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Imagination is not fancy, which latter is the corner- 

 stone of superstition and foolishness. The imagination 

 of man becomes pregnant through desire, and gives birth 

 to deeds. Every one may regulate and educate his 

 imagination so as to come thereby into contact with 

 spirits, and be taught by them. Spirits desiring to act 

 upon man act upon his imagination,^ and they therefore 

 make often use of his dreams for the purpose of acting 

 upon him. During sleep the sidereal man may by the 

 power of the imagination be sent out of the physical 

 form, at a distance to act for some purpose. No place 

 is too far for the imagination to go, and the imagination 

 of one man can impress that of another, wherever it 

 reaches" (Philosophia Sagax). 



" Imagination is the beginning of the growth of a form, 

 and it guides the process of its growth. The Will is a 

 dissolving power, wliich enables the body to become 

 impregnated by the ' tincture ' of the imagination. He 

 who wants to know how a man can unite his power 

 of imagination with the power of the imagination of 

 Heaven, must know by what process this may be done. 

 A man comes into possession of creative power by uniting 

 his own mind with the Universal Mind, and he who 

 succeeds in doing so will be in possession of the highest 

 possible wisdom ; the lower realm of Nature will be 

 subject to him, and the powers of Heaven will aid him, 

 because Heaven is the servant of wisdom." ^ 



" Before man is bom, and afterwards, his soul is not 

 perfect, but it may be perfected through the power of a 

 holy Will. Spirits are essential, visible, tangible, and 

 sensitive in relation to other spirits.* They stand in a 



^ Even physical sight depends on the imagination. If we behold an 

 object, it is not scientific to say, •* I see ; " but we ought to say, ** I imagine 

 to see." 



* This, however, no man can do by exercising his own self-will ; but 

 it is accomplished by the divine will in him, into which he must enter 

 himself, it being that of his higher self. 



' The term *' spirita " refers here to intelligent stiuls, 



