192 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



traversed by many a rapt enthusiast, and by the ar- 

 dent inventor who wrests Nature's secrets from her 

 vast repositories. Intuitional truths are never dis- 

 covered elsewhere. Swami Vivekananda says: 

 ; ' Wherever there is any manifestation of what is 

 ordinarily called supernatural power or wisdom, 

 there must have been a little current of Kundalinl 

 which found its way into the Sushumna." 



The data concerning Mercury's close associa- 

 tion with our spiritual natures is practically with- 

 out limit, as he who begins to search will find. 

 The symbol of the planet expresses the trinity or 

 three in one, the circle representing the Spirit be- 

 cause without beginning or end. The crescent is 

 the reflection, or Soul, the negative of the Spirit 

 as is the Moon of the Sun; and the cross typifies 

 the four elements of the physical, or gross, plane 

 of activity. There are four elemental divisions, 

 called the " triplicities," of the Zodiac, and Mer- 

 cury's influence in the varying signs is distinct. 

 The astrologer Hazelrigg finds all the planetary 

 symbols equally significant with that of Mercury, 

 and believes none to be arbitrary signs, which is in 

 agreement with all Occult teaching. 



In all ancient lore, we find Mercury accredited 

 as ruling the mind. Everywhere in myth and 

 story he is sent as the interpreter and messenger 

 to the understanding and reason of man. Even 

 the thievish disposition attributed to Mercury sym 



