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The Secret Doctrine. 193
in the Bible — "I praise thee with my lips, / know
not the numbers." Silence the dominant chord of
the lower animal nature, and change the vibration
to that of, the Higher Mind, and "Thou shalt become
as gods knowing good and evil."
This change of vibration, with a knowledge of the
dominant chord and the combination of the keyboard
directed by the Will, is the discovery of J.
W. Keely. The Roentgen ray is one of the "seven
forces" into which light, sound and electricity are
divisible. The secret of the Crooks tubes has been
clearly shown to consist in getting rid of a surplus
of molecules or atoms, and thereby increasing the
vibration (bombardment) of the remainder; and
thus liberating, not creating, a "new light." The
trained will of the Adept can do this, and more.
He has been seen to make his whole body luminous.
Since the experiments of Von Reichenbach have
been verified, and the "illusion-body" photographed,
such a result can no longer be declared to be a scientific
impossibihty.
It should be borne in mind that our entire philosophy
as related to man proceeds from the empirical
fact of Consciousness, with appeal taken at
every step to the facts of experience. Our theory
does not consist in any speculation or assertion re-