38 PARACELSUS 



Leffas. — Astral bodies of plants. They may be rendered visible 

 out of tbe ashes of plants after the latter have been burned. 

 {^ee Palingknesis, in the Appendix.) 



Lemures. — Elementals of the air ; Elementaries of the deceased ; 

 rapping and tipping spirits," producing physical manifesta- 

 tions. 



LiMBUS (Magnus). — The world as a whole ; the spiritual matrix of 

 the universe ; Chaos, in which is contained that out of which 

 the world is made. 



M 



Magic. — Wisdom ; the science and art of consciously employing 

 invisible (spiritual) powers to produce visible effects. Will, 

 love, and imagination are magic powers that every one pos- 

 sesses, and he who knows how to develop them and to use 

 them consciously and effectually is a magician. He who uses 

 them for good purposes practises white magic. He who uses 

 them for selfish or evil purposes is a black magician.^ Para- 

 celsus uses the term Magic to signify the highest power of the 

 human spirit to control all lower influences for the purpose 

 of good. The act of employing invisible powers for evil pur- 

 poses he calls Necromancy, because the Elementaries of the 

 dead are often used as mediums to convey evil influences. 

 Sorcery is not Magic, but stands in the same relation to Magic 

 as darkness to light. Sorcery deals with the forces of the 

 human and animal soul, but Magic with the supreme power 

 of the spirit. 



Magisterium. — The medicinal virtue of medicinal substances, pre- 

 served in a vehicle. 



Mangonaria. — A magic power by which heavy bodies may be lifted 

 without any great physical effort ; magical suspension ; levitation. 

 It is usually accomplished by changing their polarity in regard 

 to the attraction (gravity) of the earth. 



Matrices. — The vehicles of things ; elementary bases. 



Melosinae. — Elemental spirits of water, usually appearing in 

 female forms, but which may also take the forms of fishes or 

 snakes. They have souls, but no spiritual principle ; but they 

 may obtain the latter by entering into a union with man. (The 

 fourth principle uniting with the fifth.) The -human shape is 

 their true form ; their animal forms are assumed. They are also 

 called Undines. 



1 See "Magic, White and Black; or, The Science of Finite and In 

 finite Life," by Dr. F. Hartmann. 



