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which there can be no evil, and that which is not good 

 is not true. Evil belongs to the world, because without 

 evil good could not be known or appreciated ; but in 

 the source of good there can be no evil." ^ 



" True faith has wonderful powers, and this fact 

 proves that we are spirits, and not merely visible 

 bodies. Faith accomplishes that which the body would 

 accomplish if it had the power. Man is created with 

 great powers ; he is greater than heaven and greater 

 than the earth. He possesses faith, and when his faith 

 has become a conscious power in him it will be a 

 light more powerful and superior to natural light, and 

 stronger than all mortal creatures. All magic processes 

 are based upon that faith. By faith and imagination 

 we can accomplish whatever we desire. The true power 

 of faith overcomes all the spirits of Nature, because it 

 is a spiritual power, and spirit is higher than Nature. 

 Whatever is grown in the realm of Nature may be 

 changed by the power of faith. Whatever we accom- 

 plish that surpasses Nature is accomplished by the power 

 of faith, and by faith diseases may be cured "^ (Philo- 

 sophia Sagax). 



" The sidereal man is of a magnetic nature, and for 

 that reason he can attract the powers and effluvia of the 

 astral-world. If, therefore, any inimical astral influences 

 are circulating in the All of Nature, the man becomes 

 sick, and if these currents change he will become well 

 again. The same thing happens if a good or an evil 



1 Absolute good cannot be evil, but requires the presence of relative 

 evil to become maniffst. 



* However much this may be disputed in theory by superficial reasnners, 

 it is nevertheless accepted in practice even by the most sceptical prac- 

 titioners of medicine. A physician who has no confidence or faith in 

 his own ability will not accomplish much. Moreover, physicians often 

 have each one his own favourite remedy, which will act successfully, if 

 employed by one, and fail in the hands of another, and this can be ex- 

 plained by the fact that one physician has more faith in his own favourite 

 remedy than in that of another. 



