CHAPTER VIII

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SOME MYSTERIES OF NATURE.

Do the planets affect human destiny? 253

Very curious passage from Hermes 254

The restlessness of matter 257

Prophecy of Nostradamus fulfilled 260

Sympathies between planets and plants 264

Hindu knowledge of the properties of colors 265

“Coincidences” the panacea of modern science 268

The moon and the tides 273

Epidemic mental and moral disorders 274

The gods of the Pantheons only natural forces 280

Proofs of the magical powers of Pythagoras 283

The viewless races of ethereal space 284

The “four truths” of Buddhism 291

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