriously maintain their assertions and insist on their theory1 we are ready to answer them as follows3 #8,we are perfectly willing to believe you4 ,but before such a superhuman effort of condescension1 will you not demonstrate to us the truth of your theory in a more practical manner8 ,let us1 for example1 develop in you a violent and terrible passion2 anger--rage if you choose4 ,you shall permit us for a single moment to be in your sight irritating1 rude1 and insulting4 ,of course1 we will be so only at your request and in the interest of science and your cause4 ,our duty under the contract will consist in humiliating and provoking you to the last extremity4 ,before a public audience1 who shall know nothing of our agreement1 but whom you must satisfy as to your assertions1 we will insult you2 444 we will tell you that your writings are an ambuscade to truth1 an insult to common sense1 a disgrace which paper only can bear2 but which the public should chastise4 ,we will add that you lie to science1 you lie to the ears of the ignorant and stupid fools gathered around you1 open-mouthed1 like the crowd around a peddling quack4444 ,and when1 transported beyond yourself1 your face ablaze1 and anger tumefying1 you shall have displaced your fluids2 when your fury has reached the point of bursting1 we will cause your turgescent muscles to be struck with powerful blows2 your friends shall show us the most insensible places2 we will let a perfect shower1 an avalanche of stones fall upon them 444 for so was treated the flesh of the convulsed women whose appetite for such blows could never be satisfied4 ,but1 in order to procure for you the gratification of a salutary shampooing--as you deliciously express it--your limbs shall only be pounded with objects having blunt surfaces and cylindrical shapes1 with clubs and sticks devoid of suppleness1 and1 if you prefer it1 neatly turned in a lathe40 ,so liberal is des ,mousseaux1 so determined to accommodate his antagonists with every possible chance to prove their theory1 that he #cgg offers them the choice to substitute for themselves in the experiment their wives1 mothers1 daughters1 and sisters1 8since10 he says1 8you have remarked that the weaker sex is the strong and resistant sex in these disconcerting trials40 ,useless to remark that des ,mousseaux's challenge remained unanswered4 ,,chapter ,,xi4 #cgh 8,strange condition of the human mind1 which seems to require that it should long exercise itself in ,error1 before it dare approach the ,truth40--,,magendie4 8,la verit que je defends est empreinte sur tous les monuments du pass4 ,pour comprendre l'histoire1 il faut etudier les symboles anciens1 les signes sacrs du sacerdoce1 et l'art de guerir dans les temps primitifs1 art oubli aujourd'hui40 --,,baron ,,du ,,potet4 8,it is a truth perpetually1 that accumulated facts1 lying in disorder1 begin to assume some order if an hypothesis is thrown among them40--,,herbert ,,spencer4 ,and now we must search ,magical ,history for cases similar to those given in the preceding chapter4 ,this insensibility of the human body to the impact of heavy blows1 and resistance to penetration by sharp points and musket-bullets1 is a phenomenon sufficiently familiar in the experience of all times and all countries4 ,while science is entirely unable to give any reasonable explanation of the mystery1 the question appears to offer no difficulty to mesmerists1 who have well studied the properties of the fluid4 ,the man1 who by a few passes over a limb can produce a local paralysis so as to render it utterly insensible to burns1 cuts1 and the prickings of needles1 need be but very little astonished at the phenomena of the ,jansenists4 ,as to the adepts of magic1 especially in ,siam and the ,east ,indies1 they are too familiar with the properties of the akasa1 the mysterious life-fluid1 to even regard the insensibility of the ,convulsionaires as a very great phenomenon4 ,the astral fluid can be compressed about a person so as to form an elastic shell1 absolutely non-penetrable by any physical object1 however great the velocity with which it travels4 ,in a word1 this fluid can be made to equal and even excel in resisting-power1 water and air4 ,in ,india1 ,malabar1 and some places of ,central ,africa1 the conjurers will freely permit any traveller to fire his musket or revolver at them1 without touching the weapon themselves or selecting the balls4 ,in ,laing's ,travels among ,timanni1 the ,kourankos1 and the ,soulimas1 occurs a description by an ,english traveller1 the first white man to visit the tribe of the ,soulimas1 near the sources of the ,dialliba1 of a very curious scene4 ,a body of picked soldiers fired upon a chief who had nothing to defend himself with but certain talismans4 ,although their muskets were properly loaded and aimed1 not a ball could strike him4 ,salverte gives a similar case in his ,philosophy of ,occult ,sciences3 8,in #aefh1 the ,prince of ,orange condemned a ,spanish prisoner to be shot at ,juliers2 the soldiers tied him to a tree and fired1 but #cgi he was invulnerable4 ,they at last stripped him to see what armor he wore1 but found only an amulet4 ,when this was taken from him1 he fell dead at the first shot40 ,this is a very different affair from the dexterous trickery resorted to by ,houdin in ,algeria4 ,he prepared balls himself of tallow1 blackened with soot1 and by sleight of hand exchanged them for the real bullets1 which the ,arab sheiks supposed they were placing in the pistols4 ,the simple-minded natives1 knowing nothing but real magic1 which they had inherited from their ancestors1 and which consists in each case of some one thing that they can do without knowing why or how1 and seeing ,houdin1 as they thought1 accomplish the same results in a more impressive manner1 fancied that he was a greater magician than themselves4 ,many travellers1 the writer included1 have witnessed instances of this invulnerability where deception was impossible4 ,a few years ago1 there lived in an ,african village1 an ,abyssinian who passed for a sorcerer4 ,upon one occasion a party of ,europeans1 going to ,soudan1 amused themselves for an hour or two in firing at him with their own pistols and muskets1 a privilege which he gave them for a trifling fee4 ,as many as five shots were fired simultaneously1 by a ,frenchman named ,langlois1 and the muzzles of the pieces were not above two yards distant from the sorcerer's breast4 ,in each case1 simultaneously with the flash1 the bullet would appear just beyond the muzzle1 quivering in the air1 and then1 after describing a short parabola1 fall harmlessly to the ground4 ,a ,german of the party1 who was going in search of ostrich feathers1 offered the magician a five-franc piece if he would allow him to fire his gun with the muzzle touching his body4 ,the man at first refused2 but1 finally1 after appearing to hold conversation with somebody inside the ground1 consented4 ,the experimenter carefully loaded1 and pressing the muzzle of the weapon against the sorcerer's body1 after a moment's hesitation1 fired 444 the barrel burst into fragments as far down as the stock1 and the man walked off unhurt4 ,this quality of invulnerability can be imparted to persons both by living adepts and by spirits4 ,in our own time several well-known mediums have frequently1 in the presence of the most respectable witnesses1 not only handled blazing coals and actually placed their face upon a fire without singeing a hair1 but even laid flaming coals upon the heads and hands of by-standers1 as in the case of ,lord ,lindsay and ,lord ,adair4 ,the well-known story of the ,indian chief1 who confessed to ,washington that at ,braddock's defeat he had fired his rifle at him seventeen times at short range without being able to touch him1 will recur to the reader in this connection4 ,in fact1 many great commanders have been believed by their soldiers to bear what is called 8a charmed #chj life20 and ,prince ,emile von ,sayn-,wittgenstein1 a general of the ,russian army1 is said to be one of these4 ,this same power which enables one to compress the astral fluid so as to form an impenetrable shell around one1 can be used to direct1 so to speak1 a bolt of the fluid against a given object1 with fatal force4 ,many a dark revenge has been taken in that way2 and in such cases the coroner's inquest will never disclose anything but sudden death1 apparently resulting from heart-disease1 an apoplectic fit1 or some other natural1 but still not veritable cause4 ,many persons firmly believe that certain individuals possess the power of the evil eye4 ,the mal'occhio1 or jettatura is a belief which is prevalent throughout ,italy and ,southern ,europe4 ,the ,pope is held to be possessed--perchance unconsciously--of that disagreeable gift4 ,there are persons who can kill toads by merely looking at them1 and can even slay individuals4 ,the malignance of their desire brings evil forces to a focus1 and the death-dealing bolt is projected1 as though it were a bullet from a rifle4 ,in #ahfd1 in the ,french province of ,le ,var1 near the little village of ,brignoles1 lived a peasant named ,jacques ,pelissier1 who made a living by killing birds by simple will-power4 ,his case is reported by the well-known ,dr4 d',alger1 at whose request the singular hunter gave exhibitions to several scientific men1 of his method of proceeding4 ,the story is told as follows3 8,at about fifteen or twenty paces from us1 ,i saw a charming little meadow-lark which ,i showed to ,jacques4 #8,watch him well1 monsieur1' said he1 #8he is mine4' ,instantly stretching his right hand toward the bird1 he approached him gently4 ,the meadow-lark stops1 raises and lowers his pretty head1 spreads his wings1 but cannot fly2 at last he cannot make a step further and suffers himself to be taken1 only moving his wings with a feeble fluttering4 ,i examine the bird2 his eyes are tightly closed and his body has a corpse-like stiffness1 although the pulsations of the heart are very distinct2 it is a true cataleptic sleep1 and all the phenomena incontestably prove a magnetic action4 ,fourteen little birds were taken in this way1 within the space of an hour2 none could resist the power of ,master ,jacques1 and all presented the same cataleptic sleep2 a sleep which1 moreover1 terminates at the will of the hunter1 whose humble slaves these little birds have become4 8,a hundred times1 perhaps1 ,i asked ,jacques to restore life and movement to his prisoners1 to charm them only half way1 so that they might hop along the ground1 and then again bring them completely under the charm4 ,all my requests were exactly complied with1 and not one single failure was made by this remarkable ,nimrod1 who finally said to me3 #8,if you wish it1 ,i will kill those which you designate without touching them4' ,i pointed out two for the experiment1 and1 at twenty-five or thirty #cha paces distance1 he accomplished in less than five minutes what he had promised40#faj ,a most curious feature of the above case is1 that ,jacques had complete power only over sparrows1 robins1 goldfinches1 and meadow-larks2 he could sometimes charm skylarks1 but1 as he says1 8they often escape me40 ,this same power is exercised with greater force by persons known as wild beast tamers4 ,on the banks of the ,nile1 some of the natives can charm the crocodiles out of the water1 with a peculiarly melodious1 low whistle1 and handle them with impunity2 while others possess such powers over the most deadly snakes4 ,travellers tell of seeing the charmers surrounded by multitudes of the reptiles which they dispatch at their leisure4 ,bruce1 ,hasselquist1 and ,lemprire1#faa testify to the fact that they have seen in ,egypt1 ,morocco1 ,arabia1 and especially in the ,senaar1 some natives utterly disregarding the bites of the most poisonous vipers1 as well as the stings of scorpions4 ,they handle and play with them1 and throw them at will into a state of stupor48,in vain do the ,latin and ,greek writers10 says ,salverte1 8assure us that the gift of charming venomous reptiles was hereditary in certain families from time immemorial1 that in ,africa the same gift was enjoyed by the ,psylli2 that the ,marses in ,italy1 and the ,ophiozenes in ,cyprus possessed it40 ,the skeptics forget that1 in ,italy1 even at the commencement of the sixteenth century1 men1 claiming to be descended from the family of ,saint ,paul1 braved1 like the ,marses1 the bites of serpents40#fab 8,doubts upon this subject10 he goes on to say1 8were removed forever at the time of the expedition of the ,french into ,egypt1 and the following relation is attested by thousands of eye-witnesses4 ,the ,psylli1 who pretended1 as ,bruce had related1 to possess that faculty 444 went from house to house to destroy serpents of every kind4444 ,a wonderful instinct drew them at first toward the place in which the serpents were hidden2 furious1 howling1 and foaming1 they seized and tore them asunder with their nails and teeth40 8,let us place10 says ,salverte1 inveterate skeptic himself1 8to the account of charlatanism1 the howling and the fury2 still1 the instinct which warned the ,psylli of the presence of the serpents1 has in it #chb something more real40 ,in the ,antilles1 the negroes discover1 by its odor1 a serpent which they do not see4#fac 8,in ,egypt1 the same tact1 formerly possessed1 is still enjoyed by men brought up to it from infancy1 and born as with an assumed hereditary gift to hunt serpents1 and to discover them even at a distance too great for the effluvia to be perceptible to the dull organs of a ,european4 ,the principal fact above all others1 the faculty of rendering dangerous animals powerless1 merely by touching them1 remains well verified1 and we shall1 perhaps1 never understand better the nature of this secret1 celebrated in antiquity1 and preserved to our time by the most ignorant of men40#fad ,music is delightful to every person4 ,low whistling1 a melodious chant1 or the sounds of a flute will invariably attract reptiles in countries where they are found4 ,we have witnessed and verified the fact repeatedly4 ,in ,upper ,egypt1 whenever our caravan stopped1 a young traveller1 who believed he excelled on the flute1 amused the company by playing4 ,the camel-drivers and other ,arabs invariably checked him1 having been several times annoyed by the unexpected appearance of various families of the reptile tribe1 which generally shirk an encounter with men4 ,finally1 our caravan met with a party1 among whom were professional serpent-charmers1 and the virtuoso was then invited1 for experiment's sake1 to display his skill4 ,no sooner had he commenced1 than a slight rustling was heard1 and the musician was horrified at suddenly seeing a large snake appear in dangerous proximity with his legs4 ,the serpent1 with uplifted head and eyes fixed on him1 slowly1 and1 as if unconsciously1 crawled1 softly undulating its body1 and following his every movement4 ,then appeared at a distance another one1 then a third1 and a fourth1 which were speedily followed by others1 until we found ourselves quite in a select company4 ,several of the travellers made for the backs of their camels1 while others sought refuge in the cantinier's tent4 ,but it was a vain alarm4 ,the charmers1 three in number1 began their chants and incantations1 and1 attracting the reptiles1 were very soon covered with them from head to foot4 ,as soon as the serpents approached the men1 they exhibited signs of torpor1 and were soon plunged in a deep catalepsy4 ,their eyes were half closed and glazed1 and their heads drooping4 ,there remained but one recalcitrant1 a large and glossy black fellow1 with a spotted skin4 ,this meloman of the desert went on gracefully nodding and leaping1 as if it had danced on its tail all its life1 and keeping time to the notes of the flute4 ,this snake would not be enticed by the 8charming0 of the ,arabs1 but kept slowly moving in the direction of #chc the flute-player1 who at last took to his heels4 ,the modern ,psyllian then took out of his bag a half-withered plant1 which he kept waving in the direction of the serpent4 ,it had a strong smell of mint1 and as soon as the reptile caught its odor1 it followed the ,arab1 still erect upon its tail1 but now approaching the plant4 ,a few more seconds1 and the 8traditional enemy0 of man was seen entwined around the arm of his charmer1 became torpid in its turn1 and the whole lot were then thrown together in a pool1 after having their heads cut off4 ,many believe that all such snakes are prepared and trained for the purpose1 and that they are either deprived of their fangs1 or have their mouths sewed up4 ,there may be1 doubtless1 some inferior jugglers1 whose trickery has given rise to such an idea4 ,but the genuine serpent-charmer has too well established his claims in the ,east1 to resort to any such cheap fraud4 ,they have the testimony on this subject of too many trustworthy travellers1 including some scientists1 to be accused of any such charlatanism4 ,that the snakes1 which are charmed to dance and to become harmless1 are still poisonous1 is verified by ,forbes4 8,on the music stopping too suddenly10 says he1 8or from some other cause1 the serpent1 who had been dancing within a circle of country-people1 darted among the spectators1 and inflicted a wound in the throat of a young woman1 who died in agony1 in half an hour afterward40#fae ,according to the accounts of many travellers the negro women of ,dutch ,guiana1 the ,obeah women1 excel in taming very large snakes called amodites1 or papa2 they make them descend from the trees1 follow1 and obey them by merely speaking to them4#faf ,we have seen in ,india a small brotherhood of fakirs settled round a little lake1 or rather a deep pool of water1 the bottom of which was literally carpeted with enormous alligators4 ,these amphibious monsters crawl out1 and warm themselves in the sun1 a few feet from the fakirs1 some of whom may be motionless1 lost in prayer and contemplation4 ,so long as one of these holy beggars remains in view1 the crocodiles are as harmless as kittens4 ,but we would never advise a foreigner to risk himself alone within a few yards of these monsters4 ,the poor ,frenchman ,pradin found an untimely grave in one of these terrible ,saurians1 commonly called by the ,hindus ,moudela4#fag 7,this word should be nihang or ghariyl47 ,when ,iamblichus1 ,herodotus1 ,pliny1 or some other ancient writer tells us of priests who caused asps to come forth from the altar of ,isis1 or of thaumaturgists taming with a glance the most ferocious animals1 #chd they are considered liars and ignorant imbeciles4 ,when modern travellers tell us of the same wonders performed in the ,east1 they are set down as enthusiastic jabberers1 or untrustworthy writers4 ,but1 despite materialistic skepticism1 man does possess such a power1 as we see manifested in the above instances4 ,when psychology and physiology become worthy of the name of sciences1 ,europeans will be convinced of the weird and formidable potency existing in the human will and imagination1 whether exercised consciously or otherwise4 ,and yet1 how easy to realize such power in spirit1 if we only think of that grand truism in nature that every most insignificant atom in it is moved by spirit1 which is one in its essence1 for the least particle of it represents the whole2 and that matter is but the concrete copy of the abstract idea1 after all4 ,in this connection1 let us cite a few instances of the imperial power of even the unconscious will1 to create according to the imagination or rather the faculty of discerning images in the astral light4 ,we have but to recall the very familiar phenomenon of stigmata1 or birth-marks1 where effects are produced by the involuntary agency of the maternal imagination under a state of excitement4 ,the fact that the mother can control the appearance of her unborn child was so well known among the ancients1 that it was the custom among wealthy ,greeks to place fine statues near the bed1 so that she might have a perfect model constantly before her eyes4 ,the cunning trick by which the ,hebrew patriarch ,jacob caused ring-streaked and speckled calves to be dropped1 is an illustration of the law among animals2 and ,aricante tells 8of four successive litters of puppies1 born of healthy parents1 some of which1 in each litter1 were well formed1 whilst the remainder were without anterior extremities and had hair lip40 ,the works of ,geoffroi ,st4 ,hilaire1 ,burdach1 and ,elam1 contain accounts of great numbers of such cases1 and in ,dr4 ,prosper ,lucas's important volume1 ,sur l',heredit ,naturelle1 there are many4 ,elam quotes from ,prichard an instance where the child of a negro and white was marked with black and white color upon separate parts of the body4 ,he adds1 with laudable sincerity1 8,these are singularities of which1 in the present state of science1 no explanation can be given40#fah ,it is a pity that his example was not more generally imitated4 ,among the ancients ,empedocles1 ,aristotle1 ,pliny1 ,hippocrates1 ,galen1 ,marcus ,damascenus1 and others give us accounts quite as wonderful as our contemporary authors4 ,in a work published in ,london1 in #afei1fai a powerful argument is #che made in refutation of the materialists by showing the potency of the human mind upon the subtile forces of nature4 ,the author1 ,dr4 ,more1 views the ftus as if it were a plastic substance1 which can be fashioned by the mother to an agreeable or disagreeable shape1 to resemble some person or in part several persons1 and to be stamped with the effigies1 or as we might more properly call it1 astrograph1 of some object vividly presented to her imagination4 ,these effects may be produced by her voluntarily or involuntarily1 consciously or unconsciously1 feebly or forcibly1 as the case may be4 ,it depends upon her ignorance or knowledge of the profound mysteries of nature4 ,taking women in the mass1 the marking of the embryo may be considered more accidental than the result of design2 and as each person's atmosphere in the astral light is peopled with the images of his or her immediate family1 the sensitive surface of the ftus1 which may almost be likened to the collodionized plate of a photograph1 is as likely as not to be stamped with the image of a near or remote ancestor1 whom the mother never saw1 but which1 at some critical moment1 came as it were into the focus of nature's camera4 ,says ,dr4 ,elam1 8,near me is seated a visitor from a distant continent1 where she was born and educated4 ,the portrait of a remote ancestress1 far back in the last century1 hangs upon the wall4 ,in every feature1 one is an accurate presentment of the other1 although the one never left ,england1 and the other was an ,american by birth and half parentage40 ,the power of the imagination upon our physical condition1 even after we arrive at maturity1 is evinced in many familiar ways4 ,in medicine1 the intelligent physician does not hesitate to accord to it a curative or morbific potency greater than his pills and potions4 ,he calls it the vis medicatrix natur1 and his first endeavor is to gain the confidence of his patient so completely1 that he can cause nature to extirpate the disease4 ,fear often kills2 and grief has such a power over the subtile fluids of the body as not only to derange the internal organs but even to turn the hair white4 ,ficinus mentions the signature of the ftus with the marks of cherries and various fruits1 colors1 hairs1 and excrescences1 and acknowledges that the imagination of the mother may transform it into a resemblance of an ape1 pig1 or dog1 or any such animal4 ,marcus ,damascenus tells of a girl covered with hair and1 like our modern ,julia ,pastrana1 furnished with a full beard2 ,gulielmus ,paradinus1 of a child whose skin and nails resembled those of a bear2 ,balduinus ,ronsus of one born with a turkey's wattles2 ,pareus1 of one with a head like a frog2 and ,avicenna1 of chickens with hawks' heads4 ,in this latter case1 which perfectly exemplifies the power of the same imagination in animals1 the embryo must have been stamped at the instant of conception when the hen's imagination saw a hawk either #chf in fact or in fancy4 ,this is evident1 for ,dr4 ,more1 who quotes this case on the authority of ,avicenna1 remarks very appropriately that1 as the egg in question might have been hatched a hundred miles distant from the hen1 the microscopic picture of the hawk impressed upon the embryo must have enlarged and perfected itself with the growth of the chicken quite independently of any subsequent influence from the hen4 ,cornelius ,gemma tells of a child that was born with his forehead wounded and running with blood1 the result of his father's threats toward his mother 8444 with a drawn sword which he directed toward her forehead20 ,sennertius records the case of a pregnant woman who1 seeing a butcher divide a swine's head with his cleaver1 brought forth her child with his face cloven in the upper jaw1 the palate1 and upper lip to the very nose4 ,in ,van ,helmont's ,de ,injectis ,materialibus1 some very astonishing cases are reported3 ,the wife of a tailor at ,mechlin was standing at her door and saw a soldier's hand cut off in a quarrel1 which so impressed her as to bring on premature labor1 and her child was born with only one hand1 the other arm bleeding4 ,in #afjb1 the wife of ,marcus ,devogeler1 a merchant of ,antwerp1 seeing a soldier who had just lost his arm1 was taken in labor and brought forth a daughter with one arm struck off and bleeding as in the first case4 ,van ,helmont gives a third example of another woman who witnessed the beheading of thirteen men by order of the ,duc d',alva4 ,the horror of the spectacle was so overpowering that she 8suddainly fell into labour and brought forth a perfectly-formed infant1 onely the head was wanting1 but the neck bloody as their bodies she beheld that had their heads cut off4 ,and that which does still advance the wonder is1 that the hand1 arme1 and head of these infants were none of them to be found40#fbj ,if it was possible to conceive of such a thing as a miracle in nature1 the above cases of the sudden disappearance of portions of the unborn human body might be designated4 ,we have looked in vain through the latest authorities upon human physiology for any sufficient theory to account for the least remarkable of ftal signatures4 ,the most they can do is to record instances of what they call 8spontaneous varieties of type10 and then fall back either upon ,mr4 ,proctor's 8curious coincidences0 or upon such candid confessions of ignorance as are to be found in authors not entirely satisfied with the sum of human knowledge4 ,magendie acknowledges that1 despite scientific researches1 comparatively little is known of ftal life4 ,at page #eah of the ,american edition of his ,precis ,elementaire de ,physiologie he instances 8a case where the umbilical cord was ruptured and #chg perfectly cicatrized20 and asks 8,how was the circulation carried on in this organ80 ,on the next page1 he says3 8,nothing is at present known respecting the use of digestion in the ftus20 and respecting its nutrition1 propounds this query3 8,what1 then1 can we say of the nutrition of the ftus8 ,physiological works contain only vague conjectures on this point40 ,on page #ebj1 the following language occurs3 8,in consequence of some unknown cause1 the different parts of the ftus sometimes develop themselves in a preternatural manner40 ,with singular inconsistency with his previous admissions of the ignorance of science upon all these points which we have quoted1 he adds3 8,there is no reason for believing that the imagination of the mother can have any influence in the formation of these monsters2 besides1 productions of this kind are daily observed in the offspring of other animals and even in plants40 ,how perfect an illustration is this of the methods of scientific men6--the moment they pass beyond their circle of observed facts1 their judgment seems to become entirely perverted4 ,their deductions from their own researches are often greatly inferior to those made by others who have to take the facts at second hand4 ,the literature of science is constantly furnishing examples of this truth2 and when we consider the reasoning of materialistic observers upon psychological phenomena1 the rule is strikingly manifest4 ,those who are soul-blind are as constitutionally incapable of distinguishing psychological causes from material effects as the color-blind are to select scarlet from black4 ,elam1 without being in the least a spiritualist1 nay1 though an enemy to it1 represents the belief of honest scientists in the following expressions3 8it is certainly inexplicable how matter and mind can act and react one upon the other2 the mystery is acknowledged by all to be insoluble1 and will probably ever remain so40 ,the great ,english authority upon the subject of malformation is ,the ,science and ,practice of ,medicine1 by ,wm4 ,aitken1 ,m4,d41 ,edinburgh1 and ,professor of ,pathology in the ,army ,medical ,school2 the ,american edition of which1 by ,professor ,meredith ,clymer1 ,m4,d41 of the ,university of ,pennsylvania1 has equal weight in the ,united ,states4 ,at page #bcc of vol4 i4 we find the subject treated at length4 ,the author says1 8,the superstition1 absurd notions1 and strange causes assigned to the occurrence of such malformations1 are now fast disappearing before the lucid expositions of those famous anatomists who have made the development and growth of the ovum a subject of special study4 ,it is sufficient to mention here the names1 ,j4 ,muller1 ,rathke1 ,bischoff1 ,st4 ,hilaire1 ,burdach1 ,allen ,thompson1 ,g4 ,w4 ,vrolick1 ,wolff1 ,meckel1 ,simpson1 ,rokitansky1 and ,von ,ammon as sufficient evidence that the truths of science will in time dispel the mists of ignorance and #chh superstition40 ,one would think1 from the complacent tone adopted by this eminent writer that we were in possession if not of the means of readily solving this intricate problem at least of a clew to guide us through the maze of our difficulties4 ,but1 in #ahgb1 after profiting by all the labors and ingenuity of the illustrious pathologists above enumerated1 we find him making the same confession of ignorance as that expressed by ,magendie in #ahch4 8,nevertheless10 says he1 8much mystery still enshrouds the origin of malformation2 the origin of them may be considered in two main issues1 namely3 #a1 are they due to original malformation of the germ8 #b1 or1 are they due to subsequent deformities of the embryo by causes operating on its development8 ,with regard to the first issue1 it is believed that the germ may be originally malformed1 or defective1 owing to some influence proceeding either from the female1 or from the male1 as in case of repeated procreation of the same kind of malformation by the same parents1 deformities on either side being transmitted as an inheritance40 ,being unsupplied with any philosophy of their own to account for the lesions1 the pathologists1 true to professional instinct1 resort to negation4 8,that such deformity may be produced by mental impressions on pregnant women there is an absence of positive proof10 they say4 8,moles1 mothers' marks1 and cutaneous spots as ascribed to morbid states of the coats of the ovum4444 ,a very generally-recognized cause of malformation consists in impeded development of the ftus1 the cause of which is not always obvious1 but is for the most part concealed4444 ,transient forms of the human ftus are comparable to persistent forms of many lower animals40 ,can the learned professor explain why8 8,hence malformations resulting from arrest of development often acquire an animal-like appearance40 ,exactly2 but why do not pathologists inform us why it is so8 ,any anatomist who has made the development and growth of the embryo and ftus 8a subject of special study10 can tell1 without much brain-work1 what daily experience and the evidence of his own eyes show him1 viz43 that up to a certain period1 the human embryo is a fac-simile of a young batrachian in its first remove from the spawn--a tadpole4 ,but no physiologist or anatomist seems to have had the idea of applying to the development of the human being--from the first instant of its physical appearance as a germ to its ultimate formation and birth--the ,pythagorean esoteric doctrine of metempsychosis1 so erroneously interpreted by critics4 ,the meaning of the kabalistic axiom3 8,a stone becomes a plant2 a plant a beast2 a beast a man1 etc410 was mentioned in another place in relation to the spiritual and physical evolution of man on this earth4 ,we will now add a few words more to make the idea clearer4 ,what is the primitive shape of the future man8 ,a grain1 a corpuscle1 #chi say some physiologists2 a molecule1 an ovum of the ovum1 say others4 ,if it could be analyzed--by the spectroscope or otherwise--of what ought we to expect to find it composed8 ,analogically1 we should say1 of a nucleus of inorganic matter1 deposited from the circulation at the germinating point1 and united with a deposit of organic matter4 ,in other words1 this infinitesimal nucleus of the future man is composed of the same elements as a stone--of the same elements as the earth1 which the man is destined to inhabit4 ,moses is cited by the kabalists as authority for the remark1 that it required earth and water to make a living being1 and thus it may be said that man first appears as a stone4 ,at the end of three or four weeks the ovum has assumed a plant-like appearance1 one extremity having become spheroidal and the other tapering1 like a carrot4 ,upon dissection it is found to be composed1 like an onion1 of very delicate lamin or coats1 enclosing a liquid4 ,the lamin approach each other at the lower end1 and the embryo hangs from the root of the umbilicus almost like a fruit from the bough4 ,the stone has now become changed1 by metempsychosis1 into a plant4 ,then the embryonic creature begins to shoot out1 from the inside outward1 its limbs1 and develops its features4 ,the eyes are visible as two black dots2 the ears1 nose1 and mouth form depressions1 like the points of a pineapple1 before they begin to project4 ,the embryo develops into an animal-like ftus--the shape of a tadpole--and like an amphibious reptile lives in water1 and develops from it4 ,its monad has not yet become either human or immortal1 for the kabalists tell us that that only comes at the 8fourth hour40 ,one by one the ftus assumes the characteristics of the human being1 the first flutter of the immortal breath passes through his being2 he moves2 nature opens the way for him2 ushers him into the world2 and the divine essence settles in the infant frame1 which it will inhabit until the moment of physical death1 when man becomes a spirit4 ,this mysterious process of a nine-months formation the kabalists call the completion of the 8individual cycle of evolution40 ,as the ftus develops from the liquor amnii in the womb1 so the earths germinate from the universal ether1 or astral fluid1 in the womb of the universe4 ,these cosmic children1 like their pigmy inhabitants1 are first nuclei2 then ovules2 then gradually mature2 and becoming mothers in their turn1 develop mineral1 vegetable1 animal1 and human forms4 ,from centre to circumference1 from the imperceptible vesicle to the uttermost conceivable bounds of the cosmos1 these glorious thinkers1 the kabalists1 trace cycle merging into cycle1 containing and contained in an endless series4 ,the embryo evolving in its pre-natal sphere1 the individual in his family1 the family in the state1 the state in #cij mankind1 the earth in our system1 that system in its central universe1 the universe in the cosmos1 and the cosmos in the ,first ,cause3--the ,boundless and ,endless4 ,so runs their philosophy of evolution3 8,all are but parts of one stupendous whole1 ,whose body ,nature is2 and ,god the ,soul40 8,worlds without number ,lie in this bosom like children40 ,while unanimously agreeing that physical causes1 such as blows1 accidents1 and bad quality of food for the mother1 effect the ftus in a way which endangers its life2 and while admitting again that moral causes1 such as fear1 sudden terror1 violent grief1 or even extreme joy1 may retard the growth of the ftus or even kill it1 many physiologists agree with ,magendie in saying1 8there is no reason for believing that the imagination of the mother can have any influence in the formation of monsters20 and only because 8productions of this kind are daily observed in the production of other animals and even in plants40 ,in this opinion he is supported by the leading teratologists of our day4 ,although ,geoffroi ,st4 ,hilaire gave its name to the new science1 its facts are based upon the exhaustive experiments of ,bichat1 who1 in #ahjb1 was recognized as the founder of analytical and philosophical anatomy4 ,one of the most important contributions to teratological literature is the monograph of ,g4 ,j4 ,fisher1 ,m4 ,d41 of ,sing ,sing1 ,n4 ,y41 entitled ,diploteratology2 an ,essay on ,compound ,human ,monsters4 ,this writer classifies monstrous ftal growths into their genera and species1 accompanying the cases with reflections suggested by their peculiarities4 ,following ,st4 ,hilaire1 he divides the history of the subject into the fabulous1 the positive1 and the scientific periods4 ,it suffices for our purpose to say that in the present state of scientific opinion two points are considered as established3 #a1 that the maternal1 mental condition has no influence in the production of monstrosities2 #b1 that most varieties of monstrosity may be accounted for on the theory of arrest and retardation of development4 ,says ,fisher1 8,by a careful study of the laws of development and the order in which the various organs are evolved in the embryo1 it has been observed that monsters by defect or arrest of development1 are1 to a certain extent1 permanent embryos4 ,the abnormal organs merely represent the primitive condition of formation as it existed in an early stage of embryonic or ftal life40#fba ,with physiology in so confessedly chaotic a state as it is at present1 #cia it seems a little like hardihood in any teratologist1 however great his achievements in anatomy1 histology1 or embryology1 to take so dangerous a position as that the mother has no influence upon her offspring4 ,while the microscopes of ,haller and ,prolik1 ,dareste and ,laraboulet have disclosed to us many interesting facts concerning the single or double primitive traces on the vitelline membrane1 what remains undiscovered about embryology by modern science appears greater still4 ,if we grant that monstrosities are the result of an arrest of development--nay1 if we go farther1 and concede that the ftal future may be prognosticated from the vitelline tracings1 where will the teratologists take us to learn the antecedent psychological cause of either8 ,dr4 ,fisher may have carefully studied some hundreds of cases1 and feel himself authorized to construct a new classification of their genera and species2 but facts are facts1 and outside the field of his observation it appears1 even if we judge but by our own personal experience1 in various countries1 that there are abundant attainable proofs that the violent maternal emotions are often reflected in tangible1 visible1 and permanent disfigurements of the child4 ,and the cases in question seem1 moreover1 to contradict ,dr4 ,fisher's assertion that monstrous growths are due to causes traceable to 8the early stages of embryonic or ftal life40 ,one case was that of a ,judge of an ,imperial ,court at ,saratow1 ,russia1 who always wore a bandage to cover a mouse-mark on the left side of his face4 ,it was a perfectly-formed mouse1 whose body was represented in high relief upon the cheek1 and the tail ran upward across the temple and was lost in his hair4 ,the body seemed glossy1 gray1 and quite natural4 ,according to his own account1 his mother had an unconquerable repugnance to mice1 and her labor was prematurely brought on by seeing a mouse jump out from her workbox4 ,in another instance1 of which the writer was a witness1 a pregnant lady1 within two or three weeks of her accouchement1 saw a bowl of raspberries1 and was seized with an irresistible longing for some1 but denied4 ,she excitedly clasped her right hand to her neck in a somewhat theatrical manner1 and exclaimed that she must have them4 ,the child born under our eyes1 three weeks later1 had a perfectly-defined raspberry on the right side of his neck2 to this day1 when that fruit ripens1 his birth-mark becomes of a deep crimson1 while1 during the winter1 it is quite pale4 ,such cases as these1 which are familiar to many mothers of families1 either in their personal experience or that of friends1 carry conviction1 despite the theories of all the teratologists of ,europe and ,america4 ,because1 forsooth1 animals and plants are observed to produce malformations of their species as well as human beings1 ,magendie and his school infer that the human malformations of an identical character #cib are not at all due to maternal imagination1 since the former are not4 ,if physical causes produce physical effects in the subordinate kingdoms1 the inference is that the same rule must hold with ourselves4 ,but an entirely original theory was broached by ,professor ,armor1 of the ,long ,island ,medical ,college1 in the course of a discussion recently held in the ,detroit ,academy of ,medicine4 ,in opposition to the orthodox views which ,dr4 ,fisher represents1 ,professor ,armor says that malformations result from either one of two causes--#a1 a deficiency or abnormal condition in the generative matter from which the ftus is developed1 or #b1 morbid influences acting on the ftus in utero4 ,he maintains that the generative matter represents in its composition every tissue1 structure1 and form1 and that there may be such a transmission of acquired structural peculiarities as would make the generative matter incapable of producing a healthy and equally-developed offspring4 ,on the other hand1 the generative matter may be perfect in itself1 but being subjected to morbid influences during the process of gestation1 the offspring will1 of necessity1 be monstrous4 ,to be consistent1 this theory must account for diploteratological cases 7double-headed or double-membered monsters71 which seems difficult4 ,we might1 perhaps1 admit that in defective generative matter1 the head of the embryo might not be represented1 or any other part of the body be deficient2 but1 it hardly seems as if there could be two1 three1 or more representatives of a single member4 ,again1 if the generative matter have hereditary taint1 it seems as if all the resulting progeny should be equally monstrous2 whereas the fact is that in many cases the mother has given birth to a number of healthy children before the monster made its appearance1 all being the progeny of one father4 ,numerous cases of this kind are quoted by ,dr4 ,fisher2 among others he cites the case of ,catherine ,corcoran1#fbb a 8very healthy woman1 thirty years of age and who1 previously to giving birth to this monster had born five well-formed children1 no two of which were twins 444 it had a head at either extremity1 two chests1 with arms complete1 two abdominal and two pelvic cavities united end to end1 with four legs placed two at either side1 where the union between the two occurred40 ,certain parts of the body1 however1 were not duplicated1 and therefore this cannot be claimed as a case of the growing together of twins4 ,another instance is that of ,maria ,teresa ,parodi4#fbc ,this woman1 who had previously given birth to eight well-formed children1 was delivered of a female infant the upper part of which only was double4 ,instances #cic in which before and after the production of a monster the children were perfectly healthy are numerous1 and if1 on the other hand1 the fact that monstrosities are as common with animals as they are with mankind is a generally-accepted argument against the popular theory that these malformations are due to the imagination of the mother2 and that other fact--that there is no difference between the ovarian cell of a mammifer and a man1 be admitted1 what becomes of ,professor ,armor's theory8 ,in such a case an instance of an animal-malformation is as good as that of a human monster2 and this is what we read in ,dr4 ,samuel ,l4 ,mitchell's paper ,on two-headed ,serpents3 8,a female snake was killed1 together with her whole brood of young ones1 amounting to #abj1 of these three were monsters4 ,one with two distinct heads2 one with a double head and only three eyes2 and one with a double skull1 furnished with three eyes1 and a single lower jaw2 this last had two bodies40#fbd ,surely the generative matter which produced these three monsters was identical with that which produced the other #aag8 ,thus the ,armor theory is as imperfect as all the rest4 ,the trouble proceeds from the defective method of reasoning usually adopted--,induction2 a method which claims to collect by experiment and observation all the facts within its reach1 the former being rather that of collecting and examining experiments and drawing conclusions therefrom2 and1 according to the author of ,philosophical ,inquiry1 8as this conclusion cannot be extended beyond what is warranted by the experiments1 the ,induction is an instrument of proof and limitation40 ,notwithstanding this limitation is to be found in every scientific inquiry1 it is rarely confessed1 but hypotheses are constructed for us as though the experimenters had found them to be mathematically-proved theorems1 while they are1 to say the most1 simple approximations4 ,for a student of occult philosophy1 who rejects in his turn the method of induction on account of these perpetual limitations1 and fully adopts the ,platonic division of causes--namely1 the ,efficient1 the ,formal1 the ,material1 and the ,final1 as well as the ,eleatic method of examining any given proposition1 it is but natural to reason from the following standpoint of the ,neo-platonic school3 #a4 ,the subject either is as it is supposed or is not4 ,therefore1 we will inquire3 ,does the universal ether1 known by the kabalists as the 8astral light10 contain electricity and magnetism1 or does it not8 ,the answer must be in the affirmative1 for 8exact science0 herself teaches us that these two convertible agents saturating both the air and the earth1 there is a constant interchange of electricity and magnetism between #cid them4 ,the question ,no4 #a being settled1 we will have now to examine what happens--#ast4 ,to it with respect to itself4 #b;d4 ,to it with respect to all other things4 #c;d4 ,with all other things1 with respect to it4 #dth4 ,to all other things with respect to themselves4 ,,answers3 #ast4 ,with respect to itself4 ,that inherent properties previously latent in electricity1 become active under favoring conditions2 and that at one time the form of magnetic force is assumed by the subtile1 all-pervading agent2 at another1 the form of electric force is assumed4 #b;d4 ,with respect to all other things4 ,by all other things for which it has an affinity1 it is attracted1 by all others repelled4 #c;d4 ,with all other things with respect to it4 ,it happens that whenever they come in contact with electricity1 they receive its impress in proportion to their conductivity4 #dth4 ,to all other things with respect to themselves4 ,that under the impulse received from the electric force1 and in proportion to its intensity1 their molecules change their relations with each other2 that either they are wrenched asunder1 so as to destroy the object--organic or inorganic--which they formed1 or1 if previously disturbed1 are brought into equilibrium 7as in cases of disease72 or the disturbance may be but superficial1 and the object may be stamped with the image of some other object encountered by the fluid before reaching them4 ,to apply the above propositions to the case in point3 ,there are several well-recognized principles of science1 as1 for instance1 that a pregnant woman is physically and mentally in a highly impressible state4 ,physiology tells us that her intellectual faculties are weakened1 and that she is affected to an unusual degree by the most trifling events4 ,her pores are opened1 and she exudes a peculiar cutaneous perspiration2 she seems to be in a receptive condition for all the influences in nature4 ,reichenbach's disciples assert that her odic condition is very intense4 ,du ,potet warns against incautiously mesmerizing her1 for fear of affecting the offspring4 ,her diseases are imparted to it1 and often it absorbs them entirely to itself2 her pains and pleasures react upon its temperament as well as its health2 great men proverbially have great mothers1 and vice versa4 8,it is true that her imagination has an influence upon the ftus10 admits ,magendie1 thus contradicting what he asserts in another place2 and he adds that 8sudden terror may cause the death of the ftus1 or retard its growth40#fbe ,in the case recently reported in the ,american papers1 of a boy who was killed by a stroke of lightning1 upon stripping the body1 there was found imprinted upon his breast the faithful picture of a tree #cie which grew near the window which he was facing at the time of the catastrophe1 and which was also felled by the lightning4 ,now1 this electrical photography1 which was accomplished by the blind forces of nature1 furnishes an analogy by which we may understand how the mental images of the mother are transmitted to the unborn child4 ,her pores are opened2 she exudes an odic emanation which is but another form of the akasa1 the electricity1 or life-principle1 and which1 according to ,reichenbach1 produces mesmeric sleep1 and consequently is magnetism4 ,magnetic currents develop themselves into electricity upon their exit from the body4 ,an object making a violent impression on the mother's mind1 its image is instantly projected into the astral light1 or the universal ether1 which ,jevons and ,babbage1 as well as the authors of the ,unseen ,universe1 tell us is the repository of the spiritual images of all forms1 and even human thoughts4 ,her magnetic emanations attract and unite themselves with the descending current which already bears the image upon it4 ,it rebounds1 and re-percussing more or less violently1 impresses itself upon the ftus1 according to the very formula of physiology which shows how every maternal feeling reacts on the offspring4 ,is this kabalistic theory more hypothetical or incomprehensible than the teratological doctrine taught by the disciples of ,geoffroi ,st4 ,hilaire8 ,the doctrine1 of which ,magendie so justly observes1 8is found convenient and easy from its vagueness and obscurity10 and which 8pretends to nothing less than the creation of a new science1 the theory of which reposes on certain laws not very intelligible1 as that of arresting1 that of retarding1 that of similar or eccentric position1 especially the great law1 as it is called1 of self for self40#fbf ,eliphas ,levi1 who is certainly one of the best authorities on certain points among kabalists1 says3 8,pregnant women are1 more than others1 under the influence of the astral light1 which assists in the formation of their child1 and constantly presents to them the reminiscences of forms with which it is filled4 ,it is thus that very virtuous women deceive the malignity of observers by equivocal resemblances4 ,they often impress upon the fruit of their marriage an image which has struck them in a dream1 and thus are the same physiognomies perpetuated from age to age40 8,the kabalistic use of the pentagram can therefore determine the countenance of unborn infants1 and an initiated woman might give to her son the features of ,nereus or ,achilles1 as well as those of ,louis ,,xv4 or ,napoleon40#fbg ,if it should confirm another theory than that of ,dr4 ,fisher1 he should be the last to complain1 for as he himself makes the confession1 which #cif his own example verifies3#fbh 8,one of the most formidable obstacles to the advancement of science 444 has ever been a blind submission to authority4444 ,to untrammel the mind from the influence of mere authority1 that it may have free scope in the investigation of facts and laws which exist and are established in nature1 is the grand antecedent necessary to scientific discovery and permanent progress40 ,if the maternal imagination can stunt the growth or destroy the life of the ftus1 why cannot it influence its physical appearance8 ,there are some surgeons who have devoted their lives and fortunes to find the cause for these malformations1 but have only reached the opinion that they are mere 8coincidences40 ,it would be also highly unphilosophical to say that animals are not endowed with imagination2 and1 while it might be considered the acme of metaphysical speculation to even formulate the idea that members of the vegetable kingdom--say the mimosas and the group of insect-catchers--have an instinct and even rudimentary imagination of their own1 yet the idea is not without its advocates4 ,if great physicists like ,tyndall are forced to confess that even in the case of intelligent and speaking man they are unable to bridge the chasm between mind and matter1 and define the powers of the imagination1 how much greater must be the mystery about what takes place in the brain of a dumb animal4 ,what is imagination8 ,psychologists tell us that it is the plastic or creative power of the soul2 but materialists confound it with fancy4 ,the radical difference between the two1 was however1 so thoroughly indicated by ,wordsworth1 in the preface to his ,lyrical ,ballads1 that it is no longer excusable to interchange the words4 ,imagination1 ,pythagoras maintained to be the remembrance of precedent spiritual1 mental1 and physical states1 while fancy is the disorderly production of the material brain4 ,from whatever aspect we view and question matter1 the world-old philosophy that it was vivified and fructified by the eternal idea1 or imagination--the abstract outlining and preparing the model for the concrete form--is unavoidable4 ,if we reject this doctrine1 the theory of a cosmos evolving gradually out of its chaotic disorder becomes an absurdity2 for it is highly unphilosophical to imagine inert matter1 solely moved by blind force1 and directed by intelligence1 forming itself spontaneously into a universe of such admirable harmony4 ,if the soul of man is really an outcome of the essence of this universal soul1 an infinitesimal fragment of this first creative principle1 it must of necessity partake in degree of all the attributes of the demiurgic power4 ,as the creator1 breaking up the chaotic mass of dead1 inactive #cig matter1 shaped it into form1 so man1 if he knew his powers1 could1 to a degree1 do the same4 ,as ,pheidias1 gathering together the loose particles of clay and moistening them with water1 could give plastic shape to the sublime idea evoked by his creative faculty1 so the mother who knows her power can fashion the coming child into whatever form she likes4 ,ignorant of his powers1 the sculptor produces only an inanimate though ravishing figure of inert matter2 while the soul of the mother1 violently affected by her imagination1 blindly projects into the astral light an image of the object which impressed it1 and1 by re-percussion1 that is stamped upon the ftus4 ,science tells us that the law of gravitation assures us that any displacement which takes place in the very heart of the earth will be felt throughout the universe1 8and we may even imagine that the same thing will hold true of those molecular motions which accompany thought40#fbi ,speaking of the transmission of energy throughout the universal ether or astral light1 the same authority says3 8,continual photographs of all occurrences are thus produced and retained4 ,a large portion of the energy of the universe may thus be said to be invested in such pictures40 ,dr4 ,fourni1 of the ,national ,deaf and ,dumb ,institute of ,france1 in chapter ii4 of his work1#fcj in discussing the question of the ftus1 says that the most powerful microscope is unable to show us the slightest difference between the ovarian cell of a mammifer and a man2 and1 respecting the first or last movement of the ovule1 asks3 8,what is it8 has it particular characters which distinguish it from every other ovule80 and justly answers thus3 8,until now1 science has not replied to these questions1 and1 without being a pessimist1 ,i do not think that she ever will reply2 from the day when her methods of investigation will permit her to surprise the hidden mechanism of the conflict of the principle of life with matter1 she will know life itself1 and be able to produce it40 ,if our author had read the sermon of ,pre ,felix1 how appropriately he might utter his ,amen6 to the priest's exclamation--,,mystery6 ,,mystery6 ,let us consider the assertion of ,magendie in the light of recorded instances of the power of imagination in producing monstrous deformities1 where the question does not involve pregnant women4 ,he admits that these occur daily in the offspring of the lower animals2 how does he account for the hatching of chickens with hawk-heads1 except upon the theory that the appearance of the hereditary enemy acted upon the hen's imagination1 which1 in its turn1 imparted to the matter composing the germ a certain motion which1 before expanding itself1 produced the monstrous chicks8 ,we know of an analogous case1 #cih where a tame dove1 belonging to a lady of our acquaintance1 was frightened daily by a parrot1 and in her next brood of young there were two squabs with parrots' heads1 the resemblance even extending to the color of the feathers4 ,we might also cite ,columella1 ,youatt1 and other authorities1 together with the experience of all animal breeders1 to show that by exciting the imagination of the mother1 the external appearance of the offspring can be largely controlled4 ,these instances in no degree affect the question of heredity1 for they are simply special variations of type artificially caused4 ,catherine ,crowe discusses at considerable length the question of the power of the mind over matter1 and relates1 in illustration1 many well-authenticated instances of the same4#fca ,among others1 that most curious phenomenon called the stigmata have a decided bearing upon this point4 ,these marks come upon the bodies of persons of all ages1 and always as the result of exalted imagination4 ,in the cases of the ,tyrolese ecstatic1 ,catherine ,emmerich1 and many others1 the wounds of the crucifixion are said to be as perfect as nature4 ,a certain ,mme4 ,b4 von ,n4 dreamed one night that a person offered her a red and a white rose1 and that she chose the latter4 ,on awaking1 she felt a burning pain in her arm1 and by degrees there appeared the figure of a rose1 perfect in form and color2 it was rather raised above the skin4 ,the mark increased in intensity till the eighth day1 after which it faded away1 and by the fourteenth1 was no longer perceptible4 ,two young ladies1 in ,poland1 were standing by an open window during a storm2 a flash of lightning fell near them1 and the gold necklace on the neck of one of them was melted4 ,a perfect image of it was impressed upon the skin1 and remained throughout life4 ,the other girl1 appalled by the accident to her companion1 stood transfixed with horror for several minutes1 and then fainted away4 ,little by little the same mark of a necklace as had been instantaneously imprinted upon her friend's body1 appeared upon her own1 and remained there for several years1 when it gradually disappeared4 ,dr4 ,justinus ,kerner1 the distinguished ,german author1 relates a still more extraordinary case4 8,at the time of the ,french invasion1 a ,cossack having pursued a ,frenchman into a cul-de-sac1 an alley without an outlet1 there ensued a terrible conflict between them1 in which the latter was severely wounded4 ,a person who had taken refuge in this close1 and could not get away1 was so dreadfully frightened1 that when he reached home there broke out on his body the very same wounds that the ,cossack had inflicted on his enemy60 ,in this case1 as in those where organic disorders1 and even physical #cii death result from a sudden excitement of the mind reacting upon the body1 ,magendie would find it difficult to attribute the effect to any other cause than the imagination2 and if he were an occultist1 like ,paracelsus1 or ,van ,helmont1 the question would be stripped of its mystery4 ,he would understand the power of the human will and imagination--the former conscious1 the latter involuntary--on the universal agent to inflict injury1 physical and mental1 not only upon chosen victims1 but also1 by reflex action1 upon one's self and unconsciously4 ,it is one of the fundamental principles of magic1 that if a current of this subtile fluid is not impelled with sufficient force to reach the objective point1 it will react upon the individual sending it1 as an ,india-rubber ball rebounds to the thrower's hand from the wall against which it strikes without being able to penetrate it4 ,there are many cases instanced where would-be sorcerers fell victims themselves4 ,van ,helmont says3 8,the imaginative power of a woman vividly excited produces an idea1 which is the connecting medium between the body and spirit4 ,this transfers itself to the being with whom the woman stands in the most immediate relation1 and impresses upon it that image which the most agitated herself40 ,deleuze has collected1 in his ,bibliothque du ,magntisme ,animal1 a number of remarkable facts taken from ,van ,helmont1 among which we will content ourselves with quoting the following as pendants to the case of the bird-hunter1 ,jacques ,pelissier4 ,he says that 8men by looking steadfastly at animals oculis intentis for a quarter of an hour may cause their death2 which ,rousseau confirms from his own experience in ,egypt and the ,east1 as having killed several toads in this manner4 ,but when he at last tried this at ,lyons1 the toad1 finding it could not escape from his eye1 turned round1 blew itself up1 and stared at him so fiercely1 without moving its eyes1 that a weakness came over him even to fainting1 and he was for some time thought to be dead40 ,but to return to the question of teratology4 ,wierus tells1 in his ,de ,prstigiis ,demonum1 of a child born of a woman who not long before its birth was threatened by her husband1 he saying that she had the devil in her and that he would kill him4 ,the mother's fright was such that her offspring appeared 8well-shaped from the middle downward1 but upward spotted with blackened red spots1 with eyes in his forehead1 a mouth like a ,satyr1 ears like a dog1 and bended horns on its head like a goat40 ,in a demonological work by ,peramatus1 there is a story of a monster born at ,st4 ,lawrence1 in the ,west ,indies1 in the year #aegc1 the genuineness of which is certified to by the ,duke of ,medina-,sidonia4 ,the child1 8besides the horrible deformity of its mouth1 ears1 and nose1 had two horns on the head1 like those of young goats1 long hair on his body1 a fleshy girdle about his middle1 double1 from whence #djj hung a piece of flesh like a purse1 and a bell of flesh in his left hand like those the ,indians use when they dance1 white boots of flesh on his legs1 doubled down4 ,in brief1 the whole shape was horrid and diabolical1 and conceived to proceed from some fright the mother had taken from the antic dances of the ,indians40#fcb ,dr4 ,fisher rejects all such instances as unauthenticated and fabulous4 ,but we will not weary the reader with further selections from the multitude of teratological cases to be found recorded in the works of standard authors2 the above suffice to show that there is reason to attribute these aberrations of physiological type to the mutual reaction of the maternal mind and the universal ether upon each other4 ,lest some should question the authority of ,van ,helmont1 as a man of science1 we will refer them to the work of ,fourni1 the well-known physiologist1 where 7at page #gag7 the following estimate of his character will be found3 8,van ,helmont was a highly distinguished chemist2 he had particularly studied ariform fluids1 and gave them the name of gaz2 at the same time he pushed his piety to mysticism1 abandoning himself exclusively to a contemplation of the divinity4444 ,van ,helmont is distinguished above all his predecessors by connecting the principle of life1 directly and in some sort experimentally1 as he tells us1 with the most minute movements of the body4 ,it is the incessant action of this entity1 in no way associated by him with the material elements1 but forming a distinct individuality1 that we cannot understand4 ,nevertheless1 it is upon this entity that a famous school has laid its principal foundation40 ,van ,helmont's 8principle of life10 or archus1 is neither more nor less than the astral light of all the kabalists1 and the universal ether of modern science4 ,if the more unimportant signatures of the ftus are not due to the imaginations of the mother1 to what other cause would ,magendie attribute the formation of horny scales1 the horns of goats and the hairy coats of animals1 which we have seen in the above instances marking monstrous progeny8 ,surely there were no latent germs of these distinguishing features of the animal kingdom capable of being developed under a sudden impulse of the maternal fancy4 ,in short1 the only possible explanation is the one offered by the adepts in the occult sciences4 ,before leaving the subject1 we wish to say a few words more respecting the cases where the head1 arm1 and hand were instantly dissolved1 though it was evident that in each instance the entire body of the child had been perfectly formed4 ,of what is a child's body composed at its birth8 ,the chemists will tell us that it comprises a dozen pounds of solidified gas1 and a few ounces of ashy residuum1 some water1 #dja oxygen1 hydrogen1 nitrogen1 carbonic acid1 a little lime1 magnesia1 phosphorus1 and a few other minerals2 that is all6 ,whence came they8 ,how were they gathered together8 ,how were these particles which ,mr4 ,proctor tells us are drawn in from 8the depths of space surrounding us on all sides10 formed and fashioned into the human being8 ,we have seen that it is useless to ask the dominant school of which ,magendie is an illustrious representative2 for he confesses that they know nothing of the nutrition1 digestion1 or circulation of the ftus2 and physiology teaches us that while the ovule is enclosed in the ,graafian vesicle it participates--forms an integral part of the general structure of the mother4 ,upon the rupture of the vesicle1 it becomes almost as independent of her for what is to build up the body of the future being as the germ in a bird's egg after the mother has dropped it in the nest4 ,there certainly is very little in the demonstrated facts of science to contradict the idea that the relation of the embryonic child to the mother is much different from that of the tenant to the house1 upon whose shelter he depends for health1 warmth1 and comfort4 ,according to ,demokritus1 the soul#fcc results from the aggregation of atoms1 and ,plutarch describes his philosophy as follows3 8,that there are substances infinite in number1 indivisible1 undisturbed1 which are without differences1 without qualities1 and which move in space1 where they are disseminated2 that when they approach each other1 they unite1 interlock1 and form by their aggregation water1 fire1 a plant1 or a man40 ,that all these substances1 which he calls atoms by reason of their solidity1 can experience neither change nor alteration4 8,but10 adds ,plutarch1 8we cannot make a color of that which is colorless1 nor a substance or soul of that which is without soul and without quality40 ,professor ,balfour ,stewart says that this doctrine1 in the hands of ,john ,dalton1 8has enabled the human mind to lay hold of the laws which regulate chemical changes1 as well as to picture to itself what is there taking place40 ,after quoting1 with approbation1 ,bacon's idea that men are perpetually investigating the extreme limits of nature1 he then erects a standard which he and his brother philosophers would do well to measure their behavior by4 8,surely we ought10 says he1 8to be very cautious before we dismiss any branch of knowledge or train of thought as essentially unprofitable40#fcd ,brave words1 these4 ,but how many are the men of science who put them into practice8 ,demokritus of ,abdera shows us space crammed with atoms1 and our #djb contemporary astronomers allow us to see how these atoms form into worlds1 and afterward into the races1 our own included1 which people them4 ,since we have indicated the existence of a power in the human will1 which1 by concentrating currents of those atoms upon an objective point1 can create a child corresponding to the mother's fancy1 why is it not perfectly credible that this same power put forth by the mother1 can1 by an intense1 albeit unconscious reversal of those currents1 dissipate and obliterate any portion or even the whole of the body of her unborn child8 ,and here comes in the question of false pregnancies1 which have so often completely puzzled both physician and patient4 ,if the head1 arm1 and hand of the three children mentioned by ,van ,helmont could disappear1 as a result of the emotion of horror1 why might not the same or some other emotion1 excited in a like degree1 cause the entire extinction of the ftus in so-called false pregnancy8 ,such cases are rare1 but they do occur1 and moreover baffle science completely4 ,there certainly is no chemical solvent in the mother's circulation powerful enough to dissolve her child1 without destroying herself4 ,we commend the subject to the medical profession1 hoping that as a class they will not adopt the conclusion of ,fourni1 who says3 8,in this succession of phenomena we must confine ourselves to the office of historian1 as we have not even tried to explain the whys and wherefores of these things1 for there lie the inscrutable mysteries of life1 and in proportion as we advance in our exposition1 we will be obliged to recognize that this is to us forbidden ground40#fce ,within the limits of his intellectual capabilities the true philosopher knows no forbidden ground1 and should be content to accept no mystery of nature as inscrutable or inviolable4 ,no student of ,hermetic philosophy1 nor any spiritualist1 will object to the abstract principle laid down by ,hume that a miracle is impossible2 for to suppose such a possibility would make the universe governed through special instead of general laws4 ,this is one of the fundamental contradictions between science and theology4 ,the former1 reasoning upon universal experience1 maintains that there is a general uniformity of the course of nature1 while the latter assumes that the ,governing ,mind can be invoked to suspend general law to suit special emergencies4 ,says ,john ,stuart ,mill1#fcf 8,if we do not already believe in supernatural agencies1 no miracle can prove to us their existence4 ,the miracle itself1 considered merely as an extraordinary fact1 may be satisfactorily certified by our senses or by testimony2 but nothing #djc can ever prove that it is a miracle4 ,there is still another possible hypothesis1 that of its being the result of some unknown natural cause2 and this possibility cannot be so completely shut out as to leave no alternative but that of admitting the existence and intervention of a being superior to nature40 ,this is the very point which we have sought to bring home to our logicians and physicists4 ,as ,mr4 ,mill himself says1 8,we cannot admit a proposition as a law of nature1 and yet believe a fact in real contradiction to it4 ,we must disbelieve the alleged fact1 or believe that we were mistaken in admitting the supposed law40 ,mr4 ,hume cites the 8firm and unalterable experience0 of mankind1 as establishing the laws whose operation ipso facto makes miracles impossible4 ,the difficulty lies in his use of the adjective which is ,italicized1 for this is an assumption that our experience will never change1 and that1 as a consequence1 we will always have the same experiments and observations upon which to base our judgment4 ,it also assumes that all philosophers will have the same facts to reflect upon4 ,it also entirely ignores such collected accounts of philosophical experiment and scientific discovery as we may have been temporarily deprived of4 ,thus1 by the burning of the ,alexandrian ,library and the destruction of ,nineveh1 the world has been for many centuries without the necessary data upon which to estimate the real knowledge1 esoteric and exoteric1 of the ancients4 ,but1 within the past few years1 the discovery of the ,rosetta stone1 the ,ebers1 d',aubigney1 ,anastasi1 and other papyri1 and the exhumation of the tile-libraries1 have opened a field of archological research which is likely to lead to radical changes in this 8firm and unalterable experience40 ,the author of ,supernatural ,religion justly observes that 8a person who believes anything contradictory to a complete induction1 merely on the strength of an assumption which is incapable of proof1 is simply credulous2 but such an assumption cannot affect the real evidence for that thing40 ,in a lecture delivered by ,mr4 ,hiram ,corson1 ,professor of ,anglo-,saxon ,literature at the ,cornell ,university1 ,ithaca1 ,n4 ,y41 before the alumni of ,st4 ,john's ,college1 ,annapolis1 in ,july1 #ahge1 the lecturer thus deservedly rebukes science3 8,there are things10 he says1 8which ,science can never do1 and which it is arrogant in attempting to do4 ,there was a time when ,religion and the ,church went beyond their legitimate domain1 and invaded and harried that of ,science1 and imposed a burdensome tribute upon the latter2 but it would seem that their former relations to each other are undergoing an entire change1 and ,science has crossed its frontiers and is invading the domain of ,religion and the ,church1 and instead of a ,religious ,papacy1 we are in danger of being brought under a ,scientific ,papacy--we are in fact already brought under such a ,papacy2 and as #djd in the sixteenth century a protest was made1 in the interests of intellectual freedom1 against a religious and ecclesiastical despotism1 so1 in this nineteenth century1 the spiritual and eternal interests of man demand that a protest should be made against a rapidly-developing scientific despotism1 and that ,scientists should not only keep within their legitimate domain of the phenomenal and the conditioned1 but should #8rexamine their stock in trade1 so that we may make sure how far the stock of bullion in the cellar--on the faith of whose existence so much paper has been circulating--is really the solid gold of ,truth4' 8,if this is not done in science as well as in ordinary business1 scientists are apt to put their capital at too high a figure1 and accordingly carry on a dangerously-inflated business4 ,even since ,prof4 ,tyndall delivered his ,belfast ,address1 it has been shown1 by the many replies it has elicited1 that the capital of the ,evolution-,school of ,philosophy to which he belongs1 is not near so great as it was before vaguely supposed to be by many of the non-scientific but intelligent portion of the world4 ,it is quite surprising to a non-scientific person to be made aware of the large purely hypothetical domain which surrounds that of established science1 and of which scientists often boast1 as a part of their settled and available conquests40 ,exactly2 and at the same time denying the same privilege to others4 ,they protest against the 8miracles0 of the ,church1 and repudiate1 with as much logic1 modern phenomena4 ,in view of the admission of such scientific authorities as ,dr4 ,youmans and others that modern science is passing through a transitional period1 it would seem that it is time that people should cease to consider certain things incredible only because they are marvellous1 and because they seem to oppose themselves to what we are accustomed to consider universal laws4 ,there are not a few well-meaning men in the present century who1 desiring to avenge the memory of such martyrs of science as ,agrippa1 ,palissy1 and ,cardan1 nevertheless fail1 through lack of means1 to understand their ideas rightly4 ,they erroneously believe that the ,neo-platonists gave more attention to transcendental philosophy than to exact science4 8,the failures that ,aristotle himself so often exhibits10 remarks ,professor ,draper1 8are no proof of the unreliability of his method1 but rather of its trustworthiness4 ,they are failures arising from want of a sufficiency of facts40#fcg ,what facts8 we might inquire4 ,a man of science cannot be expected to admit that these facts can be furnished by occult science1 since he does not believe in the latter4 ,nevertheless1 the future may #dje demonstrate this verity4 ,aristotle has bequeathed his inductive method to our scientists2 but until they supplement it with 8the universals of ,plato10 they will experience still more 8failures0 than the great tutor of ,alexander4 ,the universals are a matter of faith only so long as they cannot be demonstrated by reason and based on uninterrupted experience4 ,who of our present-day philosophers can prove by this same inductive method that the ancients did not possess such demonstrations as a consequence of their esoteric studies8 ,their own negations1 unsupported as they are by proof1 sufficiently attest that they do not always pursue the inductive method they so much boast of4 ,obliged as they are to base their theories1 nolens volens1 on the groundwork of the ancient philosophers1 their modern discoveries are but the shoots put forth by the germs planted by the former4 ,and yet even these discoveries are generally incomplete1 if not abortive4 ,their cause is involved in obscurity and their ultimate effect unforeseen48 ,we are not10 says ,professor ,youmans1 8to regard past theories as mere exploded errors1 nor present theories as final4 ,the living and growing body of truth has only mantled its old integuments in the progress to a higher and more vigorous state40#fch ,this language1 applied to modern chemistry by one of the first philosophical chemists and most enthusiastic scientific writers of the day1 shows the transitional state in which we find modern science2 but what is true of chemistry is true of all its sister sciences4 ,since the advent of spiritualism1 physicians and pathologists are more ready than ever to treat great philosophers like ,paracelsus and ,van ,helmont as superstitious quacks and charlatans1 and to ridicule their notions about the archus1 or anima mundi1 as well as the importance they gave to a knowledge of the machinery of the stars4 ,and yet1 how much of substantial progress has medicine effected since the days when ,lord ,bacon classed it among the conjectural sciences8 ,such philosophers as ,demokritus1 ,aristotle1 ,euripides1 ,epicurus1 or rather his biographer1 ,lucretius1 schylus1 and other ancient writers1 whom the materialists so willingly quote as authoritative opponents of the dreamy ,platonists1 were only theorists1 not adepts4 ,the latter1 when they did write1 either had their works burned by ,christian mobs or they worded them in a way to be intelligible only to the initiated4 ,who of their modern detractors can warrant that he knows all about what they knew8 ,diocletian alone burned whole libraries of works upon the 8secret arts20 not a manuscript treating on the art of making gold and silver escaped the wrath of this unpolished tyrant4 ,arts and civilization had attained such a development at what is now termed #djf the archaic ages that we learn1 through ,champollion1 that ,athothi1 the second king of the first dynasty1 wrote a work on anatomy1 and the king ,necho on astrology and astronomy4 ,blantasus and ,cynchrus were two learned geographers of those pre-,mosaic days4 lian speaks of the ,egyptian ,iachus1 whose memory was venerated for centuries for his wonderful achievements in medicine4 ,he stopped the progress of several epidemics1 merely with certain fumigations4 ,a work of ,apollonides1 surnamed ,orapios1 is mentioned by ,theophilus1 patriarch of ,antioch1 entitled the ,divine ,book1 and giving the secret biography and origin of all the gods of ,egypt2 and ,ammianus ,marcellinus speaks of a secret work in which was noted the precise age of the bull ,apis--a key to many a mystery and cyclic calculation4 ,what has become of all these books1 and who knows the treasures of learning they may have contained8 ,we know but one thing for a certainty1 and that is1 that ,pagan and ,christian ,vandals destroyed such literary treasures wherever they could find them2 and that the emperor ,alexander ,severus went all over ,egypt to collect the sacred books on mysticism and mythology1 pillaging every temple2 and that the ,ethiopians--old as were the ,egyptians in arts and sciences--claimed a priority of antiquity as well as of learning over them2 as well they might1 for they were known in ,india at the earliest dawn of history4 ,we also know that ,plato learned more secrets in ,egypt than he was allowed to mention2 and that1 according to ,champollion1 all that is really good and scientific in ,aristotle's works--so prized in our day by our modern inductionists--is due to his divine ,master2 and that1 as a logical sequence1 ,plato having imparted the profound secrets he had learned from the priests of ,egypt to his initiated disciples orally--who in their turn passed it from one generation to another of adepts--the latter know more of the occult powers of nature than our philosophers of the present day4 ,and here we may as well mention the works of ,hermes ,trismegistus4 ,who1 or how many have had the opportunity to read them as they were in the ,egyptian sanctuaries8 ,in his ,egyptian ,mysteries1 ,iamblichus attributes to ,hermes #a1ajj books1 and ,seleucus reckons no less than #bj1jjj of his works before the period of ,menes4 ,eusebius saw but forty-two of these 8in his time10 he says1 and the last of the six books on medicine treated on that art as practiced in the darkest #djg ages2#fci and ,diodorus says that it was the oldest of the legislators ,mnevis1 the third successor of ,menes1 who received them from ,hermes4 ,of such manuscripts as have descended to us1 most are but ,latin retranslations of ,greek translations1 made principally by the ,neo-platonists from the original books preserved by some adepts4 ,marcilius ,ficinus1 who was the first to publish them in ,venice1 in #adhh1 has given us mere extracts1 and the most important portions seemed to have been either overlooked1 or purposely omitted as too dangerous to publish in those days of ,auto da f4 ,and so it happens now1 that when a kabalist who has devoted his whole life to studying occultism1 and has conquered the great secret1 ventures to remark that the ,kabala alone leads to the knowledge of the ,absolute in the ,infinite1 and the ,indefinite in the ,finite1 he is laughed at by those who because they know the impossibility of squaring the circle as a physical problem1 deny the possibility of its being done in the metaphysical sense4 ,psychology1 according to the greatest authorities on the subject1 is a department of science hitherto almost unknown4 ,physiology1 according to ,fourni1 one of its ,french authorities1 is in so bad a condition as to warrant his saying in the preface to his erudite work ,physiologie du ,systme ,nerveux1 that 8we perceive at last that not only is the physiology of the brain not worked out1 but also that no physiology whatever of the nervous system exists40 ,chemistry has been entirely remodelled within the past few years2 therefore1 like all new sciences1 the infant cannot be considered as very firm on its legs4 ,geology has not yet been able to tell anthropology how long man has existed4 ,astronomy1 the most exact of sciences1 is still speculating and bewildered about cosmic energy1 and many other things as important4 ,in anthropology1 ,mr4 ,wallace tells us1 there exists a wide difference of opinion on some of the most vital questions respecting the nature and origin of man4 ,medicine has been pronounced by various eminent physicians to be nothing better than scientific guess-work4 ,everywhere incompleteness1 nowhere perfection4 ,when we look at these earnest men groping around in the dark to find the missing links of their broken chains1 they seem to us like persons starting from a common1 fathomless abyss by divergent paths4 ,each of these ends at the brink of a chasm #djh which they cannot explore4 ,on the one hand they lack the means to descend into its hidden depths1 and on the other they are repulsed at each attempt by jealous sentries1 who will not let them pass4 ,and so they go on watching the lower forces of nature and from time to time initiating the public into their great discoveries4 ,did they not actually pounce upon vital force and catch her playing in her game of correlation with chemical and physical forces8 ,indeed they did4 ,but if we ask them whence this vital force8 ,how is it that they who had so firmly believed1 but a short time since1 that matter was destructible and passed out of existence1 and now have learned to believe as firmly that it does not1 are unable to tell us more about it8 ,why are they forced in this case as in many others to return to a doctrine taught by ,demokritus twenty-four centuries ago8#fdj ,ask them1 and they will answer3 8,creation or destruction of matter1 increase or diminution of matter1 lies beyond the domain of science 444 her domain is confined entirely to the changes of matter 444 the domain of science lies within the limits of these changes--creation and annihilation lie outside of her domain40#fda ,ah6 no1 they lie only outside the grasp of materialistic scientists4 ,but why affirm the same of science8 ,and if they say that 8force is incapable of destruction1 except by the same power which created it10 then they tacitly admit the existence of such a power1 and have therefore no right to throw obstacles in the way of those who1 bolder than themselves1 try to penetrate beyond1 and find that they can only do so by lifting the ,veil of ,isis4 ,but1 surely among all these inchoate branches of science1 there must be some one at least complete6 ,it seems to us that we heard a great clamor of applause1 8as the voice of many waters10 over the discovery of protoplasm4 ,but1 alas6 when we turned to read ,mr4 ,huxley1 the learned parent of the new-born infant is found saying3 8,in perfect strictness1 it is true that chemical investigation can tell us little or nothing1 directly1 of the composition of living matter1 and 444 it is also in strictness1 true1 that ,,we ,,know ,,nothing about the composition of any body whatever1 as it is60 ,this is a sad confession1 indeed4 ,it appears1 then1 that the ,aristotelian method of induction is a failure in some cases1 after all4 ,this also seems to account for the fact that this model philosopher1 with all his careful study of particulars before rising to universals1 taught that the earth was in the centre of the universe2 while ,plato1 #dji who lost himself in the maze of ,pythagorean 8vagaries10 and started from general principles1 was perfectly versed in the heliocentric system4 ,we can easily prove the fact1 by availing ourselves of the said inductive method for ,plato's benefit4 ,we know that the ,sodalian oath of the initiate into the ,mysteries prevented his imparting his knowledge to the world in so many plain words4 8,it was the dream of his life10 says ,champollion1 8to write a work and record in it in full the doctrines taught by the ,egyptian hierophants2 he often talked of it1 but found himself compelled to abstain on account of the #8solemn oath4'0 ,and now1 judging our modern-day philosophers on the vice versa method--namely1 arguing from universals to particulars1 and laying aside scientists as individuals to merely give our opinion of them1 viewed as a whole--we are forced to suspect this highly respectable association of extremely petty feelings toward their elder1 ancient1 and archaic brothers4 ,it really seems as if they bore always in mind the adage1 8,put out the sun1 and the stars will shine40 ,we have heard a ,french ,academician1 a man of profound learning1 remark1 that he would gladly sacrifice his own reputation to have the record of the many ridiculous mistakes and failures of his colleagues obliterated from the public memory4 ,but these failures cannot be recalled too often in considering our claims and the subject we advocate4 ,the time will come when the children of men of science1 unless they inherit the soul-blindness of their skeptical parents1 will be ashamed of the degrading materialism and narrow-mindedness of their fathers4 ,to use an expression of the venerable ,william ,howitt1 8,they hate new truths as the owl and the thief hate the sun4444 ,mere intellectual enlightenment cannot recognize the spiritual4 ,as the sun puts out a fire1 so spirit puts out the eyes of mere intellect40 ,it is an old1 old story4 ,from the days when the preacher wrote1 8the eye is not satisfied with seeing1 nor the ear filled with hearing10 scientists have deported themselves as if the saying were written to describe their own mental condition4 ,how faithfully ,lecky1 himself a rationalist1 unconsciously depicts this propensity in men of science to deride all new things1 in his description of the manner in which 8educated men0 receive an account of a miracle having taken place6 8,they receive it10 says he1 8with an absolute and even derisive incredulity1 which dispenses with all examination of the evidences60 ,moreover1 so saturated do they become with the fashionable skepticism after once having fought their way into the ,academy1 that they turn about and enact the role of persecutors in their turn4 8,it is a curiosity of science10 says ,howitt1 8that ,benjamin ,franklin1 who had himself experienced the ridicule of his countrymen for his attempts #daj to identify lightning and electricity1 should have been one of the ,committee of ,savants1 in ,paris1 in #aggh1 who examined the claims of mesmerism1 and condemned it as absolute quackery60#fdb ,if men of science would confine themselves to the discrediting of new discoveries1 there might be some little excuse for them on the score of their tendency to a conservatism begotten of long habits of patient scrutiny2 but they not only set up claims to originality not warranted by fact1 but contemptuously dismiss all allegations that the people of ancient times knew as much and even more than themselves4 ,pity that in each of their laboratories there is not suspended this text from ,ecclesiastes3 8,is there anything whereof it may be said1 ,see1 this is new8 it hath been already of old time1 which was before us40#fdc ,in the verse which follows the one here quoted1 the wise man says1 8,there is no remembrance of former things20 so that this utterance may account for every new denial4 ,mr4 ,meldrum may exact praise for his meteorological observation of ,cyclones in the ,mauritius1 and ,mr4 ,baxendell1 of ,manchester1 talk learnedly of the convection-currents of the earth1 and ,dr4 ,carpenter and ,commander ,maury map out for us the equatorial current1 and ,professor ,henry show us how the moist wind deposits its burden to form rivulets and rivers1 only to be again rescued from the ocean and returned to the hill-tops--but hear what ,koheleth says3 8,the wind goeth toward the south1 and turneth about unto the north2 it whirleth about continually1 and the wind returneth again according to his circuits40#fdd 8,all the rivers run into the sea2 yet the sea is not full3 unto the place from whence the rivers come1 thither they return again40#fde ,the philosophy of the distribution of heat and moisture by means of ascending and descending currents between the equator and the poles1 has a very recent origin2 but here has the hint been lying unnoticed in our most familiar book1 for nearly three thousand years4 ,and even now1 in quoting it1 we are obliged to recall the fact that ,solomon was a kabalist1 and in the above texts1 simply repeats what was written thousands of years before his time4 ,cut off as they are from the accumulation of facts in one-half of the universe1 and that the most important1 modern scholars are naturally unable to construct a system of philosophy which will satisfy themselves1 let alone others4 ,they are like men in a coal mine1 who work all day and emerge only at night1 being thereby unable to appreciate or understand the beauty and glory of the sunshine4 ,life to them measures the term of human activity1 and the future presents to #daa their intellectual perception only an abyss of darkness4 ,no hope of an eternity of research1 achievement1 and consequent pleasure1 softens the asperities of present existence2 and no reward is offered for exertion but the bread-earning of to-day1 and the shadowy and profitless fancy that their names may not be forgotten for some years after the grave has closed over their remains4 ,death to them means extinction of the flame of life1 and the dispersion of the fragments of the lamp over boundless space4 ,said ,berzelius1 the great chemist1 at his last hour1 as he burst into tears3 8,do not wonder that ,i weep4 ,you will not believe me a weak man1 nor think ,i am alarmed by what the doctor has to announce to me4 ,i am prepared for all4 ,but ,i have to bid farewell to science2 and you ought not to wonder that it costs me dear40#fdf ,how bitter must be the reflections of such a great student of nature as this1 to find himself forcibly interrupted midway toward the accomplishment of some great study1 the construction of some great system1 the discovery of some mystery which had baffled mankind for ages1 but which the dying philosopher had dared hope that he might solve6 ,look at the world of science to-day1 and see the atomic theorists1 patching the tattered robes which expose the imperfections of their separate specialties6 ,see them mending the pedestals upon which to set up again the idols which had fallen from the places where they had been worshipped before this revolutionary theory had been exhumed from the tomb of ,demokritus by ,john ,dalton6 ,in the ocean of material science they cast their nets1 only to have the meshes broken when some unexpected and monstrous problem comes their way4 ,its water is like the ,dead ,sea--bitter to the taste2 so dense1 that they can scarcely immerse themselves in it1 much less dive to its bottom1 having no outlet1 and no life beneath its waves1 or along its margin4 ,it is a dark1 forbidding1 trackless waste2 yielding nothing worth the having1 because what it yields is without life and without soul4 ,there was a period of time when the learned ,academics made themselves particularly merry at the simple enunciation of some marvels which the ancients gave as having occurred under their own observations4 ,what poor dolts--perhaps liars1 these appeared in the eyes of an enlightened century6 ,did not they actually describe horses and other animals1 the feet of which presented some resemblance to the hands and feet of men8 ,and in ,a4,d4 #ahgf1 we hear ,mr4 ,huxley giving learned lectures in which the protohippus1 rejoicing in a quasi-human fore-arm1 and the orohippus with his four toes and ,eocene origin1 and the hypothetical pedactyl equus1 maternal grand-uncle of the present horse1 play #dab the most important part4 ,the marvel is corroborated6 ,materialistic ,pyrrhonists of the nineteenth century avenge the assertions of superstitious ,platonists2 the antediluvian gobe-mouches4 ,and before ,mr4 ,huxley1 ,geoffroi ,st4 ,hilaire has shown an instance of a horse which positively had fingers separated by membranes4#fdg ,when the ancients spoke of a pigmy race in ,africa1 they were taxed with falsehood4 ,and yet1 pigmies like these were seen and examined by a ,french scientist during his voyage in the ,tenda ,maia1 on the banks of the ,rio ,grande in #ahdj2fdh by ,bayard ,taylor at ,cairo1 in #ahgd2 and by ,m4 ,bond1 of the ,indian ,trigonometrical ,survey1 who discovered a wild dwarfish race1 living in the hill-jungles of the western ,galitz1 to the southwest of the ,palini ,hills1 a race1 though often heard of1 no trace of which had previously been found by the survey4 8,this is a new pigmy race1 resembling the ,african ,obongos of du ,chaillu1 the ,akkas of ,schweinfurth1 and the ,dokos of ,dr4 ,krapf1 in their size1 appearance1 and habits40#fdi ,herodotus was regarded as a lunatic for speaking of a people who he was told slept during a night which lasted six months4 ,if we explain the word 8slept0 by an easy misunderstanding it will be more than easy to account for the rest as an allusion to the night of the ,polar ,regions4#fej ,pliny has an abundance of facts in his work1 which until very recently1 were rejected as fables4 ,among others1 he mentions a race of small animals1 the males of which suckle their young ones4 ,this assertion afforded much merriment among our savants4 ,in his ,report of the ,geological ,survey of the ,territories1 for #ahgb1 ,mr4 ,c4 ,h4 ,merriam describes a rare and wonderful species of rabbit 7,lepus ,bairdi7 inhabiting the pine-regions about the head-waters of the ,wind and ,yellowstone ,rivers1 in ,wyoming4#fea ,mr4 ,merriam secured five specimens of this animal1 8which 444 are the first individuals of the species that have been brought before the scientific world4 ,one very curious fact is that all the males have teats1 and take part in suckling their young6 444 ,adult males had large teats full of milk1 and the hair around the nipple of one was wet1 and stuck to it1 showing that1 when taken1 he had been engaged in nursing his young40 ,in the ,carthaginian account of the early voyages of ,hanno1#feb was found a long description of 8savage people 444 whose bodies were hairy and whom the interpreters called gorill20 1 as the text reads1 #dac clearly implying thereby that these wild men were monkeys4 ,until our present century1 the statement was considered an idle story1 and ,dodwell rejected altogether the authenticity of the manuscript and its contents4#fec ,the celebrated ,atlantis is attributed by the latest modern commentator and translator of ,plato's works to one of ,plato's 8noble lies40#fed ,even the frank admission of the philosopher1 in the ,timus1 that 8they say1 that in their time 444 the inhabitants of this island 7,poseidon7 preserved a tradition handed down by their ancestors concerning the existence of the ,atlantic island of a prodigious magnitude 444 etc40#fee does not save the great teacher from the imputation of falsehood1 by the 8infallible modern school40 ,among the great mass of peoples plunged deep in the superstitious ignorance of the medival ages1 there were but a few students of the ,hermetic philosophy of old1 who1 profiting by what it had taught them1 were enabled to forecast discoveries which are the boast of our present age2 while at the same time the ancestors of our modern high-priests of the temple of the ,holy ,molecule1 were yet discovering the hoof-tracks of ,satan in the simplest natural phenomenon4 ,says ,professor ,a4 ,wilder3 8,roger ,bacon 7sixteenth century71 in his treatise on the ,admirable ,force of ,art and ,nature1 devotes the first part of his work to natural facts4 ,he gives us hints of gunpowder and predicts the use of steam as a propelling power4 ,the hydraulic press1 the diving bell and kaleidoscope are all described40#fef ,the ancients speak of waters metamorphosed into blood2 of blood-rain1 of snow-storms during which the earth was covered to the extent of many miles with snow of blood4 ,this fall of crimson particles has been proved1 like everything else1 to be but a natural phenomenon4 ,it has occurred at different epochs1 but the cause of it remains a puzzle until the present day4 ,de ,candolle1 one of the most distinguished botanists of this century1 sought to prove in #ahbe1 at the time when the waters of the lake of ,morat had apparently turned into a thick blood1 that the phenomenon could be easily accounted for4 ,he attributed it to the development of myriads of those half vegetable1 half-infusory animals which he terms ,oscellatoria rubescens1 and which form the link between animal and vegetable organisms4#feg ,elsewhere we give an account of the red snow #dad which ,captain ,ross observed in the ,arctic regions4 ,many memoirs have been written on the subject by the most eminent naturalists1 but no two of them agree in their hypotheses4 ,some call it 8pollen powder of a species of pine20 others1 small insects2 and ,professor ,agardt confesses very frankly that he is at a loss to either account for the cause of such phenomena1 or to explain the nature of the red substance4#feh ,the unanimous testimony of mankind is said to be an irrefutable proof of truth2 and about what was ever testimony more unanimous than that for thousands of ages among civilized people as among the most barbarous1 there has existed a firm and unwavering belief in magic8 ,the latter implies a contravention of the laws of nature only in the minds of the ignorant2 and if such ignorance is to be deplored in the ancient uneducated nations1 why do not our civilized and highly-educated classes of fervent ,christians1 deplore it also in themselves8 ,the mysteries of the ,christian religion have been no more able to stand a crucial test than biblical miracles4 ,magic alone1 in the true sense of the word1 affords a clew to the wonders of ,aaron's rod1 and the feats of the magi of ,pharaoh1 who opposed ,moses2 and it does that without either impairing the general truthfulness of the authors of the ,exodus1 or claiming more for the prophet of ,israel than for others1 or allowing the possibility of a single instance in which a 8miracle0 can happen in contravention of the laws of nature4 ,out of many 8miracles10 we may select for our illustration that of the 8river turned into blood40 ,the text says3 8,take thy rod and stretch out thine hand 7with the rod in it7 upon the waters1 streams1 etc4444 that they may become blood40 ,we do not hesitate to say that we have seen the same thing repeatedly done on a small scale1 the experiment not having been applied to a river in these cases4 ,from the time of ,van ,helmont1 who1 in the seventeenth century1 despite the ridicule to which he exposed himself1 was willing to give the true directions for the so-called production of eels1 frogs1 and infusoria of various kinds1 down to the champions of spontaneous generation of our own century1 it has been known that such a quickening of germs is possible without calling in the aid of miracle to contravene natural law4 ,the experiments of ,pasteur and ,spallanzani1 and the controversy of the panspermists with the heterogenists--disciples of ,buffon1 among them ,needham--have too long occupied public attention to permit us to doubt that beings may be called into existence whenever there is air and favorable conditions of moisture and temperature4 ,the records of the official meetings of the ,academy of ,sciences of ,paris#fei contain accounts #dae of frequent appearances of such showers of blood-red snow and water4 ,these blood-spots were called lepra vestuum1 and were but these lichen-infusoria4 ,they were first observed in #ghf and #iei1 in both of which years occurred great plagues4 ,whether these zocarps were plants or animals is undetermined to this day1 and no naturalist would risk stating as a certainty to what division of the organic kingdom of nature they belong4 ,no more can modern chemists deny that such germs can be quickened1 in a congenial element1 in an incredibly short space of time4 ,now1 if chemistry has1 on the one hand1 found means of depriving the air of its floating germs1 and under opposite conditions can develop1 or allow these organisms to develop1 why could not the magicians of ,egypt do so 8with their enchantments80 ,it is far easier to imagine that ,moses1 who1 on the authority of ,manetho1 had been an ,egyptian priest1 and had learned all the secrets of the land of ,chemia1 produced 8miracles0 according to natural laws1 than that ,god ,himself violated the established order of ,his universe4 ,we repeat that we have seen this sanguification of water produced by ,eastern adepts4 ,it can be done in either of two ways3 ,in one case the experimenter employed a magnetic rod strongly electrified1 which he passed over a quantity of water in a metallic basin1 following a prescribed process1 which we have no right to describe more fully at present2 the water threw up in about ten hours a sort of reddish froth1 which after two hours more became a kind of lichen1 like the lepraria kermasina of ,baron ,wrangel4 ,it then changed into a blood-red jelly1 which made of the water a crimson liquid that1 twenty-four hours later1 swarmed with living organisms4 ,the second experiment consisted in thickly strowing the surface of a sluggish brook1 having a muddy bottom1 with the powder of a plant that had been dried in the sun and subsequently pulverized4 ,although this powder was seemingly carried off by the stream1 some of it must have settled to the bottom1 for on the following morning the water thickened at the surface and appeared covered with what de ,candolle describes as ,oscellatoria rubescens1 of a crimson-red color1 and which he believes to be the connecting link between vegetable and animal life4 ,taking the above into consideration1 we do not see why the learned alchemists and physicists--physicists1 we say--of the ,mosaic period should not also have possessed the natural secret of developing in a few hours myriads of a kind of these bacteria1 whose spores are found in the air1 the water1 and most vegetable and animal tissues4 ,the rod plays as important a part in the hands of ,aaron and ,moses as it did in all so-called 8magic mummeries0 of kabalist-magicians in the middle ages1 that are now considered superstitious foolery and charlatanism4 ,the rod of ,paracelsus 7his kabalistic trident7 and the famous wands of #daf ,albertus ,magnus1 ,roger ,bacon1 and ,henry ,kunrath1 are no more to be ridiculed than the graduating-rod of our electro-magnetic physicians4 ,things which appeared preposterous and impossible to the ignorant quacks and even learned scientists of the last century1 now begin to assume the shadowy outlines of probability1 and in many cases are accomplished facts4 ,nay1 some learned quacks and ignorant scientists even begin to admit this truth4 ,in a fragment preserved by ,eusebius1 ,porphyry1 in his ,letter to ,anebo1 appeals to ,chremon1 the 8hierogrammatist10 to prove that the doctrine of the magic arts1 whose adepts 8could terrify even the gods10 was really countenanced by ,egyptian sages4#ffj ,now1 bearing in mind the rule of historical evidence propounded by ,mr4 ,huxley1 in his ,nashville address1 two conclusions present themselves with irresistible force3 ,first1 ,porphyry1 being in such unquestioned repute as a highly moral and honorable man1 not given to exaggeration in his statements1 was incapable of telling a lie about this matter1 and did not lie2 and second1 that being so learned in every department of human knowledge about which he treats1#ffa it was most unlikely that he should be imposed upon as regards the magic 8arts10 and he was not imposed upon4 ,therefore1 the doctrine of chances supporting the theory of ,professor ,huxley1 compels us to believe1 #a1 ,that there was really such a thing as magic 8arts20 and1 #b1 ,that they were known and practiced by the ,egyptian magicians and priests1 whom even ,sir ,david ,brewster concedes to have been men of profound scientific attainments4 ,,chapter ,,xii4 #dag 8,you never hear the really philosophical defenders of the doctrine of uniformity speaking of impossibilities in nature4 ,they never say what they are constantly charged with saying1 that it is impossible for the ,builder of the universe to alter his work4444 ,no theory upsets them 7the ,english clergy74444 ,let the most destructive hypothesis be stated only in the language current among gentlemen1 and they look it in the face40--,,tyndall3 ,lecture on the ,scientific ,use of the ,imagination4 8,the world will have a religion of some kind1 even though it should fly for it to the intellectual whoredom of ,spiritualism40--,,tyndall3 ,fragments of ,science4 8,but first on earth as vampire sent ,thy corpse shall from its tomb be rent1 444 ,and suck the blood of all thy race40--,,lord ,,byron3 ,giaour4 ,we are now approaching the hallowed precincts of that ,janus-god--the molecular ,tyndall4 ,let us enter them barefoot4 ,as we pass the sacred adyta of the temple of learning1 we are nearing the blazing sun of the ,huxleyocentric system4 ,let us cast down our eyes1 lest we be blinded4 ,we have discussed the various matters contained in this book1 with such moderation as we could command in view of the attitude which the scientific and theological world have maintained for centuries toward those from whom they have inherited the broad foundations of all the actual knowledge which they possess4 ,when we stand at one side1 and1 as a spectator1 see how much the ancients knew1 and how much the moderns think they know1 we are amazed that the unfairness of our contemporary schoolmen should pass undetected4 ,every day brings new admissions of scientists themselves1 and the criticisms of well-informed lay observers4 ,we find the following illustrative paragraph in a daily paper3 8,it is curious to note the various opinions which prevail among scientific men in regard to some of the most ordinary natural phenomena4 ,the aurora is a notable case in point4 ,descartes considered it a meteor falling from the upper regions of the atmosphere4 ,halley attributed it to the magnetism of the terrestrial globe1 and ,dalton agreed with this opinion4 ,coates supposed that the aurora was derived from the fermentation of a matter emanating from the earth4 ,marion held it to be a consequence of a contact between the bright atmosphere of the sun and the atmosphere of our planet4 ,euler thought the aurora proceeded from the vibrations of the ether among the particles of the terrestrial atmosphere4 ,canton and ,franklin regarded it as a purely #dah electrical phenomenon1 and ,parrot attributed it to the conflagration of hydrogen-carbonide escaping from the earth in consequence of the putrefaction of vegetable substances1 and considered the shooting stars as the initial cause of such conflagration4 ,de la ,rive and ,oersted concluded it to be an electro-magnetic phenomenon1 but purely terrestrial4 ,olmsted suspected that a certain nebulous body revolved around the sun in a certain time1 and that when this body came into the neighborhood of the earth1 a part of its gaseous material mixed with our atmosphere1 and that this was the origin of the phenomenon of the aurora40 ,and so we might say of every branch of science4 ,thus1 it would seem that even as to the most ordinary natural phenomena1 scientific opinion is far from being unanimous4 ,there is not an experimentalist or theologian1 who1 in dealing with the subtile relations between mind and matter1 their genesis and ultimate1 does not draw a magical circle1 the plane of which he calls forbidden ground4 ,where faith permits a clergyman to go1 he goes2 for1 as ,tyndall says1 8they do not lack the positive element--namely1 the love of truth2 but the negative element1 the fear of error1 preponderates40 ,but the trouble is1 that their dogmatic creed weighs down the nimble feet of their intellect1 as the ball and chain does the prisoner in the trenches4 ,as to the advance of scientists1 their very learning1 moreover1 is impeded by these two causes--their constitutional incapacity to understand the spiritual side of nature1 and their dread of public opinion4 ,no one has said a sharper thing against them than ,professor ,tyndall1 when he remarks1 8in fact1 the greatest cowards of the present day are not to be found among the clergy1 but within the pale of science itself40#ffb ,if there had been the slightest doubt of the applicability of this degrading epithet1 it was removed by the conduct of ,professor ,tyndall himself2 for1 in his ,belfast address1 as ,president of the ,british ,association1 he not only discerned in matter 8the promise and potency of every form and quality of life10 but pictured science as 8wresting from theology the entire domain of cosmological theory20 and then1 when confronted with an angry public opinion1 issued a revised edition of the address in which he had modified his expression1 substituting for the words 8every form and quality of life10 all terrestrial life4 ,this is more than cowardly--it is an ignominious surrender of his professed principles4 ,at the time of the ,belfast meeting1 ,mr4 ,tyndall had two pet aversions--,theology and ,spiritualism4 ,what he thought of the former has been shown2 the latter he called 8a degrading belief40 ,when hard pressed by the ,church for alleged atheism1 he made haste to disclaim the imputation1 and sue for #dai peace2 but1 as his agitated 8nervous centres0 and 8cerebral molecules0 had to equilibrate by expanding their force in some direction1 he turns upon the helpless1 because pusillanimous1 spiritualists1 and in his ,fragments of ,science insults their belief after this fashion3 8,the world will have a religion of some kind1 even though it should fly for it to the intellectual whoredom of ,spiritualism40 ,what a monstrous anomaly1 that some millions of intelligent persons should permit themselves to be thus reviled by a leader in science1 who1 himself1 has told us that 8the thing to be repressed both in science and out of it is #8dogmatism6'0 ,we will not encroach upon space by discussing the etymological value of the epithet4 ,while expressing the hope that it may not be adopted in future ages by science as a ,tyndallism1 we will simply remind the benevolent gentleman of a very characteristic feature in himself4 ,one of our most intelligent1 honorable1 and erudite spiritualists1 an author of no small renown1#ffc has pointedly termed this feature as 8his 7,tyndall's7 simultaneous coquetry with opposite opinions40 ,if we are to accept the epithet of ,mr4 ,tyndall in all its coarse signification1 it applies less to spiritualists1 who are faithful to their belief1 than to the atheistical scientist who quits the loving embraces of materialism to fling himself in the arms of a despised theism2 only because he finds his profit in it4 ,we have seen how ,magendie frankly confesses the ignorance of physiologists as to some of the most important problems of life1 and how ,fourni agrees with him4 ,professor ,tyndall admits that the evolution-hypothesis does not solve1 does not profess to solve1 the ultimate mystery4 ,we have also given as much thought as our natural powers will permit to ,professor ,huxley's celebrated lecture ,on the ,physical ,basis of ,life1 so that what we may say in this volume as to the tendency of modern scientific thought may be free from ignorant misstatement4 ,compressing his theory within the closest possible limits1 it may be formulated thus3 ,out of cosmic matter all things are created2 dissimilar forms result from different permutations and combinations of this matter2 matter has 8devoured spirit10 hence spirit does not exist2 thought is a property of matter2 existing forms die that others may take their place2 the dissimilarity in organism is due only to varying chemical action in the same life-matter--all protoplasm being identical4 ,as far as chemistry and microscopy goes1 ,professor ,huxley's system may be faultless1 and the profound sensation caused throughout the world by its enunciation can be readily understood4 ,but its defect is that the thread of his logic begins nowhere1 and ends in a void4 ,he has made the best possible use of the available material4 ,given a universe #dbj crowded with molecules1 endowed with active force1 and containing in themselves the principle of life1 and all the rest is easy2 one set of inherent forces impel to aggregate into worlds1 and another to evolve the various forms of plant and animal organism4 ,but what gave the first impulse to those molecules and endowed them with that mysterious faculty of life8 ,what is this occult property which causes the protoplasms of man1 beast1 reptile1 fish1 or plant1 to differentiate1 each ever evolving its own kind1 and never any other8 ,and after the physical body gives up its constituents to the soil and air1 8whether fungus or oak1 worm or man10 what becomes of the life which once animated the frame8 ,is the law of evolution1 so imperative in its application to the method of nature1 from the time when cosmic molecules are floating1 to the time when they form a human brain1 to be cut short at that point1 and not allowed to develop more perfect entities out of this 8prexistent law of form80 ,is ,mr4 ,huxley prepared to assert the impossibility of man's attainment to a state of existence after physical death1 in which he will be surrounded with new forms of plant and animal life1 the result of new arrangements of now sublimated matter8#ffd ,he acknowledges that he knows nothing about the phenomena of gravitation2 except that1 in all human experience1 as 8stones1 unsupported1 have fallen to the ground1 there is no reason for believing that any stone so circumstanced will not fall to the ground40 ,but1 he utterly repels any attempt to change this probability into a necessity1 and in fact says3 8,i utterly repudiate and anathematize the intruder4 ,facts ,i know1 and ,law ,i know2 but what is this necessity1 save an empty shadow of my own mind's throwing80 ,it is this1 only1 that everything which happens in nature is the result of necessity1 and a law once operative will continue to so operate indefinitely until it is neutralized by an opposing law of equal potency4 ,thus1 it is natural that the stone should fall to the ground in obedience to one force1 and it is equally natural that it should not fall1 or that having fallen1 it should rise again1 in obedience to another force equally potent2 which ,mr4 ,huxley may1 or may not1 be familiar with4 ,it is natural that a chair should rest upon the floor when once placed there1 and it is equally natural 7as the testimony of hundreds of competent witnesses shows7 #dba that it should rise in the air1 untouched by any visible1 mortal hand4 ,is it not ,mr4 ,huxley's duty to first ascertain the reality of this phenomenon1 and then invent a new scientific name for the force behind it8 8,facts ,i know10 says ,mr4 ,huxley1 8and ,law ,i know40 ,now1 by what means did he become acquainted with ,fact and ,law8 ,through his own senses1 no doubt2 and these vigilant servants enabled him to discover enough of what he considers truth to construct a system which he himself confesses 8appears almost shocking to common sense40 ,if his testimony is to be accepted as the basis for a general reconstruction of religious belief1 when they have produced only a theory after all1 why is not the cumulative testimony of millions of people as to the occurrence of phenomena which undermine its very foundations1 worthy of a like respectful consideration8 ,mr4 ,huxley is not interested in these phenomena1 but these millions are2 and while he has been digesting his 8bread and mutton-protoplasms10 to gain strength for still bolder metaphysical flights1 they have been recognizing the familiar handwriting of those they loved the best1 traced by spiritual hands1 and discerning the shadowy simulacra of those who1 having lived here1 and passed through the change of death1 give the lie to his pet theory4 ,so long as science will confess that her domain lies within the limits of these changes of matter2 and that chemistry will certify that matter1 by changing its form 8from the solid or liquid1 to the gaseous condition10 only changes from the visible to the invisible2 and that1 amid all these changes1 the same quantity of matter remains1 she has no right to dogmatize4 ,she is incompetent to say either yea or nay1 and must abandon the ground to persons more intuitional than her representatives4 ,high above all other names in his ,pantheon of ,nihilism1 ,mr4 ,huxley writes that of ,david ,hume4 ,he esteems that philosopher's great service to humanity to be his irrefragable demonstration of 8the limits of philosophical inquiry10 outside which lie the fundamental doctrines 8of spiritualism10 and other 8isms40 ,it is true that the tenth chapter of ,hume's ,enquiry ,concerning ,human ,understanding was so highly esteemed by its author1 that he considered that 8with the wise and learned0 it would be an 8everlasting check to all kinds of superstitious delusion10 which with him was simply a convertible term to represent a belief in some phenomena previously unfamiliar and by him arbitrarily classified as miracle4 ,but1 as ,mr4 ,wallace justly observes1 ,hume's apothegm1 that 8a miracle is a violation of the laws of nature10 is imperfect2 for in the first place it assumes that we know all the laws of nature2 and1 second1 that an unusual phenomenon is a miracle4 ,mr4 ,wallace proposes that a miracle should be defined as3 8any act or event necessarily #dbb implying the existence and agency of superhuman intelligences40 ,now ,hume himself says that 8a uniform experience amounts to a proof10 and ,huxley1 in this famous essay of his1 admits that all we can know of the existence of the law of gravitation is that since1 in all human experience1 stones unsupported have fallen to the ground1 there is no reason for believing that the same thing will not occur again1 under the same circumstances1 but1 on the contrary1 every reason to believe that it will4 ,if it were certain that the limits of human experience could never be enlarged1 then there might be some justice in ,hume's assumption that he was familiar with all that could happen under natural law1 and some decent excuse for the contemptuous tone which marks all of ,huxley's allusions to spiritualism4 ,but1 as it is evident from the writings of both these philosophers1 that they are ignorant of the possibilities of psychological phenomena1 too much caution cannot be used in according weight to their dogmatic assertions4 ,one would really suppose that a person who should permit himself such rudeness of criticism upon spiritualistic manifestations had qualified himself for the office of censor by an adequate course of study2 but1 in a letter addressed to the ,london ,dialectical ,society1 ,mr4 ,huxley1 after saying that he had no time to devote to the subject1 and that it does not interest him1 makes the following confession1 which shows us upon what slight foundation modern scientists sometimes form very positive opinions4 8,the only case of spiritualism10 he writes1 8,i ever had the opportunity of examining into for myself1 was as gross an imposture as ever came under my notice40 ,what would this protoplasmic philosopher think of a spiritualist who1 having had but one opportunity to look through a telescope1 and upon that sole occasion had had some deception played upon him by a tricky assistant at the observatory1 should forthwith denounce astronomy as a 8degrading belief80 ,this fact shows that scientists1 as a rule1 are useful only as collectors of physical facts2 their generalizations from them are often feebler and far more illogical than those of their lay critics4 ,and this also is why they misrepresent ancient doctrines4 ,professor ,balfour ,stewart pays a very high tribute to the philosophical intuition of ,herakleitus1 the ,ephesian1 who lived five centuries before our era3 the 8crying0 philosopher who declared that 8fire was the great cause1 and that all things were in a perpetual flux40 8,it seems clear10 says the professor1 8that ,herakleitus must have had a vivid conception of the innate restlessness and energy of the universe1 a conception allied in character to1 and only less precise than that of modern philosophers who regard matter as essentially dynamical40 ,he considers the expression fire as very vague2 and quite naturally1 for the evidence is wanting to show that either ,prof4 ,balfour ,stewart 7who #dbc seems less inclined to materialism than some of his colleagues7 or any of his contemporaries understand in what sense the word fire was used4 ,his opinions about the origin of things were the same as those of ,hippocrates4 ,both entertained the same views of a supreme power1#ffe and1 therefore1 if their notions of primordial fire1 regarded as a material force1 in short1 as one akin to ,leibnitz's dynamism1 were 8less precise0 than those of modern philosophers1 a question which remains to be settled yet1 on the other hand their metaphysical views of it were far more philosophical and rational than the one-sided theories of our present-day scholars4 ,their ideas of fire were precisely those of the later 8fire-philosophers10 the ,rosicrucians1 and the earlier ,zoroastrians4 ,they affirmed that the world was created of fire1 the divine spirit of which was an omnipotent and omniscient ,,god4 ,science has condescended to corroborate their claims as to the physical question4 ,fire1 in the ancient philosophy of all times and countries1 including our own1 has been regarded as a triple principle4 ,as water comprises a visible fluid with invisible gases lurking within1 and1 behind all the spiritual principle of nature1 which gives them their dynamic energy1 so1 in fire1 they recognized3 #ast4 ,visible flame2 #b;d4 ,invisible1 or astral fire--invisible when inert1 but when active producing heat1 light1 chemical force1 and electricity1 the molecular powers2 #c;d4 ,spirit4 ,they applied the same rule to each of the elements2 and everything evolved from their combinations and correlations1 man included1 was held by them to be triune4 ,fire1 in the opinion of the ,rosicrucians1 who were but the successors of the theurgists1 was the source1 not only of the material atoms1 but also of the forces which energize them4 ,when a visible flame is extinguished it has disappeared1 not only from the sight but also from the conception of the materialist1 forever4 ,but the ,hermetic philosopher follows it through the 8partition-world of the knowable1 across and out on the other side into the unknowable10 as he traces the disembodied human spirit1 8vital spark of heavenly flame10 into the thereum1 beyond the grave4#fff ,this point is too important to be passed by without a few words of comment4 ,the attitude of physical science toward the spiritual half of the cosmos is perfectly exemplified in her gross conception of fire4 ,in this1 as in every other branch of science1 their philosophy does not contain one sound plank3 every one is honeycombed and weak4 ,the works of their own authorities teeming with humiliating confessions1 #dbd give us the right to say that the floor upon which they stand is so unstable1 that at any moment some new discovery1 by one of their own number1 may knock away the props and let them all fall in a heap together4 ,they are so anxious to drive spirit out of their conceptions that1 as ,balfour ,stewart says3 8,there is a tendency to rush into the opposite extreme1 and to work physical conceptions to an excess40 ,he utters a timely warning in adding3 8,let us be cautious that1 in avoiding ,scylla1 we do not rush into ,charybdis4 ,for the universe has more than one point of view1 and there are possibly regions which will not yield their treasures to the most determined physicists1 armed only with kilogrammes and meters and standard clocks40#ffg ,in another place he confesses3 8,we know nothing1 or next to nothing1 of the ultimate structure and properties of matter1 whether organic or inorganic40 ,as to the other great question--we find in ,macaulay1 a still more unreserved declaration3 8,the question what becomes of man after death--we do not see that a highly educated ,european1 left to his unassisted reason1 is more likely to be in the right than a ,blackfoot ,indian4 ,not a single one of the many sciences in which we surpass the ,blackfoot ,indians throws the smallest light on the state of the soul after the animal life is extinct4 ,in truth1 all the philosophers1 ancient and modern1 who have attempted1 without the help of revelation1 to prove the immortality of man1 from ,plato down to ,franklin1 appear to us to have failed deplorably40 ,there are revelations of the spiritual senses of man which may be trusted far more than all the sophistries of materialism4 ,what was a demonstration and a success in the eyes of ,plato and his disciples is now considered the overflow of a spurious philosophy and a failure4 ,the scientific methods are reversed4 ,the testimony of the men of old1 who were nearer to truth1 for they were nearer to the spirit of nature--the only aspect under which the ,deity will allow itself to be viewed and understood--and their demonstrations1 are rejected4 ,their speculations--if we must believe the modern thinkers--are but the expression of a redundance of the unsystematic opinions of men unacquainted with the scientific method of the present century4 ,they foolishly based the little they knew of physiology on well-demonstrated psychology1 while the scholar of our day bases psychology--of which he confesses himself utterly ignorant--on physiology1 which to him is as yet a closed book1 and has not even a method of its own1 as ,fourni tells us4 ,as to the last objection in ,macaulay's argument1 it was answered by ,hippocrates centuries ago3 8,all knowledge1 all arts #dbe are to be found in nature10 he says2 8if we question her properly she will reveal to us the truths to pertain to each of these and to ourselves4 ,what is nature in operation but the very divinity itself manifesting its presence8 ,how are we to interrogate her2 and how is she to answer us8 ,we must proceed with faith1 with the firm assurance of discovering at last the whole of the truth2 and nature will let us know her answer1 through our inner sense1 which with the help of our knowledge of a certain art or science1 reveals to us the truth so clearly that further doubt becomes impossible40#ffh ,thus1 in the case in hand1 the instinct of ,macaulay's ,blackfoot ,indian is more to be trusted than the most instructed and developed reason1 as regards man's inner sense which assures him of his immortality4 ,instinct is the universal endowment of nature by the ,spirit of the ,deity itself2 reason the slow development of our physical constitution1 an evolution of our adult material brain4 ,instinct1 as a divine spark1 lurks in the unconscious nerve-centre of the ascidian mollusk1 and manifests itself at the first stage of action of its nervous system as what the physiologist terms the reflex action4 ,it exists in the lowest classes of the acephalous animals as well as in those that have distinct heads2 it grows and develops according to the law of the double evolution1 physically and spiritually2 and entering upon its conscious stage of development and progress in the cephalous species already endowed with a sensorium and symmetrically-arranged ganglia1 this reflex action1 whether men of science term it automatic1 as in the lowest species1 or instinctive1 as in the more complex organisms which act under the guidance of the sensorium and the stimulus originating in distinct sensation1 is still one and the same thing4 ,it is the divine instinct in its ceaseless progress of development4 ,this instinct of the animals1 which act from the moment of their birth each in the confines prescribed to them by nature1 and which know how1 save in accident proceeding from a higher instinct than their own1 to take care of themselves unerringly--this instinct may1 for the sake of exact definition1 be termed automatic2 but it must have either within the animal which possesses it or without1 something's or some one's intelligence to guide it4 ,this belief1 instead of clashing with the doctrine of evolution and gradual development held by eminent men of our day1 simplifies and completes it1 on the contrary4 ,it can readily dispense with special creation for each species2 for1 where the first place must be allowed to formless spirit1 form and material substance are of a secondary importance4 ,each perfected species in the physical evolution only affords more scope to the directing intelligence to act within the #dbf improved nervous system4 ,the artist will display his waves of harmony better on a royal ,erard than he could have done on a spinet of the sixteenth century4 ,therefore whether this instinctive impulse was directly impressed upon the nervous system of the first insect1 or each species has gradually had it developed in itself by instinctively mimicking the acts of its like1 as the more perfected doctrine of ,herbert ,spencer has it1 is immaterial to the present subject4 ,the question concerns spiritual evolution only4 ,and if we reject this hypothesis as unscientific and undemonstrated1 then will the physical aspect of evolution have to follow it to the ground in its turn1 because the one is as undemonstrated as the other1 and the spiritual intuition of man is not allowed to dovetail the two1 under the pretext that it is 8unphilosophical40 ,whether we wish it or not1 we will have to fall back on the old query of ,plutarch's ,symposiacs1 whether it was the bird or the egg which first made its appearance4 ,now that the ,aristotelean authority is shaken to its foundations with that of ,plato2 and our men of science reject every authority--nay hate it1 except each his own2 and the general estimate of human collective wisdom is at the lowest discount1 mankind1 headed by science itself1 is still irrepressibly drawing back to the starting-point of the oldest philosophies4 ,we find our idea perfectly expressed by a writer in the ,popular ,science ,monthly4 8,the gods of sects and specialities10 says ,osgood ,mason1 8may perhaps be failing of their accustomed reverence1 but1 in the mean time1 there is dawning on the world1 with a softer and serener light1 the conception1 imperfect though it still may be1 of a conscious1 originating1 all-pervading active soul--the #8,over-,soul1' the ,cause1 the ,deity2 unrevealed through human form or speech1 but filling and inspiring every living soul in the wide universe according to its measure3 whose temple is ,nature1 and whose worship is admiration40 ,this is pure ,platonism1 ,buddhism1 and the exalted but just views of the earliest ,aryans in their deification of nature4 ,and such is the expression of the ground-thought of every theosophist1 kabalist1 and occultist in general2 and if we compare it with the quotation from ,hippocrates1 which precedes the above1 we will find in it exactly the same thought and spirit4 ,to return to our subject4 ,the child lacks reason1 it being as yet latent in him2 and meanwhile he is inferior to the animal as to instinct proper4 ,he will burn or drown himself before he learns that fire and water destroy and are dangerous for him2 while the kitten will avoid both instinctively4 ,the little instinct the child possesses fades away as reason1 step by step1 develops itself4 ,it may be objected1 perhaps1 that instinct cannot be a spiritual gift1 because animals possess it in a higher degree than man1 and animals have no souls4 ,such a belief is erroneous and based upon very insecure foundations4 ,it came from the fact that the inner nature of the animal could be #dbg fathomed still less than that of man1 who is endowed with speech and can display to us his psychological powers4 ,but what proofs other than negative have we that the animal is without a surviving1 if not immortal1 soul8 ,on strictly scientific grounds we can adduce as many arguments pro as contra4 ,to express it clearer1 neither man nor animal can offer either proof or disproof of the survival of their souls after death4 ,and from the point of view of scientific experience1 it is impossible to bring that which has no objective existence under the cognizance of any exact law of science4 ,but ,descartes and ,bois-,raymond have exhausted their imaginations on the subject1 and ,agassiz could not realize such a thing as a future existence not shared by the animals we loved1 and even the vegetable kingdom which surrounds us4 ,and it is enough to make one's feelings revolt against the claimed justice of the ,first ,cause to believe that while a heartless1 cold-blooded villain has been endowed with an immortal spirit1 the noble1 honest dog1 often self-denying unto death2 that protects the child or master he loves at the peril of his life2 that never forgets him1 but starves himself on his grave2 the animal in whom the sense of justice and generosity are sometimes developed to an amazing degree1 will be annihilated6 ,no1 away with the civilized reason which suggests such heartless partiality4 ,better1 far better to cling to one's instinct in such a case1 and believe with the ,indian of ,pope1 whose 8untutored mind0 can only picture to himself a heaven where 8 444 admitted to that equal sky1 ,his faithful dog shall bear him company40 ,space fails us to present the speculative views of certain ancient and medival occultists upon this subject4 ,suffice it that they antedated ,darwin1 embraced more or less all his theories on natural selection and the evolution of species1 and largely extended the chain at both ends4 ,moreover1 these philosophers were explorers as daring in psychology as in physiology and anthropology4 ,they never turned aside from the double parallel-path traced for them by their great master ,hermes4 8,as above1 so below10 was ever their axiom2 and their physical evolution was traced out simultaneously with the spiritual one4 ,on one point1 at least1 our modern biologists are quite consistent3 unable1 as yet1 to demonstrate the existence of a distinct individual soul in animals1 they deny it to man4 ,reason has brought them to the brink of ,tyndall's 8impassable chasm10 between mind and matter2 instinct alone can teach them to bridge it4 ,when in their despair of #dbh ever being able to fathom the mystery of life1 they will have come to a dead stop1 their instinct may ressert itself1 and take them across the hitherto fathomless abyss4 ,this is the point which ,professor ,john ,fiske and the authors of the ,unseen ,universe seem to have reached2 and ,wallace1 the anthropologist and ex-materialist1 to have been the first to courageously step over4 ,let them push boldly on till they discover that it is not spirit that dwells in matter1 but matter which clings temporarily to spirit2 and that the latter alone is an eternal1 imperishable abode for all things visible and invisible4 ,esoteric philosophers held that everything in nature is but a materialization of spirit4 ,the ,eternal ,first ,cause is latent spirit1 they said1 and matter from the beginning4 8,in the beginning was the word 444 and the word was ,god40 ,while conceding the idea of such a ,god to be an unthinkable abstraction to human reason1 they claimed that the unerring human instinct grasped it as a reminiscence of something concrete to it though intangible to our physical senses4 ,with the first idea1 which emanated from the double-sexed and hitherto-inactive ,deity1 the first motion was communicated to the whole universe1 and the electric thrill was instantaneously felt throughout the boundless space4 ,spirit begat force1 and force matter2 and thus the latent deity manifested itself as a creative energy4 ,when2 at what point of the eternity2 or how8 the question must always remain unanswered1 for human reason is unable to grasp the great mystery4 ,but1 though spirit-matter was from all eternity1 it was in the latent state2 the evolution of our visible universe must have had a beginning4 ,to our feeble intellect1 this beginning may seem so remote as to appear to us eternity itself--a period inexpressible in figures or language4 ,aristotle argued that the world was eternal1 and that it will always be the same2 that one generation of men has always produced another1 without ever having had a beginning that could be determined by our intellect4 ,in this1 his teaching1 in its exoteric sense1 clashed with that of ,plato1 who taught that 8there was a time when mankind did not perpetuate itself20 but in spirit both the doctrines agreed1 as ,plato adds immediately3 8,this was followed by the earthly human race1 in which the primitive history was gradually forgotten and man sank deeper and deeper20 and ,aristotle says3 8,if there has been a first man he must have been born without father or mother--which is repugnant to nature4 ,for there could not have been a first egg to give a beginning to birds1 or there should have been a first bird which gave a beginning to eggs2 for a bird comes from an egg40 ,the same he held good for all species1 believing1 with ,plato1 that everything before it appeared on earth had first its being in spirit4 ,this mystery of first creation1 which was ever the despair of science1 #dbi is unfathomable1 unless we accept the doctrine of the ,hermetists4 ,though matter is coternal with spirit1 that matter is certainly not our visible1 tangible1 and divisible matter1 but its extreme sublimation4 ,pure spirit is but one remove higher4 ,unless we allow man to have been evolved out of this primordial spirit-matter1 how can we ever come to any reasonable hypothesis as to the genesis of animate beings8 ,darwin begins his evolution of species at the lowest point and traces upward4 ,his only mistake may be that he applies his system at the wrong end4 ,could he remove his quest from the visible universe into the invisible1 he might find himself on the right path4 ,but then1 he would be following in the footsteps of the ,hermetists4 ,that our philosophers--positivists--even the most learned among them1 never understood the spirit of the mystic doctrines taught by the old philosophers--,platonists--is evident from that most eminent modern work1 ,conflict between ,religion and ,science4 ,professor ,draper begins his fifth chapter by saying that 8the ,pagan ,greeks and ,romans believed that the spirit of man resembles his bodily form1 varying its appearance with his variations1 and growing with his growth40 ,what the ignorant masses thought is a matter of little consequence1 though even they could never have indulged in such speculations taken la lettre4 ,as to ,greek and ,roman philosophers of the ,platonic school1 they believed no such thing of the spirit of man1 but applied the above doctrine to his soul1 or psychical nature1 which1 as we have previously shown1 is not the divine spirit4 ,aristotle1 in his philosophical deduction ,on ,dreams1 shows this doctrine of the two-fold soul1 or soul and spirit1 very plainly4 8,it is necessary for us to ascertain in what portion of the soul dreams appear10 he says4 ,all the ancient ,greeks believed not only a double1 but even a triple soul to exist in man4 ,and even ,homer we find terming the animal soul1 or the astral soul1 called by ,mr4 ,draper 8spirit10 1 and the divine one --the name by which ,plato also designated the higher spirit4 ,the ,hindu ,jainas conceive the soul1 which they call ,jiva1 to have been united from all eternity to even two sublimated ethereal bodies1 one of which is invariable and consists of the divine powers of the higher mind2 the other variable and composed of the grosser passions of man1 his sensual affections1 and terrestrial attributes4 ,when the soul becomes purified after death it joins its ,vaycarica1 or divine spirit1 and becomes a god4 ,the followers of the ,vedas1 the learned ,brahmins1 explain the same doctrine in the ,vedanta4 ,the soul1 according to their teaching1 as a portion of the divine universal spirit or immaterial mind1 is capable of uniting itself with the #dcj essence of its highest ,entity4 ,the teaching is explicit2 the ,vedanta affirms that whoever attains the thorough knowledge of his god becomes a god while yet in his mortal body1 and acquires supremacy over all things4 ,quoting from the ,vedaic theology the verse which says3 8,there is in truth but one ,deity1 the ,supreme ,spirit2 he is of the same nature as the soul of man10 ,mr4 ,draper shows the ,buddhistic doctrines as reaching ,eastern ,europe through ,aristotle4 ,we believe the assertion unwarranted1 for ,pythagoras1 and after him ,plato1 taught them long before ,aristotle4 ,if subsequently the later ,platonists accepted in their dialectics the ,aristotelean arguments on emanation1 it was merely because his views coincided in some respect with those of the ,oriental philosophers4 ,the ,pythagorean number of harmony and ,plato's esoteric doctrines on creation are inseparable from the ,buddhistic doctrine of emanation2 and the great aim of the ,pythagorean philosophy1 namely1 to free the astral soul from the fetters of matter and sense1 and make it thereby fit for an eternal contemplation of spiritual things1 is a theory identical with the ,buddhistic doctrine of final absorption4 ,it is the ,nirvana1 interpreted in its right sense2 a metaphysical tenet that just begins to be suspected now by our latest ,sanscrit scholars4 ,if the doctrines of ,aristotle have exercised on the later ,neo-platonists such a 8dominating influence10 how is it that neither ,plotinus1 nor ,porphyry1 nor ,proclus ever accepted his theories on dreams and prophetic soul-visions8 ,while ,aristotle held that most of those who prophesy have 8diseases of madness0#ffi--thus furnishing some ,american plagiarists and specialists with a few reasonable ideas to disfigure--the views of ,porphyry1 hence those of ,plotinus1 were quite the reverse4 ,in the most vital questions of metaphysical speculations ,aristotle is constantly contradicted by the ,neo-platonists4 ,furthermore1 either the ,buddhistic ,nirvana is not the nihilistic doctrine1 as it is now represented to be1 or the ,neo-platonists did not accept it in this sense4 ,surely ,mr4 ,draper will not take upon himself to affirm that either ,plotinus1 ,porphyry1 ,iamblichus1 or any other philosopher of their mystic school1 did not believe in the soul's immortality8 ,to say that either of them sought ecstasy as a 8foretaste of absorption into the universal mundane soul10 in the sense in which the ,buddhist ,nirvana is understood by every ,sanscrit scholar1 is to wrong these philosophers4 ,nirvana is not1 as ,mr4 ,draper has it1 a 8rebsorption in the ,universal ,force1 eternal rest1 and bliss20 but1 when taken literally by the said scholars1 means the blowing out1 the extinction1 complete annihilation1 and not absorption4#fgj ,no one1 #dca so far as we know1 has ever taken upon himself to ascertain the true metaphysical meaning of this word1 which is not to be found1 even in the ,lankvatra1#fga which gives the different interpretations of the ,nirvana by the ,brahmans--,trthakas4 ,therefore1 for one who reads this passage in ,mr4 ,draper's work1 and bears in mind but the usually-accepted meaning of the ,nirvana1 will naturally suppose that ,plotinus and ,porphyry were nihilists4 ,such a page in the ,conflict gives us a certain right to suppose that either #a1 the learned author desired to place ,plotinus and ,porphyry on the same plane with ,giordano ,bruno1 of whom he makes1 very erroneously1 an atheist2 or1 #b1 that he never took the trouble of studying the lives of these philosophers and their views4 ,now1 for one who knows ,professor ,draper1 even by reputation1 the latter supposition is simply absurd4 ,therefore1 we must think1 with deep regret1 that his desire was to misrepresent their religious aspirations4 ,it is decidedly an awkward thing for modern philosophers1 whose sole aim seems to be the elimination of the ideas of ,god and the immortal spirit from the mind of humanity1 to have to treat with historical impartiality the most celebrated of the ,pagan ,platonists4 ,to have to admit1 on the one hand1 their profound learning1 their genius1 their achievements in the most abstruse philosophical questions1 and therefore their sagacity2 and1 on the other1 their unreserved adhesion to the doctrine of immortality1 of the final triumph of spirit over matter1 and their implicit faith in ,god and the gods1 or spirits2 in the return of the dead1 apparitions1 and other 8spiritual0 matters1 is a dilemma from which academical human nature could not reasonably be expected to extricate itself so easily4 ,the plan resorted to by ,lemprire1#fgb in such an emergency as the above1 is coarser than ,professor ,draper's1 but equally effective4 ,he charges the ancient philosophers with deliberate falsehood1 trickery1 and credulity4 ,after painting to his readers ,pythagoras1 ,plotinus1 and ,porphyry as marvels of learning1 morality1 and accomplishments2 as men eminent for personal dignity1 purity of lives1 and self-abnegation in the pursuit of divine truths1 he does not hesitate to rank 8this celebrated philosopher0 7,pythagoras7 among impostors2 while to ,porphyry he attributes 8credulity1 lack of judgment1 and dishonesty40 ,forced by the facts of history to give them their just due in the course of his narrative1 he displays his bigoted prejudice in the parenthetical comments which he allows himself4 ,from this antiquated writer of the last century we learn that a man may be honest1 and at the same time an impostor2 pure1 virtuous1 and a great philosopher1 and yet dishonest1 a liar1 and a fool6 ,we have shown elsewhere that the 8secret doctrine0 does not concede #dcb immortality to all men alike4 8,the eye would never see the sun1 if it were not of the nature of the sun10 said ,plotinus4 ,only 8through the highest purity and chastity we shall approach nearer to ,god1 and receive in the contemplation of ,him1 the true knowledge and insight10 writes ,porphyry4 ,if the human soul has neglected during its lifetime to receive its illumination from its ,divine ,spirit1 our personal ,god1 then it becomes difficult for the gross and sensual man to survive for a great length of time his physical death4 ,no more than the misshapen monster can live long after its physical birth1 can the soul1 once that it has become too material1 exist after its birth into the spiritual world4 ,the viability of the astral form is so feeble1 that the particles cannot cohere firmly when once it is slipped out of the unyielding capsule of the external body4 ,its particles1 gradually obeying the disorganizing attraction of universal space1 finally fly asunder beyond the possibility of reaggregation4 ,upon the occurrence of such a catastrophe1 the individual ceases to exist2 his glorious ,augoeides has left him4 ,during the intermediary period between his bodily death and the disintegration of the astral form1 the latter1 bound by magnetic attraction to its ghastly corpse1 prowls about1 and sucks vitality from susceptible victims4 ,the man having shut out of himself every ray of the divine light1 is lost in darkness1 and1 therefore1 clings to the earth and the earthy4 ,no astral soul1 even that of a pure1 good1 and virtuous man1 is immortal in the strictest sense2 8from elements it was formed--to elements it must return40 ,only1 while the soul of the wicked vanishes1 and is absorbed without redemption1 that of every other person1 even moderately pure1 simply changes its ethereal particles for still more ethereal ones2 and1 while there remains in it a spark of the ,divine1 the individual man1 or rather1 his personal ego1 cannot die4 8,after death10 says ,proclus1 8the soul 7the spirit7 continueth to linger in the arial body 7astral form71 till it is entirely purified from all angry and voluptuous passions 444 then doth it put off by a second dying the arial body as it did the earthly one4 ,whereupon1 the ancients say that there is a celestial body always joined with the soul1 and which is immortal1 luminous1 and star-like40 ,but1 we will now turn from our digression to further consider the question of reason and instinct4 ,the latter1 according to the ancients1 proceeded from the divine1 the former from the purely human4 ,one 7the instinct7 is the product of the senses1 a sagaciousness shared by the lowest animals1 even those who have no reason--it is the 2 the other is the product of the reflective faculties--1 denoting judiciousness and human intellectuality4 ,therefore1 an animal devoid of reasoning powers has in its inherent instinct an unerring faculty which is but that spark of the divine #dcc which lurks in every particle of inorganic matter--itself materialized spirit4 ,in the ,jewish ,kabala1 the second and third chapters of ,genesis are explained thus3 ,when the second ,adam is created 8out of the dust10 matter has become so gross that it reigns supreme4 ,out of its lusts evolves woman1 and ,lilith has the best of spirit4 ,the ,lord ,god1 8walking in the garden in the cool of the day0 7the sunset of spirit1 or divine light obscured by the shadows of matter7 curses not only them who have committed the sin1 but even the ground itself1 and all living things--the tempting serpent-matter above all4 ,who but the kabalists are able to explain this seeming act of injustice8 ,how are we to understand this cursing of all created things1 innocent of any crime8 ,the allegory is evident4 ,the curse inheres in matter itself4 ,henceforth1 it is doomed to struggle against its own grossness for purification2 the latent spark of divine spirit1 though smothered1 is still there2 and its invincible attraction upward compels it to struggle in pain and labor to free itself4 ,logic shows us that as all matter had a common origin1 it must have attributes in common1 and as the vital and divine spark is in man's material body1 so it must lurk in every subordinate species4 ,the latent mentality which1 in the lower kingdoms is recognized as semi-consciousness1 consciousness1 and instinct1 is largely subdued in man4 ,reason1 the outgrowth of the physical brain1 develops at the expense of instinct--the flickering reminiscence of a once divine omniscience--spirit4 ,reason1 the badge of the sovereignty of physical man over all other physical organisms1 is often put to shame by the instinct of an animal4 ,as his brain is more perfect than that of any other creature1 its emanations must naturally produce the highest results of mental action2 but reason avails only for the consideration of material things2 it is incapable of helping its possessor to a knowledge of spirit4 ,in losing instinct1 man loses his intuitional powers1 which are the crown and ultimatum of instinct4 ,reason is the clumsy weapon of the scientists--intuition the unerring guide of the seer4 ,instinct teaches plant and animal their seasons for the procreation of their species1 and guides the dumb brute to find his appropriate remedy in the hour of sickness4 ,reason--the pride of man--fails to check the propensities of his matter1 and brooks no restraint upon the unlimited gratification of his senses4 ,far from leading him to be his own physician1 its subtile sophistries lead him too often to his own destruction4 ,nothing is more demonstrable than the proposition that the perfection of matter is reached at the expense of instinct4 ,the zophyte attached to the submarine rock1 opening its mouth to attract the food that floats by1 shows1 proportionately with its physical structure1 more instinct than the whale4 ,the ant1 with its wonderful architectural1 #dcd social1 and political abilities1 is inexpressibly higher in the scale than the subtile royal tiger watching its prey4 8,with awe and wonder10 exclaims du ,bois-,raymond1 8must the student of nature regard that microscopic molecule of nervous substance which is the seat of the laborious1 constructive1 orderly1 loyal1 dauntless soul of the ant60 ,like everything else which has its origin in psychological mysteries1 instinct has been too long neglected in the domain of science4 8,we see what indicated the way to man to find relief for all his physical ailings10 says ,hippocrates4 8,it is the instinct of the earlier races1 when cold reason had not as yet obscured man's inner vision4444 ,its indication must never be disdained1 for it is to instinct alone that we owe our first remedies40#fgc ,instantaneous and unerring cognition of an omniscient mind1 instinct is in everything unlike the finite reason2 and in the tentative progress of the latter1 the godlike nature of man is often utterly engulfed1 whenever he shuts out from himself the divine light of intuition4 ,the one crawls1 the other flies2 reason is the power of the man1 intuition the prescience of the woman6 ,plotinus1 the pupil of the great ,ammonius ,saccas1 the chief founder of the ,neo-platonic school1 taught that human knowledge had three ascending steps3 opinion1 science1 and illumination4 ,he explained it by saying that 8the means or instrument of opinion is sense1 or perception2 of science1 dialectics2 of illumination1 intuition 7or divine instinct74 ,to the last1 reason is subordinate2 it is absolute knowledge founded on the identification of the mind with the object known40 ,prayer opens the spiritual sight of man1 for prayer is desire1 and desire develops ,,will2 the magnetic emanations proceeding from the body at every effort--whether mental or physical--produce self-magnetization and ecstasy4 ,plotinus recommended solitude for prayer1 as the most efficient means of obtaining what is asked2 and ,plato advised those who prayed to 8remain silent in the presence of the divine ones1 till they remove the cloud from thy eyes1 and enable thee to see by the light which issues from themselves40 ,apollonius always isolated himself from men during the 8conversation0 he held with ,god1 and whenever he felt the necessity for divine contemplation and prayer1 he wrapped himself1 head and all1 in the drapery of his white woolen mantle4 8,when thou prayest enter into thy closet1 and when thou hast shut thy door1 pray to thy ,father in secret10 says the ,nazarene1 the pupil of the ,essenes4 ,every human being is born with the rudiment of the inner sense called intuition1 which may be developed into what the ,scotch know as #dce 8second sight40 ,all the great philosophers1 who1 like ,plotinus1 ,porphyry1 and ,iamblichus employed this faculty1 taught the doctrine4 8,there is a faculty of the human mind10 writes ,iamblichus1 8which is superior to all which is born or begotten4 ,through it we are enabled to attain union with the superior intelligences1 to being transported beyond the scenes of this world1 and to partaking the higher life and peculiar powers of the heavenly ones40 ,were there no inner sight or intuition1 the ,jews would never have had their ,bible1 nor the ,christians ,jesus4 ,what both ,moses and ,jesus gave to the world was the fruit of their intuition or illumination4 ,what their subsequent elders and teachers allowed the world to understand was--dogmatic misrepresentations1 too often blasphemy4 ,to accept the ,bible as a 8revelation0 and nail belief to a literal translation1 is worse than absurdity--it is a blasphemy against the ,divine majesty of the 8,unseen40 ,if we had to judge of the ,deity1 and the world of spirits1 by its human interpreters1 now that philology proceeds with giant-strides on the fields of comparative religions1 belief in ,god and the soul's immortality could not withstand the attacks of reason for one century more4 ,that which supports the faith of man in ,god and a spiritual life to come is intuition2 that divine outcome of our inner-self1 which defies the mummeries of the ,roman ,catholic priest1 and his ridiculous idols2 the thousand and one ceremonies of the ,brahman and his idols2 and the ,jeremiads of the ,protestant preacher1 and his desolate and arid creed1 with no idols1 but a boundless hell and damnation hooked on at the end4 ,were it not for this intuition1 undying though often wavering because so clogged with matter1 human life would be a parody and humanity a fraud4 ,this ineradicable feeling of the presence of some one outside and inside ourselves is one that no dogmatic contradictions1 nor external form of worship can destroy in humanity1 let scientists and clergy do what they may4 ,moved by such thoughts of the boundlessness and impersonality of the ,deity1 ,gautama-,buddha1 the ,hindu ,christ1 exclaimed3 8,as the four rivers which fall in the ,ganges lose their names as soon as they mingle their waters with the holy river1 so all who believe in ,buddha cease to be ,brahmans1 ,kshatriyas1 ,vaisyas1 and ,sdras60 ,the ,old ,testament was compiled and arranged from oral tradition2 the masses never knew its real meaning1 for ,moses was ordered to impart the 8hidden truths0 but to his seventy elders on whom the 8,lord0 put of the spirit which was upon the legislator4 ,maimonides1 whose authority and whose knowledge of the sacred history can hardly be rejected1 says3 8,whoever shall find out the true sense of the book of ,genesis ought to take care not to divulge it4444 ,if a person should discover the #dcf true meaning of it by himself1 or by the aid of another1 then he ought to be silent2 or1 if he speaks of it1 he ought to speak of it but obscurely and in an enigmatical manner40 ,this confession1 that what is written in the ,holy ,writ is but an allegory1 was made by other ,jewish authorities besides ,maimonides2 for we find ,josephus stating that ,moses 8philosophized0 7spoke riddles in figurative allegory71 when writing the book of ,genesis4 ,therefore modern science1 by neglecting to unriddle the true sense of the ,bible1 and by allowing the whole of ,christendom to go on believing in the dead letter of the ,jewish theology1 tacitly constitutes herself the confederate of the fanatical clergy4 ,she has no right to ridicule the records of a people who never wrote them with the idea that they would receive such a strange interpretation at the hands of an inimical religion4 ,that their holiest texts should be turned against them and that the dead men's bones could have smothered the spirit of truth1 is the saddest feature of ,christianity6 8,the gods exist10 says ,epicurus1 8but they are not what the rabble1 1 suppose them to be40 ,and yet ,epicurus1 judged as usual by superficial critics1 is set down and paraded as a materialist4 ,but neither the great ,first ,cause nor its emanation--human1 immortal spirit--have left themselves 8without a witness40 ,mesmerism and modern spiritualism are there to attest the great truths4 ,for over fifteen centuries1 thanks to the blindly-brutal persecutions of those great vandals of early ,christian history1 ,constantine and ,justinian1 ancient wisdom slowly degenerated until it gradually sank into the deepest mire of monkish superstition and ignorance4 ,the ,pythagorean 8knowledge of things that are20 the profound erudition of the ,gnostics2 the world and time-honored teachings of the great philosophers2 all were rejected as doctrines of ,antichrist and ,paganism1 and committed to the flames4 ,with the last seven wise men of the ,orient1 the remnant group of the ,neo-platonists1 ,hermias1 ,priscianus1 ,diogenes1 ,eulalius1 ,damaskius1 ,simplicius and ,isidorus1 who fled from the fanatical persecutions of ,justinian1 to ,persia1 the reign of wisdom closed4 ,the books of ,thoth1 or 7,hermes ,trismegistus71 which contain within their sacred pages the spiritual and physical history of the creation and progress of our world1 were left to mould in oblivion and contempt for ages4 ,they found no interpreters in ,christian ,europe2 the ,philaletheians1 or wise 8lovers of the truth10 were no more2 they were replaced by the light-fleers1 the tonsured and hooded monks of ,papal ,rome1 who dread truth1 in whatever shape and from whatever quarter it appears1 if it but clashes in the least with their dogmas4 ,as to skeptics--this is what ,professor ,alexander ,wilder remarks of them #dcg and their followers1 in his sketches on ,neo-platonism and ,alchemy3 8,a century has passed since the compilers of the ,french ,encyclopdia infused skepticism into the blood of the civilized world1 and made it disreputable to believe in the actual existence of anything that cannot be tested in crucibles or demonstrated by critical reasoning4 ,even now1 it requires candor as well as courage to venture to treat upon a subject which has been for many years discarded and contemned1 because it has not been well or correctly understood4 ,the person must be bold who accounts the ,hermetic philosophy to be other than a pretense of science1 and so believing1 demands for its enunciation a patient hearing4 ,yet its professors were once the princes of learned investigation1 and heroes among common men4 ,besides1 nothing is to be despised which men have reverently believed2 and disdain for the earnest convictions of others is itself the token of ignorance1 and of an ungenerous mind40 ,and now1 encouraged by these words from a scholar who is neither a fanatic nor a conservative1 we will recall a few things reported by travellers as having been seen by them in ,thibet and ,india1 and which are treasured by the natives as practical proofs of the truth of the philosophy and science handed down by their forefathers4 ,first we may consider that most remarkable phenomenon as seen in the temples of ,thibet and the accounts of which have reached ,europe from eye-witnesses other than ,catholic missionaries--whose testimony we will exclude for obvious reasons4 ,early in the present century a ,florentine scientist1 a skeptic and a correspondent of the ,french ,institute1 having been permitted to penetrate in disguise to the hallowed precincts of a ,buddhist temple1 where the most solemn of all ceremonies was taking place1 relates the following as having been seen by himself4 ,an altar is ready in the temple to receive the resuscitated ,buddha1 found by the initiated priesthood1 and recognized by certain secret signs to have rencarnated himself in a new born infant4 ,the baby1 but a few days old1 is brought into the presence of the people and reverentially placed upon the altar4 ,suddenly rising into a sitting posture1 the child begins to utter in a loud1 manly voice1 the following sentences3 8,i am ,buddha1 ,i am his spirit2 and ,i1 ,buddha1 your ,dalai-,lama1 have left my old1 decrepit body1 at the temple of 444 and selected the body of this young babe as my next earthly dwelling40 ,our scientist1 being finally permitted by the priests to take1 with due reverence1 the baby in his arms1 and carry it away to such a distance from them as to satisfy him that no ventriloquial deception is being practiced1 the infant looks at the grave academician with eyes that 8make his flesh creep10 as he expresses it1 and repeats the words he had previously uttered4 ,a detailed account of this adventure1 attested with the signature of this eye-witness1 was forwarded to ,paris1 but #dch the members of the ,institute1 instead of accepting the testimony of a scientific observer of acknowledged credibility1 concluded that the ,florentine was either suffering under an attack of sunstroke1 or had been deceived by a clever trick of acoustics4 ,although1 according to ,mr4 ,stanislas ,julien1 the ,french translator of the sacred ,chinese texts1 there is a verse in the ,lotus#fgd which says that 8,a ,buddha is as difficult to be found as the flowers of ,udumbara and ,pala10 if we are to believe several eye-witnesses1 such a phenomenon does happen4 ,of course its occurrence is rare1 for it happens but on the death of every great ,dalai-,lama2 and these venerable old gentlemen live proverbially long lives4 ,the poor ,abb ,huc1 whose works of travel in ,thibet and ,china are so well-known1 relates the same fact of the resuscitation of ,buddha4 ,he adds1 furthermore1 the curious circumstance that the baby-oracle makes good his claim to being an old mind in a young body by giving to those who ask him1 8and who knew him in his past life1 the most exact details of his anterior earthly existence40 ,it is worthy of notice1 that des ,mousseaux1 who expatiates at length on the phenomenon1 attributing it as a matter of course to the ,devil1 gravely remarks of the ,abb himself1 that the fact that he had been unfrocked 7defroqu7 8is an accident which ,i 7he7 confess scarcely tends to strengthen our confidence40 ,in our humble opinion this little circumstance strengthens it all the more4 ,the ,abb ,huc had his work placed on the ,index for the truth he told about the similarity of the ,buddhistical rites with the ,roman ,catholic ones4 ,he was moreover suspended in his missionary work for being too sincere4 ,if this example of infant prodigy stood alone1 we might reasonably indulge in some hesitation as to accepting it2 but1 to say nothing of the ,camisard prophets of #agjg1 among whom was the boy of fifteen months described by ,jacques ,dubois1 who spoke in good ,french 8as though ,god were speaking through his mouth20 and of the ,cevennes babies1 whose speaking and prophesying were witnessed by the first savants of ,france--we have instances in modern times of quite as remarkable a character4 ,lloyd's ,weekly ,newspaper1 for ,march1 #ahge1 contained an account of the following phenomenon3 8,at ,saar-,louis1 ,france1 a child was born4 ,the mother had just been confined1 the midwife was holding forth garrulously #8on the blessed little creature1' and the friends were congratulating the father on his luck1 when somebody asked what time it was4 ,judge of the surprise of all1 on hearing the new-born babe #dci reply distinctly #8,two o'clock6' ,but this was nothing to what followed4 ,the company were looking on the infant1 with speechless wonder and dismay1 when it opened its eyes1 and said3 #8,i have been sent into the world to tell you that #ahge will be a good year1 but that #ahgf will be a year of blood4' ,having uttered this prophecy it turned on its side and expired1 aged half-an-hour40 ,we are not aware that this prodigy has received official authentication by the civil authority--of course we should look for none from the clergy1 since no profit or honor was to be derived from it--but even if a respectable ,british commercial journal was not responsible for the story1 the result has given it special interest4 ,the year #ahgf1 just passed 7we write in ,february1 #ahgg7 was emphatically1 and1 from the standpoint of ,march1 #ahge1 unexpectedly--a year of blood4 ,in the ,danubian principalities was written one of the bloodiest chapters of the history of war and rapine--a chapter of outrages of ,moslem upon ,christian that has scarcely been paralleled since ,catholic soldiers butchered the simple natives of ,north and ,south ,america by tens of thousands1 and ,protestant ,englishmen waded to the ,imperial throne of ,delhi1 step by step1 through rivers of blood4 ,if the ,saar-,louis prophecy was but a mere newspaper sensation1 still the turn of events elevated it into the rank of a fulfilled prediction2 #ahge was a year of great plenty1 and #ahgf1 to the surprise of everybody1 a year of carnage4 ,but even if it should be found that the baby-prophet never opened its lips1 the instance of the ,jencken infant still remains to puzzle the investigator4 ,this is one of the most surprising cases of mediumship4 ,the child's mother is the famous ,kate ,fox1 its father ,h4 ,d4 ,jencken1 ,m4,r4,i41 ,barrister-at-law1 in ,london4 ,he was born in ,london1 in #ahgc1 and before he was three months old showed evidences of spirit-mediumship4 ,rappings occurred on his pillow and cradle1 and also on his father's person1 when he held the child in his lap and ,mrs4 ,jencken was absent from home4 ,two months later1 a communication of twenty words1 exclusive of signature1 was written through his hand4 ,a gentleman1 a ,liverpool solicitor1 named ,j4 ,wason1 was present at the time1 and united with the mother and nurse in a certificate which was published in the ,london ,medium and ,daybreak of ,may #hth1 #ahgd4 ,the professional and scientific rank of ,mr4 ,jencken make it in the highest degree improbable that he would lend himself to a deception4 ,moreover1 the child was within such easy reach of the ,royal ,institution1 of which his father is a member1 that ,professor ,tyndall and his associates had no excuse for neglecting to examine and inform the world about this psychological phenomenon4 ,the sacred baby of ,thibet being so far away1 they find their most convenient plan to be a flat denial1 with hints of sunstroke and #ddj acoustical machinery4 ,as for the ,london baby1 the affair is still easier2 let them wait until the child has grown up and learned to write1 and then deny the story point-blank6 ,in addition to other travellers1 the ,abb ,huc gives us an account of that wonderful tree of ,thibet called the ,kounboum2 that is to say1 the tree of the #aj1jjj images and characters4 ,it will grow in no other latitude1 although the experiment has sometimes been tried2 and it cannot even be multiplied from cuttings4 ,the tradition is that it sprang from the hair of one of the ,avatars 7the ,lama ,son--,ka-pa7 one of the incarnations of ,buddha4 ,but we will let the ,abb ,huc tell the rest of the story3 8,each of its leaves1 in opening1 bears either a letter or a religious sentence1 written in sacred characters1 and these letters are1 of their kind1 of such a perfection that the type-foundries of ,didot contain nothing to excel them4 ,open the leaves1 which vegetation is about to unroll1 and you will there discover1 on the point of appearing1 the letters or the distinct words which are the marvel of this unique tree6 ,turn your attention from the leaves of the plant to the bark of its branches1 and new characters will meet your eyes6 ,do not allow your interest to flag2 raise the layers of this bark1 and still ,,other ,,characters will show themselves below those whose beauty had surprised you4 ,for1 do not fancy that these superposed layers repeat the same printing4 ,no1 quite the contrary2 for each lamina you lift presents to view its distinct type4 ,how1 then1 can we suspect jugglery8 ,i have done my best in that direction to discover the slightest trace of human trick1 and my baffled mind could not retain the slightest suspicion40 ,we will add to ,m4 ,huc's narrative the statement that the characters which appear upon the different portions of the ,kounboum are in the ,sansar 7or language of the ,sun71 characters 7ancient ,sanscrit72 and that the sacred tree1 in its various parts1 contains in extenso the whole history of the creation1 and in substance the sacred books of ,buddhism4 ,in this respect1 it bears the same relation to ,buddhism as the pictures in the ,temple of ,dendera1 in ,egypt1 do to the ancient faith of the ,pharaohs4 ,the latter are briefly described by ,professor ,w4 ,b4 ,carpenter1 ,president of the ,british ,association1 in his ,manchester ,lecture on ,egypt4 ,he makes it clear that the ,jewish book of ,genesis is nothing more than an expression of the early ,jewish ideas1 based upon the pictorial records of the ,egyptians among whom they lived4 ,but he does not make it clear1 except inferentially1 whether1 he believes either the ,dendera pictures or the ,mosaic account to be an allegory or a pretended historical narrative4 ,how a scientist who had devoted himself to the most superficial investigation of the subject can venture to assert that the ancient ,egyptians had the same ridiculous notions about the world's instantaneous creation as the #dda early ,christian theologians1 passes comprehension6 ,how can he say that because the ,dendera picture happens to represent their cosmogony in one allegory1 they intended to show the scene as occurring in six minutes or six millions of years8 ,it may as well indicate allegorically six successive epochs or ons1 or eternity1 as six days4 ,besides1 the ,books of ,hermes certainly give no color to the charge1 and the ,avesta specifically names six periods1 each embracing thousands of years1 instead of days4 ,many of the ,egyptian hieroglyphics contradict ,dr4 ,carpenter's theory1 and ,champollion has avenged the ancients in many particulars4 ,from what is gone before1 it will1 we think1 be made clear to the reader that the ,egyptian philosophy had no room for any such crude speculations1 if the ,hebrews themselves ever believed them2 their cosmogony viewed man as the result of evolution1 and his progress to be marked by immensely lengthened cycles4 ,but to return to the wonders of ,thibet4 ,speaking of pictures1 the one described by ,huc as hanging in a certain ,lamasery may fairly be regarded as one of the most wonderful in existence4 ,it is a simple canvas without the slightest mechanical apparatus attached1 as the visitor may prove by examining it at his leisure4 ,it represents a moon-lit landscape1 but the moon is not at all motionless and dead2 quite the reverse1 for1 according to the abb1 one would say that our moon herself1 or at least her living double1 lighted the picture4 ,each phase1 each aspect1 each movement of our satellite1 is repeated in her fac-simile1 in the movement and progress of the moon in the sacred picture4 8,you see this planet in the painting ride as a crescent1 or full1 shine brightly1 pass behind the clouds1 peep out or set1 in a manner corresponding in the most extraordinary way with the real luminary4 ,it is1 in a word1 a most servile and resplendent reproduction of the pale queen of the night1 which received the adoration of so many people in the days of old40 ,when we think of the astonishment that would inevitably be felt by one of our self-complacent academicians at seeing such a picture--and it is by no means the only one1 for they have them in other parts of ,thibet and ,japan also1 which represent the sun's movements--when we think1 we say1 of his embarrassment at knowing that if he ventured to tell the unvarnished truth to his colleagues1 his fate would probably be like that of poor ,huc1 and he flung out of the academical chair as a liar or a lunatic1 we cannot help recalling the anecdote of ,tycho-,brahe1 given by ,humboldt in his ,cosmos4#fge 8,one evening10 says the great ,danish astronomer1 8as1 according to my #ddb usual habit1 ,i was considering the celestial vault1 to my indescribable amazement1 ,i saw1 close to the zenith1 in ,cassiopea1 a radiant star of extraordinary size4 ,struck with astonishment1 ,i knew not whether ,i could believe my own eyes4 ,some time after that1 ,i learned that in ,germany1 cartmen1 and other persons of the lower classes had repeatedly warned the scientists that a great apparition could be seen in the sky2 which fact afforded both the press and public one more opportunity to indulge in their usual raillery against the men of science1 who1 in the cases of several antecedent comets1 had not predicted their appearance40 ,from the days of the earliest antiquity1 the ,brahmans were known to be possessed of wonderful knowledge in every kind of magic arts4 ,from ,pythagoras1 the first philosopher who studied wisdom with the ,gymnosophists1 and ,plotinus1 who was initiated into the mystery of uniting one's self with the ,deity through abstract contemplation1 down to the modern adepts1 it was well known that in the land of the ,brahmans and ,gautama-,buddha the sources of 8hidden0 wisdom are to be sought after4 ,it is for future ages to discover this grand truth1 and accept it as such1 whereas now it is degraded as a low superstition4 ,what did any one1 even the greatest scientists1 know of ,india1 ,thibet1 and ,china1 until the last quarter of this century8 ,that most untiring scholar1 ,max ,mller1 tells us that before then not a single original document of the ,buddhist religion had been accessible to ,european philologists2 that fifty years ago 8there was not a single scholar who could have translated a line of the ,veda1 a line of the ,zend-,avesta1 or a line of the ,buddhist ,tripitka10 let alone other dialects or languages4 ,and even now1 that science is in possession of various sacred texts1 what they have are but very incomplete editions of these works1 and nothing1 positively nothing of the secret sacred literature of ,buddhism4 ,and the little that our ,sanscrit scholars have got hold of1 and which at first was termed by ,max ,mller a dreary 8jungle of religious literature--the most excellent hiding-place for ,lamas and ,dalai-,lamas10 is now beginning to shed a faint light on the primitive darkness4 ,we find this scholar stating that that which appeared at the first glance into the labyrinth of the religions of the world1 all darkness1 self deceit1 and vanity begin to assume another form4 8,it sounds10 he writes1 8like a degradation of the very name of religion1 to apply it to the wild ravings of ,hindu ,yogins1 and the blank blasphemies of ,chinese ,buddhists4444 ,but1 as we slowly and patiently wend our way through the dreary prisons1 our own eyes seem to expand1 and we perceive a glimmer of light1 where all was darkness at first40#fgf ,as an illustration of how little even the generation which directly #ddc preceded our own was competent to judge the religions and beliefs of the several hundred million ,buddhists1 ,brahmans1 and ,parsees1 let the student consult the advertisement of a scientific work published in #ahbh by a ,professor ,dunbar1 the first scholar who has undertaken to demonstrate that the ,sanscrit is derived from the ,greek4 ,it appeared under the following title3 8,an ,inquiry into the structure and affinity of the ,greek and ,latin languages2 with occasional comparisons of the ,sanscrit and ,gothic2 with an ,appendix1 in which ,,the ,,derivation ,,of ,,the ,,sanscrit ,,from ,,the ,,greek is endeavoured to be established4 ,by ,george ,dunbar1 ,f4,r4 ,s4,e41 and ,professor of ,greek in the ,university of ,edinburgh4 ,price1 #ahs40#fgg ,had ,max ,mller happened to fall from the sky at that time1 among the scholars of the day1 and with his present knowledge1 we would like to have compiled the epithets which would have been bestowed by the learned academicians upon the daring innovator6 ,one who1 classifying languages genealogically1 says that 8,sanscrit1 as compared to ,greek and ,latin1 is an elder sister 444 the earliest deposit of ,aryan speech40 ,and so1 we may naturally expect that in #aigf1 the same criticisms will be justly applied to many a scientific discovery1 now deemed conclusive and final by our scholars4 ,that which is now termed the superstitious verbiage and gibberish of mere heathens and savages1 composed many thousands of years ago1 may be found to contain the master-key to all religious systems4 ,the cautious sentence of ,st4 ,augustine1 a favorite name in ,max ,mller's lectures1 which says that 8there is no false religion which does not contain some elements of truth10 may yet be triumphantly proved correct2 the more so as1 far from being original with the ,bishop of ,hippo1 it was borrowed by him from the works of ,ammonius ,saccas1 the great ,alexandrian teacher4 ,this 8god-taught0 philosopher1 the theodidaktos1 had repeated these same words to exhaustion1 in his numerous works some #adj years before ,augustine4 ,acknowledging ,jesus as 8an excellent man1 and the friend of ,god10 he always maintained that his design was not to abolish the intercourse with gods and demons 7spirits71 but simply to purify the ancient religions2 that 8the religion of the multitude went hand in hand with philosophy1 and with her had shared the fate of being by degrees corrupted and obscured with mere human conceits1 superstition1 and lies3 that it ought therefore to be brought back to its original purity by purging it of this dross and expounding it #ddd upon philosophical principles2 and that the whole which ,christ had in view was to reinstate and restore to its primitive integrity the wisdom of the ancients40#fgh ,it was ,ammonius who first taught that every religion was based on one and the same truth2 which is the wisdom found in the ,books of ,thoth 7,hermes ,trismegistus71 from which books ,pythagoras and ,plato had learned all their philosophy4 ,and the doctrines of the former he affirmed to have been identical with the earliest teachings of the ,brahmans--now embodied in the oldest ,vedas4 8,the name ,thoth10 says ,professor ,wilder1 8means a college or assembly10#fgi and 8it is not improbable that the books were so named as being the collected oracles and doctrines of the sacerdotal fraternity of ,memphis4 ,rabbi ,wise had suggested a similar hypothesis in relation to the divine utterances recorded in the ,hebrew ,scripture4 ,but the ,indian writers assert1 that during the reign of king ,kansa1 ,yadus 7,judeans87 or sacred tribe left ,india and migrated to the ,west1 carrying the four ,vedas with them4 ,there was certainly a great resemblance between the philosophical doctrines and religious customs of the ,egyptians and ,eastern ,buddhists2 but whether the ,hermetic books and the four ,vedas were identical1 is not now known40 ,but one thing is certainly known1 and that is1 that before the word philosopher was first pronounced by ,pythagoras at the court of the king of the ,philiasians1 the 8secret doctrine0 or wisdom was identical in every country4 ,therefore it is in the oldest texts--those least polluted by subsequent forgeries--that we have to look for the truth4 ,and now that philology has possessed itself of ,sanscrit texts which may be boldly affirmed to be documents by far antedating the ,mosaic ,bible1 it is the duty of the scholars to present the world with truth1 and nothing but the truth4 ,without regard to either skeptical or theological prejudice1 they are bound to impartially examine both documents--the oldest ,vedas and the ,old ,testament1 and then decide which of the two is the original ,sruti or ,revelation1 and which but the ,smriti1 which1 as ,max ,mller shows1 only means recollection or tradition4 ,origen writes that the ,brahmans were always famous for the wonderful cures which they performed by certain words2#fhj and in our own age we find ,orioli1 a learned corresponding member of the ,french ,institute1#fha corroborating the statement of ,origen in the third century1 and that of ,leonard de ,vair of the sixteenth1 in which the latter wrote3 8,there are also persons1 who upon pronouncing a certain sentence--a charm1 walk bare-footed on red1 burning coals1 and on the points of sharp knives stuck in the ground2 and1 once poised #dde on them1 on one toe1 they will lift up in the air a heavy man or any other burden of considerable weight4 ,they will tame wild horses likewise1 and the most furious bulls1 with a single word40#fhb ,this word is to be found in the ,mantras of the ,sanscrit ,vedas1 say some adepts4 ,it is for the philologists to decide for themselves whether there is such a word in the ,vedas4 ,so far as human evidence goes1 it would seem that such magic words do exist4 ,it appears that the reverend fathers of the ,order of ,jesuits have picked up many such tricks in their missionary travels4 ,baldinger gives them full credit for it4 ,the tschamping--a ,hindu word1 from which the modern word shampooing is derived--is a well-known magical manipulation in the ,east ,indies4 ,the native sorcerers use it with success to the present day1 and it is from them that the father ,jesuits derived their wisdom4 ,camerarius1 in his ,hor ,subsceciv1 narrates that once upon a time there existed a great rivalry of 8miracles0 between the ,austin ,friars and the ,jesuits4 ,a disputation having taken place between the father-general of the ,austin ,friars1 who was very learned1 and the general of the ,jesuits1 who was very unlearned1 but full of magical knowledge1 the latter proposed to settle the question by trying their subordinates1 and finding out which of them would be the readiest to obey his superiors4 ,thereupon1 turning to one of his ,jesuits1 he said3 8,brother ,mark1 our companions are cold2 ,i command you1 in virtue of the holy obedience you have sworn to me1 to bring here instantly out of the kitchen fire1 and in your hands1 some burning coals1 that they may warm themselves over your hands40 ,father ,mark instantly obeyed1 and brought in both his hands a supply of red1 burning coals1 and held them till the company present had all warmed themselves1 after which he took them back to the kitchen hearth4 ,the general of the ,austin ,friars found himself crestfallen1 for none of his subordinates would obey him so far as that4 ,the triumph of the ,jesuits was thus accomplished4 ,if the above is looked upon as an anecdote unworthy of credence1 we will inquire of the reader what we must think of some modern 8mediums10 who perform the same while entranced4 ,the testimony of several highly respectable and trustworthy witnesses1 such as ,lord ,adair and ,mr4 ,s4 ,c4 ,hall1 is unimpeachable4 8,spirits10 the spiritualists will argue4 ,perhaps so1 in the case of ,american and ,english fire-proof mediums2 but not so in ,thibet and ,india4 ,in the ,west a 8sensitive0 has to be entranced before being rendered invulnerable by the presiding 8guides10 and we defy any 8medium10 in his or her normal physical state to bury #ddf the arms to the elbows in glowing coals4 ,but in the ,east1 whether the performer be a holy lama or a mercenary sorcerer 7the latter class being generally termed 8jugglers07 he needs no preparation or abnormal state to be able to handle fire1 red-hot pieces of iron1 or melted lead4 ,we have seen in ,southern ,india these 8jugglers0 keep their hands in a furnace of burning coals until the latter were reduced to cinders4 ,during the religious ceremony of ,siva-,rtri1 or the vigil-night of ,siva1 when the people spend whole nights in watching and praying1 some of the ,sivaites called in a ,tamil juggler1 who produced the most wonderful phenomena by simply summoning to his help a spirit whom they call ,kutti-,sttan--the little demon4 ,but1 far from allowing people to think he was guided or 8controlled0 by this gnome--for it was a gnome1 if it was anything--the man1 while crouching over his fiery pit1 proudly rebuked a ,catholic missionary1 who took his opportunity to inform the by-standers that the miserable sinner 8had sold himself to ,satan40 ,without removing his hands and arms from the burning coals within which he was coolly refreshing them1 the ,tamil only turned his head and gave one arrogant look at the flushed missionary4 8,my father and my father's father10 he said1 8had this #8little one' at their command4 ,for two centuries the ,kutti is a faithful servant in our home1 and now1 sir1 you would make people believe that he is my master6 ,but they know better40 ,after this1 he quietly withdrew his hands from the fire1 and proceeded with other performances4 ,as for the wonderful powers of prediction and clairvoyance possessed by certain ,brahmans1 they are well known to every ,european resident of ,india4 ,if these upon their return to 8civilized0 countries1 laugh at such stories1 and sometimes even deny them outright1 they only impugn their good faith1 not the fact4 ,these ,brahmans live principally in 8sacred villages10 and secluded places1 principally on the western coast of ,india4 ,they avoid populated cities1 and especially ,europeans1 and it is but rarely that the latter can succeed in making themselves intimate with the 8seers40 ,it is generally thought that the circumstance is due to their religious observance of the caste2 but we are firmly convinced that in many cases this is not so4 ,years1 perhaps centuries1 will roll away before the real reason is ascertained4 ,as to the lower castes1 some of which are termed by the missionaries devil-worshippers1 notwithstanding the pious efforts on the part of the ,catholic missionaries to spread in ,europe heart-rending reports of the misery of these people 8sold to the ,arch-,enemy20 and like efforts1 perhaps only a trifle less ridiculous and absurd1 of ,protestant missionaries1 the word devil1 in the sense understood by ,christians1 is a nonentity for them4 ,they believe in good and bad spirits2 but they neither worship nor dread the ,devil4 ,their 8worship0 is simply a #ddg ceremonial precaution against 8terrestrial0 and human spirits1 whom they dread far more than the millions of elementals of various forms4 ,they use all kinds of music1 incense1 and perfumes1 in their efforts to drive away the 8bad spirits0 7the elementary74 ,in this case1 they are no more to be ridiculed than the well-known scientist1 a firm spiritualist1 who suggested the keeping of vitriol and powdered nitre in the room to keep away 8unpleasant spirits20 and no more than he1 are they wrong in so doing2 for the experience of their ancestors1 extending over many thousands of years has taught them how to proceed against this vile 8spiritual horde40 ,that they are human spirits is shown by the fact that very often they try to humor and propitiate the 8larv0 of their own daughters and relatives1 when they have reason to suspect that the latter did not die in the odor of sanctity and chastity4 ,such spirits they name 8,kanni10 bad virgins4 ,the case was noticed by several missionaries2 ,rev4 ,e4 ,lewis1#fhc among others4 ,but these pious gentlemen usually insist upon it that they worship devils1 whereas1 they do nothing of the sort2 for they merely try to remain on good terms with them in order to be left unmolested4 ,they offer them cakes and fruit1 and various kinds of food which they liked while alive1 for many of them have experienced the wickedness of these returning 8dead ones10 whose persecutions are sometimes dreadful4 ,on this principle likewise they act toward the spirits of all wicked men4 ,they leave on their tombs1 if they were buried1 or near the place where their remains were burnt1 food and liquors1 with the object of keeping them near these places1 and with the idea that these vampires will be prevented thereby from returning to their homes4 ,this is no worship2 it is rather a spiritualism of a practical sort4 ,until #ahfa1 there prevailed a custom among the ,hindus of mutilating the feet of executed murderers1 under the firm belief that thereby the disembodied soul would be prevented from wandering and doing more mischief4 ,subsequently1 they were prohibited1 by the police1 from continuing the practice4 ,another good reason why the ,hindus should not worship the 8,devil0 is that they have no word to convey such a meaning4 ,they call these spirits 8pttm10 which answers rather to our 8spook10 or malicious imp2 another expression they use is 8pey0 and the ,sanscrit pessu1 both meaning ghosts or 8returning ones0 perhaps goblins1 in some cases4 ,the pttm are the most terrible1 for they are literally 8haunting spooks10 who return on earth to torment the living4 ,they are believed to visit generally the places where their bodies were burnt4 ,the 8fire0 or 8,siva-spirits0 are identical with the ,rosicrucian gnomes and salamanders2 for they are pictured as dwarfs of a fiery appearance1 #ddh living in earth and fire4 ,the ,ceylonese demon called ,dewel is a stout smiling female figure with a white ,elizabethan frill around the neck and a red jacket4 ,as ,dr4 ,warton justly observes3 8,there is no character more strictly ,oriental than the dragons of romance and fiction2 they are intermixed with every tradition of early date and of themselves confer a species of illustrative evidence of origin40 ,in no writings are these characters more marked1 than in the details of ,buddhism2 these record particulars of the ,nagas1 or kingly snakes1 inhabiting the cavities under the earth1 corresponding with the abodes of ,tiresias and the ,greek seers1 a region of mystery and darkness1 wherein revolves much of the system of divination and oracular response1 connected with inflation1 or a sort of possession1 designating the spirit of ,python himself1 the dragon-serpent slain by ,apollo4 ,but the ,buddhists no more believe in the devil of the ,christian system--that is1 an entity as distinct from humanity as the ,deity itself--than the ,hindus4 ,buddhists teach that there are inferior gods who have been men either on this or another planet1 but still who were men4 ,they believe in the ,nagas1 who had been sorcerers on earth1 bad people1 and who give the power to other bad and yet living men to blight all the fruit they look upon1 and even human lives4 ,when a ,cinghalese has the reputation that if he looks on a tree or on a person both will wither and die1 he is said to have the ,naga-,raja1 or king-serpent on him4 ,the whole endless catalogue of bad spirits are not devils in the sense the ,christian clergy wants us to understand1 but merely spiritually incarnated sins1 crimes1 and human thoughts1 if we may so express it4 ,the blue1 green1 yellow1 and purple god-demons1 like the inferior gods of ,jugandere1 are more of the kind of presiding genii1 and many are as good and beneficient as the ,nat deities themselves1 although the ,nats reckon in their numbers1 giants1 evil genii1 and the like which inhabit the desert of ,mount ,jugandere4 ,the true doctrine of ,buddha says that the demons1 when nature produced the sun1 moon1 and stars1 were human beings1 but1 on account of their sins1 they fell from the state of felicity4 ,if they commit greater sins1 they suffer greater punishments1 and condemned men are reckoned by them among the devils2 while1 on the contrary1 demons who die 7elemental spirits7 and are born or incarnated as men1 and commit no more sin1 can arrive at the state of celestial felicity4 ,which is a demonstration1 remarks ,edward ,upham1 in his ,history and ,doctrine of ,buddhism1 that all beings1 divine as well as human1 are subject to the laws of transmigration1 which are operative on all1 according to a scale of moral deeds4 ,this faith then1 is a complete test of a code of moral enactments and motives1 applied to the regulation and government #ddi of man an experiment1 he adds1 8which renders the study of ,buddhism an important and curious subject for the philosopher40 ,the ,hindus believe1 as firmly as the ,servians or ,hungarians1 in vampires4 ,furthermore1 their doctrine is that of ,pierart1 the famous ,french spiritist and mesmerizer1 whose school flourished some dozen years ago4 8,the fact of a spectre returning to suck human blood10 says this ,doctor1#fhd 8is not so inexplicable as it seems1 and here we appeal to the spiritualists who admit the phenomenon of bicorporeity or soul-duplication4 ,the hands which we have pressed 444 these #8materialized' limbs1 so palpable 444 prove clearly how much is possible for astral spectres under favorable conditions40 ,the honorable physician expresses the theory of the kabalists4 ,the ,shadim are the lowest of the spiritual orders4 ,maimonides1 who tells us that his countrymen were obliged to maintain an intimate intercourse with their departed ones1 describes the feast of blood they held on such occasions4 ,they dug a hole1 and fresh blood was poured in1 over which was placed a table2 after which the 8spirits0 came and answered all their questions4#fhe ,pierart1 whose doctrine was founded on that of the theurgists1 exhibits a warm indignation against the superstition of the clergy which requires1 whenever a corpse is suspected of vampirism1 that a stake should be driven through the heart4 ,so long as the astral form is not entirely liberated from the body there is a liability that it may be forced by magnetic attraction to renter it4 ,sometimes it will be only half-way out1 when the corpse1 which presents the appearance of death1 is buried4 ,in such cases the terrified astral soul violently renters its casket2 and then1 one of two things happens--either the unhappy victim will writhe in the agonizing torture of suffocation1 or1 if he had been grossly material1 he becomes a vampire4 ,the bicorporeal life begins2 and these unfortunate buried cataleptics sustain their miserable lives by having their astral bodies rob the life-blood from living persons4 ,the thereal form can go wherever it pleases2 and so long as it does not break the link which attaches it to the body1 it is at liberty to wander about1 either visible or invisible1 and feed on human victims4 8,according to all appearance1 this #8spirit' then transmits through a mysterious and invisible cord of connection1 which perhaps1 some day may be explained1 the results of the suction to the material body which lies inert at the bottom of the tomb1 aiding it1 in a manner1 to perpetuate the state of catalepsy40#fhf ,brierre de ,boismont gives a number of such cases1 fully authenticated1 #dej which he is pleased to term 8hallucinations40 ,a recent inquest1 says a ,french paper1 8has established that in #ahga two corpses were submitted to the infamous treatment of popular superstition1 at the instigation of the clergy 444 ,o blind prejudice60 ,but ,dr4 ,pierart1 quoted by des ,mousseaux1 who stoutly adheres to vampirism1 exclaims3 8,blind1 you say8 ,yes1 blind1 as much as you like4 ,but whence sprang these prejudices8 ,why are they perpetuated in all ages1 and in so many countries8 ,after a crowd of facts of vampirism so often proved1 should we say that there are no more and that they never had a foundation8 ,nothing comes of nothing4 ,every belief1 every custom springs from facts and causes which gave it birth4 ,if one had never seen appear1 in the bosom of families of certain countries1 beings clothing themselves in the shape of the familiar dead1 coming thus to suck the blood of one or of several persons1 and if the death of the victims by emaciation had not followed1 they would never have gone to disinter the corpses in cemeteries2 we would never have had attested the incredible fact of persons buried for several years being found with the corpse soft1 flexible1 the eyes open1 with rosy complexions1 the mouth and nose full of blood1 and of the blood running in torrents under blows1 from wounds1 and when decapitated40#fhg ,one of the most important examples of vampirism figures in the private letters of the philosopher1 the ,marquis d',argens2 and1 in the ,revue ,britannique1 for ,march1 #ahcg1 the ,english traveller ,pashley describes some that came under his notice in the island of ,candia4 ,dr4 ,jobard1 the anti-,catholic and anti-spiritual ,belgian savant1 testifies to similar experiences4#fhh 8,i will not examine10 wrote the ,bishop d',avranches ,huet1 8whether the facts of vampirism1 which are constantly being reported1 are true1 or the fruit of a popular error2 but it is certain that they are testified to by so many authors1 able and trustworthy1 and by so many eye-witnesses1 that no one ought to decide upon the question without a good deal of caution40#fhi ,the chevalier1 who went to great pains to collect materials for his demonological theory1 brings the most thrilling instances to prove that all such cases are produced by the ,devil1 who uses graveyard corpses with which to clothe himself1 and roams at night sucking people's blood4 ,methinks we could do very well without bringing this dusky personage upon the scene4 ,if we are to believe at all in the return of spirits1 there are plenty of wicked sensualists1 misers1 and sinners #dea of other descriptions--especially suicides1 who could have rivalled the ,devil himself in malice in his best days4 ,it is quite enough to be actually forced to believe in what we do see1 and know to be a fact1 namely spirits1 without adding to our ,pantheon of ghosts the ,devil--whom nobody ever saw4 ,still1 there are interesting particulars to be gathered in relation to vampirism1 since belief in this phenomenon has existed in all countries1 from the remotest ages4 ,the ,slavonian nations1 the ,greeks1 the ,wallachians1 and the ,servians would rather doubt the existence of their enemies1 the ,turks1 than the fact that there are vampires4 ,the broucolk1 or vourdalak1 as the latter are called1 are but too familiar guests at the ,slavonian fireside4 ,writers of the greatest ability1 men as full of sagacity as of high integrity1 have treated of the subject and believed in it4 ,whence1 then1 such a superstition8 ,whence that unanimous credence throughout the ages1 and whence that identity in details and similarity of description as to that one particular phenomenon which we find in the testimony--generally sworn evidence--of peoples foreign to each other and differing widely in matters concerning other superstitions4 8,there are10 says ,dom ,calmet1 a skeptical ,benedictine monk of the last century1 8two different ways to destroy the belief in these pretended ghosts4444 ,the first would be to explain the prodigies of vampirism by physical causes4 ,the second way is to deny totally the truth of all such stories2 and the latter plan would be undoubtedly the most certain1 as the most wise40#fij ,the first way--that of explaining it by physical1 though occult causes1 is the one adopted by the ,pierart school of mesmerism4 ,it is certainly not the spiritualists who have a right to doubt the plausibility of this explanation4 ,the second plan is that adopted by scientists and skeptics4 ,they deny point-blank4 ,as des ,mousseaux remarks1 there is no better or surer way1 and none exacts less of either philosophy or science4 ,the spectre of a village herdsman1 near ,kodom1 in ,bavaria1 began appearing to several inhabitants of the place1 and either in consequence of their fright or some other cause1 every one of them died during the following week4 ,driven to despair1 the peasants disinterred the corpse1 and pinned it to the ground with a long stake4 ,the same night he appeared again1 plunging people into convulsions of fright1 and suffocating several of them4 ,then the village authorities delivered the body into the hands of the executioner1 who carried it to a neighboring field and burned it4 8,the corpse10 says des ,mousseaux1 quoting ,dom ,calmet1 8howled like a madman1 kicking and tearing as if #deb he had been alive4 ,when he was run through again with sharp-pointed stakes1 he uttered piercing cries1 and vomited masses of crimson blood4 ,the apparitions of this spectre ceased only after the corpse had been reduced to ashes40#fia ,officers of justice visited the places said to be so haunted2 the bodies were exhumed1 and in nearly every case it was observed that the corpse suspected of vampirism looked healthy and rosy1 and the flesh was in no way decaying4 ,the objects which had belonged to these ghosts were observed moving about the house without any one touching them4 ,but the legal authorities generally refused to resort to cremation and beheading before they had observed the strictest rules of legal procedure4 ,witnesses were summoned to appear1 and evidence was heard and carefully weighed4 ,after that the exhumed corpses were examined2 and if they exhibited the unequivocal and characteristic signs of vampirism1 they were handed over to the executioner4 8,but10 argues ,dom ,calmet1#fib 8the principal difficulty consists in learning how these vampires can quit their tombs1 and how they renter them1 without appearing to have disturbed the earth in the least2 how is it that they are seen with their usual clothing2 how can they go about1 and walk1 and eat8444 ,if this is all imagination on the part of those who believe themselves molested by such vampires1 how happens it that the accused ghosts are subsequently found in their graves 444 exhibiting no signs of decay1 full of blood1 supple and fresh8 ,how explain the cause of their feet found muddy and covered with dirt on the day following the night they had appeared and frightened their neighbors1 while nothing of the sort was ever found on other corpses buried in the same cemetery8#fic ,how is it again that once burned they never reappear8 and that these cases should happen so often in this country that it is found impossible to cure people from this prejudice2 for1 instead of being destroyed1 daily experience only fortifies the superstition in the people1 and increases belief in it40#fid ,there is a phenomenon in nature unknown1 and therefore rejected by physiology and psychology in our age of unbelief4 ,this phenomenon is a state of half-death4 ,virtually1 the body is dead2 and1 in cases of persons in whom matter does not predominate over spirit and wickedness not so great as to destroy spirituality1 if left alone1 their astral soul will disengage itself by gradual efforts1 and1 when the last #dec link is broken1 it finds itself separated forever from its earthly body4 ,equal magnetic polarity will violently repulse the ethereal man from the decaying organic mass4 ,the whole difficulty lies in that #a1 the ultimate moment of separation between the two is believed to be that when the body is declared dead by science2 and #b1 a prevailing unbelief in the existence of either soul or spirit in man1 by the same science4 ,pierart tries to demonstrate that in every case it is dangerous to bury people too soon1 even though the body may show undoubted signs of putrefaction4 8,poor dead cataleptics10 says the doctor1 8buried as if quite dead1 in cold and dry spots where morbid causes are incapable to effect the destruction of their bodies1 their 7astral7 spirit enveloping itself with a fluidic body 7ethereal7 is prompted to quit the precincts of its tomb1 and to exercise on living beings acts peculiar to physical life1 especially that of nutrition1 the result of which1 by a mysterious link between soul and body1 which spiritualistic science will explain some day1 is forwarded to the material body lying still in its tomb1 and the latter thus helped to perpetuate its vital existence40#fie ,these spirits1 in their ephemeral bodies1 have been often seen coming out from the graveyard2 they are known to have clung to their living neighbors1 and have sucked their blood4 ,judicial inquiry has established that from this resulted an emaciation of the victimized persons1 which often terminated in death4 ,thus1 following the pious advice of ,dom ,calmet1 we must either go on denying1 or1 if human and legal testimonies are worth anything1 accept the only explanation possible4 8,that souls departed are embodied in arial or therial vehicles is most fully and plainly proved by those excellent men1 ,dr4 ,c4 and ,dr4 ,more10 says ,glanvil1 8and they have largely shown that this was the doctrine of the greatest philosophers and most ancient and aged fathers40#fif ,grres1 the ,german philosopher1 says to the same effect1 that 8,god never created man as a dead corpse1 but as an animal full of life4 ,once ,he had thus produced him1 finding him ready to receive the immortal breath1 ,he breathed him in the face1 and thus man became a double masterpiece in ,his hands4 ,it is in the centre of life itself that this mysterious insufflation took place in the first man 7race872 and thence were united the animal soul issued from earth1 and the spirit emanating from heaven40#fig ,des ,mousseaux1 in company with other ,roman ,catholic writers1 exclaims3 8,this proposition is utterly anti-,catholic60 ,well1 and suppose it is8 #ded ,it may be archi-anti-,catholic1 and still be logic1 and offer a solution for many a psychological puzzle4 ,the sun of science and philosophy shines for every one2 and if ,catholics1 who hardly number one-seventh part of the population of the globe1 do not feel satisfied1 perhaps the many millions of people of other religions who outnumber them1 will4 ,and now1 before parting with this repulsive subject of vampirism1 we will give one more illustration1 without other voucher than the statement that it was given to us by apparently trustworthy witnesses4 ,about the beginning of the present century1 there occurred in ,russia1 one of the most frightful cases of vampirism on record4 ,the governor of the ,province of ,tch---- was a man of about sixty years1 of a malicious1 tyrannical1 cruel1 and jealous disposition4 ,clothed with despotic authority1 he exercised it without stint1 as his brutal instincts prompted4 ,he fell in love with the pretty daughter of a subordinate official4 ,although the girl was betrothed to a young man whom she loved1 the tyrant forced her father to consent to his having her marry him2 and the poor victim1 despite her despair1 became his wife4 ,his jealous disposition exhibited itself4 ,he beat her1 confined her to her room for weeks together1 and prevented her seeing any one except in his presence4 ,he finally fell sick and died4 ,finding his end approaching1 he made her swear never to marry again2 and with fearful oaths1 threatened that1 in case she did1 he would return from his grave and kill her4 ,he was buried in the cemetery across the river2 and the young widow experienced no further annoyance1 until1 nature getting the better of her fears1 she listened to the importunities of her former lover1 and they were again betrothed4 ,on the night of the customary betrothal-feast1 when all had retired1 the old mansion was aroused by shrieks proceeding from her room4 ,the doors were burst open1 and the unhappy woman was found lying on her bed1 in a swoon4 ,at the same time a carriage was heard rumbling out of the courtyard4 ,her body was found to be black and blue in places1 as from the effect of pinches1 and from a slight puncture on her neck drops of blood were oozing4 ,upon recovering1 she stated that her deceased husband had suddenly entered her room1 appearing exactly as in life1 with the exception of a dreadful pallor2 that he had upbraided her for her inconstancy1 and then beaten and pinched her most cruelly4 ,her story was disbelieved2 but the next morning1 the guard stationed at the other end of the bridge which spans the river1 reported that1 just before midnight1 a black coach and six had driven furiously past them1 toward the town1 without answering their challenge4 ,the new governor1 who disbelieved the story of the apparition1 took nevertheless the precaution of doubling the guards across the bridge4 #dee ,the same thing happened1 however1 night after night2 the soldiers declaring that the toll-bar at their station near the bridge would rise of itself1 and the spectral equipage sweep by them despite their efforts to stop it4 ,at the same time every night1 the coach would rumble into the courtyard of the house2 the watchers1 including the widow's family1 and the servants1 would be thrown into a heavy sleep2 and every morning the young victim would be found bruised1 bleeding1 and swooning as before4 ,the town was thrown into consternation4 ,the physicians had no explanations to offer2 priests came to pass the night in prayer1 but as midnight approached1 all would be seized with the terrible lethargy4 ,finally1 the archbishop of the province came1 and performed the ceremony of exorcism in person1 but the following morning the governor's widow was found worse than ever4 ,she was now brought to death's door4 ,the governor was finally driven to take the severest measures to stop the ever-increasing panic in the town4 ,he stationed fifty ,cossacks along the bridge1 with orders to stop the spectre-carriage at all hazards4 ,promptly at the usual hour1 it was heard and seen approaching from the direction of the cemetery4 ,the officer of the guard1 and a priest bearing a crucifix1 planted themselves in front of the toll-bar1 and together shouted3 8,in the name of ,god1 and the ,czar1 who goes there80 ,out of the coach-window was thrust a well-remembered head1 and a familiar voice responded3 8,the ,privy ,councillor of ,state and ,governor1 ,c----60 ,at the same moment1 the officer1 the priest1 and the soldiers were flung aside as by an electric shock1 and the ghostly equipage passed by them1 before they could recover breath4 ,the archbishop then resolved1 as a last expedient1 to resort to the time-honored plan of exhuming the body1 and pinning it to the earth with an oaken stake driven through its heart4 ,this was done with great religious ceremony in the presence of the whole populace4 ,the story is that the body was found gorged with blood1 and with red cheeks and lips4 ,at the instant that the first blow was struck upon the stake1 a groan issued from the corpse1 and a jet of blood spurted high into the air4 ,the archbishop pronounced the usual exorcism1 the body was renterred1 and from that time no more was heard of the vampire4 ,how far the facts of this case may have been exaggerated by tradition1 we cannot say4 ,but we had it years ago from an eye-witness2 and at the present day there are families in ,russia whose elder members will recall the dreadful tale4 ,as to the statement found in medical books that there are frequent cases of inhumation while the subjects are but in a cataleptic state1 and the persistent denials of specialists that such things happen1 except very rarely1 we have but to turn to the daily press of every #def country to find the horrid fact substantiated4 ,the ,rev4 ,h4 ,r4 ,haweis1 ,m4 ,a41 author of ,ashes to ,ashes1#fih enumerates in his work1 written in advocacy of cremation1 some very distressing cases of premature burial4 ,on page forty-six occurs the following dialogue3 8,but do you know of many cases of premature burial80 8,undoubtedly ,i do4 ,i will not say that in our temperate climate they are frequent1 but they do occur4 ,hardly a graveyard is opened but coffins are found containing bodies not only turned1 but skeletons contorted in the last hopeless struggle for life underground4 ,the turning may be due to some clumsy shaking of the coffin1 but not the contortion40 ,after this he proceeds to give the following recent cases3 8,at ,bergerac 7,dordogne71 in #ahdb1 the patient took a sleeping draught 444 but he woke not4444 ,they bled him1 and he woke not4444 ,at last they declared him to be dead1 and buried him4 ,after a few days1 remembering the sleeping draught1 they opened the grave4 ,the body had turned and struggled40 8,the ,sunday ,times1 ,december #cj1 #ahch1 relates that at ,tonneins1 ,lower ,garonne1 a man was buried1 when an indistinct noise proceeded from the coffin2 the reckless grave-digger fled4444 ,the coffin was hauled up and burst open4 ,a face stiffened in terror and despair1 a torn winding-sheet1 contorted limbs1 told the sad truth--too late40 8,the ,times1 ,may1 #ahgd1 states that in ,august of #ahgc1 a young lady died soon after her marriage4444 ,within a year the husband married again1 and the mother of his first bride resolved to remove her daughter's body to ,marseilles4 ,they opened the vault and found the poor girl's body prostrate1 her hair dishevelled1 her shroud torn to pieces40#fii ,as we will have to refer to the subject once more in connection with ,bible miracles1 we will leave it for the present1 and return to magical phenomena4 ,if we were to give a full description of the various manifestations which take place among adepts in ,india and other countries1 we might fill volumes1 but this would be profitless1 as there would remain no space for explanation4 ,therefore we select in preference such as either find their parallels in modern phenomena or are authenticated by legal inquiry4 ,horst tried to present an idea of certain ,persian spirits to his readers1 and failed2 for the bare mention of some of them is calculated to set the brains of a believer in a whirl4 ,there are the ,devs and their specialities2 the ,darwands and their gloomy tricks2 the ,shadim and ,djinnas2 the whole vast legion of spirits1 demons1 goblins1 #deg and elves of the ,persian calendar2 and1 on the other hand1 the ,jewish ,seraphim1 ,cherubim1 ,izeds1 ,amshaspands1 ,sephiroth1 ,malachim1 ,elohim2 and1 adds ,horst1 8the millions of astral and elementary spirits1 of intermediary spirits1 ghosts1 and imaginary beings of all races and colors40#gjj ,but the majority of these spirits have naught to do with the phenomena consciously and deliberately produced by the ,eastern magicians4 ,the latter repudiate such an accusation and leave to sorcerers the help even of elemental spirits and the elementary spooks4 ,the adept has an unlimited power over both1 but he rarely uses it4 ,for the production of physical phenomena he summons the nature-spirits as obedient powers1 not as intelligences4 ,as we always like to strengthen our arguments by testimonies other than our own1 it may be well to present the opinion of a daily paper1 the ,boston ,herald1 as to phenomena in general and mediums in particular4 ,having encountered sad failures with some dishonest persons1 who may or may not be mediumistic1 the writer went to the trouble of ascertaining as to some wonders said to be produced in ,india1 and compares them with those of modern thaumaturgy4 8,the medium of the present day10 he says1 8bears a closer resemblance1 in methods and manipulations1 to the well-known conjurer of history1 than any other representative of the magic art4 ,how far short he still remains of the performances of his prototypes is illustrated below4 ,in #afae a delegation of highly-educated and distinguished men from the ,english ,east ,india ,company visited the ,emperor ,jehangire4 ,while on their mission they witnessed many most wonderful performances1 almost causing them to discredit their senses1 and far beyond any hint even of solution4 ,a party of ,bengalese conjurers and jugglers1 showing their art before the emperor1 were desired to produce upon the spot1 and from seed1 ten mulberry trees4 ,they immediately planted ten seeds1 which1 in a few minutes produced as many trees4 ,the ground divided over the spot where a seed was planted1 tiny leaves appeared1 at once followed by slender shoots1 which rapidly gained elevation1 putting out leaves and twigs and branches1 finally spreading wide in the air1 budding1 blossoming and yielding fruit1 which matured upon the spot1 and was found to be excellent4 ,and this before the beholder had turned away his eyes4 ,fig1 almond1 mango1 and walnut trees were at the same time under like conditions produced1 yielding the fruit which belonged to each4 ,wonder succeeded wonder4 ,the branches were filled with birds of beautiful plumage flitting about among the leaves and singing sweet notes4 ,the leaves turned to russet1 fell from their places1 branches #deh and twigs withered1 and finally the trees sank back into the earth1 out of which they had all sprang within the hour4 8,another had a bow and about fifty steel-pointed arrows4 ,he shot an arrow into the air1 when1 lo6 the arrow became fixed in space at a considerable height4 ,another and another arrow was sent off1 each fixing itself in the shaft of the preceding1 until all formed a chain of arrows in the air1 excepting the last shot1 which1 striking the chain1 brought the whole to the ground in detachments4 8,they set up two common tents facing each other1 and about a bowshot apart4 ,these tents were critically examined by the spectators1 as are the cabinets of the mediums1 and pronounced empty4 ,the tents were fastened to the ground all around4 ,the lookers-on were then invited to choose what animals or birds they would have issue from these tents to engage in a battle4 ,khaun-e-,jahaun incredulously asked to see a fight between ostriches4 ,in a few minutes an ostrich came out from each tent1 rushed to combat with deadly earnestness1 and from them the blood soon began to stream2 but they were so nearly matched that neither could win the victory1 and they were at last separated by the conjurers and conveyed within the tents4 ,after this the varied demands of the spectators for birds and animals were exactly complied with1 always with the same results4 8,a large cauldron was set1 and into it a quantity of rice thrown4 ,without the sign of fire this rice soon began to boil1 and out from the cauldron was taken more than one hundred platters of cooked rice1 with a stewed fowl at the top of each4 ,this trick is performed on a smaller scale by the most ordinary fakirs of the present day4 8,but space fails to give opportunity for illustrating1 from the records of the past1 how the miserably tame performances--by comparison--of the mediums of the present day were pale and overshadowed by those of other days and more adroit peoples4 ,there is not a wonderful feature in any of the so-called phenomena or manifestations which was not1 nay1 which is not now more than duplicated by other skilful performers1 whose connection with earth1 and earth alone1 is too evident to be doubted1 even if the fact was not supported by their own testimony40 ,it is an error to say that fakirs or jugglers will always claim that they are helped by spirits4 ,in quasi-religious evocations1 such as ,jacolliot's ,kovindasami is described to have produced before this ,french gentleman1 when the parties desire to see real 8spiritual0 manifestations1 they will resort to ,pitris1 their disembodied ancestors1 and other pure spirits4 ,these they can evoke but through prayer4 ,as to all other phenomena1 they are produced by the magician and fakir at will4 ,notwithstanding the state of apparent abjectness in #dei which the latter lives1 he is often an initiate of the temples1 and is as well acquainted with occultism as his richer brethren4 ,the ,chaldeans1 whom ,cicero counts among the oldest magicians1 placed the basis of all magic in the inner powers of man's soul1 and by the discernment of magic properties in plants1 minerals1 and animals4 ,by the aid of these they performed the most wonderful 8miracles40 ,magic1 with them1 was synonymous with religion and science4 ,it is but later that the religious myths of the ,magdean dualism1 disfigured by ,christian theology and euhemerized by certain fathers of the ,church1 assumed the disgusting shape in which we find them expounded by such ,catholic writers as des ,mousseaux4 ,the objective reality of the medival incubus and succubus1 that abominable superstition of the middle ages which cost so many human lives1 advocated by this author in a whole volume1 is the monstrous production of religious fanaticism and epilepsy4 ,it can have no objective form2 and to attribute its effects to the ,devil is blasphemy3 implying that ,god1 after creating ,satan1 would allow him to adopt such a course4 ,if we are forced to believe in vampirism1 it is on the strength of two irrefragable propositions of occult psychological science3 #a4 ,the astral soul is a separable distinct entity of our ego1 and can roam far away from the body without breaking the thread of life4 #b4 ,the corpse is not utterly dead1 and while it can yet be rentered by its tenant1 the latter can gather sufficient material emanations from it to enable itself to appear in a quasi-terrestrial shape4 ,but to uphold1 with des ,mousseaux and de ,mirville1 that the ,devil1 whom the ,catholics endow with a power which1 in antagonism1 equals that of the ,supreme ,deity1 transforms himself into wolves1 snakes1 and dogs1 to satisfy his lust and procreate monsters1 is an idea within which lie hidden the germs of devil-worship1 lunacy1 and sacrilege4 ,the ,catholic ,church1 which not only teaches us to believe in this monstrous fallacy1 but forces her missionaries to preach such a dogma1 need not revolt against the devil-worship of some ,parsee and ,south ,india sects4 ,quite the reverse2 for when we hear the ,yezides repeat the well-known proverb3 8,keep friends with the demons2 give them your property1 your blood1 your service1 and you need not care about ,god--,he will not harm you10 we find him but consistent with his belief and reverential to the ,supreme2 his logic is sound and rational2 he reveres ,god too deeply to imagine that ,he who created the universe and its laws is able to hurt him1 poor atom2 but the demons are there2 they are imperfect1 and therefore he has good reasons to dread them4 ,therefore1 the ,devil1 in his various transformations1 can be but a fallacy4 ,when we imagine that we see1 and hear1 and feel him1 it is but too often the reflection of our own wicked1 depraved1 and polluted soul that we see1 hear1 and feel4 ,like attracts like1 they #dfj say2 thus1 according to the mood in which our astral form oozes out during the hours of sleep1 according to our thoughts1 pursuits1 and daily occupations1 all of which are fairly impressed upon the plastic capsule called the human soul1 the latter attracts around itself spiritual beings congenial to itself4 ,hence some dreams and visions that are pure and beautiful1 others fiendish and beastly4 ,the person awakes1 and either hastens to the confessional1 or laughs in callous indifference at the thought4 ,in the first case1 he is promised final salvation1 at the cost of some indulgences 7which he has to purchase from the church71 and perhaps a little taste of purgatory1 or even of hell4 ,what matter8 is he not safe to be eternal and immortal1 do what he may8 ,it is the ,devil4 ,away with him1 with bell1 book1 and holy sprinkler6 ,but the 8,devil0 comes back1 and often the true believer is forced to disbelieve in ,god1 when he clearly perceives that the ,devil has the best of his ,creator and ,master4 ,then he is left to the second emergency4 ,he remains indifferent1 and gives himself up entirely to the ,devil4 ,he dies1 and the reader has learned the sequel in the preceding chapters4 ,the thought is beautifully expressed by ,dr4 ,ennemoser3 8,religion did not here ,europe and ,china strike root so deeply as among the ,hindus10 says he1 arguing upon this superstition4 8,the spirit of the ,greeks and ,persians was more volatile4444 ,the philosophical idea in the good and bad principle1 and of the spiritual world 444 must have assisted tradition in forming visions of heavenly and hellish shapes1 and the most frightful distortions1 which in ,india were much more simply produced by a more enthusiastic fanaticism2 there the seer received by divine light2 here he lost himself in a multitude of outward objects1 with which he confounded his own identity4 ,convulsions1 accompanied by the mind's absence from the body1 in distant countries1 were here common1 for the imagination was less firm1 and also less spiritual4 8,the outward causes are also different2 the modes of life1 geographical position1 and artificial means producing various modifications4 ,the mode of life in ,western countries has always been very variable1 and therefore disturbs and distorts the occupation of the senses1 and the outward life is therefore reflected upon the inner dream-world4 ,the spirits1 therefore1 are of endless varieties of shape1 and incline men to gratify their passions1 showing them the means of so doing1 and descending even to the minutest particulars1 which was so far below the elevated natures of ,indian seers40 ,let the student of occult sciences make his own nature as pure and his thoughts as elevated as those of these ,indian seers1 and he may sleep unmolested by vampire1 incubus1 or succubus4 ,around the insensible form of such a sleeper the immortal spirit sheds a power divine that protects it from evil approaches1 as though it were a crystal wall4 8,hc murus neus esto3 nil conscire sibi1 nulla pallascere culpa40 ,,chapter ,,xiii4 #dfa 8,,alchymist4 ,thou always speakest riddles4 ,tell me if thou art that fountain of which ,bernard ,lord ,trevigan writ8 8,,mercury4 ,i am not that fountain1 but ,i am the water4 ,the fountain compasseth me about40 --,,sandivogius1 ,new ,light of ,alchymy4 8,all that we profess to do is this3 to find out the secrets of the human frame1 to know why the parts ossify and the blood stagnates1 and to apply continual preventatives to the effects of time4 ,this is not magic2 it is the art of medicine rightly understood40--,,bulwer-,,lytton4 8,lo1 warrior6 now the cross of ,red ,points to the grave of the mighty dead2 ,within it burns a wondrous light1 ,to chase the spirits that love the night4 ,that lamp shall burn unquenchably ,until the eternal doom shall be40 99 99 99 99 99 8,no earthly flame blazed e'er so bright40--,,sir ,,walter ,,scott4 ,there are persons whose minds would be incapable of appreciating the intellectual grandeur of the ancients1 even in physical science1 were they to receive the most complete demonstration of their profound learning and achievements4 ,notwithstanding the lesson of caution which more than one unexpected discovery has taught them1 they still pursue their old plan of denying1 and1 what is still worse1 of ridiculing that which they have no means of either proving or disproving4 ,so1 for instance1 they will pooh-pooh the idea of talismans having any efficacy one way or the other4 ,that the seven spirits of the ,apocalypse have direct relation to the seven occult powers in nature1 appears incomprehensible and absurd to their feeble intellects2 and the bare thought of a magician claiming to work wonders through certain kabalistic rites convulses them with laughter4 ,perceiving only a geometrical figure traced upon a paper1 a bit of metal1 or other substance1 they cannot imagine how any reasonable being should ascribe to either any occult potency4 ,but those who have taken the pains to inform themselves know that the ancients achieved as great discoveries in psychology as in physics1 and that their explorations left few secrets to be discovered4 ,for our part1 when we realize that a pentacle is a synthetic figure which expresses in concrete form a profound truth of nature1 we can see nothing more ridiculous in it than in the figures of ,euclid1 and nothing half so comical as the symbols in a modern work on chemistry4 ,what to the uninitiated reader can appear more absurd than that the #dfb symbol ,,na,,co--means soda6 and that ,c,h,o is but another way of writing alcohol6 ,how very amusing that the alchemists should express their ,azoth1 or creative principle of nature 7astral light71 by the symbol ,t ,o ----,a ,r,transcriber's note3 ,r upside-down1 ,a sideways which embraces three things3 #ast1 ,the divine hypothesis2 #b;d1 ,the philosophical synthesis2 #c;d1 ,the physical synthesis--that is to say1 a belief1 an idea1 and a force4 ,but how perfectly natural that a modern chemist who wishes to indicate to the students in his laboratory the reaction of a sodic-carbonate with cream-of-tartar in solution1 should employ the following symbol3 7,na,,co #b;,,hkc,h,o ,aq7 7#b,na,k,c,h,o ,h,o ,aq7 ,,co ,if the uninspired reader may be pardoned for looking aghast at this abracadabra of chemical science1 why should not its teachers restrain their mirth until they have learned the philosophical value of the symbolism of the ancients8 ,at least they might spare themselves from being as ridiculous as ,monsieur de ,mirville1 who1 confounding the ,azoth of the ,hermetic philosophers with the azote of the chemists1 asserted that the former worshipped nitrogen gas6#gja ,apply a piece of iron to a magnet1 and it becomes imbued with its subtile principle and capable of imparting it to other iron in its turn4 ,it neither weighs more nor appears different from what it was before4 ,and yet1 one of the most subtile potencies of nature has entered into its substance4 ,a talisman1 in itself perhaps a worthless bit of metal1 a scrap of paper1 or a shred of any fabric1 has nevertheless been imbued by the influence of that greatest of all magnets1 the human will1 with a potency for good or ill just as recognizable and as real in its effects as the subtile property which the iron acquired by contact with the physical magnet4 ,let the bloodhound snuff an article of clothing that has been worn by the fugitive1 and he will track him through swamp and forest to his hiding-place4 ,give one of ,professor ,buchanan's 8psychometers0 a manuscript1 no matter how old1 and he will describe to you the #dfc character of the writer1 and perhaps even his personal appearance4 ,hand a clairvoyant a lock of hair or some article that has been in contact with the person of whom it is desired to know something1 and she will come into sympathy with him so intimate that she may trace him through his whole life4 ,breeders tell us that young animals should not be herded with old ones2 and intelligent physicians forbid parents to have young children occupy their own beds4 ,when ,david was old and feeble his vital forces were recruited by having a young person brought in close contact with him so that he could absorb her strength4 ,the late ,empress of ,russia1 the sister of the present ,german ,emperor1 was so feeble the last years of her life that she was seriously advised by her physicians to keep in her bed at night a robust and healthy young peasant-girl4 ,whoever has read the description given by ,dr4 ,kerner of the ,seeress of ,prevost1 ,mme4 ,hauffe1 must well remember her words4 ,she repeatedly stated that she supported life merely on the atmosphere of the people surrounding her and their magnetic emanations1 which were quickened in an extraordinary way by her presence4 ,the seeress was very plainly a magnetic vampire1 who absorbed by drawing to herself the life of those who were strong enough to spare her their vitality in the shape of volatilized blood4 ,dr4 ,kerner remarks that these persons were all more or less affected by this forcible loss4 ,with these familiar illustrations of the possibility of a subtile fluid communicated from one individual to another1 or to substances which he touches1 it becomes less difficult to understand that by a determined concentration of the will an otherwise inert object may become imbued with protective or destructive power according to the purpose directing4 ,a magnetic emanation1 unconsciously produced1 is sure to be overpowered by any stronger one with which it may come into opposition4 ,but when an intelligent and powerful will directs the blind force1 and concentrates it upon a given spot1 the weaker emanation will often master the stronger4 ,a human will has the same effect on the ,aksa4 ,upon one occasion1 we witnessed in ,bengal an exhibition of will-power that illustrates a highly interesting phase of the subject4 ,an adept in magic made a few passes over a piece of common tin1 the inside of a dish-cover1 that lay conveniently by1 and while regarding it attentively for a few moments1 seemed to grasp the imponderable fluid by handfuls and throw it against the surface4 ,when the tin had been exposed to the full glare of light for about six seconds1 the bright surface was suddenly covered as with a film4 ,then patches of a darker hue began coming out on its surface2 and when in about three minutes the tin was handed back to us1 we found imprinted upon it a picture1 #dfd or rather a photograph1 of the landscape that stretched out before us2 faithful as nature itself1 and every color perfect4 ,it remained for about forty-eight hours and then slowly faded away4 ,this phenomenon is easily explained4 ,the will of the adept condensed upon the tin a film of aksa which made it for the time being like a sensitized photographic plate4 ,light did the rest4 ,such an exhibition as this of the potency of the will to effect even objective physical results1 will prepare the student to comprehend its efficacy in the cure of disease by imparting the desired virtue to inanimate objects which are placed in contact with the patient4 ,when we see such psychologists as ,maudsley#gjb quoting1 without contradiction1 the stories of some miraculous cures effected by ,swedenborg's father--stories which do not differ from hundreds of other cures by other 8fanatics0 as he calls them--magicians1 and natural healers1 and1 without attempting to explain their facts1 stooping to laugh at the intensity of their faith1 without asking himself whether the secret of that healing potency were not in the control given by that faith over occult forces--we grieve that there should be so much learning and so little philosophy1 in our time4 ,upon our word1 we cannot see that the modern chemist is any less a magician than the ancient theurgist or ,hermetic philosopher1 except in this3 that the latter1 recognizing the duality of nature1 had twice as wide a field for experimental research as the chemist4 ,the ancients animated statues1 and the ,hermetists called into being1 out of the elements1 the shapes of salamanders1 gnomes1 undines1 and sylphs1 which they did not pretend to create1 but simply to make visible by holding open the door of nature1 so that1 under favoring conditions1 they might step into view4 ,the chemist brings into contact two elements contained in the atmosphere1 and by developing a latent force of affinity1 creates a new body--water4 ,in the spheroidal and diaphanous pearls which are born of this union of gases1 come the germs of organic life1 and in their molecular interstices lurk heat1 electricity1 and light1 just as they do in the human body4 ,whence comes this life into the drop of water just born of the union of two gases8 ,and what is the water itself8 ,have the oxygen and hydrogen undergone some transformation which obliterates their qualities simultaneously with the obliteration of their form8 ,here is the answer of modern science3 8,whether the oxygen and hydrogen exist as such1 in the water1 or whether they are produced by some unknown and unconceived transformation of its substance1 is a question about which we may speculate1 but in regard to which we have no knowledge40#gjc ,knowing nothing about so simple a #dfe matter as the molecular constitution of water1 or the deeper problem of the appearance of life within it1 would it not be well for ,mr4 ,maudsley to exemplify his own principle1 and 8maintain a calm acquiescence in ignorance until light comes80#gjd ,the claims of the friends of esoteric science1 that ,paracelsus produced1 chemically1 homunculi from certain combinations as yet unknown to exact science1 are1 as a matter of course1 relegated to the storehouse of exploded humbugs4 ,but why should they8 ,if the homunculi were not made by ,paracelsus they were developed by other adepts1 and that not a thousand years ago4 ,they were produced1 in fact1 upon exactly the same principle as that by which the chemist and physicist calls to life his animalcula4 ,a few years ago1 an ,english gentleman1 ,andrew ,crosse1 of ,somersetshire1 produced acari in the following manner3 8,black flint burned to redness and reduced to powder was mixed with carbonate of potash1 and exposed to a strong heat for fifteen minutes2 and the mixture was poured into a blacklead crucible in an air furnace4 ,it was reduced to powder while warm1 mixed with boiling water2 kept boiling for some minutes1 and then hydrochloric acid was added to supersaturation4 ,after being exposed to voltaic action for twenty-six days1 a perfect insect of the acari tribe made its appearance1 and in the course of a few weeks about a hundred more4 ,the experiment was repeated with other chemical fluids with like results4 ,a ,mr4 ,weeks also produced the acari in ferrocyanide of potassium4 ,this discovery produced a great excitement4 ,mr4 ,crosse was now accused of impiety and aiming at creation4 ,he replied1 denying the implication and saying he considered 0to create was to form a something out of a nothing40#gje ,another gentleman1 considered by several persons as a man of great science1 has told us repeatedly that he was on the eve of proving that even unfructified eggs could be hatched by having a negative electric current caused to pass through them4 ,the mandrakes 7dudim or love-fruit7 found in the field by ,reuben1 ,jacob's son1 which excited the fancy of ,rachel1 was the kabalistic mandragora1 notwithstanding denial2 and the verses which refer to it belong to the crudest passages1 in their esoteric meaning1 of the whole work4 ,the mandrake is a plant having the rudimentary shape of a human creature2 with a head1 two arms1 and two legs forming roots4 ,the superstition that when pulled out of the ground it cries with a human voice1 is not utterly baseless4 ,it does produce a kind of squeaking #dff sound1 on account of the resinous substance of its root1 which it is rather difficult to extract2 and it has more than one hidden property in it perfectly unknown to the botanist4 ,the reader who would obtain a clear idea of the commutation of forces and the resemblance between the life-principles of plants1 animals1 and human beings1 may profitably consult a paper on the correlation of nervous and mental forces by ,professor ,alexander ,bain1 of the ,university of ,aberdeen4 ,this mandragora seems to occupy upon earth the point where the vegetable and animal kingdoms touch1 as the zophites and polypi do in the sea2 the boundary being in each case so indistinct as to make it almost imperceptible where the one ceases and the other begins4 ,it may seem improbable that there should be homunculi1 but will any naturalist1 in view of the recent expansion of science1 dare say it is impossible8 8,who10 says ,bain1 8is to limit the possibilities of existence80 ,the unexplained mysteries of nature are many and of those presumably explained hardly one may be said to have become absolutely intelligible4 ,there is not a plant or mineral which has disclosed the last of its properties to the scientists4 ,what do the naturalists know of the intimate nature of the vegetable and mineral kingdoms8 ,how can they feel confident that for every one of the discovered properties there may not be many powers concealed in the inner nature of the plant or stone8 ,and that they are only waiting to be brought in relation with some other plant1 mineral1 or force of nature to manifest themselves in what is termed a 8supernatural manner40 ,wherever ,pliny1 the naturalist1 lian1 and even ,diodorus1 who sought with such a laudable perseverance to extricate historical truth from its medley of exaggerations and fables1 have attributed to some plant or mineral an occult property unknown to our modern botanists and physicists1 their assertions have been laid aside without further ceremony as absurd1 and no more referred to4 ,it has been the speculation of men of science from time immemorial what this vital force or life-principle is4 ,to our mind the 8secret doctrine0 alone is able to furnish the clew4 ,exact science recognizes only five powers in nature--one molar1 and four molecular2 kabalists1 seven2 and in these two additional ones is enwrapped the whole mystery of life4 ,one of these is immortal spirit1 whose reflection is connected by invisible links even with inorganic matter2 the other1 we leave to every one to discover for himself4 ,says ,professor ,joseph ,le ,conte3 8,what is the nature of the difference between the living organism and the dead organism8 ,we can detect none1 physical or chemical4 ,all the physical and chemical forces withdrawn from the common fund of nature1 and embodied in the living #dfg organism1 seem to be still embodied in the dead1 until little by little it is returned by decomposition4 ,yet the difference is immense1 is inconceivably great4 ,what is the nature of this difference expressed in the formula of material science8 ,what is that that is gone1 and whither is it gone8 ,there is something here that science cannot yet understand4 ,yet it is just this loss which takes place in death1 and before decomposition1 which is in the highest sense vital force60#gjf ,difficult1 nay impossible1 as it seems to science to find out the invisible1 universal motor of all--,life1 to explain its nature1 or even to suggest a reasonable hypothesis for the same1 the mystery is but half a mystery1 not merely for the great adepts and seers1 but even for true and firm believers in a spiritual world4 ,to the simple believer1 unblessed with a personal organism1 the delicate1 nervous sensitiveness of which would enable him--as it enables a seer--to perceive the visible universe reflected as in a clear glass in the ,invisible one1 and1 as it were1 objectively1 there remains divine faith4 ,the latter is firmly rooted in his inner senses2 in his unerring intuition1 with which cold reason has naught to do1 he feels it cannot play him false4 ,let human-born1 erroneous dogmas1 and theological sophistry contradict each other2 let one crowd off the other1 and the subtile casuistry of one creed fell to the ground the crafty reasoning of another one2 truth remains one1 and there is not a religion1 whether ,christian or heathen1 that is not firmly built upon the rock of ages--,god and immortal spirit4 ,every animal is more or less endowed with the faculty of perceiving1 if not spirits1 at least something which remains for the time being invisible to common men1 and can only be discerned by a clairvoyant4 ,we have made hundreds of experiments with cats1 dogs1 monkeys of various kinds1 and1 once1 with a tame tiger4 ,a round black mirror1 known as the 8magic crystal10 was strongly mesmerized by a native ,hindu gentleman1 formerly an inhabitant of ,dindigul1 and now residing in a more secluded spot1 among the mountains known as the ,western ,ghauts4 ,he had tamed a young cub1 brought to him from the ,malabar coast1 in which part of ,india the tigers are proverbially ferocious2 and it is with this interesting animal that we made our experiments4 ,like the ancient ,marsi and ,psylli1 the renowned serpent-charmers1 this gentleman claimed to be possessed of the mysterious power of taming any kind of animal4 ,the tiger was reduced to a chronic mental numbness1 so to say2 he had become as inoffensive and harmless as a dog4 ,children could tease and pull him by the ears1 and he would only shake himself and howl like a dog4 ,but whenever forced to look into the 8magic #dfh mirror10 the poor animal was instantly excited to a sort of frenzy4 ,his eyes became full of a human terror2 howling in despair1 unable to turn away from the mirror to which his gaze seemed riveted as by a magnetic spell1 he would writhe and tremble till he convulsed with fear at some vision which to us remained unknown4 ,he would then lie down1 feebly groaning but still gazing in the glass4 ,when it was taken away from him1 the animal would lie panting and seemingly prostrated for about two hours4 ,what did he see8 ,what spirit-picture from his own invisible1 animal-world1 could produce such a terrific effect on the wild and naturally ferocious and daring beast8 ,who can tell8 ,perhaps he who produced the scene4 ,the same effect on animals was observed during spiritual seances with some holy mendicants2 the same when a ,syrian1 half-heathen and half-,christian1 from ,kunankulam 7,cochin ,state71 a reputed sorcerer1 who was invited to join us for the sake of experimenting4 ,we were nine persons in all--seven men and two women1 one of the latter a native4 ,besides us1 there were in the room1 the young tiger1 intensely occupied on a bone2 a wnderoo1 or lion-monkey1 which1 with its black coat and snow-white goatee and whiskers1 and cunning1 sparkling eyes1 looked the personification of mischief2 and a beautiful golden oriole1 quietly cleaning its radiant-colored tail on a perch1 placed near a large window of the veranda4 ,in ,india1 8spiritual0 seances are not held in the dark1 as in ,america2 and no conditions1 but perfect silence and harmony1 are required4 ,it was in the full glare of daylight streaming through the opened doors and windows1 with a far-away buzz of life from the neighboring forests1 and jungles sending us the echo of myriads of insects1 birds1 and animals4 ,we sat in the midst of a garden in which the house was built1 and instead of breathing the stifling atmosphere of a seance-room1 we were amid the fire-colored clusters of the erythrina--the coral tree--inhaling the fragrant aromas of trees and shrubs1 and the flowers of the bignonia1 whose white blossoms trembled in the soft breeze4 ,in short1 we were surrounded with light1 harmony1 and perfumes4 ,large nosegays of flowers and shrubs1 sacred to the native gods1 were gathered for the purpose1 and brought into the rooms4 ,we had the sweet basil1 the ,vishnu-flower1 without which no religious ceremony in ,bengal will ever take place2 and the branches of the ,ficus religiosa1 the tree dedicated to the same bright deity1 intermingling their leaves with the rosy blossoms of the sacred lotos and the ,indian tuberose1 profusely ornamented the walls4 ,while the 8blessed one0 represented by a very dirty1 but1 nevertheless1 really holy fakir--remained plunged in self-contemplation1 and some spiritual wonders were taking place under the direction of his will1 #dfi the monkey and the bird exhibited but few signs of restlessness4 ,the tiger alone visibly trembled at intervals1 and stared around the room1 as if his phosphorically-shining green orbs were following some invisible presence as it floated up and down4 ,that which was as yet unperceived by human eyes1 must have therefore been objective to him4 ,as to the wnderoo1 all its liveliness had fled2 it seemed drowsy1 and sat crouching and motionless4 ,the bird gave few1 if any1 signs of uneasiness4 ,there was a sound as of gently-flapping wings in the air2 the flowers went travelling about the room1 displaced by invisible hands2 and1 as a glorious azure-tinted flower fell on the folded paws of the monkey1 it gave a nervous start1 and sought refuge under its master's white robe4 ,these displays lasted for an hour1 and it would be too long to relate all of them2 the most curious of all1 being the one which closed that season of wonders4 ,somebody complaining of the heat1 we had a shower of delicately-perfumed dew4 ,the drops fell fast and large1 and conveyed a feeling of inexpressible refreshment1 drying the instant after touching our persons4 ,when the fakir had brought his exhibition of white magic to a close1 the 8sorcerer10 or conjurer1 as they are called1 prepared to display his power4 ,we were treated to a succession of the wonders that the accounts of travellers have made familiar to the public2 showing1 among other things1 the fact that animals naturally possess the clairvoyant faculty1 and even1 it would seem1 the ability to discern between the good and the bad spirits4 ,all of the sorcerer's feats were preceded by fumigations4 ,he burned branches of resinous trees and shrubs1 which sent up volumes of smoke4 ,although there was nothing about this calculated to affright an animal using only his natural eyes1 the tiger1 monkey1 and bird exhibited an indescribable terror4 ,we suggested that the animals might be frightened at the blazing brands1 the familiar custom of burning fires round the camp to keep off wild beasts1 recurring to our mind4 ,to leave no doubt upon this point1 the ,syrian approached the crouching tiger with a branch of the ,bael-tree#gjg 7sacred to ,siva71 and waved it several times over his head1 muttering1 meanwhile1 his incantations4 ,the brute instantly displayed a panic of terror beyond description4 ,his eyes started from their sockets like blazing fire-balls2 he foamed at the mouth2 he flung himself upon the floor1 as if seeking some hole in which to hide himself2 he uttered scream after scream1 that awoke a hundred responsive echoes from the jungle and the woods4 ,finally1 taking a last look at the spot from which his eyes had never wandered1 he made a desperate plunge1 which snapped his chain1 and dashed through the #dgj window of the veranda1 carrying a piece of the frame-work with him4 ,the monkey had fled long before1 and the bird fell from the perch as though paralyzed4 ,we did not ask either the fakir or sorcerer for an explanation of the method by which their respective phenomena were effected4 ,if we had1 unquestionably they would have replied as did a fakir to a ,french traveller1 who tells his story in a recent number of a ,new ,york newspaper1 called the ,franco-,americain1 as follows3 8,many of these ,hindu jugglers who live in the silence of the pagodas perform feats far surpassing the prestidigitations of ,robert ,houdin1 and there are many others who produce the most curious phenomena in magnetism and catalepsy upon the first objects that come across their way1 that ,i have often wondered whether the ,brahmans1 with their occult sciences1 have not made great discoveries in the questions which have recently been agitated in ,europe4 8,on one occasion1 while ,i and others were in a caf with ,sir ,maswell1 he ordered his dobochy to introduce the charmer4 ,in a few moments a lean ,hindu1 almost naked1 with an ascetic face and bronzed color entered4 ,around his neck1 arms1 thighs1 and body were coiled serpents of different sizes4 ,after saluting us1 he said1 #8,god be with you1 ,i am ,chibh-,chondor1 son of ,chibh-,gontnalh-,mava4' 8#8,we desire to see what you can do1' said our host4 8#8,i obey the orders of ,siva1 who has sent me here1' replied the fakir1 squatting down on one of the marble slabs4 8,the serpents raised their heads and hissed1 but without showing any anger4 ,then taking a small pipe1 attached to a wick in his hair1 he produced scarcely audible sounds1 imitating the tailapaca1 a bird that feeds upon bruised cocoanuts4 ,here the serpents uncoiled themselves1 and one after another glided to the floor4 ,as soon as they touched the ground they raised about one-third of their bodies1 and began to keep time to their master's music4 ,suddenly the fakir dropped his instrument and made several passes with his hands over the serpents1 of whom there were about ten1 all of the most deadly species of ,indian cobra4 ,his eye assumed a strange expression4 ,we all felt an undefinable uneasiness1 and sought to turn away our gaze from him4 ,at this moment a small shocra#gjh 7monkey7 whose business was to hand fire in a small brasier for lighting cigars1 yielded to his influence1 lay down1 and fell asleep4 ,five minutes passed thus1 and we felt that if the manipulations were to continue a few seconds more we should all fall asleep4 ,chondor then rose1 and making two more passes over the shocra1 said to it3 #8,give the commander some fire4' ,the young monkey rose1 and without tottering1 came and offered fire to its master4 #dga ,it was pinched1 pulled about1 till there was no doubt of its being actually asleep4 ,nor would it move from ,sir ,maswell's side till ordered to do so by the fakir4 8,we then examined the cobras4 ,paralyzed by magnetic influence1 they lay at full length on the ground4 ,on taking them up we found them stiff as sticks4 ,they were in a state of complete catalepsy4 ,the fakir then awakened them1 on which they returned and again coiled themselves round his body4 ,we inquired whether he could make us feel his influence4 ,he made a few passes over our legs1 and instantly we lost the use of these limbs2 we could not leave our seats4 ,he released us as easily as he had paralyzed us4 8,chibh-,chondor closed his seance by experimenting upon inanimate objects4 ,by mere passes with his hands in the direction of the object to be acted upon1 and without leaving his seat1 he paled and extinguished lights in the furthest parts of the room1 moved the furniture1 including the divans upon which we sat1 opened and closed doors4 ,catching sight of a ,hindu who was drawing water from a well in the garden1 he made a pass in his direction1 and the rope suddenly stopped in its descent1 resisting all the efforts of the astonished gardener4 ,with another pass the rope again descended4 8,i asked ,chibh-,chondor3 #8,do you employ the same means in acting upon inanimate objects that you do upon living creatures8' 8,he replied1 #8,i have only one means4' 8#8,what is it8' 8#8,the will4 ,man1 who is the end of all intellectual and material forces1 must dominate over all4 ,the ,brahmans know nothing besides this4'0 8,sanang ,setzen10 says ,colonel ,yule1#gji 8enumerates a variety of the wonderful acts which could be performed through the ,dharani 7mystic ,hindu charms74 ,such were sticking a peg into solid rock2 restoring the dead to life2 turning a dead body into gold2 penetrating everywhere as air does 7in astral form72 flying2 catching wild beasts with the hand2 reading thoughts2 making water flow backward2 eating tiles2 sitting in the air with the legs doubled under1 etc40 ,old legends ascribe to ,simon ,magus precisely the same powers4 8,he made statues to walk2 leaped into the fire without being burned2 flew in the air2 made bread of stones2 changed his shape2 assumed two faces at once2 converted himself into a pillar2 caused closed doors to fly open spontaneously2 made the vessels in a house move of themselves1 etc40 ,the ,jesuit ,delrio laments that #dgb credulous princes1 otherwise of pious repute1 should have allowed diabolical tricks to be played before them1 8as for example1 things of iron1 and silver goblets1 or other heavy articles1 to be moved by bounds1 from one end of the table to the other1 without the use of a magnet1 or of any attachment40#gaj ,we believe ,,will-,,power the most powerful of magnets4 ,the existence of such magical power in certain persons is proved1 but the existence of the ,devil is a fiction1 which no theology is able to demonstrate4 8,there are certain men whom the ,tartars honor above all in the world10 says ,friar ,ricold1 8viz41 the ,baxit1 who are a kind of idol-priests4 ,these are men from ,india1 persons of deep wisdom1 well-conducted and of the gravest morals4 ,they are usually with magic arts 444 they exhibit many illusions1 and predict future events4 ,for instance1 one of eminence among them was said to fly2 but the truth1 however1 was as it proved1 that he did not fly1 but did walk close to the surface of the ground without touching it2 and would seem to sit down without having any substance to support him4#gaa ,this last performance was witnessed by ,ibn ,batuta1 at ,delhi10 adds ,colonel ,yule1 who quotes the friar in the ,book of ,ser ,marco ,polo1 8in the presence of ,sultan ,mahomet ,tughlak2 and it was professedly exhibited by a ,brahman at ,madras in the present century1 a descendant doubtless of those ,brahmans whom ,apollonius saw walking two cubits from the ground4 ,it is also described by the worthy ,francis ,valentyn1 as a performance known and practiced in his own day in ,india4 ,it is related1 he says1 that 8a man will first go and sit on three sticks put together so as to form a tripod2 after which1 first one stick1 then a second1 then a third shall be removed from under him1 and the man shall not fall but shall still remain sitting in the air6 ,yet ,i have spoken with two friends who had seen this at one and the same time2 and one of them1 ,i may add1 mistrusting his own eyes1 had taken the trouble to feel about with a long stick if there were nothing on which the body rested2 yet1 as the gentleman told me1 he could neither feel nor see any such thing4 ,we have stated elsewhere that the same thing was accomplished last year1 before the ,prince of ,wales and his suite4 ,such feats as the above are nothing in comparison to what is done by professed jugglers2 8feats10 remarks the above-quoted author1 8which might be regarded as simply inventions if told by one author only1 but which seem to deserve prominent notice from being recounted by a series of authors1 certainly independent of one another1 and writing at long intervals of time and place4 ,our first witness is ,ibn ,batuta1 #dgc and it will be necessary to quote him as well as the others in full1 in order to show how closely their evidence tallies4 ,the ,arab traveller was present at a great entertainment at the court of the ,viceroy of ,khansa4 8,that same night a juggler1 who was one of the ,khan's slaves1 made his appearance1 and the ,amir said to him1 #8,come and show us some of your marvels4' ,upon this he took a wooden ball1 with several holes in it1 through which long thongs were passed1 and laying hold of one of these1 slung it into the air4 ,it went so high that we lost sight of it altogether4444 7,we were in the middle of the palace-court47 ,there now remained only a little of the end of a thong in the conjurer's hand1 and he desired one of the boys who assisted him to lay hold of it and mount4 ,he did so1 climbing by the thong1 and we lost sight of him also6 ,the conjurer then called to him three times1 but1 getting no answer1 he snatched up a knife as if in a great rage1 laid hold of the thong1 and disappeared also6 ,by and bye1 he threw down one of the boy's hands1 then a foot1 then the other hand1 and then the other foot1 then the trunk1 and last of all the head6 ,then he came down himself1 puffing and panting1 and with his clothes all bloody kissed the ground before the ,amir1 and said something to him in ,chinese4 ,the ,amir gave some order in reply1 and our friend then took the lad's limbs1 laid them together in their places1 and gave a kick1 when1 presto6 there was the boy1 who got up and stood before us6 ,all this astonished me beyond measure1 and ,i had an attack of palpitation like that which overcame me once before in the presence of the ,sultan of ,india1 when he showed me something of the same kind4 ,they gave me a cordial1 however1 which cured the attack4 ,the ,kaji ,afkharuddin was next to me1 and quoth he1 #8,wallah6 #8tis my opinion there has been neither going up nor coming down1 neither marring1 nor mending6 ',tis all hocus-pocus6' ,and who doubts but that it is a 8hocus-pocus10 an illusion1 or ,maya1 as the ,hindus express it8 ,but when such an illusion can be forced on1 say1 ten thousand people at the same time1 as we have seen it performed during a public festival1 surely the means by which such an astounding hallucination can be produced merits the attention of science6 ,when by such magic a man who stands before you1 in a room1 the doors of which you have closed and of which the keys are in your hand1 suddenly disappears1 vanishes like a flash of light1 and you see him nowhere but hear his voice from different parts of the room addressing you and laughing at your perplexity1 surely such an art is not unworthy either of ,mr4 ,huxley or ,dr4 ,carpenter4 ,is it not quite as well worth spending time over1 as the lesser mystery--why barnyard cocks crow at midnight8 ,what ,ibn ,batuta1 the ,moor1 saw in ,china about the year #acdh1 ,colonel ,yule shows ,edward ,melton1 8an ,anglo-,dutch traveller10 witnessing in #dgd ,batavia about the year #afgj3 8,one of the same gang0 7of conjurers71 says ,melton1#gab 8took a small ball of cord1 and grasping one end of the cord in his hand slung the other up into the air with such force that its extremity was beyond reach of our sight4 ,he then climbed up the cord with indescribable swiftness4444 ,i stood full of astonishment1 not conceiving where he had disappeared2 when lo6 a leg came tumbling down out of the air4 ,a moment later a hand came down1 etc4444 ,in short1 all the members of the body came successively tumbling from the air and were cast together by the attendant into the basket4 ,the last fragment of all was the head1 and no sooner had that touched the ground than he who had snatched up all the limbs and put them in the basket1 turned them all out again topsy turvy4 ,then straightway we saw with these eyes all those limbs creep together again1 and1 in short1 form a whole man1 who at once could stand and go just as before without showing the least damage6444 ,never in my life was ,i so astonished 444 and ,i doubted now no longer that these misguided men did it by the help of the ,devil40 ,in the memoirs of the ,emperor ,jahangire1 the performances of seven jugglers from ,bengal1 who exhibited before him1 are thus described3 8,ninth4 ,they produced a man whom they divided limb from limb1 actually severing his head from the body4 ,they scattered these mutilated members along the ground1 and in this state they lay some time4 ,they then extended a sheet over the spot1 and one of the men putting himself under the sheet1 in a few minutes came from below1 followed by the individual supposed to have been cut into joints1 in perfect health and condition4444 ,twenty-third4 ,they produced a chain of fifty cubits in length1 and in my presence threw one end of it toward the sky1 where it remained as if fastened to something in the air4 ,a dog was then brought forward and being placed at the lower end of the chain1 immediately ran up1 and reaching the other end1 immediately disappeared in the air4 ,in the same manner a hog1 a panther1 a lion1 and a tiger were successively sent up the chain1 and all equally disappeared at the upper end of the chain4 ,at last they took down the chain1 and put it into the bag1 no one ever discovering in what way the different animals were made to vanish into the air in the mysterious manner above described40#gac ,we have in our possession a picture painted from such a ,persian conjurer1 with a man1 or rather the various limbs of what was a minute before a man1 scattered before him4 ,we have seen such conjurers1 and witnessed such performances more than once and in various places4 ,bearing ever in mind that we repudiate the idea of a miracle and #dge returning once more to phenomena more serious1 we would now ask what logical objection can be urged against the claim that the renimation of the dead was accomplished by many thaumaturgists8 ,the fakir described in the ,franco-,americain1 might have gone far enough to say that this will-power of man is so tremendously potential that it can renimate a body apparently dead1 by drawing back the flitting soul that has not yet quite ruptured the thread that through life had bound the two together4 ,dozens of such fakirs have allowed themselves to be buried alive before thousands of witnesses1 and weeks afterward have been resuscitated4 ,and if fakirs have the secret of this artificial process1 identical with1 or analogous to1 hibernation1 why not allow that their ancestors1 the ,gymnosophists1 and ,apollonius of ,tyana1 who had studied with the latter in ,india1 and ,jesus1 and other prophets and seers1 who all knew more about the mysteries of life and death than any of our modern men of science1 might have resuscitated dead men and women8 ,and being quite familiar with that power--that mysterious something 8that science cannot yet understand10 as ,professor ,le ,conte confesses--knowing1 moreover1 8whence it came and whither it was going10 ,elisha1 ,jesus1 ,paul1 and ,apollonius1 enthusiastic ascetics and learned initiates1 might have recalled to life with ease any man who 8was not dead but sleeping10 and that without any miracle4 ,if the molecules of the cadaver are imbued with the physical and chemical forces of the living organism1#gad what is to prevent them from being set again in motion1 provided we know the nature of the vital force1 and who to command it8 ,the materialist can certainly offer no objection1 for with him it is no question of renfusing a soul4 ,for him the soul has no existence1 and the human body may be regarded simply as a vital engine--a locomotive which will start upon the application of heat and force1 and stop when they are withdrawn4 ,to the theologian the case offers greater difficulties1 for1 in his view1 death cuts asunder the tie which binds soul and body1 and the one can no more be returned into the other without miracle than the born infant can be compelled to resume its ftal life after parturition and the severing of the umbilicus4 ,but the ,hermetic philosopher stands between these two irreconcilable antagonists1 master of the situation4 ,he knows the nature of the soul--a form composed of nervous fluid and atmospheric ether--and knows how the vital force can be made active or passive at will1 so long as there is no final destruction of some necessary organ4 ,the claims of ,gaffarilus--which1 by the bye1 appeared so preposterous in #afejgae--were later corroborated by science4 ,he #dgf maintained that every object existing in nature1 provided it was not artificial1 when once burned still retained its form in the ashes1 in which it remained till raised again4 ,du ,chesne1 an eminent chemist1 assured himself of the fact4 ,kircher1 ,digby1 and ,vallemont have demonstrated that the forms of plants could be resuscitated from their ashes4 ,at a meeting of naturalists in #ahcd1 at ,stuttgart1 a receipt for producing such experiments was found in a work of ,oetinger4#gaf ,ashes of burned plants contained in vials1 when heated1 exhibited again their various forms4 8,a small obscure cloud gradually rose in the vial1 took a defined form1 and presented to the eye the flower or plant the ashes consisted of40 8,the earthly husk10 wrote ,oetinger1 8remains in the retort1 while the volatile essence ascends1 like a spirit1 perfect in form1 but void of substance40#gag ,and1 if the astral form of even a plant when its body is dead still lingers in the ashes1 will skeptics persist in saying that the soul of man1 the inner ego1 is after the death of the grosser form at once dissolved1 and is no more8 8,at death10 says the philosopher1 8the one body exudes from the other1 by osmose and through the brain2 it is held near its old garment by a double attraction1 physical and spiritual1 until the latter decomposes2 and if the proper conditions are given the soul can renhabit it and resume the suspended life4 ,it does it in sleep2 it does it more thoroughly in trance2 most surprisingly at the command and with the assistance of the ,hermetic adept4 ,iamblichus declared that a person endowed with such resuscitating powers is #8full of ,god4' ,all the subordinate spirits of the upper spheres are at his command1 for he is no longer a mortal1 but himself a god4 ,in his ,epistle to the ,corinthians1 ,paul remarks that #8the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets4'0 ,some persons have the natural and some the acquired power of withdrawing the inner from the outer body1 at will1 and causing it to perform long journeys1 and be seen by those whom it visits4 ,numerous are the instances recorded by unimpeachable witnesses of the 8doubles0 of persons having been seen and conversed with1 hundreds of miles from the places where the persons themselves were known to be4 ,hermotimus1 if we may credit ,pliny and ,plutarch1#gah could at will fall into a trance and then his second soul proceeded to any distant place he chose4 ,the ,abb ,fretheim1 the famous author of ,steganographie1 who lived in the seventeenth century1 could converse with his friends by the mere power of his will4 8,i can make my thoughts known to the initiated10 #dgg he wrote1 8at a distance of many hundred miles1 without word1 writing1 or cipher1 by any messenger4 ,the latter cannot betray me1 for he knows nothing4 ,if needs be1 ,i can dispense with the messenger4 ,if any correspondent should be buried in the deepest dungeon1 ,i could still convey to him my thoughts as clearly and as frequently as ,i chose1 and this quite simply1 without superstition1 without the aid of spirits40 ,cordanus could also send his spirit1 or any messages he chose4 ,when he did so1 he felt 8as if a door was opened1 and ,i myself immediately passed through it1 leaving the body behind me40#gai ,the case of a high ,german official1 a counsellor ,wesermann1 was mentioned in a scientific paper4#gbj ,he claimed to be able to cause any friend or acquaintance1 at any distance1 to dream of every subject he chose1 or see any person he liked4 ,his claims were proved good1 and testified to on several occasions by skeptics and learned professional persons4 ,he could also cause his double to appear wherever he liked2 and be seen by several persons at one time4 ,by whispering in their ears a sentence prepared and agreed upon beforehand by unbelievers1 and for the purpose1 his power to project the double was demonstrated beyond any cavil4 ,according to ,napier1 ,osborne1 ,major ,lawes1 ,quenouillet1 ,nikiforovitch1 and many other modern witnesses1 fakirs are now proved to be able1 by a long course of diet1 preparation1 and repose1 to bring their bodies into a condition which enables them to be buried six feet under ground for an indefinite period4 ,sir ,claude ,wade was present at the court of ,rundjit ,singh1 when the fakir1 mentioned by the ,honorable ,captain ,osborne1 was buried alive for six weeks1 in a box placed in a cell three feet below the floor of the room4#gba ,to prevent the chance of deception1 a guard comprising two companies of soldiers had been detailed1 and four sentries 8were furnished and relieved every two hours1 night and day1 to guard the building from intrusion4444 ,on opening it10 says ,sir ,claude1 8we saw a figure enclosed in a bag of white linen fastened by a string over the head 444 the servant then began pouring warm water over the figure 444 the legs and arms of the body were shrivelled and stiff1 the face1 full1 the head reclining on the shoulder like that of a corpse4 ,i then called to the medical gentleman who was attending me1 to come down and inspect the body1 which he did1 but could discover no pulsation in the heart1 the temples1 or the arm4 ,there was1 however1 a heat about the region of the brain1 which no other part of the body exhibited40 ,regretting that the limits of our space forbid the quotation of the #dgh details of this interesting story1 we will only add1 that the process of resuscitation included bathing with hot water1 friction1 the removal of wax and cotton pledgets from the nostrils and ears1 the rubbing of the eyelids with ghee or clarified butter1 and1 what will appear most curious to many1 the application of a hot wheaten cake1 about an inch thick 8to the top of the head40 ,after the cake had been applied for the third time1 the body was violently convulsed1 the nostrils became inflated1 the respiration ensued1 and the limbs assumed a natural fulness2 but the pulsation was still faintly perceptible48 ,the tongue was then anointed with ghee2 the eyeballs became dilated and recovered their natural color1 and the fakir recognized those present and spoke40 ,it should be noticed that not only had the nostrils and ears been plugged1 but the tongue had been thrust back so as to close the gullet1 thus effectually stopping the orifices against the admission of atmospheric air4 ,while in ,india1 a fakir told us that this was done not only to prevent the action of the air upon the organic tissues1 but also to guard against the deposit of the germs of decay1 which in case of suspended animation would cause decomposition exactly as they do in any other meat exposed to air4 ,there are also localities in which a fakir would refuse to be buried2 such as the many spots in ,southern ,india infested with the white ants1 which annoying termites are considered among the most dangerous enemies of man and his property4 ,they are so voracious as to devour everything they find except perhaps metals4 ,as to wood1 there is no kind through which they would not burrow2 and even bricks and mortar offer but little impediment to their formidable armies4 ,they will patiently work through mortar1 destroying it particle by particle2 and a fakir1 however holy himself1 and strong his temporary coffin1 would not risk finding his body devoured when it was time for his resuscitation4 ,then1 here is a case1 only one of many1 substantiated by the testimony of two ,english noblemen--one of them an army officer--and a ,hindu ,prince1 who was as great a skeptic as themselves4 ,it places science in this embarrassing dilemma3 it must either give the lie to many unimpeachable witnesses1 or admit that if one fakir can resuscitate after six weeks1 any other fakir can also2 and if a fakir1 why not a ,lazarus1 a ,shunamite boy1 or the daughter of ,jairus8#gbb ,and now1 perhaps1 it may not be out of place to inquire what assurance #dgi can any physician have1 beyond external evidence1 that the body is really dead8 ,the best authorities agree in saying that there are none4 ,dr4 ,todd ,thomson1 of ,london1#gbc says most positively that 8the immobility of the body1 even its cadaverous aspect1 the coldness of surface1 the absence of respiration and pulsation1 and the sunken state of the eye1 are no unequivocal evidences that life is wholly extinct40 ,nothing but total decomposition is an irrefutable proof that life has fled for ever and that the tabernacle is tenantless4 ,demokritus asserted that there existed no certain signs of real death4#gbd ,pliny maintained the same4#gbe ,asclepiades1 a learned physician and one of the most distinguished men of his day1 held that the assurance was still more difficult in the cases of women than in those of men4 ,todd ,thomson1 above quoted1 gives several remarkable cases of such a suspended animation4 ,among others he mentions a certain ,francis ,neville1 a ,norman gentleman1 who twice apparently died1 and was twice in the act of being buried4 ,but1 at the moment when the coffin was being lowered in the grave1 he spontaneously revived4 ,in the seventeenth century1 ,lady ,russell1 to all appearance died1 and was about to be buried1 but as the bell was tolling for her funeral1 she sat up in her coffin and exclaimed1 8,it is time to go to church60 ,diemerbroese1 mentions a peasant who gave no signs of life for three days1 but when placed in his coffin1 near the grave1 revived and lived many years afterward4 ,in #ahcf1 a respectable citizen of ,brussels fell into a profound lethargy on a ,sunday morning4 ,on ,monday1 as his attendants were preparing to screw the lid of the coffin1 the supposed corpse sat up1 rubbed his eyes1 and called for his coffee and a newspaper4#gbf ,such cases of apparent death are not very infrequently reported in the newspaper press4 ,as we write 7,april1 #ahgg71 we find in a ,london letter to the ,new ,york ,times1 the following paragraph3 8,miss ,annie ,goodale1 the actress1 died three weeks ago4 ,up to yesterday she was not buried4 ,the corpse is warm and limp1 and the features as soft and mobile as when in life4 ,several physicians have examined her1 and have ordered that the body shall be watched night and day4 ,the poor lady is evidently in a trance1 but whether she is destined to come to life it is impossible to say40 ,science regards man as an aggregation of atoms temporarily united by #dhj a mysterious force called the life-principle4 ,to the materialist1 the only difference between a living and a dead body is1 that in the one case1 that force is active1 in the other latent4 ,when it is extinct or entirely latent the molecules obey a superior attraction1 which draws them asunder and scatters them through space4 ,this dispersion must be death1 if it is possible to conceive such a thing as death1 where the very molecules of the dead body manifest an intense vital energy4 ,if death is but the stoppage of a digesting1 locomotive1 and thought-grinding machine1 how can death be actual and not relative1 before that machine is thoroughly broken up and its particles dispersed8 ,so long as any of them cling together1 the centripetal vital force may overmatch the dispersive centrifugal action4 ,says ,eliphas ,levi3 8,change attests movement1 and movement only reveals life4 ,the corpse would not decompose if it were dead2 all the molecules which compose it are living and struggle to separate4 ,and would you think that the spirit frees itself first of all to exist no more8 ,that thought and love can die when the grossest forms of matter do not die8 ,if the change should be called death1 we die and are born again every day1 for every day our forms undergo change40#gbg ,the kabalists say that a man is not dead when his body is entombed4 ,death is never sudden2 for1 according to ,hermes1 nothing goes in nature by violent transitions4 ,everything is gradual1 and as it required a long and gradual development to produce the living human being1 so time is required to completely withdraw vitality from the carcass48 ,death can no more be an absolute end1 than birth a real beginning4 ,birth proves the prexistence of the being1 as death proves immortality10 says the same ,french kabalist4 ,while implicitly believing in the restoration of the daughter of ,jairus1 the ruler of the synagogue1 and in other ,bible-miracles1 well-educated ,christians1 who otherwise would feel indignant at being called superstitious1 meet all such cases as that of ,apollonius and the girl said by his biographer to have been recalled to life by him1 with scornful skepticism4 ,diogenes ,lartius1 who mentions a woman restored to life by ,empedocles1 is treated with no more respect2 and the name of ,pagan thaumaturgist1 in the eyes of ,christians1 is but a synonym for impostor4 ,our scientists are at least one degree more rational2 they embrace all ,bible prophets and apostles1 and the heathen miracle-doers in two categories of hallucinated fools and deceitful tricksters4 ,but ,christians and materialists might1 with a very little effort #dha on their part1 show themselves fair and logical at the same time4 ,to produce such a miracle1 they have but to consent to understand what they read1 and submit it to the unprejudiced criticism of their best judgment4 ,let us see how far it is possible4 ,setting aside the incredible fiction of ,lazarus1 we will select two cases3 the ruler's daughter1 recalled to life by ,jesus1 and the ,corinthian bride1 resuscitated by ,apollonius4 ,in the former case1 totally disregarding the significant expression of ,jesus--8,she is not dead but sleepeth10 the clergy force their god to become a breaker of his own laws and grant unjustly to one what he denies to all others1 and with no better object in view than to produce a useless miracle4 ,in the second case1 notwithstanding the words of the biographer of ,apollonius1 so plain and precise that there is not the slightest cause to misunderstand them1 they charge ,philostratus with deliberate imposture4 ,who could be fairer than he1 who less open to the charge of mystification1 when1 in describing the resuscitation of the young girl by the ,tyanian sage1 in the presence of a large concourse of people1 the biographer says1 8she had seemed to die40 ,in other words1 he very clearly indicates a case of suspended animation2 and then adds immediately1 8as the rain fell very fast on the young girl10 while she was being carried to the pile1 8with her face turned upwards1 this1 also1 might have excited her senses40#gbh ,does this not show most plainly that ,philostratus saw no miracle in that resuscitation8 ,does it not rather imply1 if anything1 the great learning and skill of ,apollonius1 8who like ,asclepiades had the merit of distinguishing at a glance between real and apparent death80#gbi ,a resuscitation1 after the soul and spirit have entirely separated from the body1 and the last electric thread is severed1 is as impossible as for a once disembodied spirit to rencarnate itself once more on this earth1 except as described in previous chapters4 8,a leaf1 once fallen off1 does not rettach itself to the branch10 says ,eliphas ,levi4 8,the caterpillar becomes a butterfly1 but the butterfly does not again return to the grub4 ,nature closes the door behind all that passes1 and pushes life forward4 ,forms pass1 thought remains1 and does not recall that which it has once exhausted40#gcj ,why should it be imagined that ,asclepiades and ,apollonius enjoyed exceptional powers for the discernment of actual death8 ,has any modern school of medicine this knowledge to impart to its students8 ,let their authorities answer for them4 ,these prodigies of ,jesus and ,apollonius #dhb are so well attested that they appear authentic4 ,whether in either or both cases life was simply suspended or not1 the important fact remains that by some power1 peculiar to themselves1 both the wonder-workers recalled the seemingly dead to life in an instant4#gca ,is it because the modern physician has not yet found the secret which the theurgists evidently possessed that its possibility is denied8 ,neglected as psychology now is1 and with the strangely chaotic state in which physiology is confessed to be by its most fair students1 certainly it is not very likely that our men of science will soon rediscover the lost knowledge of the ancients4 ,in the days of old1 when prophets were not treated as charlatans1 nor thaumaturgists as impostors1 there were colleges instituted for teaching prophecy and occult sciences in general4 ,samuel is recorded as the chief of such an institution at ,ramah2 ,elisha1 also1 at ,jericho4 ,the schools of hazim1 prophets or seers1 were celebrated throughout the country4 ,hillel had a regular academy1 and ,socrates is well known to have sent away several of his disciples to study manticism4 ,the study of magic1 or wisdom1 included every branch of science1 the metaphysical as well as the physical1 psychology and physiology in their common and occult phases1 and the study of alchemy was universal1 for it was both a physical and a spiritual science4 ,therefore why doubt or wonder that the ancients1 who studied nature under its double aspect1 achieved discoveries which to our modern physicists1 who study but its dead letter1 are a closed book8 ,thus1 the question at issue is not whether a dead body can be resuscitated--for1 to assert that would be to assume the possibility of a miracle1 which is absurd--but1 to assure ourselves whether the medical authorities pretend to determine the precise moment of death4 ,the kabalists say that death occurs at the instant when both the astral body1 or life-principle1 and the spirit part forever with the corporeal body4 ,the scientific physician who denies both astral body and spirit1 and admits the existence of nothing more than the life-principle1 judges death to occur when life is apparently extinct4 ,when the beating of the heart and the action of the lungs cease1 and rigor mortis is manifested1 and especially when decomposition begins1 they pronounce the patient dead4 ,but the annals of medicine teem with examples of #dhc 8suspended animation0 as the result of asphyxia by drowning1 the inhalation of gases and other causes2 life being restored in the case of drowning persons even after they had been apparently dead for twelve hours4 ,in cases of somnambulic trance1 none of the ordinary signs of death are lacking2 breathing and the pulse are extinct2 animal-heat has disappeared2 the muscles are rigid1 the eye glazed1 and the body is colorless4 ,in the celebrated case of ,colonel ,townshend1 he threw himself into this state in the presence of three medical men2 who1 after a time1 were persuaded that he was really dead1 and were about leaving the room1 when he slowly revived4 ,he describes his peculiar gift by saying that he 8could die or expire when he pleased1 and yet1 by an effort1 or somehow1 he could come to life again40 ,there occurred in ,moscow1 a few years since1 a remarkable instance of apparent death4 ,the wife of a wealthy merchant lay in the cataleptic state seventeen days1 during which the authorities made several attempts to bury her2 but1 as decomposition had not set in1 the family averted the ceremony1 and at the end of that time she was restored to life4 ,the above instances show that the most learned men in the medical profession are unable to be certain when a person is dead4 ,what they call 8suspended animation10 is that state from which the patient spontaneously recovers1 through an effort of his own spirit1 which may be provoked by any one of many causes4 ,in these cases1 the astral body has not parted from the physical body2 its external functions are simply suspended2 the subject is in a state of torpor1 and the restoration is nothing but a recovery from it4 ,but1 in the case of what physiologists would call 8real death10 but which is not actually so1 the astral body has withdrawn2 perhaps local decomposition has set in4 ,how shall the man be brought to life again8 ,the answer is1 the interior body must be forced back into the exterior one1 and vitality reawakened in the latter4 ,the clock has run down1 it must be wound4 ,if death is absolute2 if the organs have not only ceased to act1 but have lost the susceptibility of renewed action1 then the whole universe would have to be thrown into chaos to resuscitate the corpse--a miracle would be demanded4 ,but1 as we said before1 the man is not dead when he is cold1 stiff1 pulseless1 breathless1 and even showing signs of decomposition2 he is not dead when buried1 nor afterward1 until a certain point is reached4 ,that point is1 when the vital organs have become so decomposed1 that if renimated1 they could not perform their customary functions2 when the mainspring and cogs of the machine1 so to speak1 are so eaten away by rust1 that they would snap upon the turning of the key4 ,until that point is reached1 the astral body may be caused1 without miracle1 to renter #dhd its former tabernacle1 either by an effort of its own will1 or under the resistless impulse of the will of one who knows the potencies of nature and how to direct them4 ,the spark is not extinguished1 but only latent--latent as the fire in the flint1 or the heat in the cold iron4 ,in cases of the most profound cataleptic clairvoyance1 such as obtained by ,du ,potet1 and described very graphically by the late ,prof4 ,william ,gregory1 in his ,letters on ,animal ,magnetism1 the spirit is so far disengaged from the body that it would be impossible for it to re-enter it without an effort of the mesmerizer's will4 ,the subject is practically dead1 and1 if left to itself1 the spirit would escape forever4 ,although independent of the torpid physical casing1 the half-freed spirit is still tied to it by a magnetic cord1 which is described by clairvoyants as appearing dark and smoky by contrast with the ineffable brightness of the astral atmosphere through which they look4 ,plutarch1 relating the story of ,thespesius1 who fell from a great height1 and lay three days apparently dead1 gives us the experience of the latter during his state of partial decease4 8,thespesius10 says he1 8then observed that he was different from the dead by whom he was surrounded4444 ,they were transparent and environed by a radiance1 but he seemed to trail after him a dark radiation or line of shadow40 ,his whole description1 minute and circumstantial in its details1 appears to be corroborated by the clairvoyants of every period1 and1 so far as this class of testimony can be taken1 is important4 ,the kabalists1 as we find them interpreted by ,eliphas ,levi1 in his ,science des ,esprits1 say that1 8,when a man falls into the last sleep1 he is plunged at first into a sort of dream1 before gaining consciousness in the other side of life4 ,he sees1 then1 either in a beautiful vision1 or in a terrible nightmare1 the paradise or hell1 in which he believed during his mortal existence4 ,this is why it often happens1 that the affrighted soul breaks violently back into the terrestrial life it has just left1 and why some who were really dead1 i4 e41 who1 if left alone and quiet1 would have peaceably passed away forever in a state of unconscious lethargy1 when entombed too soon1 rewake to life in the grave40 ,in this connection1 the reader may perhaps recall the well-known case of the old man who had left some generous gifts in his will to his orphaned nieces2 which document1 just before his death1 he had confided to his rich son1 with injunctions to carry out his wishes4 ,but1 he had not been dead more than a few hours before the son1 finding himself alone with the corpse1 tore the will and burned it4 ,the sight of this impious deed apparently recalled the hovering spirit1 and the old man1 rising from his couch of death1 uttered a fierce malediction upon the horror-stricken wretch1 and then fell back again1 and yielded up his spirit--this time forever4 ,dion ,boucicault makes use of an incident of #dhe this kind in his powerful drama ,louis ,,xi42 and ,charles ,kean created a profound impression in the character of the ,french monarch1 when the dead man revives for an instant and clutches the crown as the heir-apparent approaches it4 ,levi says that resuscitation is not impossible while the vital organism remains undestroyed1 and the astral spirit is yet within reach4 8,nature10 he says1 8accomplishes nothing by sudden jerks1 and eternal death is always preceded by a state which partakes somewhat of the nature of lethargy4 ,it is a torpor which a great shock or the magnetism of a powerful will can overcome40 ,he accounts in this manner for the resuscitation of the dead man thrown upon the bones of ,elisha4 ,he explains it by saying that the soul was hovering at that moment near the body2 the burial party1 according to tradition1 were attacked by robbers2 and their fright communicating itself sympathetically to it1 the soul was seized with horror at the idea of its remains being desecrated1 and 8rentered violently into its body to raise and save it40 ,those who believe in the survival of the soul can see in this incident nothing of a supernatural character--it is only a perfect manifestation of natural law4 ,to narrate to the materialist such a case1 however well attested1 would be but an idle talk2 the theologian1 always looking beyond nature for a special providence1 regards it as a prodigy4 ,eliphas ,levi says3 8,they attributed the resuscitation to the contact with the bones of ,elisha2 and worship of relics dates logically from his epoch40 ,balfour ,stewart is right--scientists 8know nothing1 or next to nothing1 of the ultimate structure and properties of matter1 whether organic or inorganic40 ,we are now on such firm ground1 that we will take another step in advance4 ,the same knowledge and control of the occult forces1 including the vital force which enabled the fakir temporarily to leave and then renter his body1 and ,jesus1 ,apollonius1 and ,elisha to recall their several subjects to life1 made it possible for the ancient hierophants to animate statues1 and cause them to act and speak like living creatures4 ,it is the same knowledge and power which made it possible for ,paracelsus to create his homunculi2 for ,aaron to change his rod into a serpent and a budding branch2 ,moses to cover ,egypt with frogs and other pests2 and the ,egyptian theurgist of our day to vivify his pigmy ,mandragora1 which has physical life but no soul4 ,it was no more wonderful that upon presenting the necessary conditions ,moses should call into life large reptiles and insects1 than that1 under like favoring conditions1 the physical scientist should call into life the small ones which he names bacteria4 ,and now1 in connection with ancient miracle-doers and prophets1 let us bring forward the claims of the modern mediums4 ,nearly every form of phenomena recorded in the sacred and profane histories of the world #dhf we find them claiming to reproduce in our days4 ,selecting1 among the variety of seeming wonders1 levitation of ponderable inanimate objects as well as of human bodies1 we will give our attention to the conditions under which the phenomenon is manifested4 ,history records the names of ,pagan theurgists1 ,christian saints1 ,hindu fakirs1 and spiritual mediums who have been thus levitated1 and who remained suspended in the air1 sometimes for a considerable time4 ,the phenomenon has not been confined to one country or epoch1 but almost invariably the subjects have been religious ecstatics1 adepts in magic1 or1 as now1 spiritual mediums4 ,we assume the fact to be so well established as to require no labored effort on our part at this time to furnish proof that unconscious manifestations of spirit-power1 as well as conscious feats of high magic1 have happened in all countries1 in all ages1 and with hierophants as well as through irresponsible mediums4 ,when the present perfected ,european civilization was yet in an inchoate state1 occult philosophy1 already hoary with age1 speculated upon the attributes of man by analogy with those of his ,creator4 ,individuals later1 whose names will remain forever immortal1 inscribed on the portal of the spiritual history of man1 have afforded in their persons examples of how far could be developed the godlike powers of the microcosmos4 ,describing the ,doctrines and ,principal ,teachers of the ,alexandrian ,school1 ,professor ,a4 ,wilder says3 8,plotinus taught that there was in the soul a returning impulse1 love1 which attracted it inward toward its origin and centre1 the eternal good4 ,while the person who does not understand how the soul contains the beautiful within itself will seek by laborious effort to realize beauty without1 the wise man recognizes it within himself1 develops the idea by withdrawal into himself1 concentrating his attention1 and so floating upward toward the divine fountain1 the stream of which flows within him4 ,the infinite is not known through the reason 444 but by a faculty superior to reason1 by entering upon a state in which the individual1 so to speak1 ceases to be his finite self1 in which state divine essence is communicated to him4 ,this is ,,ecstasy40 ,of ,apollonius1 who asserted that he could see 8the present and the future in a clear mirror10 on account of his abstemious mode of life1 the professor very beautifully observes3 8,this is what may be termed spiritual photography4 ,the soul is the camera in which facts and events1 future1 past1 and present1 are alike fixed2 and the mind becomes conscious of them4 ,beyond our every-day world of limits1 all is as one day or state1 the past and future comprised in the present40#gcb ,were these ,god-like men 8mediums10 as the orthodox spiritualists #dhg will have it8 ,by no means1 if by the term we understand those 8sick-sensitives0 who are born with a peculiar organization1 and who in proportion as their powers are developed become more and more subject to the irresistible influence of miscellaneous spirits1 purely human1 elementary1 or elemental4 ,unquestionably so1 if we consider every individual a medium in whose magnetic atmosphere the denizens of higher invisible spheres can move1 and act1 and live4 ,in such a sense every person is a medium4 ,mediumship may be either #ast1 self-developed2 #b;d1 by extraneous influences2 or #c;d1 may remain latent throughout life4 ,the reader must bear in mind the definition of the term1 for1 unless this is clearly understood1 confusion will be inevitable4 ,mediumship of this kind may be either active or passive1 repellent or receptive1 positive or negative4 ,mediumship is measured by the quality of the aura with which the individual is surrounded4 ,this may be dense1 cloudy1 noisome1 mephitic1 nauseating to the pure spirit1 and attract only those foul beings who delight in it1 as the eel does in turbid waters1 or1 it may be pure1 crystalline1 limpid1 opalescent as the morning dew4 ,all depends upon the moral character of the medium4 ,about such men as ,apollonius1 ,iamblichus1 ,plotinus1 and ,porphyry1 there gathered this heavenly nimbus4 ,it was evolved by the power of their own souls in close unison with their spirits2 by the superhuman morality and sanctity of their lives1 and aided by frequent interior ecstatic contemplation4 ,such holy men pure spiritual influences could approach4 ,radiating around an atmosphere of divine beneficence1 they caused evil spirits to flee before them4 ,not only is it not possible for such to exist in their aura1 but they cannot even remain in that of obsessed persons1 if the thaumaturgist exercises his will1 or even approaches them4 ,this is ,,mediatorship1 not mediumship4 ,such persons are temples in which dwells the spirit of the living ,god2 but if the temple is defiled by the admission of an evil passion1 thought or desire1 the mediator falls into the sphere of sorcery4 ,the door is opened2 the pure spirits retire and the evil ones rush in4 ,this is still mediatorship1 evil as it is2 the sorcerer1 like the pure magician1 forms his own aura and subjects to his will congenial inferior spirits4 ,but mediumship1 as now understood and manifested1 is a different thing4 ,circumstances1 independent of his own volition1 may1 either at birth or subsequently1 modify a person's aura1 so that strange manifestations1 physical or mental1 diabolical or angelic1 may take place4 ,such mediumship1 as well as the above-mentioned mediatorship1 has existed on earth since the first appearance here of living man4 ,the former is the yielding of weak1 mortal flesh to the control and suggestions of spirits and intelligences other than one's own #dhh immortal demon4 ,it is literally obsession and possession2 and mediums who pride themselves on being the faithful slaves of their 8guides10 and who repudiate with indignation the idea of 8controlling0 the manifestations1 8could not very well deny the fact without inconsistency4 ,this mediumship is typified in the story of ,eve succumbing to the reasonings of the serpent2 of ,pandora peeping in the forbidden casket and letting loose on the world1 sorrow and evil1 and by ,mary ,magdalene1 who from having been obsessed by #8seven devils' was finally redeemed by the triumphant struggle of her immortal spirit1 touched by the presence of a holy mediator1 against the dweller40 ,this mediumship1 whether beneficent or maleficent1 is always passive4 ,happy are the pure in heart1 who repel unconsciously1 by that very cleanness of their inner nature1 the dark spirits of evil4 ,for verily they have no other weapons of defense but that inborn goodness and purity4 ,mediumism1 as practiced in our days1 is a more undesirable gift than the robe of ,nessus4 8,the tree is known by its fruits40 ,side by side with passive mediums in the progress of the world's history1 appear active mediators4 ,we designate them by this name for lack of a better one4 ,the ancient witches and wizards1 and those who had a 8familiar spirit10 generally made of their gifts a trade2 and the ,obeah woman of ,en-,dor1 so well defined by ,henry ,more1 though she may have killed her calf for ,saul1 accepted hire from other visitors4 ,in ,india1 the jugglers1 who by the way are less so than many a modern medium1 and the ,essaoua or sorcerers and serpent-charmers of ,asia and ,africa1 all exercise their gifts for money4 ,not so with the mediators1 or hierophants4 ,buddha was a mendicant and refused his father's throne4 ,the 8,son of ,man had not where to lay his head20 the chosen apostles provided 8neither gold1 nor silver1 nor brass in their purses40 ,apollonius gave one half of his fortune to his relatives1 the other half to the poor2 ,iamblichus and ,plotinus were renowned for charity and self-denial2 the fakirs1 or holy mendicants1 of ,india are fairly described by ,jacolliot2 the ,pythagorean ,essenes and ,therapeut believed their hands defiled by the contact of money4 ,when the apostles were offered money to impart their spiritual powers1 ,peter1 notwithstanding that the ,bible shows him a coward and thrice a renegade1 still indignantly spurned the offer1 saying3 8,thy money perish with thee1 because thou hast thought that the gift of ,god may be purchased with money40 ,these men were mediators1 guided merely by their own personal spirit1 or divine soul1 and availing themselves of the help of spirits but so far as these remain in the right path4 ,far from us be the thought of casting an unjust slur on physical mediums4 ,harassed by various intelligences1 reduced by the #dhi overpowering influence--which their weak and nervous natures are unable to shake off--to a morbid state1 which at last becomes chronic1 they are impeded by these 8influences0 from undertaking other occupation4 ,they become mentally and physically unfit for any other4 ,who can judge them harshly when1 driven to the last extremity1 they are constrained to accept mediumship as a business8 ,and heaven knows1 as recent events have too well proved1 whether the calling is one to be envied by any one6 ,it is not mediums1 real1 true1 and genuine mediums that we would ever blame1 but their patrons1 the spiritualists4 ,plotinus1 when asked to attend public worship of the gods1 is said to have proudly answered3 8,it is for them 7the spirits7 to come to me40 ,iamblichus asserted and proved in his own case1 that our soul can attain communion with the highest intelligences1 with 8natures loftier than itself10 and carefully drove away from his theurgical ceremonies#gcc every inferior spirit1 or bad dmon1 which he taught his disciples to recognize4 ,proclus1 who 8elaborated the entire theosophy and theurgy of his predecessors into a complete system10#gcd according to ,professor ,wilder1 8believed with ,iamblichus in the attaining of a divine power1 which1 overcoming the mundane life1 rendered the individual an organ of the ,deity40 ,he even taught that there was a 8mystic password that would carry a person from one order of spiritual beings to another1 higher and higher1 till he arrived at the absolute divine40 ,apollonius spurned the sorcerers and 8common soothsayers10 and declared that it was his 8peculiar abstemious mode of life0 which 8produced such an acuteness of the senses and created other faculties1 so that the greatest and most remarkable things can take place40 ,jesus declared man the lord of the ,sabbath1 and at his command the terrestrial and elementary spirits fled from their temporary abodes2 a power which was shared by ,apollonius and many of the ,brotherhood of the ,essenes of ,judea and ,mount ,carmel4 ,it is undeniable that there must have been some good reasons why the ancients persecuted unregulated mediums4 ,otherwise why1 at the time of ,moses and ,david and ,samuel1 should they have encouraged prophecy and divination1 astrology and soothsaying1 and maintained schools and colleges in which these natural gifts were strengthened and developed1 while witches and those who divined by the spirit of ,ob were put to death8 ,even at the time of ,christ1 the poor oppressed mediums were driven to the tombs and waste places without the city walls4 ,why this apparent gross injustice8 ,why should banishment1 persecution1 and death be the portion of the physical mediums of those days1 and whole #dij communities of thaumaturgists--like the ,essenes--be not merely tolerated but revered8 ,it is because the ancients1 unlike ourselves1 could 8try0 the spirits and discern the difference between the good and the evil ones1 the human and the elemental4 ,they also knew that unregulated spirit intercourse brought ruin upon the individual and disaster to the community4 ,this view of mediumship may be novel and perhaps repugnant to many modern spiritualists2 but still it is the view taught in the ancient philosophy1 and supported by the experience of mankind from time immemorial4 ,it is erroneous to speak of a medium having powers developed4 ,a passive medium has no power4 ,he has a certain moral and physical condition which induces emanations1 or an aura1 in which his controlling intelligences can live1 and by which they manifest themselves4 ,he is only the vehicle through which they display their power4 ,this aura varies day by day1 and1 as would appear from ,mr4 ,crookes' experiments1 even hour by hour4 ,it is an external effect resulting from interior causes4 ,the medium's moral state determines the kind of spirits that come2 and the spirits that come reciprocally influence the medium1 intellectually1 physically1 and morally4 ,the perfection of his mediumship is in ratio to his passivity1 and the danger he incurs is in equal degree4 ,when he is fully 8developed0 perfectly passive--his own astral spirit may be benumbed1 and even crowded out of his body1 which is then occupied by an elemental1 or1 what is worse1 by a human fiend of the eighth sphere1 who proceeds to use it as his own4 ,but too often the cause of the most celebrated crime is to be sought in such possessions4 ,physical mediumship depending upon passivity1 its antidote suggests itself naturally2 let the medium cease being passive4 ,spirits never control persons of positive character who are determined to resist all extraneous influences4 ,the weak and feeble-minded whom they can make their victims they drive into vice4 ,if these miracle-making elementals and disembodied devils called elementary were indeed the guardian angels that they have passed for1 these last thirty years1 why have they not given their faithful mediums at least good health and domestic happiness8 ,why do they desert them at the most critical moments of trial when under accusations of fraud8 ,it is notorious that the best physical mediums are either sickly or1 sometimes1 what is still worse1 inclined to some abnormal vice or other4 ,why do not these healing 8guides10 who make their mediums play the therapeutists and thaumaturgists to others1 give them the boon of robust physical vigor8 ,the ancient thaumaturgist and apostle1 generally1 if not invariably1 enjoyed good health2 their magnetism never conveyed to the sick patient any physical or moral taint2 and they never were accused #dia of ,,vampirism1 which a spiritual paper very justly charges upon some medium-healers4#gce ,if we apply the above law of mediumship and mediatorship to the subject of levitation1 with which we opened our present discussion1 what shall we find8 ,here we have a medium and one of the mediator-class levitated--the former at a seance1 the latter at prayer1 or in ecstatic contemplation4 ,the medium being passive must be lifted up2 the ecstatic being active must levitate himself4 ,the former is elevated by his familiar spirits--whoever or whatever they may be--the latter1 by the power of his own aspiring soul4 ,can both be indiscriminately termed mediums8 ,but nevertheless we may be answered that the same phenomena are produced in the presence of a modern medium as of an ancient saint4 ,undoubtedly2 and so it was in the days of ,moses2 for we believe that the triumph claimed for him in ,exodus over ,pharaoh's magicians is simply a national boast on the part of the 8chosen people40 ,that the power which produced his phenomena produced that of the magicians also1 who were moreover the first tutors of ,moses and instructed him in their 8wisdom10 is most probable4 ,but even in those days they seemed to have well appreciated the difference between phenomena apparently identical4 ,the tutelar national deity of the ,hebrews 7who is not the ,highest ,father7#gcf forbids expressly1 in ,deuteronomy1#gcg his people 8to learn to do after the abominations of other nations4444 ,to pass through the fire1 or use divination1 or be an observer of times or an enchanter1 or a witch1 or a consulter with familiar spirits1 or a necromancer40 ,what difference was there then between all the above-enumerated phenomena as performed by the 8other nations0 and when enacted by the prophets8 ,evidently1 there was some good reason for it2 and we find it in ,john's ,first ,epistle1 iv41 which says3 8believe not every spirit1 but try the spirits1 whether they are of ,god1 because many false prophets are gone out into the world40 ,the only standard within the reach of spiritualists and present-day #dib mediums by which they can try the spirits1 is to judge #a1 by their actions and speech2 #b1 by their readiness to manifest themselves2 and #c1 whether the object in view is worthy of the apparition of a 8disembodied0 spirit1 or can excuse any one for disturbing the dead4 ,saul was on the eve of destruction1 himself and his sons1 yet ,samuel inquired of him3 8,why hast thou disquieted me1 to bring me up80#gch ,but the 8intelligences0 that visit the circle-rooms1 come at the beck of every trifler who would while away a tedious hour4 ,in the number of the ,london ,spiritualist for ,july #adth1 we find a long article1 in which the author seeks to prove that 8the marvellous wonders of the present day1 which belong to so-called modern spiritualism1 are identical in character with the experiences of the patriarchs and apostles of old40 ,we are forced to contradict1 point-blank1 such an assertion4 ,they are identical only so far that the same forces and occult powers of nature produce them4 ,but though these powers and forces may be1 and most assuredly are1 all directed by unseen intelligences1 the latter differ more in essence1 character1 and purposes than mankind itself1 composed1 as it now stands1 of white1 black1 brown1 red1 and yellow men1 and numbering saints and criminals1 geniuses and idiots4 ,the writer may avail himself of the services of a tame orang-outang or a ,south ,sea islander2 but the fact alone that he has a servant makes neither the latter nor himself identical with ,aristotle and ,alexander4 ,the writer compares ,ezekiel 8lifted up0 and taken into the 8east gate of the ,lord's house10#gci with the levitations of certain mediums1 and the three ,hebrew youths in the 8burning fiery furnace10 with other fire-proof mediums2 the ,john ,king 8spirit-light0 is assimilated with the 8burning lamp0 of ,abraham2 and finally1 after many such comparisons1 the case of the ,davenport ,brothers1 released from the jail of ,oswego1 is confronted with that of ,peter delivered from prison by the 8angel of the ,lord60 ,now1 except the story of ,saul and ,samuel1 there is not a case instanced in the ,bible of the 8evocation of the dead40 ,as to being lawful1 the assertion is contradicted by every prophet4 ,moses issues a decree of death against those who raise the spirits of the dead1 the 8necromancers40 ,nowhere throughout the ,old ,testament1 nor in ,homer1 nor ,virgil is communion with the dead termed otherwise than #dic necromancy4 ,philo ,judus makes ,saul say1 that if he banishes from the land every diviner and necromancer his name will survive him4 ,one of the greatest reasons for it was the doctrine of the ancients1 that no soul from the 8abode of the blessed0 will return to earth1 unless1 indeed1 upon rare occasions its apparition might be required to accomplish some great object in view1 and so bring benefit upon humanity4 ,in this latter instance the 8soul0 has no need to be evoked4 ,it sent its portentous message either by an evanescent simulacrum of itself1 or through messengers1 who could appear in material form1 and personate faithfully the departed4 ,the souls that could so easily be evoked were deemed neither safe nor useful to commune with4 ,they were the souls1 or larv rather1 from the infernal region of the limbo--the sheol1 the region known by the kabalists as the eighth sphere1 but far different from the orthodox ,hell or ,hades of the ancient mythologists4 ,horace describes this evocation and the ceremonial accompanying it1 and ,maimonides gives us particulars of the ,jewish rite4 ,every necromantic ceremony was performed on high places and hills1 and blood was used for the purpose of placating these human ghouls4#gdj 8,i cannot prevent the witches from picking up their bones10 says the poet4 8,see the blood they pour in the ditch to allure the souls that will utter their oracles60#gda 8,cruor in fossam confusus1 ut inde manes elicirent1 animas responsa daturas40 8,the souls10 says ,porphyry1 8prefer1 to everything else1 freshly-spilt blood1 which seems for a short time to restore to them some of the faculties of life40#gdb ,as for materializations1 they are many and various in the sacred records4 ,but1 were they effected under the same conditions as at modern seances8 ,darkness1 it appears1 was not required in those days of patriarchs and magic powers4 ,the three angels who appeared to ,abraham drank in the full blaze of the sun1 for 8he sat in the tent-door in the heat of the day10#gdc says the book of ,genesis4 ,the spirits of ,elias and ,moses appeared equally in daytime1 as it is not probable that ,christ and the ,apostles would be climbing a high mountain during the night4 ,jesus is represented as having appeared to ,mary ,magdalene in the garden in the early morning2 to the ,apostles1 at three distinct times1 and generally by day2 once 8when the morning was come0 7,john xxi4 #d74 ,even when the ass of ,balaam saw the 8materialized0 angel1 it was in the full light of noon4 ,we are fully prepared to agree with the writer in question1 that we find in the life of ,christ--and we may add in the ,old ,testament1 too-- #did too--8an uninterrupted record of spiritualistic manifestations10 but nothing mediumistic1 of a physical character though1 if we except the visit of ,saul to ,sedecla1 the ,obeah woman of ,en-,dor4 ,this is a distinction of vital importance4 ,true1 the promise of the ,master was clearly stated3 8,aye1 and greater works than these shall ye do0 works of mediatorship4 ,according to ,joel1 the time would come when there would be an outpouring of the divine spirit3 8,your sons and your daughters10 says he1 8shall prophesy1 your old men shall dream dreams1 your young men shall see visions40 ,the time has come and they do all these things now2 ,spiritualism has its seers and martyrs1 its prophets and healers4 ,like ,moses1 and ,david1 and ,jehoram1 there are mediums who have direct writings from genuine planetary and human spirits2 and the best of it brings the mediums no pecuniary recompense4 ,the greatest friend of the cause in ,france1 ,leymarie1 now languishes in a prison-cell1 and1 as he says with touching pathos1 is 8no longer a man1 but a number0 on the prison register4 ,there are a few1 a very few1 orators on the spiritualistic platform who speak by inspiration1 and if they know what is said at all they are in the condition described by ,daniel3 8,and ,i retained no strength4 ,yet heard ,i the voice of his words3 and when ,i heard the voice of his words1 then was ,i in a deep sleep40#gdd ,and there are mediums1 these whom we have spoken of1 for whom the prophecy in ,samuel might have been written3 8,the spirit of the ,lord will come upon thee1 thou shalt prophesy with them1 and shalt be turned into another man40#gde ,but where1 in the long line of ,bible-wonders1 do we read of flying guitars1 and tinkling tambourines1 and jangling bells being offered in pitch-dark rooms as evidences of immortality8 ,when ,christ was accused of casting out devils by the power of ,beelzebub1 he denied it1 and sharply retorted by asking1 8,by whom do your sons or disciples cast them out80 ,again1 spiritualists affirm that ,jesus was a medium1 that he was controlled by one or many spirits2 but when the charge was made to him direct he said that he was nothing of the kind4 8,say we not well1 that thou art a ,samaritan1 and hast a devil80 daimonion1 an ,obeah1 or familiar spirit in the ,hebrew text4 ,jesus answered1 8,i have not a devil40#gdf ,the writer from whom we have above quoted1 attempts also a parallel between the aerial flights of ,philip and ,ezekiel and of ,mrs4 ,guppy and other modern mediums4 ,he is ignorant or oblivious of the fact that #die while levitation occurred as an effect in both classes of cases1 the producing causes were totally dissimilar4 ,the nature of this difference we have adverted to already4 ,levitation may be produced consciously or unconsciously to the subject4 ,the juggler determines beforehand that he will be levitated1 for how long a time1 and to what height2 he regulates the occult forces accordingly4 ,the fakir produces the same effect by the power of his aspiration and will1 and1 except when in the ecstatic state1 keeps control over his movements4 ,so does the priest of ,siam1 when1 in the sacred pagoda1 he mounts fifty feet in the air with taper in hand1 and flits from idol to idol1 lighting up the niches1 self-supported1 and stepping as confidently as though he were upon solid ground4 ,this1 persons have seen and testify to4 ,the officers of the ,russian squadron which recently circumnavigated the globe1 and was stationed for a long time in ,japanese waters1 relate the fact that1 besides many other marvels1 they saw jugglers walk in mid-air from tree-top to tree-top1 without the slightest support4#gdg ,they also saw the pole and tape-climbing feats1 described by ,colonel ,olcott in his ,people from the ,other ,world1 and which have been so much called in question by certain spiritualists and mediums whose zeal is greater than their learning4 ,the quotations from ,col4 ,yule and other writers1 elsewhere given in this work1 seem to place the matter beyond doubt that these effects are produced4 ,such phenomena1 when occurring apart from religious rites1 in ,india1 ,japan1 ,thibet1 ,siam1 and other 8heathen0 countries1 phenomena a hundred times more various and astounding than ever seen in civilized ,europe or ,america1 are never attributed to the spirits of the departed4 ,the ,pitris have naught to do with such public exhibitions4 ,and we have but to consult the list of the principal demons or elemental spirits to find that their very names indicate their professions1 or1 to express it clearly1 the tricks to which each variety is best adapted4 ,so we have the ,mdan1 a generic name indicating wicked elemental spirits1 half brutes1 half monsters1 for ,mdan signifies one that looks like a cow4 ,he is the friend of the malicious sorcerers and helps them to effect their evil purposes of revenge by striking men and cattle with sudden illness and death4 ,the ,shudla-,mdan1 or graveyard fiend1 answers to our ghouls4 ,he delights where crime and murder were committed1 near burial-spots and places of execution4 ,he helps the juggler in all the fire-phenomena as well as ,kutti ,shttan1 the little juggling imps4 ,shudla1 they say1 is a half-fire1 half-water demon1 for he received from ,siva permission to assume any shape he chose1 transform one thing into another2 and when #dif he is not in fire1 he is in water4 ,it is he who blinds people 8to see that which they do not see40 ,shla ,mdan1 is another mischievous spook4 ,he is the furnace-demon1 skilled in pottery and baking4 ,if you keep friends with him1 he will not injure you2 but woe to him who incurs his wrath4 ,shla likes compliments and flattery1 and as he generally keeps underground it is to him that a juggler must look to help him raise a tree from a seed in a quarter of an hour and ripen its fruit4 ,kumil-,mdan1 is the undine proper4 ,he is an elemental spirit of the water1 and his name means blowing like a bubble4 ,he is a very merry imp2 and will help a friend in anything relative to his department2 he will shower rain and show the future and the present to those who will resort to hydromancy or divination by water4 ,poruth ,mdan1 is the 8wrestling0 demon2 he is the strongest of all2 and whenever there are feats shown in which physical force is required1 such as levitations1 or taming of wild animals1 he will help the performer by keeping him above the soil or will overpower a wild beast before the tamer has time to utter his incantation4 ,so1 every 8physical manifestation0 has its own class of elemental spirits to superintend them4 ,returning now to levitations of human bodies and inanimate bodies1 in modern circle-rooms1 we must refer the reader to the ,introductory chapter of this work4 7,see 8throbasy407 ,in connection with the story of ,simon the ,magician1 we have shown the explanation of the ancients as to how the levitation and transport of heavy bodies could be produced4 ,we will now try and suggest a hypothesis for the same in relation to mediums1 i4 e41 persons supposed to be unconscious at the moment of the phenomena1 which the believers claim to be produced by disembodied 8spirits40 ,we need not repeat that which has been sufficiently explained before4 ,conscious throbasy under magneto-electrical conditions is possible only to adepts who can never be overpowered by an influence foreign to themselves1 but remain sole masters of their ,,will4 ,thus levitation1 we will say1 must always occur in obedience to law--a law as inexorable as that which makes a body unaffected by it remain upon the ground4 ,and where should we seek for that law outside of the theory of molecular attraction8 ,it is a scientific hypothesis that the form of force which first brings nebulous or star matter together into a whirling vortex is electricity2 and modern chemistry is being totally reconstructed upon the theory of electric polarities of atoms4 ,the waterspout1 the tornado1 the whirlwind1 the cyclone1 and the hurricane1 are all doubtless the result of electrical action4 ,this phenomenon has been studied from above as well as from below1 observations having been made both upon the ground and from a balloon floating above the vortex of a thunder-storm4 ,observe now1 that this force1 under the conditions of a dry and warm #dig atmosphere at the earth's surface1 can accumulate a dynamic energy capable of lifting enormous bodies of water1 of compressing the particles of atmosphere1 and of sweeping across a country1 tearing up forests1 lifting rocks1 and scattering buildings in fragments over the ground4 ,wild's electric machine causes induced currents of magneto-electricity so enormously powerful as to produce light by which small print may be read1 on a dark night1 at a distance of two miles from the place where it is operating4 ,as long ago as the year #afjj1 ,gilbert1 in his ,de ,magnete1 enunciated the principle that the globe itself is one vast magnet1 and some of our advanced electricians are now beginning to realize that man1 too1 possesses this property1 and that the mutual attractions and repulsions of individuals toward each other may at least in part find their explanation in this fact4 ,the experience of attendants upon spiritualistic circles corroborates this opinion4 ,says ,professor ,nicholas ,wagner1 of the ,university of ,st4 ,petersburg3 8,heat1 or perhaps the electricity of the investigators sitting in the circle1 must concentrate itself in the table and gradually develop into motions4 ,at the same time1 or a little afterward1 the psychical force unites to assist the two other powers4 ,by psychical force1 ,i mean that which evolves itself out of all the other forces of our organism4 ,the combination into one general something of several separate forces1 and capable1 when combined1 of manifesting itself in degree1 according to the individuality40 ,the progress of the phenomena he considers to be affected by the cold or the dryness of the atmosphere4 ,now1 remembering what has been said as to the subtler forms of energy which the ,hermetists have proved to exist in nature1 and accepting the hypothesis enunciated by ,mr4 ,wagner that 8the power which calls out these manifestations is centred in the mediums10 may not the medium1 by furnishing in himself a nucleus as perfect in its way as the system of permanent steel magnets in ,wild's battery1 produce astral currents sufficiently strong to lift in their vortex a body even as ponderable as a human form8 ,it is not necessary that the object lifted should assume a gyratory motion1 for the phenomenon we are observing1 unlike the whirlwind1 is directed by an intelligence1 which is capable of keeping the body to be raised within the ascending current and preventing its rotation4 ,levitation in this case would be a purely mechanical phenomenon4 ,the inert body of the passive medium is lifted by a vortex created either by the elemental spirits--possibly1 in some cases1 by human ones1 and sometimes through purely morbific causes1 as in the cases of ,professor ,perty's sick somnambules4 ,the levitation of the adept is1 on the contrary1 a magneto-electric effect1 as we have just stated4 ,he has #dih made the polarity of his body opposite to that of the atmosphere1 and identical with that of the earth2 hence1 attractable by the former1 retaining his consciousness the while4 ,a like phenomenal levitation is possible1 also1 when disease has changed the corporeal polarity of a patient1 as disease always does in a greater or lesser degree4 ,but1 in such case1 the lifted person would not be likely to remain conscious4 ,in one series of observations upon whirlwinds1 made in #ahei1 in the basin of the ,rocky ,mountains1 8a newspaper was caught up 444 to a height of some two hundred feet2 and there it oscillated to and fro across the track for some considerable time1 whilst accompanying the onward motion40#gdh ,of course scientists will say that a parallel cannot be instituted between this case and that of human levitation2 that no vortex can be formed in a room by which a medium could be raised2 but this is a question of astral light and spirit1 which have their own peculiar dynamical laws4 ,those who understand the latter1 affirm that a concourse of people laboring under mental excitement1 which rects upon the physical system1 throw off electro-magnetic emanations1 which1 when sufficiently intense1 can throw the whole circumambient atmosphere into perturbation4 ,force enough may actually be generated to create an electrical vortex1 sufficiently powerful to produce many a strange phenomenon4 ,with this hint1 the whirling of the dervishes1 and the wild dances1 swayings1 gesticulations1 music1 and shouts of devotees will be understood as all having a common object in view--namely1 the creation of such astral conditions as favor psychological and physical phenomena4 ,the rationale of religious revivals will also be better understood if this principle is borne in mind4 ,but there is still another point to be considered4 ,if the medium is a nucleus of magnetism and a conductor of that force1 he would be subject to the same laws as a metallic conductor1 and be attracted to his magnet4 ,if1 therefore1 a magnetic centre of the requisite power was formed directly over him by the unseen powers presiding over the manifestations1 why should not his body be lifted toward it1 despite terrestrial gravity8 ,we know that1 in the case of a medium who is unconscious of the progress of the operation1 it is necessary to first admit the fact of such an intelligence1 and next1 the possibility of the experiment being conducted as described2 but1 in view of the #dii multifarious evidences offered1 not only in our own researches1 which claim no authority1 but also in those of ,mr4 ,crookes1 and a great number of others1 in many lands and at different epochs1 we shall not turn aside from the main object of offering this hypothesis in the profitless endeavor to strengthen a case which scientific men will not consider with patience1 even when sanctioned by the most distinguished of their own body4 ,as early as #ahcf1 the public was apprised of certain phenomena which were as extraordinary1 if not more so than all the manifestations which are produced in our days4 ,the famous correspondence between two well-known mesmerizers1 ,deleuze and ,billot1 was published in ,france1 and the wonders discussed for a time in every society4 ,billot firmly believed in the apparition of spirits1 for1 as he says1 he has both seen1 heard1 and felt them4 ,deleuze was as much convinced of this truth as ,billot1 and declared that man's immortality and the return of the dead1 or rather of their shadows1 was the best demonstrated fact in his opinion4 ,material objects were brought to him from distant places by invisible hands1 and he communicated on most important subjects with the invisible intelligences4 8,in regard to this10 he remarks1 8,i cannot conceive how spiritual beings are able to carry material objects40 ,more skeptical1 less intuitional than ,billot1 nevertheless1 he agreed with the latter that 8the question of spiritualism is not one of opinions1 but of facts40 ,such is precisely the conclusion to which ,professor ,wagner1 of ,st4 ,petersburg1 was finally driven4 ,in the second pamphlet on ,mediumistic ,phenomena1 issued by him in ,december1 #ahge1 he administers the following rebuke to ,mr4 ,shkliarevsky1 one of his materialistic critics3 8,so long as the spiritual manifestations were weak and sporadic1 we men of science could afford to deceive ourselves with theories of unconscious muscular action1 or unconscious cerebrations of our brains1 and tumble the rest into one heap as juggleries4444 ,but now these wonders have grown too striking2 the spirits show themselves in the shape of tangible1 materialized forms1 which can be touched and handled at will by any learned skeptic like yourself1 and even be weighed and measured4 ,we can struggle no longer1 for every resistance becomes absurd--it threatens lunacy4 ,try then to realize this1 and to humble yourself before the possibility of impossible facts40 ,iron is only magnetized temporarily1 but steel permanently1 by contact with the lodestone4 ,now steel is but iron which has passed through a carbonizing process1 and yet that process has quite changed the nature of the metal1 so far as its relations to the lodestone are concerned4 ,in like manner1 it may be said that the medium is but an ordinary person who is magnetized by influx from the astral light2 and as the #ejj permanence of the magnetic property in the metal is measured by its more or less steel-like character1 so may we not say that the intensity and permanency of mediumistic power is in proportion to the saturation of the medium with the magnetic or astral force8 ,this condition of saturation may be congenital1 or brought about in any one of these ways3--by the mesmeric process2 by spirit-agency2 or by self-will4 ,moreover1 the condition seems hereditable1 like any other physical or mental peculiarity2 many1 and we may even say most great mediums having had mediumship exhibited in some form by one or more progenitors4 ,mesmeric subjects easily pass into the higher forms of clairvoyance and mediumship 7now so called71 as ,gregory1 ,deleuze1 ,puysegur1 ,du ,potet1 and other authorities inform us4 ,as to the process of self-saturation1 we have only to turn to the account of the priestly devotees of ,japan1 ,siam1 ,china1 ,india1 ,thibet1 and ,egypt1 as well as of ,european countries1 to be satisfied of its reality4 ,long persistence in a fixed determination to subjugate matter1 brings about a condition in which not only is one insensible to external impressions1 but even death itself may be simulated1 as we have already seen4 ,the ecstatic so enormously renforces his will-power1 as to draw into himself1 as into a vortex1 the potencies resident in the astral light to supplement his own natural store4 ,the phenomena of mesmerism are explicable upon no other hypothesis than the projection of a current of force from the operator into the subject4 ,if a man can project this force by an exercise of the will1 what prevents his attracting it toward himself by reversing the current8 ,unless1 indeed1 it be urged that the force is generated within his body and cannot be attracted from any supply without4 ,but even under such an hypothesis1 if he can generate a superabundant supply to saturate another person1 or even an inanimate object by his will1 why cannot he generate it in excess for self-saturation8 ,in his work on ,anthropology1 ,professor ,j4 ,r4 ,buchanan notes the tendency of the natural gestures to follow the direction of the phrenological organs2 the attitude of combativeness being downward and backward2 that of hope and spirituality upward and forward2 that of firmness upward and backward2 and so on4 ,the adepts of ,hermetic science know this principle so well that they explain the levitation of their own bodies1 whenever it happens unawares1 by saying that the thought is so intently fixed upon a point above them1 that when the body is thoroughly imbued with the astral influence1 it follows the mental aspiration and rises into the air as easily as a cork held beneath the water rises to the surface when its buoyancy is allowed to assert itself4 ,the giddiness felt by certain persons when standing upon the brink of a chasm is explained upon the same principle4 ,young children1 #eja who have little or no active imagination1 and in whom experience has not had sufficient time to develop fear1 are seldom1 if ever1 giddy2 but the adult of a certain mental temperament1 seeing the chasm and picturing in his imaginative fancy the consequences of a fall1 allows himself to be drawn by the attraction of the earth1 and unless the spell of fascination be broken1 his body will follow his thought to the foot of the precipice4 ,that this giddiness is purely a temperamental affair1 is shown in the fact that some persons never experience the sensation1 and inquiry will probably reveal the fact that such are deficient in the imaginative faculty4 ,we have a case in view--a gentleman who1 in #aheh1 had so firm a nerve that he horrified the witnesses by standing upon the coping of the ,arc de ,triomphe1 in ,paris1 with folded arms1 and his feet half over the edge2 but1 having since become short-sighted1 was taken with a panic upon attempting to cross a plank-walk over the courtyard of a hotel1 where the footway was more than two feet and a half wide1 and there was no danger4 ,he looked at the flagging below1 gave his fancy free play1 and would have fallen had he not quickly sat down4 ,it is a dogma of science that perpetual motion is impossible2 it is another dogma1 that the allegation that the ,hermetists discovered the elixir of life1 and that certain of them1 by partaking of it1 prolonged their existence far beyond the usual term1 is a superstitious absurdity4 ,and the claim that the baser metals have been transmuted into gold1 and that the universal solvent was discovered1 excites only contemptuous derision in a century which has crowned the edifice of philosophy with a copestone of protoplasm4 ,the first is declared a physical impossibility2 as much so1 according to ,babinet1 the astronomer1 as the 8levitation of an object without contact20#gdi the second1 a physiological vagary begotten of a disordered mind2 the third1 a chemical absurdity4 ,balfour ,stewart says that while the man of science cannot assert that 8he is intimately acquainted with all the forces of nature1 and cannot prove that perpetual motion is impossible2 for1 in truth1 he knows very little of these forces 444 he does think that he has entered into the spirit and design of nature1 and therefore he denies at once the possibility of such a machine40#gej ,if he has discovered the design of nature1 he certainly has not the spirit1 for he denies its existence in one sense2 and denying spirit he prevents that perfect understanding of universal law which would redeem modern philosophy from its thousand mortifying dilemmas and mistakes4 ,if ,professor ,b4 ,stewart's negation is #ejb founded upon no better analogy than that of his ,french contemporary1 ,babinet1 he is in danger of a like humiliating catastrophe4 ,the universe itself illustrates the actuality of perpetual motion2 and the atomic theory1 which has proved such a balm to the exhausted minds of our cosmic explorers1 is based upon it4 ,the telescope searching through space1 and the microscope probing the mysteries of the little world in a drop of water1 reveal the same law in operation2 and1 as everything below is like everything above1 who would presume to say that when the conservation of energy is better understood1 and the two additional forces of the kabalists are added to the catalogue of orthodox science1 it may not be discovered how to construct a machine which shall run without friction and supply itself with energy in proportion to its wastes8 8,fifty years ago10 says the venerable ,mr4 de ,lara1 8a ,hamburg paper1 quoting from an ,english one an account of the opening of the ,manchester and ,liverpool ,railway1 pronounced it a gross fabrication2 capping the climax by saying1 #8even so far extends the credulity of the ,english2'0 the moral is apparent4 ,the recent discovery of the compound called ,,metalline1 by an ,american chemist1 makes it appear probable that friction can1 in a large degree1 be overcome4 ,one thing is certain1 when a man shall have discovered the perpetual motion he will be able to understand by analogy all the secrets of nature2 progress in direct ratio with resistance4 ,we may say the same of the elixir of life1 by which is understood physical life1 the soul being of course deathless only by reason of its divine immortal union with spirit4 ,but continual or perpetual does not mean endless4 ,the kabalists have never claimed that either an endless physical life or unending motion is possible4 ,the ,hermetic axiom maintains that only the ,first ,cause and its direct emanations1 our spirits 7scintillas from the eternal central sun which will be rebsorbed by it at the end of time7 are incorruptible and eternal4 ,but1 in possession of a knowledge of occult natural forces1 yet undiscovered by the materialists1 they asserted that both physical life and mechanical motion could be prolonged indefinitely4 ,the philosophers' stone had more than one meaning attached to its mysterious origin4 ,says ,professor ,wilder3 8,the study of alchemy was even more universal than the several writers upon it appear to have known1 and was always the auxiliary1 if not identical with1 the occult sciences of magic1 necromancy1 and astrology2 probably from the same fact that they were originally but forms of a spiritualism which was generally extant in all ages of human history40 ,our greatest wonder is1 that the very men who view the human body simply as a 8digesting machine10 should object to the idea that if some equivalent for metalline could be applied between its molecules1 #ejc it should run without friction4 ,man's body is taken from the earth1 or dust1 according to ,genesis2 which allegory bars the claims of modern analysts to original discovery of the nature of the inorganic constituents of human body4 ,if the author of ,genesis knew this1 and ,aristotle taught the identity between the life-principle of plants1 animals1 and men1 our affiliation with mother earth seems to have been settled long ago4 ,elie de ,beaumont has recently reasserted the old doctrine of ,hermes that there is a terrestrial circulation comparable to that of the blood of man4 ,now1 since it is a doctrine as old as time1 that nature is continually renewing her wasted energies by absorption from the source of energy1 why should the child differ from the parent8 ,why may not man1 by discovering the source and nature of this recuperative energy1 extract from the earth herself the juice or quintessence with which to replenish his own forces8 ,this may have been the great secret of the alchemists4 ,stop the circulation of the terrestrial fluids and we have stagnation1 putrefaction1 death2 stop the circulation of the fluids in man1 and stagnation1 absorption1 calcification from old age1 and death ensue4 ,if the alchemists had simply discovered some chemical compound capable of keeping the channels of our circulation unclogged1 would not all the rest easily follow8 ,and why1 we ask1 if the surface-waters of certain mineral springs have such virtue in the cure of disease and the restoration of physical vigor1 is it illogical to say that if we could get the first runnings from the alembic of nature in the bowels of the earth1 we might1 perhaps1 find that the fountain of youth was no myth after all4 ,jennings asserts that the elixir was produced out of the secret chemical laboratories of nature by some adepts2 and ,robert ,boyle1 the chemist1 mentions a medicated wine or cordial which ,dr4 ,lefevre tried with wonderful effect upon an old woman4 ,alchemy is as old as tradition itself4 8,the first authentic record on this subject10 says ,william ,godwin1 8is an edict of ,diocletian1 about #cjj years after ,christ1 ordering a diligent search to be made in ,egypt for all the ancient books which treated of the art of making gold and silver1 that they might be consigned to the flames4 ,this edict necessarily presumes a certain antiquity to the pursuit2 and fabulous history has recorded ,solomon1 ,pythagoras1 and ,hermes among its distinguished votaries40 ,and this question of transmutation--this alkahest or universal solvent1 which comes next after the elixir vit in the order of the three alchemical agents8 ,is the idea so absurd as to be totally unworthy of consideration in this age of chemical discovery8 ,how shall we dispose of the historical anecdotes of men who actually made gold and gave it away1 and of those who testify to having seen them do it8 ,libavius1 #ejd ,geberus1 ,arnoldus1 ,thomas ,aquinas1 ,bernardus ,comes1 ,joannes ,penotus1 ,quercetanus ,geber1 the ,arabian father of ,european alchemy1 ,eugenius ,philalethes1 ,baptista ,porta1 ,rubeus1 ,dornesius1 ,vogelius1 ,irenus ,philaletha ,cosmopolita1 and many medival alchemists and ,hermetic philosophers assert the fact4 ,must we believe them all visionaries and lunatics1 these otherwise great and learned scholars8 ,francesco ,picus1 in his work ,de ,auro1 gives eighteen instances of gold being produced in his presence by artificial means2 and ,thomas ,vaughan1#gea going to a goldsmith to sell #a1bjj marks worth of gold1 when the man suspiciously remarked that the gold was too pure to have ever come out of a mine1 ran away1 leaving the money behind him4 ,in a preceding chapter we have brought forward the testimony of a number of authors to this effect4 ,marco ,polo tells us that in some mountains of ,thibet1 which he calls ,chingintalas1 there are veins of the substance from which ,salamander is made3 8,for the real truth is1 that the salamander is no beast1 as they allege in our parts of the world1 but is a substance found in the earth40#geb ,then he adds that a ,turk of the name of ,zurficar1 told him that he had been procuring salamanders for the ,great ,khan1 in those regions1 for the space of three years4 8,he said that the way they got them was by digging in that mountain till they found a certain vein4 ,the substance of this vein was then taken and crushed1 and1 when so treated1 it divides1 as it were1 into fibres of wool1 which they set forth to dry4 ,when dry1 these fibres were pounded and washed1 so as to leave only the fibres1 like fibres of wool4 ,these were then spun4444 ,when first made1 these napkins are not very white1 but1 by putting them into the fire for a while1 they come out as white as snow40 ,therefore1 as several authorities testify1 this mineral substance is the famous ,asbestos1#gec which the ,rev4 ,a4 ,williamson says is found in ,shantung4 ,but1 it is not only incombustible thread which is made from it4 ,an oil1 having several most extraordinary properties1 is extracted from it1 and the secret of its virtues remains with certain lamas and ,hindu adepts4 ,when rubbed into the body1 it leaves no external stain or mark1 but1 nevertheless1 after having been so rubbed1 the part can be scrubbed with soap and hot or cold water1 without the virtue of the ointment being affected in the least4 ,the person so rubbed may boldly step into the hottest fire2 unless suffocated1 he will remain uninjured4 ,another property of the oil is that1 when combined with another substance1 that we are not at liberty to #eje name1 and left stagnant under the rays of the moon1 on certain nights indicated by native astrologers1 it will breed strange creatures4 ,infusoria we may call them in one sense1 but then these grow and develop4 ,speaking of ,kashmere1 ,marco ,polo observes that they have an astonishing acquaintance with the devilries of enchantment1 insomuch that they make their idols to speak4 ,to this day1 the greatest magian mystics of these regions may be found in ,kashmere4 ,the various religious sects of this country were always credited with preternatural powers1 and were the resort of adepts and sages4 ,as ,colonel ,yule remarks1 8,vambery tells us that even in our day1 the ,kasmiri dervishes are preminent among their ,mahometan brethren for cunning1 secret arts1 skill in exorcisms and magic40#ged ,but1 all modern chemists are not equally dogmatic in their negation of the possibility of such a transmutation4 ,dr4 ,peisse1 ,desprez1 and even the all-denying ,louis ,figuier1 of ,paris1 seem to be far from rejecting the idea4 ,dr4 ,wilder says3 8,the possibility of reducing the elements to their primal form1 as they are supposed to have existed in the igneous mass from which the earth-crust is believed to have been formed1 is not considered by physicists to be so absurd an idea as has been intimated4 ,there is a relationship between metals1 often so close as to indicate an original identity4 ,persons called alchemists may1 therefore1 have devoted their energies to investigations into these matters1 as ,lavoisier1 ,davy1 ,faraday1 and others of our day have explained the mysteries of chemistry40#gee ,a learned ,theosophist1 a practicing physician of this country1 one who has studied the occult sciences and alchemy for over thirty years1 has succeeded in reducing the elements to their primal form1 and made what is termed 8the pre-,adamite earth40 ,it appears in the form of an earthy precipitate from pure water1 which1 on being disturbed1 presents the most opalescent and vivid colors4 8,the secret10 say the alchemists1 as if enjoying the ignorance of the uninitiated1 8is an amalgamation of the salt1 sulphur1 and mercury combined three times in ,azoth1 by a triple sublimation and a triple fixation40 8,how ridiculously absurd60 will exclaim a learned modern chemist4 ,well1 the disciples of the great ,hermes understand the above as well as a graduate of ,harvard ,university comprehends the meaning of his ,professor of ,chemistry1 when the latter says3 8,with one hydroxyl group we can only produce monatomic compounds2 use two hydroxyl groups1 and we can form around the same skeleton a number of diatomic compounds4 444 #ejf ,attach to the nucleus three hydroxyl groups1 and there result triatomic compounds1 among which is a very familiar substance-- ,h ,h ,h ,h-,o-,c-,c-,c-,o-,h ,h ,h ,h ,h ,glycerine40 8,attach thyself10 says the alchemist1 8to the four letters of the tetragram disposed in the following manner3 ,the letters of the ineffable name are there1 although thou mayest not discern them at first4 ,the incommunicable axiom is kabalistically contained therein1 and this is what is called the magic arcanum by the masters40 ,the arcanum--the fourth emanation of the ,aksa1 the principle of ,,life1 which is represented in its third transmutation by the fiery sun1 the eye of the world1 or of ,osiris1 as the ,egyptians termed it4 ,an eye tenderly watching its youngest daughter1 wife1 and sister--,isis1 our mother earth4 ,see what ,hermes1 the thrice-great master1 says of her3 8,her father is the sun1 her mother is the moon40 ,it attracts and caresses1 and then repulses her by a projectile power4 ,it is for the ,hermetic student to watch its motions1 to catch its subtile currents1 to guide and direct them with the help of the athanor1 the ,archimedean lever of the alchemist4 ,what is this mysterious athanor8 ,can the physicist tell us--he who sees and examines it daily8 ,aye1 he sees2 but does he comprehend the secret-ciphered characters traced by the divine finger on every sea-shell in the ocean's deep2 on every leaf that trembles in the breeze2 in the bright star1 whose stellar lines are in his sight but so many more or less luminous lines of hydrogen8 ,illustration3 ,three geometrical shapes 8,god geometrizes10 said ,plato4#gef 8,the laws of nature are the #ejg thoughts of ,god20 exclaimed ,orsted1 #b1jjj years later4 8,his thoughts are immutable10 repeated the solitary student of ,hermetic lore1 8therefore it is in the perfect harmony and equilibrium of all things that we must seek the truth40 ,and thus1 proceeding from the indivisible unity1 he found emanating from it two contrary forces1 each acting through the other and producing equilibrium1 and the three were but one1 the ,pythagorean ,eternal ,monad4 ,the primordial point is a circle2 the circle squaring itself from the four cardinal points becomes a quaternary1 the perfect square1 having at each of its four angles a letter of the mirific name1 the sacred ,,tetragram4 ,it is the four ,buddhas who came and have passed away2 the ,pythagorean tetractys--absorbed and resolved by the one eternal ,,no-,,being4 ,tradition declares that on the dead body of ,hermes1 at ,hebron1 was found by an ,isarim1 an initiate1 the tablet known as the ,smaragdine4 ,it contains1 in a few sentences1 the essence of the ,hermetic wisdom4 ,to those who read but with their bodily eyes1 the precepts will suggest nothing new or extraordinary1 for it merely begins by saying that it speaks not fictitious things1 but that which is true and most certain4 8,what is below is like that which is above1 and what is above is similar to that which is below to accomplish the wonders of one thing4 8,as all things were produced by the mediation of one being1 so all things were produced from this one by adaptation4 8,its father is the sun1 its mother is the moon4 8,it is the cause of all perfection throughout the whole earth4 8,its power is perfect if it is changed into earth4 8,separate the earth from the fire1 the subtile from the gross1 acting prudently and with judgment4 8,ascend with the greatest sagacity from the earth to heaven1 and then descend again to earth1 and unite together the power of things inferior and superior2 thus you will possess the light of the whole world1 and all obscurity will fly away from you4 8,this thing has more fortitude than fortitude itself1 because it will overcome every subtile thing and penetrate every solid thing4 8,by it the world was formed40 ,this mysterious thing is the universal1 magical agent1 the astral light1 which in the correlations of its forces furnishes the alkahest1 #ejh the philosopher's stone1 and the elixir of life4 ,hermetic philosophy names it ,azoth1 the soul of the world1 the celestial virgin1 the great ,magnes1 etc41 etc4 ,physical science knows it as 8heat1 light1 electricity1 and magnetism20 but ignoring its spiritual properties and the occult potency contained in ether1 rejects everything it ignores4 ,it explains and depicts the crystalline forms of the snow-flakes1 their modifications of an hexagonal prism which shoot out an infinity of delicate needles4 ,it has studied them so perfectly that it has even calculated1 with the most wondrous mathematical precision1 that all these needles diverge from each other at an angle of #fj4 ,can it tell us as well the cause of this 8endless variety of the most exquisite forms10#geg each of which is a most perfect geometrical figure in itself8 ,these frozen1 star-like and flower-like blossoms1 may be1 for all materialistic science knows1 a shower of messages snowed by spiritual hands from the worlds above for spiritual eyes below to read4 ,the philosophical cross1 the two lines running in opposite directions1 the horizontal and the perpendicular1 the height and breadth1 which the geometrizing ,deity divides at the intersecting point1 and which forms the magical as well as the scientific quaternary1 when it is inscribed within the perfect square1 is the basis of the occultist4 ,within its mystical precinct lies the master-key which opens the door of every science1 physical as well as spiritual4 ,it symbolizes our human existence1 for the circle of life circumscribes the four points of the cross1 which represent in succession birth1 life1 death1 and ,,immortality4 ,everything in this world is a trinity completed by the quaternary1#geh and every element is divisible on this same principle4 ,physiology can divide man ad infinitum1 as physical science has divided the four primal and principal elements in several dozens of others2 she will not succeed in changing either4 ,birth1 life1 and death will ever be a trinity completed only at the cyclic end4 ,even were science to change the longed-for immortality into annihilation1 it still will ever be a quaternary2 for ,god 8geometrizes60 ,therefore1 perhaps alchemy will one day be allowed to talk of her salt1 mercury1 sulphur1 and azoth1 her symbols and mirific letters1 and repeat1 with the exponent of the ,synthesis of ,organic ,compounds1 that 8it must be remembered that the grouping is no play of fancy1 and that a good reason can be given for the position of every letter40#gei ,dr4 ,peisse1 of ,paris1 wrote in #ahfc1 the following3 8,one word1 a propos1 of alchemy4 ,what must we think of the ,hermetic #eji art8 ,is it lawful to believe that we can transmute metals1 make gold8 ,well1 positive men1 esprits forts of the nineteenth century1 know that ,mr4 ,figuier1 doctor of science and medicine1 chemical analyst in the ,school of ,pharmacy1 of ,paris1 does not wish to express himself upon the subject4 ,he doubts1 he hesitates4 ,he knows several alchemists 7for there are such7 who1 basing themselves upon modern chemical discoveries1 and especially on the singular circumstance of the equivalents demonstrated by ,m4 ,dumas1 pretend that metals are not simple bodies1 true elements in the absolute sense1 and that in consequence they may be produced by the process of decomposition4444 ,this encourages me to take a step further1 and candidly avow that ,i would be only moderately surprised to see some one make gold4 ,i have only one reason to give1 but sufficient it seems2 which is1 that gold has not always existed2 it has been made by some chemical travail or other in the bosom of the fused matter of our globe2#gfj perhaps some of it may be even now in process of formation4 ,the pretended simple bodies of our chemistry are very probably secondary products1 in the formation of the terrestrial mass4 ,it has been proved so with water1 one of the most respectable elements of ancient physics4 ,to-day1 we create water4 ,why should we not make gold8 ,an eminent experimentalist1 ,mr4 ,desprez1 has made the diamond4 ,true1 this diamond is only a scientific diamond1 a philosophical diamond1 which would be worth nothing2 but1 no matter1 my position holds good4 ,besides1 we are not left to simple conjectures4 ,there is a man living1 who1 in a paper addressed to the scientific bodies1 in #ahec1 has underscored these words--,i have discovered the method of producing artificial gold1 ,i have made gold4 ,this adept is ,mr4 ,theodore ,tiffereau1 ex-preparator of chemistry in the cole ,professionelle et ,suprieure of ,nantes40#gfa ,cardinal de ,rohan1 the famous victim of the diamond necklace conspiracy1 testified that he had seen the ,count ,cagliostro make both gold and diamonds4 ,we presume that those who agree with ,professor ,t4 ,sterry ,hunt1 ,f4,r4,s41 will have no patience with the theory of ,dr4 ,peisse1 for they believe that all of our metalliferous deposits are due to the action of organic life4 ,and so1 until they do come to some composition of their differences1 so as to let us know for a certainty the nature of gold1 and whether it is the product of interior volcanic alchemy or surface segregation and filtration2 we will leave them to settle their quarrel between themselves1 and give credit meanwhile to the old philosophers4 ,professor ,balfour ,stewart1 whom no one would think of classing among #eaj illiberal minds2 who1 with far more fairness and more frequently than any of his colleagues admits the failings of modern science1 shows himself1 nevertheless1 as biassed as other scientists on this question4 ,perpetual light being only another name for perpetual motion1 he tells us1 and the latter being impossible because we have no means of equilibrating the waste of combustible material1 a ,hermetic light is1 therefore1 an impossibility4#gfb ,noting the fact that a 8perpetual light was supposed to result from magical powers10 and remarking further that such a light is 8certainly not of this earth1 where light and all other forms of superior energy are essentially evanescent10 this gentleman argues as though the ,hermetic philosophers had always claimed that the flame under discussion was an ordinary earthly flame1 resulting from the combustion of luminiferous material4 ,in this the philosophers have been constantly misunderstood and misrepresented4 ,how many great minds--unbelievers from the start--after having studied the 8secret doctrine10 have changed their opinions and found out how mistaken they were4 ,and how contradictory it seems to find one moment ,balfour ,stewart quoting some philosophical morals of ,bacon--whom he terms the father of experimental science--and saying 8 444 surely we ought to learn a lesson from these remarks 444 and be very cautious before we dismiss any branch of knowledge or train of thought as essentially unprofitable10 and then dismissing the next moment1 as utterly impossible1 the claims of the alchemists6 ,he shows ,aristotle as 8entertaining the idea that light is not any body1 or the emanation of any body1 and that therefore light is an energy or act20 and yet1 although the ancients were the first to show1 through ,demokritus1 to ,john ,dalton the doctrine of atoms1 and through ,pythagoras and even the oldest of the ,chaldean oracles1 that of ether as a universal agent1 their ideas1 says ,stewart1 8were not prolific40 ,he admits that they 8possessed great genius and intellectual power10 but adds that 8they were deficient in physical conceptions1 and1 in consequence1 their ideas were not prolific40#gfc ,the whole of the present work is a protest against such a loose way of judging the ancients4 ,to be thoroughly competent to criticise their ideas1 and assure one's self whether their ideas were distinct and 8appropriate to the facts10 one must have sifted these ideas to the very bottom4 ,it is idle to repeat that which we have frequently said1 and that which every scholar ought to know2 namely1 that the quintessence of their knowledge was in the hands of the priests1 who never wrote them1 and in those of the 8initiates0 who1 like ,plato1 #eaa did not dare write them4 ,therefore1 those few speculations on the material and spiritual universes1 which they did put in writing1 could not enable posterity to judge them rightly1 even had not the early ,christian ,vandals1 the later crusaders1 and the fanatics of the middle ages destroyed three parts of that which remained of the ,alexandrian library and its later schools4 ,professor ,draper shows that the ,cardinal ,ximenes alone 8delivered to the flames in the squares of ,granada1 #hj1jjj ,arabic manuscripts1 many of them translations of classical authors40 ,in the ,vatican libraries1 whole passages in the most rare and precious treatises of the ancients were found erased and blotted out1 for the sake of interlining them with absurd psalmodies6 ,who then1 of those who turn away from the 8secret doctrine0 as being 8unphilosophical0 and1 therefore1 unworthy of a scientific thought1 has a right to say that he studied the ancients2 that he is aware of all that they knew1 and knowing now far more1 knows also that they knew little1 if anything4 ,this 8secret doctrine0 contains the alpha and the omega of universal science2 therein lies the corner and the keystone of all the ancient and modern knowledge2 and alone in this 8unphilosophical0 doctrine remains buried the absolute in the philosophy of the dark problems of life and death4 8,the great energies of ,nature are known to us only by their effects10 said ,paley4 ,paraphrasing the sentence1 we will say that the great achievements of the days of old are known to posterity only by their effects4 ,if one takes a book on alchemy1 and sees in it the speculations on gold and light by the brothers of the ,rosie ,cross1 he will find himself certainly startled1 for the simple reason that he will not understand them at all4 8,the ,hermetic gold10 he may read1 8is the outflow of the sunbeam1 or of light suffused invisibly and magically into the body of the world4 ,light is sublimated gold1 rescued magically by invisible stellar attraction1 out of material depths4 ,gold is thus the deposit of light1 which of itself generates4 ,light in the celestial world is subtile1 vaporous1 magically exalted gold1 or #8spirit of flame4' ,gold draws inferior natures in the metals1 and intensifying and multiplying1 converts into itself40#gfd ,nevertheless1 facts are facts2 and1 as ,billot says of spiritualism1 we will remark of occultism generally and of alchemy in particular--it is not a matter of opinion but of facts1 men of science call an inextinguishable lamp an impossibility1 but nevertheless persons in our own age as well as in the days of ignorance and superstition have found them burning bright in old vaults shut up for centuries2 #eab and other persons there are who possess the secret of keeping such fires for several ages4 ,men of science say that ancient and modern spiritualism1 magic1 and mesmerism1 are charlatanry or delusion2 but there are #hjj millions on the face of the globe1 of perfectly sane men and women1 who believe in all these4 ,whom are we to credit8 8,demokritus10 says ,lucian1#gfe 8believed in no 7miracles7 444 he applied himself to discover the method by which the theurgists could produce them2 in a word1 his philosophy brought him to the conclusion that magic was entirely confined to the application and the imitation of the laws and the works of nature40 ,now1 the opinion of the 8laughing philosopher0 is of the greatest importance to us1 since the ,magi left by ,xerxes1 at ,abdera1 were his instructors1 and he had studied magic1 moreover1 for a considerably long time with the ,egyptian priests4#gff ,for nearly ninety years of the one hundred and nine of his life1 this great philosopher had made experiments1 and noted them down in a book1 which1 according to ,petronius1#gfg treated of nature--facts that he had verified himself4 ,and we find him not only disbelieving in and utterly rejecting miracles1 but asserting that every one of those that were authenticated by eye-witnesses1 had1 and could have taken place2 for all1 even the most incredible1 was produced according to the 8hidden laws of nature40#gfh 8,the day will never come1 when any one of the propositions of ,euclid will be denied10#gfi says ,professor ,draper1 exalting the ,aristoteleans at the expense of the ,pythagoreans and ,platonists4 ,shall we1 in such a case1 disbelieve a number of well-informed authorities 7,lemprire among others71 who assert that the fifteen books of the ,elements are not to be wholly attributed to ,euclid2 and that many of the most valuable truths and demonstrations contained in them owe their existence to ,pythagoras1 ,thales1 and ,eudoxus8 ,that ,euclid1 notwithstanding his genius1 was the first who reduced them to order1 and only interwove theories of his own to render the whole a complete and connected system of geometry8 ,and if these authorities are right1 then it is again to that central sun of metaphysical science--,pythagoras and his school1 that the moderns are indebted directly for such men as ,eratosthenes1 the world-famous geometer and cosmographer1 ,archimedes1 and even ,ptolemy1 notwithstanding his obstinate errors4 ,were it not for the exact science of such men1 and for fragments of their works that they left us to base ,galilean speculations upon1 the great priests of the #eac nineteenth century might find themselves1 perhaps1 still in the bondage of the ,church2 and philosophizing1 in #ahgf1 on the ,augustine and ,bedean cosmogony1 the rotation of the canopy of heaven round the earth1 and the majestic flatness of the latter4 ,the nineteenth century seems positively doomed to humiliating confessions4 ,feltre 7,italy7 erects a public statue 8to ,panfilo ,castaldi1 the illustrious inventor of movable printing types10 and adds in its inscription the generous confession that ,italy renders to him 8this tribute of honor too long deferred40 ,but no sooner is the statue placed1 than the ,feltreians are advised by ,colonel ,yule to 8burn it in honest lime40 ,he proves that many a traveller beside ,marco ,polo had brought home from ,china movable wooden types and specimens of ,chinese books1 the entire text of which was printed with such wooden blocks4#ggj ,we have seen in several ,thibetan lamaseries1 where they have printing-offices1 such blocks preserved as curiosities4 ,they are known to be of the greatest antiquity1 inasmuch as types were perfected1 and the old ones abandoned contemporaneously with the earliest records of ,buddhistic lamaism4 ,therefore1 they must have existed in ,china before the ,christian era4 ,let every one ponder over the wise words of ,professor ,roscoe1 in his lecture on ,spectrum ,analysis4 8,the infant truths must be made useful4 ,neither you nor ,i1 perhaps1 can see the how or the when1 but that the time may come at any moment1 when the most obscure of nature's secrets shall at once be employed for the benefit of mankind1 no one who knows anything of science1 can for one instant doubt4 ,who could have foretold that the discovery that a dead frog's legs jump when they are touched by two different metals1 should have led in a few short years to the discovery of the electric telegraph80 ,professor ,roscoe1 visiting ,kirchhoff and ,bunsen when they were making their great discoveries of the nature of the ,fraunhoffer lines1 says that it flashed upon his mind at once that there is iron in the sun2 therein presenting one more evidence to add to a million predecessors1 that great discoveries usually come with a flash1 and not by induction4 ,there are many more flashes in store for us4 ,it may be found1 perhaps1 that one of the last sparkles of modern science--the beautiful green spectrum of silver--is nothing new1 but was1 notwithstanding the paucity 8and great inferiority of their optical instruments10 well known to the ancient chemists and physicists4 ,silver and green were associated together as far back as the days of ,hermes4 ,luna1 or ,astart 7the ,hermetic silver71 is one of the two chief symbols of the ,rosicrucians4 ,it is a ,hermetic axiom1 that 8the cause of the #ead splendor and variety of colors lies deep in the affinities of nature2 and that there is a singular and mysterious alliance between color and sound40 ,the kabalists place their 8middle nature0 in direct relation with the moon2 and the green ray occupies the centre point between the others1 being placed in the middle of the spectrum4 ,the ,egyptian priests chanted the seven vowels as a hymn addressed to ,serapis2#gga and at the sound of the seventh vowel1 as at the 8seventh ray0 of the rising sun1 the statue of ,memnon responded4 ,recent discoveries have proved the wonderful properties of the blue-violet light--the seventh ray of the prismatic spectrum1 the most powerfully chemical of all1 which corresponds with the highest note in the musical scale4 ,the ,rosicrucian theory1 that the whole universe is a musical instrument1 is the ,pythagorean doctrine of the music of the spheres4 ,sounds and colors are all spiritual numerals2 as the seven prismatic rays proceed from one spot in heaven1 so the seven powers of nature1 each of them a number1 are the seven radiations of the ,unity1 the central1 spiritual ,,sun4 8,happy is he who comprehends the spiritual numerals1 and perceives their mighty influence60 exclaims ,plato4 ,and happy1 we may add1 is he who1 treading the maze of force-correlations1 does not neglect to trace them to this invisible ,sun6 ,future experimenters will reap the honor of demonstrating that musical tones have a wonderful effect upon the growth of vegetation4 ,and with the enunciation of this unscientific fallacy1 we will close the chapter1 and proceed to remind the patient reader of certain things that the ancients knew1 and the moderns think they know4 ,,chapter ,,xiv4 #eae 8,the transactions of this our city of ,sas1 are recorded in our sacred writings during a period of #h1jjj years40--,,plato3 ,timus4 8,the ,egyptians assert that from the reign of ,heracles to that of ,amasis1 #ag1jjj years elapsed40--,,herodotus1 lib4 ii41 c4 #dc4 8,can the theologian derive no light from the pure1 primeval faith that glimmers from ,egyptian hieroglyphics1 to illustrate the immortality of the soul8 ,will not the historian deign to notice the prior origin of every art and science in ,egypt1 a thousand years before the ,pelasgians studded the isles and capes of the ,archipelago with their forts and temples80--,,gliddon4 ,how came ,egypt by her knowledge8 ,when broke the dawn of that civilization whose wondrous perfection is suggested by the bits and fragments supplied to us by the archologists8 ,alas6 the lips of ,memnon are silent1 and no longer utter oracles2 the ,sphinx has become a greater riddle in her speechlessness than was the enigma propounded to dipus4 ,what ,egypt taught to others she certainly did not acquire by the international exchange of ideas and discoveries with her ,semitic neighbors1 nor from them did she receive her stimulus4 8,the more we learn of the ,egyptians10 observes the writer of a recent article1 8the more marvellous they seem60 ,from whom could she have learned her wondrous arts1 the secrets of which died with her8 ,she sent no agents throughout the world to learn what others knew2 but to her the wise men of neighboring nations resorted for knowledge4 ,proudly secluding herself within her enchanted domain1 the fair queen of the desert created wonders as if by the sway of a magic staff4 8,nothing10 remarks the same writer1 whom we have elsewhere quoted1 8proves that civilization and knowledge then rise and progress with her as in the case of other peoples1 but everything seems to be referable1 in the same perfection1 to the earliest dates4 ,that no nation knew as much as herself1 is a fact demonstrated by history40 ,may we not assign as a reason for this remark the fact that until very recently nothing was known of ,old ,india8 ,that these two nations1 ,india and ,egypt1 were akin8 ,that they were the oldest in the group of nations2 and that the ,eastern ,ethiopians--the mighty builders--had come from ,india as a matured people1 bringing their civilization with them1 #eaf and colonizing the perhaps unoccupied ,egyptian territory8 ,but we defer a more complete elaboration of this theme for our second volume4#ggb 8,mechanism10 says ,eusebe ,salverte1 8was carried by the ancients to a point of perfection that has never been attained in modern times4 ,we would inquire if their inventions have been surpassed in our age8 ,certainly not2 and at the present day1 with all the means that the progress of science and modern discovery have placed in the hands of the mechanic1 have we not been assailed by numerous difficulties in striving to place on a pedestal one of those monoliths that the ,egyptians forty centuries ago erected in such numbers before their sacred edifices40 ,as far back as we can glance into history1 to the reign of ,menes1 the most ancient of the kings that we know anything about1 we find proofs that the ,egyptians were far better acquainted with hydrostatics and hydraulic engineering than ourselves4 ,the gigantic work of turning the course of the ,nile--or rather of its three principal branches--and bringing it to ,memphis1 was accomplished during the reign of that monarch1 who appears to us as distant in the abyss of time as a far-glimmering star in the heavenly vault4 ,says ,wilkinson3 8,menes took accurately the measure of the power which he had to oppose1 and he constructed a dyke whose lofty mounds and enormous embankments turned the water eastward1 and since that time the river is contained in its new bed40 ,herodotus has left us a poetical1 but still accurate description of the lake ,mris1 so called after the ,pharaoh who caused this artificial sheet of water to be formed4 ,the historian has described this lake as measuring #dej miles in circumference1 and #cjj feet in depth4 ,it was fed through artificial channels by the ,nile1 and made to store a portion of the annual overflow for the irrigation of the country1 for many miles round4 ,its numerous flood gates1 dams1 locks1 and convenient engines were constructed with the greatest skill4 ,the ,romans1 at a far later period1 got their notions on hydraulic constructions from the ,egyptians1 but our latest progress in the science of hydrostatics has demonstrated the fact of a great deficiency on their part in some branches of that knowledge4 ,thus1 for instance1 if they were acquainted with that which is called in hydrostatics the great law1 they seem to have been less familiar with what our modern engineers know as water tight joints4 ,their ignorance is sufficiently proved by their conveying the water through large level aqueducts1 instead of doing it at a less expense by iron pipes beneath the surface4 ,but the ,egyptians evidently employed a far superior method in their channels and artificial water-works4 ,notwithstanding this1 the modern engineers employed by ,lesseps for the #eag ,suez ,canal1 who had learned from the ancient ,romans all their art could teach them1 deriving1 in their turn1 their knowledge from ,egypt--scoffed at the suggestion that they should seek a remedy for some imperfections in their work by studying the contents of the various ,egyptian museums4 ,nevertheless1 the engineers succeeded in giving to the banks of that 8long and ugly ditch10 as ,professor ,carpenter calls the ,suez ,canal1 sufficient strength to make it a navigable water-way1 instead of a mud-trap for vessels as it was at first4 ,the alluvial deposits of the ,nile1 during the past thirty centuries1 have completely altered the area of the ,delta1 so that it is continually growing seaward1 and adding to the territory of the ,khedive4 ,in ancient times1 the principal mouth of the river was called ,pelusian2 and the canal cut by one of the kings--the canal of ,necho--led from ,suez to this branch4 ,after the defeat of ,antony and ,cleopatra1 at ,actium1 it was proposed that a portion of the fleet should pass through the canal to the ,red ,sea1 which shows the depth of water that those early engineers had secured4 ,settlers in ,colorado and ,arizona have recently reclaimed large tracts of barren land by a system of irrigation2 receiving from the journals of the day no little praise for their ingenuity4 ,but1 for a distance of #ejj miles above ,cairo1 there stretches a strip of land reclaimed from the desert1 and made1 according to ,professor ,carpenter1 8the most fertile on the face of the earth40 ,he says1 8for thousands of years these branch canals have conveyed fresh water from the ,nile1 to fertilize the land of this long narrow strip1 as well as of the ,delta40 ,he describes 8the net-work of canals over the ,delta1 which dates from an early period of the ,egyptian monarchs40 ,the ,french province of ,artois has given its name to the ,artesian well1 as though that form of engineering had been first applied in that district2 but1 if we consult the ,chinese records1 we find such wells to have been in common use ages before the ,christian era4 ,if we now turn to architecture1 we find displayed before our eyes1 wonders which baffle all description4 ,referring to the temples of ,philoe1 ,abu ,simbel1 ,dendera1 ,edfu1 and ,karnak1 ,professor ,carpenter remarks that 8these stupendous and beautiful erections 444 these gigantic pyramids and temples0 have a 8vastness and beauty0 which are 8still impressive after the lapse of thousands of years40 ,he is amazed at 8the admirable character of the workmanship2 the stones in most cases being fitted together with astonishing nicety1 so that a knife could hardly be thrust between the joints40 ,he noticed in his amateur archological pilgrimage1 another of those 8curious coincidences0 which his ,holiness1 the ,pope1 may feel some interest in learning4 ,he is speaking of the ,egyptian ,book of the ,dead1 sculptured on the old monuments1 and the ancient belief in the immortality of the soul4 8,now1 it is most remarkable10 says the professor1 8to see that not only this belief1 but the language in which it was expressed in the ancient ,egyptian times1 anticipated that of the ,christian ,revelation4 ,for1 in this ,book of the ,dead1 there are used the very phrases we find in the #eah ,new ,testament1 in connection with the day of judgment20 and he admits that this hierogram was 8engraved1 probably1 #b1jjj years before the time of ,christ40 ,according to ,bunsen1 who is considered to have made the most exact calculations1 the mass of masonry in the great ,pyramid of ,cheops measures #hb1aaa1jjj feet1 and would weigh #f1caf1jjj tons4 ,the immense numbers of squared stones show us the unparalleled skill of the ,egyptian quarrymen4 ,speaking of the great pyramid1 ,kenrick says3 8,the joints are scarcely perceptible1 not wider than the thickness of silver paper1 and the cement is so tenacious1 that fragments of the casing-stones still remain in their original position1 notwithstanding the lapse of many centuries1 and the violence by which they were detached40 ,who1 of our modern architects and chemists1 will rediscover the indestructible cement of the oldest ,egyptian buildings8 8,the skill of the ancients in quarrying10 says ,bunsen1 8is displayed the most in the extracting of the huge blocks1 out of which obelisks and colossal statues were hewn--obelisks ninety feet high1 and statues forty feet high1 made out of one stone60 ,there are many such4 ,they did not blast out the blocks for these monuments1 but adopted the following scientific method3 ,instead of using huge iron wedges1 which would have split the stone1 they cut a small groove for the whole length of1 perhaps1 #ajj feet1 and inserted in it1 close to each other1 a great number of dry wooden wedges2 after which they poured water into the groove1 and the wedges swelling and bursting simultaneously1 with a tremendous force1 broke out the huge stone1 as neatly as a diamond cuts a pane of glass4 ,modern geographers and geologists have demonstrated that these monoliths were brought from a prodigious distance1 and have been at a loss to conjecture how the transport was effected4 ,old manuscripts say that it was done by the help of portable rails4 ,these rested upon inflated bags of hide1 rendered indestructible by the same process as that used for preserving the mummies4 ,these ingenious air-cushions prevented the rails from sinking in the deep sand4 ,manetho mentions them1 and remarks that they were so well prepared that they would endure wear and tear for centuries4 ,the date of the hundreds of pyramids in the ,valley of the ,nile is impossible to fix by any of the rules of modern science2 but ,herodotus informs us that each successive king erected one to commemorate his #eai reign1 and serve as his sepulchre4 ,but1 ,herodotus did not tell all1 although he knew that the real purpose of the pyramid was very different from that which he assigns to it4 ,were it not for his religious scruples1 he might have added that1 externally1 it symbolized the creative principle of nature1 and illustrated also the principles of geometry1 mathematics1 astrology1 and astronomy4 ,internally1 it was a majestic fane1 in whose sombre recesses were performed the ,mysteries1 and whose walls had often witnessed the initiation-scenes of members of the royal family4 ,the porphyry sarcophagus1 which ,professor ,piazzi ,smyth1 ,astronomer ,royal of ,scotland1 degrades into a corn-bin1 was the baptismal font1 upon emerging from which1 the neophyte was 8born again10 and became an adept4 ,herodotus gives us1 however1 a just idea of the enormous labor expended in transporting one of these gigantic blocks of granite4 ,it measured thirty-two feet in length1 twenty-one feet in width1 and twelve feet in height4 ,its weight he estimates to be rising #cjj tons1 and it occupied #b1jjj men for three years to move it from ,syene to the ,delta1 down the ,nile4 ,gliddon1 in his ,ancient ,egypt1 quotes from ,pliny a description of the arrangements for moving the obelisk erected at ,alexandria by ,ptolemus ,philadelphus4 ,a canal was dug from the ,nile to the place where the obelisk lay4 ,two boats were floated under it2 they were weighted with stones containing one cubic foot each1 and the weight of the obelisk having been calculated by the engineers1 the cargo of the boats was exactly proportioned to it1 so that they should be sufficiently submerged to pass under the monolith as it lay across the canal4 ,then1 the stones were gradually removed1 the boats rose1 lifted the obelisk1 and it was floated down the river4 ,in the ,egyptian section of the ,dresden1 or ,berlin ,museum1 we forget which1 is a drawing which represents a workman ascending an unfinished pyramid1 with a basket of sand upon his back4 ,this has suggested to certain ,egyptologists the idea that the blocks of the pyramids were chemically manufactured in loco4 ,some modern engineers believe that ,portland cement1 a double silicate of lime and alumina1 is the imperishable cement of the ancients4 ,but1 on the other hand1 ,professor ,carpenter asserts that the pyramids1 with the exception of their granite casing1 is formed of what 8geologists call nummulitic limestone4 ,this is newer than the old chalk1 and is made of the shells of animals called nummulites--like little pieces of money about the size of a shilling40 ,however this moot question may be decided1 no one1 from ,herodotus and ,pliny down to the last wandering engineer who has gazed upon these imperial monuments of long-crumbled dynasties1 has been able to tell us how the gigantic masses were transported and set up #ebj in place4 ,bunsen concedes to ,egypt an antiquity of #bj1jjj years4 ,but even in this matter we would be left to conjecture if we depended upon modern authorities4 ,they can neither tell us for what the pyramids were constructed1 under what dynasty the first was raised1 nor the material of which they are built4 ,all is conjecture with them4 ,professor ,smyth has given us by far the most accurate mathematical description of the great pyramid to be found in literature4 ,but after showing the astronomical bearings of the structure1 he so little appreciates ancient ,egyptian thought that he actually maintains that the porphyry sarcophagus of the king's chamber is the unit of measure for the two most enlightened nations of the earth--8,england and ,america40 ,one of the books of ,hermes describes certain of the pyramids as standing upon the sea-shore1 8the waves of which dashed in powerless fury against its base40 ,this implies that the geographical features of the country have been changed1 and may indicate that we must accord to these ancient 8granaries10 8magico-astrological observatories10 and 8royal sepulchres10 an origin antedating the upheaval of the ,sahara and other deserts4 ,this would imply rather more of an antiquity than the poor few thousands of years1 so generously accorded to them by ,egyptologists4 ,dr4 ,rebold1 a ,french archologist of some renown1 gives his readers a glimpse of the culture which prevailed #e1jjj 787 years b4 c41 by saying that there were at that time no less than 8thirty or forty colleges of the priests who studied occult sciences and practical magic40 ,a writer in the ,national ,quarterly ,review 7,vol4 xxxii41 ,no4 lxiii41 ,december1 #ahge7 says that1 8,the recent excavations made among the ruins of ,carthage have brought to light traces of a civilization1 a refinement of art and luxury1 which must even have outshone that of ancient ,rome2 and when the fiat went forth1 ,delenda est ,carthago1 the mistress of the world well knew that she was about to destroy a greater than herself1 for1 while one empire swayed the world by force of arms alone1 the other was the last and most perfect representative of a race who had1 for centuries before ,rome was dreamed of1 directed the civilization1 the learning1 and the intelligence of mankind40 ,this ,carthage is the one which1 according to ,appian1 was standing as early as ,b4 ,c4 #abcd1 or fifty years before the taking of ,troy1 and not the one popularly supposed to have been built by ,dido 7,elissa or ,astart7 four centuries later4 ,here we have still another illustration of the truth of the doctrine of cycles4 ,draper's admissions as to the astronomical erudition of the ancient ,egyptians are singularly supported by an interesting fact quoted by ,mr4 ,j4 ,m4 ,peebles1 from a lecture delivered in ,philadelphia1 by the late ,professor ,o4 ,m4 ,mitchell1 the astronomer4 ,upon the coffin of a mummy1 now in the ,british ,museum1 was delineated the zodiac #eba with the exact positions of the planets at the time of the autumnal equinox1 in the year #agbb ,b4,c4 ,professor ,mitchell calculated the exact position of the heavenly bodies belonging to our solar system at the time indicated4 8,the result10 says ,mr4 ,peebles1 8,i give in his own words3 #8,to my astonishment 444 it was found that on the #gth of ,october1 #agbb ,b4,c41 the moon and planets had occupied the exact points in the heavens marked upon the coffin in the ,british ,museum4'0#ggc ,professor ,john ,fiske1 in his onslaught on ,dr4 ,draper's ,history of the ,intellectual ,development of ,europe1 sets his pen against the doctrine of cyclical progression1 remarking that 8we have never known the beginning or the end of an historic cycle1 and have no inductive warrant for believing that we are now traversing one40#ggd ,he chides the author of that eloquent and thoughtful work for the 8odd disposition exhibited throughout his work1 not only to refer the best part of ,greek culture to an ,egyptian source1 but uniformly to exalt the non-,european civilization at the expense of the ,european40 ,we believe that this 8odd disposition0 might be directly sanctioned by the confessions of great ,grecian historians themselves4 ,professor ,fiske might1 with profit1 read ,herodotus over again4 ,the 8,father of ,history0 confesses more than once that ,greece owes everything to ,egypt4 ,as to his assertion that the world has never known the beginning or the end of an historical cycle1 we have but to cast a retrospective glance on the many glorious nations which have passed away1 i4e41 reached the end of their great national cycle4 ,compare the ,egypt of that day1 with its perfection of art1 science1 and religion1 its glorious cities and monuments1 and its swarming population1 with the ,egypt of to-day1 peopled with strangers2 its ruins the abode of bats and snakes1 and a few ,copts the sole surviving heirs to all this grandeur--and see whether the cyclical theory does not ressert itself4 ,says ,gliddon1 who is now contradicted by ,mr4 ,fiske3 8,philologists1 astronomers1 chemists1 painters1 architects1 physicians1 must return to ,egypt to learn the origin of language and writing2 of the calendar and solar motion2 of the art of cutting granite with a copper chisel1 and of giving elasticity to a copper sword2 of making glass with the variegated hues of the rainbow2 of moving single blocks of polished syenite1 nine hundred tons in weight1 for any distance1 by land and water2 of building arches1 rounded and pointed1 with masonic precision unsurpassed at the present day1 and antecedent by #b1jjj years to the #8,cloaca ,magna' of ,rome2 of sculpturing a ,doric column #a1jjj #ebb years before the ,dorians are known in history2 of fresco painting in imperishable colors2 of practical knowledge in anatomy2 and of time-defying pyramid-building40 8,every craftsman can behold1 in ,egyptian monuments1 the progress of his art #d1jjj years ago2 and whether it be a wheelwright building a chariot1 a shoemaker drawing his twine1 a leather-cutter using the self-same form of knife of old as is considered the best form now1 a weaver throwing the same hand-shuttle1 a whitesmith using that identical form of blow-pipe but lately recognized to be the most efficient1 the seal-engraver cutting1 in hieroglyphics1 such names as ,schooho's1 above #d1cjj years ago--all these1 and many more astounding evidences of ,egyptian priority1 now require but a glance at the plates of ,rossellini40 8,truly10 exclaims ,mr4 ,peebles1 8these ,ramsean temples and tombs were as much a marvel to the ,grecian ,herodotus as they are to us60#gge ,but1 even then1 the merciless hand of time had left its traces upon their structures1 and some of them1 whose very memory would be lost were it not for the ,books of ,hermes1 had been swept away into the oblivion of the ages4 ,king after king1 and dynasty after dynasty had passed in a glittering pageant before the eyes of succeeding generations and their renown had filled the habitable globe4 ,the same pall of forgetfulness had fallen upon them and their monuments alike1 before the first of our historical authorities1 ,herodotus1 preserved for posterity the remembrance of that wonder of the world1 the great ,labyrinth4 ,the long accepted ,biblical chronology has so cramped the minds of not only the clergy1 but even our scarce-unfettered scientists1 that in treating of prehistoric remains in different parts of the world1 a constant fear is manifested on their part to trespass beyond the period of #f1jjj years1 hitherto allowed by theology as the age of the world4 ,herodotus found the ,labyrinth already in ruins2 but nevertheless his admiration for the genius of its builders knew no bounds4 ,he regarded it as far more marvellous than the pyramids themselves1 and1 as an eye-witness1 minutely describes it4 ,the ,french and ,prussian savants1 as well as other ,egyptologists1 agree as to the emplacement1 and identified its noble ruins4 ,moreover1 they confirm the account given of it by the old historian4 ,herodotus says that he found therein #c1jjj chambers2 half subterranean and the other half above-ground4 8,the upper chambers10 he says1 8,i myself passed through and examined in detail4 ,in the underground ones 7which may exist till now1 for all the archologists know71 the keepers of the building would not let me in1 for they contain the sepulchres of the kings who built the ,labyrinth1 and also those of the sacred crocodiles4 ,the upper chambers #ebc ,i saw and examined with my own eyes1 and found them to excel all other human productions40 ,in ,rawlinson's translation1 ,herodotus is made to say3 8,the passages through the houses and the varied windings of the paths across the courts1 excited in me infinite admiration as ,i passed from the courts into the chambers1 and from thence into colonnades1 and from colonnades into other houses1 and again into courts unseen before4 ,the roof was throughout of stone like the walls1 and both were exquisitely carved all over with figures4 ,every court was surrounded with a colonnade1 which was built of white stones1 sculptured most exquisitely4 ,at the corner of the ,labyrinth stands a pyramid forty fathoms high1 with large figures engraved on it1 and it is entered by a vast subterranean passage40 ,if such was the ,labyrinth1 when viewed by ,herodotus1 what1 in such a case1 was ancient ,thebes1 the city destroyed far earlier than the period of ,psammeticus1 who himself reigned #ecj years after the destruction of ,troy8 ,we find that in his time ,memphis was the capital1 while of the glorious ,thebes there remained but ruins4 ,now1 if we1 who are enabled to form our estimate only by the ruins of what was already ruins so many ages before our era--are stupefied in their contemplation1 what must have been the general aspect of ,thebes in the days of its glory8 ,karnak--temple1 palace1 ruins1 or whatsoever the archologists may term it--is now its only representative4 ,but solitary and alone as it stands1 fit emblem of majestic empire1 as if forgotten by time in the onward march of the centuries1 it testifies to the art and skill of the ancients4 ,he must be indeed devoid of the spiritual perception of genius1 who fails to feel as well as to see the intellectual grandeur of the race that planned and built it4 ,champollion1 who passed almost his entire life in the exploration of archological remains1 gives vent to his emotions in the following descriptions of ,karnak3 8,the ground covered by the mass of remaining buildings is square2 and each side measures #a1hjj feet4 ,one is astounded and overcome by the grandeur of the sublime remnants1 the prodigality and magnificence of workmanship to be seen everywhere40 ,no people of ancient or modern times has conceived the art of architecture upon a scale so sublime1 so grandiose as it existed among the ancient ,egyptians2 and the imagination1 which in ,europe soars far above our porticos1 arrests itself and falls powerless at the foot of the hundred and forty columns of the hypostyle of ,karnak6 ,in one of its halls1 the ,cathedral of ,notre ,dame might stand and not touch the ceiling1 but be considered as a small ornament in the centre of the hall4 ,a writer in a number of an ,english periodical1 of #ahgj1 evidently speaking with the authority of a traveller who describes what he has seen1 expresses himself as follows3 8,courts1 halls1 gateways1 pillars #ebd obelisks1 monolithic figures1 sculptures1 long rows of sphinxes1 are found in such profusion at ,karnak1 that the sight is too much for modern comprehension40 ,says ,denon1 the ,french traveller3 8,it is hardly possible to believe1 after seeing it1 in the reality of the existence of so many buildings collected together on a single point1 in their dimensions1 in the resolute perseverance which their construction required1 and in the incalculable expenses of so much magnificence6 ,it is necessary that the reader should fancy what is before him to be a dream1 as he who views the objects themselves occasionally yields to the doubt whether he be perfectly awake4444 ,there are lakes and mountains within the periphery of the sanctuary4 ,these two edifices are selected as examples from a list next to inexhaustible4 ,the whole valley and delta of the ,nile1 from the cataracts to the sea1 was covered with temples1 palaces1 tombs1 pyramids1 obelisks1 and pillars4 ,the execution of the sculptures is beyond praise4 ,the mechanical perfection with which artists wrought in granite1 serpentine1 breccia1 and basalt1 is wonderful1 according to all the experts 444 animals and plants look as good as natural1 and artificial objects are beautifully sculptured2 battles by sea and land1 and scenes of domestic life are to be found in all their bas-reliefs40 8,the monuments10 says an ,english author1 8which there strike the traveller1 fill his mind with great ideas4 ,at the sight of the colossuses and superb obelisks1 which seem to surpass the limits of human nature1 he cannot help exclaiming1 #8,this was the work of man1' and this sentiment seems to ennoble his existence40#ggf ,in his turn1 ,dr4 ,richardson1 speaking of the ,temple of ,dendera1 says3 8,the female figures are so extremely well executed1 that they do all but speak2 they have a mildness of feature and expression that never was surpassed40 ,every one of these stones is covered with hieroglyphics1 and the more ancient they are1 the more beautifully we find them chiselled4 ,does not this furnish a new proof that history got its first glimpse of the ancients when the arts were already fast degenerating among them8 ,the obelisks have their inscriptions cut two inches1 and sometimes more1 in depth1 and they are cut with the highest degree of perfection4 ,some idea may be formed of their depth1 from the fact that the ,arabs1 for a small fee1 will climb sometimes to the very top of an obelisk1 by inserting their toes and fingers in the excavations of the hieroglyphics4 ,that all of these works1 in which solidity rivals the beauty of their execution1 were done before the days of the ,exodus1 there remains no historical doubt whatever4 7,all the archologists now #ebe agree in saying that1 the further back we go in history1 the better and finer become these arts47 ,these views clash again with the individual opinion of ,mr4 ,fiske1 who would have us believe that 8the sculptures upon these monuments 7of ,egypt1 ,hindustan1 and ,assyria71 moreover1 betoken a very undeveloped condition of the artistic faculties40#ggg ,nay1 the learned gentleman goes farther4 ,joining his voice in the opposition against the claims of learning--which belongs by right to the sacerdotal castes of antiquity--to that of ,lewis1 he contemptuously remarks that 8the extravagant theory of a profound science possessed by the ,egyptian priesthood from a remote antiquity1 and imparted to itinerant ,greek philosophers1 has been utterly destroyed 787 by ,sir ,g4 ,c4 ,lewis#ggh 444 while1 with regard to ,egypt and ,hindustan1 as well as ,assyria1 it may be said that the colossal monuments which have adorned these countries since prehistoric times1 bear witness to the former prevalence of a barbaric despotism1 totally incompatible with social nobility1 and1 therefore1 with well sustained progress40#ggi ,a curious argument1 indeed4 ,if the size and grandeur of public monuments are to serve to our posterity as a standard by which to approximately estimate the 8progress of civilization0 attained by their builders1 it may be prudent1 perhaps1 for ,america1 so proud of her alleged progress and freedom1 to dwarf her buildings at once to one story4 ,otherwise1 according to ,professor ,fiske's theory1 the archologists of ,a4,d4 #chgg will be applying to the 8,ancient ,america0 of #ahgg1 the rule of ,lewis--and say the ancient ,united ,states 8may be considered as a great latifundium1 or plantation1 cultivated by the entire population1 as the king's 7president's7 slaves40 ,is it because the white-skinned ,aryan races were never born 8builders10 like the ,eastern thiopians1 or dark-skinned ,caucasians1#ghj and1 therefore1 never able to compete with the latter in such colossal structures1 that we must jump at the conclusion that these grandiose temples and pyramids could only have been erected under the whip of a merciless despot8 ,strange logic6 ,it would really seem more prudent to hold to the 8rigorous canons of criticism0 laid down by ,lewis and ,grote1 and honestly confess at once1 that we really know little about these ancient nations1 and that1 except so far as purely hypothetical speculations go1 unless we study in the same direction as the ancient priests did1 we have as little chance in the future4 ,we only know what they allowed the uninitiated to know1 but the little we do learn of #ebf them by deduction1 ought to be sufficient to assure us that1 even in the nineteenth century1 with all our claims to supremacy in arts and sciences1 we are totally unable1 we will not say to build anything like the monuments of ,egypt1 ,hindustan1 or ,assyria1 but even to rediscover the least of the ancient 8lost arts40 ,besides1 ,sir ,gardner ,wilkinson gives forcible expression to this view of the exhumed treasures of old1 by adding that1 8he can trace no primitive mode of life1 no barbarous customs1 but a sort of stationary civilization from the most remote periods40 ,thus far1 archology disagrees with geology1 which affirms that the further they trace the remains of men1 the more barbarous they find them4 ,it is doubtful if geology has even yet exhausted the field of research afforded her in the caves1 and the views of geologists1 which are based upon present experience1 may be radically modified1 when they come to discover the remains of the ancestors of the people whom they now style the cave-dwellers4 ,what better illustrates the theory of cycles than the following fact8 ,nearly #gjj years ,b4,c41 in the schools of ,thales and ,pythagoras was taught the doctrine of the true motion of the earth1 its form1 and the whole heliocentric system4 ,and in #cag ,a4,d41 we find ,lactantius1 the preceptor of ,crispus ,csar1 son of ,constantine the ,great1 teaching his pupil that the earth was a plane surrounded by the sky1 which is composed of fire and water1 and warning him against the heretical doctrine of the earth's globular form6 ,whenever1 in the pride of some new discovery1 we throw a look into the past1 we find1 to our dismay1 certain vestiges which indicate the possibility1 if not certainty1 that the alleged discovery was not totally unknown to the ancients4 ,it is generally asserted that neither the early inhabitants of the ,mosaic times1 nor even the more civilized nations of the ,ptolemaic period were acquainted with electricity4 ,if we remain undisturbed in this opinion1 it is not for lack of proofs to the contrary4 ,we may disdain to search for a profounder meaning in some characteristic sentences of ,servius1 and other writers2 we cannot so obliterate them but that1 at some future day1 that meaning will appear to us in all its significant truths4 8,the first inhabitants of the earth10 says he1 8never carried fire to their altars1 but by their prayers they brought down the heavenly fire40#gha 8,prometheus discovered and revealed to man the art of bringing down lightning2 and by the method which he taught to them1 they brought down fire from the region above40 ,if1 after pondering these words1 we are still willing to attribute #ebg them to the phraseology of mythological fables1 we may turn to the days of ,numa1 the king-philosopher1 so renowned for his esoteric learning1 and find ourselves more embarrassed to deal with his case4 ,we can neither accuse him of ignorance1 superstition1 nor credulity2 for1 if history can be believed at all1 he was intently bent on destroying polytheism and idol-worship4 ,he had so well dissuaded the ,romans from idolatry that for nearly two centuries neither statues nor images appeared in their temples4 ,on the other hand old historians tell us that the knowledge which ,numa possessed in natural physics was remarkable4 ,tradition says that he was initiated by the priests of the ,etruscan divinities1 and instructed by them in the secret of forcing ,jupiter1 the ,thunderer1 to descend upon earth4#ghb ,ovid shows that ,jupiter ,elicius began to be worshipped by the ,romans from that time4 ,salverte is of the opinion that before ,franklin discovered his refined electricity1 ,numa had experimented with it most successfully1 and that ,tullus ,hostilius was the first victim of the dangerous 8heavenly guest0 recorded in history4 ,titus ,livy and ,pliny narrate that this prince1 having found in the ,books of ,numa1 instructions on the secret sacrifices offered to ,jupiter ,elicius1 made a mistake1 and1 in consequence of it1 8he was struck by lightning and consumed in his own palace40#ghc ,salverte remarks that ,pliny1 in the exposition of ,numa's scientific secrets1 8makes use of expressions which seem to indicate two distinct processes20 the one obtained thunder 7impetrare71 the other forced it to lightning 7cogere74#ghd 8,guided by ,numa's book10 says ,lucius1 quoted by ,pliny1 8,tullus undertook to invoke the aid of ,jupiter4444 ,but having performed the rite imperfectly1 he perished1 struck by thunder40#ghe ,tracing back the knowledge of thunder and lightning possessed by the ,etruscan priests1 we find that ,tarchon1 the founder of the theurgism of the former1 desiring to preserve his house from lightning1 surrounded it by a hedge of the white bryony1#ghf a climbing plant which has the property of averting thunderbolts4 ,tarchon the theurgist was much anterior to the siege of ,troy4 ,the pointed metallic lightning-rod1 for which we are seemingly indebted to ,franklin1 is probably a re-discovery after all4 ,there are many medals which seem to strongly indicate that the principle was anciently known4 ,the temple of ,juno had its roof covered with a quantity of pointed blades of swords4#ghg ,if we possess but little proof of the ancients having had any clear #ebh notions as to all the effects of electricity1 there is very strong evidence1 at all events1 of their having been perfectly acquainted with electricity itself4 8,ben ,david10 says the author of ,the ,occult ,sciences1 8has asserted that ,moses possessed some knowledge of the phenomena of electricity40 ,professor ,hirt1 of ,berlin1 is of this opinion4 ,michaelis1 remarks--firstly3 8that there is no indication that lightning ever struck the temple of ,jerusalem1 during a thousand years4 ,secondly1 that according to ,josephus1#ghh a forest of points 444 of gold1 and very sharp1 covered the roof of the temple4 ,thirdly1 that this roof communicated with the caverns in the hill upon which the temple was situated1 by means of pipes in connection with the gilding which covered all the exterior of the building2 in consequence of which the points would act as conductors40#ghi ,ammianus ,marcellinus1 a famous historian of the fourth century1 a writer generally esteemed for the fairness and correctness of his statements1 tells that 8,the magii1 preserved perpetually in their furnaces fire that they miraculously got from heaven40#gij ,there is a sentence in the ,hindu ,oupnek-hat1 which runs thus3 8,to know fire1 the sun1 the moon1 and lightning1 is three-fourths of the science of ,god40#gia ,finally1 ,salverte shows that in the days of ,ktesias1 8,india was acquainted with the use of conductors of lightning40 ,this historian plainly states that 8iron placed at the bottom of a fountain 444 and made in the form of a sword1 with the point upward1 possessed1 as soon as it was thus fixed in the ground1 the property of averting storms and lightnings40#gib ,what can be plainer8 ,some modern writers deny the fact that a great mirror was placed in the light-house of the ,alexandrian port1 for the purpose of discovering vessels at a distance at sea4 ,but the renowned ,buffon believed in it2 for he honestly confesses that 8,if the mirror really existed1 as ,i firmly believe it did1 to the ancients belong the honor of the invention of the telescope40#gic ,stevens1 in his work on the ,east1 asserts that he found railroads in ,upper ,egypt whose grooves were coated with iron4 ,canova1 ,powers1 and other celebrated sculptors of our modern age deem it an honor to be compared with ,pheidias of old1 and strict truth would1 perhaps1 hesitate at such a flattery4 ,professor ,jowett discredits the story of the ,atlantis1 in the ,timus2 #ebi and the records of #h1jjj and #i1jjj years appear to him an ancient swindle4 ,but ,bunsen remarks3 8,there is nothing improbable in itself in reminiscences and records of great events in ,egypt #i1jjj years ,b4 ,c41 for 444 the ,origines of ,egypt go back to the ninth millennium before ,christ4#gid ,then how about the primitive ,cyclopean fortresses of ancient ,greece8 ,can the walls of ,tiryns1 about which1 according to archological accounts1 8even among the ancients it was reported to have been the work of the ,cyclops10#gie be deemed posterior to the pyramids8 ,masses of rock1 some equal to a cube of six feet1 and the smallest of which1 ,pausanias says1 could never be moved by a yoke of oxen1 laid up in walls of solid masonry twenty-five feet thick and over forty feet high1 still believed to be the work of men of the races known to our history6 ,wilkinson's researches have brought to light the fact that many inventions of what we term modern1 and upon which we plume ourselves1 were perfected by the ancient ,egyptians4 ,the newly-discovered papyrus of ,ebers1 the ,german archologist1 proves that neither our modern chignons1 skin-beautifying pearl powders1 nor eaux dentifrices were secrets to them4 ,more than one modern physician--even among those who advertise themselves as having 8made a speciality of nervous disorders0 may find his advantage in consulting the ,medical ,books of ,hermes1 which contain prescriptions of real therapeutic value4 ,the ,egyptians1 as we have seen1 excelled in all arts4 ,they made paper so excellent in quality as to be timeproof4 8,they took out the pith of the papyrus10 says our anonymous writer1 previously mentioned1 8dissected and opened the fibre1 and flattening it by a process known to them1 made it as thin as our foolscap paper1 but far more durable4444 ,they sometimes cut it into strips and glued it together2 many of such written documents are yet in existence40 ,the papyrus found in the tomb of the queen's mummy1 and another one found in the sarcophagus of the 8,chambre de la ,reine10 at ,ghizeh1 present the appearance of the finest glossy white muslin1 while it possesses the durability of the best calf-parchment4 8,for a long time the savants believed the papyrus to have been introduced by ,alexander the ,great--as they erroneously imagined a good many more things--but ,lepsius found rolls of papyri in tombs and monuments of the twelfth dynasty2 sculptured pictures of papyri were found later1 on monuments of the fourth dynasty1 and now it is proved that the art of writing was known and used as early as the days of ,menes1 the protomonarch20 and thus it #ecj was finally discovered that the art and their system of writing were perfect and complete from the very first4 ,it is to ,champollion that we owe the first interpretation of their weird writing2 and1 but for his life-long labor1 we would till now remain uninformed as to the meaning of all these pictured letters1 and the ancients would still be considered ignorant by the moderns whom they so greatly excelled in some arts and sciences4 8,he was the first to find out what wondrous tale the ,egyptians had to tell1 for one who could read their endless manuscripts and records4 ,they left them on every spot and object capable of receiving characters4444 ,they engraved1 and chiselled1 and sculptured them on monuments2 they traced them on furniture1 rocks1 stones1 walls1 coffins1 and tombs1 as on the papyrus4444 ,the pictures of their daily lives1 in their smallest details1 are being now unravelled before our dazzled eyes in the most wondrous way4444 ,nothing1 of what we know1 seems to have been overlooked by the ancient ,egyptians4444 ,the history of #8,sesostris' shows us how well he and his people were versed in the art and practice of war4444 ,the pictures show how formidable they were when encountered in battle4 ,they constructed war-engines4444 ,homer says that through each of the #ajj gates of ,thebes issued #bjj men with horses and chariots2 the latter were magnificently constructed1 and very light in comparison with our modern heavy1 clumsy1 and uncomfortable artillery wagons40 ,kenrick describes them in the following terms3 8,in short1 as all the essential principles which regulate the construction and draught of carriages are exemplified in the war-chariots of the ,pharaohs1 so there is nothing which modern taste and luxury have devised for their decoration to which we do not find a prototype in the monuments of the eighteenth dynasty40 ,springs--metallic springs--have been found in them1 and1 notwithstanding ,wilkinson's superficial investigation in that direction1 and description of these in his studies1 we find proofs that such were used to prevent the jolting in the chariots in their too rapid course4 ,the bas-reliefs show us certain meles and battles in which we can find and trace their uses and customs to the smallest details4 ,the heavily-armed men fought in coats of mail1 the infantry had quilted tunics and felt helmets1 with metallic coverings to protect them the better4 ,muratori1 the modern ,italian inventor who1 some ten years ago1 introduced his 8impenetrable cuirasse10 has but followed in his invention what he could make out of the ancient method which suggested to him the idea4 ,the process of rendering such objects as card-board1 felt1 and other tissues1 impenetrable to the cuts and thrusts of any sharp weapon1 is now numbered among the lost arts4 ,muratori succeeded but imperfectly in preparing such felt cuirasses1 and1 notwithstanding the boasted achievements of modern chemistry he could derive from it no #eca preparation adequate to effect his object1 and failed4 ,to what perfection chemistry had reached in ancient times1 may be inferred from a fact mentioned by ,virey4 ,in his dissertations1 he shows that ,asclepiadotus1 a general of ,mithradates1 reproduced chemically the deleterious exhalations of the sacred grotto4 ,these vapors1 like those of ,cum1 threw the ,pythoness into the mantic frenzy4 ,egyptians used bows1 double-edged swords and daggers1 javelins1 spears1 and pikes4 ,the light troops were armed with darts and slings2 charioteers wielded maces and battle-axes2 in siege-operations they were perfect4 8,the assailants10 says the anonymous writer1 8advanced1 forming a narrow and long line1 the point being protected by a triple-sided1 impenetrable engine pushed before them on a kind of roller1 by an invisible squad of men4 ,they had covered underground passages with trap-doors1 scaling ladders1 and the art of escalade and military strategy was carried by them to perfection4444 ,the battering ram was familiar to them as other things2 being such experts in quarrying they knew how to set a mine to a wall and bring it down40 ,the same writer remarks1 that it is a great deal safer for us to mention what the ,egyptians did than what they did not know1 for every day brings some new discovery of their wonderful knowledge2 8and if10 he adds1 8we were to find out that they used ,armstrong guns1 this fact would not be much more astonishing than many of the facts brought out to light already40 ,the proof that they were proficient in mathematical sciences1 lies in the fact that those ancient mathematicians whom we honor as the fathers of geometry went to ,egypt to be instructed4 ,says ,professor ,smyth1 as quoted by ,mr4 ,peebles1 8the geometrical knowledge of the pyramid-builders began where ,euclid's ended40 ,before ,greece came into existence1 the arts1 with the ,egyptians1 were ripe and old4 ,land-measuring1 an art resting on geometry1 the ,egyptians certainly knew well1 as1 according to the ,bible1 ,joshua1 after conquering the ,holy ,land1 had skill enough to divide it4 ,and how could a people so skilled in natural philosophy as the ,egyptians were1 not be proportionately skilled in psychology and spiritual philosophy8 ,the temple was the nursery of the highest civilization1 and it alone possessed that higher knowledge of magic which was in itself the quintessence of natural philosophy4 ,the occult powers of nature were taught in the greatest secresy and the most wonderful cures were performed during the performing of the ,mysteries4 ,herodotus acknowledges#gif that the ,greeks learned all they knew1 including #ecb the sacred services of the temple1 from the ,egyptians1 and because of that1 their principal temples were consecrated to ,egyptian divinities4 ,melampus1 the famous healer and soothsayer of ,argos1 had to use his medicines 8after the manner of the ,egyptians10 from whom he had gained his knowledge1 whenever he desired his cure to be thoroughly effective4 ,he healed ,iphiclus of his impotency and debility by the rust of iron1 according to the directions of ,mantis1 his magnetic sleeper1 or oracle4 ,sprengel gives many wonderful instances of such magical cures in his ,history of ,medicine 7see p4 #aai74 ,diodorus1 in his work on the ,egyptians 7lib4 i471 says that ,isis has deserved immortality1 for all nations of the earth bear witness to the power of this goddess to cure diseases by her influence4 8,this is proved10 he says1 8not by fable as among the ,greeks1 but by authentic facts40 ,galen records several remedial means which were preserved in the healing wards of the temples4 ,he mentions also a universal medicine which in his time was called ,isis4#gig ,the doctrines of several ,greek philosophers1 who had been instructed in ,egypt1 demonstrates their profound learning4 ,orpheus1 who1 according to ,artapanus1 was a disciple of ,moyses 7,moses71#gih ,pythagoras1 ,herodotus1 and ,plato owe their philosophy to the same temples in which the wise ,solon was instructed by the priests4 8,antiklides relates10 says ,pliny1 8that the letters were invented in ,egypt by a person whose name was ,menon1 fifteen years before ,phoroneus the most ancient king of ,greece40#gii ,jablonski proves that the heliocentric system1 as well as the earth's sphericity1 were known by the priests of ,egypt from immemorial ages4 8,this theory10 he adds1 8,pythagoras took from the ,egyptians1 who had it from the ,brachmans of ,india40#hjj ,fnelon1 the illustrious ,archbishop of ,cambray1 in his ,lives of the ,ancient ,philosophers1 credits ,pythagoras with this knowledge1 and says that besides teaching his disciples that as the earth was round there were antipodes1 since it was inhabited everywhere1 the great mathematician was the first to discover that the morning and evening star was the same4 ,if we now consider that ,pythagoras lived in about the #afth ,olympiad1 over #gjj years ,b4,c41 and taught this fact at such an early period1 we must believe that it was known by others before him4 ,the works of ,aristotle1 ,lartius1 and several others in which ,pythagoras is mentioned1 demonstrate that he had learned from the ,egyptians about the obliquity of the ecliptic1 the starry composition of the milky way1 and the borrowed light of the moon4 ,wilkinson1 corroborated later by others1 says that the ,egyptians #ecc divided time1 knew the true length of the year1 and the precession of the equinoxes4 ,by recording the rising and setting of the stars1 they understood the particular influences which proceed from the positions and conjunctions of all heavenly bodies1 and therefore their priests1 prophesying as accurately as our modern astronomers1 meteorological changes1 could1 en plus1 astrologize through astral motions4 ,though the sober and eloquent ,cicero may be partially right in his indignation against the exaggerations of the ,babylonian priests1 who 8assert that they have preserved upon monuments observations extending back during an interval of #dgj1jjj years10#hja still1 the period at which astronomy had arrived at its perfection with the ancients is beyond the reach of modern calculation4 ,a writer in one of our scientific journals observes 8that every science in its growth passes through three stages3 ,first1 we have the stage of observation1 when facts are collected and registered by many minds in many places4 ,next1 we have the stage of generalization1 when these carefully verified facts are arranged methodically1 generalized systematically1 and classified logically1 so as to deduce and elucidate from them the laws that regulate their rule and order4 ,lastly1 we have the stage of prophecy1 when these laws are so applied that events can be predicted to occur with unerring accuracy40 ,if several thousand years ,b4,c41 ,chinese and ,chaldean astronomers predicted eclipses--the latter1 whether by the cycle of ,saros1 or other means1 matters not--the fact remains the same4 ,they had reached the last and highest stage of astronomical science--they prophesied4 ,if they could1 in the year #agbb ,b4,c41 delineate the zodiac with the exact positions of the planets at the time of the autumnal equinox1 and so unerringly as ,professor ,mitchell1 the astronomer1 proved1 then they knew the laws that regulate 8carefully-verified facts0 to perfection1 and applied them with as much certainty as our modern astronomers4 ,moreover1 astronomy is said to be in our century 8the only science which has thoroughly reached the last stage 444 other sciences are yet in various stages of growth2 electricity1 in some branches1 has reached the third stage1 but in many branches is still in its infantine period40#hjb ,this we know1 on the exasperating confessions of men of science themselves1 and we can entertain no doubt as to this sad reality in the nineteenth century1 as we belong ourselves to it4 ,not so in relation to the men who lived in the days of the glory of ,chalda1 ,assyria1 and ,babylon4 ,of the stages they reached in other sciences we know nothing1 except that in astronomy they stood equal with us1 for they had also reached the #ecd third and last stage4 ,in his lecture on the ,lost ,arts1 ,wendell ,phillips very artistically describes the situation4 8,we seem to imagine10 says he1 8that whether knowledge will die with us or not1 it certainly began with us4444 ,we have a pitying estimate1 a tender pity for the narrowness1 ignorance1 and darkness of the bygone ages40 ,to illustrate our own idea with the closing sentence of the favorite lecturer1 we may as well confess that we undertook this chapter1 which in one sense interrupts our narrative1 to inquire of our men of science1 whether they are sure that they are boasting 8on the right line40 ,thus we read of a people1 who1 according to some learned writers1#hjc had just emerged from the bronze age into the succeeding age of iron4 8,if ,chaldea1 ,assyria1 and ,babylon presented stupendous and venerable antiquities reaching far back into the night of time1 ,persia was not without her wonders of a later date4 ,the pillared halls of ,persepolis were filled with miracles of art--carvings1 sculptures1 enamels1 alabaster libraries1 obelisks1 sphinxes1 colossal bulls4 ,ecbatana1 in ,media1 the cool summer retreat of the ,persian kings1 was defended by seven encircling walls of hewn and polished blocks1 the interior ones in succession of increasing height1 and of different colors1 in astrological accordance with the seven planets4 ,the palace was roofed with silver tiles2 its beams were plated with gold4 ,at midnight1 in its halls1 the sun was rivalled by many a row of naphtha cressets4 ,a paradise1 that luxury of the monarchs of the ,east1 was planted in the midst of the city4 ,the ,persian empire was truly the garden of the world4444 ,in ,babylon there still remained its walls1 once more than sixty miles in compass and1 after the ravages of three centuries and three conquerors1 still more than eighty feet in height2 there were still the ruins of the temple of the cloud-encompassed ,bel2 on its top was planted the observatory wherein the weird ,chaldean astronomers had held nocturnal communion with the stars2 still there were vestiges of the two palaces with their hanging gardens1 in which were trees growing in mid-air1 and the wreck of the hydraulic machinery that had supplied them from the river4 ,into the artificial lake1 with its vast apparatus of aqueducts and sluices1 the melted snows of the ,armenian mountains found their way and were confined in their course through the city by the embankments of the ,euphrates4 ,most wonderful of all1 perhaps1 was the tunnel under the river-bed40#hjd ,in his ,first ,traces of ,man #ece in ,europe1 ,albrecht ,mller proposes a name descriptive of the age in which we live1 and suggests that 8the age of paper0 is perhaps as good as any that can be discussed4 ,we do not agree with the learned professor4 ,our firm opinion is1 that succeeding generations will term ours1 at best1 the age of brass2 at worst1 that of albata or of oroide4 ,the thought of the present-day commentator and critic as to the ancient learning1 is limited to and runs round the exoterism of the temples2 his insight is either unwilling or unable to penetrate into the solemn adyta of old1 where the hierophant instructed the neophyte to regard the public worship in its true light4 ,no ancient sage would have taught that man is the king of creation1 and that the starry heaven and our mother earth were created for his sake4 ,he1 who doubts the assertion1 may turn to the ,magical and ,philosophical ,precepts of ,zoroaster1 and find its corroboration in the following3#hje 8,direct not thy mind to the vast measures of the earth2 ,for the plant of truth is not upon ground4 ,nor measure the measures of the sun1 collecting rules1 ,for he is carried by the eternal will of the ,father1 not for your sake1 ,dismiss the impetuous course of the moon2 ,for she runs always by work of necessity4 ,the progression of the stars was not generated for your sake40 ,a rather strange teaching to come from those who are universally believed to have worshipped the sun1 and moon1 and the starry host1 as gods4 ,the sublime profundity of the ,magian precepts being beyond the reach of modern materialistic thought1 the ,chaldean philosophers are accused1 together with the ignorant masses1 of ,sabianism and sun-worship4 ,there was a vast difference between the true worship taught to those who showed themselves worthy1 and the state religions4 ,the magians are accused of all kinds of superstition1 but this is what a ,chaldean ,oracle says3 8,the wide arial flight of birds is not true1 ,nor the dissections of the entrails of victims2 they are all mere toys1 ,the basis of mercenary fraud2 flee from these ,if you would open the sacred paradise of piety ,where virtue1 wisdom1 and equity1 are assembled40#hjf ,surely1 it is not those who warn people against 8mercenary fraud0 who can be accused of it2 and if they accomplished acts which seem #ecf miraculous1 who can with fairness presume to deny that it was done merely because they possessed a knowledge of natural philosophy and psychological science to a degree unknown to our schools8 ,what did they not know8 ,it is a well-demonstrated fact that the true meridian was correctly ascertained before the first pyramid was built4 ,they had clocks and dials to measure time2 their cubit was the established unit of linear measure1 being #a1gjg feet of ,english measure2 according to ,herodotus the unit of weight was also known2 as money1 they had gold and silver rings valued by weight2 they had the decimal and duodecimal modes of calculation from the earliest times1 and were proficient in algebra4 8,how could they otherwise10 says an unknown author1 8bring into operation such immense mechanical powers1 if they had not thoroughly understood the philosophy of what we term the mechanical powers80 ,the art of making linen and fine fabrics is also proved to have been one of their branches of knowledge1 for the ,bible speaks of it4 ,joseph was presented by ,pharaoh with a vesture of fine linen1 a golden chain1 and many more things4 ,the linen of ,egypt was famous throughout the world4 ,the mummies are all wrapped in it and the linen is beautifully preserved4 ,pliny speaks of a certain garment sent #fjj years ,b4 ,c41 by ,king ,amasis to ,lindus1 every single thread of which was composed of #cfj minor threads twisted together4 ,herodotus gives us 7book i471 in his account of ,isis and the ,mysteries performed in her honor1 an idea of the beauty and 8admirable softness of the linen worn by the priests40 ,the latter wore shoes made of papyrus and garments of fine linen1 because this goddess first taught the use of it2 and thus1 besides being called ,isiaci1 or priests of ,isis1 they were also known as ,linigera1 or the 8linen-wearing40 ,this linen was spun and dyed in those brilliant and gorgeous colors1 the secret of which is likewise now among the lost arts4 ,on the mummies we often find the most beautiful embroidery and bead-work ornamenting their shirts2 several of such can be seen in the museum of ,bulak 7,cairo71 and are unsurpassable in beauty2 the designs are exquisite1 and the labor seems immense4 ,the elaborate and so much vaunted ,gobelins tapestry1 is but a gross production when compared with some of the embroidery of the ancient ,egyptians4 ,we have but to refer to ,exodus to discover how skilful was the workmanship of the ,israelitish pupils of the ,egyptians upon their tabernacle and sacred ark4 ,the sacerdotal vestments1 with their decorations of 8pomegranates and golden bells10 and the thummim1 or jewelled breastplate of the high priest1 are described by ,josephus as being of unparalleled beauty and of wonderful workmanship2 and yet we find beyond doubt that the ,jews adopted their rites and ceremonies1 and #ecg even the special dress of their ,levites1 from the ,egyptians4 ,clemens ,alexandrinus acknowledges it very reluctantly1 and so does ,origen and other ,fathers of the ,church1 some of whom1 as a matter of course1 attribute the coincidence to a clever trick of ,satan in anticipation of events4 ,proctor1 the astronomer1 says in one of his books1 8,the remarkable breastplate worn by the ,jewish high priest was derived directly from the ,egyptians40 ,the word thummim itself is evidently of ,egyptian origin1 borrowed by ,moses1 like the rest2 for further on the same page1 ,mr4 ,proctor says that1 8,in the often-repeated picture of judgment the deceased ,egyptian is seen conducted by the god ,horus 7871 while ,anubis places on one of the balances a vase supposed to contain his good actions1 and in the other is the emblem of truth1 a representation of ,thmi1 the goddess of truth1 which was also worn on the judicial breastplate40 ,wilkinson1 in his ,manners and ,customs of the ,ancient ,egyptians1 shows that the ,hebrew thummim is a plural form of the word ,thmi4#hjg ,all the ornamental arts seem to have been known to the ,egyptians4 ,their jewelry of gold1 silver1 and precious stones are beautifully wrought2 so was the cutting1 polishing1 and setting of them executed by their lapidaries in the finest style4 ,the finger-ring of an ,egyptian mummy--if we remember aright--was pronounced the most artistic piece of jewelry in the ,london ,exhibition of #ahea4 ,their imitation of precious stones in glass is far above anything done at the present day2 and the emerald may be said to have been imitated to perfection4 ,in ,pompeii1 says ,wendell ,phillips1 they discovered a room full of glass2 there was ground-glass1 window-glass1 cut-glass1 and colored-glass of every variety4 ,catholic priests who broke into ,china #bjj years ago1 were shown a glass1 transparent and colorless1 which was filled with liquor made by the ,chinese1 and which appeared to be colorless like water4 8,this liquor was poured into the glass1 and then looking through1 it seemed to be filled with fishes4 ,they turned it out and repeated the experiment and again it was filled with fishes40 ,in ,rome they show a bit of glass1 a transparent glass1 which they light up so as to show you that there is nothing concealed1 but in the centre of the glass is a drop of colored glass1 perhaps as large as a pea1 mottled like a duck1 and which even a miniature pencil could not do more perfectly4 8,it is manifest that this drop of liquid glass must have been poured1 because there is no joint4 ,this must have been done by a greater heat than the annealing process1 because that process shows breaks40 ,in relation to their wonderful art of imitating precious stones1 the lecturer speaks of the 8celebrated vase of the ,genoa #ech ,cathedral10 which was considered for long centuries 8a solid emerald40 8,the ,roman ,catholic legend of it was that it was one of the treasures that the ,queen of ,sheba gave to ,solomon1 and that it was the identical cup out of which the ,saviour drank at the ,last ,supper40 ,subsequently it was found not to be an emerald1 but an imitation2 and when ,napoleon brought it to ,paris and gave it to the ,institute1 the scientists were obliged to confess that it was not a stone1 and that they could not tell what it was4 ,further1 speaking of the skill of the ancients in metal works1 the same lecturer narrates that 8when the ,english plundered the ,summer ,palace of the ,emperor of ,china1 the ,european artists were surprised at seeing the curiously-wrought metal vessels of every kind1 far exceeding all the boasted skill of the workmen of ,europe40 ,african tribes in the interior of the country gave travellers better razors than they had4 8,george ,thompson told me10 he adds1 8he saw a man in ,calcutta throw a handful of floss silk into the air1 and a ,hindu sever it into pieces with his sabre of native steel40 ,he concludes by the apt remark that 8the steel is the greatest triumph of metallurgy1 and metallurgy is the glory of chemistry40 ,so with the ancient ,egyptians and ,semitic races4 ,they dug gold and separated it with the utmost skill4 ,copper1 lead1 and iron were found in abundance near the ,red ,sea4 ,in a lecture delivered in #ahgc1 on the ,cave-,men of ,devonshire1 ,mr4 ,w4 ,pengelly1 ,f4,r4,s41 stated on the authority of some ,egyptologists that the first iron used in ,egypt was meteoric iron1 as the earliest mention of this metal is found in an ,egyptian document1 in which it is called the 8stone from heaven40 ,this would imply the idea that the only iron which was in use in days of old was meteorite4 ,this may have been the case at the commencement of the period embraced in our present geological explorations1 but till we can compute with at least approximate accuracy the age of our excavated relics1 who can tell but that we are making a blunder of possibly several hundred thousand years8 ,the injudiciousness of dogmatizing upon what the ancient ,chaldeans and ,egyptians did not know about mining and metallurgy is at least partially shown by the discoveries of ,colonel ,howard ,vyse4 ,moreover1 many of such precious stones as are only found at a great depth in mines are mentioned in ,homer and the ,hebrew ,scriptures4 ,have scientists ascertained the precise time when mining-shafts were first sunk by mankind8 ,according to ,dr4 ,a4 ,c4 ,hamlin1 in ,india1 the arts of the goldsmith and lapidary have been practiced from an 8unknown antiquity40 ,that the ,egyptians either knew from the remotest ages how to temper steel1 or possessed something still better and more perfect than the implement necessary in our days for chiselling1 is an alternative from which the archologists cannot escape4 ,how else could they have produced such artistic chiselling1 or wrought such sculpture #eci as they did8 ,the critics may take their choice of either2 according to them1 steel tools of the most exquisite temper1 or some other means of cutting sienite1 granite1 and basalt2 which1 in the latter case1 must be added to the long catalogue of lost arts4 ,professor ,albrecht ,mller says3 8,we may ascribe the introduction of bronze manufacture into ,europe to a great race immigrant from ,asia some #f1jjj years ago1 called ,aryas or ,aryans4444 ,civilization of the ,east preceded that of the ,west by many centuries4444 ,there are many proofs that a considerable degree of culture existed at its very beginning4 ,bronze was yet in use1 but iron as well4 ,pottery was not only shaped on the lathe1 but burned a good red4 ,manufactures in glass1 gold1 and silver1 are found for the first time4 ,in lonely mountain places are yet found dross1 and the remains of iron-furnaces4444 ,to be sure1 this dross is sometimes ascribed to volcanic action1 but it is met with where volcanoes never could have existed40 ,but it is in the process of preparing mummies that the skill of this wonderful people is exemplified in the highest degree4 ,none but those who have made special study of the subject1 can estimate the amount of skill1 patience1 and knowledge exacted for the accomplishment of this indestructible work1 which occupied several months4 ,both chemistry and surgery were called into requisition4 ,the mummies1 if left in the dry climate of ,egypt1 seem to be practicably imperishable2 and even when removed after a repose of several thousand years1 show no signs of change4 8,the body10 says the anonymous writer1 8was filled with myrrh1 cassia1 and other gums1 and after that1 saturated with natron4444 ,then followed the marvellous swathing of the embalmed body1 so artistically executed1 that professional modern bandagists are lost in admiration at its excellency40 ,says ,dr4 ,grandville3 8 444 there is not a single form of bandage known to modern surgery1 of which far better and cleverer examples are not seen in the swathings of the ,egyptian mummies4 ,the strips of linen are found without one single joint1 extending to #a1jjj yards in length40 ,rossellini1 in ,kenrick's ,ancient ,egypt1 gives a similar testimony to the wonderful variety and skill with which the bandages have been applied and interlaced4 ,there was not a fracture in the human body that could not be repaired successfully by the sacerdotal physician of those remote days4 ,who but well remembers the excitement produced some twenty-five years ago by the discovery of ansthesia8 ,the nitrous oxide gas1 sulphuric and chloric ether1 chloroform1 8laughing gas10 besides various other combinations of these1 were welcomed as so many heavenly blessings to the suffering portion of humanity4 ,poor ,dr4 ,horace ,wells1 of ,hartford1 in #ahdd1 was the discoverer1 and ,drs4 ,morton and ,jackson reaped the #edj honors and benefits in #ahdf1 as is usual in such cases4 ,the ansthetics were proclaimed 8the greatest discovery ever made40 ,and1 though the famous ,letheon of ,morton and ,jackson 7a compound of sulphuric ether71 the chloroform of ,sir ,james ,y4 ,simpson1 and the nitrous oxide gas1 introduced by ,colton1 in #ahdc1 and by ,dunham and ,smith1 were occasionally checked by fatal cases1 it still did not prevent these gentlemen from being considered public benefactors4 ,the patients successfully put to sleep sometimes awoke no more2 what matters that1 so long as others were relieved8 ,physicians assure us that accidents are now but rarely apprehended4 ,perhaps it is because the beneficent ansthetic agents are so parsimoniously applied as to fail in their effects one-half of the time1 leaving the sufferer paralyzed for a few seconds in his external movements1 but feeling the pain as acutely as ever4 ,on the whole1 however1 chloroform and laughing gas are beneficent discoveries4 ,but1 are they the first ansthetics ever discovered1 strictly speaking8 ,dioscorides speaks of the stone of ,memphis 7lapis ,memphiticus71 and describes it as a small pebble--round1 polished1 and very sparkling4 ,when ground into powder1 and applied as an ointment to that part of the body on which the surgeon was about to operate1 either with his scalpel or fire1 it preserved that part1 and only that part from any pain of the operation4 ,in the meantime1 it was perfectly harmless to the constitution of the patient1 who retained his consciousness throughout1 in no way dangerous from its effects1 and acted so long as it was kept on the affected part4 ,when taken in a mixture of wine or water1 all feeling of suffering was perfectly deadened4#hjh ,pliny gives also a full description of it4#hji ,from time immemorial1 the ,brahmans have had in their possession secrets quite as valuable4 ,the widow1 bent on the self-sacrifice of con-cremation1 called ,sahamaranya1 has no dread of suffering the least pain1 for the fiercest flames will consume her1 without one pang of agony being experienced by her4 ,the holy plants which crown her brow1 as she is conducted in ceremony to the funeral pile2 the sacred root culled at the midnight hour on the spot where the ,ganges and the ,yumna mingle their waters2 and the process of anointing the body of the self-appointed victim with ghee and sacred oils1 after she has bathed in all her clothes and finery1 are so many magical ansthetics4 ,supported by those she is going to part with in body1 she walks thrice around her fiery couch1 and1 after bidding them farewell1 is cast on the dead body of her husband1 and leaves this world without a single moment of suffering4 8,the semi-fluid10 says a missionary writer1 an #eda eye-witness of several such ceremonies--8the ghee1 is poured upon the pile2 it is instantly inflamed1 and the drugged widow dies quickly of suffocation before the fire reaches her body40#haj ,no such thing1 if the sacred ceremony is only conducted strictly after the prescribed rites4 ,the widows are never drugged in the sense we are accustomed to understand the word4 ,only precautionary measures are taken against a useless physical martyrdom--the atrocious agony of burning4 ,her mind is as free and clear as ever1 and even more so4 ,firmly believing in the promises of a future life1 her whole mind is absorbed in the contemplation of the approaching bliss--the beatitude of 8freedom10 which she is about to attain4 ,she generally dies with the smile of heavenly rapture on her countenance2 and if some one is to suffer at the hour of retribution1 it is not the earnest devotee of her faith1 but the crafty ,brahmans who know well enough that no such ferocious rite was ever prescribed4#haa ,as to the victim1 after having been consumed1 she becomes a sati--transcendent purity--and is canonized after death4 ,egypt is the birthplace and the cradle of chemistry4 ,kenrick shows the root of the word to be chemi or chem1 which was the name of the country 7,psalms cv4 #bg74 ,the chemistry of colors seems to have been thoroughly well known in that country4 ,facts are facts4 ,where among our painters are we to search for the artist who can decorate our walls with imperishable colors8 ,ages after our pigmy buildings will have crumbled into dust1 and the cities enclosing them will themselves have become shapeless heaps of brick and mortar1 with forgotten names--long after that will the halls of ,karnak and ,luxor 7,el-,uxor7 be still standing2 and the gorgeous mural paintings of the latter will doubtless be as bright and vivid #d1jjj years hence1 as they were #d1jjj years ago1 and are to-day4 8,embalming and fresco-painting10 says our author1 8was not a chance discovery with the ,egyptians1 but brought out from definitions and maxims like any induction of ,faraday40 ,our modern ,italians boast of their ,etruscan vases and paintings2 the #edb decorative borders found on ,greek vases provoke the admiration of the lovers of antiquity1 and are ascribed to the ,greeks1 while in fact 8they were but copies from the ,egyptian vases40 ,their figures can be found any day on the walls of a tomb of the age of ,amunoph ,i41 a period at which ,greece was not even in existence4 ,where1 in our age1 can we point to anything comparable to the rock-temples of ,ipsambul in ,lower ,nubia8 ,there may be seen sitting figures seventy feet high1 carved out of the living rock4 ,the torso of the statue of ,rameses ,,ii41 at ,thebes1 measures sixty feet around the shoulders1 and elsewhere in proportion4 ,beside such titanic sculpture our own seems that of pigmies4 ,iron was known to the ,egyptians at least long before the construction of the first pyramid1 which is over #bj1jjj years ago1 according to ,bunsen4 ,the proof of this had remained hidden for many thousands of years in the pyramid of ,cheops1 until ,colonel ,howard ,vyse found it in the shape of a piece of iron1 in one of the joints1 where it had evidently been placed at the time this pyramid was first built4 ,egyptologists adduce many indications that the ancients were perfectly well acquainted with metallurgy in prehistoric times4 8,to this day we can find at ,sinai large heaps of scori1 produced by smelting40#hab ,metallurgy and chemistry1 as practiced in those days1 were known as alchemy1 and were at the bottom of prehistoric magic4 ,moreover1 ,moses proved his knowledge of alchemical chemistry by pulverizing the golden calf1 and strewing the powder upon the water4 ,if now we turn to navigation1 we will find ourselves able to prove1 on good authorities1 that ,necho ,,ii4 fitted out a fleet on the ,red ,sea and despatched it for exploration4 ,the fleet was absent above two years and instead of returning through the ,straits of ,babelmandel1 as was wont1 sailed back through the ,straits of ,gibraltar4 ,herodotus was not at all swift to concede to the ,egyptians a maritime achievement so vast as this4 ,they had1 he says1 been spreading the report that 8returning homewards1 they had the sunrise on their right hands2 a thing which to me is incredible40 8,and yet10 remarks the author of the heretofore-mentioned article1 8this incredible assertion is now proved incontestable1 as may well be understood by any one who has doubled the ,cape of ,good ,hope4 ,thus it is proved that the most ancient of these people performed a feat which was attributed to ,columbus many ages later4 ,they say they anchored twice on their way2 sowed corn1 reaped it and1 sailing away1 steered in triumph through the ,pillars of ,hercules and eastward along the ,mediterranean4 8,there was a people10 he #edc adds1 8much more deserving of the term #8veteres' than the ,romans and ,greeks4 ,the ,greeks1 young in their knowledge1 sounded a trumpet before these and called upon all the world to admire their ability4 ,old ,egypt1 grown gray in her wisdom1 was so secure of her acquirements that1 she did not invite admiration and cared no more for the opinion of the flippant ,greek than we do to-day for that of a ,feejee islander40 8,o ,solon1 ,solon10 said the oldest ,egyptian priest to that sage4 8,you ,greeks are ever childish1 having no ancient opinion1 no discipline of any long standing60 ,and very much surprised1 indeed1 was the great ,solon1 when he was told by the priests of ,egypt that so many gods and goddesses of the ,grecian ,pantheon were but the disguised gods of ,egypt4 ,truly spoke ,zonaras3 8,all these things came to us from ,chaldea to ,egypt2 and from thence were derived to the ,greeks40 ,sir ,david ,brewster gives a glowing description of several automata2 and the eighteenth century takes pride in that masterpiece of mechanical art1 the 8flute-player of ,vaucanson40 ,the little we can glean of positive information on that subject1 from ancient writers1 warrants the belief that the learned mechanicians in the days of ,archimedes1 and some of them much anterior to the great ,syracusan1 were in no wise more ignorant or less ingenious than our modern inventors4 ,archytas1 a native of ,tarentum1 in ,italy1 the instructor of ,plato1 a philosopher distinguished for his mathematical achievements and wonderful discoveries in practical mechanics1 constructed a wooden dove4 ,it must have been an extraordinarily ingenious mechanism1 as it flew1 fluttered its wings1 and sustained itself for a considerable time in the air4 ,this skilful man1 who lived #djj years ,b4,c41 invented besides the wooden dove1 the screw1 the crane1 and various hydraulic machines4#hac ,egypt pressed her own grapes and made wine4 ,nothing remarkable in that1 so far1 but she brewed her own beer1 and in great quantity--our ,egyptologist goes on to say4 ,the ,ebers manuscript proves now1 beyond doubt1 that the ,egyptians used beer #b1jjj years ,b4,c4 ,their beer must have been strong and excellent--like everything they did4 ,glass was manufactured in all its varieties4 ,in many of the ,egyptian sculptures we find scenes of glass-blowing and bottles2 occasionally1 during archological researches1 glasses and glassware are found1 and very beautiful they seem to have been4 ,sir ,gardner ,wilkinson says that the ,egyptians cut1 ground1 and engraved glass1 and possessed the art of introducing gold between the two surfaces of the substance4 ,they imitated with glass1 pearls1 emeralds1 and all the precious stones to a great perfection4 ,likewise1 the most ancient ,egyptians cultivated the musical arts1 and #edd understood well the effect of musical harmony and its influence on the human spirit4 ,we can find on the oldest sculptures and carvings scenes in which musicians play on various instruments4 ,music was used in the ,healing ,department of the temples for the cure of nervous disorders4 ,we discover on many monuments men playing in bands in concert2 the leader beating time by clapping his hands4 ,thus far we can prove that they understood the laws of harmony4 ,they had their sacred music1 domestic and military4 ,the lyre1 harp1 and flute were used for the sacred concerts2 for festive occasions they had the guitar1 the single and double pipes1 and castanets2 for troops1 and during military service1 they had trumpets1 tambourines1 drums1 and cymbals4 ,various kinds of harps were invented by them1 such as the lyre1 sambuc1 ashur2 some of these had upward of twenty strings4 ,the superiority of the ,egyptian lyre over the ,grecian is an admitted fact4 ,the material out of which were made such instruments was often of very costly and rare wood1 and they were beautifully carved2 they imported it sometimes from very distant countries2 some were painted1 inlaid with mother-of-pearl1 and ornamented with colored leather4 ,they used catgut for strings as we do4 ,pythagoras learned music in ,egypt and made a regular science of it in ,italy4 ,but the ,egyptians were generally considered in antiquity as the best music-teachers in ,greece4 ,they understood thoroughly well how to extract harmonious sounds out of an instrument by adding strings to it1 as well as the multiplication of notes by shortening the strings upon its neck2 which knowledge shows a great progress in the musical art4 ,speaking of harps1 in a tomb at ,thebes1 ,bruce remarks that1 8they overturn all the accounts hitherto given of the earliest state of music and musical instruments in the ,east1 and are altogether1 in their form1 ornaments and compass1 an incontestable proof1 stronger than a thousand ,greek quotations1 that geometry1 drawing1 mechanics1 and music were at the greatest perfection when these instruments were made2 and that the period from which we date the invention of these arts was only the beginning of the era of their restoration40 ,on the walls of the palace of ,amenoph ,,ii4 at ,thebes1 the king is represented as playing chess with the queen4 ,this monarch reigned long before the ,trojan war4 ,in ,india the game is known to have been played at least #e1jjj years ago4 ,as to their knowledge in medicine1 now that one of the lost ,books of ,hermes has been found and translated by ,ebers1 the ,egyptians can speak for themselves4 ,that they understood about the circulation of the blood1 appears certain from the healing manipulations of the priests1 who knew how to draw blood downward1 stop its circulation for #ede awhile1 etc4 ,a more careful study of their bas-reliefs representing scenes taking place in the healing hall of various temples will easily demonstrate it4 ,they had their dentists and oculists1 and no doctor was allowed to practice more than one specialty2 which certainly warrants the belief that they lost fewer patients in those days than our physicians do now4 ,it is also asserted by some authorities that the ,egyptians were the first people in the world who introduced trial by jury2 although we doubt this ourselves4 ,but the ,egyptians were not the only people of remote epochs whose achievements place them in so commanding a position before the view of posterity4 ,besides others whose history is at present shut in behind the mists of antiquity--such as the prehistoric races of the two ,americas1 of ,crete1 of the ,trod1 of the ,lacustrians1 of the submerged continent of the fabled ,atlantis1 now classed with myths--the deeds of the ,phnicians stamp them with almost the character of demi-gods4 ,the writer in the ,national ,quarterly ,review1 previously quoted1 says that the ,phnicians were the earliest navigators of the world1 founded most of the colonies of the ,mediterranean1 and voyaged to whatever other regions were inhabited4 ,they visited the ,arctic regions1 whence they brought accounts of eternal days without a night1 which ,homer has preserved for us in the ,odyssey4 ,from the ,british ,isles they imported tin into ,africa1 and ,spain was a favorite site for their colonies4 ,the description of ,charybdis so completely answers to the malstrom that1 as this writer says3 8,it is difficult to imagine it to have had any other prototype40 ,their explorations1 it seems1 extended in every direction1 their sails whitening the ,indian ,ocean1 as well as the ,norwegian fiords4 ,different writers have accorded to them the settlement of remote localities2 while the entire southern coast of the ,mediterranean was occupied by their cities4 ,a large portion of the ,african territory is asserted to have been peopled by the races expelled by ,joshua and the children of ,israel4 ,at the time when ,procopius wrote1 columns stood in ,mauritania ,tingitana1 which bore the inscription1 in ,phnician characters1 8,we are those who fled before the brigand ,joshua1 the son of ,nun or ,nav40 ,some suppose these hardy navigators of ,arctic and ,antarctic waters have been the progenitors of the races which built the temples and palaces of ,palenque and ,uxmal1 of ,copan and ,arica4#had ,brasseur de ,bourbourg gives us much information about the manners and customs1 architecture and arts1 and especially of the magic and magicians of the ancient ,mexicans4 ,he tells us that ,votan1 their fabulous hero #edf and the greatest of their magicians1 returning from a long voyage1 visited ,king ,solomon at the time of the building of the temple4 ,this ,votan appears to be identical with the dreaded ,quetzo-,cohuatl who appears in all the ,mexican legends2 and curiously enough these legends bear a striking resemblance1 insomuch as they relate to the voyages and exploits of the ,hittim1 with the ,hebrew ,bible accounts of the ,hivites1 the descendants of ,heth1 son of ,chanaan4 ,the record tells us that ,votan 8furnished to ,solomon the most valuable particulars as to the men1 animals1 and plants1 the gold and precious woods of the ,occident10 but refused point-blank to afford any clew to the route he sailed1 or the manner of reaching the mysterious continent4 ,solomon himself gives an account of this interview in his ,history of the ,wonders of the ,universe1 the chief ,votan figuring under the allegory of the ,navigating ,serpent4 ,stephens1 indulging in the anticipation 8that a key surer than that of the ,rosetta-stone will be discovered10 by which the ,american hieroglyphs may be read1#hae says that the descendants of the ,caciques and the ,aztec subjects are believed to survive still in the inaccessible fastnesses of the ,cordilleras--8wildernesses1 which have never yet been penetrated by a white man1 444 living as their fathers did1 erecting the same buildings 444 with ornaments of sculpture and plastered2 large courts1 and lofty towers with high ranges of steps1 and still carving on tablets of stone the same mysterious hieroglyphics40 ,he adds1 8,i turn to that vast and unknown region1 untraversed by a single road1 wherein fancy pictures that mysterious city seen from the topmost range of the ,cordilleras of unconquered1 unvisited1 and unsought aboriginal inhabitants40 ,apart from the fact that this mysterious city has been seen from a great distance by daring travellers1 there is no intrinsic improbability of its existence1 for who can tell what became of the primitive people who fled before the rapacious brigands of ,cortez and ,pizarro8 ,dr4 ,tschuddi1 in his work on ,peru1 tells us of an ,indian legend that a train of #aj1jjj llamas1 laden with gold to complete the unfortunate ,inca's ransom1 was arrested in the ,andes by the tidings of his death1 and the enormous treasure was so effectually concealed that not a trace of it has ever been found4 ,he1 as well as ,prescott and other writers1 informs us that the ,indians to this day preserve their ancient traditions and sacerdotal caste1 and obey implicitly the orders of rulers chosen among themselves1 while at the same time nominally ,catholics and actually subject to the ,peruvian authorities4 ,magical ceremonies practiced by their forefathers still prevail among them1 and magical phenomena occur4 ,so persistent are they in their loyalty to the #edg past1 that it seems impossible but that they should be in relations with some central source of authority which constantly supports and strengthens their faith1 keeping it alive4 ,may it not be that the sources of this undying faith lie in this mysterious city1 with which they are in secret communication8 ,or must we think that all of the above is again but a 8curious coincidence80 ,the story of this mysterious city was told to ,stephens by a ,spanish ,padre1 in #ahch-i4 ,the priest swore to him that he had seen it with his own eyes1 and gave ,stephens the following details1 which the traveller firmly believed to be true4 8,the ,padre of the little village near the ruins of ,santa ,cruz del ,quich1 had heard of the unknown city at the village of ,chajul4444 ,he was then young1 and climbed with much labor to the naked summit of the topmost ridge of the sierra of the ,cordillera4 ,when arrived at a height of ten or twelve thousand feet1 he looked over an immense plain extending to ,yucatan and the ,gulf of ,mexico1 and saw1 at a great distance1 a large city spread over a great space1 and with turrets white and glittering in the sun4 ,tradition says that no white man has ever reached this city2 that the inhabitants speak the ,maya language1 know that strangers have conquered their whole land1 and murder any white man who attempts to enter their territory4444 ,they have no coin2 no horses1 cattle1 mules1 or other domestic animals except fowls1 and the cocks they keep underground to prevent their crowing being heard40 ,nearly the same was given us personally about twenty years ago1 by an old native priest1 whom we met in ,peru1 and with whom we happened to have business relations4 ,he had passed all his life vainly trying to conceal his hatred toward the conquerors--8brigands10 he termed them2 and1 as he confessed1 kept friends with them and the ,catholic religion for the sake of his people1 but he was as truly a sun-worshipper in his heart as ever he was4 ,he had travelled in his capacity of a converted native missionary1 and had been at ,santa ,cruz and1 as he solemnly affirmed1 had been also to see some of his people by a 8subterranean passage0 leading into the mysterious city4 ,we believe his account2 for a man who is about to die1 will rarely stop to invent idle stories2 and this one we have found corroborated in ,stephen's ,travels4 ,besides1 we know of two other cities utterly unknown to ,european travellers2 not that the inhabitants particularly desire to hide themselves2 for people from ,buddhistic countries come occasionally to visit them4 ,but their towns are not set down on the ,european or ,asiatic maps2 and1 on account of the too zealous and enterprising ,christian missionaries1 and perhaps for more mysterious reasons of their own1 the few natives of other countries who are aware of the existence of these two cities never mention them4 ,nature has provided strange nooks and hiding-places #edh for her favorites2 and unfortunately it is but far away from so-called civilized countries that man is free to worship the ,deity in the way that his fathers did4 ,even the erudite and sober ,max ,mller is somehow unable to get rid of coincidences4 ,to him they come in the shape of the most unexpected discoveries4 ,these ,mexicans1 for instance1 whose obscure origin1 according to the laws of probability1 has no connection with the ,aryans of ,india1 nevertheless1 like the ,hindus1 represent an eclipse of the moon as 8the moon being devoured by a dragon40#haf ,and though ,professor ,mller admits that an historical intercourse between the two people was suspected by ,alexander von ,humboldt1 and he himself considers it possible1 still the occurrence of such a fact he adds1 8need not be the result of any historical intercourse4 ,as we have stated above1 the origin of the aborigines of ,america is a very vexed question for those interested in tracing out the affiliation and migrations of peoples40 ,notwithstanding the labor of ,brasseur de ,bourbourg1 and his elaborate translation of the famous ,popol-,vuh1 alleged to be written by ,ixtlilxochitl1 after weighing its contents1 the antiquarian remains as much in the dark as ever4 ,we have read the ,popol-,vuh in its original translation1 and the review of the same by ,max ,mller1 and out of the former find shining a light of such brightness1 that it is no wonder that the matter-of-fact1 skeptical scientists should be blinded by it4 ,but so far as an author can be judged by his writings1 ,professor ,max ,mller is no unfair skeptic2 and1 moreover1 very little of importance escapes his attention4 ,how is it then that a man of such immense and rare erudition1 accustomed as he is to embrace at one eagle glance the traditions1 religious customs1 and superstitions of a people1 detecting the slightest similarity1 and taking in the smallest details1 failed to give any importance or perhaps even suspect what the humble author of the present volume1 who has neither scientific training nor erudition1 to any extent1 apprehended at first view8 ,fallacious and unwarranted as to many may seem this remark1 it appears to us that science loses more than she gains by neglecting the ancient and even medival esoteric literature1 or rather what remains of it4 ,to one who devotes himself to such study many a coincidence is transformed into a natural result of demonstrable antecedent causes4 ,we think we can see how it is that ,professor ,mller confesses that 8now and then 444 one imagines one sees certain periods and landmarks1 but in the next page all is chaos again40#hag ,may it not be barely possible that this chaos is intensified by the fact that most of the scientists1 directing the whole of their attention to history1 skip that which they treat as 8vague1 contradictory1 #edi miraculous1 absurd40 ,notwithstanding the feeling that there was 8a groundwork of noble conceptions which has been covered and distorted by an aftergrowth of fantastic nonsense10 ,professor ,mller cannot help comparing this nonsense to the tales of the ,arabian ,nights4 ,far be from us the ridiculous pretension of criticising a scientist so worthy of admiration for his learning as ,max ,mller4 ,but we cannot help saying that even among the fantastic nonsense of the ,arabian ,nights' ,entertainments anything would be worthy of attention1 if it should help toward the evolving of some historical truth4 ,homer's ,odyssey surpasses in fantastic nonsense all the tales of the ,arabian ,nights combined2 and notwithstanding that1 many of his myths are now proved to be something else besides the creation of the old poet's fancy4 ,the ,lstrygonians1 who devoured the companions of ,ulysses1 are traced to the huge cannibal#hah race1 said in primitive days to inhabit the caves of ,norway4 ,geology verified through her discoveries some of the assertions of ,homer1 supposed for so many ages to have been but poetical hallucinations4 ,the perpetual daylight enjoyed by this race of ,lstrygonians indicates that they were inhabitants of the ,north ,cape1 where1 during the whole summer1 there is perpetual daylight4 ,the ,norwegian fiords are perfectly described by ,homer in his ,odyssey1 x4 #aaj2 and the gigantic stature of the ,lstrygonians is demonstrated by human bones of unusual size found in caves situated near this region1 and which the geologists suppose to have belonged to a race extinct long before the ,aryan immigration4 ,charybdis1 as we have seen1 has been recognized in the malstrom2 and the ,wandering ,rocks#hai in the enormous icebergs of the ,arctic seas4 ,if the consecutive attempts at the creation of man described in the ,quich ,cosmogony suggests no comparison with some ,apocrypha1 with the ,jewish sacred books1 and the kabalistic theories of creation1 it is indeed strange4 ,even the ,book of ,jasher1 condemned as a gross forgery of the twelfth century1 may furnish more than one clew to trace a relation between the population of ,ur of the ,kasdeans1 where ,magism flourished before the days of ,abraham1 and those of ,central and ,north ,america4 ,the divine beings1 8brought down to the level of human nature10 perform no feats or tricks more strange or incredible than the miraculous performances of ,moses and of ,pharaoh's magicians1 while many of these are exactly similar in their nature4 ,and when1 moreover1 in addition to this latter fact1 we find so great a resemblance between certain kabalistic terms common to both hemispheres1 there must be something else than mere accident to account for the circumstance4 #eej ,many of such feats have clearly a common parentage4 ,the story of the two brothers of ,central ,america1 who1 before starting on their journey to ,xibalba1 8plant each a cane in the middle of their grandmother's house1 that she may know by its flourishing or withering whether they are alive or dead10#hbj finds its analogy in the beliefs of many other countries4 ,in the ,popular ,tales and ,traditions1 by ,sacharoff 7,russia71 one can find a similar narrative1 and trace this belief in various other legends4 ,and yet these fairy tales were current in ,russia many centuries before ,america was discovered4 ,in recognizing in the gods of ,stonehenge the divinities of ,delphos and ,babylon1 one need feel little surprised4 ,bel and the ,dragon1 ,apollo and ,python1 ,osiris and ,typhon1 are all one under many names1 and have travelled far and wide4 ,the ,both-al of ,ireland points directly to its first parent1 the ,batylos of the ,greeks and the ,beth-el of ,chanaan4 8,history10 says ,h4 de la ,villemarque1 8which took no notes at those distant ages1 can plead ignorance1 but the science of languages affirms4 ,philology1 with a daily-increasing probability1 has again linked together the chain hardly broken between the ,orient and the ,occident40#hba ,no more remarkable is the discovery of a like resemblance between the ,oriental myths and ancient ,russian tales and traditions1 for it is entirely natural to look for a similarity between the beliefs of the ,semitic and ,aryan families4 ,but when we discover an almost perfect identity between the character of ,zarevna ,militrissa1 with a moon in her forehead1 who is in constant danger of being devoured by ,zme ,gorenetch 7the ,serpent or ,dragon71 who plays such a prominent part in all popular ,russian tales1 and similar characters in the ,mexican legends--extending to the minutest details--we may well pause and ask ourselves whether there be not here more than a simple coincidence4 ,this tradition of the ,dragon and the ,sun--occasionally replaced by the ,moon--has awakened echoes in the remotest parts of the world4 ,it may be accounted for with perfect readiness by the once universal heliolatrous religion4 ,there was a time when ,asia1 ,europe1 ,africa1 and ,america were covered with the temples sacred to the sun and the dragons4 ,the priests assumed the names of their deities1 and thus the tradition of these spread like a net-work all over the globe3 8,bel and the ,dragon being uniformly coupled together1 and the priest of the ,ophite religion as uniformly assuming the name of his god40#hbb ,but still1 8if the #eea original conception is natural and intelligible 444 and its occurrence need not be the result of any historical intercourse10 as ,professor ,mller tells us1 the details are so strikingly similar that we cannot feel satisfied that the riddle is entirely solved4 ,the origin of this universal symbolical worship being concealed in the night of time1 we would have far more chance to arrive at the truth by tracing these traditions to their very source4 ,and where is this source8 ,kircher places the origin of the ,ophite and heliolatrous worship1 the shape of conical monuments and the obelisks1 with the ,egyptian ,hermes ,trismegistus4#hbc ,where1 then1 except in ,hermetic books1 are we to seek for the desired information8 ,is it likely that modern authors can know more1 or as much1 of ancient myths and cults as the men who taught them to their contemporaries8 ,clearly two things are necessary3 first1 to find the missing books of ,hermes2 and second1 the key by which to understand them1 for reading is not sufficient4 ,failing in this1 our savants are abandoned to unfruitful speculations1 as for a like reason geographers waste their energies in a vain quest of the sources of the ,nile4 ,truly the land of ,egypt is another abode of mystery6 ,without stopping to discuss whether ,hermes was the 8,prince of postdiluvian magic10 as des ,mousseaux calls him1 or the antediluvian1 which is much more likely1 one thing is certain3 ,the authenticity1 reliability1 and usefulness of the ,books of ,hermes--or rather of what remains of the thirty-six works attributed to the ,egyptian magician--are fully recognized by ,champollion1 junior1 and corroborated by ,champollion-,figeac1 who mentions it4 ,now1 if by carefully looking over the kabalistical works1 which are all derived from that universal storehouse of esoteric knowledge1 we find the fac-similes of many so-called miracles wrought by magical art1 equally reproduced by the ,quichs2 and if even in the fragments left of the original ,popol-,vuh1 there is sufficient evidence that the religious customs of the ,mexicans1 ,peruvians1 and other ,american races are nearly identical with those of the ancient ,phnicians1 ,babylonians1 and ,egyptians2 and if1 moreover1 we discover that many of their religious terms have etymologically the same origin2 how are we to avoid believing that they are the descendants of those whose forefathers 8fled before the brigand1 ,joshua1 the son of ,nun80 8,nuez de la ,vega says that ,nin1 or ,imos1 of the ,tzendales1 was the ,ninus of the ,babylonians40#hbd ,it is possible that1 so far1 it may be a coincidence2 as the identification of one with the other rests but upon a poor argument4 8,but it is known10 adds de ,bourbourg1 8that this prince1 and according #eeb to others1 his father1 ,bel1 or ,baal1 received1 like the ,nin of the ,tzendales1 the homages of his subjects under the shape of a serpent40 ,the latter assertion1 besides being fantastic1 is nowhere corroborated in the ,babylonian records4 ,it is very true that the ,phnicians represented the sun under the image of a dragon2 but so did all the other people who symbolized their sun-gods4 ,belus1 the first king of the ,assyrian dynasty was1 according to ,castor1 and ,eusebius who quotes him1 deified1 i4 e41 he was ranked among the gods 8after his death0 only4 ,thus1 neither himself nor his son1 ,ninus1 or ,nin1 could have received their subjects under the shape of a serpent1 whatever the ,tzendales did4 ,bel1 according to ,christians1 is ,baal2 and ,baal is the ,devil1 since the ,bible prophets began so designating every deity of their neighbors2 therefore ,belus1 ,ninus1 and the ,mexican ,nin are serpents and devils2 and1 as the ,devil1 or father of evil1 is one under many forms1 therefore1 under whatever name the serpent appears1 it is the ,devil4 ,strange logic6 ,why not say that ,ninus the ,assyrian1 represented as husband and victim of the ambitious ,semiramis1 was high priest as well as king of his country8 ,that as such he wore on his tiara the sacred emblems of the dragon and the sun8 ,moreover1 as the priest generally assumed the name of his god1 ,ninus was said to receive his subject as the representative of this serpent-god4 ,the idea is preminently ,roman ,catholic1 and amounts to very little1 as all their inventions do4 ,if ,nuez de la ,vega was so anxious to establish an affiliation between the ,mexicans and the biblical sun-and serpent-worshippers1 why did he not show another and a better similarity between them without tracing in the ,ninevites and the ,tzendales the hoof and horn of the ,christian ,devil8 ,and to begin with1 he might have pointed to the ,chronicles of ,fuentes1 of the kingdom of ,guatemala1 and to the ,manuscript of ,don ,juan ,torres1 the grandson of the last king of the ,quichs4 ,this document1 which is said to have been in the possession of the lieutenant-general appointed by ,pedro de ,alvarado1 states that the ,toltecas themselves descended from the house of ,israel1 who were released by ,moses1 and who1 after crossing the ,red ,sea1 fell into idolatry4 ,after that1 having separated themselves from their companions1 and under the guidance of a chief named ,tanub1 they set out wandering1 and from one continent to another they came to a place named the ,seven ,caverns1 in the ,kingdom of ,mexico1 where they founded the famous town of ,tula1 etc4#hbe ,if this statement has never obtained more credit than it has1 it is simply due to the fact that it passed through the hands of ,father ,francis ,vasques1 historian of the ,order of ,san ,francis1 and this #eec circumstance1 to use the expression employed by des ,mousseaux in connection with the work of the poor1 unfrocked ,abb ,huc1 8is not calculated to strengthen our confidence40 ,but there is another point as important1 if not more so1 as it seems to have escaped falsification by the zealous ,catholic padres1 and rests chiefly on ,indian tradition4 ,a famous ,toltecan king1 whose name is mixed up in the weird legends of ,utatlan1 the ruined capital of the great ,indian kingdom1 bore the biblical appellation of ,balam ,acan2 the first name being preminently ,chaldean1 and reminding one immediately of ,balaam and his human-voiced ass4 ,besides the statement of ,lord ,kingsborough1 who found such a striking similarity between the language of the ,aztecs 7the mother tongue7 and the ,hebrew1 many of the figures on the bas-reliefs of ,palenque and idols in terra cotta1 exhumed in ,santa ,cruz del ,quich1 have on their heads bandelets with a square protuberance on them1 in front of the forehead1 very similar to the phylacteries worn by the ,hebrew ,pharisees of old1 while at prayers1 and even by devotees of the present day1 particularly the ,jews of ,poland and ,russia4 ,but as this may be but a fancy of ours1 after all1 we will not insist on the details4 ,upon the testimony of the ancients1 corroborated by modern discoveries1 we know that there were numerous catacombs in ,egypt and ,chaldea1 some of them of a very vast extent4 ,the most renowned of them were the subterranean crypts of ,thebes and ,memphis4 ,the former1 beginning on the western side of the ,nile1 extended toward the ,libyan desert1 and were known as the ,serpent's catacombs1 or passages4 ,it was there that were performed the sacred mysteries of the kklos ngks1 the 8,unavoidable ,cycle10 more generally known as the 8circle of necessity20 the inexorable doom imposed upon every soul after the bodily death1 and when it had been judged in the ,amenthian region4 ,in de ,bourbourg's book1 ,votan1 the ,mexican demi god1 in narrating his expedition1 describes a subterranean passage1 which ran underground1 and terminated at the root of the heavens1 adding that this passage was a snake's hole1 8un ahugero de colubra20 and that he was admitted to it because he was himself 8a son of the snakes10 or a serpent4#hbf ,this is1 indeed1 very suggestive2 for his description of the snake's hole is that of the ancient ,egyptian crypt1 as above mentioned4 ,the hierophants1 moreover1 of ,egypt1 as of ,babylon1 generally styled themselves the 8,sons of the ,serpent-god10 or 8,sons of the ,dragon20 not because--as des ,mousseaux would have his readers believe--they were the progeny of ,satan-incubus1 the old serpent of ,eden1 but because1 in the ,mysteries1 the serpent was the symbol of ,,wisdom and immortality4 8,the #eed ,assyrian priest bore always the name of his god10 says ,movers4#hbg ,the ,druids of the ,celto-,britannic regions also called themselves snakes4 8,i am a ,serpent1 ,i am a ,druid60 they exclaimed4 ,the ,egyptian ,karnak is twin-brother to the ,carnac of ,bretagn1 the latter ,carnac meaning the serpent's mount4 ,the ,dracontia once covered the surface of the globe1 and these temples were sacred to the dragon1 only because it was the symbol of the sun1 which1 in its turn1 was the symbol of the highest god--the ,phnician ,elon or ,elion1 whom ,abraham recognized as ,el ,elion4#hbh ,besides the surname of serpents1 they were called the 8builders10 the 8architects20 for the immense grandeur of their temples and monuments was such1 that even now the pulverized remains of them 8frighten the mathematical calculations of our modern engineers10 says ,taliesin4#hbi ,de ,bourbourg hints that the chiefs of the name of ,votan1 the ,quetzo-,cohuatl1 or serpent deity of the ,mexicans1 are the descendants of ,ham and ,canaan4 8,i am ,hivim10 they say4 8,being a ,hivim1 ,i am of the great race of the ,dragon 7snake74 ,i am a snake myself1 for ,i am a ,hivim40#hcj ,and des ,mousseaux1 rejoicing because he believes himself fairly on the serpent's1 or rather1 devil's trail1 hurries to explain3 8,according to the most learned commentators of our sacred books1 the ,chivim or ,hivim1 or ,hevites1 descend from ,heth1 son of ,canaan1 son of ,ham 444 the accursed60#hca ,but modern research has demonstrated1 on unimpeachable evidence1 that the whole genealogical table of the tenth chapter of ,genesis refers to imaginary heroes1 and that the closing verses of the ninth are little better than a bit of ,chaldean allegory of ,sisuthrus and the mythical flood1 compiled and arranged to fit the ,noachian frame4 ,but1 suppose the descendants of these ,canaanites1 8the accursed10 were to resent for once the unmerited outrage8 ,it would be an easy matter for them to reverse the tables1 and answer to this fling1 based on a fable1 by a fact proved by archologists and symbologists--namely1 that ,seth1 ,adam's third son1 and the forefather of all ,israel1 the ancestor of ,noah1 and the progenitor of the 8chosen people10 is but ,hermes1 the god of wisdom1 called also ,thoth1 ,tat1 ,seth1 ,set1 and ,sat-an2 and that he was1 furthermore1 when viewed under his bad aspect1 ,typhon1 the ,egyptian ,satan1 who was also ,set4 ,for the ,jewish people1 whose well-educated men1 no more than ,philo1 or ,josephus1 the #eee historian1 regard their ,mosaic books as otherwise than an allegory1 such a discovery amounts to but little4 ,but for ,christians1 who1 like des ,mousseaux1 very unwisely accept the ,bible narratives as literal history1 the case stands very different4 ,as far as affiliation goes1 we agree with this pious writer2 and we feel every day as certain that some of the peoples of ,central ,america will be traced back to the ,phnicians and the ,mosaic ,israelites1 as we do that the latter will be proved to have as persistently stuck to the same idolatry--if idolatry there is--of the sun and serpent-worship1 as the ,mexicans4 ,there is evidence--biblical evidence--that two of ,jacob's sons1 ,levi and ,dan1 as well as ,judah1 married ,canaanite women1 and followed the worship of their wives4 ,of course1 every ,christian will protest1 but the proof may be found even in the translated ,bible1 pruned as it now stands4 ,the dying ,jacob thus describes his sons3 8,dan10 says he1 8shall be a serpent by the way1 an adder in the path1 that biteth the horse-heels1 so that his rider shall fall backward4444 ,i have waited for thy salvation1 ,o ,lord60 ,of ,simeon and ,levi1 the patriarch 7or ,israel7 remarks that they 8 444 are brethren2 instruments of cruelty are in their habitations4 ,o my soul1 come not thou into their secret2 unto their assembly40#hcb ,now1 in the original1 the words 8their secret10 read--their ,,sod4#hcc ,and ,sod was the name for the great ,mysteries of ,baal1 ,adonis1 and ,bacchus who were all sun-gods and had serpents for symbols4 ,the kabalists explain the allegory of the fiery serpents by saying1 that this was the name given to the tribe of ,levi1 to all the ,levites in short1 and that ,moses was the chief of the ,sodales4#hcd ,and here is the moment to prove our statements4 ,moses is mentioned by several old historians as an ,egyptian priest2 ,manetho says he was a hierophant of ,hieropolis1 and a priest of the sun-god ,osiris1 and that his name was ,osarsiph4 ,those moderns1 who accept it as a fact that he 8was learned in all the wisdom0 of the ,egyptians1 must also submit to the right interpretation of the word wisdom1 which was throughout the world known as a synonym of #eef initiation into the secret mysteries of the ,magi4 ,did the idea never strike the reader of the ,bible1 that an alien born and brought up in a foreign country could not and would not possibly have been admitted--we will not say to the final initiation1 the grandest mystery of all1 but even to share the knowledge of the minor priesthood1 those who belonged to the lesser mysteries8 ,in ,genesis xliii4 #cb1 we read1 that no ,egyptian could seat himself to eat bread with the brothers of ,joseph1 8for that is an abomination unto the ,egyptians40 ,but that the ,egyptians ate 8with him 7,joseph7 by themselves40 ,the above proves two things3 #a1 that ,joseph1 whatever he was in his heart1 had1 in appearance at least1 changed his religion1 married the daughter of a priest of the 8idolatrous0 nation1 and become himself an ,egyptian2 otherwise1 the natives would not have eaten bread with him4 ,and #b1 that subsequently ,moses1 if not an ,egyptian by birth1 became one through being admitted into the priesthood1 and thus was a ,,sodale4 ,as an induction1 the narrative of the 8brazen serpent0 7the ,caduceus of ,mercury or ,asclepios1 the son of the sun-god ,apollo-,python7 becomes logical and natural4 ,we must bear in mind that ,pharaoh's daughter1 who saved ,moses and adopted him1 is called by ,josephus ,thermuthis2 and the latter1 according to ,wilkinson1 is the name of the asp sacred to ,isis2#hce moreover1 ,moses is said to descend from the tribe of ,levi4 ,we will explain the kabalistic ideas as to the books of ,moses and the great prophet himself more fully in ,volume ,,ii4 ,if ,brasseur de ,bourbourg and the ,chevalier des ,mousseaux1 had so much at heart to trace the identity of the ,mexicans with the ,canaanites1 they might have found far better and weightier proofs than by showing both the 8accursed0 descendants of ,ham4 ,for instance1 they might have pointed to the ,nargal1 the ,chaldean and ,assyrian chief of the ,magi 7,rab-,mag7 and the ,nagal1 the chief sorcerer of the ,mexican ,indians4 ,both derive their names from ,nergal-,sarezer1 the ,assyrian god1 and both have the same faculties1 or powers to have an attendant dmon with whom they identify themselves completely4 ,the ,chaldean and ,assyrian ,nargal kept his dmon1 in the shape of some animal considered sacred1 inside the temple2 the ,indian ,nagal keeps his wherever he can--in the neighboring lake1 or wood1 or in the house1 under the shape of a household animal4#hcf ,we find the ,catholic ,world1 newspaper1 in a recent number1 bitterly complaining that the old ,pagan element of the aboriginal inhabitants of ,america does not seem to be utterly dead in the ,united ,states4 ,even #eeg where tribes have been for long years under the care of ,christian teachers1 heathen rites are practiced in secret1 and crypto-paganism1 or nagualism1 flourishes now1 as in the days of ,montezuma4 ,it says3 8,nagualism and voodoo-worship0 as it calls these two strange sects--8are direct devil-worship4 ,a report addressed to the ,cortes in #ahab1 by ,don ,pedro ,baptista ,pino1 says3 #8,all the pueblos have their artufas--so the natives call subterranean rooms with only a single door1 where they assemble to perform their feasts1 and hold meetings4 ,these are impenetrable temples 444 and the doors are always closed on the ,spaniards4 8#8,all these pueblos1 in spite of the sway which religion has had over them1 cannot forget a part of the beliefs which have been transmitted to them1 and which they are careful to transmit to their descendants4 ,hence come the adoration they render the sun and moon1 and other heavenly bodies1 the respect they entertain for fire1 etc4 8#8,the pueblo chiefs seem to be at the same time priests2 they perform various simple rites1 by which the power of the sun and of ,montezuma is recognized1 as well as the power 7according to some accounts7 of the ,great ,snake1 to whom1 by order of ,montezuma1 they are to look for life4 ,they also officiate in certain ceremonies with which they pray for rain4 ,there are painted representations of the ,great ,snake1 together with that of a misshapen1 red-haired man1 declared to stand for ,montezuma4 ,of this last there was also1 in the year #ahde1 in the pueblo of ,laguna1 a rude effigy or idol1 intended1 apparently1 to represent only the head of the deity4'0#hcg ,the perfect identity of the rites1 ceremonies1 traditions1 and even the names of the deities1 among the ,mexicans and ancient ,babylonians and ,egyptians1 are a sufficient proof of ,south ,america being peopled by a colony which mysteriously found its way across the ,atlantic4 ,when8 at what period8 ,history is silent on that point2 but those who consider that there is no tradition1 sanctified by ages1 without a certain sediment of truth at the bottom of it1 believe in the ,atlantis-legend4 ,there are1 scattered throughout the world1 a handful of thoughtful and solitary students1 who pass their lives in obscurity1 far from the rumors of the world1 studying the great problems of the physical and spiritual universes4 ,they have their secret records in which are preserved the fruits of the scholastic labors of the long line of recluses whose successors they are4 ,the knowledge of their early ancestors1 the sages of ,india1 ,babylonia1 ,nineveh1 and the imperial ,thebes2 the legends and traditions commented upon by the masters of ,solon1 ,pythagoras1 and ,plato1 in the marble halls of #eeh ,heliopolis and ,sas2 traditions which1 in their days1 already seemed to hardly glimmer from behind the foggy curtain of the past2--all this1 and much more1 is recorded on indestructible parchment1 and passed with jealous care from one adept to another4 ,these men believe the story of the ,atlantis to be no fable1 but maintain that at different epochs of the past huge islands1 and even continents1 existed where now there is but a wild waste of waters4 ,in those submerged temples and libraries the archologist would find1 could he but explore them1 the materials for filling all the gaps that now exist in what we imagine is history4 ,they say that at a remote epoch a traveller could traverse what is now the ,atlantic ,ocean1 almost the entire distance by land1 crossing in boats from one island to another1 where narrow straits then existed4 ,our suspicion as to the relationship of the cis-,atlantic and trans-,atlantic races is strengthened upon reading about the wonders wrought by ,quetzo-,cohuatl1 the ,mexican magician4 ,his wand must be closely-related to the traditional sapphire-stick of ,moses1 the stick which bloomed in the garden of ,raguel-,jethro1 his father-in-law1 and upon which was engraved the ineffable name4 ,the 8four men0 described as the real four ancestors of the human race1 8who were neither begotten by the gods1 nor born of woman10 but whose 8creation was a wonder wrought by the ,creator10 and who were made after three attempts at manufacturing men had failed1 equally present some striking points of similarity with the esoteric explanations of the ,hermetists2#hch they also undeniably recall the four sons of ,god of the ,egyptian theogony4 ,moreover1 as any one may infer1 the resemblance of this myth to the narrative related in ,genesis1 will be apparent to even a superficial observer4 ,these four ancestors 8could reason and speak1 their sight was unlimited1 and they knew all things at once40#hci ,when 8they had rendered thanks to their ,creator for their existence1 the gods were frightened1 and they breathed a cloud over the eyes of men that they might see a certain distance only1 and not be like the gods themselves40 ,this bears directly upon the sentence in ,genesis1 8,behold1 the man is become as one of us1 to know good and evil2 and now1 lest he put forth his hand1 and take also of the tree of life10 etc4 ,then1 again1 8,while they were asleep ,god gave them wives10 etc4 ,we disclaim the least intention to disrespectfully suggest ideas to #eei those who are so wise as to need no hint4 ,but we must bear in mind that authentic treatises upon ancient magic of the ,chaldean and ,egyptian lore are not scattered about in public libraries1 and at auction sales4 ,that such exist is nevertheless a fact for many students of the arcane philosophy4 ,is it not of the greatest importance for every antiquarian to be acquainted at least superficially with their contents8 8,the four ancestors of the race10 adds ,max ,mller1 8seem to have had a long life1 and when at last they came to die1 they disappeared in a mysterious manner1 and left to their sons what is called the hidden majesty1 which was never to be opened by human hands4 ,what it was we do not know40 ,if there is no relationship between this hidden majesty and the hidden glory of the ,chaldean ,kabala1 which we are told was left behind him by ,enoch when he was translated in such a mysterious way1 then we must discredit all circumstantial evidence4 ,but is it not barely possible that these 8four ancestors0 of the ,quich race typify in their esoteric sense the four successive progenitors of men1 mentioned in ,genesis i41 ii41 and vi48 ,in the first chapter1 the first man is bi-sexual--8male and female created he them0 and answers to the hermaphrodite deities of the subsequent mythologies2 the second1 ,adam1 made out of 8the dust of the ground0 and uni-sexual and answering to the 8sons of ,god0 of chapter vi42 the third1 the giants1 or nephilim1 who are only hinted at in the ,bible1 but fully explained elsewhere2 the fourth1 the parents of men 8whose daughters were fair40 ,taking the admitted facts that the ,mexicans had their magicians from the remote periods2 that the same remark applies to all the ancient religions of the world2 that a strong resemblance prevails not only in the forms of their ceremonial worship1 but also in the very names used to designate certain magical implements2 and finally that all other clews1 in accordance with scientific deductions1 have failed 7some because swallowed up in the bottomless pit of coincidences71 why should we not turn to the great authorities upon magic1 and see whether1 under this 8aftergrowth of fantastic nonsense10 there may not be a deep substratum of truth8 ,here we are not willing to be misunderstood4 ,we do not send the scientists to the ,kabala and the ,hermetic books to study magic1 but to the authorities on magic to discover materials for history and science4 ,we have no idea of incurring the wrathful denunciations of the ,academicians1 by an indiscretion like that of poor des ,mousseaux1 when he tried to force them to read his demonological ,memoire and investigate the ,devil4 ,the ,history of ,bernal ,diaz de ,castilla1 a follower of ,cortez1 gives us some idea of the extraordinary refinement and intelligence of the #efj people whom they conquered2 but the descriptions are too long to be inserted here4 ,suffice it to say1 that the ,aztecs appeared in more than one way to have resembled the ancient ,egyptians in civilization and refinement4 ,among both peoples magic or the arcane natural philosophy was cultivated to the highest degree4 ,add to this that ,greece1 the 8later cradle of the arts and sciences10 and ,india1 cradle of religions1 were and are still devoted to its study and practice--and who shall venture to discredit its dignity as a study1 and its profundity as a science8 ,there never was1 nor can there be more than one universal religion2 for there can be but one truth concerning ,god4 ,like an immense chain whose upper end1 the alpha1 remains invisibly emanating from a ,deity--in statu abscondito with every primitive theology--it encircles our globe in every direction2 it leaves not even the darkest corner unvisited1 before the other end1 the omega1 turns back on its way to be again received where it first emanated4 ,on this divine chain was strung the exoteric symbology of every people4 ,their variety of form is powerless to affect their substance1 and under their diverse ideal types of the universe of matter1 symbolizing its vivifying principles1 the uncorrupted immaterial image of the spirit of being guiding them is the same4 ,so far as human intellect can go in the ideal interpretation of the spiritual universe1 its laws and powers1 the last word was pronounced ages since2 and1 if the ideas of ,plato can be simplified for the sake of easier comprehension1 the spirit of their substance can neither be altered1 nor removed without material damage to the truth4 ,let human brains submit themselves to torture for thousands of years to come2 let theology perplex faith and mime it with the enforcing of incomprehensible dogmas in metaphysics2 and science strengthen skepticism1 by pulling down the tottering remains of spiritual intuition in mankind1 with her demonstrations of its fallibility1 eternal truth can never be destroyed4 ,we find its last possible expression in our human language in the ,persian ,logos1 the ,honover1 or the living manifested ,word of ,god4 ,the ,zoroastrian ,enoch-,verihe is identical with the ,jewish 8,i am20 and the 8,great ,spirit0 of the poor1 untutored ,indian1 is the manifested ,brahma of the ,hindu philosopher4 ,one of the latter1 ,tcharaka1 a ,hindu physician1 who is said to have lived #e1jjj years ,b4 ,c41 in his treatise on the origin of things1 called ,usa1 thus beautifully expresses himself3 8,our ,earth is1 like all the luminous bodies that surround us1 one of the atoms of the immense ,whole of which we show a slight conception by terming it--the ,infinite40 8,there is but one light1 and there is but one darkness10 says a ,siamese proverb4 ,dmon est ,deus inversus1 the ,devil is the shadow of ,god1 states the universal kabalistic axiom4 ,could light exist but for #efa primeval darkness8 ,and did not the brilliant1 sunny universe first stretch its infant arms from the swaddling bands of dark and dreary chaos8 ,if the ,christian 8fulness of ,him that filleth all in all0 is a revelation1 then we must admit that1 if there is a devil1 he must be included in this fulness1 and be a part of that which 8filleth all in all40 ,from time immemorial the justification of the ,deity1 and ,his separation from the existing evil was attempted1 and the object was reached by the old ,oriental philosophy in the foundation of the theodik2 but their metaphysical views on the fallen spirit1 have never been disfigured by the creation of an anthropomorphic personality of the ,devil as was done subsequently by the leading lights of ,christian theology4 ,a personal fiend1 who opposes the ,deity1 and impedes progress on its way to perfection1 is to be sought only on earth amid humanity1 not in heaven4 ,thus is it that all the religious monuments of old1 in whatever land or under whatever climate1 are the expression of the same identical thoughts1 the key to which is in the esoteric doctrine4 ,it would be vain1 without studying the latter1 to seek to unriddle the mysteries enshrouded for centuries in the temples and ruins of ,egypt and ,assyria1 or those of ,central ,america1 ,british ,columbia1 and the ,nagkon-,wat of ,cambodia4 ,if each of these was built by a different nation2 and neither nation had had intercourse with the others for ages1 it is also certain that all were planned and built under the direct supervision of the priests4 ,and the clergy of every nation1 though practicing rites and ceremonies which may have differed externally1 had evidently been initiated into the same traditional mysteries which were taught all over the world4 ,in order to institute a better comparison between the specimens of prehistoric architecture to be found at the most opposite points of the globe1 we have but to point to the grandiose ,hindu ruins of ,ellora in the ,dekkan1 the ,mexican ,chichen-,itza1 in ,yucatan1 and the still grander ruins of ,copan1 in ,guatemala4 ,they present such features of resemblance that it seems impossible to escape the conviction that they were built by peoples moved by the same religious ideas1 and that had reached an equal level of highest civilization in arts and sciences4 ,there is not1 perhaps1 on the face of the whole globe1 a more imposing mass of ruins than ,nagkon-,wat1 the wonder and puzzle of ,european archologists who venture into ,siam4 ,and when we say ruins1 the expression is hardly correct2 for nowhere are there buildings of such tremendous antiquity to be found in a better state of preservation than ,nagkon-,wat1 and the ruins of ,angkorthm1 the great temple4 ,hidden far away in the province of ,siamrap--eastern ,siam--in the midst of a most luxuriant tropical vegetation1 surrounded by almost impenetrable forests of palms1 cocoa-trees1 and betel-nut1 8the general appearance #efb of the wonderful temple is beautiful and romantic1 as well as impressive and grand10 says ,mr4 ,vincent1 a recent traveller4#hdj 8,we whose good fortune it is to live in the nineteenth century1 are accustomed to boast of the perfection and preminence of our modern civilization2 of the grandeur of our attainments in science1 art1 literature1 and what not1 as compared with those whom we call ancients2 but still we are compelled to admit that they have far excelled our recent endeavors in many things1 and notably in the fine arts of painting1 architecture1 and sculpture4 ,we were but just looking upon a most wonderful example of the two latter1 for in style and beauty of architecture1 solidity of construction1 and magnificent and elaborate carving and sculpture1 the ,great ,nagkon-,wat has no superior1 certainly no rival standing at the present day4 ,the first view of the ruins is overwhelming40 ,thus the opinion of another traveller is added to that of many preceding ones1 including archologists and other competent critics1 who have believed that the ruins of the past ,egyptian splendor deserve no higher eulogium than ,nagkon-,wat4 ,according to our plan1 we will allow more impartial critics than ourselves to describe the place1 since1 in a work professedly devoted to a vindication of the ancients1 the testimony of so enthusiastic an advocate as the present writer may be questioned4 ,we have1 nevertheless1 seen ,nagkon-,wat under exceptionally favorable circumstances1 and can1 therefore1 certify to the general correctness of ,mr4 ,vincent's description4 ,he says3 8,we entered upon an immense causeway1 the stairs of which were flanked with six huge griffins1 each carved from a single block of stone4 ,the causeway is 444 #gbe feet in length1 and is paved with stones each of which measures four feet in length by two in breadth4 ,on either side of it are artificial lakes fed by springs1 and each covering about five acres of ground4444 ,the outer wall of ,nagkon-,wat 7the city of monasteries7 is half a mile square1 with gateways 444 which are handsomely carved with figures of gods and dragons4 ,the foundations are ten feet in height4444 ,the entire edifice1 including the roof1 is of stone1 but without cement1 and so closely fitting are the joints as even now to be scarcely discernible4444 ,the shape of the building is oblong1 being #gif feet in length1 and #ehh in width1 while the highest central pagoda rises some #bej odd feet above the ground1 and four others1 at the angles of the court1 are each about #aej feet in height40 ,the above underscored lines are suggestive to travellers who have remarked and admired the same wonderful mason-work in the ,egyptian #efc remains4 ,if the same workmen did not lay the courses in both countries we must at least think that the secret of this matchless wall-building was equally known to the architects of every land4 8,passing1 we ascend a platform 444 and enter the temple itself through a columned portico1 the faade of which is beautifully carved in basso-relievo with ancient mythological subjects4 ,from this doorway1 on either side1 runs a corridor with a double row of columns1 cut--base and capital--from single blocks1 with a double1 oval-shaped roof1 covered with carving and consecutive sculptures upon the outer wall4 ,this gallery of sculptures1 which forms the exterior of the temple1 consists of over half a mile of continuous pictures1 cut in basso-relievo upon sandstone slabs six feet in width1 and represents subjects taken from ,hindu mythology1 from the ,ramayana--the ,sanscrit epic poem of ,india1 with its #be1jjj verses describing the exploits of the god ,rama1 and the son of the ,king of ,oudh4 ,the contests of the ,king of ,ceylon1 and ,hanouma1#hda the monkey-god1 are graphically represented4 ,there is no keystone used in the arch of this corridor4 ,on the walls are sculptured the immense number of #ajj1jjj separate figures4 ,one picture from the ,ramayna 444 occupies #bdj feet of the wall4444 ,in the ,nagkon-,wat as many as #a1ecb solid columns have been counted1 and among the entire ruins of ,angkor 444 the immense number of #f1jjj1 almost all of them hewn from single blocks and artistically carved4444 8,but who built ,nagkon-,wat8 and when was it built80 ,learned men have attempted to form opinions from studies of its construction1 and especially 8ornamentation10 and have failed4 8,native ,cambodian #efd historians10 adds ,vincent1 8reckon #b1djj from the building of the temple4444 ,i asked one of them how long ,nagkon-,wat had been built4444 #8,none can tell when4444 ,i do not know2 it must have either sprung up from the ground or been built by giants1 or perhaps by the angels' 444 was the answer40 ,when ,stephens asked the native ,indians 8,who built ,copan8444 what nation traced the hieroglyphic designs1 sculptured these elegant figures and carvings1 these emblematical designs80 the dull answer he received was 8,quien ,sabe80 who knows6 8,all is mystery2 dark1 impenetrable mystery10 writes ,stephens4 8,in ,egypt1 the colossal skeletons of gigantic temples stand in all the nakedness of desolation4 ,here1 an immense forest shrouded the ruins1 hiding them from sight40#hdb ,but there are perhaps many circumstances1 trifling for archologists unacquainted with the 8idle and fanciful0 legends of old1 hence overlooked2 otherwise the discovery might have sent them on a new train of thought4 ,one is the invariable presence in the ,egyptian1 ,mexican1 and ,siamese ruined temples1 of the monkey4 ,the ,egyptian cynocephalus assumes the same postures as the ,hindu and ,siamese ,hanoum2 and among the sculptured fragments of ,copan1 ,stephens found the remains of colossal apes or baboons1 8strongly resembling in outline and appearance the four monstrous animals which once stood in front1 attached to the base of the obelisk of ,luxor1 now in ,paris1#hdc and which1 under the name of the cynocephali1 were worshipped at ,thebes40 ,in almost every ,buddhist temple there are idols of huge monkeys kept1 and some people have in their houses white monkeys on purpose 8to keep bad spirits away40 8,was civilization10 writes ,louis de ,carn1#hdd 8in the complex meaning we give that word1 in keeping among the ancient ,cambodians with what such prodigies of architecture seem to indicate8 ,the age of ,pheidias was that of ,sophocles1 ,socrates1 and ,plato2 ,michael ,angelo and ,raphael succeeded ,dante4 ,there are luminous epochs during which the human mind1 developing itself in every direction1 triumphs in all1 and creates masterpieces which spring from the same inspiration40 8,nagkon-,wat10 concludes ,vincent1 8must be ascribed to other than ancient ,cambodians4 ,but to whom8444 ,there exist no credible traditions2 all is absurd fable or legend40 ,the latter sentence has become of late a sort of cant phrase in the mouths of travellers and archologists4 ,when they have found that no #efe clew is attainable unless it can be found in popular legends1 they turn away discouraged1 and a final verdict is withheld4 ,at the same time ,vincent quotes a writer who remarks that these ruins 8are as imposing as the ruins of ,thebes1 or ,memphis1 but more mysterious40 ,mouhot thinks they were erected 8by some ancient ,michael ,angelo10 and adds that ,nagkon-,wat 8is grander than anything left to us by ,greece or ,rome40 ,furthermore ,mouhot ascribes the building again to some of the lost tribes of ,israel1 and is corroborated in that opinion by ,miche1 the ,french ,bishop of ,cambodia1 who confesses that he is struck 8by the ,hebrew character of the faces of many of the savage ,stins40 ,henri ,mouhot believes that1 8without exaggeration1 the oldest parts of ,angkor may be fixed at more than #b1jjj years ago40 ,this1 then1 in comparison with the pyramids1 would make them quite modern2 the date is the more incredible1 because the pictures on the walls may be proved to belong to those archaic ages when ,poseidon and the ,kabeiri were worshipped throughout the continent4 ,had ,nagkon-,wat been built1 as ,dr4 ,adolf ,bastian#hde will have it1 8for the reception of the learned patriarch1 ,buddhagosa1 who brought the holy books of the ,trai-,pidok from ,ceylon2 or1 as ,bishop ,pallegoix1 who 8refers the erection of this edifice to the reign of ,phra ,pathum ,suriving10 when 8the sacred books of the ,buddhists were brought from ,ceylon1 and ,buddhism became the religion of the ,cambodians10 how is it possible to account for the following8 8,we see in this same temple carved images of ,buddha1 four1 and even thirty-two-armed1 and two and sixteen-headed gods1 the ,indian ,vishnu1 gods with wings1 ,burmese heads1 ,hindu figures1 and ,ceylon mythology4444 ,you see warriors riding upon elephants and in chariots1 foot soldiers with shield and spear1 boats1 tigers1 griffins 444 serpents1 fishes1 crocodiles1 bullocks 444 soldiers of immense physical development1 with helmets1 and some people with beards--probably ,moors4 ,the figures10 adds ,mr4 ,vincent1 8stand somewhat like those on the great ,egyptian monuments1 the side partly turned toward the front 444 and ,i noticed1 besides1 five horsemen1 armed with spear and sword1 riding abreast1 like those seen upon the ,assyrian tablets in the ,british ,museum40#hdf ,for our part1 we may add1 that there are on the walls several repetitions of ,dagon1 the man-fish of the ,babylonians1 and of the ,kabeirian gods of ,samothrace4 ,this may have escaped the notice of the few archologists who examined the place2 but upon stricter inspection they will be found there1 as well as the reputed father of the ,kabeiri--,vulcan with his bolts and implements1 having near him a #eff king with a sceptre in his hand1 which is the counterpart of that of ,cherona1 or the 8sceptre of ,agamemnon10 so-called1 said to have been presented to him by the lame god of ,lemnos4 ,in another place we find ,vulcan1 recognizable by his hammer and pincers1 but under the shape of a monkey1 as usually represented by the ,egyptians4 ,now1 if ,nagkon-,wat is essentially a ,buddhist temple1 how comes it to have on its walls basso-relievos of completely an ,assyrian character2 and ,kabeirian gods which1 though universally worshipped as the most ancient of the ,asiatic mystery-gods1 had already been abandoned #bjj years ,b4,c41 and the ,samothracian mysteries themselves completely altered8 ,whence the popular tradition concerning the ,prince of ,roma among the ,cambodians1 a personage mentioned by all the native historians1 who attribute to him the foundation of the temple8 ,is it not barely possible that even the ,ramayna1 itself1 the famous epic poem1 is but the original of ,homer's ,iliad1 as it was suggested some years ago8 ,the beautiful ,paris1 carrying off ,helen1 looks very much like ,rvana1 king of the giants1 eloping with ,sita1 ,rma's wife8 ,the ,trojan war is a counterpart of the ,ramayna war2 moreover1 ,herodotus assures us that the ,trojan heroes and gods date in ,greece only from the days of the ,iliad4 ,in such a case even ,hanoum1 the monkey-god1 would be but ,vulcan in disguise2 the more so that the ,cambodian tradition makes the founder of ,angkor come from ,roma1 which they place at the western end of the world1 and that the ,hindu ,roma also apportions the west to the descendants of ,hanoum4 ,hypothetical as the suggestion may now seem1 it is worthy of consideration1 if even for the sake of being refuted4 ,the ,abb ,jaquenet1 a ,catholic missionary in ,cochin ,china1 ever ready to connect the least glimmer of historical light with that of ,christian revelation1 writes1 8,whether we consider the commercial relations of the ,jews 444 when1 in the height of their power1 the combined fleets of ,hiram and ,solomon went to seek the treasures of ,ophir1 or whether we come lower down1 to the dispersion of the ten tribes who1 instead of returning from captivity1 set out from the banks of the ,euphrates1 and reached the shores of the ocean 444 the shining of the light of revelation in the far ,east is not the less incontestable40 ,it looks certainly 8incontestable0 enough if we reverse the position and admit that all the light that ever shone on the ,israelites came to them from this 8far ,east10 passing first through the ,chaldeans and ,egyptians4 ,the first thing to settle1 is to find out who were the ,israelites themselves2 and that is the most vital question4 ,many historians seem to claim1 with good reason1 that the ,jews were similar or identical with the ancient ,phnicians1 but the ,phnicians were #efg beyond any doubt an thiopian race2 moreover1 the present race of ,punjaub are hybridized with the ,asiatic thiopians4 ,herodotus traces the ,hebrews to the ,persian ,gulf2 and south of that place were the ,himyarites 7the ,arabians72 beyond1 the early ,chaldeans and ,susinians1 the great builders4 ,this seems to establish pretty well their thiopian affinity4 ,megasthenes says that the ,jews were an ,indian sect called ,kalani1 and their theology resembled that of the ,indians4 ,other authors also suspect that the colonized ,jews or the ,judeans were the ,yadus from ,afghanistan--the old ,india4#hdg ,eusebius tells us that 8the thiopians came from the river ,indus and settled near ,egypt40 ,more research may show that the ,tamil ,hindus1 who are accused by the missionaries of worshipping the ,devil--,kutti-,sattan--only honor1 after all1 ,seth or ,satan1 worshipped by the biblical ,hittites4 ,but if the ,jews were in the twilight of history the ,phnicians1 the latter may be traced themselves to the nations who used the old ,sanscrit language4 ,carthage was a ,phnician city1 hence its name2 for ,tyre was equally ,kartha4 ,in the ,bible the words ,kir1 ,kirjath are frequently found4 ,their tutelar god was styled ,mel-,kartha 7,mel1 ,baal71 or tutelar lord of the city4 ,in ,sanscrit a city or communal was a cl and its lord was ,heri4#hdh ,her-culeus is therefore the translation of ,melkarth and ,sanscrit in origin4 ,moreover all the ,cyclopean races were ,phnicians4 ,in the ,odyssey the ,kuklopes 7,cyclops7 are the ,libyan shepherds2 and ,herodotus describes them as miners and great builders4 ,they are the ancient ,titans or giants1 who in ,hesiod forge bolts for ,zeus4 ,they are the biblical ,zamzummim from the land of the giants1 the ,anakim4 ,now it is easy to see that the excavators of ,ellora1 the builders of the old ,pagodas1 the architects of ,copan and of the ruins of ,central ,america1 those of ,nagkon-,wat1 and those of the ,egyptian remains were1 if not of the same race1 at least of the same religion--the one taught in the oldest ,mysteries4 ,besides1 the figures on the walls of ,angkor are purely archaic1 and have nothing to do with the images and idols of ,buddha1 who may be of a far later origin4 8,what gives a peculiar interest to this section10 says ,dr4 ,bastian1 8is the fact that the artist has represented the different nationalities in all their distinctive characteristic features1 from the flat-nosed savage in the tasselled garb of the ,pnom and the short-haired ,lao1 to the straight-nosed ,rajaput1 with sword and shield1 and the bearded ,moor1 #efh giving a catalogue of nationalities1 like another column of ,trajan1 in the predominant physical conformation of each race4 ,on the whole1 there is such a prevalence of ,hellenic cast in features and profiles1 as well as in the elegant attitude of the horsemen1 that one might suppose ,xenocrates of old1 after finishing his labors in ,bombay1 had made an excursion to the ,east40 ,therefore1 if we allow the tribes of ,israel to have had a hand in the building of ,nagkon-,wat1 it cannot be as the tribes numbered and sent1 from the wilderness of ,paran in search of the land of ,canaan1 but as their earlier ancestors1 which amounts to the rejection of such tribes1 as the casting of a reflection of the ,mosaic revelation4 ,and where is the outside historical evidence that such tribes were ever heard of at all1 before the compilation of the ,old ,testament by ,ezra8 ,there are archologists who strongly regard the twelve tribes as utterly mythical1#hdi for there never was a tribe of ,simeon1 and that of ,levi was a caste4 ,there still remains the same problem to solve--whether the ,judans had ever been in ,palestine before ,cyrus4 ,from the sons of ,jacob1 who had all married ,canaanites1 except ,joseph1 whose wife was the daughter of an ,egyptian ,priest of the ,sun1 down to the legendary ,book of ,judges there was an acknowledged general intermarrying between the said tribes and the idolatrous races3 8,and the children of ,israel dwelt among the ,canaanites1 ,hittites1 and ,amorites1 and ,perizzites1 and ,hivites1 and ,jebusites2 and they took their daughters to be their wives1 and gave their daughters to their sons1 and served their gods10 says the third chapter of ,judges1 8 444 and the children of ,israel forgat their ,god and served ,baalim1 and the groves40 ,this ,baal was ,moloch1 ,m'lch ,karta1 or ,hercules4 ,he was worshipped wherever the ,phnicians went4 ,how could the ,israelites possibly keep together as tribes1 while1 on the authority of the ,bible itself1 whole populations were from year to year uprooted violently by ,assyrian and other conquerors8 8,so was ,israel carried away out of their own land to ,assyria unto this day4 ,and the king of ,assyria brought men from ,babylon1 and from ,cuthah1 and from ,ava1 and from ,hamath1 and from ,sepharvaim1 and placed them in the cities of ,samaria instead of the children of ,israel0 7#b ,kings1 xvii4 #bc1 #bd74 ,if the language of ,palestine became in time ,semitic1 it is because of ,assyrian influence2 for ,phnicia had become a dependency as early as the days of ,hiram1 and the ,phnicians evidently changed their language from ,hamitic to ,semitic4 ,assyria was 8the land of ,nimrod0 7from ,nimr1 spotted71 and ,nimrod was ,bacchus1 with his spotted leopard-skin4 ,this leopard-skin is a sacred appendage of the 8,mysteries20 it was #efi used in the ,eleusinian as well as in the ,egyptian ,mysteries2 it is found sculptured on the basso-relievos of ,central ,american ruins1 covering the backs of the sacrificers2 it is mentioned in the earliest speculations of the ,brahmans on the meaning of their sacrificial prayers1 the ,aytareya ,brahmanam4#hej ,it is used in the ,agnishtoma1 the initiation rites of the ,soma ,mystery4 ,when the neophyte is 8to be born again10 he is covered with a leopard-skin1 out of which he emerges as from his mother's womb4 ,the ,kabeiri were also ,assyrian gods4 ,they had different names2 in the common language they were known as ,jupiter and ,bacchus1 and sometimes as ,achiochersus1 ,aschieros1 ,achiochersa1 and ,cadmillus2 and even the true number of these deities was uncertain with the people4 ,they had other names in the 8sacred language10 known but to the hierophants and priests2 and 8it was not lawful to mention them40 ,how is it then that we find them reproduced in their ,samothracian 8postures0 on the walls of ,nagkon-,wat8 ,how is it again that we find them pronounced--albeit slightly disfigured--as known in that same sacred language1 by the populations of ,siam1 ,thibet1 and ,india8 ,the name ,kabeiri may be a derivation from 1 ,abir1 great2 1 ,ebir1 an astrologer1 or 1 ,chabir1 an associate2 and they were worshipped at ,hebron1 the city of the ,anakes--the giants4 ,the name ,abraham1 according to ,dr4 ,wilder1 has 8a very ,kabeirian look40 ,the word ,heber1 or ,gheber may be the etymological root of the ,hebrews1 as applied to ,nimrod and the ,bible-giants of the sixth chapter of ,genesis1 but we must seek for their origin far earlier than the days of ,moses4 ,the name ,phnician affords its own proof4 ,they are called by ,manetho1 or ,ph' ,anakes1 which shows that the ,anakes or ,anakim of ,canaan1 with whom the people of ,israel1 if not identical in race1 had1 by intermarriage1 become entirely absorbed1 were the ,phnicians1 or the problematical ,hyk-sos1 as ,manetho has it1 and whom ,josephus once declared were the direct ancestors of the ,israelites4 ,therefore1 it is in this jumble of contradictory opinions1 authorities1 and historical olla podrida that we must look for a solution of the mystery4 ,so long as the origin of the ,hyk-sos is not positively settled we can know nothing certain of the ,israelitish people who1 either wittingly or otherwise1 have mixed up their chronology and origin in such an inextricable tangle4 ,but if the ,hyk-sos can be proved to have been the ,pali-,shepherds of the ,indus1 who partially removed to the ,east1 and came over from the nomadic ,aryan tribes of ,india1 then1 perhaps1 it would account for the biblical myths being so mixed up with the ,aryan and ,asiatic ,mystery-gods4 ,as ,dunlap says3 8,the ,hebrews came #egj out of ,egypt among the ,canaanites2 they need not be traced beyond the ,exodus4 ,that is their historical beginning4 ,it was very easy to cover up this remote event by the recital of mythical traditions1 and to prefix to it an account of their origin in which the gods 7patriarchs7 should figure as their ancestors40 ,but it is not their historical beginning which is the most vital question for the world of science and theology4 ,it is their religious beginning4 ,and if we can trace it through the ,hyk-sos--,phnicians1 the thiopian builders and the ,chaldeans--whether it is to the ,hindus that the latter owe their learning1 or the ,brahmans who owe it to the ,chaldeans1 we have the means in hand to trace every so-called revealed dogmatical assertion in the ,bible to its origin1 which we have to search for in the twilight of history1 and before the separation of the ,aryan and ,semitic families4 ,and how can we do it better or more surely than through means afforded us by archology8 ,picture-writing can be destroyed1 but if it survives it cannot lie2 and1 if we find the same myths1 ideas1 and secret symbols on monuments all over the world2 and if1 moreover1 these monuments can be shown to antedate the twelve 8chosen0 tribes1 then we can unerringly show that instead of being a direct divine revelation1 it was but an incomplete recollection or tradition among a tribe which had been identified and mixed up for centuries before the apparition of ,abraham1 with all the three great world-families2 namely1 the ,aryan1 ,semitic1 and ,turanian nations1 if so they must be called4 ,the ,teraphim of ,abram's father1 ,terah1 the 8maker of images10 were the ,kabeiri gods1 and we see them worshipped by ,micah1 by the ,danites1 and others4#hea ,teraphim were identical with the seraphim1 and these were serpent-images1 the origin of which is in the ,sanscrit sarp 7the serpent71 a symbol sacred to all the deities as a symbol of immortality4 ,kiyun1 or the god ,kivan1 worshipped by the ,hebrews in the wilderness1 is ,siva1 the ,hindu1#heb as well as ,saturn4#hec ,the ,greek story shows that ,dardanus1 the ,arcadian1 having received them as a dowry1 carried them to ,samothrace1 and from thence to ,troy2 and they were worshipped far before the days of glory of ,tyre or ,sidon1 though the former had been built #bgfj ,b4,c4 ,from where did ,dardanus derive them8 ,it is an easy matter to assign an age to ruins on merely the external evidence of probabilities2 it is more difficult to prove it4 ,meanwhile the rock-works of ,ruad1 ,perytus1 ,marathos1 resemble those of ,petra1 #ega ,baalbek1 and other thiopian works1 even externally4 ,on the other hand the assertions of certain archologists who find no resemblance between the temples of ,central ,america and those of ,egypt and ,siam1 leave the symbologist1 acquainted with the secret language of picture-writing1 perfectly unconcerned4 ,he sees the landmarks of one and the same doctrine on all of these monuments1 and reads their history and affiliation in signs imperceptible to the uninitiated scientist4 ,there are traditions also2 and one of these speaks of the last of the king-initiates--7who were but rarely admitted to the higher orders of the ,eastern ,brotherhoods71 who reigned in #afgj4 ,this king of ,siam was the one so ridiculed by the ,french ambassador1 de la ,loubre1 as a lunatic who had been searching all his life for the philosopher's stone4 ,one of such mysterious landmarks is found in the peculiar structure of certain arches in the temples4 ,the author of the ,land of the ,white ,elephant remarks as curious1 8the absence of the keystone in the arches of the building1 and the undecipherable inscriptions40 ,in the ruins of ,santa ,cruz del ,quich an arched corridor was found by ,stephens1 equally without a keystone4 ,describing the desolate ruins of ,palenque1 and remarking that the arches of the corridors were all built on this model1 and the ceilings in this form1 he supposes that 8the builders were evidently ignorant of the principles of the arch1 and the support was made by stones lapping over as they rose2 as at ,ocosingo1 and among ,cyclopean remains in ,greece and ,italy40#hed ,in other buildings1 though they belong to the same group1 the traveller found the missing keystone1 which is a sufficient proof that its omission elsewhere was premeditated4 ,may we not look for the solution of the mystery in the ,masonic manual8 ,the keystone has an esoteric meaning which ought to be1 if it is not1 well appreciated by high ,masons4 ,the most important subterranean building mentioned in the description of the origin of ,freemasonry1 is the one built by ,enoch4 ,the patriarch is led by the ,deity1 whom he sees in a vision1 into the nine vaults4 ,after that1 with the assistance of his son1 ,methuselah1 he constructs in the land of ,canaan1 8in the bowels of the mountain10 nine apartments on the models that were shown to him in the vision4 ,each was roofed with an arch1 and the apex of each formed a keystone1 having inscribed on it the mirific characters4 ,each of the latter1 furthermore1 represented one of the nine names1 traced in characters emblematical of the attributes by which the ,deity was1 according to ancient ,freemasonry1 known to the antediluvian brethren4 ,then ,enoch constructed two deltas of the purest gold1 and tracing two of the mysterious characters on each1 he placed one of them in the deepest arch1 and the other entrusted to #egb ,methuselah1 communicating to him1 at the same time1 other important secrets now lost to ,freemasonry4 ,and so1 among these arcane secrets1 now lost to their modern successors1 may be found also the fact that the keystones were used in the arches only in certain portions of the temples devoted to special purposes4 ,another similarity presented by the architectural remains of the religious monuments of every country can be found in the identity of parts1 courses1 and measurements4 ,all these buildings belong to the age of ,hermes ,trismegistus1 and however comparatively modern or ancient the temple may seem1 their mathematical proportions are found to correspond with the ,egyptian religious edifices4 ,there is a similar disposition of court-yards1 adyta1 passages1 and steps2 hence1 despite any dissimilarity in architectural style1 it is a warrantable inference that like religious rites were celebrated in all4 ,says ,dr4 ,stukely1 concerning ,stonehenge3 8,this structure was not erected upon any ,roman measure1 and this is demonstrated by the great number of fractions which the measurement of each part1 according to ,european scales1 gives4 ,on the contrary the figures become even1 as soon as we apply to it the measurement of the ancient cubic1 which was common to the ,hebrew children of ,shem1 as well as to the ,phnicians and ,egyptians1 children of ,ham 7871 and imitators of the monuments of unhewn and oracular stones40 ,the presence of the artificial lakes1 and their peculiar disposition on the consecrated grounds1 is also a fact of great importance4 ,the lakes inside the precincts of ,karnak1 and those enclosed in the grounds of ,nagkon-,wat1 and around the temples in the ,mexican ,copan and ,santa ,cruz del ,quich1 will be found to present the same peculiarities4 ,besides possessing other significances the whole area was laid out with reference to cyclic calculations4 ,in the ,druidical structures the same sacred and mysterious numbers will be found4 ,the circle of stones generally consists of either twelve1 or twenty-one1 or thirty-six4 ,in these circles the centre place belongs to ,assar1 ,azon1 or the god in the circle1 by whatever other name he might have been known4 ,the thirteen ,mexican serpent-gods bear a distant relationship to the thirteen stones of the ,druidical ruins4 ,the ,t 7,tau71 and the astronomical cross of ,egypt ,a circle with a horizontal diameter and a vertical radius above are conspicuous in several apertures of the remains of ,palenque4 ,in one of the basso-relievos of the ,palace of ,palenque1 on the west side1 sculptured on a hieroglyphic1 right under the seated figure1 is a ,tau4 ,the standing figure1 which leans over the first one1 is in the act of covering its head with the left hand with the veil of initiation2 while it extends its right with the index and middle finger pointing to heaven4 ,the position is precisely that of a ,christian bishop giving his blessing1 or the one in which ,jesus is often represented while at the ,last ,supper4 ,even the ,hindu #egc elephant-headed god of wisdom 7or magic learning71 ,ganesha1 may be found among the stucco figures of the ,mexican ruins4 ,what explanation can the archologists1 philologists--in short1 the chosen host of ,academicians--give us8 ,none whatever4 ,at best they have but hypotheses1 every one of which is likely to be pulled down by its successor--a pseudo-truth1 perhaps1 like the first4 ,the keys to the biblical miracles of old1 and to the phenomena of modern days2 the problems of psychology1 physiology1 and the many 8missing links0 which have so perplexed scientists of late1 are all in the hands of secret fraternities4 ,this mystery must be unveiled some day4 ,but till then dark skepticism will constantly interpose its threatening1 ugly shadow between ,god's truths and the spiritual vision of mankind2 and many are those who1 infected by the mortal epidemic of our century--hopeless materialism--will remain in doubt and mortal agony as to whether1 when man dies1 he will live again1 although the question has been solved by long bygone generations of sages4 ,the answers are there4 ,they may be found on the time-worn granite pages of cave-temples1 on sphinxes1 propylons1 and obelisks4 ,they have stood there for untold ages1 and neither the rude assault of time1 nor the still ruder assault of ,christian hands1 have succeeded in obliterating their records4 ,all covered with the problems which were solved--who can tell8 perhaps by the archaic forefathers of their builders--the solution follows each question2 and this the ,christian could not appropriate1 for1 except the initiates1 no one has understood the mystic writing4 ,the key was in the keeping of those who knew how to commune with the invisible ,presence1 and who had received1 from the lips of mother ,nature herself1 her grand truths4 ,and so stand these monuments like mute forgotten sentinels on the threshold of that unseen world1 whose gates are thrown open but to a few elect4 ,defying the hand of ,time1 the vain inquiry of profane science1 the insults of the revealed religions1 they will disclose their riddles to none but the legatees of those by whom they were entrusted with the ,,mystery4 ,the cold1 stony lips of the once vocal ,memnon1 and of these hardy sphinxes1 keep their secrets well4 ,who will unseal them8 ,who of our modern1 materialistic dwarfs and unbelieving ,sadducees will dare to lift the ,,veil ,,of ,,isis8 ,,chapter ,,xv4 #egd 8,,ste4--,have we devils here8 ,do you put tricks upon us with savages1 and men of ,inde80 ,the ,tempest1 ,act ii41 ,sc4 #b4 8,we have now1 so far forth as it is requisite for our design1 considered the ,nature and ,functions of the ,soule2 and have plainly demonstrated that she is a substance distinct from the body40 --,,dr4 ,,henry ,,more3 ,immortality of the ,soule4 #afei4 8,,knowledge ,,is ,,power2 ,,ignorance ,,is ,,imbecility40--,,author ,,of 8,art-,magic30 ,ghost-,land4 ,the 8secret doctrine0 has for many centuries been like the symbolical 8man of sorrows0 of the prophet ,isaiah4 8,who hath believed our report80 its martyrs have repeated from one generation to another4 ,the doctrine has grown up before its persecutors 8as a tender plant and as a root out of a dry ground2 it hath no form1 nor comeliness 444 it is despised and rejected of men2 and they hid their faces from it4444 ,they esteemed him not40 ,there need be no controversy as to whether this doctrine agrees or not with the iconoclastic tendency of the skeptics of our times4 ,it agrees with truth and that is enough4 ,it would be idle to expect that it would be believed by its detractors and slanderers4 ,but the tenacious vitality it exhibits all over the globe1 wherever there are a group of men to quarrel over it1 is the best proof that the seed planted by our fathers on 8the other side of the flood0 was that of a mighty oak1 not the spore of a mushroom theology4 ,no lightning of human ridicule can fell to the ground1 and no thunderbolts ever forged by the ,vulcans of science are powerful enough to blast the trunk1 or even scar the branches of this world-tree of ,,knowledge4 ,we have but to leave unnoticed their letter that killeth1 and catch the subtile spirit of their hidden wisdom1 to find concealed in the ,books of ,hermes--be they the model or the copy of all others--the evidences of a truth and philosophy which we feel must be based on the eternal laws4 ,we instinctively comprehend that1 however finite the powers of man1 while he is yet embodied1 they must be in close kinship with the attributes of an infinite ,deity2 and we become capable of better appreciating the hidden sense of the gift lavished by the ,elohim on ,h',adam3 8,behold1 ,i have given you everything which is upon the face of all the earth 444 subdue it10 and 8have dominion0 over ,,all4 ,had the allegories contained in the first chapters of ,genesis #ege been better understood1 even in their geographical and historical sense1 which involve nothing at all esoteric1 the claims of its true interpreters1 the kabalists1 could hardly have been rejected for so long a time4 ,every student of the ,bible must be aware that the first and second chapters of ,genesis could not have proceeded from the same pen4 ,they are evidently allegories and parables2#hee for the two narratives of the creation and peopling of our earth diametrically contradict each other in nearly every particular of order1 time1 place1 and methods employed in the so-called creation4 ,in accepting the narratives literally1 and as a whole1 we lower the dignity of the unknown ,deity4 ,we drag him down to the level of humanity1 and endow him with the peculiar personality of man1 who needs the 8cool of the day0 to refresh him2 who rests from his labors2 and is capable of anger1 revenge1 and even of using precautions against man1 8lest he put forth his hand1 and take also of the tree of life40 7,a tacit admission1 by the way1 on the part of the ,deity1 that man could do it1 if not prevented by sheer force47 ,but1 in recognizing the allegorical coloring of the description of what may be termed historical facts1 we find our feet instantly on firm ground4 ,to begin with--the garden of ,eden as a locality is no myth at all2 it belongs to those landmarks of history which occasionally disclose to the student that the ,bible is not all mere allegory4 8,eden1 or the ,hebrew ,,gan-,,eden1 meaning the park or the garden of ,eden1 is an archaic name of the country watered by the ,euphrates and its many branches1 from ,asia and ,armenia to the ,erythraian ,sea40#hef ,in the ,chaldean ,book of ,numbers1 its location is designated in numerals1 and in the cipher ,rosicrucian manuscript1 left by ,count ,st4 ,germain1 it is fully described4 ,in the ,assyrian ,tablets1 it is rendered gan-dunyas4 8,behold10 say the ,eloim of ,genesis1 8the man is become as one of us40 ,the ,eloim may be accepted in one sense for gods or powers1 and taken in another one for the ,aleim1 or priests2 the hierophants initiated into the good and the evil of this world2 for there was a college of priests called the ,aleim1 while the head of their caste1 or the chief of the hierophants1 was known as ,java ,aleim4 ,instead of becoming a neophyte1 and gradually obtaining his esoteric knowledge through a regular initiation1 an ,adam1 or man1 uses his intuitional faculties1 and1 prompted by the ,serpent--,woman and matter--tastes of the ,tree of ,knowledge--the esoteric or secret doctrine--unlawfully4 ,the priests of ,hercules1 or ,mel-,karth1 the 8,lord0 of the ,eden1 all wore 8coats of skin40 ,the text says3 8,and ,java ,aleim1 made for ,adam and his wife 1 ,,chitonuth ,,our40 ,the #egf first ,hebrew word1 chitun1 is the ,greek 1 chiton4 ,it became a ,slavonic word by adoption from the ,bible1 and means a coat1 an upper garment4 ,though containing the same substratum of esoteric truth as every early cosmogony1 the ,hebrew ,scripture wears on its face the marks of its double origin4 ,its ,genesis is purely a reminiscence of the ,babylonian captivity4 ,the names of places1 men1 and even objects1 can be traced from the original text to the ,chaldeans and the ,akkadians1 the progenitors and ,aryan instructors of the former4 ,it is strongly contested that the ,akkad tribes of ,chaldea1 ,babylonia1 and ,assyria were in any way cognate with the ,brahmans1 of ,hindustan2 but there are more proofs in favor of this opinion than otherwise4 ,the ,shemite1 or ,assyrian1 ought1 perchance1 to have been called the ,turanian1 and the ,mongolians have been denominated ,scyths4 ,but if the ,akkadians ever existed otherwise than in the imagination of some philologists and ethnologists1 they certainly would never have been a ,turanian tribe1 as some ,assyriologists have striven to make us believe4 ,they were simply emigrants on their way to ,asia ,minor from ,india1 the cradle of humanity1 and their sacerdotal adepts tarried to civilize and initiate a barbarian people4 ,halevy proved the fallacy of the ,turanian mania in regard to the ,akkadian people1 whose very name has been changed a dozen times already2 and other scientists have proved that the ,babylonian civilization was neither born nor developed in that country4 ,it was imported from ,india1 and the importers were ,brahmanical ,hindus4 ,it is the opinion of ,professor ,a4 ,wilder1 that if the ,assyrians had been called ,turanians and the ,mongolians ,scyths1 then1 in such a case the wars of ,iran and ,turan1 ,zohak and ,jemshid1 or ,yima1 would have been fairly comprehended as the struggle of the old ,persians against the endeavors of the ,assyrian satraps to conquer them1 which ended in the overthrow of ,nineveh2 8the spider weaving her web in the palace of ,afrasiab40#heg 8,the ,turanian of ,prof4 ,mller and his school10 adds our correspondent1 8was evidently the savage and nomadic ,caucasian1 out of whom the ,hamite or thiopian builders come2 then the ,shemites--perhaps a hybrid of ,hamite and ,aryan2 and lastly the ,aryan--,median1 ,persian1 ,hindu2 and later1 the ,gothic and ,slavic peoples of ,europe4 ,he supposes the ,celt to have been a hybrid1 analogous to the ,assyrians--between the ,aryan invaders of ,europe and the ,iberic 7probably thiopic7 population of ,europe40 ,in such a case he must admit the possibility of our assertion that the ,akkadians were a tribe of the earliest ,hindus4 ,now1 whether #egg they were ,brahmans1 from the ,brahmanic planisphere proper 7#dj north latitude71 or from ,india 7,hindustan71 or1 again1 from the ,india of ,central ,asia1 we will leave to philologists of future ages to decide4 ,an opinion which with us amounts to certitude1 demonstrated by an inductive method of our own1 which we are afraid will be but little appreciated by the orthodox methods of modern science1 is based on what will appear to the latter merely circumstantial evidence4 ,for years we have repeatedly noticed that the same esoteric truths were expressed in identical symbols and allegories in countries between which there had never been traced any historical affiliation4 ,we have found the ,jewish ,kabala and the ,bible repeating the ,babylonian 8myths10#heh and the ,oriental and ,chaldean allegories1 given in form and substance in the oldest manuscripts of the ,siamese ,talapoin 7monks71 and in the popular but oldest traditions of ,ceylon4 ,in the latter place we have an old and valued acquaintance whom we have also met in other parts of the globe1 a ,pali scholar1 and a native ,cingalese1 who has in his possession a curious palm leaf1 to which1 by chemical processes1 a timeproof durability has been given1 and an enormous conch1 or rather one-half of a conch--for it has been split in two4 ,on the leaf we saw the representation of a giant of ,ceylonian antiquity and fame1 blind1 and pulling down--with his outstretched arms1 which are embracing the four central pillars of a pagoda--the whole temple on a crowd of armed enemies4 ,his hair is long and reaches nearly to the ground4 ,we were informed by the possessor of this curious relic1 that the blind giant was 8,somona1 the ,little20 so called in contradistinction with ,somona-,kadom1 the ,siamese saviour4 ,moreover1 the ,pali legend1 in its important particulars1 corresponds with that of the biblical ,samson4 ,the shell bore upon its pearly surface a pictorial engraving1 divided in two compartments1 and the workmanship was far more artistic1 as to conception and execution1 than the crucifixes and other religious trinkets carved out of the same material in our days1 at ,jaffa and ,jerusalem4 ,in the first panel is represented ,siva1 with all his ,hindu attributes1 sacrificing his son--whether the 8only-begotten10 or one of many1 we never stopped to inquire4 ,the victim is laid on a funeral pile1 and the father is hovering in the air over him1 with an uplifted weapon ready to strike2 but the god's face is turned toward a jungle in which a rhinoceros has deeply buried its horn in a huge tree and is unable to extricate it4 ,the adjoining panel1 or division1 represents #egh the same rhinoceros on the pile with the weapon plunged in its side1 and the intended victim--,siva's son--free1 and helping the god to kindle the fire upon the sacrificial altar4 ,now1 we have but to remember that ,siva and the ,palentinian ,baal1 or ,moloch1 and ,saturn are identical2 that ,abraham is held until the present day by the ,mahometan ,arabs as ,saturn in the ,kaaba2#hei that ,abraham and ,israel were names of ,saturn2#hfj and that ,sanchoniathon tells us that ,saturn offered his only-begotten son as a sacrifice to his father ,ouranos1 and even circumcised himself and forced all his household and allies to do the same1#hfa to trace unerringly the biblical myth to its source4 ,but this source is neither ,phnician1 nor ,chaldean2 it is purely ,indian1 and the original of it may be found in the ,maha-,bharata4 ,but1 whether ,brahmanical or ,buddhistical1 it must certainly be much older than the ,jewish ,pentateuch1 as compiled by ,ezra after the ,babylonian captivity1 and revised by the ,rabbis of the ,great ,synagogue4 ,therefore1 we are bold enough to maintain our assertion against the opinion of many men of learning1 whom1 nevertheless1 we consider far more learned than ourselves4 ,scientific induction is one thing1 and knowledge of facts1 however unscientific they may seem at first1 is another4 ,but science has discovered enough to inform us that ,sanscrit originals1 of ,nepaul1 were translated by ,buddhistic missionaries into nearly every ,asiatic language4 ,likewise ,pali manuscripts were translated into ,siamese1 and carried to ,burmah and ,siam2 it is easy1 therefore1 to account for the same religious legends and myths circulating in all these countries4 ,but ,manetho tells us also of ,pali shepherds who emigrated westward2 and when we find some of the oldest ,ceylonic traditions in the ,chaldean ,kabala and ,jewish ,bible1 we must think that either ,chaldeans or ,babylonians had been in ,ceylon or ,india1 or the ancient ,pali had the same traditions as the ,akkadians1 whose origin is so uncertain4 ,suppose even ,rawlinson to be right1 and that the ,akkadians did come from ,armenia1 he did not trace them farther back4 ,as the field is now opened for any kind of hypothesis1 we submit that this tribe might as well have come to ,armenia from beyond the ,indus1 following their way in the direction of the ,caspian ,sea--a part which was also ,india1 once upon a time--and from thence to the ,euxine4 ,or they might have come originally from ,ceylon by the same way4 ,it has been found impossible to follow1 with any degree of certitude1 the wanderings of these nomadic ,aryan tribes2 hence we are left to judge from inference1 and by comparing their esoteric myths4 ,abraham himself1 for all our scientists can know1 might have been one of these ,pali shepherds who emigrated ,west4 ,he is shown to have gone with his #egi father1 ,terah1 from 8,ur of the ,chaldees20 and ,sir ,h4 ,rawlinson found the ,phnician city of ,martu or ,marathos mentioned in an inscription at ,ur1 and shows it to signify ,,the ,,west4 ,if their language seems in one sense to oppose their identity with the ,brahmans of ,hindustan1 yet there are other reasons which make good our claims that the biblical allegories of ,genesis are entirely due to these nomadic tribes4 ,their name ,ak-ad1 is of the same class as ,ad-,am1 ,ha-va1#hfb or ,ed-,en--8perhaps10 says ,dr4 ,wilder1 8meaning son of ,ad1 like the sons of ,ad in ancient ,arabia4 ,in ,assyrian1 ,ak is creator and ,ad-ad is ,,ad1 the father40 ,in ,aramean ,ad also means one1 and ,ad-ad the only-one2 and in the ,kabala ,ad-am is the only-begotten1 the first emanation of the unseen ,creator4 ,adon was the 8,lord0 god of ,syria and the consort of ,adar-gat1 or ,aster-#8t1' the ,syrian goddess1 who was ,venus1 ,isis1 ,istar1 or ,mylitta1 etc42 and each of these was 8mother of all living0 the ,magna ,mater4 ,thus1 while the first1 second1 and third chapters of ,genesis are but disfigured imitations of other cosmogonies1 the fourth chapter1 beginning at the sixteenth verse1 and the fifth chapter to the end--give purely historical facts2 though the latter were never correctly interpreted4 ,they are taken1 word for word1 from the secret ,book of ,numbers1 of the ,great ,oriental ,kabala4 ,from the birth of ,enoch1 the appropriated first parent of modern ,freemasonry1 begins the genealogy of the so-called ,turanian1 ,aryan1 and ,semitic families1 if such they be correctly4 ,every woman is an euhemerized land or city2 every man and patriarch a race1 a branch1 or a subdivision of a race4 ,the wives of ,lamech give the key to the riddle which some good scholar might easily master1 even without studying the esoteric sciences4 8,and ,ad-ah bare ,jabal3 he was the father of such as dwell in tents1 and of such as have cattle10 nomadic ,aryan race2 8 444 and his brother was ,jubal2 he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ2 444 and ,zillah bare ,tubal-,cain1 an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron10 etc4 ,every word has a significance2 but it is no revelation4 ,it is simply a compilation of the most historical facts1 although history is too perplexed upon this point to know how to claim them4 ,it is from the ,euxine to ,kashmere1 and beyond that we must search for the cradle of mankind and the sons of ,ad-ah2 and leave #ehj the particular garden of ,ed-en on the ,euphrates to the college of the weird astrologers and magi1 the ,aleim4#hfc ,no wonder that the ,northern seer1 ,swedenborg1 advises people to search for the ,,lost ,,word among the hierophants of ,tartary1 ,china1 and ,thibet2 for it is there1 and only there now1 although we find it inscribed on the monuments of the oldest ,egyptian dynasties4 ,the grandiose poetry of the four ,vedas2 the ,books of ,hermes2 the ,chaldean ,book of ,numbers2 the ,nazarene ,codex2 the ,kabala of the ,tanam2 the ,sepher ,jezira2 the ,book of ,wisdom1 of ,schlomah 7,solomon72 the secret treatise on ,muhta and ,badha1#hfd attributed by the ,buddhist kabalists to ,kapila1 the founder of the ,sankhya system2 the ,brahmanas2#hfe the ,stan-gyour1#hff of the ,thibetans2 all these volumes have the same groundwork4 ,varying but in allegories they teach the same secret doctrine which1 when once thoroughly eliminated1 will prove to be the ,ultima ,thul of true philosophy1 and disclose what is this ,,lost ,,word4 ,it is useless to expect scientists to find in these works anything of interest except that which is in direct relation to either philology or comparative mythology4 ,even ,max ,mller1 as soon as he refers to the mysticism and metaphysical philosophy scattered through the old ,sanscrit literature1 sees in it naught but 8theological absurdities0 and 8fantastic nonsense40 ,speaking of the ,brahmanas1 all full of mysterious1 therefore1 as a matter of course1 absurd1 meanings1 we find him saying3 8,the greater portion of them is simply twaddle1 and what is worse1 theological twaddle4 ,no person who is not acquainted beforehand with 8the place which the ,brahmanas fill in the history of the ,indian mind1 could read more than ten pages without being disgusted40#hfg ,we do not wonder at the severe criticism of this erudite scientist4 #eha ,without a clew to the real meaning of this 8twaddle0 of religious conceptions1 how can they judge of the esoteric by the exoteric8 ,we find an answer in another of the highly-interesting lectures of the ,german savant3 8,no ,jew1 no ,roman1 no ,brahman ever thought of converting people to his own national form of worship4 ,religion was looked upon as private or national property4 ,it was to be guarded against strangers4 ,the most sacred names of the gods1 the prayers by which their favor could be gained1 were kept secret4 ,no religion was more exclusive than that of the ,brahmans40#hfh ,therefore1 when we find scholars who imagine1 because they have learned the meaning of a few exoteric rites from a srotriya1 a ,brahman priest initiated in the sacrificial mysteries1 that they are capable of interpreting all the symbols1 and have sifted the ,hindu religions1 we cannot help admiring the completeness of their scientific delusions4 ,the more so1 since we find ,max ,mller himself asserting that since 8a ,brahman was born--nay1 twice-born1 and could not be made1 not even the lowest caste1 that of the ,sudras1 would open its ranks to a stranger40 ,how much less likely that he would allow that stranger to unveil to the world his most sacred religious ,mysteries1 the secret of which has been guarded so jealousy from profanation throughout untold ages4 ,no2 our scientists do not--nay1 cannot understand correctly the old ,hindu literature1 any more than an atheist or materialist is able to appreciate at their just value the feelings of a seer1 a mystic1 whose whole life is given to contemplation4 ,they have a perfect right to soothe themselves with the sweet lullaby of their self-admiration1 and the just consciousness of their great learning1 but none at all to lead the world into their own error1 by making it believe that they have solved the last problem of ancient thought in literature1 whether ,sanscrit or any other2 that there lies not behind the external 8twaddle0 far more than was ever dreamed of by our modern exact philosophy2 or that above and beyond the correct rendering of ,sanscrit words and sentences there is no deeper thought1 intelligible to some of the descendants of those who veiled it in the morning hours of earth's day1 if they are not to the profane reader4 ,we do not feel in the least astonished that a materialist1 and even an orthodox ,christian1 is unable to read either the old ,brahmanical works or their progeny1 the ,kabala1 the ,codex of ,bardesanes1 or the ,jewish ,scripture without disgust at their immodesty and apparent lack of what the uninitiated reader is pleased to call 8common sense40 ,but if we can hardly blame them for such a feeling1 especially in the #ehb case of the ,hebrew1 and even the ,greek and ,latin literature1 and are quite ready to agree with ,professor ,fiske that 8it is a mark of wisdom to be dissatisfied with imperfect evidence20 on the other hand we have a right to expect that they should recognize that it is no less a mark of honesty to confess one's ignorance in cases where there are two sides to the question1 and in the solution of which the scientist may as easily blunder as any ignoramus4 ,when we find ,professor ,draper1 in his definition of periods in the ,intellectual ,development of ,europe1 classifying the time from the days of ,socrates1 the precursor and teacher of ,plato1 to ,karneades1 as 8the age of faith20 and that from ,philo to the destruction of the ,neo-platonic schools by ,justinian--the 8age of decrepitude10 we may be allowed to infer that the learned professor knows as little about the real tendency of ,greek philosophy and the ,attic schools as he understood the true character of ,giordano ,bruno4 ,so when we see one of the best of ,sanscrit scholars stating on his own unsupported authority that the 8greater portion of the ,brahmanas is simply theological twaddle10 we deeply regret to think that ,professor ,mller must be far better acquainted with the old ,sanscrit verbs and nouns than with ,sanscrit thought2 and that a scholar so uniformly disposed to do justice to the religions and the men of old should so effectually play into the hands of ,christian theologians4 8,what is the use of ,sanscrit80 exclaims ,jacquemont1 who alone has made more false statements about the ,east than all the ,orientalists put together4 ,at such a rate there would be none indeed4 ,if we are to exchange one corpse for another1 then we may as well dissect the dead letter of the ,jewish ,bible as that of the ,vedas4 ,he who is not intuitionally vivified by the religious spirit of old1 will never see beyond the exoteric 8twaddle40 ,when first we read that 8in the cavity of the cranium of ,macroposopos--the ,long-,face--lies hidden the arial ,wisdom which nowhere is opened2 and it is not discovered1 and not opened20 or again1 that 8the nose of the #8ancient of days' is ,life in every part20 we are inclined to regard it as the incoherent ravings of a lunatic4 ,and when1 moreover1 we are apprized by the ,codex ,nazarus that 8she1 the ,spiritus10 invites her son ,karabtanos1 8who is frantic and without judgment10 to an unnatural crime with his own mother1 we are pretty well disposed to throw the book aside in disgust4 ,but is this only meaningless trash1 expressed in rude and even obscene language8 ,no more can it be judged by external appearance than the sexual symbols of the ,egyptian and ,hindu religions1 or the coarse frankness of expression of the 8holy0 ,bible itself4 ,no more than the allegory of ,eve and the tempting serpent of ,eden4 ,the ever-insinuating1 restless spirit1 when once it 8falls into matter10 tempts ,eve1 or ,hava1 which bodily represents chaotic matter 8frantic and without judgment40 ,for matter1 ,karabtanos1 is the son of ,spirit1 or the ,spiritus of the #ehc ,nazarenes1 the ,sophia-,achamoth1 and the latter is the daughter of the pure1 intellectual spirit1 the divine breath4 ,when science shall have effectually demonstrated to us the origin of matter1 and proved the fallacy of the occultists' and old philosophers who held 7as their descendants now hold7 that matter is but one of the correlations of spirit1 then will the world of skeptics have a right to reject the old ,wisdom1 or throw the charge of obscenity in the teeth of the old religions4 8,from time immemorial10#hfi says ,mrs4 ,lydia ,maria ,child1 8an emblem has been worshipped in ,hindustan as the type of creation1 or the origin of life4 ,it is the most common symbol of ,siva ,bala1 or ,maha-,deva1 and is universally connected with his worship4444 ,siva was not merely the reproducer of human forms2 he represented the fructifying principle1 the generative power that pervades the universe4444 ,small images of this emblem carved in ivory1 gold1 or crystal1 are worn as ornaments about the neck4444 ,the maternal emblem is likewise a religious type2 and worshippers of ,vishnu represent it on their forehead by a horizontal mark4444 ,is it strange that they regarded with reverence the great mystery of human birth8 ,were they impure thus to regard it8 ,or are we impure that we do not so regard it8 ,we have travelled far1 and unclean have been the paths1 since those old ,anchorites first spoke of ,god and the soul in the solemn depths of their first sanctuaries4 ,let us not smile at their mode of tracing the infinite and incomprehensible ,cause throughout all the mysteries of nature1 lest by so doing we cast the shadow of our own grossness on their patriarchal simplicity40 ,many are the scholars who have tried1 to the best of their ability1 to do justice to old ,india4 ,colebrooke1 ,sir ,william ,jones1 ,barthelemy ,st4 ,hilaire1 ,lassen1 ,weber1 ,strange1 ,burnouf1 ,hardy1 and finally ,jacolliot1 have all brought forward their testimony to her achievements in legislation1 ethics1 philosophy1 and religion4 ,no people in the world have ever attained to such a grandeur of thought in ideal conceptions of the ,deity and its offspring1 ,,man1 as the ,sanscrit metaphysicians and theologians4 8,my complaint against many translators and ,orientalists10 says ,jacolliot1 8while admiring their profound knowledge is1 that not having lived in ,india1 they fail in exactness of expression and in comprehension of the symbolical sense of poetic chants1 prayers1 and ceremonies1 and thus too often fall into material errors1 whether of translation or appreciation40#hgj ,further1 this author who1 from a long residence in ,india1 and the study of its literature1 is better qualified to testify than those who have never been there1 tells us that 8the life of several generations would scarce suffice merely #ehd to read the works that ancient ,india has left us on history1 ethics 7morale71 poetry1 philosophy1 religion1 different sciences1 and medicine40 ,and yet ,louis ,jacolliot is able to judge but by the few fragments1 access to which had ever depended on the complaisance and friendship of a few ,brahmans with whom he succeeded in becoming intimate4 ,did they show him all their treasures8 ,did they explain to him all he desired to learn8 ,we doubt it1 otherwise he would not himself have judged their religious ceremonies so hastily as he has upon several occasions merely upon circumstantial evidence4 ,still1 no traveller has shown himself fairer in the main or more impartial to ,india than ,jacolliot4 ,if he is severe as to her present degradation1 he is still severer to those who were the cause of it--the sacerdotal caste of the last few centuries--and his rebuke is proportionate to the intensity of his appreciation of her past grandeur4 ,he shows the sources whence proceeded the revelations of all the ancient creeds1 including the inspired ,books of ,moses1 and points at ,india directly as the cradle of humanity1 the parent of all other nations1 and the hot-bed of all the lost arts and sciences of antiquity1 for which old ,india1 herself1 was lost already in the ,cimmerian darkness of the archaic ages4 8,to study ,india10 he says1 8is to trace humanity to its sources40 8,in the same way as modern society jostles antiquity at each step10 he adds1 8as our poets have copied ,homer and ,virgil1 ,sophocles and ,euripides1 ,plautus and ,terence2 as our philosophers have drawn inspiration from ,socrates1 ,pythagoras1 ,plato1 and ,aristotle2 as our historians take ,titus ,livius1 ,sallust1 or ,tacitus1 as models2 our orators1 ,demosthenes or ,cicero2 our physicians study ,hippocrates1 and our codes transcribe ,justinian--so had antiquity's self also an antiquity to study1 to imitate1 and to copy4 ,what more simple and more logical8 ,do not peoples precede and succeed each other8 ,does the knowledge1 painfully acquired by one nation1 confine itself to its own territory1 and die with the generation that produced it8 ,can there be any absurdity in the suggestion that the ,india of #f1jjj years ago1 brilliant1 civilized1 overflowing with population1 impressed upon ,egypt1 ,persia1 ,judea1 ,greece1 and ,rome1 a stamp as ineffaceable1 impressions as profound1 as these last have impressed upon us8 8,it is time to disabuse ourselves of those prejudices which represent the ancients as having almost spontaneously-elaborated ideas1 philosophic1 religious1 and moral1 the most lofty--those prejudices that in their nave admiration explain all in the domain of science1 arts1 and letters1 by the intuition of some few great men1 and in the realm of religion by revelation40#hga ,we believe that the day is not far off when the opponents of this #ehe fine and erudite writer will be silenced by the force of irrefutable evidence4 ,and when facts shall once have corroborated his theories and assertions1 what will the world find8 ,that it is to ,india1 the country less explored1 and less known than any other1 that all the other great nations of the world are indebted for their languages1 arts1 legislature1 and civilization4 ,its progress1 impeded for a few centuries before our era--for1 as this writer shows1 at the epoch of the great ,macedonian conqueror1 8,india had already passed the period of her splendor0 was completely stifled in the subsequent ages4 ,but the evidence of her past glories lies in her literature4 ,what people in all the world can boast of such a literature1 which1 were the ,sanscrit less difficult1 would be more studied than now8 ,hitherto the general public has had to rely for information on a few scholars who1 notwithstanding their great learning and trustworthiness1 are unequal to the task of translating and commenting upon more than a few books out of the almost countless number that1 notwithstanding the vandalism of the missionaries1 are still left to swell the mighty volume of ,sanscrit literature4 ,and to do even so much is the labor of a ,european's lifetime4 ,hence1 people judge hastily1 and often make the most ridiculous blunders4 ,quite recently a certain ,reverend ,dunlop ,moore1 of ,new ,brighton1 ,pa41 determined to show his cleverness and piety at a single stroke1 attacked the statement made by a ,theosophist in a discourse delivered at the cremation of ,baron de ,palm1 that the ,code of ,manu existed a thousand years before ,moses4 8,all ,orientalists of any note10 he says1 8are now agreed that the ,institutes of ,manu were written at different times4 ,the oldest part of the collection probably dates from the sixth century before the ,christian era40#hgb ,whatever other ,orientalists1 encountered by this ,pennsylvania pundit1 may think1 ,sir ,william ,jones is of a different opinion4 8,it is clear10 he says1 8that the ,laws of ,manu1 such as we possess them1 and which comprise but #fhj slokas1 cannot be the work attributed to ,soumati1 which is probably that described under the name of ,vriddha ,manava1 or ,ancient ,code of ,manu1 which has not yet been entirely reconstructed1 although many passages of the book have been preserved by tradition1 and are often cited by commentators40 8,we read in the preface to a treatise on legislation by ,narada10 says ,jacolliot1 8written by one of his adepts1 a client of ,brahmanical power3 #8,manu having written the laws of ,brahma1 in #ajj1jjj slokas1 or distichs1 which formed twenty-four books and a thousand chapters1 gave the work to ,narada1 the sage of sages1 who abridged it for the #ehf use of mankind to #ab1jjj verses1 which he gave to a son of ,brighou1 named ,soumati1 who1 for the greater convenience of man1 reduced them to #d1jjj4'0 ,here we have the opinion of ,sir ,william ,jones1 who1 in #agid1 affirmed that the fragments in possession of the ,europeans could not be ,the ,ancient ,code of ,manu1 and that of ,louis ,jacolliot1 who1 in #ahfh1 after consulting all the authorities1 and adding to them the result of his own long and patient research1 writes the following3 8,the ,hindu laws were codified by ,manu more than #c1jjj years before the ,christian era1 copied by the whole of antiquity1 and notably by ,rome1 which alone has left us a written law--the ,code of ,justinian2 which has been adopted as the basis of all modern legislations40#hgc ,in another volume1 entitled ,christna et le ,christ1 in a scientific arraignment of a pious1 albeit very learned ,catholic antagonist1 ,m4 ,textor de ,ravisi1 who seeks to prove that the orthography of the name ,christna is not warranted by its ,sanscrit spelling--and has the worst of it--,jacolliot remarks3 8,we know that the legislator ,manu is lost in the night of the ante-historical period of ,india2 and that no ,indianist has dared to refuse him the title of the most ancient law-giver in the world0 7p4 #cej74 ,but ,jacolliot had not heard of the ,rev4 ,dunlop ,moore4 ,this is why1 perhaps1 he and several other ,indiologists are preparing to prove that many of the ,vedic texts1 as well as those of ,manu1 sent to ,europe by the ,asiatic ,society of ,calcutta1 are not genuine texts at all1 but mostly due to the cunning tentative efforts of certain ,jesuit missionaries to mislead science1 by the help of apocryphal works calculated at once to throw upon the history of ancient ,india a cloud of uncertainty and darkness1 and on the modern ,brahmans and pundits a suspicion of systematical interpolation4 8,these facts10 he adds1 8which are so well established in ,india that they are not even brought in question1 must be revealed to ,europe0 7,christna et le ,christ1 p4 #cdg74 ,moreover1 the ,code of ,manu1 known to ,european ,orientalists as that one which is commented upon by ,brighou1 does not even form a part of the ancient ,manu called the ,vriddha-,manava4 ,although but small fragments of it have been discovered by our scientists1 it does exist as a whole in certain temples2 and ,jacolliot proves that the texts sent to ,europe disagree entirely with the same texts as found in the pagodas of ,southern ,india4 ,we can also cite for our purpose ,sir ,william ,jones1 who1 complaining of ,callouca1 remarks that the latter seems in his commentaries to have never considered that 8the laws of ,manu are restricted to the first three ages0 7,translation of ,manu and ,commentaries74 ,according to computation we are now in the age of ,kali-,yug1 the #ehg third1 reckoning from that of ,satya or ,kritayug1 first age in which ,hindu tradition establishes the laws of ,manu1 and the authenticity of which ,sir ,william ,jones implicitly accepted4 ,admitting all that may be said as to the enormous exaggerations of ,hindu chronology--which1 by the bye1 dovetails far better with modern geology and anthropology than the #f1jjj years' caricature chronology of the ,jewish ,scripture--still as about #d1ejj years have elapsed since the fourth age of the world1 or ,kali-,yug1 began1 we have here a proof that one of the greatest ,orientalists that ever lived--and a ,christian in the bargain1 not a ,theosophist--believed that ,manu is many thousand years older than ,moses4 ,clearly one of two things should happen3 ,either ,indian history should be remodelled for the ,presbyterian ,banner1 or the writers for that sheet should study ,hindu literature before trying their hand again at criticism of ,theosophists4 ,but apart from the private opinions of these reverend gentlemen whose views very little concern us1 we find even in the ,new ,american ,cyclopdia a decided tendency to dispute the antiquity and importance of the ,hindu literature4 ,the ,laws of ,manu1 says one of the writers1 8do not date earlier than the third century ,b4,c40 ,this term is a very elastic one4 ,if by the ,laws of ,manu the writer means the abridgment of these laws1 compiled and arranged by later ,brahmans to serve as an authority for their ambitious projects1 and with an idea of creating for themselves a rule of domination1 then1 in such a sense1 they may be right1 though we are prepared to dispute even that4 ,at all events it is as little proper to pass off this abridgment for the genuine old laws codified by ,manu1 as to assert that the ,hebrew ,bible does not date earlier than the tenth century of our era1 because we have no ,hebrew manuscript older than that1 or that the poems of ,homer's ,iliad were neither known nor written before its first authenticated manuscript was found4 ,there is no ,sanscrit manuscript in the possession of ,european scholars much older than four or five centuries1#hgd a fact which did not in the least restrain them from assigning to the ,vedas an antiquity of between four or five thousand years4 ,there are the strongest possible arguments in favor of the great antiquity of the ,books of ,manu1 and without going to the trouble of quoting the opinions of various scholars1 no two of whom agree1 we will bring forward our own1 at least as regards this most unwarranted assertion of the ,cyclopdia4 ,if1 as ,jacolliot proves1 text in hand1 the ,code of ,justinian was copied from the ,laws of ,manu1 we have first of all to ascertain the #ehh age of the former2 not as a written and perfect code1 but its origin4 ,to answer1 is not difficult we believe4 ,according to ,varro1 ,rome was built in #cifa of the ,julian period 7#ged ,b4,c474 ,the ,roman ,law1 as embodied by order of ,justinian1 and known as the ,corpus ,juris ,civilis1 was not a code1 we are told1 but a digest of the customs of legislation of many centuries4 ,though nothing is actually known of the original authorities1 the chief source from which the jus scriptum1 or written law1 was derived1 was the jus non scriptum1 or the law of custom4 ,now it is just on this law of custom that we are prepared to base our arguments4 ,the law of the twelve tables1 moreover1 was compiled about ,a4,u4,c4 #cjj1 and even this as respects private law was compiled from still earlier sources4 ,therefore1 if these earlier sources are found to agree so well with the ,laws of ,manu1 which the ,brahmans claim to have been codified in the ,kritayug1 an age anterior to the actual ,kali-yug1 then we must suppose that this source of the 8,twelve ,tables10 as laws of custom and tradition1 are at least1 by several hundred years1 older than their copyists4 ,this1 alone1 carries us right back to more than #a1jjj years ,b4,c4 ,the ,manava ,dharma ,sastra1 embodying the ,hindu system of cosmogony1 is recognized as next to the ,vedas in antiquity2 and even ,colebrooke assigns the latter to the fifteenth century ,b4,c4 ,and1 now1 what is the etymology of the name of ,manava ,dharma ,sastra8 ,it is a word compounded of ,manu2 d'harma1 institute2 and sastra1 command or law4 ,how then can ,manu's laws date only since the third century before our ,christian era8 ,the ,hindu ,code had never laid any claims to be divinely revealed4 ,the distinction made by the ,brahmans themselves between the ,vedas and every other sacred book of however respectable an antiquity1 is a proof of it4 ,while every sect holds the ,vedas as the direct word of ,god--sruti 7revelation7--the ,code of ,manu is designated by them simply as the smriti1 a collection of oral traditions4 ,still these traditions1 or 8recollections10 are among the oldest as well as the most revered in the land4 ,but1 perhaps1 the strongest argument in favor of its antiquity1 and the general esteem in which it is held1 lies in the following fact4 ,the ,brahmans have undeniably remodelled these traditions at some distant period1 and made many of the actual laws1 as they now stand in the ,code of ,manu1 to answer their ambitious views4 ,therefore1 they must have done it at a time when the burning of widows 7suttee7 was neither practiced nor intended to be1 which it has been for nearly #b1ejj years4 ,no more than in the ,vedas is there any such atrocious law mentioned in the ,code of ,manu6 ,who1 unless he is completely unacquainted with the history of ,india1 but knows that #ehi this country was once on the verge of a religious rebellion occasioned by the prohibition of suttee by the ,english government8 ,the ,brahmans appealed to a verse from the ,rig-,veda which commanded it4 ,but this verse has been recently proved to have been falsified4#hge ,had the ,brahmans been the sole authors of the ,code of ,manu1 or had they codified it entirely instead of simply filling it with interpolations to answer their object not earlier than the time of ,alexander1 how is it possible that they would have neglected this most important point1 and so imperilled its authority8 ,this fact alone proves that the ,code must be counted one of their most ancient books4 ,it is on the strength of such circumstantial evidence--that of reason and logic--that we affirm that1 if ,egypt furnished ,greece with her civilization1 and the latter bequeathed hers to ,rome1 ,egypt herself had1 in those unknown ages when ,menes reigned1#hgf received her laws1 her social institutions1 her arts and her sciences1 from pre-,vedic ,india2#hgg and that therefore1 it is in that old initiatrix of the priests--adepts of all the other countries--we must seek for the key to the great mysteries of humanity4 ,and when we say1 indiscriminately1 8,india10 we do not mean the ,india of our modern days1 but that of the archaic period4 ,in those ancient times countries which are now known to us by other names were all called ,india4 ,there was an ,upper1 a ,lower1 and a ,western ,india1 the latter of which is now ,persia-,iran4 ,the countries now named ,thibet1 ,mongolia1 and ,great ,tartary1 were also considered by the ancient writers as ,india4 ,we will now give a legend in relation to those places which science now fully concedes to have been the cradle of humanity4 ,tradition says1 and the records of the ,great ,book explain1 that long before the days of ,ad-am1 and his inquisitive wife1 ,he-va1 where now are found but salt lakes and desolate barren deserts1 there was a vast inland sea1 which extended over ,middle ,asia1 north of the proud ,himalayan range1 and its western prolongation4 ,an island1 which for its unparalleled beauty had no rival in the world1 was inhabited by the last remnant of the race which preceded ours4 ,this race could live with equal ease in water1 air1 or fire1 for it had an unlimited control over the elements4 ,these were the 8,sons of ,god20 not those who saw the daughters of men1 but the real ,elohim1 though in the ,oriental ,kabala they have another name4 ,it was they who imparted ,nature's most weird secrets to men1 and revealed to them the ineffable1 and now #eij lost 8word40 ,this word1 which is no word1 has travelled once around the globe1 and still lingers as a far-off dying echo in the hearts of some privileged men4 ,the hierophants of all the ,sacerdotal ,colleges were aware of the existence of this island1 but the 8word0 was known only to the ,java ,aleim1 or chief lord of every college1 and was passed to his successor only at the moment of death4 ,there were many such colleges1 and the old classic authors speak of them4 ,we have already seen that it is one of the universal traditions accepted by all the ancient peoples that there were many races of men anterior to our present races4 ,each of these was distinct from the one which preceded it2 and each disappeared as the following appeared4 ,in ,manu1 six such races are plainly mentioned as having succeeded each other4 8,from this ,manu ,swayambhouva 7the minor1 and answering to ,adam ,kadmon7 issued from ,swayambhouva1 or the ,being existing through himself1 descended six other ,manus 7men typifying progenitors71 each of whom gave birth to a race of men4444 ,these ,manus1 all powerful1 of whom ,swayambhouva is the first1 have each1 in his period--autara--produced and directed this world composed of movable and unmovable beings0 7,manu1 book i474 ,in the ,siva-,purana1#hgh it runs thus3 8,o ,siva1 thou god of fire1 mayest thou destroy my sins1 as the bleaching-grass of the jungle is destroyed by fire4 ,it is through thy mighty ,breath that ,adhima 7the first man7 and ,heva 7completion of life1 in ,sanscrit71 the ancestors of this race of men have received life and covered the world with their descendants40 ,there was no communication with the fair island by sea1 but subterranean passages known only to the chiefs1 communicated with it in all directions4 ,tradition points to many of the majestic ruins of ,india1 ,ellora1 ,elephanta1 and the caverns of ,ajunta 7,chandor range71 which belonged once to those colleges1 and with which were connected such subterranean ways4#hgi ,who can tell but the lost ,atlantis--which #eia is also mentioned in the ,secret ,book1 but1 again1 under another name1 pronounced in the sacred language--did not exist yet in those days8 ,the great lost continent might have1 perhaps1 been situated south of ,asia1 extending from ,india to ,tasmania8#hhj ,if the hypothesis now so much doubted1 and positively denied by some learned authors who regard it as a joke of ,plato's1 is ever verified1 then1 perhaps1 will the scientists believe that the description of the god-inhabited continent was not altogether fable4 ,and they may then perceive that ,plato's guarded hints and the fact of his attributing the narrative to ,solon and the ,egyptian priests1 were but a prudent way of imparting the fact to the world and by cleverly combining truth and fiction1 to disconnect himself from a story which the obligations imposed at initiation forbade him to divulge4 ,and how could the name of ,atlanta itself originate with ,plato at all8 ,atlante is not a ,greek name1 and its construction has nothing of the ,grecian element in it4 ,brasseur de ,bourbourg tried to demonstrate it years ago1 and ,baldwin1 in his ,prehistoric ,nations and ,ancient ,america1 cites the former1 who declares that 8the word ,atlas and ,atlantic have no satisfactory etymology in any language known in ,europe4 ,they are not ,greek1 and cannot be referred to any known language of the ,old ,world4 ,but in the ,nahuatl 7or ,toltec7 language we find immediately the radical a1 atl1 which signifies water1 war1 and the top of the head4 ,from this comes a series of words1 such as atlan1 or the border of or amid the water2 from which we have the adjective ,atlantic4 ,we have also atlaca1 to combat4444 ,a city named ,atlan existed when the continent was discovered by ,columbus1 at the entrance of the ,gulf of ,uraha1 in ,darien1 with a good harbor4 ,it is now reduced to an unimportant pueblo 7village7 named ,aclo40#hha ,is it not1 to say the least1 very extraordinary to find in ,america a city called by a name which contains a purely local element1 foreign moreover to every other country1 in the alleged fiction of a philosopher of #djj years ,b4,c48 ,the same may be said of the name of ,america1 which may one day be found more closely related to ,meru1 the sacred mount in the centre of the seven continents1 according to the ,hindu tradition1 then to ,americus ,vespucius1 whose name by the bye1 was never ,americus at all1 but ,albericus1 a trifling difference not deemed worth mentioning till very lately by exact history4#hhb ,we adduce the following reasons in favor of our argument3 #ast4 ,americ1 ,amerrique1 or ,amerique is the name in ,nicaragua for the #eib high land or mountain range that lies between ,juigalpa and ,libertad1 in the province of ,chontales1 and which reaches on the one side into the country of the ,carcas ,indians1 and on the other side into the country of the ,ramas ,indians4 ,ic or ique1 as a terminal1 means great1 as cazique1 etc4 ,columbus mentions1 in his fourth voyage1 the village ,cariai1 probably ,cacai4 ,the people abounded with sorcerers1 or medicine men2 and this was the region of the ,americ range1 #c1jjj feet high4 ,yet he omits to mention this word4 ,the name ,america ,provincia1 first appeared on a map published at ,bsle1 in #aebb4 ,till that time1 the region was believed to be part of ,india4 ,that year ,nicaragua was conquered by ,gil ,gonzales de ,avida4#hhc #b;d4 8,the ,northmen who visited the continent in the tenth century1#hhd a low level coast thickly covered with wood10 called it ,markland1 from mark1 a wood4 ,the r had a rolling sound as in marrick4 ,a similar word is found in the country of the ,himalayas1 and the name of the ,world-,mountain1 ,meru1 is pronounced in some dialects as ,meru,a,h1 the letter h being strongly aspirated4 ,the main idea is1 however1 to show how two peoples could possibly accept a word of similar sound1 each having used it in their own sense1 and finding it applied to the same territory4 8,it is most plausible10 says ,professor ,wilder1 8that the ,state of ,central ,america1 where we find the name ,americ signifying 7like the ,hindu ,meru we may add7 great mountain1 gave the continent its name4 ,vespucius would have used his surname if he had designed to give a title to a continent4 ,if the ,abb de ,bourbourg's theory of ,atlan as the source of ,atlas and ,atlantic is verified1 the two hypotheses could agree most charmingly4 ,as ,plato was not the only writer that treated of a world beyond the pillars of ,hercules1 and as the ocean is still shallow and grows sea-weed all through the tropical part of the ,atlantic1 it is not wild to imagine that this continent projected1 or that there was an island-world on that coast4 ,the ,pacific also shows signs of having been a populous island-empire of ,malays or ,javanese--if not a continent amid the ,north and ,south4 ,we know that ,lemuria in the ,indian ,ocean is a dream of scientists2 and that the ,sahara and the middle belt of ,asia were perhaps once sea-beds40 ,to continue the tradition1 we have to add that the class of #eic hierophants was divided into two distinct categories3 those who were instructed by the 8,sons of ,god10 of the island1 and who were initiated in the divine doctrine of pure revelation1 and others who inhabited the lost ,atlantis--if such must be its name--and who1 being of another race1 were born with a sight which embraced all hidden things1 and was independent of both distance and material obstacle4 ,in short1 they were the fourth race of men mentioned in the ,popol-,vuh1 whose sight was unlimited and who knew all things at once4 ,they were1 perhaps1 what we would now term 8natural-born mediums10 who neither struggled nor suffered to obtain their knowledge1 nor did they acquire it at the price of any sacrifice4 ,therefore1 while the former walked in the path of their divine instructors1 and acquiring their knowledge by degrees1 learned at the same time to discern the evil from the good1 the born adepts of the ,atlantis blindly followed the insinuations of the great and invisible 8,dragon10 the ,king ,thevetat 7the ,serpent of ,genesis874 ,thevetat had neither learned nor acquired knowledge1 but1 to borrow an expression of ,dr4 ,wilder in relation to the tempting ,serpent1 he was 8a sort of ,socrates who knew without being initiated40 ,thus1 under the evil insinuations of their demon1 ,thevetat1 the ,atlantis-race became a nation of wicked magicians4 ,in consequence of this1 war was declared1 the story of which would be too long to narrate2 its substance may be found in the disfigured allegories of the race of ,cain1 the giants1 and that of ,noah and his righteous family4 ,the conflict came to an end by the submersion of the ,atlantis2 which finds its imitation in the stories of the ,babylonian and ,mosaic flood3 ,the giants and magicians 8 444 and all flesh died 444 and every man40 ,all except ,xisuthrus and ,noah1 who are substantially identical with the great ,father of the ,thlinkithians in the ,popol-,vuh1 or the sacred book of the ,guatemaleans1 which also tells of his escaping in a large boat1 like the ,hindu ,noah--,vaiswasvata4 ,if we believe the tradition at all1 we have to credit the further story that from the intermarrying of the progeny of the hierophants of the island and the descendants of the ,atlantian ,noah1 sprang up a mixed race of righteous and wicked4 ,on the one side the world had its ,enochs1 ,moseses1 ,gautama-,buddhas1 its numerous 8,saviours10 and great hierophants2 on the other hand1 its 8natural magicians0 who1 through lack of the restraining power of proper spiritual enlightenment1 and because of weakness of physical and mental organizations1 unintentionally perverted their gifts to evil purposes4 ,moses had no word of rebuke for those adepts in prophecy and other powers who had been instructed in the colleges of esoteric wisdom#hhe mentioned #eid in the ,bible4 ,his denunciations were reserved for such as either wittingly or otherwise debased the powers inherited from their ,atlantian ancestors to the service of evil spirits1 to the injury of humanity4 ,his wrath was kindled against the spirit of ,ob1 not that of ,,od4#hhf ,the ruins which cover both ,americas1 and are found on many ,west ,indian #eie islands1 are all attributed to the submerged ,atlantians4 ,as well as the hierophants of the old world1 which in the days of ,atlantis was almost connected with the new one by land1 the magicians of the now submerged country had a net-work of subterranean passages running in all directions4 ,in connection with those mysterious catacombs we will now give a curious story told to us by a ,peruvian1 long since dead1 as we were travelling together in the interior of his country4 ,there must be truth in it2 as it was afterward confirmed to us by an ,italian gentleman who had seen the place and who1 but for lack of means and time1 would have verified the tale himself1 at least partially4 ,the informant of the ,italian was an old priest1 who had had the secret divulged to him1 at confession1 by a ,peruvian ,indian4 ,we may add1 #eif moreover1 that the priest was compelled to make the revelation1 being at the time completely under the mesmeric influence of the traveller4 ,the story concerns the famous treasures of the last of the ,incas4 ,the ,peruvian asserted that since the well-known and miserable murder of the latter by ,pizarro1 the secret had been known to all the ,indians1 except the ,mestitzos who could not be trusted4 ,it runs thus3 ,the ,inca was made prisoner1 and his wife offered for his liberation a room full of gold1 8from the floor up to the ceiling1 as high up as his conqueror could reach0 before the sun would set on the third day4 ,she kept her promise1 but ,pizarro broke his word1 according to ,spanish practice4 ,marvelling at the exhibition of such treasures1 the conqueror declared that he would not release the prisoner1 but would murder him1 unless the queen revealed the place whence the treasure came4 ,he had heard that the ,incas had somewhere an inexhaustible mine2 a subterranean road or tunnel running many miles under ground1 where were kept the accumulated riches of the country4 ,the unfortunate queen begged for delay1 and went to consult the oracles4 ,during the sacrifice1 the chief-priest showed her in the consecrated 8black mirror0#hhg the unavoidable murder of her husband1 whether she delivered the treasures of the crown to ,pizarro or not4 ,then the queen gave the order to close the entrance1 which was a door cut in the rocky wall of a chasm4 ,under the direction of the priest and magicians1 the chasm was accordingly filled to the top with huge masses of rock1 and the surface covered over so as to conceal the work4 ,the ,inca was murdered by the ,spaniards and his unhappy queen committed suicide4 ,spanish greed overreached itself and the secret of the buried treasures was locked in the breasts of a few faithful ,peruvians4 ,our ,peruvian informant added that in consequence of certain indiscretions at various times1 persons had been sent by different governments to search for the treasure under the pretext of scientific exploration4 ,they had rummaged the country through1 but without realizing their object4 ,so far this tradition is corroborated by the reports of ,dr4 ,tschuddi and other historians of ,peru4 ,but there are certain additional details which we are not aware have been made public before now4 ,several years after hearing the story1 and its corroboration by the #eig ,italian gentleman1 we again visited ,peru4 ,going southward from ,lima1 by water1 we reached a point near ,arica at sunset1 and were struck by the appearance of an enormous rock1 nearly perpendicular1 which stood in mournful solitude on the shore1 apart from the range of the ,andes4 ,it was the tomb of the ,incas4 ,as the last rays of the setting sun strike the face of the rock1 one can make out1 with an ordinary opera-glass1 some curious hieroglyphics inscribed on the volcanic surface4 ,when ,cusco was the capital of ,peru1 it contained a temple of the sun1 famed far and near for its magnificence4 ,it was roofed with thick plates of gold1 and the walls were covered with the same precious metal2 the eave-troughs were also of solid gold4 ,in the west wall the architects had contrived an aperture in such a way that when the sunbeams reached it1 it focused them inside the building4 ,stretching like a golden chain from one sparkling point to another1 they encircled the walls1 illuminating the grim idols1 and disclosing certain mystic signs at other times invisible4 ,it was only by understanding these hieroglyphics--identical with those which may be seen to this day on the tomb of the ,incas--that one could learn the secret of the tunnel and its approaches4 ,among the latter was one in the neighborhood of ,cusco1 now masked beyond discovery4 ,this leads directly into an immense tunnel which runs from ,cusco to ,lima1 and then1 turning southward1 extends into ,bolivia4 ,at a certain point it is intersected by a royal tomb4 ,inside this sepulchral chamber are cunningly arranged two doors2 or1 rather1 two enormous slabs which turn upon pivots1 and close so tightly as to be only distinguishable from the other portions of the sculptured walls by the secret signs1 whose key is in the possession of the faithful custodians4 ,one of these turning slabs covers the southern mouth of the ,liman tunnel--the other1 the northern one of the ,bolivian corridor4 ,the latter1 running southward1 passes through ,trapaca and ,cobijo1 for ,arica is not far away from the little river called ,pay'quina1#hhh which is the boundary between ,peru and ,bolivia4 ,not far from this spot stand three separate peaks which form a curious triangle2 they are included in the chain of the ,andes4 ,according to tradition the only practicable entrance to the corridor leading northward is in one of these peaks2 but without the secret of its landmarks1 a regiment of ,titans might rend the rocks in vain in the attempt to find it4 ,but even were some one to gain an entrance and find his way as far as the turning slab in the wall of the sepulchre1 #eih and attempt to blast it out1 the superincumbent rocks are so disposed as to bury the tomb1 its treasures1 and--as the mysterious ,peruvian expressed it to us--8a thousand warriors0 in one common ruin4 ,there is no other access to the ,arica chamber but through the door in the mountain near ,pay'quina4 ,along the entire length of the corridor1 from ,bolivia to ,lima and ,cusco1 are smaller hiding places filled with treasures of gold and precious stone1 the accumulations of many generations of ,incas1 the aggregate value of which is incalculable4 ,we have in our possession an accurate plan of the tunnel1 the sepulchre1 and the doors1 given to us at the time by the old ,peruvian4 ,if we had ever thought of profiting by the secret1 it would have required the coperation of the ,peruvian and ,bolivian governments on an extensive scale4 ,to say nothing of physical obstacles1 no one individual or small party could undertake such an exploration without encountering the army of smugglers and brigands with which the coast is infested2 and which1 in fact1 includes nearly the whole population4 ,the mere task of purifying the mephitic air of the tunnel1 which had not been entered for centuries1 would also be a serious one4 ,there1 however1 the treasure lies1 and there the tradition says it will lie till the last vestige of ,spanish rule disappears from the whole of ,north and ,south ,america4 ,the treasures exhumed by ,dr4 ,schliemann at ,mycen1 have awakened popular cupidity1 and the eyes of adventurous speculators are being turned toward the localities where the wealth of ancient peoples is supposed to be buried1 in crypt or cave1 or beneath sand or alluvial deposit4 ,around no other locality1 not even ,peru1 hangs so many traditions as around the ,gobi ,desert4 ,in ,independent ,tartary this howling waste of shifting sand was once1 if report speaks correctly1 the seat of one of the richest empires the world ever saw4 ,beneath the surface are said to lie such wealth in gold1 jewels1 statuary1 arms1 utensils1 and all that indicates civilization1 luxury1 and fine arts1 as no existing capital of ,christendom can show to-day4 ,the ,gobi sand moves regularly from east to west before terrific gales that blow continually4 ,occasionally some of the hidden treasures are uncovered1 but not a native dare touch them1 for the whole district is under the ban of a mighty spell4 ,death would be the penalty4 ,bahti--hideous1 but faithful gnomes--guard the hidden treasures of this prehistoric people1 awaiting the day when the revolution of cyclic periods shall again cause their story to be known for the instruction of mankind4 ,according to local tradition1 the tomb of ,ghengiz ,khan still exists near ,lake ,tabasun ,nor4 ,within lies the ,mongolian ,alexander1 as though asleep4 ,after three more centuries he will awake and lead his people to new victories and another harvest of glory4 ,though this prophetic #eii tradition be received with ever so many grains of salt1 we can affirm as a fact that the tomb itself is no fiction1 nor has its amazing richness been exaggerated4 ,the district of the ,gobi wilderness and1 in fact1 the whole area of ,independent ,tartary and ,thibet is jealously guarded against foreign intrusion4 ,those who are permitted to traverse it are under the particular care and pilotage of certain agents of the chief authority1 and are in duty bound to convey no intelligence respecting places and persons to the outside world4 ,but for this restriction1 even we might contribute to these pages accounts of exploration1 adventure1 and discovery that would be read with interest4 ,the time will come1 sooner or later1 when the dreadful sand of the desert will yield up its long-buried secrets1 and then there will indeed be unlooked-for mortifications for our modern vanity4 8,the people of ,pashai10#hhi says ,marco ,polo1 the daring traveller of the thirteenth century1 8are great adepts in sorceries and the diabolic arts40 ,and his learned editor adds3 8,this ,pashai1 or ,udyana1 was the native country of ,padma ,sambhava1 one of the chief apostles of lamaism1 i4 e41 of ,thibetan ,buddhism1 and a great master of enchantments4 ,the doctrines of ,sakya1 as they prevailed in ,udyna in old times1 were probably strongly tinged with ,sivatic magic1 and the ,thibetans still regard the locality as the classic ground of sorcery and witchcraft40 ,the 8old times0 are just like the 8modern times20 nothing is changed as to magical practices except that they have become still more esoteric and arcane1 and that the caution of the adepts increases in proportion to the traveller's curiosity4 ,hiouen-,thsang says of the inhabitants3 8,the men 444 are fond of study1 but pursue it with no ardor4 ,the science of magical formul has become a regular professional business with them40#hij ,we will not contradict the venerable ,chinese pilgrim on this point1 and are willing to admit that in the seventh century some people made 8a professional business0 of magic2 so1 also1 do some people now1 but certainly not the true adepts4 ,it is not ,hiouen-,thsang1 the pious1 courageous man1 who risked his life a hundred times to have the bliss of perceiving ,buddha's shadow in the cave of ,peshawer1 who would have accused the holy lamas and monkish thaumaturgists of 8making a professional business0 of showing it to travellers4 ,the injunction of ,gautama1 contained in his answer to ,king ,prasenagit1 his protector1 who called on him to perform miracles1 must #fjj have been ever present to the mind of ,hiouen-,thsang4 8,great king10 said ,gautama1 8,i do not teach the law to my pupils1 telling them #8go1 ye saints1 and before the eyes of the ,brahmans and householders perform1 by means of your supernatural powers1 miracles greater than any man can perform4' ,i tell them1 when ,i teach them the law1 #8,live1 ye saints1 hiding your good works1 and showing your sins4'0 ,struck with the accounts of magical exhibitions witnessed and recorded by travellers of every age who had visited ,tartary and ,thibet1 ,colonel ,yule comes to the conclusion that the natives must have had 8at their command the whole encyclopdia of modern #8,spiritualists4' ,duhalde mentions among their sorceries the art of producing by their invocations the figures of ,laotsen#hia and their divinities in the air1 and of making a pencil write answers to questions without anybody touching it40#hib ,the former invocations pertain to religious mysteries of their sanctuaries2 if done otherwise1 or for the sake of gain1 they are considered sorcery1 necromancy1 and strictly forbidden4 ,the latter art1 that of making a pencil write without contact1 was known and practiced in ,china and other countries centuries before the ,christian era4 ,it is the ,a ,b ,c of magic in those countries4 ,when ,hiouen-,thsang desired to adore the shadow of ,buddha1 it was not to 8professional magicians0 that he resorted1 but to the power of his own soul-invocation2 the power of prayer1 faith1 and contemplation4 ,all was dark and dreary near the cavern in which the miracle was alleged to take place sometimes4 ,hiouen-,thsang entered and began his devotions4 ,he made #ajj salutations1 but neither saw nor heard anything4 ,then1 thinking himself too sinful1 he cried bitterly1 and despaired4 ,but as he was going to give up all hope1 he perceived on the eastern wall a feeble light1 but it disappeared4 ,he renewed his prayers1 full of hope this time1 and again he saw the light1 which flashed and disappeared again4 ,after this he made a solemn vow3 he would not leave the cave till he had the rapture to see at last the shadow of the 8,venerable of the ,age40 ,he had to wait longer after this1 for only after #bjj prayers was the dark cave suddenly 8bathed in light1 and the shadow of ,buddha1 of a brilliant white color1 rose majestically on the wall1 as when the clouds suddenly open1 and1 all at once1 display the marvellous image of the #8,mountain of ,light4' ,a dazzling splendor lighted up the features of the divine countenance4 ,hiouen-,thsang was lost in contemplation and wonder1 and would not turn his eyes away from the sublime and #fja incomparable object40 ,hiouen-,thsang adds in his own diary1 ,see-yu kee1 that it is only when man prays with sincere faith1 and if he has received from above a hidden impression1 that he sees the shadow clearly1 but he cannot enjoy the sight for any length of time4#hic ,those who are so ready to accuse the ,chinese of irreligion will do well to read ,schott's ,essays on ,buddhism in ,china and ,upper ,asia4#hid 8,in the years ,yuan-yeu of the ,sung 7,a4,d4 #ajhf-ajic7 a pious matron with her two servants lived entirely to the ,land of ,enlightenment4 ,one of the maids said one day to her companion3 #8,to-night ,i shall pass over to the ,realm of ,amita' 7,buddha74 ,the same night a balsamic odor filled the house1 and the maid died without any preceding illness4 ,on the following day the surviving maid said to her lady3 #8,yesterday my deceased companion appeared to me in a dream1 and said3 8,thanks to the persevering supplications of our dear mistress1 ,i am become an inhabitant of ,paradise1 and my blessedness is past all expression in words40' ,the matron replied3 #8,if she will appear to me also1 then will ,i believe all you say4' ,the next night the deceased really appeared to her4 ,the lady asked3 #8,may ,i1 for once1 visit the ,land of ,enlightenment8' #8,yea1' answered the blessed soul2 #8thou hast but to follow thine handmaiden4' ,the lady followed her 7in her dream71 and soon perceived a lake of immeasurable expanse1 overspread with innumerable red and white lotus flowers1 of various sizes1 some blooming1 some fading4 ,she asked what those flowers might signify8 ,the maiden replied3 #8,these are all human beings on the ,earth whose thoughts are turned to the ,land of ,enlightenment4 ,the very first longing after the ,paradise of ,amita produces a flower in the ,celestial ,lake1 and this becomes daily larger and more glorious as the self-improvement of the person whom it represents advances2 in the contrary case1 it loses in glory and fades away4'#hie ,the matron desired to know the name of an enlightened one who reposed on one of the flowers1 clad in a waving and wondrously glistening raiment4 ,her whilom maiden answered3 #8,that is ,yang-kie4' ,then asked she the name of another1 and was answered3 #fjb #8,that is ,mahu4' ,the lady then said3 #8,at what place shall ,i hereafter come into existence8' ,then the ,blessed ,soul led her a space further1 and showed her a hill that gleamed with gold and azure4 #8,here1' said she1 #8is your future abode4 ,you will belong to the first order of the blessed4' ,when the matron awoke1 she sent to inquire for ,yang-kie and ,mahu4 ,the first was already departed2 the other still alive and well4 ,and thus the lady learned that the soul of one who advances in holiness and never turns back1 may be already a dweller in the ,land of ,enlightenment1 even though the body still sojourn in this transitory world40 ,in the same essay1 another ,chinese story is translated1 and to the same effect3 8,i knew a man10 says the author1 8who during his life had killed many living beings1 and was at last struck with an apoplexy4 ,the sorrows in store for his sin-laden soul pained me to the heart2 ,i visited him1 and exhorted him to call on the ,amita2 but he obstinately refused4 ,his illness clouded his understanding2 in consequence of his misdeeds he had become hardened4 ,what was before such a man when once his eyes were closed8 ,in this life the night followeth the day1 and the winter followeth the summer2 that1 all men are aware of4 ,but that life is followed by death1 no man will consider4 ,oh1 what blindness and obduracy is this60 7p4 #ic74 ,these two instances of ,chinese literature hardly strengthen the usual charge of irreligion and total materialism brought against the nation4 ,the first little mystical story is full of spiritual charm1 and would grace any ,christian religious book4 ,the second is as worthy of praise1 and we have but to replace 8,amita0 with 8,jesus0 to have a highly orthodox tale1 as regards religious sentiments and code of philosophical morality4 ,the following instance is still more striking1 and we quote it for the benefit of ,christian revivalists3 8,hoang-ta-tie1 of ,t'anchen1 who lived under the ,sung1 followed the craft of a blacksmith4 ,whenever he was at his work he used to call1 without intermission1 on the name of ,amita ,buddha4 ,one day he handed to his neighbors the following verses of his own composition to be spread about3-- #8,ding dong6 ,the hammer-strokes fall long and fast1 ,until the iron turns to steel at last6 ,now shall the long1 long day of rest begin1 ,the ,land of ,bliss ,eternal calls me in6' 8,thereupon he died4 ,but his verses spread all over ,honan1 and many learned to call upon ,buddha40#hif ,to deny to the ,chinese or any people of ,asia1 whether ,central1 ,upper1 #fjc or ,lower1 the possession of any knowledge1 or even perception of spiritual things1 is perfectly ridiculous4 ,from one end to the other the country is full of mystics1 religious philosophers1 ,buddhist saints1 and magicians4 ,belief in a spiritual world1 full of invisible beings who1 on certain occasions1 appear to mortals objectively1 is universal4 8,according to the belief of the nations of ,central ,asia10 remarks ,i4 ,j4 ,schmidt1 8the earth and its interior1 as well as the encompassing atmosphere1 are filled with spiritual beings1 which exercise an influence1 partly beneficent1 partly malignant1 on the whole of organic and inorganic nature4444 ,especially are deserts and other wild or uninhabited tracts1 or regions in which the influences of nature are displayed on a gigantic and terrible scale1 regarded as the chief abode or rendezvous of evil spirits4 ,and hence the steppes of ,turan1 and in particular the great sandy ,desert of ,gobi have been looked on as the dwelling-place of malignant beings1 from days of hoary antiquity40 ,marco ,polo--as a matter of course--mentions more than once in his curious book of ,travels1 these tricky nature-spirits of the deserts4 ,for centuries1 and especially in the last one1 had his strange stories been completely rejected4 ,no one would believe him when he said he had witnessed1 time and again1 with his own eyes1 the most wonderful feats of magic performed by the subjects of ,kublai-,khan and adepts of other countries4 ,on his death-bed ,marco was strongly urged to retract his alleged 8falsehoods20 but he solemnly swore to the truth of what he said1 adding that 8he had not told one-half of what he had really seen60 ,there is now no doubt that he spoke the truth1 since ,marsden's edition1 and that of ,colonel ,yule have appeared4 ,the public is especially beholden to the latter for bringing forward so many authorities corroborative of ,marco's testimony1 and explaining some of the phenomena in the usual way1 for he makes it plain beyond question that the great traveller was not only a veracious but an exceedingly observant writer4 ,warmly defending his author1 the conscientious editor1 after enumerating more than one hitherto controverted and even rejected point in the ,venetian's ,travels1 concludes by saying3 8,nay1 the last two years have thrown a promise of light even on what seemed the wildest of ,marco's stories1 and the bones of a veritable ,ruc from ,new ,zealand lie on the table of ,professor ,owen's cabinet60#hig ,the monstrous bird of the ,arabian ,nights1 or 8,arabian ,mythology10 as ,webster calls the ,ruc 7or ,roc71 having been identified1 the next thing in order is to discover and recognize that ,aladdin's magical lamp has also certain claims to reality4 ,describing his passage through the great desert of ,lop1 ,marco ,polo #fjd speaks of a marvellous thing1 8which is that1 when travellers are on the move by night 444 they will hear spirits talking4 ,sometimes the spirits will call him by name 444 even in the daytime one hears these spirits talking4 ,and sometimes you shall hear the sound of a variety of musical instruments1 and still more commonly the sound of drums40#hih ,in his notes1 the translator quotes the ,chinese historian1 ,matwanlin1 who corroborates the same4 8,during the passage of this wilderness you hear sounds10 says ,matwanlin1 8sometimes of singing1 sometimes of wailing2 and it has often happened that travellers going aside to see what those sounds might be1 have strayed from their course and been entirely lost2 for they were voices of spirits and goblins40#hii 8,these goblins are not peculiar to the ,gobi10 adds the editor1 8though that appears to have been their most favored haunt4 ,the awe of the vast and solitary desert raises them in all similar localities40 ,colonel ,yule would have done well to consider the possibility of serious consequences arising from the acceptance of his theory4 ,if we admit that the weird cries of the ,gobi are due to the awe inspired 8by the vast and solitary desert10 why should the goblins of the ,gadarenes 7,luke viii4 #bi7 be entitled to any better consideration8 and why may not ,jesus have been self-deceived as to his objective tempter during the forty days' trial in the 8wilderness80 ,we are quite ready to receive or reject the theory enunciated by ,colonel ,yule1 but shall insist upon its impartial application to all cases4 ,pliny speaks of the phantoms that appear and vanish in the deserts of ,africa2#ijj thicus1 the early ,christian cosmographer1 mentions1 though incredulous1 the stories that were told of the voices of singers and revellers in the desert2 and 8,mas'udi tells of the ghls1 which in the deserts appear to travellers by night and in lonely hours20 and also of 8,apollonius of ,tyana and his companions1 who1 in a desert near the ,indus by moonlight1 saw an empusa or ghl taking many forms4444 ,they revile it1 and it goes off uttering shrill cries40#ija ,and ,ibn ,batuta relates a like legend of the ,western ,sahara3 8,if the messenger be solitary1 the demons sport with him and fascinate him1 so that he strays from his course and perishes40#ijb ,now if all these matters are capable of a 8rational explanation20 and we do not doubt it as regards most of these cases1 then1 the ,bible-devils of the wilderness deserve no more consideration1 but should have the same rule applied to them4 ,they1 too1 are creatures of terror1 imagination1 and superstition2 #fje hence1 the narratives of the ,bible must be false2 and if one single verse is false1 then a cloud is thrown upon the title of all the rest1 to be considered divine revelation4 ,once admit this1 and this collection of canonical documents is at least as amenable to criticism as any other book of stories4#ijc ,there are many spots in the world where the strangest phenomena have resulted from what was later ascertained to be natural physical causes4 ,in ,southern ,california there are certain places on the sea-shore where the sand when disturbed produces a loud musical ring4 ,it is known as the 8musical sand10 and the phenomenon is supposed to be of an electrical nature4 8,the sound of musical instruments1 chiefly of drums1 is a phenomenon of another class1 and is really produced in certain situations among sandhills when the sand is disturbed10 says the editor of ,marco ,polo4 8,a very striking account of a phenomenon of this kind1 regarded as supernatural1 is given by ,friar ,odoric1 whose experience ,i have traced to the ,reg ,ruwn or flowing sand north of ,kabul4 ,besides this celebrated example 444 ,i have noted that equally well-known one of the ,jibal ,nakics1 or #8,hill of the ,bell' in the ,sinai desert2 444 ,gibal-ul-,thabl1 or hill of the drums4444 ,a ,chinese narrative of the tenth century mentions the phenomenon as known near ,kwachau1 on the eastern border of the ,lop desert1 under the name of 8the singing sands40#ijd ,that all these are natural phenomena1 no one can doubt4 ,but what of the questions and answers1 plainly and audibly given and received8 ,what of conversations held between certain travellers and the invisible spirits1 or unknown beings1 that sometimes appear to whole caravans in tangible form8 ,if so many millions believe in the possibility that spirits may clothe themselves with material bodies1 behind the curtain of a 8medium10 and appear to the circle1 why should they reject the same possibility for the elemental spirits of the deserts8 #fjf ,this is the 8to be1 or not to be0 of ,hamlet4 ,if 8spirits0 can do all that ,spiritualists claim for them1 why can they not appear equally to the traveller in the wildernesses and solitudes8 ,a recent scientific article in a ,russian journal attributes such 8spirit-voices10 in the great ,gobi desert1 to the echo4 ,a very reasonable explanation1 if it can only be demonstrated that these voices simply repeat what has been previously uttered by a living person4 ,but when the 8superstitious0 traveller gets intelligent answers to his questions1 this ,gobi echo at once shows a very near relationship with the famous echo of the ,thtre ,porte ,st4 ,martin at ,paris4 8,how do you do1 sir80 shouts one of the actors in the play4 8,very poorly1 my son2 thank you4 ,i am getting old1 very 444 very old60 politely answers the echo6 ,what incredulous merriment must the superstitious and absurd narratives of ,marco ,polo1 concerning the 8supernatural0 gifts of certain shark and wild-beast charmers of ,india1 whom he terms ,abraiaman1 have excited for long centuries4 ,describing the pearl-fishery of ,ceylon1 as it was in his time1 he says that the merchants are 8obliged also to pay those men who charm the great fishes--to prevent them from injuring the divers whilst engaged in seeking pearls under water--one-twentieth part of all that they take4 ,these fish-charmers are termed ,abraiaman 7,brahman871 and their charm holds good for that day only1 for at night they dissolve the charm1 so that the fishes can work mischief at their will4 ,these ,abraiaman know also how to charm beasts and birds1 and every living thing40 ,and this is what we find in the explanatory notes of ,colonel ,yule1 in relation to this degrading ,asiatic 8superstition30 8,marco's account of the pearl-fishery is still substantially correct4444 ,at the diamond mines of the northern ,circars1 ,brahmans are employed in the analogous office of propitiating the tutelary genii4 ,the shark-charmers are called in ,tamil1 ,kadal-,katti1 8sea-binders10 and in ,hindustani1 ,hai-banda1 or 8shark-binders40 ,at ,aripo they belong to one family1 supposed to have the monopoly of the charm4#ije ,the chief operator is 7or was1 not many years ago7 paid by the government1 and he also received ten oysters from each boat daily during the fishery4 ,tennent1 on his visit1 found the incumbent of the office to be a ,roman ,catholic ,christian 7871 but that did not seem to affect the exercise of the validity of his functions4 ,it is remarkable that not more than one authenticated accident from sharks had taken place during the whole period of the ,british occupation40#ijf ,two items of fact in the above paragraph are worthy of being placed #fjg in juxtaposition4 #a4 ,the ,british authorities pay professional shark-charmers a stipend to exercise their art2 and1 #b1 only one life has been lost since the execution of the contract4 7,we have yet to learn whether the loss of this one life did not occur under the ,roman ,catholic sorcerer47 ,is it pretended that the salary is paid as a concession to a degrading native superstition8 ,very well2 but how about the sharks8 ,are they receiving salaries1 also1 from the ,british authorities out of the ,secret ,service ,fund8 ,every person who has visited ,ceylon must know that the waters of the pearl coast swarm with sharks of the most voracious kind1 and that it is even dangerous to bathe1 let alone to dive for oysters4 ,we might go further1 if we chose1 and give the names of ,british officials of the highest rank in the ,indian service1 who1 after resorting to native 8magicians0 and 8sorcerers10 to assist them in recovering things lost1 or in unravelling vexatious mysteries of one kind or another1 and being successful1 and at the time secretly expressing their gratitude1 have gone away1 and shown their innate cowardice before the world's ,areopagus1 by publicly denying the truth of magic1 and leading the jest against ,hindu 8superstition40 ,not many years ago1 one of the worst of superstitions scientists held to be that of believing that the murderer's portrait remained impressed on the eye of the murdered person1 and that the former could be easily recognized by examining carefully the retina4 ,the 8superstition0 asserted that the likeness could be made still more striking by subjecting the murdered man to certain old women's fumigations1 and the like gossip4 ,and now an ,american newspaper1 of ,march #bf1 #ahgg1 says3 8,a number of years ago attention was attracted to a theory which insisted that the last effort of vision materialized itself and remained as an object imprinted on the retina of the eye after death4 ,this has been proved a fact by an experiment tried in the presence of ,dr4 ,gamgee1 ,f4,r4,s41 of ,birmingham1 ,england1 and ,prof4 ,bunsen1 the subject being a living rabbit4 ,the means taken to prove the merits of the question were most simple1 the eyes being placed near an opening in a shutter1 and retaining the shape of the same after the animal had been deprived of life40 ,if1 from the regions of idolatry1 ignorance1 and superstition1 as ,india is termed by some missionaries1 we turn to the so-called centre of civilization--,paris1 we find the same principles of magic exemplified there under the name of occult ,spiritualism4 ,the ,honorable ,john ,l4 ,o',sullivan1 ,ex-,minister ,plenipotentiary of the ,united ,states to ,portugal1 has kindly furnished us with the strange particulars of a semi-magical sance which he recently attended with several other eminent men1 at ,paris4 ,having his permission to that effect1 we print his letter in full4 8,,new ,,york1 ,feb4 #g1 #ahgg4 #fjh 8,i cheerfully obey your request for a written statement of what ,i related to you orally1 as having been witnessed by me in ,paris1 last summer1 at the house of a highly respectable physician1 whose name ,i have no authority to use1 but whom1 after the usual ,french fashion of anonymizing1 ,i will call ,dr4 ,x4 8,i was introduced there by an ,english friend1 well-known in the ,spiritualist circles in ,london--,mr4 ,gledstanes4 ,some eight or ten other visitors were present1 of both sexes4 ,we were seated in fauteuils1 occupying half of a long drawing-room1 flush with a spacious garden4 ,in the other half of the room was a grand piano1 a considerable open space between it and us1 and a couple of fauteuils in that space1 evidently placed there to be occupied by other sitters4 ,a door near them opened into the private apartments4 8,dr4 ,x4 came in1 and discoursed to us for about twenty minutes with rapid and vehement ,french eloquence1 which ,i could not undertake to report4 ,he had1 for over twenty-five years1 investigated occult mysteries1 of which he was about to exhibit some phenomena4 ,his object was to attract his brethren of the scientific world1 but few or none of them came to see for themselves4 ,he intended before long to publish a book4 ,he presently led in two ladies1 the younger one his wife1 the other 7whom ,i will call ,madame ,y47 a medium or sensitive1 with whom he had worked through all that period in the prosecution of these studies1 and who had devoted and sacrificed her whole life to this work with him4 ,both these ladies had their eyes closed1 apparently in trance4 8,he stood them at the opposite ends of the long grand piano 7which was shut71 and directed them to put their hands upon it4 ,sounds soon began to issue from its chords1 marching1 galloping1 drums1 trumpets1 rolling musketry1 cannon1 cries1 and groans--in one word1 a battle4 ,this lasted1 ,i should say1 some five to ten minutes4 8,i should have mentioned that before the two mediums were brought in ,i had written in pencil1 on a small bit of paper 7by direction of ,mr4 ,gledstanes1 who had been there before71 the names of three objects1 to be known to myself alone1 viz41 some musical composer1 deceased1 a flower1 and a cake4 ,i chose ,beethoven1 a marguerite 7daisy71 and a kind of ,french cake called plombires1 and rolled the paper into a pellet1 which ,i kept in my hand1 without letting even my friend know its contents4 8,when the battle was over1 he placed ,mme4 ,y4 in one of the two fauteuils1 ,mme4 ,x4 being seated apart at one side of the room1 and ,i was asked to hand my folded1 or rolled1 paper to ,mme4 ,y4 ,she held it 7unopened7 between her fingers1 on her lap4 ,she was dressed in white merino1 flowing from her neck and gathered in at the waist1 under a blaze of light from chandeliers on the right and left4 ,after a while she dropped the little roll of paper to the floor1 and ,i picked it up4 ,dr4 ,x4 then raised her to her feet and told her to make 8the evocation of the dead40 ,he withdrew the fauteuils and placed in her hand a steel rod of about four and half or five feet in length1 the top of which was surmounted with a short cross-piece--the ,egyptian ,tau4 ,with this she traced a circle round herself1 as she stood1 of about six feet in diameter4 ,she did not hold the cross-piece as a handle1 but1 on the contrary1 she held the rod at the opposite end4 ,she presently handed it back to ,dr4 ,x4 ,there she stood for some time1 her hands hanging down and folded together in front of her1 motionless1 and with her eyes directed slightly upward toward one of the opposite corners of the long salon4 ,her lips presently began to move1 with muttered sounds1 which after a while became distinct in articulation1 in short broken sentences or phrases1 very much #fji like the recitation of a litany4 ,certain words1 seeming to be names1 would recur from time to time4 ,it sounded to me somewhat as ,i have heard ,oriental languages sound4 ,her face was very earnest and mobile with expression1 with sometimes a slight frown on the brow4 ,i suppose it lasted about fifteen or twenty minutes1 amidst the motionless silence of all the company1 as we gazed on the weird scene4 ,her utterance finally seemed to increase in vehemence and rapidity4 ,at last she stretched forth one arm toward the space on which her eyes had been fixed1 and1 with a loud cry1 almost a scream1 she exclaimed3 #8,,beethoven6'--and fell backward1 prostrate on the floor4 8,dr4 ,x4 hastened to her1 made eager magnetic passes about her face and neck1 and propped up her head and shoulders on cushions4 ,and there she lay like a person sick and suffering1 occasionally moaning1 turning restlessly1 etc4 ,i suppose a full half-hour then elapsed1 during which she seemed to pass through all the phases of gradual death 7this ,i was told was a re-enacting of the death of ,beethoven74 ,it would be long to describe in detail1 even if ,i could recall all4 ,we watched as though assisting at a scene of real death4 ,i will only say that her pulse ceased2 no beating of the heart could be perceived2 her hands first1 then her arms became cold1 while warmth was still to be felt under her arm-pits2 even they at last became entirely cold2 her feet and legs became cold in the same manner1 and they swelled astonishingly4 ,the doctor invited us all to come and recognize these phenomena4 ,the gasping breaths came at longer and longer intervals1 and feebler and feebler4 ,at last came the end2 her head fell sidewise1 her hands1 which had been picking with the fingers about her dress1 collapsed also4 ,the doctor said1 #8she is now dead2' and so it indeed seemed4 ,in vehement haste he produced 7,i did not see from where7 two small snakes1 which he seemed to huddle about her neck and down into her bosom1 making also eager transverse passes about her head and neck4 ,after a while she appeared to revive slowly1 and finally the doctor and a couple of men servants lifted her up and carried her off into the private apartments1 from which he soon returned4 ,he told us that this was all very critical1 but perfectly safe1 but that no time was to be lost1 for otherwise the death1 which he said was real1 would be permanent4 8,i need not say how ghastly the effect of this whole scene had been on all the spectators4 ,nor need ,i remind you that this was no trickery of a performer paid to astonish4 ,the scene passed in the elegant drawing-room of a respectable physician1 to which access without introduction is impossible1 while 7outside of the phenomenal facts7 a thousand indescribable details of language1 manner1 expression1 and action presented those minute guarantees of sincerity and earnestness which carry conviction to those who witness1 though it may be transmitted to those who only hear or read of them4 8,after a time ,mme4 ,y4 returned and was seated in one of the two fauteuils before mentioned1 and ,i was invited to the other by her side4 ,i had still in my hand the unopened pellet of paper containing the three words privately written by me1 of which 7,beethoven7 had been the first4 ,she sat for a few minutes with her open hands resting on her lap4 ,they presently began to move restlessly about4 8,ah1 it burns1 it burns10 she said1 and her features contracted with an expression of pain4 ,in a few moments she raised one of them1 and it contained a marguerite1 the flower ,i had written as my second word4 ,i received it from her1 and after it had been examined by the rest of the company1 ,i preserved it4 ,dr4 ,x4 said it was of a species not known in that part of the country2 an opinion in which he was certainly mistaken1 as a few days afterwards ,i saw the same in the flower-market of the ,madeleine4 ,whether this flower was produced under her hands1 or was simply an apport1 as in the phenomenon we are familiar with in the experiences of ,spiritualism1 ,i do not know4 ,it was the one or the other1 for she certainly did not have it as she sat #faj there by my side1 under a strong light1 before it made its appearance4 ,the flower was perfectly fresh in every one of its delicate petals4 8,the third word ,i had written on my bit of paper was the name of a cake--plombires4 ,she presently began to go through the motions of eating1 though no cake was visible1 and asked me if ,i would not go with her to ,plombires--the name of the cake ,i had written4 ,this might have been simply a case of mind-reading4 8,after this followed a scene in which ,madame ,x41 the doctor's wife1 was said1 and seemed to be1 possessed by the spirit of ,beethoven4 ,the doctor addressed her as 8,monsieur ,beethoven40 ,she took no notice until he called the name aloud in her ear4 ,she then responded with polite bows1 etc4 7,you may remember that ,beethoven was extremely deaf47 ,after some conversation he begged her to play1 and she seated herself at the piano and performed magnificently both some of his known music and some improvisations which were generally recognized by the company as in his style4 ,i was told afterwards1 by a lady friend of ,madame ,x41 that in her normal state she was a very ordinary amateur performer4 ,after about half an hour spent in music and in dialogue in the character of ,beethoven1 to whom her face in expression1 and her tumbled hair1 seemed to acquire a strange resemblance1 the doctor placed in her hands a sheet of paper and a crayon1 and asked her to sketch the face of the person she saw before her4 ,she produced very rapidly a profile sketch of a head and face resembling ,beethoven's busts1 though as a younger man2 and she dashed off a rapid name under it1 as though a signature1 #8,beethoven4' ,i have preserved the sketch1 though how the handwriting may correspond with ,beethoven's signature ,i cannot say4 8,the hour was now late1 and the company broke up2 nor had ,i any time to interrogate ,dr4 ,x4 upon what we had thus witnessed4 ,but ,i called on him with ,mr4 ,gledstanes a few evenings afterwards4 ,i found that he admitted the action of spirits1 and was a ,spiritualist1 but also a great deal more1 having studied long and deeply into the occult mysteries of the ,orient4 ,so ,i understood him to convey1 while he seemed to prefer to refer me to his book1 which he would probably publish in the course of the present year4 ,i observed a number of loose sheets on a table all covered with ,oriental characters unknown to me--the work of ,madame ,y4 in trance1 as he said1 in answer to an inquiry4 ,he told us that in the scene ,i had witnessed1 she became 7i4 e41 as ,i presumed1 was possessed by7 a priestess of one of the ancient ,egyptian temples1 and that the origin of it was this3 ,a scientific friend of his had acquired in ,egypt possession of the mummy of a priestess1 and had given him some of the linen swathings with which the body was enveloped1 and from the contact with this cloth of #b1jjj or #c1jjj years old1 the devotion of her whole existence to this occult relation1 and twenty years seclusion from the world1 his medium1 as sensitive ,madame ,y41 had become what ,i had seen4 ,the language ,i had heard her speak was the sacred language of the temples in which she had been instructed1 not so much by inspiration but very much as we now study languages1 by dictation1 written exercises1 etc41 being even chided and punished when she was dull or slow4 ,he said that ,jacolliot had heard her in a similar scene1 and recognized sounds and words of the very oldest sacred language as preserved in the temples of ,india1 anterior1 if ,i remember right1 to the epoch of the ,sanscrit4 8,respecting the snakes he had employed in the hasty operation of restoring her to life1 or rather perhaps arresting the last consummation of the process of death1 he said there was a strange mystery in their relation to the phenomena of life and death4 ,i understood that they were indispensable4 ,silence and inaction on our part were also insisted upon throughout1 and any attempt at questioning him at the time was peremptorily1 almost angrily1 suppressed4 ,we might come and talk afterward1 or wait for the appearance of his book1 but he alone seemed #faa entitled to exercise the faculty of speech throughout all these performances--which he certainly did with great volubility1 the while1 with all the eloquence and precision of diction of a ,frenchman1 combining scientific culture with vividness of imagination4 8,i intended to return on some subsequent evening1 but learned from ,mr4 ,gledstanes that he had given them up for the present1 disgusted with his ill-success in getting his professional colleagues and men of science to come and witness what it was his object to show them4 8,this is about as much as ,i can recall of this strange1 weird evening1 excepting some uninteresting details4 ,i have given you the name and address of ,dr4 ,x4 confidentially1 because he would seem to have gone more or less far on the same path as you pursue in the studies of your ,theosophical ,society4 ,beyond that ,i feel bound to keep it private1 not having his authority to use it in any way which might lead to publicity4 8,very respectfully1 8,your friend and obedient servant1 8,j4 ,l4 ,o',,sullivan40 ,in this interesting case simple ,spiritualism has transcended its routine and encroached upon the limits of magic4 ,the features of mediumship are there1 in the double life led by the sensitive ,madame ,y41 in which she passes an existence totally distinct from the normal one1 and by reason of the subordination of her individuality to a foreign will1 becomes the permutation of a priestess of ,egypt2 and in the personation of the spirit of ,beethoven1 and in the unconscious and cataleptic state into which she falls4 ,on the other hand1 the will-power exercised by ,dr4 ,x4 upon his sensitive1 the tracing of the mystic circle1 the evocations1 the materialization of the desired flower1 the seclusion and education of ,madame ,y41 the employment of the wand and its form1 the creation and use of the serpents1 the evident control of the astral forces--all these pertain to magic4 ,such experiments are of interest and value to science1 but liable to abuse in the hands of a less conscientious practitioner than the eminent gentleman designated as ,dr4 ,x4 ,a true ,oriental kabalist would not recommend their duplication4 ,spheres unknown below our feet2 spheres still more unknown and still more unexplored above us2 between the two a handful of moles1 blind to ,god's great light1 and deaf to the whispers of the invisible world1 boasting that they lead mankind4 ,where8 ,onward1 they claim2 but we have a right to doubt it4 ,the greatest of our physiologists1 when placed side by side with a ,hindu fakir1 who knows neither how to read nor write1 will very soon find himself feeling as foolish as a school-boy who has neglected to learn his lesson4 ,it is not by vivisecting living animals that a physiologist will assure himself of the existence of man's soul1 nor on the blade of the knife can he extract it from a human body4 8,what sane man10 inquires ,sergeant ,cox1 the ,president of the ,london ,psychological ,society1 8what sane man who knows nothing of magnetism or physiology1 who had never witnessed an experiment nor #fab learned its principles1 would proclaim himself a fool by denying its facts and denouncing its theory80 ,the truthful answer to this would be1 8two-thirds of our modern-day scientists40 ,the impertinence1 if truth can ever be impertinent1 must be laid at the door of him who uttered it--a scientist of the number of those few who are brave and honest enough to utter wholesome truths1 however disagreeable4 ,and there is no mistaking the real meaning of the imputation1 for immediately after the irreverent inquiry1 the learned lecturer remarks as pointedly3 8,the chemist takes his electricity from the electrician1 the physiologist looks to the geologist for his geology--each would deem it an impertinence in the other if he were to pronounce judgment in the branch of knowledge not his own4 ,strange it is1 but true as strange1 that this rational rule is wholly set at naught in the treatment of psychology4 ,physical scientists deem themselves competent to pronounce a dogmatic judgment upon psychology and all that appertains to it1 without having witnessed any of its phenomena1 and in entire ignorance of its principles and practice40#ijg ,we sincerely hope that the two eminent biologists1 ,mr4 ,mendeleyeff1 of ,st4 ,petersburg1 and ,mr4 ,ray ,lankester1 of ,london fame1 will bear themselves under the above as unflinchingly as their living victims do when palpitating under their dissecting knives4 ,for a belief to have become universal1 it must have been founded on an immense accumulation of facts1 tending to strengthen it1 from one generation to another4 ,at the head of all such beliefs stands magic1 or1 if one would prefer--occult psychology4 ,who1 of those who appreciate its tremendous powers even from its feeble1 half-paralyzed effects in our civilized countries1 would dare disbelieve in our days the assertions of ,porphyry and ,proclus1 that even inanimate objects1 such as statues of gods1 could be made to move and exhibit a factitious life for a few moments8 ,who can deny the allegation8 ,is it those who testify daily over their own signatures that they have seen tables and chairs move and walk1 and pencils write1 without contact8 ,diogenes ,lartius tells us of a certain philosopher1 ,stilpo1 who was exiled from ,athens by the ,areopagus1 for having dared to deny publicly that the ,minerva of ,pheidias was anything else than a block of marble4 ,but our own age1 after having mimicked the ancients in everything possible1 even to their very names1 such as 8senates10 8prefects10 and 8consuls10 etc42 and after admitting that ,napoleon the ,great conquered three-fourths of ,europe by applying the principles of war taught by the ,csars and the ,alexanders1 knows so much better than its preceptors about psychology1 that it would vote every believer in 8animated tables0 into ,bedlam4 ,be this as it may1 the religion of the ancients is the religion of #fac the future4 ,a few centuries more1 and there will linger no sectarian beliefs in either of the great religions of humanity4 ,brahmanism and ,buddhism1 ,christianity and ,mahometanism will all disappear before the mighty rush of facts4 8,i will pour out my spirit upon all flesh10 writes the prophet ,joel4 8,verily ,i say unto you 444 greater works than these shall you do10 promises ,jesus4 ,but this can only come to pass when the world returns to the grand religion of the past2 the knowledge of those majestic systems which preceded1 by far1 ,brahmanism1 and even the primitive monotheism of the ancient ,chaldeans4 ,meanwhile1 we must remember the direct effects of the revealed mystery4 ,the only means by which the wise priests of old could impress upon the grosser senses of the multitudes the idea of the ,omnipotency of the ,creative will or ,,first ,,cause2 namely1 the divine animation of inert matter1 the soul infused into it by the potential will of man1 the microcosmic image of the great ,architect1 and the transportation of ponderous objects through space and material obstacles4 ,why should the pious ,roman ,catholic turn away in disgust at the 8heathen0 practices of the ,hindu ,tamil1 for instance8 ,we have witnessed the miracle of ,san ,gennaro in good old ,naples1 and we have seen the same in ,nrgercoil1 in ,india4 ,where is the difference8 ,the coagulated blood of the ,catholic saint is made to boil and fume in its crystal bottle1 to the gratification of the lazzaroni2 and from its jewelled shrine the martyr's idol beams radiant smiles and blessings at the ,christian congregation4 ,on the other hand1 a ball of clay filled with water1 is stuffed into the open breast of the god ,sran2 and while the padre shakes his bottle and produces his 8miracle0 of blood1 the ,hindu priest plunges an arrow into the god's breast1 and produces his 8miracle10 for the blood gushes forth in streams1 and the water is changed into blood4 ,both ,christians and ,hindus fall in raptures at the sight of such a miracle4 ,so far1 we do not see the slightest difference4 ,but can it be that the ,pagan learned the trick from ,san ,gennaro4 8,know1 ,o1 ,asclepius10 says ,hermes1 8that as the ,,highest ,,one is the father of the celestial gods1 so is man the artisan of the gods who reside in the temples1 and who delight in the society of mortals4 ,faithful to its origin and nature1 humanity perseveres in this imitation of the divine powers2 and1 if the ,father ,creator has made in ,his image the eternal gods1 mankind in its turn makes its gods in its own image40 8,and1 dost thou speak of statues of gods2 ,o1 ,trismegistus80 8,verily1 ,i do1 ,asclepius1 and however great thy defiance1 perceivest thou not that these statues are endowed with reason1 that they are animated with a soul1 and that they can operate the greatest prodigies4 #fad ,how can we reject the evidence1 when we find these gods possessing the gift of predicting the future1 which they are compelled to tell1 when forced to it by magic spells1 as through the lips of the divines and their visions8444 ,it is the marvel of marvels that man could have invented and created gods4444 ,true1 the faith of our ancestors has erred1 and in their pride they fell into error as to the precise essence of these gods 444 but they have still found out that art themselves4 ,powerless to create soul and spirit1 they evoke the souls of angels and demons in order to introduce them into the consecrated statues2 and so make them preside at their ,mysteries1 by communicating to idols their own faculty to do good as well as evil40 ,it is not antiquity alone which is full of evidence that the statues and idols of the gods at times exhibited intelligence and locomotive powers4 ,full in the nineteenth century1 we see the papers recording the capers played by the statue of the ,madonna of ,lourdes4 ,this gracious lady1 the ,french ,notre ,dame1 runs away several times to the woods adjoining her usual residence1 the parish church4 ,the sexton is obliged to hunt after the runaway1 and bring her home more than once4#ijh ,after this begins a series of 8miracles10 healing1 prophesying1 letter-dropping from on high1 and what not4 ,these 8miracles0 are implicitly accepted by millions and millions of ,roman ,catholics2 numbers of these belonging to the most intelligent and educated classes4 ,why1 then1 should we disbelieve in testimony of precisely the same character1 given as to contemporary phenomena of the same kind1 by the most accredited and esteemed historians--by ,titus ,livy1 for instance8 8,juno1 would you please abandon the walls of ,veii1 and change this abode for that of ,rome80 inquires of the goddess a ,roman soldier1 after the conquest of that city4 ,juno consents1 and nodding her head in token of acquiescence1 her statue answers3 8,yes1 ,i will40 ,furthermore1 upon their carrying off the figure1 it seems to instantly 8lose its immense weight10 adds the historian1 and the statue seems rather to follow them than otherwise4#iji ,with navet1 and a faith bordering on the sublime1 des ,mousseaux1 bravely rushes into the dangerous parallels1 and gives a number of instances of ,christian as well as 8heathen0 miracles of that kind4 ,he prints a list of such walking statues of saints and ,madonnas1 who lose their weight1 and move about as so many living men and women2 and presents unimpeachable evidence of the same1 from classical authors1 who described their miracles4#iaj ,he has but one thought1 one anxious and all-overpowering desire--to prove to his readers that #fae magic does exist1 and that ,christianity beats it flat4 ,not that the miracles of the latter are either more numerous1 or more extraordinary1 or suggestive than those of the ,pagans4 ,not at all2 and he is a fair historian as to facts and evidence4 ,but1 it is his arguments and reflections that are priceless3 one kind of miracle is produced by ,god1 the other by the ,devil2 he drags down the ,deity and placing ,him face to face with ,satan1 allows the arch-enemy to beat the ,creator by long odds4 ,not a word of solid1 evident proof to show the substantial difference between the two kinds of wonders4 ,would we inquire the reason why he traces in one the hand of ,god and in the other the horn and hoof of the ,devil8 ,listen to the answer3 8,the ,holy ,roman ,catholic and ,apostolical ,church declares the miracles wrought by her faithful sons produced by the will of ,god2 and all others the work of the spirits of ,hell40 ,very well1 but on what ground8 ,we are shown an endless list of holy writers2 of saints who fought during their whole lives with the fiends2 and of fathers whose word and authority are accepted as 8word of ,god0 by the same ,church4 8,your idols1 your consecrated statues are the abode of demons10 exclaims ,st4 ,cyprian4 8,yes1 it is these spirits who inspire your divines1 who animate the bowels of your victims1 who govern the flight of birds1 and who1 mixing incessantly falsehood with truth1 render oracles1 and 444 operate prodigies1 their object being to bring you invincibly to their worship40#iaa ,fanaticism in religion1 fanaticism in science1 or fanaticism in any other question becomes a hobby1 and cannot but blind our senses4 ,it will ever be useless to argue with a fanatic4 ,and here we cannot help admiring once more the profound knowledge of human nature which dictated to ,mr4 ,sergeant ,cox the following words1 delivered in the same address as before alluded to3 8,there is no more fatal fallacy than that the truth will prevail by its own force1 that it has only to be seen to be embraced4 ,in fact the desire for the actual truth exists in very few minds1 and the capacity to discern it in fewer still4 ,when men say that they are seeking the truth1 they mean that they are looking for evidence to support some prejudice or prepossession4 ,their beliefs are moulded to their wishes4 ,they see all1 and more than all1 that seems to tell for that which they desire2 they are blind as bats to whatever tells against them4 ,the scientists are no more exempt from this common failing than are others40 ,we know that from the remotest ages there has existed a mysterious1 awful science1 under the name of theopa4 ,this science taught the art of endowing the various symbols of gods with temporary life and #faf intelligence4 ,statues and blocks of inert matter became animated under the potential will of the hierophant4 ,the fire stolen by ,prometheus had fallen down in the struggle to earth2 it embraced the lower regions of the sky1 and settled in the waves of the universal ether as the potential ,aksa of the ,hindu rites4 ,we breathe and imbibe it into our organic system with every mouthful of fresh air4 ,our organism is full of it from the instant of our birth4 ,but it becomes potential only under the influx of ,,will and ,,spirit4 ,left to itself1 this life-principle will blindly follow the laws of nature2 and1 according to conditions1 will produce health and an exuberance of life1 or cause death and dissolution4 ,but1 guided by the will of the adept1 it becomes obedient2 its currents restore the equilibrium in organic bodies1 they fill the waste1 and produce physical and psychological miracles1 well-known to mesmerizers4 ,infused in inorganic and inert matter1 they create an appearance of life1 hence motion4 ,if to that life an individual intelligence1 a personality1 is wanting1 then the operator must either send his scin-lecca1 his own astral spirit1 to animate it2 or use his power over the region of nature-spirits to force one of them to infuse his entity into the marble1 wood1 or metal2 or1 again1 be helped by human spirits4 ,but the latter--except the vicious1 earth-bound class#iab--will not infuse their essence into these inanimate objects4 ,they leave the lower kinds to produce the similitude of life and animation1 and only send their influence through the intervening spheres like a ray of divine light1 when the so-called 8miracle0 is required for a good purpose4 ,the condition--and this is a law in spiritual nature--is purity of motive1 purity of the surrounding magnetic atmosphere1 personal purity of the operator4 ,thus is it1 that a ,pagan 8miracle0 may be by far holier than a ,christian one4 ,who that has seen the performance of the fakirs of ,southern ,india1 can doubt the existence of theopa in ancient times8 ,an inveterate skeptic1 though more than anxious to attribute every phenomenon to jugglery1 still finds himself compelled to testify to facts2 and facts that are to be witnessed daily if one chooses4 8,i dare not10 he says1 speaking of ,chibh-,chondor1 a fakir of ,jaffna-patnam1 8describe all the exercises which he performed4 ,there are things one dares not #fag say even after having witnessed them1 for fear of being charged with having been under an inexplicable hallucination6 ,and yet1 ten1 nay1 twenty times1 ,i saw and saw again the fakir obtain similar results over inert matter4444 ,it was but child's play for our #8charmer' to make the flame of candles which had1 by his directions1 been placed in the remotest corners of the apartment1 pale and become extinguished at will2 to cause the furniture to move1 even the sofas on which we sat1 the doors to open and shut repeatedly3 and all this without quitting the mat upon which he sat on the floor4 8,perhaps ,i will be told that ,i saw imperfectly4 ,possibly2 but ,i will say that hundreds and thousands of persons have seen and do see what ,i have1 and things more wonderful2 has one of all these discovered the secret1 or been able to duplicate these phenomena8 ,and ,i can never repeat too often that all this does not occur on a stage1 supplied with mechanical contrivances for the use of the operator4 ,no1 it is a beggar crouched1 naked1 on the floor1 who thus sports with your intelligence1 your senses1 and all that which we have agreed among ourselves to style the immutable laws of nature1 but which he appears to alter at will6 8,does he change its course8 #8,no1 but he makes it act by using forces which are yet unknown to us1' say the believers4 ,however that may be1 ,i have found myself twenty times at similar performances in company with the most distinguished men of ,british ,india--professors1 physicians1 officers4 ,not one of them but thus summarized his impressions upon quitting the drawing-room4 #8,this is something terrifying to human intelligence6' ,every time that ,i saw repeated by a fakir the experiment of reducing serpents to a cataleptic state1 a condition in which these animals have all the rigidity of the dry branch of a tree1 my thoughts have reverted to the biblical fable 787 which endows ,moses and the priests of ,pharaoh with the like power40#iac ,assuredly1 the flesh of man1 beast1 and bird should be as easily endowed with magnetic life-principle as the inert table of a modern medium4 ,either both wonders are possible and true1 or both must fall to the ground1 together with the miracles of ,apostolic days1 and those of the more modern ,popish ,church4 ,as for vital proofs furnished to us in favor of such possibilities1 we might name books enough to fill a whole library4 ,if ,sixtus ,v4 cited a formidable array of spirits attached to various talismans1 was not his threat of excommunication for all those who practiced the art1 uttered merely because he would have the knowledge of this secret confined within the precincts of the ,church8 ,how would it do for his 8divine0 miracles to be studied and #fah successfully reproduced by every man endowed with perseverance1 a strong positive magnetic power1 and an unflinching will8 ,recent events at ,lourdes 7of course1 supposing them to have been truthfully reported7 prove that the secret is not wholly lost2 and if there is no strong magician-mesmerizer concealed under frock and surplice1 then the statue of ,notre-,dame is moved by the same forces which move every magnetized table at a spiritual seance2 and the nature of these 8intelligences10 whether they belong to the classes of human1 human elementary1 or elemental spirits depends on a variety of conditions4 ,with one who knows anything of mesmerism1 and at the same time of the charitable spirit of the ,roman ,catholic ,church1 it ought not to be difficult to comprehend that the incessant curses of the priests and monks2 and the bitter anathemas so freely pronounced by ,pius ,,ix4--himself a strong mesmerizer1 and believed to be a jetattore 7evil eye7--have drawn together legions of elementaries and elementals under the leadership of the disembodied ,torquemadas4 ,these are the 8angels0 who play pranks with the statue of the ,queen of ,heaven4 ,any one who accepts the 8miracle0 and thinks otherwise blasphemes4 ,although it would seem as if we had already furnished sufficient proofs that modern science has little or no reason to boast of originality1 yet before closing this volume we will adduce a few more to place the matter beyond doubt4 ,we have but to recapitulate1 as briefly as possible1 the several claims to new philosophies and discoveries1 the announcement of which has made the world open its eyes so wide within these last two centuries4 ,we have pointed to the achievements in arts1 sciences1 and philosophy of the ancient ,egyptians1 ,greeks1 ,chaldeans1 and ,assyrians2 we will now quote from an author who has passed long years in ,india studying their philosophy4 ,in the famous and recent work of ,christna et le ,christ1 we find the following tabulation3 8,philosophy4--,the ancient ,hindus have created from the foundation the two systems of spiritualism and materialism1 of metaphysical philosophy and of positive philosophy4 ,the first taught in the ,vedantic school1 whose founder was ,vyasa2 the second taught in the ,sankya school1 whose founder was ,kapila4 8,astronomical ,science4--,they fixed the calendar1 invented the zodiac1 calculated the precession of the equinoxes1 discovered the general laws of the movements1 observed and predicted the eclipses4 8,mathematics4--,they invented the decimal system1 algebra1 the differential1 integral1 and infinitesimal calculi4 ,they also discovered geometry and trigonometry1 and in these two sciences they constructed and proved theorems which were only discovered in ,europe as late as the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries4 ,it was the ,brahmans in fact who first deduced the superficial measure of a triangle from #fai the calculation of its three sides1 and calculated the relations of the circumference to the diameter4 ,furthermore1 we must restore to them the square of the hypotenuse and the table so improperly called ,pythagorean1 which we find engraved on the gparama of the majority of great pagodas4 8,physics4--,they established the principle which is still our own to-day1 that the universe is a harmonious whole1 subject to laws which may be determined by observation and experiment4 ,they discovered hydrostatics2 and the famous proposition that every body plunged in water loses of its own weight a weight equal to the volume which it displaces1 is only a loan made by the ,brahmans to the famous ,greek architect1 ,archimedes4 ,the physicists of the pagodas calculated the velocity of light1 fixed in a positive manner the laws which it follows in its reflection4 ,and finally1 it is beyond doubt1 from the calculations of ,surya-,sidhenta1 that they knew and calculated the force of steam4 8,chemistry4--,they knew the composition of water1 and formulated for gases the famous law1 which we know only from yesterday1 that the volumes of gas are in inverse ratio to the pressures that they support4 ,they knew how to prepare sulphuric1 nitric1 and muriatic acids2 the oxides of copper1 iron1 lead1 tin1 and zinc2 the sulphurets of iron1 copper1 mercury1 antimony1 and arsenic2 the sulphates of zinc and iron2 the carbonates of iron1 lead1 and soda2 nitrate of silver2 and powder4 8,medicine4--,their knowledge was truly astonishing4 ,in ,tcharaka and ,sousruta1 the two princes of ,hindu medicine1 is laid down the system which ,hippocrates appropriated later4 ,sousruta notably enunciates the principles of preventive medicine or hygiene1 which he places much above curative medicine--too often1 according to him1 empyrical4 ,are we more advanced to-day8 ,it is not without interest to remark that the ,arab physicians1 who enjoyed a merited celebrity in the middle ages--,averros among others--constantly spoke of the ,hindu physicians1 and regarded them as the initiators of the ,greeks and themselves4 8,pharmacology4--,they knew all the simples1 their properties1 their use1 and upon this point have not yet ceased to give lessons to ,europe4 ,quite recently we have received from them the treatment of asthma1 with the datura4 8,surgery4--,in this they are not less remarkable4 ,they made the operation for the stone1 succeeded admirably in the operation for cataract1 and the extraction of the ftus1 of which all the unusual or dangerous cases are described by ,tcharaka with an extraordinary scientific accuracy4 8,grammar4--,they formed the most marvellous language in the world--the ,sanscrit--which gave birth to the greater part of the idioms of the ,orient1 and of ,indo-,european countries4 8,poetry4--,they have treated all the styles1 and shown themselves #fbj supreme masters in all4 ,sakuntala1 ,avrita1 the ,hindu ,phdra1 ,saranga1 and a thousand other dramas have their superiors neither in ,sophocles nor ,euripides1 in ,corneille nor ,shakspere4 ,their descriptive poetry has never been equalled4 ,one must read1 in the ,megadata1 8,the ,plaint of an ,exile10 who implores a passing cloud to carry his remembrances to his cottage1 his relatives and friends1 whom he will never see more1 to form an idea of the splendor to which this style has been carried in ,india4 ,their fables have been copied by all modern and ancient peoples1 who have not even given themselves the trouble to color differently the subject of these little dramas4 8,music4--,they invented the gamut with its differences of tones and half-tones much before ,gui d' ,arezzo4 ,here is the ,hindu scale3 ,sa--,ri--,ga--,ma--,pa--,da--,ni--,sa4 8,architecture4--,they seem to have exhausted all that the genius of man is capable of conceiving4 ,domes1 inexpressibly bold2 tapering cupolas2 minarets1 with marble lace2 ,gothic towers2 ,greek hemicycles2 polychrome style--all kinds and all epochs are there1 betokening the origin and date of the different colonies1 which1 in emigrating1 carried with them their souvenirs of their native art40 ,such were the results attained by this ancient and imposing ,brahmanical civilization4 ,what have we to offer for comparison8 ,beside such majestic achievements of the past1 what can we place that will seem so grandiose and sublime as to warrant our boast of superiority over an ignorant ancestry8 ,beside the discoverers of geometry and algebra1 the constructors of human speech1 the parents of philosophy1 the primal expounders of religion1 the adepts in psychological and physical science1 how even the greatest of our biologists and theologians seem dwarfed6 ,name to us any modern discovery1 and we venture to say1 that ,indian history need not long be searched before the prototype will be found of record4 ,here we are with the transit of science half accomplished1 and all our ideas in process of readjustment to the theories of force-correlation1 natural selection1 atomic polarity1 and evolution4 ,and here1 to mock our conceit1 our apprehensions1 and our despair1 we may read what ,manu said1 perhaps #aj1jjj years before the birth of ,christ3 8,the first germ of life was developed by water and heat0 7,manu1 book i41 sloka #h74 8,water ascends toward the sky in vapors2 from the sun it descends in rain1 from the rain are born the plants1 and from the plants1 animals0 7book iii41 sloka #gf74 8,each being acquires the qualities of the one which immediately precedes it1 in such a manner that the farther a being gets away from #fba the primal atom of its series1 the more he is possessed of qualities and perfections0 7book i41 sloka #bj74 8,man will traverse the universe1 gradually ascending1 and passing through the rocks1 the plants1 the worms1 insects1 fish1 serpents1 tortoises1 wild animals1 cattle1 and higher animals4444 ,such is the inferior degree0 7,ibid474 8,these are the transformations declared1 from the plant up to ,brahma1 which have to take place in his world0 7,ibid474 8,the ,greek10 says ,jacolliot1 8is but the ,sanscrit4 ,pheidias and ,praxiteles have studied in ,asia the chefs-d'uvre of ,daonthia1 ,ramana1 and ,aryavosta4 ,plato disappears before ,dgeminy and ,veda-,vyasa1 whom he literally copies4 ,aristotle is thrown into the shade by the ,pourva-,mimansa and the ,outtara-,mimansa1 in which one finds all the systems of philosophy which we are now occupied in re-editing1 from the ,spiritualism of ,socrates and his school1 the skepticism of ,pyrrho1 ,montaigne1 and ,kant1 down to the positivism of ,littr40 ,let those who doubt the exactness of the latter assertion read this phrase1 extracted textually from the ,outtara-,mimansa1 or ,vedanta1 of ,vyasa1 who lived at an epoch which the ,brahmanical chronology fixes at #aj1djj years before our era3 8,we can only study phenomena1 verify them1 and hold them to be relatively true1 but nothing in the universe1 neither by perception nor by induction1 nor by the senses1 nor by reasoning1 being able to demonstrate the existence of a ,supreme ,cause1 which could1 at a fixed point of time1 have given birth to the universe1 ,science has to discuss neither the possibility nor impossibility of this ,supreme ,cause40 ,thus1 gradually but surely1 will the whole of antiquity be vindicated4 ,truth will be carefully sifted from exaggeration2 much that is now considered fiction may yet be proved fact1 and the 8facts and laws0 of modern science found to belong to the limbo of exploded myths4 ,when1 centuries before our era1 the ,hindu ,bramaheupto affirmed that the starry sphere was immovable1 and that the daily rising and setting of stars confirms the motion of the earth upon its axis2 and when ,aristarchus of ,samos1 born #bfg years ,b4,c41 and the ,pythagorean philosopher ,nicet1 the ,syracusan1 maintained the same1 what was the credit given to their theories until the days of ,copernicus and ,galileo8 ,and the system of these two princes of science--a system which has revolutionized the whole world--how long will it be allowed to remain as a complete and undisturbed whole8 ,have we not1 at the present moment1 in ,germany1 a learned savant1 a ,professor ,shopfer1 who1 in his public lectures at ,berlin1 tries to demonstrate1 #a1 that the earth is immovable2 #b1 the sun is but a little bigger than it seems2 and #c1 that #fbb ,tycho-,brahe was perfectly right and ,galileo perfectly wrong8#iad ,and what was ,tycho-,brahe's theory8 ,why1 that the earth stands immovable in the centre of the universe1 and that around it1 as around its centre1 the whole of the celestial vault gravitates every twenty-four hours2 and finally1 that the sun and moon1 apart from this motion1 proceed on curved lines peculiar to themselves1 while ,mercury1 with the rest of the planets1 describes an epicycloid4 ,we certainly have no intention to lose time nor devote space to either combating or supporting this new theory1 which suspiciously resembles the old ones of ,aristotle and even the ,venerable ,bede4 ,we will leave the learned army of modern ,academicians to 8wash their family linen among themselves10 to use an expression of the great ,napoleon4 ,but we will1 nevertheless1 avail ourselves of such a good opportunity as this defection affords to demand once more of science her diploma or patents of infallibility4 ,alas6 are these1 then1 the results of her boasted progress8 ,it was hardly more than yesterday when1 upon the strength of facts within our own observation1 and corroborated by the testimony of a multitude of witnesses1 we timidly ventured the assertion that tables1 mediums1 and ,hindu fakirs were occasionally levitated4 ,and when we added that1 if such a phenomenon should happen but once in a century1 8without a visible mechanical cause1 then that rising is a manifestation of a natural law of which our scientists are yet ignorant10 we were called 8iconoclastic10 and charged1 in our turn1 by the newspapers1 with ignorance of the law of gravitation4 ,iconoclastic or not1 we never thought of charging science with denying the rotation of the earth on its axis1 or its revolution around the sun4 ,those two lamps1 at least1 in the beacon of the ,academy1 we thought would be kept trimmed and burning to the end of time4 ,but1 lo6 here comes a ,berlin professor and crushes our last hopes that ,science should prove herself exact in some one particular4 ,the cycle is truly at its lowest point1 and a new era is begun4 ,the earth stands still1 and ,joshua is vindicated6 ,in days of old--in #ahgf--the world believed in centrifugal force1 and the ,newtonian theory1 which explained the flattening of the poles by the rotatory motion of the earth around its axis1 was orthodox4 ,upon this hypothesis1 the greater portion of the globular mass was believed to gravitate toward the equator2 and in its turn the centrifugal force1 acting on the mass with its mightiest power1 forced this mass to concentrate itself on the equator4 ,thus is it that the credulous #fbc scientists believed the earth to rotate around its axis2 for1 were it otherwise1 there would exist no centrifugal force1 and without this force there could be no gravitation toward the equatorial latitudes4 ,it has been one of the accepted proofs of the rotation of the earth1 and it is this deduction1 with several others1 that the ,berlin professor declares that1 8in common with many other scientists10 he 8rejects40 8,is this not ridiculous1 gentlemen10 he concludes1 8that we1 confiding in what we were taught at school1 have accepted the rotation of the earth around its axis as a fact fully demonstrated1 while there is nothing at all to prove it1 and it cannot be demonstrated8 ,is it not cause of astonishment that the scientists of the whole educated world1 commencing with ,copernicus and ,kepler1 should have begun by accepting such a movement of our planet1 and then three and a half centuries later be searching for such proofs8 ,but1 alas6 though we search1 we find none1 as was to be expected4 ,all1 all is vain60 ,and thus it is that at one stroke the world loses its rotation1 and the universe is bereaved of its guardians and protectors1 the centrifugal and centripetal forces6 ,nay1 ether itself1 blown out of space1 is but a 8fallacy10 a myth born of a bad habit of using empty words2 the sun is a pretender to dimensions to which it was never entitled2 the stars are twinkling dots1 and 8were so expressly disposed at considerable distances from one another by the ,creator of the universe1 probably with the intention that they should simultaneously illumine the vast spaces on the face of our globe0 says ,dr4 ,shopfer4 ,and is it so that even three centuries and a half have not sufficed the men of exact science to construct one theory that not a single university professor would dare challenge8 ,if astronomy1 the one science built on the adamantine foundation of mathematics1 the one of all others deemed as infallible and unassailable as truth itself1 can be thus irreverently indicted for false pretences1 what have we gained by cheapening ,plato to the profit of the ,babinets8 ,how1 then1 do they venture to flout at the humblest observer who1 being both honest and intelligent1 may say he has seen a mediumistic1 or magical phenomenon8 ,and how dare they prescribe the 8limits of philosophical inquiry10 to pass beyond which is not lawful8 ,and these quarrelling hypothesists still arraign as ignorant and superstitious those giant intellects of the past1 who handled natural forces like world-building ,titans1 and raised mortality to an eminence where it allied itself with the gods6 ,strange fate of a century boasting to have elevated exact science to its apex of fame1 and now invited to go back and begin its ,a ,b ,c of learning again6 ,recapitulating the evidence contained in this work1 if we begin with the archaic and unknown ages of the ,hermetic ,pimander1 and come down #fbd to #ahgf1 we find that one universal belief in magic has run through all these centuries4 ,we have presented the ideas of ,trismegistus in his dialogue with ,asclepius2 and without mentioning the thousand and one proofs of the prevalence of this belief in the first centuries of ,christianity1 to achieve our purpose we have but to quote from an ancient and a modern author4 ,the first will be the great philosopher ,porphyry1 who several thousand years after the days of ,hermes1 remarks in relation to the prevailing skepticism of his century1 the following3 8,we need not be amazed in seeing the vulgar masses 7 7 perceive in statues merely stone and wood4 ,thus it is generally with those who1 ignorant in letters1 find naught in styl covered with inscriptions but stone1 and in written books naught but the tissue of the papyrus40 ,and #a1ejj years later1 we see ,mr4 ,sergeant ,cox1 in stating the case of the shameful prosecution of a medium by just such a blind materialist1 thus expressing his ideas3 8,whether the medium is guilty or guiltless 444 certain it is that the trial has had the unlooked-for effect of directing the attention of the whole public to the fact that the phenomena are asserted to exist1 and by a great number of competent investigators are declared to be true1 and of the reality of which every person may1 if he pleases1 satisfy himself by actual inspection1 thus sweeping away1 thus and for ever1 the dark and debasing doctrines of the materialists40 ,still1 in harmony with ,porphyry and other theurgists1 who affirmed the different natures of the manifesting 8spirits0 and the personal spirit or will of man1 ,mr4 ,sergeant ,cox adds1 without committing himself any further to a personal decision3 8,true1 there are differences of opinions 444 and perhaps ever will be1 as to the sources of the power that is exhibited in these phenomena2 but whether they are the product of the psychic force of the circle 444 or1 if spirits of the dead be the agents1 as others say1 or elemental spirits 7whatever it may be7 as asserted by a third party1 this fact at least is established--that man is not wholly material1 that the mechanism of man is moved and directed by some non-material--that is1 some non-molecular structure1 which possesses not merely intelligence1 but can exercise also a force upon matter1 that something to which1 for lack of a better title1 we have given the name of soul4 ,these glad tidings have by this trial been borne to thousands and tens of thousands1 whose happiness here1 and hopes of a hereafter1 have been blighted by the materialists1 who have preached so persistently that soul was but a superstition1 man but an automaton1 mind but a secretion1 present existence purely animal1 and the future--a blank40 8,truth alone10 says ,pimander1 8is eternal and immutable2 truth is the first of blessings2 but truth is not and cannot be on earth3 it is possible that ,god sometimes gifts a few men together with the faculty #fbe of comprehending divine things with that of rightly understanding truth2 but nothing is true on earth1 for everything has matter on it1 clothed with a corporeal form subject to change1 to alteration1 to corruption1 and to new combinations4 ,man is not the truth1 for only that which has drawn its essence from itself1 and remains itself1 and unchangeable1 is true4 ,how can that which changes so as not to finally be recognized1 be ever true8 ,truth1 then1 is that only which is immaterial and not enclosed within a corporeal envelope1 that which is colorless and formless1 exempt from change and alteration2 that which is ,,eternal4 ,all of that which perishes is a lie2 earth is but dissolution and generation2 every generation proceeds from a dissolution2 the things of earth are but appearances and imitations of truth2 they are what the picture is to reality4 ,the things of earth are not the ,,truth6444 ,death1 for some persons1 is an evil which strikes them with profound terror4 ,this is ignorance4444 ,death is the destruction of the body2 the being in it dies not4444 ,the material body loses its form1 which is disintegrated in course of time2 the senses which animated it return to their source and resume their functions2 but they gradually lose their passions and their desires1 and the spirit ascends to heaven to become a ,,harmony4 ,in the first zone1 it leaves behind itself the faculty of increasing and decreasing2 in the second1 the power of doing evil and the frauds of idleness2 in the third1 deceptions and concupiscence2 in the fourth1 insatiable ambition2 in the fifth1 arrogance1 audacity1 and temerity2 in the sixth1 all yearning after dishonest acquisitions2 and in the seventh1 untruthfulness4 ,the spirit thus purified by the effect on him of the celestial harmonies1 returns once more to its primitive state1 strong of a merit and power self-acquired1 and which belongs to it properly2 and only then he begins to dwell with those that sing eternally their praises of the ,,father4 ,hitherto1 he is placed among the powers1 and as such has attained to the supreme blessing of knowledge4 ,he is become a ,,god6444 ,no1 the things of earth are not the truth40 ,after having devoted their whole lives to the study of the records of the old ,egyptian wisdom1 both ,champollion-,figeac and ,champollion1 ,junior1 publicly declared1 notwithstanding many biassed judgments hazarded by certain hasty and unwise critics1 that the ,books of ,hermes 8truly contain a mass of ,egyptian traditions which are constantly corroborated by the most authentic records and monuments of ,egypt of the hoariest antiquity40#iae ,closing up his voluminous summary of the psychological doctrines of the ,egyptians1 the sublime teachings of the sacred ,hermetic books1 and #fbf the attainments of the initiated priests in metaphysical and practical philosophy1 ,champollion-,figeac inquires--as he well may1 in view of the then attainable evidence--8whether there ever was in the world another association or caste of men which could equal them in credit1 power1 learning1 and capability1 in the same degree of good or evil8 ,no1 never6 ,and this caste was subsequently cursed and stigmatized only by those who1 under ,i know not what kind of modern influences1 have considered it as the enemy of men and--science40#iaf ,at the time when ,champollion wrote these words1 ,sanscrit was1 we may say1 almost an unknown tongue for science4 ,but little in the way of a parallel could have been drawn between the respective merits of the ,brahmans and the ,egyptian philosophers4 ,since then1 however1 it has been discovered that the very same ideas1 expressed in almost identical language1 may be read in the ,buddhistic and ,brahmanical literature4 ,this very philosophy of the unreality of mundane things and the illusion of the senses--whose whole substance has been plagiarized in our own times by the ,german metaphysicians--forms the groundwork of ,kapila's and ,vyasa's philosophies1 and may be found in ,gautama ,buddha's enunciation of the 8four truths10 the cardinal dogmas of his doctrine4 ,pimander's expression 8he is become a god0 is epitomized in the one word1 ,nirvana1 which our learned ,orientalists most incorrectly consider as the synonym of annihilation6 ,this opinion of the two eminent ,egyptologists is of the greatest value to us if it were only as an answer to our opponents4 ,the ,champollions were the first in ,europe to take the student of archology by the hand1 and1 leading him on into the silent crypts of the past1 prove that civilization did not begin with our generations2 for 8though the origins of ancient ,egypt are unknown1 she is found to have been at the most distant periods within the reach of historical research1 with her great laws1 her established customs1 her cities1 her kings1 and gods20 and behind1 far behind1 these same epochs we find ruins belonging to other still more distant and higher periods of civilization4 8,at ,thebes1 portions of ruined buildings allow us to recognize remnants of still anterior structures1 the materials of which had served for the erection of the very edifices which have now existed for thirty-six centuries60#iag 8,everything told us by ,herodotus and the ,egyptian priests is found to be exact1 and has been corroborated by modern scientists10 adds ,champollion4#iah ,whence the civilization of the ,egyptians came1 will be shown in volume ,,ii41 and in this respect it will be made to appear that our deductions1 though based upon the traditions of the ,secret ,doctrine1 run parallel #fbg with those of a number of most respected authorities4 ,there is a passage in a well-known ,hindu work which may well be recalled in this connection4 8,under the reign of ,viswamitra1 first king of the ,dynasty of ,soma-,vanga4 in consequence of a battle which lasted five days1 ,manu-,vina1 heir of the ancient kings1 being abandoned by the ,brahmans1 emigrated with all his companions1 passing through ,arya1 and the countries of ,barria1 till he came to the shores of ,masra0 7,history of ,india1 by ,collouca-,batta74 ,unquestionably this ,manu-,vina and ,menes1 the first ,egyptian ,king1 are identical4 ,arya1 is ,eran 7,persia72 ,barria1 is ,arabia1 and ,masra1 was the name of ,cairo1 which to this day is called1 ,masr1 ,musr1 and ,misro4 ,phnician history names ,maser as one of the ancestors of ,hermes4 ,and now we will bid farewell to thaumatophobia and its advocates1 and consider thaumatomania under its multifarious aspects4 ,in vol4 ,,ii41 we intend to review the 8miracles0 of ,paganism and weigh the evidence in their favor in the same scales with ,christian theology4 ,there is a conflict not merely impending but already begun between science and theology1 on the one hand1 and spirit and its hoary science1 magic1 on the other4 ,something of the possibilities of the latter have already been displayed1 but more is to come4 ,the petty1 mean world1 for whose approving nod scientists and magistrates1 priests and ,christians compete1 have begun their latter-day crusade by sentencing in the same year two innocent men1 one in ,france1 the other in ,london1 in defiance of law and justice4 ,like the apostle of circumcision1 they are ever ready to thrice deny an unpopular connection for fear of ostracism by their own fellows4 ,the ,psychomantics and the ,psychophobists must soon meet in fierce conflict4 ,the anxiety to have their phenomena investigated and supported by scientific authorities has given place with the former to a frigid indifference4 ,as a natural result of so much prejudice and unfairness as have been exhibited1 their respect for scientists is waning fast1 and the reciprocal epithets bandied between the two parties are becoming far from complimentary to either4 ,which of them is right and which wrong1 time will soon show and future generations understand4 ,it is at least safe to prophesy that the ,ultima ,thul of ,god's mysteries1 and the key to them are to be sought elsewhere than in the whirl of ,avogadro's molecules4 ,people who either judge superficially1 or1 by reason of their natural impatience would gaze at the blazing sun before their eyes are well fitted to bear lamp-light1 are apt to complain of the exasperating obscurity of language which characterizes the works of the ancient ,hermetists and their successors4 ,they declare their philosophical treatises on magic incomprehensible4 ,over the first class we can afford #fbh to waste no time2 the second1 we would beg to moderate their anxiety1 remembering those sayings of ,espagnet--8,truth lies hid in obscurity10 and 8,philosophers never write more deceitfully than when plainly1 nor ever more truly than when obscurely40 ,furthermore1 there is a third class1 whom it would compliment too much to say that they judge the subject at all4 ,they simply denounce ex-cathedra4 ,the ancients they treat as dreamy fools1 and though but physicists and thaumatophobic positivists1 they commonly claim a monopoly of spiritual wisdom6 ,we will select ,irenus ,philaletha to answer this latter class4 8,in the world our writings shall prove a curious-edged knife2 to some they shall carve out dainties1 but to others they shall only serve to cut their fingers2 yet we are not to be blamed1 for we do seriously admonish all who shall attempt this work that they undertaketh the highest piece of philosophy in nature2 and though we write in ,english1 yet our matter will be as hard as ,greek to some1 who will think1 nevertheless1 that they understand as well1 when they misconstrue our meaning most perversely2 for is it imaginable that they who are fools in nature should be wise in books1 which are testimonies unto nature80 ,the few elevated minds who interrogate nature instead of prescribing laws for her guidance2 who do not limit her possibilities by the imperfections of their own powers2 and who only disbelieve because they do not know1 we would remind of that apothegm of ,narada1 the ancient ,hindu philosopher3 8,never utter these words3 #8,i do not know this--therefore it is false4'0 8,one must study to know1 know to understand1 understand to judge40 ,,end ,,of ,,volume ,i4 ,,footnotes3 #a ,lightfoot assures us that this voice1 which had been used in times past for a testimony from heaven1 8was indeed performed by magic art0 7vol4 ii41 p4 #abh74 ,this latter term is used as a supercilious expression1 just because it was and is still misunderstood4 ,it is the object of this work to correct the erroneous opinions concerning 8magic art40 #b ,encyclical of #ahfd4 #c 8,fragments of ,science40 #d ,see the last chapter of this volume1 p4 #fbb4 #e 8,recollections of a ,busy ,life10 p4 #adg4 #f ,henry ,ward ,beecher4 #g ,cocker3 8,christianity and ,greek ,philosophy10 xi41 p4 #cgg4 #h ,gospel according to ,matthew1 xiii4 #aa1 #ac4 #i 8,the accusations of atheism1 the introducing of foreign deities1 and corrupting of the ,athenian youth1 which were made against ,socrates1 afforded ample justification for ,plato to conceal the arcane preaching of his doctrines4 ,doubtless the peculiar diction or #8jargon' of the alchemists was employed for a like purpose4 ,the dungeon1 the rack1 and the fagot were employed without scruple by ,christians of every shade1 the ,roman ,catholics especially1 against all who taught even natural science contrary to the theories entertained by the ,church4 ,pope ,gregory the ,great even inhibited the grammatical use of ,latin as heathenish4 ,the offense of ,socrates consisted in unfolding to his disciples the arcane doctrine concerning the gods1 which was taught in the ,mysteries and was a capital crime4 ,he also was charged by ,aristophanes with introducing the new god ,dinos into the republic as the demiurgos or artificer1 and the lord of the solar universe4 ,the ,heliocentric system was also a doctrine of the ,mysteries2 and hence1 when ,aristarchus the ,pythagorean taught it openly1 ,cleanthes declared that the ,greeks ought to have called him to account and condemned him for blasphemy against the gods10--78,plutarch074 ,but ,socrates had never been initiated1 and hence divulged nothing which had ever been imparted to him4 #aj ,see ,thomas ,taylor3 8,eleusinian and ,bacchic ,mysteries10 p4 #dg4 ,new ,york3 ,j4 ,w ,bouton1 #ahge4 #aa ,cousin1 8,history of ,philosophy10 ,i41 ix4 #ab 8,theol4 ,arithme410 p4 #fb3 8,on ,pythag4 ,numbers40 #ac ,plato3 8,parmenid410 #ada ,e4 #ad ,see ,stobus' 8,ecl410 i41 #hfb4 #ae ,sextus3 8,math410 vii4 #ade4 #af 8,metaph410 #djg1 a4 #c4 #ag ,appendix to 8,timus40 #ah ,stob43 8,ecl410 i41 #fb4 #ai ,krische3 8,forsch410 p4 #cbb1 etc4 #bj ,clem43 8,alex4 ,stro410 v41 #eij4 #ba ,plutarch3 8,de ,isid10 chap4 #be1 p4 #cfj4 #bb 8,plato und die ,alt4 ,akademie40 #bc 8,tusc410 v41 #ah1 #ea4 #bd ,ibid4 ,cf4 p4 #eei4 #be 8,plato und die ,alt4 ,akademie40 #bf ,ed4 ,zeller3 8,philos4 der ,griech40 #bg 8,plato und die ,alt4 ,akademie40 #bh ,one of the five solid figures in ,geometry4 #bi 8,the ,sun and the ,earth40 #cj 8,de ,ente ,spirituali10 lib4 iv42 8de ,ente ,astrorum10 book i42 and opera omnia1 vol4 i41 pp4 #fcd and #fii4 #ca ,or more commonly chrkh pj4 #cb ,persons who believe in the clairvoyant power1 but are disposed to discredit the existence of any other spirits in nature than disembodied human spirits1 will be interested in an account of certain clairvoyant observations which appeared in the ,london ,spiritualist of ,june #bi1 #ahgg4 ,a thunder-storm approaching1 the seeress saw 8a bright spirit emerge from a dark cloud and pass with lightning speed across the sky1 and1 a few minutes after1 a diagonal line of dark spirits in the clouds40 ,these are the ,maruts of the 8,vedas0 7,see ,max ,mller's 8,rig-,veda ,sanhita074 ,the well-known and respected lecturer1 author1 and clairvoyant1 ,mrs4 ,emma ,hardinge ,britten1 has published accounts of her frequent experiences with these elemental spirits4 #cc ,translated by ,max ,mller1 ,professor of ,comparative ,philology at the ,oxford ,university1 ,england4 #cd 8,dyarh vah pit1 prithivi mt smah bhrt ditih svs40 #ce ,as the perfect identity of the philosophical and religious doctrines of antiquity will be fully treated upon in subsequent chapters1 we limit our explanations for the present4 #cf 8,rig-,veda-,anhita10 p4 #bcd4 #cg ,philostratus assures us that the ,brahmins were able1 in his time1 to perform the most wonderful cures by merely pronouncing certain magical words4 8,the ,indian ,brahmans carry a staff and a ring1 by means of which they are able to do almost anything40 ,origenes states the same 78,contra ,celsum074 ,but if a strong mesmeric fluid--say projected from the eye1 and without any other contact--is not added1 no magical words would be efficacious4 #ch ,akiba was a friend of ,aher1 said to have been the ,apostle ,paul of ,christian story4 ,both are depicted as having visited ,paradise4 ,aher took branches from the ,tree of ,knowledge1 and so fell from the true 7,jewish7 religion4 ,akiba came away in peace4 ,see #b;d ,epistle to the ,corinthians1 chapter xii4 #ci ,taley means ocean or sea4 #dj ,see 8,aytareya ,brahmanan10 #c1 #a4 #da ,see ,pantheon3 8,myths10 p4 #ca2 also ,aristophanes in 8,vstas10 i41 reg4 #bh4 #db ,the oracle of ,apollo was at ,delphos1 the city of the 1 womb or abdomen2 the place of the temple was denominated the omphalos or navel4 ,the symbols are female and lunary2 reminding us that the ,arcadians were called ,proseleni1 pre-,hellenic or more ancient than the period when ,ionian and ,olympian lunar worship was introduced4 #dc ,from the accounts of ,strabo and ,megasthenes1 who visited ,palibothras1 it would seem that the persons termed by him ,samanean1 or ,brachmane priests1 were simply ,buddhists4 8,the singularly subtile replies of the ,samanean or ,brahman philosophers1 in their interview with the conqueror1 will be found to contain the spirit of the ,buddhist doctrine10 remarks ,upham4 7,see the 8,history and ,doctrine of ,buddhism20 and ,hale's 8,chronology10 vol4 iii41 p4 #bch47 #dd ,in their turn1 the heathen may well ask the missionaries what sort of a spirit lurks at the bottom of the sacrificial beer-bottle4 ,that evangelical ,new ,york journal1 the 8,independent10 says3 8,a late ,english traveller found a simple-minded ,baptist mission church1 in far-off ,burmah1 using for the communion service1 and we doubt not with ,god's blessing1 ,bass's pale ale instead of wine40 ,circumstances alter cases1 it seems6 #de 8,book of ,brahmanical ,evocations10 part iii4 #df ,bulwer-,lytton3 8,last ,days of ,pompeii10 p4 #adg4 #dg 8,select ,works10 p4 #aei4 #dh ,ibid41 p4 #ib4 #di 8,aitareya ,brahmanan10 ,introduction4 #ej ,the name is used in the sense of the ,greek word 4 #ea ,the traditions of the ,oriental ,kabalists claim their science to be older than that4 ,modern scientists may doubt and reject the assertion4 ,they cannot prove it false4 #eb ,clement of ,alexandria asserted that in his day the ,egyptian priests possessed forty-two ,canonical ,books4 #ec 8,chips from a ,german ,work-shop10 vol4 ii41 p4 #g4 8,comparative ,mythology40 #ed 8,conflict between ,religion and ,science10 ch4 i4 #ee ,in another place1 we explain with some minuteness the ,hermetic philosophy of the evolution of the spheres and their several races4 #ef ,j4 ,burges3 8,the ,works of ,plato10 p4 #bjg1 note4 #eg ,from the ,sanskrit text of the ,aitareya ,brahmanam4 ,rig-,veda1 v41 ch4 ii41 verse #bc4 #eh ,aitareya ,brahmanam1 book iii41 c4 v41 #dd4 #ei ,ait4 ,brahm41 vol4 ii41 p4 #bdb4 #fj ,ait4 ,brahm41 book iv4 #fa ,septenary ,institutions2 8,stone him to ,death10 p4 #bj4 #fb ,see ,gibbon's 8,decline and ,fall of the ,roman ,empire40 #fc ,see ,turner2 also ,g4 ,higgins's 8,anacalypsis40 #fd ,genesis1 i41 #cj4 #fe ,sir ,william ,drummond3 8dipus ,judicus10 p4 #bej4 #ff ,the absolute necessity for the perpetration of such pious frauds by the early fathers and later theologians becomes apparent1 if we consider that if they had allowed the word ,al to remain as in the original1 it would have become but too evident--except for the initiated--that the ,jehovah of ,moses and the sun were identical4 ,the multitudes1 which ignore that the ancient hierophant considered our visible sun but as an emblem of the central1 invisible1 and spiritual ,sun1 would have accused ,moses--as many of our modern commentators have already done--of worshipping the planetary bodies2 in short1 of actual ,zabaism4 #fg ,exodus1 xxv41 #dj4 #fh 8,the ,physical ,basis of ,life40 ,a ,lecture by ,t4 ,h4 ,huxley4 #fi ,huxley3 8,physical ,basis of ,life40 #gj ,prof4 ,j4 ,w4 ,draper3 8,conflict between ,religion and ,science40 #ga ,bulwer's 8,zanoni40 #gb ,see the ,code published by ,sir ,william ,jones1 chap4 ix41 p4 #aa4 #gc ,pliny3 8,hist4 ,nat410 xxx4 #a2 ,ib41 xvi41 #ad2 xxv41 #i1 etc4 #gd ,pomponius ascribes to them the knowledge of the highest sciences4 #ge ,csar1 iii41 #ad4 #gf ,pliny1 xxx4 #gg ,munter1 on the most ancient religion of the ,north before the time of ,odin4 ,mmoires de la ,socit des ,antiquaires de ,france4 ,tome ii41 p4 #bcj4 #gh ,ammianus ,marcellinus1 xxvi41 #f4 #gi ,in some respects our modern philosophers1 who think they make new discoveries1 can be compared to 8the very clever1 learned1 and civil gentleman0 whom ,hippocrates having met at ,samos one day1 describes very good-naturedly4 8,he informed me10 the ,father of ,medicine proceeds to say1 8that he had lately discovered an herb never before known in ,europe or ,asia1 and that no disease1 however malignant or chronic1 could resist its marvellous properties4 ,wishing to be civil in turn1 ,i permitted myself to be persuaded to accompany him to the conservatory in which he had transplanted the wonderful specific4 ,what ,i found was one of the commonest plants in ,greece1 namely1 garlic--the plant which above all others has least pretensions to healing virtues40 ,hippocrates3 8,de optima prdicandi ratione item judicii operum magni40 ,i4 #hj ,schweigger3 8,introduction to ,mythology through ,natural ,history40 #ha ,ennemoser3 8,history of ,magic10 i41 #c4 #hb 8,hist4 of ,magic10 vol4 i41 p4 #i4 #hc ,philo ,jud43 8,de ,specialibus ,legibus40 #hd ,zend-,avesta1 vol4 ii41 p4 #ejf4 #he ,cassian3 8,conference10 i41 #ba4 #hf 8,de ,vita et ,morte ,mosis10 p4 #aii4 #hg ,acts of the ,apostles1 vii41 #bb4 #hh ,justin1 xxxvi41 #b4 #hi ,molitor3 8,philosophy of ,history and ,traditions10 ,howitt's ,translation1 p4 #bhe4 #ij 8,conflict between ,religion and ,science10 p4 #cbi4 #ia ,see 8,gazette du ,midi10 and 8,le ,monde10 of #c ,may1 #ahfd4 #ib ,shakspere3 8,richard ,,iii40 #ic ,literally1 the screaming or the howling ones4 #id ,the half-demented1 the idiots4 #ie ,but such is not always the case1 for some among these beggars make a regular and profitable trade of it4 #if ,webster declares very erroneously that the ,chaldeans called saros1 the cycle of eclipses1 a period of about #f1ehf years1 8the time of revolution of the moon's node40 ,berosus1 himself a ,chaldean astrologer1 at the ,temple of ,belus1 at ,babylon1 gives the duration of the sar1 or sarus1 #c1fjj years2 a neros #fjj2 and a sossus #fj4 7,see1 ,berosus from ,abydenus1 8,of the ,chaldan ,kings and the ,deluge40 ,see also ,eusebius1 and ,cary's ,,ms4 ,ex4 ,cod4 reg4 gall4 gr4 ,no4 #bcfj1 fol4 #aed47 #ig ,before scientists reject such a theory--traditional as it is--it would be in order for them to demonstrate why1 at the end of the tertiary period1 the ,northern ,hemisphere had undergone such a reduction of temperature as to utterly change the torrid zone to a ,siberian climate8 ,let us bear in mind that the helicocentric system came to us from upper ,india2 and that the germs of all great astronomical truths were brought thence by ,pythagoras4 ,so long as we lack a mathematically correct demonstration1 one hypothesis is as good as another4 #ih ,censorinus3 8,de ,natal ,die40 ,seneca3 8,nat4 ,qust410 iii41 #bi4 #ii ,euseb43 8,prp4 ,evan40 ,of the ,tower of ,babel and ,abraham4 #ajj ,this is in flat contradiction of the ,bible narrative1 which tells us that the deluge was sent for the special destruction of these giants4 ,the ,babylon priests had no object to invent lies4 #aja ,coleman1 who makes this calculation1 allowed a serious error to escape the proof-reader2 the length of the manwantara is given at #cfh1ddh1jjj1 which is just sixty million years too much4 #ajb ,s4 ,davis3 8,essay in the ,asiatic ,researches20 and ,higgins's 8,anacalypsis20 also see ,coleman's 8,mythology of the ,hindus40 ,preface1 p4 xiii4 #ajc ,bunsen3 8,egypte10 vol4 i4 #ajd ,the forty-two ,sacred ,books of the ,egyptians mentioned by ,clement of ,alexandria as having existed in his time1 were but a portion of the ,books of ,hermes4 ,iamblichus1 on the authority of the ,egyptian priest ,abammon1 attributes #abjj of such books to ,hermes1 and ,manetho #cf1jjj4 ,but the testimony of ,iamblichus as a neo-,platonist and theurgist is of course rejected by modern critics4 ,manetho1 who is held by ,bunsen in the highest consideration as a 8purely historical personage0 444 with whom 8none of the later native historians can be compared 4440 7see 8,egypte10 i41 p4 #ig71 suddenly becomes a ,pseudo-,manetho1 as soon as the ideas propounded by him clash with the scientific prejudices against magic and the occult knowledge claimed by the ancient priests4 ,however1 none of the archologists doubt for a moment the almost incredible antiquity of the ,hermetic books4 ,champollion shows the greatest regard for their authenticity and great truthfulness1 corroborated as it is by many of the oldest monuments4 ,and ,bunsen brings irrefutable proofs of their age4 ,from his researches1 for instance1 we learn that there was a line of sixty-one kings before the days of ,moses1 who preceded the ,mosaic period by a clearly-traceable civilization of several thousand years4 ,thus we are warranted in believing that the works of ,hermes ,trismegistus were extant many ages before the birth of the ,jewish law-giver4 8,styli and inkstands were found on monuments of the fourth ,dynasty1 the oldest in the world10 says ,bunsen4 ,if the eminent ,egyptologist rejects the period of #dh1hfc years before ,alexander1 to which ,diogenes ,laertius carries back the records of the priests1 he is evidently more embarrassed with the ten thousand of astronomical observations1 and remarks that 8if they were actual observations1 they must have extended over #aj1jjj years0 7p4 #ad74 8,we learn1 however10 he adds1 8from one of their own old chronological works 444 that the genuine ,egyptian traditions concerning the mythological period1 treated of myriads of years40 78,egypte10 i1 p4 #ae74 #aje ,higgins3 8,anacalypsis40 #ajf 8,de ,vite ,pythag40 #ajg 8,the ,rosicrucians10 etc41 by ,hargrave ,jennings4 #ajh ,w4 ,crookes1 ,f4,r4,s43 8,researches in the ,phenomena of ,spiritualism40 #aji ,w4 ,crookes3 8,experiments on ,psychic ,force10 page #be4 #aaj ,w4 ,crookes3 8,spiritualism ,viewed by the ,light of ,modern ,science40 ,see 8,quarterly ,journal of ,science40 #aaa ,a4 ,aksakof3 8,phenomena of ,mediumism40 #aab ,a4 ,n4 ,aksakof3 8,phenomena of ,mediumism40 #aac 8,the ,last of ,katie ,king10 pamphlet iii41 p4 #aai4 #aad ,ibid41 pamp4 i41 p4 #g4 #aae 8,the ,last of ,katie ,king10 pamp4 iii41 p4 #aab4 #aaf ,ibid41 p4 #aab4 #aag 8,researches in the ,phenomena of ,spiritualism10 p4 #de4 #aah ,pfaff's 8,astrology40 ,berl4 #aai 8,medico-,surgical ,essays40 #abj 8,the ,philosophy of ,hist40 #aba ,on ,theoph4 ,paracelsus4--,magic4 #abb ,kemshead says in his 8,inorganic ,chemistry0 that 8the element hydrogen was first mentioned in the sixteenth century by ,paracelsus1 but very little was known of it in any way40 7,p4 #ff47 ,and why not be fair and confess at once that ,paracelsus was the re-discoverer of hydrogen as he was the re-discoverer of the hidden properties of the magnet and animal magnetism8 ,it is easy to show that according to the strict vows of secrecy taken and faithfully observed by every ,rosicrucian 7and especially by the alchemist7 he kept his knowledge secret4 ,perhaps it would not prove a very difficult task for any chemist well versed in the works of ,paracelsus to demonstrate that oxygen1 the discovery of which is credited to ,priestley1 was known to the ,rosicrucian alchemists as well as hydrogen4 #abc 8,letter to ,j4 ,glanvil1 chaplain to the king and a fellow of the ,royal ,society40 ,glanvil was the author of the celebrated work on ,apparitions and ,demonology entitled 8,sadducismus ,triumphatus1 or a full and plain evidence concerning witches and apparitions10 in two parts1 8proving partly by ,scripture1 and partly by a choice collection of modern relations1 the real existence of apparitions1 spirits and witches48#agjj4 #abd ,plato3 8,timus ,soerius10 #ig4 #abe ,see ,movers' 8,explanations10 #bfh4 #abf ,cory3 8,chaldean ,oracles10 #bdc4 #abg ,philo ,judus3 8,on the ,creation10 x4 #abh ,movers3 8,phoinizer10 #bhb4 #abi ,k4 ,o4 ,mller1 #bcf4 #acj ,weber3 8,akad4 ,vorles10 #bac1 #bad1 etc4 #aca ,plutarch1 8,isis and ,osiris10 i41 vi4 #acb 8,spirit ,history of ,man10 p4 #hh4 #acc ,movers3 8,phoinizer10 #bfh4 #acd ,cory3 8,fragments10 #bdj4 #ace 8,parerga10 ii41 pp4 #aaa1 #aab4 #acf ,see ,huxley3 8,physical ,basis of ,life40 #acg ,schopenhauer3 8,parerga40 ,art4 on 8,will in ,nature40 #ach 8,revue des ,deux ,mondes10 ,jan4 #ae1 #ahee1 p4 #ajh4 #aci ,comte de ,mirville3 8,question des ,esprits40 #adj ,bulwer-,lytton3 8,zanoni40 #ada ,t4 ,wright3 8,narratives of ,sorcery and ,magic40 #adb ,see ,des ,mousseaux's 8,dodone10 and 8,dieu et les dieux10 p4 #cbf4 #adc 8,apparitions10 translated by ,c4 ,crowe1 pp4 #chh1 #cia1 #cii4 #add 8,de ,abstinentia10 etc4 #ade ,c4 ,crowe3 8,on ,apparitions10 p4 #cih4 #adf ,upham3 8,salem ,witchcraft40 #adg ,brierre de ,boismont3 8,on ,hallucinations10 p4 #fj4 #adh ,see de ,mirville's 8,question des ,esprits10 and the works on the 8,phnomnes ,spirites10 by de ,gasparin4 #adi ,honorary ,secretary to the ,national ,association of ,spiritualists of ,london4 #aej ,job4 #aea ,see ,dr4 ,f4 ,r4 ,marvin's 8,lectures on ,mediomania and ,insanity40 #aeb ,vapereau3 8,biographie ,contemporaine10 art4 ,littr2 and ,des ,mousseaux3 8,les ,hauts ,phnomnes de la ,magie10 ch4 #f4 #aec ,a4 ,comte3 8,systme de ,politique ,positive10 vol4 i4 p4 #bjc1 etc4 #aed ,ibid4 #aee ,ibid4 #aef ,see des ,mousseaux3 8,hauts ,phnomnes de la ,magie10 chap4 #f4 #aeg ,littr3 8,paroles de ,philosophie ,positive40 #aeh ,littr3 8,paroles de ,philosophie ,positive10 vii41 #eg4 #aei 8,spiritualism and ,charlatanism40 #afj ,prof4 ,hare3 8,on ,positivism10 p4 #bi4 #afa 8,journal des ,dbats10 #ahfd4 ,see also des ,mousseaux's 8,hauts ,phn4 de la ,magie40 #afb 8,philosophic ,positive10 vol4 iv41 p4 #bgi4 #afc ,dr4 ,f4 ,r4 ,marvin3 8,lecture on ,insanity40 #afd ,see ,howitt3 8,history of the ,supernatural10 vol4 ii4 #afe ,prof4 ,huxley3 8,physical ,basis of ,life40 #aff ,reference is made to a card which appeared some time since in a ,new ,york paper1 signed by three persons styling themselves as above1 and assuming to be a scientific committee appointed two years before to investigate spiritual phenomena4 ,the criticism on the triad appeared in the 8,new ,era0 magazine4 #afg ,dr4 ,marvin3 8,lecture on ,insanity10 ,n4 ,y41 #ahge4 #afh ,tyndall3 8,fragments of ,science40 #afi ,tyndall3 ,preface to 8,fragments of ,science40 #agj ,deuteronomy1 chap4 xvii41 #f4 #aga ,montesquieu3 ,esprit des ,lois ,i41 xii41 chap4 #c4 #agb ,c4 ,b4 ,warring4 #agc ,ammianus ,marcellinus1 xxiii41 #f4 #agd ,the ,rishis were seven in number1 and lived in days anteceding the ,vedic period4 ,they were known as sages1 and held in reverence like demi-gods4 ,haug shows that they occupy in the ,brahmanical religion a position answering to that of the twelve sons of ,jacob in the ,jewish ,bible4 ,the ,brahmans claim to descend directly from these ,rishis4 #age ,the fourth ,veda4 #agf ,orthography of the 8,archaic ,dictionary40 #agg ,we do not mean the current or accepted ,bible1 but the real ,jewish one explained kabalistically4 #agh 8,dissertations ,relating to ,asia40 #agi ,dr4 ,gross1 p4 #aie4 #ahj ,brahma does not create the earth1 ,mirtlok1 any more than the rest of the universe4 ,having evolved himself from the soul of the world1 once separated from the ,first ,cause1 he emanates in his turn all nature out of himself4 ,he does not stand above it1 but is mixed up with it2 and ,brahma and the universe form one ,being1 each particle of which is in its essence ,brahma himself1 who proceeded out of himself4 ,burnouf3 8,introduction10 p4 #aah4 #aha 8,conflict between ,religion and ,science10 #ahj4 #ahb 8,des ,tables10 vol4 i41 p4 #bac4 #ahc ,ibid41 #baf4 #ahd 8,des ,tables10 vol4 i41 p4 #dh4 #ahe ,ibid41 p4 #bd4 #ahf ,ibid41 p4 #ce4 #ahg ,de ,mirville3 8,des ,esprits10 p4 #bf4 #ahh 8,avant propos10 pp4 #ab and #af4 #ahi ,vol4 i41 p4 #bdd4 #aij ,vol4 ii41 p4 #ebd4 #aia 8,medico-,psychological ,annals10 ,jan4 #a1 #ahed4 #aib ,de ,mirville3 8,des ,esprits10 8,constitutionnel10 ,june #af1 #ahed4 #aic ,chevalier des ,mousseaux3 8,murs et ,pratiques des ,dmons10 p4 x4 #aid ,de ,mirville3 8,des ,esprits10 p4 #d4 #aie ,ibid4 8,revue des ,deux ,mondes10 ,january #ae1 #ahed1 p4 #ajh4 #aif ,this is a repetition and variation of ,faraday's theory4 #aig 8,revue des ,deux ,mondes10 p4 #daj4 #aih 8,revue des ,deux ,mondes10 ,january1 #ahed1 p4 #dad4 #aii 8,revue des ,deux ,mondes10 ,may #a1 #ahed1 p4 #eca4 #bjj ,we translate verbatim4 ,we doubt whether ,mr4 ,weekman was the first investigator4 #bja ,babinet3 8,revue des ,deux ,mondes10 ,may #a1 #ahed1 p4 #eaa4 #bjb ,de ,mirville3 8,des ,esprits10 p4 #cc4 #bjc ,notes1 8,des ,esprits10 p4 #ch4 #bjd ,de ,mirville3 8,faits et ,thories ,physiques10 p4 #df4 #bje ,see ,monograph3 8,of the ,lightning considered from the point of view of the history of ,legal ,medicine and ,public ,hygiene10 by ,m4 ,boudin1 ,chief ,surgeon of the ,military ,hospital of ,boule4 #bjf ,de ,gasparin3 vol4 i1 page #bhh4 #bjg ,crookes3 8,physical ,force10 page #bf4 #bjh ,de ,gasparin3 8,science versus ,spirit10 vol i1 p4 #cac4 #bji ,ibid1 vol4 #a1 p4 #cac4 #baj ,de ,mirville pleads here the devil-theory1 of course4 #baa 8,des ,tables10 vol4 i41 p4 #bac4 #bab ,vol4 i1 p4 #bag4 #bac ,crookes3 8,psychic ,force10 part i41 pp4 #bf-bg4 #bad ,plato3 8,phdo10 #dd4 #bae ,ibid41 #abh4 #baf 8,philosophy of ,magic10 ,english translation1 p4 #dg4 #bag ,de ,mirville3 8,des ,esprits10 p4 #aei4 #bah ,see ,f4 ,gerry ,fairfield's 8,ten ,years with ,spiritual ,mediums10 ,new ,york1 #ahge4 #bai ,marvin3 8,lecture on ,mediomania40 #bbj 8,scientific ,american10 ,n4 ,y41 #ahge4 #bba 8,de par le ,roi1 defense ,dieu1 ,de faire miracle1 en ces lieux40 ,a satire that was found written upon the walls of the cemetery at the time of the ,jansenist miracles and their prohibition by the police of ,france4 #bbb ,polier3 8,mythologie des ,indous40 #bbc ,genesis vi4 #d4 #bbd ,mallett3 8,northern ,antiquities10 ,bohn's edition1 pp4 #dja-dje4 #bbe ,in the 8,quarterly ,review0 of #ahei1 ,graham gives a strange account of many now deserted ,oriental cities1 in which the stone doors are of enormous dimensions1 often seemingly out of proportion with the buildings themselves1 and remarks that dwellings and doors bear all of them the impress of an ancient race of giants4 #bbf ,dr4 ,more3 8,letter to ,glanvil1 author of #8,saducismus ,triumphatus4'0 #bbg ,j4 ,s4 ,y43 8,demonologia1 or ,natural ,knowledge ,revealed10 #ahbg1 p4 #bai4 #bbh ,pausanias3 8,eli10 lib4 i41 cap4 xiv4 #bbi ,we apprehend that the noble author coined his curious names by contracting words in classical languages4 ,gy would come from gune2 vril from virile4 #bcj ,p4 ,b4 ,randolph3 8,pre-,adamite ,man10 p4 #dh4 #bca ,on this point at least we are on firm ground4 ,mr4 ,crookes's testimony corroborates our assertions4 ,on page #hd of his pamphlet on 8,phenomenal ,spiritualism0 he says3 8,the many hundreds of facts ,i am prepared to attest--facts which to imitate by known mechanics or physical means would baffle the skill of a ,houdin1 a ,bosco1 or an ,anderson1 backed with all the resources of elaborate machinery and the practice of years--have all taken place in my own house2 at times appointed by myself and under circumstances which absolutely precluded the employment of the very simplest instrumental aids40 #bcb ,in this appellation1 we may discover the meaning of the puzzling sentence to be found in the ,zend-,avesta that 8fire gives knowledge of the future1 science1 and amiable speech10 as it develops an extraordinary eloquence in some sensitives4 #bcc ,dunlap3 8,musah1 ,his ,mysteries10 p4 iii4 #bcd 8,hercules was known as the king of the ,musians10 says ,schwab1 ii41 #dd2 and ,musien was the feast of 8,spirit and ,matter10 ,adonis and ,venus1 ,bacchus and ,ceres4 7,see ,dunlap3 8,mystery of ,adonis10 p4 #ie47 ,dunlap shows1 on the authority of ,julian and ,anthon 7#fg71 sculapius1 8the ,savior of all10 identical with ,phtha 7the creative ,intellect1 the ,divine ,wisdom71 and with ,apollo1 ,baal1 ,adonis1 and ,hercules 7ibid41 p4 #ic71 and ,phtha is the 8,anima mundi10 the ,universal ,soul1 of ,plato1 the ,holy ,ghost of the ,egyptians1 and the ,astral ,light of the ,kabalists4 ,m4 ,michelet1 however1 regards the ,grecian ,herakles as a different character1 the adversary of the ,bacchic revellings and their attendant human sacrifices4 #bce ,plato3 8,ion0 7,burgess71 vol4 iv41 p4 #bid4 #bcf 8,attic40 i41 xiv4 #bcg ,plato3 8,theages40 ,cicero renders this word 1 quiddam divinum1 a divine something1 not anything personal4 #bch 8,cratylus10 p4 #gi4 #bci 8,arnobius10 vi41 xii4 #bdj ,as we will show in subsequent chapters1 the sun was not considered by the ancients as the direct cause of the light and heat1 but only as an agent of the former1 through which the light passes on its way to our sphere4 ,thus it was always called by the ,egyptians 8the eye of ,osiris10 who was himself the ,logos1 the ,first-begotten1 or light made manifest to the world1 8which is the mind and divine intellect of the ,concealed40 ,it is only that light of which we are cognizant that is the ,demiurge1 the creator of our planet and everything pertaining to it2 with the invisible and unknown universes disseminated through space1 none of the sun-gods had anything to do4 ,the idea is expressed very clearly in the 8,books of ,hermes40 #bda 8,orphic ,hymn10 xii42 ,hermann2 ,dunlap3 8,musah1 ,his ,mysteries10 p4 #ia4 #bdb ,movers1 #ebe4 ,dunlap3 8,mysteries of ,adonis10 #id4 #bdc ,preller3 ii41 #aec4 ,this is evidently the origin of the ,christian dogma of ,christ descending into hell and overcoming ,satan4 #bdd ,this important fact accounts admirably for the gross polytheism of the masses1 and the refined1 highly-philosophical conception of one ,god1 which was taught only in sanctuaries of the 8pagan0 temples4 #bde ,anthon3 8,cabeiria40 #bdf ,plato3 8,phdrus10 ,cary's translation4 #bdg ,john xx4 #bb4 #bdh 8,heathen ,religion10 #ajd4 #bdi ,alkahest1 a word first used by ,paracelsus1 to denote the menstruum or universal solvent1 that is capable of reducing all things4 #bej ,josephus3 8,antiquities10 vol4 viii41 c4 #b1 #e4 #bea 8,the ,land of ,charity10 p4 #baj4 #beb ,the claims of certain 8adepts10 which do not agree with those of the students of the purely ,jewish ,kabala1 and show that the 8secret doctrine0 has originated in ,india1 from whence it was brought to ,chaldea1 passing subsequently into the hands of the ,hebrew 8,tanam10 are singularly corroborated by the researches of the ,christian missionaries4 ,these pious and learned travellers have inadvertently come to our help4 ,dr4 ,caldwell1 in his 8,comparative ,grammar of the ,dravidian ,languages10 p4 #ff1 and ,dr4 ,mateer1 in the 8,land of ,charity10 p4 #hc1 fully support our assertions that the 8wise0 ,king ,solomon got all his kabalistic lore from ,india1 as the above-given magical figure well shows4 ,the former missionary is desirous to prove that very old and huge specimens of the baobab-tree1 which is not1 as it appears1 indigenous to ,india1 but belongs to the ,african soil1 and 8found only at several ancient sites of foreign commerce 7at ,travancore71 may1 for aught we know10 he adds1 8have been introduced into ,india1 and planted by the servants of ,king ,solomon40 ,the other proof is still more conclusive4 ,says ,dr4 ,mateer1 in his chapter on the ,natural ,history of ,travancore3 8,there is a curious fact connected with the name of this bird 7the peacock7 which throws some light upon ,scripture history4 ,king ,solomon sent his navy to ,tarshish 7#a ,kings1 x4 #bb71 which returned once in three years1 bringing #8gold and silver1 ivory and apes1 and peacocks4' ,now the word used in the ,hebrew ,bible for peacock is #8tukki1' and as the ,jews had1 of course1 no word for these fine birds till they were first imported into ,judea by ,king ,solomon1 there is no doubt that #8tukki' is simply the old ,tamil word #8toki1' the name of the peacock4 ,the ape or monkey also is1 in ,hebrew1 called #8koph1' the ,indian word for which is #8kaphi4' ,ivory1 we have seen1 is abundant in ,south ,india1 and gold is widely distributed in the rivers of the western coast4 ,hence the #8,tarshish' referred to was doubtless the western coast of ,india1 and ,solomon's ships were ancient #8,east ,indiamen4'0 ,and hence also we may add1 besides 8the gold and silver1 and apes and peacocks10 ,king ,solomon and his friend ,hiram1 of masonic renown1 got their 8magic0 and 8wisdom0 from ,india4 #bec ,cooke3 8,new ,chemistry10 p4 #bb4 #bed ,eliphas ,levi3 8,dogme et ,rituel de la ,haute ,magie40 #bee ,plato hints at a ceremony used in the ,mysteries1 during the performance of which the neophyte was taught that men are in this life in a kind of prison1 and taught how to escape from it temporarily4 ,as usual1 the too-learned translators disfigured this passage1 partially because they could not understand it1 and partially because they would not4 ,see ,phdo #af1 and commentaries on it by ,henry ,more1 the well-known ,mystic philosopher and ,platonist4 #bef ,the akasa is a ,sanscrit word which means sky1 but it also designates the imponderable and intangible life-principle--the astral and celestial lights combined together1 and which two form the anima mundi1 and constitute the soul and spirit of man2 the celestial light forming his 1 1 or divine spirit1 and the other his soul or astral spirit4 ,the grosser particles of the latter enter into the fabrication of his outward form--the body4 ,akasa is the mysterious fluid termed by scholastic science1 8the all-pervading ether20 it enters into all the magical operations of nature1 and produces mesmeric1 magnetic1 and spiritual phenomena4 ,as1 in ,syria1 ,palestine1 and ,india1 meant the sky1 life1 and the sun at the same time2 the sun being considered by the ancient sages as the great magnetic well of our universe4 ,the softened pronunciation of this word was ,ah--says ,dunlap1 for 8the s continually softens to h from ,greece to ,calcutta40 ,ah is ,iah1 ,ao1 and ,iao4 ,god tells ,moses that his name is 8,i am0 7,ahiah71 a reduplication of ,ah or ,iah4 ,the word 8,as0 ,ah1 or ,iah means life1 existence1 and is evidently the root of the word akasa1 which in ,hindustan is pronounced ahasa1 the life-principle1 or ,divine life-giving fluid or medium4 ,it is the ,hebrew ruah1 and means the 8wind10 the breath1 the air in motion1 or 8moving spirit10 according to ,parkhurst's ,lexicon2 and is identical with the spirit of ,god moving on the face of the waters4 #beg ,bear in mind that ,kavindasami made ,jacolliot swear that he would neither approach nor touch him during the time he was entranced4 ,the least contact with matter would have paralyzed the action of the freed spirit1 which1 if we are permitted to use such an unpoetical comparison1 would re-enter its dwelling like a frightened snail1 drawing in its horns at the approach of any foreign substance4 ,in some cases such a brusque interruption and oozing back of the spirit 7sometimes it may suddenly and altogether break the delicate thread connecting it with the body7 kills the entranced subject4 ,see the several works of ,baron du ,potet and ,puysegur on this question4 #beh 8,la ,magie ,devoile10 p4 #adg4 #bei 8,magie au ,x,i,xme ,sicle10 p4 #bfh4 #bfj ,ibid4 #bfa ,brierre de ,boismont3 8,des ,hallucinations1 ou ,histoire raisonne des apparitions1 des songes1 des visions1 de l'extase du ,magnetisme10 #ahde1 p4 #cja 7,french edition74 ,see also ,fairfield3 8,ten ,years ,among the ,mediums40 #bfb ,cabanis1 seventh memoir3 8,de l',influence des ,maladies sur la ,formation des ,ides10 etc4 ,a respected ,n4 ,y4 legislator has this faculty4 #bfc ,irenus3 ,book iii41 chap4 ii41 sec4 #h4 #bfd ,the cow is the symbol of prolific generation and of intellectual nature4 ,she was sacred to ,isis in ,egypt2 to ,christna1 in ,india1 and to an infinity of other gods and goddesses personifying the various productive powers of nature4 ,the cow was held1 in short1 as the impersonation of the ,great ,mother of all beings1 both of the mortals and of the gods1 of physical and spiritual generation of things4 #bfe ,in ,genesis the river of ,eden was parted1 8and became into four heads0 7,gen4 ii4 #e74 #bff ,genesis iii4 #ba4 #bfg ,this is claimed to be one of the missing books of the sacred ,canon of the ,jews1 and is referred to in ,joshua and ,,ii4 ,samuel4 ,it was discovered by ,sidras1 an officer of ,titus1 during the sack of ,jerusalem1 and published in ,venice in the seventeenth century1 as alleged in its preface by the ,consistory of ,rabbins1 but the ,american edition1 as well as the ,english1 is reputed by the modern ,rabbis1 to be a forgery of the twelfth century4 #bfh ,see ,godfrey ,higgins3 8,anacalypsis10 quoting ,faber4 #bfi ,see ,cory's 8,ancient ,fragments40 ,,berosus4 #bgj ,we refer the reader for further particulars to the 8,prose ,edda0 in ,mallett's 8,northern ,antiquities40 #bga ,it is worthy of attention that in the ,mexican 8,popol-,vuh0 the human race is created out of a reed1 and in ,hesiod out of the ash-tree1 as in the ,scandinavian narrative4 #bgb ,see ,kanne's 8,pantheum der ltesten ,philosophie40 #bgc 8,origin of ,species10 p4 #dhd4 #bgd ,ibid4 ,which latter word we cannot accept unless that 8primordial form0 is conceded to be the primal concrete form that spirit assumed as the revealed ,deity4 #bge ,ibid41 p4 #dhh4 #bgf ,lecture by ,t4 ,h4 ,huxley1 ,f4 ,r4 ,s43 8,darwin and ,haeckel40 #bgg 8,migration of ,abraham10 #cb4 #bgh ,cory3 8,ancient ,fragments40 #bgi 8,origin of ,species10 pp4 #ddh1 #dhi1 first edition4 #bhj ,huxley3 8,darwin and ,haeckel40 #bha ,mithras was regarded among the ,persians as the ,theos ek petros--god of the rock4 #bhb ,bordj is called a fire-mountain--a volcano2 therefore it contains fire1 rock1 earth1 and water--the male and active1 and the female or passive elements4 ,the myth is suggestive4 #bhc ,virgil3 8,georgica10 book ii4 #bhd ,porphyry and other philosophers explain the nature of the dwellers4 ,they are mischievous and deceitful1 though some of them are perfectly gentle and harmless1 but so weak as to have the greatest difficulty in communicating with mortals whose company they seek incessantly4 ,the former are not wicked through intelligent malice4 ,the law of spiritual evolution not having yet developed their instinct into intelligence1 whose highest light belongs but to immortal spirits1 their powers of reasoning are in a latent state and1 therefore1 they themselves1 irresponsible4 ,but the ,latin ,church contradicts the ,kabalists4 ,st4 ,augustine has even a discussion on that account with ,porphyry1 the ,neo-platonist4 8,these spirits10 he says1 8are deceitful1 not by their nature1 as ,porphyry1 the theurgist1 will have it1 but through malice4 ,they pass themselves off for gods and for the souls of the defunct0 78,civit4 ,dei10 book x41 ch4 #b74 ,so far ,porphyry agrees with him2 8but they do not claim to be demons read devils1 for they are such in reality60 adds the bishop of ,hippo4 ,but then1 under what class should we place the men without heads1 whom ,augustine wishes us to believe he saw himself8 or the satyrs of ,st4 ,jerome1 which he asserts were exhibited for a considerable length of time at ,alexandria8 ,they were1 he tells us1 8men with the legs and tails of goats20 and1 if we may believe him1 one of these ,satyrs was actually pickled and sent in a cask to the ,emperor ,constantine6 #bhe 8,tria capita exsculpta sunt1 una intra alterum1 et alterum supra alterum0 7,sohar2 8,idra ,suta10 sectio vii47 #bhf ,gentle gale 7lit47 #bhg ,higgins3 8,anacalypsis20 also 8,dupruis40 #bhh ,mallett3 8,northern ,antiquities10 pp4 #dja-djf1 and 8,the ,songs of a ,vluspa0 ,edda4 #bhi ,from a ,london ,spiritualist ,journal4 #bij ,hemmann3 8,medico-,surgical ,essays10 ,berl41 #aggh4 #bia ,robert ,fludd3 8,treatise ,,iii40 #bib ,prof4 ,j4 ,p4 ,cooke3 8,new ,chemistry40 #bic ,in the 8,bulletin de l',academie de ,medecine10 ,paris1 #ahcg1 vol4 i41 p4 #cdc et seq41 may be found the report of ,dr4 ,oudet1 who1 to ascertain the state of insensibility of a lady in a magnetic sleep1 pricked her with pins1 introducing a long pin in the flesh up to its head1 and held one of her fingers for some seconds in the flame of a candle4 ,a cancer was extracted from the right breast of a ,madame ,plaintain4 ,the operation lasted twelve minutes2 during the whole time the patient talked very quietly with her mesmerizer1 and never felt the slightest sensation 78,bul4 de l',acad4 de ,med410 ,tom4 ii41 p4 #cgj74 #bid ,prophecy1 ,ancient and ,modern1 by ,a4 ,wilder3 8,phrenological ,journal40 #bie ,the theory that the sun is an incandescent globe is--as one of the magazines recently expressed it--8going out of fashion40 ,it has been computed that if the sun--whose mass and diameter is known to us--8were a solid block of coal1 and sufficient amount of oxygen could be supplied to burn at the rate necessary to produce the effects we see1 it would be completely consumed in less than #e1jjj years40 ,and yet1 till comparatively a few weeks ago1 it was maintained--nay1 is still maintained1 that the sun is a reservoir of vaporized metals6 #bif ,see ,youmans3 8,chemistry on the ,basis of the ,new ,system--,spectrum ,analysis40 #big ,professor of ,physics in the ,stevens ,institute of ,technology4 ,see his 8,the ,earth a ,great ,magnet18a lecture delivered before the ,yale ,scientific ,club1 #ahgb4 ,see1 also1 ,prof4 ,balfour ,stewart's lecture on 8,the ,sun and the ,earth40 #bih 8,de ,magnetica ,vulner ,curatione10 p4 #gbb1 l4 c4 #bii ,see 8,on the ,influence of the ,blue ,ray40 #cjj ,ennemoser3 8,history of ,magic40 #cja 8,du ,magnetisme ,animal1 en ,france40 ,paris1 #ahbf4 #cjb 8,the ,conservation of ,energy40 ,n4 ,y41 #ahge4 #cjc 8,fundamental ,principles of ,natural ,philosophy40 #cjd 8,simpl4 in ,phys410 #adc2 8,the ,chaldean ,oracles10 ,cory4 #cje ,draper3 8,conflict between ,religion and ,science40 #cjf ,j4 ,r4 ,buchanan1 ,m4,d43 8,outlines of ,lectures on the ,neurological ,system of ,anthropology40 #cjg ,w4 and ,elizabeth ,m4 ,f4 ,denton3 8,the ,soul of ,things2 or ,psychometric ,researches and ,discoveries40 ,boston1 #ahgc4 #cjh 8,religion of ,geology40 #cji 8,principles of ,science10 vol4 ii41 p4 #dee4 #caj ,j4 ,w4 ,draper3 8,conflict between ,religion and ,science10 pp4 #acb1 #acc4 #caa 8,unseen ,universe10 p4 #aei4 #cab ,f4 ,r4 ,marvin3 8,lecture on ,mediomania40 #cac 8,unseen ,universe10 p4 #hd1 et seq4 #cad ,ibid41 p4 #hi4 #cae ,behold6 great scientists of the nineteenth century1 corroborating the wisdom of the ,scandinavian fable1 cited in the preceding chapter4 ,several thousand years ago1 the idea of a bridge between the visible and the invisible universes was allegorized by ignorant 8heathen10 in the 8,edda-,song of ,vluspa10 8,the ,vision of ,vala1 the ,seeress40 ,for what is this bridge of ,bifrost1 the radiant rainbow1 which leads the gods to their rendezvous1 near the ,urdar-fountain1 but the same idea as that which is offered to the thoughtful student by the authors of the 8,unseen ,universe80 #caf 8,l',ami des ,sciences10 ,march #b1 #ahef1 p4 #fg4 #cag ,cooke3 8,new ,chemistry10 p4 #aac4 #cah ,ibid41 pp4 #aaj-aaa4 #cai ,ibid41 p4 #ajf4 #cbj 8,de ,secretis ,adeptorum40 ,werdenfelt2 ,philalethes2 ,van ,helmont2 ,paracelsus4 #cba ,youmans3 8,chemistry10 p4 #afi2 and ,w4 ,b4 ,kemshead1 ,f4 ,r4 ,a4 ,s43 8,inorganic ,chemistry40 #cbb 8,origin of ,metalliferous ,deposits40 #cbc ,john ,bumpus3 8,alchemy and the ,alkahest10 #he1 ,j4 ,s4 ,f41 edition of #ahbj4 #cbd ,see ,boyle's works4 #cbe ,deleuze3 8,de l',opinion de ,van ,helmont sur la ,cause1 la ,nature et les ,effets du ,magnetisme40 ,anim4 ,vol4 i41 p4 #de1 and vol4 ii41 p4 #aih4 #cbf ,a4 ,r4 ,wallace3 8,an ,answer to the ,arguments of ,hume1 ,lecky1 etc41 against ,miracles40 #cbg ,,crookes3 8,researches1 etc410 p4 #if4 #cbh ,lucian3 8,pharsalia10 ,book v4 #cbi 8,de ,divinatio10 ,book i41 chap4 #c4 #ccj 8,de ,occulta ,philosoph410 p4 #cee4 #cca ,plato3 8,timus10 vol4 ii41 p4 #efc4 #ccb ,crookes3 8,researches1 etc410 p4 #aja4 #ccc ,ibid41 p4 #aja4 #ccd ,crookes3 8,researches1 etc410 p4 #hc4 #cce ,in #ahed1 ,m4 ,foucault1 an eminent physician and a member of the ,french ,institute1 one of the opponents of de ,gasparin1 rejecting the mere possibility of any such manifestations1 wrote the following memorable words3 8,that day1 when ,i should succeed in moving a straw under the action of my will only1 ,i would feel terrified60 ,the word is ominous4 ,about the same year1 ,babinet1 the astronomer1 repeated in his article in the 8,revue des ,deux ,mondes10 the following sentence to exhaustion3 8,the levitation of a body without contact is as impossible as the perpetual motion1 because on the day it would be done1 the world would crumble down40 ,luckily1 we see no sign as yet of such a cataclysm2 yet bodies are levitated4 #ccf 8,researches1 etc410 p4 #ia4 #ccg ,ibid41 pp4 #hf-ig4 #cch ,ibid41 p4 #id4 #cci ,ibid41 p4 #ie4 #cdj ,ibid41 p4 #id4 #cda 8,antidote10 lib4 i41 cap4 #d4 #cdb 8,letter to ,glanvil1 the author of #8,sadducismus ,triumphatus1' ,may #be1 #afgh40 #cdc 8,history of ,magic10 vol4 ii41 p4 #bgb4 #cdd 8,apologie pour tous les grands personnages faussement accuss de magie40 #cde ,berlin1 #ahag4 #cdf 8,nova ,medicina ,spirituum10 #afge4 #cdg 8,history of ,magic40 #cdh ,it would be a useless and too long labor to enter here upon the defence of ,kepler's theory of relation between the five regular solids of geometry and the magnitudes of the orbits of five principal planets1 rather derided by ,prof4 ,draper in his 8,conflict40 ,many are the theories of the ancients that have been avenged by modern discovery4 ,for the rest1 we must bide our time4 #cdi 8,magia ,naturalis10 ,lugduni1 #aefi4 #cej ,athanasis ,kircher3 8,magnes sive de arte magnetici1 opus tripartitum40 ,coloni1 #afed4 #cea ,lib4 iii41 p4 #fdc4 #ceb 8,notes from a ,new ,historical ,relation of the ,kingdom of ,siam10 by de la ,loubre1 ,french ,ambassador to ,siam in the years #afhg-h4 ,edition of #afib4 #cec ,baptist ,van ,helmont3 8,opera ,omnia10 #afhb1 p4 #gbj1 and others4 #ced ,de la ,loubre3 8,notes10 etc4 7see ante71 p4 #aae4 #cee ,ibid41 p4 #abj4 #cef ,ibid41 p4 #fc4 #ceg ,see his 8,conf410 xiii41 l4 c4 in prfatione4 #ceh #a ,samuel1 xvi4 #ad-bc4 #cei 8,aphorisms10 #bb4 #cfj ,ibid41 p4 #fi4 #cfa ,ibid41 p4 #gj4 #cfb 8,philosophie des ,sciences ,occultes40 #cfc #a ,kings1 i4 #a-d1 #ae4 #cfd ,josephus3 8,antiquities10 viii4 #b4 #cfe 8,the ,diakka and their ,victims2 an ,explanation of the ,false and ,repulsive in ,spiritualism40 #cff ,see ,chapter on the human spirits becoming the denizens of the eighth sphere1 whose end is generally the annihilation of personal individuality4 #cfg ,porphyry3 8,on the ,good and ,bad ,demons40 #cfh 8,de ,mysteriis ,egyptorum10 lib4 iii41 c4 #e4 #cfi ,epes ,sargent3 8,proof ,palpable of ,immortality10 p4 #de4 #cgj ,see ,matthew xxiv4 #bf4 #cga ,see ,wallace1 8,miracles and ,modern ,spiritualism10 and ,w4 ,howitt1 8,history of the ,supernatural10 vol4 ii4 #cgb ,see ,wallace's paper read before the ,dialectical ,society1 in #ahga3 8,answer to ,hume1 etc40 #cgc 80 7,bailey's71 second edition4 #cgd ,see ,art4 on 8throbacy40 #cge ,psalm cv4 #bc4 8,the ,land of ,ham10 or chem1 ,greek 1 whence the terms alchemy and chemistry4 #cgf 8dipi gyptiaci ,theatrum ,hieroglyphicum10 p4 #edd4 #cgg 8,lib4 de ,defectu ,oraculorum48 #cgh ,lib4 i41 ,class #c1 ,cap4 ult4 #cgi ,the details of this story may be found in the work of ,erasmus ,franciscus1 who quotes from ,pflaumerus1 ,pancirollus1 and many others4 #chj 0,sulphur4 ,alum ust4 a iv42 sublime them into flowers to ij41 of which add of crystalline ,venetian borax 7powdered7 j42 upon these affuse high rectified spirit of wine and digest it1 then abstract it and pour on fresh2 repeat this so often till the sulphur melts like wax without any smoke1 upon a hot plate of brass3 this is for the pabulum1 but the wick is to be prepared after this manner3 gather the threads or thrums of the ,lapis asbestos1 to the thickness of your middle and the length of your little finger1 then put them into a ,venetian glass1 and covering them over with the aforesaid depurated sulphur or aliment1 set the glass in sand for the space of twenty-four hours1 so hot that the sulphur may bubble all the while4 ,the wick being thus besmeared and anointed1 is to be put into a glass like a scallop-shell1 in such manner that some part of it may lie above the mass of prepared sulphur2 then setting this glass upon hot sand1 you must melt the sulphur1 so that it may lay hold of the wick1 and when it is lighted1 it will burn with a perpetual flame and you may set this lamp in any place where you please40 ,the other is as follows3 8 ,salis tosti1 lb4 j42 affuse over it strong wine vinegar1 and abstract it to the consistency of oil2 then put on fresh vinegar and macerate and distill it as before4 ,repeat this four times successively1 then put into this vinegar vitr4 antimonii subtilis lvigat1 lb4 j42 set it on ashes in a close vessel for the space of six hours1 to extract its tincture1 decant the liquor1 and put on fresh1 and then extract it again2 this repeat so often till you have got out all the redness4 ,coagulate your extractions to the consistency of oil1 and then rectify them in ,balneo ,mari 7bain ,marie74 ,then take the antimony1 from which the tincture was extracted1 and reduce it to a very fine meal1 and so put it into a glass bolthead2 pour upon it the rectified oil1 which abstract and cohobate seven times1 till such time as the powder has imbibed all the oil1 and is quite dry4 ,this extract again with spirit of wine1 so often1 till all the essence be got out of it1 which put into a ,venice matrass1 well luted with paper five-fold1 and then distill it so that the spirit being drawn off1 there may remain at the bottom an inconsumable oil1 to be used with a wick after the same manner with the sulphur we have described before40 8,these are the eternal lights of ,tritenheimus10 says ,libavius1 his commentator1 8which indeed1 though they do not agree with the pertinacy of naphtha1 yet these things can illustrate one another4 ,naphtha is not so durable as not to be burned1 for it exhales and deflagrates1 but if it be fixed by adding the juice of the ,lapis asbestinos it can afford perpetual fuel10 says this learned person4 ,we may add that we have ourselves seen a lamp so prepared1 and we are told that since it was first lighted on ,may #b1 #ahga1 it has not gone out4 ,as we know the person who is making the experiment incapable to deceive any one1 being himself an ardent experimenter in hermetic secrets1 we have no reason to doubt his assertion4 #cha 8,commentary upon ,st4 ,augustine's #8,treatise de ,civitate ,dei4'0 #chb ,the author of 8,de ,rebus ,cypriis10 #aeff ,a4,d4 #chc 8,book of ,ancient ,funerals40 #chd 8,comment4 on the #ggth ,epigram of the ,i,xth ,book of ,martial40 #che 8,de ,defectu ,oraculorum40 #chf 8,vulgar ,errors10 p4 #abd4 #chg 8,london ,dialectical ,society's ,report on ,spiritualism10 p4 #bbi4 #chh ,ibid41 p4 #bcj4 #chi ,ibid41 p4 #bfe4 #cij ,ibid41 p4 #bff4 #cia ,draper3 8,conflict between ,religion and ,science10 p4 #aba4 #cib ,milton3 8,paradise ,lost40 #cic ,see ,ennemoser3 8,history of ,magic10 vol4 ii41 and ,schweigger3 8,introduction to ,mythology through ,natural ,history40 #cid 8,history of ,magic10 vol4 ii4 #cie ,b4 ,jowett1 ,m4 ,a43 8,the ,dialogues of ,plato10 vol4 ii41 p4 #ejh4 #cif 8,conflict between ,religion and ,science10 p4 #bdj4 #cig 8,plutarch10 translated by ,langhorne4 #cih ,some kabalistic scholars assert that the ,greek original ,pythagoric sentences of ,sextus1 which are now said to be lost1 existed still1 in a convent at ,florence1 at that time1 and that ,galileo was acquainted with these writings4 ,they add1 moreover1 that a treatise on astronomy1 a manuscript by ,archytas1 a direct disciple of ,pythagoras1 in which were noted all the most important doctrines of their school1 was in the possession of ,galileo4 ,had some ,ruffinas got hold of it1 he would no doubt have perverted it1 as ,presbyter ,ruffinas has perverted the above-mentioned sentences of ,sextus1 replacing them with a fraudulent version1 the authorship of which he sought to ascribe to a certain ,bishop ,sextus4 ,see ,taylor's ,introduction to ,iamblichus' 8,life of ,pythagoras10 p4 xvii4 #cii ,jowett3 ,introduction to the 8,timus10 vol4 ii41 p4 #ejh4 #djj ,ibid4 #dja 8,conflict between ,religion and ,science10 p4 #ad4 #djb 8,conflict between ,religion and ,science10 p4 #caa4 #djc 8,egypt's ,place in ,universal ,history10 vol4 v41 p4 #hh4 #djd ,w4 ,r4 ,grove3 8,preface to the ,correlation of ,physical ,forces40 #dje 8,timus10 p4 #bb4 #djf ,beginning with ,godfrey ,higgins and ending with ,max ,mller1 every archologist and philologist who has fairly and seriously studied the old religions1 has perceived that taken literally they could only lead them on a false track4 ,dr4 ,lardner disfigured and misrepresented the old doctrines--whether unwittingly or otherwise--in the grossest manner4 ,the pravritti1 or the existence of nature when alive1 in activity1 and the nirvritti1 or the rest1 the state of non-living1 is the ,buddhistic esoteric doctrine4 ,the 8pure nothing10 or non-existence1 if translated according to the esoteric sense1 would mean the 8pure spirit10 the ,,nameless or something our intellect is unable to grasp1 hence nothing4 ,but we will speak of it further4 #djg ,this is the exact opposite of the modern theory of evolution4 #djh ,ficinus3 ,see 8,excerpta0 and 8,dissertation on ,magic20 ,taylor3 8,plato10 vol4 i41 p4 #fc4 #dji 8,modern ,american ,spiritualism10 p4 #aai4 #daj ,the full and correct name of this learned ,society is--8,the ,american ,association for the ,advancement of ,science40 ,it is1 however1 often called for brevity's sake1 8,the ,american ,scientific ,association40 #daa ,see ,taylor's translation of 8,select ,works of ,plotinus10 p4 #eec1 etc4 #dab ,iamblichus3 8,de ,vita ,pythag410 additional notes 7,taylor74 #dac 8,the ,national ,quarterly ,review10 ,dec41 #ahge4 #dad ,ibid41 p4 #id4 #dae 8,force and ,matter10 p4 #aea4 #daf ,burnouf3 8,introduction10 p4 #aah4 #dag 8,the ,national ,quarterly ,review10 ,dec41 #ahge1 p4 #if4 #dah 8,de ,anima10 lib4 i41 cap4 #c4 #dai ,de ,maistre3 8,soires de ,st4 ,petersburg40 #dbj ,we need not go so far back as that to assure ourselves that many great men believed the same4 ,kepler1 the eminent astronomer1 fully credited the idea that the stars and all heavenly bodies1 even our earth1 are endowed with living and thinking souls4 #dba ,we are not aware that a copy of this ancient work is embraced in the catalogue of any ,european library2 but it is one of the 8,books of ,hermes10 and it is referred to and quotations are made from it in the works of a number of ancient and medival philosophical authors4 ,among these authorities are ,arnoldo di ,villanova's 8,rosarium philosoph420 ,francesco ,arnolphim's 8,lucensis opus de lapide10 ,hermes ,trismegistus' 8,tractatus de transmutatione metallorum10 8,tabula smaragdina10 and above all in the treatise of ,raymond ,lulli1 8,ab angelis opus divinum de quinta essentia40 #dbb ,quicksilver4 #dbc 8,hermes10 iv4 #f4 ,spirit here denotes the ,deity--,pneuma1 4 #dbd 8,magia ,adamica10 p4 #aa4 #dbe ,the ignorance of the ancients of the earth's sphericity is assumed without warrant4 ,what proof have we of the fact8 ,it was only the literati who exhibited such an ignorance4 ,even so early as the time of ,pythagoras1 the ,pagans taught it1 ,plutarch testifies to it1 and ,socrates died for it4 ,besides1 as we have stated repeatedly1 all knowledge was concentrated in the sanctuaries of the temples from whence it very rarely spread itself among the uninitiated4 ,if the sages and priests of the remotest antiquity were not aware of this astronomical truth1 how is it that they represented ,kneph1 the spirit of the first hour1 with an egg placed on his lips1 the egg signifying our globe1 to which he imparts life by his breath4 ,moreover1 if1 owing to the difficulty of consulting the ,chaldean 8,book of ,numbers10 our critics should demand the citation of other authorities1 we can refer them to ,diogenes ,laertius1 who credits ,manetho with having taught that the earth was in the shape of a ball4 ,besides1 the same author1 quoting most probably from the 8,compendium of ,natural ,philosophy10 gives the following statements of the ,egyptian doctrine3 8,the beginning is matter 1 and from it the four elements separated4444 ,the true form of ,god is unknown2 but the world had a beginning and is therefore perishable4444 ,the moon is eclipsed when it crosses the shadow of the earth0 7,diogenes ,laertius3 8,proin10 #aj1 #aa74 ,besides1 ,pythagoras is credited with having taught that the earth was round1 that it rotated1 and was but a planet like any other of these celestial bodies4 7,see ,fenelon's 8,lives of the ,philosophers407 ,in the latest of ,plato's translations 78,the ,dialogues of ,plato10 by ,professor ,jowett71 the author1 in his introduction to 8,timus10 notwithstanding 8an unfortunate doubt0 which arises in consequence of the word capable of being translated either 8circling0 or 8compacted10 feels inclined to credit ,plato with having been familiar with the rotation of the earth4 ,plato's doctrine is expressed in the following words3 8,the earth which is our nurse 7compacted or7 circling around the pole which is extended through the universe40 ,but if we are to believe ,proclus and ,simplicius1 ,aristotle understood this word in 8,timus0 8to mean circling or revolving0 7,de ,clo71 and ,mr4 ,jowett himself further admits that 8,aristotle attributed to ,plato the doctrine of the rotation of the earth40 7,see vol4 ii4 of 8,dial4 of ,plato40 ,introduction to 8,timus10 pp4 #eja-b47 ,it would have been extraordinary1 to say the least1 that ,plato1 who was such an admirer of ,pythagoras and who certainly must have had1 as an initiate1 access to the most secret doctrines of the great ,samian1 should be ignorant of such an elementary astronomical truth4 #dbf 8,wisdom of ,solomon10 xi4 #ag4 #dbg ,eugenius ,philalethes3 8,magia ,adamica40 #dbh ,hargrave ,jennings3 8,the ,rosicrucians40 #dbi 8,timus40 #dcj 8,our ,place among ,infinities10 p4 #cac4 #dca ,ibid4 #dcb ,ibid41 p4 #cad4 #dcc ,the library of a relative of the writer contains a copy of a ,french edition of this unique work4 ,the prophecies are given in the old ,french language1 and are very difficult for the student of modern ,french to decipher4 ,we give1 therefore1 an ,english version1 which is said to be taken from a book in the possession of a gentleman in ,somersetshire1 ,england4 #dcd ,see ,rawlinson1 vol4 xvii41 pp4 #cj-cb1 ,revised edition4 #dce ,jowett3 ,introduction to 8,timus10 8,dial4 of ,plato10 vol4 i41 p4 #eji4 #dcf ,n4 ,b4--,he lived in the first century ,b4 ,c4 #dcg ,stobus3 8,eclogues40 #dch ,kieser3 8,archiv410 vol4 iv41 p4 #fb4 ,in fact1 many of the old symbols were mere puns on names4 #dci ,see 8,rig-,vedas10 the ,aitareya-,brahmanan4 #ddj ,brahma is also called by the ,hindu ,brahmans ,hiranyagarbha or the unit soul1 while ,amrita is the supreme soul1 the first cause which emanated from itself the creative ,brahma4 #dda ,marbod3 8,liber lapid4 ed ,beekmann40 #ddb 8,the ,sun and the ,earth10 ,lecture by ,prof4 ,balfour ,stewart4 #ddc 8,la ,loi ,naturelle10 par ,volney4 #ddd 8,diction4 ,philosophique10 ,art4 8,philosophie40 #dde 8,boston ,lecture10 ,december1 #ahge4 #ddf ,weber3 8,ind4 ,stud410 i4 #bij4 #ddg ,wilson3 8,rig-,veda ,sanhita10 ii4 #adc4 #ddh 8,duncker10 vol4 ii41 p4 #afb4 #ddi 8,wultke10 ii4 #bfb4 #dej ,daniel vii4 #i1 #aj4 #dea ,book of ,enoch1 xiv4 #g1 ff4 #deb ,this proposition1 which will be branded as preposterous1 but which we are ready to show1 on the authority of ,plato 7see ,jowett's ,introd4 to 8the ,timus20 last page71 as a ,pythagorean doctrine1 together with that other of the sun being but the lens through which the light passes1 is strangely corroborated at the present day1 by the observations of ,general ,pleasonton of ,philadelphia4 ,this experimentalist boldly comes out as a revolutionist of modern science1 and calls ,newton's centripetal and centrifugal forces1 and the law of gravitation1 8fallacies40 ,he fearlessly maintains his ground against the ,tyndalls and ,huxleys of the day4 ,we are glad to find such a learned defender of one of the oldest 7and hitherto treated as the most absurd7 of hermetic hallucinations 787 7,see ,general ,pleasonton's book1 8,the ,influence of the ,blue ,ray of the ,sunlight1 and of the ,blue ,color of the ,sky1 in developing ,animal and ,vegetable ,life10 addressed to the ,philadelphia ,society for ,promoting ,agriculture47 #dec ,in no country were the true esoteric doctrines trusted to writing4 ,the ,hindu ,brahma ,maia1 was passed from one generation to another by oral tradition4 ,the ,kabala was never written2 and ,moses intrusted it orally but to his elect4 ,the primitive pure ,oriental gnosticism was completely corrupted and degraded by the different subsequent sects4 ,philo1 in the 8de ,sacrificiis ,abeli et ,caini10 states that there is a mystery not to be revealed to the uninitiated4 ,plato is silent on many things1 and his disciples refer to this fact constantly4 ,any one who has studied1 even superficially1 these philosophers1 on reading the institutes of ,manu1 will clearly perceive that they all drew from the same source4 8,this universe10 says ,manu1 8existed only in the first divine idea1 yet unexpanded1 as if involved in darkness1 imperceptible1 indefinable1 undiscoverable by reason1 and undiscovered by revelation1 as if it were wholly immersed in sleep2 then the sole self-existing ,power himself undiscerned1 appeared with undiminished glory1 expanding his idea1 or dispelling the gloom40 ,thus speaks the first code of ,buddhism4 ,plato's idea is the ,will1 or ,logos1 the deity which manifests itself4 ,it is the ,eternal ,light from which proceeds1 as an emanation1 the visible and material light4 #ded ,it appears that in descending from ,mont ,blanc1 ,tyndall suffered severely from the heat1 though he was knee-deep in the snow at the time4 ,the ,professor attributed this to the burning rays of the sun1 but ,pleasonton maintains that if the rays of the sun had been so intense as described1 they would have melted the snow1 which they did not2 he concludes that the heat from which the ,professor suffered came from his own body1 and was due to the electrical action of sunlight upon his dark woolen clothes1 which had become electrified positively by the heat of his body4 ,the cold1 dry ether of planetary space and the upper atmosphere of the earth became negatively electrified1 and falling upon his warm body and clothes1 positively electrified1 evolved an increased heat 7see 8,the ,influence of the ,blue ,ray10 etc41 pp4 #ci1 #dj1 #da1 etc474 #dee ,the most curious of all 8curious coincidences10 to our mind is1 that our men of science should put aside facts1 striking enough to cause them to use such an expression when speaking of them1 instead of setting to work to give us a philosophical explanation of the same4 #def ,see ,charles ,elam1 ,m4,d43 8,a ,physician's ,problems10 ,london1 #ahfi1 p4 #aei4 #deg ,jowett3 8,timus40 #deh ,ibid4 #dei ,according to ,general ,pleasonton's theory of positive and negative electricity underlying every psychological1 physiological1 and cosmic phenomena1 the abuse of alcoholic stimulants transforms a man into a woman and vice versa1 by changing their electricities4 8,when this change in the condition of his electricity has occurred10 says the author1 8his attributes 7those of a drunkard7 become feminine2 he is irritable1 irrational1 excitable 444 becomes violent1 and if he meets his wife1 whose normal condition of electricity is like his present condition1 positive1 they repel each other1 become mutually abusive1 engage in conflict and deadly strife1 and the newspapers of the next day announce the verdict of the coroner's jury on the case4444 ,who would expect to find the discovery of the moving cause of all these terrible crimes in the perspiration of the criminal8 and yet science has shown that the metamorphoses of a man into a woman1 by changing the negative condition of his electricity into the positive electricity of the woman1 with all its attributes1 is disclosed by the character of his perspiration1 superinduced by the use of alcoholic stimulants0 78,the ,influence of the ,blue ,ray10 p #aai74 #dfj ,plato3 8,timus40 #dfa ,littr3 8,revue des ,deux ,mondes40 #dfb ,see des ,mousseaux's 8uvres des ,demons40 #dfc ,du ,potet3 8,magie ,devoile10 pp4 #ea-adg4 #dfd ,ibid41 p4 #bja4 #dfe ,baron ,du ,potet3 8,cours de ,magnetisme10 pp4 #ag-ajh4 #dff 8,de ,occulto ,philosophi10 pp4 #ccb-ceh4 #dfg ,cicero3 8,de ,natura ,deorum10 lib4 i41 cap4 xviii4 #dfh ,eliphas ,levi4 #dfi 8,timus40 ,such like expressions made ,professor ,jowett state in his ,introduction that ,plato taught the attraction of similar bodies to similar4 ,but such an assertion would amount to denying the great philosopher even a rudimentary knowledge of the laws of magnetic poles4 #dgj ,alfred ,marshall ,mayer1 ,ph4,d43 8,the ,earth a ,great ,magnet10 a lecture delivered before the ,yale ,scientific ,club1 ,feb4 #ad1 #ahgb4 #dga 8,strange ,story40 #dgb ,see ,taylor's 8,pausanias20 ,,ms4 8,treatise on ,dmons10 by ,psellus1 and the 8,treatise on the ,eleusinian and ,bacchic ,mysteries40 #dgc ,iamblichus3 8,de ,vita ,pythag40 #dgd 8,anacalypsis10 vol4 i41 p4 #hjg4 #dge ,iamblichus3 8,life of ,pythagoras10 p4 #big4 #dgf ,bulwer-,lytton3 8,zanoni40 #dgg ,cory3 8,phdrus10 i4 #cbh4 #dgh ,this assertion is clearly corroborated by ,plato himself1 who says3 8,you say that1 in my former discourse1 ,i have not sufficiently explained to you the nature of the ,first1 ,i purposely spoke enigmatically1 that in case the tablet should have happened with any accident1 either by land or sea1 a person1 without some previous knowledge of the subject1 might not be able to understand its contents0 78,plato10 ,ep4 ii41 p4 #cab2 ,cory3 8,ancient ,fragments074 #dgi 8,josephus against ,apion10 ii41 p4 #ajgi4 #dhj ,see chapter ix41 p4 #dha 8,illusion2 matter in its triple manifestation in the earthly1 and the astral or fontal soul1 or the body1 and the ,platonian dual soul1 the rational and the irrational one10 see next chapter4 #dhb 8,perfection of ,wisdom40 #dhc ,porphyry gives the credit to ,plotinus his master1 of having been united with 8,god0 six times during his life1 and complains of having attained to it but twice1 himself4 #dhd ,orpheus is said to have ascribed to the grand cycle #abj1jjj years of duration1 and ,cassandrus #acf1jjj4 ,see ,censorinus3 8de ,natal4 ,die20 8,chronological and ,astronomical ,fragments40 #dhe ,w4 and ,e4 ,denton2 8,the ,soul of ,things10 vol4 i4 #dhf ,see the 8,cosmogony of ,pherecydes40 #dhg ,see a few pages further on the quotation from the 8,codex of the ,nazarenes40 #dhh ,see ,plato's 8,timus40 #dhi ,on the authority of ,irenus1 ,justin ,martyr1 and the 8,codex0 itself1 ,dunlap shows that the ,nazarenes treated their 8spirit10 or rather soul1 as a female and ,evil ,power4 ,irenus1 accusing the ,gnostics of heresy1 calls ,christ and the ,holy ,ghost 8the gnostic pair that produce the ons0 7,dunlap3 8,sod1 the ,son of the ,man10 p4 #eb1 foot-note74 #dij ,fetahil was with the ,nazarenes the king of light1 and the ,creator2 but in this instance he is the unlucky ,prometheus1 who fails to get hold of the ,living ,fire1 necessary for the formation of the divine soul1 as he is ignorant of the secret name 7the ineffable or incommunicable name of the kabalists74 #dia ,the spirit of matter and concupiscence4 #dib ,see ,franck's 8,codex ,nazarus0 and ,dunlap's 8,sod1 the ,son of the ,man40 #dic 8,codex ,nazarus10 ii4 #bcc4 #did ,this ,mano of the ,nazarenes strangely resembles the ,hindu ,manu1 the heavenly man of the 8,rig-,vedas40 #die 8,i am the true vine and my ,father is the husbandman0 7,john xv4 #a74 #dif ,with the ,gnostics1 ,christ1 as well as ,michael1 who is identical in some respects with him1 was the 8,chief of the ons40 #dig 8,codex ,nazarus10 i4 #ace4 #dih ,ibid4 #dii 8,codex ,nazarus10 iii4 #fa4 #ejj ,the ,astral ,light1 or anima mundi1 is dual and bi-sexual4 ,the male part of it is purely divine and spiritual2 it is the ,wisdom2 while the female portion 7the spiritus of the ,nazarenes7 is tainted1 in one sense1 with matter1 and therefore is evil already4 ,it is the life-principle of every living creature1 and furnishes the astral soul1 the fluidic perisprit to men1 animals1 fowls of the air1 and everything living4 ,animals have only the germ of the highest immortal soul as a third principle4 ,it will develop but through a series of countless evolutions2 the doctrine of which evolution is contained in the kabalistic axiom3 8,a stone becomes a plant2 a plant a beast2 a beast a man2 a man a spirit2 and the spirit a god40 #eja ,see ,commentary on 8,idra ,suta10 by ,rabbi ,eleashar4 #ejb ,sod means a religious ,mystery4 ,cicero mentions the sod1 as constituting a portion of the ,idean ,mysteries4 8,the members of the ,priest-,colleges were called ,sodales10 says ,dunlap1 quoting ,freund's 8,latin ,lexicon10 iv4 #ddh4 #ejc ,the author of the 8,sohar10 the great kabalistic work of the first century ,b4,c4 #ejd ,see ,abb ,huc's works4 #eje 8,the ,sohar10 iii4 #bhh2 8,idra ,suta40 #ejf ,everard3 8,mystres ,physiologiques10 p4 #acb4 #ejg ,see ,plato's 8,timus40 #ejh 8,supernatural ,religion2 an ,inquiry into the ,reality of ,divine ,revelation10 vol4 ii4 ,london1 #ahge4 #eji ,see 8,heavenly ,arcana40 #eaj ,burges3 ,preface4 #eaa 8,seventh ,letter40 #eab 8,the ,true ,christian ,religion40 #eac ,e4 ,a4 ,hitchcock3 8,swedenborg1 a ,hermetic ,philosopher40 #ead 8,ripley ,revived10 #afgh4 #eae 8,mosaicall ,philosophy10 p4 #agc4 #afei4 #eaf 8,correlation of ,vital with ,chemical and ,physical ,forces10 by ,j4 ,le ,conte4 #eag 8,archives des ,sciences10 vol4 xlv41 p4 #cde4 ,december1 #ahgb4 #eah ,aristotle3 8,de ,generat4 et ,corrupt410 lib4 ii4 #eai 8,de ,part410 an4 lib4 i41 c4 #a4 #ebj ,a ,pythagorean oath4 ,the ,pythagoreans swore by their master4 #eba ,see ,lemprire3 8,classical ,dictionary40 #ebb ,psel4 in ,alieb3 8,chaldean ,oracles40 #ebc ,proc4 in #a 8,alieb40 #ebd ,from the ,latin word mensa--table4 ,this curious letter is copied in full in 8,la ,science des ,esprits10 by ,eliphas ,levi4 #ebe ,the ,sulanuth is described in chap4 lxxx41 vers4 #ai1 #bj1 of 8,jasher40 #ebf 8,and when the ,egyptians hid themselves on account of the swarm0 7one of the plagues alleged to have been brought on by ,moses7 8 444 they locked their doors after them1 and ,god ordered the ,sulanuth 4440 7a sea-monster1 naively explains the translator1 in a foot-note7 8which was then in the sea1 to come up and go into ,egypt 444 and she had long arms1 ten cubits in length 444 and she went upon the roofs and uncovered the rafting and cut them 444 and stretched forth her arm into the house and removed the lock and the bolt and opened the houses of ,egypt 444 and the swarm of animals destroyed the ,egyptians1 and it grieved them exceedingly40 #ebg 8,strom10 vi41 #ag1 #aei4 #ebh ,ibid41 vi41 #c1 #cj4 #ebi 8,gorgias40 #ecj 8,timus40 #eca ,cory3 8,phdro10 i4 #fi4 #ecb ,ibid41 i4 #abc4 #ecc ,cory3 8,phdras20 ,cory's 8,plato10 #cbe4 #ecd ,see 8,the ,unseen ,universe10 pp4 #bje1 #bjf4 #ece ,see ,bulwer-,lytton3 8,strange ,story10 p4 #gf4 ,we do not know where in literature can be found a more vivid and beautiful description of this difference between the life-principle of man and that of animals1 than in the passages herein briefly alluded to4 #ecf ,a4 ,r4 ,wallace3 8,the ,action of ,natural ,selection on ,man40 #ecg ,w4 ,denton3 8,the ,soul of ,things10 p4 #bgc4 #ech 8,herodotus10 b4 i41 c4 #aha4 #eci 8,anthropology10 p4 #abe4 #edj 8,of ,sacrifices to ,gods and ,dmons10 chap4 ii4 #eda 8,odyssey10 book vii4 #edb ,porphyry3 8,of ,sacrifices to ,gods and ,dmons10 chap4 ii4 #edc ,ibid4 #edd ,iamblichus3 8,de ,mysteriis ,egyptorum40 #ede ,ibid43 8,on the ,difference between the ,dmons1 the ,souls1 etc40 #edf ,du ,potet3 8,la ,magie ,devoile40 #edg ,we wonder if ,father ,felix is prepared to include ,st4 ,augustine1 ,lactantius1 and ,bede in this category8 #edh ,for instance1 ,copernicus1 ,bruno1 and ,galileo8 ,for further particulars see the 8,index ,expurgatorius40 ,verily1 wise are such popular sayings1 as that1 8,boldness carries off cities at one shout40 #edi ,this statement1 neither ,herbert ,spencer nor ,huxley will be likely to traverse4 ,but ,father ,felix seems insensible of his own debt to science2 if he had said this in ,february1 #afjj1 he might have shared the fate of poor ,bruno4 #eej 8,le ,mystre et la ,science10 conferences1 ,p4 ,felix de ,notre ,dame2 des ,mousseaux3 8,hauts ,phen4 ,magie40 #eea ,damascius1 in the 8,theogony10 calls it ,dis1 8the disposer of all things40 ,cory3 8,ancient ,fragments10 p4 #cad4 #eeb ,plato3 8,timus40 #eec 8,suidas3 v4 ,tyrrhenia40 #eed ,the reader will understand that by 8years0 is meant 8ages10 not mere periods of twelve lunar months each4 #eee ,see the ,greek translation by ,philo ,byblius4 #eef ,cory3 8,ancient ,fragments40 #eeg ,we give the spelling and words of this ,kabalist who lived and published his works in the seventeenth century4 ,generally he is considered as one of the most famous alchemists among the ,hermetic philosophers4 #eeh ,the most positive of materialistic philosophers agree that all that exists was evolved from ether2 hence1 air1 water1 earth1 and fire1 the four primordial elements must also proceed from ether and chaos the first ,duad2 all the imponderables1 whether now known or unknown1 proceed from the same source4 ,now1 if there is a spiritual essence in matter1 and that essence forces it to shape itself into millions of individual forms1 why is it illogical to assert that each of these spiritual kingdoms in nature is peopled with beings evolved out of its own material8 ,chemistry teaches us that in man's body there are air1 water1 earth1 and heat1 or fire--air is present in its components2 water in the secretions2 earth in the inorganic constituents2 and fire in the animal heat4 ,the ,kabalist knows by experience that an elemental spirit contains only one1 and that each one of the four kingdoms has its own peculiar elemental spirits2 man being higher than they1 the law of evolution finds its illustration in the combination of all four in him4 #eei ,grres3 8,mystique10 lib4 iii41 p4 #fc4 #efj ,the ancients called 8the soul0 the spirits of bad people2 the soul was the larva and lemure4 ,good human spirits became gods4 #efa ,porphyry3 8,de ,sacrificiis40 ,chapter on the true ,cultus4 #efb 8,mysteries of the ,egyptians40 #efc ,second century1 ,a4,d4 8,du ,dieu de ,socrate10 ,apul4 class41 pp4 #adc-ade4 #efd 8,eastern ,monachism10 p4 #i4 #efe 8,decline and ,fall of the ,roman ,empire10 iv4 #che4 #eff ,hardy3 8,manual of ,buddhism20 ,dunlap3 8,the ,world's ,religions40 #efg ,lemprire 78,classical ,dictionary10 art4 8,pythagoras07 says that 8there is great reason to suspect the truth of the whole narrative of ,pythagoras' journey into ,india10 and concludes by saying that this philosopher had never seen either ,gymnosophists or their country4 ,if this be so1 how account for the doctrine of the metempsychosis of ,pythagoras1 which is far more that of the ,hindu in its details than the ,egyptian8 ,but1 above all1 how account for the fact that the name ,,monas1 applied by him to the ,first ,cause1 is the identical appellation given to that ,being in the ,sanscrit tongue8 ,in #agib-g1 when ,lemprire's 8,dictionary0 appeared1 the ,sanscrit was1 we may say1 utterly unknown2 ,dr4 ,haug's translation of the 8,aitareya ,brahmana0 78,rig-,vedas071 in which this word occurs1 was published only about twenty years ago1 and until that valuable addition to the literature of archaic ages was completed1 and the precise age of the 8,aitareya0 now fixed by ,haug at #bjjj-bdjj ,b4,c4--was a mystery1 it might be suggested1 as in the case of ,christian symbols1 that the ,hindus borrowed it from ,pythagoras4 ,but now1 unless philology can show it to be a 8coincidence10 and that the word ,monas is not the same in its minutest definitions1 we have a right to assert that ,pythagoras was in ,india1 and that it was the ,gymnosophists who instructed him in his metaphysical theology4 ,the fact alone that 8,sanscrit1 as compared with ,greek and ,latin1 is an elder sister10 as ,max ,mller shows1 is not sufficient to account for the perfect identity of the ,sanscrit and ,greek words ,,monas1 in their most metaphysical1 abstruse sense4 ,the ,sanscrit word ,deva 7god7 has become the ,latin deus1 and points to a common source2 but we see in the ,zoroastrian 8,zend-,avesta0 the same word1 meaning diametrically the opposite1 and becoming dava1 or evil spirit1 from which comes the word devil4 #efh ,haug3 8,aitareya ,brahmanam40 #efi ,ibid4 #egj ,berosus3 fragment preserved by ,alex4 ,polyhostor2 ,cory3 8,of the ,cosmogony and the ,deluge40 #ega ,some writer has employed a most felicitous expression in describing the majesty of the ,hindu archaic monuments1 and the exquisite finish of their sculpture4 8,they built10 says he1 8like giants1 and finished like jewelers40 #egb 8,anatomie ,cerebrale10 ,malacorne1 ,milan4 #egc ,psellus1 #f1 ,plet4 #b2 ,cory3 8,chaldean ,oracles40 #egd ,see 8,lecture on the ,vedas40 #ege ,in order to avoid being contradicted by some spiritualists we give verbatim the language in question1 as a specimen of the unreliability of the oracular utterances of certain 8spirits40 ,let them be human or elemental1 but spirits capable of such effrontery may well be regarded by occultists as anything but safe guides in philosophy1 exact science1 or ethics4 8,it will be remembered10 says ,mrs4 ,cora ,v4 ,tappan1 in a public discourse upon the 8,history of ,occultism and its ,relations to ,spiritualism0 7see 8,banner of ,light10 ,aug4 #bf1 #ahgf71 8that the ancient word witchcraft1 or the exercise of it1 was forbidden among the ,hebrews4 ,the translation is that no witch should be allowed to live4 ,that has been supposed to be the literal interpretation2 and acting upon that1 your very pious and devout ancestors put to death1 without adequate testimony1 numbers of very intelligent1 wise1 and sincere persons1 under the condemnation of witchcraft4 ,it has now turned out that the interpretation or translation should be1 that no witches should be allowed to obtain a living by the practice of their art4 ,that is1 it should not be made a profession40 ,may we be so bold as to inquire of the celebrated speaker1 through whom or according to what authority such a thing has ever turned out8 #egf ,mr4 ,cromwell ,f4 ,varley1 the well-known electrician of the ,atlantic ,cable ,company1 communicates the result of his observations1 in the course of a debate at the ,psychological ,society of ,great ,britain1 which is reported in the 8,spiritualist0 7,london1 ,april #ad1 #ahgf1 pp4 #agd1 #age74 ,he thought that the effect of free nitric acid in the atmosphere was able to drive away what he calls 8unpleasant spirits40 ,he thought that those who were troubled by unpleasant spirits at home1 would find relief by pouring one ounce of vitriol upon two ounces of finely-powdered nitre in a saucer and putting the mixture under the bed4 ,here is a scientist1 whose reputation extends over two continents1 who gives a recipe to drive away bad spirits4 ,and yet the general public mocks as a 8superstition0 the herbs and incenses employed by ,hindus1 ,chinese1 ,africans1 and other races to accomplish the self-same purpose4 #egg 8,art-,magic10 p4 #ig4 #egh ,this phantom is called ,scin ,lecca4 ,see ,bulwer-,lytton's 8,strange ,story40 #egi ,in the ,strasbourg edition of his works 7#afjc71 ,paracelsus writes of the wonderful magical power of man's spirit4 8,it is possible10 he says1 8that my spirit1 without the help of the body1 and through a fiery will alone1 and without a sword1 can stab and wound others4 ,it is also possible that ,i can bring the spirit of my adversary into an image1 and then double him up and lame him 444 the exertion of will is a great point in medicine4444 ,every imagination of man comes through the heart1 for this is the sun of the microcosm1 and out of the microcosm proceeds the imagination into the great world 7universal ether7 444 the imagination of man is a seed which is material40 7,our atomical modern scientists have proved it2 see ,babbage and ,professor ,jevons47 8,fixed thought is also a means to an end4 ,the magical is a great concealed wisdom1 and reason is a great public foolishness4 ,no armor protects against magic1 for it injures the inward spirit of life40 #ehj 8,salem ,witchcraft2 ,with an ,account of ,salem ,village10 by ,c4 ,w4 ,upham4 #eha 8,odyssey10 ,a4 #hb4 #ehb 8neid10 book vi41 #bfj4 #ehc 8,de ,dmon10 cap4 8,quomodo dm occupent40 #ehd ,numquid dmonum corpora pulsari possunt8 ,possunt sane1 atque dolere solido quodam percussa corpore4 #ehe ,ubi secatur1 mox in se iterum recreatur et coalescit 444 dictu velocius dmoni cus spiritus in se revertitor4 #ehf ,a magistrate of the district4 #ehg ,this appalling circumstance was authenticated by the ,prefect of the city1 and the ,proconsul of the ,province laid the report before the ,emperor4 ,the story is modestly related by ,mrs4 ,catherine ,crowe 7see 8,night-,side of ,nature10 p4 #cce74 #ehh ,pliny1 xxx41 #a4 #ehi ,t4 ,wright1 ,m4,a41 ,f4,s4,a41 etc43 8,sorcery and ,magic10 vol4 iii4 #eij 8,art-,magic10 pp4 #aei1 #afj4 #eia 8,art-,magic10 p4 #bh4 #eib ,fakir1 beggar4 #eic ,a juggler so called4 #eid 8,murs et ,pratiques des ,demons40 #eie 8,histoire du ,merveilleux dans les ,temps ,modernes10 vol4 ii41 p4 #bfb4 #eif ,ibid4 #eig ,ibid41 p4 #bfe4 #eih ,ibid41 pp4 #bfg1 #dja1 #djb4 #eii ,ibid41 pp4 #bff1 etc41 #djj4 #fjj ,ibid41 p4 #djc4 #fja 8,histoire du ,merveilleux10 vol4 i41 p4 #cig4 #fjb ,ibid41 pp4 #bf-bg4 #fjc ,ibid41 p4 #bch4 #fjd ,des ,mousseaux3 8,magie au ,x,i,xme ,sicle10 p4 #deb4 #fje ,hume3 8,philosophical ,essays10 p4 #aie4 #fjf 8,histoire du ,merveilleux10 p4 #dja4 #fjg ,ibid4 #fjh ,ibid41 vol4 ii41 pp4 #daj1 #daa4 #fji ,ibid41 p4 #djg4 #faj ,villecroze3 8,le ,docteur ,h4 d',alger10 #ai ,mars1 #ahfa4 ,pierrart3 vol4 iv41 pp4 #bed-beg4 #faa ,bruce3 8,travels to ,discover the ,sources of the ,nile10 vol4 x41 pp4 #djb-ddg2 ,hasselquist3 8,voyage in the ,levant10 vol4 i41 pp4 #ib-ajj2 ,lemprire3 8,voyage dans l',empire de ,maroc1 etc41 en #agij10 pp4 #db-dc4 #fab ,salverte3 8,la ,philosophie de la ,magie4 ,de l',influence sur les ,animaux10 vol4 i4 #fac ,thibaut de ,chanvallon3 8,voyage la ,martinique40 #fad ,salverte3 8,philosophy of ,magic40 #fae ,forbes3 8,oriental ,memoirs10 vol4 i41 p4 #dd2 vol4 ii41 p4 #chg4 #faf ,stedmann3 8,voyage in ,surinam10 vol4 iii41 pp4 #fd1 #fe4 #fag ,see 8,edinburgh ,review10 vol4 lxxx41 p4 #dbh1 etc4 #fah ,elam3 8,a ,physician's ,problems10 p4 #be4 #fai ,the 8,immortality of the ,soul10 by ,henry ,more4 ,fellow of ,christ's ,college1 ,cambridge4 #fbj ,dr ,h4 ,more3 8,immortality of the ,soul10 p4 #cic4 #fba 8,transactions of the ,medical ,society of ,n4 ,y410 #ahfe-f-g4 #fbb 8,dublin ,quarterly ,journal of ,medical ,science10 vol4 xv41 p4 #bfc1 #ahec4 #fbc 8,recherches d',anatomie transcendante et ,pathologique1 etc410 ,paris1 #ahcb4 #fbd 8,silliman's ,journal of ,science and ,art10 vol4 x41 p4 #dh4 #fbe 8,precis ,elementaire de ,physiologie10 p4 #ebj4 #fbf ,ibid41 p4 #eba4 #fbg 8,dogme et ,rituel de la ,haute ,magie10 p4 #age4 #fbh 8,transactions of ,medical ,society1 etc410 p4 #bdf4 #fbi ,fourni3 8,physiologie du ,systme ,nerveux1 ,cerebro-spinal10 ,paris1 #ahgb4 #fcj ,ibid4 #fca 8,night-,side of ,nature10 by ,catherine ,crowe1 p4 #dcd1 et seq4 #fcb ,henry ,more3 8,immortality of the ,soul10 p4 #cii4 #fcc ,by the word soul1 neither ,demokritus nor the other philosophers understood the nous or pneuma1 the divine immaterial soul1 but the psych1 or astral body2 that which ,plato always terms the second mortal soul4 #fcd ,balfour ,stewart1 ,,ll4,d41 ,f4,r4,s43 8,the ,conservation of ,energy10 p4 #acc4 #fce ,fourni3 8,physiologie du ,systme ,nerveux10 p4 #af4 #fcf 8,a ,system of ,logic40 ,eighth ed41 #ahgb1 vol4 ii41 p4 #afe4 #fcg ,draper3 8,conflict between ,religion and ,science10 p4 #bb4 #fch ,edward ,l4 ,youmans1 ,m4,d42 8,a ,class-book of ,chemistry10 p4 #d4 #fci ,sprengel1 in his 8,history of ,medicine10 makes ,van ,helmont appear as if disgusted with the charlatanry and ignorant presumption of ,paracelsus4 8,the works of this latter10 says ,sprengel1 8which he 7,van ,helmont7 had attentively read1 aroused in him the spirit of reformation2 but they alone did not suffice for him1 because his erudition and judgment were infinitely superior to those of that author1 and he despised this made egoist1 this ignorant and ridiculous vagabond1 who often seemed to have fallen into insanity40 ,this assertion is perfectly false4 ,we have the writings of ,helmont himself to refute it4 ,in the well-known dispute between two writers1 ,goclenius1 a professor in ,marburg1 who supported the great efficacy of the sympathetic salve discovered by ,paracelsus1 for the cure of every wound1 and ,father ,robert1 a ,jesuit1 who condemned all these cures1 as he attributed them to the ,devil4 ,van ,helmont undertook to settle the dispute4 ,the reason he gave for interfering was that all such disputes 8affected ,paracelsus as their discoverer and himself as his disciple0 7see 8,de ,magnetica ,vulner410 and l4 c41 p4 #gje74 #fdj ,demokritus said that1 as from nothing1 nothing could be produced1 so there was not anything that could ever be reduced to nothing4 #fda ,j4 ,le ,conte3 8,correlation of ,vital with ,chemical and ,physical ,forces10 appendix4 #fdb ,the date is incorrect2 it should be #aghd4 #fdc ,ecclesiastes i4 #aj4 #fdd ,ibid41 i4 #f4 #fde ,ibid41 i4 #g4 #fdf ,siljestrm3 8,minnesfest fver ,berzelius10 p4 #gi4 #fdg 8,sance de l',academie de ,paris10 #ac ,aot1 #ahjg4 #fdh ,mollien3 8,voyage dans l'interieur de l',afrique10 tome ii41 p4 #baj4 #fdi 8,the ,popular ,science ,monthly10 ,may1 #ahgf1 p4 #aaj4 #fej ,malte-,brun1 pp4 #cgb1 #cgc2 ,herodotus4 #fea 8,the ,popular ,science ,monthly10 ,dec41 #ahgd1 p4 #beb1 ,new ,york4 #feb ,the 8,periplus of ,hanno40 #fec ,the original was suspended in the temple of ,saturn1 at ,carthage4 ,falconer gave two dissertations on it1 and agrees with ,bougainville in referring it to the sixth century before the ,christian era4 ,see ,cory's 8,ancient ,fragments40 #fed ,professor ,jowett4 #fee 8,on the ,atlantic ,island 7from ,marcellus7 ,ethiopic ,history40 #fef 8,alchemy1 or the ,hermetic ,philosophy40 #feg ,see 8,revue ,encyclopdique10 vol4 xxxiii41 p4 #fgf4 #feh 8,bulletin de la ,soc4 ,geograph10 vol4 vi41 pp4 #bji-bbj4 #fei ,see 8,revue ,encyclopdique10 vols4 xxxiii4 and xxxiv41 pp4 #fgf-cie4 #ffj ,porphyry3 8,epistola ad ,anebo41 ap4 ,euseb4 ,prp4 ,evangel10 v4 #aj2 ,iamblichus3 8,de ,mysteriis gypt42 8,porphyrii3 8,epistola ad ,anebonem gyptium40 #ffa 8,porphyry10 says the 8,classical ,dictionary0 of ,lemprire1 8was a man of universal information1 and1 according to the testimony of the ancients1 he excelled his contemporaries in the knowledge of history1 mathematics1 music1 and philosophy40 #ffb 8,on the ,scientific ,use of the ,imagination40 #ffc ,epes ,sargent4 ,see his pamphlet1 8,does ,matter do it ,all80 #ffd ,in his 8,essay on ,classification0 7sect4 xvii41 pp4 #ig-ii71 ,louis ,agassiz1 the great zologist1 remarks3 8,most of the arguments in favor of the immortality of man apply equally to the permanency of this principle in other living beings4 ,may ,i not add that a future life in which man would be deprived of that great source of enjoyment and intellectual and moral improvement1 which results from the contemplation of the harmonies of an organic world would involve a lamentable loss8 ,and may we not look to a spiritual concert of the combined worlds and all their inhabitants in the presence of their creator as the highest conception of paradise80 #ffe 8,diog4 in ,vita40 #fff ,see the works of ,robertus de ,fluctibus2 and the 8,rosicrucians10 by ,hargrave ,jennings4 #ffg ,professor ,b4 ,stewart3 8,conservation of ,energy40 #ffh ,cabanis3 8,histoire de la ,medecine40 #ffi 8,de ,vatibus in ,problemate10 sect4 #ba4 #fgj ,see ,max ,mller3 8,the ,meaning of ,nirvana40 #fga 8,the ,lankvatra10 transl4 by ,burnouf1 p4 #ead4 #fgb 8,classical ,dictionary40 #fgc ,see ,cabanis1 8,histoire de la ,medecine40 #fgd 8,le ,lotus de la bonne ,loi10 by ,e4 ,burnouf1 translated from the ,sanscrit4 #fge 8,cosmos10 vol4 iii41 part i41 p4 #afh4 #fgf 8,lecture on the ,vedas40 #fgg 8,the ,classical ,journal10 vol4 iv41 pp4 #ajg1 #cdh4 #fgh ,see 8,mosheim40 #fgi 8,new ,platonism and ,alchemy40 #fhj ,origen3 8,contra ,celsum40 #fha 8,fatti relativi al ,mesmerismo10 pp4 #hh1 #ic1 #ahdb4 #fhb 8,leonard de ,vair10 l4 ii41 ch4 ii42 8,la ,magie au #aime ,sicle10 p4 #ccb4 #fhc 8,the ,tinnevelly ,shanars10 p4 #dc4 #fhd ,pierart3 8,revue ,spiritualiste10 chapter on 8,vampirism40 #fhe ,maimonides3 8,abodah ,sarab10 #ab ,absh1 #aa ,abth4 #fhf ,pierart3 8,revue ,spiritualiste40 #fhg ,dr4 ,pierart3 8,revue ,spiritualiste10 vol4 iv41 p4 #ajd4 #fhh ,see 8,hauts ,phen410 p4 #aii4 #fhi 8,huetiana10 p4 #ha4 #fij ,dom ,calmet3 8,apparitions10 etc4 ,paris1 #agea1 vol4 ii41 p4 #dg2 8,hauts ,phen4 de la ,magie10 #aie4 #fia 8,hauts ,phen410 p4 #aif4 #fib ,ibid4 #fic ,see the same sworn testimony in official documents3 8,de l',inspir4 des ,camis10 ,h4 ,blanc1 #ahei4 ,plon1 ,paris4 #fid ,dom ,calmet3 8,apparit410 vol4 ii41 chap1 xliv41 p4 #bab4 #fie ,pierart3 8,revue ,spiritualiste10 vol4 iv41 p4 #ajd4 #fif 8,sadducismus ,triumphatus10 vol4 ii41 p4 #gj4 #fig ,grres3 8,complete ,works10 vol4 iii41 ch4 vii41 p4 #acb4 #fih 8,ashes to ,ashes10 ,london3 ,daldy1 ,isbister ,co41 #ahge4 #fii ,the author refers all those who may doubt such statements to ,g4 ,a4 ,walker's 8,gatherings from ,graveyards10 pp4 #hd-aic1 #aid1 etc4 #gjj ,horst3 8,zauber ,bibliothek10 vol4 v41 p4 #eb4 #gja ,see ,eliphas ,levi3 8,la ,science des ,esprits40 #gjb ,henry ,maudsley3 8,body and ,mind40 #gjc ,josiah ,cooke1 ,jr43 8,the ,new ,chemistry40 #gjd ,henry ,maudsley3 8,the ,limits of ,philosophical ,inquiry10 p4 #bff4 #gje 8,scientific ,american10 ,august #ab1 #ahfh4 #gjf ,le ,conte3 8,correlation of ,vital with ,chemical and ,physical ,forces40 #gjg ,the wood-apple4 #gjh ,incorrect2 the ,hindustani word for monkey is rkh-charh4 ,probably chokra1 a little native servant is meant4 #gji 8,book of ,ser ,marco ,polo10 vol4 i41 pp4 #cjf1 #cjg4 #gaj ,delrio3 8,disquis4 ,magic10 pp4 #cd1 #ajj4 #gaa ,col4 ,h4 ,yule3 8,the ,book of ,ser ,marco ,polo10 vol4 i41 p4 #cjh4 #gab ,edward ,melton3 8,engelsh ,edelmans1 ,zeldzaame en ,geden ,kwaardige ,zee en ,land ,reizen1 etc410 p4 #dfh4 ,amsterdam1 #agjb4 #gac 8,memoirs of the ,emperor ,jahangire10 pp4 #ii1 #ajb4 #gad ,j4 ,hughes ,bennett3 8,text ,book of ,physiology10 ,lippincott's ,american ,edition1 pp4 #cg-ej4 #gae 8,curiosits ,inoues40 #gaf 8,thoughts on the ,birth and ,generation of ,things40 #gag ,c4 ,crowe3 8,night-,side of ,nature10 p4 #aaa4 #gah ,pliny3 8,hist4 ,nat410 vii41 c4 #eb2 and ,plutarch3 8,discourse concerning ,socrates' ,dmon10 #bb4 #gai 8,de ,res4 ,var410 v4 iii41 i41 viii41 c4 #dc4 ,plutarch3 8,discourse concerning ,socrates' ,dmon10 #bb4 #gbj ,nasse3 8,zeitschrift fur ,psychische ,aerzte10 #ahbj4 #gba ,osborne3 8,camp and ,court of ,rundjit ,singh20 ,braid3 8,on ,france40 #gbb ,mrs4 ,catherine ,crowe1 in her 8,night-,side of ,nature10 p4 #aah1 gives us the particulars of a similar burial of a fakir1 in the presence of ,general ,ventura1 together with the ,maharajah1 and many of his ,sirdars4 ,the political agent at ,loodhiana was 8present when he was disinterred1 ten months after he had been buried40 ,the coffin1 or box1 containing the fakir 8being buried in a vault1 the earth was thrown over it and trod down1 after which a crop of barley was sown on the spot1 and sentries placed to watch it4 ,the ,maharajah1 however1 was so skeptical that in spite of all these precautions1 he had him1 twice in the ten months1 dug up and examined1 and each time he was found to be exactly in the same state as when they had shut him up40 #gbc ,todd3 ,appendix to 8,occult ,science10 vol4 i4 #gbd 8,a ,cornel4 ,cels410 lib4 ii41 cap4 vi4 #gbe 8,hist4 ,nat410 lib4 vii41 cap4 lii4 #gbf 8,morning ,herald10 ,july #ba1 #ahcf4 #gbg 8,la ,science des ,esprits40 #gbh 8,vit4 ,apollon4 ,tyan410 lib4 iv41 ch4 xvi4 #gbi ,salverte3 8,sciences ,occultes10 vol4 ii4 #gcj 8,la ,science des ,esprits40 #gca ,it would be beneficial to humanity were our modern physicians possessed of the same inestimable faculty2 for then we would have on record less horrid deaths after inhumation4 ,mrs4 ,catherine ,crowe1 in the 8,night-,side of ,nature10 records in the chapter on 8,cases of ,trances0 five such cases1 in ,england alone1 and during the present century4 ,among them is ,dr4 ,walker of ,dublin and a ,mr4 ,s----1 whose stepmother was accused of poisoning him1 and who1 upon being disinterred1 was found lying on his face4 #gcb ,a4 ,wilder3 8,neo-platonism and ,alchemy40 #gcc ,iamblichus was the founder of the ,neo-platonic theurgy4 #gcd ,see the 8,sketch of the ,eclectic ,philosophy of the ,alexandrian ,school40 #gce ,see 8,medium and ,daybreak10 ,july #g1 #ahgf1 p4 #dbh4 #gcf ,in ,volume ,,ii41 we will distinctly prove that the ,old ,testament mentions the worship of more than one god by the ,israelites4 ,the ,el-,shadi of ,abraham and ,jacob was not the ,jehovah of ,moses1 or the ,lord ,god worshipped by them for forty years in the wilderness4 ,and the ,god of ,hosts of ,amos is not1 if we are to believe his own words1 the ,mosaic ,god1 the ,sinatic deity1 for this is what we read3 8,i hate1 ,i despise your feast-days 444 your meat-offerings1 ,i will not accept them4444 ,have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years1 ,o house of ,israel8444 ,no1 but ye have borne the tabernacle of your ,moloch and ,chiun 7,saturn71 your images1 the star of your god1 which ye made to yourselves4444 ,therefore1 will ,i cause you to go into captivity 444 saith the ,lord1 whose name is ,the ,god of hosts0 7,amos v4 #ba-bg74 #gcg ,chapter xviii4 #gch ,this word 8up0 from the spirit of a prophet whose abode ought certainly to be in heaven and who therefore ought to have said 8to bring me down10 is very suggestive in itself to a ,christian1 who locates paradise and hell at two opposite points4 #gci ,ezekiel iii4 #ab-ad4 #gdj ,william ,howitt3 8,history of the ,supernatural10 vol4 ii41 ch4 i4 #gda ,lib4 i41 ,sat4 #h4 #gdb ,porphyry3 8,of ,sacrifices40 #gdc ,genesis xviii4 i4 #gdd ,daniel x4 #h4 #gde #a ,samuel1 x4 #f4 #gdf ,gospel according to ,john vii4 #bj4 #gdg ,our informant1 who was an eye-witness1 is ,mr4 ,n---- ff of ,st4 ,petersburg1 who was attached to the flag-ship ,almaz1 if we are not mistaken4 #gdh 8,what forces were in operation to cause this oscillation of the newspaper80 asks ,j4 ,w4 ,phelps1 who quotes the case--8,these were the rapid upward motion of heated air1 the downward motion of cold air1 the translatory motion of the surface breeze1 and the circular motion of the whirlwind4 ,but how could these combine so as to produce the oscillation80 7,lecture on 8,force ,electrically ,explained407 #gdi 8,revue des ,deux ,mondes10 p4 #dad1 #aheh4 #gej 8,conservation of ,energy10 p4 #adj4 #gea ,eugenius ,philalethes4 #geb 8,book of ,ser ,marco ,polo10 vol4 i41 p4 #bae4 #gec ,see 8,sage's ,dictionnaire des ,tissus10 vol4 ii41 pp4 #a-ab4 #ged 8,book of ,ser ,marco ,polo10 vol4 i41 p4 #bcj4 #gee 8,alchemy1 or the ,hermetic ,philosophy10 p4 #be4 #gef ,see ,plutarch3 8,symposiacs10 viii4 #b4 8,diogenianas began and said3 #8,let us admit ,plato to the conference and inquire upon what account he says--supposing it to be his sentence--that ,god always plays the geometer4#8 ,i said3 #8,this sentence was not plainly set down in any of his books2 yet there are good arguments that it is his1 and it is very much like his expression4' ,tyndares presently subjoined3 #8,he praises geometry as a science that takes off men from sensible objects1 and makes them apply themselves to the intelligible and ,eternal ,nature--the contemplation of which is the end of philosophy1 as a view of the mysteries of initiation into holy rites4'0 #geg ,prof4 ,ed4 ,l4 ,youmans3 8,descriptive ,chemistry40 #geh ,in ancient nations the ,deity was a trine supplemented by a goddess--the arba-,ih1 or fourfold ,god4 #gei ,josiah ,cooke3 8,the ,new ,chemistry40 #gfj ,prof4 ,sterry ,hunt's theory of metalliferous deposits contradicts this2 but is it right8 #gfa ,peisse3 8,la ,mdecine et les ,mdecins10 vol4 i41 pp4 #ei1 #bhc4 #gfb 8,the ,conservation of ,energy40 #gfc ,ibid41 p4 #acf4 #gfd ,extracts from ,robertus di ,fluctibus in 8,the ,rosicrucians40 #gfe 8,philopseud40 #gff ,diog4 ,laert4 in 8,demokrit4 ,vit40 #gfg 8,satyric4 ,vitrus ,d4 ,architect10 lib4 ix41 cap4 iii4 #gfh ,pliny3 8,hist4 ,nat40 #gfi 8,conflict between ,religion and ,science40 #ggj 8,book of ,ser ,marco ,polo10 vol4 i41 pp4 #acc-ace4 #gga 8,dionysius of ,halicarnassus40 #ggb ,see vol4 ii41 chap4 #h4 #ggc ,j4 ,m4 ,peebles3 8,around the ,world48 #ggd ,john ,fiske3 0 ,the ,north ,american ,review10 art4 ,the ,laws of ,history1 ,july #ahfi4 #gge ,j4 ,m4 ,peebles3 8,around the ,world40 #ggf ,savary3 8,letters on ,egypt10 vol4 ii41 p4 #fg4 ,london1 #aghf4 #ggg ,john ,fiske3 8,north ,american ,review10 art4 ,the ,laws of ,history1 ,july1 #ahfi4 #ggh ,sir ,g4 ,c4 ,lewis3 8,astronomy of the ,ancients40 #ggi ,j4 ,fiske3 8,north ,american ,review10 art4 ,the ,laws of ,history4 #ghj ,we shall attempt to demonstrate in ,vol4 ,,ii41 chapter viii41 that the ancient thiopians were never a ,hamitic race4 #gha ,servius3 8,virgil10 ,eclog4 vi41 v4 #db4 #ghb ,ovid3 8,fast410 lib4 iii41 v4 #bhe-cdf4 #ghc 8,titus ,livius10 lib4 i41 cap4 xxxi4 #ghd ,pliny3 8,hist4 ,nat410 lib4 ii41 cap4 liii4 #ghe ,lucius3 8,piso20 ,pliny3 8,hist4 ,nat410 lib4 xxviii41 c4 ii4 #ghf 8,columella10 lib4 x41 vers4 #cdf1 etc4 #ghg ,see 8,notice sur les ,travaux de l',academie du ,gard10 part i41 pp4 #cjd-cad1 by la ,boissire4 #ghh 8,bell4 ,jud4 adv4 ,roman10 lib4 v41 cap4 xiv4 #ghi 8,magasin ,scientifique de ,gothingen10 #cme4 anne1 #eme4 cahier4 #gij 8,ammian4 ,marcel410 lib4 xxiii41 cap4 vi4 #gia 8,oupnek-hat10 ,brahman xi4 #gib 8,ktesias1 in ,india ap4 ,photum410 ,bibl4 ,cod4 lxxii4 #gic ,buffon3 8,histoire ,naturelle des ,mineraux10 #fme ,mem41 art4 ii4 #gid 8,egypt's ,place in ,universal ,history10 vol4 iv41 p4 #dfb4 #gie 8,archologia10 vol4 xv41 p4 #cbj4 #gif ,lib4 ii41 c4 #ej4 #gig ,galen3 8,de ,composit4 ,medec410 lib4 v4 #gih 8,ancient ,fragments30 see chapter on the ,early ,kings of ,egypt4 #gii 8,pliny10 lib4 vii41 c4 #ef4 #hjj ,jablonski3 8,pantheon gypti410 ii41 ,proleg4 #aj4 #hja ,cicero3 8,de ,divinatione40 #hjb 8,telegraphic ,journal10 art4 ,scientific ,prophecy4 #hjc ,professor ,albrecht ,mller3 8,the ,first ,traces of ,man in ,europe40 ,says the author3 8,and this bronze age reaches to and overlaps the beginning of the historic period in some countries1 and so includes the great epochs of the ,assyrian and ,egyptian ,empires1 ,b4,c4 circa #aejj1 and the earlier eras of the next succeeding age of iron40 #hjd 8,conflict between ,religion and ,science10 chap4 i4 #hje ,psellus3 8,chaldean ,oracles10 #d1 cxliv4 #hjf ,psellus3 8,zoroast4 ,oracles10 #d4 #hjg ,proctor3 8,saturn and the ,sabbath of the ,jews10 p4 #cji4 #hjh ,dioscorides3 8 10 lib4 v41 cap4 clviii4 #hji ,pliny3 8,histoire ,naturelle10 lib4 xxxviii41 cap4 vii4 #haj ,le ,p4 ,paulin de ,st4 ,barthelemi3 8,voyage aux ,indes ,orientales10 vol4 i41 p4 #ceh4 #haa ,max ,mller1 ,professor ,wilson1 and ,h4 ,j4 ,bushby1 with several other ,sanscrit students1 prove that 8,oriental scholars1 both native and ,european1 have shown that the rite of widow-burning was not only unsanctionable but imperatively forbidden by the earliest and most authoritative ,hindu ,scriptures0 78,widow-burning10 p4 #ba74 ,see ,max ,mller's 8,comparative ,mythology40 8,professor ,wilson10 says ,max ,mller1 8was the first to point out the falsification of the text and the change of #8yonim agre' into #8yonim agne' 7womb of fire74444 ,according to the hymns of the #8,rig-,veda1' and the ,vaidic ceremonial contained in the #8,grihya-,stras1' the wife accompanies the corpse of the husband to the funeral pile1 but she is there addressed with a verse taken from the #8,rig-,veda1' and ordered to leave her husband1 and to return to the world of the living0 78,comparative ,mythology10 p4 #ce74 #hab ,hence the story that ,moses fabricated there the serpent or seraph of brass which the ,israelites worshipped till the reign of ,hezekiah4 #hac ,a4 ,gell3 8,noet4 ,attic410 lib4 x41 cap4 xiii4 #had ,such is not our opinion4 ,they were probably built by the ,atlantians4 #hae 8,incidents of ,travel in ,central ,america1 ,chiapas1 and ,yucatan10 vol4 ii41 p4 #deg4 #haf ,max ,mller3 8,chips from a ,german ,workshop10 vol4 ii41 p4 #bfi4 #hag ,max ,mller3 8,popol-,vuh10 p4 #cbg4 #hah ,why not to the sacrifices of men in ancient worship8 #hai 8,odyssey10 xii4 #ga4 #hbj 8,chips from a ,german ,workshop10 p4 #bfh4 #hba ,villemarque1 ,member of the ,institute4 ,vol4 lx42 8,collect et ,nouvelle ,serie10 #bd1 p4 #egj1 #ahfc2 8,poesie des ,cloitres ,celtiques40 #hbb 8,archol410 vol4 xxv41 p4 #bbj4 ,london4 #hbc 8,archol410 vol4 xxv41 p4 #bib4 ,london4 #hbd ,brasseur de ,bourbourg3 8,cartas10 p4 #eb4 #hbe ,see ,stephens3 8,travels in ,central ,america10 etc4 #hbf 8,cartas10 #ec1 #g-fb4 #hbg 8,die ,phnizier10 #gj4 #hbh ,see ,sanchoniaton in 8,eusebius10 ,pr4 ,ev4 #cf2 ,genesis xiv4 #hbi 8,archological ,society of the ,antiquaries of ,london10 vol4 xxv41 p4 #bbj4 #hcj 8,cartas10 #ea4 #hca 8,hauts ,phnomenes de la ,magie10 #ej4 #hcb ,genesis xlix4 #hcc ,dunlap1 in his introduction to 8,,sod1 the ,mysteries of ,adonis10 explains the word 8,sod10 as ,arcanum2 religious mystery on the authority of ,shindler's 8,penteglott0 7#abja74 8,the ,,secret of the ,lord is with them that fear ,him10 says ,psalm xxv4 #ad4 ,this is a mistranslation of the ,christians1 for it ought to read 8,sod ,ihoh 7the mysteries of ,iohoh7 are for those who fear ,him0 7,dunlap3 8,mysteries of ,adonis10 xi474 8,al 7,el7 is terrible in the great ,sod of the ,kedeshim 7the priests1 the holy1 the ,initiated71 ,psalm lxxxix4 #g0 7,ibid474 #hcd 8,the members of the priest-colleges were called ,sodales10 says ,freund's 8,latin ,lexicon0 7iv4 #ddh74 8,,sodalities were constituted in the ,idan ,mysteries of the ,,mighty ,,mother10 writes ,cicero 78,de ,senectute10 #ac72 ,dunlap3 8,mysteries of ,adonis40 #hce ,see ,wilkinson3 8,ancient ,egyptians10 vol4 v41 p4 #fe4 #hcf ,brasseur de ,bourbourg3 8,mexique10 pp4 #ace-egd4 #hcg 8,catholic ,world10 ,n4 ,y41 ,january1 #ahgg3 ,article ,nagualism1 ,voodooism1 etc4 #hch ,in 8,hesiod10 ,zeus creates his third race of men out of ash-trees4 ,in 8,popol-,vuh10 we are told the third race of men is created out of the tree 8tzite10 and women are made from the marrow of a reed which was called 8sibac40 ,this also is a strange coincidence4 #hci 8,popol-,vuh10 reviewed by ,max ,mller4 #hdj ,frank ,vincent1 ,jun43 8,the ,land of the ,white ,elephant10 p4 #bji4 #hda ,the ,hanoum is over three feet tall1 and black as a coal4 ,the ,ramayana1 giving the biography of this sacred monkey1 relates that ,hanoum was formerly a powerful chieftain1 who being the greatest friend of ,rama1 helped him to find his wife1 ,sith1 who had been carried off to ,ceylon by ,rvana1 the mighty king of the giants4 ,after numerous adventures ,hanoum was caught by the latter1 while visiting the city of the giant as ,rama's spy4 ,for this crime ,rvana had the poor ,hanoum's tail oiled and set on fire1 and it was in extinguishing it that the monkey-god became so black in the face that neither himself nor his posterity could ever get rid of the color4 ,if we have to believe ,hindu legends this same ,hanoum was the progenitor of the ,europeans2 a tradition which1 though strictly ,darwinian1 hence1 scientific1 is by no means flattering to us4 ,the legend states that for services rendered1 ,rama1 the hero and demi-god1 gave in marriage to the monkey-warriors of his army the daughters of the giants of ,ceylon--the ,bkshasas--and granted them1 moreover1 as a dowry1 all western parts of the world4 ,repairing thence1 the monkeys and their giant-wives lived happily and had a number of descendants4 ,the latter are the present ,europeans4 ,dravidian words are found in ,western ,europe1 indicating that there was an original unity of race and language between the populations4 ,may it not be a hint that the traditions are akin1 of elfin and kobold races in ,europe1 and monkeys1 actually cognate with them in ,hindustan8 #hdb 8,incidents of ,travels in ,central ,america1 etc410 vol4 i41 p4 #aje4 #hdc ,they stand no more1 for the obelisk alone was removed to ,paris4 #hdd ,see 8,the ,land of the ,white ,elephant10 p4 #bba4 #hde ,the ,president of the ,royal ,geographical ,society of ,berlin4 #hdf 8,the ,land of the ,white ,elephant10 p4 #bae4 #hdg ,the ,phnician ,dido is the feminine of ,david 1 4 ,under the name of ,astart1 she led the ,phnician colonies1 and her image was on the prow of their ships4 ,but ,david and ,saul are names belonging to ,afghanistan also4 #hdh 7,prof4 ,a4 ,wilder47 ,this archologist says3 8,i regard the thiopian1 ,cushite and ,hamitic races as the building and artistic race who worshipped ,baal 7,siva71 or ,bel--made temples1 grottos1 pyramids1 and used a language of peculiar type4 ,rawlinson derives that language from the ,turanians in ,hindustan40 #hdi ,prof4 ,a4 ,wilder among others4 #hej ,see ,martin ,haug's translation3 8,the ,aytareya ,brahmanam48 #hea ,judges xvii4-xviii41 etc4 #heb ,the ,zendic ,h is ,s in ,india4 ,thus ,hapta is ,sapta2 ,hindu is ,sindhaya4 7,a4 ,wilder47 0 444 the ,s continually softens to ,h from ,greece to ,calcutta1 from the ,caucasus to ,egypt10 says ,dunlap4 ,therefore the letters ,k1 ,h1 and ,s are interchangeable4 #hec ,guignant3 8,op4 cit410 vol4 i41 p4 #afg4 #hed 8,incidents of ,travel in ,central ,america1 etc40 #hee ,see ,paul to the ,galatians1 iv4 #bd1 and ,gospel according to ,matthew1 xiii4 #aj-ae4 #hef ,a4 ,wilder says that 8,gan-duniyas10 is a name of ,babylonia4 #heg ,the appropriate definition of the name 8,turanian0 is1 any ethnic family that ethnologists know nothing about4 #heh ,see ,berosus and ,sanchoniathon3 ,cory's 8,ancient ,fragments30 ,movers and others4 #hei ,movers1 #hf4 #hfj ,ibid4 #hfa ,sanchon43 in ,cory's 8,fragments10 p4 #ad4 #hfb ,in an old ,brahmanical book called the 8,prophecies10 by ,ramatsariar1 as well as in the ,southern ,,mss4 in the legend of ,christna1 the latter gives nearly word for word the first two chapters of ,genesis4 ,he recounts the creation of man--whom he calls ,adima1 in ,sanscrit1 the #8first man'--and the first woman is called ,heva1 that which completes life4 ,according to ,louis ,jacolliot 78,la ,bible dans l',inde071 ,christna existed1 and his legend was written1 over #c1jjj years ,b4 ,c4 #hfc ,adah in ,hebrew is 1 and ,eden1 4 ,the first is a woman's name2 the second the designation of a country4 ,they are closely related to each other2 but hardly to ,adam and ,akkad-- 1 which are spelled with aleph4 #hfd ,the two words answer to the terms1 ,macroprosopos1 or macrocosm--the absolute and boundless1 and the ,microprosopos of the 8,kabala10 the 8short face10 or the microcosm--the finite and conditioned4 ,it is not translated2 nor is it likely to be4 ,the ,thibetean monks say that it is the real 8,sutrs40 ,some ,buddhists believe that ,buddha was1 in a previous existence1 ,kapila himself4 ,we do not see how several ,sanscrit scholars can entertain the idea that ,kapila was an atheist1 while every legend shows him the most ascetic mystic1 the founder of the sect of the ,yogis4 #hfe ,the 8,brahmanas0 were translated by ,dr4 ,haug2 see his 8,aitareya ,brhmanam40 #hff ,the 8,stan-gyour0 is full of rules of magic1 the study of occult powers1 and their acquisition1 charms1 incantations1 etc42 and is as little understood by its lay-interpreters as the ,jewish 8,bible0 is by our clergy1 or the 8,kabala0 by the ,european ,rabbis4 #hfg 8,aitareya ,brahmana10 ,lecture by ,max ,mller4 #hfh ,ibid41 8,buddhist ,pilgrims40 #hfi 8,progress of ,religious ,ideas through ,successive ,ages10 vol4 i41 p4 #ag4 #hgj 8,la ,bible dans l',inde40 #hga 8,la ,bible dans l',inde40 #hgb 8,presbyterian ,banner10 ,december #bj1 #ahgf4 #hgc 8,la ,bible dans l',inde40 #hgd ,see ,max ,mller's 8,lecture on the ,vedas40 #hge ,see ,roth's 8,the ,burial in ,india20 ,max ,mller's 8,comparative ,mythology0 7,lecture72 ,wilson's article1 8,the ,supposed ,vaidic ,authority for the ,burning of ,hindu ,widows10 etc4 #hgf ,bunsen gives as the first year of ,menes1 #cfde2 ,manetho as #chib ,b4,c4 8,eqypt's ,place10 etc41 vol4 v41 #cd2 ,key4 #hgg ,louis ,jacolliot1 in 8,the ,bible in ,india10 affirms the same4 #hgh ,purana means ancient and sacred history or tradition4 ,see ,loiseleur ,des-longchamp's translations of 8,manu20 also ,l4 ,jacolliot's 8,la ,gense dans l',humanit40 #hgi ,there are archologists1 who1 like ,mr4 ,james ,fergusson1 deny the great antiquity of even one single monument in ,india4 ,in his work1 8,illustrations of the ,rock-,cut ,temples of ,india10 the author ventures to express the very extraordinary opinion that 8,egypt had ceased to be a nation before the earliest of the cave-temples of ,india was excavated40 ,in short1 he does not admit the existence of any cave anterior to the reign of ,asoka1 and seems willing to prove that most of these rock-cut temples were executed from the time of that pious ,buddhist king1 till the destruction of the ,andhra dynasty of ,maghada1 in the beginning of the fifth century4 ,we believe such a claim perfectly arbitrary4 ,further discoveries are sure to show how erroneous and unwarranted it was4 #hhj ,it is a strange coincidence that when first discovered1 ,america was found to bear among some native tribes the name of ,atlanta4 #hha ,baldwin3 8,prehistoric ,nations10 p4 #agi4 #hhb ,alberico ,vespuzio1 the son of ,anastasio ,vespuzio or ,vespuchy1 is now gravely doubted in regard to the naming of the ,new ,world4 ,indeed the name is said to have occurred in a work written several centuries before4 ,a4 ,wilder 7,notes74 #hhc ,see ,thomas ,belt3 8,the ,naturalists in ,nicaragua40 ,london1 #ahgc4 #hhd ,torfus3 8,historia ,vinlandi ,antiqu40 #hhe #b ,kings1 xxii4 #ad2 #b ,chronicles1 xxxiv4 #bb4 #hhf ,as we are going to press with this chapter1 we have received from ,paris1 through the kindness of the ,honorable ,john ,l4 ,o',sullivan1 the complete works of ,louis ,jacolliot in twenty-one volumes4 ,they are chiefly upon ,india and its old traditions1 philosophy1 and religion4 ,this indefatigable writer has collected a world of information from various sources1 mostly authentic4 ,while we do not accept his personal views on many points1 still we freely acknowledge the extreme value of his copious translations from the ,indian sacred books4 ,the more so1 since we find them corroborating in every respect the assertions we have made4 ,among other instances is this matter of the submergence of continents in prehistoric days4 ,in his 8,histoire des ,vierges3 ,les ,peuples et les ,continents ,disparus10 he says3 8,one of the most ancient legends of ,india1 preserved in the temples by oral and written tradition1 relates that several hundred thousand years ago there existed in the ,pacific ,ocean1 an immense continent which was destroyed by geological upheaval1 and the fragments of which must be sought in ,madagascar1 ,ceylon1 ,sumatra1 ,java1 ,borneo1 and the principal isles of ,polynesia4 8,the high plateaux of ,hindustan and ,asia1 according to this hypothesis1 would only have been represented in those distant epochs by great islands contiguous to the central continent4444 ,according to the ,brahmans this country had attained a high civilization1 and the peninsula of ,hindustan1 enlarged by the displacement of the waters1 at the time of the grand cataclysm1 has but continued the chain of the primitive traditions born in this place4 ,these traditions give the name of ,rutas to the peoples which inhabited this immense equinoctial continent1 and from their speech was derived the ,sanscrit40 7,we will have something to say of this language in our second volume47 8,the ,indo-,hellenic tradition1 preserved by the most intelligent population which emigrated from the plains of ,india1 equally relates the existence of a continent and a people to which it gives the name of ,atlantis and ,atlantides1 and which it locates in the ,atlantic in the northern portion of the ,tropics4 8,apart from the fact that the supposition of an ancient continent in those latitudes1 the vestiges of which may be found in the volcanic islands and mountainous surface of the ,azores1 the ,canaries and ,cape ,verd1 is not devoid of geographical probability1 the ,greeks1 who1 moreover1 never dared to pass beyond the pillars of ,hercules1 on account of their dread of the mysterious ocean1 appeared too late in antiquity for the stories preserved by ,plato to be anything else than an echo of the ,indian legend4 ,moreover1 when we cast a look on a planisphere1 at the sight of the islands and islets strewn from the ,malayan ,archipelago to ,polynesia1 from the straits of ,sund to ,easter ,island1 it is impossible1 upon the hypothesis of continents preceding those which we inhabit1 not to place there the most important of all4 8,a religious belief1 common to ,malacca and ,polynesia1 that is to say to the two opposite extremes of the ,oceanic world1 affirms #8that all these islands once formed two immense countries1 inhabited by yellow men and black men1 always at war2 and that the gods1 wearied with their quarrels1 having charged ,ocean to pacify them1 the latter swallowed up the two continents1 and since1 it had been impossible to make him give up his captives4 ,alone1 the mountain-peaks and high plateaux escaped the flood1 by the power of the gods1 who perceived too late the mistake they had committed4' 8,whatever there may be in these traditions1 and whatever may have been the place where a civilization more ancient than that of ,rome1 of ,greece1 of ,egypt1 and of ,india was developed1 it is certain that this civilization did exist1 and that it is highly important for science to recover its traces1 however feeble and fugitive they may be0 7pp4 #ac-ae74 ,this last tradition1 translated by ,louis ,jacolliot from the ,sanscrit manuscripts1 corroborates the one we have given from the 8,records of the ,secret ,doctrine40 ,the war mentioned between the yellow and the black men1 relates to a struggle between the 8sons of ,god0 and the 8sons of giants10 or the inhabitants and magicians of the ,atlantis4 ,the final conclusion of ,m4 ,jacolliot1 who visited personally all the islands of ,polynesia1 and devoted years to the study of the religion1 language1 and traditions of nearly all the peoples1 is as follows3 8,as to the ,polynesian continent which disappeared at the time of the final geological cataclysms1 its existence rests on such proofs that to be logical we can doubt no longer4 8,the three summits of this continent1 ,sandwich ,islands1 ,new ,zealand1 ,easter ,island1 are distant from each other from fifteen to eighteen hundred leagues1 and the groups of intermediate islands1 ,viti1 ,samoa1 ,tonga1 ,foutouna1 ,ouvea1 ,marquesas1 ,tahiti1 ,poumouton1 ,gambiers1 are themselves distant from these extreme points from seven or eight hundred to one thousand leagues4 8,all navigators agree in saying that the extreme and the central groups could never have communicated in view of their actual geographical position1 and with the insufficient means they had at hand4 ,it is physically impossible to cross such distances in a pirogue 444 without a compass1 and travel months without provisions4 8,on the other hand1 the aborigines of the ,sandwich ,islands1 of ,viti1 of ,new ,zealand1 of the central groups1 of ,samoa1 ,tahiti1 etc41 had never known each other1 had never heard of each other before the arrival of the ,europeans4 ,and yet1 each of these people maintained that their island had at one time formed a part of an immense stretch of land which extended toward the ,west1 on the side of ,asia4 ,and all1 brought together1 were found to speak the same language1 to have the same usages1 the same customs1 the same religious belief4 ,and all to the question1 #8,where is the cradle of your race8' for sole response1 extended their hand toward the setting sun0 7,ibid41 p4 #cjh74 #hhg ,these 8magic mirrors10 generally black1 are another proof of the universality of an identical belief4 ,in ,india these mirrors are prepared in the province of ,agra and are also fabricated in ,thibet and ,china4 ,and we find them in ,ancient ,egypt1 from whence1 according to the native historian quoted by ,brasseur de ,bourbourg1 the ancestors of the ,quichs brought them to ,mexico2 the ,peruvian sun-worshippers also used it4 ,when the ,spaniards had landed1 says the historian1 the ,king of the ,quichs1 ordered his priests to consult the mirror1 in order to learn the fate of his kingdom4 8,the demon reflected the present and the future as in a mirror10 he adds 7,de ,bourbourg3 8,mexique10 p4 #ahd74 #hhh ,pay'quina1 or ,payaquina1 so called because its waves used to drift particles of gold from the ,brazil4 ,we found a few specks of genuine metal in a handful of sand that we brought back to ,europe4 #hhi ,the regions somewhere about ,udyana and ,kashmere1 as the translator and editor of ,marco ,polo 7,colonel ,yule71 believes4 ,vol4 i41 p4 #agc4 #hij 8,voyage des ,plerins ,bouddhistes10 vol4 #a42 8,histoire de la ,vie de ,hiouen-,thsang10 etc41 traduit du ,chinois en franais1 par ,stanislas ,julien4 #hia ,lao-tsi1 the ,chinese philosopher4 #hib 8,the ,book of ,ser ,marco ,polo10 vol4 i41 p4 #cah4 ,see also1 in this connection1 the experiments of ,mr4 ,crookes1 described in chapter vi4 of this work4 #hic ,max ,mller3 8,buddhist ,pilgrims40 #hid ,berlin ,academy of ,sciences1 #ahdf4 #hie ,colonel ,yule makes a remark in relation to the above ,chinese mysticism which for its noble fairness we quote most willingly4 8,in #ahga10 he says1 8,i saw in ,bond street an exhibition of the 7so-called7 #8spirit' drawings1 i4e41 drawings executed by a #8medium' under extraneous and invisible guidance4 ,a number of these extraordinary productions 7for extraordinary they were undoubtedly7 professed to represent the #8,spiritual ,flowers' of such and such persons2 and the explanation of these as presented in the catalogue was in substance exactly that given in the text4 ,it is highly improbable that the artist had any cognizance of ,schott's ,essays1 and the coincidence was certainly very striking0 78,the ,book of ,ser ,marco ,polo10 vol4 i41 p4 #ddd74 #hif ,schott3 8,essay on ,buddhism10 p4 #ajc4 #hig 8,the ,book of ,ser ,marco ,polo10 vol4 i41 ,preface to the second edition1 p4 viii4 #hih ,ibid41 vol4 i41 p4 #bjc4 #hii 8,visdelon10 p4 #acj4 #ijj 8,pliny10 vii41 #b4 #ija 8,philostratus10 book ii41 chap4 iv4 #ijb ,ibid41 book iv41 p4 #chb2 8,book of ,ser ,marco ,polo10 vol4 i41 p4 #bjf4 #ijc ,there are pious critics who deny the world the same right to judge the 8,bible0 on the testimony of deductive logic as 8any other book40 ,even exact science must bow to this decree4 ,in the concluding paragraph of an article devoted to a terrible onslaught on ,baron ,bunsen's 8,chronology10 which does not quite agree with the 8,bible10 a writer exclaims1 8the subject we have proposed to ourselves is completed4444 ,we have endeavored to meet ,chevalier ,bunsen's charges against the inspiration of the 8,bible0 on its own ground4444 ,an inspired book 444 never can1 as an expression of its own teaching1 or as a part of its own record1 bear witness to any untrue or ignorant statement of fact1 whether in history or doctrine4 ,if it be untrue in its witness of one1 who shall trust its truth in the witness of the other80 78,the ,journal of ,sacred ,literature and ,biblical ,record10 edited by the ,rev4 ,h4 ,burgess1 ,oct41 #ahei1 p4 #gj47 #ijd ,remusat3 8,histoire du ,khotan10 p4 #gd2 8,marco ,polo10 vol4 i41 p4 #bjf4 #ije ,like the ,psylli1 or serpent-charmers of ,libya1 whose gift is hereditary4 #ijf 8,ser ,marco ,polo10 vol4 ii41 p4 #cba4 #ijg 8,the ,spiritualist40 ,london1 ,nov4 #aj1 #ahgf4 #ijh ,read any of the papers1 of the summer and autumn of #ahgf4 #iji ,tite-,livy1 v4 dc4 i41--,val4 ,max41 #a1 cap4 vii4 #iaj ,see 8,les ,hauts ,phnomenes de la ,magie20 8,la ,magie au ,x,i,xme ,sicle20 8,dieu et les ,dieux10 etc4 #iaa 8,de ,idol4 ,vanit410 lib4 i41 p4 #deb4 #iab ,these1 after their bodily death1 unable to soar higher1 attached to terrestrial regions1 delight in the society of the kind of elementals which by their affinity with vice attract them the most4 ,they identify themselves with these to such a degree that they very soon lose sight of their own identity1 and become a part of the elementals1 the help of which they need to communicate with mortals4 ,but as the nature-spirits are not immortal1 so the human elementary who have lost their divine guide--spirit--can last no longer than the essence of the elements which compose their astral bodies holds together4 #iac ,l4 ,jacolliot3 8,voyage au ,pays des ,perles40 #iad 8,ultimate ,deductions of ,science2 ,the ,earth ,motionless40 ,a lecture demonstrating that our globe does neither turn about its own axis nor around the sun2 delivered in ,berlin by ,doctor ,shopfer4 ,seventh ,edition4 #iae ,champ4-,figeac3 8,egypte10 p4 #adc4 #iaf ,ibid41 p4 #aai4 #iag ,ibid41 p4 #b4 #iah ,ibid41 p4 #aa4 ,,index4 ,abarbanel1 his explanation of the sign of the coming of the ,messiah1 ii4 #bef ,abracadabra1 diabolical1 evoked anew1 ii4 #d ,abraham1 his history1 ii4 #bag2 belongs to the universal mythology1 ii4 #baf2 ,zeruan1 ib42 ,isaac1 and ,judah1 from ,brahma1 ,ikshwaka and ,yada1 ii4 #dhh2 and his sons1 the story an allegory1 ii4 #dic ,abraiaman1 or charmers of fishes and wild beasts in ,ceylon1 i4 #fjf ,absolution and penance authorized in the ,church of ,england1 ii4 #edd ,absorbed1 a state of intimate union1 ii4 #aag ,abuses of magic denounced by the ancients1 ii4 #ig1 #ii ,abydos1 a pre-,menite dynasty1 ii4 #cfa ,academicians1 ,french1 i4 #fj2 reject theurgical magic1 i4 #bha ,academy1 ,french1 indignant at the charge of ,satanism1 i4 #aja2 rejected mesmerism1 i4 #afe1 #aga2 ,committee of #aghd1 i4 #aga2 ,committee of #ahbf1 i4 #agc ,acari1 produced by chemical experiments1 i4 #dfe ,accuser of ,souls at the judgment1 ii4 #dhg ,acher 7,paul7 in the garden of delights1 ii4 #aai2 8made depredations10 ib4 ,actions guided by spiritual beings1 i4 #cff ,ad1 its meaning1 i4 #egi ,adah1 her sons from the ,euxine to ,kashmere1 i4 #egi ,ad-,am1 only-begotten1 i4 #egi ,adam 771 ,divine essence emanating from1 i4 #a2 the primitive man1 i4 #b2 the second1 i4 #big2 the same as the 8gods10 or ,elohim1 i4 #bii2 of dust1 i4 #cjb2 ,kadmon1 androgynous1 i4 #big2 the first man evolved1 ib42 same as the ,logos1 ,prometheus1 ,pimander1 ,hermes1 and ,herakles1 i4 #bih2 of ,eden1 eat without initiation of the ,tree of ,knowledge or secret doctrine1 i4 #ege2 invested with the chitun1 or coat of skin1 ib42 the fall1 not personal transgression1 but a law of dual evolution1 ii4 #bgg2 conducted from ,hell1 ii4 #eag2 same as ,tamuz1 ,adonis1 and ,helios1 ib42 sends ,seth on an errand to paradise1 ii4 #ebj2 ,kadmon1 ii4 #cf2 ,kadmon1 i4 #ic2 ,kadmon1 the first race of men his emanations1 ii4 #bgf2 ,primus1 the ,microprosopus1 ii4 #deb ,adamic ,earth1 i4 #ea ,adamite1 the third race1 produced by two races1 i4 #cje ,adanari1 the ,hindu goddess1 ii4 #dea1 #dec ,adar-gat1 ,aster't1 etc41 the ,magna ,mater1 i4 #egi ,adept1 the first self-made1 ii4 #cag2 of the highest order1 may live indefinitely1 ii4 #efc2 of the seventh rite1 ii4 #efd ,adepts few1 i4 #ag2 in ,paris and elsewhere ii4 #djc2 8travellers10 ib4 ,adhima and ,heva1 created by ,siva1 and ancestors of the present race1 i4 #eij ,a'di ,buddha1 the ,unknown1 ii4 #aef2 the father of the ,yezidis1 ii4 #ega ,adima and ,heva1 in the prophecies of ,ramatsariar1 i4 #egi ,adonai or ,adamites1 i4 #cjc ,adonim1 i4 #cja ,adonis1 his rites celebrated in the grotto at ,bethlehem1 ii4 #aci ,adonis-worship1 at the ,jordan1 ii4 #aha ,adrian supposed the ,christians to worship ,serapis1 ii4 #ccf bel-,zivo1 the ,metatron1 or ,anointed spirit1 ii4 #aed2 ii4 #bcf1 #bdg2 the same as the ,angel ,gabriel1 ii4 #bdg neas drives away ghosts with his sword1 i4 #cfb1 #cfc ons1 or genii1 i4 #cjj ,arolites1 used in the ,mysteries1 i4 #bhb2 in the tower of ,belos1 ii4 #cca2 used to develop prophetic power1 ib4 ther1 i4 #ef2 in that form the ,deity pervading all1 i4 #abi2 the primordial chaos1 i4 #acd2 the spirit of cosmic matter1 i4 #aef2 deified1 i4 #aeh2 source whence all things come and whither they will return1 i4 #ahi2 the fifth element1 i4 #cdb2 a medium between this world and the other1 ib42 the ,breath of the ,father1 the ,holy ,ghost1 ii4 #ej thiopia1 east of ,babylonia1 ii4 #dcd thiopians from the ,indus1 who settled near ,egypt1 probably ,jews1 i4 #efg2 originally an ,indian race1 ii4 #dcg2 law of inheritance by the mother1 ib4 ,affinity of soul for body1 i4 #cdd2 acknowledged between the ,syllabus and the ,koran1 ii4 #hb ,afrasiah1 the ,king of ,assyria1 i4 #ege ,africa1 phantoms appearing in the desert1 i4 #fjd ,afrits1 i4 #ada2 nature-spirits1 ,shedim1 demons1 i4 #cac2 studying antediluvian literature1 ii4 #bi ,agassiz1 ,prof4 ,l41 unfairness of1 i4 #fc2 his argument in favor of the immortality of all orders of living beings1 i4 #dbj ,agathodaimon and ,kakothodaimon1 i4 #acc ,agathadmon1 the serpent on a pole1 ii4 #eab ,age of paper1 i4 #ece ,aged of the aged1 ii4 #bdd ,ages1 golden1 silver1 copper and iron1 no fiction1 i4 #cd2 or ,aions1 ii4 #add ,agni1 the sun-god and fire-god1 i4 #bgj ,agrippa1 ,cornelius1 i4 #afg1 #bjj2 his remarks on the marvellous power of the human soul1 i4 #bhj ,ahab and his sons encouraged by the prophets1 ii4 #ebe ,ahaz1 his family deposed1 ii4 #ddj ,ahijah the prophet instigates ,jeroboam to revolt against ,solomon1 ii4 #dci ,ahriman1 his contest with ,ormazd1 ii4 #bcg2 to be purified in the fiery lake1 ii4 #bch ,aij-,taon1 the ,supreme ,god of the ,yakuts of ,siberia1 ii4 #efh ,ain-,soph1 ii4 #baj ,ajunta1 ,buddhistic caverns of1 i4 #cdi ,aksa1 or life-principle1 i4 #aac2 known to ,hindu magicians1 ib42 same as ,archus1 i4 #abe2 a designation of astral and celestial lights combined1 forming the anima mundi1 and constituting the soul and spirit of man1 i4 #aci2 the will1 i4 #add ,ak-,ad or ,akkad1 meaning suggested1 i4 #egi ,akkadians1 introduced the worship of ,bel or ,baal1 i4 #bfc2 progenitors and ,aryan instructors of the ,chaldeans1 i4 #egf2 never a ,turanian tribe1 ib42 a tribe of ,hindus1 ib42 from ,armenia1 perhaps from ,ceylon1 i4 #egh2 invented by ,lenormant1 ii4 #dbc ,akiba in the garden of delights1 ii4 #aai ,aksakof1 i4 #da1 #df2 protests against the decision of ,prof4 ,mendeleyeff and commission adverse to mediumism1 i4 #aah ,alba petra1 or white stone of initiation1 ii4 #cea ,alberico and not ,amerigo1 the name of ,vespucius or ,vespuzio1 i4 #eia ,albertus ,magnus1 ii4 #bj ,albigenses1 descendants of the ,gnostics1 ii4 #ejb ,albumazar on the identity of the myths1 ii4 #dhi ,alchemical principles1 i4 #aia ,alchemists1 i4 #ff1 #bje ,alchemy1 universally studied1 i4 #ejb2 old as tradition1 i4 #ejc2 books destroyed by ,diocletian1 the ,roman ,emperor1 ib4 ,alchemy and magic prevalent among the clergy1 ii4 #eg ,aleim or ,eloim1 gods or powers1 also priests1 i4 #ege ,alexander of ,macedonia1 his expedition into ,india doubtful1 ii4 #dbi ,alexandrian library1 the most precious rolls preserved1 ii4 #bg2 learned ,copts do not believe it destroyed1 ii4 #bh2 obtained from the ,asiatics1 ib42 school1 derived the soul from the ether or world-soul1 i4 #caf4 ,algebra1 i4 #ecf ,alkahest1 i4 #ej2 the universal solvent clear water1 i4 #acc2 overlooked by the ,french ,academy1 i4 #afe2 explained by ,van ,helmont and ,paracelsus1 i4 #aia ,allegory1 becomes sacred history1 ii4 #djf2 reserved for the inner sanctuary1 ii4 #dic ,alligators do not disturb fakirs1 i4 #chc ,allopathists in medicine enemies to psychology1 i4 #hh2 oppose everything till stamped as regular1 ib42 oppose discoveries1 ib4 ,all things formed after the model1 i4 #cjb 8,almighty1 the ,nebulous10 i4 #abi ,al-om-jah1 an ,egyptian hierophant1 ii4 #cfd ,alsatians believe ,paracelsus to be only sleeping in his grave1 ii4 #ejj ,amasis1 ,king of ,egypt1 sends a linen garment to ,lindus1 i4 #ecf ,amazons1 their circle-dance in ,palestine1 ii4 #de ,amberley1 ,viscount1 regards ,jesus as an iconoclastic idealist1 ii4 #efb2 looks down upon the social plane indicated by the great ,sopher1 ib4 ,amenthes1 or ,amenti1 has no blazing hell1 ii4 #aa ,americ1 or great mountain1 the name of a range in ,central ,america visited by ,columbus1 i4 #eib ,america1 ,central1 lost cities1 i4 #bci2 not named from ,vespucius1 i4 #eia2 name found in ,nicaragua1 i4 #eib2 first applied to the continent in #aebb1 ib42 ,markland1 ib42 note of ,a4 ,wilder1 ib42 the conservatory of spiritual sensitives1 ii4 #ai ,american lodges know nothing of esoteric ,masonry1 ii4 #cgf2 templarism1 its three degrees1 ii4 #chc ,americans to join the ,catholic ,church1 ii4 #cgi ,amita or ,buddha1 his realm1 i4 #fja ,ammonius ,sakkas1 i4 #ddc2 dated his philosophy from ,hermes1 ii4 #cdb ,amrita1 the supreme soul1 i4 #bfe ,amulet1 a soldier made proof by one against bullets1 i4 #cgh ,amulets and relics1 spells and phylacteries1 ii4 #ceb ,amun1 i4 #bfb ,an1 spirits of1 ii4 #chg ,ansthesia1 its discovery by ,wells1 i4 #eci2 the improvements by ,morton1 ,simpson1 and ,colton1 i4 #edj2 understood by the ,egyptians and ,brahmans1 ib4 ,anahit1 the earth1 i4 #aa ,anathems1 a custom original with ,christians1 ii4 #ccd ,anaxagoras1 belief concerning spiritual prototypes1 i4 #aeh ,anaximenes held the doctrine of evolution or development1 i4 #bch ,ancient and ,accepted ,scottish ,rite a ,jesuitical product1 ii4 #cij ,ancient ,philosophies1 based on the doctrine of ,god the universal mind diffused throughout nature1 i4 #bhi2 books written symbolically1 i4 #ai2 of the ancient1 i4 #cjb2 ,code of ,manu1 not in our possession1 i4 #ehe1 #ehf2 landmarks of ,masonry departed from1 ii4 #chj2 mysteries hidden only from the profane1 ii4 #aba2 religions1 the wisdom or doctrine1 their basis1 ii4 #ii2 identical as to their secret meaning1 ii4 #daj2 derived from one primitive worship1 ii4 #dab2 word1 note of ,emanuel ,swedenborg1 ii4 #dgj2 in ,buddhistic ,tartary1 ii4 #dga ,ancients1 monotheistical before ,moses1 i4 #bc2 knew certain sciences better than modern savants1 i4 #be2 regarded the physical sun as only an emblem1 i4 #bgj2 practiced psychometry1 i4 #cca2 their religion that of the future1 i4 #fac ,anderson1 author of the ,constitutions of #agbc and #agch1 a ,masonic impostor1 ii4 #chi2 ,steve1 his spiritual advisers anxious for his speedy execution lest he should fall from grace1 ii4 #edc ,angelo1 ,michel1 his remarkable gem1 i4 #bdj ,angkor1 figures purely archaic1 i4 #efg ,anglican ,church adopting again the ,roman usages1 ii4 #edd ,anima1 i4 #cg ,anima ,mundi1 or world-soul1 i4 #ef1 #beh2 same as ,nirvana1 i4 #bia2 feminine with the ,gnostics and ,nazarenes1 i4 #cjj2 bi-sexual1 i4 #cja2 same as the astral light1 ib42 an igneous1 ethereal nature1 i4 #caf1 #cag2 the human soul born upon leaving1 i4 #cde ,animals1 perhaps immortal1 argument of ,agassiz1 i4 #dbj1 #dbg2 argument from natural instinct1 i4 #dbf1 #dbg2 shut up in the ark1 ii4 #ddg ,animation1 suspended1 i4 #dhc2 voluntarily1 ib42 in cataleptic clairvoyance1 i4 #dhi ,anna1 ,st41 going in quest of her daughter ,mary1 ii4 #dia2 the origin of the name1 ib4 ,annas and ,caiaphas confess ,jesus to be the ,son of ,god1 ii4 #ebb ,annihilation1 the meaning of the ,buddhist doctrine1 i4 #bij2 of the soul1 i4 #cai ,annoia1 ii4 #bhb1 #bhf ,anthesteria1 the baptism and passage through the gate1 ii4 #bde1 #bdf ,anthropomorphic devil the bottom card1 ii4 #dgi ,anti-,christ1 a fable invented as a precaution1 ii4 #ece ,antichristianism1 seeking to overthrow ,christianity by science1 i4 #ccg ,anti-,masonic ,convention denying the validity of an oath1 ii4 #cgc-cge ,antipathy1 its beginning1 i4 #cji ,antitypes of men to be born1 i4 #caj ,antiquity of human race1 over #bej1jjj years1 i4 #c2 of necromancy and spiritualism1 remote1 i4 #bje2 lost natural philosophy1 i4 #bce2 of optical instruments1 gunpowder1 the steam-engine1 astronomical science1 i4 #bdj1 #bda2 of the flood1 i4 #bda2 opinion of ,aristotle1 i4 #dbh ,ape1 astral body1 i4 #cbg2 a degenerated man1 ii4 #bgh ,apis1 the bull1 secret book concerning his age1 i4 #djf ,apocryphal ,gospels first received and then discarded1 ii4 #eah ,apollo made the prince of demons and lord of the under-world1 ii4 #dhh ,apollonius of ,tyana1 his journey an allegory1 i4 #ai2 regard for stones1 i4 #bfe2 cast out devils1 i4 #cef2 his power to witness the present and the future1 i4 #dhf2 beheld an empusa or ghl1 i4 #fjd2 testimony of ,justin ,martyr respecting his powers1 ii4 #ig2 not a 8spirit-medium10 ii4 #aah2 his mistake1 ii4 #cda2 his conjurations when wrapped in a woolen mantle1 ii4 #cdd2 visited ,kashmere1 ii4 #dcd2 the faculty of his soul to quit the body1 ii4 #eig2 vanished from sight and renewal elsewhere1 ib4 ,apollyon1 his various characters1 ii4 #eaa ,apophis1 or ,apap1 the dragon1 infests the soul1 ii4 #cfh ,apostles1 ,acts of1 rejected1 ii4 #ahb2 ,creed a forgery1 ii4 #ead ,apostles of ,buddhism1 ii4 #fjh ,apparitions of spirits of animals1 i4 #cbf ,appleton's ,new ,american ,cyclopdia misstates the date of the laws of ,manu1 i4 #ehg ,apuleius' doctrine concerning birth and death of the soul1 ii4 #cde2 on the beatific vision1 ii4 #ade2 accused of black magic1 ii4 #adi ,aquinas1 ,thomas1 destroys the brazen oracular head of ,albertus ,magnus1 ii4 #ef ,arabic manuscripts1 #hj1jjj burned at ,granada1 i4 #eaa ,aralez1 ,armenian gods who revivify men1 ii4 #efd ,arcane powers in ,man1 ii4 #aab2 knowledge and sorcery1 ii4 #ehc ,archus1 i4 #ad2 same as ,chaos1 fire1 sidereal or astral light1 psychic or ektenic force1 ,akasa1 etc41 i4 #abe2 the principle of life1 i4 #djj ,archologists1 their attacks on each other1 ii4 #dga1 #dgb ,archetypal man a spheroid1 ii4 #dfi ,architecture of the ,egyptian temples1 i4 #eag ,architectural remains in different countries1 their remarkable identity of parts1 i4 #egb ,archons of this world1 ii4 #hi1 #ij ,archytas1 instructor of ,plato1 constructed a wooden dove1 i4 #edc2 invented the screw and crane1 ib4 ,arctic regions visited by the ,phnicians1 i4 #ede ,argha1 or ark1 ii4 #ddd ,arhat1 i4 #bia2 reaches ,nirvana while on earth1 ii4 #cbj ,arhats1 free from evil desire1 i4 #cdf ,aristotle on the human soul and the world-soul1 i4 #bea2 three natural principles1 i4 #caj2 on gas from the earth1 i4 #bjj2 on form1 i4 #cab2 on the nous and psuche1 i4 #caf2 on the filth element1 i4 #cag2 believed in the nous and psuche1 the reasoning and the animal soul1 i4 #cag2 borrowed doctrines from ,pythagoras1 i4 #cai1 #cbj2 believed in a past eternity of human existence1 i4 #dbh2 doctrine of two-fold soul1 i4 #dbi2 taught the ,buddhistic doctrine1 i4 #dcj2 believed light to be itself an energy1 i4 #eaj2 contradicted by the ,neo-,platonists1 i4 #dcj2 taught that the earth was the centre of the universe1 i4 #djh2 obnoxious to ,christian theology1 ii4 #cd2 upon ,jon or 1 ii4 #cjb ,ark1 what it represents1 ii4 #ddd ,armenian tradition of giving life to a slain warrior1 ii4 #efd ,armor1 ,prof41 theory of malformations1 i4 #cib ,arnobius1 believed the soul corporeal1 i4 #cag ,artesian well1 used in ,china1 i4 #eag ,articles of faith of the ancient wisdom-religions1 ii4 #aaf ,artificial lakes in ancient temples in ,egypt1 ,asia1 and ,america1 i4 #egb ,artificially fecundated woman1 i4 #gg1 #ha ,arts in the archaic ages1 i4 #dje1 #djf ,artufas1 the temples of nagualism1 i4 #eeg ,aryan1 ,median1 ,persian1 and ,hindu1 also the ,gothic and ,slavic peoples1 i4 #egf2 nations1 had no devil1 ii4 #aj2 carried bronze manufacture into ,europe1 i4 #eci2 united1 #c1jjj ,b4,c41 ii4 #dcc2 in the valley of the upper ,indus1 ib42 did not borrow from the ,semites1 ii4 #dbf ,asbestos1 i4 #bbi2 thread and oil made from it1 i4 #ejd ,asclepiadotus1 reproduces chemically the exhalations of the sacred oracle-grotto1 i4 #eca ,asdt1 7,deut4 xxxiii4 #b71 signifies emanations1 but mistranslated1 ii4 #cd ,asgrtha1 temple in ,india1 ii4 #ca ,ash-trees1 third race of men created from1 i4 #eeh ,ashmole1 ,elias1 the ,rosicrucian1 the first operative ,mason of note1 ii4 #cdi ,asia1 middle belt1 perhaps once a sea-bed1 i4 #eij1 #eib ,asideans1 or ,khasdims1 the same as ,pharsi or ,pharisees1 ii4 #dda ,asmodeus1 or shma-deva1 ii4 #dhb ,asmonean priest-kings promulgated the ,old ,testament in opposition to the ,apocrypha1 ii4 #ace2 first ,pharisees1 and then ,sadducees1 ib4 ,asoka and ,augustine1 ii4 #cb2 his missionaries1 ii4 #db2 the ,buddhist1 sent missionaries to other countries1 ii4 #dia ,ass1 the form of ,typhon1 ii4 #dhd2 its ,coptic name1 ,,ao1 a phonetic of ,iao1 ib42 head found in the temple1 ii4 #ebc ,assyria1 the land of ,nimrod1 or ,bacchus1 i4 #efh ,assyrians basso-relievos at ,nagkon-,wat1 i4 #eff2 sphinxes1 ii4 #dea2 tablets1 the flood1 ii4 #dbb ,assyrians1 their archaic empire1 ii4 #dhf ,astral atmosphere1 i4 #cad2 body or doppelganger1 i4 #cfj2 of the ape1 i4 #cbg2 fire1 represented by the serpent1 i4 #acg2 fluid can be compressed about the body1 to protect it from violence1 i4 #cgh1 #chj2 a bolt of it can be directed with fatal force1 i4 #chj2 form oozing out of the body1 i4 #agi2 bound to the corpse and infesting the living1 i4 #dcb2 light1 i4 #ef1 #aef1 #bdg2 the ,ob or ,python1 i4 #aeh2 currents1 i4 #bdg2 same as the anima mundi1 i4 #cja2 dual and bi-sexual1 ib42 ,soul or ,spirit1 i4 #ab2 divided by ,h4 ,more into the arial and therial vehicles1 i4 #bjf2 said to linger about the body #c1jjj years1 i4 #bbf2 doctrine of ,epicurus1 i4 #bej2 the perisprit1 composed of matter1 i4 #bhi2 not immortal1 i4 #dcb2 virgin1 i4 #abf ,astrograph1 i4 #che ,astrologers1 ,chaldean1 i4 #bje ,astrology1 i4 #bei ,astronomus1 the title of the highest initiate1 ii4 #cfe ,astronomical calculations of ,chaldeans and ,egyptians1 i4 #ba2 of ,chaldeans and ,aztecs1 i4 #aa1 #bda2 of ,chinese1 i4 #bda ,aswatha1 the ,hindu tree of life1 i4 #aeb1 #aec ,athanor1 the1 the ,archimedean lever1 i4 #ejf ,atheism1 not a ,buddhistical doctrine1 i4 #bib ,atharva-,veda1 great value1 ii4 #dad1 #dae ,athbach1 ii4 #bii ,atheists1 none among heathen populations1 ii4 #bdj2 none in days of old1 ii4 #ecj ,athos1 ,mount1 story of the manuscripts1 ii4 #eb ,athothi1 king of ,egypt1 writes a book on anatomy1 i4 #djf ,athtor1 or ,mother ,night1 i4 #ia ,atlantis1 the legend believed1 i4 #eeg ,atlantic ocean1 once intersected by islands and a continent1 i4 #eeg1 #eeh2 mentioned in the ,secret ,book1 i4 #eij2 perhaps the actual name of the great ,southern continent in the ,indian ,ocean1 i4 #eia2 name not ,greek1 ib42 probable etymology of the name1 ib42 two orders of inhabitants1 i4 #eib1 #eic2 their fall1 and the submersion of the island1 i4 #eic ,atma1 i4 #cdf ,atman1 the spiritual self1 recognized as ,god1 ii4 #eff ,atmospheric electricity embodied in demi-gods1 i4 #bfa ,atoms1 doctrine taught by ,demokritus1 i4 #bdi ,atonement1 origin of the doctrine1 ii4 #da2 error of ,prof4 ,draper1 ib42 mysteries of initiation1 ii4 #db ,attraction1 the great mystery1 i4 #cch ,audhumla1 the cow or female principle1 i4 #adg ,augoeides1 or part of the divine spirit1 i4 #ab1 #cjf1 #cae2 cannot be communed with by a hierophant with a touch of mortal passion1 i4 #ceh2 self-shining vision of the future self1 ii4 #aae2 the tman or self1 ii4 #cag ,augsburgian ,jesuits desirous to change the ,sabean emblems1 ii4 #dej ,augustine1 his accession to ,christianity placed theology and science at everlasting enmity1 ii4 #hh2 his directions about the ladies' toilet1 ii4 #cca2 scouted the sphericity of the earth1 ii4 #dgg2 affirmed a predestinated state of happiness and predetermined reprobation1 ii4 #edf ,a ,u ,m1 meaning of the sacred letters1 ii4 #ca2 the holy primitive syllable1 ii4 #ci2 and ,tum1 ii4 #chg ,aur1 i4 #aeh ,aura ,placida1 deified into two martyrs1 ii4 #bdh ,aureole1 from ,babylonia1 ii4 #ie ,auricular confession in the ,anglican church1 ii4 #edd ,aurora borealis1 conjectures concerning it of scientists1 i4 #dag ,aurumgahad1 i4 #cdi2 ,buddhistic mementos1 i4 #cdi ,austin ,friars1 or ,augustinians1 outdone in magic by the ,jesuits1 i4 #dde ,avany1 the ,virgin1 by whom the first ,buddha was incarnated1 ii4 #cbb ,avatar1 i4 #bia2 the earliest1 ii4 #dbg ,avatars and emanations1 ii4 #aee1 #aef2 of ,vishnu1 ii4 #bgd2 they symbolize evolution of races1 ii4 #bge ,avicenna1 on chickens with hawks' heads1 i4 #che ,azaz-,el1 or ,siva1 ii4 #cjb1 #cjc ,azoth1 or creative principle1 symbol1 i4 #dfb2 blunder of de ,mirville1 ib4 ,aztecs1 of ,mexico1 their calendar1 i4 #aa2 resembled the ancient ,egyptians1 i4 #efj ,baal1 prophets danced the circle-dance of the ,amazons1 ii4 #de2 ,tsephon1 god of the crypt1 ii4 #dhg2 how his hierophants procured apparitions1 ii4 #efg ,babies speaking good ,french1 i4 #cga ,babinet on table-turning1 i4 #fj1 #aja1 #ajd2 declares levitation impossible and is refuted1 i4 #aje2 his story of a fire-globe resembling a cat1 i4 #ajg ,babylon1 built by those who escaped the deluge1 i4 #ca2 after three conquerors1 i4 #ecd2 the great mother1 or ,magna ,mater1 ii4 #eja ,babylonia1 the seat of ,sanscrit literature1 ii4 #dbh ,babylonian priests1 asserted their observations to have extended back #dgj1jjj years1 i4 #ecc2 system defined1 ii4 #agj ,bacchic fan1 held by ,osiris1 ii4 #did ,bacchus1 a saint of the ,roman calendar1 i4 #afj2 worship among the ,jews1 ii4 #abh2 8the son of ,god10 ii4 #dib2 myth1 contains the history of the gods1 ii4 #ebg2 the ,prophet-,god1 ii4 #ebg1 #ebh2 a saint in the calendar1 ii4 #ebh2 or ,dionysus1 his ,indian origin1 ii4 #efj ,bacon1 ,roger1 miracles1 i4 #fi2 predicted the use of steam and other modern inventions1 i4 #dac ,badagas1 a people of ,hindustan who revere and maintain the ,todas1 ii4 #fac-fae ,bad demons1 i4 #cdc ,bael-tur1 sacred to ,siva1 i4 #dfi ,baggage from the ,pagan mysteries1 ii4 #ccd ,bahak-,zivo1 i4 #bih2 ordered to create1 i4 #bii2 the creator1 ii4 #acd ,bahira1 the ,nestorian monk1 ii4 #ed ,balahala1 the fifth degree1 ii4 #cfe ,balam ,acan1 a ,toltecan king1 i4 #eec ,ban1 on spiritualistic writings1 ii4 #h ,banyan1 the tree of knowledge and life1 ii4 #bic ,baphomet1 the alleged god of the ,templars1 ii4 #cjb ,baptism of blood1 the slaughter of a hierophant or an animal1 ii4 #db2 a general practice1 ii4 #acd ,baptismal font in ,egyptian pyramids1 i4 #eai ,baptist preachers' meeting in ,new ,york1 ii4 #dgc1 #dgd2 a warm doctrine1 ib4 ,baptista ,porta1 i4 #ff ,baptists1 ii4 #bia ,bardesanian system1 ii4 #bbd ,barjota1 ,cur de1 his magical powers1 ii4 #fj2 saves the ,pope's life1 ib4 ,barlaam and ,josaphat1 a ridiculous romance1 ii4 #ehj ,barrachias-,hassan-,oglu1 i4 #dc ,barri 7,italy71 a statue of the ,madonna with crinoline1 ii4 #i ,bart1 his testimony in regard to ,herakles1 ii4 #eae ,basic matter of gold1 i4 #ej ,basileus1 the archon taking charge of the ,eleusinians1 ii4 #ij ,basilidean system1 the exposition of ,irenus1 ii4 #aeg ,basilides1 description of ,clement1 ii4 #abc2 derived his doctrines from the ,gospel according to ,matthew1 ii4 #aee2 his doctrines set forth by ,tertullian1 ii4 #ahi ,bastian1 ,dr41 his conception of the temple of ,angkor or ,nagkon-,wat1 i4 #efg1 #efh ,batria1 the wife of ,pharaoh1 teacher of ,moses1 i4 #be ,battle of life1 ii4 #aab ,baubo1 in the ,mysteries1 what she directed1 ii4 #aab ,bayle1 his testimony on spurious relics1 ii4 #gb ,beads and rosaries1 of ,buddhistic origin1 ii4 #ie4 ,beatific vision or epopteia1 testimony of ,paul and ,apuleius1 ii4 #adf ,beaujeu1 ,count1 his ,masonic imposture1 ii4 #cha ,beaumont1 ,elie de1 on terrestrial circulation1 i4 #ejc ,beausobre1 on the ,rasit or ,principle1 ii4 #cf ,beel-,zebub 7more properly ,beel-,zebul1 the ,baal of the ,temple7 the same as ,apollo1 the ,oracle-,god1 ii4 #dha2 nicknamed ,beel-,zebub1 a god of flies1 ii4 #dhf ,beer made in ancient ,egypt1 i4 #edc ,bel1 a personification of the ,hindu ,siva1 i4 #bfc2 and the dragon1 i4 #eej2 ,baal1 the ,devil1 i4 #eeb ,belial1 a ,diakka1 ii4 #dhb ,believers in magic1 mesmerism and spiritualism1 #hjj1jjj1jjj1 i4 #eab ,bellarmin1 ,cardinal1 his vision about the bottomless pit1 ii4 #h ,bells before the shrine of ,jupiter-,ammon1 ii4 #ie2 in ,jewish and ,buddhistic rites1 ib4 ,belus1 the first ,assyrian king1 deified1 i4 #eeb ,ben ,asai1 in the garden of delights1 ii4 #aai2 ,zoma1 in the garden of delights1 ii4 #aai ,benedict1 ,st41 and his black raven1 ii4 #gh ,bengal1 magical seance1 i4 #dfg ,bengalese conjurers and jugglers1 i4 #deg2 planting trees1 etc41 which grew at once1 ib4 ,bethlehem1 grotto of1 temple of ,adonis1 ii4 #aci ,beverages to produce visions1 ii4 #aag ,bhagaved-gita1 opinion of du ,perron1 ii4 #efb2 reverenced by the ,brahmans1 ib42 contains the greatest mysteries of the ,brahmanic religion1 ii4 #efc2 reverenced alike by ,brahmanists and ,buddhists1 ib4 ,bhagavant1 the same as ,parabrahma1 i4 #ia2 endued ,brahma with creative power1 i4 #ij2 not a creator1 i4 #cdg2 enters the world-egg1 ib4 ,bhagaved1 i4 #adh ,bhangulpore1 ,round ,tower1 ii4 #e ,bhutavan1 the ,spirit of ,evil1 created to destroy the incarnation of the sin of ,brahma1 i4 #bfe ,bible1 antedated by ,vedas1 i4 #ia2 its allegories repeated in ,talapoin and ,ceylonese traditions and manuscripts1 i4 #egg2 used as a weapon against the people who furnished it1 ii4 #if2 an allegorical screen of the ,kabala1 ii4 #baj2 the great light of modern ,masonry1 ii4 #chi2 four or five times written over1 ii4 #dgj2 when made up1 ii4 #dga2 a secret volume1 ib42 ,patriarchs only zodiacal signs1 ii4 #dei ,bilocation1 i4 #cfa ,binlang-stone1 ii4 #bcd ,biographers of the ,devil1 ii4 #ae ,birds1 sung a mass for ,st4 ,francis1 ii4 #gg ,birs-,nimrud1 the temple of seven stages1 i4 #bfa ,birth of the human soul1 i4 #cde ,birth-marks1 i4 #chd ,bisexual1 the first man1 i4 #eei ,bishops of the fourth century illiterate1 ii4 #bea ,black-faced ,christ in ,india1 ii4 #ecb ,black gods worshipped by the ,yakuts1 ii4 #efh1 #efi ,blackguardism of ,father ,weninger1 ii4 #cgi ,black magic practised at the ,vatican1 ii4 #f2 sorcery and witchcraft1 an abuse1 ii4 #aah2 mirror1 i4 #eif2 reveals to the ,inca queen her husband's death1 ib42 virgins in ,french cathedrals1 figures of ,isis1 ii4 #ie 8,bleeding ,head0 of a murdered child employed as an oracle1 ii4 #ef2 image1 ii4 #ag ,blessed ,virgin gives a demoniac a sound thrashing1 ii4 #gf ,blind ,force plus intelligence1 i4 #aii2 psychic force1 ib4 ,blood1 the baptism1 ii4 #db2 of ,jesus ,christ1 a phial of it presented to ,henry ,,iii4 of ,england1 ii4 #ga2 eagerness of spirits for it1 i4 #cdd2 its circulation understood by the ,egyptians1 i4 #edd2 liquefied at ,naples and ,nargercoil1 in ,india1 i4 #fac2 its emanations serve spirits with material for their apparitions1 ii4 #efg2 the universal ,proteus and arcanum of life1 ib42 -demons1 i4 #cec2 -evocation by the ,yakuts1 ,bulgarians and ,moldavians1 ii4 #efi1 #egj ,bloody legislation of ,protestant countries against witchcraft1 ii4 #ejc2 rites in ,hayti1 ii4 #egb ,blue1 held in aversion as the symbol of evil1 ii4 #ddf2 ray1 i4 #acg1 #bfd2 -violet1 the seventh ray1 most responsive of all1 i4 #ead ,body1 the sepulchre of the soul1 ii4 #aab2 how long it may be kept alive1 ii4 #efc2 of ,moses1 a symbol for ,palestine1 ii4 #dhb2 may be obsessed by spirits during the temporary absence of the soul1 ii4 #ehi ,boismont1 de1 ,brierre1 on hallucinations1 i4 #add ,boodhasp1 the founder of ,sabism or baptism1 ii4 #bij1 #bia ,book of the ,dead1 ,egyptian1 i4 #eag1 #eah2 quoted in the ,gospel according to ,matthew1 ii4 #edh2 older than ,menes1 ii4 #cfa2 of ,jasher1 i4 #edi2 of ,jasher1 the ,old ,testament condensed1 ii4 #cii2 of ,numbers1 ,chaldean1 i4 #cb ,books lost and destroyed1 i4 #bd2 of ,hermes1 i4 #cc2 of ,hermes1 attested by the ,champollions1 i4 #fbe ,births1 feast of1 supposed to be ,bacchic1 ii4 #dd1 #de ,bosheth1 ,israelites consecrated1 ii4 #acj ,both-al1 ,batylos1 and ,beth-el1 i4 #eej ,bourbourg1 ,brasseur de1 publishes ,popol ,vuh1 i4 #b ,boussingault on table-turning1 i4 #fj ,bozrah1 the convent there the place where the seed of ,islam was sown1 ii4 #ed ,brachmans in ,greece1 ii4 #cba ,brahm1 i4 #bia ,brahma1 a secondary deity1 like ,jehovah1 the demiurgos1 i4 #ia2 evolved himself1 and then brought nature from himself1 i4 #ic2 creates ,lomus1 i4 #acc2 produces spiritual beings1 then daints or giants1 and1 finally1 the castes of men1 i4 #adh2 the name of the universal germ1 ii4 #bfa2 night of1 ii4 #bgb1 #bgc1 #dba2 manifested as twelve attributes or gods1 i4 #cdh2 day and night1 ii4 #dba ,brahma-,prajapati committed the first sin1 i4 #bfe2 his repentance and the hottest tear1 ib4 ,brahm-tma1 or chief of the initiates1 had the two crossed keys1 ii4 #ca ,brahman1 his astounding declaration to ,jacolliot1 ii4 #ehe ,brahmanas1 ii4 #dji1 #daj2 the key to the ,rig-,veda1 ii4 #dae ,brahmanical religion1 stated in the doctrine of ,god as the ,universal mind diffused through all things1 i4 #bhi ,brahmanism1 pre-,vedic1 identical with ,buddhism1 ii4 #adb2 ,buddhism its primitive source1 ii4 #afi ,brahman gods1 ,siva1 ,surya1 and the ,aswins denounced in the ,avesta1 ii4 #dhb1 #dhc ,brahman-,yoggins1 i4 #cjg2 story of descent from giants1 i4 #abb2 theories of the sun and moon1 i4 #bfd2 their powers of prediction and clairvoyance1 i4 #ddf2 possess secrets of ansthesia1 i4 #edj2 widows burned without hurting them1 ib42 know that the rite of widow-burning was never prescribed1 i4 #eda2 their religion exclusive1 and not to be disseminated1 i4 #eha2 dispossessed the ,jaina natives of ,india1 ii4 #cbc2 in ,babylonia1 ii4 #dbh2 and ,buddhists1 their extraordinary probity1 ii4 #dgd2 how it has deteriorated by ,christian association1 ib4 ,brain1 substance changed by thought and sensation1 i4 #bdi1 #bej2 silvery spark in1 i4 #cbi ,brazen serpent1 the caduceus of ,mercury or ,asklepios1 i4 #eef2 symbol of ,esculapius or ,iao1 ii4 #dha2 worshipped by the ,israelites1 ib42 broken by ,hezekiah1 ii4 #ddj ,bread-and-mutton protoplasms1 i4 #dba ,bread and wine1 a sacrifice of great antiquity1 ii4 #dc1 #dd1 #eac ,breath1 immortal1 infusing life1 i4 #cjb ,brighou1 the pragpati and his patriarchal descendants1 ii4 #dbg ,bronze age1 i4 #ecd ,bronze introduced into ,europe #f1jjj years ago by ,aryan immigrants1 i4 #eci ,brothers of the ,shadow1 i4 #cai ,broussard on magnetism and medicine1 ii4 #faj ,bruno1 why slaughtered1 i4 #ic2 ,prof4 ,draper misrepresents him1 i4 #id2 held ,jesus to be a magician1 ib42 accusation against him1 i4 #ie2 his reply1 i4 #if2 declared this world a star1 ib42 acknowledged an universal ,providence1 ib42 doubted the ,trinity1 i4 #ig2 a ,pythagorean1 i4 #ih ,brutal force adored by ,christendom1 ii4 #ccd ,buchanan1 ,prof4 ,j4 ,r41 criticises ,agassiz1 i4 #fc2 his bridge from physical impression to consciousness1 i4 #hg2 theory of psychometry1 i4 #ahb2 on tendency of gestures to follow the phrenological organs1 i4 #ejj ,buddha1 the formless ,brahm1 i4 #bia2 the monad1 ib41 #eej2 incarnation1 ib42 his lama representative1 i4 #dcg1 #dch2 appearing of his shadow to ,hiouen-,thsang1 i4 #fjj2 never deified by his followers1 ii4 #bdj2 a social rather than a religious reformer1 ii4 #cci2 tempted and victorious1 ii4 #eac2 never wrote1 ii4 #eei2 his lessons to his disciples1 ib42 taught the new birth1 ii4 #eff2 breaks with the old mysteries1 ib42 or ,sommona-,cadom1 the ,siamese ,saviour1 ii4 #egf2 changed by the ,vatican into ,st4 ,josaphat1 ii4 #egi2 8just as if he had been a ,christian10 ii4 #eha ,buddha-,siddrtha1 i4 #cd2 -,gautama1 i4 #ib2 lived #b1edj years ago1 ii4 #ecg2 teaches how to escape reincarnation1 i4 #cdf ,buddhism based on the doctrine of ,god1 the universal ,mind diffused through all things1 i4 #bhi2 prehistoric1 the once universal religion1 ii4 #abc2 preached by ,jesus1 ii4 #abc2 its ethics1 ii4 #abd2 identical with pre-,vedic ,brahmanism1 ii4 #adb2 the primitive source of ,brahmanism1 ii4 #afi2 its groundwork the kabalistic doctrine1 i4 #bga2 its doctrine based on works1 ii4 #bhh2 esoteric doctrines1 ii4 #cai2 the religion of the earlier ,vedas1 ii4 #dcf2 degenerated into ,lamaism1 ii4 #ehb ,buddhist patriarch of ,nangasaki1 ii4 #gi2 system1 how mastered1 i4 #bhi2 monks in ,syria and ,babylon1 ii4 #bij2 went so far as ,ireland1 ib42 theories of sun and moon1 i4 #bfd2 respect for the sapphire-stone1 ib4 ,buddhistic element in ,gnosticism and missionaries in ,greece1 ii4 #cba2 theology1 four schools1 ii4 #ecc ,bull the emblem of life everywhere1 ii4 #bce1 #bcf2 against the comet1 ii4 #eji2 and syllabus burned by the ,bohemians1 ii4 #efj ,bull's eye in the target of ,christianity1 ii4 #dgf ,bullets successfully resisted by talismans1 i4 #cgh ,bulwer-,lytton1 his description of the vril1 or primal force1 i4 #fd1 #abe2 elementary beings1 i4 #bhe1 #bhi2 the ,vril-ya1 or coming race1 i4 #bif ,bunsen1 testimony concerning the ,origines of ,egypt1 i4 #ebi2 description of the ,pyramid of ,cheops1 i4 #eah2 account of the ,egyptian skill in quarrying1 ib42 on the word ,,ptr1 ii4 #ic2 his opinion respecting ,zoroaster and the ,baktrian emigration1 ii4 #dcb2 his opinion of ,khamism1 ii4 #dce2 on the exodus of the ,israelites1 ii4 #eeh ,bur1 the offspring of ,audhumla1 i4 #adg ,burning men to avoid shedding their blood1 i4 #fd2 scientists about as ready as clergy1 i4 #he ,buried cities in ,hindustan1 i4 #cej ,butlerof1 ,prof4 ,a41 on the facts of spiritualism1 ii4 #c ,cabeirians1 i4 #bc ,cable-tow1 the ,brahmanical cord1 ii4 #cic ,cadire1 ,mlle41 her seduction by a ,jesuit priest1 ii4 #fcc1 #fcd ,cagliostro1 an ,hermetic philosopher1 persecuted by the ,church of ,rome1 i4 #bjj2 said to have made gold and diamonds1 i4 #eji ,cain1 ancestor of the ,hivites1 or ,serpents1 ii4 #ddf2 and ,siva1 ii4 #ddh2 or ,kenu1 the eldest1 ii4 #dfd ,calmeil imputes theomania of the ,calvinists to hysteria and epilepsy1 i4 #cga2 his explanation of their extraordinary power of resistance to blows1 i4 #cge ,calmet1 ,dom1 on vampires1 i4 #deb ,calvin affirmed election1 original sin1 and reprobation1 ii4 #edg ,carnac1 the serpent's mount1 i4 #eed ,campanile ,column1 of ,st4 ,mark's1 in ,venice1 its original1 ii4 #e ,canals of ,egypt1 i4 #eaf1 #eag ,canonical books1 enforced eliminations1 ii4 #adc2 selected by sortilege1 ii4 #bea ,capuchins1 their ,christmas observances1 ii4 #cfe ,carpenter1 ,w4 ,b41 lecture on ,egypt1 i4 #ddj ,carthage more civilized than ,rome1 i4 #ebj2 built long before the taking of ,troy1 ib42 not built by ,dido1 ib4 ,cataclysms1 periodical1 i4 #ca ,catalepsy and vampirism1 i4 #ddi1 #dej ,catherine of ,medicis employed a sorcerer1 ii4 #ee2 her resort to the charm of 8the bleeding head10 ii4 #ef ,catholic ritual of pagan origin1 ii4 #he2 miracle in ,poland means revolution1 ii4 #ag2 must be ,ultramontane and ,jesuit1 ii4 #cef2 missionaries becoming ,talapoins1 ii4 #eca ,catholicism more fetish-worshipping than ,hinduism1 ii4 #hj ,catholics persecute other ,christians1 ii4 #ha ,causes1 ,platonic division1 i4 #cic ,cave-men of ,les ,eyzies1 i4 #bie ,cave-temples of ,ajunta1 ,buddhistic1 i4 #cdi2 of ,india1 claimed by the ,jainas1 ii4 #cbc ,caves of ,mithras1 ii4 #dia ,celestial ,virgin pursued by the ,dragon1 a mystery and representation in the constellations1 ii4 #dij ,celsus1 his accusations of the ,christians1 ii4 #ea2 not being refuted1 his books burned1 ii4 #ea1 #eb2 a copy probably existing at a monastery on ,mount ,athos1 ii4 #eb2 his opinion of ,jesus1 ii4 #ecj ,celebrated vase of the ,genoa ,cathedral1 its material not known1 i4 #ecg1 #ech ,celt1 probably a hybrid of the ,aryan and ,iberians of ,europe1 i4 #egf ,cement1 ancient1 i4 #bci ,cenchrea1 ,paul shorn and ,lucius initiated there1 ii4 #ij ,centenarians1 ,parr1 ,jenkins1 and others1 ii4 #efd ,central ,america1 her peoples to be traced to the ,phnicians and ,mosaic ,israelites1 i4 #eee2 ,asia1 the face of the country changed1 ii4 #dbf2 ,invisible1 i4 #cjb ,cerebral electricity1 its dependence upon the statical1 i4 #cbb ,ceremony of withdrawing the soul1 ii4 #fjc ,ceres or ,demeter1 the female or passive productive principle1 ii4 #efj ,cerinthus1 his doctrines described by ,irenus1 ii4 #agf ,cevennes1 prophets of1 i4 #bba2 the ,convulsionaires1 miraculous occurrences1 i4 #cgj2 statement by ,figuier1 i4 #cgj1 #cga ,chair of ,st4 ,fiacre and its prolificating virtue1 ii4 #ccb ,chaldean ,arba and ,christian ,four1 ii4 #aga2 oracles1 i4 #ece2 denounce augury1 ib4 ,chaldeans1 their correct astronomical calculations1 i4 #aa2 their magic1 i4 #ff2 their theory of magic1 i4 #dei2 their origin1 ii4 #df2 ,hebrew ,sanscrit1 ib4 ,champollion declares the ,egyptians monotheists1 i4 #bd2 his description of ,karnak1 i4 #ebc2 synopsis of his discoveries1 i4 #ecj ,chandragupta1 his exploits1 ii4 #fjg1 #fjh ,chaos1 the ,female ,principle1 i4 #fa2 ,archus1 ,akasa1 i4 #abe2 the ,soul of the ,world1 i4 #abi2 and ether1 the first two1 i4 #cda ,charlatan only will ever use mercury as a medicine1 ii4 #fba ,charms1 the ,dharani1 their extraordinary powers1 i4 #dga ,charmed life1 i4 #cgi ,charmers1 their power over beasts and reptiles1 i4 #cha ,charybdis1 the malstrom1 i4 #ede ,chemi1 or ,chem1 the ancient name of ,egypt1 i4 #eda ,chemical vapors taking forms1 i4 #abg ,chemicals keep away disagreeable physical phenomena1 i4 #cef1 #ceg ,chemist and magician compared1 i4 #dfd ,chemistry1 ancient proficiency1 i4 #ej2 revolution1 i4 #afc2 ,egypt its cradle1 i4 #eda2 called alchemy1 i4 #edb ,cheops1 his engraved ring1 i4 #bdj2 pyramid of1 its measure and weight1 i4 #eah2 ,prof4 ,smyth's descriptions1 i4 #ebj ,cherub1 one of his nails preserved as a relic1 ii4 #ga2 of ,jeheskiel1 ii4 #dea ,cherubs1 the vehans of deity1 ii4 #bca ,chess played in ,egypt and ,india #e1jjj years ago1 i4 #edd ,chevalier ,ramsay1 the ,jesuit inventor of the ,scottish ,rite1 ii4 #cij ,chicago murderers converted in prison1 ii4 #edc ,child1 ,mrs4 ,lydia ,m41 remarks on ,hindu emblems1 i4 #ehc2 ii4 #dde ,child-burning by the ,jesuits1 ii4 #fe ,child-medium1 ,sanscrit written in her presence1 i4 #cfh2 ,kate ,fox's son1 i4 #dci ,children1 born malformed1 wounded1 and parts cut away1 i4 #chf2 may kill their parents1 ii4 #cfc2 sacrificed to ,moloch-,hercules1 at ,tophet1 in the valley of ,hinnom1 ii4 #aa ,china1 the glass1 i4 #ecg2 metal work1 i4 #ech ,chinese believe in the art of overcoming mortality1 i4 #bad2 ancient emperor puts two astronomers to death1 i4 #bda ,chitonuth our1 chitons or coats of skin1 a priestly garb1 i4 #ege2 ,adam and his wife invested by 1 ,java ,aleim1 ib4 ,chrestians before ,christians1 ii4 #cbc ,chrestos1 worshipped many centuries before ,christ1 ii4 #cbd2 ,christians and ,jews alike united1 ii4 #eeh ,christ a rencarnationist1 ii4 #ade2 destroyed ,jehovah-worship1 ii4 #ebg2 a modified ,christna1 ii4 #ecb2 a personage rather than a person1 ii4 #egf ,christian spiritualists1 i4 #ed2 denominations1 peculiarity of their deity1 ii4 #b1 #ced1 #dhe1 #eha2 spent on their buildings1 ii4 #b2 the spiritualists in them1 ii4 #b2 hatred of spiritualism1 ii4 #d2 symbols1 presence of phallism1 ii4 #e2 ,church1 with the rites and priestly robes of heathenism1 ii4 #if2 doctrines classified1 ii4 #ade2 doctrines1 their origin in ,middle ,asia1 ii4 #cch2 ,gnostics1 ii4 #cbd2 appeared just as the ,essenes disappeared1 ib42 ,sabbath1 its date1 ii4 #dai2 theology1 its origin1 ii4 #ebe ,christianity1 early1 based on the doctrine of ,god1 the universal mind diffused through all things1 i4 #bhe2 description of ,max ,mller1 ii4 #aj2 pure heathenism1 ii4 #hj2 primitive1 had secret pass-words and rites1 ii4 #bjd2 doctrines taken from ,brahmanism and ,buddhism1 the ceremonials and pageantry from ,lamaism1 ii4 #baa2 its true spirit found only in ,buddhism1 ii4 #bdj2 made little change from ,roman paganism1 ii4 #ccd2 its doctrines plagiarized1 ii4 #cdf2 and a personal ,god repudiated by ,freemasons at ,lausanne1 ii4 #cgg2 bull's eye in its target1 ii4 #dgf2 theological1 the ,devil its patron genius1 ii4 #dgh2 its symbols anticipated by the older religions1 ii4 #eeg2 ,paul the real founder1 ii4 #egd2 stripped of every feature to make it acceptable to the ,siamese1 ii4 #egi ,christians1 few understand ,jewish theology1 i4 #ag2 divided into three unequal parties1 ii4 #c2 why they quarrelled with the ,pagans1 ii4 #ea2 accepted the worship of the ,god of the gardens1 ib42 ,old1 called ,nazarenes1 ii4 #aea2 only seven to twelve in each church1 ii4 #age2 ,pauline and ,petrine controversy1 ib42 of ,st4 ,john1 or ,mendans1 ii4 #bhi1 #bij2 do not believe in ,christ1 ii4 #bij2 accused of child-murder at their 8perfect passover10 ii4 #ccc2 originally composed of secret societies1 ii4 #cce2 anciently kept no ,sabbaths1 ii4 #dai2 claim the discovery of the ,devil1 ii4 #dgg2 praiseworthy1 modified ,buddhists1 ii4 #edj2 ,russian and ,bulgarian1 cursed by the ,pope1 ii4 #efj ,christism1 before ,christ1 ii4 #cb ,christmas festivals of ,capuchins1 ii4 #cfe ,christna1 orthography of the name1 i4 #ehf2 crushing the head of the serpent1 ii4 #ddf2 and his mother with the aureole1 ii4 #ie2 raises the daughter of ,angashuna to life1 ii4 #bda2 the good shepherd1 crushes the serpent ,kalinaga1 is crucified1 ii4 #ddg2 ,sakya-muni1 and ,jesus1 three men exalted to deity1 ii4 #ecf2 lived #f1hgg years ago 7#ahgg71 ii4 #ecg2 his dying words to the hunter1 ii4 #ede1 #edf2 his eulogy of works rather than contemplations1 ii4 #efc ,christos or ,crestos1 ii4 #adb2 his entering into the man ,jesus at the ,jordan1 ii4 #ahf2 the ,angel ,gabriel1 ii4 #aic2 from the ,sanskrit kris or sacred1 ii4 #aeh2 an aggregation of the emanations1 etc41 ii4 #aei ,christs of the pre-,christian ages1 ii4 #dc ,church and priest1 benefits if they were to pass away1 ii4 #ehf ,church of ,rome in #ahgf1 excommunicating and cursing1 ii4 #f2 her powerless fury against the ,bulgarians and ,servians1 ii4 #g2 pre-eminent in murderous propensity1 i4 #bg2 has mightier enemies than 8heretics0 and 8infidels10 ii4 #cj2 believes in magic1 ii4 #gf2 its maxim to deceive and lie to promote its ends1 ii4 #cjc ,churches1 their phallic symbols1 ii4 #e2 ancient1 only seven to twelve in each1 ii4 #age4 ,cicero1 on divine exhalations from the earth1 i4 #bjj2 concerning the gods1 i4 #bhj ,cipher of the ,s4 ,p4 ,r4 ,c41 the ,knight ,rosy ,cross of ,heredom1 and of the ,knights ,kadosh1 ii4 #cie2 ,royal ,arch1 ii4 #cif ,circle1 perfect1 decussated1 ii4 #dfi2 of necessity1 i4 #bif2 of necessity1 when completed1 i4 #cdf2 of necessity1 the sacred mysteries at ,thebes1 i4 #eec2 of stones1 i4 #egb ,circle-dance or chorus of the ,amazons1 performed by ,king ,david and others1 ii4 #de2 of the ,amazons around a priapic image1 a common usage and sanctioned by a ,catholic priest1 ii4 #cca1 #ccb2 taught to initiates in the sixth degree1 ii4 #cfe ,circulation1 terrestrial1 i4 #ejc2 of the blood1 understood by the ,egyptians1 i4 #edd ,city1 the mysterious1 story of1 i4 #edg ,civilization1 ancient1 i4 #bci2 of the east preceded that of the west1 i4 #eci ,clairvoyance1 cataleptic1 the subject practically dead1 i4 #dhd ,clearchus gives five cases of larv or vampires1 i4 #cfd2 story of the boy whose soul was led away from the body and returned again1 i4 #cfe1 #cff ,clear vision obstructed by physical memory1 ii4 #eia ,clemens ,alexandrinus1 believed in metempsychosis1 i4 #ab2 denounces the ,mysteries1 ii4 #ajj ,cleonymus returned after dying1 i4 #cfd ,cleopatra sent news by a wire1 i4 #abg ,clergy1 ,greek1 ,roman and ,protestant1 discountenance spiritual phenomena1 i4 #bf2 ,roman and ,protestant burned and hanged mediums1 ib42 ,protestant1 their hatred of spiritualism1 ii4 #d2 their cast-off garb worn by men of science1 ii4 #h2 attired in the cast-off garb of the heathen priesthood1 ib4 ,clerkship of the ,templars1 ii4 #che ,clermont system1 the ,scottish ,rite1 ii4 #cha ,clinton1 ,de ,witt1 ,grand ,master of the first ,grand ,encampment ,general1 ii4 #chc ,clocks and dials in ancient periods1 i4 #ecf ,coats of skin1 i4 #b1 #adi2 explained1 i4 #bic2 worn by the priests of ,hercules1 i4 #ege2 ,adam and his wife so invested1 ib42 ,chitonuth our1 ii4 #deh ,code of ,justinian copied from ,manu1 i4 #ehf ,codex ,nazarus prohibits the worship of ,adonai the ,sun-god1 ii4 #aca2 denounces ,jesus1 ii4 #acb ,coffin1 from ,egypt1 dated by astronomical delineations1 i4 #ebj1 #eba ,colenso1 ,bishop1 exiled the ,old ,testament1 ii4 #d ,colleges for teaching prophecy and occult sciences1 i4 #dhb ,collouca-,batta1 account of the migrations of ,manu-,vina from ,india to ,egypt1 i4 #fbg ,collyridians asserted ,mary to be virgin-born1 ii4 #aaj2 transferred their worship from ,astoreth to ,mary1 ii4 #ddd ,colob1 a planet on which the ,mormon chief god lives1 ii4 #b ,colored masonry not acknowledged1 ii4 #cia ,colquhoun1 ,j4 ,c41 on the doctrine of a personal devil1 ii4 #dgg ,commission1 ,russian1 to investigate spiritual phenomena1 i4 #aag ,communication1 subjective1 with spirits1 ii4 #aae ,communication1 supposed1 with the dead1 with angels1 devils1 and gods1 i4 #cbc ,communion with ,god1 a pagan sentiment1 ii4 #dgj ,companions1 or ,kabalists1 ii4 #dgj ,compensation1 the law never swerves1 ii4 #ede ,comte1 ,auguste1 i4 #gf2 catechism of religion of positivism1 i4 #gh2 his feminine mystery1 i4 #ha2 his doctrines repudiated by ,huxley1 i4 #hb2 his philosophy belonging to ,david ,hume1 ib42 the ventriloquist1 on spiritual phenomena1 i4 #aja ,comtists1 or positivists1 despised and hated1 ii4 #c ,conflict between the world-religions1 i4 #cjg ,conical monuments imputed to ,hermes ,trismegistus1 i4 #eea ,conjurers1 i4 #gc ,consciousness a quality of the soul1 i4 #aii ,constitutions1 secret1 of the ,jesuits1 ii4 #ced ,continent1 ,atlantian1 i4 #eia2 ,lemuria1 i4 #eib2 ,great ,equinoctial1 i4 #eid2 in the ,pacific1 i4 #eid2 inhabited by the ,rutas1 ib4 8,control10 i4 #cfj ,convulsionaries cured by marriage1 i4 #cge ,convulsionary1 extraordinary resistance to external injury1 i4 #cgc ,corcoran1 ,catherine1 malformed child1 i4 #cib ,cordanus1 power of leaving his body to go on errands1 i4 #dgg ,corinthian bride1 resuscitated by ,apollonius of ,tyana1 i4 #dha ,correspondences1 ,swedenborg's doctrine that of ,pythagoras and ,kabalists1 i4 #cjf ,corson1 ,prof41 on science and its contests with religion1 i4 #djc ,cory1 exceptions to his view of ,plato and ,pythagoras1 i4 #bhh ,cosmo1 ,st41 traffic by the ,italian clergy in his phallic ex-votos1 ii4 #e ,cosmogonical doctrines based on one formula1 i4 #cda ,counterfeit relics palmed off on ,prince ,radzivil1 ii4 #gb2 they work miracles1 ib4 ,counterfeits in thaumaturgy are proofs of an original1 ii4 #efg ,covercapal1 the serpent-god1 converted1 ii4 #eji ,cox1 ,sergeant1 proposition concerning the physical phenomena of spiritualism1 i4 #aie2 his denial1 i4 #bja ,creation1 doctrine of ,hermetists and ,rosicrucians1 i4 #beh2 cycle of1 ii4 #bgb1 #bgc2 ,plato's discourse1 ii4 #dfi2 of mankind1 ,hindu legend1 i4 #adh2 ,norse legend1 i4 #adf1 #aea2 of men from the tree tzite and women from the reed sibac1 i4 #eeh ,creative ,principle1 proclaimed at ,lausanne by the supreme councils of ,freemasonry1 ii4 #cgg2 denounced by ,gen4 ,pike1 ib4 ,creator1 not the ,highest ,god1 i4 #cji2 the father of matter and the bad1 ib4 ,credo1 as amended by ,robert ,taylor1 ii4 #ebb ,creed1 suggested for ,protestant and ,catholic bodies1 ii4 #dgc ,crime of every kind sanctioned by ,jesuit doctrine1 ii4 #cec2 by ecclesiastics in the ,united ,states1 ii4 #egc ,crimean war1 i4 #bfj ,crook1 ,episcopal1 adopted from the ,etrurian augurs1 ii4 #id ,crookes1 ,prof41 begins to investigate spiritual phenomena1 i4 #dd2 on psychic force1 i4 #de2 theories1 i4 #dg2 remarks on ,prof4 ,thury1 i4 #aab2 his experiment with the planchette1 i4 #aii2 acknowledges the evidence of spiritual phenomena overwhelming1 i4 #bjb2 weighing light1 i4 #bha ,cross1 philosophical1 i4 #ejh2 or ,tau1 an ancient symbol1 ii4 #cic2 ,egyptian1 found at ,palenque1 i4 #egb2 a sign of recognition1 long before the ,christian era1 ii4 #hg2 found on the walls of the ,serapeum1 ii4 #bec1 #bed2 used in the ,mysteries1 ib42 of the ,zodiac1 ii4 #deb2 revered by every nation1 ii4 #dec2 the geometrical basis of religious symbolism1 ib42 acknowledged by the ,jews1 ii4 #ded ,crosse1 ,andrew1 producing living insects by chemical action1 i4 #dfe ,crowe1 ,catherine1 on stigmata or birth marks1 i4 #cif ,crusade of des ,mousseaux and de ,mirville against the arch-enemy1 ii4 #ae ,cryptographs of the ,sovereign ,princes ,rose ,croix1 ii4 #cid ,crypts of ,thebes and ,memphis1 i4 #eec2 mysteries of the circle of necessity1 ib4 ,cults derived from one primitive religion1 ii4 #dab ,cup1 consecrated in the ,bacchic mysteries1 ii4 #eac ,cures effected at the ,egyptian temples1 i4 #eca1 #ecb ,curse inheres in matter1 i4 #dcc2 allegorical1 of the earth1 ii4 #dbj ,cursing1 a ,christian1 and not a pagan practice1 ii4 #ccd2 prohibited because it will return1 ii4 #fjh ,cusco1 its temples and hieroglyphics1 i4 #eig2 tunnel to ,lima and ,bolivia1 ib4 ,cycle1 at the bottom1 i4 #bdg2 doctrine demonstrated1 i4 #cdh2 the ,unavoidable1 the ,mysteries1 i4 #eec ,cycles of human existence1 i4 #e1 #f1 #bdg1 #bic2 of the universe1 ii4 #dbj ,cyclopeans were ,phnicians1 i4 #efg2 were shepherds in ,libya1 miners and builders1 and forged bolts for ,zeus1 ib42 same as ,anakim1 ib4 ,cyclopes1 or ,cuclo-pos1 the ,rajpoot race1 ii4 #dch ,cyril1 bishop of ,alexandria1 anthropomorphized ,isis as ,mary1 ii4 #da2 his murder of ,hypatia1 ii4 #ec2 the assassin of ,hypatia sold church vessels1 etc41 ii4 #bec ,czechs of ,bohemia burn the ,bull and ,syllabus1 ii4 #efj ,dactyls1 ,phrygian1 i4 #bc ,daguerre declared by a physician to be insane because he declared his discovery1 ii4 #fai ,daimonion of ,socrates the cause of his death1 ii4 #aag ,daimonia1 i4 #bgf ,daityas1 i4 #cac ,damiano1 ,st41 traffic in ,isernia1 in his limbs and ex-voto1 ii4 #e ,dam-,sdhna1 a practice of fakirs like the rabbinic method of 8entering paradise10 ii4 #eij ,danger1 the greatest to be feared1 ii4 #abb ,daniel a ,babylonian ,rabbi1 astrologer1 and magus1 ii4 #bcf ,dardanus received the ,kabeiri gods as a dowry1 i4 #egj2 carried their worship to ,samothrace and ,troy1 ib4 ,darius ,hystaspes1 teacher of the ,mazdean religion1 ii4 #adj2 put down the magian rites1 ii4 #adb2 restored the worship of ,ormazd1 ii4 #bbj2 added the ,brahman to the ,magian doctrine1 ii4 #cjf2 the institutor of magism1 ii4 #ejb2 established a ,persian colony in ,judea1 ii4 #dda ,dark races of ,hindustan worshipped ,bala-,mahadeva1 ii4 #dcd ,darkness and the bad1 how produced1 i4 #cjb ,darwin1 his theory1 i4 #ad ,darwinian line of descent1 i4 #aed2 theory1 in book of ,genesis1 i4 #cjc ,daughters of ,shiloh1 their dance1 ii4 #de ,david1 ,king1 exorcised the evil spirit of ,god1 i4 #bae2 how he reinforced his failing vigor1 i4 #bag2 danced the circle-dance of the ,amazons1 ii4 #de2 knew nothing of ,moses1 ib42 performing a phallic dance before the ark1 ii4 #gi2 brought the name ,jehovah to ,palestine1 ii4 #big2 established the ,sadducean priesthood1 ib42 ascends out of hell1 ii4 #eag2 the ,israelitish ,king ,arthur1 ii4 #dci2 establishes a new religion in ,palestine1 ib4 ,davis1 ,a4 ,j41 on ,diakka1 i4 #bah ,day and night of ,brahma1 ii4 #dba ,daytha1 the ,hindu ,nimrod1 ii4 #dbe ,dead1 their ashes assuming their likeness1 ii4 #ffc ,death1 when it actually occurs1 i4 #dhb2 when resuscitation is possible1 i4 #dhe2 planetary1 i4 #bed2 no certain signs1 i4 #dgi2 exposition1 i4 #dhj2 language of ,pimander1 i4 #fbd1 #fbe2 the penalty for divulging secrets of initiation1 ii4 #ii2 the ,gates1 ii4 #cfd2 the second1 ii4 #cfh ,death-symbol at the orgies1 ii4 #ach ,decameron1 ,boccaccio's1 prudery beside the ,golden ,legend1 ii4 #gi ,decimal notation unknown to ,pythagoras1 ii4 #cjj2 known to the ,pythagoreans1 ib4 ,degeneracy of ,christians1 ii4 #ege ,degrees1 the three1 ii4 #cfd ,deicide1 never charged on the ,jews by ,jesus1 ii4 #aic ,deity1 from deva1 and devil from daeva1 the same etymology1 ii4 #eab2 represented by three circles in one1 ii4 #bab ,delegatus1 ii4 #aed ,deluge1 i4 #cj2 ,hindu story1 ii4 #dbe ,demeter1 the ,kabeirian1 her picture represented with the electrified head1 i4 #bcd2 or ,ceres1 the intellectual soul1 ii4 #aab ,demigod philosophers1 ii4 #ecf ,demigods and atmospheric electricity1 i4 #bfa ,demiurgic ,mind1 i4 #ee ,demiurgos1 or architect of the world1 ,brahma1 i4 #aia2 ,jehovah1 ib4 ,democritus1 i4 #fa2 on death1 i4 #cfe2 on the soul1 i4 #dja2 a student of the ,magi1 i4 #eab2 his belief concerning magic1 ib4 ,demon and ,martin ,luther1 ii4 #gc2 of ,socrates1 ii4 #bhc1 #bhd2 same as the nous1 ib4 ,demons1 the doctrine of ,buddha1 i4 #ddh2 in the ,western ,sahara1 fascinate travellers1 i4 #fjd2 sometimes speak the truth1 ii4 #ga2 opinion of ,proclus1 i4 #cab ,demoniac1 sulphurous flames1 ii4 #ge2 one receives a sound thrashing from the ,blessed ,virgin1 ii4 #gf ,demonologia1 i4 #hi ,demon-worship and saint-worship substantially the same1 ii4 #bi ,dendera1 the temple1 the female figures1 i4 #ebd ,de ,negre1 ,grand ,hierophant of the ,rite of ,memphis1 ii4 #chj ,denon1 his description of the ruins of ,karnak1 i4 #ebd ,dentists in ancient ,egypt1 i4 #ede ,denton1 ,prof41 examples of psychometrical power1 i4 #ahc2 illustrates archology by psychometry1 i4 #bie ,dervish1 their initiation1 ii4 #cag ,desatir1 or book of ,shet1 on light1 ii4 #aac ,descartes believed in occult medicine1 i4 #ga2 his system of physics1 i4 #bjf ,descendants1 resemblance to ancestors1 i4 #che ,descent into hell1 ii4 #agg2 to subdue the rebellious archangel1 i4 #bii2 how explained by ,kabalists1 ib42 of spirit to matter1 i4 #bhe ,designations of the virgin-mothers1 ,hindu1 ,egyptian1 and ,catholic1 ii4 #bji ,des ,mousseaux1 his reply to ,calmeil and ,figuier in regard to ,convulsionaries1 i4 #cge1 #cgf2 on miracles1 magic1 etc41 i4 #fad1 #fae2 ,chevalier1 his crusade against the devil1 ii4 #ae2 proves magic and spiritualism to be twin-sciences1 ib4 ,despres made the diamond1 i4 #eji ,destiny1 an influence that each man weaves round himself1 ii4 #eic2 how guided1 ib4 ,devas and ,asuras1 their battles1 i4 #ab ,devs1 i4 #ada2 nature-spirits1 called also shedim1 demons1 and afrites1 i4 #cac ,devil1 memoir of1 i4 #ajb2 the chief pillar of faith1 i4 #ajc2 not an entity1 but an errant force1 i4 #ach2 and deity1 words of the same etymology1 ii4 #eab2 the ,shadow of ,god1 i4 #efj2 the anthropomorphic1 a creation of man1 i4 #efa2 ,aryan nations had none1 ii4 #aj2 called by des ,mousseaux the ,serpent of ,genesis1 ii4 #ae2 a whole community possessed1 ii4 #af2 pesters ,st4 ,dominic as a flea and as a monkey1 ii4 #gh2 ,christians claim the discovery1 ii4 #dgg2 the patron genius of theological ,christianity1 ii4 #dgg2 to deny him equivalent to denying the ,saviour1 ii4 #dgh2 what he is1 ii4 #dhj2 an essential antagonistic force1 ib42 the key found in the book of ,job1 ii4 #dic2 the fundamental stone of ,christianity1 ii4 #eja2 origin of the ,english notions1 ib42 the ,european1 ii4 #ejb2 with horns and hoof1 only known in ,popish ,encyclicals1 ii4 #ejc2 his various delineations by authors1 ii4 #eaa ,devils1 #ae1jjj in a man1 ii4 #ge2 the ,fathers made them from the pagan gods1 ii4 #ejb ,devil-worshippers of ,travancore1 i4 #ace2 falsely-termed1 their practice1 i4 #ddf1 #ddg ,dew from heaven1 i4 #cjg ,dewel1 a demon of ,ceylon1 i4 #ddh ,dharana1 or catalepsy1 ii4 #eij1 #eia ,dharm-,asoka1 the great propagandist of ,buddhism1 ii4 #fjg ,dhyna or perfection1 ii4 #bhg ,diabolical manifestations1 frowned at by the ,roman ,church1 ii4 #d ,diagram of the ,nazarenes1 ii4 #bie ,diakka1 discovered by ,a4 ,j4 ,davis1 i4 #bah2 what ,porphyry said1 i4 #bai ,dialogue of ,david and the devils1 ii4 #ge ,diamond1 made by ,desprez1 i4 #eji ,dido1 ,elissa1 or ,astarte1 the virgin of the sea1 ii4 #ddf ,dirghatamas' hymns1 ii4 #daa ,di ,franciscis1 ,don ,pasquale1 8professor of flunkeyism in things spiritual10 ii4 #g2 pious collection of papal fishwoman's talk1 ib4 ,dii minores1 or twelve gods1 ii4 #dea ,diktamnos1 i4 #bfd ,diobolos 7son of ,zeus7 changed to ,diabolos1 an accuser1 ii4 #dhe ,dionysus1 his worship superseded by the rites of ,mithras1 ii4 #dia2 or ,bacchus1 his ,hindu origin1 ii4 #efj ,diploteratology or production of monsters1 i4 #cij ,disbelievers in magic cannot share the faith of the church1 ii4 #ga ,diocletian burned libraries of books upon the secret arts1 i4 #dje ,dionysius ,areopagita and the ,kabala1 i4 #bf ,dion pursued by ,typhon to the ,euphrates1 ii4 #dij ,disciples of ,john1 ii4 #bhi1 #bij2 do not believe in ,christ1 ii4 #bij ,dissimilarities between ,buddhism and ,christianity1 ii4 #edj1 #eda 8,distractions0 of adversaries of spiritualism1 i4 #aaf ,divination by the lot1 ii4 #bj1 #ba2 prohibited by the ,council of ,varres1 i4 #ba2 devoid of sin1 ii4 #cec ,divine book1 i4 #djf2 magic1 i4 #bf ,djin reading magic rolls1 ii4 #bi ,docet or illusionists1 believed in the ,maya1 ii4 #aeg ,documents sure to reappear1 ii4 #bf ,dodechdron1 the geometrical figure of the universe1 i4 #cdb ,domes1 the reproductions of the lithos1 ii4 #e ,dominic and the devils1 ii4 #gc1 #ge2 receives a rosary from the ,virgin ,mary1 ii4 #gd2 most hated by devils1 ii4 #ge2 and the devil flea and monkey1 ii4 #gh ,dominicans1 none in hell1 ii4 #ge ,dodona1 priestesses1 prophesied by means of the oak1 ii4 #eib ,doppelganger1 or astral body1 i4 #cfj ,double cross of ,chaldea1 ii4 #dec2 existence1 i4 #agi1 #ahj2 life of the adept1 ii4 #efd2 perverted into the offering of human sacrifices1 ii4 #efe ,double-sexed creators1 i4 #aef ,dove1 represented ,noah1 worshipped1 ii4 #ddh ,dowager mother alone the mediatrix1 ii4 #i2 owes the present ,pope for the finest gem in her coronet1 ib4 ,dracontia1 or temples to the dragon1 i4 #eed ,dragon and the sun1 the basis of heliolatrous religion1 i4 #eej2 sons of1 the hierophants1 i4 #eec2 cured of a sore eye by ,simeon ,stylites1 and adored ,god1 ii4 #gg2 ,apophis1 his influence on the soul1 ii4 #cfh2 ,horus piercing his head1 ii4 #ddf2 pursues ,thuesis and her son1 ii4 #dij2 glided over the cradle of ,mary1 ii4 #eje2 of ,ceylon1 ,rawho1 ii4 #eji ,dragons1 oriental in character1 i4 #ddh ,drama of ,job explained1 ii4 #did1 #die ,draper1 ,prof41 on pagan belief concerning the human spirit1 i4 #dbi2 asserts that ,aristotle taught the ,buddhistic doctrine1 i4 #dcj2 probably meant to misrepresent the ,neo-platonic philosophers1 i4 #dca2 defines the 8age of faith0 and 8age of decrepitude10 i4 #ehb2 on ,olympus restored by ,constantine1 ii4 #di2 on the conflict instituted by ,augustine between religion and science1 ii4 #hh ,dream produced by the inner ego of a ,shaman at the author's request1 ii4 #fbh ,dress of the ,christian clergy like that of ancient pagans1 ii4 #id ,druidical structures like other ancient works1 i4 #egb ,druids denominated themselves snakes1 i4 #eed ,drummer of ,tedworth1 i4 #cfc ,druzes of ,mount ,lebanon1 ii4 #cjf2 their #hj1jjj warriors1 ii4 #cjh2 never became ,christians1 ii4 #cji2 their doctrines1 ii4 #cji1 #caj2 believe in 8two souls10 ii4 #cae2 their tricks with strangers1 ib42 correct and garbled versions of their commandments1 ii4 #caa ,duad or second1 i4 #bab2 ether and chaos the first1 i4 #cdc ,dual evolution represented in ,adam1 ii4 #bgg2 taught by ,plato and others1 ii4 #bgi ,dudim1 or mandragora1 i4 #dfe ,dunbar1 ,george1 endeavor to derive the ,sanscrit from the ,greek language1 i4 #ddc ,duomo of ,milan1 its original1 ii4 #e ,du ,potet1 ,baron1 ,grand ,master of ,mesmerism1 i4 #aff2 views of sorcery1 epidemics1 antipathies1 magic1 i4 #bgi1 #ccc ,dupuis mistook ancient symbolism1 i4 #bd ,durga1 the active virtue1 or ,shekinah1 ii4 #bgf ,dust of the earth to become the constituent of living soul1 ii4 #dbj ,dynasties1 two in ,india1 ii4 #dcg ,dwellers of the threshold1 i4 #bhe ,early ,christian ,church invented the doctrine of ,second ,advent to shut off periodical incarnations1 ii4 #ece2 ,christianity itself a heresy1 ii4 #abc2 its history imparted to the first ,knight ,templars1 ii4 #chb ,earth1 queen of the ,serpents1 i4 #aj2 the goddess ,anahit or ,venus1 i4 #aa2 magical exhalations1 i4 #aii1 #bjj2 a magnet1 i4 #bhb ,earths germinate1 i4 #chi ,east1 the land of knowledge1 i4 #hi2 its civilization preceded that of the ,west1 i4 #eci ,eastern thiopians an ,aryan stock1 ii4 #dce2 magic1 its adepts uniformly in good health1 ii4 #eie2 requires no 8conditions0 like mediums1 ib4 ,ebers ,papyrus in the ,astor library1 i4 #c2 quoted1 i4 #bc2 its curious contents1 i4 #ebi ,ebionites1 ii4 #abg2 the first ,christians1 ii4 #ahj2 the relatives of ,jesus1 ii4 #aha2 used only the ,gospel according to ,matthew1 ii4 #ahb2 the ,nazarenes their instructors1 ii4 #aij2 condemned as heretics1 ii4 #cjg ,ecbatana1 her seven walls and other wonders1 i4 #ecd ,echo in the desert of ,gobi1 i4 #fjf ,ecclesia non novit sanguinem1 ii4 #eh ,eclectic ,platonists adopt the inductive method1 ii4 #cd2 school1 its dispersion desired by ,christians1 ii4 #eb2 its groundwork1 ii4 #cdb1 #cdc ,ecstasy1 power of conversing with ,deity1 i4 #aba2 doctrine of ,paracelsus and ,van ,helmont1 i4 #agj2 defined by ,plotinus1 i4 #dhf ,ectenic force1 i4 #ee2 same as psychic force1 i4 #aac2 same as the ,akasa1 ib4 ,eden1 the allegory of the ,book of ,genesis1 i4 #ege ,edison1 of ,newark1 ,n4 ,j41 supposed discovery of a new force1 i4 #abf ,egg1 spiritual or mundane1 i4 #ef2 evolved by ,emepht1 the supreme1 i4 #adf2 ,isle of ,chemmis produced from it1 i4 #adg2 ,bhagavant enters and emerges as ,brahma1 i4 #cdf2 and bird1 which appeared first81 i4 #dbf1 #dbh ,egkosmioi1 i4 #cab ,ego1 the sentient soul1 inseparable from the brain1 ii4 #eij ,egypt1 resort of philosophers1 i4 #be2 priests could communicate from temple to temple1 i4 #abg2 doctrine of evolution taught1 i4 #aed2 the perpetual lamp discovered there1 i4 #bbf2 taught the secret to ,moses1 i4 #bbh2 ,pythagoras twenty-two years in the temple1 i4 #bhd2 ,hermetic brothers1 ii4 #cjg2 secret biography of its gods1 i4 #djf2 books before ,menes1 ib42 did not learn her wisdom from her ,semitic neighbors1 i4 #eae2 akin with ,india1 ib42 probably colonized by the ,eastern ,ethiopians1 ib42 #bj1jjj years' antiquity1 i4 #eai2 the birthplace of chemistry1 i4 #eda2 dentists and oculists1 i4 #ede2 no doctor allowed to practice more than one specialty1 ib42 trial by jury1 ib42 received her laws from pre-,vedic ,india1 i4 #ehi2 colonized from ,india in the dynasty of ,soma-,vanga1 i4 #fbg ,egyptian temples1 architecture of1 i4 #eag2 monuments defeat the efforts of the fathers1 ii4 #ebj2 saints reappearing as a serpent1 ii4 #dij ,egyptians1 civilized before the first dynasties1 i4 #f2 astronomical calculations1 i4 #ba2 were monotheists1 i4 #bc2 knowledge of engineering1 i4 #eaf2 changed the course of the ,nile1 ib42 their astronomical erudition1 i4 #ebj2 their high civilization disputed1 i4 #eba2 arts of war1 i4 #eca2 gods in the ,grecian pantheon1 i4 #edc2 made beer1 manufactured glass and imitated gems1 i4 ib42 the best music-teachers1 i4 #edd2 understood the circulation of the blood1 ib42 their sacred books older than the ,genesis1 ii4 #dca2 ancient ,indians1 ii4 #dcd2 the ,caucasian race1 ii4 #dcf ,eight powers of the soul1 ii4 #eic ,eight hundred million believers in magic1 mesmerism1 and spiritualism1 i4 #eab ,eight-pointed star or double cross1 ii4 #dec ,el1 i4 #ac2 the sun-god1 same as ,seth1 ,saturn1 ,seth1 ,siva1 ii4 #ebd ,elcazar1 ,rabbi1 expelled demons1 ii4 #cej ,electric waves1 i4 #bgh ,electrical photography1 i4 #cie ,electricity1 personated by ,thor in ,norse legends1 i4 #afj1 #afa2 two kinds1 i4 #ahh1 #cbb2 occult properties anciently understood1 i4 #bcd2 represented at ,samothrace by the ,kabeirian ,demeter1 ib42 denoted by the ,dioskuri1 i4 #bce2 the fire on the altar1 i4 #bhc2 blind and intelligent1 i4 #cbb2 cerebral1 ib42 developed from magnetic currents1 i4 #cie2 used anciently to supply fire to the altars1 i4 #ebf ,electro-magnetism1 i4 #ajc2 employed by ,paracelsus1 i4 #afd ,elion1 or ,elon1 the highest god1 i4 #eed ,eliphas ,levi1 on resuscitation of the dead1 i4 #dhe ,elixir of life regarded as absurd1 i4 #eja2 possible1 i4 #ejb2 curious accounts1 i4 #ejc ,elizabeth1 ,queen1 ,jesuitic attempt to murder her1 ii4 #cgc ,elemental demon driven away with a sword1 i4 #cfd2 spirits1 i4 #fg1 #caa2 inhabit the universal ether1 i4 #bhd2 psychic embryos1 i4 #caa2 live in the ether1 ib42 power to assume tangible bodies1 ib4 ,elementary spirits1 i4 #fg2 three classes1 i4 #caj2 called demons by ,proclus1 i4 #cab2 terrestrial spirits1 i4 #cai2 four classes1 ib42 peril of evoking them1 i4 #cdb2 afraid of sharp weapons1 i4 #cfb ,elephanta1 the ,mahody1 ii4 #e ,eleusinian ,mysteries1 ii4 #dd ,elihu1 the hierophant of ,job1 ii4 #dig ,elisha anointed ,jehu that he might unite the ,israelites1 ii4 #ebe ,ellenborough1 ,lady1 her talisman1 ii4 #bee1 #bef ,elohim inhabiting an island in the ancient inland sea of ,middle ,asia1 i4 #ehi1 #eij1 #eii ,eloim1 gods or powers1 priests2 also ,aleim1 i4 #ege ,emanation of souls from divinity1 doctrine of1 i4 #ac ,emanations1 doctrine of1 ii4 #cd ,embalming in ,thibet1 ii4 #fjc ,emanuel1 not ,christ1 but the son of ,isaiah1 ii4 #aff2 the son of the ,alma1 in whose days ,syria and ,israel were overcome1 ii4 #ddj ,embryo1 stamped with a resemblance by the imagination of the mother1 i4 #che2 its nucleus1 i4 #chi ,emepht1 the supreme1 first principle1 i4 #adf2 emanation from him of the creative ,god1 ii4 #da ,emigration from ,india to the ,west1 ii4 #dbh ,eminent men called gods1 i4 #bd1 #bhj ,emmerich1 ,catherine1 the ,tyrolese ecstatic1 i4 #cih ,empedocles believed in two souls1 i4 #cag2 restored a woman to life1 i4 #dhj2 arrested a water-spout1 ii4 #eig ,empusa or ghl1 beheld by ,apollonius of ,tyana1 i4 #fjd ,enmity1 everlasting1 between theology and science1 ii4 #hh ,ennemoser on seership1 etc41 in ,india1 i4 #dfj ,enoch1 sacred delta of1 i4 #bj2 ,masonic legend1 i4 #ega2 builds a subterranean structure with nine chambers1 ib42 communicates secrets to ,methuselah1 ib42 the type of the dual man1 spiritual and terrestrial1 ii4 #dec2 and ,elias ascending from hell1 ii4 #eag ,enoch-,verihe1 i4 #efj ,en-,soph1 i4 #af1 #fg1 #bgj1 #bgb2 means ,no-,thing1 quo ad non1 the same as nirvana1 i4 #bib2 the first principle1 i4 #cdg2 within its first emanation1 ii4 #cg ,enthusiastic energy1 ii4 #eia ,ephesus a focus of the universal secret doctrines1 ii4 #aee ,epicurus disbelieved in ,god1 i4 #cag2 believed the soul constituted of the roundest1 finest atoms1 ib42 testimony concerning the gods1 i4 #dcf ,epidemic in moral and physical affairs1 i4 #bgd1 #bgf1 #bgg2 of assassination1 i4 #bgg2 of possession in ,germany1 i4 #cgd ,epimenides1 i4 #cfd2 power to make his soul leave his body and return1 ii4 #eig ,epiphanius1 a ,gnostic renegade1 who betrayed his associates as state's evidence1 ii4 #bdi2 belied the ,gnostics1 ii4 #ccj ,episcopalian crook adopted from the augurs of ,etruria1 ii4 #id ,epopt1 master-builder1 adept1 ii4 #ia ,epopt1 knew nothing of the last and dreaded rite1 ii4 #efc ,epopteia1 revelation and clairvoyance1 the last stage in initiation1 ii4 #ij ,erring spirits1 their re-incarnation1 i4 #ceg ,eslinger1 ,elizabeth1 the apparition1 i4 #fh ,esoteric catechism1 i4 #ai2 doctrines never committed to writing1 i4 #bga2 ,masonry not known in ,american lodges1 ii4 #cgf ,essaoua or sorcerers1 i4 #dhh ,essenes1 hermetic fraternities1 i4 #af2 had greater and minor mysteries1 ii4 #db2 had the same customs as the ,apostles1 ii4 #aif2 believed in pre-existence1 ii4 #bhj2 declared by ,eusebius to have been the first ,christians1 ii4 #cbc2 older than the ,christians1 ib42 never employed oaths1 ii4 #cgc2 probably ,buddhists1 ii4 #dia ,eternal torments of hell1 why pagans are condemned to them1 ii4 #h2 letter of ,virgin ,mary on the subject1 ib42 damnation1 the only doctrine invented originally by ,christians1 ii4 #ccd2 meaning of the word1 ii4 #ab ,eternity1 the duad or second1 i4 #bab2 no ,hebrew word to express the idea1 ii4 #ab ,ether1 the universal1 i4 #abh1 #aef1 #bhd2 properties1 i4 #aha2 directed by an intelligence1 i4 #aii2 disturbed by planetary aspects1 i4 #bge2 influenced by ,divine thought1 i4 #caj2 the universal world-soul1 i4 #caf1 #cda2 universal1 the womb of the universe1 i4 #chi2 universal1 the repository of the spiritual images of all forms and thoughts1 i4 #cie2 the ,orphean doctrine denounced by the early ,christians1 ii4 #ce ,ethereal body1 i4 #bha ,ethiopians1 eastern1 the builders1 colonists of ,egypt1 i4 #eae ,etruscans understood electricity and employed it in worship1 i4 #ebg2 invented lightning-rods1 ib4 ,eucharist1 common to many ancient nations1 ii4 #dc ,eurinus returned after dying1 i4 #cfe ,european science1 without the knowledge of the secrets of herbs of dreams1 ii4 #ehi ,europeans cannot see certain colors1 i4 #baa ,eusebius1 ,bishop of ,csarea1 perverted chronology1 i4 #bhh2 convicted of mendacity1 ii4 #cbg ,evapto1 or initiation1 same as epopteia1 ii4 #ij1 #ia ,eve1 the name and its affinity with the ,tetragrammaton1 ii4 #bii2 her story told kabalistically1 ii4 #bbc-bbe ,every nation has believed in a ,god1 ii4 #aba ,evil possessed space as the intelligences retired1 i4 #cdb2 essential to the evolving of the good1 ii4 #dhj2 eye1 i4 #chj2 ,pope ,pio ,nono said to have the gift1 ib42 magic1 i4 #bf ,evocation1 of souls1 objected to1 i4 #cba2 of the dead1 i4 #dib2 the 8souls of the blessed0 do not come1 i4 #dic2 blood used for the purpose1 ib4 ,evocations1 magical1 pronounced in a particular dialect1 ii4 #df2 a formula1 ib4 ,evolution1 taught by science1 the secret doctrine and the ,bible1 i4 #aeb2 theory found in ,india and ,assyria1 i4 #aed2 held by ,anaximenes and accepted by the ,chaldeans1 i4 #bch2 taught by ,hermes1 i4 #beg2 doctrine of ,robert ,fludd1 i4 #beh2 ancient belief1 i4 #bhe1 #bie2 doctrine of ,a4 ,r4 ,wallace1 i4 #bid2 operation defined1 i4 #cbi1 #ccj2 spiritual and physical1 i4 #ceb2 theory does not solve the ultimate mystery1 i4 #dai2 of man out of primordial spirit-matter1 i4 #dbi2 ,darwin begins his theory at the wrong end1 ib42 as taught by the ,bhagavat and ,manu1 ii4 #bfj2 by ,sanchoniathon and ,darwin1 ii4 #bfa2 of our own planet1 ii4 #dbj2 for six days1 and one of repose1 ii4 #dbb2 of the universe1 ii4 #dfg2 of man from the highest to lowest1 ii4 #dbd ,exorcising a girl in ,catalonia1 ii4 #fh ,exorcism1 ii4 #ff2 new ritual1 ii4 #fi ,exorcist-priest1 ii4 #ff ,exoteric religion1 its ,god an idol or fiction1 i4 #cjg ,exposures1 pretended1 of impostors1 i4 #ge ,extinction at death1 those who believe it will commit1 in consequence1 any sin they choose1 ii4 #eff ,ex votos1 ,phallic1 traffic by the ,roman clergy1 ii4 #e ,ezekiel's wheel1 a wheel of the ,adonai1 ii4 #dea2 explained1 ii4 #dee2 exoteric1 ii4 #dfa2 esoteric1 ii4 #dfb ,ezra compiled the ,pentateuch1 i4 #egh ,fables1 allegorical science and anthropology1 i4 #abb2 allegorized the gods and natural phenomena1 i4 #bfa ,fairfield1 ,francis ,gerry1 his testimony in regard to the phantom-hand1 ii4 #eid1 #eie ,faith1 the ,devil the chief pillar1 i4 #ajc2 its power to heal disease1 i4 #baf2 phenomena of1 i4 #cbc2 its great power1 ii4 #eig2 of the ,church1 disbelievers in magic cannot share1 ii4 #gf2 omni-perceptive1 inside of human credulity1 ii4 #abj ,faithful daughters of the church1 ii4 #ed ,fakir buried six weeks and resuscitated1 i4 #dgg2 and his guru1 ii4 #aje ,fakirs not harmed by alligators1 i4 #chc2 use the force known as ,akasa1 i4 #aac2 raised from the ground1 i4 #aae1 #bbd ,fall of ,adam1 not a personal transgression1 but an evolution1 ii4 #bgg ,fallen angels1 hurled by ,siva into ,onderah1 ii4 #aa ,familiar spirit1 those having one1 refused initiation1 ii4 #aah ,famines follow missionaries1 ii4 #eca ,faraday1 i4 #aa2 his medium-catcher1 i4 #fc ,fascination1 i4 #chj1 #cha2 at a precipice1 i4 #eja ,fatalism rejected by ancients1 ii4 #eic ,fate1 defined by ,henry ,more1 i4 #bjf 8,father0 of ,jesus1 the hierophant of the mysteries1 ii4 #efa ,fathers1 selected narratives for their saints1 from the poets and pagan legends1 ii4 #gh ,fauste asserts that the evangeliums or gospels were not written by ,jesus or the apostles1 but by unknown persons1 ii4 #ch ,fav-,atma1 or sentient soul1 ii4 #eij ,favre1 ,jules1 counsel for ,madam ,roger1 i4 #aff ,feast of the dead in ,moldavia and ,bulgaria1 ii4 #efi1 #egj ,felix1 preacher of ,notre ,dame1 on mystery and science1 i4 #ccg ,felt1 ,george ,h41 i4 #bb ,female trinity1 ii4 #ddd ,ferho1 the greatest1 i4 #cjj2 first cause1 i4 #cja2 believed in by ,jesus and ,john1 ii4 #bij ,fessler's rite1 a ,jesuitical production1 ii4 #cij ,fetahil1 i4 #bih2 called to aid in creation1 i4 #bii2 the newest man and creator1 i4 #cjj2 the 8newest man10 ii4 #age ,fiery serpents 7,numbers1 xxi471 a name given to the ,levites1 i4 #eee2 or seraphs1 the ,levites1 or serpent-tribe1 ii4 #dha2 the allegory explained1 ii4 #abi ,fifteen thousand devils in a man1 ii4 #ge ,fifth degree1 ii4 #cfe2 element1 i4 #cag2 stage of initiation the most awful and sublime1 ii4 #aja ,fifty millions slaughtered by ,christians since ,jesus said1 8,love your enemies10 ii4 #dgi ,fifty-five thousand ,protestant clergymen in the ,united ,states1 ii4 #a ,final absorption1 i4 #ab ,finger of the ,holy ,ghost preserved as a relic1 ii4 #ga ,fiords of ,norway described in the ,odyssey1 i4 #edi ,fire1 living1 i4 #abi2 on the altar1 electric1 i4 #bhc2 its triple potency1 i4 #dbc2 from heaven1 always employed by the ancients in the temples1 i4 #ebf2 preserved by the magi1 i4 #ebh2 and brimstone1 the lake1 ii4 #ab ,fire-proof mediums1 i4 #dde1 #ddf ,fkara-,yogis1 ii4 #afd ,first ,air1 or anima mundi1 ii4 #bbg2 adept1 ii4 #cag2 begotten1 constructed the world1 i4 #cdb2 cause1 denied by ,vyasa and ,kapila1 ii4 #bfa2 ,christians1 the ,elianites1 ii4 #ahj2 the disciples of ,paul1 ii4 #agh2 cycle1 i4 #cja2 gods1 a hierarchy of higher powers1 ii4 #dea2 light1 i4 #cjb2 man created bi-sexual1 i4 #eei2 races of men spiritual1 ii4 #bgf2 direct emanations of the ,tikkun or ,adam ,kadmon1 ib42 sin1 committed by ,brahma-,pragpati and his daughter ,ushas1 i4 #bfe2 the spirit of evil created to destroy its incarnation1 ib42 trinity1 i4 #cda4 ,fish displaying magnetic affinity1 i4 #baj ,fish-charming in ,ceylon1 i4 #fjf ,fisher 7,dr4 ,g47 on deploteratology1 i4 #cij ,fishwife1 talk of papal discourses1 ii4 #g ,fiske1 ,prof4 ,j41 i4 #db2 disputes the doctrine of cycles and the high civilization of the ,egyptians1 i4 #eba2 declares the theories of profound science in ancient ,egypt and the ,east utterly destroyed1 i4 #ebe ,five thousand ,roman ,catholic clergy in the ,united ,states1 ii4 #a ,flammarion the astronomer1 his avowal1 i4 #aie2 ,camille1 his curious revelation1 ii4 #dej ,flight of the alone to the ,alone1 ii4 #dac ,flood1 #aj1jjj years ,b4,c41 i4 #bda2 as described in the ,assyrian tablets1 ii4 #dbb2 ,hindu legend1 ii4 #dbh2 the old serpent1 ii4 #ddg ,florentine scientist witnessing a re-incarnation of a ,dalai-,lama1 i4 #dcg 8,flowers of ,speech10 ,mr4 ,gladstone's catalogue1 ii4 #g ,fludd1 ,robert 7de ,fluctibus71 on magnetism1 i4 #ga2 on minerals as rudimentary of plants1 etc41 i4 #beh2 chief of the 8philosophers by fire10 i4 #cji2 on the essence of gold1 i4 #eaa ,flute-player of ,vaucanson1 i4 #edc ,ftal life1 little known about it1 i4 #chf ,ftus1 its sensitive surface like a collodionized plate1 i4 #che2 its signature1 ib42 extinguished1 i4 #djb ,foraisse1 ,m41 his story respecting ,masonry1 ii4 #cha ,forbidden ground1 i4 #dah ,force1 magnetic1 body nourished by1 i4 #afi2 produced by will1 i4 #bhe2 the supreme artist and providence1 ii4 #dj ,force-correlation1 i4 #bce2 taught in prehistoric time1 i4 #bda1 #bdb2 the ,a ,b ,c of ,occultism1 i4 #bdc ,fore-heaven1 ii4 #ecd ,fall of man an allegory1 and so regarded1 ii4 #eda ,forever1 meaning of the word1 ii4 #ab ,forgery the basis of the ,church1 ii4 #cbi ,former life1 i4 #cdg ,forms1 images impressed on the ether1 i4 #cie ,formula of an evocation1 ii4 #df ,formulas1 secret1 i4 #ff2 for inextinguishable fire1 i4 #bbi ,four ages or yugs1 ii4 #bge2 ages of the ,bible like those of the nations1 ii4 #ddc2 gospels1 their doctrines found elsewhere1 ii4 #ccg2 kingdoms in nature1 i4 #cbi2 men not begotten by the gods1 nor born of women1 i4 #eeh2 the gods afraid of them1 and give them wives1 i4 #eeh2 races of men1 i4 #eei2 ,tanam1 etc41 entered the garden1 ii4 #aai2 8,truths10 i4 #bij1 #bia ,fourni1 ,dr41 declares that no physiology of the nervous system exists1 i4 #djg2 remarkable declaration concerning the human ovule1 i4 #cig ,fourth degree1 ii4 #cfe2 race1 parents of men 8whose daughters were fair10 i4 #eei ,fourfold emanations1 ii4 #bgb ,francis1 ,st41 preached to the birds1 ii4 #gg2 preached to a wolf till he repented1 ib4 ,francke1 ,a41 remarks on the transmutations of ,christianity1 ii4 #ch2 the ,sephiroth and ,providence1 ii4 #dj ,free and ,accepted ,masons1 and the ,masonic impostor1 ,anderson1 ii4 #chi ,free-,masonry1 its origin in ,london1 ii4 #cdi2 proclaims a creative principle as ,great ,architect1 ii4 #cgg ,french ,revolution1 what it achieved for freedom1 ii4 #bb ,fretheim1 ,abb1 his faculty of conversing by power of will1 i4 #dgf ,friar ,pietro presents a demon to ,dr4 ,torralva1 ii4 #fj ,fundamental doctrine identical in all the ancient religions1 ii4 #ii ,funeral ritual of the ,egyptians1 ii4 #cfg ,future life1 better to believe in it1 ii4 #eff2 self1 beheld at the moment of initiation1 ii4 #aae2 man1 primitive shape1 i4 #chh1 #chi2 religion of1 i4 #gf2 woman of1 artificially fecundated1 i4 #gg2 also offered to the incubi1 i4 #gh ,gabriel1 the same as ,christos1 ii4 #aic ,gaffarillus1 on the form of a burned plant remaining in the ashes1 i4 #dge1 #dgf ,galileo1 i4 #ce2 anticipated1 i4 #aei1 #bch ,gallus1 quotation from1 ii4 #ejd ,gan-,duniyas1 an ,assyrian name of ,babylonia1 i4 #ege ,gan-,eden1 or garden of ,eden1 also ,ganduniyas1 a name of ,babylonia1 i4 #ege ,ganesor1 the elephant-headed god found in ,central ,america1 i4 #egb1 #egc ,ganges1 the paradisiacal river1 ii4 #cj ,gap between ,christianity and ,judaism1 ii4 #ebf ,garden of delight 7,eden71 the mysterious science1 ii4 #aai2 of ,eden1 allegory1 i4 #ege2 name of ,babylonia1 ib42 explanation as a sacerdotal college1 ib4 ,garibaldi1 his testimony concerning priests1 ii4 #cdg2 a ,mason1 ii4 #cia ,garlic1 story by ,hippocrates1 i4 #bj ,gasparin1 ,count ,agenor de1 i4 #ii2 makes no differences between magnetic phenomena and will-force1 i4 #aji2 his labors1 ii4 #ae ,gate of the ,house of ,life1 and of ,dionysus1 ii4 #bde1 #bdf ,gates of ,death1 in the hall of initiation1 ii4 #cfd ,gautama-,buddha1 his birth announced to ,maya his mother by a vision1 i4 #ib2 called an atheist1 i4 #cjg2 his answer to ,king ,prasenagit on miracles1 i4 #eii1 #fjj2 a disciple of a ,jaina guru1 ii4 #cbb2 his legends wrought into the evangelists1 ii4 #dia1 #dib2 his history copied into ,the ,golden ,legend1 ii4 #egi2 his esoteric doctrines1 ii4 #cai2 first opened the sanctuary to the pariah1 ib4 ,gayatri1 its metre1 ii4 #daj ,gegen ,chutuktu1 late patriarch of ,mongolia1 an incarnation of ,buddha1 ii4 #fag ,gehenna1 a valley near ,jerusalem1 where the ,israelites immolated their children1 ii4 #aa2 of the universe1 or eighth sphere or planet1 i4 #cbh2 repentance possible1 i4 #ceb ,gemantria1 ii4 #bih ,gemma1 ,cornelius1 account of a child born wounded1 i4 #chf ,genealogy of the gods1 astronomical1 i4 #bfg ,generations1 fall into1 i4 #cae ,genesis1 ,book of1 a reminiscence of the ,babylonish captivity1 i4 #egf2 first three chapters transcribed from other cosmogonies1 the fourth and fifth from the secret ,book of ,numbers1 the ,kabala1 i4 #egi2 the introductory chapters do not treat of creation1 ii4 #dba2 the book later than the invention of the sign ,libra1 ii4 #deg ,genghis ,khan1 his tomb and promised reappearance1 i4 #eih ,genii1 or ons1 lord of1 i4 #cjj ,genius1 the divine spirit1 i4 #bgg ,genoa cathedral1 the celebrated vase1 i4 #ecg1 #ech ,geographers in pre-,mosaic days1 i4 #djf ,geometers of the ,alexandrian ,museum1 i4 #g ,germany depopulated by the thirty years' war1 ii4 #ejc2 priestesses1 how they hypnotized themselves1 ii4 #eib ,ghosts1 unlike materialized spirits1 i4 #fi2 i4 #cde ,ghouls1 i4 #cai2 or ghls1 in the deserts1 i4 #fjd2 and vampires1 ii4 #efd ,giants1 i4 #ca2 progenitors of ,brahmans1 i4 #abb2 remains of a prehistorical race1 i4 #cjc1 #cjd ,gibbon1 his praise of the ,gnostics1 ii4 #bdi ,gilbert on magnetism1 i4 #dig ,giles1 ,rev4 ,chauncey1 on spiritual death1 i4 #cag ,ginnungagap1 the cup of illusion1 i4 #adg2 the boundless abyss of the mundane pit1 i4 #afj ,girard1 ,father1 his employment of sorcery and revolting crimes1 ii4 #fcc ,gladstone1 ,hon4 ,w4 ,e41 8,speeches of ,pius ,,ix410 ii4 #d2 catalogue of 8flowers of speech0 in papal discourses1 ii4 #g ,glass that would not break1 i4 #ej2 malleable1 i4 #bci2 in ,pompeii1 ,china1 and ,genoa1 i4 #ecg ,glass-blowing in ,egypt1 i4 #edc ,gliddon1 ,george ,r41 description of the moving of an obelisk1 i4 #eai2 eloquent testimony to ,egyptian civilization1 i4 #eba1 #ebb ,glycerine1 a compound of three hydroxyl groups1 i4 #eje1 #ejf ,gnosis1 the ,kabala1 or secret knowledge1 still existing1 ii4 #ch ,gnostic1 wrote ,gospel according to ,john1 i4 #b2 serpent with the seven vowels1 ii4 #dhi ,gnosticism1 oriental1 i4 #bga2 ,buddhistic elements1 ii4 #cba ,gnostics1 ii4 #da2 believed in metempsychosis1 i4 #ab2 early ,christians and followers of the ,essenes1 i4 #bf2 originated many ,christian doctrines1 ii4 #da1 #db2 their greatest heresies1 ii4 #aee1 #aef2 praised by ,gibbon1 ii4 #bei2 their doctrines falsified by the ,christian ,fathers1 ii4 #cbf2 their view of the ,jewish ,god1 ii4 #ebf ,gobi desert1 the seat of empire1 i4 #eih2 jealousy of foreign intrusion1 i4 #eii2 testimony of ,marco ,polo1 ib42 believed to be inhabited by malignant beings1 i4 #fjc ,goblins1 elementary1 i4 #fh ,god1 personal1 denied by modern scientists1 i4 #af2 an intelligent1 omnipotent1 individual will1 i4 #eh2 his existence denied by ,comte and the ,positivists1 i4 #gf2 to be sought in nature1 and not outside1 i4 #ic2 belief of ,henry ,more1 the ,english ,platonist1 i4 #bje1 #bjf2 ,kircher's doctrine of the one magnet1 i4 #bjh2 the monad1 i4 #bab2 doctrines of ,voltaire and ,volney1 i4 #bfh2 the central sun1 i4 #bgj2 the universal mind1 the original doctrine1 i4 #bhi2 is no-thing1 not a concrete or visible being like objects1 i4 #bib2 belief of the ,stoics1 i4 #cag2 of the several ,christian denominations1 ii4 #b2 the ,father1 ii4 #ej2 of the gardens1 his rites adopted by the ,fathers1 ii4 #ea2 each immortal spirit1 ii4 #aec2 8manifest in the flesh10 a forged text1 ii4 #agh2 his actions subject to necessity1 ii4 #bea2 ,masonic testimony1 ii4 #cgg2 the ,father1 the beguiling serpent1 ii4 #dib2 prepares hell for priers into his mysteries1 ii4 #ebd2 every man's1 bounded by his own conceptions1 ii4 #efg ,god-man1 the first man1 i4 #big ,god's comedy and our tragedy1 ii4 #ecd ,godfrey ,higgins in error about ,roman ,catholic esoterism1 ii4 #aba ,gods1 eminent men so called1 i4 #bd1 #bhj2 inferior to deities1 i4 #bhg2 supercelestial and intercosmic1 i4 #cab2 pagan1 ,christian archangels1 i4 #caf2 kind and beneficent demons1 i4 #ccb2 their names kept secret1 i4 #eha2 not incarnations of the ,supreme ,being1 ii4 #aec ,gogard1 the ,hellenic tree of life1 i4 #big ,gold1 basic matter of1 i4 #ej2 its manufacture asserted1 i4 #ejc2 testimony of ,francesco ,picos1 i4 #ejd2 assertion of ,dr4 ,peisse1 i4 #ejh1 #eji2 made by ,theodore ,tiffereau1 i4 #eji2 the deposit of light1 i4 #eaa ,golden ,legend1 a conservatory of pious lies1 ii4 #gd2 choice excerpts1 ii4 #gf-gi2 beats the ,decameron1 ii4 #gi2 a parodized or plagiarized history of ,buddha1 ii4 #egi ,good demons appear1 i4 #ccc2 spirits hardly ever appear1 i4 #cdd2 enough ,morgan1 ii4 #cgb2 ,shepherd1 a ,gnostic symbol1 ii4 #adi ,goodale1 ,miss ,annie1 death1 i4 #dgi ,goodness must be alternated by its opposite1 ii4 #dhj ,gorillas mentioned by ,hanno1 i4 #dab ,gospel according to ,peter1 ii4 #aha2 fourth1 full of ,gnostic expressions1 ii4 #bje2 fourth1 blends ,christianity with the ,gnosis and ,kabala1 ii4 #baa ,gospels1 their authors and compilers not known1 ii4 #cg1 #ch ,gossein1 fakir1 contest with a sorcerer1 i4 #cfh ,grco-,russian church never under the ,roman ,catholics1 i4 #bg ,grand council of the emperors1 a ,jesuitical production1 ii4 #cij2 secours1 i4 #cgd2 cycle1 ,orpheus1 i4 #bid2 its character1 i4 #bif2 cycle completed1 i4 #cjc ,grandville1 ,dr41 on mummy-bandaging1 i4 #eci ,gravitation1 none in the ,newtonian sense1 i4 #bga ,gray brain-matter the god1 i4 #cf ,great ,dragon1 crushed under the foot of the ,virgin of the ,sea1 ii4 #ddf2 ,vasaki1 casting out a flood of poison which the earth swallows1 ii4 #dij2 equinoctial continent1 i4 #eid2 ,masonic revolution of #agag1 ii4 #chi2 secret of evocation1 ii4 #aad2 snake1 worshipped by the pueblo-chiefs of ,mexico1 i4 #eeg2 spirit of the ,indian1 the manifested ,brahma1 i4 #efj2 synagogue revised the ,pentateuch1 i4 #egh2 universal soul1 absorption into it does not involve loss of individuality1 ii4 #aaf2 year1 i4 #cj ,greatest scientists inanimate corpses1 i4 #cah ,greece derived its art from ,egypt1 i4 #eba ,gregory ,,vii41 pope1 a magician1 ii4 #ef1 #eg2 of ,tours1 exposition of sortilege1 ii4 #bj ,gross1 ,t41 denounces those opposed to investigation1 ii4 #if ,grote assimilates the ,pythagoreans to the ,jesuits1 ii4 #ebi ,gunpowder1 anciently used by the ,chinese1 i4 #bda ,guru-astara1 a spiritual teacher1 ii4 #ada ,gymnosophists of ,india1 i4 #ij2 knew the ,aksa1 i4 #aac ,half-death1 i4 #deb ,half-gods1 i4 #cbc2 or mukti1 men regenerate on earth1 ii4 #eff ,hierophant1 transfer of his life to a candidate1 ii4 #efc ,hakem1 the wise one of the ,druzes1 ii4 #caj ,haideck1 ,countess1 a ,mason1 ii4 #cia ,hall of spirits1 ii4 #cfe ,hamites preferred to settle near rivers and oceans1 ii4 #deh ,hamsa1 the ,messiah of the ,druzes1 ii4 #cjh2 the precursor1 ii4 #caj ,hanno1 mention of gorillas1 i4 #dab ,hanuma1 or ,hanuman the sacred monkey1 the progenitor of the ,europeans1 i4 #efc2 resembles the ,egyptian cynocephalus1 i4 #efd2 endowed with speech1 ii4 #bgd ,hare1 ,prof41 i4 #ch2 views of ,comte's positive philosophy1 i4 #gi2 mistreated by ,harvard professors1 i4 #agf1 #agg2 declared non compos mentis1 i4 #bcc2 bullied by ,prof4 ,henry1 i4 #bde ,harmony and justice analagous1 i4 #ccj ,hasty burial deprecated1 i4 #dec ,haug1 ,dr41 asserts the affinity of the ,zoroastrian1 ,jewish1 and ,christian religions1 ii4 #dhf ,haunted house1 i4 #fi ,hayes1 ,moses ,michael1 introduced ,royal ,arch ,masonry into this country1 ii4 #cic ,hayti1 a centre of secret societies1 where infants are immolated1 ii4 #egb ,healing art in the temples always magical1 ii4 #ejb ,heathen processions and priapic emblems at ,easter in ,france1 ii4 #ccb2 priesthood1 their cast-off garb worn by ,christian clergy1 ii4 #h ,heavenly ,man1 ,tikkun1 ,protogonos1 ii4 #bgf ,hebrew manuscripts of the ,bible the oldest1 ii4 #dcj2 burned by the ,inquisition1 ib4 ,hebron1 or ,kirjath-,arba1 city of the four ,kabeiri1 ii4 #aga2 ,smaragdine tablet of ,hermes found1 i4 #ejg ,heliocentric system known by ,hindus #b1jjj ,b4,c41 i4 #i2 denied alike by scholars and the clergy1 i4 #hd2 known by the priests of ,egypt1 i4 #ecb ,hel1 or ,hela1 neither a state nor place of punishment1 ii4 #aa2 cold and cheerless1 ib4 ,hell1 a ,german goddess1 ii4 #aa2 not a place of punishment in ,scandinavian mythology1 ib42 nowhere so set forth in ,egyptian or ,hindu mythology1 nor in the ,jewish ,scriptures1 ib42 the ,archimedean lever of ,christian theology1 ib42 said to be located in the sun1 ii4 #ab2 denied by ,origen1 ii4 #ac2 hypothesis of ,mr4 ,swinden1 ib42 ,augustine's theory of miracles1 ib42 eternal torments of1 all pagans condemned to1 ii4 #h2 ,virgin ,mary testifying to it with her own signature1 ib42 the damned1 ii4 #be2 priests there1 but no monks1 ib42 no ,dominicans1 ib42 a hallucination1 ii4 #ejg2 never means eternal torment1 ii4 #ejg2 the translation in the ,bible a forgery1 ii4 #ejf2 its prince quarrelling with ,satan1 ii4 #eae ,hellenic figures at ,nagkon-,wat1 i4 #efh ,hell-torments1 their perpetuity denied by ,origen1 ii4 #ac ,helps1 artificial1 to clairvoyance1 ii4 #eib ,heptaktis1 the seven-rayed god1 ii4 #dag ,herakleitus on fighting with anger1 i4 #bdh2 the ,ephesian1 his philosophical doctrine of fire and flux1 i4 #dbb2 the spirit of fire1 i4 #dbc ,herakles1 the ,grecian ,hercules1 the ,logos1 i4 #bih2 disseminated a mild religion1 ii4 #eae2 the only-begotten1 ii4 #eae2 the saviour1 ib42 ascending from the nether house of ,pluto1 ii4 #eag2 slew the sacrificers of men1 ii4 #efe ,herbs of dreams and enchantments1 ii4 #ehi ,her-cules1 the ,sanscrit form of ,mel-,kartha1 i4 #efg ,hercules1 the magnet named from him1 i4 #acj2 not the same as the ,grecian ,herakles1 ib42 creator and father1 i4 #aca2 killed by the devil1 i4 #acb2 and ,thor1 i4 #bfa2 the first-begotten1 ,bel1 ,baal1 and ,siva1 ii4 #dib2 the ,titan1 restores ,jupiter or ,zeus to his throne1 i4 #bii2 descends to ,hades1 ib42 ,invictus1 his initiation into the ,eleusynia and descent into hell1 ii4 #eaf ,herder places the cradle of mankind in ,india1 ii4 #cj ,heredom ,rosy ,cross1 ii4 #cid ,heresies1 early ,christianity among them1 ii4 #abc2 secret sects of the ,christians1 ii4 #bhi2 one still in existence1 ii4 #bij ,hermas1 the pastor of1 a book quoting from the ,sohar1 ii4 #bdc1 #bdd ,hermes1 the counterpart of the serpent1 ii4 #ejh2 his prediction to ,prometheus1 ii4 #ead1 #eae2 ,trismegistus1 #bj1jjj books written before ,menes1 i4 #djf2 his ,smaragdine ,tablet or manual of alchemy1 i4 #ejg2 reputed author of serpent-worship and heliolatry1 i4 #eea2 an evocation of angels and demons to preside at ,mysteries1 i4 #fac2 and ,hostanes believed in one ,god1 ii4 #hh ,hermetic books on medicine1 i4 #c2 their antiquity1 i4 #cg2 ,brothers of ,egypt1 ii4 #cjg2 doctrine accounts most reasonably for the formation of the world1 i4 #cda2 fraternities1 i4 #af2 gold1 i4 #eaa2 philosophers1 i4 #a ,hermetists' doctrine of creation1 i4 #beh2 why they wrote incomprehensibly1 i4 #fbg ,hermodorus or ,hermotimus1 i4 #cfd1 #dgf ,hero invented a steam-engine1 i4 #bda ,herodotus mentioned a night of six months1 i4 #dab2 testimony concerning the pyramids1 i4 #eah1 #eai2 description of the labyrinth1 i4 #ebb ,hezekiah1 the ,redeemer and ,messiah1 ii4 #ddj1 #dda2 the rod or scion from the stem of ,jesse1 ii4 #dda2 a prince from ,bethlehem establishes a sacred college and a new religion1 terminating ,baal and serpent-worship1 ii4 #ddj2 succeeded on the extinction of the family of ,ahaz1 ii4 #aff ,hiarchus and ,hiram1 i4 #ai ,hieroglyph of ,knights ,kadosh1 ii4 #cia ,hieroglyphics on the stones of the ,temple of ,dendera1 i4 #ebd ,hierophant offered his own life1 ii4 #db2 did not allow candidates to see or hear him personally1 ii4 #ic ,hierophants1 ,egyptian1 i4 #ij ,higgins1 ,godfrey1 i4 #cc2 rebuke of skeptics who accept the ,bible stories1 i4 #bhd2 had not the key to the esoteric doctrine1 i4 #cdg2 on the ,rasit1 ii4 #ce ,high ,hierophant transferring his life1 ii4 #efd ,highest pyrotechny1 i4 #cjf ,hildebrand1 the seventh ,pope ,gregory1 a magician1 ii4 #eeg ,hindu demigods1 ii4 #ajc2 wonderful appearance seen by ,jacolliot1 ib42 gods1 masks without actors1 ii4 #bfa1 #bfb2 populations in ,greece1 ii4 #dbh2 rites belong to a religion older than the present one1 ii4 #ece ,hindus1 more susceptible to magnetism1 ii4 #faj2 and ,iranians1 battles1 i4 #ab2 ancient1 their philosophy and science1 i4 #fah-fbj2 their great probity1 ii4 #dgd2 corrupted by ,european associations1 ib4 ,hindustan1 once called thiopia1 ii4 #dcd2 dark races worshipped ,maha ,deva1 ib4 ,hiouen-,thsang1 his description of the magicians of ,peshawer1 i4 #eii2 his vision of the shade of ,buddha1 i4 #fjj ,hippocrates1 his views like of ,herakleitos1 i4 #dbc2 identical with those of the ,rosicrucians1 ib42 his doctrine of man's inner sense1 i4 #dbe2 praise of instinct1 i4 #dcd ,hiram1 i4 #ai ,hiram ,abiff1 i4 #bi ,hitchcock1 ,e4 ,a41 exposition of alchemy1 i4 #cjh2 ,prof41 on psychometric photography1 i4 #ahd ,hivim1 or ,hivites1 descendants of the ,serpent1 i4 #eed2 ,ophites1 or serpent-tribe1 ,cain their ancestor1 ii4 #ddf2 of ,palestine a serpent-tribe1 ii4 #dha ,hobbs1 ,abigail1 confederated with the devil1 i4 #cfa ,holy ,ghost1 the ther1 the breath of ,god1 ii4 #ej2 a bit of his finger kept as a relic1 ii4 #ga4 ,holy kiss1 and toilet directions of ,augustine1 ii4 #cca2 limbs of ,sts4 ,cosmo and ,damiano1 phallic symbols1 ii4 #e2 syllable1 supreme mystery1 ii4 #aad2 thief ascends out of hell1 ii4 #eag ,homer1 the ,iliad probably plagiarized1 ii4 #dcf ,homunculi of ,paracelsus1 i4 #dfe ,hononer1 the ,persian ,logos1 or living manifested word1 i4 #efj ,horse with fingers1 i4 #daa1 #dab ,horse-shoe magnet applied to the phantom-hand1 ii4 #eid ,horus piercing the head of the serpent1 ii4 #ddf ,hospitals anciently established near temples1 ii4 #ih ,houdin ,robert1 i4 #gc1 #ajj2 testimony in regard to table-rapping and levitation1 i4 #ceh1 #cei2 suspected of magic1 i4 #cgi ,house of ,david deposed by the ,israelites1 ii4 #dci ,howitt ,william1 explanation of exorcism1 ii4 #ff ,huc1 ,abb1 his testimony concerning the infant ,dalai-,lama1 i4 #dch2 his book placed on the ,index ,expurgatorius1 ib42 his account of the marvellous tree1 i4 #ddj2 the picture of the moon1 i4 #dda2 punishment for his candor1 ii4 #cde1 #cdf2 his testimony of the ,lamaic doctrines1 ii4 #ehb2 his story of the children compelled to swallow mercury1 ii4 #fjd4 ,hufeland1 ,dr41 theory of magnetic sympathy1 i4 #bjg ,human body once half ethereal1 i4 #a2 made as a prison of earlier races1 i4 #b2 credulity contains inside of it an omni-perceptive faith1 ii4 #abj2 embryo1 evolved1 i4 #cjb1 #cjc2 ftus1 transient forms like those of ftal animals1 i4 #chh2 process of development1 i4 #chi2 race1 many before ,adam1 i4 #b2 imprisoned in bodies1 i4 #b2 antiquity more than #bej1jjj years1 i4 #c2 authorities differ in regard to original barbarism1 i4 #d2 sacrifices1 an ancient practice1 ii4 #edg2 abolished in ,egypt1 ,africa1 and ,greece1 ii4 #efh2 offered to the ,virgin ,mary as heretics1 ib42 soul an immortal god1 i4 #cde2 is born and dies like man1 ib42 spirit1 sees all things as in the present1 i4 #ahe ,humanity1 happy day for it1 ii4 #ehf4 ,humboldt1 ,alexander von1 suspected intercourse between ,mexicans and ,hindus1 i4 #edh ,humboldt1 ,alexander1 on presumptuous skepticism1 i4 #bbc ,hume1 ,david1 exalted by ,prof4 ,huxley1 i4 #dba2 the real founder of the positive philosophy1 i4 #hb2 testimony in the miracles at the tomb of ,abb ,paris1 i4 #cgc ,hunt1 ,prof4 ,sterry1 on solutions1 i4 #aib ,huss1 ,john1 his memory sacred in ,bohemia1 ii4 #efj ,huxley1 physical basis of life1 i4 #ae2 classes spiritualism outside of philosophical inquiry1 i4 #ae2 repudiates positive philosophy as ,catholicism minus ,christianity1 i4 #hb2 defines what constitutes proof1 i4 #aba2 confesses ignorance of matter1 i4 #djh2 his theory formulated1 i4 #dai ,hyk-sos1 or shepherds of ,egypt1 the ancestors of the earlier ,israelites1 ii4 #dhg ,hymns by ,dirghatamas1 ii4 #daa ,hyneman1 ,leopold1 testimony on ,masonry becoming sectarian1 ii4 #chj ,hypatia1 her atrocious murder by order of ,st4 ,cyril1 ii4 #ec2 letter of ,synesius1 ib42 why ,cyril caused her to be murdered1 ii4 #bec ,hystaspes1 ,gushtasp1 ,vistaspa1 ii4 #ada2 visited ,kashmere1 ii4 #dcd ,hysteria imputed to the prophets of the ,cevennes1 i4 #cga ,i was1 but am no more1 ii4 #cic ,i4 ,h4 ,s41 in hoc signum1 ii4 #ebg ,iachus1 an ,egyptian physician1 i4 #djf ,iaho1 variety of etymologies1 ii4 #cja2 statement of ,aristotle1 ii4 #cjb ,iamblichus1 i4 #cc2 raised ten cubits from the ground1 i4 #aae2 forbids endeavors to procure phenomena1 i4 #bai2 explanation of ,pythagoras1 i4 #bdh1 #bhd2 on manifestations of demons1 etc41 i4 #ccc2 the founder of theurgy1 his practice1 i4 #dhi2 his explanation of the objects of the ,mysteries1 ii4 #aja ,iao1 the male essence of the ,phnicians1 i4 #fa ,yava1 1 the secret name of the mystery-god1 ii4 #afe ,idic finger1 i4 #bc ,identity of all ancient religions and secret fraternities between the ancient faiths1 ii4 #ajj ,idiots1 reborn1 i4 #cea ,iessaens1 ii4 #aij ,ievo1 not the same as ,iao1 ii4 #bif ,iezedians1 came from ,basrah1 ii4 #aig ,ignition of stars1 i4 #bed ,ilda-,baoth1 the son of ,chaos1 ii4 #ahc2 his sons1 ib42 creates man1 ii4 #ahd2 punishes him for transgression1 ii4 #ahe2 his abode in the planet ,saturn1 ii4 #bcf2 transformed into the ,devil1 ii4 #eja ,illuminati and their purposes1 ii4 #cia ,illusion 7,maya71 the veil of the arcana1 i4 #bga ,immaculate ,conception of the ,holy ,virgin1 an element of old phallic religion1 ii4 #e2 why promulgated1 ii4 #aaj ,imagination1 the plastic power of the soul1 i4 #cif2 not identical with fancy1 ib42 a memory of preceding states1 ib42 its power upon physical condition1 i4 #che2 its influence on ftal life doubted by ,magendie1 i4 #cij ,immodesty of the ,vedas exceeded by that of the ,bible1 ii4 #hh ,immoral principles of the ,jesuits1 ii4 #cee ,immorality1 sexual1 said to be produced by religious instinct1 i4 #hc ,ilus or ,hyle1 the slime or earth-matter1 i4 #adf ,immortal1 ,chinese1 ,siamese1 etc41 believe some know the art of becoming1 i4 #bad2 theory of ,maxwell1 i4 #baf2 breath1 i4 #cjb2 portion of immortal matter1 ii4 #bfb ,immortality of the soul1 the doctrine as old as the twelfth ,egyptian dynasty1 ii4 #cfa2 of the spirit1 ,moksha and ,nirvana1 ii4 #aaf2 of all1 a false idea1 i4 #caf2 to be won1 ib4 ,imparting the secret to the successor1 ii4 #fga ,impostor-demons1 seven1 ii4 #bcd ,incarnation explained1 ii4 #aeb1 #aec2 prophetic star1 ii4 #ded2 exhibited before the author1 ii4 #eii-fjb ,incarnations1 the five of the ,buddhists1 ii4 #bge2 known in all the old world-religions1 ii4 #ejc2 of the deity1 periodical1 ii4 #ece ,incas1 the lost treasures1 i4 #eif2 the story of the last queen1 ib42 their tomb1 i4 #eig2 the tunnel1 i4 #eih ,incendiarism1 epidemic1 i4 #bgf ,india1 magic in1 i4 #hi2 gymnosophists1 i4 #hj2 of the archaic period1 i4 #ehi2 included ,persia1 ,thibet1 ,mongolia1 and ,great ,tartary1 ib42 the alma mater of the world-religions1 ii4 #cj2 said to be the cradle of the human race1 ib42 derived her rites from some foreign source1 ii4 #ece2 ,southern1 the law of inheritance1 ii4 #dcg ,indian dynasties1 solar and lunar1 ii4 #dcg1 #dch ,indicator1 ,prof4 ,faraday1 i4 #fc ,individual life in the future to be won1 i4 #caf2 existence1 how sustained1 i4 #cah1 #cai2 existence of the spirit a ,hindu doctrine1 ii4 #ecd ,individualization depends on the spirit1 i4 #cae ,indranee and her son painted with the aureole1 ii4 #ie ,induction1 not the usual mode of great discoveries1 i4 #eac ,ineffable name employed by ,jesus1 ii4 #chg ,infant1 temporarily animated by the spirit of a lama1 ii4 #fja1 #fjb ,infant-girl burned as a witch1 ii4 #fe ,infant-prophet in ,france1 i4 #dch ,infants1 dying1 prematurely born a second time1 i4 #cea2 unborn1 how influenced1 i4 #cie2 eaten at the sacrifices in ,hayti1 ii4 #egb ,initiation1 the practice in every ancient religion1 ii4 #ii2 represented the experience of the soul after death1 ii4 #did2 of a ,druze1 ii4 #cac ,injunction of secresy1 ii4 #dj ,inman1 ,dr4 ,thos41 defines greatest curse of a nation1 ii4 #aba1 #abb2 on ,christian heathenism1 ii4 #hj1 #ha2 declares the ,atheism imputed to ,buddha ,sakya not supported1 ii4 #ecc2 comparison of ,christians and ,buddhists1 ii4 #edj ,inner ,man1 can withdraw from the body1 ii4 #ehh ,inner ,sense1 doctrine of ,hippocrates1 i4 #dbd1 #dbe2 of ,iamblichus1 i4 #dce ,innocent ,,iii41 bull against magic1 ii4 #fi ,innocents of ,bethlehem1 their massacre1 a myth copied from ,india1 ii4 #aii ,inquisition1 the slaughter-house of the church1 destroyed by ,napoleon ,i41 ii4 #bb2 its atrocious cruelty1 ii4 #ee2 its bloodshed and human sacrifices unparalleled in paganism1 ii4 #e1 #f2 why invented1 ii4 #eh2 its origin in ,paradise1 ii4 #ei2 burned ,hebrew ,bibles1 ii4 #dcj ,inquisitors of our days1 the scientists1 i4 #ii ,insanity from spiritualism in the ,united ,states1 ii4 #g2 the obsession by spirits1 ii4 #ehi ,inscription on the coffin of ,queen ,mentuhept1 i4 #ib ,instinct1 i4 #dbe2 its miracles1 i4 #dcc ,integral whole1 ii4 #aaf ,intelligence of the electric bolt1 i4 #ahh2 ether directed1 i4 #aii ,intelligent electricity1 i4 #cbb ,intercosmic gods1 i4 #cab ,interior ,man1 doctrine of ,socrates and ,plato1 ii4 #bhc ,interview with a young lama re-incarnated ,buddha1 ii4 #eih ,intuition the guide of the seer1 i4 #dcc2 a rudiment in every one1 i4 #dcd2 doctrine of ,iamblichus1 i4 #dce ,investigation denounced as a criminal labor1 ii4 #if ,invisible ,sun1 i4 #cjb ,invocation of ancestors by ,moldavian ,christians1 ii4 #egj ,invulnerability1 can be imparted1 i4 #cgi ,iran and ,turan1 their wars conflicts between ,persians and ,assyrians or ,aturians1 i4 #egf ,irenus1 makes ,christ fifty years old1 ii4 #cje2 on the trine in man1 ii4 #bhe2 and the ,gnostics1 their contests1 ii4 #ea2 believed the soul corporeal1 i4 #cag2 attempted to establish a new doctrine on the basis of ,plato1 i4 #bhi2 found guilty of falsehood1 ii4 #cbg ,irenus ,philaletha1 explanation of the peculiar style of ,hermetic writers1 i4 #fbh ,ireland visited by ,buddhist missionaries1 ii4 #bij1 #bia ,iron in the sun1 i4 #eac2 found in the ,pyramid of ,cheops1 i4 #edb4 ,isaiah the prophet1 his vision of seraphs1 i4 #ceh2 terminated the direct line of ,david1 ii4 #ddj2 celebrates the new chief1 ,hezekiah1 ib4 ,isarim or ,essenean initiates1 ii4 #db2 found the ,smaragdine ,tablet at ,hebron1 i4 #ejg ,isernia1 worship of the limbs of ,saints ,cosmo and ,damiano1 and traffic in phallic ex-votos1 ii4 #e ,ishmonia1 the petrified city1 traditions of books and magic literature1 ii4 #bi ,isis1 the name of a medicine1 i4 #ecb2 the ,virgin ,mother of ,egypt1 ii4 #aj2 queen of ,heaven1 ii4 #ej2 immaculate1 her titles applied to the ,virgin ,mary1 ii4 #ie2 anthropomorphised into ,mary1 ii4 #da2 the 8woman clothed with the sun10 ii4 #dhi ,isitwa1 the divine power1 ii4 #eic ,islam1 the minarets1 ii4 #e ,islamism1 the outgrowth of the ,nestorian controversy1 ii4 #ed ,island of ,middle ,asia1 inhabited by ,elohim1 i4 #ehi2 empire of the ,pacific ,ocean1 i4 #eib ,israel1 what the name means1 ii4 #dja2 the enumeration of #ab tribes supposed to be purely mythical1 i4 #efh ,israelites1 intermarried perpetually with the other nations of ,palestine1 i4 #efh2 why their language was ,semitic1 ib42 their symbols relate to sun-worship1 ii4 #dja2 the plebeian were ,canaanites and ,phnicians1 ii4 #acd2 worshipped ,baal or ,bacchus and the ,serpent1 ii4 #ebc2 their prophets disapproved of sacrificial worship1 ii4 #ebe2 offered human sacrifices1 ii4 #ebd2 their prophetesses1 ib4 ,israelitish ,tabernacle1 elegant workmanship1 i4 #ecf ,istar1 ,astoreth1 the same as ,venus1 ,queen of ,heaven1 ii4 #ddd ,isvara1 a psychological condition1 ii4 #eia 8,itself0 met by the disembodied soul at the gates of ,paradise1 ii4 #fce ,iurbo ,adonai1 ii4 #ahe1 #ahi ,ixtlilxochitl1 author of the ,popul-,vuh1 i4 #edh ,jacob1 extraordinary fecundity of his family1 ii4 #eeh2 the ,zouave1 i4 #afe1 #bag1 #bah ,jacob's pillar a lingham1 ii4 #dde ,jacolliot1 ,louis1 i4 #aci2 criticises orientalists1 i4 #ehc2 testimony in regard to theopia1 i4 #faf1 #fag2 branded as a humbug1 ii4 #dg2 denounces the theory of ,turanians and ,semitism1 ii4 #dh2 on vulgar magic in ,india1 ii4 #gj2 description of ,brahmanic initiations1 ii4 #ajc2 sees a living spectre1 ii4 #ajd1 #aje2 on ,hindu metaphysics1 ii4 #bfb2 disbelieves in the chastity of ,buddhistic monks1 ii4 #cba2 knew no secrets1 ii4 #ehd ,jadgar or sorcerers in ,india1 ii4 #fi ,jaga-nath1 ii4 #big ,jah-,buh-,sun1 ii4 #cdh ,jaina sect claims ,buddhism1 ii4 #cba2 owners of the cave-temples1 ii4 #cbc ,jains1 taught the existence of two ethereal bodies1 i4 #dbi ,jairus1 resuscitation of his daughter by ,jesus1 i4 #dha ,james the ,just1 never called ,jesus the ,son of ,god1 ii4 #bjb ,japanese1 their probity1 ii4 #egc ,jasher1 ,book of1 ii4 #cii ,java ,aleim1 7,lord-,god71 head of the priest-caste of ,eden or ,babylonia1 i4 #ege2 invests man with the coat of skin1 ib42 of the ,sacerdotal ,college1 ii4 #bic ,javanese1 island empire1 i4 #eib ,jehovah1 his castle of fire1 i4 #bgj2 a cruel anthropomorphic deity1 i4 #cjg2 not the sacred name at all1 ii4 #cih2 only a ,masoretic invention1 ib42 feminine1 ii4 #cii2 resembled ,siva1 ii4 #ebd ,jehovah-,nissi or ,iao-,nisi1 the same as ,osiris or ,bacchus the ,dio-,nysos or ,jove of ,nysa1 ii4 #afe1 #ebf ,jehovah-worship and ,christianity abandoned by ,freemasons at ,lausanne1 ii4 #cgg ,jeroboam made the lawful king of the ,israelites1 ii4 #dci ,jerome1 ,st41 mentions ,jews of ,lydda and ,tiberias as mystic teachers1 i4 #bf2 procured the ,gospel of ,matthew from the ,nazarenes1 ii4 #aha2 his perverted text of ,job1 ii4 #dif ,jerusalem1 the temple not so ancient as pretended1 ii4 #chi ,jesuit cryptography1 ii4 #cig ,jesuits1 a secret society1 now control the ,roman ,church1 ii4 #ceb2 their magic1 ii4 #cec2 their secret constitution1 ii4 #ced2 ,mackenzie's description1 ii4 #cee2 their profession of faith1 ii4 #ceh2 their expulsion from ,venice1 ib42 declare ,christianity not evidently true1 ii4 #ceh1 #cei2 sanction the murder of parents1 ii4 #cfc2 disguised as ,talapoins1 i4 #cga2 contest of magic with the ,augustinians1 i4 #dde2 two1 desiring to change ,sabean for ,christian names1 ii4 #dej2 adopt the institute and habit of ,siamese ,talapoins1 ii4 #egg2 set aside ,christian doctrines1 ii4 #egh ,jesus1 of ,renan1 ,strauss and ,viscount ,amberley1 ii4 #efb2 ,talmudic story1 ii4 #bja2 discovered and revealed the occult theology1 ii4 #bjb2 or ,nebo1 inspired by ,mercury1 ii4 #acb2 and ,christna1 united to their ,chrestos1 ii4 #eeh2 his life a copy of ,christna1 his character of ,buddha1 ii4 #cci2 preached ,buddhism1 ii4 #abc2 believed in ,ferho or ,fo1 ii4 #bij2 did not give any name to the ,father1 ib42 his true history imparted to the ,templars1 ii4 #chb2 regarded as a brother1 ib42 an avatar like ,melchizedek1 becomes a son of ,god by baptism1 ii4 #eff2 son of ,panther1 a high pontiff of the universal secret doctrines1 ii4 #chf2 proclaims himself the ,son of ,god and humanity1 ib42 represented by a great serpent1 ii4 #dij2 an ,essene and ,nazarene1 ii4 #aca2 used oil and drank wine1 ib42 of the church1 the ideal of ,irenus1 ii4 #cc2 classified his teachings1 ii4 #ade1 #adg2 said to have been a ,pharisee1 ii4 #adh2 said to have been a magician1 ib42 the materialized divine spirit1 ii4 #egf2 deified because of his dramatic death1 ii4 #cci2 why he died1 ii4 #ede2 always called a man1 ii4 #bci2 forgave his enemies1 ii4 #h2 the heirs of ,peter curse theirs1 ii4 #i2 cast out devils by purifying the atmosphere1 i4 #cef2 taught the ,logia1 or secret doctrines1 ii4 #aia2 transmitted magnetic or theurgical powers1 i4 #acj2 healed by word of command1 i4 #bag2 his followers innovators1 ii4 #acb2 endeavored to give the arcane truth to the many1 ii4 #efa2 made little impression upon his own century1 ii4 #cce2 familiar with the ,koinoboi1 ii4 #ccf2 who rejected him as the ,son of ,god1 ii4 #dee2 said to have been hanged and stoned1 ii4 #bee2 never pronounced the name of ,jehovah1 ii4 #afc2 his doctrines like those of ,manu1 ii4 #afd2 and ,buddha never wrote1 ii4 #eei2 unwilling to die1 hence1 no self-sacrificing ,savior1 ii4 #ede ,jewish colonists of ,palestine imbued with ,magdean notions1 ii4 #dha2 people regard the ,mosaic books as an allegory1 i4 #eed1 #eee2 theology not understood by ,christians1 i4 #ag ,jews excluded from ,masonic lodges1 ii4 #cij2 their doubtful origin1 ii4 #dch2 worshipped ,baal or ,hercules1 ii4 #ebd2 brought the ,persian dualism to ,palestine1 ii4 #ejj1 #eja2 named ,ormazd and ,ahriman1 ,satan1 ii4 #eja2 an ,indian sect1 the ,kaloni1 i4 #efg2 probably came from ,afghanistan or ,india1 ib42 similar or identical with the ,phnicians1 i4 #eff ,job1 book of1 ,satan or ,typhon appears1 ii4 #dhc2 the allegory explained in the ,book of the ,dead1 ii4 #dic2 a representation of initiation1 ii4 #did2 will give the key to the whole matter of the ,devil1 ii4 #dic2 his trials and vindication1 ii4 #dhe2 seeing ,god1 ii4 #dhe1 #dhf2 the neophyte1 hears ,god in the whirlwind1 ii4 #dih2 vindicated by his ,redeemer or champion1 ii4 #dii1 #ejj ,jobard1 on two kinds of electricity1 i4 #ahh ,john1 ,gospel written by a ,gnostic1 i4 #b2 travelled in ,asia ,minor and learned of the ,mithraic rites1 ii4 #ejg2 the ,baptist1 his disciples ,essenean dissenters1 ii4 #acj2 disciples of1 same as ,nazareans or ,mendans1 do not believe in ,christ1 ii4 #bij ,jonah1 the prophet1 the allegory explained1 ii4 #beh ,jones1 ,sir ,william1 on the laws of ,manu1 i4 #ehe2 rules for constructing a purana1 ii4 #dib ,josaphat1 ,st41 a transmogrified ,buddha1 ii4 #egi ,judaism1 ,gnosticism1 ,christianity1 and ,masonry erected on the same cosmical myths1 i4 #dje ,joseph1 studied in ,egypt1 i4 #be2 became an ,egyptian1 i4 #eff ,josephus1 interpolated1 ii4 #aif2 his passage concerning ,jesus1 ii4 #cbh ,joshua1 fugitives1 i4 #ede ,jowett1 translator of ,plato1 exceptions to his criticism1 i4 #bhh ,judans1 whether they were ever in ,palestine before ,cyrus1 a problem1 i4 #efh ,judi1 the designation of the ,jews1 an ,indian term1 ii4 #dda ,judea1 its primitive history a distortion of ,indian fable1 ii4 #dga ,judgment of the ,dead1 ii4 #cfd ,juggernaut1 his procession imitated by missionaries in ,ceylon1 ii4 #aac ,jugglers of ,india and ,egypt1 i4 #gc2 walking from tree-top to tree-top1 i4 #die ,julian1 the emperor1 a son of ,god or ,mithra by initiation1 ii4 #eff ,juno1 her temple covered with pointed blades of swords1 i4 #ebg2 her abandoning of ,veii for ,rome1 i4 #fad ,jupiter and four moons discovered in ,assyria1 i4 #bfa2 his mythological adventures1 astronomical phenomena1 i4 #bfg1 #bfh2 or ,zeus originally the cosmic force1 i4 #bfb2 also the demiurg1 ib42 the chief deity of the ,orphic hymn1 i4 #bfc ,jury-trial1 introduced by the ,egyptians1 i4 #ede ,justice and harmony analogous1 i4 #ccj ,justin ,martyr1 criticised for his heretical opinion about ,socrates1 ii4 #h2 his testimony concerning the talismans of ,apollonius of ,tyana1 ii4 #ig2 on the non-observance of the ,sabbath by ,christians1 ii4 #dai ,justinian1 code of1 copied from the code of ,manu1 i4 #ehf ,k----1 a positivist and skeptic1 his experiences in ,thibet1 ii4 #eii-fjb ,kabala1 its fundamental geometrical figure the key to the problem1 i4 #ad2 ,chaldean1 not known1 i4 #ag2 included in the ,arcane doctrines1 i4 #bje2 same as the laws of ,manu1 i4 #bga2 solves esoteric doctrines of every religion1 i4 #bga2 never written1 ib42 concerning ,shedim1 i4 #cac2 its system of ,sephiroth and emanations1 ii4 #bac2 repeated in ,talapoin manuscripts1 i4 #egg2 ,oriental1 or secret ,book of ,numbers1 i4 #egi ,kabalists1 ,chaldean1 claim science above #gj1jjj years old1 i4 #a2 explanation of the allegory of descent into hell1 i4 #bii ,kabeiri1 ,assyrian divinities1 i4 #efi2 differently named and numbered in different places1 ib42 reproduced in their ,samothracian postures on the walls of ,nagkon-,wat1 ib42 had similar names east as west1 ib42 worshipped at ,hebron1 the city of ,beni-,anak or anakim1 ib42 number hardly known1 ii4 #dgh2 their names1 ii4 #agj ,kabeirian gods represented at ,nagkon-,wat1 i4 #efe1 #eff ,kadeshim1 or ,galli1 in the ,hebrew sanctuaries1 ii4 #de ,kadeshuth1 or ,nautch-girls in ,india1 ii4 #de ,kadosh degree invented at ,lyons1 ii4 #chd ,kalani1 an ,indian sect1 progenitors of the ,jews1 i4 #efg ,kalavatti1 raised from the dead by ,christna1 ii4 #bda ,kalmucks1 described earlier human races than the present1 i4 #b ,kalpas1 i4 #ca ,kali1 the 8fall of man10 ii4 #bge ,kali-,yug1 the designation of the present third yug or age of mankind1 i4 #ehg2 began #d1ejj years ago1 ib4 ,kaliadovki1 or ,christian mysteries1 ii4 #aai ,kangalins1 or witches in ,india1 ii4 #fi ,kanhari caves at ,salsette1 the abode of ,st4 ,josaphat1 ii4 #ehj1 #eha ,kanni1 or bad virgins1 ii4 #ddg ,kansa of ,madura1 commands the murder of ,christna and the massacre of the infants1 ii4 #aii ,kapila1 a skeptic1 i4 #aba2 i4 #cjg2 denied a ,first ,cause1 ii4 #bfa ,karabtanos1 i4 #cjj ,karnak1 the representative of ,thebes1 its archeological remains1 i4 #ebc2 lakes and mountains in its sanctuary1 i4 #ebd ,kasbeck1 the mountain where ,prometheus was punished1 i4 #bih ,katie ,king1 i4 #dh1 #ed2 soulless1 i4 #fg ,kavindisami the fakir1 causes a seed to grow miraculously1 i4 #aci ,kebar-,zivo1 i4 #cjj ,kepler believed the stars to be intelligences1 i4 #bjg1 #bjh1 #bec ,kerrenhappuch1 a mystic name1 ii4 #dif ,kerner1 ,dr41 witnessing case of ,elizabeth ,eslinger1 i4 #fh2 account of the encounter of the ,cossack and ,frenchman1 i4 #cih ,keto or ,cetus1 the same as ,dagon or ,poseidon1 ii4 #beh ,key to the ,buddhist system1 i4 #bhi2 to the mysteries lost by the ,roman ,catholic ,church1 ii4 #aba2 ,g4 ,higgins mistaken1 ib4 ,keys of ,st4 ,peter1 where they originated1 ii4 #ca2 cross and fishes1 eastern symbols1 ii4 #bee2 to ,masonic ciphers1 ii4 #cid ,keystone1 absent at ,nagkon-,wat1 ,santa ,cruz del ,quich1 ,ocosingo1 and the ,cyclopean structures of ,greece and ,italy1 i4 #ega2 has an esoteric meaning1 ib4 ,khaldi1 worshippers of the moon-god1 ii4 #dh ,khamism1 an ancient deposit from ,western ,asia1 ii4 #dce ,khansa1 remarkable juggling trick1 i4 #dgc ,kidder1 ,bishop1 remarkable testimony concerning the religion a wise man would choose1 ii4 #bdj ,king1 ,john1 i4 #ge ,kings and statesmen1 ,jesuit method for assassinating1 ii4 #cgc ,kircher1 ,father1 taught universal magnetism1 i4 #bjh ,kiyun or ,kivan1 the same as ,siva1 i4 #egj ,klikoucha1 i4 #bh ,klippoth1 i4 #ada ,kneph1 his snake-emblem1 i4 #acc2 producing the mundane egg1 ii4 #bbf ,knights ,kadosch1 cipher1 ii4 #cie2 hieroglyph1 ii4 #cif2 ,rose ,croix1 cipher1 ii4 #cie2 ,templars1 i4 #cj2 ,templars1 the modern1 have no secrets dangerous to the ,church1 ii4 #cha2 ,templars1 ,french ,order1 ii4 #chd1 #che2 the assassination of a ,prince1 ii4 #che ,knowledge1 tree of1 the pippala1 ii4 #dab2 arcane1 when sorcery and when wisdom1 ii4 #eh ,koheleth1 the summary1 ii4 #dgf ,koinobi or communists of ,egypt1 ii4 #cje ,kol-,arbas1 the ,tetrad or group of four mistaken for a ,gnostic leader1 ii4 #bdh ,kor-,persephon1 ,zeus the ,dragon1 and their son1 ii4 #eje ,kosmos1 regarded as ,god or comprehending ,god1 i4 #aed ,kounboum1 mystery of1 i4 #bhi2 the ,sacred ,tree of ,thibet1 i4 #cjb2 the wonderful ,tree of ,thibet with letters and symbols on its leaves1 i4 #ddj2 ,sanscrit characters on the leaves and bark1 ii4 #df ,kristophores1 or the fourth degree1 ii4 #cfe ,kronos1 i4 #acb ,krupte 7crypt7 the abode of a teleiotes1 ii4 #ic ,kublai-,khan1 ii4 #fjh2 why he failed to adopt ,christianity1 ii4 #eha1 #ehb2 reverences ,christ1 ,mahomet1 ,moses1 and ,buddha all together1 ii4 #ehb2 his testimony concerning ,christians1 ii4 #ehc ,kuklopes or ,cyclopeans1 shepherds1 miners1 builders1 metal-workers1 and ,anakim1 i4 #efg ,kuklos ,anangkes1 or ,circle of ,necessity1 i4 #eec ,kukushan1 a medicinal plant of extraordinary virtue1 ii4 #fjh ,kumil-,mdan1 the undine1 an elemental spirit1 i4 #dif ,kurds1 affirmed to be ,indo-,european1 ii4 #fbi2 are ,mahometans1 magicians1 ,yezids1 and fire-worshippers1 ii4 #fcj2 scene with a sorcerer1 ii4 #fca ,kutchi of ,lha-,ssa1 magically apprised by a ,shaman of the author's helpless condition in the desert1 ii4 #fbh ,kutti-,satan1 a ,tamil spirit1 i4 #efg ,labyrinth1 the great1 description by ,herodotus1 i4 #ebb ,lactantius on calling up souls1 i4 #afg2 declared the heliocentric system a heretical doctrine1 i4 #ebf2 rejected the doctrine of the antipodes1 ii4 #dgg ,lstrygonians of the ,odyssey cannibal races of ,norway1 i4 #edi ,laghana-,sastra1 a secret sect in ,india1 ii4 #cae2 their sacred groves1 ii4 #caf ,lake1 mysteries of1 ii4 #ach2 of fire and brimstone1 ii4 #ab2 the devil cast in it1 with the beast and false prophet1 ib42 place of purification of the wicked1 ii4 #bch ,lakes and mountains in the ,sanctuary of ,karnak1 i4 #ebd ,lakshmi or ,lakmi1 the ,damatri ,venus or ,great ,mother1 ii4 #bei1 #eih ,lama infant1 or reincarnated ,buddha1 interview with him1 ii4 #eih ,lamaic saints at a cave-temple1 ii4 #eii2 exorcism1 ii4 #fbf ,lamaism1 the purest ,buddhism1 ii4 #fjh ,lamas1 ,thibetan1 use the force known as ,aksa1 i4 #aac ,lamps1 ever-burning1 one in the tomb of ,cicero's daughter1 i4 #bbd1 #bbh2 in crypts of ,india1 ,thibet1 and ,japan1 i4 #bbe2 in ,travancore1 ib42 in ,egypt1 i4 #bbf2 at ,athens1 ,carthage1 ,edessa1 ,antioch1 i4 #bbg2 in the ,appian ,way and the ,mosaic ,tabernacle1 i4 #abh2 mode of preparing1 i4 #bbi ,lamp-wicks of stone1 i4 #bca2 of asbestos1 i4 #bca ,land-measuring1 known by the ,egyptians1 i4 #eca ,lao-tsi1 or ,laotsen1 his figure produced by magic1 i4 #fjj ,lares1 i4 #cde ,larmenius1 charter forged1 ii4 #che ,larva1 the soul1 i4 #cdd1 #cde ,larv1 shadows of men that have once lived1 i4 #caj2 their reincarnation1 i4 #ceg ,last rite1 not known by the highest epopt1 ii4 #efc ,latin ,church1 nearly upset by modern research1 ii4 #f2 despoiled the kabalists and theurgists1 ii4 #he2 preserves the old pagan worship1 even to the dress of the clergy1 ii4 #ib ,lausanne1 declaration of the ,supreme ,masonic ,councils1 ii4 #cgg2 denounced by ,gen4 ,pike1 ib4 ,leaping of the prophets of ,baal1 ii4 #de ,leaves1 impressions made on1 i4 #cfh1 #cfi ,le ,comte1 ,prof41 comparison of living and dead organism1 i4 #dff2 on vital force1 i4 #cac ,lempriere accuses ,pythagoras and ,porphyry1 i4 #dca ,lemure1 i4 #cde ,lemuria1 the last continent of the ,indian ,ocean1 perhaps the same as ,atlantis1 i4 #eia1 #eib2 the ,indian legend1 i4 #eid ,lens found at ,nineveh1 i4 #bci ,lentulus1 his forged letter1 ii4 #aea ,leopard-skin1 a sacred appendage of the mysteries1 i4 #efh2 found sculptured in basso-relievo in ,central ,america1 i4 #efi2 employed by the ,brahmans1 ib4 ,lesser mysteries1 their meaning and object1 ii4 #aaa ,lesser and greater mysteries1 accused of indecency1 ii4 #ajj ,letter of ,father ,raulica on magic1 ii4 #gj2 of ,mary ,virgin to the ,bishop and ,church of ,messina1 ii4 #hc2 from a ,druze brother to the author1 ii4 #cac ,letters1 ii4 #hc2 invented in ,egypt1 i4 #ecb ,levi1 a caste rather than a tribe1 i4 #efh ,levi1 ,eliphas1 exposition of the means to acquire magical power1 i4 #acg2 his remark on the ancient ,christian malignity1 ii4 #bej ,leviathan1 the occult science1 ii4 #dii ,law of compensation never swerves1 ii4 #ede ,levitation discussed1 i4 #dia1 #dib1 #did-dih2 under magnetic conditions practicable1 ii4 #ehi ,levitations1 i4 #ajj1 #bbe2 declared impossible1 i4 #aje2 of ,iamblichus1 i4 #aae2 occasioned by the attraction of the perisprit or astral soul1 i4 #aig2 disapproved by ,iamblichus1 i4 #bai ,levites1 or serpent-tribe1 the seraphs or fiery serpents1 ii4 #dha ,lewis1 ,sir ,g4 ,c41 opinion adverse to the culture of the ancients1 i4 #ebe ,liberalia1 or ,st4 ,patrick's day1 a festival of the ,church1 ii4 #ebh ,libyan shepherds1 ,cyclopeans1 i4 #efg ,lichen1 produced1 i4 #cjb ,life1 a phenomenon of matter1 i4 #aae ,life-principle1 speculations1 i4 #dff ,life-transfer1 ii4 #efd ,light1 chemical relations1 i4 #acf2 undulatory theory much doubted1 i4 #acg2 mystical1 the ,divine ,intelligence1 i4 #beh2 same as electricity1 ib42 both matter and a force1 i4 #bha2 sympathy its offspring1 i4 #cji2 an energy1 not an emanation1 the view of ,aristotle1 i4 #eaj2 sublimated gold1 i4 #eaa ,lightning1 conjured down by ,prometheus1 i4 #ebf2 fate of ,tullius1 i4 #ebg ,lightning-photographs1 i4 #cid1 #cie ,lightning-rods on ancient temples1 i4 #ebg1 #ebh2 used in ,india1 i4 #ebh ,lilith1 ,adam's 8first wife10 ii4 #dde ,linen of ancient ,egypt1 i4 #ecf2 fire-proof1 i4 #bcj ,linga1 same as the pillars of the patriarchs1 ii4 #bce ,lingham1 or emblem of ,maha ,deva1 ii4 #e2 and ,yoni in churches1 ii4 #e ,lithos or phallus1 reproduced in steeples1 turrets1 and domes1 ii4 #e ,littr on positive philosophy1 i4 #gh ,living acari by chemical experiments1 i4 #dfe2 fire1 i4 #cja ,local gods1 ii4 #dea ,lodestone1 its power to affect a whole audience1 i4 #bfe ,logia1 or secret doctrines taught by ,jesus1 ii4 #aia ,logoi1 all fail and are punished1 i4 #bih ,logos1 i4 #aca2 in every mythos1 i4 #afb 1 ,true ,doctrine of ,celsus1 story of the book at a convent1 ii4 #eb ,long-face1 the ,supreme ,god1 ii4 #bdg ,long hair1 worn by ,john the ,baptist and ,jesus1 and denounced by ,paul1 ii4 #adj ,lord of the ,genii1 i4 #cjj ,losing one's soul possible1 i4 #cag ,lost word1 where to be sought1 i4 #ehj2 and its substitute1 ,mac ,benac1 ii4 #cdi ,lotus1 the sacred flower of ,egyptians and ,hindus1 i4 #ia2 superseded by the lilies1 i4 #ib ,loubre1 ,m4 de la1 on ,buddha and the ,buddhists1 ii4 #egf-egi ,lourdes1 shrine of1 materializations of ,virgin ,mary1 i4 #aai2 the madonna1 her miracles1 i4 #fad1 ii4 #f2 the moving of the statue1 i4 #fah ,love1 its magnetism the originator of created things1 i4 #baj ,lucifer1 i4 #bii ,luke1 the evangelist1 reputed an ,essene1 ii4 #add ,lunar dynasties in ,india1 the ,chandra ,vensa1 ii4 #dch ,lundy1 ,rev4 ,dr41 what he has proved1 ii4 #eeg ,luther and the demon1 ii4 #gc2 the worst man in ,europe1 ii4 #bjj2 his denunciation of the ,catholics1 ii4 #bjh2 intolerant1 and ,calvin bloodthirsty1 ii4 #ejc ,lycanthropes1 over #fjj put to death in the ,jura by sentence of a judge1 ii4 #fbf ,lutherans burned as sorcerers1 ii4 #fa ,luxor1 unfading colors1 i4 #bci2 brotherhood of1 ii4 #cjh ,macaulay1 his criticism of scientists and philosophers1 i4 #dbd ,mac ,benac1 ii4 #cdi ,machagistia1 the magic taught in ,persia and ,babylonia1 i4 #bea2 the testimony of ,plato1 ii4 #cjf ,mackenzie1 his description of the ,jesuits1 ii4 #cee ,macrocosm1 i4 #fb ,macroprosopos or macrocosm1 i4 #ehj ,madonna of ,barri1 with crinoline1 ii4 #i2 of ,rio de ,janeiro1 dcollete1 with blonde hair and chignon1 ii4 #aj ,madras famine made worse by ,catholic taxation1 ii4 #ecb ,malstrom1 the ,charybdis of the ,odyssey1 i4 #ede4 ,magendie1 remedy for consumption1 i4 #hi2 absents himself from experiments instituted by the ,french ,academy in #ahbf1 i4 #age1 #agf2 acknowledges that little is known of ftal life1 i4 #chf2 opinion of malformation1 i4 #chh1 #cij2 asserts influence of imagination on the ftus1 i4 #cid ,magi established magic1 i4 #be2 taught the birth and decadence of worlds1 i4 #bee2 ,pythagoras1 their associate1 i4 #bhd2 objected to the evocation of souls1 i4 #cba2 three schools1 ii4 #cfa2 ,chaldean1 the masters of the ,jews1 ib42 two schools1 ii4 #abh1 #cjf ,magic1 based on natural science1 i4 #ag2 once universally taught1 i4 #ah1 #bdg2 a divine science1 i4 #be2 originally established by ,magi1 and not by priests1 ib42 very ancient1 ib42 ,moses and ,joseph proficients1 ib42 two kinds1 divine and evil1 i4 #bf2 neglected by ,masons1 i4 #cj2 spiritualism1 its modern form1 i4 #db2 profound knowledge of simples and minerals1 i4 #ff2 likely to be rediscovered by scientists1 i4 #fg2 esoteric in ,india1 i4 #ij2 practised by ,gymnosophists1 i4 #ij2 the divina sapientia1 i4 #id2 ,salverte's ,philosophy of ,magic1 i4 #aae2 mesmerism an important branch1 i4 #abi2 theory of ,eliphas ,levi1 i4 #acg2 modern forms1 i4 #ach2 doctrine of ,paracelsus1 ,agrippa1 and ,philalethes1 i4 #afg2 included in the arcane doctrine of ,wisdom1 i4 #bje2 the power never possessed by those addicted to vicious indulgences1 i4 #bah2 its basis1 the occult or spiritual principle1 i4 #bdd2 testimony of ,du ,potet1 i4 #bgi2 theurgical1 i4 #bha2 a sacerdotal science1 i4 #bfb2 exemplified in eastern countries of ,asia1 i4 #cbj2 adepts understand the akasa or astral fluid1 i4 #cgh2 synonymous with religion and science1 i4 #dei2 belief of ,demokritus2 #hjj1jjj1jjj believers in1 i4 #eab2 ,votan of ,ancient ,america1 i4 #ede2 cultivated by ,aztecs and ancient ,egyptians1 i4 #efj2 studied by the people of ,pashai or ,peshawer1 i4 #eii2 seance described by ,hon4 ,j4 ,l4 ,o',sullivan1 i4 #fjh-faa2 the church believes in it1 ii4 #gf2 used to select the canonical books of ,holy ,scripture1 ii4 #bea2 denounced1 ii4 #ejb2 the science of man and nature1 and its applications in practice1 ii4 #ehc2 its principles1 ii4 #ehg-eij2 its cornerstone1 ii4 #ehi2 black1 practised at the ,vatican1 ii4 #f2 taught in the lamaseries1 ii4 #fji2 magnetism its alphabet1 ii4 #faj ,magic arcanum1 i4 #ejf2 crystal1 i4 #dfg2 lamp of ,hermes1 ii4 #dag ,magical ansthetics of the ,brahmans1 used in the burning of widows1 i4 #edj2 exhibitions of ,tartary and ,thibet1 testimony of ,col4 ,yule1 i4 #fjj2 moon of ,thibet1 i4 #dda2 evocation a part of the sacerdotal office1 ii4 #aah2 evocations must be pronounced in a particular dialect1 ii4 #df ,magician1 how different from a witch1 i4 #cff2 difference from a medium1 i4 #cfg2 can summon and dismiss spirits at will1 ib4 ,magism flourished at the ,ur of the ,kasdeans1 i4 #edi ,magnale magnum1 i4 #agj1 #bac ,magus1 ,magh1 ,mahaji1 i4 #abi ,magnes1 i4 #fd2 rediscovered by ,mesmer1 i4 #ga2 the living fire or spirit of light1 i4 #abi ,magret1 rediscovered by ,paracelsus1 i4 #ga2 the stone1 i4 #abi2 its concealed power1 i4 #afh2 ,kircher's doctrine of one magnet in the universe1 i4 #bjh2 the same as the spiritual ,sun1 or ,god1 i4 #bji2 the poles signified in the ,mysteries by the ,dioskuri1 i4 #bce2 the sun1 i4 #bga ,magnetic currents develop into electricity1 i4 #cie ,magnetization1 two kinds1 i4 #agh2 of minerals by animal magnetism1 i4 #bji2 of a table or person1 i4 #cbb ,magnetism1 i4 #abi2 animal1 denied by modern science and then accepted1 i4 #acj2 the magic power of man1 i4 #agj2 taught by ,des ,cartes1 i4 #bjf2 by ,naud1 ,hufeland1 ,wirdig1 and ,kepler1 i4 #bjg2 and by ,porta and ,father ,kircher1 i4 #bji2 of love1 the originator of every created thing1 i4 #baj2 taught in the ,mysteries1 i4 #bcd2 poles represented by the ,dioskuri1 i4 #bce2 the universal law1 i4 #bdd2 the alphabet of magic1 ii4 #faj2 being true1 medicine absurd1 ib4 ,mahbhrata1 antedated the age of ,cyrus the great1 ii4 #dbh ,maha ,deva or ,siva1 his lingham or emblem in pagodas1 ii4 #e2 worshipped by the dark races of ,hindustan1 ii4 #dcd ,mahady of ,elephanta1 ii4 #e ,mahat1 or ,prakriti1 the external sense-life1 ii4 #efe ,mahomet1 his testimony concerning ,jews1 ii4 #dhj ,mahometan1 confession of ,faith on the ,chair of ,peter1 ii4 #be ,mahometanism1 the outgrowth of ,christian cruelty1 ii4 #ec1 #ed2 making more proselytes than ,christians1 ii4 #bci ,maimonides1 i4 #ag ,malagrida1 burned for sorcery in #agfa1 ii4 #eh ,malays1 their island empire1 i4 #eib ,males suckling their young1 i4 #dab ,malformations1 opinion of ,magendie1 i4 #chh2 theory of ,prof4 ,armor1 i4 #cib ,malum in se1 no such principle1 ii4 #dhj ,man1 once communed with unseen universes1 i4 #b2 belief of the ,kalmucks1 ib42 8as immortal as ,god10 i4 #ac2 how influenced1 i4 #ci2 composed of like elements as the stars1 i4 #afh2 magnetism his magic power1 i4 #agj2 different electric condition of persons and sexes1 i4 #aga2 possessed of three spirits1 i4 #bab2 a little world inside the great1 ib42 ,van ,helmont's theory1 i4 #bac2 ,plato's theory1 i4 #bgf1 #big2 androgynous1 i4 #dig2 created in the sixth millenium1 i4 #cdb2 possesses arcane powers1 ii4 #aac2 how he should do1 ii4 #abb2 the fall an evolution1 ii4 #bgg2 his spirit1 if not his soul1 prexistent1 ii4 #bhj2 the object of the alchemic1 ,hermetic1 and mystic explorations1 i4 #cjh2 the philosopher's stone and trinity in unity1 i4 #cji2 a microcosm1 i4 #cbc2 never steps outside of universal life1 ii4 #cdc2 the six principles1 ii4 #cfg2 first appears as a stone1 i4 #chi2 has power to shape matter1 i4 #cid1 #cie2 ante-natal maternal impressions of this character1 i4 #cie2 seven days on the pillar1 ii4 #ddg2 the story of the fall regarded as an allegory1 ii4 #edf2 has a natural1 a spiritual1 and final birth1 ii4 #efe2 triune1 body1 soul1 and immortal spirit1 ii4 #ehh2 how he becomes an immortal entity1 ib4 ,man-tree1 i4 #big ,mandrakes or ,mandragora1 a magical plant1 i4 #dfe ,manes1 i4 #cg1 #cde2 his fate1 ii4 #bjh ,manifestations1 subjective and objective1 i4 #fh2 mediumistic1 in ,asia1 i4 #cbj ,mano1 ii4 #bbh1 #bbi1 #cjj ,mantheon1 a title of ,zoroaster1 ii4 #dji ,mantic frenzy produced by exhalations from the earth1 i4 #eca ,manu1 laws the same as the doctrines of the sages and ,kabala1 i4 #bga2 doctrine of the universe1 ib42 laws of1 opinion of ,sir ,william ,jones1 i4 #ehe2 the basis of the code of ,justinian1 i4 #eha2 their age1 i4 #ehf-ehh2 widow-burning not mentioned in them1 i4 #ehh2 on life1 evolution1 and transformations1 i4 #fbj1 #fba2 predicts the advent of the ,divine ,one1 ii4 #ej2 knew nothing of deluge1 ii4 #dbg1 #dbh ,manus1 six1 progenitors of six races of men1 i4 #eij ,manu-,vina or ,menes1 colonizes ,egypt from ,india1 i4 #fbg ,manwantara1 i4 #cb ,marathos or ,martu1 ancient city and name of ,phnicia1 means ,the ,west1 i4 #egi ,marathon1 neighing of horses and shouts of men heard #djj years after the battle1 i4 #gj ,marcion distinguished between ,judaism and ,christianity1 ii4 #afb2 his doctrines1 ii4 #ajc2 accepted ,paul and denied the other apostles1 ii4 #afh2 the great hresiarch1 his influence1 ii4 #aei1 #afj2 brutally assailed by ,tertullian and ,epiphanius1 ib4 ,marco ,polo1 on veins of salamander or asbestos1 i4 #ejd2 asserts that in ,kashmere images are made to speak1 i4 #eje2 brought movable types and blocks for printing1 from ,china1 i4 #eac2 describes ,buddha as living like a ,christian1 ii4 #eha2 on the nature-spirits of the deserts1 i4 #fjc2 would not retract his 8falsehoods10 ib42 declaration in regard to hearing spirits talk in the desert1 i4 #fjd ,marcosians1 their sacrament1 ii4 #eac ,marechale d',ancre1 her trial for sorcery1 ii4 #fj ,mariana1 ,jesuit1 explains the best way to kill a king1 ii4 #cgb1 #cgc ,markland1 a possible root of name ,america1 i4 #eib ,marriage cured the convulsionaries1 i4 #cge ,marrying the father's wife1 ii4 #bdj ,marses in ,italy1 power over serpents1 i4 #cha ,martu or ,marathos1 the west1 i4 #egi ,mary1 virgin1 materializing at ,lourdes1 i4 #aai2 writes a letter from heaven declaring the pagans condemned to eternal torments1 ii4 #h2 the anthropomorphized ,isis1 ii4 #da2 writes letters1 ii4 #hb1 #hc2 text of one1 ii4 #hg2 without her consent1 no redemption1 ii4 #agb1 #agc2 overshadowed by ,ilda-,baoth and not by bel ,zivo or ,gabriel1 ii4 #bdg2 like ,dido1 the ,virgin of the ,sea1 ii4 #ddf2 is visited by the ,agathodaimon serpent1 ii4 #eje ,mason1 ,osgood1 on deity and nature1 i4 #dbf ,masonic ciphers1 the keys1 ii4 #cid2 fraternity1 its unworthy members1 ii4 #cgf2 honors offered by ,m4 de ,ngre1 a grand hierophant1 refused1 ii4 #chj2 institute1 brought into disrepute by the ,jesuits1 ii4 #che2 pagan in origin1 ib42 ,templars1 a creation of the ,jesuits1 ii4 #cha ,masonry1 neglect of magic and spiritualism1 i4 #cj2 once a true secret organization1 ii4 #cdi2 who should be excluded1 ii4 #cgf2 esoteric1 not known in ,american lodges1 ib42 the time to remodel it has come1 ii4 #cgg2 no secrets left unpublished1 ib42 whether ,christian or pagan1 ib42 departing from its original aims1 ii4 #chj2 ,european and ,american1 the ,bible its great light1 ii4 #chi ,masons1 accusations against them half guess-work1 ii4 #cgb2 reject a personal ,god1 ii4 #cge2 and the impostor ,anderson1 ii4 #chi ,masorets changed the immodest words in the ,bible1 ii4 #dcj ,master-builder1 epopt1 adept1 the ,apostle ,paul1 ii4 #ia ,master's word1 communicated only at low breath1 ii4 #ii ,mas'udi1 on the ghls in the desert1 i4 #fjd ,materialization1 what spirits practice it1 i4 #cai2 personal1 i4 #cba ,materializations recorded in the ,bible1 i4 #dic 8,materialized spirits10 i4 #fg2 witnessed by the author1 i4 #fi2 ,virgin ,mary to be expected at the ,vatican1 ii4 #hb2 often comes and lights a taper at ,arras1 ib4 ,mathematical error held by the ,gnostics1 ii4 #aid ,mathematicians1 ancient1 went to ,egypt to be instructed1 i4 #eca ,mathematics1 ,pythagorean and ,platonic1 i4 #ajf ,matsya1 the earliest avatar1 ii4 #dbg ,matter1 how produced1 i4 #adj2 proclaimed by modern physicists sole and autocratic sovereign of the universe1 i4 #bce2 its indestructibility1 i4 #bdc2 origin1 i4 #beh2 the serpent that tempted man1 i4 #big2 not created by ,divine thought1 i4 #caj2 indestructible and eternal1 i4 #cbh2 fructified by the ,divine idea or imagination1 i4 #cif2 the remote effect of emanative energy1 ii4 #ce ,matthew1 gospel of1 a secret book written in ,hebrew1 ii4 #aha1 #ahb2 quotes the ,egyptian ,book of the ,dead1 ii4 #edh ,matwanlin1 on voices in the deserts1 i4 #fjd ,maudsley1 ,prof41 repudiates ,comte1 ii4 #c2 rejects the positive philosophy1 i4 #hb ,mauritania ,tingitana1 its columns1 i4 #ede ,mauritius1 his nauscopite1 i4 #bdj ,max ,mller1 scouts the idea of original human brutality1 i4 #d2 on the meaning of ,veda1 i4 #ced2 on ,sanscrit literature1 i4 #ddb2 on the four ancestors1 i4 #eei2 on ,brahmanical literature1 i4 #ehj2 on the mutations of ,christianity1 ii4 #aj2 on the science of religion1 ii4 #bf2 his retort upon ,prof4 ,whitney1 ii4 #dg2 assertion on the ,hindu gods1 ii4 #dac2 on the ,vedas1 ii4 #dad2 his understanding of ,nirvana1 ii4 #dcb ,maxwell1 his offer to cure diseases abandoned as incurable1 i4 #bae2 his theory of the world-soul or life-spirit1 i4 #bae1 #baf ,maya1 or illusion1 i4 #bhi ,mayas of ,yucatan1 their mysterious city1 i4 #edg ,mecassipa1 an enchanter1 i4 #cee ,medallions from the ashes of the dead1 ii4 #fjc ,mediatorship1 how exercised1 i4 #dhg1 #dhh ,medici family patrons of the black art1 ii4 #ee ,medicine1 classed by ,bacon as a conjectural science1 i4 #dje2 modern1 what it has gained and lost1 i4 #bj2 occult1 suggested by ,descartes1 i4 #bad ,medium1 a conductor1 i4 #bja2 difference from a magician1 i4 #cfg2 a passive1 the adept an active instrument1 ii4 #ehh2 needs a foreign intelligence1 ii4 #eib ,medium-catcher of ,prof4 ,faraday1 i4 #fc ,medium-healers1 charged with vampirism1 i4 #dij1 #dia ,mediums1 their visions more trustworthy than those of ,catholic priests1 ii4 #gc2 burned1 hanged1 and otherwise murdered1 i4 #bf1 #cec2 in ,russia1 i4 #bg2 generally utter commonplace ideas1 i4 #bba2 their astral limbs1 ii4 #eie2 are usually diseased1 ib42 the ,mosaic law contemplated killing them1 i4 #cef2 passive1 i4 #dhh2 unregulated ones persecuted1 i4 #dhi2 how cured1 i4 #dij2 generally disordered while the ancient thaumaturgists were not1 ib4 ,mediumistic diathesis1 i4 #aag2 phenomena in ,asia1 i4 #cbj ,mediumship1 physical and spiritual1 i4 #cfg2 its phases seldom altered1 ib42 depends upon a peculiar organization1 i4 #cfg2 psychographic1 i4 #cfh2 its conditions and circumstances1 i4 #dhg2 in holy men1 mediatorship1 ib42 in these days an undesirable gift1 i4 #dhh2 natural1 ii4 #aah2 the opposite of adeptship1 ii4 #ehh ,megasthenes traces the ,jews to the ,kalani of ,india1 i4 #efg ,melampus1 his magical cures1 i4 #eca ,melanephoris1 the third degree1 ii4 #cfd ,mementos of a long bygone civilization1 i4 #cdi ,memory1 views of ,ammonius ,sakkas1 ii4 #eia2 of ,god1 i4 #agh ,men produced by the giant ,ymir1 and also by the cow ,audhumla1 i4 #adh2 denoted by the tree of life1 ,yggdrasill1 ,zampun1 ,aswatha1 i4 #aea-d2 existed at a period extremely remote1 i4 #aee2 of the ,stone ,age described by ,mrs4 ,denton1 i4 #bie2 revivified without souls1 ii4 #efd2 races differ in their spiritual gifts1 ii4 #ehh2 soulless1 ii4 #cfi2 of science wear the cast-off garb of priests dyed to escape detection1 ii4 #h ,mendeleyeff1 ,prof41 declares spiritualism a mixture of superstition1 delusion1 and fraud1 i4 #aag2 protest by ,butleroff1 ,aksakoff1 and others1 i4 #aah ,menes1 turned the course of the ,nile1 i4 #eaf ,menon1 the inventor of letters1 i4 #ecb ,mensabulism1 i4 #cbb ,mental photography1 i4 #cbb ,mentuhept1 ,queen1 inscription on her monument1 ii4 #ib ,mercaba1 ii4 #cdh2 must be first known1 ii4 #cdi2 a hidden doctrine1 ib4 ,mercurius vit of ,paracelsus1 ii4 #fbj ,mercury1 water of1 symbol of the soul1 i4 #cji2 or quicksilver1 never used by ,yogi or alchemist1 only by charlatans1 and not by ,paracelsus1 ii4 #fbj1 #fba2 never restored a man to health1 ib4 ,meridian1 known when the first pyramid was built1 i4 #ecf ,meru or ,meruah1 sound1 etc41 i4 #eib2 and its gods1 ii4 #bcc1 #bcd ,mesmer1 rediscovered animal magnetism1 i4 #afe2 his #bg propositions1 i4 #agb2 condemned by the ,french ,committee of #aghd ,mesmerism1 i4 #bc2 a rediscovery of what ,paracelsus taught1 i4 #gb2 repudiated by positivists1 i4 #hb2 used successfully by physicians1 ib42 an important branch of magic1 i4 #abi1 #aca2 condemned in ,france in #aghd1 i4 #aga2 prize offered for thesis by the ,prussian ,government1 i4 #agc2 taught by ,descartes1 i4 #bjf ,message delivered at ,kounboum1 ii4 #fjd ,messages1 writing by spirits1 i4 #cfg ,messiah1 comes in the conjunction of ,jupiter and ,saturn1 in the sign ,pisces1 ii4 #bef2 the fifth emanation1 ii4 #bei ,metallic springs found in ancient war-chariots1 i4 #ecj ,metalline1 a compound overcoming friction1 i4 #ejb ,metallurgy among the ,egyptians and ,semitic races1 i4 #ech ,metals not simple bodies1 i4 #eji ,metatron1 or angel of the ,lord1 transformed into ,jesus the son of ,mary1 ii4 #cc2 seventy names1 ii4 #bde ,metempsychosis1 i4 #h2 believed by all philosophers1 early fathers and ,gnostics1 i4 #ab2 doctrine of ,plato1 i4 #bgf1 #bgg2 an allegory1 not to be literally understood1 and relating to experiences of the soul1 i4 #bhi1 #eej2 of ,buddha1 i4 #bia2 dreaded by ,hindus1 i4 #cdh2 the separation of the thumos and ridding the nous of the phren1 ii4 #bhf ,methuselah helps ,enoch construct nine chambers underground in the land of ,canaan1 i4 #ega2 receives from him certain secret learning1 ib4 ,metis1 the same as ,sophia of the ,gnostics1 and ,sephira1 ii4 #afc ,mexican serpent-gods1 i4 #egb ,mexicans1 ancient1 i4 #cac2 their theory of lunar eclipses similar to the ,hindu1 i4 #edh ,mexico1 serpent-worship1 i4 #df1 #eea-eeh ,michael1 the unknown angel1 ii4 #dhh2 a phial of his sweat preserved as a relic1 ii4 #ga2 the archangel1 the same as ,ophiomorphos1 ii4 #bjf2 and the ,devil1 their dispute1 ii4 #dhb2 the ,dragon-slayer1 ii4 #dhh ,michelet1 testimony in regard to the ,jesuits1 ii4 #ceh1 #cei ,microcosm1 i4 #bab ,microcosmos1 i4 #bh ,microprosopos 7little face71 the microcosm1 i4 #ehj2 the ,adam primos1 ii4 #deb ,microscope1 its brothers in the ,books of ,moses1 i4 #bdj ,middle ,asia1 botany and mineralogy1 i4 #hi2 ever-burning lamps1 i4 #bbg ,midgard snake1 i4 #aea ,midianites regarded as wise men1 ii4 #ddi ,milk of the ,celestial ,virgin1 i4 #fd ,milton1 ,john1 regarded ,paradise ,lost as a book of fiction1 ii4 #eja ,mimer1 the deep well of wisdom1 i4 #aea ,minarets of ,islam1 ii4 #e ,minerals1 magnetized by man1 i4 #bji2 the basis of evolution of vegetable organisms1 ib42 their occult properties1 ii4 #ehi ,miracles1 those of the ,bible surpassed by those of the ,vedas1 i4 #ij2 so-called1 genuine1 from ,moses to ,cagliostro1 i4 #abh2 none in nature1 ii4 #ehg2 at the tomb of ,abb ,paris1 i4 #cgb2 among the ,convulsionaires1 ib42 none in ,protestant countries1 ii4 #ag2 in spite of the ,church1 ii4 #bb1 #bc ,miraculous ,conception1 a legend of ,buddhism1 ii4 #ejd2 fire at the ,holy ,sepulchre1 ii4 #djd ,mirville1 ,de1 i4 #ii2 refutes ,babinet's denial of levitation1 i4 #aje2 the nebulous ,almighty1 i4 #abi ,mithra1 a triple god1 ii4 #da ,mithraic ,mysteries1 ii4 #cea2 initiation of ,julian the ,emperor1 ii4 #eff ,mixture to out-stench devils1 ii4 #fg ,mnizurin1 i4 #cba ,mochtana or ,mokomna1 the ,druze apostle1 ii4 #cjh ,morals1 the ,buddhistic code1 ii4 #fjh ,model of the ,universe1 i4 #cjb ,modern philosophers1 see only the physical form of ,isis1 i4 #af2 devil1 a heritage from ,cybel1 ii4 #eja2 ,savants know less than ancients1 i4 #ae2 science denies a ,supreme ,being or ,personal ,god1 i4 #af2 teaches the power of human thought to affect the matter of another universe1 i4 #caj2 scientists hate new truths1 i4 #dji2 spiritualism1 i4 #dj2 the modern form of magic1 i4 #db ,mris1 the artificial lake constructed in ,egypt1 i4 #eaf ,moisasure1 the ,hindu ,lucifer1 i4 #bii ,moksha and the ,nirvana1 ii4 #aaf2 the second spiritual birth1 ii4 #eff ,moldenwaher1 his documents concerning the prosecution of the ,knights-,templar1 bought up by ,free-masons1 ii4 #chc ,moloch-,hercules1 children immolated to him in the valley of the ,gehenna1 ii4 #aa ,moloch-,god of the inquisition1 ii4 #fe ,moloch-like divinity of ,roman church1 i4 #bg ,monad1 i4 #bab2 ,buddha1 i4 #bia ,monas1 ii4 #cdg ,mongolians1 ought to have been called ,scyths1 i4 #egf ,monkey of ,god1 now exorcised with holy water1 ii4 #if ,monkeys exhibiting human intellect1 i4 #cbf2 fabled to be progenitors of western people1 i4 #efc2 in ,egyptian temples1 i4 #efd2 in all ,buddhistic temples1 ib4 ,monkish impostors expelled from convents in ,southern ,mongolia1 ii4 #fji ,monks1 their fury for exorcising and roasting the convulsionaires of the ,cevennes1 i4 #cgj1 #cgb2 none in hell1 ii4 #ge ,monoliths1 for ,egyptian monuments1 i4 #eah2 how transported1 ib4 ,monogenes1 or only-begotten1 a name of ,proserpina1 ii4 #bhd ,montesquieu1 on two witnesses1 i4 #hg ,montezuma1 his effigy worshipped in ,mexico1 i4 #eeg ,montgeron1 writes a book on ,jansenist miracles1 i4 #cgc ,monuments1 religious1 the expression of the same thoughts1 i4 #efa2 planned and built under supervision of priests1 ib42 alike in ,asia and ,america1 ib4 ,moody1 the revivalist1 would see his son's eyes dug out1 ii4 #bej2 and ,sankey1 confounded by a ,roman bishop with spiritualists1 ii4 #g ,moon1 the same as ,diana1 ,diktynna1 ,artemis1 ,juno1 etc41 i4 #bfg2 her worship in ,crete1 ib42 influence on women1 ib42 legends of her phases1 i4 #bfe1 #bff2 influence on tides1 persons1 and vegetation1 i4 #bgc2 in middle nature1 and green the middle color1 i4 #ead ,moon-god1 ,deus ,lunus1 worshipped by the ,khaldi1 ii4 #dh ,moon-kings1 or lunar dynasty1 reigned at ,pruyag and ,allahabad1 ii4 #dh ,moor1 his explanation of the ,wittoba1 ii4 #eeg1 #eeh ,moore1 ,rev4 ,dunlop1 assertion of the age of the institutes of ,manu1 i4 #ehe ,moors1 bearded1 figures at the great temple of ,angkor1 or ,nagkon-,wat1 i4 #efe1 #efg ,mora in ,sweden1 young children burned alive as witches1 ii4 #ejc ,more1 ,henry1 i4 #ed1 #gd2 his belief in ,pythagorean doctrines1 i4 #bjd1 #bje2 adversary of ,eugenius ,philalethes1 i4 #cjh2 demonstration of witchcraft1 i4 #cec2 theory of birth-marks1 i4 #chd1 #che ,morgan1 8good enough till after the election10 ii4 #cgb ,moigno1 ,abb1 his wretched success in writing down ,huxley1 ,tyndall1 and ,raymond1 i4 #ccf ,mormons1 polytheists1 ii4 #b ,mortal soul1 i4 #bgf1 #cbf ,mosaic books1 regarded by well-educated ,jews allegory1 i4 #eed1 #eee2 religion a sun-and-serpent worship1 ii4 #abi ,moses1 the pupil of the mother of ,pharaoh's daughter1 i4 #be2 communicated secrets to the seventy elders1 i4 #bf2 his code required two witnesses1 i4 #hg2 placed a perpetual lamp in the tabernacle1 i4 #bbh2 described ,jehovah the anthropomorphic deity as being the highest ,god1 i4 #cjg2 could not obtain his other name1 i4 #cji2 philosophized or spoke in allegory1 i4 #dcf2 said to have had knowledge of electricity1 i4 #ebh2 chief of the ,sodales or priest-colleges1 i4 #eee2 a hierophant of ,heliopolis and priest of ,osiris1 ib42 initiated1 ib42 became an ,egyptian and a priest1 i4 #eef2 denounced the spirit of ,ob1 not ,od1 i4 #eid2 disputes over his body1 its allegorical interpretation1 ii4 #dhb2 an initiate1 ii4 #abi2 and the ,israelites1 their story typical1 ii4 #dic2 versed in occult sciences1 ii4 #ei2 the law not more than two or three centuries older than ,christianity1 ii4 #ebf ,moslem arms blessed by the ,pope1 ii4 #efj ,mother and child1 a very ancient sign and myth1 ii4 #dia2 -trunk1 the universal religion1 ii4 #abc2 of ,god the most ancient1 ii4 #di1 #ej2 the ,heaven itself1 ii4 #ej2 lodge1 the great1 ii4 #cae ,mountain of light1 its appearance to ,hiouen-,thsang1 i4 #fjj ,mouse-mark1 produced by alarm1 i4 #cia ,mousseaux1 ,des1 i4 #ii2 declares the devil the chief pillar of faith1 i4 #ajc ,movable printing types1 in ,china before our ,era1 i4 #eac2 used in the earliest periods of lamaism in ,thibet1 ib4 ,moyst natures or elementary spirits1 i4 #cdb1 #cdc ,mukti1 or half-gods1 ii4 #eff ,mller1 ,albrecht1 testimony in regard to ancient skill1 i4 #eci ,mummy1 bandaging1 i4 #bj2 a symbol1 i4 #big2 a finger-ring at the ,london ,exhibition of #ahea1 i4 #eca ,mummy-bandaging1 i4 #eci2 #ajjj yards long ib4 ,mundane tree1 i4 #big ,mundane cross of heaven1 ii4 #ded2 egg or universal womb1 ii4 #bad2 snake creeps out of the primordial ilus1 i4 #bih ,muratori1 his felt cuirasse1 copied from the ancients1 i4 #ecj ,murder1 an obstacle to ancient1 but not to ,jesuit initiation1 ii4 #cfc ,murderous language of ,jerome and ,tertullian1 ii4 #bej ,music1 power over diseases1 i4 #bae2 effect on persons1 i4 #bge2 its influence on reptiles1 i4 #chb2 employed in ,egyptian temples for healing of nervous disorders1 i4 #edd ,musical instruments in ,egypt1 i4 #edd2 sand1 i4 #fje2 tones influence vegetation1 i4 #ead ,mutton-protoplasm1 i4 #bea ,mysteries1 i4 #ae2 little known1 i4 #bd2 of the ,israelites1 i4 #bf2 theurgic1 i4 #acj2 ,samothracian1 i4 #acb2 occult properties of magnetism and electricity taught1 i4 #bcd2 representation of ,demeter with the electrified head1 ib42 the ,dioskuri1 i4 #bcd-bdc2 ,pythagoras initiated1 i4 #bhd2 their gradation1 ii4 #aja2 ennobling in their character1 ib42 of the ancients identical with the ,hindu and ,buddhist initiations1 ii4 #aac1 #aad2 divine visions beheld in them1 ii4 #aah2 of the ,christians1 ii4 #aai2 ,jesuit1 not revealed to all priests1 ii4 #cej2 ,mithrac1 twelve tortures1 ii4 #cea2 taught to the ,babylonians1 ii4 #deg ,mysterious city of the ,mayas of ,yucatan1 i4 #edg2 science existed apart from 8mediumship10 ii4 #aah ,mystery of the celestial ,virgin pursued by the ,dragon1 ii4 #dij2 and science1 ,mr4 ,felix's book1 i4 #ccg ,mystery-,god of the ,ineffable ,name1 ii4 #bhi ,mystic doctrines not properly understood1 i4 #dbi2 legends of the ,middle ,ages1 ii4 #ch ,mystical words of power in old religions1 ii4 #ii2 properties in plants1 ii4 #ehi ,myths1 fables1 when misunderstood1 and truths as once understood1 ii4 #dca ,nabatheans in ,lebanon1 ii4 #aig ,nagal1 the chief sorcerer of the ,mexicans1 i4 #eef ,nagas1 or kingly snakes1 i4 #ddh2 or serpent-tribes of ,kashmere1 teachers of ,apollonius1 ii4 #dcd2 or serpent-worshippers of ,kashmere converted to the ,buddhistic faith1 ii4 #fjh ,nagkon-,wat1 i4 #bci2 description of ,frank ,vincent1 i4 #efa-efc2 pictures represent scenes from the ,ramayava1 i4 #egc2 #ajj1jjj separate figures1 ib42 ascribed to the lost tribes of ,israel1 i4 #efe2 suggested to have been built for ,buddhaghosa1 ib42 contains representations of ,oannes or ,dagon1 the ,kabeiri1 the monkey or ,vulcan1 ,egyptian and ,assyrian figures1 ib4 ,nagualism and voodoo-worship1 i4 #eef1 #eeg2 secret worships1 i4 #eeg2 ii4 #egb2 perpetuated by ,catholic persecution1 ii4 #egc ,nails of a cherub preserved as relics1 ii4 #ga ,name1 ,ineffable1 not possessed by ,masons1 ii4 #chg ,nandi1 the ,vehan of ,siva1 ii4 #bce ,nara1 the mundane egg or universal womb1 ii4 #bad ,narayana1 mover of the waters1 ,brahma1 i4 #ia ,nation1 its greatest curse1 ii4 #aba ,national ,quarterly1 on modern scientists1 i4 #bdj1 #bdi ,natural magic1 no relation to sleight of hand1 i4 #abh2 8mediumship10 ii4 #aah ,nature1 four kingdoms1 i4 #cbi2 a materialization of spirit1 i4 #dbh2 triune1 the visible or objective1 the vital or subjective principle and the eternal spirit1 ii4 #ehg2 the servant of the magician1 ii4 #eij2 reveals all arts1 i4 #dbd1 #dbe ,nature-spirits or shedim1 i4 #cac2 or elementary1 i4 #cdi ,naud1 a defender of occult magnetism and theosophy1 i4 #bjg ,naus-copite1 an optical instrument1 i4 #bdj ,navel and less comely parts of ,jesus for relics1 ii4 #ga2 symbolized by the ark1 ii4 #ddd ,nazarene system explained1 ii4 #bbg-bbi2 diagram1 ii4 #bie ,nazarenes1 had a gospel inscribed to ,peter1 ii4 #abg2 an anti-,bacchus caste1 ii4 #abi2 existed before ,christ1 ii4 #aci1 #aha2 some as ,galileans1 ii4 #aci2 their belief of a divine overshadowing1 ii4 #aed ,nazaret or ,zoroaster1 ii4 #adj ,nazars1 ,joseph1 ,samuel1 ,samson1 ,zoroaster1 and ,zorobabel1 ii4 #abh2 wore their hair long1 but cut it off at initiation1 ii4 #ij2 ,jesus belonged to them1 ib4 ,nazireates1 inimical to the ,israelites1 ii4 #aca ,nebelheim1 the matrix of the earth1 i4 #adg ,nebular theory1 the ancient docrine1 i4 #bch ,necessity1 circle of1 i4 #bbf1 #bif2 men its toy1 i4 #bgf2 circle of1 when completed1 i4 #cdf ,necho1 ,king of ,egypt1 wrote on astronomy1 i4 #djf2 canal of1 i4 #eag2 ,,ii41 sent a fleet to circumnavigate ,africa1 i4 #edb ,necklace1 imprinted by lightning on two ladies1 i4 #cih ,necromancy1 a science of remote antiquity1 i4 #bje nekrokedeia1 i4 #bbh ,neoconis1 the second degree1 ii4 #cfd ,neo-,platonic ,eclectic ,school1 ii4 #cb ,neo-,platonists1 i4 #bfb2 their time of greatest glory1 ii4 #da2 their doctrines and practices copied1 ii4 #hd2 not 8spirit mediums10 ii4 #aah2 when they were doomed1 ii4 #beb ,nero1 his ring1 i4 #bdj2 dared not seek initiation1 ii4 #cfc ,neros ,i41 i4 #ca2 the ,great1 i4 #cc ,nervous disorders1 i4 #aag2 disorders a specialty in ancient ,egypt1 i4 #ebi2 disorders treated with music in ,egyptian temples1 i4 #edd2 exhaustion at spiritual circles1 i4 #cdc ,neurological telegraphy proposed1 i4 #cbd ,never-embodied men1 i4 #cja ,neville1 ,francis1 twice resuscitated1 i4 #dgi ,new birth and accompanying slaughter1 ii4 #db2 taught by ,buddha and ,jesus1 ii4 #eff ,new ,jersey1 negroes burned at the stake for witchcraft1 ii4 #ah ,new ,testament1 passages compared with sentences from the philosophers1 ii4 #cch ,newton ,bishop1 on the transformation of paganism into popery1 ii4 #bi2 ,dr4 the ,american healer1 i4 #afe1 #bag1 #bah2 ,isaac1 believer in magnetism1 i4 #agg ,niccolini1 his exposure of the profligacy of monks1 ii4 #cfe1 #cff ,nicodemus1 ,gospel taken from the pagan authors1 ii4 #eah ,nicolaitans adhered to marriage1 ii4 #cbi ,nicolas1 a man of honest report1 ii4 #ccc ,night of ,brahma1 ii4 #bgb1 #bgc ,nimbus and ,tonsure solar emblems1 ii4 #id ,nimrod1 or spotted1 a name of ,bacchus1 the wearer of the spotted skin1 i4 #efh ,nimroud1 convex lens found1 i4 #bdj ,nin or ,imus of the ,tzendales the same as ,ninus1 i4 #eea2 received homage in the form of a serpent1 i4 #ebb ,nineveh1 #dg miles in circumference1 i4 #bda ,nirvana1 i4 #bda1 #bij2 the world of cause1 i4 #cdf2 not nihilism nor extinction1 i4 #dcj2 complete purification from matter1 ii4 #aag2 subjective but not objective existence1 ii4 #bhf2 a personal immortality in spirit1 but not in soul1 ii4 #cbj2 or ,moksha1 the second spiritual birth1 ii4 #eff2 the ocean to which all religions tend1 ii4 #fci ,nirvritti or rest1 i4 #bdc ,no devil1 no ,christ1 ii4 #dib ,noah1 or ,nuah1 same as ,swayambhuva1 ii4 #ddh2 the universal mother1 ii4 #ddd ,nonnus1 his legend of ,kor and her son1 ii4 #ejd ,norns1 or ,parc1 watering the roots of the tree ,yggdrasill1 i4 #aea ,norse kingdom of the dead1 ii4 #aa2 contained no blazing hell1 ib4 ,,nous1 i4 #ee1 #aca2 consecrated to ,mary1 ,isis1 and ,nari1 ii4 #baj2 or rational soul1 everyman endowed1 ii4 #bgi2 the spirit or reasoning soul1 doctrine of ,aristotle1 i4 #cag2 the first-born1 or ,christ1 ii4 #aeg ,no-,zeruan1 the ancient of days1 ii4 #adb ,nout1 the ,egyptian name of the ,divine ,spirit1 ii4 #bhb2 same as ,nous1 ib4 ,nuah 7,hea7 king of the humid principle1 ii4 #dbi ,nubia1 its rock-temples1 i4 #edb ,nucleus of the embryo1 i4 #chi ,numa1 ,king of ,rome1 ,books of1 i4 #ebg2 understood electricity1 ib42 opposed the use of images in worship1 ib4 ,numbers1 ,hermetic ,book1 on cosmic changes1 i4 #bed2 book of secret1 the great ,kabala1 i4 #egi ,numerals of ,pythagoras1 hieroglyphical symbols1 i4 #ce2 the basis of all systems of mysticism1 ii4 #djg ,nun1 an ,egyptian designation1 ii4 #ie ,nysa1 ,nyssa1 always found where ,bacchus was worshipped1 ii4 #afe2 same as ,sinai1 ib4 ,oak1 sacred1 i4 #big1 #bih ,oannes1 i4 #acc2 the man fish1 i4 #cdi2 the same as ,vishnu1 ii4 #beg2 name signifies a spirit1 ib4 ,oath taken by initiates1 i4 #dji ,ob1 the astral light1 i4 #aeh ,obeah women in ,guiana charm snakes1 i4 #chc ,obelisks of ,egypt1 i4 #eah2 mode of transporting them1 i4 #eai2 imputed to ,hermes ,trismegistus1 i4 #eea ,object of this book1 ii4 #ih1 #ii ,obscene relics at ,embrum1 ii4 #ccb ,obscene bas-reliefs on the doors of ,st4 ,peter's ,cathedral1 ib4 ,obscene statue of ,christ and its miracles1 ib4 ,obscenity of heathen rites1 ii4 #gf ,obsession and possession1 i4 #dhg1 #dhh2 ii4 #af2 all confined to ,roman ,catholic countries1 ii4 #ag ,obsessions1 irresistible1 i4 #bgf ,occult properties in minerals1 ii4 #ehi2 powers by inheritance1 ii4 #fce1 #fcf ,occultism1 physical1 i4 #ai ,oculists in ancient ,egypt1 i4 #ede ,od1 an agent described by ,baron ,reichenbach1 i4 #adf2 astral currents vivified1 i4 #aeh2 emanations identical with flames from magnets1 etc41 i4 #afi ,odic ,force1 i4 #fg ,odin1 i4 #ai2 breathing in man and woman1 the ash and the alder1 the breath of life1 i4 #aea2 ,alfadir1 ib4 ,oersted1 on laws of nature1 i4 #ejf1 #ejg ,oetinger1 experiment on ashes of plants1 i4 #dgf ,o',grady1 ,wm4 ,l4 ,d41 his letter denouncing the influence of missionaries in ,india1 ii4 #dge2 on ,hindu demoralization under ,british rule1 ii4 #egd2 his account of a ,christian saturnalia in ,india1 ii4 #ecb ,okhal or hierophant of the ,druzes1 ii4 #cji ,okhals or spiritualists of ,syria1 ii4 #bib ,old book1 one original copy only in existence1 i4 #a2 gods of the heathen1 the same as the ancient patriarchs1 ii4 #dej2 man and his son1 remarkable resuscitation1 i4 #dhd2 ,testament1 exiled by ,colenso and recalled1 ii4 #d2 ,testament1 no real history in it1 ii4 #dda2 universes evolved before the present1 ii4 #dba ,olympic gods1 their biographies relate to physics and chemistry1 i4 #bfa2 women climbing perpendicular walls1 i4 #cgd ,onderah1 the ,hindu abyss of darkness1 only an intermediate state1 ii4 #aa ,one only good1 ii4 #bch2 in three1 i4 #beh ,only-begotten sons1 ii4 #aia ,operative masons1 ii4 #cib ,ophiomorphos and ,ophis ,christos1 ii4 #ddi ,ophion called also ,dominus1 ii4 #eab ,ophiozenes in ,cyprus1 power over venomous reptiles1 i4 #cha ,ophis1 the same as ,chnuphis or ,kneph1 ii4 #ahg2 or the agathodaimon1 ii4 #bic1 #bie ,ophism and heliolatry imputed to ,hermes1 i4 #ee;i ,ophite ,gnostics rejected the ,old ,testament1 ii4 #adg2 ,theogony correctly given1 ii4 #ahg2 worship transmuted into ,christian symbolism1 ii4 #eje2 or serpent-worshipping ,christians1 their scheme1 ii4 #bib2 seven planetary genii1 ii4 #bif2 rejected the ,mosaic writings1 ii4 #afh2 taught the doctrine of emanations1 ii4 #afi2 and ,nazarenes compared1 ii4 #agd2 denounced by ,peter and ,jude1 ii4 #bje2 accused of licentiousness1 ii4 #cbe ,optical instruments of ancient times1 i4 #bdj ,oracle of the bleeding head consulted by ,queen ,catherine of ,medicis1 ii4 #ef ,oracles obtained during the sacred sleep1 i4 #ceg ,oracular head1 made by ,pope ,sylvester ,,ii41 ii4 #ef2 by ,albertus ,magnus destroyed by ,thomas ,aquinas1 ib4 ,orcus1 i4 #bih1 #bii ,oriental philosophy1 fundamental propositions1 ii4 #ehg ,orientals1 their senses more acute1 i4 #baa2 ascribe a human figure to the soul1 i4 #bad2 believe certain persons have made gold and lived for ages1 ib4 ,orientalists have shown similarities between religions1 ii4 #di ,origen1 believed in metempsychosis1 i4 #ab2 an ,alexandrian ,platonist1 i4 #be2 secret doctrines of ,moses1 i4 #bf2 believed the spirit prexistent from eternity1 i4 #caf2 deemed the soul corporeal1 i4 #cag2 denied the perpetuity of hell-torments1 ii4 #ac2 taught that devils would be pardoned1 ib42 believed that the damned would receive pardon and bliss1 ii4 #bch2 on the threefold partition of man1 ii4 #bhe ,ormazd1 his worship restored1 ii4 #bbj2 his creations1 ii4 #bba ,orobio exposes the inquisition1 ii4 #ei ,orohippus1 i4 #daa ,orpheus1 alleged to be a disciple of ,moses1 i4 #ecb2 on the virtues of the lodestone1 i4 #bfe ,orphic ,mysteries not the popular ,bacchic rites1 ii4 #abi ,osiris1 i4 #ic1 #bjb2 brought up at ,nysa and called ,dionnysos1 ii4 #afe2 his slaying denoted the period when his worship was under the ban of the ,hyk-sos government1 ii4 #dhg2 and ,typhon1 ,e4 ,pococke's theory1 ii4 #dce1 #dcf ,o',sullivan1 ,hon4 ,john ,l41 description of a semi-magical seance1 i4 #fjh ,oulam does not mean infinite duration1 ii4 #ab ,ovule ceases to be an integral part of the body of the mother1 i4 #dja ,ovum1 impregnated1 its evolutionary history1 i4 #chi ,oxus-tribes or bull-worshippers dominate ,western ,asia1 ii4 #dci ,owen1 ,robert ,d41 on worship of words1 ii4 #efj ,pagan idols1 their destruction commanded by the ,roman emperor1 ii4 #dj2 worship1 the ,latin church preserves its symbols1 rites1 architecture and clerical dress1 ii4 #ib ,paganism1 true meaning of the word1 ii4 #agi2 ancient wisdom replete with deity1 ii4 #fci2 converted and applied to popery1 ii4 #bi ,pagans condemned to the eternal torments of hell1 ii4 #h2 ,virgin ,mary writing this to a saint1 ib4 ,palenque1 keystone not found1 i4 #ega2 the ,tau and astronomical cross1 i4 #egb ,pali1 their manuscripts translated1 i4 #egh2 have similar traditions as the ,babylonians1 ib42 shepherds1 who emigrated west1 ib4 ,pallium1 or stole1 a feminine sign1 ii4 #id2 that of ,augustine bedecked with ,buddhistic crosses1 ii4 #id ,panther1 ,grecian1 contained ,egyptian gods1 i4 #edc2 panther1 the sinful father of ,jesus1 ii4 #chf ,papacy1 scientific1 danger of1 i4 #djc2 8and civil power10 ,mr4 ,thompson's book denounced1 ii4 #cgh ,papal tiara1 the coiffure of the ,assyrian gods1 ii4 #id2 discourses1 catalogue of foul epithets on those who oppose the pope1 ii4 #g ,paper1 time-proof1 i4 #ebi ,papyrus1 as old as ,menes and the first dynasty1 i4 #ecj2 art of its preparation1 ib4 ,parables or double-meanings in the discourses of ,jesus1 ii4 #ade ,parabrahma the ,eternal1 ,bhaghavant1 i4 #ia ,paracelsus1 i4 #bj1 #ej2 his learning1 i4 #eb2 discovered hydrogen1 i4 #eb1 #afi2 his doctrine of faith and will1 i4 #eg1 #agj2 rediscovery of the magnet1 i4 #ga1 #afd1 #afg2 persecuted by the ,roman ,catholic ,church1 i4 #ajj2 his homunculi1 i4 #acc1 #dfe2 teacher of animal-magnetism and electro-magnetism1 i4 #afd2 theory of a concealed power of the magnet1 i4 #afh2 sidereal force1 ib42 theory of dreams1 i4 #agj2 on the alkahest1 i4 #aia2 method of transposing letters in his terms1 ib42 taught that three spirits actuate man1 i4 #bab2 removed disease by contact of healthy persons1 i4 #bag2 his preparation of mercury1 ii4 #fbj2 and chora1 and was persecuted for it as a magician1 ii4 #efe2 received the true initiation1 ii4 #cdi2 his assertion that magic was taught in the ,bible1 ii4 #ejj2 ,alsatians believe him not dead1 ib4 ,paradigm of the universe1 i4 #bab ,paradise ,lost1 the drama of ,milton1 ii4 #eja1 #ejb2 the unformulated belief of the ,english1 ib4 ,paradoxes1 five1 of adversaries of ,spiritualism1 i4 #aaf ,paralysis of the soul during life1 ii4 #cfh ,parerga1 i4 #ei ,pariahs1 or ,tchandales1 the parents of the ,jews1 ii4 #dch ,paris carrying off ,helen1 and ,ravana carrying off ,sita1 i4 #eff2 ,abb1 the ,jansenist1 miracles at his tomb for #bj years1 i4 #cgb ,parker1 ,father1 accuses the ,protestants of the purpose to destroy the ,bible1 ii4 #bjj ,parodi1 ,maria ,teresa1 case of malformed child1 i4 #cib ,parrot-headed squabs1 i4 #cie1 #cif ,parsis deny any vicarious sacrifice1 ii4 #edg ,pashai 7,peshawer7 or ,udayna1 classic land of sorcery1 i4 #eii2 testimony of ,hiouen-,thsang1 ib4 ,pastaphoris1 the first degree1 ii4 #cfd ,patriarchs1 great gods1 and pradjapatis represented signs of the ,zodiac1 ii4 #dej ,paul1 supposed to have been personified and assailed by ,peter under the name of ,simon ,magus1 ii4 #hi2 and ,plato1 quoted1 ii4 #hi1 #ij2 the real founder of ,christianity1 ii4 #egd2 a wise master-builder1 or adept1 ii4 #ij1 #ia2 why persecuted by ,peter1 ,james1 and ,john1 ii4 #ia2 supposed to be polluted by the ,gnosis1 ib42 the apostle1 used language pertaining to initiations1 ii4 #ij2 was initiated1 ib42 confessed himself a ,nazarene1 ii4 #acg2 on the beatific vision1 ii4 #adf2 his epistles alone acknowledged by ,marcion1 ii4 #afb2 differs from ,peter1 ii4 #ahj2 is adopted by the ,reformers1 ib42 his reference to occult powers1 ii4 #bjf2 only worthy apostle of ,jesus1 ii4 #bda2 taught that man was a trine1 ii4 #bha2 regarded ,christianity and ,judaism as entirely distinct1 ii4 #ebe2 the apostle1 his descendants said to possess the power of braving serpents1 i4 #cha2 asserted the story of ,moses and ,abraham to be allegories1 ii4 #dic ,pausanias on shadowy soldiers at ,marathon1 i4 #gj2 warned not to unveil the holy rites1 i4 #acj ,perry ,chand ,mittra1 his views on psychology of the ,aryas1 ii4 #eic ,pedactyl equus1 i4 #daa ,peisse1 ,dr41 on alchemy and making gold1 i4 #ejh1 #eji ,penalties of mutilation1 ii4 #ii1 #ajj ,pencil writing answers to questions1 in ,tartary1 i4 #fjj ,pentacle1 ,pythagorean1 ii4 #dea1 #deb ,pentagram1 can determine the countenance of unborn infants1 i4 #cie ,pentateuch1 constituted after the model of a purana1 ii4 #dib2 not written by ,moses1 ii4 #afg2 compiled by ,ezra and revised1 i4 #egh2 revised by the ,jews1 ii4 #ebf ,pepper1 ,prof41 his apparatus to produce spiritual appearances1 i4 #cei ,perfect circle decussated by the letter ,x1 ii4 #dfi ,perfect ,passover of orthodox ,christians1 ii4 #ccc ,periktione1 mother of ,plato1 her miraculous conception1 ii4 #cbe ,perispirit1 i4 #aig2 the astral soul1 i4 #bhi ,permutation1 doctrine of1 ii4 #aeb ,perpetual motion1 denied by science1 i4 #eja2 illustrated by the universe and the atomic theory1 i4 #ejb2 proved by the telescope and microscope1 ib4 ,persiphone or ,proserpina1 the same as ,ceres or ,demeter1 ii4 #eje ,persepolis1 wonders1 i4 #ecd2 the inscriptions older than any in ,sanscrit1 ii4 #dcf ,persia1 her wonders1 i4 #ecd ,persian ,mirror1 a robber detected by its use and punished1 ii4 #fca ,persian colonists dominated in ,judea1 the ,canaanites being the proletaries1 ii4 #dda ,personal devil not believed in by the ancients1 ii4 #dhc ,personality not to be applied to spiritual essence1 i4 #cae ,persons cut to pieces and put again together good as new1 i4 #dgc1 #dgd ,peru1 net-work of subterranean passages1 i4 #eie1 #eih2 treasures of the ,incas1 i4 #eif ,peruvians1 still preserve their ancient traditions and sacerdotal caste1 i4 #edf2 magical ceremonies1 ib4 ,peter1 1 name taken from the ,mysteries1 ii4 #bi ,,ptr1 its symbol an opened eye1 ii4 #ib1 #ic2 the interpreter1 ii4 #cib2 had nothing to do with the foundation of the ,latin ,church1 ii4 #ia2 his name ,petra or ,kiffa1 ib42 the whole story of his apostleship at ,rome a play on the name denoting the ,hierophant or interpreter of the mysteries1 ii4 #ia1 #ib2 the pulpit of1 declared to be the teachings of the spirit of ,god1 ii4 #h2 had two chairs1 ii4 #bc1 #be2 was never at ,rome1 ii4 #bd2 his life at ,babylon1 ii4 #abg2 was a ,nazarene1 ib42 denounced ,paul without naming him1 ii4 #agi ,peter-ref-su1 a mystery-word on a coffin1 ii4 #ib2 ,bunsen's comments1 ii4 #ib1 #ic ,peter the ,great1 stopped spurious miracles1 ii4 #ag ,petra1 the rock-temple of the ,church1 ii4 #cj ,petra1 or rock1 the logos1 ii4 #bdf ,petroma1 the two tablets of stone1 ii4 #ia ,phdrus1 i4 #b ,phallic symbols in churches1 ii4 #e2 stone1 batylos1 or lingham1 denounced by des ,mousseaux1 ib4 ,phallism1 heathen1 in ,christian symbols1 ii4 #e2 in the dogma of the ,immaculate ,conception1 and the fetish-worship of ,isernia1 ib4 ,phanes1 the revealed god1 i4 #adf ,phantasmal duplicate1 i4 #cfj ,phantasy1 ii4 #eia ,phantom-hand1 false as well as true1 ii4 #eid2 statement of ,dr4 ,fairfield1 ii4 #eie2 what it really is1 ib4 ,phantoms1 the manifestations of bad demons1 i4 #ccc ,phases of modern ,christianity1 ii4 #ege ,pharisees1 believed in transmigration of souls1 i4 #cdg ,phenomena1 spiritual1 discountenanced by the clergy1 i4 #bf2 divine visions of ,pius1 ,,ix41 i4 #bg2 the ,klikouchy and the ,yourodevoy1 i4 #bh2 absurd position assumed by scientists1 i4 #dj2 ,aksakof1 i4 #da2 ,fisk1 ,crookes1 and ,wallace1 i4 #db2 the ,dialectical ,society1 i4 #dd2 theories of ,prof4 ,crookes1 i4 #dg2 existed long before spiritualism1 i4 #ec2 ,prof4 ,faraday's tests1 i4 #fc2 materialization1 i4 #fg2 a haunted house1 i4 #fi2 physical displays seldom caused by disembodied spirits1 i4 #gc2 opposition of the positivists1 i4 #ge2 hostility of allopathists1 i4 #hh2 laid at the door of ,satan1 i4 #ii2 testimony of de ,gasparin1 i4 #aja2 hostility of medical writers1 i4 #ajb2 ,mr4 ,weekman the first investigator in ,america1 i4 #ajf2 reality acknowledged by ,prof4 ,thury1 i4 #aaj2 his theory1 i4 #aac2 ,e4 ,salverte1 i4 #aae2 ,de ,mirville's five distractions or paradoxes1 i4 #aaf2 condemned by ,commission of the ,imperial ,university of ,st ,petersburgh1 i4 #aag2 how produced1 i4 #aii2 evidence adduced by ,prof4 ,crookes overwhelming1 i4 #bjb2 given by an exterior intelligence1 i4 #bjc2 deceptions1 i4 #bag-bbb2 ,iamblichus forbids endeavors to procure them1 i4 #bai ,pherecydes1 taught that ther was heaven1 i4 #aeg ,philalethes1 ,eugenius 7,thomas ,vaughan71 i4 #ea1 #afg2 not an adept1 i4 #cjf2 model of ,swedenborg1 ib42 anticipated modern doctrine of the earth's beginning1 i4 #bee ,phillips1 ,wendell1 i4 #baa1 #bdj ,philo ,judus1 on spirits in the air1 i4 #b2 praise of magic1 i4 #be2 contradicted himself on purpose1 ii4 #ci2 was the father of new platonism1 ii4 #add ,philona1 visited her lover after death1 i4 #cfe ,philosophers1 believed in metempsychosis1 also that men have two souls1 i4 #ab2 their consignment to hell desired1 ii4 #bej ,philosopher's stone1 sought by a king of ,siam1 i4 #ega ,philosophy1 ,oriental1 its fundamental propositions1 ii4 #ehg ,phnicians1 circumnavigated the globe1 i4 #bci2 the earliest navigators1 i4 #ede2 their achievements1 ib42 an ,ethiopian race1 i4 #eff1 #efg2 traced by ,herodotus to the ,persian ,gulf1 i4 #efg2 ,phoinikes1 or ,ph'anakes1 i4 #efi2 the same as the ,hyk-sos or shepherds of ,egypt1 ib42 more or less identified with the ,israelites1 ib4 ,photographing in colors by will-power1 i4 #dfc ,photography1 electrical1 i4 #cie ,phtha1 the active or male creative principle1 i4 #ahf ,physical body may be levitated1 ii4 #ehi ,physically spiritualized1 the coming human race to be1 i4 #bif ,physician declares ,daguerre to be insane1 ii4 #fai ,physicians wash their hands on leaving a patient1 ii4 #faa2 problems1 i4 #bgg ,physicists divinify matter and overlook life1 i4 #bce ,pia ,metak1 king of ,siam1 becomes able to walk in the air1 ii4 #fah ,picture of a slain soldier1 extraordinary phenomena1 ii4 #ag ,pictures hidden from view1 ,prof4 ,draper's description1 i4 #ahf ,picus1 ,francisco1 testimony in regard to transmutation1 i4 #ejd ,pierart1 explanation of catalepsy and vampirism1 i4 #ddi ,pigmies in ,africa1 i4 #dab ,pike1 ,gen4 ,albert1 declaration against the creative principle proclaimed at ,lausanne1 ii4 #cgg ,pilate convokes an assembly of ,jews1 ii4 #ebb ,pillars set up by the patriarchs1 identical with the lingam of ,siva1 ii4 #bce ,pimander1 i4 #ic2 the same as the ,logos ,prometheus1 etc41 i4 #bih2 the nous1 word1 or ,divine ,light1 ii4 #ej ,pippala1 the sacred tree of knowledge1 ii4 #dab ,pitar1 its form seen at the moment of initiation1 ii4 #aad ,pitris1 the lunar ancestors of men1 ii4 #ajf1 #aag2 their worship fast becoming the worship of the spiritual portion of mankind1 ii4 #fci2 the doctrine of their existence revealed to initiates1 ii4 #aad2 a sect in ,india1 ii4 #cjh ,pious assassins of the early church1 ii4 #cjd ,pius ,,ix1 excommunicates ,czar ,nicholas as a schismatic i4 #bg2 has divine visions1 or rather epileptic fits1 ib42 evil eye1 i4 #cha2 pretends to be superior to ,st4 ,ambrose and the prophet ,nathan1 ii4 #ad2 is the faithful echo of the ,jesuits1 ii4 #cei ,planchette1 writing by1 i4 #aii ,planet1 i4 #cja ,plants are magnets1 i4 #bha1 #bhb ,plant-growing trick1 i4 #aci1 #ada1 #adb ,plants1 attracted by the sun1 i4 #bji2 sympathies and antipathies1 ib42 sympathy with human beings1 i4 #bdf2 possess mystical properties1 ii4 #ehi ,plato1 not often read understandingly1 i4 #h2 echoed the teachings of ,pythagoras1 i4 #i2 doctrine of the soul1 will1 or nous1 i4 #ad1 #ee2 his symbology misunderstood1 i4 #cg2 suggestion for physical improvement of the human race1 i4 #gg2 doctrine of wisdom1 i4 #aca2 on trance prophets1 i4 #bja2 asserted to be ignorant of anatomy1 i4 #bcf2 his method1 i4 #bcg2 ,prof4 ,jewett's acknowledgment1 ib42 on origin of the sun1 i4 #beh2 taught correlation of forces1 i4 #bfa2 his doctrines the same as those of ,manu1 i4 #bga2 declares man the toy of necessity1 i4 #bgf2 doctrine of genius1 i4 #bgg2 theory of metempsychosis1 i4 #bgg2 attraction1 i4 #bha2 his speculations on creation and cosmogony1 to be taken allegorically1 i4 #bhg2 veneration for the mysteries1 ib42 would not admit poets into his commonwealth1 i4 #bhh2 dismisses ,homer for his apparent antagonism to monotheism1 ib42 accused of absurdities1 etc41 i4 #cjg2 derived the soul from the world-soul1 i4 #caf2 shows the deity geometrizing1 i4 #cah2 on the future of the dead1 i4 #cbh2 learned secret science in ,egypt1 i4 #djf2 versed in the knowledge of the heliocentric system1 i4 #djh1 #dji2 his 8noble lie0 concerning ,atlantis1 i4 #dac2 on human races1 i4 #dbh2 his esoteric doctrines the same as the ,buddhistic1 i4 #dcj2 on prayer1 i4 #dcd2 on ,god geometrizing1 i4 #ejf2 on spiritual numerals1 i4 #ead2 the ,atlantis a possible cover of a story made arcane at initiation1 i4 #eia2 copies ,djeminy and ,vyasa1 i4 #fba2 complains of unbelief1 ii4 #af2 his faculty of production1 ib42 confessed that he derived his teachings from ancient and sacred doctrines1 ii4 #ci2 on divine mysteries1 ii4 #aac2 not a 8spirit-medium10 ii4 #aah2 and other philosophers taught dual evolution1 ii4 #bgi2 on the trine of man1 ii4 #bhb2 definition of the soul1 ii4 #bhe2 his testimony concerning the ,machagistia1 ii4 #cjf2 discourse concerning the creation1 ii4 #dfi2 taught that there was in matter a blind force1 ii4 #dhc2 on exaltation of the soul above sense1 ii4 #eia ,platonic philosophy adopted into the church1 ii4 #cc ,platonism introduced into ,christianity1 ii4 #cbe ,platonists1 their books burned1 i4 #dje ,pleroma1 three degrees1 i4 #cjb ,pleasanton on the ,blue ,ray1 i4 #acg1 #bfd2 denies gravitation1 and the existence of centripetal and centrifugal forces1 i4 #bga2 his theory of light1 i4 #bgb ,pliny mentions phantoms on the deserts of ,africa1 i4 #fjd ,plotinus1 on the descent of the soul into generated existence1 ii4 #aab2 six times united to his god1 ii4 #aae2 i4 #bib2 on human knowledge1 i4 #dcd2 on prayer1 ib42 on ecstasy1 i4 #dhf2 impulse in the soul to return to its centre1 ib42 on public worship of the gods1 i4 #dhi2 a clairvoyant1 seer1 and more1 ii4 #eia ,plutarch on the oracular vapors1 i4 #bjj2 on the nature of men1 ii4 #bhc2 on the dmon of ,socrates1 ii4 #bhd ,pococke1 ,e41 his theory of ,osiris and ,typhon1 ii4 #dce1 #dcf ,poland1 what a ,catholic miracle in that country means1 ii4 #ah ,polykritus returned after dying1 i4 #cfd ,polygamy openly preached by certain ,positivists1 i4 #gh ,pompei1 the room full of glass1 i4 #ecg ,pope seized the scepter of the ,pagan pontiff1 ii4 #cj2 now sympathising with the ,turks against ,christians1 ii4 #ha2 ,calvin and ,luther1 their doctrine one1 ii4 #dgi1 #dhj2 his fulminations against science1 ii4 #eei1 #efj2 ,calixtus ,,iii4 issues a bull against ,halley's ,comet1 ii4 #eji ,popes known as magicians1 ii4 #ef ,popol-,vuh1 a manuscript of ,quich1 i4 #b2 leaves the antiquarian in the dark1 i4 #edh ,porphyry1 upon ,diakka1 bad demons of sorcery1 i4 #bai2 twice united with ,god1 i4 #bib2 upon the passion of spirits for putrid substances and fresh blood1 i4 #cdd2 on freshly-spilt blood in evocation1 i4 #dic ,porta1 ,baptista1 theory of magic1 world-soul1 astral light1 i4 #bjh ,poruth-,madn1 the wrestling demon1 aiding in levitation1 taming animals1 etc41 i4 #dif ,positivism of ,littr found in ,vyasa1 #aj1djj ,b4,c41 i4 #fba ,positivists1 i4 #gc2 their religion without a ,god1 i4 #gf2 design to uproot ,spiritualism1 ib42 preach ,polygamy1 i4 #gh2 the climax of their system1 i4 #hj2 neglect no means to overthrow ,spiritualism1 i4 #hc2 despised and hated1 ii4 #c ,possession1 epidemic in ,germany1 i4 #cge ,poudot1 the shoemaker1 his house beset by an elemental demon1 i4 #cfd ,power of leaving the body temporarily1 i4 #dgf1 #dgg2 power to disappear1 and to be seen in other forms1 ii4 #ehc ,powers in nature1 as recognized by exact science1 and by kabalists1 i4 #dff ,pradjapatis1 the ancestors of mankind1 ten in number1 ii4 #dbg ,prakamya1 the power to change old age to youth1 ii4 #ehc ,pralayas or dissolutions1 two1 ii4 #dbd ,prakriti1 or ,mahat1 the external life1 ii4 #efe ,pranayama1 ii4 #eij ,prapti1 the faculty of divination1 healing and predicting1 ii4 #eic ,pratyahara1 ii4 #eij ,pravritti or active existence1 i4 #bdc ,prayer and its sequences1 i4 #dcd ,prayers1 kept secret from strangers1 i4 #eha ,pre-,adamite1 man described1 i4 #bie2 earth1 i4 #eje ,prediction of the ,russo-,turkish war1 i4 #bfj ,preminence of woman1 ii4 #bii ,prexistence1 apparent1 i4 #agi ,prexistent1 the spirit of man1 i4 #caf1 #cag2 ii4 #bhj2 law of form1 i4 #dbj ,pregnant woman1 highly impressible and receptive1 i4 #cid2 odic emanation and its influence on ftus1 i4 #cie2 under the influence of the ether or astral light1 ib42 might influence the features of children by pentagram1 ib4 ,prehistoric races1 i4 #ede ,premature burial1 i4 #def ,presbytere de ,cideville1 phenomenon of thunder and images of fantastic animals as predicted by a sorcerer1 i4 #ajf ,preston1 ,rev4 ,dr41 his doctrine of a ,mother in the plan of redemption1 ii4 #agb ,preterhuman beings1 their alliance indicated in every ancient religion1 ii4 #bii ,pre-,vedic religion of ,india1 ii4 #ci ,priest1 ,assyrian1 always bore the name of his god1 i4 #eed ,priest-ridden nations always fall1 ii4 #aba1 #abb ,priestesses of ,germany1 how they prophesied1 ii4 #eib ,priestley1 ,dr4 ,joseph1 discovered oxygen1 i4 #bej2 anticipated the present-day philosophers1 ib42 on the godhood of ,jesus1 ii4 #bci ,priests1 their cast-off garb worn by men of science1 ii4 #h ,priest-sorcerers1 ii4 #eg ,primal element obtained1 i4 #ea2 like clear water1 ib4 ,primitive ,christianity1 with grip1 pass-words and degrees of initiation1 ii4 #bjd2 ,christians1 a community of secret societies1 ii4 #cce2 triads1 ii4 #ded ,primordial substance1 i4 #acc ,prince of ,hohenlohe a medium1 i4 #bh2 of ,hell sides with the strongest1 and treats ,satan very badly1 ii4 #eag ,principe ,createur identical with the ,principe ,generateur and not ,christian1 ii4 #cgg ,principes1 i4 #cjj ,probation of ,jesus1 ii4 #dhd1 #dhe2 the ,devil or ,diabolos no malignant principle1 ii4 #dhe ,proclus1 on magic and emanation1 i4 #bdc2 theory of the gods or planetary spirits1 i4 #caa1 #cab2 his remarkable statements of marvels acted by dead persons1 i4 #cfd2 on second dying and the luminous form1 i4 #dcb2 his idea of divine power1 i4 #dhi2 the mystic pass-word1 ib42 his explanation of the gradation of the ,mysteries1 ii4 #aja2 upon apparitions beheld in the ,mysteries1 ii4 #aac ,proctor1 ,r4 ,a41 i4 #bde2 accuses the ancients of ignorance1 i4 #bec ,profanation to eat blood1 ii4 #efg ,projecting of the astral or spiritual body1 ii4 #fai1 #fbj ,prometheus1 the ,logos or ,adam ,kadmon1 i4 #bih2 revealed the art of bringing down lightning1 i4 #ebf2 prediction of ,hermes1 ii4 #ead1 #eae ,prophecies from ,hindu books1 ii4 #eef2 antedate ,christianity1 ii4 #eeg ,prophecy determined in two ways1 i4 #bjj2 gift imparted by infection1 i4 #bag2 a power possessed by the soul both in and apart from the body1 ii4 #eid ,prophetic star of the incarnation1 ii4 #ded ,prophets of ,baal danced the circle-dance of the ,amazons1 ii4 #de2 dominated in ,israel1 and priests in ,judah1 ii4 #dci2 of ,israel never approved of sacrificial worship1 ii4 #ebe2 led a party against the priests1 ib4 ,protection from vampires1 etc41 i4 #dfj ,protest against ethnological distinction from the progeny of ,noah1 ii4 #dcd ,protestant world still under the imputation of magical commerce with ,satan1 ii4 #ejc ,protestantism has no rights1 i4 #bg ,protestants in the ,united ,states1 ii4 #a2 their bloody statutes against witchcraft1 ii4 #ejc ,protevangelium1 a parody of the ,nicene creed1 ii4 #dgc ,protogonos1 i4 #cda ,proto-hippus1 i4 #daa ,protoplasm1 i4 #bbc2 taught by ,seneca1 etc41 i4 #bdi2 doctrine of the ,swbhvikas1 or ,hindu pantheists1 i4 #bej ,prunnikos1 mother of ,ilda-,baoth1 the ,god of the ,jews1 ii4 #ahg ,psyche1 the animal soul1 i4 #cag ,psychic embryos1 i4 #caa2 force1 i4 #de-fg2 same as ectenic force1 i4 #aac2 same as the ,akasa1 ib42 known to the ancient philosophers1 i4 #aca2 propositions of ,sergeant ,cox1 i4 #aie2 a blind force1 i4 #aii ,psychode force1 i4 #ee1 #aac ,psychography1 or writing of messages by spirits1 i4 #cfg ,psychological epidemics1 ii4 #fbe2 powers of certain nuns in ,thibet1 ii4 #fji ,psychology1 heretofore almost unknown1 i4 #djg2 the basis of physiology anciently1 but now based by scholars upon physiology1 i4 #dbd ,psychomatics of occultism1 i4 #cdd ,psychometry1 i4 #ahb2 ,prof4 ,denton and wife1 i4 #ahc2 i4 #ccj2 practised by the ancients1 i4 #cca ,psychophobia1 i4 #df ,psylli in ,africa1 serpent-charmers1 i4 #cha ,pueblos of ,mexico still worship the sun1 moon1 stars1 and fire1 i4 #eeg ,pulpit of ,peter the teaching of the ,spirit of ,god1 ii4 #h ,punch-and-,judy boxes or ,christian mysteries1 ii4 #aai ,punjaub1 population hybridized with ,asiatic thiopians1 i4 #efg ,purana1 rules for writing one1 ii4 #dib2 the model of the ,pentateuch1 ib4 ,purple1 ,tyrian1 i4 #bci ,pttm1 or imps1 i4 #ddg ,pyramids1 their architecture and symbolism1 i4 #bcf2 of ,egypt1 i4 #eah2 their purpose1 i4 #eai2 the baptismal font1 ib42 the supposed manufacture of the material1 ib42 built on the former sea-shore1 i4 #ebj ,pyrrho1 how to be interpreted1 ii4 #ecj ,pythagoras1 his philosophy derived from the ,brahmans1 i4 #i2 taught the heliocentric system1 i4 #ce1 #ecb2 believed in an infinity of worlds1 i4 #if2 ,bruno his disciple1 i4 #if1 #ih2 taught ,god as the ,universal ,mind1 i4 #aca2 his esoteric system included in the arcane doctrines of wisdom1 i4 #bje2 ,galileo a student1 i4 #bch2 his maxim widely scattered1 8,do not stir the fire with a sword10 i4 #bdg2 dual signification of his precepts1 i4 #bdh2 his trinity1 i4 #bfb2 regard for precious stones and their mystical virtues1 i4 #bfe2 his doctrine the same as the laws of ,manu1 i4 #bga2 alleged influence on birds and animals1 i4 #bhc2 testimony of ,thomas ,taylor1 i4 #bhd2 initiated in the ,mysteries of ,byblos1 ,tyre1 ,syria1 ,egypt and ,babylon1 ib42 did not teach literal transmigration of the soul1 i4 #bhi2 taught the ,buddhistic doctrines1 i4 #bhi-bia2 held for a clever impostor1 i4 #cjg2 derived the soul from the world-soul1 i4 #caf2 mathematical doctrine of the universe1 i4 #cah2 taught the same as ,buddha1 i4 #cdg2 explains imagination as memory1 i4 #cif2 copied by ,euclid1 ,archimedes1 and ,ptolemy1 i4 #eab2 learned music in ,egypt and taught it in ,italy1 i4 #edd2 placed the sphere of purification in the sun1 ii4 #ab2 subdued wild animals1 ii4 #gg2 persuaded a bull not to eat beans1 ii4 #gh2 was not a 8spirit-medium10 ii4 #aah2 his system of numerals1 ii4 #cjj2 probably did not understand decimal notation1 ib4 ,pythagorean pentacle1 ii4 #dea1 #deb ,pythagorists were probably ,buddhists1 ii4 #dia ,pytho1 or ,ob1 i4 #cee ,pythoness1 her powers of seership1 ii4 #eij ,quack1 a false name imposed on ,paracelsus1 ii4 #fba ,queen of ,heaven indebted to ,pius ,,ix41 ii4 #i2 the ,virgin ,mary1 ,isis1 ,ishtar1 ,astart1 ,queen ,dido1 ,anna1 ,anaitis1 etc41 ii4 #if1 #ddf-dej ,quetzo-,cohuatl1 the serpent-god of ,mexican legends1 i4 #edf2 wonders wrought by him1 ii4 #eeh2 his wand1 ib4 ,quich cosmogony1 i4 #edi ,quicksilver and sulphur1 a magical preparation to give long life1 ii4 #fbj ,quotation from ,psalms credited by ,matthew to ,isaiah1 ii4 #agb ,rabbinical chronology1 none before the twelfth century1 ii4 #ddc ,races1 human1 many died out before ,adam1 i4 #b2 pre-,adamite1 i4 #cje2 of men differ in gifts1 ii4 #ehh ,radzivil1 ,prince1 detects the impostures of monks1 ii4 #gb ,rahat1 or perfect man1 ii4 #bhg1 #bhh ,railroads in ,upper ,egypt1 i4 #ebh ,ram1 or ,aries1 the symbol of creative power1 i4 #bfb ,ramayana the source and origin of ,homer's inspiration1 ii4 #bgh ,ramsay1 ,count1 his story of the ,templars1 ii4 #chd ,raspberry-mark produced by longing1 i4 #cia ,rasit1 its meaning suppressed1 ii4 #cd2 wisdom1 ii4 #ce ,rational soul1 every man endowed1 ii4 #bgi ,raulica1 ,father ,ventura de1 letter on magic1 ii4 #gj ,ravan and ,rama1 ii4 #dcf ,raven and ,st4 ,benedict1 ii4 #gh ,rawho1 the demon of ,ceylon1 ii4 #eji ,rawlinson1 ,sir ,h4 ,c41 brings home an engraved stone1 i4 #bdj2 declares that the ,akkadians came from ,armenia1 i4 #bfc2 conjectures respecting the ,aryans1 ii4 #dcc ,rawson1 ,prof4 ,a4 ,l41 a member of the ,druze ,brotherhood of ,lebanon1 ii4 #cab2 account of his initiation1 ii4 #cac ,rays of the ,star of ,bethlehem preserved as a relic1 ii4 #ga ,razors1 superior article in ,africa1 i4 #ech ,realm of ,amita1 legend of1 i4 #fja ,reason1 what it is1 i4 #dbe2 developed at the expense of instinct1 i4 #dcc2 and instinct1 their source1 i4 #dcb ,reber1 ,g41 shows that there was no apostolic church at ,rome1 ii4 #abd ,rebold1 ,dr41 statement concerning the ancient colleges of ,egypt1 i4 #ebj ,reciprocal influences1 i4 #cad ,red dragon1 the ,assyrian military symbol1 borrowed by ,persia1 ,byzantium1 and ,rome1 ii4 #dhd ,redeemer not promised in the book of ,genesis1 but by ,manu1 ii4 #ej ,red-haired man1 repugnance to stepping over his shadow1 ii4 #faj2 the magnetism dreaded1 ii4 #faa ,reformation had ,paul for leader1 ii4 #ahj ,reformers as bloodthirsty as ,catholics1 ii4 #ejc ,regazzoni1 remarkable experiments1 i4 #adb2 the mesmerist1 feats1 i4 #bhc ,regenerated heathendom in the ,christian ranks1 ii4 #hj ,regeneration or spiritual birth taught in ,india1 ii4 #efe ,regulation wardrobe of the ,madonna1 ii4 #i ,reichenbach1 described the ,od force1 i4 #adf2 prepared the way to understand ,paracelsus1 i4 #afg2 on odic force of pregnant women1 i4 #cid ,reincarnation1 its cause1 i4 #cdf2 its possibility1 and impossibility1 i4 #cea ,religion without a ,god1 i4 #gf2 of the future1 ib42 of the ancients the religion of the future1 i4 #fac2 private or national property1 not to be shared with foreigners1 i4 #eha2 taught in the oldest ,mysteries1 i4 #efg2 which dreads the light must be false1 ii4 #aba2 of ,gautama1 propagandism1 ii4 #fjh ,religions1 ancient1 based on indestructibility of matter and force1 i4 #bdc2 anciently sabaistic1 i4 #bfa2 derived from one source and tend to one end1 ii4 #fci2 ,papacy and scientific1 i4 #djc ,religious customs of the ,mexicans and ,peruvians like those of the ,phnicians1 ,babylonians1 and ,egyptians1 i4 #eea2 instinct productive of immorality1 i4 #hc2 liberty considered as intolerance1 ii4 #ejc2 reform pure at the beginning1 ii4 #ccc2 myths have an historical foundation1 ii4 #dca2 teachers1 ii4 #a ,renan1 ,e41 described ,jesus as a ,gallicized rabbi1 ii4 #efb ,repentance possible even in ,hades or ,gehenna1 i4 #ceb ,repercussion1 i4 #cfj ,rephaim1 i4 #acc ,resistance1 extraordinary1 to blows1 sharp instruments1 etc41 i4 #cge1 #cgf ,resuscitated ,buddha1 a babe speaking with man's voice1 i4 #dcg ,resuscitations1 i4 #dgh1 #dgi1 #dhj2 after actual death1 impossible1 i4 #dha ,report of ,french ,parliament upon the ,jesuits1 ii4 #cec ,resplendent one1 ii4 #aac2 the ,augoeides1 or self-shining vision1 ii4 #aae ,retribution on the ,roman ,catholic ,church1 ii4 #aba ,reuchlin1 ,john1 a ,kabalist1 ii4 #bj ,revelation1 or ,apocalypse1 its author a ,kabalist1 ii4 #ia2 his hatred of the ,mysteries made him the enemy of ,paul1 ib4 ,revenge of ,ilda-,baoth for the transgression of his command1 ii4 #ahe ,rib of the ,word made flesh preserved as a relic1 ii4 #ga ,rig-,veda1 hymns written before ,zoroaster1 ii4 #dcc ,rio ,janeiro1 her ,madonna with bare limbs1 blond hair and chignon1 ii4 #i2 her ,christ in dandy evening dress1 ii4 #aj ,rishi ,kutsa1 i4 #aa ,rishis1 or sages1 i4 #ij ,rite of ,swedenborg1 a ,jesuitical production1 ii4 #cij ,rites and ceremonial dress of ,christian clergy like that of ,babylonians1 etc41 ii4 #id ,ritual of exorcism1 ii4 #fi2 funeral1 of the ,egyptians1 ii4 #cfg ,rituals1 ,kabalistic and ,catholic compared1 ii4 #he1 #hf ,rochester ,cathedral1 its originals1 ii4 #e2 rappings1 i4 #cf ,rock-temples of ,ipsambul1 i4 #edb2 works of ,phnician cities1 i4 #egj2 similar in ,egypt and ,america1 i4 #ega ,rod of ,moses1 the crux ansata1 ii4 #dee ,roger ,bacon1 i4 #fd ,roma1 ,cambodian traditions1 i4 #eff ,roman ,catholic ,clergy murdered mediums1 i4 #bf2 ,church burned sorcerers that were not priests1 ii4 #eh2 ,church has deprived herself of the key to her own religious mysteries1 ii4 #aba2 ,church regards dissent1 heresy1 and witchcraft identical1 ii4 #ejc2 considers religious liberty as intolerance1 ib4 ,roman ,catholics in the ,united ,states1 ii4 #a2 frown at the spiritual phenomena as diabolical1 ii4 #d2 pontiffs arrogate dominion over ,greek and ,protestant ,christians1 i4 #bg ,rome1 ,church of1 put ,bruno to death for his doctrines1 i4 #ic2 regards the spiritual phenomena as genuine1 i4 #ajj2 ,church of1 cursing spiritualists1 ii4 #f2 excommunicating the ,bulgarians1 ,servians1 ,russians1 and ,italian liberals1 ii4 #g ,rosaries of ,buddhistic origin1 ii4 #ie ,roscoe1 ,professor1 on iron in the sun1 i4 #eac ,rose1 impression of one on ,mme4 von ,n41 i4 #cih ,rosicrucians1 persecuted and burned1 i4 #fd2 their doctrine of creation1 i4 #beh2 still a mystery1 ii4 #chj2 unknown to its cruelest enemy1 the ,church1 ib42 the aim to support ,catholicism1 ii4 #cid2 their doctrine of fire1 i4 #dbc ,rosie ,cross1 brothers live only in name1 i4 #bi2 mysterious body1 i4 #fd2 burned without mercy by the ,church1 ib4 ,round ,tower of ,bhangulpore1 ii4 #e ,rousseau1 the savant1 encounter with a toad1 i4 #cii ,royal ,arch word1 ii4 #bic2 cipher1 ii4 #cif ,ruc1 from ,new ,zealand1 i4 #fjc ,rufus of ,thessalonica returned to life after dying1 i4 #cfe ,rules imposed upon neophytes1 ii4 #cfe ,russia1 no church-miracles1 ii4 #ag ,russian conquest of ,turkey predicted1 i4 #bfj ,s4 ,p4 ,r4 ,c41 the cipher1 ii4 #cie ,sabazian worship ,sabbatic1 ii4 #de ,sabbath1 adopted by the ,jews from other peoples1 ii4 #dag2 ,christian1 its origin1 ii4 #dai ,sabbatical institution not mentioned in ,job1 ii4 #did ,sabeanism1 treated of in ,job1 ii4 #did ,sacerdotal caste in every ancient religion1 ii4 #ii2 office1 magical evocation1 ii4 #aah ,sacred sleep1 i4 #ceg2 produced by draughts of soma-juice1 ib42 lake1 ii4 #cfd2 writings of ,india have a deeper meaning1 ii4 #dcj2 books of the ,jews destroyed1 #aeh ,b4,c41 ii4 #dgj2 tree of ,kounboum renews its budding in the time of ,son-,ka-po1 ii4 #fji ,sacrifice of the hierophant or victim1 ii4 #db2 of blood1 ii4 #eff ,sacrificial worship never approved by the ,israelitish prophets1 ii4 #ebe ,sacrilege to seek to understand a mystery1 ii4 #bdi ,sahara1 perhaps once a sea-bed1 i4 #eib ,st4 ,paul's ,cathedral1 its double lithoi1 ii4 #e2 ,medard1 the fanatics1 i4 #cge2 ,john1 ,knights of1 not ,masons1 ii4 #chc2 persecuted by the ,inquisition1 ib4 ,saints rescued from hell1 ii4 #eag2 ,buddhistic and ,lamaistic1 their great sanctity1 ii4 #fjh2 never washing themselves1 ii4 #eaa ,sakti1 the active energy of the gods1 ii4 #bgf2 employed as a vehan1 ib4 ,sakti-trimurti1 or female trinity1 ii4 #ddd ,salamander or asbestos1 i4 #ejd ,salem1 ,mass41 obsessions occurring there1 i4 #ga2 witchcraft1 the obeah woman1 i4 #cfa2 witchcraft1 ii4 #ah ,salsette1 the ,kanhari caves1 the abode of ,st4 ,josaphat1 ii4 #ehj1 #eha ,salt regarded as the universal menstruum and one of the chief formative principles1 i4 #adg ,salverte1 his philosophy of magic1 i4 #aae2 imputes deception to ,iamblichus and others1 ib42 his account of a soldier protected by an amulet1 i4 #cgh2 on mechanics and invention in ancient times1 i4 #eaf2 on the use of electricity1 etc41 by ,numa and ,tullus1 kings of ,rome1 i4 #ebg ,samddi1 an exalted spiritual condition1 ii4 #eij ,samael or ,satan1 the simoon or wind of the desert1 ii4 #dhc ,samaritans recognized only the books of ,moses and ,joshua1 ii4 #dgj ,samothrace1 a mystery enacted there once every seven years1 i4 #cjb2 worship of the ,kabeiri brought thither by ,dardanus1 i4 #egj ,samothracian ,mysteries and new life1 i4 #acb2 magnetism and electricity1 i4 #bcd ,samson1 the ,hebrew ,herakles1 a mythical character1 ii4 #dci2 represented by the ,somona of ,ceylon1 i4 #egg ,samuel the prophet1 a mythical hero1 the doppel of ,samson1 ii4 #dci2 the ,hebrew ,ganesa1 ib42 his school1 i4 #bf ,san ,marco at ,venice1 the original of the ,campanila column1 ii4 #e ,sanchoniathon1 on chaos and creation1 i4 #cdb ,sanctity of the chair of ,peter1 its source1 ii4 #be ,sankhya1 the eight faculties of the soul1 ii4 #eib1 #eic ,sanctuary of the pagodas never entered by a ,european except ,mr4 ,ellis--see ,higgins's ,apocalypsis--very doubtful1 ii4 #fbc ,sannysi1 a saint of the second degree1 ii4 #ih ,sanscrit1 endeavor to show its derivation from the ,greek1 i4 #ddc2 inscriptions1 none older than ,chandragupta1 ii4 #dcf2 the vernacular of the ,akkadians1 ii4 #df2 appears on the leaves of the magical ,koumboum1 ib42 books written in presence of a child-medium1 i4 #cfh2 impressions by a fakir or juggler on leaves1 i4 #cfh1 #cfi2 manuscripts translated into every ,asiatic language1 i4 #egh2 language derived from the ,rutas1 i4 #eid ,sapphire1 sacred to the moon1 i4 #bfd2 possesses a magical power and produces somnambulic phenomena1 ib42 ,hindu legend of its first production1 i4 #bfe ,sar or ,saros1 i4 #cj ,sara-isvati1 wife of ,brahma1 goddess of sacred knowledge1 ii4 #dji ,sarcophagus1 porphyry1 in the pyramids1 i4 #eai ,sargent1 ,epes1 on spiritual deceptions1 i4 #bbj2 his arraignment of ,tyndall for coquetting with different beliefs1 i4 #dai ,sargon1 the original of the story of ,moses1 ii4 #ddb ,sarpa ,rajni1 the queen of the serpents1 ii4 #dhi ,sarles1 ,rev4 ,john ,w41 advocates the damnation of adult heathen1 ii4 #dgd ,satan1 his existence first made a dogma by ,christians1 ii4 #ac2 declared fundamental1 ii4 #ad2 ,ilda-,baoth1 so called1 ii4 #ahf2 identical with ,jehovah1 ii4 #dea2 the mainstay of sacerdotism1 ii4 #dhj2 to be contemplated from their planes1 ii4 #dha2 personified as a devil by the ,asideans1 ii4 #dha2 same as ,ahriman or ,anramanyas1 ib42 the name applied to a serpent in the ,hebrew ,scriptures1 ii4 #dha2 the same as ,seth1 god of the ,hittites1 ib42 of the book of ,job1 ii4 #dhc2 counsels with the ,lord1 ii4 #dhe2 a son of ,god1 ii4 #dib2 makes a sortie into ,new ,england and other colonies1 ii4 #ejc2 the ,biblical term for public accuser1 ii4 #did2 the same as ,typhon1 ib42 cast forth by the prince of hell1 ii4 #eae1 #eaf2 is made subject to ,beelzebub1 prince of hell1 ii4 #eag2 and ,beelzebub hold a conversation about ,jesus1 ii4 #ebj1 #eba ,satanism defined by ,father ,ventura de ,raulica1 ii4 #ad ,sati1 a burned widow1 i4 #eda ,sattras1 imitations of the course of the sun1 i4 #aa ,saturation of the medium1 i4 #dii1 #ejj ,saturn1 ,chaldean discovery of his rings1 i4 #bfj1 #bfc2 the father of ,zeus1 i4 #bfc2 the same as ,bel1 ,baal1 and ,siva1 ib42 his image1 ii4 #bce2 or ,kronos1 offers his only-begotten son to ,ouranos and circumcises himself and family1 i4 #egh2 the myth original in the ,maha-,bharata1 ib4 ,saturnalia of monks at ,christmas1 ii4 #cff ,saul1 evil spirit exorcised1 i4 #bae ,saviour1 would be lost if we lose our demons1 ii4 #dgf ,scandinavian tradition of trolls1 ii4 #fbd ,scepter of the ,boddhisgat seen floating in the air1 ii4 #faj ,scheme of the ,ophites1 ii4 #bib ,schlieman1 the ,hellenist1 finds evidence of cycles of development1 i4 #f2 at ,mycen1 i4 #eih ,schmidt1 ,i4 ,j41 statement in regard to the steppes of ,turan and desert of ,gobi1 i4 #fjc ,scholars1 ancient1 believed in arcane doctrines1 i4 #bje ,scholastic science knows neither beginning nor end1 i4 #ccf ,schools of magic in the ,lamaseries1 ii4 #fji ,schopenhauer1 i4 #ee1 #ei2 on nature as illusion1 ii4 #aeh ,science1 formerly arcane and taught in the sanctuary1 i4 #g2 its progress1 i4 #dj2 spiritualism1 i4 #hc2 8has no belief10 i4 #bgh2 knows no beginning or end1 i4 #ccf2 called anti-christianism1 i4 #ccg2 mystery fatal to it1 i4 #cch2 its parent source1 the unknown1 i4 #cci2 its dilemma1 i4 #cdj2 will never distinguish the difference between human and animal ovules1 i4 #cig2 invading the domain of religion1 i4 #djc2 surrounded by a large hypothetical domain1 i4 #djd2 her domain within the limit of the changes of matter1 i4 #dba2 gross conception of fire1 i4 #dbc2 its dogmas concerning perpetual motion1 elixir of life1 transmutation of metals and universal solvent1 i4 #eja2 stages of its growth1 i4 #ecc2 its three necessary elements1 ii4 #fcg2 spiritism does not prevent them1 ib42 modern1 fails to satisfy the aspirations of the race2 makes the future a void and bereaves man of life1 ii4 #fci ,scientific knowledge confined to the temples1 i4 #be2 ,association1 or ,american ,association for the ,advancement of ,science1 on spiritualism and roosters crowing in the night1 i4 #bde1 #bdf2 attainments of ancient ,hindu savants1 i4 #fah1 #fbj ,scientists bound in duty to investigate1 i4 #e2 afraid of spiritual phenomena1 i4 #da2 treatment of ,prof4 ,crookes1 i4 #dd2 likely to rediscover magic1 i4 #fg2 not to be credited for the increase of knowledge1 i4 #hd2 denied ,buffon1 ,franklin1 the steam-engine1 railroad1 etc41 i4 #he2 surpassed the clergy in hostility to discovery1 ib42 as much given to persecution1 ib42 know little certain1 i4 #bbd2 entrapping of ,slade the medium1 ib42 put forth no new doctrines1 i4 #bdh1 #bdi2 anticipated by ,liebig and ,priestly1 i4 #bej2 many of them inanimate corpses1 i4 #cag2 their ultima thule1 i4 #cdj2 curious conjectures concerning the aurora1 i4 #dag2 their incapacity to understand the spiritual side1 i4 #dah ,scin-lecca1 or double1 ii4 #ajd2 makes the principal manifestations1 ii4 #eag ,scintilla1 the ,divine1 produces a monad1 i4 #cjb2 of ,abraham taken from ,michael1 ii4 #deb2 ,isaac from ,gabriel1 and ,jacob from ,uriel1 ii4 #deb ,scottish rite1 its headquarters at a ,jesuit college1 ii4 #cha ,screw1 invented by ,archytas1 the instructor of ,plato1 i4 #edc ,scyths1 probably the same as ,mongolians1 i4 #egf ,sea1 ancient inland sea north of the ,himalayas1 i4 #ehi ,seal1 ,solomon's of ,hindu origin1 i4 #ace ,seance in ,bengal1 i4 #dfg ,second ,emanation condenses matter and diffuses life1 i4 #cjb2 ,adam created unisexual1 i4 #eei2 spiritual birth1 ii4 #eff2 advent1 a fable invented for a precaution1 ii4 #ece2 death1 ii4 #cfh2 sight1 i4 #baa ,secret formul1 i4 #ff2 sacerdotal castes in every ancient religion1 ii4 #ii2 doctrine1 its martyrs1 i4 #egd2 of ,moses1 ii4 #ebe2 volume1 the real ,hebrew ,bible1 ii4 #dga2 sects of the ,christians1 ii4 #bhi2 are still in existence1 ii4 #bij2 ,god of the ,kabala1 ii4 #bcj2 of secrets1 ii4 #efh ,secrets for prolonging life1 ii4 #efc ,sectarian beliefs to disappear1 i4 #fac ,sects existing before ,christ1 ii4 #add ,sedecla1 the ,obeah woman of ,en-,dor1 i4 #did ,seer1 receives impressions directly from his spirit1 ii4 #eia ,seers or epopt1 not spirit-mediums1 ii4 #aah ,seer-adept1 knows how to suspend the action of the brain1 ii4 #eia ,seership natural with some people1 ii4 #ehh2 two kinds1 of the soul and the spirit1 ii4 #eij2 an elevation of the soul1 ii4 #eia ,self of man1 inner triune1 ii4 #aad2 the future1 ii4 #aae ,self-consciousness1 attained on earth1 i4 #cfh ,self-printed records on the sacred tree1 i4 #cjb ,seir-,anpin1 the ,christos1 ii4 #bcj2 the third god1 ii4 #bdg ,semitic1 the least spiritual branch of the human family1 ii4 #dcd2 its germs found in ,khamism1 ii4 #dce ,semi-monastics1 ii4 #fjh ,sensitive flame obeying a man's order1 ii4 #fjg ,separation1 temporary1 of the spirit from the body1 ii4 #ehh ,sephira1 i4 #afj2 the ,divine ,intelligence and mother of the ,sephiroth1 i4 #beh2 the same as ,metis and ,sophia1 i4 #bfc2 the first emanation1 i4 #bgj2 or ,sacred ,aged 7,maha ,lakshmi71 ii4 #dba ,sephiroth1 i4 #beh2 concealed wisdom1 their father1 ib42 or emanations1 ii4 #cf2 ten1 three classes in one unit1 ii4 #dj2 the same as the ten ,pradjapatis1 ii4 #bae2 same as the ten patriarchs1 ib4 ,sepulchres in ,thibet1 extraordinary arrangement of bodies and decorations1 ii4 #fjd ,seraph1 his snout preserved as a relic1 ii4 #ga ,serapis1 a name of ,surya1 ii4 #dch2 an accepted type of ,christ1 ii4 #ccf2 his picture adopted by the ,christians1 ib42 represented by a serpent1 ii4 #dij2 usurped the worship of ,osiris1 ii4 #dia2 the seven vowels chanted as a hymn in his honor1 i4 #ead ,serpent of ,genesis1 des ,mousseaux's name for the devil1 i4 #ae2 matter1 i4 #big2 dwelling in the branches of the tree of life1 i4 #bih2 symbol of wisdom and immortality1 i4 #eec2 of the book of ,genesis1 ,ash-mogh or ,asmodeus1 ii4 #ahh2 persuades man to eat of the tree of knowledge1 ii4 #ahe2 ,christna crushing his head1 ii4 #ddf2 the divine symbol east and west1 ii4 #dhd2 most spirit-like of all reptiles1 and hence a favorite symbol1 ii4 #dhi2 how it became the emblem of eternity and of the world1 ii4 #dhi2 universally venerated1 ii4 #dhi2 a symbol of ,serapis and ,jesus1 ii4 #dij2 and ,eve1 ii4 #eab ,serpent-charmers1 cannot fascinate human beings1 ii4 #fab2 their powers1 ii4 #fbh ,serpent-charming1 i4 #cha1 #chb1 #dgj ,serpent-monsters1 i4 #cic ,serpent-god1 sons of1 the hierophants1 i4 #eec ,serpent-gods1 ,mexican1 #ac in number1 i4 #egb ,serpent-trail round the unformed earth1 ii4 #dhi ,serpent-worship1 its origin not known1 ii4 #dhi ,serpent-worshippers of ,kashmere become ,buddhists1 ii4 #fjh ,serpent's catacombs in ,egypt1 i4 #eec2 mysteries of the unavoidable cycle or centre of necessity1 ib4 ,serpents1 the earth their queen1 i4 #aj2 ,kneph1 ,agathodaimon1 ,kakodaimon1 i4 #acc1 #aeg2 ,eliphas ,levi's1 symbol of astral fire1 i4 #acg2 queen of1 ii4 #dhi2 used as plaything at ,hindu festivals1 ii4 #fbb ,servius1 on the ancient practice of employing celestial fire at the altars1 i4 #ebf ,sesostris1 instructed by the oracle in the ,trinity1 ii4 #ea ,seth1 the reputed son of ,adam1 the same as ,hermes1 ,thoth1 and ,sat-an1 i4 #eed2 the same as ,typhon1 ii4 #dhb ,seth1 his interview with ,michael at the gate of ,paradise1 ii4 #ebj2 worshipped by the ,hittites1 ii4 #ebc2 same as ,el1 ii4 #ebd ,sethicnites1 disbelieved that ,jesus was ,god1 ii4 #agf ,seven1 a sacred ,hindu number1 ii4 #djg2 among the ,chaldeans1 ii4 #djh2 potentiality of the number1 ii4 #dag2 steps1 the descent1 i4 #cec2 degrees1 old ,english ,templar ,rite1 ii4 #cgg2 vowels chanted as a hymn1 i4 #ead2 caverns1 i4 #eeb2 spirits1 i4 #cjj1 #cja2 spirits of the ,apocalypse1 i4 #dfa2 impostor demons1 ii4 #bif2 ons1 ib42 rishis1 ib4 ,seven-headed1 serpent1 ii4 #dhi ,seventh degree1 ii4 #cfe2 ray and seven vowel1 i4 #ead2 rite1 the life transfer1 ii4 #efd ,severus1 ,alexander1 pillaged ,egyptian temples for books1 i4 #djf ,sexual element in ,christianity1 ii4 #hj2 emblems and worship1 ii4 #dde ,shaberon1 summoning a lama by spirit-message1 ii4 #fjd2 his wonderful summons to rescue the author from peril in ,mongolia1 ii4 #fbh ,shaberons1 or ,khubilhans1 reincarnations of ,buddha1 ii4 #fji ,shad-belly coat first worn by ,babylonian priests1 ii4 #deh ,shadow1 repugnance to stepping across it1 ii4 #faj2 magnetic exhalation1 ii4 #faa ,shakers1 spiritual phenomena1 ii4 #ah ,shaman1 prophesying1 ii4 #fbd1 #fbe2 prediction of the ,crimean war1 ii4 #fbe2 extraordinary scene with the talismanic stone1 ii4 #fbf1 #fbh2 8dragged out of his skin10 ii4 #fbh2 priests bound to perform their 8true rites0 but once a year1 at the solstice1 ii4 #fbd ,shamanism or spirit-worship1 the oldest religion of ,mongolia1 an offshoot of primitive theurgy1 ii4 #fae ,shamans occasionally enjoy divine powers1 i4 #c1 #baa2 of ,siberia1 degenerate scions of ancient ,shamanism1 ii4 #faf2 sometimes only mediums1 sometimes magicians1 ii4 #fbe2 power over psychical epidemics1 ii4 #fbf2 each one has a talisman1 ib4 ,shampooing or tschamping1 a magical manipulation1 i4 #dde ,shark-charmers or ,kadal-katti1 i4 #fjf2 paid by the ,british government1 i4 #fjg ,shebang1 the ,sabbath1 ii41 #dah ,shedim1 nature-spirits1 or ,afrites1 i4 #cac ,shekinah1 the veil of the most ancient1 ii4 #bbc ,shem1 ,ham and ,japhet1 the old gods ,samas1 ,kham and ,iapetos1 ii4 #dhg ,shemites1 ,assyrians1 i4 #egf2 probably a hybrid of ,hamite and ,aryan1 ib4 ,shien-,sien1 a blissful state1 power of those obtaining it to transport themselves everywhere1 ii4 #fah1 #fbj ,shiloh1 daughters1 their dance1 ii4 #de ,shimeon and ,patar1 ii4 #ic ,shopffer1 ,prof41 teaches that the earth does not revolve1 i4 #fba ,shoel ob1 or consulter with familiar spirits1 i4 #cee ,shudla-,mdan1 the ghoul or graveyard fiend1 i4 #die ,shu-,king1 i4 #aa ,shla-,mdan1 the furnace-demon1 i4 #dif2 helps the juggler with raising trees1 ib4 ,shu-tukt1 a collegiate monastery1 having in it over #cj1jjj monks1 ii4 #fji ,siam1 a king in #afgj who sought for the philosopher's stone1 i4 #ega ,siamese1 the power of monks1 i4 #bac1 #bad2 study of the philosopher's stone1 i4 #bad2 believe that some know how to render themselves immortal1 ib4 ,sidereal force taught by ,paracelsus1 i4 #afh ,signature of the ftus1 i4 #che ,silver1 its aura1 the quicksilver of the yogis or alchemists1 ii4 #fbj1 #fba ,silver and green associated in hermetic symbolism1 i4 #eac ,silvery spark in the brain1 i4 #cbi ,simeon1 the existence of such a tribe denied1 i4 #cfh2 ben ,iochai1 compiler of the ,zohar1 ii4 #edh2 rabbi1 author of the ,zohar1 i4 #cja1 #cjb2 his sons arise and relate what they saw in hell1 ii4 #eai2 his prototype in ,india1 ib4 ,simon ben ,iochai1 i4 #bfc2 ,stylites1 lived #cf years atop of a pillar1 ii4 #gg2 cured a dragon of a sore eye1 ib4 ,simon ,magus1 a personification of the apostle ,paul1 ii4 #hi2 powers attributed to him1 i4 #dga2 his journey through the air1 ii4 #ceg2 and ,peter1 ii4 #aij1 #aia ,simoun1 or the wind of the desert1 called ,diabolos1 ii4 #dhc ,simulacrum of a ,roumanian lady conducted by a ,shaman to the tent of the author1 ii4 #fbg1 #fbh ,sin the necessary cause of the greatest good1 ii4 #dgi ,sinai1 ,mount1 metals smelted there1 i4 #edb2 story of ,moses and the brass seraph1 ib4 ,singing sands1 i4 #fje ,sins1 the five which divide the offender from his associates1 ii4 #fjh ,siphra ,dzeniouta1 i4 #a ,sister's son inheriting a crown1 ii4 #dcg ,sistra at the ,israelitish festival1 ii4 #de ,siva1 the fire-god1 same as ,bel and ,saturn or ,kronos1 i4 #bfc2 vigil-night1 i4 #ddf2 represented as sacrificing a rhinoceros instead of his son1 i4 #egg1 #egh2 identical with ,baal1 ,moloch1 ,saturn and ,abraham1 i4 #egh2 created ,adhima and ,heva1 ancestors of the present race of mankind1 i4 #eij2 hurls fallen angels into ,onderah1 ii4 #aa2 his paradise1 ii4 #bcd2 hurls the devils into the bottomless pit1 ii4 #bch2 ,sabazios and ,sabaoth the same divinity1 ii4 #dhg2 the same as the western chief gods1 ii4 #ebd2 most intellectual of the gods1 ib4 ,six principles of man1 ii4 #cfg2 days of evolution and one of repose1 ii4 #dbb2 sacred syllables1 8aum mani padma houm10 ii4 #fjf2 races of men mentioned in laws of ,manu1 i4 #eij2 thousand years the term of creation1 i4 #cdb2 thousand infant skulls found in a fish-pond by a convent in ,rome1 ii4 #eh ,sixteenth incarnation of ,buddha at ,urga1 ii4 #fag ,sixth degree1 ii4 #cfe ,sixty thousand 7#fj1dbh7 paid religious teachers in the ,united ,states1 ii4 #a ,skepticism a malady1 i4 #aae ,skill displayed in embalming in ,thibet1 ii4 #fjc1 #fjd ,skulls of infants found at nunneries1 ii4 #eh1 #baj ,slade1 the medium1 pretended exposure by ,prof4 ,lankester1 i4 #aah1 #bbd ,slavonian ,christians now assailed by the ,catholics1 ii4 #ha ,slavonians1 the mystic word1 ii4 #db ,smaragdine1 tablet of ,hermes1 found at ,hebron1 i4 #ejg ,smith1 ,george1 his reading of the ,assyrian tablets1 ii4 #dbb2 his reading of the story of ,sargon1 ii4 #ddb ,snake-symbol of ,phanes1 the mundane serpent and mundane year1 i4 #adf1 #aea1 #aeg ,smyth1 ,prof4 ,piazzi1 on the corn-bin1 i4 #eai2 mathematical description of the great pyramid1 i4 #ebj ,snake-skin considered magnetic1 ii4 #ejg ,snake's ,hole1 the subterranean passage terminating at the root of the heavens1 i4 #eec ,snakes kept in ,moslem mosques1 ii4 #dij2 reared with children in ,india1 ib4 ,snout of a seraph preserved as a relic1 ii4 #ga ,society not certain but that all ends in annihilation1 ii4 #c 8,society10 ,british1 in ,india1 its supercilious contempt for the ,hindus and marvels in ,hindustan1 ii4 #fac ,socrates1 his demoniac or divine faculty and its service1 i4 #aca2 his demon1 ii4 #bhc2 same as the nous or spirit1 ii4 #bhd2 opinion of ,justin ,martyr about his future fate criticised1 ii4 #h2 a medium1 and therefore not initiated1 ii4 #aag2 why put to death as an atheist1 ii4 #aah ,sod1 an arcanum of ,mystery1 i4 #cja1 #eee2 the ,mysteries of ,baal1 ,adonis and ,bacchus1 ib42 the secret of ,simeon and ,levi1 ib42 great1 of the ,kadeshim1 ii4 #aca ,sodales1 or priest-colleges1 ,moses their chief1 i4 #eee ,sodalian oath1 i4 #dji ,sodom and ,gomorrah1 suffering eternal fire1 ii4 #ab ,sohar1 its compilation1 ii4 #cdh2 its theories like the ,hindu1 ii4 #bgf ,solar trinity1 red1 blue and yellow1 ii4 #dag2 dynasty in ,india1 the ,surga ,vansa1 ii4 #dcg ,solemn ceremony of the ,druzes1 ii4 #cab ,solidarities of ,greece and ,rome1 ii4 #chi ,solitary ,copts1 students of ancient lore1 ii4 #cjf ,solomon1 or ,sol-,om-,on1 ii4 #chi2 i4 #ai2 obtained secret learning1 i4 #ace2 seal of ,hindu origin1 ib42 ships to ,ophir or ,india1 i4 #acf2 his seven abominations1 ii4 #fg2 learned from ,votan the particulars of the products of the occident1 i4 #edf2 the builder of temples1 ii4 #dci2 revolts against him1 ib42 his temple never visited by the prophets1 ii4 #ebe2 and his temple only allegorical1 ii4 #cia2 temple1 the brazen columns and bowls to aid in entheastic power1 ii4 #edb ,soma1 juice of1 produces trance1 i4 #ceg ,somona1 the ,singalese ,samson1 i4 #egg 8,son of ,man10 ii4 #bcb ,son of ,god at one with man1 ii4 #fce ,sons of the ,serpent-,god1 i4 #eec ,son-,ka-po1 the ,shaberon1 or avatar and great reformer1 immaculately conceived1 and translated without dying into heaven1 ii4 #fji ,sophia or wisdom1 ii4 #da2 the ,holy ,ghost as a female principle1 i4 #acj2 the ,gnostic principle of wisdom1 the same as ,sephira and ,metis1 i4 #bfc ,sorcerer in ,africa1 impervious to bullets1 i4 #cgi ,sorcerers1 burned when not priests1 ii4 #eh ,sorcery1 i4 #bgi2 misapplied arcane knowledge1 ii4 #eha2 few facts better established1 i4 #cff2 with blood1 ii4 #efg1 #efh2 practised at the ,vatican1 ii4 #fbj2 approved by ,augustine1 ii4 #bj2 employed for crime1 ii4 #fcc ,sortes ,sanctorum1 ii4 #bj1 #ba ,sortie of ,satan into ,new ,england1 ii4 #ejc ,sortilegium or sorcery1 practised by clergy and monks1 ii4 #f2 ,gregory of ,tours1 ii4 #bj ,sosigenes1 reformed the calendar for ,csar1 i4 #aa ,sosiosh1 the tenth avatar and fifth ,buddha1 ii4 #bcf2 a permutation of ,vishnu1 ii4 #bcg ,sotheran1 ,charles1 letter on ,freemasonry1 ii4 #chh ,soul1 displays power when the body is asleep1 i4 #aii2 the two named by ,plato1 i4 #bgf2 marvellous power1 i4 #bhj2 passage through the seven planetary chambers1 i4 #big2 spirit wholly distinct1 i4 #cae2 dissolves into ether1 ib42 possible loss of its distinct being1 i4 #caf1 #cag2 the garment of the spirit1 i4 #cji2 exists as preexisting matter1 i4 #cag2 doctrine of the ,greek and ,roman philosophers1 i4 #dbi2 of ,aristotle1 ,homer1 the ,jains and ,brahmans1 ib42 the camera in which facts are fixed1 i4 #dhf2 escaping temporarily from the body1 ii4 #aje2 may dwell in paradise while the body lives in this world1 i4 #fjb2 punished by union with the body1 ii4 #aab2 the ,vedic doctrine1 ii4 #bfc2 universal1 when it sleeps1 ii4 #bgd2 its transmigration does not relate to man's condition after death1 ii4 #bhj2 its feminine1 ii4 #bha2 a part of it mortal1 ii4 #bhc2 the doctrine of ,pythagoras1 ii4 #bhc2 ,plato's definition1 ii4 #bhe1 #bhf2 its paralysis during life1 ii4 #cfh2 not knit to flesh1 ii4 #efe2 sentient1 the ,ego1 inseparable from the brain1 ii4 #eij2 raised above inferior good1 ii4 #eia2 power to liberate itself and behold things subjectively1 ii4 #eia2 its eight faculties1 ii4 #eib2 its teachings authoritative1 ii4 #eic2 possesses a power of prescience even when in the body1 ii4 #eid2 disembodied1 meets itself at the gate of ,paradise1 ii4 #fce2 of the world the archeal universal1 8mind10 ,sophia the ,holy ,ghost as a female principle1 i4 #acj2 doctrine of ,baptista ,porta1 i4 #bjh2 external1 i4 #bgf2 higher mortal1 ib42 the great universal1 union with it does not involve loss of individuality1 ii4 #aaf ,soul-blind like color-blind1 i4 #chg ,soul-electricity1 i4 #cbb ,soul-deaths1 ii4 #cfi ,soulless men yet living1 ii4 #cfi ,souls1 or immortal gods emanate from the triad1 i4 #cdh2 come to souls and impart to them information1 ii4 #eid ,source of the religious faiths of mankind1 ii4 #fci2 double1 of every religion1 ib4 ,south ,carolina1 statutes in force in #ahfe1 imposing the death-penalty for witchcraft1 ii4 #ah ,sparks or old worlds that perished1 ii4 #dba ,speaking images1 i4 #eje ,specialties in medical practice in ,egypt1 i4 #ede ,speculative ,masons1 ii4 #cib ,spectre of a herdsman in ,bavaria1 i4 #dea ,spectroscope1 confirmed doctrines of ,paracelsus1 i4 #afh1 #afi ,spell of the evil eye1 ii4 #fcc ,spheres1 music of1 i4 #bge ,spinoza1 his philosophy1 i4 #ic2 furnishes a key to the unwritten secret1 i4 #cjh ,spirit1 its origin1 i4 #beh2 not existing1 but immortal1 i4 #bia2 or spiritus1 the soul or anima mundi1 the mother1 i4 #bii1 #cjj2 progeny of1 i4 #cja2 human1 an emanation of the eternal spirit1 i4 #cje2 never entered wholly into the body1 i4 #cjf2 is masculine1 ii4 #bha2 of man prexistent1 ii4 #bhj2 distinct from soul1 i4 #cae2 individualization depends upon it1 ib42 becomes an angel1 i4 #caf2 its prexistence believed1 ib42 alone immortal1 ii4 #cfb2 leaving an old for a young body1 ii4 #efc2 by its vision all things can be known1 ii4 #ehh2 may abandon the body for specific periods1 ii4 #ehi2 the sole original unity1 ii4 #fjg2 the interpreter of ,god to man1 ii4 #fce2 its ,protean powers little known by spiritualists1 ii4 #fch ,spirit-ancestor1 a serpent1 #de1 #df ,spirit-form1 i4 #aig ,spirit-voices not articulate1 i4 #fh2 audible1 i4 #bbj ,spirit-intercourse1 #ddf1jjj1jjj believers1 i4 #aag ,spirit-flowers produced by a ,bikshuni1 ii4 #fji ,spiritists of ,france attacked by the ,roman church1 ii4 #f ,spirits that control mediums1 generally human1 i4 #fg2 cannot 8materialize10 ib42 not attracted by every body alike1 i4 #fi2 produce few of the 8physical phenomena10 i4 #gc2 the seven1 i4 #cjj1 #cja2 not possessed of the same attractions1 i4 #cdd2 or ghosts1 hurt by weapons1 i4 #cfc2 heard talking in the desert of ,lop1 and elsewhere1 i4 #fjd2 three categories of communication1 ii4 #aae2 may take possession of bodies in the absence of the soul1 ii4 #ehi2 bad1 compelled ,garma-,khian to appear and render an account1 ii4 #faf2 city of1 ib4 ,spiritual phenomena among the ,shakers1 ii4 #ah2 discountenanced by the clergy1 i4 #bf2 chase the scientists1 i4 #da2 ,iamblichus forbids the endeavor to procure them1 i4 #bai2 sun1 i4 #bi1 #cb2 the magnet of ,kircher1 i4 #bjh1 #bji2 ,gama1 ,ormazd1 the soul of things1 ,god1 i4 #bgj2 invisible and in the centre of space1 i4 #cjb2 the supreme deity1 ii4 #ac2 death1 its cause1 i4 #cah2 eyes1 i4 #ade2 sight1 scientists without it1 i4 #cah2 photography1 i4 #dhf ,spiritual entity1 in man1 an ancient doctrine1 ii4 #eic2 transferred1 ii4 #efc2 limbs1 can be made visible1 ii4 #eif2 world in proximity to us1 ii4 #eic2 state1 as unfolded in the ,sankhya1 a philosophy1 ii4 #eic2 numerals1 i4 #ead2 crisis of the ,shaman1 ii4 #fbe2 or magical powers exist in every man1 ii4 #fce2 circles are constructed on no principle1 ii4 #fch2 ,self the sole and ,supreme ,god1 ii4 #eff ,spiritualism1 drifting1 i4 #ec2 efforts of ,positivists to uproot1 i4 #gf1 #hc2 pretends only to be a science1 i4 #hc2 pronounced a delusion in ,russia1 i4 #aah2 universally diffused from remote antiquity1 i4 #bje2 why it must continue to vegetate1 ii4 #fcf2 is iconoclastic1 not constructed1 ii4 #fcg2 not scientific1 ii4 #fcg1 #fch2 exoteric1 too much directed to personal matters1 ib42 esoteric1 very rare1 ib4 ,spiritualists1 the majority remain in the religious denominations1 ii4 #b2 take no active part in the formation of a system of philosophy1 ii4 #fcg2 start with a fallacy1 ii4 #fch ,splendor1 mighty ,lord of1 i4 #cja ,spurious passage in the ,first ,epistle of ,john1 ii4 #agg ,square hat of the ,hierophant1 ii4 #cib ,squirrel materialized1 i4 #cbi ,sri-,iantara1 or ,solomon's seal1 ii4 #bfe ,stainton1 ,moses1 his criticisms of popular spiritualism1 ii4 #fch ,stan-gyour1 a work on magic1 i4 #ehj ,stanhope1 ,lady ,esther1 faints at a ,yezidi orgy1 ii4 #egb ,star of ,bethlehem1 rays carried home by a monk as relics1 ii4 #ga ,starry heaven1 worship proposed under ,christian names1 ii4 #dej ,stars1 ignition1 i4 #bed2 influence on fates of men1 i4 #bei2 and man have direct affinity1 i4 #afh1 #afi ,statues1 restorative of health1 i4 #bhc2 possible to animate them1 i4 #dhe2 endowed with reason1 i4 #fac ,steam-engine1 invented by ,hero of ,alexandria1 i4 #bda ,stedingers1 accused and exterminated1 ii4 #cca ,steel1 rusts in ,india and ,egypt1 i4 #baa2 superior article in ,india1 i4 #ech2 in ,egypt1 ib4 ,steeples1 turrets1 and domes1 phallic symbols1 ii4 #e ,stephens1 believes the key to ,american hieroglyphs will yet be obtained1 i4 #edf2 story of the unknown city of the ,mayas1 i4 #edg ,stewart1 ,prof4 ,balfour1 his tribute to ,herakleitus1 i4 #dbb2 warning to scientists1 i4 #dbd2 denies perpetual light1 i4 #eaj ,stigmata1 or birth-marks1 i4 #chd2 produced by sorcery of a ,jesuit priest1 ii4 #fcc ,stone of ,memphis1 its potency to prevent pain1 i4 #edj2 two tables1 masculine and feminine1 ii4 #e2 a ,shaman's talisman1 8spoke0 saving the author's life1 ii4 #fbf ,stonehenge1 its gods recognized as the divinities of ,delphos and ,babylon1 i4 #eej2 remarkable statement of ,dr4 ,stukely1 i4 #egb2 ,hamitic in plan1 ib4 ,stoics1 belief concerning ,god1 i4 #cag ,stones1 their secret virtues1 i4 #bfe ,strangers1 never admitted into a caste1 nor to religion1 i4 #eha ,stukely1 ,dr41 remarks concerning ,stonehenge1 i4 #egb ,subjective mediums1 i4 #caa2 communication with human god-like spirits1 ii4 #aae ,subsidy paid by the ,east ,india ,company to maintain worship at the pagodas1 ii4 #fbd ,subterranean passages in ,peru1 i4 #eie1 #eig ,subtile influence emanated from every man's body1 ii4 #faj ,suetonius knew nothing of ,christians1 ii4 #ece1 #ecf ,suez ,canal1 i4 #eaf1 #eag2 that of ,necho1 i4 #eag ,sufis1 their idea of one universal creed1 ii4 #cjf ,suicide and insanity caused by ,elementaries1 ii4 #g ,suicides and murderers1 i4 #cdd ,sulanuth1 i4 #cbe ,sulphur1 the secret fire or spirit of the alchemists1 i4 #cji2 and quicksilver1 a preparation to promote longevity1 ii4 #fbj1 #fba ,summary of ,koheleth1 ii4 #dgf ,sun1 an emblem of the sun-god1 i4 #bgj2 only a magnet or reflector1 i4 #bga2 has no more heat in it than the moon1 ib42 represented under the image of a dragon1 i4 #eeb2 made the location of hell1 ii4 #ab2 view of ,pythagoras1 ib42 increases the magnetic exhalations1 ii4 #faa2 and serpent-worship1 the religion of the ,phnicians and ,mosaic ,israelites1 i4 #eee ,sun-worship once contemplated by ,catholics1 ii4 #dej ,sun-worshippers always regarded the sun as an emblem of the spiritual sun1 i4 #bgj ,sunrise and sunset as taught by the ,shastras1 i4 #aj ,supersentient soul1 ii4 #eij 8,superstitions0 in regard to drowned persons1 ii4 #faa ,supreme ,being denied by modern science1 i4 #af2 by the positivists1 i4 #ga2 never rejected by ,buddhistical philosophy1 i4 #bib2 ,essence1 ii4 #bac1 #bad2 the ,swayambhuva and ,en-,soph1 ii4 #bah2 mystery of the holy syllable1 ii4 #aad ,surgery of ,yogis and ,talapoins1 ii4 #fba ,surnden1 ,rev4 ,t41 on locality of hell1 ii4 #ab ,sutrantika1 the sect having secret ,buddhistic religion1 ii4 #fjg ,suttee1 or burning of widows1 not practised when the ,code of ,manu was compiled1 i4 #ehh ,swbhvikas1 ,hindu pantheists1 the teachers of protoplasm1 i4 #bej2 their views of ,essence1 ii4 #bfb ,swayambhuva1 the unrevealed ,deity1 ii4 #ci2 the unity of three trinities1 making with himself two prajapatis1 ii4 #ci1 #dj2 the ,supreme ,essence the same as ,en-,soph1 ii4 #bad ,swearing forbidden by ,jesus1 ii4 #bgc ,sweat of ,st4 ,michael1 a phial of it preserved1 ii4 #ga ,swedenborg personated by a ,diakka1 i4 #bai2 on speech of spirits1 i4 #bbj2 ,heavenly ,arcana1 i4 #cjf2 a natural-born magician1 but not an adept1 ib42 made ,thomas ,vaughan his model1 ib42 doctrine of correspondences1 or hermetic symbolism1 ib42 believed in possibility of losing individual existence1 i4 #cag2 miraculous cures by his father1 i4 #dfd2 indicates the lost word1 i4 #ehj2 rite of1 a ,jesuitical product1 ii4 #cij ,swedenborgians believe in possible obliteration of the human personality1 i4 #cag2 believe that the soul may abandon the body for specific periods1 ii4 #cai ,swedish system of ,freemasonry1 ii4 #cha ,syllabus and ,koran1 a great affinity acknowledged1 ii4 #hb ,sylvester ,,ii41 ,pope1 a sorcerer1 ii4 #ef2 his 8oracular head10 ii4 #ef ,symbol1 its use1 ii4 #ic ,symbols1 i4 #ba2 ,christian1 and phallism1 ii4 #e ,sympathy1 mysterious1 between plants and human beings1 i4 #bdf2 the offspring of light1 i4 #cji ,synagogue1 8deposited its inheritance in the hands of ,christ10 ii4 #dgg2 has not expired1 ib4 ,synesius1 belief in metempsychosis1 i4 #ab2 his quotation from the book of stone at ,memphis1 i4 #beg2 believed the spirit prexisted from eternity as a distinct being1 i4 #caf2 bishop of ,cyrene1 his letter to ,hypatia1 ii4 #ec2 adhered to the ,platonic doctrines1 ii4 #aih ,systems1 ,indian1 ,chaldean and ,ophite compared1 ii4 #agj ,tabernacles or ingatherings1 feast of1 ii4 #dd2 regarded as ,bacchic rites1 ib4 ,table1 no demons enclosed1 i4 #cbb ,table-turning1 i4 #ii1 #aje ,tainting of ,souls1 i4 #cba ,talapoins1 of ,siam1 power over wild beasts1 i4 #bac2 have incombustible cloth1 i4 #bca2 have the ,kabala1 ,bible1 and other allegories in their manuscripts1 i4 #egg2 ,jesuits disguised as1 ii4 #cga2 their secrets of medicine1 ii4 #fba ,tale of the ,two ,brothers of ,central ,america1 i4 #eej ,talisman1 i4 #dfb2 ii4 #fcf ,talismans of ,apollonius1 testimony of ,justin ,martyr1 ii4 #ig ,talmage1 ,rev4 ,dr41 description of ,martha1 ii4 #ajb ,talmud1 i4 #ag ,tamil-,hindus worship ,kutti-,satan1 perhaps ,seth or ,satan1 i4 #efg ,tamti1 the same as ,belita1 ii4 #ddd2 the sea1 ii4 #dde ,tanaim1 the four who entered the garden1 ii4 #aai2 the ,kabalistic1 ii4 #dgj ,tarchon1 an ,etruscan priest and his bryony-hedge1 i4 #ebg ,tartar robber detected by a ,koordian sorcerer1 ii4 #fca ,tartary1 magic1 i4 #eii2 spiritualism1 i4 #fjj2 planchette-writing1 ib42 happy and heathen1 ii4 #bdj ,tau and astronomical cross of ,egypt found at the palace of ,palenque1 i4 #egb2 the handled cross1 a symbol of ,eternal life1 ii4 #bed2 the signet or name of ,god1 ib42 the hierophantic investiture1 ii4 #cfe ,taylor1 ,thomas1 his testimony concerning ,pythagoras1 i4 #bhd2 is unceremonious with the ,mosaic ,god1 i4 #bhh ,taylor1 ,robert1 his amended ,credo1 ii4 #ebb ,tcharaka1 a ,hindu physician of #e1jjj years ago1 i4 #efj ,tcherno-,bog1 or ,bogy1 the ancient deity of the ,russians1 ii4 #egb ,teaching of the soul1 the highest method of knowledge1 ii4 #eie ,tear of ,brahma1 the hottest1 becoming a sapphire1 i4 #bfe ,telegraphy1 neurological1 i4 #cbd ,telephone1 i4 #abf2 some such mode of communication possessed by the ,egyptian priests1 i4 #abg ,telescope in the light-house of ,alexandria1 i4 #ebh ,templar rite1 old ,english1 of seven degrees1 ii4 #cgg ,templarism is ,jesuitism1 ii4 #cij ,templars1 the founding of the ancient order1 ii4 #cha1 #chb2 did not believe in ,christ1 ii4 #chb2 succeeded by the ,jesuits1 ii4 #chc2 the pseudo-order invented to obviate the imputation of ,jesuitism1 ii4 #chd ,temple of the ,holy ,molecule1 i4 #dac2 had possession of ,eastern mysteries1 ii4 #chj2 of the perpetual fire1 ii4 #fcb2 at ,jerusalem1 not so ancient as was pretended1 ii4 #chi2 of ,solomon1 not esteemed by any ,hebrew prophet1 ii4 #ebe ,temples1 anciently the repositories of science1 i4 #be ,ten1 the ,pythagorean1 ii4 #aga2 virtues of initiation1 ii4 #ih ,teraphim1 ,kabeiri-gods1 i4 #egj2 identical with ,seraphim1 ib42 serpent-images1 ib42 received by ,dardanus as a dowry and carried to ,samothrace and ,troy1 ib4 ,teratology1 named by ,geoffroi ,st4 ,hilaire1 i4 #cij ,terrestrial elementary spirits1 i4 #cai2 circulation1 i4 #ejc2 immortality1 ii4 #fbj ,tertullian1 i4 #df2 on devils1 i4 #aei2 believed the soul corporeal1 i4 #cag2 desires to see all philosophers in the ,gehenna-fire1 ii4 #bej2 his intolerance1 ii4 #cbi ,tetractys1 i4 #i2 the ,one1 the ,chaos1 wisdom and reason1 ii4 #cf2 i4 #ejg ,tetragram1 i4 #ejf1 #ejg ,thales1 believed water the primordial substance1 i4 #acd1 #ahi2 said to have discovered the electric properties of amber1 i4 #bcd2 his belief concerning water and the ,divine ,mind1 ii4 #deh ,thaumaturgist1 his power of becoming invisible1 or appearing in two or more forms1 ii4 #ehh ,thaumaturgists1 use the force known as ,akasa1 i4 #aac2 declared by ,salverte to be knaves1 i4 #aae ,thebes1 or ,th-aba1 ii4 #ddh2 ancient1 i4 #ebc2 its prodigious ruins1 i4 #ebc1 #ebd2 the ,twelve ,tortures1 ii4 #cfd ,themura1 ii4 #bih ,theocletus1 ,grand ,pontiff of the ,order of the ,temple1 initiated the original ,knight ,templars1 ii4 #chb ,theology1 comparative1 and two-edged weapon1 ii4 #eca2 ,christian1 subversive rather than promotive of spirituality and good morals1 ii4 #fcd ,theologies1 ancient1 all agree1 ii4 #ci ,theon of ,smyrna1 his explanation of the five grades in the ,mysteries1 ii4 #aja ,theomania of the ,cevennois imputed to hysteria and epilepsy1 i4 #cga ,theophrastus1 legatee of ,aristotle1 i4 #cbj ,theopa1 the art of endowing figures with life1 i4 #fae1 #faf2 testimony of ,jacolliot1 i4 #faf1 #fag ,theosophists1 their confederations in ,germany1 ii4 #bj ,theosophy1 disfigured by theology1 i4 #ac ,therapeut1 a branch of the ,essenes1 ii4 #add ,therapeutists probably ,buddhists1 ii4 #dia ,thermuthis1 the name of ,pharaoh's daughter and of the sacred asp1 i4 #eef ,thespesius1 apparently dead for three days1 i4 #dhd ,thessalian sorceresses evoked shadows with blood1 ii4 #efh ,theurgic ,mystery1 ii4 #efc-ege ,theurgists1 i4 #bje-bai2 knew occult properties of magnetism and electricity1 i4 #bcd2 not 8spirit-mediums10 ii4 #aah2 persecuted by the ,christians1 ii4 #cd ,theurgy1 its phenomena produced by magnetic powers1 i4 #bc2 the devil at its head1 i4 #afa ,thevetat1 the 8,dragon0 of the ,atlantis1 i4 #eic2 his seduction of the people1 ib4 ,thing1 the one1 of the ,smaragdine ,tablet1 i4 #ejg1 #ejh2 named by ,hermetic philosophy1 i4 #ejh ,third emanation produces the universe of physical matter1 and1 finally1 8,darkness and the ,bad10 i4 #cjb2 race of men in ,hesiod1 i4 #eeh2 in ,popul-,vuh1 ib42 race of men1 the ,nephilim1 i4 #eei ,thirteen ,mexican ,serpent-,gods1 i4 #egb ,this book1 its object1 ii4 #ih1 #ii ,thomas1 ,st41 in ,malabar1 ii4 #ecd2 ,aquinas1 ii4 #bj2 ,taylor1 an expositor of ,plato's meaning1 ii4 #ajh1 #aji ,thomson1 ,sir ,william1 declares science bound to face every problem1 i4 #bbc ,thompson1 ,hon4 ,r4 ,w41 denounced by a ,catholic priest1 ii4 #cgh ,thor1 his electric hammer1 i4 #afj ,thought affects the matter of another universe1 i4 #caj ,thought-communication effected by a ,shaman with his stone1 ii4 #fbg ,thoughts guided by spiritual being1 i4 #cff2 human1 projected upon the universal ether1 i4 #cie2 ii4 #fcf ,thrtaona1 the ,persian ,michael1 contending with ,zohak1 ii4 #dhf ,three degrees of the pleroma1 i4 #cjb2 tricks exhibited1 i4 #gc2 degrees of communication with spirits1 ii4 #aae2 emanations1 i4 #cjb2 kabalistic forces1 ib42 ,gods1 or archial principles1 ,first ,cause1 ,logos1 and ,world-soul1 ii4 #cc2 ,saviours1 ii4 #ecf2 legends concerning them1 ii4 #ecg-eci2 enumeration of their followers1 ii4 #eci2 births of man1 ii4 #efh2 three hundred million ,buddhists seeking ,nirvana1 ii4 #ecc2 mothers1 i4 #beg ,three-sided prism of man's nature1 ii4 #fcd ,throwing spells by aid of the wind1 ii4 #fcb ,thrum-stone1 i4 #bca ,thummim1 i4 #ecf1 #ecg 1 thumos1 the astral soul1 i4 #dbi ,thury1 ,prof41 on levitation1 cited by de ,gasparin1 i4 #ii1 #aji2 his theory of spiritual phenomena1 i4 #aaj2 imputes them to the action of wills not human1 i4 #aab2 psychode and ectenic force1 i4 #aac ,tiara1 papal1 the coiffure of the ,assyrian gods1 ii4 #id ,tickets to ,heaven1 ii4 #bdc ,tiffereau1 ,theodore1 assertion that he had made gold1 i4 #eji ,tiger mesmerized1 i4 #dfg ,tigress1 bereft of her cubs1 mesmerized by a fakir1 ii4 #fbc ,tikkun1 the first born1 the ,heavenly ,man1 ii4 #bgf ,tillemont1 declares all illustrious pagans condemned to the eternal torments of hell1 ii4 #h ,timus1 cannot be understood except by an initiate1 ii4 #ci ,time and space no obstacles to the inner man1 ii4 #ehh ,tir-thankara1 the preceptor of ,gautama1 ii4 #cbb ,tissu1 the spiritual teacher of ,kublai-,khan1 his great holiness1 ii4 #fjh2 reforms religion1 ii4 #fji ,to 1 of ,plato1 ii4 #ch ,tobo1 liberator of the soul of ,adam1 ii4 #eag ,todas1 a strange people discovered in ,southern ,hindustan fifty years ago1 ii4 #fac2 revered and maintained by the ,badagas1 ii4 #fad2 an order and not a race1 ib4 ,tolticas1 said to be descended from the house of ,israel1 i4 #eeb ,tooth1 ,navel and less comely relics of ,jesus1 ii4 #ga ,tophet1 a place in the valley of ,gehenna1 where a fire was kept and children immolated1 ii4 #aa2 not a place of endless woe1 ii4 #ejb ,torquemeda1 ,tomas de1 his prodigious cruelty1 ii4 #ei2 burned ,hebrew ,bibles1 ii4 #dcj ,torralva and his demon ,zequiel1 ii4 #fj ,torturing people by means of ,simulacra1 ii4 #ee ,toulouse1 the ,bishop of1 his falsehoods about ,protestants and ,spiritualists of ,america1 ii4 #g ,townshend1 ,colonel1 remarkable power of suspending animation1 i4 #dhc ,traditions1 ancient1 belong to ,india1 ii4 #bei ,tragedy of ,human ,life1 its plot ever the same1 ii4 #fdj ,trance-life1 i4 #aha ,transformation of the ancient ideas1 ii4 #dia ,transmigration1 dreaded by the ,hindu1 i4 #cdf2 of the soul1 does not relate to man's condition after death1 ii4 #bhj ,transmural ,vision1 i4 #ade ,transmutation of metal1 the actual fact asserted1 i4 #ejc1 #ejd2 ,dr4 ,wilder's opinion1 i4 #eje2 salt1 sulpher1 and mercury thrice combined in azoth1 ib4 ,transubstantiation1 an arcane utterance perverted1 ii4 #efj ,travancore1 perpetual lamp1 i4 #bbe ,tree1 ,yggdrasill1 i4 #acc1 #aea2 ,zampun1 i4 #aeb2 ,aswatha1 ib42 symbol of universal life1 ib42 the pyramid1 i4 #aed2 ,gogard1 i4 #big2 serpent dwells in its branches1 i4 #bih2 the microcosmic and macrocosmic1 i4 #big2 tziti1 the third race of men1 i4 #eeh2 of knowledge1 ii4 #ahd2 or pippala1 ii4 #dab ,triad1 the ,intelligible1 i4 #bab2 from the duad1 i4 #cdh ,triads1 or trinities1 ,babylonian1 ,phnician and ,hindu1 ii4 #dh2 ,persian and ,egyptian1 ii4 #di ,tribes of ,israel1 what evidence before ,ezra1 i4 #ejh2 no tribe of ,simeon1 ib4 ,trigonocephali1 their bite kills like a flash of lighting1 ii4 #fbb ,trimurti1 i4 #ib2 their habitation1 ii4 #bcd ,trinities1 three1 in one unity1 making ten ,sephiroth or ,prajpatis1 ii4 #ci1 #dj2 ,hindu1 ,egyptian and ,christian1 ii4 #bbg ,trinity1 the first1 i4 #cda2 of ,egyptians1 i4 #afj2 three ,sephiroth or emanations1 ii4 #cf2 the doctrine revealed to ,sesostris1 ii4 #ea2 the word first found in the ,gospel of ,nicodemus1 ii4 #ebb2 listening for the answer of ,mary1 ii4 #agc2 kabalistic1 ii4 #bbb2 of workers in the cosmogony1 ii4 #dbj2 of nature the lock of magic1 ii4 #fce ,triple ,trimurti1 ii4 #ci ,trithemius1 ii4 #bj ,trizna or feast of the dead in ,moldavia1 ii4 #efi1 #egj ,trojan war a counterpart of that of the ,ramyana1 i4 #eff ,troy1 worship of the ,kabeiri brought by ,dardanus1 i4 #egj ,true ,adamic ,earth1 i4 #ea2 doctrine of ,celsus1 a copy still in existence1 ii4 #eb2 faith the embodiment of divine charity1 ii4 #fdj ,truth1 religions but vari-colored fragments of its beam1 ii4 #fci ,tschuddi1 ,dr41 his story of the train of llama1 and treasure1 i4 #edf ,tullia1 daughter of ,cicero1 lamp found burning in her tomb1 i4 #bbd ,tullus ,hostilius1 ,king of ,rome1 struck by lightning1 i4 #ebg ,tum1 devotees of1 ii4 #chg ,tunnel from ,cusco to ,lima and ,bolivia1 i4 #eig2 entrance1 ib42 dangers of its exploration1 i4 #eih ,turkey1 wars with ,russia and final conquest1 i4 #bfa ,turanian1 should have been applied to the ,assyrians1 i4 #egf2 evidently applied to the nomadic ,caucasian1 progenitor of the ,hamite or thiopian1 ib4 ,turner1 his account of an interview with a young lama or reincarnated ,buddha1 ii4 #eih ,turrets1 the reproduction of the lithos1 ii4 #e ,tutelar genius who hardened the heart of ,pharaoh1 etc41 ii4 #fci ,twelve houses1 the fable1 i4 #bfg2 tables1 a compilation1 i4 #ehh2 labors of ,hercules depicted on the chair of ,peter1 ii4 #be2 disciples sent by ,jehosaphat to preach1 ii4 #eag2 great gods1 ii4 #ddh2 minor gods1 ,dii minores1 ii4 #dea2 tortures1 ii4 #cea2 of ,theban initiation1 ii4 #cfd2 thousand years employed in creation1 i4 #cdb ,twenty-nine witch-burnings1 ii4 #fb ,two souls taught by the philosophers1 i4 #ab1 #cag2 idols of monotheistic ,christianity1 ii4 #i2 primeval principles1 i4 #cda2 principles1 the ,jews brought the doctrine from ,persia1 ii4 #ejj1 #eja2 diagrams explained1 ii4 #bff1 #bga2 8old ones10 ii4 #cej2 brothers of the ,bible1 the good and evil principles1 ii4 #dhi2 religions in each old faith1 ii4 #fjg ,two-headed serpents1 i4 #cic ,tycho-,brahe1 vision of the star1 i4 #dda1 #ddb ,tyndall confesses science powerless1 i4 #ad2 views of consciousness1 i4 #hf2 displays forms as of living plants and animals in an experimental tube1 i4 #abg2 his avoidance to investigate spiritual phenomena1 i4 #agf2 his ,belfast ,address1 i4 #cad2 his judgment of cowards1 i4 #dah2 declares spiritualism a degrading belief1 ib42 confesses that the evolution hypothesis does not solve the last mystery1 i4 #dai2 his experiments on sound1 ii4 #fjf2 his definition of science1 ii4 #fcg ,typhon once worshipped in ,egypt1 and then changed to an evil demon1 ii4 #dhg2 ,plutarch's explanation1 ii4 #dhc2 father of ,ierosolumos and ,ioudaios1 ii4 #dhd2 separated from his androgyne1 ii4 #ebd ,tyrian worship introduced into ,israel by ,ahab1 ii4 #ebe ,tyrrhenian cosmogony1 i4 #cdb ,udayna or ,pashai 7,peshawer7 the classic land of sorcery1 i4 #eii2 statement of ,hiouen-,thsang1 ib4 ,ultramontanes accused in ,france of siding with the ,mahometans1 ii4 #hb ,ulysses frightens phantoms with his sword1 i4 #cfb ,umbilical cord ruptured and healed1 i4 #chf ,umbilicus1 represented by the ark1 ii4 #ddd ,umbra1 or shade1 i4 #cg ,unavoidable cycle1 ,mysteries1 i4 #eec ,unconscious cerebration1 i4 #ee1 #bcb2 ventriloquism1 i4 #aja ,urdar1 the fountain of life1 i4 #aea1 #afb ,underworld1 i4 #cg ,undines1 i4 #fg ,union to the ,deity1 ii4 #eia ,unity of three trinities1 ii4 #ci2 the ,sephiroth or prajapatis1 ib4 ,universal soul1 or mind1 i4 #ef2 the doctrine underlying all philosophies1 ,buddhism1 ,brahmanism1 and ,christianity1 i4 #bhi2 relation to the reasoning and the animal soul1 i4 #caf2 solvent1 i4 #ej1 #acg1 #ahi ,universals to particulars1 i4 #bhh ,universe1 or ,kosmos1 the body of the invisible sun1 i4 #cjb2 doubt1 i4 #cbd2 how came it1 i4 #cda2 the concrete image of the ideal abstraction1 i4 #cdb2 existed from eternity1 ib42 passes through four ages1 ii4 #dba2 a musical instrument1 i4 #ead ,unknown presence1 when witnessed1 ii4 #afd2 the future self of man1 ii4 #afe ,unregulated mediums punished1 i4 #dhi ,unrevealed ,god1 i4 #afj ,unseen ,universe1 or all things there recorded1 ii4 #ehh2 spiritual universe1 its existence demonstrated1 ii4 #ae ,untrained mediumship illustrated by ,socrates and his daimonion1 ii4 #aag ,untenable dogmas of science1 i4 #eja ,upasakes and ,upasakis1 ,buddhistic semi-monastics1 ii4 #fjh ,uper-,ouranoi1 i4 #cab ,vach1 or sacred speech1 ii4 #dji ,vaivaswata1 the ,hindu ,noah1 ii4 #dbe ,valachian lady1 her simulacrum brought to the author in her tent in ,mongolia1 ii4 #fbg1 #fbh ,vampirism1 a terrible case in ,russia1 i4 #ded ,vampire-governor1 and his widow1 i4 #ded1 #dee ,vampires1 i4 #cai2 shedim1 etc41 i4 #ddi2 magnetic1 i4 #dfb2 ghouls and1 wandering about1 ii4 #efd ,van ,helmont1 i4 #ej1 #eg2 on magnetism and will1 i4 #agj2 on transmutation of earth into water1 i4 #aij2 testimony of ,deleuze1 i4 #aid2 a ,pythagorean1 i4 #bje2 theory of man1 i4 #bac2 remarkable account of a child born headless immediately after an execution1 i4 #chf2 on the power of woman's imagination1 i4 #cii2 testimony of ,dr4 ,fournier1 i4 #djj2 ridiculed for his directions for production of animals1 i4 #dad ,vari-colored fragments of the beam of ,divine ,truth1 ii4 #fci ,vasitva1 power of mesmerizing1 also of restraining the passions1 i4 #cic ,vasaki1 the great dragon1 ii4 #dij ,vast inland sea of middle ,asia1 and its island1 i4 #ehi ,vatican1 black magic practised there1 ii4 #f2 secret libraries1 ii4 #af1 #ai2 clergy1 how an access1 ii4 #ah ,vatou1 or candidate1 for initiation1 ii4 #ih2 sensitive to spiritual influences1 ii4 #aah ,vaughan1 ,thomas1 anecdote of his attempted sale of gold1 i4 #ejd ,vedas1 antedate the ,bible1 i4 #ia2 contain no such immodesty as the ,bible1 ii4 #hj2 older than the flood1 ii4 #dbg ,vedic words1 the controversies of ,sanscrit scholars1 ii4 #dg2 peoples not all ,aryans1 ii4 #dac ,vedic ,pitris1 their worship fast becoming the worship of the spiritual portion of mankind1 ii4 #fci ,vegetation1 influence of the moon1 i4 #bgc2 influenced by musical tones1 i4 #ead ,vehicle of life1 ii4 #dah ,venerable 8,mah10 ii4 #chh ,ventriloquists or pythi1 i4 #cee ,ventura de ,raulica1 his letter asserting the existence of ,satan as a fundamental dogma of the ,church1 ii4 #ad ,vesica ,piscis1 a ,zodiacal sign1 ii4 #bee ,vicarious atonement1 a ridiculous idea1 i4 #caf ,vicarious atonement1 ii4 #edb2 obliterates no wrong1 ii4 #ede2 not known by ,peter1 ii4 #edf ,vigil-night of ,siva1 i4 #ddf ,vincent1 ,frank1 his description of the ruins of ,nagkon-,wat1 i4 #efb1 #efe ,vine1 the symbol of blood and life1 ii4 #bdd2 ,jesus1 ii4 #efa2 his 8,father0 not ,god1 but the hierophant1 ib4 ,viracocha1 the ,peruvian deity1 ii4 #bei ,viradji1 the ,son of ,god1 his origin1 ii4 #aaa ,virgin1 celestial1 milk of1 i4 #fd2 of the sea1 crushes the dragon under her feet1 ii4 #ddf2 of the ,zodiac1 rises above the horizon1 ,dec4 #beth1 ii4 #dij2 ,blessed1 thrashing a demoniac1 ii4 #gf2 ,mary1 declaring all pagans condemned to eternal torments1 over her own signature1 ii4 #h2 succeeded to the titles1 symbols and rites of ,isis1 ii4 #ie2 on the crescent moon1 like pagan goddesses1 ii4 #if2 queen of heaven1 ii4 ib42 mother without a husband1 positivist1 i4 #ha2 of the ,avatar1 ,son-,ka-po1 ii4 #ehi ,virgin-mothers1 ,hindu1 ,egyptian1 and ,catholic1 their epithets1 ii4 #bji ,vishnu1 takes the form of a fish1 ii4 #beg2 same as ,oannes1 ib42 the ,adam ,kadmon of the kabalists1 ii4 #bei2 his ten avatars1 ii4 #bgd2 symbolize evolution1 ii4 #bge2 the expression of the whole universe1 ii4 #bgg ,vishnu-flower1 ii4 #dfg ,visible universe from ,brahma-,prajapati1 i4 #cdh ,visions witnessed by initiates1 ii4 #aac2 produced by sorcery1 ii4 #fcc ,visit to the ,ladakh in ,thibet1 ii4 #eih ,visiting and leaving the body at home1 ii4 #fjd1 #fje ,vistaspa1 a king of ,bactriana1 ii4 #ada ,visvamitra1 his escape in the ark1 ii4 #beg2 ,egypt colonized in his reign1 i4 #fbg ,vital force1 speculations of men of science1 i4 #dff ,viti1 ,sancti1 ,chora1 or ,st4 ,vitus' ,dance1 ii4 #fbe ,voices of spirits and goblins heard in the desert1 i4 #fjd ,volatile salts obnoxious to devils1 i4 #cef ,volney1 mistook ancient worship1 i4 #bd2 his doctrine of ,god1 i4 #bfh ,voltaire1 on the being of ,god1 i4 #bfh ,voluntary withdrawal of the spirit from the body1 ii4 #ehh ,votan1 his admission to the snake's hole as a son of the snakes1 i4 #eec2 supposed by de ,bourbourg to be descended from ,ham and ,canaan1 i4 #eed2 the hero of the ,mexicans1 i4 #ede2 probably identical with ,quetzel-coatl1 ib42 intercourse with ,king ,solomon1 ib42 the navigating serpent1 ib4 ,voodo orgy in ,cuba1 ii4 #egc ,vourdalak or vampires of ,servia1 i4 #dea1 ii4 #cfh ,vowels1 the seven1 chanted as a hymn to ,serapis1 i4 #ead ,vridda ,manava1 or laws of ,manu1 i4 #ehe ,vril1 ,bulwer-,lytton's designation of the one primal force1 i4 #fd1 #abe ,vril-ya1 the coming race1 i4 #bif ,vulcan1 ,phta1 or ,hephaistos1 represented at ,nakyon-,wat1 i4 #efe1 #eff ,vulgar magic in ,india1 ii4 #bj ,vyasa1 a positivist1 i4 #fba2 denied a ,first ,cause1 ii4 #bfa ,vyse1 ,col41 found a piece of iron in the pyramid of ,cheops1 i4 #edb ,wagner1 ,prof4 ,nicholas1 on heat and psychical force1 i4 #dig2 on mediumistic phenomena1 i4 #dii ,walking above the ground1 i4 #dgb2 the faculty sought by devotees1 and attained by a ,king of ,siam1 ii4 #fah ,wallace1 ,a4 ,r41 on cycles1 i4 #aee2 belief in spiritualism and mesmerism1 i4 #agg2 theory of human development1 i4 #bid ,war of ,michael and the dragon1 an old myth1 ii4 #dhf ,warrior1 slain and resuscitated1 but without a soul1 ii4 #efd ,war-chariots1 ancient1 lighter than modern artillery-wagons1 i4 #ecj2 had metallic springs1 ib4 ,water1 of ,phtha1 i4 #fd2 the first principle of things1 i4 #acc2 an universal solvent1 i4 #acc1 #ahi2 of mercury1 the soul or psychical substance1 i4 #cji2 the first-created element1 ii4 #deh ,waters turned to blood1 i4 #dac1 #dae ,washing of images1 ii4 #ach ,wave-theory of light not accepted by ,prof4 ,cooke1 i4 #acg ,weapons1 dmons afraid of1 i4 #cfb ,weekman1 reputed the first investigator of spirit-phenomena in ,america1 i4 #aje ,weeks of seven days used in the ,east1 ii4 #dah ,weird cries of the ,gobi1 i4 #fjd ,weninger1 ,father ,f4 ,x41 a ,jesuit priest1 his denunciation of ,secretary ,thompson1 ii4 #cgh1 #cgi ,wesermann1 power to influence the dreams of others1 and to appear double1 i4 #dgg ,white-skinned people not often able to acquire magical powers1 ii4 #fce ,white stone of initiation1 ii4 #cea ,whitney1 ,prof4 ,w4 ,d41 his criticism of ,max ,mller1 ii4 #dg2 denunciation of ,jacolliot1 ib42 his translation of a ,vedic hymn1 ii4 #ecd ,widow-burning1 or suttee1 practised #b1ejj years1 but not when the ,code of ,manu was compiled1 i4 #ehh2 sustained by the ,brahmans from a forged verse of the ,rig-,veda1 i4 #ehi ,widows burned without pain by the ,brahmans1 i4 #edj ,wild beasts will not attack ,buddhistic nuns1 ii4 #fji ,wilder1 ,a41 on possibility of transmutation1 i4 #eje2 suggestion of another classification of the ,assyrians and ,mongols1 i4 #ege2 notes in regard to ,america1 the ,atlantic continent1 ,lemuria1 and the deserts of ,africa and ,asia1 i4 #eib2 on skeptics1 and respect for earnest convictions1 i4 #dcg2 on ,paul and ,plato1 ii4 #ij2 on the designation ,peter and the pretension of the ,pope to be his successor1 ii4 #ib2 opinion of ,zeruana1 ,turan1 and ,zohak1 ii4 #adb2 description of ,paul1 ii4 #egd-f ,wilkinson1 ,sir ,gardner1 his testimony in regard to ancient ,egyptian civilization1 i4 #ebf2 ,j4 ,j4 ,g41 declares truth temperamental1 i4 #bcd ,will1 i4 #ef-fa2 its potency in a state of ecstasy1 i4 #agj2 produces force1 i4 #bhe2 an emanation of deity1 ib42 power of1 ii4 #ba2 enables one to wound or injure another1 i4 #cfj1 #cfa2 generates force1 and force generates matter1 ii4 #cbj ,will-force of the ,yogis1 ii4 #efe ,will-power1 killing birds by it1 i4 #chj2 photographing by1 i4 #dfc2 the most powerful of magnets1 i4 #dgb2 its exercise the highest form of prayer1 ii4 #eib ,wine first sacred in the ,bacchic ,mysteries1 ii4 #ead ,winged men of the ,phdrus1 i4 #b ,wirdig taught that nature is ensouled1 i4 #bjg ,wisdom1 the arcane doctrine of the ancients1 i4 #bje1 #dcf2 or the principle1 ii4 #ce2 the chief1 ii4 #cf2 first emanation of the ,en-,soph1 ii4 #cg2 origin1 ii4 #bah2 the ethnic parent of every religion1 ii4 #fci1 #fdj ,wisdom-doctrine underlay every ancient religion1 ii4 #ii ,wisdom-religion1 to be found in the pre-,vedic religion of ,india1 ii4 #ci2 its articles of faith1 ii4 #aaf2 explained in ,code of ,manu1 ib42 the parent cult1 ii4 #baf ,wise women1 ii4 #ebe ,witch1 a knowing woman1 i4 #ced2 or kangalin1 lawful for a ,hindu to kill her1 ii4 #fab ,witch-burnings in ,germany1 ii4 #fa2 twenty-nine1 ii4 #fb1 #fc ,witchcraft1 execution in ,salem1 and other ,american provinces1 ii4 #ah2 laws in force in ,south ,carolina in #ahfe1 ib42 an offence among the ancients1 ii4 #ih2 those guilty of it not initiates1 ii4 #aag1 #aah ,witches1 pretended1 dozens of thousands burned1 i4 #cec2 of the middle ages1 the votaries of the former religion1 ii4 #ejb ,witches' ,sabbath1 the orgies of ,bacchus1 ii4 #ebh ,withdrawal of the inner from the outer man1 ii4 #ehc ,withdrawing of the inner from the outer1 i4 #dgf ,wittoba1 the crucified image of ,christna anterior to ,christianity1 ii4 #eeg ,wizard1 a wise man1 i4 #ced ,wolf1 converted by ,st4 ,francis1 ii4 #gg ,wolsey1 ,cardinal1 accused of sorcery1 ii4 #eg ,woman1 of the future1 i4 #gg2 fecundated artificially1 i4 #gg1 #ha2 must cease to be the female of the men1 i4 #gh2 ridding her of every maternal function1 ib42 applying a latent force1 ib42 offered to the encubi1 ib42 impossible1 i4 #ha2 evolved out of men1 i4 #big2 highly impressible when pregnant1 i4 #cid2 exudes akasa as an odic emanation1 i4 #cie2 how this is projected into the astral light or ether1 and repercussing1 impresses itself upon the ftus1 ib42 evolved out of the lusts of matter1 i4 #dcc2 clothed with the sun1 the goddess ,isis1 ii4 #dhi ,women1 magnetically influenced by the moon1 i4 #bfd ,women-colleges1 to superintend worship1 ii4 #ebd1 #ebe ,wong-,ching-,fu1 his explanation of ,nepang or ,nirvana1 ii4 #cai1 #cbj ,wonder-working fakirs seldom to be seen1 ii4 #fab1 #fac ,word1 magical1 i4 #dde2 ineffable1 and performance of miracles1 ii4 #cgj2 lost by the ,christians1 ib42 where to be sought1 ii4 #cga1 ii4 #dah2 8long lost but now found10 ii4 #cic ,world1 how called into existence1 i4 #cda2 how all will go well with it1 ii4 #abb2 soul of1 i4 #abi1 #bjh1 #bae1 #cdb2 religions1 startled by utterances of scientists1 i4 #bdh1 #bdi ,world-religions1 conflict between1 i4 #cjg2 identical at their starting-point1 ii4 #bae2 the devil their founder1 ii4 #dgi ,world-mountains1 allegorical expressions of cosmogony1 i4 #aeg ,world-soul1 the source of all souls1 and ether1 i4 #caf ,world-tree of knowledge1 i4 #egd ,worlds1 an incalculable number before the present one1 ii4 #dbd ,worship of the sun and serpent by ,phnicians and ,mosaic ,israelites1 i4 #eee2 of words1 denounced1 ii4 #efj2 of the spiritual portion of mankind1 ii4 #fci ,wounds1 mortal1 self-inflicted and healed1 i4 #bbd ,wreaths of green leaves for oracles1 ii4 #fab ,wren1 ,sir ,christopher1 simply the ,master of the ,london operative masons1 ii4 #cij ,wright1 ,thomas1 on sorcery and magic1 i4 #cef ,writings under the ban1 ii4 #h ,x1 decussation of the perfect circle1 ii4 #dfi ,x41 ,dr4 extraordinary scenes at a seance1 i4 #fjh-faa ,xenophanes1 his satire on the representations of ,god1 ii4 #bdb ,ximenes1 cardinal1 burned #hj1jjj ,arabic manuscripts1 i4 #eaa ,xisuthrus or ,hasisadra1 sailed with the ark to ,armenia1 ii4 #bag2 translated to the gods1 ii4 #dbd2 ,oannes and ,vishnu in the first avatar1 ii4 #deg ,yaho1 an old ,shemitic mystic name of the ,supreme ,being1 ii4 #big ,yadus migrating from ,india to ,egypt1 i4 #ddd ,yang-kie and ,mahu1 dwellers in both worlds1 i4 #fja1 #fjb ,yakuts and their worship1 ii4 #efh ,yarker1 ,john jr41 account of the dervishes1 ii4 #caf2 his testimony in regard to ,free-masonry1 ii4 #cgf ,year of blood1 #ahgf1 i4 #dci ,yezidis1 or devil-worshippers genuine sorcerers1 ii4 #ega2 their worship1 ii4 #egb ,yggdrasill1 i4 #acc2 universe springing up beneath its branches1 i4 #aea ,ymir1 the ,norse giant1 i4 #adg2 generates a race of depraved men1 i4 #adh2 is slain by the sons of ,bur1 i4 #aej ,yogas or cycles1 i4 #bic ,yogis of ,india1 ii4 #cdf2 their extraordinary powers1 ii4 #efe2 regarded as demi-gods1 ii4 #fab2 a peculiar medicine used by them composed of sulphur and juice of a plant1 ii4 #fba2 their longevity1 ii4 #fbj2 their medicinal preparation of sulphur and quicksilver1 ii4 #fbj ,yrmungand1 the midgard or earth-serpent1 i4 #aea ,yourodevoy1 i4 #bh ,youth1 the means of regaining1 ii4 #fah ,yowahous1 ii4 #cac ,yugas1 i4 #ca ,yule1 ,colonel1 on movable type1 i4 #eae2 on spiritualism in ,tartary1 i4 #fjj2 testimony in regard to spiritual flowers drawn by a medium in ,bond street1 ,london1 i4 #fja ,zacharias1 saw an apparition in the temple1 ass-formed1 ii4 #ebc ,zadokites1 or ,sadducees1 made a priest-caste by ,david1 ii4 #big ,zampun1 the ,thibetan tree of life1 i4 #aeb ,zamzummim1 the ,cyclopeans1 i4 #efg ,zarathustra-,spitoma1 his untold antiquity1 i4 #ab ,zarevna ,militrissa and the serpent1 i4 #eej ,zeller1 criticism of the ,fathers in regard to ,plato1 i4 #bhh ,zequiel1 a demon presented to ,torralva1 ii4 #fj ,zeno taught two eternal qualities in nature1 i4 #ab ,zeru-,ishtar1 a ,chaldean or ,magian high-priest1 ii4 #abi ,zeruan1 ,saturn or ,abraham1 the legend of the ,titans1 ii4 #bag ,zeus1 the ther1 i4 #ahg1 #ahh ,zeus-,dionysus1 i4 #bfb ,zmeij ,gorenetch1 the dragon1 i4 #eej ,znachar1 the ,russian sorcerer1 ii4 #ega ,zodiac1 its symbolism1 ii4 #def2 its origin1 #af1ihd years ago1 ib4 ,zohak and ,gemshid1 their struggle that of the ,persians and ,assyrians1 i4 #egf2 and ,feridun1 the legend explained1 ii4 #dhf2 or ,azhi-,dahaka1 the serpent of the ,avesta1 ii4 #dhf2 a personification of ,assyria1 ib4 ,zonarus traces knowledge from ,chaldea to ,egypt1 thence to the ,greeks1 i4 #edc ,zomagnetism1 or animal magnetism1 i4 #bjf2 can magnetize minerals1 ib4 ,zoroaster1 ,zarathustra1 ,zuruastara1 ,zuryaster1 a spiritual teacher1 ii4 #ada2 a reformer of ,chaldean ,magic1 i4 #aia2 when he lived1 ii4 #ada2 ,baron ,bunsen's opinion1 ii4 #dcb ,zoroastrian religion1 its affinity with ,judaism and ,christianity1 ii4 #dhf ,zoroastrianism1 no schism1 ii4 #adb ,zoroastrians1 migrated from ,india1 ii4 #adc ,zoro-,babel or prince of ,babylon1 ii4 #dda ,zuinglius1 the first reformer1 his cosmopolitan doctrine of the ,holy ,ghost1 i4 #acb ,list of ,main ,corrections ,implemented ,greek ,page #ef replaced by ,page #bdb replaced by ,page #beg replaced by replaced by ,page #cag replaced by replaced by ,page #cee replaced by ,footnote #dbe replaced by possibly replaced by replaced by ,hebrew ,page xxxvi replaced by ,page #aha replaced by ,footnote #hdg ,unclear1 but thought to be 1 4 ,page #ege replaced by