A symbolic object should be valued only to the extent that it is useful for one's inner life; otherwise it can lead to ridiculous situations. Many people talk about the philosopher's stone which transmutes base metals into gold, and yet they are ...
Wearing symbolic objects or religious emblems can be useful and beneficial, but only if certain conditions are fulfilled. First you must make sure you wear only those symbols whose meaning is known to you. Each symbol is as it were a sign by which ...
In the distant past, it was the custom to bury the dead with food and with certain household objects. This custom may still be found today; it rests on knowledge of the relations between the world below and the world above. For, as it says in The ...
Every day you move among a great number of objects. And maybe today you are in a hurry and anxious, and as you go by you bump into a chair. You are annoyed, because now it's an obstacle in your way, and you give it a kick. The kick may not be very ...
... these particles conduct positive or harmful influences. If you are forever sending out negative thoughts, words and feelings, these objects become like magnets, attracting everything in the universe that is bad. Of course, the opposite is also...
...which act as good or poor conductors of heavenly influences. If we continually send out negative thoughts, words and feelings, the objects act like magnets to attract certain dark, harmful currents circulating in the universe. And the opposite ...
The sun is called 'the light of the universe', for it lights up the world, and it is thanks to its light that we can see. When the sun is not shining on us, we need other sources of light: electric light-bulbs, candles, torches, lighthouses, and so ...
...nvisible worlds, near and far. You are responsible for everything you do, because neither your thoughts, your feelings, nor your actions are without consequence, and you are either their victim or their beneficiary....
Since time immemorial, human beings have been naturally inclined to ascribe particular powers to certain stones, or to certain objects of wood or metal, sometimes even without specific form. By concentrating on these objects, they were able to turn ...
Is it necessary to make a distinction between sacred and profane objects? There are several rooms in your house or apartment, and in these rooms there are all sorts of objects. You have put them there because they are useful to you, and because you ...
Why make a distinction between sacred and profane objects? There are several rooms in your house or apartment, and in these rooms there are all sorts of objects. If you have put them there it is because they are useful to you, or because you like to ...
Take an object and give it your love. Say to it, ‘There, I am placing you here where you will purify the air and sing.'You have no doubt read that in ancient Egypt, the priests prepared objects that they placed inside the tombs in order to help the ...
...ered with layers that are good or bad conductors of light from the world on-high. And if hateful thoughts and feelings, malicious words and evil looks are cast upon these objects, they also become like magnets: they attract the evil currents th...
Learn to bless beings and objects. Think to impart only beneficial influences to everything you touch, to everything you do. Instead of taking selfish pleasure in caressing the head of someone you love, transform this gesture into spiritual work by ...