T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S

of the first part.

The first rules for those wishing to dedi-
cate themselves to the mysteries of Nature original: "Натуры" (Natura). In this context, Nature is often personified as a divine system of hidden laws. - - 1
On the hidden mysteries in Nature and
the method for finding them. - - 2
On the preternatural preternatural: things that appear to defy the laws of nature but are still part of the physical world and the miraculous. - - 6
On the inclination toward the miraculous and
the supernatural. - - 9
Obstacles on the path to the mysteries
of Nature. - - 11
A small light for those who find themselves
on the dark path of the mysteries of Nature. - - 14
A chapter necessary for answering previous
questions. - - 17
Aids for solving the great riddle in
Nature. - - 18
Things of which few literally: "rare ones" have a concept. - - 21
Searching for oneself is not the same as
following others. - - 24
On a language that has no words. - - 26
On reality in obscure sensations. - - 30
The ladder of creation ladder of creation: the "Scala Naturae" or Great Chain of Being, ranking all existence from matter to the Divine and the connection of
the spiritual world with the physical. - - 36
The theory of the imaginative power imaginative power: "вообразительная сила," referring to the faculty of the soul to perceive or create images with
an explanation of certain phenomena. - - 45