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itself. Otherwise they live like animals, or even like 

 human beings, and they propagate their species. By the 

 knowledge of ether (A'kasa) we may come into contact 

 with such beings, and there are some of them that know 

 all the mysteries of the elements.^ 



" Matter is, so to say, coagulated smoke, and is con- 

 nected with spirit by an intermediate principle which it 

 receives from the Spirit. This intermediate link between 

 matter and spirit belongs to all three kingdoms of Nature. 

 In the mineral kingdom it is called Stannar or Trughat,^ 

 in the vegetable kingdom Lefifas ; ^ and it forms, in con- 

 nection with the vital force of the vegetable kingdom, 

 the Primum Ens, which possesses the highest medicinal 

 properties.* This invisible ethereal body may be resur- 

 rected and made visible from the ashes of plants and 

 animals by alchemical manipulations. The form of the 

 original body may thus be made to appear and disappear.^ 

 In the animal kingdom this semi- material body is called 

 Evestrum, and in human beings it is called the Sidereal 

 Man. Each living being is connected with the Macro- 

 cosmos and Microcosmos by means of this intermediate 

 element or Soul, belonging to the Mysterium magnum, 

 from whence it has been received, and whose form and 

 qualities are determined by the quality and quantity of 

 the spiritual and material elements." 



As all things come from the same source, containing 

 the primordial substance of all things, they are all inti- 

 mately related to each other and connected with each 

 other, and are essentially and fundamentally a unity. 

 Any difference existing between two dissimilar things 

 arises only from a difference in the forms in which the 



^ Each Elemental may know the mysteries of that element to which it 

 belongs. 



^ The Astral body (Linga-sharira) of minerals, plants, and animals. 



^ Astral protoplasm. 



* Perhaps this may serve as a clue to explain the action of homoeopathic 

 medicincH. 



" See Appendix : ** Palangenesis of Plants," 



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