Bernardo, Count of the Marca of Treves,

said: “The Mercury of the Philosophers

sometimes Sublimes into a radiant and

coagulated body.

Now you can gather, my Disciple, the

fruits of the Mastery if you have

exercised your will with skill and power,

according to the rules I have taught you.

The diastases of your spirit and soul will

plainly indicate this result to you. When

all the circumstances of your life begin to

chain themselves according to the expression of your desires, when

difficulties are miraculously flattened before you, when you see that all

wills bend before you, and that your enemies collaborate unconsciously in

the accomplishment of your projects and in the realization of your destiny,

then you can be sure that you have advanced greatly on the Way.

And here is the final operation of Hermetic Philosophy, reserved for those

who have reached the apex of Wisdom. I entrust it to your prudence and

discretion.

The forces you have acquired are within you in a latent state, like a

hidden treasure. You have polished the Stone in all its brilliance from

Mercury, Fire, and the Elixir.

To set these secret forces in motion you must know and practice the

Multiplication of the Wise. “When you are in the midst of your brethren

gathered for meditation, with hearts perfectly contrite and souls

sublimated, and you judge that the astral atmosphere is saturated with

righteous intentions and ardent wills, seize with ardor and determination

these dispersed energies and gather them into a single current that you

will direct as you please and through which you will convey the specially

formulated expression of your vow.”

Thus, you will rise between earth and sky, and a kind of flowing column

will rise, filled with your volitional force, which will energize with a violent

rotational movement and the noise of a torrent or an impetuous wind.

Sometimes it will become visible by suddenly lighting up in radiant

brightness.

Then you will see great things accomplished through you, and without

men knowing your power or calculating the splendor of your soul.

Rejoice, son of mine, for in your darkness you are one of the chosen, one

of those who know!

You are called to gather the heritage, to continue in your era the tradition

of the illustrious masters who have preceded you in the Absolute.

See, my Disciple, how Geber and Ramón Llull, Arnau de Vilanova and

Mórian, Artephius, Solomon and the Prophetess Mary watch you in their

glory.

You possess their secret, the supreme arcana, which they had carefully

hidden from the eyes of people and ordinary men.

You must be worthy of these superb masters.

May they greet you with the kiss of welcome when you enter the

Absolute, and never reject you for perjury to the outer darkness.

Grillot de Givry

MULTIPLICATION