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"It is true, no lie, certain, and to be depended upon
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II.
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The Emerald TabletThe superior agrees with the inferior and the inferior with the superior to effect that one truly wonderful
work.
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III.
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"As all things owe their existence to the will of the Only One,
so all things owe their origin to the One Only Thing, the most
hidden,
by the arrangement of the Only God.
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"The Father of that One Only Thing is the Sun;
"its Mother is the Moon;
the wind carries it in its belly but its nurse is a spirituous Earth.
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V.
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"That One Only Thing is the Father of all things in the universe.
"Its power is perfect, after it has been united to a spirituous earth.
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VI.
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"Separate that spirituous earth from the dense or crude
by means of a gentle heat with much attention.
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VII.
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"In great measure it ascends from the Earth up to heaven
and descends again, new-born, on the earth,
and the superior and the inferior are increased in power.
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VIII.
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"By this thou wilt partake of the honours of the whole world.
"And darkness will fly from thee.
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IX.
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"This is the strength of all powers.
With this thou wilt be able to overcome all things
and to transmute all what is fine and what is coarse.
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X.
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"In this manner the world was created
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XI.
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"The arrangements to follow this road are hidden
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XII.
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"For this reason I am called Chiram Telat Mechasot,
One in Essence but three in aspect.
In this Trinity is hidden the Wisdom of the whole World.
It is ended now
What I have said concerning the effects of the Sun"
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