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an d Di vine L aw s .G i v i ng F ul l D e ta i l s a nd a
C h a ll e nge to A l l t h e W o r l d .

B v DR . R . S WIN B U
R N E C LY M ER .

A ut h or of A lch e m y a nd th e A lch e m i sts ,

R os i c ruc i an
“ “
Div i ne A l ch e my Th e s;

T h e i r T e ach ings ,

P HI L O S O P HI C AL P U
B LIS H IN G Co , .

AL LEN T O WN m , .
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NOTICE .

T h is work is c op y r ig h t ed b y Dr R . . n rn
S wi b u e

Cl y m er .

Al l r igh t nd t it l nd m tte re er ed
s a es a a r s v .

T he r i gh t of tr n l t ion nd fore ig n p y ng h t
a s a a ca r s

i l o e
s a s ed
r s e rv .

C op y r igh t d 9 e 1 10 .
 T he M y s te r y S ol v e d .

T HE so s n of God s aw th e d a ugh te rs of
m e n t h at t h e y w e r e f a i r ; and th e y took
th e m w i ve s of a l l wh i ch th e y
Ge ne si s 7 , v . 2 .

T h e re w e re g ia nts inth e
“
e a rth inth ose
d ay s ; a nd l
a s o af te r th at , w h e n th e sons

of God came inunto th e d a ugh te rs of me n a n d th e y ,

ba re c h i ld r e n to th e m t h e s a me be c a me mi gh t y me n
,

w h i c h w e re of old me nof , 5 v 4 ,
. .

Be l ov e d S ch ol a r , th e M y s te r y of th e A ge s h as be e n th e
b i rth of th e C h r i st . T h e Ch urc h h a s ta ugh t th at C h r i s t w a s
of Imma c ul ate C onc e pt i on; but ,
be l i e ve me , th a t s a me

C h urc h h a s N O T b e l i e v e d in th a t Doc tri ne It be l on g s to .

th e me nof t h at old e s t a n d mo s t m ig y
h t F r a te r ni y
t t o e n -

l i gh te n y ou an d t h ose w h o would l i ste n,

for w e h old th e
s e c re t a n
,
d w e w i ll g i v e y ou it .

Doe s it s e e m nge th at Mar y mi gh t h a ve c on

s o v e ry s t ra -

c e ive d w i th ou t h uman age n cy " It ma y se e m s tra n g e to

t h ose wh o kn ow n ot th e s e cr e t b ut s ure l y t h e s t ud e n
, t can
u e s s t h e s e c r e t f or it h a s be e nh i nte d a t in a ll R os ic r uc i an
g ,

l i te ratur e .

In e x p l ain i ng th i s my s te ry to y ou w e do not i nte nd to

.

d e pe nd uponour e x p l a na t i on b ut w e w i ll d e pe nd e nti re l y
,

upon th e Bibl e t h a t b ook acc e pte d a s t ruth by a l l C h r i s

,
-

t i an ,s an d w e w i ll a l so p l ac e be fore y outh e wr i tin gs of th e

Hol y Fa th e rs .

“
In th e R os i cr uc i a n r oman c e of th e Comte de Ga b a lis
U
,

or Conv e r sat i ons ponth e S e cre t S c i e n

“
ce s by th e A b b e ,
THE DIV IN E MYS T ER Y .
 THE DIV IN E MYS T ER Y .

V i ll a rs w e
,
re a d
Wh e ny ou sh a l l be e nroll e d a mong th e ch i ld re n
of th e P h i l os op h e rs y ou w ill d i sc ov e r th a t th e e le -

me nts a re i nh ab i te d b y v e r y hol y c re ature s w h om , ,

in conse q ue nc e of th e n of unh a pp y A d am h is
si ,

t oo un h app y p ros te rity h ave b e e nforb idd e n to se e

or k n ow T h e imme n
. s e s pac e th a t is be t we e ne ar th

an d h e a v e nposs e s se s in h a bita n ts much more n obl e

th a nth e b i rd s a n d gn a ts me r e l y ; th e v a st oc e anh a s

many more d we ll e rs th an t h e d ol ph i ns and t h e

w h a l e s ; th e d e pth s of th e e ar th a re n ot c re a te d ou -

ly f or th e mol e s ; a n d th e e l e me n ts of fi re more ,

nob l e th anth e oth e r th r e e w e re not mad e to re

,
-

ma i nvoi d .

Th e air is f ull of an i n nume ra bl e mul titud e of

c r e a tu r e s of th e h uma nf o r m ; gr e at l ov e rs of th e

sci e n c e s s ubt l e
,
be n e v ol e n
, t to th e w i s e b ut e n e ,
-

m i e s to th e s t upid a nd i g n ora n t T h e i r w iv e s a nd
.

th e ir d a ugh e rs a r e of bold a n d ma sc ul in e be a u ty ,

s uch a s pa i n te rs h a v e r e p re se nte d th e A mazon s .

“
"now a l so th a t th e s e as and riv e rs are as ful l y
i nh a b i te d a s th e air ; th e w i se anc i e nts h a v e me n -

tion e d th e se popul at i on s un d e r th e na me s of n U -

d i ne s or N y mph s Th e re are f e w ma l e s a mong

.

th e m but a v a s t n
,
umbe r of f e ma l e s ; th e i r be a ut y
is e x tre me a n d th e d a ugh te rs of me na r e not to b e
,

co mpa r e d to th e m .

"
Th e e a rth nte r by Gnome s a
is fi ll e d to t h e ce .

e
p p o l e of s m a l l s ta ture
"
g ua r d i,a ns o f t h e tr e as ur e s

of th e m i n e s an d q uarrie s ; th e y are i n g e ni ou s ,

f ri e nd s of ma n ki n d and e as y to comma nd ; th e y
,

f ur ni s h th e c h i ld re n of th e w i se w i t h a ll t h e
mone y th a t t h e y re q uire a nd a s k l i ttl e for th e i r
,

“
"S e e t h e book , T h e Irre c onc i l ab l e Gnome s , or Conti nua -

t i onto th e C omte d e Ga ba lis ,

”
p ub l i s h e d by th i s h ous e .
THE DIV IN E MYS TER Y .
 THE nrv ms MY S T ER Y .

se r v i ce , e x c e pt th e g l or y of be i ng mmand e d
co .

Th e G nomide s , th e i r wi v e s are s ma l l b u t ve r y
agr e e ab e , a l nd th e ir c ustom 18 v e r y c urious .

As re gar ds th e S a l amand e rs , i nh abi tants of th e re g i on of

fi re th e y se r v e th e ph i l osoph e rs but th e y d o n
, , ot wi s h to
se e k th e i r c omp an y w it h m u c h e a g e r n e ss a n d t,h e i r w i v es

an d d a ugh te rs rare l y a l l ow t h e mse lv e s to be s e e n: th e w i v e s

of th e S a l a ma n d e rs are be a uti f ul inf ac t more be autif ul th an
,

a ll th e o th e rs be c a us e th e y are of a p ure r e l e me n
, t I p a ss .

ov e r th e d e s cripti onof th e se pe op l e be c a us e w h e n on , e of

us y ou wi l l se e the m y ourse l f at l e as ure and e as i l y if y ou

, ,

h av e th e c ur i os i t y Y ou w i l l se e th e i r c ustoms th e ir mod e
. ,

of l iv in g , th e i r m a n n e r s t h e i r, p o l i c y t h e i r . a d m i r a b l e l a w s ;

y ou w i ll b e c h a r m e d w i t h t h e b e a u t y of th e i r m i nd s e v e n ,

more th an w i th th e i r bod i e s ; b ut y ou w i ll not be ab l e to re -

f ra i nfrom p i ty w h e nth e y te ll y ou t h at th e i r s oul s a re mor -

ta l th at th e y h a v e n
, o h ope of th e e te rn al e n j o y m e n t o f
d iv in e f e l ic i ty inth e pr e s e n ce of th a t S u p r e m e B e i n g w h o m
th e y kn ow a n d W HO M THEY R E L I G IO U S LY A D O R E Th e y .

wil l te l l y ou th a t be in .
g c o m p o s e d o f t h e p ur e s t p a rt i c l e s o f
th e e le me n ts w h ic h th e y i n h ab i t an d havin
, g n o c o n t r a r y
q ua l i t i e s in t h e m a s t
. h e y a r e m a d e o f b u t o ne e l e m e n t t h e y
do n ot d ie till a f te r ma ny c e ntur ie s B ut w h at is t i me c om
.
-

p a r e d t o e t e r n i t y " T h e y r e t u r n a t l a s t in to e te r n a l n o t h i n g
ne ss ; and this th ough t so affl icts th e m th at th e ph i l osoph e rs
h a v e muc h troub l e incon sol in g t h e m .

B e l ov e d S tud e nt, y ou w i ll se e th at , a l th ough

th e se El e me n ta l s are of th e p ure st of th e p ure th e y ,

are n ot i mmorta l b e c a use th e y ar e O N L Y of O N E

,

e l e me nt in ste a d o f a c ombin a t i onof th e fou r B EAR .

IN M I N D THI S GR E AT LA W T h e se El e me n ta l s C A N
.

be come i mmorta if some mo ta w

l r l i ll h a v e int e r -

course w i th th e m . T h i s is th e gre at la w . Be ar
inmind f urth e r th at th e re , ar e b ut f e w ma l e s , nd a

th e se ma l e s wil l se e k inte rcourse w i th e arth woma n

—
as Ge ne s i s state s , w i t h th e d a ugh te rs of man, —
T HE DIVIN E MYSTER Y .
 THE DIVIN E MYS TERY .

( be a r th i s inmi nd) IF TH EY C AN FI N D O N E M Y S TI -

CA LL Y IN C LIN E D A N D WH O Is S o a s th e PU R E .
.

B i b l e te ac h e s th e sons of God s e e th a t th e d a ugh t

,
-

e rs of manar e f air an d th e y be ge t c h i ld re n with

th e m

N ow , be a r in mi nd f urth e r . U
nl i k e ma n b ut,

LI "E God s , th e se E l e me nta l s a re TR UE TO O N E

L Y ; th us it h appe ns th at th e re be i ng but f e w
ON ,

ma l e s a mong th e m se l d om w i ll s uc h anEl e me nta l

,

h a v e in te rcourse w i th w oman a n d w h e nt h e y d o a ,

C h ris t or S a v iour is b orn; for "N O W:

“
Wh e n th e
s on s of God c a me un to th e d a ugh te rs of me n a n d ,

t h e y ba re c h i ld re n to th e m th e s am e B E C AM E ,

M IG H T Y M E N WH IC H WE R E O F O LD M EN O F R E ,
-

N O WN .

Th e stud e n t w i ll n ow gras p th e me ani n g of t h i s m ig h t y

my ste r y a nd w i ll no l on
, g e r c ond e m n t h e m y s t e r y of th e

im mac ul ate con c e p ti on .

S t L uke l 26 A n
. d inth e s i x th mon
, . th th e an g e l G a br i e l
wa s se n t from God un to a c i t y inG a l i l e e n a me d N a z a r e th .

27 To a v i rgin e spouse d to a ma n w h os e name w as J

. o -

s e ph of th e h ouse of D a v i d ; a n d th e V i rg i ns n
’
,
ame w as

Mar y .

28 . And th e a nge l ca me in to h e r -
, a nd sa i d Ha i l
, th ou
th a t a rt h ig h l y fa vore d , th e Lord is with th e e , b l e sse d art

th ou a mong w ome n .

.
n
29 A d w h e n sh e saw h im , sh e w as troubl e d at h is s ay -

ing , a nd c as t i n h e r mi nd w h at manne r of sa l utati on th is

sho uld be .

30 A nd t h e a nge l s a id unto h e r Fe ar
.
, not Mar y , ,
for th ou
h as t found f a vor w ith God .

31 A nd be h ol d th ou s h a l t
.
, n i v e in t h y womb a nd
, co c e ,

b r i ng for th a son a n d s h a l t c a ll h is n
, a me Je sus .

32 H e s h a l l be g re at a nd s h a l t be ca ll e d t h e sonof t h e
.
,

H i gh e s t ; a nd th e Lord God sh a ll g ive unto h im th e th rone

Of h is f ath e r David ,
T HE DIV IN E MYS TER Y .
 T HE DIV IN E M YS TER Y . 13

33 A nd he
. sh a ll re i gnov e r th e h ouse of Jacob for e ve r ;

a nd of h is ki ng d om th e re sh a ll be no e nd .

34 Th e n sa i d Mar y un
. to th e ange l H ow , sh al l th is be ,

se e i ng th at I know not A M AN "

O ur s tu e d nt must note th i s que stionc a re f ul ly ,
th e d i r e ct q ue sti on
“
f or s h e as ks How sh a ll th i s
be , S EE IN G I "N O W N O T A M AN "

Ans we r : And th e nswe re d and sa i d unto h e r

a nge l a ,

th e Hol y Gh os t sh a ll come uponth e e an d th e powe r of th e ,

High e s t s h a ll ov e rsh ad ow t h e e ; th e re fore a l so th at h ol y

th i n g t h a t s h all b e b orn o f th e e s h a ll b e c a l le d th e s o n o f
'

God . ( Th e sonof a God ) .

A l wa y s be ar inmin d th at th e words Hol y Gh os t

“
me an s n oth i ng sh ort of th e wor d F i re Hol y .

Gh ost is th e S p ir i t an d inits fi n
, a l e s se n c e S p i r i t is

th e F i re S o th e ov e rs h a d ow i n
.
g o f M a r y w a s n ot h -

ing oth e r th a n t h at o f a s on o f G o d t h e E l e m e n t al ,

of F i rc a S al aman
—
der .

N ow n ote f urth e r w h a t th e A bbe d e V i ll a rs h ad to s ay

,

“
O ur f a th e rs b e in g T.R U E p h i l os o p h e r s a n d s p e a k in g to ,

God f ac e to f a c e c omp l a i n , e d to h im of th e wr e tc h e d f ate o f

th e s e pe op l e ; a n d God wh ose me rc y is ill im i ta b l e r e me m
, ,
-

be re d h im t h at it w as n ot imposs i b l e to fi n d a re me d y for
”
th i s e v i l .

He mad e knownto th e m t h at inth e s ame man -

ne r as man by th e a ll i anc e wh i ch h e h as cont racte d

,

w ith God , h as be e n mad e a p ar t ic i p ator of th e d i -

v init y ; so th e S y l ph s , th e Gnome s , th e N y mp h s ,
an d th e S a l aman d e rs ,
by th e a ll i anc e w h i c h th e y
M AY ntrac t w i th man c a nbe mad e p art i c i pators
co ,

of ma ns i mmorta l i t y
’
T h us a N y mph or a S y l ph
.
-

id e be come s immor ta l a n d c a p ab l e of th e b l iss to

,

wh i ch w e a sp i re w h e n s h e is h appy e n ough to
‘

marr y one of th e W i s e an d a Gn ome or a S y l ph

ce ase s to b e morta l f rom th e mome n t th at h e mar -

rie s o ne of th e d augh te rs of me n
“ ”
.
T HE DIV IN E MYS T ER Y .
 TH E DIV IN E MYS TER Y .
15
And th us is th e m y ste r y solv e d , inword s sopl ainth at any
stud e nt may und e rstand .

It is h e re g i v e n in a f e w w o r d s a n d ve r y p l a in l y . T h i s

my s te ry w as to a c e r ta i ne x te nt , solve d by th e e arl y c h urc h

,

F a th e rs a s is p rov e nb y th e work : De mon ia l ity or In

“
, , cu bi
an d S uc c ub i , b y t h e R e v Fath e r S in . istra ri of A me n o .

( 17th c e ntur y ) .

How e v e r th e ch urc h F ath e rs be l i e v e th at th e se El e me n

,
-

ta l s c a l le d d e mon
, s b y th e m w e re a ll w i c ke d ; th e y be l i e v e d
,

an d ta ugh t th at w ome nb a re c h i ld re nf rom th e s e d e mon s ,

b ut th a t s uc h w e re a lw a y s me nw h o w e r e a gai n s t th e C ath -

ol i c C h urch t h e nkn
,
ow na s t h e on ly TR U E c h urch .

T h i s w i ll be e nl arge d upon th roug h out th e book w h i ch ,

is re a ll y a trans l at i onof th e w ork by th e R e v Fath e r S i n . is -

t ra r i a n
,
d w h i c h is n ow ins uc h f or m a s is agre e a bl e to our
p r e s e nt c e nt u r y I.n o t h e r w o r d s i n s
, t e a d o f b e i n g c a l l ed

De mon s w e c a ll th e m El e me n ta l s T h e s a me w i th ot h e r
.

te ac h i n g s in t h e b oo k T h.e b o d y i s t h e s a m e ,b u t it is g i v -

e nia th e te rms us e d at t h e p re s e n t d ay .

B e l ov e d S t ud e n t y ou h a v e be e ngi v e nth e m y ste r y Y ou

, .

ne e d not be l i e v e with out knowing l i ke th e mi ll i ons be fore

y o u . Y o u c a n " N O W f o r h e,
r e in w il l y o u fi n d f u l l in s truc -

t i on s so th at y ou may be ab l e to s ave man y of th e

“ ”
Daugh te rs of God
UR N E CLY MER
.

R . S WIN B .
T HE DIV IN E M YS TER Y .
 PREL DE U or
A LL th e ol og i a ns h a v e d e v ote d more
l e ss p g
a e s to th e q ue s ti onof m ate r i a l
i nte r c ours e b e tw e e nma na nd th e d e mon "

T h i ck vo l ume s h a v e be e n w r i tte n about

w itc h c r a f t , a nd th e me r i ts of th i s w ork

w e re b ut l nd e r if
s e it me r e l y d e v e l ope d

th e or d i na r y th e s i s ; b ut s uc h is not its ch a rac te r i st i c . The

g ro und ma tte r -
,
f rom w h i c h it d e ri ve s a tr ul y orig i na l a nd
p h i l os op h i c a l n e nt i re l y nov e l d e mons tr at i onof
s ta mp is , a

t h e e x i s te nc e of Inc ub i a n d S uc c ub i t a s ra ti on a l ani ma l s I . ,

both c orp ora l a n d s p i ri tua l l i ke ours e l v e s l i v ing i n o ur ,

m i d s t be i ng bor nand d y i ng l i ke us and l as t l y r e d e e me d a s

, ,

w e a r e th r ough th e me r i ts of J
, e su s C h r i st a nd c ap a b l e of ,

f Th e re a d e r m us t b e a r in m i nd th at th e s e word s ar e no
l onge r us e d , b ut th a t a ll TR UE P h i l osop h e rs now ca ll th e s e

be i ng s t h e El e me nta l s . The d nt mus t

s tu e ,
h owe v e r , be a r

i nm i nd th e g re a t R os i cr uc i a nLa w ,
i . e .
. th a t th e re a re two

ki n ds . T h e tr ue El e me nta l s know nas th e Gnome s S a l a man ,

-

d e rs , Und i n es a nd S y l ph s , a nd t h os e d ise mbod i e d h um a ns

w h o a r e h e l d to e a r th th r ough th e i r ow nm i s de e d s p a s s i ons . ,

cr i me s , e tc .
,
Wh i l e one a rth , w h o s uc k out th e v i ta l i ty of
ne ga t i ve h uma nb e i ng s . T h e se a re know na s V a mp i re s .

1 T h e w ord a ni ma l h e re me ans h uma nbe i ng s . T h i s is

p rove nby th e f a c t th at th e a uth or s a y s : Both cor

pora l a nd
sp r i i t ua l L I"E ourse l ve s .
THE DIVIN E MYS T ER Y .
 l . The fi rst au hor t to i nv ent the word De moniality w as no
“
d oubt J ohnC aramuel inhis Fund amen , tal T he ol ogy B e fore .

h im t he re is n o on e w h o is kn ownto h av e d i sti ngui shed t h at

c ri me f rom Be astality A ll t heol ogic al moral i st s foll owin g in
.
,

the t rai nof S t T homas i n

. c l ud e und er the speci fi c be astiality
, , ,
“
e v e ry ki nd of c arnal i nt erc ourse wit h anyt hi ng wh at e v er of a
difl ere n
”
t spe ci es S uch are the word s used by S t T homas
’

. . .

C aj etan us f or i n
, st anc e in his comme n ,
t ary on t h at q uesti on ,

c l asses i nt ercourse wit h the De mon und e r the d e sc ri pti onof

“
be astiality ; so d oes S y lv est er De t xurza Bocan
'

,
cia De
, ,

2 Howe v e r
.
, it t h at inthe abov e p assage S t Thomas
is l
c e ar .

did n ot at all all ud e to i n t erc ourse wit h the De mon As shall be .

d e monst rat ed f urt her on t h at i nt e rc ourse c annot be i ncl ud e d in

.

the v e ry p arti cul ar specIes of be astiality ; an d inord e r to make

t h at se nt e nc e of the hol y d oct or t all y w it h trut h it must ,

“
be ad mitt e d th at w he nsayi n g of t he n at u ra l sin t h at c ommit
,
-

ted t hro ugh the i n t e rc ourse w it h a t hi ng of d i ff e re nt speci es ,

S t T homas by a t h i n
”
t akes the name of beastiality . .
, g of dif
-

fe re nt spe cies me an
,
s a livin g a n i m al o f a n ot he r spe ci es t h an
man; f or he could n ot here use the word ibis in the most ge n -

e ral se nse to me an i n
. d iscri mi nat e l y an ani mat e or i nani mat e
be i ng I
.n f act if a ,
m a n sl : o t 1d f o rn i ca t e ( 1 1m a n ia z rre l l m
‘
za n
' ‘
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t
THE DIV IN E MYS TER Y . Q3
he would h av e to do wit h a thin g of a speci e s q uite di fferent
f ro m his own ; si mil arly sz cad av eri beastia li co n
’

p u la re tur ; a d
u ould not be beastiality but pollution Wh at
'

y et
, ta lzs coi t s w , .
,

the re f ore S t Tho mas int e nd ed here to s pec if y with precise n

, . ess

is c arn al i nt ercou rse wit h a livin g t h in g of a s pe ci es di ffere nt

from th at of man t h at is to say wit h a be ast and he ne v er in
, , ,

the le ast t hou ght of int erc ourse with the De m on .

The subj ect of be astiality is not a ple as ant on

e and si nce it , ,

h as no be arin g u pon the subj ect in h and at the pre se nt t i m e we ,

will n ot c onsider it f u rth er Howe ver it had to be consid ered .

,

t hi s muc h in order to d ra w the distinction .

3 Int erc ou rse wit h the Demon whet her incubi or S u ccubi ,
.
,

( wh ic h is pro perly spe akin g as understood by the holy Fath

,
-
,

ers De mo
, niality ) di ffers in kind from be astiality , and d oes not
,

in conn ecti on with it form on e v e ry p a rticul ar s pe ci e s as Caj e ,

-

t anus wron gly giv es it ; for what e v er may h av e been said to the ,

m n
cont rary so e a ci ents
,
and l at er Ca ramu el in his Fun
,
"
damen -

un n
”
tal Theol ogy atu ral sins d i ffe r from e ach oth er most dis
,
-

tinctly .

Fornic ation nd S odom y in most inst ances com e d i rectly

a , ,

und er the he ad of be astiality He who15 guilty of S odo my ,

,

O n ani sm and Hum an Vau p irism cann ot become immort al in .

f act t he se sins will prev ent immort ality m the hu man be in g

, .

O nthe ot her h and Demon iality will brin g about immortality

,

tothe Ele men t al This is to be understood as ma rria ge with the

.

El ement al Demon iality as suc h has no ex ist ence to day

.
, In ,
-
.

f act it n e v er had for int ercou rse with the Elem e ntals is not
, ,

De moniality .

4 . l n sins natu ral se minat i on ( w h ic h can

aga i nst natu re , the
not be regul arly follo wed by generation ) is a genus ; but the
obj ect of suc h se min ation is the di ffere nce wh i c h marks the
s peci es und er the ge nus Thus whet her se mi nati on tak es place
.
,

onthe ground or onaninani mate bod y it is poll ution an

, d can . ,

l e ad on l y to degeneration and et ernal d e ath .

5 . It t rite d oct rin e wit h Moralists est ablish ed by the

is a ,

Co un cil of Trent session 14 an d admitt ed by t heologi ans that

, ,
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in c onfessi on it sufi ices to st at e the ci rc umst anc es whic h al ter
the speci es O f sin If t here f ore De mon . iality and Be astiality
, ,

bel onged to the same v ery p ait icular speci es it would be e nough ,

t hat e ac h ti me he h as had in
. te reomse w it h the Demon the pen ,
-

ite nt should sav to his COIIfCSS O l h av e beengui l ty of the sinl .

of be astiality But th i s is n
. ot so; t he re fore t hose two si ns do .

not b el ong to the same v e ry p artic ul ar speci es .

C h urc hme n and ci e nti st s may d e n y t h at mancan

s

c ome i nt o pe rsonal i nt erc ourse wi th the El e me n t al s ,

an d to p rov e t hi s poi nt it is onl y n e c essary to q uot e :

6 S t A ustin who speaki n
. .
g of, c arnal i nte rc o
.urse b e t wee n
me n and the d emon e x presses h i msel f as f oll ows b ook 15
, . ,
“ ” “
c h apt e r 23rd of The C i ty of God : It is w i d e l y c re d it e d and ,

su c h bel i e f is confirmed by the d i rect or i nd i re ct testionv of

t horoughl y trustwon h y peopl e th at S y lv an s an d Faun s com
, ,
-

moul y c all e d l n c ubi h av e freq uent l y mol est ed wome n sought

. .

an d obt ai n e d f rom t he m c o iti on There are e v e n De mons .

,

wh om the G aul s c all ed D uc es or El fs who v e ry regul ary ln ,

-

dulge inthose un c l e anpractices ; the f ac t is t esti fied by so many

an d suc h we i ghty authori ties t h at it we re i mprud e n t to d oubt
it
.

The t ud e nt wi ll not e th at it is pl ai nl y stat ed th at the De mon

s

w as n on e o the r t h anthe S y lv an s an d Faun s kn own l ate r as ,

D uc es an d El fs T hese are n
. on e o t her t han the Ele men t al s .

Howe v er the st at emen

, t mad e t hroughout these l ett e rs of c arn al

i nt e rc ourse must not be t ake n too lit erall y for t hough it is

, , ,

t rue t h at the El e me nt al s see k true marri age wit h the human

f ami l y inord e r to obt ai nthe b oonof i mmort al it y it is n ot t rue ,

t hat the y se e k the h uman for the me re sati sfacti onof wh at

would be to the h uman bod ily pl e asure
. The f act is the con
. .
-

trary to t h i s .

T HE G R EA T LAW .

The S t ud ent must be ar inmi nd c on ti nual l y t hat the

ho Fa he r an
l y t d e v e ne arl y Ph i l osophers mix ed up
s
, ,

the De mon s ( Ele me n tas ) wi th the Vampi res ( eart h -

b ound d i sembod i e d S pi its or S ouls ) l .

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i nfreq uent ly act s onhis ownacc ou nt .

T hi s agai nis n ot anEl emen t al or Demon but a d i se mb od i ed ,

S ou l or Vamp i re T he El eme n .t al ne v er work int his mann er ,

an d n e v e r se e k the h u manint h i s w ay .

9 N ow it is un
. d oubt ed by t he ol ogi ans and ph i l osophers t h at
,

i nt erc ourse bet wee nmanki nd an d the Demon someti mes gi v es

bilt h to h u manbe i n g s ; t h a t is h o w is t o be b orn th e A nti ch ri st ,

acc o rd i ng to som e d oct o r s su c h as B e ll arm in

, S u ar e z M al ue n , ,
-

da etc
,
T he y f u rt her ob se rv e t h at f rom a n
. atu ral c au
, se the ,

c h i ld rent hus be gott enby l ncubi are t all v ery hard y v ery proud , .

an d wic ked T hu s writ es Mal ue n

. d a ; as f or the cause he giv es ,

it f rom Vallesius Arch ph y sicianinR eggi o , .

T his n ow d oes refe r to the El eme n t al s for t here canbe no is ,

-

su e f rom the i n te rc ourse be t wee nthe h umanan d d i sembod i ed

S oul or Vampi re The Fat hers ad mit t h at t hese c hi ld re n may
.

be powerf ul but as t his is n ,

ot inacc ord wit h t he i r bel i e f t he y ,

nat urall y c l ai m t h at suc h c hi ld renwi ll be v ery wick ed Thi s is .

re all y n ot t rue Inf act ab sol ut el y the c on

.
,t rary is t rue Wh y " .

B ec ause the El eme n t al s h av e no gross mat eri al int he i r be i ngs ,

t herefore ab sol ut el y no l ust The y are si mpl y on . e pu re e l e me n t .

C on se q u en t l y the i ssu e bet ween the m and a h umanm ust be

v ery rare v ery p ure si nc e all the c arnal d esi res t h at s uc h a c h i ld
, ,

canh av e mu st c ome al t o get he r f rom the mot her C on seq u en t .

-

ly on
,
ly C hri st s or S av i ours can be b orn t hrou gh suc h i n t er -

c ourse and as the mal e El ement al s are v ery few suc h bi rt hs

, , ,

h appe n but seld om Let us see the l i st as gi v e nby the hol y

.

Fat her :
10 Mal ue n
. d a shows from the t esti mony of v ari ou s aut hors .

m ostl y c lassic al t h at suc h associ ati ons gav e bi rt h to: R omul us

,

R em us acc ord i n , g to Li v y an d Pl ut arc h ; S erv ius T ullius the -

,

sixt h ki n g o f R o m e a c c ord i ng to D y on
, isiu s of Hal ic arn assu s

an d Pl i n y the Elder ; Pl at o the Phi l osop her acc ord i ng to Dio ,

-

g e ne s L ae lt iu s a n d S a int Hi erony mus ; A l e x and er the G reat ac ,

-

co rd i ng to P l ut ar c h a n d Q uin tu s C u rtiu s ; S el e u
-
c us ki ng of ,

S y ri a acc ord i n
, g to Justin us an d Ap pian us ; S ci pi oA f ric an us the
Eld er acc ordi n
, g to L i v y ; th e Empero r Cz e sar A u gust us acc ord ,
-

in g to S u e t o n iu s ; A r ist om e ne s th e M e ss e n ian an illu st riou s ,

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Gree k c ommand er ccordin g to S t rabo and Pausan i as ; as also

, a

Merlin or Mel chin the En glishman born from anIncubus an

, d ,

a nun the d au ght er o

,
f Ch arlemagn e ; and lastly as shown by , ,

the writi ngs of C ochlo eus q uoted by Malu e nd a t h at d amned

, ,

Heresiarchy cleped Martin Lut her .

Cert ainly a st ro n g list but non e the l ess on e t h at can be

, , ,

main l y t ru e ; an d now my C hristian fri e nds if Mart in Luth e r

, .

was the off s prin g of a Vi rgin an d anEle m ent al why n ot the ,

Christ" The student m ust be ar in mind the on e Gre at Law :

nam ely t hat the human mi n d c ann ot i ma gine anyt hin g wh i ch

,
“
h as no f o un d at i on in f act The Gre at Law of He rme s i s :
. As
” “
abov e 50 bel ow ; as belo w so above As i n the Materi al so in .

Therefore that w h ic h the m i nd of mancancon

”
the S p i rit ual .
,
-

ceive can al so be brou ght int o mat erial m ani fe st ati on

, .

I do nthat Martin Luth er was thus born but

ot say ,

I say t h is and I challe n ge the Ch ri st i an world C atho

, ,
-

lic or Prot estant to succe ssf ully contradict me t hat

, , .

C hri st was thus born If he were not then the Doc .

,
-

t ri ne of the Imm aculat e Conc e pt i on i s a lie and if t his ,

i s a he t hen the v ery found ati on of reli gion bot h

. ,

Prot e st ant and Cathol i c is a lie an d a f arce , .

1 1 Alt hou gh it is gen erally ad mitted as a f act t h at t hose who

.

are thu s begotten excel oth er men y et such su periority i s not ,

al ways shownby the ir vices but so metim es by t he i r v i rtu es and

,

e v e n t he i r mo rals S c i pio A fri c anus f or instance C aesa r Au

.
, ,
-

g ustus an d Pl ato the P hilos o p h e r as is reco rded o f eac h of th em ,

res pectiv el y by Livy S u eto n iu s and D i ogenes Laertius had e x

, ,
-

colle nt morals W hence may be in ferred that if ot her i ndivid

.
.
-

uals be gotte n in the sam e way h av e bee n down ri ght v illian s it ,

was not o wi n g to th e i r b e in g b orn o f an l ncubi bu t to th e i r ,

h av i n g of t he i r ownfree will c hose n to be such

, , .

S u rely t hi s iscon fession for a C hu rch Father to make and

a ,

this prov es j ust ex actl y what I h av e al re ady prov e n If t hese .

gre at me n w ere born th e n it is aneasy matt er fo

, r a C hri st or a

Budd h a to h av e been t hus born .

12 We also read i n the Test ament , Genes i s, 6 v erse 4 that

.
, ,
T HE D IV IN E MY S T ER Y .
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gi ant s were born when the sons of G od c ame in unto the daugh t -

ers o f men; t h at is the v ery l ett er of the sac red t e xt Now .

,

t hese gi ant s were menof grea t sta ture says B a ruc h C hapt e r 3 , , ,

v erse 26 an d f ar su peri or toother me n Not only were t he y

, .

di sti ngui shed by thei r h u gh siz e but al so by the i r ph y sic al pow

,
-

er. S ome c ont e nd th at by son s of God are m eant the sons of

S et h an , d by d au ght ers of menthe d au ght ers of C ai n b ec ause ,

the former practiced p i e ty reli gi on and e v e ry ot he r vi rtu e

. .

w hi l st the d esc endents of C ai nwere quit e the re v erse ; but wit h .

all du e re v ere n ce to Ch rysost om Cy rillus Hil ari us an

, d ot hers , . ,

who w ere of t hat op ini on it must be conc ed ed t h at it cl ashes

,

wit h the obvious me anin g of the t e xt S cri ptu re s ay s inf act .

. ,

t h at of the c onj u n cti on of the abov e me nti on ed were b ornme n

of hugu f
bodily size ; co n se qu e nt l y t hose giants were n
, ot pre vi -

ously ine xist en ce and if t he i r bi rt h was the result of t h at con

,
-

j u ncti on it ca n , not be asc ribed to the intercou rse Of the sons of

S et h w it h the d au ght ers of C ai n who bei n g of ordi n , ary st at -

ure c ould but p ro cre at e c hil d re n of ord i na ry statu re There

, .
-

fore if the i n
, t erc ou rse in q uesti on gav e bi rt h to b ei ngs of h n gu n
st atu re the reason is t h at it was n
, ot the c omm on c on necti on
bet ween manan d woman but the pe rform an
. c e of the l nc ubi
Demon s who from t he i r n
, . at ure may v ery well be sty l ed S o
, ns
of God S uc h is the O pi n
. i onof the Pl atonist Phil osophers an d
of Franci s Georges the Ven eti an ; n . or is it d isc re pant wit h t h at
of Josmhus the Hist ori an Phil o the Jew S t J usti n
, us the Mar , .
-

ty r C l ement Of Al e xand ri a an
,
d Te rt ul l ian who l ook uponIn
, .
-

c ubi as c orporal An gel s who h av e al l o wed t hemsel v es to f al l

N o the sinof l e wdn ess wit h women In d eed as sh all be shown
.
,

here aft er t hou gh seemi n gl y d i sti n

,
ct t hese twoopi ni ons are but
,

on e an d the sam e .

This re ally refer to the Ele m e ntals It is not t rue .

t h at t hese El em en t al s allowe d t he mse lv es to f al l i n to

l ewdn ess It is t hat t he y desi red to bec ome Immort al
.

t hat t he y und ert ook t hese i n t erc ou rses an d t here is ,

not a sin gl e i nsta nc e in hist ory to pro v e that anEle -

me ntal had i n t erc ou rse more t h an once wit h a woman .

W ere lew dn ess the obj ect th en th i s would not be t ru e .

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clared i t to be anarticle of b el i ef t hat God is the maker of all
thin gs v isible a nd in v is ible s p ir itu a l a nd co rp ora l w ho h a s , ,

ra ised fro mn othing e ve ry c rea tu re sp i ritua l o r corp o ra l A nge l ,

-

ir or Terrestria l J c ont end it is anarticle of beli e f that t here are

cert ain merel y sp i rit ual c re at ure s an d t h at suc h are An gel s ; n ot ,

all of t hem but cert ain nu mber

,
a .

The stud en t must bear i n min d t h at here are re ally m e ant the
An gel s on the on , e h and w h ic h are go od an d e v il forc es ; De v
,
-

ils onthe ot her h an

,
d whic h are bad The word Demon d oe s
, .

not here si gni f y the s ame t hi ng t h at it di d when used before .

He re it me ans the e v il side .

16 It may seem st ran ge y et it must be ad mi tt ed n

. ot to be
.

un l ik ely If inf act t heol ogi ans c on

.
, cur ine st ab l i shin g amon g
,

An g e l s a s peci fi c a n d t h e re f or e e
, sse nti al div e rs i ty so c on s i d e r ,
-

able t h at acc o rd i n
, g to S t T ho m as t here are not two An .
g e ls O f ,

the same speci es but t h at e ac h of t hem is a spe ci es by h i mse l f

, ,

why n ot c ert ain A n ge ls be more p u re s pi rit of a c on se q uently .

v ery su peri or nat ure an d ot hers c orporal t herefore of a l ess

, ,

p e r f e ct n atu re d i ff e rin g t h u s f
,
rom e ac h ot he r in t he i r c orp o r a l
or i n c orporal subst ance " Th i s d oct ri n e h as the adv ant age of

sol v in g the othe rw ise i nsol uble c ont ra d icti on bet ween two
OEcumen ical C oun cil s n amely the S e v e nt h Ge n eral S y nod
, ,

an d the abov e m e n ti on ed C ou -
ncil of Lat eran For du ri ng the .
.

fi ft h sittin g Of the S y n od the se c on d Of Nice a a book was in

, ,
-

trodued writt en by J ohn of Thessal onic a agai n st a p a gan ph il -

OSOphe r w here i nocc u,

r the fo ll owin g propositi ons : R es pecti ng
An gel s A rc h angel s an
,
d t he i r powers to whic h I ad j oin our own ,

S o ul s the C at hol ic C h urc h is re all y of O pi n

,
ion t h at t he y are
i nt e ll i gences but not e n ti rely b od i l ess an
, d se n se less as y ouGen ,
-

tiles av er S he onthe c on . t rary asc ribes to t he m a subti le

. ,

b od y aeri al or i gneous acc ord i ng to wh at is writ te n : He mak es

, ,

the spi rits His A n ge l s an d the b urn in g ti re His Mi ni st er

. An d .
,

f utt her on Alt hou gh n ,

ot c orporal in the sam e way as our -

se lv es m ade of the four ele ment s y et it is i mpossib le to say th at

, ,

An ge l s De mons and S ouls are i nc orporal for t he y h av e bee n

, ,

see n many a ti me i nv ested wi th t hei r own b od i es by t hose

. ,

wh ose e yes the Lo rd h as ope ned And af te r that book had .

THE DIVIN E MYS TER Y .
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been d throu gh bef ore all the Fat hers in Council asse mbled
re a ,

Th arasius the Pat ri arch of Co n

, st antin ople submitted it to the ,
“
a pprov al of the Council wit h t hese wo rds : The Fat her s how ,
1

eth t h at An ge ls sh ould be p ict u re d si n ce the ir fo rm canbe de ,

-

fin e d an d t he y hav e been see n int he sh a pe of men Wit hout

”
.
,
“
a di sse nt the S y nod answered : Yes m y Lord ”
, .

Thi s e x pl ains itsel f e xc e pt t h at it is re ma rkabl e in t h at the

,

c ompositi onof both manan d the El e mentals was un d erst ood .

“
Mad e in the s ame way as ourse lv es mad e o f the f our ele ,
-

ments It is i n t his that mandifi ers f rom the El eme nt al Man

. .

is made of the fou r element s an d c onse q u ent l y i s bot h mort al , .

,

an d Immort al The Fi re or el e me n . t of Fi re giv es him his soul , , ,

his power to l ov e and his Immorta l ity The Eleme nt als are .

on l y of on e e l e m e nt and c onse q ue ntly unl ess t he y canco me

, , ,

i nto n at ural connecti on wit h a h u man be in g ca n not be Immor -

tal .

T he y h av e been seen by t hose whose e y es the Lord h ad

ope n ed T hi s also i s tru e
. When man t hrou gh ce rtai nS o ul
.
,

de v el opment has re ac hed a st at e where the S pi ritu al S i ght i s

,

open e d he can see n

,
ot on l y the A n, ge l s w h ic h are d i sti n ct from ,

the El e me nt als but he can see the El e m entals also This is n

, o .

id le d re am as the writ er k no ws many who can an

, d d o hold
d ai l y inte rc ou rse with t hese El eme n t al s an d kno ws of on e In i ,
-

t i ale who has been inst ru men t al inbrin gin g about the Immor ~

t alit y of more t han on e hu nd red El em ent als of Fi re .

T he A n g e l s must no t b e c o n f ou n ded w i th the Eleme nt als for ,

all A n ge l s a r e e t e rnal in t h a t t he y a re t he m e ss e n ge rs of God .

S uc h A n g e ls m a y and d o a pp ea r to m e n but t he y h av e n o ih ,
-

te rcourse wit h me n sinc e t here is n , o n eed of it and t herefore , , ,

no d esi re Desi re is the law tha t rules in all t hin gs

. .

17 I premise t h at the word A n

.
gel a p pli es not indeed to the
ki nd but to the offic e The Hol y Fat hers are agree d t hereupon
,
.
.

“
( S t A
. m b r o s e o n th e E ,p i st l e t
”
o the He bre ws ; S t Austin .
,
“
City of God ; S t Gregory Homily 34 onS c ri ptu re S t
”
.
”
, .

Isi d orus S u preme Good n ess

,
An An gel v ery t ruly s ays .
,

S t A mb rose is t hu s sty l e d n
.
,
ot be ca use he is a s pi rit but on
, ,

acco unt of his otiiee Nunt i us i n Latin , t hat is to say Messen

.
,
-
THE DIV IN E MYS TER Y .
 THE DIV IN E MY S TER Y . 41

ge
‘

r . It follo ws whoev is ent rust ed by G od wit h a mis

t hat er -

si on be he s pi rit or man may be c all ed anAn

, , gel an d is t hus ,

c alled in the Holy S c ri pt ures where the f oll owin g word s are ,

appl i ed to Pri est s Pre ach e rs an , d Docto rs who as Me s sen g e rs , ,

of God ex plain to menthe Di v i n

, e Will ( Malachi c h apt er 2; .
,
“
The Pri est s li ps s houl d kee p k n owl ed ge an
’
v . d t he y ,

s houl d seek the law at his mout h f or he is the An ge l of the ,

Lord of Hosts T he sam e prophet c h apt er 3 ; v 1 b e st ows

.
, .
,
“
the n ame o f An ge l onS t J ohnthe B a pti st whe n sayin g : Be .
,
-

hol d I will se n d my An gel an d he s hall pre p are the way before

,

me . Th at t hi s prophecy lit eral ly appli es to S t J ohn the Bar .

-

f ist is t esti fi ed by our Lo rd J esus C hrist inthe Gosple acc ord -

“
in g to S t M att he
. w ch a pt e r 11 ; , v 10 S ti ll more : God him . .
-

sel f is c all ed anA nge l bec au se he has been se n , t by His Fat h e r

to herald the law of mercy To witn ess the proph ecy of Isi ah
.
, ,
“
c hapter 9; v 6 acc ordin g to the S e pt ua gi nt He shall be c all ed
.
, ,

anA n g e l O f W o nd e rf ul Cou n se l A nd m ore pl ai n ly still in

.

“
Mal ac hi ch apt er 3 ; v 1: The Lord w ho m y ousee k shall sud
, .
-

den ly c ome to his t e mpl e e v e nthe An ge l o f t

,h e c o v en a nt w h o m
”
y e d e li gh t in a p p
ro ,
he cy w h ic h lit e rally a pp li e s to ou r L o rd
J esus C hrist There is con se q ue n. tly n ot h i ng absu rd in the
, ,

c ont enti on t hat some An gels are corporal si nc e men who as , ,

-

su redly h av e a b o d y are calle d A ngels , .

18 I premise t hat Holy S c ri ptu re an

. d e ccles i as tical t raditi on
do not t e ac h us anyt h in g be y ond what is re qui red for the sal -

v ati on of the soul name ly Fait h Hope an , d C h a rity

, C on
, se .
-

q u ently from a t hi ng not lon g be i ng st at ed e it he r by S c ri pt ure

.
,

or t rad ition it mu st n ,
ot be in ferred t h at t hat t hi n g is n ot ine x -

isten ce For inst an

. ce Faith t e ac hes us t hat God by His W ord
, ,

m ade t h in gs v isible an d invi sibl e and also t hat th rou gh the ,

m erit s of our Lord J esus C hri st grac e an d gl ory are c ontened .

'

on e v ery ration al c re atu re Now t h at t here is an ot her world .

,

th anthe on e we l i v e in and t h at it be peopl ed by me n

, not b orn
of A d am but mad e by God in som e ot her way as is i mpl i ed
, ,

by t hose who be l i e v e the lun ar gl obe to be i nh abit ed ; or f ur ,

-

th er t h at in the v ery wo rl d we dwell in t here be o ther rati onal

, ,

cre atures bes i des manan d the A n ge lic S p i rit s c re a tu r e s g e ne ra l-

,
THE DIV IN E MYS TER Y
.
‘
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 T HE DIV IN E MY S TER Y . 45

23 A n
. swe r : It is anartic l e of beli e f e x pre ssl y l ai d d ownby ,

the C ounci l of Lateran th at wh at e v er is inf act and at prese n

. t,
w as mad e inthe ori gi nof the worl d B y His all mighty vi rt ue , .
-

God, from the be gi n ni ng of ti me , raise d t oget her from not hi ng

bot h orders of c reat ures spi rit ual and c orporal Now t hose
, .
,

an i mal s al so would be i ncl ude d inthe general it y of c re at ures .

As to t he i r formati on it mi ght be said th at God Hi mse l f

, ,

t hrough the med i um of A nge l s mad e t he i r b od y as He d i d .

mans to wh ic h a nImmorta l spirit was to be un

’
,
ited Th at bod y .

b ei ng of a nob l er nat ure t h ant h at of ot her ani mal s it was meet ,

t h at it shoul d be unit ed to aninc orporal and hi ghl y n obl e spi r -

it.

24 Q ue sti on: Would t hose an

. i mal s d esc end from on e in di -

vid ual as all mend esc end ed from Ad am ; or onthe c ont rary
, , ,

woul d man y h av e bee nmad e at the same ti me as was the c ase ,

for the ot her l i v i n g t hi n gs i ssu e d from e art h an d wat er where i n ,

were mal es an d fe males f or the preserv ati onof the ki n d by gerr -

crati on " Would t here be amongst t hem a d i sti ncti on bet ween
the se x es " Would t he y be subj e ct to bi rt h and d eat h to senses , ,

p as si ons w
, a nt o f f o o d p o w e r o
,f gr ow t h " If so w h at t he i r ,

nut riti on Would t he y l ead a soci al l i fe as mendo B y wh at

" " ,

l aws ruled Wou l d t he y b ui ld up citi es for t he i r d well i ngs cul

" ,
-

tiv ate the art s an d sci e n c es hold propert y and wage war be
, ,
-

t weenthemse lv es as me nare on
,
w t to do "

25 It may be t h at all d esc en

. d f rom one i nd i v i d ual as man ,

desc ended from A d am It may be al so t h at a number of mal es

.
, ,

an d femal es were mad e i n iti all y who preserved t hei r ki nd by

,

ge n erati on We w ill f urt her ad mit t h at t he y were b ornand die ;

.

t h at t he y are di v i d ed i n t o mal es and fe males and are mov ed by ,

sen ses an d p assi on s as me nare ; t h at t he y feed an

, d grow ac -

c ordi ng to the size of t hei r b od y The i r food howe v er i nste ad

.
, ,

of be i n g g ross l
, i k e t h at r e q ui re d by th e h u m an b od y m u st be ,

delic at e and v apory emanati ng t hrough spi rit uou s e tfl uv ia f rom

,

w h at e v er in the p h y sic al world ab oun d s wit h hi ghl y v ol ati l e

c orpusc l es suc h as the fl av or of me at s the f ume of wi ne the
, , ,

fragran cy of fruit fl owers aromatic s whic h e v olv e anabund

, , ,
-

an ce of tho se effl uvia unti l all th ei r subtile an d v ol atil e pa rt s

T HE DIV IN E MYS TER Y .
 T HE D IV IN E M Y S TER Y .

h av e c ompl et ely v aporat ed Tothe i r be i ng abl e to l e ad a so

e .
-

cial l i fe wit h disti n

,
cti ons of rank and prec ede nce ; tot he i r c ul ti -

y ati n g th e ar t s a nd sci e n c e s e x e rci si ng f

, u n cti on s m ai n t ai ni ng ,

armi es b u ,
i l di ng up citi es d oi ng inshort wh at e v er is requisit e
, , ,

f or t he i r prese rv ati on l hav e inthe mai nn, o obj ecti on .

t to the book The lrreconcilable

“
I would refer the st ud e n
Gn ome for the re ason wlw t here are El emen
”
t al s or why the ,

El e me nt al s are n ot h u manine v ery sen se as we are I woul d .

,
“
al so re fe r the st u
,
de nt to the pri v at e work The My steri es of
“
O si ri s f or the e xpl an ati ono f the fi rst fal l of man
”
.

Wh at the Fat her has to say regard i ng the food of the Ele -

men tals is e n,
ti rely and absol utel y correct Thi s e x pl ai ns why . ,

in the proc ess of S oul De v el opment the Neoph yt e uses i nc ense

U
.
,

si ng i nc e n se h as a t r i pl e m e an i ng l t h e l p s t h e Ne o p.h yt e to
ope nthe S oul si ght ; it att ract s the El e men t al s bec ause it prov es
to t hem t h at t here is on e who d esi res t he i r c o mp ani on sh i p an d ,

it is al so a food for t he m .

The Fat her here f urt he r c l ears the q u esti onas to the di ff er -

e nc e b etw ee nthe El e m ent al s an d the Vampi res or disemb odi e d ,

soul s .

T he El emen l iv e u ponthe vit ality of hu

t al s do not -

manity but u pon suc h food as before st at ed The

, .

Vamp i res liv e e nti rel y uponhumanvit ality .

A MYS TER Y .

It is a w e ll k n own f act t hat se ldom is a d run k ard

kil l ed while ina d runke nst at e It d oes not matt er .

int o how d angerous a pl ace he may go he u su all y ,

comes out s afe Thi s is the re ason: Whena manis

.

drunk he is inan e n ti rel y ne g ati v e stat e Whi l e in .

t his st at e more especi al ly if st upe fie d t he se dise mbod

, ,
-

ie d soul s who are e art h b oun

, d cane asi l y absorb the
-
,

vit alit y t he y req ui re inord er to l i v e Thi s t he y do .

,

an d it is t herefore to thei r gre at be n

, , e fit to see t h at

s uc h a sl av e is not ki l l ed for were he or she ki ll e d

‘

t he i r food would at once c e ase and it woul d me an ,

t he i r d eat h It is t he re fore the i r d esi re t hat suc h n

.
, eg
,
-

atives —
Vampire slav es sh all not com e to an -

y h arm ,
T HE DIV IN E MYS T ER Y .
 T H E D IV IN E M YS TER Y .

and t he y watc h ov er t hem c aref ul ly .

S oon er or l at er t he y h av e acc o mpl i shed t hei r d esi re

’

an dn o l ong e r n ee d suc h a n e g ati v e T he re sul t is t h at .

t he y no l onger protect suc h d ru nk ard and d e at h ,

c omes whi l e he is insome d ru nkenst at e an d the ver ,

-

“ ”
dict is he art f ail ure .

Th i s is al so the re ason wh y it is so h ard to ref orm

a d ru nk ard He may st op for mon
. t hs at a ti me but ,

it is only by e xert i ng his wi ll t h at he can kee p away

“
from d ri n
”
k There is al ways t h at somet hin g urg
.
-

in g him to d ri n k unti l t hi s d esi re b ec omes so power

,
-

f ul t h at he w i l l st art d ri nki ng agai n .

The gre at er p art of Medi umshi p al so c omes u n der

the same he ad i n g The v ast maj ority of med iu ms are
.

not honest ne it her are t he y li v i ng a pure li fe These

, .

d i se mbod i ed Vampi res c ome i nt ot ouc h wit h t he m be -

c ause t he y are Negati v es The y giv e t hem a ce rt ain .

amou nt of kn owl ed ge ine xc han ge for whic h the y re

,
-

ceive e n ough v it al ity to l i v e G rad ual ly the medi um.

bec omes so ab sol ut el y suc ke d dry of vit ality t h at t here

is a ph y sic al and me n t al b reakd own .

l natu rall y do not re fe r to t hat pu re c onsci ou s me ,

-

diumship where the me d i um is b ot h pu re de v el oped ,

an d hon est bu t to t h at un
,
iv ersal c omm erci al med i ,
-

umsh ip ab oun d i ng one v e ry h and .

26 Q uesti on : Wh at would t he i r figure be h umanor ot her

.
- -

wi se "
7

27 . As t hei r figure we ne it her canor shoul d be af

re gar s d ,
-

fi rmati v e si n, c e it esc apes our senses bei ng toodel ic at e for our ,

s ight or t ouc h Th at we must le av e to t he mselv es and to suc h

.
,

as ha v e th e pri v i l ege of in tuitiv e acq uai nt ance wit h i mmateri al

sub st anc e But so f ar as prob abi l it y goes I say t hat t he i r fig
.
, ,
-

ure t al li es w it h the h umanb od y sav e some d i sti n cti v e pec ul i ar

,
-

ity should the v ery t enuity of t he i r b od i es not be d ee med suf

,
-

fi cient . l am led to t hat c onsi d erati ont hat of all the works of
God the human f rame is the most perfect an
, d t h at whi l st all ,

other an i m al s stoo p to the gro un d b ec ause th ei r so ul is mo rt al , ,

T HE DIV IN E MYS TER Y .
T IIE DIV IN E MY S TER Y .
 T HE DIVIN E MY S TER Y .

er h andt here be i ng no mat eri al or gross matt er int he i r make

,
-

up t he y may appe ar ind i ff eren

, t form s ind i ff e rent peopl e .

It is w i th pl e asure t h at we here gi v e the p ict ure of on e of the

El eme n t al s of Fi re the S alamande i e

r n
,
T h i s is f rom t hat be au
.
-

ti f ul work The S alamanderine w hi ch we hope to i ssue at an

, ,

e arl y d at e .

The st ud e n t should c are f ull y not e the st at eme nt : That we

must l e av e to the mse lv e s an d to such as h av e the priv i l e ge of
,

in tuitiv e acq uai n t ance w it h i mmate ri al substances ”

Thi s f rom.
,

a ho l y Fat he r is of v ast i mport ance It is re all y t h rough the

, .

In t uiti v e f acul ty th at one can first become ac q uai nt ed w it h the

El e me n t al s T h i s cancome only th rough S oul d e v el opme nt
. .

28 Q uest ion Would the se an

.
'
im als be s ubj e ct to d ise ase s ,

in fi rmit i sl
e s
,p f ood d rin
-e k e te
,
"
, ,
.
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 THE DIV IN E MYS TER Y . 55

29 The i r bodi es thou gh subtile be in g m at eri al th e y would

.
, , , ,

of course be li able to dec ay Th e y mi ght th ere fore su ffer from

, .
, ,

ad v e rse agenci es and con se q ue ntly be dise ase d ; th at is t he i r

, , ,

organ s mi ght not perf orm or pain f ully an d im perf ectly perform
,

the off i ce assi gned to th em for th erein consist all dise ase s wh at
,
-

e v e r with ce rt ain ani mals as h as bee n distinctly e x pl ain ed by

,
“
the ill ust ri ous Mich ael Ettmullat Ph ysiol ogy C V t hesis I
, , . . .

Inso ot h t he i r bod i es be in g le ss gross t h an the h uman f ram e

, ,

c omprisin g less elements mix e d t ogeth er th e y would n ot so ,

e asily su ffe r fro m a dv erse influ ences an d would t here fore be , , .

less liable to d ise ase t han man Th e i r li fe w ould also e xceed .

his for the more perfect an ani mal as a s peci es the lon ger i s
, , ,

d ays Thus mankin d wh ose e xiste nce exte n d s bey ond t hat of
.

oth er ani mals For I do n

. ot beli ev e in the ce nt ena ry exist ence
of c rows sta gs rav ens an d the like of which Pliny tells his
, , , ,

cust omary stori es ; an d alt ho ugh his d re ams hav e been re ec hoe d -

by oth ers with out pre vi ous inq ui ry it is n o less cle ar t hat befo re ,

writin g t h us n , ot on e h as f ait hf ully not ed the birth o r d e at h o f

t hose ani mals The y hav e been c ont ent wit h t akin g up the
.

st ran ge fable as has been the case with the Phenix whose lorr
’
-
, ,

”
g e v ity is d isc ard e d a s a st o ry by T acitus Ann als B 6 It , , . .

were t here fo re to be in ferr ed t h at the an

, , im als we are s pe akin g
of woul d liv e lon ger still t h an man for as sh all be s ai d here af , ,
-

ter th e y would be mo re n
,
oble t han he Conseq u ently also .
, ,

would be s ubj ect to the ot her bodily aff ections an d req ui re rest ,

an d f ood Now as rati on al be in gs amen able to disci plin e t he y

.
, , ,

mi ght also c ontin ue i gn orant if t he ir minds did n , ot rece iv e the

culture of st u d y an d inst ruction an d so me am on gst t hem woul d ,

be more or l ess v erse d insci e nce m ore or less cl ev er acc ordi n , g ,

as t he i r int e lli genc e h ad bee n mo re o r l e ss t rain e d Ho we v er .

,

g e n e ra lly sp e akin g a nd con ,sid e ri ng th e w h ol e o f th e s p e ci es ,

t he y wo uld be m ore le arn ed t han men not from the subtility of ,

t hei r bod i es but perhaps bec ause of the gre at er activity of t hei r
,

min d s or the l on g e r sp ac e of t h e i r li fe w h ic h w o uld e n a bl e ,

t hem to l e arn more t h i ngs t h an me n S uc h are i n d eed the .

,
“
motiv es assi gn ed by S t A u sti n( Di v in De mon C h 3 an
.
d . . .
,

S pi rit an
"
d S oul C h ,
to the presci en
. c e of the futu re i n
THE DIV IN E MY S TER Y .
 THE DIV IN E MYS T ER Y . 57
Demons . mi ght in deed su ff er from n atu ral agenci es but
The y ,

t he y could h a rd ly be kil l ed onacco unt of the speed wit h whic h

,

t he y can esc ape from d ange r .

Inthe mai n the holy Fat her is ri ght in h is c oncl usi ons How
,
.
-

e v e r th e se El eme n
,
t als do n ot su ff er from d ise ases f or the re a ,
-

son t h at a si ngle Eleme nt c an not s uff er B efore man fell i n . to

the mat eri al f orm he fe lt n , e it he r so rrow o r j oy Conse q uent l y .

he d esired to kn ow Through t h i s de si re he fel l i n

. t o the ma -

terial form wit h all its sorr ows an d j oy s The El e m e n t al d oes

.

not su ff er from d ise ase Its deat h is a n at u ral d e at h from ol d

.

age as s hou
,
l d be the d e at h of man Howev er im med i at el y .
,

t h at anElem ent al h as bee n m arri ed wit h the h uman it will ,

know bot h sorro w an d j oy an d be subj ect to n

, earl y all the so r -

ro ws an d p ains of the h u man Th i s is the Law . .

30 W ould t he se an
. i mal s be borninori gin al sin an d h av e ,

bee n redee med by the Lord C hri st " W ould the grace h av e
beenc onferred upont hem an d t hroug
,
h w h at sac rame nt " n U-

der wh at law would t he y l iv e an d woul d t he y be c apabl e of

,

be atitu de an d d amn at i on "

31 It is anarticl e of belre f t h at C hri st h as m e rit ed grac e an

. d
g l or y f or all rati o n a l c re at u r e s w it h ou t e xc e p ti o n It is a l so a n .

artic l e o f be l i ef t h at gl ory is n ot c on ferred ona rati on al c re at ure

unti l s uc h c re at ure h as been pre vi ou sly end owed wit h grac e ,

whic h is the d i spositi onof gl ory Acc ord i ng to a l ike article

.
,

g l or y is c on f e rre d by m e r it s N o w t h e
. se m e rit s are, g r o u n ded
onthe perfect ob se rv ance of the c om man d s of God wh ic h is ,

acco mpli shed t hrou g h g ra c e T h e a b o v.e qu e s ti on s a re t h us

solv ed W het her t hose c re at u res d i d or d i d not sinori gi nall y

.

is unc e rt ai n It is c l e ar howe v er t hat if the ir fi rst p are n

.
, ,
t h ad -

sinn e d as A d am si n ned his d esce nt would be borninori gi nal

,

sin as men are b orn And as G od n

, . e v e r l e av es a rati on
, al

c reat u re wit hout a remed y so l ong as it t re ad s the way if t hese

, ,

c re at ures were i nfect e d wit h ori gi nal or act ual sin God would ,

h av e prov i d e d the m w it h a re me d y ; but w het he r it is the c ase ,

an d of wh at ki n d is the re med y is a sec ret bet wee nGod and ,

t he m S u rely if t he y h ad sacrame n
.
,
t s i d entic al wit h or d i ff e r -

en t f rom t hose in use in the h umanC h urc h mi l it an

'
t , for the
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clared th a t Demons were bein gs of an im al kind passi v e sou l s , ,

r atio nal int e lli ge nce s a eri al b od i es e v erl astin g ; and th e y gav e
, .

it l
t hem the n am e of Demons wh ic h of s f i s nowise o ff ensi v e ,
e
,

since it m e ans
R EPLET E WIT H W IS DO M .

S oth at w he n ut hors al lude to the De vil ( or Evil An ge l ) t he y

a

d o not mere ly c all him De m on but C ac od em on ; an d sav l ik e

.
-

w ise Eu de mon whe n s pe akin g of a good An ge l

, Those c re a .
-

tu res are al so mentio n ed in S c ri pt u re an d by the Fat hers .

34 Now th at we h av e prov e d t h at t hose c re at u res are possi

.
,
-

ble let us go a ste p f u rt her an

, d show t hat t h ey e xist , T aki n g .

f or gran te d the t ru th of the recit al s c oncernin g the int erc ourse

of In c ubi and S uccubi wit h mort al s re cit als so num erous t h at ,

it w ould l ook l ike i mp u d ence to d eny the f act as is st ated by .

S t Au sti n whose t esti mon

.
, y is gi v e n I argu e : W here the p ,
e -

cu liar p assi on of the se n se is found t he re al so of n ecess it y is , . , ,

the sen se itse l f ; for acc ord i n g t o th e p rinci

, p l e s o f p h il oso ph y ,

the pe c ul i ar p assi on fl ows from n at ure t h at is to say whe re the , .

act s an d ope rati on s of the se n se are fou n d there also is the ,

se n se operati ons an
, d acts be i n g b u t its e xt e r n al f or m N ow . ,

t hose Incubi an d S uccrrbi prese nt acts operati on s pec ul i ar p as , ,

-

si on s wh ic h s pri n g from the sen The y are t here fore e u

’

, ses .
, ,
-

d owed wi th se nses B ut se nses c annot e x ist wit hout con

. comi -

t ant c omposit e organ s wit hout a c ombi nati on s o

, f soul an d
bod y l ncubi an
. d S uccubi h av e t here fore soul an d bod y an d
, , , .

co nse q ue nt l y are ani mal s : but t he i r act s an

, d operati on s are ,

al so t hose of a rati on
, al s oul T hei r soul is t herefore rati on al .
, , ,

an d t h us from first to l ast t he y are rati on al ani mal s

, , .

” “ ”
The stu d e nt mu st re ad S p i rit s for S oul f or if t hese Ele .
-

men tals h ad a s ou l t he y w ould be Immort al T he y h av e bod y .

an d sp i rit but the sou l the i mmort al par t canon

, , l y c ome ,

t hrough marri age wit h the h um an or that which a l read y is Im ,

-

mort al .

35 T he Evil S pi ri ts the i n
. c orporal Dem ons whic h hav e to
, .

do wit h Bl ack Magici an s an d S orce risrn c on st rain t hem to de ,

-

monworshi p to the ab j u rati onof the O rt hod ox Fait h to the

, ,

co mmi ssion of en charrtmerrts an d foul cri m es as prel i mina ry ,

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68
condition s to the in f amous i nt erc ourse Now lncub i pret en d to .
,

nothin g f o t h e k in d T h e se a re t h e re f o.r e n o e v il sp ir its ,L ast , .

-

ly as writt e n by Guaccius at the m ere utt erance of the nam e of

, ,

J esus or Mary at the si gn of the Cross the a pproach of holy

, ,

relics o r co nsec rated obj ect s at e xorcisms at adj u rations or , ,

p r ie stly inj uncti o ns th e E vil D e m on e ith er sh udd ers or t akes to

,

fl i ght or is agi t at ed and h owl s as is d aily see n w i th en ergu mens

, ,

an d is shown by num erou s n arrati v es of G auccius cen ce rn ing

the ni ghtly re v els of Black M gim fi and unholy Mediums m .

The l ncubi on the cont rary st an d all those o rd e als without

, ,

taki n g to fli g ht o r showin g t h e l e a st fe ar .

36 Now if the e v i l Demon s subdu ed by our Lo rd J esus

.
, ,

Ch ri st are st rick en by fear by his n ame the cross and the hol y
, ,

t hin gs ; if on the ot her h an d the good An gels rejoice at t hese

, ,
-

s am e thi ngs without howev er incitin g mento sinn , or to gi ve,

off ense to God w hilst the lncubi wit hout h av i n g any d re ad of

, ,

the holy t hin gs pro v oke to i n t erc ou rse it is clear th at t he y are

, ,

neither evil D emons nor good An g els But i t i s a ls o c le ar tha t .

they a re n ot men thou g h e n d o w e d ,

w i th re a s o n W h at t he n .
, ,

are t he y " S u pposin g th e m to hav e reach ed the goal an d to be ,

p u r e s p i rit s th e y w ould , b e d am n e d o r bl e ss e d f o r c o rr e ct t h e ol ,
-

ogy doe s n ot ad mi t of p u re S p i rit s on the way to s alv ation If .

d amn ed t he y would re v ere the n ame and the c ross of Christ ; if

,

blessed th e y wou l d not incite mento i nterc ou rse The y woul d

, .
,

the ref ore be di ff erent from pu re s p i rits and thus h av e a bod y

, , ,

an d be onthe way to salv ati on .

37 As anot her princi p al proof of our c onclusi on regard in g the

.

e x i st e n ce of t hese anim al s in ot her words res pectin g the cor , ,

-

p o r e it y o f Incubi is adduc e d by t,
h e t e stimony o f S t H i e r on y .
-

“
mus inhis Li fe of S t Paul the Fi rst Hermit t -
. S t Ant h o n
,
y . .
,

says he set out ona j ou rn

, e y to v i sit S t Paul A ft er t rav eli ng . .

several d ays he met a Cen t aur of wh om he inqui re d the her ,

-

m et s abo de W here u ponthe Ce n

’
. t aur growlin g some unc out h ,

an d scarcel y int elli gibl e an swe r shew the w ay wit h h is ou t,

-

st retc hed hand and fled wit h the ut most s peed i n , t o a wood .

The Holy Abbott k ept onhis w ay an d in a d al e met a li tt e

’

, , ,

man, al most a dw arf w i t h creeked h ands horned brow an , d , ,

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’
his lower ext rem i ti es endin g with go ats feet At the si ght of .

him S t Anth ony stood still and feari n g the a rt s of the De v il

, .
, , ,

comfort ed him se l f with a si gn of the cro ss But f ar from run .

,
-

nin g a way or e v en see min g f ri ght en ed at it the little fellow

, ,

res pect fully a pproac hed the o ld man an d t en dered him as a ,

p e ac e o ff e rin g d at es f or h is j ou rn e y T h e bl esse d S t Anthony . .

“ “an d
t hen i nq ui red who he was I am a m ort al re pli e d he
.
, ,

on e o f the in h abitants of the Wildern ess wh o m Gentilit y un d er , ,

its v ari ed delusions worshi ps un der the nam es of Fauns S aty rs

, ,

and l ncubi I am ona mission from my fl ock We req u e st

. .

th ee to pray for us unto the com mon God w hom y e know to ,

h av e c ome for the s al v ati on of the worl d an d whose pr aise is ,

”
sound e d all ov er the e art h R ej oicin g at the gl ory of Ch ri st
.
,

S t Anthony tu rn
. in g his f ace tow ard s Ale x an d ri a an
, d st ri kin g ,
“
the ground wit h h is st aff c rie d out: Woe be unto th ee thou , ,
”
h arlot city who worshipest ani mals as Gods " S uc h is the
,

n arrativ e of S t Hieronymus who ex pati ates at len gt h on the

.
,

f act e x pl ai n
,
in g its i mport in a lon g discou rse .

38 It were i n
. d eed rash to d oubt the trut h of the abov e reci -

tal c onst antly referred to by the gre at est of the Doct ors of the
,

Holy Ch urc h of S t Hi erony mus whose aut hority no C at holic

, .
,

wi ll ev er de ny Let us t heref ore i n

. v esti gat e the ci rcumst ances
, ,

t hereo f which mu st cl e arly c onfirm our opini on .

39 We mu st observ e t hat if e v er a s aint w as ass ailed by the

.

arts of the Demon saw t hrow his i nfern al d e v ices an

, d carri ed ,

off v ict ori es an d t ro phi e s from the c on test t hat s aint was S t , .

Ant hony as is shown by his l i fe writt en by S t At hanasius

, , . .

Now since in t h at little manS t Ant hony d i d n

, ot recogni ze a .

de v il but anan imal s ayi n g

“
Woe unto thee t hou h arlot city
, , , ,

who worsh ipest an

”
i mal s as God s " it is cl ear th at it was n o
de vil or p u re spi rit ej ected fro m heav en and d amn ed but some ,

k i nd of ananim al S til l more S t A nt hony whe n inst ructin g

. . .
,

his fri ars an d c autionin g t hem against the ass aul ts of the De -

mon s ai d to t hem as rel at ed in the R oman B reviary Festi v al

, .

“
of S t A n t hony Abb ot B I )
.
”
, B el i e v e me my bret hre n S a
, . .
, ,
-

tand re ad s the v i gil s of pi ous menthe ir pray ers f asts v olun tary , , ,

p ov er t y co m, p assion and h umilit y ; but abov e all ,

h e d re a d s ,
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to the h u man b ein gs for suc h pray er The y would th en go .

d i rect tothe Godh e ad for t hei r s al v atio n or R egen erati on Thi s , .

i s not possible Con se q u ently th ere is but on

. e w ay T he y .

must appe al to m ank i nd and manm ust h el p th em to Immor ,

-

t a lit y It i s the only way for t he m

. .

43 We m ust obse rv e th at the l ittle manpro fesse d to be del

.
-

“
e gated by ot hers of h is k i nd whe n sayi n g I am on a mission
. ,
”
f rom my fl ock w ords fro m whic h many in ferences may be
,

d e duced O n e is that the l itt l e manw as not alon e o

.
, f his ki n d ,

anexc e pti o n al an d solita ry mon st er but th at there were many ,

of the s ame s peci es sinc e c on gregati n , g th e y m ade up a fl ock ,

an d th at he c am e in the n am e of all ; whic h could n ot h av e

been h ad n , ot the will of the man y c ent e red inhim A n ot he r .

is th at t hose animals hel d a soci al li fe since on

, e of t he m was ,

se nt in the n ame o f the m any Another is t hat alth ou gh liv .

, ,
-

in g in th e W il der n e ss it is not a ssi g ne d to. th e m as a pe rm an e nt

ab ode ; f or S t Ant hony h avi ng n e v er pre vi ously beenin t h at
.

de sert wh ic h was f ar distant from his herm i ta ge th e y c ou ld n

, ot ,

h av e k nown whom he was nor wh at his d egree of s anc ti ty It , .

was th eref o re n ec essa ry th at t he y shoul d becom e acq uai n

, , t ed
wit h him else where an d c on se q ue n,tly t hat th ey shoul d h av e
, ,

t ravelled be y on d th at Wi lde rn e ss .

44 We must obse rv e t hat the l i tt le mansaid he was on

. e of
“
those wh om the Gent i les bli nded by error c alled Fauns S a , , ,
-

tyrs an d Incubi ; and by t hese word s is s hown the t rut h of our

pri nci p al propositi on t h at Inc ubi are rati onal an , imals c apab l e ,

of be atitu d e an d d amn ati on .

45 The apparati on of suc h l itt l e me nis of freq u e n

. t occu r -

re nce in met al le mi n es as is writt e n by G re go , ri us Agsicola in ,

“
his bo ok De An imal S ubte rran The y appe a r to the min e rs
-
.

clothed l ike t he mse lv es pl ay an d c aper toget her l au gh an

, d tit ,
-

ter an d t hrow st on e s at t he m for the sak e of amu se men

, t A .

si gn s ay s the ab ov e named aut hor of e xc el lent success and of

, , ,

the fi n d i ng of sonre b ranc h or b od y of a min e ral tree .

Th is is t rue but on l y on , e ki n d of Ele me nt al s cane v e r be

f oun d in the mi n The se are the G n
“
es . om es or El eme n t al s ,

of the e art h.
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r m: me E MYSTER Y . 71
q u est i on which rem ains to be answered is t his :
46 The only .

Whence do those l i ttl e men or l ncubi dw ell " Tothat I re ply : , ,

S o me hly som e aqu eou s som e aeri al som e i gneous ;

are e art , , ,

th at is to say that th e i r bodi e s are m ad e of the most subtil e

,

p a rts of the e l e m e nts T h e i r d we llin gs w i ll conse q u e ntly be

.
, ,

found in that elem ent whic h corres po n ds to t heir b odi es Ign e .

-

ous l n cubi for instance will only st ay forcibly m ay be will not

, , .

st ay at all in wat er or m arshes wh ich are adv erse to t hem

, , ,

Th us with the ot hers also We see the like ha ppen to men .

,

wh o accu stom ed to thick er air c annot re ac h cert ain lo fty ridg

, ,
-

es o f the Al ps w here the air is too subti l e for th e ir lu n gs

, .

47 S t Austin th en i n his C om me nta ry onGenesi s bo ok

”
. .
, , ,

2 c h apt er 17 w rit es as foll ows concern

, , i n g Demons : The y
h av e the kn owled ge of som e t rut hs p artly th rou gh the more ,

subtile acu me n of thei r se nse s p artly t hrou gh the gre at er sub ,

-

“
an
”
tility of t he ir bodi es d book 3 c ha pt er 1 De mons are , , ,

aeri al ani mal s because t he y part ak e o ,

f the natu re of ae ri al bo d -

In h is Epistle 115 to Hebridius he a ffirms th at t he y are

”
ies .

“ ”
ae ri al o r et he re al anima l s e ndo wed wit h v ery sh arp se nse s , .

“ ” “
Inthe City of God book 11 ch apt er 13 he says t hat The , , ,

worst De mon h as an aeri al body Book 21 c hapt er 10 he .

, ,

writ es : The bodi es of c ert ai nDe mons as has b een be li e v e d by ,

some Ie ame d men are e v en made of the t hick and d amp air
,
” “
wh ic h we bre ath e B ook 15 ch apter 23. He d ares not de ,
-

fi n e whe t her An gels with an ae ri al body could fee l the lu st

, ,

wh ich wou ld incit e th em to co mmunic at e with wo me n Psal m .

14 he obse rv es t h at the b ody of An gels i s in ferior to the so

“ ”
,
ul .

“
And inhis book De Divin it Daemon
”
um be e v ery whe re an d ,
“
e s pe ci all y c h a pt er 23 t e ach es t h at Demons h av e subtile bod
,
-

H
res .

R egardi ng the f ood of the El e me nt al s , or Incubi , let us see to

t hi s , a sol .

48l d educe th at be in g anim als conse q u e ntly

. , oducible , re pr

th rough ge n erati on and li ab le to c orru ption th e y re q ui re f o od ,

for the rest oration of th e i r c orporal subst ance wast ed by e ffl u -

via For the li fe of e v ery se n

. sible be in g consi sts in n ot h i ng
el se but the motion o f the c orporal elem ent s w hich flow an d
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e bb, are u i red lost an

acq d rec ruit e d by me ans of subst ances
,

sp i rituous y et materi al assi mil ated by the livin g t hin gs ei t her

, , ,

th rou gh inh alation of air or by the ferme nt ation of f oo d which

s p i ritu ali ze s its su bst ance .

49 B ut th e i r bod i es be i n
.
g subtil e e q ually subtil e a n d d e l i c,at e
m u st be its f ood An d j ust as perf u mes an . d other v apo rous
,

and v ol atile subst ances when ad v erse to t he i r natu re off en d an

, d ,

p u t th e m to fli g h t in th e lik e ,m an n e r w h e n a g r eea bl e t he y de , ,
-

li ght in an d feed upon t hem Now as i s writt enby Corn . e lius

, ,
“
Mann a is n ot hi n g but an e m a na ti o n o f w a t e r a n d e a rt h re fin ,
-

ed an d b aked by the he at of the sun an d t he nco agul at ed an d,

cond e nse d by the c o ld of the fol l owin g ni ght ”

O f cou rse I .
,

am s pe akin g of the man na sent d own from He av e n for the

nou rish me nt of the Heb re ws an d whic h d i ff ers all in all from , , ,

nostrate or med ici nal mann a The l att er inf act acc ord i ng to .
, ,
“
Ettmulle r is merel y the j uice or t ransu d atio n of cert ain t rees
,

wh i c h d u ri n , g t h e ni gh t g et s m ix e d u p w it h, d e w an d the n e xt , ,

mornin g c oagul at es an ,
d t hick e n s inthe he at o f the sun The .

m ann a of the He bre ws on the c on t rary deriv ed f rom ot her

, ,

p rinci p l e s f ar f rom
,
c o ag u l ati ng l iq u i fi e d in th e h ea t o f , the
sun as is shown inS c ri ptu re The manna of the He brews was
,
.
,

t herefore u nd o ubt ed l y of the most sub ti l e subst ance c on sisti ng

, ,

as it di d o f e man ati on s o f e art h an d w at e r an d be i n g d i ssolv ed ,

by the sunand mad e to di sappe ar C o nseq ue n tly it may well .

,

h av e bee nthe food of the ani mal s we are s pe aki ng of an d t h us ,

“
h av e beent ruly c alled by Dav i d B re ad of A ngel s .

50 We h av e an
. ot he r aut hority inthe Gospel acc ord i n g to
“
S t J ohn c h apt er 10 v erse 16 where it is sai d : An
.
, , d ot her
,

shee p l h av e whic h are not of t hi s fold Them 1 must b ri ng

,
.
,

a 1d t he y sh al l hear my v oic e an d t he y sh all h av e on e fold an

, d
ore she phe rd If we i n q ui re what are t hose shee p wh ic h are
.

of t h at fol d an d wh at the fold of whic h the Lord C hri st s peak

,
-

e th we are an
,
swere d by all comme n t at ors t h at the onl y fol d of
C hri st is the C hurc h to whic h the pre ac hin g of the Gospel was
to bri n g th e G e n til es s h ee p o f a n ot h e,
r f o l d t h a n t h a t o f t he

He b rews T he y are inf act of opi ni ont h at the fol d of C hrist

.
, ,

w s the S y n agogu e, bec au se D avi d h ad sai d , Psalm 95, v erse 7

a
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well be unde rstood th ose ratio nal c re atu res or an i mals of who m , ,

we h av e bee n t re ati n g h ith erto The y be i n g a s w e h a

. v e sa id , ,

c apabl e of be atitude an d J e sus C hrist be in g the mod erator be

,
-

tw ee n God an d man as als oe verv rati on al c reatu re ( f or rati on

,
-

al cre atu re s att ain to be atitud e in consid eration o f the m erits of

Ch ri st t hrou gh the grac e he co nferred u pon t hem w ithout
, ,

w hich be atitu d e is im possible of att ainm ent ) e v ery ration al ,

cre atu re must h av e c herished at the s ame ti me as the f ait h i n ,

God the hope of the ad v e n

, t of C hrist an d h av e had the re v el ,
-

ati on of his nativity in the fl esh an d of the princi pl es of the law

“
of grac e T hose were t he re fore the s hee p whic h were n
.
, ot of
,

an
”
h um an fol d d wh ic h C hri st h ad to b rin g ; the shee p wh ich
,

were to he ar his v oic e t hat is the an , n ouncement of h is adv ent

,

an d of the e v an ge l ic al doct ri n e e it he r di rectly t hro u g him or

h ,

t hrou gh the A post l es ; the shee p whic h p art akin g with me nof ,
“
heav e n l y beatit ud e were to reali ze on
, e f old an d on e sh e p -

”
herd .

54 To t h i s i n
. t erpret ati on wh ic h I hol d to be in no way im
,
-

p roper force is add e d by wh at we re l at e d accordin g to S t

, , .

Hi erony mus of t h at littl e man who req uest ed S t Ant hony to

, .

p r a y f o r h im an d hi s f e ll ow s unt o t he c om m on G
, o d w h o m h e ,

knew to h av e suff ered inh umanfl esh For it i mpli es th at t he y .

were aw are of the adv e n t and of the de at h of C h ri st whom as , ,

God t he y we re an
,
x io us to propiti ate si nce sought to t hat ef , ,
-

f eet the i n
,
t ercessi onof S t A nt hony . .

Wh at we h av e hit hert o ded uced accord i ngl y sol v es the q ues ,

-

tion as to how a woman canbe got wit h chil d by anInc ubus

( El eme nt al ) Inf act it cannot be b rought about by the vit a
.
,

ass u med f romman agree ab l y to the c ommon opi n

,
i onwh ic h
we c on f ut e d It f oll ows t he re fore t hat she is d i re ct l y i mpreg
.
, ,
-

nated by the vit a of the Inc ub us whic h be i ng ananimal and , ,

c ap ab l e of givi ng l i fe h as the v it a of his own And t hus is

, .

f ull y e x pl ai n e d th e b e getti n g of G i an t s f rom the i nterc ourse of

the S on s of G od w it h the D au ght ers of me n ; for t h at i n t er -

c ourse gav e bi rt h to G i an t s who al t hough like un t o men were , ,

of h i gher st at ure an d t hough be gotte nof Demon

, ,
s an d con se ,
-

q uent l y of gre at st rength y et eq ualled t hem n eit her inmi ght

,
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nor i n power .

55 Incon fi rm at i on of the above in ference, we observ e t h at

.

an i mals s prun g from the mix in g of diff erent k i nds do not breed ,
but are barren as see n i n certain kinds
, .

N ow we do not re ad of G iants h av i n g bee n begott e n ot oth

,
-

er G iants bu ,t of t he i r h avin g been born of the S ons of God ,

that is Elem ental and the Dau ght ers of men B e in g t h us be

, .
-

g ott e n o f t he vita o f th e E l e m e nt al mix e d wit h the hu m an v it a ,

and be in g as it were an int erm edi at e speci es between t hem an

, , d
man t he y h ad no gen erativ e power
,
.

56 It will be reto rted th at if the gen eration of Gi ants h ad

.
,

re ally co me from the c o mbined vit a of Incub i an d wo men ,

Gi ants woul d still be bornin our ti me sinc e there is n o l ack of

,

wome n who h av e int ercou rse wit h In cu bi as shown by the Acts ,

of S t B ern ard and Peter of Alcan

. tra .

57 Now it m ust be obse rv e d th at a ft er the floo d the air

.
, , , ,

wh ic h su rrounds our e art hl y an d aqeous globe b eca me from , ,

the clamp of the wat ers t h icker t h an it had b een hereto f o re ;

,

an d d amp b ein g the princi pl e of curruption that may be the ,

re as o n wh y mend o not liv e as the v d id befo re the fl ood It is .

also o naccount of th at t h ickness of the air t h at et here al and

ign eon s De m ons m o re c o rpu le nt t h anthe ot hers cann
, o lon g ,
-

er d we l l inthe t h ick at mosphere an d if th e y do d esce nd into it

,

occ asi on al l y do so only by f o rce much as div ers d esce nd into

, ,

the d e pt hs of the se a .

58 B efore the flood w hen the air was not y et sot h ick De
.
, ,
-

mons c ame u ponthe e a rt h an d h ad int ercou rse wi t h wom en .

T h us proc re atin g Gi ants whose st at ure was n e a rly equ al to t h at

of the De m on s t hei r f at hers But n
, ow it is not so The In
. .
-

c ubi who approach wo men are eque ous and of small st at ure .

Th at is why t he y appe ar inthe sh ape of littl e me n an d be i n g , ,

aq u e ou s t he y are mo re l ec he ro
, us Poets hav e d e pi c ted Ve n
. us
as b o rnof the se a in o rd e r to sho , w as ex pl ai n ed by my tho
, lo -

g i st,s th a t lust t ak e s its so u rc e f ro m d am p W he n t here fore .

, ,

De mon s of sho rt st atu re i mpregn at e wom e n n o w ad ay s the ,

c h i l d re nt h at are born are not G i an t s but menof ord i nary size

, .

It sho uld how ev er, be kno wn th at wh en Demon s h av e i nt er-

,

9 03 2 A
3 7
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course wit h wom en i n th ei r ownnatu ral bod y w i thout h avin g ,

reso urse to an y d i s guis e o r ar ti fi c e th e w om en do n ot see t hem , ,

or if th e y do see but anal most do ubt f ul ba rely inv i sibl e sh ad

, , , ,
-

ow . B ut when t he y want to be be see n t he y assu me a visibl e

disguise an d a p al p abl e b ody B y what m e ans t h is i s eff e ct ed
.

i s t hei r secret wh i c h our short si ght ed philoso phy is un able to

,

d i scov er The on . ly t h in g we kn ow is t h at s uc h disguise of

b od y co uld not consist m e re ly in c onc ret e air since t h i s must ,

t ake pl ace t hrou gh co n d e nsati on and therefore by the in flu , , ,

-

e nc e o f c ol d A bo d y t h u s f ormed woul d feel cold lik e ice

. .

There is erro r in thi s b e c au se it is n ot t ru e t h at ou

,
-

Iy the El e m ent al s t h at are aq u eous canh av e int er

, ,
-

c ou rse wit h e a rt h peopl e The one reason why the .

S al amanders or Ele m e n t als of Fi re whic h were re ally

, ,

the G i ants or S o n s of God do n

, ot a ppe ar more o ft e n ,

is bec ause t he y are but few and t he se few com e only ,

whensom e l ead er of the peopl e is req ui red It i s not .

the air or d am pn ess wh i ch pre v e n ts t hem f rom re ac h -

in g the e art h pl an e bu t the f act t h at t here are few

,

v essel s pro perly fitt ed for the G re at Work Al l t hose .

who h av e t ruly l e arn ed the 15 th My st ery cankn o w

t he se S alam an d ers al t hough not all cancom e int o d i
,
-

re ct t ou ch wit h t hem .

The world d oe s n ot n ee d G i ants an d t h us n oGi an ts ,

“As
would be b orn f or the law of Herm e s is :
, ab ov e

so bel o w
”
The d e man
. d f or G i ants is no lon ger and , ,

t he ref ore suc h woul d not be b orn u nless we under

, ,
-

st an d it as Ment al Moral or S pi ritu al Gi ants

, , .

T he m e an s the El e me n t al s use inord er to bec ome

v isib l e is now k now as mat e ri al iz ation Howe v er .
,

e v e nt h i s t he y n ee d n ot e mpl oy sinc e t hose who w an t ,

to see t hem an d do see t he m are usuall y suc h as are

, ,

S p i rit uall y De v e l oped or as the aut hor woul d h av e

, ,

it suc h as h av e the perce pti onof Intuilion

, .

59 As f or in
. tercourse wit h anIn c ub us wherei nis tobe fou nd ,

no e leme n t not e v enthe l e ast of anoff enc e against R el i gi on it

, , ,

is h ard to di sco v er a rea so n wh y it shoul d be mo re grevious

THE DIV IN E MYS TER Y .
T HE DIV IN E MYS TER Y .
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com e i nto contact t ru e hum anity and be loved by suc h
with ,

f or th e y can be com e Immort al th rou gh t h i s l ov e j ust as we l l as

t h rou gh the int ercou rse if n ot m ore easi l y so si n
, ce i n,
t erc ourse
m ay l e a d to d egrad ati on All th at th e se B eauti f ul B e i n
.
g s d esi re

is the love of t hose w it h whom th e y c ome i n t o c ont act The y .

actu ally do not see k an y ot he r i n t e rc ou rse but l ik e all wome n

, ,

of the e art h plan e th e y woul d n

, ot ref u se the on e w hom t he y

t h us love .

It may be q ue sti on e d whethe r to my pe rson , al an d

abso lut e k n owl e d ge t hese thin gs are f act s I an swe r , ,

t he y a re a bsolutely t rue ine v e ry respect I k now of .

th ose who be in g Initi at es of the "

, Eth B rot he rhood
-
,

h av e bee n able to sav e h un d red s of t hese B e auti f ul

Ele m en t al s O n the ot he r h and I k now of many
.
,

who h av e bee nthe v icti ms of d i se mb od i ed Vampi res .

I h av e h ad b ot h me nan d wome nto c ome to me f rom

ne arly e v ery p art of our c ount ry and pl ead wit h me
to he l p t he m get rid of t he se de adl y Vampi re s w ho
we re sapp i n g t he i r v e ry l i f e by s app gi n t h e m o f t h e i r

v it alit y Ine v ery c ase I h av e beensuccessf ul T hus

. .

do I k n ow t h at t hese t h i n g s a re ab s ol ut e f act s a n d , ,

t hrough the foll owi ng of t hese Laws for many y e ars ,

w it hout f ai l ure in an y c a se I k
,
no w t h a t t h e y a r e

a bsol ute .

T he tu d e n
s t wi ll e xc use me for makin g t hese personal
mark s but t he y are req ui red inord e r to show t h at the t hi n
, gs
se t fort h are t ru e .

FIN IS .
THE DIV IN E MYS TER Y .
 B Y DR . P . B . R AN D OLP H .

S EER S IIIP Gui d e to S oul S igh t Cla ir v oy a nce , or

.
-
,

S ona mbulis tic Vis ion, i ts a r ts a nd c ul tur e , w i th r ul e s f or its

a tta in me nt, gi v ing not onl y th e v i e ws of t he a uth or , but of
v a r ious E ur op e a n a nd A s ia ti c a d e p ts Th os e d e s ir ous of .

c ul t iv a ti ng th e occ ul t w i l l r e v e l inth e p a ge s of th i s m a nua l .

P r ice ,
U
S O L WOR LD Th e Home s of th e D e a d
. A w ork d e d i .
-

ca te d to t h o s e wh o t h ink a nd f e e l , w h o a r e d is s a tisfi e d wi th
c ur r e nt th e or ie s a nd r a s h s p e c ul a t i ons r e ga r d i ng t h e soul ,

i ts or igin, na t ur e a nd d e s tiny T h i s w a s th e fi r s t wor k r e a d

.

on R os ic r uc ia ns by D r C l y m e r , a nd is h is mos t p r e c ious
.

co mp a ni on P r ice ,.

A F TE R D EA TH Th e d is e mbod ime nt of ma n Th e
. .

w or l d of s p i r i ts , i ts l oca tion, e xte nt, a p p e a r a nce Th e r oute .

thith e r , inh a bi ta tion c us toms a nd s oc ie t i e s

,
A l so se x a nd
, .

i ts use th e r e e tc T h i s is a s p l e nd i d w or k P r ice ,
, . .

LOV E WO MA N MAR R IA GE T h e w oma ns book

'

, , .

( b ut g ood f or t h e b r ot h e r s ) A w or k f or t h e h e a r t f ul l
. ov e ,
-

s ta r v e d a nd i s ol a te d one s of t h e w or l d A b ook d e v ote d to .

magne tic a tt r a c t i on Th e my s te y of my ste r i e s

. Bl ond e s .

and b r une tte s , th e i r r e l a t i v e l ov e p ow e r , e tc P r i c e ,

UU U
.

HE R ME S ME R C R I S T R IS ME GIS T S His .

Div i ne P y m a nd e r A l s o th e S m a r a g d i ne T a bl e a nd th e
.

S ong of B r a h m ( E d
. i t e d by D r P B R a n d o l. h
p ) Th i s. . .

wor k com e s f r om E gy p t T h e se O r i e nta l d oc ume nts a r e of

.

en g r o ss i n g i nt e r e s t t o a ll s t u d e nt s o f O c c u l t T h ou g h t ,

Th e os op h y a nd B ud d h i s m P r i ce
U
.
, ,

E LIS . T h e g r e a te s t m y s te r y of a ll T h i s wor k is b e .
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y on d v a l ue t o a l l s t u d e n ts a n d s h o ul d b e s t ud i e d by a ll w h o
On th e oth e r
“ ”
hav e D i v i ne A l c h e m y by D r C l y me r . .

“ ”
h a nd a ll w h o h a v e
,
D i v i ne A l c h e m y s h oul d h a v e t h i s

w or k N o one w h o h a s th e w or k w oul d p a r t w i th i t if t r ul y
.

inte r e s te d in th e th i ngs of th e s oul It is b e y ond v a l ue . It .

“ ”
is t h e H i s tor y of Lov e P r ice .
,

A dd r e s s a ll or d e r s to

PH ILO S OP HICA L P U
B LIS H IN G

ALLEN TOWN , P A .
DIV IN E MY S TER Y .
 C LY MER , Da R S WIN B U RNE T he F rate r ni ty of the
. . .

R osicruc i a n s Th e i r Te ach i n g
. s a nd M y s te r i e s a cc or d i ng t o
t h e Man if e stoes iss ue d a t v a r i ous t i me s by th e F r ate r ni ty
i t se l f.A l s o s ome of t h e i r se c r et te ach i ngs a n d th e my s te ry
of th e Or d e r exp l a ine d 12mo pp 314 . . .

CLY M ER , DR R S WI N B U . RN E . T he P h i l os op hy of th e .

“
Liv in g F ir e ( L o v e .G o d ) T h e r e ,
is n o t h i n g . n e w u n d e r
”
t h e sun . F i r e P h i l os op h y the F ound a t i on of A ll Tr ue
Init i at i on, a n d A ll My s t i c a nd Occ ul t F r a te r ni t i e s , as we l l
as th e S e c re t D oc tr i n es a n d A nc i e nt My s te r i e s A tl a n t i s, .

Its B e a uty , a n d Its F a ll Th e Te mp l a r s a n d F ire P h ilo

. so -

p h e r s
. T h e T h e r a p e u tz e a n d E s s e n e s a n d t h e ir I ni t i a t i o n .

12mo, p p 17 4 1906 . . .

CLY M ER D u R S wm e un A nc i e nt My s t i c O r i e n ta l
U
'

. . r s . .

Ma sonry ; Its l e a c h i ngs , R ule s , La ws a nd P r e s e nt s age s

' ‘

w h i ch gov e r nt h e O r d e r a t th e p r e s e nt d ay T r ue Mas on
U
ry .

”
an d th e ni v e rs a l B roth e r h ood of Ma n a re one C l oth .
,

1 2mo, p p 194 1907 . . .

CLY M E R , DR R S WI N B U . RNE . T r ue S p i r i t ua l i s m Th e . .

B e a ut i f ul P h i l os op h y of Li f e a nd not me r e S p i r i t i s m wh i ch ,

d e al s onl y w i th p h e non re n a T h e book conta i n s 190 p a ge s

.
,

p r i n t e d o n h e a v y e g g s h e l l a
p p , e r h a n d s o m
-
e l y b ou n d i n
cl o t h w i th le tte r i n g a n d s id e s ta m p i n g o l d 19 07 -
. .

DE S T VIN CE N T , CouN T M Th e O r d e r Mi l i t i a C r uc if e r a
. .

E v ange l i c a F ound e d on Il is tory a n

. d th e i r own Ma ni -
te ste es , a n d on f a cts , d ocume nts a nd w r i t i ngs in th e p os -
s e ss i o n of t he B r e th r e n of t h e O r d e r a t t he p r e s e nt d ay .

12mo, p p 198 . C loth p r i ce .

,

S WIN B U
,

CLY M E R , D a R RN E
. . A l ch e my a n d th e A l - .

ch e m i s ts . Th i s work is now p ub lis h e d in f our v ol ume s .

Vol I p p 26 6 V ol II p p 230 Vol III p p 244 B ound

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d oth e rs De s c r i p t i v e c i r cul ar .

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th e v ol ume s ,
“
D i v ine A lch e y m o nly f or me mbe r s of th e O r d er of
Vllil it ia C r uc i f e r s E v a nge l i ca by Dr C l y me r , . .

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