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of the same production; in comparatively minute quantities; of very
different; yet often characteristic forms of matter。〃
From the whole of the foregoing; we observe the exact position to be
the one we have previously stated。 If such wondrous things can be
revealed to us through the physical science of chemistry; what think you
must be hidden from our physical sight and knowledge by the veil which
hangs between matter and spirit? Think you not; it is worth the effort to
penetrate beyond that point where the atom disappears from the view of
the scientist?
If plants produce such wonderful phenomena in their life and influence;
what must the Divine organism of man have concealed within his
microscopic universe; to study and comprehend? Plant life is merely the
alphabet of the complex; intricate; and multitudinous processes; going on
in the human body。
And; as the mechanical microscope of physical science cannot reveal
the why and the wherefore; let us; for a brief moment; disclose some of the
wonders that declare their existence; when subjected to the penetrating
alchemical lens; of the inward spirit。 The first thing that intrudes itself
upon our notice; by virtue of its primary importance; is the grand fact of
biogenesislife emanating from life。 We perceive every external form to
be the physical symbol of a corresponding degree of spiritual life; that
each complete plant represents a complete cycle; state; or degree of
interior existence; that it is made up and consists of countless millions of
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separate atoms of life; that these atoms of spiritual activity are the real
instigators of the life and motion of corresponding material atoms; that
they ever obey the Divine impulse of co…operative unity; in their chemical;
as well as their spiritual affinity。 Consequently; everything in the form of
material substance must be; and is; but the means for the phenomenal
expression of incarnating spirit; the organism of man; a tree; a plant; or an
animal; being no exception to this Divine; omnipresent law of creative life。
To the true Alchemist there can be no mystery surrounding the
wonderful phenomena mentioned in the work we have quoted; in plants
extracting from the same rocks; soil; and air; qualities so manifestly
differentdeadly poisons; healing balsams; and pleasant aromas; or the
reverse; from the same identical plant foods。 Nothing is more wonderful or
mysterious; than; the same alchemical processes; which; are hourly being
enacted within our own bodies。 From the same breath of air and the same
crust of bread do we concoct the blood; the bile; the gastric juice; and
various other secretions; and distil the finer nervous fluids; that go to build
up and sustain the whole of our mental and dynamic machinery。 It is the
same ancient story of the atoms; each part and each function endowing the
same inorganic chemicals with their own spiritual; magnetic; and physical
life…qualities; by what appears; to the uninitiated observer; a miraculous
transmutation of matter; but which is; in reality; the evolution of organic
form from inorganic materials; in obedience to the Divine law of spiritual
progression。 Who could stop with exact science? For; when we come to
consider the apparent mysteries of life and growth by the aid of this
alchemical light; the shadows flee; and all the illusions of Nature's
phenomenal kaleidoscope vanish before the revelation of the underlying
spiritual realities。 We know that the plant; being the physical expression
upon the material plane of a more interior life; endows its outward atoms
with their peculiar qualities。 THESE QUALITIES ARE NOT DRAWN
DIRECTLY FROM THE SOIL; the soil only becoming the medium for
their complete or incomplete expression; as the case may be; i。e。;
supplying the necessary inorganic atoms。 Hence; the deadly qualities of
aconite; and the generous life…sustaining qualities of the nutritious
vegetable; BEING SPIRITUAL LIFE ENDOWMENTS; conveyed to the
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material substance; abstracted from the soil and withdrawn from the
atmosphere; are no mystery; their effect upon the human organism being
exactly that; which is produced by their spiritual affinity or antipathy; as
the case may be。 And this also shows and explains; why purely inorganic
chemical atoms; though they be exactly the same as the organic substances;
from a strictly scientific standpoint; YET FAIL TO SUPPORT LIFE;
because such chemical equivalents lack the organic spirituality of the
interior life; which alone; gives them the power and function to support the
same。 They fail to fulfill the requirements of the alchemical law of life for
the support of lifein other words; biogenesis。
And; too; this inorganic life may be parted from the plant or vegetable;
if it be too long severed from the medium which transmits the spiritual life;
from the inorganic world to that of organic matter。 Vegetables; fresh from
the ground; or parent stem; retain this life if at once prepared for food; if
not overcooked; which is so often ignorantly done。 This is the secret of
sustenance from foods。 Nature's perfected fruits and vegetables are
overflowing with the life…giving essences; and; if eaten direct from the tree
or parent stem; that life is not lost; but transmitted to our organisms; and
replenishes the wasting system with a living life。 Much less of such food is
required to completely satisfy and nourish the body than if the life had
partly departed or been destroyed。
Briefly stated; then; everything within organic Nature is the
expressional symbolic manifestation of spirit; every form being a
congregation of innumerable atoms of life; revealing their presence in
material states; each organic form; or; rather; organism; evolving under the
central control of some dominating Deific atom or soul; which; by virtue
of past incarnations and labors in its cycle of evolution; from the mineral
up to man; has achieved the royal prerogative to rule within its own state。
Man being the highest representative formthe grand finale in the earthly
dramasums up and contains within himself everything below; and THE
GERMS OF EVERYTHING BEYOND; THIS STATE。 He is truly a
microcosm; and represents in miniature the grand Cosmic Man of the
Heavens。 Every living force beneath him corresponds to some state; part;
or function; which he has graduated through and conquered; and which; in
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him; has now become embodied; as a part of his universal kingdom。
Consequently; all things are directly related to him; in the grand universal
unity of spiritual life。
This cannot be realized and comprehended by the physical man; nor
conveyed to his outer senses by the physical sciences。 He must bring into
active use the inner man; the real being; which inhabits and controls the
outer organism; and through its instrumentality; understand the interior
source and workings behind the phenomena of manifested being。 So we
see that; exact science cannot take us far; yet; it is a mighty factor; in the
evolution of the microcosm Man; and in consciously relating him to the
Infinite MacrocosmGod; Spirit; All。
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CHAPTER VIII。
ALCHEMY…PART II
Paracelsus; the most celebrated of the alchemists of the Middle Ages;
thus mystically speaks of his art:
〃If I have manna in my constitution; I can attract manna from heaven。
Melissa is not only in the garden; but also in the air and in heaven。 Saturn
is not