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CONTENTS race TRANSLATOR'S NOTE. : . : . . : soy INTRODUCTION . . . : . . : : + vii PREFACE . : : . : . : . . 2 oxi PART I (RELIGIOUS MYSTERIES). : : : : . ot PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS : : . : _ or FIRST ARTICLE« : . . : . . . . 2 SKETCH OF THE PROPHETIC THEOLOGY OF NUMBERS : . 4 ARTICLE IT. : : : : . : . . 72 ARTICLE HI : : : : . : : 7 ARTICLE IV . . : . . . : - 82 ARTICLE VO. : : . . : : . . 89 RESUME OF PARTI. : : : . . . : or PART II (PHILOSOPHICAL MYSTERIES). : . . - 98 PART III (MYSTERIES OF NATURE). . . : + 108 FIRST BOOK CHAPTERT : : :…
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THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES (LA CLEF DES GRANDS MYSTERES) BY ELIPHAS LEVI
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THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES (LA CLEF DES GRANDS MYSTERES) BY ELIPHAS LEVI XV
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THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES totalized reality to which science cannot bear witness, but which the very existence of the details seems to force her to recognize and to admit. Science submits the reasons of persons and things to the universal mathematical reason ; faith seeks, or rather supposes, an intelligent and absolute reason for (and above) mathematics themselves. Science demonstrates justice by justness; faith gives an absolute justness to justice, in subordinating it to Providence. One sees here all that faith borrows from science, and all t…
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THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES those books which contain the secrets of the Qabalah, and finally by the reasoned explanation of all the mysteries by the means of the keys of qabalistic magic. In all symbolisms, in fact, we find ideas of antagonism and of harmony producinga trinitarian notion in the concep- tion of divinity, following which the mythological personifica- tion of the four cardinal points of heaven completes the sacred septenary, the base of all dogmas and of all rites. In order to convince oneself of it, it is sufficient to read again a…
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THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES The numbers represent absolute philosophical ideas. The letters are shorthand hieroglyphs. Let us see now the hieroglyphic and philosophical signi- fications of each of the twenty-two letters (vide Bellarmin, Reuchlin, Saint-Jéré6me, Kabala denudata, Sepher Yetzirah, Technica curiosa of Father Schott, Picus de Mirandola, and other authors, especially those of the collection of Pistorius). THE Moruers. The 1op.—The absolute principle, the productive being. The mem.—Spirit, or the Jakin of Solomon. The scu1n.—Matter, or t…
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THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES qué priest, is always the representative of God. Of little account are the faults or even the crimes of man. When Alexander VI consecrated his bishops, it was not the poisoner who laid his hands upon them, it was the pope. Pope Alexander VI never corrupted or falsified the dogmas which condemned him, or the sacraments which in his hands saved others, and did not justify him. At all times and in all places there have been liars and criminals, but in the hierarchical and divinely authorized Church there have never been, a…
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THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES A. An unwholesome fluidic emission, made with a bad intention; for example, to know the secrets of others, or to arrive at unworthy ends. Q. What is the result of it ? A. It puts out of order the fluidic instrument of precision, both in the case of the magnetizer and of the magnetized. To this cause one must attribute the immoralities and the follies with which a great number of those who occupy themselves with magnetism are reproached. Q. What conditions are required in order to magnetize properly? A. Health of spirit …
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PART I RELIGIOUS MYSTERIES PROBLEMS FOR SOLUTION I.—To demonstrate in a certain and absolute manner the existence of God, and to give an idea of Him which will satisfy all minds. II.—To establish the existence of a true religion in such a way as to render it incontestable. III.—To indicate the bearing and the vazson a@étre of all the mysteries of the one true and universal religion. IV.—To turn the objections of philosophy into arguments favourable to true religion. V.—To draw the boundary between religion and super- stition, and to give the re…
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PART III THE MYSTERIES OF NATURE THE GREAT MAGICAL AGENT WE have spoken of a substance extended in the infinite. THE TENTH KEY OF THE TAROT That substance is one which is heaven and earth; that is to say, according to its degrees of polarization, subtle or fixed. 108
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THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES It is by charity, finally, that the folly of the cross has become the wisdom of the nations, because every noble heart has understood that it is greater to believe with those who love, and who devote themselves, than to doubt with the egotists and with the slaves of pleasure. II
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THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES being, or the collection of beings, the intellectual infinite in a word, is so difficult to imagine! Besides, every imagination makes its creator an idolater; he is obliged to believe in it, and worship it. Our spirit should be silent before Him, and our heart alone has the right to give Him a name: Our Father!
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THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES CHAPTER III MYSTERIES OF HALLUCINATIONS AND OF THE EVOCATION OF SPIRITS An hallucination is an illusion produced by an irregular movement of the astral light. It is, as we said previously, the admixture of the pheno- mena of sleep with those of waking. Our plastic medium breathes in and out the astral light or vital soul of the earth, as our body breathes in and out the terrestrial atmosphere. Now, just as in certain places the air is impure and not fit for breathing, in the same way, certain unusual circumstances may m…
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THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES The great week of creation has been imitated by human genius, divining the forms of nature. Every day has furnished a new revelation, every new king of the world has been for a day the image and the incarnation of God! Sublime dream which explains the mysteries of India, and justifies all symbolisms! The lofty conception of the man-God corresponds to the creation of Adam, and Christianity, like the first days of man in the earthly paradise, has been only an aspiration and a widowhood. We wait for the worship of the brid…
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THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES The incarnation is hope. The redemption is charity. The trinity is the hierarchy. Incarnation is the divine authority of the Church. Redemption is the unique, infallible, unfailing and Catholic priesthood. The Catholic Church alone possesses an invariable dogma, and by its very constitution is incapable of corrupting morality; she does not make innovations, she explains. Thus, for example, the dogma of the immaculate conception is not new; it was contained in the theotokon of the Council of Ephesus, and the theotokon is…
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THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES but I know now why you believe. I respect your hopes, and share your desires. But I must find by seeking; and in order to seek, I must doubt. REASON. Work, then, and seek, O Science, but respect the oracles of Faith! When your doubt leaves a gap in universal enlightenment, allow Faith to fill it! Walk distinguished the one from the other, but leaning the one upon the other, and you will never go astray.
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THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES itself, and the reward of virtue; force of resignation, belief of obedience, joy of sorrow, life of death, hail! Salutation and glory to thee! If intelligence is a lamp, thou art its flame; ifit is right, thou art duty; if it is nobility, thou art happiness. Love, full of pride and modesty in thy mysteries, divine love, hidden love, love insensate and sublime, Titan who takest Heaven in both hands, and forcest it to earth, final and ineffable secret of Christian widowhood, love eternal, love infinite, ideal which would …
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THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES they not been undeceived by making them recognize the true God by the charity, the knowledge, the justice, and above all, by the mercy of his ministers? The necromancers who cause the devil to appear after a fatiguing and almost impossible series of the most revolting evocations, are only children by the side of that St. Anthony of the legend who drew them from hell by thousands, and dragged them everywhere after him, like Orpheus, who attracted to him oaks, rocks and the most savage animals. Callot alone, initiated by …
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…E EQUINOX Dies down to dusk; The day is dim... . Hawthorn and musk. . . . The seraphim Play on the breeze : The ponds are stirred By the mysteries Of the secret Word. The lost Word floats Over the dunes In silver notes And golden tunes, And mystic runes. O secret Rose! O secret Flame! The west wind blows The secret Name Into the ears Of the wandering lights That love their fears In the summer nights, And in autumn rejoice By the haunted meres, Hearing the voice Of the seven spheres, Who are merged in the sun, Whom the moonlight frees, And whose…
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THE KEY OF THE MYSTERIES CHAPTER IV ARCANUM ARCANORUM THE great arcanum—that is to say, the unutterable and inexplicable secret—is the absolute knowledge of good and of evil. “When you have eaten the fruit of this tree, you will be as the gods,” said the Serpent. ABSURDITE “Tf you eat of it, you will die,” replied Divine Wisdom. Thus good and evil bear fruit on one same tree, and from one same root. Good personified is God. Evil personified is the Devil. To know the secret or the formula of God is to be God. To know the secret or the formula of…