Paul Sédir

La Divinit ne s'est servie que d'un seul caract re pour donner chacune des cr atures son signe, sa figure et sa forme, de mani re qu'elles apparaissent comme autant de miracles du Myst re c leste ou terrestre. Ce caract re est la croix universelle qui s' tend travers tous les trois principes dans les sph res et les tourbillons de la Nature. Telle est l'id e qui se trouve dans le frontispice dessin par Gichtel pour le Signatura Rerum, et que d veloppent les seize chapitres de ce livre. Il a t une fois traduit en fran ais, vers 1660, par un m decin, Jean Mandr , qui n'a r ussi qu' le rendre un peu plus inintelligible. Plus pr somptueux que L.-C. de Saint-Martin, qui a mis un soin scrupuleux rendre litt ralement les id es de son ch rissime Boehme, j'ai cru qu'en supprimant les r p titions, en laguant les p riodes, en ajoutant des arguments, le lecteur moderne qui ne dispose pas de beaucoup de temps pourra mieux saisir le sens de ces textes profonds. Boehme n'a d'ailleurs jamais pr tendu consigner des choses nouvelles; tout ce qu'il dit se trouve dans l' criture et l' cole de la Nature. Par cons quent, pour le comprendre, il faut r aliser la vraie religion: imiter et suivre J sus dans ses souffrances et sa mort, afin de revivre avec lui. C'est justement ce processus de la r g n ration simultan e de l' me et du min ral, que d crit le pr sent livre, en se servant de la terminologie alchimique. Je veux essayer d'en donner une traduction plus concise et d barrass e des r p titions qui abondent dans les oeuvres de Boehme cause de l'insuffisance de sa culture litt raire; je me suis permis de placer quelques notes au bas des pages pour ceux qu'int resse l'arch ologie sot rique. (Pr face de Paul S dir)

Paul S dir, pseudonym of Yvon Le Loup (1871-1926), published numerous works on Christian Mysticism and Hermeticism. He first collaborated with several esoteric movements of his time; then, following his meeting with the remarkable Christian teacher and healer Master Philippe of Lyon, he devoted himself to serving Christ. In this service he gave numerous lectures, many of which were collected and published as books. Of S dir's meeting with Master Philippe, the prolific author Dr. Gerard Encausse (Papus), wrote: "There was in S dir's life a solemn, decisive event that made him grasp the emptiness of secret sciences and societies and placed him forever upon the sole way of the gospel.""Every book on religious exercises could be entitled 'Imitations of Jesus Christ.' May I be forgiven for having written another. Many anemic souls expect everything from heaven. This is a mistake. Rather: "Help yourself, and heaven will help you " For this, energy is needed-disciplined, systematic energy. We must undergo a preparation, cleansing, and purification. Preparation is the desire we all have to do well. Cleansing must be bodily, moral, and mental discipline. Purification will be trials coming from the lower worlds, conveyed by the agents of destiny, depending on our strength of resistance and good will. It will also be the invisible work of the angels of Jesus on our cold and hard heart to soften and warm it. The way of using the book is as follows. Each morning, after our first prayer, let us immerse ourselves into the supernatural unknowing of faith and ask God again for His Truth. Then, let us read one of these pages carefully, ardently, in deepest inner silence. Let these readings quickly become contemplations. Let the heart replace intelligence. Let us try to love instead of trying to understand. Then let us pledge ourselves to practice the observance with which each meditation ends." S dir believed, not without reason, to have found in Master Philippe an authentic witness to spiritual reality, to Hermeticism understood in the same sense as we understand it in these Letters: as the tradition of authentic spiritual experience across the ages, which has the aspects named mysticism, gnosis, and magic."-Valentin Tomberg, Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism"After the death of the Austrian thinker and seer Rudolf Steiner in 1925, when the revered Bulgarian spiritual teacher Peter Deunov was asked whether great spirits who had already died ever came to his lectures, he replied that only Rudolf Steiner and Paul S dir attended them."-Harrie Salman, Rudolf Steiner & Peter Deunov

Paul S dir, pseudonym of Yvon Le Loup (1871-1926), published numerous works on Christian Mysticism and Hermeticism. He first collaborated with several esoteric movements of his time; then, following his meeting with the remarkable Christian teacher and healer Master Philippe of Lyon, he devoted himself to serving Christ. In this service he gave numerous lectures, many of which were collected and published as books. Of S dir's meeting with Master Philippe, the prolific author Dr. Gerard Encausse (Papus), wrote: "There was in S dir's life a solemn, decisive event that made him grasp the emptiness of secret sciences and societies and placed him forever upon the sole way of the gospel." The Kingdom of God is the fourth of five volumes by S dir dedicated the gospels. Selections from each gospel are given, together with the author's panoramic commentaries. Far from being outdated, the gospels are shown to be eternally "current" guides to the inner mysteries of Christianity. S dir especially stresses that reading the gospel is useless if we do not apply it practically in our daily life. He writes: "May those who read my books keep all their emotion, all their enthusiasm, for Him who is their only Master since the creation of their souls, and who will remain their Friend unto eternity." S dir shows how the justice of God is always vanquished by his love. We are never punished, either for a while or for eternity; rather, when we disobey, we are swept along by the law of disobediences and remain enchained until the greater part of the damages has been redressed. Naturally, these atonements may take a long time, but they all come to an end. Indeed, because of Jesus, who offers us recourse through unending graces, we may even hasten that end." S dir believed, not without reason, to have found in Master Philippe an authentic witness to spiritual reality, to Hermeticism understood in the same sense as we understand it in these Letters: as the tradition of authentic spiritual experience across the ages, which has the aspects named mysticism, gnosis, and magic."-Valentin Tomberg, Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism"After the death of the Austrian thinker and seer Rudolf Steiner in 1925, when the revered Bulgarian spiritual teacher Peter Deunov was asked whether great spirits who had already died ever came to his lectures, he replied that only Rudolf Steiner and Paul S dir attended them."-Harrie Salman, Rudolf Steiner & Peter Deunov

Paul S dir, pseudonym of Yvon Le Loup (1871-1926), published numerous works on Christian Mysticism and Hermeticism. He first collaborated with several esoteric movements of his time; then, following his meeting with the remarkable Christian teacher and healer Master Philippe of Lyon, he devoted himself to serving Christ. In this service he gave numerous lectures, many of which were collected and published as books. Of S dir's meeting with Master Philippe, the prolific author Dr. Gerard Encausse (Papus), wrote: "There was in S dir's life a solemn, decisive event that made him grasp the emptiness of secret sciences and societies and placed him forever upon the sole way of the gospel." The present work is the first biography of Paul S dir published in English (nearly a century after his death ). Part I consists of biographical essays by mile Besson and Max Camis, close associates of S dir. Part II is made up of eleven short works and articles, among them: An Unknown, The Master, Druidic Initiation, The Little Shepherd, Meditations Concerning Art, The Faithful Dog, and The Friends of God in Modern Society. Part III contains many letters or letter-extracts to journals and individuals, many of the latter composed during the dark years of WWI, full of practical spiritual counsel." S dir believed, not without reason, to have found in Master Philippe an authentic witness to spiritual reality, to Hermeticism understood in the same sense as we understand it in these Letters: as the tradition of authentic spiritual experience across the ages, which has the aspects named mysticism, gnosis, and magic."-Valentin Tomberg, Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism"After the death of the Austrian thinker and seer Rudolf Steiner in 1925, when the revered Bulgarian spiritual teacher Peter Deunov was asked whether great spirits who had already died ever came to his lectures, he replied that only Rudolf Steiner and Paul S dir attended them."-Harrie Salman, Rudolf Steiner & Peter Deunov

Paul S dir, pseudonym of Yvon Le Loup (1871-1926), published numerous works on Christian Mysticism and Hermeticism. He first collaborated with several esoteric movements of his time; then, following his meeting with the remarkable Christian teacher and healer Master Philippe of Lyon, he devoted himself to serving Christ. In this service he gave numerous lectures, many of which were collected and published as books. Of S dir's meeting with Master Philippe, the prolific author Dr. Gerard Encausse (Papus), wrote: "There was in S dir's life a solemn, decisive event that made him grasp the emptiness of secret sciences and societies and placed him forever upon the sole way of the gospel." The Crowning of His Work is the final of five volumes by S dir dedicated the gospels. Selections from each gospel are given, together with the author's panoramic commentaries. Far from being outdated, the gospels are shown to be eternally "current" guides to the inner mysteries of Christianity. S dir especially stresses that reading the gospel is useless if we do not apply it practically in our daily life. In a representative passage here, S dir writes: "If your face could, for a mere fraction of a second, be touched by the breath of Jesus's wings, even if you were master of the earth or of the Milky Way, you would catch a glimpse of the Spirit. Through planetary circles, orbs, flying comets, and cosmic hurricane, you would perceive the prodigious descent of the Son sweeping the Spirit along in his wake. You would see his sovereign ascension to the Father in the flamboyant eddies of the Consoler, while suns and stars receded as no more than unknown reddish dots upon the limitless azure of the superior abysses.""S dir believed, not without reason, to have found in Master Philippe an authentic witness to spiritual reality, to Hermeticism understood in the same sense as we understand it in these Letters: as the tradition of authentic spiritual experience across the ages, which has the aspects named mysticism, gnosis, and magic."-Valentin Tomberg, Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism"After the death of the Austrian thinker and seer Rudolf Steiner in 1925, when the revered Bulgarian spiritual teacher Peter Deunov was asked whether great spirits who had already died ever came to his lectures, he replied that only Rudolf Steiner and Paul S dir attended them."-Harrie Salman, Rudolf Steiner & Peter Deunov

Paul S dir, pseudonym of Yvon Le Loup (1871-1926), published numerous works on Christian Mysticism and Hermeticism. He first collaborated with several esoteric movements of his time; then, following his meeting with the remarkable Christian teacher and healer Master Philippe of Lyon, he devoted himself to serving Christ. In this service he gave numerous lectures, many of which were collected and published as books. Of S dir's meeting with Master Philippe, the prolific author Dr. Gerard Encausse (Papus), wrote: "There was in S dir's life a solemn, decisive event that made him grasp the emptiness of secret sciences and societies and placed him forever upon the sole way of the gospel." The Childhood of Jesus is the first of five volumes by S dir dedicated the gospels. Selections from each gospel are given, together with the author's panoramic commentaries. Far from being outdated, the gospels are shown to be eternally "current" guides to the inner mysteries of Christianity. S dir especially stresses that reading the gospel is useless if we do not apply it practically in our daily life. He writes: "May those who read my books keep all their emotion, all their enthusiasm, for Him who is their only Master since the creation of their souls, and who will remain their Friend unto eternity.""S dir believed, not without reason, to have found in Master Philippe an authentic witness to spiritual reality, to Hermeticism understood in the same sense as we understand it in these Letters: as the tradition of authentic spiritual experience across the ages, which has the aspects named mysticism, gnosis, and magic."-Valentin Tomberg, Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism"After the death of the Austrian thinker and seer Rudolf Steiner in 1925, when the revered Bulgarian spiritual teacher Peter Deunov was asked whether great spirits who had already died ever came to his lectures, he replied that only Rudolf Steiner and Paul S dir attended them."-Harrie Salman, Rudolf Steiner & Peter Deunov

Paul S dir, pseudonym of Yvon Le Loup (1871-1926), published numerous works on Christian Mysticism and Hermeticism. He first collaborated with several esoteric movements of his time; then, following his meeting with the remarkable Christian teacher and healer Master Philippe of Lyon, he devoted himself to serving Christ. In this service he gave numerous lectures, many of which were collected and published as books. Of S dir's meeting with Master Philippe, the prolific author Dr. Gerard Encausse (Papus), wrote: "There was in S dir's life a solemn, decisive event that made him grasp the emptiness of secret sciences and societies and placed him forever upon the sole way of the gospel." The Sermon on the Mount is the second of five volumes by S dir dedicated the gospels. Selections from each gospel are given, together with the author's panoramic commentaries. Far from being outdated, the gospels are shown to be eternally "current" guides to the inner mysteries of Christianity We are led to the inexhaustible riches of spiritual poverty. Freed from acquired habits, we learn to rely on ourselves-on the ardor of our search and the rigor of our moral discipline-to deepen and enlarge our understanding of the gospel. We grasp revealing analogies throughout God' dominions, and that in this quest our Master must be pious love-for, whereas the realm of thought is limited to the universe, Jesus Christ takes us beyond the universe. Our sole care must be to apply all our intelligence to knowing ourselves and all our will to mastering our egoism. As S dir writes: "May those who read my books keep all their emotion, all their enthusiasm, for Him who is their only Master since the creation of their souls, and who will remain their Friend unto eternity.""S dir believed, not without reason, to have found in Master Philippe an authentic witness to spiritual reality, to Hermeticism understood in the same sense as we understand it in these Letters: as the tradition of authentic spiritual experience across the ages, which has the aspects named mysticism, gnosis, and magic."-Valentin Tomberg, Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism"After the death of the Austrian thinker and seer Rudolf Steiner in 1925, when the revered Bulgarian spiritual teacher Peter Deunov was asked whether great spirits who had already died ever came to his lectures, he replied that only Rudolf Steiner and Paul S dir attended them."-Harrie Salman, Rudolf Steiner & Peter Deunov

Paul S dir, pseudonym of Yvon Le Loup (1871-1926), published numerous works on Christian Mysticism and Hermeticism. He first collaborated with several esoteric movements of his time; then, following his meeting with the remarkable Christian teacher and healer Master Philippe of Lyon, he devoted himself to serving Christ. In this service he gave numerous lectures, many of which were collected and published as books. Of S dir's meeting with Master Philippe, the prolific author Dr. Gerard Encausse (Papus), wrote: "There was in S dir's life a solemn, decisive event that made him grasp the emptiness of secret sciences and societies and placed him forever upon the sole way of the gospel." The Healings of Christ is the third of five volumes by S dir dedicated the gospels. Selections from each gospel are given, together with the author's panoramic commentaries. Far from being outdated, the gospels are shown to be eternally "current" guides to the inner mysteries of Christianity. S dir especially stresses that reading the gospel is useless if we do not apply it practically in our daily life. He writes: "May those who read my books keep all their emotion, all their enthusiasm, for Him who is their only Master since the creation of their souls, and who will remain their Friend unto eternity." We must accept suffering. But why does God allow it? S dir elucidates illness as immanent justice; that what befalls us has been prepared for our improvement by a wise Master who loves us. God only lets us suffer the painful reactions of our own disobediences. Some call this karma. Our task is to show compassion, to open our hearts. This is what we must aim for: welcoming all things and beings with the selfsame kindness-for they are all of them workers for God." S dir believed, not without reason, to have found in Master Philippe an authentic witness to spiritual reality, to Hermeticism understood in the same sense as we understand it in these Letters: as the tradition of authentic spiritual experience across the ages, which has the aspects named mysticism, gnosis, and magic."-Valentin Tomberg, Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism"After the death of the Austrian thinker and seer Rudolf Steiner in 1925, when the revered Bulgarian spiritual teacher Peter Deunov was asked whether great spirits who had already died ever came to his lectures, he replied that only Rudolf Steiner and Paul S dir attended them."-Harrie Salman, Rudolf Steiner & Peter Deunov

Paul S dir, pseudonym of Yvon Le Loup (1871-1926), published numerous works on Christian Mysticism and Hermeticism. He first collaborated with several esoteric movements of his time; then, following his meeting with the remarkable Christian teacher and healer Master Philippe of Lyon, he devoted himself to serving Christ. In this service he gave numerous lectures, many of which were collected and published as books. Of S dir's meeting with Master Philippe, the prolific author Dr. Gerard Encausse (Papus), wrote: "There was in S dir's life a solemn, decisive event that made him grasp the emptiness of secret sciences and societies and placed him forever upon the sole way of the gospel." The Crowning of His Work is the final of five volumes by S dir dedicated the gospels. Selections from each gospel are given, together with the author's panoramic commentaries. Far from being outdated, the gospels are shown to be eternally "current" guides to the inner mysteries of Christianity. S dir especially stresses that reading the gospel is useless if we do not apply it practically in our daily life. In a representative passage here, S dir writes: "If your face could, for a mere fraction of a second, be touched by the breath of Jesus's wings, even if you were master of the earth or of the Milky Way, you would catch a glimpse of the Spirit. Through planetary circles, orbs, flying comets, and cosmic hurricane, you would perceive the prodigious descent of the Son sweeping the Spirit along in his wake. You would see his sovereign ascension to the Father in the flamboyant eddies of the Consoler, while suns and stars receded as no more than unknown reddish dots upon the limitless azure of the superior abysses.""S dir believed, not without reason, to have found in Master Philippe an authentic witness to spiritual reality, to Hermeticism understood in the same sense as we understand it in these Letters: as the tradition of authentic spiritual experience across the ages, which has the aspects named mysticism, gnosis, and magic."-Valentin Tomberg, Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism"After the death of the Austrian thinker and seer Rudolf Steiner in 1925, when the revered Bulgarian spiritual teacher Peter Deunov was asked whether great spirits who had already died ever came to his lectures, he replied that only Rudolf Steiner and Paul S dir attended them."-Harrie Salman, Rudolf Steiner & Peter Deunov

Paul S dir, pseudonym of Yvon Le Loup (1871-1926), published numerous works on Christian Mysticism and Hermeticism. He first collaborated with several esoteric movements of his time; then, following his meeting with the remarkable Christian teacher and healer Master Philippe of Lyon, he devoted himself to serving Christ. In this service he gave numerous lectures, many of which were collected and published as books. Of S dir's meeting with Master Philippe, the prolific author Dr. Gerard Encausse (Papus), wrote: "There was in S dir's life a solemn, decisive event that made him grasp the emptiness of secret sciences and societies and placed him forever upon the sole way of the gospel." The present work is the first biography of Paul S dir published in English (nearly a century after his death ). Part I consists of biographical essays by mile Besson and Max Camis, close associates of S dir. Part II is made up of eleven short works and articles, among them: An Unknown, The Master, Druidic Initiation, The Little Shepherd, Meditations Concerning Art, The Faithful Dog, and The Friends of God in Modern Society. Part III contains many letters or letter-extracts to journals and individuals, many of the latter composed during the dark years of WWI, full of practical spiritual counsel." S dir believed, not without reason, to have found in Master Philippe an authentic witness to spiritual reality, to Hermeticism understood in the same sense as we understand it in these Letters: as the tradition of authentic spiritual experience across the ages, which has the aspects named mysticism, gnosis, and magic."-Valentin Tomberg, Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism"After the death of the Austrian thinker and seer Rudolf Steiner in 1925, when the revered Bulgarian spiritual teacher Peter Deunov was asked whether great spirits who had already died ever came to his lectures, he replied that only Rudolf Steiner and Paul S dir attended them."-Harrie Salman, Rudolf Steiner & Peter Deunov

Paul S dir, pseudonym of Yvon Le Loup (1871-1926), published numerous works on Christian Mysticism and Hermeticism. He first collaborated with several esoteric movements of his time; then, following his meeting with the remarkable Christian teacher and healer Master Philippe of Lyon, he devoted himself to serving Christ. In this service he gave numerous lectures, many of which were collected and published as books. Of S dir's meeting with Master Philippe, the prolific author Dr. Gerard Encausse (Papus), wrote: "There was in S dir's life a solemn, decisive event that made him grasp the emptiness of secret sciences and societies and placed him forever upon the sole way of the gospel." The Kingdom of God is the fourth of five volumes by S dir dedicated the gospels. Selections from each gospel are given, together with the author's panoramic commentaries. Far from being outdated, the gospels are shown to be eternally "current" guides to the inner mysteries of Christianity. S dir especially stresses that reading the gospel is useless if we do not apply it practically in our daily life. He writes: "May those who read my books keep all their emotion, all their enthusiasm, for Him who is their only Master since the creation of their souls, and who will remain their Friend unto eternity." S dir shows how the justice of God is always vanquished by his love. We are never punished, either for a while or for eternity; rather, when we disobey, we are swept along by the law of disobediences and remain enchained until the greater part of the damages has been redressed. Naturally, these atonements may take a long time, but they all come to an end. Indeed, because of Jesus, who offers us recourse through unending graces, we may even hasten that end." S dir believed, not without reason, to have found in Master Philippe an authentic witness to spiritual reality, to Hermeticism understood in the same sense as we understand it in these Letters: as the tradition of authentic spiritual experience across the ages, which has the aspects named mysticism, gnosis, and magic."-Valentin Tomberg, Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism"After the death of the Austrian thinker and seer Rudolf Steiner in 1925, when the revered Bulgarian spiritual teacher Peter Deunov was asked whether great spirits who had already died ever came to his lectures, he replied that only Rudolf Steiner and Paul S dir attended them."-Harrie Salman, Rudolf Steiner & Peter Deunov

Paul S dir, pseudonym of Yvon Le Loup (1871-1926), published numerous works on Christian Mysticism and Hermeticism. He first collaborated with several esoteric movements of his time; then, following his meeting with the remarkable Christian teacher and healer Master Philippe of Lyon, he devoted himself to serving Christ. In this service he gave numerous lectures, many of which were collected and published as books. Of S dir's meeting with Master Philippe, the prolific author Dr. Gerard Encausse (Papus), wrote: "There was in S dir's life a solemn, decisive event that made him grasp the emptiness of secret sciences and societies and placed him forever upon the sole way of the gospel." The Childhood of Jesus is the first of five volumes by S dir dedicated the gospels. Selections from each gospel are given, together with the author's panoramic commentaries. Far from being outdated, the gospels are shown to be eternally "current" guides to the inner mysteries of Christianity. S dir especially stresses that reading the gospel is useless if we do not apply it practically in our daily life. He writes: "May those who read my books keep all their emotion, all their enthusiasm, for Him who is their only Master since the creation of their souls, and who will remain their Friend unto eternity.""S dir believed, not without reason, to have found in Master Philippe an authentic witness to spiritual reality, to Hermeticism understood in the same sense as we understand it in these Letters: as the tradition of authentic spiritual experience across the ages, which has the aspects named mysticism, gnosis, and magic."-Valentin Tomberg, Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism"After the death of the Austrian thinker and seer Rudolf Steiner in 1925, when the revered Bulgarian spiritual teacher Peter Deunov was asked whether great spirits who had already died ever came to his lectures, he replied that only Rudolf Steiner and Paul S dir attended them."-Harrie Salman, Rudolf Steiner & Peter Deunov

On ne trouve nulle part d' tude compl te sur la fraternit myst rieuse de la Rose-Croix. Ceux qui en parlaient jadis le faisaient dans un style trop all gorique pour tre compr hensible; on m connaissait ces adeptes en abusant du prestige de leur l gende; plus tard, des rudits ou des occultistes n'ont su ou voulu pr senter qu'un c t de la question. Bien que professant une doctrine interpr tative du christianisme beaucoup plus pure et plus haute que celle des pr tres, les Rose-Croix, l'existence desquels le moyen ge et la Renaissance crurent g n ralement, taient tenus par tout le monde comme magiciens et sorciers d'une grande puissance. Un halo d'une po tique splendeur, aur ole l'ordre des Rose-Croix; la lumi re fascinante du fantastique joue autour de leurs r ves gracieux, tandis que le myst re dans lequel ils s'enveloppent pr te un nouvel attrait leur histoire. Mais leur splendeur fut celle d'un m t ore. Cette histoire, dessin e de main de ma tre par Paul S dir, s'attache montrer un des aspects m connus du type initiatique de la Rose-Croix, la v ritable initiation vang lique, si peu connue apr s dix-neuf si cles, cette doctrine voulant que le fid le marche comme ivre d'amour parmi les malades, les pauvres, les d sesp r s, et qui a pour hi roglyphe la croix froide et nue.

BOTANIQUE OCCULTE; CONSTITUTION SECR TE DES V G TAUX; VERTUS DES SIMPLES; M DECINE HERM TIQUE; PHILTRES; ONGUENTS; BREUVAGES MAGIQUES; PALINGEN SIE; TEINTURES; ARCANES; LIXIRS. Suivi de L'ATELIER DES SORCI RES ET DES SORCIERS par Stanislas de Guaita Paul S dir affirme ici le point de vue traditionnel d'apr s lequel: Tout l'Univers est une grande Magie, et le r gne v g tal en entier est anim d'une vertu magique. Il dispose devant nos yeux les l ments d'une botanog nie, d'une physiologie et d'une physionomie v g tales puis es aux sources autoris es: Agrippa, Digby, Paracelse, Porta, Grand Albert, Nynauld, Campanella, Van Helmont, William Maxwell, Madathanus, Ragon, Eckartshausen, Van der Becke, Papus enfin, dont Paul S dir fut l' l ve. La botanog nie s'occupe des principes cosmogoniques dont le jeu produit le r gne en question. La physiologie v g tale tudie les forces vivantes en action dans les plantes. La physionomie v g tale, science des signatures, ou science des correspondances, nous apprend reconna tre, son aspect ext rieur, quelle est la qualit des forces qui agissent dans les plantes. Sa r flexion est suivie d'un Petit dictionnaire de botanique occulte qui ne compte pas moins, d'Absinthe Violette et d'Aconit Val riane, de 350 entr es compos es du nom de la plante, de l'indication de ses correspondances l mentaires, de ses usages, de sa pr paration sp ciale, s'il y a lieu, et de son mode d'emploi. On a illustr ce lexique de quelques reproductions de bois grav s du XVIe si cle choisies dans l' dition Les Six livres de Pedacion Dioscoride d'Anarbaze, etc., (Lyon, Balthazar Arnoullet, 1553). Dans L'atelier des sorci res et des sorciers, Stanislas de Guaita inventorie la biblioth que de la sorci re et du sorcier qui se composent d'in-folio et d'in-quarto fort massifs, en ne faisant halte qu'aux pages les plus d cisives. L'inventaire qu'il a entrepris ici fournit au lecteur de curieuses et pr cieuses descriptions et renseignements class s dans

Divination, clairvoyance, royaumes de l'astral, vocation, cons crations... J'ai crit ces pages pour donner la m thode la moins dangereuse d'aller volontairement en astral, afin que les gens press s puissent satisfaire leur curiosit sans courir de risques physiques. Nous connaissons tous des miroirs magiques, ne serait-ce que ceux des contes et autres l gendes. Dans la r alit , leur utilisation s'inscrit parmi les sciences divinatoires les plus m connues. Pourtant, ce sont des outils de voyance tr s puissants. A la fois instrument de magie et de divination, les occultistes de la Belle poque les tenaient pour l'organe de concentration de la lumi re astrale. Le miroir n'est autre que l'instrument de la culture sot rique des sens astraux dont l'emploi remonte la Haute Antiquit . Les Miroirs magiques rassemble deux livres compl mentaires qui vont vous permettre de vous initier cet art divinatoire, encore pratiqu de nos jours, et ainsi d velopper votre m diumnit . Inspir s par la th orie des pens es orientales et th osophiques de l' poque, Paul S dir et Ernest Bosc y expliquent les ph nom nes de clairvoyance, le mode de fonctionnement des miroirs, comme ceux du Baron Dupotet, de Swedenborg, de Nostradamus (toutes ses proph ties lui furent pr sent es dans son miroir), de sainte H l ne ou des Bhatthas, etc., ainsi que les conditions n cessaires leurs utilisations.