But by whom and what

“I may pardon thee! Yes, thou hast nothing to fear from me. I swear it!” “Swear! But by whom and what, old man? I cannot believe thee, if thou believest not in any God! Ha, ha! behold the result of thy lessons.” Another moment and those murderous fingers would have strangled their prey. But between the assassin and his victim rose a form that seemed almost to both a visitor from the world that both denied,— stately with majestic strength, glorious with awful beauty. The ruffian recoiled, looked, trembled, and then turned and fled from the chamber. The old man fell again to the ground insensible. Part 1 Chapter 8 To know how a bad man will act when in power, reverse all the doctrines he preaches when obscure. S. Montague. Antipathies also form a part of magic (falsely) so-called. Man naturally has the same instinct as the animals, which warns them involuntarily against the creatures that are hostile or fatal to their existence. But HE so often neglects it, that it becomes dormant. Not so the true cultivator of the Great Science, etc. Trismegistus the Fourth (a Rosicrucian). When he again saw the old man the next day, the stranger found him calm, and surprisingly recovered from the scene and sufferings of the night.