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THE POWER OF KARMA in such a manner as to be understood without the help of a Master, and unless by a process of divine illumination it never will be discovered by anyone unassisted. Yet it is constantly affirmed by those who have attained this knowledge that none need despair of success. Keeping this in mind, I suggest that the search for The Philosopher's Stone is to be regarded as part and parcel of what I have called the New Science --the science of the Kingdom of God. It is towards an investigation of the Universal Mind that I would again draw the reader's attention. One of the most famous of the old alchemists, Amold di Villanova, stated that, “there abides in Nature a certain pure matter, which, being discovered and brought by art to perfection, converts to itself proportionately all imperfect bodies that it touches”. To the alchemist, the one-ness of the Universe was a reality, and a knowledge of Nature showed him that there was one law prevailing throughout the Universe, one scheme to which everything contributed, and embracing all. This knowledge was only obtained by revelation, or by the instruction of a Master, which in its turn was conditioned by reverence, and labour sustained by faith and inspired by prayer. Nature in its material manifestations was approached in this attitude.
