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Again we are impressed with the contrast of internal and external things.Jupiter, the symbol of authority, conservatism, church, and state, and the stability of human institutions, and the things that are, as the things that are the best.But oh, how widely different the internal, the real Jupiter, that governing power of the spirit that hurls defiance at unjust authority, the cruelty and tyranny of the world.The soul sees the light beyond, and, emerging from the dark chasm of matter, knows the battle that must be fought against wrong.It is the awful--yea, terrible--symbol of defiance to gods and men who oppose its onward, upward march to the shining goal of light.Make way, then! Make way! For Earth has given birth to her giant son--the Spirit.For, listen closely, my friend, to the axiom of Immortality.What is soul? Not the spirit, mind you; not the deathless Ego, of which you at present, perchance, know absolutely nothing.Soul is mere memory; a scavenger in earthly states; and a gleaner, a hired help, in the fields of heaven; and to become immortal, there must be something more than soul as the result.It must take such a vital interest in its Lord's work that, finally it becomes too valuable to lose, and must be taken into partnership, so to say.The Ego--Lord-- has found a valued servant, a trusted steward, after much seeking, and at once adopts it as its very own.And so the soul becomes heir to the heavenly estate and receives the immortal, vital principle of spiritual union, and awakes from the son of Earth a God-like being, free from the shackles of Time--a dweller in eternity.The soul must awake and realize the Deific atom around which it revolves before it is too late.Unless this is so, the seed of immortal life, sown in matter by the Ego, has not germinated, and it returns unfruitful and dies--it is an abortion.Many, many seeds never germinate.Many good orthodox, but animal-like lives, live, move, and die,--yes, die in very truth.Would to God I could make all mankind realize this awful, inconceivable privilege of life, that, Jupiter-like, they would turn and face the light.

O child of Adam! "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."PART II

Here beginneth Chapter 3 of the Second Part of the Book which is called "The Tablets of Aeth," wherein the Third, and last, Trinity of the Planetary Rulers is faithfully transcribed.

"Thou hast entered the immeasurable regions.I am the Dweller of the Threshold.What wouldst thou with me? * * * Dost thou fear me? Am I not thy beloved? Is it not for me that thou bast rendered up the delights of thy race? Wouldst thou be wise? Mine is the wisdom of the countless ages.Kiss me, my mortal lover.""Thus man pursues his weary calling, And wrings the hard life from the sky, While happiness unseen is falling Down from God's bosom silently."TABLET THE SEVENTH

Saturn SYMBOL

A human figure with a scepter of power, a being of light crowned with flames.

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TABLET THE SEVENTH

In the external we remember Saturn as an old man, and as a skeleton with a scythe--as Time, in fact.But see, O immortal soul, the real Saturn, as the Angel of Life, having from time gathered the experiences which crown him with light, holding the rod of power; the Christ born in the manger of Capricorn, the Goat--life born of death; the conqueror of evil.He throws off the mask of age, and divine youth beams on us.He doffs the mantle of rags, and royal splendors clothe him.He lifts the hood, and behold the crown.He raises the crutch, and lo! the rod of power.He drops the scythe of death for the jewel of eternal life.

"Om Mani Padme Um." (Oh the jewel in the lotus.)O child of Adam! Meditate on the transmutations of life.Behold the earthly miracle of the caterpillar and the butterfly, of the toiling mortal andthe transcendent God!

TABLET THE EIGHTH

Uranus SYMBOL

A human eye, from which darts lightning upon an ocean of matter.VIIIREFLECTION TABLET THE EIGHTH

The state of soul and spirit--penetration; the wonderful power of soul- perception, which sheds its light on all visible things, receiving their images and interpreting them into the spirit, the all-seer--what does it not convey? The perception that can see deep into your soul and see, as it were, the yet unborn thought; that can distinguish the motive of action; that judges the realities of your soul.Such is the Astral Uranian.For with us all, are three planes of mind: The drift plane, the intellectual, and the spiritual, or internal plane; and thought- reading can be on one or all of these different states.But only the Uranian seer can read the inmost mind, and so really know the possibilities of your spirit.

Imagine an image of soft wax, covered with a sensitive skin.All impressions on the skin shape the plastic wax, but go no deeper-- do not reach the soul.You can separate these impressions from your real self, when calm and alone, and look upon emotion as a surface play.But the tragedies of life strike deep.They affect the soul, and go to the center of being."Verbum sap."O child of Adam! Watch the tempest of life closely.The Ego may sit calm amidst the storm, but, if that be stirred--BEWARE! The God acts; the soul alone watches.

TABLET THE NINTH

Neptune

A Winged Globe.IX REFLECTION

TABLET THE NINTH