We mention their existence, at this point, merely to call your attention to the fact that their power is entirely Mental, and operates along the lines of the higher Mental Transmutation, under the Hermetic Principle of Mentalism.
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And, yet: "As Below, so Above.
And accordingly the Hermetists classify Matter under the head of Energy, and give to it three of the Seven Minor Planes of the Great Physical Plane.
" "THE ALL" is Infinite Living Mind--the Illumined call it SPIRIT!
There is a Reconciliation of this apparently contradictory state of affairs.
" The Egyptians revered his memory for many centuries-yes, tens of centuries-- calling him "the Scribe of the Gods," and bestowing upon him, distinctively, his ancient title, "Trismegistus," which means "the thrice-great"; "the great-great"; "the greatest-great"; etc.
Nothing endures but Change.
And you will therefore realize the possibility of this being accomplished by the use of the Will, by means of the Hermetic formulas.
What is IN THE INFINITE MIND OF THE ALL is REAL in a degree second only to that Reality itself which is vested in the nature of THE ALL.
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Some philosophers have answered this question by saying that THE ALL created the Universe from ITSELF--that is, from the being and substance of THE ALL.
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We ask the close attention, and careful study of this great Principle, on the part of our students, for it is really the Basic Principle of the whole Hermetic Philosophy, and of the Hermetic Art of Mental Transmutation.
And yet, even our finite minds understand the scientific dictum that there is no such thing as Matter from a scientific point of view--that which we call Matter is held to be merely an aggregation of atoms, which atoms themselves are merely a grouping of units of force, called electrons or "ions," vibrating and in constant circular motion.
"--The Kybalion.
We kick a stone and we feel the impact--it seems to be real, notwithstanding that we know it to be merely what we have stated above.
At any rate, if Hermes possessed the Secret, he failed to impart it, and so far as the world is concerned THE LIPS OF HERMES ARE CLOSED regarding it.
And, again, while Micawber may be said to be Dickens, yet Dickens is not identical with Micawber.
A "dimension," you know, is "a measure in a straight line, relating to measure," etc.
There are many planes of Being--many sub-planes of Life--many degrees of existence in the Universe.
The degrees of the rate of vibrations constitute the degrees of measurement on the Scale of Vibrations--in other words the degrees of the Fourth Dimension.