The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times Issue #26 January 2015 | Page 147

Mind, Passive Mind etc.
Of course the Hermetic
Teachings do not agree with
the many modern theories
regarding the nature of the
two phases of mind nor does
it admit many of the facts
claimed for the two respective
aspects, some of the said
theories and claims being very
far-fetched and incapable of
standing the test of
experiment and
demonstration. We point to
the phases of agreement
merely for the purpose of
helping the student to
assimilate his previously
acquired knowledge with the
teachings of the Hermetic
Philosophy.
Students of Hudson will notice
the statement at the beginning
of his second chapter of
"The Law of Psychic
Phenomena" that
"The mystic jargon of the
Hermetic philosophers
discloses the same general
idea" i.e, the duality of mind.
If Dr. Hudson had taken the
time and trouble to decipher a
little of "the mystic jargon of
the Hermetic Philosophy" he
might have received much
light upon the subject of "the

dual mind" but then, perhaps,
his most interesting work
might not have been written.
Let us now consider the
Hermetic Teachings regarding
Mental Gender.
The Hermetic Teachers impart
their instruction regarding
this subject by bidding their
students examine the report
of their consciousness
regarding their Self. The
students are bidden to turn
their attention inward upon
the Self dwelling within each.
Each student is led to see that
his consciousness gives him
first a report of the existence
of his Self-the report is "I Am."