. The mystic test book; or, The magic of the cards. Giving the mystic meaning of these wonderful and ancient emblems in their relationship to the heavenly bodies, under all conditions; with rules and processes for reading or delineating the emblems . ird, it is a point in the heavens which seemsto have been universally selected by mankind for the birthof Saviors—that is, a point near the Apsides. In the caseof Jesus, the date comes within less than four degrees ofthat line. The layout which produces the Cross from the periheliondeal is shown in the next engraving, and, to make the Crossmore st


. The mystic test book; or, The magic of the cards. Giving the mystic meaning of these wonderful and ancient emblems in their relationship to the heavenly bodies, under all conditions; with rules and processes for reading or delineating the emblems . ird, it is a point in the heavens which seemsto have been universally selected by mankind for the birthof Saviors—that is, a point near the Apsides. In the caseof Jesus, the date comes within less than four degrees ofthat line. The layout which produces the Cross from the periheliondeal is shown in the next engraving, and, to make the Crossmore striking, the rest of the cards are omitted, and theones only put in which are covered by the Cross. This arrangement seems to be even more remarkable thanthe other, for the foot of the Cross sets in Pisces, whichrules the feet, but it is also the of death, in Mysticsymbolism. 288 THE MYSTIC TEST BOOK. The top of the cross is in Virgo. It is a significant factthat the representative of Christ on the Cross comes in theHouse of the Virgin. He is born there and remainsthere. Another thing is worth noticing, too; that is, that,although there are two success cards on the cross, they areoutweighed by the two nines and two sevens, indicating. disappointment and trouble. I was showing this Cross to aMystic friend a while ago, when he exclaimed: Oh! seethe nail holes! He pointed to the ace of clubs on the leftand the two of hearts on the right hand. Everything goes toshow that the Christ, or Diyine principle, is one of those fixedthings, like the mystic word triangle, which is bound to THE MYSTIC TEST BOOK. 289 come out in the mystic emblems. Any unprejudiced personcan see with half an eye that the little book, which is a Cross to carry before the world, has within itself the per-fection of divine symbolism. As the author of the PappusPlanetarium enthusiastically exclaimed once to me: Thatlittle book has got the whole history of the world in it, ifwe knew how to read it. I think


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