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THE OCCULT MAGAZINE. ht tJ«oul/ltd for in Ihal ?uay. A verdict of death from natural causes was returned. [Aye! something more than a' u strange coincidence," be it observed, for Astrology is a sCience as tiifallible as Astronomy itself, with the condition, however, that its interpreters must be equally infallible j and it is this c~ndition, stilt qua non, so very difficult of realisation, that has always proved a stumblingblock to both. Astrology is to exact astronomy what psychology is to exact physiology. In astrology and psychology one has to step beyond the visible world of matter, and enter into the domain of transcendent spirit. If astronomers cannot explain to us the Occult law, by which the drifting particles of cosmic matter aggregate into worlds, and then take their places in the majestic procession which is ceaselessly moving around some central point of attraction, how can any ~me assume to 'say what mystic influences mayor may not be .Parting through space, and affecting the. issues of life upon this and other planets? Almost nothing is known of the laws of Magnetism and the oth~r imponqerable agents i almost nothing of their effects upon our bodies or minds; even that which is "known and, moreover, perfectly demonstrated, is attributed to chance and curious (oin(lilt1Jee I But we shall have something very interesting to say to our readers very soon upon this much·tabooed subject.-ED.] . Ollly
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"I have'received great l'evelations, and I have enjoyed no little sweetQ"ess, from these flaming Spirits (Angels). But the. Lord has afterwards led me into hell (Iht Elem"ltal ,pheres), and showll me the clifference of Spirit~, of which J could write a good (leal, distinguishing Fire-Spirits, i,MetalSpirits, or Mountain-Spirits, Wood and Air-Spirits, and what their respective powers, working, colours, and forms are, also their t.ransfOJ1nations, and the glorious order in which they appear in indescribabJe majesty. -. We paint them black, and in all kinds of beast-like forms, hut they differ, and know how to transform themselves out of air quickly. 'But salt is repugnant to them, for in it is a di\'irie spark, as there is in the prima lIIateria of a11 created things:which the Magi uncit!rstooa well, but this is called mere witchcraft and infidelity."-J. G. GICHTEL. Letltr to a Friend, ;675· In connection with . the above quotation it will be well to herein add a few remarks regarding the" U pagan" origin of ;the -Catholk "Ritual, for t~is church despoiled the Kabalists and Theurgists 'of their Magical rites and ceremonies, prior to hUrlin'~ anathemas upon their devoted heads. ,Here is translation from the Kabalislic Rilua/, and tha which is known as the Roman Ritual, the ritual of Paul V., revised by the most learned of modem •
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ExtJrdsm of Sall. Exormm 0/ SaIl. The Priest blesses Iht Sa/I The Priest-Magician blesses and says: "CrealUrto/SaII, 1M Sall and says: "Ct'talllrl I exorcise thee in the name of 0/ Sail, in thee may remain the living God ••• become the WISDOM (of God); and Iht htall" tJ/ I"t StJUI ami if may it preserve from all cor- Ilu botl)ll Everywhere where ruption ()ut' minds antlLlwiiu. thou art thrown may 1M N"'Through Hochmael (7N"~n tlean sjiril bt 1"1 ~ flitlJl. God of Wisdom), and the ••• AlIltn," powC'r of "Ruarh Hochmael (Spirit of the Holy Ghost) may the Spirits of MaUer (bad Spirits) before it recede. ••• Amen."
Pagani.
Let our readers remember that the above quota· tion is from Ihe /at,,1 revision of the Catholic Ritual, 1851-2, as the former ODeS will be found more striking in 'dentity of phraseology, as well as in ceremonial "forms. In our forthcoming 'number we shall add the Exorcisms of Waler and Elemtnial Spirits from both Rituals, viz."the Kabalislic and the .Homa" Catholk.
<QJ;o QtOtft.&ponbmt.&. MRS. S. W., HENLEY-IN·ARDEN.
JAPANESE MnUoOllS.- ' That which you refer to contains nothing certainly of a MOg'kat, or Magnd;c nature. They are, however, curious, because when a ray of SUtlIi~ht is reRected by , their surface, and is received on a white screen, one &eel in the figure which ar,pears there the reproduction of i the forms in relief p aced at the back pf the Mirror. You might read the experimen.ts of Beron and Dubosq in the Annales tit Chimu tI tk Ph)l8i9U1, for May, 1880. l But the real Magic Mirror is quite a distinct article, being for the purpose ·of developing Clairvoyance, and has the advantage ove.r a vase of water, and other bright objects, because the eye of the seer b: not fatigued by the glitter of a large body of bright ray.. T"bey are made also so lUi to retain the Magnetism. It takes care. ful practice to make perfect in this, like everything else•. But when the p"erson is naturally endowed with a certain amount of clairvoyant power the case is otherwise. In the works of Randolph, Lane's MotItrn EgyPl, etc" etC., you will find interesting accounts of such.- 10 a short time a series of articles on this subject will appear in our Monthly.
G. F. J ITALY.
SOUL'S RETURN TO THE MUMMY.-No;
the learntd people of ancient Egypt believed nothing or what you insinuate. What (hey believed-and with good reason too-was this :-The Li/e·AltJlns of the corpse, or Mummy, (or a period of several thousands of years, notwithstanding its so-called preservation, by embalming, continued to throw off invisible atoms which enter, or are inrused, throughout every variety of organised life·forms. At the close of 301Xl year~enerally speakinr-a£ter endless transmigrations, these life-atoms ar~ &gain united together, and (orm the new body o( lliat soul which had already been corpori6ed with them, 3000 years previously. -These me-atoms are magnetically united together, OWing to the Jaws of affinity, and are once more reincarnated together. 'We are constantly" throwing them off. Let us hold some object In the hand for a few moments, and the trained Lucid, or Psycho. metrist will-even thousands o( years after the occur· rence-see us, and sense the very feelings we had at the time that we touched such a substance: