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So do the characters in the mind of the author; or dramatist, which he seeks to express so that others may recognize them. "--The Kybalion.

We are all on The Path--and the road leads upward ever, with frequent resting places. So, you see, the matter is Unthinkable, just as THE ALL is Unknowable.

The Law of Correspondence, in our opinion, reaches only to that aspect of THE ALL, which may be spoken of as "The Aspect of BECOMING. But you must remember that the Hermetic Philosophy does not recognize Matter as a thing in itself, or as having a separate existence even in the Mind of THE ALL.

And where the Great Hermes hesitated to speak, what mortal may dare to teach? Nor were they ignorant of Chemistry, for the fragments of the ancient writings show that they were acquainted with the chemical properties of things; in fact, the ancient theories regarding physics are being slowly verified by the latest discoveries of modern science, notably those relating to the constitution of matter.

This Principle explains the true nature of "Energy," "Power," and "Matter," and why and how all these are subordinate to the Mastery of Mind. It is, moreover, an exact Hermetic statement of the relations existing between THE ALL and its Mental Universe.

The ancient occultism of India and Persia degenerated, and was largely lost, owing to the fact that the teachers became priests, and so mixed theology with the philosophy, the result being that the occultism of India and Persia has been gradually lost amidst the mass of religious superstition, cults, creeds and "gods. We have seen how "All is in THE ALL"--now let us examine the other aspect of the subject.

On his own plane of being, how does Man create? Beware of Half-Truths.

C. To take a modern example, let us say that Othello, Iago, Hamlet, Lear, Richard III, existed merely in the mind of Shakespeare, at the time of their conception or creation.

We trust that the many students to whom we now offer this little work will derive as much benefit from the study of its pages as have the many who have gone on before, treading the same Path to Mastery throughout the centuries that have passed since the times of HERMES TRISMEGISTUS--the Master of Masters--the Great-Great. " This idea is in advance of the others, but its weak point lies in the idea of THE ALL being "compelled" by anything, internal or external.

"--The Kybalion. It contains the Truth of True Religion.