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cannot produce a man ; neither can he who has not him- 

 self been reborn in the spirit produce or endow things 

 with spiritual power. Man must himself be that which 

 he desires to produce. 



We do not blame those who, not being spiritual, are 

 unable to grasp spiritual truths ; we only reject the con- 

 ceit of those who, not being capable to see the true light, 

 dogmatically deny its existence. 



Even of the direct disciples of Paracelsus, few only 

 were able to see the truth clearly. He says : " Twenty- 

 one of my servants have become victims of the execu- 

 tioner (the illusions of this world, false reasoning). May 

 God help them ! Only a few have remained with me " 

 {Denfensio, vi.). 



" The first Arcanum is the Mercurius vivus ; the 

 second, the Prima Materia; the third is the Lapis 

 Philosophorum ; and the fourth, the Tinctura. These 

 remedies are rather of an angelic than of a human 

 character " (Archidoxes, iv.). 



If the will of God acting within Nature could create 

 a world, surely the same divine will, acting within man, 

 can cure all diseases ; but only that will which is active 

 in man, not that which is outside of him, can act within 

 his organisation ; and before a man becomes able to 

 send his soul within the soul of another person, his own 

 will must become godlike and free. A "hypnotiser" 

 merely paralyses the will of a weak-minded person and 

 induces a kind of dream ; but the magic power of the 

 true Adept is the power of God acting through him. 

 Such powers do not belong to that which is mortal in 

 man, but to that which is divine, and therefore those 

 who wish to graduate in the school of Paracelsus and 

 follow his example will have to outgrow their self- 

 conceit and become regenerated in the spirit of divine 

 wisdom, which is the realisation of truth. 



"We are not intent upon showing our feelings and 

 thoughts, mind and heart, to idiots and fools, and we 



