The principles of astrological geomancy : the art of divining by punctuation / according to Cornelius Agrippa and others ; with an appendix containing 2,048 answers to questions, by Franz Hartmann.

  • Hartmann, Franz, 1838-1912.
Date:
1889
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Credit: The principles of astrological geomancy : the art of divining by punctuation / according to Cornelius Agrippa and others ; with an appendix containing 2,048 answers to questions, by Franz Hartmann. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a comprehension of one of the greatest of all divine mysteries, the construction of the spiritual and material universe, or in other words, of Nature in her aspect as the living temple of If we therefore attempt to describe our ideas in regard to the character of these divine principles, we are well aware of the difficulty of our task, and it must be left to the reader to ask for more light, by seeking within himself for the hidden truth. Aries, or Ram, represents the universal principle of Life or O, which is the source of all things. It may also be represented as b » or the universal element of living Matter or Substance, in which all things are, and by whose power they all exist. It is “ Matter ” and “ Force ” in one ; for those terms do not represent two things essentially different from each other ; they are merely two words representing two states of the eternal One, for which there is no name. “Matter” means relative inactivity; “Force” means a higher state of activity of the same principle. The spirit of man descends into “Matter,” that is to say, it becomes relatively inactive and unconscious, and re- ascends again to its highest state as a self-conscious spiritual power. The process taking place in each individual monad corresponds to the grand process taking place in the evolution and involution of the universe as a whole. Taurus, or the Steer, represents Power. It symbolises the divine power of that universal principle, which is at once the creator, preserver, and destroyer of forms. By the inherent strength of the divine principle in Man, humanity is enabled to aspire for something higher than merely God.