MEDIC WE 231 



" No knowledge is perfect unless it includes an under- 

 standing of the origin — i.e., the beginning; and as all 

 of man's diseases originate in his constitution, it is neces- 

 sary that his constitution should be known, if we wish 

 to know his diseases." 



The Three Substances 



" The Bible tells us that Man is made out of nothing ; 

 that is to say, his spirit, the real man, is from God, who 

 is not a thing, but the eternal reality ; but he is made 

 into three somethings or * substances,' and these three 

 constitute the whole of Man : they are himself, and he 

 is they, and from them he receives all that is good or 

 evil for him. Every state in which man can possibly 

 enter is determined by number., measure., and weight*' 

 The "Three Substances" are the three forms or modes 

 of action in which the universal primordial Will is 

 manifesting itself throughout Nature, for all things are 

 a Trinity in a Unity. The " Bait " represents the prin- 

 ciple of corporification, the astringent or contractive and 

 solidifying quality, or, in other words, the hody ; the 

 ^^ Sulphur'* represents the expansive power — the centri- 

 fugal force, in contradistinction to the centripetal motion 

 of the first quality — it is that which " burns," i.e., the 

 soul or light in all things ; and the " Mercury " is the 

 Life, i.e.j that principle or form of will which manifests 

 itself as life, or consciousness and sensation. Each of 

 these forms of will is an individual power ; ^ nevertheless 

 they are substantial, for " matter " and " force " are one, 

 and originate from the same cause. The three sub- 

 stances, held together in harmonious proportions, consti- 

 tute health ; their disharmony constitutes disease, and 

 their disruption death. 



" These three substances should be practically known 



' So are light, heat, electricity, &c. Each of them is an individual, and 

 nevertheless universally existing, energy. 



