Viii. Black Magic : * "With the Adepts, An Adventure Among the Rosicrucians", by Franz Hartmann [1910], p. 158 CHAPTER VIII BLACK MAGIC AT this moment I heard again the sound of the invisible silver bell in the air, and the Adept, rising, said that he was called away for a few minutes, and invited me to remain until...
Appendix. A Rosicrucian Institution In Switzerland : * "With the Adepts, An Adventure Among the Rosicrucians", by Franz Hartmann [1910], p. 175 APPENDIX A ROSICRUCIAN INSTITUTION IN SWITZERLAND SOME time after the first edition of the foregoing pages appeared, an attempt was made in republican Switzerland to carry into effect these ide...
Ix. The End : * "With the Adepts, An Adventure Among the Rosicrucians", by Franz Hartmann [1910], p. 170 IX THE END I HAVE little more to add to my tale. I awoke, and opening my eyes, I found myself stretched upon the moss, in the shadow of that mighty pine, where I had evidently fallen asleep. The sun stood...
Iv. The Refectory : * "With the Adepts, An Adventure Among the Rosicrucians", by Franz Hartmann [1910], p. 71 IV THE REFECTORY WE stepped out into the corridor and entered the garden. The palm trees and exotic plants, by which we were surrounded, formed a strong contrast to the weird and desolate scenery, with its...
Vii. The Higher Life : * "With the Adepts, An Adventure Among the Rosicrucians", by Franz Hartmann [1910], p. 135 VII THE HIGHER LIFE IT would be too tedious to some of our readers if I were to report all the instructions that were given to me by my kind guide Theodorus, who, for all I know, may have been known...
Preface : * "With the Adepts, An Adventure Among the Rosicrucians", by Franz Hartmann [1910], p. vii PREFACE THE following account of a psychic experience has been gathered from notes handed to me by a friend, a writer of considerable repute. Whether the adventures told therein are to be regarded as a dream...
Ii. The Monastery : * "With the Adepts, An Adventure Among the Rosicrucians", by Franz Hartmann [1910], p. 20 II THE MONASTERY I FOLLOWED my weird companion, and soon we regained the path running along the bed of the creek, which flowed tranquilly over a bottom covered with white pebbles, and the shallowness...
Vi. The Alchemical Laboratory : * "With the Adepts, An Adventure Among the Rosicrucians", by Franz Hartmann [1910], p. 102 VI THE ALCHEMICAL LABORATORY WE went through a beautiful and broad corridor, all along whose sides stood finely executed marble statues representing the gods and goddesses of antiquity, and busts...
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Iii. Unexpected Revelations : * "With the Adepts, An Adventure Among the Rosicrucians", by Franz Hartmann [1910], p. 45 III UNEXPECTED REVELATIONS THE Adept paused, and my mind was invaded by a multitude of questions to which I could find no answer: "What is nature, and what is man? Why am I in this world? Did I exist before...
V. Recollections Of Past Lives : * "With the Adepts, An Adventure Among the Rosicrucians", by Franz Hartmann [1910], p. 88 V RECOLLECTIONS OF PAST LIVES WE passed through an alley formed by oleander bushes in full bloom, and arrived at a small round pavilion standing upon a little eminence, which afforded a beautiful view...
I. The Excursion : * "With the Adepts, An Adventure Among the Rosicrucians", by Franz Hartmann [1910], p. 1 WITH THE ADEPTS I THE EXCURSION I AM penning these lines in a little village in the Alpine mountains, in Southern Bavaria, and only a short distance from the Austrian frontier. The impressions I received...