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The light of Egypt; or, The science of the soul and the stars

  
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Dedication
  
CONTENTS The Science of the Soul and the Stars VOLUME II
  
PUBLISHER'S PREFACE
  
PREFACE
  
INTRODUCTION TO VOL. II

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CHAPTER 1 THE ZODIAC
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CHAPTER II THE CONSTELLATIONS
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CHAPTER III THE SPIRITUAL INTERPRETATION OF THE TWELVE HOUSES OF THE HOROSCOPE
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CHAPTER IV ASTRO-THEOLOGY
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CHAPTER V ATSRO-MYTHOLOGY
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CHAPTER VI SYMBOLISM
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CHAPTER VII ALCHEMY—PART I
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CHAPTER VIII ALCHEMY-PART II
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CHAPTER IX TALISMANS
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CHAPTER X CEREMONIAL MAGIC
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CHAPTER XI THE MAGIC WAND
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THE BOOK WHICH IS CALLED THE TABLETS OF ÆTH —— THE SACRED SCROLL WHICH IS CALLED THE TABLETS OF ÆTH NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ASTRAL RECORDS AND DONE INTO A BOOK, By ZANONI, [?] TO WHICH IS ADDED A SERIES OF INTERPRETATIVE REFLECTIONS FOR THE SPIRITUAL MEDITATION OF THE FAITHFUL.
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PART I ——— OF THE TWELVE MANSIONS —— Here beginneth Chapter I of the Book which is called "The Tablets of Æth,'' wherein is transcribed the First Quadrant of the Twelve Mansions. —— "I sent my soul through the invisible, Some lesson of that after life to spell; And by and by my soul returned to me And answered, `I, myself, am Heaven and Hell.' '' —— "The moving finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line, Nor all your tears wash out a word of it.''
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PART I —— Here beginneth Chapter 2 of the Book which is called "The Tablets of Æth,'' wherein is transcribed the Second Quadrant of the Twelve Mansions. —— "How they struggle in the immense Universe! How they whirl and seek! Innumerable souls, that all spring forth From the vast world-soul. They drop from planet to planet, And in the abyss they weep For their forgotten land. These are thy tears, O Dionysus, O Spirit vast, Divine One, Liberator. Draw back thy daughters to the breast of light.'' —— "Ah, love! Could you and I with him conspire To grasp this sorry scheme of things entire, Would we not shatter it to bits? And then Remould it nearer to the heart's desire.''
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PART I —— Here beginneth Chapter 3 of the Book which is called "The Tablets of Æth,'' wherein is transcribed the Third Quadrant of the Twelve Mansions. —— "To know what really exists, one must cultivate silence with ones self, for it is in silence that the eternal and unexpected flowers open, which change their form and color according to the soul in which they grow. Souls are weighed in silence, as gold and silver are weighed in pure water.'' —— "The worldly hope men set their hearts upon turns to ashes; or it prospers, and anon, like snow upon the desert's dusty face, lighting a little hour or two, is gone.''
  
REFLECTION TABLET THE SEVENTH
  
TABLET THE EIGHTH Scorpio REFLECTION TABLET THE EIGHTH
  
TABLET THE NINTH Saggitarius REFLECTION TABLET THE NINTH
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PART 1 —— Here beginneth Chapter 4 of the Book which is called—"The Tablets of Æth,'' wherein is transcribed the Fourth Quadrant of the Twelve Mansions. —— "A hair, perhaps, divides the false and true. Yes, and a single alif were the clue— Could you but find it—to the treasure house, And, peradventure, to the Master, too. —— `Beware, O my son, of self-incense. It is the most dangerous on account of its agreeable intoxication. * * * Learn, O my beloved, that the light of Allah's truth will often penetrate an empty head more easily than one too crammed with learning.''
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PART II of The Book which is called THE TABLETS OF ÆTH —— OF THE TEN PLANETARY RULERS
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PART III of The Book which is called THE TABLETS OF ÆTH —— OF THE TEN GREAT KABBALISTICAL POWERS or ANGELS OF THE UNIVERSE
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CHAPTER XII PENETRALIA THE SECRET OF THE SOUL

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TABLET THE EIGHTH
Scorpio
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TABLET THE EIGHTH

A significant symbol to the seer, showing forth the two ultimates of life and death, of earthly things and sex. Scorpio is both the eagle of the spirit, soaring aloft, well fed with all that is worth carrying away from the earth; and also the scorpion, whose natural home is the desert.

In sex, either way, life is given. Shall it be to your spirit making fat and full your immortal self, or will the other interpretation be yours? And will you leave yourself dead and annihilated, a skeleton, to the Ego, the Divine spirit? For sex is indeed the foundation of all. Raised to the region of Libra, it is power and magnetism. To the bosom it is love; to the brain it is enthusiasm. It is the promethian fire of life, the creative force, giving vigor to whatever region to which it is raised; or, lowered, to be spent with no returns, it debases and renders life a desert of dry bones.

O child of Adam! Reflect on the fall of man from spirit to matter, and combine the wisdom of the serpent with the purity of the dove, and "lest ye partake of the tree of life ye shall surely die.''

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