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Das sind nicht willkürliche Zeichen. Wenn man sie kennt, zeigen sie einem die Wege, um hineinzukriechen in die Dinge und in den Dingen zu leben. Wie das Studium den Verstand, die imaginative Erkenntnis das Gemüt ergreift, so ergreift die Erkenntnis der okkulten Schrift den Willen. Sie zeigt uns die Wege beim Schaffen und Produzieren. Wenn daher das Studium uns Erkenntnis, die Imagination Anschauung bringt, so bringt uns die Erkenntnis der okkulten Schrift Magie, die Erkenntnis der in den Dingen schlummernden Naturgesetze, die Erkenntnis, die uns tiefer in das Wesen der Dinge hineinführt. Sie können bei vielen — meinetwegen auch bei Eliphas Levi — viele okkulte Zeichen finden. Derjenige aber, der nichts weiß von diesen Dingen, wird wenig dabei lernen können. Sie können indessen eine Andeutung darin finden, wie sie aussehen. In den Werken, die Sie darüber gedruckt finden, steht gewöhnlich Unzutreffendes. Heilig gehalten wurden von allen Völkern, von den Eingeweihten wenigstens, diese okkulten Schriftzeichen. Und wenn wir weiter zurückgehen, finden wir strenge Bestimmungen über deren Geheimhaltung, damit diejenigen, welche solche Zeichen gebrauchen dürfen, sie nie unwürdig gebrauchen mögen. 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