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of the bad on the serried confines of the two great worlds, — Matter and Spirit : myriads of grades of them, whereof the puling, phenomenal spiritualist never yet has even dreamed. These malign forces are many and terrible; but they can never reach or successfully assault the soul: that relies on God in perfect faith, and which invokes the Good, the Beautiful, and the True.
XXII. The face of the mirror should never be exposed to the chemical and actinic influence of direct sunlight, because it ruins the magnetic susceptibility, just as it does the sensitized plate of the photographer; and no mirror once spoiled can be made good as before, without sending it to Europe to be re-made entirely. Moonlight, on the contrary, benefits them. The back must not be tampered with, or removed, for any light striking it will at once completely ruin all its magnetic properties; hence its careful sealing. So also are extremes of heat and cold injurious to them, because either will destroy the parabolic-ovoid shape of the glass, which done, it is thenceforth useless, for it will no longer retain its hold upon the magnetic effiuvium from the eyes, —the sensitive sheet upon which its clouds and other marvels are mirrored; but it will roll off like water from hot iron, and, in the words of Vilmara, ‘‘ be good never —no more!”
XXII. Whatever appears upon the left hand of the mirror-looker, as he gazes into it, is real; that is to say, is a picture of an actual thing.
XXIV. Whatever appears upon the right hand, as he looks into it, is symbolical. ,
XXV. Ascending clouds or indistinct shadows are affirmative replies to questions that may be asked, — if silently, it makes no difference.
XXVI. Descending clouds are the negations to all such questions.
XXVIII. Clouds or shadows moving toward the seer’s right hand are signals from spiritual beings, indicative of their presence and interest.
XXVIII. When they move toward the left hand of the seer, it means, ‘¢ Done for this time,” — the séance is ended for the present.
To conclude: I neither import, manufacture, have made, or keep these mirrors and rings: for sale. ‘The small ones are of but little value; the next size it is almost impossible to procure, although occasionally one can be obtained. The large, professional, but more expensive and immensely better ones, are much easier to get hold of, but must be handled very tenderly. When I want either mirrors or rings, for myself or a friend, I either go to head-quarters and select them personally, or procure the services ofan expert. The members of the Fraternité dela Rosecroix, are hereby informed that they must procure these things also, at head-quarters, as I have no time to spend for those who know the true points of the compass ; and all such must travel straight towards the setting sun, and at the end of the journey the Liauy will be seen! LI write this, because desirous to avoid unnecessary correspondence, being fairly deluged with letters on the subject, very few of which contain a clerk’s fee, or even return pos-
of the bad on the serried confines of the two great worlds, — Matter and Spirit : myriads of grades of them, whereof the puling, phenomenal spiritualist never yet has even dreamed. These malign forces are many and terrible; but they can never reach or successfully assault the soul: that relies on God in perfect faith, and which invokes the Good, the Beautiful, and the True.
XXII. The face of the mirror should never be exposed to the chemical and actinic influence of direct sunlight, because it ruins the magnetic susceptibility, just as it does the sensitized plate of the photographer; and no mirror once spoiled can be made good as before, without sending it to Europe to be re-made entirely. Moonlight, on the contrary, benefits them. The back must not be tampered with, or removed, for any light striking it will at once completely ruin all its magnetic properties; hence its careful sealing. So also are extremes of heat and cold injurious to them, because either will destroy the parabolic-ovoid shape of the glass, which done, it is thenceforth useless, for it will no longer retain its hold upon the magnetic effiuvium from the eyes, —the sensitive sheet upon which its clouds and other marvels are mirrored; but it will roll off like water from hot iron, and, in the words of Vilmara, ‘‘ be good never —no more!”
XXII. Whatever appears upon the left hand of the mirror-looker, as he gazes into it, is real; that is to say, is a picture of an actual thing.
XXIV. Whatever appears upon the right hand, as he looks into it, is symbolical. ,
XXV. Ascending clouds or indistinct shadows are affirmative replies to questions that may be asked, — if silently, it makes no difference.
XXVI. Descending clouds are the negations to all such questions.
XXVIII. Clouds or shadows moving toward the seer’s right hand are signals from spiritual beings, indicative of their presence and interest.
XXVIII. When they move toward the left hand of the seer, it means, ‘¢ Done for this time,” — the séance is ended for the present.
To conclude: I neither import, manufacture, have made, or keep these mirrors and rings: for sale. ‘The small ones are of but little value; the next size it is almost impossible to procure, although occasionally one can be obtained. The large, professional, but more expensive and immensely better ones, are much easier to get hold of, but must be handled very tenderly. When I want either mirrors or rings, for myself or a friend, I either go to head-quarters and select them personally, or procure the services ofan expert. The members of the Fraternité dela Rosecroix, are hereby informed that they must procure these things also, at head-quarters, as I have no time to spend for those who know the true points of the compass ; and all such must travel straight towards the setting sun, and at the end of the journey the Liauy will be seen! LI write this, because desirous to avoid unnecessary correspondence, being fairly deluged with letters on the subject, very few of which contain a clerk’s fee, or even return pos-
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