The Secret Of The Occult Sciences Is

It Is Most True, That Truth Is A Divine Attribute And The Foundation Of Every Virtue. To Be True, And To Seek To Find And Learn The Truth, Are The Great Objects Of Every Good Mason.

The Universal Medicine For The Soul Is The Supreme Reason And Absolute Justice; For The Mind, Mathematical And Practical Truth; For The Body, The Quintessence, A Combination Of Light And Gold.

That Which We Do For Ourselves Dies With Us … That Which We Do For Others Lives Forever.

He Who Endeavors To Serve, To Benefit, And Improve The World, Is Like A Swimmer, Who Struggles Against A Rapid Current, In A River Lashed Into Angry Waves By The Winds. Often They Roar Over His Head, Often They Beat Him Back And Baffle Him. Most Men Yield To The Stress Of The Current... Only Here And There The Stout, Strong Heart And Vigorous Arms Struggle On Toward Ultimate Success.

Death Is The Inseparable Antecedent Of Life; The Seed Dies In Order To Produce The Plant, And Earth Itself Is Rent Asunder And Dies At The Birth Of Dionusos. Hence The Significancy Of The Phallus, Or Of Its Inoffensive Substitute, The Obelisk, Rising As An Emblem Of Resurrection By The Tomb Of Buried Deity At Lerna Or At Sais.