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1909 · PDF PAGE 72

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…when it appears to be buried beneath the greatest errors, is the life of all that lives. As a registered subscriber to 7hke Equinox, you will have an opportunity, should you desire it,of being examined by the A.°. A.°. as to your fitness for instruction and assistance in your search for Truth. The Review will appear on or about the 21st of March and the 21st of Sep- temberin each year. Each of the more important articles will be paged separately with their titles, so that they may be bound up by themselves if so desired. A few copies of each wi…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 14

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x INTRODUCTION But it is necessary to settle on something: bad rules are better than no rules at all. We may then hope that our critics will aid our acknowledged feebleness ; and if it be agreed that much learning hath made us mad, that we may receive humane treatment and a liberal allowance of rubber-cores in our old age. 4. The Tree of Life is the skeleton on which this ‘body of truth is built.- The juxtaposition and proportion of its parts should be fully studied. Practice alone will enable the student to determine how far an analogy may be …

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1909 · PDF PAGE 10

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[The A.. A.. has not afproved the following Intro- duction, but in accordance with Its principle of never interfering with the will of others, has permitted the scribe employed to perform the work of tabulation to express his own views.]

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1909 · PDF PAGE 11

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…ENTIAE SUMMAE THE followingis an attempt to systematise alike the data of mysticism and the results of comparative religion. The sceptic will applaud our labours, for that the very catholicity of the symbols denies them any objective validity, since, in sO many contradictions, something must be false; while the mystic will rejoice equally that the self-same catholicity all-embracing -proves that very validity, since after all something must be true. Fortunately we have learnt to combine these ideas, not in the mutual toleration of sub-contrarie…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 52

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…. Muscular System . 37 Water Nymphs, Sirens, Lorelei, Mermaids (cf. MX) Kidneys, Bladder, &c. . Phantoms, Were-wolves Legs and Feet . 29 Will o’ the Wisp . Circulatory System . 80 Salamanders Organs of Circulation . (81 Ghuls, Larvz, Corpse Candles Excretory System 82 The Dweller of the Threshold, Gnomes Excretory Organs, Skeleton . . 182 bis {Socratic Genius] . Organs of Intelligence . . [81 bis

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1909 · PDF PAGE 20

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…f the House of Influence . 1 Yellow, greenish . Strength . I. sejal the Activities of the Spiritual 19 Green, yellowish . Hermit . I. of Will 20 Violet Wheel of Fortune . I. of Conciliation . 21 Emerald green Justice Faithfull. . 22| Deep blue . The Hanged Man— [Cups] | Stable I. . {23 Green blue . paw Imaginative I. 24 Blue . Temperance I. of Probation or Tentative One 25 Indigo The Devil Renovating I. . 96 Scarlet The House of God Exciting I. . 27 Violet The Star Naturall. . 28 Crimson (ultra violet) The Moon Corporeal I. 29 Orange . The Sun.…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 54

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…te of all dol,!l sole pdtiiel| most mighty Js the rst ‘| Cor. V. (continued)— J 31 i lag! bountiful giver a lil ela! holder all-wise gl! will exalter humbler all-hearer hater Jus! al just judge long-suffering, all-knower gracious sl asta worthy of thanks pardoner eal pe | protector the great glorious numberer cage! wad| hearer of com- _ beholder of hearts plaints S309) reconciler healer, wise RWhal ws LI witness of all sender op sil Je)! strong advocate droll sl worthy of thanks foster-father dena! peal resurrector beginner living stayer doa LJ…

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1909 · PDF PAGE 13

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…e identify the thaumaturgic Chauvinist of Matthew with the metaphysical Logos of John? In short, while the human mind is mobile, so long will the definitions of all our terms vary. 1 All symbolism is perhaps ultimately so; there is no necessary relation in thought between the idea of a mother, the sound of the child's cry ‘‘ Ma,” and the combination of lines ma. This, too, is the extreme case, since ‘‘ma”’ is the sound naturally just produced by opening the lips and breathing. Hindus would make a great fuss over this true connection; but it is …

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