to the intensity of the current.
No one would ever think of these three measures as being separate entities, which like “substance, energy and intelligence” are merely three aspects or conceptions of one universal life; but these distinctions are necessary for the purpose of forming a conception.
“Nothing can be thoroughly known without a knowledge of its beginning. Man is placed into three substances, in each of which he has a beginning; and each thing has its substance, its number and measure (constituting their harmony). From (the state of) these three substances originate all causes, origins, and also the understanding of diseases. These three substances, Sulphur, Mercurius, Sal, give to everything its corporeality, each substance having its own qualities. If these qualities are good (in harmony with each other) there will be no disease but if they enter into opposition to each other, disease (disharmony) will be the result. (Paracelsus, “Paramirum,” Lib. I., 1, 2, and 3).”
Within these three kingdoms disorders may arise from either of the following five causes of disease:
1. From the Ens astrale; namely from surrounding conditions in external nature.
2. From the Ens veneni; meaning from poisons and impurities.
3. From the Ens naturæ; including causes inherited from the parents.
4. From the Ens spirituale; especially those caused by an evil will or morbid imagination.
5. From the Ens Dei; to which belong the ills arising from evil Karma acquired during this or a previous incarnation; in other words, the result of divine justice.
We will now attempt to define the meaning of these five beginnings.