The Kabbala, or, The true science of light : an introduction to the philosophy and theosophy of the ancient sages : together with a chapter on light in the vegetable kingdom / by S. Pancoast.

  • Pancoast, S. (Seth), 1823-1889
Date:
1883
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Credit: The Kabbala, or, The true science of light : an introduction to the philosophy and theosophy of the ancient sages : together with a chapter on light in the vegetable kingdom / by S. Pancoast. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    life, the development of the body may be retarded or stopped by an evil influence or power, so in the mun- dane life, evil within or without often hinders or stops the development of body, soul or spirit,—there is this important difference in the two probations to be kept in mind: the foetus can do nothing towards promoting or checking the development of its parts, but this must be subject entirely to good or evil influences outside of itself and beyond its control; the being, once born into the mundane existence, on the other hand, has it in his power materially to promote, or fatally to prevent, his progress towards the higher life; man is endowed with a will, and contains within his soul the germs of good and evil, the principles of Light and Fire, of good and evil, and it rests with him, in no small degree, to determine whether the good or the evil shall unfold and fill him with Light or darkness, with Life or death. Christ, the Sun of Righteous- ness, with healing in His wings [beams], has come to bring Life and Immortality to light, and if man will but let His beams shine in his soul, the germs of good will unfold, the principle of good will be victor- ious, and he will be filled with the Light of Life. Lines connecting the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth Sephiroth, the Hexad, bound Jezlrah, the Celestial or Soul World. It is composed of the four Celestial elements, the universal Hyle (the Ether of modern science), the first Matter, the Abyss and the Water above the Firmament (the fiery water of the Alchemists); these elements are represented by the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth Sephiroth, and cor- respond to the four elements of the material world,