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From him they obtained the Master-Key which explained and reconciled their divergent views, and thus the Secret Doctrine was firmly established. So, finally, students all, grasp the advantage of Mentalism, and learn to know, use and apply the laws resulting therefrom.

There were always a few to tend faithfully the altar of the Truth, upon which was kept alight the Perpetual Lamp of Wisdom. " And we caution all students to be sure to grasp the Divine Paradox of the Absolute and Relative, lest they become entangled in the mire of the Half-Truth.

The old Hermetic axiom ran in these words: "As above, so below; as below, so above. Read it carefully!

But, still, we prefer to think of THE ALL as acting entirely FREE from any influence, internal as well as external. But you must remember that the Hermetic Philosophy does not recognize Matter as a thing in itself, or as having a separate existence even in the Mind of THE ALL.

"THAT which is the Fundamental Truth--the Substantial Reality--is beyond true naming, but the Wise Men call it THE ALL. We trust that the many students to whom we now offer this little work will derive as much benefit from the study of its pages as have the many who have gone on before, treading the same Path to Mastery throughout the centuries that have passed since the times of HERMES TRISMEGISTUS--the Master of Masters--the Great-Great.

" "As above, so below; as below, so above. The first thought that comes to the thinking man after he realizes the truth that the Universe is a Mental Creation of THE ALL, is that the Universe and all that it contains is a mere illusion; an unreality; against which idea his instincts revolt.

Not Energy or Force as the materialists use the terms, for their energy and force are blind, mechanical things, devoid of Life or Mind. " This apparently contradictory statement is reconcilable under the Law of Paradox.

You speak of the Fatherhood of God, and the Motherhood of Nature--of God, the Divine Father, and Nature the Universal Mother--and have thus instinctively acknowledged the Principle of Gender in the Universe. They possessed the Inner Knowledge as well as the Outer Knowledge, the latter alone being possessed by modern scientists.

From lip to ear the truth has been handed down among the few. We have seen that there can be nothing outside of THE ALL.

We have seen how "All is in THE ALL"--now let us examine the other aspect of the subject. Some have imagined that THE ALL had something to gain by it, but this is absurd, for what could THE ALL gain that it did not already possess?