The Splendour of the Sun

INTRODUCTORY

Works, as otherwise they are merely curious, but studied esoterically Refers to knowledge intended for a small group of initiates, focusing on the inner spiritual meaning rather than the outward physical appearance. they are Divine.

BEHMEN Jacob Böhme (1575–1624), a German Lutheran mystic whose alchemical metaphors described the soul's relationship with God.—the name has been naturalised in England three hundred years ago, and is preferable to the German BOEHME,—frequently uses the word TINCTURE In alchemical thought, a "tincture" is a spiritual or essential substance that can infuse, color, or transform other things; Böhme used it to describe the life-force or soul-essence within all matter.. His definition of it is that it gives lustre to metals, and colour and fragrance to flowers. It is the Life. For when TINCTURE vanishes, pallor and decay result. It is the SPIRIT of the CREATOR, the FATHER of ALL, for Life is SOUL, and the Creator is the SOUL of all things and beings who upholds all with His Everpresence.

Therefore we say the SOUL-POWER is the SOLE-POWER in NATURE. It is the supreme Mind that rules all, and of which Man's Mind is a part. The identity of the Man-God with the God-Man was known to the Divine Philosophers of all time. Thereon is based all Divine Philosophy. It is the proof of the Truth of the Occult, the OCCULT TRUTH.

Out of the Ether In ancient and medieval science, the "ether" (or aether) was the fifth element, the pure substance that makes up the heavens and provides the medium through which spiritual forces act. comes Man's Soul, a part of the Creator, living by His Everpresence, bearing within Man's Mind, which is capable of knowing all things.

As Man's Mind unfolds, Nature's secrets are revealed, and her Forces are invaded, showing that Mind rules the All, and Man's Mind is ONE with the ALL-MIND of the CREATOR.

The fact that man can master Nature, shows, that he