Astrology Is Not An Art, It Is

In Accordance With The Divine Wisdom, Genesis Can Only Take Place Through Destruction, And Without Destruction Of The Individual Members Of The Species The Species Themselves Would Not Exist Permanently. Thus The True Kindness, And Beneficence, And Goodness Of God Is Clear.

The Prophets Even Express Their Surprise That God Should Take Notice Of Man, Who Is Too Little And Too Unimportant To Be Worthy Of The Attention Of The Creator; How, Then, Should Other Living Creatures Be Considered As Proper Objects For Divine Providence!

To Sum Up: I Am The Man Who When The Concern Pressed Him And His Way Was Straitened And He Could Find No Other Device By Which To Teach A Demonstrable Truth Other Than By Giving Satisfaction To A Single Virtuous Man While Displeasing Ten Thousand Ignoramuses - I Am He Who Prefers To Address That Single Man By Himself, And I Do Not Heed The Blame Of Those Many Creatures.

The Key To The Understanding And To The Full Comprehension Of All That The Prophets Have Said Is Found In The Knowledge Of The Figures, Their General Ideas, And The Meaning Of Each Word They Contain.

The Strange And Wonderful Book Of Job Treats Of The Same Subject As We Are Discussing; Its Contents Are A Fiction, Conceived For The Purpose Of Explaining The Different Opinions Which People Hold On Divine Providence. ...this Fiction, However, Is In So Far Different From Other Fictions That It Includes Profound Ideas And Great Mysteries, Removes Great Doubts, And Reveals The Most Important Truths. I Will Discuss It As Fully As Possible; And I Will Also Tell You The Words Of Our Sages That Suggested To Me The Explanation Of This Great Poem.