Category: Isis Unveiled: H. P. Blavatsky (1877)

"All the sun-gods, with their symbol, the visible sun, are the creators of physical nature only. The spiritual is the work of the Highest God - the Concealed, the Central, Spiritual SUN, and of his Demiurge - the Divine Mind of Plato, and the Divine Wisdom of Hermes Tristmegistus - the wisdom effused from Oulom [...]

"This is the modern magnetism and mesmerism of Du Potet and other masters, who, when they have subjected a person to their fluidic influence, can impart to them all their thoughts even at a distance, and with an irresistible power force their subject to obey their mental orders.   But how far better was this [...]

"Modern science, after having ineffectually denied animal magnetism, has found herself forced to accept it as a fact. It is now a recognized property of human and animal organization; as to its psychological, occult influence, the Academies battle with it, in our century, more ferociously than ever.   It is the more to be regretted [...]

"As the Magi derived their name from it, so the Magnesian stone or Magnet was called in their honor, for they were the first to discover its wonderful properties.   Their temples dotted the country in all directions, and among these were some temples of Hercules, - hence the stone, when it once became known [...]

"Magnetism is a word for the derivation of which we have to look to an incredibly early epoch. The stone called magnet is believed by many to owe its name to Magnesia, a city or district in Thessaly, where these stones were found in quantity.   We believe, however, the opinion of the Hermetists to [...]

"The thaumaturgists of all periods, schools, and countries, produced their wonders, because they were perfectly familiar with the imponderable - in their effects - but otherwise perfectly tangible waves of the astral light. They controlled the currents by guiding them with their will-power.   The wonders were both of physical and psychological character; the former [...]

"Those who have not given attention to the subject may be surprised to find how much was known in former days of that all-pervading, subtile principle which has recently been baptized THE UNIVERSAL FATHER.   Before proceeding, we desire once more to enunciate in two categorical propositions, what was hinted at before. These propositions were [...]

"It is not so long since Professor Tyndall ushered us into a new world, peopled with airy shapes of the most ravishing beauty. "The discovery consists", he says, "in subjecting the vapors of volatile liquids to the action of concentrated sun-light, or to the concentrated beam of the electric light."   The vapors of certain [...]

"Only in connection with these discoveries, we may, perhaps, well remind our readers of the many hints to be found in the ancient histories as to a certain secret in the possession of the Egyptian priesthood, who can instantly communicate, during the celebration of the Mysteries, from one temple to another, even though the former [...]

"A long conversation has taken place between Boston and Cambridgeport by telegraph; "every word being distinctly heard and perfectly understood, and the modulations of voices being quite distinguishable", according to the official report.   The voice is seized upon, so to say, and held in form by a magnet, and sound-wave transmitted by electricity acting [...]