It is said that a wise man rules over the stars, but this does not mean that he rules over the influences which come from the stars in the sky. It means that he rules over the powers which exist in his own constitution.

Nothing is hidden so much that it wouldn't be revealed through its fruit.

What sense would it make or what would it benfit a physician if he discovered the origin of the diseases but could not cure or alleviate them?

This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and chemist of the medicine.

Alterius non sit qui suus esse potest. (Let no man belong to another that can belong to himself.)

Determined will is the beginning of all magical operations. It is because men do not perfectly imagine and believe the result, that the (occult) arts are so uncertain, while they might be perfectly certain.

There is an earthly sun, which is the cause of all heat, and all who are able to see may see the sun; and those who are blind and cannot see him may feel his heat. There is an Eternal Sun, which is the source of all wisdom, and those whose spiritual senses have awakened to life will see that sun and be conscious of His existence; but those who have not attained spiritual consciousness may yet feel His power by an inner faculty which is called Intuition.