But Mystery of Mysteries--the Spirit of each soul is not annihilated, but is infinitely expanded--the Created and the Creator are merged.
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" THE ALL is in the earthworm, and yet the earth-worm is far from being THE ALL.
And if he be a thinking man, he realizes that all of these changing things must be but outward appearances or manifestations of some Underlying Power--some Substantial Reality.
The Principle of Gender (see Lesson I.
Matter becomes less gross; the Units spring into being; the combinations begin to form; Life appears and manifests in higher and higher forms; and Mind becomes more and more in evidence--the vibrations constantly becoming higher.
Look at your thermometer and see if you can discover where "heat" terminates and "cold" begins!
Even the most ancient teachings of India undoubtedly have their roots in the original Hermetic Teachings.
And even in our own little solar system there are regions and planes of life far higher than ours, and beings compared to which we earth-bound mortals are as the slimy life-forms that dwell on the ocean's bed when compared to Man.
In this statement there is condensed a wealth of Hermetic knowledge--let him read who can.
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"Reality" means: "the state of being real; true, enduring; valid; fixed; permanent; actual," etc.
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This Principle embodies the truth that in everything there is manifested a measured motion, to and fro; a flow and inflow; a swing backward and forward; a pendulum-like movement; a tide-like ebb and flow; a high-tide and low-tide; between the two poles which exist in accordance with the Principle of Polarity described a moment ago.
The old Hermetic axiom ran in these words: "As above, so below; as below, so above.
Others have called it "The Infinite and Eternal Energy" others have tried to call it "Matter"--but all have acknowledged its existence.
"Substance" means: "that which underlies all outward manifestations; the essence; the essential reality; the thing in itself," etc.
And they regard his statement of the "Infinite and Eternal Energy" as directly in the line of the Hermetic Teachings, always with the addition of their own doctrine that his "Energy" is the Energy of the Mind of THE ALL.
And yet, the Hermetic Philosophy is the only Master Key which will open all the doors of the Occult Teachings!
The date of his sojourn in Egypt, in that his last incarnation on this planet, is not now known, but it has been fixed at the early days of the oldest dynasties of Egypt--long before the days of Moses.
Now do not jump to the conclusion that we are teaching that there is a male and female God, or Creator.
As we have stated, the Hermetists were the original alchemists, astrologers, and psychologists, Hermes having been the founder of these schools of thought.