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Occult Review THE OCCULT REVIEW EDITED BY RALPH SHIRLEY “ irCIXTOB ADDICTÜ 8 JURARE IN VERBA KA 0 I8 C R I ” VOL. X X X V I JULY—DECEMBER 1922 LONDON WILLIAM RIDER & SON, LIMITED CATHEDRAL HOUSE, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.4 Original from Digitized by Google UADUADn IIMH/CDCITV Printed in Gnat Britain by Butler & Tuner, Frame aW Linden Original from Digitized by Google UADUADn IIMH/CDCITV CONTENTS JULY. PAGE Motes of th e Month : P hilo J^d d a u s and h is R elatio n to Christianity . The Editor . 1 J ohn V a k l e y : Artist and Astrologer . H. Stanley Redgrove . 12 T he Mysticism of S h e l l e y ........................... • 24 T h e Dev a s ........................................................... Irene Hay . 28 A Note on A utomatic W ritin g .... H. Ernest Hunt . • 3 5 T h e S k e le t o n ........................................................... Katherine Godefroi . • 39 A bsolution (V e rse )....................................... Teresa Hooley. , 42 R o yal He a l e r s ..................................................... William Gillespie . • 43 R eflectio n s on R eincarnation .... J . Scott Bottoms . • 47 Qu iet u d e (Verse)............................................ Frederick Nicholls . • 50 H aunted H ouses and E xorcism . Constance Frost . • 5 * Correspondence ..................................................... - 54 P erio d ical L it e r a t u r e ........................................ • 57 R e v i e w s .................................................................. 61 AUGUST. N otes of the Month : T he Misu se of L an­ guage in R elation to Psych ical R e ­ search ........................................................... The Editor . 65 T h e S ym bols of Al c h e m y ........................... S. Foster Damon 77 A Deva R e v e l a t i o n ........................................ Oliver Fox. 86 R e l a t iv it y and R e a l i t y ................................. W. Kingsland. 96 Two Mysterio u s H a p p e n in g s .......................... M.L. 104 T h e Magic of the S ubconscious . G. R. S. Mead 106 Correspondence ..................................................... 114 P eriodical L it e r a t u r e ........................................ 120 R e v i e w s .................................................................. 125 SEPTEMBER. N otes of th e Month : I n fin it y and the S e l f ..................................................................The Editor . »3* T h e Ast r a l and E th ereal Wo rlps . Mabel Collins . 138 T h e I nner V i s i o n ..............................................Elisabeth Keith Morris «44 M i r a c l e s ..................................................................Rev. N. G. Lawson . 152 A n g elic R evelatio n s and P redictio ns op P la n et a r y I ntercommunication. Frederic W. Thurston 159 A n E g yptia n H y p n o t i s t ................................. Douglas T. Marsh . 171 Correspondence ................................................................................................... 179 P eriodical L it e r a t u r e ..................................................................................... 186 R e v i e w s ............................................................................................................... 190 in Original from Digitized b; Google UAD\/ADn IIMIX/CDCITV IV CONTENTS OCTOBER. PAGE N otes of th e Month : (a) *' T h e T em pest " a s a My s t e r y P l a y ; (b) F a ir y E v i­ d e n c e s....................................................................The Editor . 197 An I m pression of D r . R udo lf S t e in e r . William Lo/tus Hare. 2 15 T he Ast r a l and E t h e r e a l Wo rlds : P art II Mabel Collins . 223 V ir t u e s of P recio u s S t o n e s ........................... Philip S. Weltby . 229 T h e Magic of N u m b e r s ........................................ W. Gomold . 232 T h e D e v il ’s P a y ............................................... W. N. Neill . 240 Correspondence ............................................................................................................. 243 P erio d ical L it e r a t u r e ............................................................................................... 249 N ew and F orthcoming P ublications ............................................................. 253 R e v i e w s .......................................................................................................................... 255 NOVEMBER. N otes of th e Month : T h e P h ilo so pher’s S tone .................................................................... The Editor . 261 E nigma ( V e r s e ) ...................................................... Frederick Nicholls . 273 S p ir it u a l E v o l u t i o n ......................................... P. H. F ................................275 Our N e r v e s and th e P syc h ic F actor . M. A. Anderson . 282 T h e Cr a ft of Ma g i c ......................................... Owen Rutter . 289 T h e Occult L o re of th e Cro ss-R oads . W. N. Neill .... 297 More W elsh F a ir y -Lo r e .................................. Mary L. Lewes . 302 Correspondence ....................................................... ..................................308 P erio d ica l L it e r a t u r e ......................................... 313 R e v i e w s .................................................................... 318 DECEMBER. N otes of th e Month : (1) A Myster io u s Communication : Mr . L lo yd G eo rge as J oseph R o b e sp ie r r e ; (2) T h e U n sbbn P ow ers and th e W o rld’s G o vernance The Editor . 325 L o v e I n v is ib l e (V e rs e )......................................... Phyllis M. James 336 F u ll Mo o n ............................................................. George Austin . 337 T h e P l a n e t a r y Control .................................. P. H. Fawcett . 347 T h e S hooting S tar ( V e r s e ) ........................... Phyllis M. James 357 A G host S to ry ...................................................... Mary E. Monteith 358 W itch-Wr e c k e r s ................................................ W. N. Neill . 369 Some A d v e n t u r e s with F a ir ie s .... MaunseU Vise . 375 Correspondence ...................................................... 381 P erio d ica l L i t e r a t u r e .................................. 384 R e v i e w s .................................................................... 388 Original from Digitized b; Google UAD\/ADn IIMIX/CDCITV OCCULT REVIEW A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DIE VOTED TO THE INVESTIGATION OF SUPER. NORMAL PHENOMENA AND THE STUDY OF P8YCHOLOOIOAL PROBLEMS. E d i t e d b y RALPH SHIRLEY " Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri ” Price On e Sh illin g n et ; poet free, On e S h illin g and T w opkncs. Annual Snbecription, T w elv e Sh illin g s (Three Dollars). Am beican A g e n t s : The International News Company, 85 Duane Street, New York ; The Macoy Publishing Company, 43-49 John Street, New York; The Western News Company, Chicago. Subscribers in India can obtain the Magazine from A. H. Wheeler A Co., 15 Elgin Road, Allahabad ; Wheeler's Building. Bombay; and 39 Strand, Calcutta; or from The Theosopkical Publishing House. Adyar, Madras. All communications to the Editor should be addressed c/o the Publishers. W illiam R id e * A Son, L td., Cathedral House, Paternoster Row, London, E.C.4. Contributors are specially requested to put their name and address, legibly written, on all manuscripts submitted. V o l. XXXVI JULY 1922 No. 1 NOTES OF THE MONTH IT may probably be contended with truth that no religion that has ever been held by any large section of the human race is traceable to one single source. This statement is pre-eminently applicable to Christianity. The teaching of Jesus of Nazareth was only one strand in the fabric of orthodox Christianity, even though it was the most important one. Paul added vital portions to the creed of Christendom, and doctrines were adopted as integral parts of that religion for which there is no historical sanction outside the Pauline epistles. To Philo Judaeus, more than to any one man, we must attribute the accept- , ance as am essential part of Christianity of the jUD.fius. (joctrjne 0£ the Logos. It is true that the Logos of the author of the preamble to St. John’s Gospel is not identicad with the Logos of Philo, but the idea was unquestionably tadcen by him from the voluminous writings of the Alexandrian sage and adapted to the requirements of the new religion. The writings of Philo, therefore, have an importamce among Christiam origins which it is impossible to underestimate. Whence, it may be asked, did Philo obtaiin this conception 1 Original from Digitized by Goosle UAD\/ADD IIMIX/CDCITV 2 THE OCCULT REVIEW of the Logos, or Word ? Two theories have been advanced : one that it was derived from the Hebrew prophets, and the other and more generally accepted one that it was an essentially Greek conception. The true solution of this question will, I think, be found when we realize the peculiar position that Philo occupied in relation to the thought of his time. He claimed, indeed, to be an orthodox Jew, but in reality he interpreted Judaism in terms of Greek thought. When Alexander founded the city which was destined to perpetuate his name, he transferred thither the nucleus of a large Jewish colony, upon whom he conferred full civic privileges, and this policy of giving Jews equal rights with the other citizens and indeed giving them, to a certain extent, an independent jurisdiction, was persevered in b y Alexander’s successors, the Ptolemys, after the Alexandrian empire had suffered disruption on the death of the great conqueror. For a considerable period the IN ALEX­ Jewish colony had its own chief magistrate, de­ ANDRIA. nominated the alabarch, and in the time of Philo Judaeus this alabarch was Philo’s own brother Alexander, who was thus the most prominent individual in the Jewish community.
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