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possessed before its mortification, and incorporate them 

 and become visible again " ^ {Be Resusdtationihus). 



Occult Letters. — " If the elementary body can write a 

 letter, and send it by a messenger to somebody in a 

 month, why should not tlie ethereal body of an Adept be 

 able to write a letter and to send it to its destination 

 (by an element spirit) in an hour ? " ^ {Philosoph, Sag., i. 

 cap. 6). 



Transformations. — " There is a species of magic by 

 which living bodies can be formed and one body be 

 transformed into another, as was done by Moses " ^ 

 {Philosoph. Sag.). 



Transmutations. — " An instance of transmutation may 

 be seen in wood which has become petrified. The form 

 of the wood remains unchanged ; nevertheless it is no 

 longer wood, but a stone " {De Transmutationibus). 



Passage of Matter through Matter. — " Things that are 

 done by visible means in the ordinary manner may be 

 done by invisible means in an extraordinary way. For 

 instance, a lock can be opened with a key; a cut be 

 made with a sword ; the body be protected by a coat- 

 of-mail. All this may be done by visible means. You 

 may grasp a man with your hand without making a 

 hole in him, and take a fish out of water without 

 leaving a hole in the water ; or you may put some- 

 thing into water, and if you withdraw your hand no 

 hole will be left in the water. By the necromantic art 

 something can be put through a body or into a body, 



* Plato, Seneca, Erastus, Avicenna, Averroes, Albertus Magnus, Cas- 

 palin, Cardanus, Cornelius Agrippa, Eckartshausen, and many others 

 wrote about the palingenesis of plants and animals. Kiicher resurrected 

 a rose from its ashes in the presence of Queen Christina of Sweden, 1687. 

 The astral body of an individual form remains with the remnants of the 

 latter until these remnants have been fully decomposed, and by certain 

 methods known to the alchemist it can be reclothed with matter and 

 become visible again. 



' The value of a letter should be determined by the quality of its con- 

 tents, and not by the manner in which it has been received. 



• Exod. vii. 10. 



