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sextile to the Sun, Venus and Mercury protect him against influence from
outside sources. Thus he became a prey to the demoniac embodiment of his
former actions, the terrible creature known to mystics as "Guardian of the
Threshold," which the neophyte must pass ere he can enter consciously into
the Invisible World. This dreadful shape had drawn its being from acts of
cruelty committed by the man in his bygone life; it has fed upon the curses
of his tortured victims, and gorged itself upon the odor of their blood and
perspiration, as is the wont of elementals; it was a monster in every sense
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of the word. earth of its progenitor rendered it latent, but in the new
birth figure time was marked for retribution upon the clock of destiny.
When the Moon by progression reached Mars' natal place in the Twelfth House,
his dynamic energy galvinized the monster into new life, and the troubles of
the poor lad had commenced. The hate, anger and malice stored in the mon-
ster radiated back upon him pang for pang and his negative Gemini nature
crumpled under the onslaughts of the demon. When we saw the thing it ap-
peared as a shapeless jellylike mass with many large greenish eyes imbedded
at different parts of its body. Every few seconds a sharp pointed, sword-
like projection shot out from the most unexpected places in its body and
pierced the poor lad who lay cringing upon his bed. Then, although the mon-
ster had no mouth, wherewith to laugh, it seemed convulsed with fiendish
glee at the fear and pain it had given. At other times, one or another of
the eyes seemed to dart from the monster, projected upon what resembled an
elephant's trunk and it would halt within an inch of the victim's eyes, gaz-
ing into them with a compelling power of awesome intensity.
There being so many good aspects to help him, it is not likely that he
will succumb, and when the Sun reaches conjunction of Jupiter's place in the
natal figure and the Moon has passed the square to the Sun's natal place, a
distinct turn for the better may be looked for. In the meanwhile the poor
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soul must struggle alone with its self-made demon. Had not the secret habit
sapped vitality in the former life, birth under a stronger sign would have
given greater power of physical endurance and rendered victory more certain.
DISEASE OF THE EYES
This malady is due to rays from certain nebulous parts of the Zodiac; the
Pleiades in Taurus 29, the Ascelli in Leo 6, and Antares in Sagittarius 8.
When the Sun or Moon is in orb of one of these places, and afflicted by Sat-
urn, Mars or Uranus, or vice versa, when Saturn, Uranus or Mars is in these
nebulous parts afflicting the Sun or Moon, trouble is indicated, but if care
is taken in the case of children having this tendency to disease it may be
greatly modified or entirely avoided. The light in schoolrooms calls for
attention on general principles, but where a child has incipient eye trouble
the parent ought to request proper placement of the child in a modified
light; reading by lamplight or in the dusk should not be permitted, and win-
dow shades in the home ought to be of a soothing color. With civilization
and life in cities the eyes have become habituated to short focus and cannot
quickly adjust themselves to variation of range as can those of sailors and
plainsmen. When a child's horoscope indicates weak eyes, residence in a ru-
ral district, if possible, may be of immense value in preserving the vision,
for exercise of the eye muscles by frequent adjustment of focus from short
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to long range, and vice versa, will materially aid to strengthen the eyes.
It is a fact, that much eye strain is due to congestion of the ciliary
muscle, which adjusts the lens to range of objects, and of the muscle which
contracts the iris. Each time the latter fails to act quickly too much
light enters the retina is hurt. Life in the open while the child's muscles
are still limber will do wonders towards correcting such defects, and even
grown persons may derive vast benefit from outdoor life provided the eyes
are properly shaded at first. Careful osteopathic treatment of the eyes has
also a most beneficial effect of stimulating circulation and limbering the
muscles.
SUBTILE INDICATIONS OF SPIRITUAL SIGHT
It is a well know scientific fact, that sensation depends on ability to
feel and interpret vibration in air and ether, according to the sense in-
volved. Ancient seers devised the Staff of Mercury as a symbol of its ef-
fects, and among other spiritual secrets embodied in the undulating forms of
the twin serpents, is also this, that Mercury is the originator of all vi-
bratory movement. Hence he is a prime factor in production of sensation and
mental processes arising in the consciousness as a result. An elevated,
well aspected Mercury therefore makes our senses acute and the mind keen;
and afflicted Mercury either dulls the senses, or makes the person hypersen-
sitive; in either case an abnormal state of the brain mind is produced
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which causes suffering according to house, sign and affliction; even a good
aspect of a so-called evil planet, though it brings out the virtue of that
planet, also carries with it a touch of the darker side because even the
best of us have something in our inner natures which vibrates to that phase
of the planet's nature.
But, besides this roundabout way of acquiring knowledge through vibra-
tions in the air and ether inaugurated by Mercury and interpreted by slow
processes in the brain mind where spirit and matter meet, THERE IS A DIRECT
PATH TO KNOWLEDGE symbolized by the staff around which the serpents twine.
This is the ray of Neptune, the octave of Mercury, which puts us in touch
with the spiritual worlds. But, observe this, the staff and the serpents
are not separate, the staff goes THROUGH the winding forms of the serpents,
and thus we learn that in our present condition spiritual knowledge is de-
pendent on the brain mind for concrete expression, and through the brain
mind the latter is colored according to the aspects of Neptune.
Experience has proved that the afflicted stellar ray from certain parts
of the Zodiac already mentioned, interferes with the etheric vibration
sensed by the retina of the eye, and thus impairs the physical sight. If,
in the same figure, Neptune is focused through one of these places, the
so-called "blind spot," which is BLIND because unresponsive to the etheric
mercurial vibrations is sensitized by the spiritual ray of Neptune, and thus
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it may be that a person physically near sighted, or even blind, may view the
spiritual worlds hidden from people whose sight is focused by mercurial vi-
brations. The aspect of Neptune determines the grade and nature of the
spiritual sight evolved, as illustrated in various horoscopes herewith.
These were picked to demonstrate other points, but it occurred to us that
the phase just mentioned is worthy of notice. It may be well, however, to
warn students against absurd conclusions; we do not say that everyone af-
flicted with eye trouble by Antares, Ascelli or the Pleiades is gifted in
return with spiritual sight. The woman in horoscope No. 5 is much afflicted
physically, but Neptune is out of orb, and she derives no vision from his
ray. Spiritual vision may also be undeveloped in many who have the aspect
well defined, but in those cases it is in process of unfoldment, and will
yield EASILY to proper exercises. Where this aspect is a square or opposi-
tion it is wise, however, to refrain from any attempt to seek illumination,
for in those aspects lurk great danger from spirit controls, elementals,
etc., which is amply illustrated in horoscope No. 2, where the opposition of
Neptune to Antares is responsible for the awful vision of the Guardian of
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