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“ ‘All souls understand them. Bodies may not; and I bring the soul under subjection, not the body merely.’ “ ‘This is a dangerous power to possess,’ said the Emperor, ‘and none but a good man ought to have it.’ “ ‘A bad man cannot become a true Rosicrucian, although men have turned their arms against the race, and the secrets of the fraternity, like all things else, have been trifled with and abused. Thus it is possible for an expert to cure a diseased man by the exercise of the power alluded to. But the rule is dual: it is also possible to kill a healthy man by the same mysterious means; and indeed it has often been done, especially by the natives of Africa. “ ‘I persuade my soul that you are sick and will die, and if I keep up the will and wish, nothing is more certain than that both will be
“ ‘All souls understand them. Bodies may not; and I bring the soul under subjection, not the body merely.’ “ ‘This is a dangerous power to possess,’ said the Emperor, ‘and none but a good man ought to have it.’ “ ‘A bad man cannot become a true Rosicrucian, although men have turned their arms against the race, and the secrets of the fraternity, like all things else, have been trifled with and abused. Thus it is possible for an expert to cure a diseased man by the exercise of the power alluded to. But the rule is dual: it is also possible to kill a healthy man by the same mysterious means; and indeed it has often been done, especially by the natives of Africa. “ ‘I persuade my soul that you are sick and will die, and if I keep up the will and wish, nothing is more certain than that both will be
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