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"So far our modern positivists have been anticipated by thousands of ages, in their cautious philosophy. What the Hermetic adepts claim to demonstrate is, that simple common sense precludes the possibility that the universe is the result of mere chance.   Such an idea appears to him more absurd than to think that the problems [...]

"Our modern science acknowledges a Supreme Power, an Invisible Principle, but denies a Supreme Being, or Personal God. Logically, the difference between the two might be questioned; for in this case the Power and the Being are identical.   Human reason can hardly imagine to itself an intelligent Supreme Power without associating it with the [...]

"As well as those who lived in the days of the Psammetics, our present-day philosophers "lift the Veil of Isis" - for Isis is but the symbol of nature. But, they see only her physical forms. The soul within escapes their view; and the Divine Mother has no answer for them.   There are anatomists, [...]

"The ancient Kabalist rested upon no hypothesis till he could lay its basis upon the firm rock of recorded experiment. But the too great dependence upon physical facts led to a growth of materialism and decadence of spirituality and faith.   At the time of Aristotle, this was the prevailing tendency of thought. And though [...]

"If we accept Darwin's theory of the development of species, we find that his starting-point is placed in front of an open door. We are at liberty with him, to either remain within, or cross the threshold, beyond which lies the limitless and the incomprehensible, or rather the Unutterable.   If our mortal language is [...]