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          Question 25.—Can any light be thrown on the statement that the influence of the moon is evil? If the body of the moon has to be absorbed by the earth before the earth evolution be complete, must must there not be beneficial effects also derivable from the moon, or are all astral influences wholly bad?

          Answer.—Nothing in this world is absolutely evil; all existence is relatively good and bad; everything has its two sides and one and the same remedy may be useful or injurious, according to the way in which it is applied. We may regard the influences of the Moon as a kind of manure which feeds the earth. Manure is wholly bad if served as food for human beings, but very good for stimulating the growth of vegetation. Evils, if rightly used, are blessings in disguise. Each power grows by resistance, and the devil is a necessary means for salvation, because only through the conquest of evil can wisdom be attained.

FRANZ HARTMANN.

 

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[1] Franz Hartmann answers a question about the moon’s evil influence. Theosophical Quarterly 2, no. 3 (January 1905), 132.