taken by force of aspiration, strength of will and special preparation in the occult lore of the past. Once more, who can judge them? let each one climb where he deems he perceives a ladder or a pathway to Providence. -- No man has a right to judge such matters for another; freedom of conscience and liberty of investigation must be granted. Let each man say — am I my brother's keeper, as to his conscience? But on the other hand sensible men have a right to say that young unformed characters should be restricted from such researches until they have gained worldly wisdom, and sufficient self-culture to claim an independent judgment; and again no man ought to cast off the responsibilities in social life, which he has voluntarily taken upon himself, only for the sake of the chance of self-development on occult lines. So much of true mysticism as is attainable will not be obtained by the man or woman who seeks it while neglecting the duties he has already undertaken. No blessing can accrue to the student who devotes himself to abstract occult research, and at the same time neglects his life work in maintaining his world business, or family ties. Hence, no doubt the bachelor and spinster, the widower and widow, without children, have more e ample possibilities of self-progress. The medieval authorities on occult science and art all assented to this pronouncement, and with good reason; and hence we believe that the aims they had in mind were true and good. There have heen great female occultists and it is but reasonable to grant that higher powers, if at all attainable, are open to both men and women, and history has shown that the free and unfettered life work of man and wife in unison has shown high results. But the devotion of either man or woman to pure mysticism, against the consent of the other partner in married life cannot result either in happiness or success. Let such persons then be warned in time, for their result will be fallacious, and will lead to disharmony and distrust. The tendency to occult study, if it be born after other respon sibilities have been undertaken, should be repressed, unless the life partner freely assents to the new undertaking; yet happy may be the man and wife who have alike mystical tendencies. In our days of fierce fight for existence and social position, mere financial considerations must be considered, and there are but few so well placed as to be able to neglect the work of the world for the unremitting cares and study needed for progress in occult studies. Each one must do the duty closest to his hand, and then if providence or fate has set him free to devote time, money, and study for the search for the Quintessence let him seek if he feels the divine afflatus; but how few there be that are free ane of ample means! Occult philosophy is for the few and if any one is so free and capable as to undertake it, perchance he may obtain a re ward, if he be earnest, self-sacrificing and have high aims, and is willing to forget all the pleasures of the world, the flesh, and the devil. There are some such, and if their strivings add but one jot or tittle to the world's good, let such be revered and not be condemned by the worldly, and the pleasure-loving, for whatever they do gain is not easily bought, but may obtain a great reward. Aphorisms From "Heart - Culture." If I am building a mountain and stop before the last basket ful of earth is placed on the summit, I have failed.-Confucius There is nothing good or bad but thinking makes it so. -Shakespeare. If you want to do substantial work, concentrate; and if you want to give others the benefit of your work, condense.—Belzac The soul of man can only know the divine so far as it knows itself. Plotinus. Small draughts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger ones lead back to God. Francis Bacon. The true, the good, and the excellent are always simple; but error is elaborate. Goethe. The virtue that requires to be ever guarded is scarcely worth the sentinel. Goldsmith. The friendship of one man is better than that of every fool. Democritus. Let us encourage ourselves by a little more imagination, prior to experiment. Faraday. Look within; within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if will ever dig. you Antonius. Only he who lives a life of his own can help the lives of other men. Philip Brooks. What we say in secret is known to Him who made our internal nature. The Papyrus Prisse (2000 B. C.). THE PANTHEON OF INCARNATE GOD-MEN. In a compilation from ancient history, by Kersey Graves, an American, under the title of "Sixteen Crucified Saviors," the author gives a list of 34 Avatars or God-men, who he names as follows: I Chrishna, of Hindostan, 2 Boudha Sakia, of India, 3 Salivahana, of Bermuda, 18 Deva, Tat, etc., of Siam, 4 Zulis, Osiris, Horus,of Egypt 21 Beddru, of Japan, 6 Crita, of Chaldea, 7 Zoroaster, Mithra,of Persia, 12 Wittoba,of the Billingonese, 22 Hesus, Bremhilla, of Druids, 23 Thor, son of Odin, of Gauls, 24 Cadmus, of Greece, 25 Hil, Teta, of the Mandaites, 26 Gentaut Quaxalcote, Mexico, 27 (Universal Monarch), Sibyls, 28 Tschy, of Formosa, 29 (The Logos), (Word), Plato, 30 Holy One of Xaca, 3i Fo and Tien, of China, 32 Adonis, of Greece, 33 Ixion, Quirinius, of Rome, 34 Prometheus, of the Caucaus. 66 Secrets THE "OUKNEPHAT." The term Ouknephat means not to be Revealed." It is a work comprising more profound, sublime, and subtle theology than the collective essence of all the Fathers. In imagination, learning, and high speculative thought, the Platonic writings are not to be named beside it. - E. V. Kenealy. "What happy moments have I passed, amid Thy flowers, and books and pictures; what sweet hours Have winged their flight while underneath thy vines, And jasmines, and wild roses, I have lapped My soul in dream Elysian, with the souls Of Homer, and Euripides; Have flown aloft With Pindar, or o'er Schiller's page Have wandered into Dreamland; or have laughed With Lucian, Rabelais, Aristophanes, Or glorious Swift, or Scarron, or Voltaire ; Or given up my thoughts to wild romance, With Ariosto, Tasso, Spenser, Scott; Or meditated, like the royal Dane, O'er Plato, Porphyry, or the OUKNEPHAT, Wrapped up in Shanscreet mystery and wisdom, Whose every thought seems echo of a thought, Fresh flown from Heaven, and sparkling with its light; ' THE KORANS. We are asks if there are more than one book called "The Koran," and that by Mahomet the Prophet. We answer that there are other works called The Koran. For instance we have: "The New Koran, or The Pacifican Friendhood." The textbook of the Turkish Reformers, in the Teaching and Example of their Esteemed Master Jaido Morata. Four divisions Labours; Questions; Counsels; and Duties. Cloth, pp. 573. London, 1861. "The Koran." This is the title of the Sixth Division of Laurence Sterne's works and is found in the eighth volume of the Berwick edition, 1800. Vol. I of the book is part first, and contains the Life, Character, and Sentiments of Tria Juncta in Uno, M. N. A., or Master of No Arts; while Vol. II, parts second and third, consists of the same as the first volume with "Callimachies" for the first part, and "Extraordinary Things, and Remarkable Sayings in Life, Literature, and Philosophy," for the second part. The book, however, has nothing to do with revelation or religious matters. HORNED MOSES. The statue of Moses by Michael Angelo has two horns projecting from the top of the forehead. This was a common representation of him in early and medical art, and the representation was founded upon the translation of the Vulgate Bible, Exodus xxxiv, 29, which reads: "Ignorabat quod cornuta esset facies." This is translated in the Douay version : "He new not that his face was horned." Common version is: "Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone." En SOPH. The Nameless One is called, in the Kabbala, "En Soph," the Limitless, or Name-no name. For that which is known and named is known and named, not from its substance, but from its limitations; and scientific men correctly aver, that whatsoever is unlimited, undefined, unclassifiable, is necessarily outside of natural science. Among the names of God which are known to men, the most occult is Æhieh, I AM, the Ancient of Days, called, by the Kabbalists, Kether, the Crown; this is the first sephirah, numeriation. THE MYSTIC NAME. The mystic name of God, which whoso knows, all Nature is obedient to his command. The knowledge of this name constitutes the power of the Archangelic, and enables them to soar from world to world. Its forgetfulness is the punishment of erring spirits, who instantly sink down to darkness and to earth. It is alluded to indistinctly in the Jewish Shibboleth. Edward Vaughan Kenealy. How to Find the Constellations. XI. BY GEORGE I. HOPKINS. The lengthening of the duration of daylight at this season of the year renders it impossible to continue our observations at the usual hour, and, as the June moon is at its full phase on the second day, it will again interfere somewhat with our observations. It is doubtful if a good view can be obtained before half past eight, so we will take our station at that hour. Let the observer face the south and he cannot fail to notice a star of the first magnitude just a little east of the meridian, at an altitude of nearly forty degrees. This is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo, the Virgin, and is named Spica. This is one of the zodiacal constellations, and comprises a large area, being about thirty degrees wide by forty degrees long. The meridian at this time passes very nearly through its center, so that it extends about twenty degrees each side of the meridian. It occupies all the space below Coma Berenecis and Bootes, which can now readily be located by the star Arcturus about ten or fifteen degrees east of the meridian, for about twenty degrees. It comprises one hundred and ten stars Spica alone being of the first magnitude. Of the others only six are of the third and ten of the fourth magnitude, so that unusual atmospheric conditions are necessary to appreciate the magnificence of this group. On pictorial star maps Virgo is represented by a woman in a reclining position holding in her left hand an ear of corn or a sheaf of wheat which is located by the star Spica, and in her right a pair of scales. "Her lovely tresses glow with starry light; According to the ancient poets this constellation repre |