Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

1897.] THE CYCLES OF RKLIOIONS. 817
Rpoken the wurds, " Let us make man in our image; '' but as
to how much or how little of this knowledge exist.~ly
gnat·tled h.v it11 priesthood, add to the difficulty of seen r­
ing more satisfactory proof npon thiR 11uhjeot. The writings of
the Apostles, however, furnish abundant evidence of the existence
of these traditions.
(To be oontinoed.)
By the power of wisdom man is enabled to recognize the
unity of the All, and to perceive that the microcosm of man is
the counterpart of the miLCrocoam of nature. There is nothing.
in heaven or upon the earth which may not be found in man,
and there is nothing in mab but what exi11t& in the macrocosm
of nature. The two are the same and differ from each other
in nothing but their forma. This is a truth which will be perct:ived
by every true pbilo11opher, but a merely animal intellect
will not be able to aee it, nor would man's fancy enable him to
understand it. That philosophy which is based upon wisdom
-i.~.• upon the recognition of the truth of a thing-is the true
philosophy ; hut that which is based upon fancy and the idle
speculation is false : the former is the true gold ; the latter is
merely an imitation which if put into the fire will leave nothing
but sulphur and ashes.-ParaceliCtuJ.
BEAUTY.
There'a beauty all around out· patha,
If but our watchful eyes
Can trace it 'midst familiar thinga,
And through their lowly guiae.
MRS. HE:&UNS.
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