Note[1] It will perhaps be asked, why in this enlightened century we desire to call attention to Alchemy, which, by the majority of mankind, is looked upon as an array of vagaries, extravagancies and superstitions, having been repeatedly ex-cathedra declared to bo such by modern scientific authorities. To those who put implicit faith in the […]
From the Editor of Borderland:[1] There is no subject in the whole range of occult science more mysterious than that which the ancients described in their treatises of the Incubus and the Succuba. Defoe, in his treatise on the Natural History of the Devil, accepted the mediaeval doctrine as substantially correct, fastening all the phenomena […]
[Das Rätsel des Daseins] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl.[1] The erring mind seeks in vain To fathom the riddle of existence. Existence is only known through existence; If you want to know it, you have to find it yourself. In vain do scholars and philosophers rack their brains trying to solve the riddle […]
[Die Religion der Zukunft] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] “The old is dying and new life is blooming from the ruins.” (Schiller.) There are many complaints today about the decline of religion. In France, denominational education is banned from the public schools because clerical rule is an obstacle to the prosperity of republican […]
(Translated from an old German Rosicrucian Manuscript.)[1] Some years ago, after having long and earnestly prayed to Good, the unmanifested, incomprehensible cause of all things, I was attracted to Him, and by the power of his Holy Spirit — through whom all wisdom descends upon us, and who has been sent to us through […]
Note[1] On the seventh day of June, 1905, there died at V— Dr. C. K—, one of our greatest authorities in electrochemical science and an inventor of worldwide renown. He was not only a person of high intelligence and eminent scientific accomplishments, but also of extraordinary kindness and amiability, exercising a charming influence over all […]
[Der Bildner und seine Gebilde.] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] It does not require a great deal of keenness to recognize that everywhere in nature the spirit is the creator and the material is the stuff from which it creates its structures. It is true that the artist or the craftsman creates his […]
Note[1] The first chapter of Genesis in the Bible, accepted by the Christians, says:— In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. These opening lines, as well as the rest of the grand poem, called “The Bible,” have been for centuries either ridiculed by those who were ignorant of the wisdom concealed in […]
[Der kommende Messias] Translation from the German by Robert Hütwohl[1] “As often as people’s sense of justice and truth wants to disappear and injustice Raise your head, I’ll be born again In this world. So say the Law. To protect the good; but to ruin I come among the wicked among them.” —Bhagavad Gītā. IV. […]
[Das kommende Zeitalter der Besessenheit] Translation from the German by Robert Hütwohl[1] “People never feel the devil, Even if he had them by the collar.” (Faust.) A wise scholar had lately, as a result of a statistical compilation, stated that if the increase in insanity continues for a few hundred years at the current rate, […]