posted September 01, 2011 02:49 PM            

"Esoteric hermetic alchemists may reject work on exoteric substances, instead directing their search for the philosopher's stone inward."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher%27s_stone

posted September 02, 2011 09:18 AM            

The pineal gland (also called the pineal body, epiphysis cerebri, epiphysis or the "third eye") is a small endocrine gland in the vertebrate brain. It produces the serotonin derivative melatonin, a hormone that affects the modulation of wake/sleep patterns and seasonal functions.Its shape resembles a tiny pine cone (hence its name), and it is located near the centre of the brain, between the two hemispheres, tucked in a groove where the two rounded thalamic bodies join.

The notion of a "pineal-eye" is central to the philosophy of the French writer Georges Bataille, which is analyzed at length by literary scholar Denis Hollier in his study Against Architecture. In this work Hollier discusses how Bataille uses the concept of a "pineal-eye" as a reference to a blind-spot in Western rationality, and an organ of excess and delirium. This conceptual device is explicit in his surrealist texts, The Jesuve and The Pineal Eye

“The common eye sees only the outside of things, and judges by that, but the ‘all seeing eye’ pierces through, and reads the heart and the soul, finding there capacities which the outside didn’t indicate or promise, and which the other kind couldn’t detect.”

http://www.richardcassaro.com/occult-symbolism-behind-pine-cone-art-architecture

Pigna

The name means "pine cone" in Italian, It decorated a fountain in Ancient Rome next to a vast Temple of Isis. There water flowed copiously from the top of the pinecone. It was built by the Romans in the 1st century

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Isis_%28Pompeii%29

posted September 02, 2011 01:27 PM            

Very interesting information...

I sometimes wonder about how they say
the pineal gland hardens to stone, starting
at age 12, or something like that, lol
I wonder if keeping it open, not letting
it harden and be un-used, if this could be
obtaining the Philosopher's Stone!?

and knowing, Mind Over Matter, M O M
if only we used 100% of our brain, than
the 12% they say we are using now. ...

posted September 02, 2011 02:20 PM            

quote:

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Originally posted by Emeraldopal:
Mblake81,

Very interesting information...

I sometimes wonder about how they say
the pineal gland hardens to stone, starting
at age 12, or something like that, lol
I wonder if keeping it open, not letting
it harden and be un-used, if this could be
obtaining the Philosopher's Stone!?

and knowing, Mind Over Matter, M O M
if only we used 100% of our brain, than
the 12% they say we are using now. ...

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Dec 21, 1985

Calcification of the pineal gland is shown to be closely related to defective sense of direction. In a tricentre prospective study of 750 patients lateral skull radiographs showed that 394 had calcified pineal glands. Sense of direction was assessed by subjective questioning and objective testing and the results noted on a scale of 0-10 (where 10 equals perfect sense of direction). The average score for the 394 patients with pineal gland calcification was 3.7 (range 0-8), whereas the 356 patients without pineal gland calcification had an average score of 7.6 (range 2-10). This difference was highly significant (p less than 0.01). A smaller parallel study in pigeons showed that pineal calcification also leads to a reduction in homing abilities. The findings suggested that the pineal gland plays an important part in directional sense and that damage to the gland, as indicated by calcification, causes defective sense of direction - perhaps by altering the intrinsic intracranial electromagnetic environment and thus affecting the magnetite response mechanism.

http://health.msn.com/health-topics/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100253379

The 10 percent myth

It is true that many organs have more capacity than we actually need on a day-to-day basis. You can have an entire lung or kidney removed and get along fine without them. You can do without your appendix, your thymus and your spleen. There's skin, intestines and bone marrow to spare, as well.

But that's not true of the brain. Brain scans, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or positron emission tomography (PET) show that humans regularly use all of the brain. Some parts may be more active at any given time or during a particular activity. Some parts of the brain may be less critical than others for vital functions, such as breathing, speaking, understanding or walking. But no part of the brain is known to be completely unused or unnecessary.

posted September 02, 2011 02:39 PM            

quote:

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Originally posted by Emeraldopal:
I wonder if keeping it open, not letting
it harden and be un-used...

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And what else?

posted September 02, 2011 03:09 PM            

so if we use our pineal gland,
Our Third Eye..
we can attain Enlightenment!

then the Pineal Gland
is like a Magic Orb!? hehe

posted September 02, 2011 03:28 PM            

quote:

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Originally posted by Emeraldopal:
hmmmm...
so if we use our pineal gland,
Our Third Eye..
we can attain Enlightenment!

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If you manage to use it with skill that is the reward.

To Bunk with Enlightenment

"It's like a finger pointing to the moon, don't concentrate on the finger because you will miss all that heavenly glory"

-Bruce Lee

Also, I do not think they meant magic in the same way we understand it today..

posted September 02, 2011 03:57 PM            

Instead of Magic..

I'll say Power of the Mind!

posted September 02, 2011 07:50 PM            

quote:

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Originally posted by Mblake81:
If you manage to use it with skill that is the reward.

Also, I do not think they meant magic in the same way we understand it today..

I am not after things of this nature.

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Mblake im glad about you not going after things of this nature.
But there are who follow it as it was taught in the yesteryears even today.
I cannot help but feel sad for them.

posted September 02, 2011 08:49 PM            

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8109822533221897197

I am glad to have found this. I find Pierre Grimes to be a very interesting person to listen to.

http://www.appa.edu/progrim.htm

Pierre Grimes

http://www.philosophicalmidwifery.com

Education:
Ph.D., Comparative Philosophy, University of Pacific, Stockton, CA 1961
M.A., Comparative Philosophy, University of Pacific, Stockton, CA 1958
B.A., Philosophy, San Francisco State College, San Francisco, CA 1954

Positions Currently Held:
Professor of Philosophy, Golden West College - 1964 to present
President, the Noetic Society, Inc. (for the study of dialogue and dialectic) 1976 - present
Director, Academy for Philosophical Midwifery (for the practice and teaching of Philosophical Midwifery) 1983 to present. (weekly classes in Philosophical Midwifery & Dreams)
Board of Directors, ASPCP, National Advisory Board, APPA
Professor of Classical Philosophy for the Holmes Institute Graduate School of Consciousness Studies, 1998, 1999
Workshops at the Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA, each year since 1991 (scheduled 7/23-28, 2000)
Demonstrations/Classical Philosophy weekly at the Philosophical Research Society, 1995 to 1999. (115 video tapes available)

posted September 02, 2011 10:39 PM            

quote:

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Originally posted by rajji:
But there are who follow it as it was taught in the yesteryears even today.
I cannot help but feel sad for them.

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posted September 04, 2011 08:54 AM            

Plato was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science.

Plato is on the left pointing his finger above, Aristotle is on the right with his hand below.

The great Second Hermetic Principle embodies the truth that there is a harmony, agreement, and correspondence between the several planes of Manifestation, Life and Being. This truth is a truth because all that is included in the Universe emanates from the same source, and the same laws, principles, and characteristics apply to each unit, or combination of units, of activity, as each manifests its own phenomena upon its own plane.

"As above, so below; as below, so above."--The Kybalion.

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posted September 04, 2011 10:54 AM            

1 (1 of 12)Pierre Grimes welcomes you to explore metaphysics, dreams, knowledge, and belief.

-I trust you can follow the youtube links to each video, I do not want to link twelve videos.

*Note: To those interested, this guy goes deep into subjects with detail, hence so many videos. So far they are Iphone friendly

posted September 05, 2011 02:05 PM            

Luxor Temple is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the River Nile in the city today known as Luxor (ancient Thebes) and was founded in 1400 BCE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UiaKsVh4rw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2zroftqJbs&feature=related

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http://www.jawest.net/

JOHN ANTHONY WEST is a writer and independent Egyptologist who has been studying and writing about ancient Egypt for nearly three decades. He is the foremost exponent of the 'Symbolist' school of Egyptology--which sees (and demonstrates) an ancient sacred science where modern academics see mainly superstition. West's non-fiction books include Serpent in the Sky: The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt (a detailed examination of the symbolist interpretation of Egypt), The Traveler's Key to Ancient Egypt, and The Case for Astrology. He has also written a book of short stories, a novel, plays, and film scripts. His essays and criticism have appeared in The New York Times, Conde Nast's Traveler, and many other general interest and specialized publications in America and abroad.

posted September 05, 2011 03:00 PM            

*NOTE: I am not advocating the use or making of any tinctures this video talks about near the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=711GUvU06eY

“The Great Work is the uniting of opposites. It may mean the uniting of the soul with God, of the microcosm with the macrocosm, of the female with the male, of the ego with the non-ego.” Aleister Crowley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziE8OA0pLfc

posted September 05, 2011 03:03 PM            

Awesome!

posted September 09, 2011 09:43 AM            

The Revelation of the Pyramids 1/7

The Revelation Of The Pyramids takes an in depth look into one of the seven wonders of the world, the Great Pyramids of Egypt. Mystery has surrounded these epic structures for centuries with theories varying from the scientific to the bizarre.

However with over thirty-seven years of in depth research taking in sites from China, Peru, Mexico and Egypt, one scientist has as at last managed first to understand and then to reveal what lies behind this greatest of archaeological mysteries: a message of paramount importance for all mankind, through time and space.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXSYCVAjJsc&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZujcwlhAb8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nf03JJXH0U&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMQDlIT-Mrg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMQDlIT-Mrg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qurBkes4t94&feature=related

posted September 09, 2011 10:30 AM            

"Wings In the more general sense, wings symbolize spirituality, imagination, thought. The Greeks portrayed love and victory as winged figures, and some deities, such as Athena, Artemis and Aphrodite were at first—though not later—also depicted with wings... .In alchemy, wings are always associated with the higher, active, male principle; animals without wings are related to the passive female principle."

"For the Romans, the caduceus served as a symbol of moral equilibrium and of good conduct. The wand represents power; the two snakes wisdom; the wings diligence; and the helmet is the emblem of lofty thoughts... According to esoteric Buddhism, the wand of the caduceus corresponds to the axis of the world and the serpents refer to the force called Kundalini, which, in Tantrist teaching, sleeps coiled up at the base of the backbone—a symbol of the evolutive power of pure energy. Schneider maintains that the two S-shapes of the serpents correspond to illness and convalescence. In reality, what defines the essence of the caduceus is the nature and meaning not so much of its individual elements as of the composite whole. The precisely symmetrical and bilateral arrangement, as in the balance of Libra, or in the tri-unity of heraldry (a shield between two supporters), is always expressive of the same idea of active equilibrium, of opposing forces balancing one another in such a way as to create a higher, static form. In the caduceus, this balanced duality is twice stated: in the serpents and in the wings, thereby emphasising that supreme state of strength and self-control (and consequently of health) which can be achieved both on the lower plane of the instincts (symbolised by the serpents) and on the higher level of the spirit (represented by the wings)."

posted September 09, 2011 06:24 PM            

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAFZ1g4_QCQ&feature=player_embedded

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI1UHyMNY3s&feature=related

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi7cFKLNIqU&feature=related

4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV1X5ic_jAE&feature=related

posted September 09, 2011 06:25 PM            

quote:

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Originally posted by Mblake81:
http://www.egyptianmyths.net/nekhebet.htm

Nekhebet was often shown with Buto, the cobra-goddess of the North. As protective deities, they symbolized a united Egypt and guarded the pharaoh. Nekhebet was often shown with her wings spread above the pharaoh in a protective and almost motherly gesture of protection.

http://www.egyptianmyths.net/buto.htm

Buto did not just protect Egypt, she also was an aggressive defender of the king. She was portrayed as the uraeus cobra first worn on the brow of Re, and later the pharaohs'. Her hood is spread in a threatening position and she is ready to spit poison on all of the pharaoh's enemies or burn them with her fiery glare. It is thought perhaps that her powers could be used against the pharaoh as well.

A vulture is a scavenging bird of prey. There are about 20 different species of vulture, divided into the Old World and New World varieties. Old World vultures belong to the family Accipitridae, while New World vultures belong to the Cathartidae. These two groups are not closely related, and their similarities are due to convergent evolution rather than to a genetic relationship.

Many types of vulture have a bald head and neck, which helps the bird stay clean, especially when plunging its head deep into a carcass. Old World vultures typically find their prey by sight, while New World vultures usually rely on their sense of smell. The vulture usually eats dead carcasses, but it may also feed on sick or injured animals.

The vulture is often used as a symbol of opportunistic exploitation of the dead or of tragedy in Western culture, and people who are thought to profit from death in any way are sometimes referred to as vultures. In Ancient Egypt, however, the vulture was a symbol of motherhood and of lasting romantic love, as the Nubian Vulture of Africa closely bonds with both mates and offspring.

* The vulture is a very powerful totem. Its cycle of power is year-round. If you have a Vulture as a spirit guide or totem, it can show you how to use energy powerfully and efficiently. It glides effortlessly on the winds, soaring to extraordinary heights while using little or no energy. The Vulture skillfully employs already existing air currents against the pull of gravity, symbolizing the distribution of energy so that gravity (or cares) do not weigh it (you) down. In the process the vulture does not use its own energy, but the energies of the Earth instead, the energies of the Earth --- or the Natural Order of Things --- being ONE of the mainstay sources in The Power of the Shaman.

The scientific name for the Turkey Vulture is CATHARTES AURA which means GOLDEN PURIFIER because as it goes about it's lifetime business it purifies the landscape and environment in it's own natural way, ensuring the continued health and life of other living things. The Vulture is a promise that all hardship was temporary and necessary for a higher purpose. Once a Vulture enters your life as a totem or guide, it will remain with you for life.

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posted September 12, 2011 12:30 AM            

Another way of saying it:

Seven Chakras/Hormonal Glands

Chakra Control/Gland Control

1. Perineum Chakra/Gland. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perineum

In human anatomy, the perineum (Late Latin, from Greek περίνεος - perineos]) is a region of the body including the perineal body and surrounding structures. It is generally defined as the surface region in both males and females between the pubic symphysis and the coccyx. The perineum is the region of the body inferior to the pelvic diaphragm and between the legs. It is a diamond-shaped area on the inferior surface of the trunk which includes the anus and, in females, the vagina.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenal_medulla

The adrenal medulla is part of the adrenal gland. It is located at the center of the gland, being surrounded by the adrenal cortex. It is the innermost part of the adrenal gland, consisting of cells that secrete epinephrine (adrenaline), norepinephrine (noradrenaline), and a small amount of dopamine in response to stimulation by sympathetic preganglionic neurons

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight-or-flight_response

The fight-or-flight response (also called the fight-or-flight-or-freeze response, hyperarousal, or the acute stress response) was first described by Walter Bradford Cannon.

His theory states that animals react to threats with a general discharge of the sympathetic nervous system, priming the animal for fighting or fleeing. This response was later recognized as the first stage of a general adaptation syndrome that regulates stress responses among vertebrates and other organisms.

2. Ovaries/Testicle Chakra/Gland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_hormones

Natural sex steroids are made by the gonads (ovaries or testes), by adrenal glands, or by conversion from other sex steroids in other tissue such as liver or fat. Sex steroids, also known as gonadal steroids, are steroid hormones that interact with vertebrate androgen or estrogen receptors. Their effects are mediated by slow genomic mechanisms through nuclear receptors as well as by fast nongenomic mechanisms through membrane-associated receptors and signaling cascades. The term sex hormone is nearly always synonymous with sex steroid. The non-steroid hormones luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone and gonadotropin-releasing hormone are usually not regarded as sex hormones, although they play major sex-related roles.

3.Pancreas Chakra/Gland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreas

The pancreas /ˈpæŋkriəs/ is a gland organ in the digestive and endocrine system of vertebrates. It is both an endocrine gland producing several important hormones, including insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin, as well as a digestive organ, secreting pancreatic juice containing digestive enzymes that assist the absorption of nutrients and the digestion in the small intestine. These enzymes help to further break down the carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids in the chyme.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islets_of_Langerhans

The islets of Langerhans are the regions of the pancreas that contain its endocrine (i.e., hormone-producing) cells. Discovered in 1869 by German pathological anatomist Paul Langerhans at the age of 22, the islets of Langerhans constitute approximately 1 to 2% of the mass of the pancreas. There are about one million islets in a healthy adult human pancreas, which are distributed throughout the organ; their combined mass is 1 to 1.5 grams.

4. Immune System Chakra/Gland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymus

The thymus is a specialized organ of the immune system. The thymus produces and "educates" T-lymphocytes (T cells), which are critical cells of the adaptive immune system.

Each T cell attacks a foreign substance which it identifies with its receptor. T cells have receptors which are generated by randomly shuffling gene segments. Each T cell attacks a different substance. T cells that attack the body's own proteins are eliminated in the thymus. Thymic epithelial cells express major proteins from elsewhere in the body, and T cells that respond to those proteins are eliminated through cell suicide (apoptosis).

The thymus is composed of two identical lobes and is located anatomically in the anterior superior mediastinum, in front of the heart and behind the sternum.

5. Thyroid Chakra/Gland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyroid

In vertebrate anatomy, the thyroid gland or simply, the thyroid (pronounced /ˈθaɪrɔɪd .../), is one of the largest endocrine glands. The thyroid gland is found in the neck, below (inferior to) the thyroid cartilage (which forms the laryngeal prominence, or 'Adam's Apple'). The isthmus (the bridge between the two lobes of the thyroid) is located inferior to the cricoid cartilage.

The thyroid gland controls how quickly the body uses energy, makes proteins, and controls how sensitive the body should be to other hormones. It participates in these processes by producing thyroid hormones, the principal ones being triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4). These hormones regulate the rate of metabolism and affect the growth and rate of function of many other systems in the body. T3 and T4 are synthesized from both iodine and tyrosine. The thyroid also produces calcitonin, which plays a role in calcium homeostasis.

Hormonal output from the thyroid is regulated by thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) produced by the anterior pituitary, which itself is regulated by thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) produced by the hypothalamus.

The thyroid gets its name from the Greek word for "shield", after the shape of the related thyroid cartilage. The most common problems of the thyroid gland consist of an overactive thyroid gland, referred to as hyperthyroidism, and an underactive thyroid gland, referred to as hypothyroidism.

6. Pineal Chakra/Gland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineal_gland

The pineal gland (also called the pineal body, epiphysis cerebri, epiphysis or the "third eye") is a small endocrine gland in the vertebrate brain. It produces the serotonin derivative melatonin, a hormone that affects the modulation of wake/sleep patterns and seasonal functions. Its shape resembles a tiny pine cone (hence its name), and it is located near the centre of the brain, between the two hemispheres, tucked in a groove where the two rounded thalamic bodies join.

7. Pituitary Chakra/Gland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pituitary_gland

In vertebrate anatomy the pituitary gland, or hypophysis, is an endocrine gland about the size of a pea and weighing 0.5 g (0.02 oz.), in humans. It is a protrusion off the bottom of the hypothalamus at the base of the brain, and rests in a small, bony cavity (sella turcica) covered by a dural fold (diaphragma sellae). The pituitary is functionally connected to the hypothalamus by the median eminence via a small tube called the infundibular stem (Pituitary Stalk). The pituitary fossa, in which the pituitary gland sits, is situated in the sphenoid bone in the middle cranial fossa at the base of the brain. The pituitary gland secretes nine hormones that regulate homeostasis.

Anterior pituitary (Adenohypophysis)

The anterior pituitary synthesizes and secretes the following important endocrine hormones:

Somatotropins:

Growth hormone (also referred to as 'Human Growth Hormone', 'HGH' or 'GH' or somatotropin), released under influence of hypothalamic Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone (GHRH); inhibited by hypothalamic Somatostatin

Thyrotropins:

Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), released under influence of hypothalamic Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone (TRH)

Corticotropins:

Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), released under influence of hypothalamic Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (CRH)
Beta-endorphin, released under influence of hypothalamic Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (CRH)

Lactotropins:

Prolactin (PRL), also known as 'Luteotropic' hormone (LTH), released under influence of multiple hypothalamic Prolactin-Releasing Factors (PRH) including dopamine, estrogen, progesterone and thyrotropin-releasing hormone.

Gonadotropins:

Luteinizing hormone (also referred to as 'Lutropin' or 'LH' or, in males, 'Interstitial Cell-Stimulating Hormone' (ICSH))
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), both released under influence of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH)

Melanotrophins:

Melanocyte–stimulating hormones (MSHs) or "intermedins," as these are released by the pars intermedia, which is "the middle part"; adjacent to the posterior pituitary lobe, pars intermedia is a specific part developed from the anterior pituitary lobe.

These hormones are released from the anterior pituitary under the influence of the hypothalamus. Hypothalamic hormones are secreted to the anterior lobe by way of a special capillary system, called the hypothalamic-hypophysial portal system.

posted September 12, 2011 08:51 AM            

Excerpt from “BALANCING POLARITIES”:

“The place in the human body that holds the key to the Balancing of the Male and Female polarities is in the Sacred Triangle of the brain. The inner marriage of the male and female polarities, the Mystical Marriage within the Sacred Triangle, balances the polarities in the brain. Once these polarities are balanced, Whole Brain Thinking is activated.

The pineal and pituitary glands are polarized in that the Pineal Gland is feminine/receptive and the Pituitary Gland is masculine/projective. Therefore, once these two glands can share, combine, and merge their essence in the third ventricle of the brain, the charges/polarities are gradually balanced in the Earth Vessel. Of course, nothing will actually be taken away. Just as the balance of male and female polarities equates to a fully charged battery, a balance of male and female in the brain equates to a fully charged biological computer.

posted September 21, 2011 11:07 AM            

DUALITY OF GOD, MAN AND NATURE

God, or let us call it the outer expression of the Law, is dual in nature and manifestation. This is most easily understood by the finite expression of outer and inner, upper and lower, or perhaps by positive and negative. We maintain that life, light and motion are attributes of manifested existence. Where they do not exist, death, darkness and inertia appear as the opposites, but they are not attributes; their seeming presence is simply the absence of the attributes.
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This is an Occult Arcanum and once understood will change the entire outlook of those who have become conscious of this Law. A material success, however desirable, is but one expression of a dual law. It is nonlasting, fleeting and temporal because it is not balanced. When, however, such success is made positive, or combined with the other expression of the Law, the Spiritual development or advancement of the self, then the double Law is being fulfilled; and it is a success, both real and lasting. However much we decry Scriptural tests, nevertheless, such texts as "Seek ye first the kingdom of heaven, and all other things will be added unto you" are basic laws. Therefore, if one obeys the Hermetic Law and first, or even concurrently, develops the Spiritual or Soul nature, success is assured in the material realm; and what is most important, it balances the dual Law and is a lasting success.