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“ The sign expresses the thing : the thing is the (hidden or occult) virtue of the sign.

“ The sign expresses the thing : the thing is the (hidden or occult) virtue of the sign.

“ To pronounce a word is to evoke a thought, and make it present : the magnetic potency of the human speech is the commencement of every manifestation in the Occult World. To utter a Name is not only to define a Being (an Entity), but to place it under and condemn it through the emission of the Word (Verbum), to the influence of one or more Occult potencies. Things are, for every one of us, that which it (the Word) makes them while naming them. The Word (Verbum) or the speech of every man is, quite unconsciously to himself, a blessing or a curse ; this is why our present ignorance about the properties or attributes of the idea as well as about the attributes and properties of matter, is often fatal to us.}}

“ To pronounce a word is to evoke a thought, and make it present : the magnetic potency of the human speech is the commencement of every manifestation in the Occult World. To utter a Name is not only to define a Being (an Entity), but to place it under and condemn it through the emission of the Word (Verbum), to the influence of one or more Occult potencies. Things are, for every one of us, that which it (the Word) makes them while naming them. The Word (Verbum) or the speech of every man is, quite unconsciously to himself, a {{Style S-Small capitals|blessing}} or a curse ; this is why our present ignorance about the properties or attributes of the {{Style S-Small capitals|idea}} as well as about the attributes and properties of {{Style S-Small capitals|matter}}, is often fatal to us.}}

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