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ISISUNVEILEDAMASTERKEY
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MYSTERIESOFANCIENTANDMODERNSCIENCEANDTHEOLOGY
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H.P.BLAVATSKYCORRESPONDINGSECRETARYOFTHETHEOSOPHICALSOCIETY
CecyestunlivredebonneFoy. MONTAIGNE
VOLUMEIITHEOLOGY
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PREFACE
Wereitpossible,wewouldkeepthisworkoutofthehandsofmanyChristianswhomitsperusalwould notbenefit, and for whom it was not written. We allude to those whose faith in theirrespectivechurchesispureandsincere,andthosewhosesinlesslivesreflectthegloriousexampleofthatProphetofNazareth,bywhosemouththespiritoftruthspakeloudlytohumanity.Suchthere
have been at all times. History preserves the names of many as heroes, philosophers,philanthropists, martyrs, and holy men and women;but how many more have lived and died,unknownbut to their intimate acquaintance, unblessedbutby their humblebeneficiaries! ThesehaveennobledChristianity,butwouldhaveshedthesamelustreuponanyotherfaiththeymighthave professed for they were higher than their creed. Thebenevolence of Peter Cooper andElizabethThompson,ofAmerica,whoarenotorthodoxChristians,isnolessChristlikethanthatof
the Baroness Angela BurdettCoutts, of England, who is one. And yet, in comparison with themillionswhohavebeenaccountedChristians,suchhavealwaysformedasmallminority.Theyaretobe found at this day, in pulpit and pew, in palace and cottage;but the increasing materialism,worldliness and hypocrisy are fast diminishing their proportionate number. Their charity, andsimple,childlikefaithintheinfallibilityoftheirBible,theirdogmas,andtheirclergy,bringintofullactivityallthevirtuesthatare implanted inourcommonnature.Wehavepersonallyknownsuch
Godfearingpriestsandclergymen,andwehavealwaysavoideddebatewiththem,lestwemightbeguilty of the cruelty of hurting their feelings; nor would we rob a single layman of hisblindconfidence,ifitalonemadepossibleforhimholylivingandserenedying.
Ananalysisofreligiousbeliefsingeneral,thisvolumeisinparticulardirectedagainsttheologicalChristianity,thechiefopponentoffreethought.Itcontainsnotonewordagainstthepureteachings
ofJesus,butunsparinglydenouncestheirdebasementintoperniciousecclesiasticalsystemsthatareruinoustomansfaithinhisimmortalityandhisGod,andsubversiveofallmoralrestraint.
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Wecastourgauntletat thedogmatic theologianswhowouldenslavebothhistoryandscience;andespeciallyattheVatican,whosedespoticpretensionshavebecomehatefultothegreaterportionofenlightenedChristendom.Theclergyapart,nonebutthelogician,theinvestigator,thedauntless
explorer should meddle withbooks like this. Such delvers after truth have the courage of theiropinions.
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TABLEOFCONTENTS
PREFACE ...................................................................................................................................... II
VOLUMETWO
THEINFALLIBILITYOFMODERNRELIGION
CHAPTERI
THE
CHURCH:
WHERE
IS
IT?CHAPTERI........................................................................................................................................1CHURCHSTATISTICS........................................................................................................................1CATHOLICMIRACLESANDSPIRITUALISTICPHENOMENA .......................................................3CHRISTIANANDPAGANBELIEFSCOMPARED ................................................................................9MAGICANDSORCERYPRACTISEDBYCHRISTIANCLERGY ..........................................................18
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COMPARATIVETHEOLOGYANEWSCIENCE................................................................................23EASTERNTRADITIONSASTOALEXANDRIANLIBRARY ................................................................24ROMANPONTIFFSIMITATORSOFTHEHINDUBRAHMTMA.....................................................27CHRISTIANDOGMASDERIVEDFROMHEATHENPHILOSOPHY....................................................30DOCTRINEOFTHETRINITYOFPAGANORIGIN ............................................................................40DISPUTESBETWEENGNOSTICSANDCHURCHFATHERS ..............................................................46BLOODYRECORDSOFCHRISTIANITY ............................................................................................48
CHAPTERII
CHRISTIANCRIMESANDHEATHENVIRTUES
CHAPTERII....................................................................................................................................50
SORCERIESOFCATHERINEOFMEDICIS........................................................................................50OCCULTARTSPRACTISEDBYTHECLERGY...................................................................................53WITCHBURNINGSANDAUTODAFEOFLITTLECHILDREN ......................................................56LYINGCATHOLICSAINTS..............................................................................................................66PRETENSIONSOFMISSIONARIESININDIAANDCHINA................................................................70
SACRILEGIOUSTRICKSOFCATHOLICCLERGY.............................................................................73PAULAKABALIST ..........................................................................................................................82PETERNOTTHEFOUNDEROFROMANCHURCH ..........................................................................83STRICTLIVESOFPAGANHIEROPHANTS.......................................................................................88HIGHCHARACTEROFANCIENTMYSTERIES .............................................................................91
JACOLLIOTSACCOUNTOFHINDUFAKIRS...................................................................................93CHRISTIAN SYMBOLISMDERIVEDFROMPHALLICWORSHIP ......................................................98
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HINDUDOCTRINEOFTHEPITRIS ................................................................................................103BRAHMINICSPIRITCOMMUNION ...............................................................................................104DANGERSOFUNTRAINEDMEDIUMSHIP ....................................................................................106
CHAPTERIII
DIVISIONSAMONGSTTHEEARLYCHRISTIANS
CHAPTERIII.................................................................................................................................111PETERNEVERINROME...............................................................................................................111MEANINGSOFNAZARANDNAZARENE...............................................................................116BAPTISMADERIVEDRIGHT.........................................................................................................121ISZOROASTERAGENERICNAME?..............................................................................................127PYTHAGOREANTEACHINGSOFJESUS.........................................................................................132THEAPOCALYPSEKABALISTIC...................................................................................................133JESUSCONSIDEREDANADEPT BYSOMEPAGANPHILOSOPHERSANDEARLYCHRISTIANS ....135DOCTRINEOFPERMUTATION......................................................................................................137THEMEANINGOFGODINCARNATE ..........................................................................................138
DOGMASOFTHEGNOSTICS.........................................................................................................140IDEASOFMARCION,THEHERESIARCH...................................................................................143PRECEPTSOFMANU ....................................................................................................................147JEHOVAHIDENTICALWITHBACCHUS........................................................................................149
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ORIENTALCOSMOGONIESANDBIBLERECORDS
CHAPTERIV.................................................................................................................................150DISCREPANCIESINTHEPENTATEUCH ........................................................................................151INDIAN,CHALDEANANDOPHITESYSTEMSCOMPARED ...........................................................153
WHOWERETHEFIRSTCHRISTIANS?..........................................................................................160CHRISTOSANDSOPHIAACHAMOTH.........................................................................................165SECRETDOCTRINETAUGHTBYJESUS .........................................................................................172JESUSNEVERCLAIMEDTOBEGOD............................................................................................174NEWTESTAMENTNARRATIVESANDHINDULEGENDS .............................................................179
ANTIQUITYOFTHELOGOSANDCHRIST...............................................................................184COMPARATIVEVIRGINWORSHIP...............................................................................................188
CHAPTERV
MYSTERIESOFTHEKABALA
CHAPTERV..................................................................................................................................191ENSOPHANDTHESEPHIROTH...................................................................................................192THEPRIMITIVEWISDOMRELIGION ............................................................................................195
THEBOOKOFGENESISACOMPILATIONOFOLDWORLDLEGENDS .........................................196THETRINITYOFTHEKABALA .....................................................................................................200
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GNOSTICANDNAZARENESYSTEMSCONTRASTEDWITHHINDUMYTHS.................................203KABALISMINTHEBOOKOFEZEKIEL ..........................................................................................209STORYOFTHERESURRECTIONOFJAIRUSSDAUGHTERFOUNDINTHE
HISTORYOFCHRISTNA...........................................................................................................217UNTRUSTWORTHYTEACHINGSOFTHEEARLYFATHERS ...........................................................223THEIRPERSECUTINGSPIRIT.........................................................................................................225
CHAPTERVI
ESOTERICDOCTRINESOFBUDDHISMPARODIEDINCHRISTIANITY
CHAPTERVI.................................................................................................................................227DECISIONSOFNICEANCOUNCIL,HOWARRIVEDAT ................................................................227
MURDEROFHYPATIA..................................................................................................................227ORIGINOFTHEFISHSYMBOLOFVISHNU ..................................................................................231KABALISTICDOCTRINEOFTHECOSMOGONY ............................................................................238DIAGRAMSOFHINDUANDCHALDEOJEWISHSYSTEMS ...........................................................241TENMYTHICALAVATARSOFVISHNU........................................................................................253
TRINITYOFMANTAUGHTBYPAUL...........................................................................................260SOCRATESANDPLATOONSOULANDSPIRIT .............................................................................261TRUEBUDDHISM,WHATITIS .....................................................................................................266
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EARLYCHRISTIANHERESIESANDSECRETSOCIETIES
CHAPTERVII ...............................................................................................................................267NAZAREANS,OPHITES,ANDMODERNDRUZES.........................................................................269ETYMOLOGYOF ...................................................................................................................275HERMETICBROTHERSOFEGYPT ..............................................................................................284
TRUEMEANINGOFNIRVANA.....................................................................................................295THEJAYNASECT..........................................................................................................................297CHRISTIANSANDCHRESTIANS...................................................................................................299THEGNOSTICSANDTHEIRDETRACTORS...................................................................................301BUDDHA,JESUS,ANDAPOLLONIUSOFTYANA ..........................................................................315
CHAPTERVIII
JESUITRYANDMASONRY
CHAPTERVIII..............................................................................................................................321THESOHARANDRABBISIMEON .................................................................................................321THEORDEROFJESUITSANDITSRELATIONTOSOMEOFTHEMASONICORDERS .....................325CRIMESPERMITTEDTOITSMEMBERS.........................................................................................327PRINCIPLESOFJESUITRYCOMPAREDWITHTHOSEOFPAGANMORALISTS..............................335TRINITYOFMANINEGYPTIANBOOKOFTHEDEAD..................................................................338
FREEMASONRYNOLONGERESOTERIC.......................................................................................342
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PERSECUTIONOFTEMPLARSBYTHECHURCH...........................................................................351SECRETMASONICCIPHERS .........................................................................................................365JEHOVAHNOTTHEINEFFABLENAME .....................................................................................367
CHAPTERIX
THEVEDASANDTHEBIBLE
CHAPTERIX.................................................................................................................................373
NEARLYEVERYMYTHBASEDONSOMEGREATTRUTH ............................................................374WHENCETHECHRISTIANSABBATH...........................................................................................374ANTIQUITYOFTHEVEDAS ..........................................................................................................378PYTHAGOREANDOCTRINEOFTHEPOTENTIALITIESOFNUMBERS............................................384DAYSOFGENESISANDDAYSOFBRAHMA ...........................................................................389
FALLOFMANANDTHEDELUGEINTHEHINDUBOOKS...........................................................391ANTIQUITYOFTHEMAHABHARATA ..........................................................................................395WERETHEANCIENTEGYPTIANSOFTHEARYANRACE?...........................................................399SAMUEL,DAVID,ANDSOLOMONMYTHICALPERSONAGES......................................................404SYMBOLISMOFNOAHSARK.......................................................................................................411THEPATRIARCHSIDENTICALWITHZODIACALSIGNS ...............................................................421ALLBIBLELEGENDSBELONGTOUNIVERSALHISTORY.............................................................430
CHAPTERX
THEDEVIL-MYTH
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THEDEVILOFFICIALLYRECOGNIZEDBYTHECHURCH............................................................437SATANTHEMAINSTAYOFSACERDOTALISM ..............................................................................440IDENTITYOFSATANWITHTHEEGYPTIANTYPHON ...................................................................443HISRELATIONTOSERPENTWORSHIP........................................................................................448THEBOOKOFJOBANDTHEBOOKOFTHEDEAD .......................................................................452THEHINDUDEVILAMETAPHYSICALABSTRACTION ................................................................459SATANANDTHEPRINCEOFHELLINTHEGOSPELOFNICODEMUS ..........................................471
CHAPTERXI
COMPARATIVERESULTSOFBUDDHISMANDCHRISTIANITY
CHAPTERXI.................................................................................................................................484
THEAGEOFPHILOSOPHYPRODUCEDNOATHEISTS................................................................484THELEGENDSOFTHREESAVIOURS .............................................................................................491CHRISTIANDOCTRINEOFTHEATONEMENTILLOGICAL...........................................................498CAUSEOFTHEFAILUREOFMISSIONARIESTOCONVERTBUDDHISTSANDBRAHMANISTS......507NEITHERBUDDHANORJESUSLEFTWRITTENRECORDS...........................................................513
THEGRANDESTMYSTERIESOFRELIGIONINTHEBHAGAVADGITA........................................516THEMEANINGOFREGENERATIONEXPLAINEDINTHESATAPABRHMANA.........................519THESACRIFICEOFBLOODINTERPRETED ....................................................................................520DEMORALIZATIONOFBRITISHINDIABYCHRISTIANMISSIONARIES.........................................526THEBIBLELESSAUTHENTICATEDTHANANYOTHERSACREDBOOK ......................................530
KNOWLEDGEOFCHEMISTRYANDPHYSICSDISPLAYEDBYINDIANJUGGLERS .........................535
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CONCLUSIONSANDILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTERXII................................................................................................................................539RECAPITULATIONOFFUNDAMENTALPROPOSITIONS................................................................539SEERSHIPOFTHESOULANDOFTHESPIRIT................................................................................541THEPHENOMENONOFTHESOCALLEDSPIRITHAND .............................................................545
DIFFERENCEBETWEENMEDIUMSANDADEPTS.........................................................................546INTERVIEWOFANENGLISHAMBASSADORWITHAREINCARNATEDBUDDHA.........................549FLIGHTOFALAMASASTRALBODYRELATEDBYABBHUC ...................................................554SCHOOLSOFMAGICINBUDDHISTLAMASERIES ........................................................................558THEUNKNOWNRACEOFHINDUTODAS...................................................................................562
WILLPOWEROFFAKIRSANDYOGIS ..........................................................................................566TAMINGOFWILDBEASTSBYFAKIRS ..........................................................................................570EVOCATIONOFALIVINGSPIRITBYASHAMAN,WITNESSEDBYTHEWRITER ..........................574SORCERYBYTHEBREATHOFAJESUITFATHER..........................................................................580WHYTHESTUDYOFMAGICISALMOSTIMPRACTICABLEINEUROPE .......................................582CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................582
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Yea, the time cometh, that whomsoever killeth you,willthinkthathedoethGodservice.
GospelAccordingtoJohn,xvi.2
LethimbeANATHEMA . . .whoshallsaythathumanSciences ought tobe pursued insucha spirit of freedom
that one maybe allowed to hold as true their assertionsevenwhenopposedtorevealeddoctrines.
EcumenicalCouncilof1870
GLOUC.TheChurch!Whereisit?
KingHenryVI.,Acti.,Sc.1
CHURCHSTATISTICS
IN the United States of America, sixty thousand (60,428)men are paid salaries to teach the Science of God and HisrelationstoHiscreatures.
Thesemencontractto imparttous theknowledgewhich
treats of the existence, character, and attributes of ourCreator; His laws and government; the doctrines we are to
believe and the duties we are to practice. Five thousand
(5,141) of them,* with the prospect of 1273 theologicalstudentstohelpthemintime,teachthisscienceaccordingtoa formula prescribedby the Bishop of Rome, to five millionpeople. Fiftyfive thousand (55,287) local and travellingministers,representingfifteendifferentdenominations,eachcontradicting the other upon more or less vital theololical
questions, instruct, in their respective doctrines, thirtythreemillion(33,500,000)otherpersons.oftheseteachaccordingtothe canons of the cisAtlantic branch of an establishmentwhich acknowledges a daughter of the late Duke of Kent asits spiritual head. There are many hundred thousandJews;somethousandsofOrientalsofallkinds;andaveryfewwho
belong to the Greek Church. A man at Salt Lake City, withnineteen wives and more than one hundred children andgrandchildren, is the supreme spiritual ruler over ninetythousand people, who believe that he is in frequentintercoursewiththegodsfortheMormonsarePolytheistsaswellasPolygamists,and theirchiefgod isrepresentedas
* These figures are copied from the Religious Statistics of theUnitedStatesfortheyear1871. These are: the Baptists, Congregationalists, Episcopalians, NorthernMethodists, Southern Methodists, Methodists various, NorthernPresbyterians, Southern Presbyterians, United Presbyterians, UnitedBrethren, Brethren in Christ, Reformed Dutch, Reformed German,ReformedPresbyterians,CumberlandPresbyterians.
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Therehasneverbeenareligionintheannalsoftheworldwith such a bloody record as Christianity. All the rest,including the traditional fierce fights of the chosen people
with their next of kin, the idolatrous tribes of Israel, palebefore the murderous fanaticism of the alleged followers ofChrist! Even the rapid spread of Mahometanismbefore theconquering sword of the Islam prophet, is a directconsequenceofthebloodyriotsandfightsamongChristians.ItwastheintestinewarbetweentheNestoriansandCyrilians
thatengenderedIslamism;anditisintheconventofBozrahthattheprolificseedwasfirstsownbyBahira,theNestorianmonk. Freely wateredby rivers ofblood, the tree of Meccahas grown till we find it in the present centuryovershadowing nearly two hundred millions of people. Therecent Bulgarian atrocities arebut the natural outgrowth of
thetriumphofCyrilandtheMariolaters.Thecruel,craftypolitician,theplottingmonk,glorifiedby
ecclesiasticalhistorywiththeaureoleofamartyredsaint.Thedespoiledphilosophers,theNeoplatonists,andtheGnostics,daily anathematizedby the Church all over the world forlong and dreary centuries. The curse of the unconcerned
Deity hourly invoked on the magian rites and theurgicpractice,andtheChristianclergythemselvesusingsorceryforages. Hypatia, the glorious maidenphilosopher, torn topieces by the Christian mob. And such as Catherine de
butcouldnotgiveevidenceofit.HisduplicitywithAriusandhisparty
iswellknown.ThusoneofthefirstChristiansaints,andthefounderoftheTrinity,appearsonthepagesofhistoryasamurdererandathief!
Medicis,LucreziaBorgia,JoannaofNaples,andtheIsabellasofSpain,presented totheworldas the faithfuldaughtersofthe Church some even decoratedby the Pope with the
order of the Immaculate Rose, the highest emblem ofwomanly purity and virtue, a symbol sacred to the VirginmotherofGod!Sucharetheexamplesofhumanjustice!Howfar lessblasphemous appears a total rejectionof Mary as animmaculate goddess, than an idolatrous worship of her,accompaniedbysuchpractices.
In the next chapter we will present a few illustrations ofsorcery, as practiced under the patronage of the RomanChurch.
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TheyundertakebyscalesofmilestotellThebounds,dimensions,andextentofhell;
WherebloatedsoulsinsmokydurancehungLikeaWestphaliagammonorneatstongue,
Toberedeemedwithmassesandasong.OLDHAM,SatiresupontheJesuits
York.Butyouaremoreinhuman,moreinexorableO,tentimesmorethantigersofHyrcania.
KingHenryVI,PartThird,Acti,Sceneiv
War.Andharkye,Sirs;becausesheisamaidSparefornofaggots,lettherebeenough;Placebarrelsofpitchuponthefatalstake.
KingHenryVI,PartFirst,Actv,Sceneiv
IN that famous work of Bodin, on sorcery,* a frightfulstory is told about Catherine of Medicis. The author was alearned publicist, who, during twenty years of his life,collected authentic documents from the archives of nearlyeveryimportantcityofFrance,tomakeupacompletework
* LaDemonomanie,outraitedesSorciers, Paris,1587.
onsorcery,magic,andthepowerofvariousdemons. Tousean expression of Eliphas Levi, his book offers a mostremarkable collection of bloody and hideous facts; acts of
revolting superstition, arrests, and executions of stupidferocity. Burneverybody! theInquisitionseemedtosayGod will easily sort out His own! Poor fools, hystericalwomen,andidiotswereroastedalive,withoutmercy,forthecrime of magic. But, at the same time, how many greatculprits escaped this unjust and sanguinaryjustice! This is
whatBodinmakesusfullyappreciate.
SORCERIESOFCATHERINEOFMEDICIS
Catherine, the pious Christian who has so welldeservedintheeyesoftheChurchofChristfortheatrocious
andnevertobeforgottenmassacreofSt.BartholomewtheQueen Catherine, kept in her service an apostateJacobinpriest. Well versed in the black art, so fully patronizedbytheMedicifamily,hehadwonthegratitudeandprotectionofhispiousmistress,byhisunparalleledskill inkillingpeopleatadistance,bytorturingwithvariousincantationstheirwax
simulacra. The process hasbeen described over and overagain,andwescarcelyneedrepeatit.
Charleswaslyingsickofanincurabledisease.Thequeenmother,hadeverything to lose incaseofhisdeath,resortedto necromancy, consulted the oracle of the bleeding head.This infernal operation required the decapitation of a child
who mustbe possessed of greatbeauty and purity. He had
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Aboyfourteenyearsold.ThelittlesonofSenatorStolzenberger.Twoalumni.
INTHETWENTYSECONDBURNING,SIXPERSONS.Sturman,arichcooper.Astrangeboy.
INTHETWENTYTHIRDBURNING,NINEPERSONS.
DavidCrotensboy,nineyearsold.Thetwosonsoftheprincescook,onefourteen, theother ten
yearsold.
INTHETWENTYFOURTHBURNING,SEVENPERSONS.
Twoboysinthehospital.Arichcooper.
INTHETWENTYFIFTHBURNING,SIXPERSONS.
Astrangeboy.
INTHETWENTYSIXTHBURNING,SEVENPERSONS.
Weydenbush,asenator.ThelittledaughterofValkenberger.Thelittlesonofthetowncouncilbailiff.
INTHETWENTYSEVENTHBURNING,SEVENPERSONS.Astrangeboy.Astrangewoman.Anotherboy.
INTHETWENTYEIGHTHBURNING,SIXPERSONS.
TheinfantdaughterofDr.Schtz.Ablindgirl.
INTHETWENTYNINTHBURNING,SEVENPERSONS.
Thefatnoblelady(Edelfrau).Adoctorofdivinity.
Item.Summary:
Strange menandwomen,i.e.,Protestants, 28Citizens,apparentlyallWEALTHYpeople, 100Boys,girls,andlittlechildren, 34Innineteenmonths, 162persons.
Therewere, saysWright, littlegirlsoffromseventotenyearsofageamongthewitches,andsevenandtwentyofthemwere convicted andburnt, at some of the other brnde, or
burnings. The numbers brought to trial in these terribleproceedings were so great, and they were treated with so
little consideration, that it was usual not even to take thetrouble of setting down their names,but they were cited astheaccusedNo.1,No.2,No.3,andsoon.*TheJesuitstooktheirconfessionsinprivate.
What room is there in a theology which exacts suchholocausts as these to appease thebloody appetites of its
priestsforthefollowinggentlewords:Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid
themnot;forofsuchisthekingdomofHeaven. Evensoitisnot the will of your Father . . . that one of these little onesshould perish. But whoso shall offend one of these little
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finalveilwaswithdrawn.NomindlikethatofPythagorasorPlatowouldhavecontenteditselfwithanunfathomableand
incomprehensible mystery, like that of the Christian dogma.Therecanbebutonetruth,fortwosmalltruthsonthesamesubjectcanbutconstituteonegreaterror.Amongthousandsof exoteric or popular conflicting religions which havebeenpropagated since the days when the first men were enabledtointerchangetheirideas,notanation,notapeople,northe
mostabjecttribe,butaftertheirownfashionhasbelieved inan Unseen God, the First Cause of unerring and immutablelaws,andintheimmortalityofourspirit.Nocreed,nofalsephilosophy, no religious exaggerations, could ever destroythat feeling. It must, therefore,bebased upon an absolutetruth. On the other hand, every one of the numberless
religions and religious sects views the Deity after its ownfashion;and,fatheringontheunknownitsownspeculations,it enforces these purely human outgrowths of overheatedimagination on the ignorant masses, and calls themrevelation. As the dogmas of every religion and sect oftendifferradically, theycannotbe true.And ifuntrue,whatare
they?
Thegreatestcursetoanation, remarksDr.Inman, isnota bad religion, but a form of faith which prevents manlyinquiry. I know of no nation of old that was priestriddenwhichdidnotfallundertheswordsofthosewhodidnotcare
for hierarchs. . . . The greatest danger is tobe feared from
longaseverymandoes toother men ashewould that theyshoulddotohim,andallowsnoonetointerferebetweenhimand
hisMaker,allwillgowellwiththeworld.*
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first female emanation was called Bythos or Depth.* Itanswered to the Shekinah of the kabalists, the Veil whichconceals the Wisdom in the cranium of the highest of thethree heads. As the Pythagorean Monad, this nameless
the
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BrahmaZyaus Ilu,KabalisticEnSoph
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WisdomwastheSourceofLight,andEnnoiaorMind,isLightitself.Thelatterwasalsocalledthe PrimitiveMan, liketheAdam Kadmon, or ancient Adam of the Kabala. Indeed, ifmanwascreatedafterhis likenessand inthe imageofGod,then this God was like his creature in shape and figure hence, he is the Primitive man. The first Manu, the one
evolved from Swayambhuva, he who exists unrevealed inhisownglory, isalso,inonesense,theprimitiveman,withtheHindus.
INDIAN,CHALDEANANDOPHITESYSTEMSCOMPARED
Thus the nameless and the unrevealed, Bythos, hisfemalereflection,andEnnoia,therevealedMindproceedingfromboth,ortheirSonarethecounterpartsoftheChaldeanfirsttriadaswellasthoseoftheBrahmanicTrimurti.Wewillcompare:inallthethreesystemswesee
THEGREATFIRSTCAUSEastheONE,theprimordialgerm,the unrevealed and grand ALL, existing through himself. In
* We give the systems according to an old diagram preserved amongsome Kopts and the Druses of Mount Lebanon. Irenus had perhaps
somegoodreasonstodisfiguretheirdoctrines.
p
WhenevertheEternalawakesfromitsslumberanddesirestomanifestitself,itdividesitselfintomaleandfemale.Itthen
becomesineverysystem:
THEDOUBLESEXEDDEITY,TheuniversalFatherandMother.
INDIANPANTHEON CHALDEAN OPHITESYSTEM
Brahma.Nara(male),Nari
(female)
EikonorEnSoph.Anu(male),Anata
(female)
NamelessSpirit.Abrasax(male),Bythos(female)
From the union of the two emanates a third, or creativePrincipletheSON,orthemanifestedLogos,theproductoftheDivineMind.
INDIANPANTHEON CHALDEAN OPHITESYSTEM
Viradj,theSon Bel,theSon Ophis(anothernameforEnnoia),
theSon
Moreover,eachof thesesystemshasa triplemale trinity,each proceeding separately through itself from one femaleDeity.So,forinstance:
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TheTrinityBrahma,Vishnu,Siva,areblended
ThetrinityAnu,Bel,Hoa(orSin,Samas,Bin),blend
ThetrinityconsistedoftheMysterynamed
TriadorTrimurti,andwithMylittaadded, theArbaorFour(Tetraktys of Pythagoras), which perfects and potentializesall. Hence, the abovegiven modes of expression. ThefollowingChaldeandiagrammayserveasanillustrationfor
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intoONE,whoisBrahma(neutergender),creatingandbeingcreatedthroughtheVirginNari(themotherof
perpetualfecundity).
intoONEwhoisAnu(doublesexed)throughtheVirginMylitta.
Sige,Bythos,Ennoia.These
becomeONEwhoisAbrasax,fromtheVirginSophia(orPneuma),who
herselfisanemanationofBythosandtheMysterygodandemanatesthroughthem,Christos.
Toplace itstillclearer, theBabylonianSystemrecognizesfirsttheONE(Ad,orAdad),whoisnevernamed,butonlyacknowledgedinthoughtastheHinduSwayambhuva.FromthishebecomesmanifestasAnuorAnatheoneaboveallMonas.NextcomestheDemiurgecalledBelorElu,whois
theactivepoweroftheGodhead.ThethirdistheprincipleofWisdom, Hea or Hoa, who also rules the sea and theunderworld. Each of these has his divine consort, giving usAnata,Belta,andDavkina.These,however,areonlyliketheSaktis, and not especially remarkedby theologists. But thefemale principle is denotedby Mylitta, the Great Mother,
called also Ishtar. So with the three male gods, we have the
allothers:Anu, MylittaArbail
Triad {Bel,}
Hoa,
become,withtheChristians,
GodtheFather,
Trinity{GodtheSon,}
GodtheHolyGhost,
or
FourfoldGod
Mary, or mother of thesethreeGods
sincetheyareone,
or, the Christian HeavenlyTetraktys.
Hence,Hebron,thecityoftheKabeiriwascalledKirjathArba,cityoftheFour.TheKabeiriwereAxierosthenobleEros,Axiokersos,theworthyhornedone,Axiokersa,DemeterandKadmiel,Hoa,etc.
ThePythagorean tendenoted theArbaIlorDivine Four,emblematizedbytheHinduLingham:Anu,1;Bel,2;Hoa,3,whichmakes6.ThetriadandMylittaas4maketheten.
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Kanyabva Neith
5.MotherPureEssence,Akasa
5.MothersouloftheuniverseAnouke
5.MotherofDivineGrace
6.Virginmostchaste Kanya
6.VirginsacredearthIsis
6.Virginmostchaste
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11.SacredLotus 11.MysticalRose
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12.SistrumofGold 12.HouseofGold
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7.MotherTaumatra,ofthefivevirtuesorelements
7.MotherofallthevirtuesThmei,withthesamequalities
7.Mothermostpure
Motherundefiled
MotherinviolateMothermostamiable
Mothermostadmirable
8.VirginTrigana(ofthethreeelements,powerorrichness,love,andmercy)
8.IllustriousIsis,mostpowerful,merciful,just(BookoftheDead.)
8.Virginmostpowerful
Virginmostmerciful
Virginmostfaithful
9.Mirrorof
SupremeConscienceAhancara
9.MirrorofJustice
andTruthThmei
9.MirrorofJustice.
10.WiseMotherSaraswati
10.MysteriousmotheroftheworldButo
10.SeatofWisdom
Hyrania
13.CelestialLightLakshmi
13.Astarte(Syrian),Astaroth(Jewish)
13.MorningStar
14.Ditto 14.ArguaoftheMoon
14.ArkoftheCovenant
15.QueenofHeaven,andoftheuniverseSakti
15.QueenofHeaven,andoftheuniverseSati
15.QueenofHeaven
16.Mothersoulofallbeings
Paramatma
16.ModelofallmothersAthor
16.MaterDolorosa
17.Devanakiisconceivedwithoutsin,andimmaculateherself.(Accordingtothe
Brahmanicfancy)
17.IsisisaVirginMother
17.Maryconceivedwithoutsin.(Inaccordancewithlaterorders)
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Simon in the Homilies. These words prove that either theauthor of the fourth evangel had no idea of the existence ofthe Homilies, or that he was not John, the friend andcompanion of Peter, whom he contradicts pointblank with
this emphatic assertion. Be it as it may, this sentence, likemanymorethatmightbeprofitablycited,blendsChristianity
CHAPTERV
Learntoknowall,butkeepthyselfunknown.
GNOSTICMAXIMThere is one God supreme over all gods diviner than mortals
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completely with the Oriental Gnosis, and hence with theKABALA.
While the doctrines, ethical code, and observances of theChristian religion were all appropriated from Brahmanism
and Buddhism, its ceremonials, vestments, and pageantryweretakenbodilyfromLamaism.TheRomishmonasteryandnunneryarealmostservilecopiesofsimilarreligioushousesinThibetandMongolia,andinterestedexplorersofBuddhistlands, when obliged to mention the unwelcome fact, havehad no other alternative left thembut, withananachronism
unsurpassed in recklessness, to charge the offense ofplagiarism upon the religious system their own motherChurchhaddespoiled.Thismakeshifthasserveditspurposeandhaditsday.Thetimehasatlastcomewhenthispageofhistorymustbewritten.
ThereisoneGodsupremeoverallgods,divinerthanmortals,Whoseformisnotlikeuntomans,andasunlikehisnature;ButvainmortalsimaginethatgodslikethemselvesarebegottenWithhumansensations,andvoice,andcorporealmembers.
XENOPHANES,Clem.Al.Strom.,v.14,110
TYCHIADESCanyoutellmethereason,Philocles,whymostmendesiretolye,anddelightnotonlytospeakfictionsthemselves,butgivebusieattentiontootherswhodo?
PHILOCLESTherebemanyreasons,Tychiades,whichcompellsometospeaklyes,becausetheyseetisprofitable.
ADialogueofLucian
SPARTANIsittothee,ortoGod,thatImustconfess?
PRIESTToGod.
SPARTANThen,MAN,standback!
PLUTARCH,RemarkableLacedemonianSayingsWE will now give attention to some of the most importantMysteries of the Kabala, and trace their relations to thephilosophicalmythsofvariousnations.
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Thissentenceisequalled,ifnotoutrivalled,bythisother,pronouncedinalikespirit.Itemanatesfromanotherfatherofthe early Church, the eloquent Tertullian, who hopes to see
ll h hil h i h h fi f H ll Wh h ll
That this spirit of true Christian love has safely crossednineteen centuries and rages now in America, is fullyinstancedinthecaseoftherabidMoody,therevivalist,whoexclaims:Ihaveason,andnoonebutGodknowshowIlovehim;butIwouldseethosebeautifuleyesdugoutofhisheadtonight, rather than see him grow up to manhood and godowntothegravewithoutChristandwithouthope!!
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allthe philosophers inthegehennafireofHell. Whatshallbethemagnitudeofthatscene! . . .HowshallIlaugh!Howshall I rejoice! How shall I triumph when I see so many
illustriouskingswhoweresaidtohavemountedintoheaven,groaning withJupiter, their god, in the lowest darkness ofhell!ThenshallthesoldierswhohavepersecutedthenameofChristburninmorecruelfirethananytheyhadkindledforthesaints!*
These murderous expressions illustrate the spirit of
Christianity till this day.But do they illustrate the teachingsofChrist?Bynomeans.AsEliphasLevisays,TheGodinthenameofwhomwewouldtrampleonourmothersbosomwemustseeinthehereafter,ahellgapingwidelyathisfeet,andan exterminating sword in his hand. . . . Molochburnedchildrenbutafewseconds;itwasreservedtothedisciplesof
agodwhoisallegedtohavediedtoredeemhumanityonthecross, to create a new Moloch whose burning stake iseternal!
* Tertullian,Despect, ch.xxx. Mosheim,Eccles.Hist., c.v.,5.
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hisdarlingson,towhatlengthsmayhenotgowiththesonsof others, whom he may love less? It is the spirit of Loyola,gibbering in the nineteenth century, and prevented fromlighting the fagotflameandheatingredhotthe instrumentsoftortureonlybythearmoflaw.
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Thus we are enabled tobuild our theories solely on the
visible manifestations of the Deity, on its objective naturalphenomena. To apply to these creative principles the termGod is puerile and absurd. One might as well callby thename of Benvenuto Cellini the fire which fuses the metal, or
former may be inferred from the fact that many of theBrahmanical pagodas are designed andbuilt on this figure,calledthe SriIantara.*Andyetwefind thehighesthonorspaid to itby theJewish and medival kabalists, who call itSolomonsseal. Itwillbequiteaneasymattertotraceitto
its origin, once we are reminded of the history of the kingkabalist and his transaction with King Hiram and Ophir thecountryofpeacocks,gold,andivoryforwhichlandwe
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nameofBenvenutoCellinithefirewhich fuses themetal,orthe air thatcools itwhen it isrun in the mould. If the innerand everconcealed spiritual, and to our minds abstract,
Essence within these forces can everbe connected with thecreationofthephysicaluniverse,itisbutinthesensegiventoitby Plato. IT maybe termed, atbest, the framer of theabstract universe which developed gradually in the DivineThoughtwithinwhichithadlaindormant.
In Chapter VIII. we will attempt to show the esoteric
meaning of Genesis, and its complete agreement with theideasofothernations.Thesixdaysofcreationwillbefoundto have a meaning little suspected by the multitude ofcommentators, who have exercised their abilities to the fullextentinattemptingtoreconcilethembyturnswithChristiantheology and unChristian geology. Disfigured as the Old
Testamentis,yetinitssymbolismispreservedenoughoftheoriginalinitsprincipalfeaturestoshowthefamilylikenesstothecosmogoniesofoldernationsthantheJews.
We here give the diagrams of the Hindu and the ChaldeoJewish cosmogonies. The antiquity of the diagram of the
havetosearchinoldIndia.
* See JournaloftheRoyalAsiaticSociety, vol.xiii.,p.79.
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EXPLANATIONOFTHETWODIAGRAMSREPRESENTINGTHECHAOTICANDTHEFORMATIVEPERIODS,BEFOREANDAFTER
OURUNIVERSEBEGANTOBEEVOLVED
FROMTHEESOTERICBRAHMANICAL,BUDDHISTIC,ANDCHALDEANSTANDPOINTS,WHICH
AGREEINEVERYRESPECTWITHTHEEVOLUTIONARYTHEORYOFMODERNSCIENCE
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ContainstheIneffableName.ItistheAUM
to be pronounced only mentally, underpenalty of death. The Unrevealed ParaBrahma, the PassivePrinciple; the absoluteand unconditioned mukta, which cannotenter into the condition of a Creator, as thelatter,inordertothink,will,andplan,mustbe
bound and conditioned (baddha); hence, inone sense, be a finite being. THIS (ParaBrahma) was absorbed in the nonbeing,imperceptible, without any distinct attribute,nonexistentforoursenses.Hewasabsorbedin his (to us) eternal (to himself) periodical,sleep, for it was one of Nights of Brahma.
Therefore he is not the Firstbut the EternalCause. He is the Soul of Souls, whom nobeing can comprehend in this state. But hewho studies the secret Mantras and
Contains the Ineffable Name. It is EnSoph,
the Boundless, the Infinite, whose name isknown to noonebut the initiated,andcouldnotbepronouncedaloudunderthepenaltyofdeath. No more than ParaBrahma can EnSophcreate,forheisinthesameconditionofnonbeing as the former; he is wya nonexistent so long as he lies in his latent orpassivestatewithinOulom(theboundlessandtermlesstime);assuchheisnottheCreatorofthe visible universe, neither is he the Aur(Light). He willbecome the latter when theperiod of creation shall have compelled himtoexpandtheForcewithinhimself,according
totheLawofwhichtheheistheembodimentand essence. Whosoever acquaints himselfwith the Mercaba and the lahgash (secretspeech or incantation),
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comprehends theVch (the Spirit or hiddenvoiceoftheMantras,theactivemanifestationof the latent Force) will learn to understandhiminhisrevealed aspect.
willlearnthesecretofsecrets.
BothTHIS andEnSoph,intheirfirstmanifestationofLight,emergingfromwithinDarkness,maybe summarized in the Svabhvt, the Eternal and the uncreated Selfexisting Substancewhichproducesall;whileeverythingwhichisofitsessenceproducesitselfoutofitsownnature.
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When the Night of Brahma was ended,and the time came for the SelfExistent tomanifestItselfbyrevelation,itmade itsgloryvisibleby sending forth from its Essence anactive Power, which, female at first,subsequentlybecomes androgyne. It is Aditi,
the Infinite,* the Boundless, or rather theUnbounded. Aditi is the mother ofall thegods, and Aditi is the Father and the Son.WhowillgiveusbacktothegreatAditi,thatI may see father and mother? It is in
When the active period had arrived, EnSoph sent forth from within his own eternalessence, Sephira, the active Power, called thePrimordial Point, and the Crown,Keter. It isonly through her that the UnboundedWisdom could give a concrete form to his
abstract Thought. Two sides of the uppertriangle, the right side and the base, arecomposedofunbrokenlines;thethird,theleftside, is dotted. It is through the latter thatemerges Sephira. Spreading in everydirection, she finally encompasses the wholetriangle.Inthisemanationofthefemaleactive
* InRigVedaSanhita themeaningisgivenbyMaxMllerastheAbsolute,foritisderivedfromditi,bond,andthenegativeparticleA. HymnstotheMaruts, I.,89,10. Ibid.,I.,24,1. Ibid.,X.,63,2.
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great Deep water. Water isborn fromatransformation of light . . . and from amodification of the water isborn the earth,saysManu(booki.).
Ye areborn of Aditi from thewater, you
who areborn of the earth, hear ye all mycall.
In this water (or primeval chaos) theInfinite androgyne which with the Eternal
fromAdamsleftrib.AdamistheMicrocosmoftheMacrocosm,andiscreatedintheimageof the Elohim. In the Tree of Life thetripletriad isdisposed insuchamannerthatthethreemaleSephirothareontheright,the
three female on the left, and the four unitingprinciples in the centre. From the InvisibleDew falling from the Higher Head Sephiracreatesprimevalwater,orchaostakingshape.
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Infinite androgyne, which, with the EternalCause,formsthefirstabstractTriad,rendered
byAUM,depositedthegermofuniversallife.
It is the Mundane Egg, in which took placethe gestation of Prsha, or the manifestedBrahma. The germ which fecundated theMotherPrinciple(thewater)iscalledNara,theDivine Spiritor Holy Ghost,* and the watersthemselves, are an emanation of the former,
Nari,whiletheSpiritwhichbroodedoveritiscalledNarayana.
Inthategg,thegreatPowersatinactiveawholeyearoftheCreator,atthecloseofwhich,
by his thought alone, he caused the egg todivideitself.Theupperhalfbecameheaven,
the lower, the earth (both yet in their ideal,nottheirmanifestedform).
Thus,thissecondtriad,onlyanothernamefor the first one (never pronounced aloud),and which is the real preVedic andprimordialsecretTrimurti,consistedof
p , g pIt is the first step toward the solidification ofSpirit, which through various modifications
will produce earth. It
requires
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When Sephira emerges like an activepower from within the latent Deity, she isfemale; when she assumes the office of acreator, shebecomes a male; hence, she is
androgyne. She is the Father and MotherAditi, of the Hindu Cosmogony. Afterbrooding over the Deep, the Spirit of Godproduces its own image in the water, theUniversalWomb,symbolizedinManubytheGolden Egg. In the kabalistic Cosmogony,Heaven and Earth are personifiedby AdamKadmon and the second Adam. The firstIneffableTriad,containedintheabstract ideaof the Three Heads, was a mysteryname.It was composed of EnSoph, Sephira, andAdam Kadmon, the Protogonos, the latter
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Nari,MotherEarth,
Viradj,theSonorUniverse.
The Trimurti, comprising Brahma, theCreator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, theDestroyerandRegenerator,belongstoalaterperiod. It is an anthro pomorphicafterthought, invented for the more popularo ehe io of the u i itiated a e The
bisexual.* In every triad there is a male, afemale, and an androgyne. AdamSephira istheCrown(Keter).Itsetsitselftotheworkofcreation,by first producing Chochmah, MaleWisdom, a masculine active potency,
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comprehensionoftheuninitiatedmasses.TheDikshita, the initiate, knewbetter. Thus, also,the profound allegory under the colors of a
ridiculous fable, given in the AytareyaBrahmana, which resulted in therepresentations in some temples of BrahmNara, assuming the form of abull, and hisdaughter,AditiNari,thatofaheifer,containsthe same metaphysical idea as the fall of
man, or that of the Spirit into generation matter. The Allpervading Divine Spiritembodied under the symbols of Heaven, theSun, and Heat (fire) the correlation ofcosmicforcesfecundatesMatterorNature,the daughter of Spirit. And ParaBrahma
himselfhastosubmittoandbearthepenanceof the curses of the other gods (Elohim) forsuch an incest. (See corresponding column.)According to the immutable, and, therefore,fatal law,both Nara and Nari are mutuallyFather and Mother, as well as Father and
J , ,Bible figuring as the Supreme. But this
Jehovah is not the kabalisticJodcheva. The
binary
is the fundamental cornerstone ofGnosis.AsthebinaryistheUnitymultiplyingitselfandselfcreating,thekabalistsshowtheUnknown passive EnSoph, as emanatingfrom himself, Sephira, which, becomingvisible light, is said to produce AdamKadmon. But, in the hidden sense, Sephiraand Adam are one and the same light, onlylatent and active, invisible and visible. Thesecond Adam, as the human tetragram,producesinhisturnEve,outofhisside.Itisthis second triad, with which the kabalistshave hitherto dealt, hardly hinting at the
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terrestrialegg,whosearchetypeisthegoldenmundane egg. It is from within this spiritualbosom of mother nature that proceed all thegreatsavioursoftheuniversetheavatarsof
figure is replacedby the cross; the celestialperpendicular and the terrestrial horizontal
base line. But the idea is the same: AdamKadmon is the type of humanity as acollective totality within the unity of the
creativeGodandtheuniversalspirit.Of him who is formless, the nonexistent
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Of him who is and yet is not, from the
notbeing, Eternal Cause, isborn thebeingPouroucha, says Manu, the legislator.Pouroucha is the divine male, the secondgod, and the avatar, or the Logos of ParaBrahma and his divine son, who in his turnproducedViradj,theson,orthe idealtypeof
the universe. Viradj begins the work ofcreationbyproducingthetenPradjapati, thelordsofallbeings.
According to the doctrine of Manu, theuniverse is sub jected to a periodical andneverending succession of creations anddissolutions, which periods of creation arenamedManvntara.
It is the germ (which the Divine Spiritproduced from its own substance) whichneverperishesinthebeing,foritbecomesthesoul of Being, and at the period ofpralaya
the heavenly man. But after he created theformoftheheavenlyman ,heuseditas a vehicle wherein to descend, says the
Kabala. Thus Adam Kadmon is the avatar ofthe concealed power. After that the heavenlyAdam creates or engendersby the combinedpower of the Sephiroth, the earthly Adam.TheworkofcreationisalsobegunbySephirain the creation of the ten Sephiroth (who are
the Pradjapatis of the Kabala,
for they arelikewisetheLordsofallbeings).
The Sohar asserts the same. According tothe kabalistic doctrine there were old worlds(seeIdraSuta,Sohar, iii.,p.292b.)proceeded.Allthingsofwhichthisworldconsists,spirit
aswellasbody,willreturntotheirprincipal,and the roots from which they proceeded(Sohar, ii., 218b). The kabalists also maintainthe indestructibility of matter, albeit theirdoctrine isshroudedstillmorecarefullythanthat of the Hindus. The creation is eternal,
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(dissolution) it returns to absorb itself againintotheDivineSpirit,whichitselfrestsfromalleternity within Swayambhuva, the SelfExistent (InstituteofManu,booki.).
As we have shown, neither the
Svabhavikas,BuddhistphilosophersnortheBrahmansbelieveinacreationoftheuniverseexnihilo,butbothbelieve in thePrakriti, theindestructibilityofmatter.
and the universe is the garment, orevolutionists. the veil of God Shekinah;andthelatterisimmortalandeternalasHimwithinwhomithaseverexisted.Everyworldis made after the pattern of its predecessor,
and each more gross and material than thepreceding one. In the Kabala all were calledsparks. Finally, our present grosslymaterialisticworldwasformed.
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The evolution of species, and thesuccessiveappearanceofvariousnewtypesis
verydistinctlyshowninManu.From earth, heat, and water, areborn all
creatures, whether animate or inanimate,producedbythegermwhichtheDivineSpiritdrew from its own substance. Thus hasBrahma established the series of
transformations from the plant up to man,andfrommanuptotheprimordialessence... . Among them each succeedingbeing (orelement)acquiresthequalityofthepreceding;and in as many degrees as each of them isadvanced, with so many properties is it said
tobeendowed (Manu,booki.,sloka20).This,webelieve, is the veritable theoryof
themodernevolutionists.
In the Chaldean account of the periodwhich preceded the Genesis of our world,
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people,* is sufficient. It places the Buddhist lamaimmeasurably higher than any priest or clergyman whodeems it his sacred duty to curse the heathen to his face,and sentence him and his religion to eternal damnation.Christianity becomes every day more a religion of pure
emotionalism. The doctrine of Buddha is entirelybased onpractical works. A general love of allbeings, human andanimal,isitsnucleus.Amanwhoknowsthatunlesshetoilsforhimselfhehas tostarve,andunderstandsthathehasno
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OfthetenetsoftheDruzes,nothingauthentichasevercometolight;thepopularbeliefamongsttheirneighborsis,thatthey
adoreanidolintheformofacalf.KING,TheGnosticsandTheirRemains
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scapegoattocarrytheburdenofhisiniquitiesforhim,istentimesaslikelytobecomeabettermanthanonewhoistaught
that murder, theft, and profligacy can be washed in oneinstantaswhiteassnow,ifhebutbelievesinaGodwho,to
borrowanexpressionofVolney, oncetookfooduponearth,andisnowhimselfthefoodofhispeople.
* TheFiveArticlesofFaith.
theTwoTruths.EgyptianRitualoftheDead
PythagorascorrectlyregardedtheIneffableName ofGod...astheKeytotheMysteriesoftheuniverse.
PANCOAST,BlueandRedLight
IN the next two chapters we shall notice the mostimportant of the Christian secret sects the socalled
Heresies whichsprangintoexistencebetweenthefirstandfourthcenturiesofourera.
Glancing rapidly at the Ophites and Nazareans, we shallpass to their scions which yet exist in Syria and Palestine,underthenameofDruzesofMountLebanon;andnearBasraorBassorah, inPersia,underthatofMendans,orDisciples
ofSt.John.Allthesesectshaveanimmediateconnectionwithoursubject,fortheyareofkabalisticparentageandhaveonceheldtothesecret WisdomReligion, recognizingastheOneSupreme, the MysteryGod of the Ineffable Name. Noticingthese numerous secret societies of the past, we willbringthemintodirectcomparisonwithseveralofthemodern.We
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Revelation,of one like unto the Sonof Man, withhissevenstars,andwhoistheLogos,isanotherformofOphis.
The Nazarene diagram, except in a change of names, isidentical with that of the Gnostics, who evidentlyborrowedtheir ideas from it, adding a few appellations from the
Basilidean and Valentinian systems. To avoid repetition, wewillnowsimplypresentthetwoinparallel.
Thus, we find that, in the Nazarene Cosmogony, thenames of their powers and genii stand in the following
SecondTrinity(Themanifestationofthefirst.)
SecondTrinity(Idem.)
1. Lord MANO the King ofLifeandLightRexLucis.
First LIFE, or the primitiveman.
1.Ennoiamind.
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NAZARENE GNOSTICOPHITE
FirstTrinity FirstUnityinaTrinity
Lord FERHO the Life whichis no Lifethe Supreme God.TheCausewhich produces the
Light, or the Logos inabscondito. The water of
Jordanus Maximus thewater of Life, or Ajar, ISHAMON.
IAOthe Ineffable Name oftheUnknownDeityAbraxas,andtheEternalSpiritualSun.
Unity enclosed within theDepth, Bythos, feminineprinciplethe boundless thefeminine principle. Unity in aTrinity, enclosed within thecircle,withinwhichlieallideal
forms. From this Unityemanatesthe
Jo da
Maximus the waters of
grace.SecondLIFE.3. The Superior Father Abatur.ThirdLIFE.
This Trinity produces also aduad Lord Ledhoio, andFetahil,thegenius(theformer,aperfectemanation, the latter,imperfect). Lord JordantheLord of allJordans, manifestsNETUBTO (Faith withoutWorks).*
3. Sophia Androgynewisdom; who, in her turnfecundated with the DivineLightproduces Christos andSophiaAchamoth(oneperfect,
the other imperfect), as anemanation. SophiaAchamothemanates IldaBaoth theDemiurge, who producesmaterial and soulless creation.Works without Faith (or
grace).
* Consider those two diametricallyopposed doctrines the Catholicand the Protestant; the one preachedby Paul, the semiPlatonist, andtheotherbyJames,theorthodoxTalmudist.
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the day when the spiritualbodies of men willbe absorbedinto Gods own essence and being (the Nirvana of theHindus),thesoulsofmenwillkeeptheirastralforms,exceptthe few chosen ones who, from the moment of theirseparation from theirbodies,begin to exist as pure spirits.
Thelifeofmantheydivideintosoul,body,andintelligence,or mind. It is the latter which imparts and communicates tothesoulthedivinesparkfromitsHamsa(Christos).
They have seven great commandments which areimparted equally to all the uninitiated; and yet, even these
CORRECTVERSIONOFTHECOMMANDMENTSAS
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1. The unity of God, or theinfiniteonenessofDeity.
1. (2) Truth in words,meaning in practice,only truthtothereligionandtotheinitiated;it is lawful to act and to speakfalsehood to men of another
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p q y ywellknown articles of faith havebeen so mixed up in the
accounts of outside writers, that, in one of the bestCyclopdiasof America (Appletons), theyare garbled afterthe fashion that maybe seen in the comparative tabulation
below;thespuriousandthetrueorderparallel:
f fcreed.
2. The essential excellence ofTruth.
2. (7) Mutual help,watchfulness,andprotection.
* See,fartheron,aletterfromanInitiate. Inthiscolumnthefirstnumbersarethosegiven inthearticleontheDruzes in the NewAmericanCyclopdia (Appletons), vol. vi., p. 631.The numbers in parentheses show the sequence in which thecommandmentswouldstandweretheygivencorrectly. This pernicious doctrinebelongs to the old policy of the Catholic
Church,butiscertainlyfalseasregardstheDruzes.Theymaintainthatitisrightandlawfultowithholdthetruthabouttheirowntenets,nooneoutside their own sect having a right to pry into their religion. Theokhalsnevercountenancedeliberatefalsehoodinanyform,althoughthelaymenhavemanyatimegotridofthespiessentbytheChristianstodiscovertheirsecrets,bydeceivingthemwithshaminitiations.(SeetheletterofProf.Rawsontotheauthor,p.313.)
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