The Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged

FIRST CIRCLE. n^ón* — Jehovah, Ze, A OQ — Alpha and Omega. Genesis, i. 2.—The earth was empty and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. Genesis, i. 2. —And the Spirit of God moved the face of the waters. FouRTH CIRCLE. Genesis, i. 3, 4.—A nd God said: Let there be light: and there was light. . . . And God saw the light that it was good. Genesis, i. 4, 5.—And He divided the light from the darkness. And He called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. Genesis, i. 6-8.—And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven, and the evening and the morning were the second day. Psalm xxxiii, 6.—By the word of the Lord were the heavens made ; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. Psalm cxlviii. 4, 5.—Praise the Lord, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the Lord : for He commanded, and they were created.

Daniel, iii. 59, 60.— Praise the Lord, ye heavens ; bless Him and magnify Him for ever. O ye waters that be above the firmament, praise ye-the Lord: bless Him and magnify Him for ever. Genesis, i. 9-13.—A nd God said: Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called He seas: and God saw that it was good. And God said: Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself upon the earth : and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass and herb yielding seed 'after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And the morning and the evening were the third day. Psalm, civ. 5, 14.—Who laid the foundations of the earth that it should not be removed for ever. , He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; that he may bring forth food out of the earth: and wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.

Genesis, i. 14-19.—And God said: Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and days and years. And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth : and it was so. And God made two lights : the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night ; He made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. Sirach, xliii. t.—He made the lofty firmament in its glory, and the stars, a vision of beauty. The eastern Sun announces the day. Itis a wonder of the Most High. Great is God who created it, and bade it run its course Moreover, the Moon shines throughout the world, in due season, dividing months and years. lt waxes and wanes in wonderful guise. The host of the stars shines gloriously in the firmament of heaven. God, the Most High, has commanded them to light up the world. By the word of the Lord they are fixed, and do not neglect their vigils.

Genesis, i. 20-23.— And God said: Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth aebundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying: Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. Psalm civ., 24.—O Lord, how manifold are Thy works: In wisdom hast Thou made them all: the earth is full of Thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. "There go the ships ; there is that leviathan whom thou hast made to take his pastime therein. These all wait on Thee, that Thou mayest give them their meat in due season. Genesis, i. 24-31 —And God said: Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, after his kind: and it was so.

And God made the beast of the earth, after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the earth, after his kind ; and God saw that it was good. And God said: Let us make man in our image, after our likeness ; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him : male and female created He them. And God blessed them, and said unto them : Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. And God said: Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was S0.

And God saw everything that He had made, and behold it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. GEORGE RIPLEY,in the Prologue to his * Twelve Gates," says : O incomprehensible Light, glorious in Majesty, the brightness of whose rays obscures our lights: O Unity in the substance, and Trinity in the Godhead. Merciful purifier of souls, who dost exalt us from this troublesome vale of vanity to heaven. Infinite power and wisdom, unspeakable goodness, sustain and govern me day by day so that I may displease Thee in nothing. O Thou with whom are all treasures of wisdom and knowledge, out of whose infinite mind this universal frame sprang forth in a moment of time—when heaven and earth were made by Thy word, and all that is in them by the breath of Thy mouth— grant unto me grace to know Thy blessedness and Thy goodness. In no other way shall I come to the knowledge of the Blessed Stone. As Thou didst make all things out of oze chaos, so let me be skilled to evolve our microcosm (little world) out of oze substance in its three aspects of Magnesia, Sulphur, and Mercury !

ANNUS SOLARIS — The Solar Year. ANNUS STELLATUS — The Year of the Stars ANNUS VENTORUM — The Year of the Winds. Mercurius Philosophorum — Mercury of the Sages. Mercurius Corporeus — Corporeal Mercury. AMercurtus Vulgaris — Common Mercury. Sulphur Cembustibile — Combustible Sulphur. Sulphur Fixum — Fixed Sulphur. Sulphur ZEthereum — Nolatile Sulphur. Sal Terrenum — Earthy Salt. Sal Elementorum — Elementary Salt. Sa/ Centrale — Central Salt. Jenes quatuor ad opus requiruntur — Four kinds of fire are requisite for the work. Pheniv — Phenix. Aguz/a — Eagle. BV (HE WORD ORB 'rHE XEZORD WERE THE HEAVENS ESTABLISHED, AND THEIR HOSTS BY THE BREATH OF HIS MOUTH. THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD HAS FILLED THE WORLD. "ATI, TEIENGS ARE SATISELIED WILH HY GOODNIESS; O LORD: IqEIOUSSRURNNIBSIQPANVANOSBEIY OBAGB; BESEYOOARIESUDBROUBISBEID? /'HOU "PAKESE AWAV THY SPIRIT, THEY DIE ANDPRETURN AGAIN TO THEIR DUST. THOU SENDEST FORTH THY SPIRIT AND THEY ARE CREATED, AND RENEWEST THE FACE OE THE EARTH. LHY GLORY IS FOR EVERLASTING. It is most true, it is without error, it is the sum of verity : 'That which is beneath is like that which is above, and that which is above is like that which is below, for the performance

LZHE ALL-WISE DOORKEEPER a2 of the wonders of one thing. As all things were created from the Mind of One, so all things arose by modification of this One Thing. It is so with our Substance. [ts father is the Sun, its mother the Moon The Wind bore it in its belly. The earth is its nurse. The father of all, the Thelema of the whole world, is here. Its strength is undiminished if it is changed into earth. Separate the earth from the fire, the subtle from the gross, gently, but with great skill. It rises from earth to heaven, and again descends to the earth, and receives the strength of things above and of things below. "Thus you have the GLORY OF THE WHOLE WORLD, and all darkness will flee away from you. This is the strength of every strong thing ; it overcomes every subtle thing, and penetrates all solids. IN. THIS WAY WAS THE WORLD CREATED: These are the wonderful modifications, the manner of which I have described. Hence I am called Hermes Trismegistus, having the three parts of the wisdom of the whole world. I have now said all I have to say concerning the operation of the Sun.

The verses which accompany the frontispiece to the first volume may be translated thus: The things that are in the realms above are also in the realms beneath; What heaven shews is oft found on earth. Fire and flowing water are contrary one to another; Happy thou, if thou canst unite them: let it suffice thee to know this! The Cross on the title-page of * The Golden Tract" bears the following inscription: All Glory is a Birth in the Sand. The Stone unites in itself all blessings. The Symbol at the end of the Preface contains, within the second circle, the names of the four elementary natures, Air, Fire, Earth, and Water, and in the central circle the words— Marvel of Nature. The inscription on the Emblem which accompanies the title page of * The Golden Age Restored " should be read thus: There are three marvels—God and Man—Mother and Virgin— Three and One. The Centre in the Triangle of the Centre. Vor. If, i Ww The Symbol which accompanies * The Book Alze " contains these words: Visit the interior parts of the earth : by rectifying thou shalt find the Hidden Stone. The inscription on the Symbol of the Seventh Key of Basil Valentine signifies: The Seal of Hermes. Winter. Spring. Summer. Autumn. Water. The Salt of the Philosophers. That upon the Symbol of the Tenth Key: I| am issued from Hermogenes. Hyperion elected me. X Without Jamsuph I am compelled to perish.