Summary of Franz Bardon's Initiation Into Hermetics

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#1 The elements are the fundamental forces that make everything in the universe exist. They are the foundation of all things. The sequence of the tattvas in accordance with the Hindu system is as follows: Akasha, Tejas, Vayu, Apas, and Prithivi.

#2 The four coarser tattvas came forth from the fifth tattva, the Akasha principle. The Akasha is the causal principle and, as the fifth energy, it is to be acknowledged as the quintessence.

#3 The first element to come out of the Akasha is Tejas, the principle of Fire. The Fiery principle is active and latent in everything created in the entire universe, from the smallest grain of sand to the highest that is visible.

#4 The element of Water, unlike Fire, has entirely opposite attributes. It is cold and contractive. The magnetic fluid came forth from this element. Water as well as Fire are active in all regions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822531499

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#1

The elements are the fundamental forces that make everything in the universe exist. They are the foundation of all things. The sequence of the tattvas in accordance with the Hindu system is as follows: Akasha, Tejas, Vayu, Apas, and Prithivi.

#2

The four coarser tattvas came forth from the fifth tattva, the Akasha principle. The Akasha is the causal principle and, as the fifth energy, it is to be acknowledged as the quintessence.

#3

The first element to come out of the Akasha is Tejas, the principle of Fire. The Fiery principle is active and latent in everything created in the entire universe, from the smallest grain of sand to the highest that is visible.

#4

The element of Water, unlike Fire, has entirely opposite attributes. It is cold and contractive. The magnetic fluid came forth from this element. Water as well as Fire are active in all regions.

#5

The Akasha element is Air. It is a mediator between the Fiery and Watery principles, and it has acquired from Fire the attribute of warmth and from Water the attribute of moisture. Life would not be possible without these two attributes.

#6

The Air principle does not represent a true element, and the Earth principle is a tetrapolar magnet. The reciprocal action of the three elements together with the Earth element became tetrapolar, and as a result, space, measure, weight, and time came into being.

#7

The foundation of light is the Fire principle. Light would never have come into existence without the Fire principle. Light is an aspect of Fire. Every aspect of Fire can be transformed into light and vice versa.

#8

The Etheric principle is the highest, the mightiest, the most unimaginable, the primordial existence. It is the original cause of all things and everything created. It is the causal world in which everything created maintains itself, beginning with the highest of spheres downward to the lowest.

#9

The law of cause and effect is an immutable law that has its aspect in the Akasha principle. Every cause produces its corresponding effect. The law of development is subject to the law of cause and effect.

#10

The human body is the microcosm of the universe, and everything that can be found in the universe on a large scale is reflected in a human being on a small scale. The elements have to perform specific functions in a human body in accordance with the universal law.

#11

The Earth element principle has the task of keeping the effects or activities of all three elements together in the body. The Etheric principle is concealed in its coarsest physical form in the blood and semen, and in the reciprocal activity of these two substances in the vital substance or vitality.

#12

The elements in the human body are intermixed. The intake of any kind of nourishment together with breathing calls forth a combustive process, which is the natural way of life for a human being.

#13

The naturopath uses thermic effects and impacts to restore the balance of the elements in the body. The allopath uses concentrated remedies to call forth the effect corresponding to the elements and recover. The homeopath stimulates the opposite element through his healing remedies to bring the threatened element back into equilibrium.

#14

The bodily functions have been explained in detail. Each body part is influenced by the effects of the analogous elements, and is also influenced by a specific element that expresses itself in the polarity of that body part.

#15

The initiate can use the occult anatomy to compile additional analogies with the key of the tetrapolar magnet in accordance with his needs. The alchemist will recognize that the human body is a true athanor in which the most complete alchemical process, the great work or preparation of the Philosophers’ Stone, takes place.

#16

The Earth element has within itself the tetrapolar magnet with