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The Divine Pymander of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus The glory and splendour of Philosophy, is an endeavouring to understand the chief Good, as the Fountain of all Good: Now how can we come near to, or find out the Fountain, but by making use of the Streams as a conduct to it? The operations of Nature, are Streams running from the Fountain of Good, which is God. I am not of the ignorant, and foolish opinion of those that say, The greatest Philosophers are the greatest Atheists: as if to know the works of God, and to understand his goings forth in the Way of Nature, must necessitate a man to deny God. The [Job 38 ] Scripture disapproves of this as a sottish tenet, and experience contradicts it: For behold! Here is the greatest Philosopher, and therefore the greatest Divine. Read understandingly this ensuing Book (and for thy help thou mayest make use of that voluminous [Hanbal Offeli Alabar] Commentary written upon it ) then it will speak more for its Author, than can be spoken by any man, at least by me. Thine in the love of Truth, J.F.
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"don't be silent when evil is spoken as truth" 3rd tablet from the emerald tablets of
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