The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) · 276 of 530

Hermetic Pharmacology, Chemistry, and Therapeuticsk

They know that every spoken word has tremendous power and that by certain arrangements of words they can create vortices of force in the invisible universe about them and thereby profoundly influence physical substance.

The Sacred Word by which the world was established, the Lost Word which Masonry is still seeking, and the threefold Divine Name symbolized by A.

U.

M.

--the creative tone of the Hindus--all are indicative of the veneration accorded the principle of sound.

The so-called "new discoveries" of modern science are often only rediscoveries of secrets well known to the priests and philosophers of ancient pagandom.

Man's inhumanity to man has resulted in the loss of records and formula: which, had they been preserved, would have solved many of the greatest problems of this civilization.

With sword and firebrand, races obliterate the records of their predecessors, and then inevitably meet with an untimely fate for need of the very wisdom they have destroyed.

Themes

◆Logoscosmology

The divine reason, word, or ordering principle through which the universe was created; mediates between the transcendent God and the material world.

The text explicitly discusses the 'Sacred Word' by which the world was established and the creative power of sound as a divine ordering principle.

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◆Sacred Namestheology

Divine names or formulas that carry ontological power, used in prayer, liturgy, or magical practice.

The passage centrally discusses the 'Sacred Word,' the 'Lost Word,' and the 'threefold Divine Name' symbolized by A.U.M. as having tremendous power to influence physical substance.

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◆Word Power Incantationpraxis

The doctrine and practice that spoken or sung word carries causal-magical force — that uttering names, formulas, songs, or incantations alters reality directly rather than merely communicating about it. Vainamoinen's runo-songs that move mountains and command iron, Norse galdr, Vedic mantra, Shinto kotodama, the magician's barbarous names in the Greek Magical Papyri, Iamblichean arcane signatures and inexplicable symbols, biblical creation-by-word. Distinct from sacred_names (the ontological power of names themselves) and prayer (address to the divine); word_power_incantation is the magical-causal efficacy of the spoken word as such.

The passage explicitly states that spoken words have tremendous power and can create vortices of force to profoundly influence physical substance through specific arrangements.

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Related passages · 2 parallels

◆renaissance_hermeticism|Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter LXIX — Of Speech, and the Occult Virtue of Words|Chapter LXIX, Section 1

“CHAPTER LXIX. Of Speech, and the Occult Virtue of Words . It being shown that there is a great power in the affections of the soul, you must know, moreover, that there is no less virtue in words and the names of things, and greatest of all…”

Both passages emphasize the power of words and speech, highlighting their ability to influence the physical and spiritual realms. They share the concept of the sacred or divine nature of language and its role in creation and communication.

◆renaissance_hermeticism|Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter LXXIV — Of the Proportion, Correspondency, and Reduction of Letters to the Celestial Signs and Planets, According to Various Tongues, and a Table Thereof|Chapter LXXIV, Section 1a

“CHAPTER LXXIV. Of the Proportion, Correspondency, and Reduction of Letters to the Celestial Signs and Planets, According to Various Tongues, and a Table Thereof . God gave to man a mind and speech, which (as saith Mercurius Trismegistus)…”

Both passages emphasize the power of words, sounds, and letters in shaping reality and their sacred, divine origins. They share the concept of the creative and transformative power of language, though expressed within different mystical traditions (Hermeticism and Kabbalah).