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the stars, is of a substantial nature ; still, we consider it 

 as being something spiritual on account of the ethereality 

 of its substance, and on account of the great dimensions 

 of its invisible body. The essences in man's sidereal 

 body are intimately related to the sidereal essences of the 

 stars, and the former attract the powers of the latter ; 

 but if a man is the master over his own mind, he can 

 permit those attractions to take place in an irregular 

 manner, or control his passions and repel influences 

 which he does not desire. 



" There is an attractive power in the soul of man, 

 which attracts physical, mental, and moral diseases from 

 the Chaos. The planetary influences extend through 

 all Nature, and man attracts poisonous qualities from 

 the moon, from the stars, and from other things ; but 

 the moon, and the stars, and other things also attract 

 evil influences from man, and distribute them again by 

 their rays, because Nature is an undivided whole, whose 

 parts are intimately connected." 



" The sun and the stars attract something from us, and 

 we attract something from them, because our astral bodies 

 are in sympathy with the stars, and the stars are in sym- 

 pathy with our astral bodies ; but the same is the case with 

 the astral bodies of all other objects. They all attract 

 astral influences from the stars. Each body attracts cer- 

 tain particular influences from them ; some attract more 

 and others less ; and on this truth is based the power 

 of amulets and talismans, and the influence which 

 they may exercise over the astral form of the bearer. 

 Talismans are like boxes, in which sidereal influences 

 may be preserved." 



" Three spirits, united in one, live and act in man ; 

 three worlds, united into one, throw their rays upon him ; 

 but all three are only the reflection, image, or echo of one 

 primordial creation. The first is the essence of the ele- 

 ments ; the second, the soul of the stars (the mind) ; the 

 third, the spirit — tht life. The lower instincts of man 



