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corresponding activities of the Cosmos. If a man gets 

 angry, it is not because he has too much bile, but because 

 the * Mars/ the combative element in his body (the in- 

 visible power that guides the production of bile), is in a 

 state of exaltation. If a man is amorous, it is not because 

 his spermatic vessels are overloaded, but because the 

 * Venus ' (the amorous element) in his body is in a state 

 of exaltation. If in such cases a conjunction of the 

 combative and amorous elements takes place in his body, 

 an ebullition of jealousy will follow ; and if such an 

 internal conjunction should take place at a time when 

 conjunction of the planets Mars and Venus takes place in 

 the sky, the sympathetic relationship existing between 

 the elements representing these planets in the Microcosm 

 and the elements represented by those of the Macrocosm 

 may lead to serious consequences unless counteracted by 

 the superior power of reason and will." ^ 



There are a great many stars in the universe; there 

 are a great many forces active in the organism of man. 

 There are a great many plants which are the earthly repre- 

 sentations of astral influences corresponding to the quali- 

 ties of the stars, and which will attract the influences of 

 the stars to which they are sympathetically related. By 

 using such plants as medicine we attract the planetary 

 life-influences needed to restore the vitality in diseased 

 parts. 



We give below a list of some principally useful herbs, 

 the names of the planets to which they are sympatheti- 

 cally related, and the names of the principal diseases in 

 which they may be used with advantage. It will, how- 

 ever, appear reasonable that it makes a vast difference 

 whether such plants are fresh or whether they have 

 been dried, and their occult properties are, moreover, to 



^ It would be interesting to collect statistics of crimes, showing exactly 

 the time when they have taken place, comparing the latter with the time 

 of the conjunctions of the planets existing at the same longitude and 

 latitude, and also compare them with the constellations that ruled at the 

 time of birth. 



