The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times Issue #26 January 2015 | Page 56

differences between different
manifestations of Matter,
Energy, Mind and even Spirit,
result largely from varying
rates of Vibration. From THE
ALL, which is Pure Spirit, down
to the grossest form of Matter,
all is in vibration - the higher
the vibration, the higher the
position in the scale. The
vibration of Spirit is at such an
infinite rate of intensity and
rapidity that it is practically at
rest - just as a rapidly moving
wheel seems to be motionless.
And at the other end of the
scale, there are gross forms of
matter whose vibrations are so
low as to seem at rest.
Between these poles, there are
millions upon millions of
varying degrees of vibration.
From corpuscle and electron,
atom and molecule, to worlds
and universes, everything is in
vibratory motion. This is also
true on the planes of energy
and force (which are but
varying degrees of vibration)
and also on the mental planes
(whose states depend upon
vibrations) and even on to the
spiritual planes. An
understanding of this
Principle, with the appropriate
formulas, enables Hermetic

students to control their own
mental vibrations as well as
those of others. The Masters
also apply this Principle to the
conquering of Natural
phenomena, in various ways.
"He who understands the
Principle of Vibration, has
grasped the sceptre of power,"
says one of the old writers.
4. The Principle of Polarity
"Everything is Dual;
everything has poles;
everything has its
pair of opposites; like and
unlike are the same; opposites
are identical in nature, but
different in degree; extremes
meet; all truths are but halftruths; all paradoxes may be
reconciled." - The Kybalion.
This Principle embodies the
truth that "everything is dual";
"everything has two poles";
"everything has its pair of
opposites," all of which were
old Hermetic axioms. It
explains the old paradoxes,
that have perplexed so many,
which have been stated as
follows: "Thesis and antithesis
are identical in nature, but
different in degree";
"opposites are the same,
differing only in degree"; "the