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The Mystic Test Book
OR THE
MAGIC OF THE CARDS.
Giving the Mystic Meaning of these Wonderful and Ancient Emblems in their
Relationship to the Heavenly Bodies, Under all Conditions; With Rules
and Processes for Reading or Delineating the Emblems.
COPIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED.
Written and Compiled Under the Authority of the Mystic Brotherhood,
BY
OIvNEY H. RICHMOND,
GRAND MASTER OF THE INNER TEMPLE OF THE ANCIENT ORDER OF THE MAGI.
Author of "Temple Lectures." " Religion op the Stars," Etc.
Chicago, III., U. S. A.
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Third Edition
Revised and Enlarged.
Copyrighted 1919
By
OLNET H. RICHMOND
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Important JVottce*
This work is fully protected by copyright according to law. No. 4723 Y, issued January 23d, 1893. Every table, illustration and definition is copyrighted, and all persons are warned against re-printing them or any part of them, under penalty of the law, which will be strictly enforced.
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The owner of this book has signed an agreement whereby said owner is bound to not lend the work, or allow the use of the same to extend to persons outside his own immediate family, nor to allow any person to copy, nor obtain a copy of any of the rules, processes or engravings therein.
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This rule is designed as a protection to said owner, as well as to the author and the good of the Order. It is intended to prevent the wearing out and soiling of the book and the gathering of deleterious influences and magnetism by the promiscuous handling and loaning about the neighborhood that most books on occult subjects receive.
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This prohibition need not be construed so strictly as to pre- vent outsiders seeing the book, or even reading it in your home or presence. If j^our friend or acquaintance wishes to procure a copy, an order blank will always be sent, on appli- cation to us.
OLNEY H. RICHMOND,
Chicago, III.
To the friends of owr secret order, within the sacred fold and without. To those who are regular attend- ants at our Grand Temple and unto those whose duties call them elsewhere. To all those who, having charity and hindness in their hearts and harmony in their souls, are willing to yield themselves to the worh of regeneration and advancement, with that energy characteristic of true mystics. To those who have an affinity fof the good, the pure and the true, as well as the spiritual advancement and development which enables them to comprehend the mysteries of the infinite and majestic universe.
To the faithful ones in Temple or Court, faithful through fire, through water, through earth, through air, to the East, to the West, to the South and to the J^orth, with all and through all.
This volume is respectfully ded^icated by the author.
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The publication of this work was, we might say, forced upon us by the demand, before even a page of manuscript was prepared for the press. The demand was caused by members of the Temple, who recognized the necessity of a printed text book, from which they could study the meanings of the cards and their indications under the seven planets.
These brothers and sisters naturally wished to perfect them- selves in emblem reading as rapidly as possible, and they could not so perfect themselves, without a full and complete set of tables that tney could study and refer to at will. The next trouble that arose was the question of expense, as, aside from the printing, engrav- ing, binding, electrotyping and matters of that kind, the author's time was, and is now so valuable that the item far overbalances those mentioned.
It was finally decided that the most feasible plan, was to get out enough copies to supply more than our immediate membership and to sell them to outsiders under certain restrictions.
We only intended, at first, to get out a book of about one hun- dred and sixty pages to be bound in cloth. But the generous subscriptions forwarded to us caused us to change our mind and we began writing additional copy. We are so occupied with Temple work, that this extra labor, together with superintending the publication and proof reading, has caused considerable delay beyond the time first set. We are sorry for this, but it could not well be avoided.
Please remember, friends, that the price charged for this book is not f 07' the size, nor the binding, nor the number of pages, but for the matter itself. The emblem delineation department is alone worth more than the price charged for the entire work. We have placed much other information in the book in addition to the tables of readings, in order to compensate our kind friends for the patient waiting and the numerous subscriptions they have procured for us.
We certainly undertook the work at a time when the conditions were extremely unfavorable. We have been overrun with work in the Grand Temple, and down town shops engaged in the lines connected with book making are all full of World's Fair work. At last we have overcome the obstacles and here is the book v/hich we hope will please you.
Respectfully and fraternally yours,
THE AUTHOR.
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Page.
The Book of the Seven Thunders . . . 9
The Origin of Playing Cards .... jq
The Temple of Wisdom on Atlantis - - - 15
The Sacred Trident 22,000 Years Ago - - - 18
The Original " Sacred Seven " - - - 19
The Number of the Infinite, or the Divine Soul - - 22
Occult Properties of the Number 9, and the Mystic Star 24
An Astronomical Measure - - - - 34
The Joker and His Value - - . - - 35
The Spirit of Numbers - - - - 38
Emblem Value of the Cards - - - - 39
The Solar Value of the Cards ... 40
Power, Development and Success - - - 43
Planetary Life and Time Lines . . . 49
How to Prepare for Reading the Emblems - - 50
Drawing the Emblems - - - - - - 51
Quadration of the Test Book - - - - 56
Astral Powers of the Months and Days - - 61-62
Example of Mystic Crosses - - - - 56-68
Recapitulation of the Work - - - - 75
Definition of the Mystic Emblems, Hearts - - 76
" " . " " Clubs - 102
" " " " Diamonds - - 128
" " " " Spades - - 156
The Solar Quadrate and the Cross of Christ - - - 180
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Farther Explanation of Delineating - - - 182
Characteristic Effect of the Planets - - - 190
Wonderful Peculiarity Regarding the Effect of the Moon 194
The Planet Jupiter, Millions of Years Hence - - 193
The Wonderful Properties of the Test Book Tarots - 200
The Quadrated Astral Test Book - - - - 205
The Double Triangle. The Mystic Star - - 210
Rules for Finding the Negative Spirit of Cards - - 214
Examples of Double Astrals - - . - 214
Example of the Tarots With Negative Astrals - - 217
Names of the 5 Points of the Tarot - - - 220
Female and Male Lines ... - 221
Planetary Transformations - - - 222
The Tarot and the Zodiac, Birth Tarots ... . 229
Formation of Tarot Number 1. Characteristics - 232
The Wonderful 36 Tarots and Frames - - - 233
The Astro -phrenological Head .... 235
Calculations of Potencies - ... . 237
The Lost Word of Oriental Mysticism - 241
Strange Co-ordinations of the Mystic Triangle - - 244
Spirit Co-ordinations - ... . . 247
Unique 3x3 Court Tarot - - - - 252
The Explanations of the Magic Chart - - 253
Can This Be Chance? .... . - 255
Order of the Magi. A final Word ... 256
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INDEX
The Quadratic Layout ....
Delineation Under the Seven Planets
Quadration of Tarots
Diagram of the Vibrators
Parallelograms of Birth Tarots .
Chart of Magic Cross and Cubes
General Birth Tarot Transformers
Charts of Zedoic Coordinates
The Great Mystic Triangle
The Shadow of the Cross .
Chart of Minute Cards .
Chart of Normal Hour Rulers
The Zodiac Naturals
The Mystic Story of Atlantis
The Grand Cross of CM . .
Astral-Phrenology. AVith Chart
Rulings of the Zodiac
The Four Test Book Crosses
Altar Cloth Used in Tarotology and Altars of OM
Inspired Tarots. With Emblems
Tanot Value and Souls of Tarots
Transformation of Pyramid Tarots
Marvelous Birth Element Tarot
Diagrams of Twelve Month Diagrams
The Great Electric and Diamond Groups
Soruls of Other Wonderful Tarots
Four Birth Card Zodiacs and Directions
The Twelve Lights of OM and Colors
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