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And there are millions of millions of such Universes in existence within the Infinite Mind of THE ALL. We see around us that which is called "Matter," which forms the physical foundation for all forms.

Such efforts have always failed and will always fail, from the very nature of the task. All students of the Occult recognize the debt that they owe to these venerable Masters of that ancient land.

But do not yield to the temptation which, as The Kybalion states, overcomes the half-wise and which causes them to be hypnotized by the apparent unreality of things, the consequence being that they wander about like dream-people dwelling in a world of dreams, ignoring the practical work and life of man, the end being that "they are broken against the rocks and torn asunder by the elements, by reason of their folly. Men have striven hard to answer this question, but still there is no answer worthy of the name.

Crucify. But that such men have existed, and do exist today, is a matter of earnest belief to all advanced occultists of all schools.

If All be Mental, then the art which enables one to transmute mental conditions must render the Master the controller of material conditions as well as those ordinarily called "mental. The commonly used expression is a survival of the ancient Hermetic Maxim quoted above.

But what is Spirit? Let us examine it carefully.

Do not make the mistake of supposing that the little world you see around you--the Earth, which is a mere grain of dust in the Universe--is the Universe itself. And all of these things would belong to an "Inner Nature," and might be postulated as existing according to the Law of Correspondence.

One of the old Hermetic Masters wrote, long ages ago: "He who grasps the truth of the Mental Nature of the Universe is well advanced on The Path to Mastery. He was known as Hermes Trismegistus.

" How different this from the shocking half-truth so vociferously announced by certain of the half-wise, who fill the air with their raucous cries of: "I am God! Let us endeavor to get a glimpse of the workings on higher planes by examining those on our own.

There can be nothing existing outside of THE ALL, else THE ALL would not be THE ALL. And an examination of these reports form a proper subject of inquiry, particularly as they agree with the reports of the Illumined on higher planes.