"The lips
of wisdom are closed, except to the ears of Understanding"
"Where fall
the footsteps of the Master, the ears of those ready for his Teaching open
wide."
"When the
ears of the student are ready to hear, then cometh the lips to fill them
with Wisdom."
"The
Principles of Truth are Seven; he who knows these, understandingly,
possesses the Magic Key before whose touch all the Doors of the Temple fly
open".
"THE ALL IS
MIND; The Universe is Mental."
"As above,
so below; as below, so above."
"Nothing
rests; everything moves; everything vibrates."
"Everything
is Dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; like
and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature, but different in
degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half-truths; all paradoxes may be
reconciled."
"Everything
flows, out and in; everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the
pendulum-swing manifests in everything; the measure of the swing to the
right is the measure of the swing to the left; rhythm compensates."
"Every
Cause has its Effect; every Effect has its Cause; everything happens
according to Law; Chance is but a name for Law not recognized; there are
many planes of causation, but nothing escapes the Law."
"Gender is
in everything; everything has its Masculine and Feminine Principles; Gender
manifests on all planes."
"Mind (as
well as metals and elements) may be transmuted, from state to state; degree
to degree; condition to condition; pole to pole; vibration to vibration.
True Hermetic Transmutation is a Mental Art."
"Under, and
back of, the Universe of Time, Space and Change, is ever to be found The
Substantial Reality - the Fundamental Truth."
"THAT which
is the Fundamental Truth-the Substantial Reality--is beyond true naming, but
the Wise Men call it THE ALL."
"In its
Essence, THE ALL is UNKNOWABLE."
"But, the
report of Reason must be hospitably received, and treated with respect."
"The
Universe is Mental--held in the Mind of THE ALL."
"THE ALL
creates in its Infinite Mind countless Universes, which exist for aeons of
Time--and yet, to THE ALL, the creation, development, decline and death of a
million Universes is as the time of the twinkling of an eye."
"The Infinite Mind of THE ALL is the womb of Universes."
"Within the
Father-Mother Mind, mortal children are at home."
"There is not one who is Fatherless, nor Motherless in the Universe."
"The
half-wise, recognizing the comparative unreality of the Universe, imagine
that they may defy its Laws--such are vain and presumptuous fools, and they
are broken against the rocks and torn asunder by the elements by reason of
their folly. The truly wise, knowing the nature of the Universe, use Law
against laws; the higher against the lower; and by the Art of Alchemy
transmute that which is undesirable into that which is worthy, and thus
triumph. Mastery consists not in abnormal dreams, visions and fantastic
imaginings or living, but in using the higher forces against the
lower--escaping the pains of the lower planes by vibrating on the higher.
Transmutation, not presumptuous denial, is the weapon of the Master."
"While All
is in THE ALL, it is equally true that THE ALL is in ALL. To him who truly
understands this truth hath come great knowledge.
"The
possession of Knowledge, unless accompanied by a manifestation and
expression in Action, is like the hoarding of precious metals-a vain and
foolish thing. Knowledge, like wealth, is intended for Use. The Law of Use
is Universal, and he who violates it suffers by reason of his conflict with
natural forces."
"To change
your mood or mental state-change your vibration."
"To destroy
an undesirable rate of mental vibration, put into operation the principle of
Polarity and concentrate upon the opposite pole to that which you desire to
suppress. Kill out the undesirable by changing its polarity."
"Mind (as
well as metals and elements) may be transmuted from state to state degree to
degree. condition to condition pole to pole; vibration to vibration."
"Rhythm may
be neutralized by an application of the Art of Polarization."
"Nothing
escapes the Principle of Cause and Effect, but there are many Planes of
Causation, and one may use the laws of the higher to overcome the laws of
the lower."
"The wise
ones serve on the higher, but rule on the lower. They obey the laws coming
from above them, But on their own plane, and those below them they rule and
give orders. And, yet, in so doing, they form a part of the Principle,
instead of opposing it. The wise man falls in with the Law, and by
understanding its movements he operates it instead of being its blind slave.
Just as does the skilled swimmer turn this way and that way, going and
coming as he will, instead of being as the log which is carried here and
there-so is the wise man as compared to the ordinary man-and yet both
swimmer and log; wise man and fool, are subject to Law. He who understands
this is well on the road to Mastery"
"True
Hermetic Transmutation is a Mental Art."