The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times Issue #26 January 2015 | Page 60

unconsciously, but the Master
does this consciously and by
the use of his Will and attains
a degree of Poise and Mental
Firmness almost impossible of
belief on the part of the
masses who are swung
backward and forward like a
pendulum. This Principle and
that of Polarity have been
closely studied by the
Hermetists and the methods of
counteracting, neutralizing
and USING them form an
important part of the Hermetic
Mental Alchemy.
6. The Principle of Cause and
Effect
"Every Cause has its Effect;
every Effect has its Cause;
everything happens according
to Law; Chance is but a name
for Law not recognized; there
are many planes of causation,
but nothing escapes the Law." The Kybalion.
This Principle embodies the
fact that there is a Cause for
every Effect; an Effect from
every Cause. It explains that:
"Everything Happens
according to Law"; that
nothing ever "merely
happens"; that there is no
such thing as Chance; that

while there are various planes
of Cause and Effect, the higher
dominating the lower planes,
still nothing ever entirely
escapes the Law. The
Hermetists understand the art
and methods of rising above
the ordinary plane of Cause
and Effect, to a certain degree
and by mentally rising to a
higher plane they become
Causers instead of Effects. The
masses of people are carried
along, obedient to
environment; the wills and
desires of others stronger than
themselves; heredity;
suggestion and other outward
causes moving them about like
pawns on the Chessboard of
Life. But the Masters, rising to
the plane above, dominate
their moods, characters,
qualities and powers, as well
as the environment
surrounding them and become
Movers instead of pawns. They
help to PLAY THE GAME OF
LIFE, instead of being played
and moved about by other
wills and environment. They
USE the Principle instead of
being its tools. The Masters
obey the Causation of the
higher planes, but they help to
RULE on their own plane. In