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TheMysteryofOsirisorEgyptianInitiation 10759868
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E GY P T IAN I NITIATI ON .
BY R S WI NB URN E
.
Q LY MER ,
Au th o r o f A l c h e m y a n d th e A l c h e m is ts D iv i n e A l c h e m y
, ,
I n te rn a ti o n a l Sys te m o f A l c h e m i c ( Ma g n e ti c ) T h e r a p e u tic s ,
T h e R o s i c r u c ia n s t h e ir T e a c h in g s
, a n d o th e r w o r k s
, .
l
P riv a te y p r in te d by
TH E P H I L O S O P H I C A L P UB L I SH I N G CO MP ANY
Al l e n to wn P a . ,
TO W H O M IT MAY CO N C E RN
3 93 as
1? 4?
th is work Is d e dicat e d.
In the y e ar 1 8 5 9 a w o rk w a s is s u e d by G C St ewart . .
”
unde r the titl e o f The Hi e r o phant This wo rk while
.
,
T he s ma l l w o rk a s e dit e d by G
,
C St e wart w a s n ot . .
,
p r es e nt w ork .
o f kn o wl e dg e .
“
In vain the p ow e r s o f darkn e s s hav e atte mpt e d to s il e nc e
the v o ic e o f the truth that s p e aks thr ough thy s t ony lip s -
.
“
T o th e e 0 E gypt the true Re d e em e r w a s kn o wn ; n ot
, ,
, ,
“
It w a s kn o wn th a t the Anci e nt E g yp tians w e re we ll
v e rse d in As t ro no my and r e c e nt dis c o ve ri es made in r e g ard
,
M on “t ho ug hts ,
Sub j ec tive fo rms of a ll kind s «thro n g
tha t WW t ea m, eve r c ha n gin g ,
a nd witho ut res t . B ut
if they pe n e tra te d ee p e r, e ve n the rea l m o f the s pirit within ,
p rin c ipl e ,
se nd ing its r a ys int o
w o rld o f id eas e xi s ting
the
with in the mi n d The D ivine s p irit in man d o es n ot d es c end
.
’
to the s phe re o f m a n s int e ll ec tu a l u n d e r st a n ding ; but man
ma y ris e up to it in h is th oughts Th e re a re p e ri o dical .
that a l l the men tal pro ces s es go ing on in the m ind o f man
a re im a g es o n a s m all s cal e in the Univ e rs al Min d a n d th a t ,
B e ing aware o f the uni ty o f the all and kn owing the n a tur e
of the s piritual fo rc es in the mi cr o c os m o f natur e a n d th e ir
R S W I NB URNE CLYME R
. .
Al l en tow n, Ja .
, Jun e 27, 1 9 0 8 .
EN PA SSAN T .
o f s u pe rs titi ou s z e a l ot s
. An d a bove a l l to g ive a s muc h of
,
16 MY ST ERIE S or pSIRIS
“
A kn owl e dge o f t h e s e r e ligi o n s ( in
th e ir o ut e r f o rm )
ha s be en ha n d e d d o wn to us in the fo rm o f myths l e g ends
'
, ,
~
intricat e m o s t c e rtainly and r e quiring ages to
, ,
g ag e d in p e rfe cting it .
,
.
s ublimity .
“
tha t w e s a y the fo rm s and n ot the inn e r mys t e ry o f the
”
“
. H is t o rians a re amaz e d at the c onfo rm it y in many rc
s p ec ts be tw e e n the practic e s o f the H e br e ws and thos e o f
,
w e r e to s e rv e th e m a s m o d el s ; and finding m o r eo v e r fr o m , ,
N eo Plat o nis t s
-
the num e r o u s p o in ts o f s imi la r ity a re
,
to c re a te a tra d ition o f th e ir o wn f o r it is n ow w e ll s e t tl ed
,
fie ry l e g i o ns o f s p ac e .
.
, , ,
p e n d c u s s ys te m in which that be li e f f o u n d e xp r es s i o n Th e .
it with o ut failure o r e ff o rt .
church e s .
“
The inundati on la s t e d ten o r e l e v e n w e e ks a n d acc ord ,
when the s un was un der the sta rs of the Lion Nea r the .
22 MY STERIE S OF OSIRI S
s ta rs o f canc e r th o ugh p r e tty far s outh fr o m the ha n d o f
,
,
.
s u c h s e e ms to b e th e id e a o f practically a l l th o s e w ho hav e
“
J es us taught in p arabl es acc o rding to the cus t om o f all ,
“
In a l l r eligi o us ( f o rm s ) s ys t e ms in o rd e r to fulfill all ,
s ays ,
As ab o ve so b elow . The s ym
bol ic a l fo rm w a s the
an d the l ivin g ; re m e m be r this ,
oute r
l ov e
. In thi s his lif e and wo rk w a s an e xact c o unt e rp art o f
,
ritual .
f ew frat e rn iti es a s o f ol d .
TH E AN CI E N T
. MY ST E RI E S .
us e o f r e ligi o n is d e rive d .
( e xc e pt the v e ry f e w
,
Th e r e is o n e gr e a t r e as on f or thi s a f a ct n ot r e c o gniz e d
, ,
, ,
Al ta n tis p os s ib l y y e ars b e f or e th e r e w a s a n y re
l ig io n wh a t e v e r in E gy pt Thi s is the gr e at mys t e ry o f the
.
anci e nt and m od e rn .
s o ul ,
m ovin g o n the oc e an o f cha os cr e at e d fo rm and ,
kingdo m .
B abyl o n Ro m e o r L ond o n w e r e dr e am e d of B ut th es e l os t
,
.
T he w ord s w e us e e v e ry d a y w e r e he a rd in th e ir primitiv e
fo r m in th e ir citi es c ou rts an d t e mpl es E v e ry lin e o f rac e
,
.
f
‘
b ec am e the o c e a n .
“
f
D o n n el l y, Atl a n t is .
OR E GYP TIA N I N IT IATI O N . 2
9
T e r tiary p e ri o d incl udi n g the E o c e n e Mi o c en e and P l io
, ,
t o the civilizati o n that b egan with the third rac e aft e r the
s e p arati o n .
wh e at o at s barl e y rye t ob a cc o h e mp fla x e tc T he At
, , , , , , ,
.
*
Fro m this c om e s the l e g e nd o f the G a rd en o f E d e n W i th
its f o ur riv e r s .
s cript s h e ld in s e cr e t a rchiv es pr o v e .
30 MYSTE RIE S or os u u
s
Az or e s we r e o f Atlant e an o rigin
‘
.
m en its n avy a s of
,
s hip s and s ail ors .
into d e c a y .
“
l ia n c e fi So that in r e ligi o n th e y had r e ach e d the gr e at
th ought s which und e rli e o ur m o d e rn cr e e ds : th ey ha d a c on
-
'
*“
It is thu s pr o v e n that b oth the In n e r Mys t eri es a n d the
s ym bo lic r e ligi o u s w o rs hip o f the E gyptian s w e r e b o th
, ,
, ,
So uth Am eric a fi “
“ ”
J ewis h p ri es th oo d w a s n othing e l s e than the O n e G o d .
*
It is f o r this v e ry r e a s o n that the s ymb olis m and the
go ds o f e v e ry nati o n in the w o rld o nc e we und ers tand th e m ,
and Ca rtha g en ia n s .
*
This gr e at l o dg e o f I n itiat e s f o un d e d the E gyptian
Pri e s th o o d with all its initiati o n o f the inn e r mys t e rie s
,
.
the O n e G od .
T H E PY RAM ID .
1 9 20
. .
l os t the s e cr e t .
c el ebrat e .
“
The ma gnific e nt uni s on that s trik es fr o m the l o w es t to
the high es t d e pth s in c l uding all the t o n es o f cr e ati o n ,
,
“
N o twiths tanding the p ictur e o f s upp os ed e xt e rna l d e g
r a d a tio n give n u s the s p irit o f anci e nt E gyp t filt e r e d
, ,
d e v e l op e d a re ,
3 P e rs ian or Iranian
. .
4 C eltic
. .
s ub rac e s
-
had th e ir days a s gr e at an d g o v e rning n ati on s
, ,
s ub r ac e ha s c e as e d to e x e rt its p o w e r
-
, ,
gr e at rac e of m en .
“
"
It is thus h a rd to und e r s tand why the s y m b oli s m o f
n ot
r
p p y
o e rl u n d ersto od , the s am e W i th a l l .
os EGYP TIAN m rrwri on .
37
kn owl e dge c onc e rning anci e nt Atlanti s in o rde r that all may
u nd e r s tand n o t o nly why s uch gr e at mi s takes have b e e n
,
th e r e w a s b o th a n o p e n a n d a s e cre t wo rs hip It ha s b e e n .
“
Alth o ugh all n ati o ns w e r e giv e n the ini tiati on that is all , ,
“
Thu s it is s tat e d O n e nati o n ad o pt e d the g o d s o f a h
o th e r th e y did n o t always tak e in at the s am e tim e the
,
s e cr e t w o r s hip o r m y s t e ri es o f that g o d
,
s o in Ro m e the ,
*
Thi s is v e ry tru e but the o n e who mak es the s tat em ent
,
.
,
, ,
“ ”
o r a s Chri s t w o rd e d it : Y e s hall r e ap as you hav e s own
w a s the grand d o ctrin e .
m ys t eri es in th e ir puri ty .
, , ,
Mr s rnnms or O S R S I I
p e rs o nal B e i n g to j udge th e m and to r e ward th e m and that
,
th e r e mu st n e e ds be a p l a c e f o r all wh e th e r h e av e n o r h ell , .
“
T he s o ul n e v e r f o rg e t s T he o v e r lad e n brain o f .
-
ev e r
. Unc o n s ci o u s ly to th e ir p os s ess o rs th e y e n t e r int o ,
-
o th e rs e ar s
’
in d e e ds which e ff e ct o th e r s d es tini es and
,
'
’
,
int o s p ac e .
Y e mu s t b e c o m e a s littl e childr e n
”
man a s a c hild and
t e ach th em the do ctrin e o f purity Men n e ophyt es who
.
, ,
pur e lif e —
,
rituali s m w a s n o t kn own a n d n ot only w a s a
,
e v e n fr o m s us p ici o n a s to any c ri m e .
It wa s n ot n e c es s ary to c o nf es s to the Hi e r o ph a nt a s to
any c rim es c ommitt e d by the applicant f o r th es e thi ngs be
c a m e kn own to the Pri es ts within a s h o rt tim e a n d withou t '
“
and pray o rd er e d E lp ic tetus g o with a pr ep ar e d purity
, ,
l onge r can in h o n es ty c o nd e mn th e m W e s p e ak o f th es e
, ,
.
m ys t e ri es a s th e y w e r e in th e ir purity n o t a s th e y b e c a m e ,
th e ir s a cr e d e ncl os ur es .
s elf d e ni al it c a n be d o n e
-
Thi s is j us t what the Anci e nt
Mys te ri es d em and o f e v e ry on e —s e lf d e nial Th e r e is n oth
.
-
.
th e ir e ducati on and qu a li ty
,
An d w e mu s t b e ar in mind
.
”
“
by the auth o r o f the E t ym o l Magnum s aid : . T he s e cr e t ,
a re giv e n to b e c o mp r e h e nde d
”
In o th e r w o rds the things
.
,
“
Strab o s aid N ature dictat e d to m en the in s tituti on of
the mys t e ri es a s w ell a s the oth e r rit e s o f r e ligi o n that the
, ,
“
by the auth o r o f the E tym o l Magnum s aid : . T he s e cr e t ,
a re give n to be c o mp r e h e nde d
”
In o th e r w o rds the things
.
,
“
Strab o s aid N a ture dictat e d to m e n the in s titut io n o f
the mys t e ri es a s w el l a s the o th e r rit es o f r e ligi o n that the
, ,
in to c o ns c i ous c o m m u n ic a ti on wi th G o d or the g o ds .
“
mys te ri e s n or by Chris t f o r b oth plainly t a ught :
, As
ye s o w s o s hall ye r e ap Chri s t a s an Initiat e w a s taught
.
o f E g ypt a s if th e ir o wn hi s t o ry ha d b e e n hande d d ow
,
n to
us . O f thi s w e n e e d n o o th e r o r m or e auth e ntic auth ority
, ,
and unauth o riz e d by the S tat e int o which he had intr o duc e d
th e m The w o rds o f Livy s h o w th a t the my s t e ri es we r e in
.
,
e xtractio n ,
a littl e pri es t and s ooths ay e r cam e firs t int o ,
. .
,
s aid
“
Wh en the fath er s f o und it to be an e a s i e r way o f bring
ing o v e r mind s co rrupt e d by s up e rs titi on to the l ov e o f
, ,
’
you . Th enc e it cam e that the fath e rs c a l l e d the s acram e nts
by the s am e n am es a s w e r e u s e d to d es crib e the mys t e ri e s a s ,
*
H e r e w e a re again fac e to fac e with the pr obl e m o f
t e aching the mas s e s Chri s t and his t e ach e r s or c o te a c he rs
.
,
~
,
*
Bl ight h e r e w e hav e the s am e thing a s in the Anci e nt
Mys t e ri e s o f the E g yptian An in ner and an oute r my s t e ry
. .
te l e s te s fr o m the l a s tfr
, the te rm hie rop ha n t which m e an s ma s t e r ,
o r t e ach e r is d e riv e d
, In the G re ek liturgi es and e l s e wh e r e
.
TT he ’
L o rd s Supp e r is n othing m o r e o r l es s than the c o n
s ummati o n o f the d e v e l o pm e nt o r in i tia ti o n o f an as pirant .
*
H e re a g ain w e find that the E uchari s t w a s n ot o rigin al
with the Chri s tian s but that the s am e w a s kn o wn and the ,
s am e wa s ,
w ith the Anci e nt G r e e k mys t e ri e s This w a s .
“
l ivin g t e mpl e o f the l iv in g G o d
”
he w a s the a s Chri s t ,
O f the s ymb o ls o f
’
s p iri t we a re unit e d to the G o d h e ad -
.
*
I t is r e ally a fact that the mys t e ri es o f Chris t d o bring
c e rtain s alvati o n to the Initiat e but thi s mu s t be und e r
,
“
J es us taught that w e like him w e r e all the S o n s o f the
, ,
”
Living G o d and that it wa s o nly n e c e ss ary to fo ll ow his
in s tructio ns in o rde r to o btain the bo ok o f imm o rtality o r ,
w ho hath m os t o f l o v e hath m o s t o f G o d f o r G o d is l ov e , .
54 OS IR IS
s ym bo l faith is vari o us in its kinds a n d th e y s erve a s
of ,
a r c a n e which w e r e n ot ra s hly to be di s cl os e d
,
Th e ir d o gma s .
,
s ays B a s il us th e y k e pt s e cr e t th e ir p r e aching w a s p ub l ic
, , .
,
‘
the d e ad s ays I v e rily d es ir e to r elat e the matt e r fully but
, , ,
’
I dar e n o t be p articular b e caus e o f the uninitiat e d ,
Th e y .
a re ign o rant .
“
A cate chum e n is a candidat e f o r baptis m o r a p ers o n ,
i“
w ho pr e p a re s hims e lf f o r r e c e iving it T owards the e n d .
“ ”
Q ua d n oru n t fid el es what the faithful kn ow Th e s e
, .
.
,
“
It w a s in the third c e ntury wh e n the fo ll o w e r s o f ,
*
H e r e w e hav e with the Chris tian s a s with the mys t e ri es ,
“
A faithful c onc e alm e nt s ays T e rtullian ,
is d ue to ,
H ow much m o r e mu s t it b e d u e to s u c h m ys te rie s a s if th e y ,
the N e tz e r o f I s aiah
and the N az S e ir o f th e s e e qually p ro ph e tic c o ns t e llatio ns
-
.
“
And this is H im o f wh o m Matth e w s aid , H e cam e a n d
d we lt in a city call e d N azar e th , that it might be fulfill e d
which w a s s p ok e n by the Pr oph e ts , H e s hall be call e d, N a z
—
Seir eu e
”
( Matt. .
tian s , is the blazing s tar o f Ma s onry ; alth o ugh the maj o rity
o f the craft a re ign o rant o f thi s fact and its o rigin a s a
Ma s o nic s ymb ol , th e y a re o nly taught the m oral dr awn
fr o m its o riginal e mbl e matical us e .
on E GYPTIAN I N I T IATIO N .
59
( Job 39 :2
”
wi n g s tow a rd s the s ou th ? Thi s bird o n ,
acc ount o f the dir e cti o n o f its fligh t at the r e turn o f the
h e ats wa s the m os t natur a l e mbl e m o r s ymb ol o f the a nnual
,
60 MYSTERIE S or o s mts
th e ir f e as ts Wh e r e f or e in s t e ad o f r e p r es e nting it und e r
.
,
much .
“
Wh e n fre e ma s onry w a s fir s t e s tablis h e d in E ngland ,
“
Canut e w a s s up e r s titi o us and that he w a s vi ndictive ,
“
As s tat e d O a n ute o n e o f the m os t f e r o ci o u s o f warri or s
, , ,
, ,
p e n c e t h ,
e t ith e s o f f ru i t— n o w n o t e i h th e m id d l e of
“
a nd the n ew c om e in un d e r the e x a c t s a m e
”
to , keys as
St Paul i wa s
.
g i v e n to—what ? T o l oos e n or bi nd —s till
what ? L oos en the d o or of the Kingd om o f H e av e n f or ,
the
ol d to p as s o ut and the n ew to c om e in . H ere is a mys t e ry
which is e a s ily so lv e d and which e v e ry s tudent s h ould fully
und ers tand .
p e rf e c t harm ony .
to the d e adly e ff e ct s o f the mias m ata ari s ing fro m the s tag
nant wat e rs l e ft up o n the l o wlands aft e r the r etiring o f the
inundati o n O vid make s the s e rp ent Pyth o n s pring fr om
.
’
p e n t Pyth o n s b e ing s lain by Ap o ll o is thus int e rpr et e d
By Pytho n is to be und e rs to o d the ruin s o f wat e r ; but
Ap o ll o—the Sun— dis p e rs ing the vap o rs by his a rrows the ~
”
It may be occa s i o n e d s ays H oop e r in his M e dical D ic
.
, ,
tio n a ry ,
by the e fflu via ari s ing fr om e ith e r animal o r
v e ge tabl e s ubs tanc es in a d e cay e d o r putrid s tat e ; a n d
h e nc e is that in l o w and m a r s hy c ountri es t is a p t to be
,
i
O b o r O bi by wh os e aid th e y p e rf o rm i n magic p o w e r s
, ,
.
The n am e c a n o b, o r c a n op u s ,
giv e n th es e v ess e ls is fo und e d ,
dragon .
’
with s e v e ral birds h e ad s to s ignify and charact e riz e the ,
the d o g s tar -
And at oth e r tim e s th ey put th e r e o n the he ad
.
e v e n s t o n e s th e m s el v e s to s p e ak by d e gr e es b ecam e m o r e ,
the wo rk in c omm o n t o be d o n e .
o r J eho v the f e a s t o f th e ir g o d
,
and o f c o urs e the f e as t , , ,
dati o n o f the N il e .
“
T he s ign o f the li e n is tran s f o rm e d int o a c ou ch up o n ,
o f the d o g s tar -
which giv es warning o f the appr o ach o f
,
“
T o the ab o v e is s up e radd e d a larg e Anubi s who with , ,
v
a o id the inundati o n T h e e mpty thr o n e b
.
e ing in d icativ e
of his e e a o
e e y
on E GYP TIA N I N ITIATIO N . 67
”
p aw of the b o dy o f G M Hiram W 11 0 a s the l e ge nd go es
“
. .
, , ,
o v e r the b o dy o f O s iri s .
“
a
. By the E gyptian s a s by the P ers ian s o f the r e li g i o n ,
o f Zo r o as t e r b o th be f or e an d a f ter J es u s by I s ra elit e s a n d
, ,
the firs t vie w the r es urr e cti o n s ignifi e s the r e turn o f lif e o f
,
“
wh e re he f ormally s ays Th e r e is a natural b o dy a n d
66 MYSTE RIES or 0 8 1121 3
o r J e ho v the f e a s t o f th e ir g o d
,
and o f c o urs e the f e as t , , ,
e rn fr e e ma s o nry .
dati o n o f the N il e .
o f the d o g s tar -
which giv es warning o f the appr o ach o f
,
,
,
“
T o the ab ov e is s up e radd e d a larg e Anubi s w ho with , ,
”
p aw o f the b o dy o f G M Hiram w ho a s the l e ge nd g o es
‘
. .
, , ,
o v e r the b o dy o f O s iri s .
“
a. By the E gyptian s a s by the P e rs ian s o f the r e li g i o n ,
o f Z o r o a s t e r b o th be f o re and a f te r J e s u s by I s ra elit e s an d
, ,
“
wh e re he f ormally s a ys Th e r e is a natural b o dy a n d
68 MYSTE R IE S on O SIR IS
th e r e is a Spiritual b o dy J es us s tat e d this s ymb o lically
.
,
the s am e .
Fro m him the c e l es tial abys s draws its wat e r s ; fro m him
c ome s the wind and air to bre ath e and e nt e r the n os tril s ,
l o ve o f the littl e go d s .
S ixth K a tha ka Up a n is ha d .
“
T he e ntir e univ e r s e m o v e s in the s pirit o f B rahma ; he
is the i s s u e o f that s p irit ; he is the gr e at f e ar the thund e r ,
a fl
The La s t G r ea t In iti a t e, by A Sc hur e
. .
OR EG YPT IAN I NIT IAT IO N . 69
—
thr ough fe ar o f him d e ath d i e s ; he the s upre m e !”
“
P e rhap s the Chris tian r e ad er will e xclaim Why this is , ,
Panth e is m
Y e s d e ar r e ad e r thi s is p anth e i s m but p anth e i s m a s the
, ,
’ “
In Re e s Cycl o p e dia w e find O ru s o r Hur e s ( t he y a re
the s am e ) a fam ous d e ity o f E gypt which a s w ell a s O s iri s
, , ,
y e ar.
“
Nve may di s tingui s h tw o p o int s in the h e av e ns which
limit the dur ati o n o f the cr e ativ e acti o n o f the s un and ,
, , ,
“
H e w a s th e n the cr e at or o f all th es e b en efit s s inc e w e ,
had drawn it ?
Such w e r e the Inqui e tud es o f th es e anci ent pe ople w ho , ,
,
.
dr es s es giv e n the w om e n ( e ) .
a O s iris is the typ e o f the a c tive g e n era tin g and ben efi
.
,
*
Abr eg e d e l O rig in e d e t ous l es Cult es , p
’
i
. 1 42 .
74 MYST ERIES on os tms
th ey e xp os e d an Is i s with a s ingl e br e a s t ; th e r e by to wa rn
the p e o pl e to make am e nd s f o r the s malln e ss o f the harv e s t
by the cultur e o f v e g etabl es or by s om e o th e r indu s try All
,
.
“
P l eytes tran s lati on o f the Turin Papyr us the Imp er i s h
’
,
”
abl e .
“
T he s e lf b o rn mak e r o f h e av e n e arth wat e r s life fire
-
, , , , , ,
g o d
,
th e s e a s o n s ; wh o s e w a y I kn o w n o t f o r I kn o w n o t the ,
”
d es s .
v e rs e 4 “
In him w a s lif e ; and the life wa s the light o f
m en .
I s is is the e quival e nt o f I e s u s I E s us s p irit s oul , ,
.
“ “
( I s is ) that is
”
T he s p irit is I and the s o ul is Bs u s
”
,
"
is the s pirit s oul which f o rm s the e t e rnal cros s
‘ ’
”
I e s us ,
s piritual p o w e r e x is te n t in man H e is n o t a n e mb o di e d
.
“
p e r s on but rathe r a principl e in e ve ry p e rs on H e c om e s
,
.
Art of Al c he m y, Ad ira m l e d
. .
'
gr e at fis h ,
or qu ee n of fis h es Ad ird a g a l
, ,
or the qu e e n of
Am a l c ta Ap phe rud oth .
T he G
“
wint e r .
, ,
, ,
.
, ,
o r o f the s u n or o f J
,
u p iter— f o r th e s e a r e s till but on e
b e cam e al s o his s is t e r .
“
T he m o m ent in which the c o njuncti o n b et w e e n the s un
an d m oo n is made can only be kn own by a s tr on omical cal
culati on b e caus e s he do es n ot th e n app e ar ; and a s the
,
the ti m e a pp oin te d , on ou r s o l e m n fe a s t d a y .
’
"
1 ‘
Th er e
thus v e ry littl e diffe r e nc e b etw e e n the H e br e w s
is
a n d the E gyptian s The H e br e ws had th e ir painting on the
.
CIRCE
-
the s igns o f the z o diac She w a s the pri ncip al p art o f the
.
o f h e at ,
c old hail and all natur e Thi s fi gur e o f C irc e
, , .
,
this int e rpr etati o n c ompl e tes the d e m on s trati on o f its exact
,
,
.
“
Wh a t wa s ca rri ed 011 in the f ea s ts of Cer es a t E leus is , is
on E GYPTIAN IN IT IAT IoN . 83
“
T he m os t brilliant o f all and who w a s es p e cially call e d
-
N o thin g
“
c ou l d be be tter c o n trive d tha n thes e ma g n ifi c en t
c ere m o n i e s w here by the E g yp tian s in c es s an tl y reca l l e d to
the m in d s o f the m a s s es the be l ie f o f the fi rs t m en c on c ern
“
What an ind es tructibl e traditio n att e nd e d wi th c on s ta n t
practic es had b ee n abl e to pre s e rve o f the anci e nt d o ctrin e ,
p ro v e d at la s t s o v e ry o pp o s it e to the p op ul a r n oti o n s o f
the m a s s es that the pri e s ts th ought th e ms e lv e s und e r the
,
o ath o f s e cr e cy .
ME N E S , on MO SE S AN D TH E E STAB L ISH ME N T on T H E L AW S ,
n am e .
“
Ab o ut the e n d o f autumn the inhabitants b e ing fr e e d ,
“
The cus t o ms the y had of publi s hing the s e v e ral r e gula
ti on s c o nc e rning the p oli ty by the s ev e ral p os tur es o f the ,
th e ir s e v e ral pr ovinc es
“
T he nam e o f M os es or M us e u s w a s v e ry pr op e rly giv e n
, ,
”
o f E gypt the f o undati o n o f s uch hi s t o ry ?
,
)
”
“ Har
k th u O M n M u f th tar o f d a
y
( e n o e es ,
us e s ,
s o n o e s
on E GYPTIAN INITIA TIO N . 85
in the sam e s e t fo rm tha t is the ru l e o f the p e op l e
, , .
s piritual light ?
c ompr e h e nde d .
“
If the ab o v e abs tracti ons a re caught by the thinke r it ,
fie r ,
play s in i ts e s
,
cap e in vi o l e nt agitati o n to us com bus
ti o n— is d e e p down within us de e p s unk e n in s id e of the ,
s i d en c e s o f s p irit .
“
N arr owly c on s id e r e d it will be f o und that a l l r e ligi on s ,
, ,
*
Se e The Ros icruci an s ; th e i r Te a chings .
88 MY STER IE S or I I
OS R S
in pri s on s truggl ing thr o ugh all s olid obj e cts which a re
, ,
Thu s all min e ral s i n thi s s p ark o f li ght hav e the rud im en
tary p o ss ibiliti es o f plants and gr owing o r g ani s ms ; plants
,
, ,
light o f e t e rnity .
”
, , ,
s tanc e s o ul ,
.
m a ke up the s u m of a hu m a n l if e ! B u t w ha t is p hoto
ra
g p h e d up o n th e s p i ritu a l bod y o f m a n w it h a s m u c h ,
r ec o rd , a s tru e a d oo m s d a y bo o k ,
d
p ron oun c e s a s
an s ure a
j ud g m en t up o n hu m a n l if e a n d c on d uc t a s e v e r the E g yp
tia n O s i ris c oul d ha ve d o ne , in his s te rn es t m o ods of G o d
j u d g e us a l l . I t is the g o d within us .
“
all ye
0, i s gr e at e r than all a n d
go ds ! G rant m e what ,
ZOROASTE R .
CH AP TE R I .
law — ,
b eli ev e d in n o thing irrati onal o r opp os e d to his kn owl
e dg e but on the c o ntra ry his faith e xplain e d to him ma n y
, ,
"
So al s o the H in d o o fi who b el i e v es t hat o ur s o ul s hav e b ee n
“
*
The Hind oos s aid o f th e ir G o d H e av en is his h e a d ;
the s un and m o o n a re his e ye s ; the e arth his f e e t ; s pac e his
e ar s ; air his br e a th H e is the s o ul o f the un iv e r s e
. The .
.
”
92 MYSTERIES or‘
os n ns
, ,
”
o r n atur e than in the th e o ri e s o f lat e r phil o s oph e rs
, .
s up r e m e b e ing
“
Z eus is mal e Z e us is f e mal e Z e u s is the s p irit o f a ll
. .
v olv e s H e is fire and wat e r e arth and eth e r day and night
.
, , .
s av e m e n fr o m th e ir calamiti es Humanity ha s e xi s t e d f or
.
th e m is n o p r o o f that th ey d o n ot e xi s t .
E gypti a n pri e s t s .
"
No matt e r what r e ligi o n a nati o n may f oll ow that p eopl e
3
p e c ia l l y s p i ri tua l l y e l e v at e d
,
. .
“
A; d e grad e d s e ct o f b e li ev e rs in J e s us o f N azar e th may
turn the l a s t s upp e r i nt o a drunk en bacchanal a s d id the
?
,
T he
K
d o ctrin e s or principl e s o f all gr e at r e ligi on s w e re
=‘
on e ,
, ,
o f it w ha ,
it b e cam e n e c e s s ary in the n atur e o f thi n gs f or , ,
an o th e r f o rm a n d an o th e r n am e .
t
T his n aturally c o m e s fro m taking thi s mys t e ry in its
8
futur e r e wards and puni s hm ents and the vari o u s r e ligi ous
d ogmas that hav e o btain e d cr e d e n c e in the w orld a re a s
, ,
“
But a lth o ugh th e re is a firmn es s o f b e li e f in r eligi ous
f orm s a s a wh ol e ye t its d e v ot e es a r e b e c oming m o r e u n
,
be n e v ol e nc e b e c om e his watch w o rd th e n he b e c om es a ,
*
Wl1 il e thi s yi eldin g i s c e rtainly c omm e ndabl e it at the ,
“
No twith s tanding the am e li o ra te d a nd .
*
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.
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c u rchi m t ri e s tc r a f t hav e an yth i n g to d o W
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100 MYSTE RIES OF OSIR I S
th ought that br e aks up o n the s h o r e s o f tim e Y e t the war
, .
’
fare a gain s t man s n e w es t h oli es t c onvicti on s is n ot a s, ,
“
Alth ough the r e v o luti o n in the th e ol o gical w o rld is n ot
acc omp ani e d with the cla s hings o f the wa rri o r s blad e and ’
s ul ts ,
a s hav e b e e n the mighti e s t r e v o luti o ns o f p a s t ag es .
a“
The re is a gr e a t mis tak e mad e by the v a s t maj ority o f
the o of ll w e r s o f s p iri t uali s m and that is that it,
i s s upp o s e d
to hav e b e e n unkn o wn in anci e nt day s If w e . s tudy t h e
w ith the G o d s H . o w e v e r th es e m ,
e n o nly r e ach e d that s tag e
“
fri e nd o f Julian s tat es tha t,
H e ( Julian ) liv e d in a p e r
p e tu a l
int e rc o ur s e w ith th e g o d s and g o dd e s s e s ; that th ey -
c
d es en ed d u o n ea rth t o e n j o y t he c o nv e r s ati o n o f t h e
p
OR EGY PTIAN INIT IA T I O N . IO !
pr et enc e .
, , , ,
“
T he B ibl e mu s t o f n e c es s ity pl ay a m os t imp o rtant par t
in the futur e hi s t o ry o f the r eligi o u s wo rld T he s o call e d .
-
in gr os s a s he ha s b e e n taught to b e li e ve it with o ut a
, ,
’
j us t appr e ciati o n o f man s natur e n e c e ss iti es and d es tiny , .
”
b e yo nd th e ir c ompr eh e n s i o n that th ey p a s s e d it by u n
,
“
T he m o de rn church es too hav e b e e n bus ily e nga ge d in
, ,
o f ca s e s it w a s n ot e v e n und e r s t o o d .
"
o ccas i o nally intr o duc e d in s om e o f its m os t r e pul s iv e f orm s f
s imply r e p e a ts it s e lf in n e w f o rm s .
“
T he h o n e s t inqui re r will d es ir e to kn o w o ur obj e ct in
t hus running c oun te r to the s up pos e d s e ttl e d c on v ic tion s o f the
‘
unde niabl e and furn i s hing a firm bas is o f a rgum ent that a ,
b ein g in the invis ibl e and o v e r thi s f orm e v e n the Chris tia n
,
t
Am on g the grea t es t of
th e s e r eas on s is the fact that a s ,
I n the beg in n in g
T he s o ul is
an e manati o n from d e ity and in its o riginal ,
“
e s s e nc e is all purity truth and wi s d o m
, is an a xi o m which
, ,
a n d e v e ry m e mb e r o f a s ys t e m b e cam e a th e atr e o f s ub
unfoldm e nt .
s tr e tch out f o r e v e r ?
“ ”
F o re v e r ! s h out the blazing s uns le a ping on in the ,
“
t empting s e rp en tfi the a n i m a l p rin c ip l e the urg ent int e l
-
“
T his is the firs t s t o ry o f cr e ati on , the mys t ery o f the
an
“
s e rp e nt , the E d e n and the Fall ”
it is a ls o the mys t e ry o f
.
or Atlant e an s o luti o n .
n at ur e
. Th e n th e y firs t obtain e d the natur e o f s ex a n d the ,
, , ,
”
h enc e s ex and ge n e rati on .
w hich is t o c o nf e r s c l f —
c oms oi ous u e s s At thi s p o int o nly is .
e c o n o t e s p r ua s u n o e ; ,
o o s
.
OR E GYP TIA N I N ITIATI O N . 1 1 3
, ,
, , ,
, , , ,
man .
*
gre at mys te ry o f the An ci e nt Init iati o n w a s th a t
T he
m en c ould by p r op e r c o urs e o f lif e and d eve l op m e n t r e a ch
, ,
, ,
fr om which he fe ll to b e c o m e a m o rt al p ilgrim
, .
, , ,
Sp irit s T he firs t a re G o d m e n
. he a ve n l y m e n s tr o ng and
- m
, .
“
o f g ods a n d g o dde ss es ; the e mbl e m s o f gen e r a ti o n which’
“
"
F ag es pri o r to the inve nti o n o f l e tte rs the pha l l in , o r
or ,
, ,
’
n o t kn o w f or b e lie ving that it w a s an o ff s pring o f m an s
“ ’
Thu s it w a s with m an s r e ligi ou s b eli e fs S olar a n d s ex .
the O ri e n t a l d ynas ti e s .
“
T he rea l s p iritual truths o f antiqu ity hav e n e v e r di e d ,
e xi s t e n c e o rigin at e s in s p irit .
“
Aft e r m en b e g a n to c ongr e gat e the n ec es s 1 t 1 es o f th
_ ,
“
s tat e ( the w o rd s tat e is h e r e co ns id e r e d a s a num be r o f
”
“
Ac c ordin g to Art Ma gi c .
on EGYP T I AN I N ITIATIO N x1
.
7
the m ov em ent s o f the h e a ve nly b o di e s and by tradi ti on had ,
th e r e fo r e p re p ar es to r e c e iv e th e m Thus th es e s a i n tly.
o f H is divin e wis d o m .
f orm s .
“
the ir a tm o s ph e ric s u rrou n d in g s fi The y c orre s p o nde d to
the e th e r air atm os ph e r e wat e r e art h mi n e rals plan ts
, , , , , ,
”“
I t w a s the kn owl e dge o f the p ri es ts a n d the ini tiat e s a s
to how to pr o duc e th es e atm os ph e ric c onditi on s thr o ugh the
burning o f inc e n s e , e tc , and, aft e r drawing th e m and cau s
.
Hi erarchy .
1 20 MY STER IE S O F I I
OS R S
pr es ent day .
f o und .
trav ell ed a m ong the E as t ern nati ons th e nc e bro ught that ,
H am,
Hamm on b e ing c omm only call e d G o d J e hov
‘X‘
or , , ,
, ,
. .
OR E GYP TIA N I N ITIATI ON . 1 2l
s w e ll e d to th e ir gr e at am az e m e nt ; it fl o w e d on a s udd e n
,
o f l if e the s up r e m e be in g
,
T he G r ee ks trans lat e d it by tha t
.
, ,
But th e y want e d the m e ans o f kno wing exa ctly the time
-
pr e tty far from the band o f the Zo diac t owards the s o uth ,
u b l i c m a rk o n which e v e ry on e w a s t o k e e p a watchful
p ,
‘
As it w a s s een but a v e ry littl e t m e a bov e the h oriz on to
i
‘
-
,
“ In
the G r e e k myth ol o gy the g o d Saturn had his d o micil e
“
h
t en kn o wn wh os e y e ar re quir e d thirty o f o ur s a n d a s h e ,
,
r
m ea s u e t e d im with th e s l o w es t p ac e h e w a s c a ll e d th e fath e r
MYSTERIES OF I I
OS R S
t hr ee s ys t e ms c a nn o t be qu es ti o n e d An e qually faithful .
India .
f the L ord f
‘
is hid d en the m ys te ry, kn own to the s on s o o
hea ven ,
”
o f on e G od . This tru th wa s g ua rd e d by the
m ys tic s as a a d o ctrin e
m ys tery, n ot a s .
th e ir vari e d s y s t e m s o f wo rship .
puri ty is l os t to the m
,
.
o f G r e e c e and Ro m e .
a tio n s
,
all the imp e rs ona te d p o we rs o f natur e plan e tary ,
E s c ul a p ius we r e s un g ods
-
m e diat o r s s avi ou rs ; C e r es
-
, , ,
, ,
o f th e s e w a s a D ivin e B e in
g c o rr e s p o nding to the Bramah
o f the Hind oo Trinity the O s iri s o f E
gy pt the O rmuzd o f
, ,
Ca ba l l is ts
'
s e
up r o r e manati on s w e r e go ds dir e ctin g the birth f o rm a
i
, ,
r e li i o u s
g It is o f but littl e c on se qu e nc e h o w e v e r , ,
“
T he s un in his ap p a ren t m ot io n pur s u e s a c our s e that
cau s es it to c ros s the e quat o r twic e in the y e a r f orming a n ,
i‘
T he
pri e s t s o r th os e who had b e c om e p ri es ts firs t taugh t
, ,
- -
n a m e s o f O ro m a z es a n d Ar im a z e s is d i ff e r e nt fr o m o u r ,
vie ws o f his p ro vid enc e e mpl oy s the mini s try o f the s p irit s
,
s am e th e y vary o nly in d e gr ee
,
.
, ,
m ent o f s umme r .
“ ”
ap o calyptic l e g end o f the war in h e av e n .
influ e n c es .
r oot ing th eir cal endar s and am e nding th e ir Z o dia cal charts
-
id e a s in r e v o lving ages
As a n e xampl e o f the le ading ide a s which pr e vail e d
thr ough o ut thi s s tup e nd o u s and s ublime s ys t em and hi s to ry
li ht brin in l m inar t ed
f th u d w he t i h g g g u y e n er
o e s n
go n s -
-
,
on E GYPTIA N I N I TIATI O N . 1 33
the ign o f Ar i es o r the L amb in March he wa s a s s um e d to
s , , ,
s ick ; f e e ding s tar ving mul tit ude s and filling the wo rl d w ith ,
bl ess ing .
, ,
wat e r and turn e d it int o win e This is the whol e mys t ery .
his triumphant gl o ry .
, , ,
n ati o n .
into Had es .
“ ”
h ell T ran s f o rm e d into Lucif e r
. Son o f the M o rning , ,
t his s tar b e c om es the h e rald o f the dark es t ill that can bes et
the p ath o f the c el e s tial S avi o ur .
, ,
”
huma n ity h as n ot ye t l e a rn e d th a t the fall o f man w a s
n ot c au s e d by a n y s nak e , d e vil s e r pe nt , o r an ythin g of the ,
x36 mr s rna m s or O S I R IS
The w om e n who hav e w e p t f or T ammuz the Syrian Sun ,
,
-
T he s o ul is all f orl o rn
—J O H N SCH EF F LE R
.
wint e r .
“
T he a nci e nts wo r s hip p e d the g en ius o f fruitfuln es s and ,
, ,
”
that cro wn the h ou s es o f G od a re m e m e nt os o f the
“
the divin e L in g ha m .
is e nde d .
d es tructi o n a n d
The c haracte r o f the E gyptian writing d e s ignate d to
s ignify G o d w a s n o t a s impl e flame o r blaz e a s w a s g e ne rally
,
r i tu a l .
*
The mys te ry o f the s e rp e nt cann ot be giv e n in any boo k ‘
c or d in g a s it is ob eye d .
My s rrnms
”
1 40 or o s mxs
d es t ructi on thi s d o es
, acc o unt f o r the pr e val e nc e o f the
n ot
we re inve nte d .
fe cund ity and cre ative s tru c ture o f the mas culin e principl e
o f g e n e rati o n in its o ut e r an d in its in n er mys t e ry o r the
-
.
, , ,
(
The r e ad e r s h o uld b ea r in mind th a t the E gyp tian s ,
s e n s e ( d e s ir e ) , it ha d y e arn e d
,
f o r o a —
m rt l birth de sc e n de d
“
or fall e n int o a n e arthly c o nditi o n and by its p roba
”
,
,
”
w e r e a cc omplis h e d It i s n a tural that the pro fan e c a nno t
.
, ,
“
T he Bi bl e and the r e ligio us fo rm s a n d d o ctrin es o f
Chris te ndo m ca me m o re d ire ctly fro m the E g yptian s .
“
D uring thi s
”
int e rr e gnum e xt e nding fro m a n unkn o wn
,
G r e e k p oe t s .
ful and s ublime his t o ry giv es a s trange ins ight int o the
,
a nci e nt my s t e ri e s b e cam e e nd o we d .
c eive d c oun s e l and dir e cti o n thr ough dre ams and vis i on s .
“
In lat e r days the J e ws w e r e divi d e d int o f o ur clas s es
, ,
“
T he di ff e r e nc e in the d o ctrin es o f the two s e cts Phari ,
s e es ,
wo r s hipp e d G o d und e r the s ymb ol o f the p e rp etual
fir e that w a s k e pt burning in the t e mpl e ; the oth e r w or
s hipp e d the on e G o d thr o ugh the s ymb o l o f the s u n or a o ,
m os t d i s int e r es t e d b e n e v ol e nc e Th e r e is a m o s t r e ma rkabl e
.
, .
,
a s ha nd e d d o wn to us fr o m an e arli e r p e ri o d T he r e a s o n .
f
Sc c
'
-
The Son of M an .
oa E GYPTIAN I N ITIATIO N . 1 45
in the m etho d adopt e d in e arl y ages o f d e ifying th ei r h e r o es ,
th e r e c o rd s which ,
—a s the hi s t ory o f th e Sun G o d — had -
a s t e r J es u s .
, ,
“
b e for e A’b raham ; a s o f the So n o f G o d the mys t e rio u s ,
a n d l o ng p ro m i s e d Me ss iah
-
T he de v oti o n which r os e to.
*“
T he E gyptian s mad e Aes culap ius the third kin g w ho
had applie d hims e lf to p r o curing the p r es e rvatio n o f his
s ubj e cts by the s tudy o f phy s i c s ; a s ymb o l t hat had i ts
a kn o tt e d s ta d e ncircl ed by a s e r pe n t .
-
.
,
all .
M o s e s the E gyptian i n itia t e tri e d to t e ach th i s
, ,
of t e
h s ym b o l in s t e ad o f ,
f o ll o wing th e i n n e r my s t e ry It i s .
a . The
hi s t ory o f the Sun G o d the w ors hip of the p ow e rs
-
w a s limit e d to the kings and pri e s ts and the l att e r acc ord , ,
, ,
e arth the mo on and the wif e o f Plut o and the s ymb o lizi n g
, , ,
of the
plac e Wh e n the s acrific e wa s t o be mad e at night
.
,
"
e a rthf
*
Me aning o f th es e in m o d e rn churc h s ymb o li s m is H ol y ‘
‘
s ym b o lical m e aning s a re int e r chang e abl e and in o rd e r to -
“
As s oo n a s t he s y s t e m o f s un w o rs hip w a s p erf e ct e d o r , ,
m o nths had m ad e ,
Thi s c r oss w a s the s altie r cr os s o n
.
.
,
to s ee m e d s o o bs cur e .
th s mus t be blind
i .
“
An o the r o f the e m bl e ms o f fruitfuln es s w a s the egg “
’
fruitful n e s s o r s tr e ngth c o rr e s p o nding to the s un s rays ;
‘
baptiz e r floo ding the e arth with the liquid el e m ent an d the
, ,
( pri es t s o r ma s te rs ) o f e v e ry a g e hav e c o nc o ct e d th e ir th ey
l o gical riddl e s and withi n the s acr e d wall s o f which th e y
,
l
,
h o ld c onv e r s e with o ur G od .
G o d wa s
’
Th e y lis t e n e d and G o d s ange ls s p ok e to th e m in ‘
‘
.
,
“
In a ffirming that all r e ligi o n s hav e a c omm o n o rigin w e ,
e xi s t e d an en tir e l y fa l s e s ys t e m f or s uc h a on e co uld n ot ,
e xi s t f o r a day
’
Man s r e ligi o n ha s alw a ys b e e n an out
.
e ff e t e o r d e cr e p it W ith a g e .
natur ally ado pt e d the true Symb ol s the rea l r e pr e s e nta tiv es ,
“
Afte r ad o pting the b e li e f that the s un m o o n and s t a rs , ,
s ac e rd o tal o rd e r had its vari ous ramificati ons thr ough out
,
"
1
Thi s w a s afte r m a n had b e co me m o re o r l es s mat e rial
is tic and a fte r he c o uld n o l o n g e r p e rs o nally c o mmun e wit h
his G o d Thi s w a s his o w n fault f o r s e lfis h d e s ire s t o ok the
.
,
As th es e s e cr e t o rganizati on s e xt e nd e d to a n d w e re ad o pt e d
by oth e r nati on s the g e nius o f the p e o pl e the di ff e r enc e o f
, ,
“
n ific en t s ys t e m o f s ci e n tific w o rship O ur pr e s e nt e xt e rn al
.
This w as
ii“
tru e alre ady in the tim e o f J e s u s the N azare n e ,
“
Tru e to the O ri ental s tyl e o f t e aching J es us s p ake in ,
, ,
.
fo rmatio n o r so me o th e r c aus e c o ul d n ot j o in th es e s o
, ,
.
,
-
.
“
Aft e r w e hav e mas te r e d the e xte rnal arrangem e nts o f
th es e anci ent mys t e ri es that hav e e nc omp as s e d the w orld
,
“
With thi s ke y to unl o ck the ir mys t e ri es the Bibl e a n d ,
“
In o ur r es e arch es int o thi s s ubj e ct o f anci ent r e ligi on ,
go ds p e rf o rm e d th e ir a pp ro p ria te offi c es
,
.
“
O vid the p oe t d e s crib es him thus :
, ,
“
T he g o d s it s high , e xalt e d o n a thr o ne
O f blazing ge ms , with purple garm e nts o n ;
’
The h o urs , in o rd e r ra n g d on e ith e r hand ,
And days and mo nths and ye ars and ag es s tand ;
, , ,
’
H e r e Spring app e ars with flo w ry chapl e ts b o und ;
,
H e r e Su m m e r in he r W h e at e n garl and s c ro w n d ;
,
’
.
1 68 MY ST ER IES or e si me
"
G od an d to mak e m e n who r e ally liv e d and w e r e the ,
’
p r o ph ets o r the s ons o f G od d o th es e thin gs w a s far
‘
“
T he trinity o f e vil s that thr e a te ne d the de s tr uct i on o f
m a n and his wo rk s c o ns is t e d o f the c old o f wint e r the h e at
, ,
o f s umm e r an d the fl oo d s
,
Th es e in the He br e w s criptur es
.
, ,
the p eo pl e .
“
The tru e ages o f a ntiquity fully unde rs t o o d the rea l
s
“
T he grand c e ntral p o int o f O ri e ntal w ors hip o f anci ent ,
, ,
, ,
“
An d with the flo wing win e c el ebrat e the f e as t of B acchus ,
, , ,
M os t of
Chris tian writ e rs o n this s ubj e ct u s e all o f
o ur
5
o ut o f p rint by J D H awk e n
,
.
to be wi n e . the life , ,
.
o ff . W in e thu s r e pr
,
es e nt s t he n o rmal lif e o f h e av e n a s ,
v
e e w r e r e a d in m ythic lit e ratur e o f win e o r drunk e nn e s s it ,
OR E GYP TIA N I NITI ATIO N . I 73
“
Wh en o n his s o uth e rn to ur the s un re c e de d farth e r a n d
farthe r fro m the n o r th e rn clime s the p e opl e mo urne d his ,
n o rth ,
a nd es cap e d the pit t ow ar d which f o r m onth s
he ha d b e e n des c e n ding the y c e l e bra te d his r e turn w ith the
,
proc ess i ons b on fire s and o ratio ns and all the paraph e rnalia
, ,
e quino xes , re pres e n ting the two c ros s ific a tio n s wh er e the
374 MYSTE R IE S O F OSIR I S
s un giv es his bl o o d o r lif e f or the w o rld the v e rnal repre
s e nting the fir s t or the c ov en ant o f w o rks in which acc ord
, , ,
e arth .
s e ct o r p olitical p arty .
“
T he a dv e nt o f s p ring the u s h e ring i n o f that s e a s on
,
”“
Itwill b e s e e n fr om thi s that the wh ol e lif e o f J e s us ha s
b e e n by his bi o graph e rs who did n ot und e rs tand him o r his
, ,
”
The r e is v e ry littl e l e ft o f this on c e famo u s c e l e brati o n .
, , ,
’
In the fam ous Ro s ie ruc ia n diagram o f E z eki e l s wh e el ,
“
If we d es ir e to fully under s tand; the fram ewo rk or
OR E GYP TIA N I N ITIATI O N . x77
E n glis h
Baal T s a d d i ,G o d Al mighty ,
Baal Aitum ,
T he Migh ty L ord .
Baal G eh ,
L o rd o f H e alth .
B aal P e or ,
L o rd of the O p e ning .
B aal Z e ph on ,
L ord o f the No rth .
B aal S am en ,
L o rd o f H e av e n .
Baal Ad o ni B e z ek -
L o rd o f G l o ry
,
.
( Me lchis e de c )
B e l is the Chald e an nam e f or B aal The E gyp ti a ns .
,
-
,
-
.
B eth D a g —
-
Oh the h o u s e o f the fi s h e s c tc
,
D a g O u is th , .
‘
-
“
Th e ir z odiac is s imil a r to the E gyptian but di ff e ri ng in ,
o r r e s urre c t io n o f th e s e id e as and ad o p ti o n by t he p e o pl e o f
o f a f e w o f the m .
in itia tions .
a n atio n .
”
The s ymbols and hi e r o gly phs can o nly e xplai n the o ut e r
o r es o t e ric p art o f the anci e nt mys t e ri e s T he in itiat e s o f :
mys t e ri es .
“
A late trav el e r a m ong the Azt e c ruin s o f C e ntral
'
'
f b i b ut a a rt o f it T he ki n g o f the c ountry
p e a ra n c e o e n g p . ,
1 88 Mirsrs a ms
'
or e s a u
s
“
The f ourt e e n p ie c es o f the dis e mb o di e d b o dy o f Os iri s
re p r es e nt the s tat e a n d c o nditi o n and the gradual d im in u ,
a n d a f e w days a f te r is s e e n in the f o rm o f a cr es ce nt in ,
“
It is i m p o rta nt n ot to lo s e s ight o f the fact that f or ,
*
L at e r on , the his t o ry o f m en w a s wr itt e n unde r the f o rm
of th es e l e gen d s of the su n . Es pe cially wa s thi s the cas e a s
O R EG YP TIAN IN ITIATIO N . 1 89
th e n a pp ea r e xa c tl y a t m id d a y up o n the s u m m i t o r a p e x o f
thi s py ra mid ; th en his maj e s tic dis k w ould a pp ea r for s om e
m o m e n ts plac e d up o n this i m m e ns e p e de s tal and s e e m to
, ,
‘
It w o uld s e e m that the E g yp tians always grand in th e ir ,
c o nqu e r e d the g e nius o f d arkn ess and win ter This was -
.
th e m an id e a o f acti o n o f p ow e rs in th o s e b e in gs s up e ri o r
.
, ,
n o ti on s int o th e ir th eo l o gy a n d f o rm e d a c o mplicate d ,
, ,
o ut o f p ag an i s m by G o d w e a n s w e r tha t t he r e is n o e vi
,
s ixth ch a pt e r o f E x o d us mu s t s e t tl e the ma tt e r at o nc e t o
“
the s atis facti o n o f the ho n es t inv es tigat o r :
-
And G o d
Sp a k e unt o M os es and s aid unt o him I a m the L o rd ; and I
, ,
1 94 MYSTE RIES or O SIRIS
app e a re d unt o Ab raham t Is aac and unt o J e c o b by
,
un o , .
the m s e l v es th e n th e r e c a n be n o di ff e r e nc e f or th e r e is n o
,
the c o untry .
“ ”
B es id es the Sa bba th s aid D eP a uw which the E g yp
, ,
“
T he t e mpl e s o f the B ritis h D ruids we re c irc ul a r many ‘
triangl e r e p re s e nts the mal e the c ircl e the fe male princ ipl e , .
‘
It is the ray o f l ig ht s ays the C abali s t which da rts a
’
, ,
‘
E gypti a n s an d th e y pr o f e s s e d to b e li e ve that he w a s
,
’
kn e w b e ginning And the s am e nam e w a s u s e d by the
.
s p ira tion
”
whic h traditi on t e ach es w a s o nc e the privil e g e
,
o f the b o dy .
s o ul p o w e rs in c e rt ain r e gi o ns o f the b o dy w e re t e rm e d ,
H es yehia s ts Th e y to ok up th e ir ab o d e in the r e gi o n o f
.
“
T he all nati on s hav e ha d s om e ide a o f
phil os o ph e r s of
, , ,
a n d b e auty ,
r e pr es e nt e d the e mble m atical tri a d o f de ity .
*
s upp os e d to c o nve y a r e g e n e rating purity to the as p irant ,
, .
*
’
This is n o idl e dr e am but the fact is that the a s p irant
, ,
m y s t e ry o f the r e g e n e rating
-
p ri n cipl e Thi s is a t thi s .
’
s hin e s f o rth which r es olv es its e lf int o a m ona d and the ’
, ,
.
,
“
Fr o m this i t will be fo und and the c onclus i on is i h ,
e vitable ,
tha t the d o ctrin e o f the Trinitaria ns w a s a
pri n ciple ingr e di e nt o f the anci e nt mys t e ri e s It is an id e a .
cr e ati o n T he r o o t o f the w o rd r e nd e r e d G o d is E l o r a s
.
,
‘
v e rs i on o f the B ibl e c o mm e nc es thu s : In the b e ginning
T o the
’
the g oa t r e n o vat e d the he a v e n s and the e arth e tc ,
.
,
‘
, , , ,
drive o ut fr o m b e f o r e us th em will w e p os s es s
,
Again in .
’
I s ra e l fo ught f or Is r a e l
, .
’
And again in Judge s An d ‘
this key we will find that the birth o f the H e bre w nati o n
t oo k plac e but 6000 y e ars a g o and that the G o d o f the
H ebr e ws J e h o vah w a s o nl y their G o d and n ot the G o d o f
, ,
’
image ; in the imag e o f E l ohim cr e at ed he him , .
“
This grand e v e nt o f cr e ativ e p owe r c o uld be with s afe ty
as crib e d to the go ds but the mo d us op e ra n d i c o uld o n l y be
,
, ,
, ,
wri tte n ( in its symb olic m e aning o n l y) in the s tars afte r the
‘
f oll o wing mann e r : If you tak e a c e l es tia l gl ob e and bring ,
h
sp e e r s s he is c a ll e d C a v a h ( pr o n o unc e d K a —a vah ) in the -
j g
u a l pr o ximity w e fin d t h
,
e c o ns t e llati o n B oo t es the ,
I os e p p e o f the G r ee k z o diac wh e nc e o u r w o rd Jo s e ph ; in ,
T he w o rd Pa radi s e is
lt
=
co mp ound e d o f two w ords , me an
“ ”
in g a mo n g the s ta rs .
2 12 MYSTER IE S OF OS IRI S
I f we c o nv e rs e with o n e o f the l e arn e d ab out the s en s e o f the
Bibl e he will t e ll you that the H e br e w t e xts re ad thus or
,
“
T he s am e diffi c ulty e xi s ts in r e gard to the N e w T e s t a
m e nt ; l e arn e d m e n admi t that o ur G r e e k T es t am e n t w as
trans lat e d fr o m the b arbar o u s m on gr el Latin s p ok e n a n d
, ,
“
A kn owl e dge o f H e br e w a n d G r e e k will ind e e d s h ow us
,
, , ,
“
D uring the e ight e e n y e ars o f the r e i g n o f goo d king
J os iah the H ebr e w B ibl e wa s unkn o wn and how l o ng pri o r
, ,
a n d g o o d J os iah
‘
did th a t whic h w a s right in the s ight o f
‘
’
the Lo rd a n d r e ign e d e ight e en y e a rs ye t kn e w n o thing o f
, ,
the e xi s t e nc e o f th e b o ok o f the l a w .
“
T he O l d T e s tam e nt is a r e c o rd o f the laws o f M os es and ,
, ,
”
l ea s t s uff e r e d it .
“
a
. T he e vils fr o m w hich m e n o f our tim e a re s u ff eri n g
a re pr o duc e d by the fact th a t the m a j o rity liv e with o ut that
th e ir l ow es t and mo st a n im a l
Th e r e is a wide s pre ad imp res s i on abro ad that r eligi on
m ay b e a p e rman e nt e l e m e nt in human n ature M a ny a re .
it ought to be o ut g r o wn If o n the o th e r ha n d re
.
, .
“
Y ou find man th en univ e rs ally a religio us b e in g Y ou
, , .
t
Le o T o ls t o i ,
B ethink Yo urs elv es .
216 MY s rs mEs or os mi s
“
If o nly w e re m e mb e r that G o d in us is the w itn es s o f all
that we d o and think we s h o uld c e a s e to s in and G o d w oul d
, ,
P RI EST S T O G OD
’
to G o d ! In di s tant age s
Pri e s ts
D id w e t e nd the altar fire ,
Wh e re the pyramid s o f s ag e s
Ros e to s a y — “
L o ! w e a s p ir e
W e re h e arts in c o ns e crati o n
o ur
O n th os e altars pu rifi e d ,
L e t us b e ar o ur tap e rs light e d ,
And w e s e rv e a s Pri e s ts to G od
,
.
ABE L .
E pict e tu s .
OR EG YPT IAN IN ITIATION . 9l 7
We b eli ev e tha t the Bibl e is a c ompilati on high es t of the
c o nc ep ti on s o f tru th curr ent am on g the H ebr ews ; that the
m ys te ri ous and much o f the his t o rical p art s a re writt e n
, ,
i nn e r m ys te ry .
c op i e d s e n s e .
21
“
s acr e d functi o n a m e an s o f grac e e v e n the br e aking o f
, ,
”
“ “
the br e a d o f
”
Un ity a n d Br oth e rho o d So ng o f the .
”
Cr os s .
“
T he war in h e av e n ha s b ee n a m o s t fruitful th e me f o r
th e o l o gical d e claime rs i n all ages T he th e o l o gical Tyr os .
“
nci e nts like the Ro mani s ts o f our day cano niz e d
T he a , , ,
the s ki es .
2 20 “ STERIES OF OSIRIS
“
main fe atur e o f thi s m eth o d o f t e aching c on s is ts in
The
firs t s tating a s e l f evid en t fal s eh oo d o f a kin d that n o n e but
-
unkn own .
“
Linguis ts t e ach us th at man b e ga n to talk in m on o
s yl a bl es and it is a f a v o rit e e mpl oym ent with s om e to
, ,
the s am e in H e br e w E l e tc
, If th e y addr es s ed him a s a , .
,
-
,
-
,
- -
,
.
- - -
.
, , ,
,
- -
a n d Ap—
’
o lly o n Acc o rdi n g to Joh n s Reve l ati on s Ab add o n
-
.
,
,
T he J e w als o t o o k the p o rtrait
-
,
.
o n e might s a y th e s am e id ol w o rs hip
,
S o m e t im e s the J e ws .
s e bub o r
“
, ,
- -
, ,
as a n e ve rl as ting p ri e s t .
“
Ma n y na mes o f the pr oph ets b e g in or en d in 61 , as
222 MYSTE RIE S O F OSIR IS
E l i, E l i sha , E l i
- - - - -
j ah many o f
,
D a n i e l , E z ek i el ;
- - - - -
and
th e m c o rr es p o nd to or a re c o mp ound e d fr o m o th e r nam es
,
o r L ati n l e tt e r an d a s ub s titut e f or I )
, E v e is the fe minin e .
“
In the anci e nt H e br e w th e re w er e n o writt en v ow el s ,
s t at e .
,
at
T he re is qu es ti o n but that the J e wi s h Ark o f the
no
C o v e n ant f o und its m o d e l in the E g ypti an O ra c l es hip ; th a t
the ch es t h e ld s o s acre d a s the r e p os it o ry o f n am e l es s
tre a s ur es c arri e d a b o ut in the c el e brati o n o f B acchic rit es ,
s e rv ic e s o f Ind i a a n d E g ypt a r,
e too o bvi o u s t o e s cap e th e
no tic e of t e h m o s t s up e rficial o b s e rv e r T h e. s e qu e nc e o f
d es c e t
n f r om th e rit e s p e rf or m e d a t B e n a r e s to th os e o f
” 5
ho urs , a s w e r e als o the four and tw enty el ders d en otin g the - -
,
’
p as t a s M a h om e t s b lack e ye d H o uris ( h ours ) w e r e e m
,
-
of h e av e n ( R ev e lati on s ) Th es e fo ur b e a s ts w e re the c on
.
f o r c o nv e ni e nc e .
“
On e of the
grand p o ints o f int e r es t to the anci e nts was
the autumnal e quin ox Thi s w a s the grand f es tival s e a s on
.
,
, ,
the i n dus tri ou s with pl e nty and s e nt the idl e r e mpty a way .
“
B ut to r eturn to the ch e rubim J ohn the r e v e lat o r s a w .
, ,
“
Wh en J e c ob bl es s e d his twe lv e s on s he gav e to e ach the
p e culiarity o f on e o f the c ons tellati ons Judah had the .
‘ ’
I s s achar is a s tr ong a s s is e xplain e d by the f a ct that th e r e
,
‘
a re tw o s ta rs in C anc e r call e d the tw o as s e s J os e ph is a . .
’
fruitful b o ugh wh o m branch es h av e gon e ove r the wa l l
, ,
”
The v e rn a l quin ox is s a id to b e i n Arie s alth ough in
e ,
c on s te l l a tion o f Pi s c es At a p er i o d o f t im e quit e r e m o te
.
,
t e a c h the truth .
’
i T he L a mb w a s G od mo n og ra m
’
s .
on s c ree n s
c ours e the mo o n ( I s i s )
,
T he s ame n am e s p ell e d s om e
.
,
, H e wa s .
,
‘
s tyl e d in the o rphic hymn s the d e ity with two h o rn s ,
s un ri s ing fr o m his ba c kf
.
“
“
T he s o v e r e igns o f P e rs i a hav e f o r m any c e nturi es p re
s e rv e d a s the p e culiar arm s o f th e ir c o untry the s ign o f ,
m ys t e ry is to be imm ortal .
2 32 u r srs ms s or os mxs
’
li on s wh elp and ha d t he e a s t a s s ign e d to him Ac c o rding
, .
E phraim .
“
W e hav e s ai d that the ch e rub i m divid e d the h e avens
int o f our e qual p arts Th e s e p o int s o f divi s i o n a re marke d
.
’
the h e av e n s e tc th ey w o uld thus indicat e that all e gorical
, .
,
o f the ch erubim .
“
I n the Pe rs ian z e n d a ves ta we a re t o ld o f the ancie nt
P e rs ia n che rubim with the fo ur p rin cip a l s ta rs which
,
fac e d the titl e page o f Luke ; the fac e o f a man o r Aqua rius , ,
wa s a J e wi s h faith .
un d e rs too d s o wel l .
m e n and w om en H is c on flic ts e v e n if s om e o f t h e m w e r e
.
,
i
"
Sh eba m e ans n othi n g m or e o r l e s s th a n the e ntr a nc e o f the
s un into the c ons t e ll a ti o n o f Virgo the pr olific m o th e r o f s o ,
f
B a th is daught e r Sh eba is s e v en ; B a th Sh eb a wa s the
,
-
s e v e n ; th a t s t o r y b e i n g a n o th e r al l e go ry Th e r e w e r e hum a n s .
o f Sol om on .
! 3s n v s m a m s or O S I R IS
hu s band Uriah ( Ur i ah ) the high o r e xalt e d light is the
. - -
, ,
c on ,
“
T he all e g o ry r e p res e nting D avid in his o l d a g e a s fe e bl e
an d l os in g his h e art to r e m e dy which the fair e s t virg i n i n
,
, ,
“
E lixir o f Yo uth o f the ol d Al ch e mi s ts and th e r e in is
”
,
,
.
“
In mys tic o r p arabl e w riting the anci ent s made us e o f
fictiti ou nam e s a s d o o u r m o d e rn writ e rs o f r omanc e o r
s
,
tal e s
. But a v e ry c omm on m e th o d in vo gu e am ong th e m
c ons i s te d in u s ing the nam e s o f the s un a s b e f o r e r em ark e d , ,
Ja h, an d so me th e rs
b e e n s tat e d a re the s impl e
o , as ha s ,
, pp ea r e ,
, , , .
, ,
s am e e nding a s ha s J e hovah .
“
The sto ry of the
fox es is a bu n gling tran s l ati o n T he .
“
T he G r ee k writ e rs hav e given us the m os t c ompl e t e
r e c o rd o f the int ens e he at and the dange r s o f a ge n e ral
,
j e s t is c o nd en s e d int o a f ew w ords :
J u pi te r : W re tc h w hat h av e yo u d o n e to l e ave y o ur
i .
,
v e rs al rui n foll o we d ?
Si m : I kn e w it v e ry w e ll and th e re fo re I put T he e to n
,
’
Jupiter : In the m e an tim e , giv e Phae to n s s is t e r o rd e rs
C H AP TE R X .
te n s iv e l y a n d w as the l e ad e r up o f the h o s ts o f h e ll
, He .
“T he
5
mys t e ry rp ent and the m ys t e ry o f the
of the se
f o rm ,
up er s e d e d the o th e r fo rm o f s ymb o lical wo rs hip : the
s
’
Paul : n o t that w e wo uld be unc l othe d but cl oth e d up o n
‘
,
.
, .
—
t
I w e fin d the s am e myst e ry o f the s e rp en t
I e r e again .
“
Had m a n n o t, by his d es ires , fall e n into m a t e rial f orm ,
”
“ ”
f ell into the mate rial f o rm a t the s am e tim e tha t man
did , it w a s n o s e rp ent that t empt e d th e m but the s e rp e n t
—
d es ire within th e m s elv es Af t e r the “
fa ll ”
. int o the
mat e rial f o rm , the y c ould n ot kn o w anyt hing with o ut the
“ ”
cr e ati o n and h e r e again the s e rp ent d es ire te mpt e d th em
a n d t hr o ugh the t em ptati o n the y kn e w g e n e rati o n and tha t
which w a s goo d o r bad , the m ys tery o f r e gen e rati o n w a s -
a cc o mplis h e d We h e r e fin d th a t the s e rp e nt o f g o od a n d
.
n a me o f ch e r ub a n d ch er ubim is r e pr e s en te d a s the b o d y ,
prais es .
, , ,
a re ca ll e d c e r e als fr om C e r es ( V irgo ) .
the G re e k harv es t ,
s un
'
j
in win t e r he b e c o m es t o rpid c ons equ entl y if he had b een '
, , ,
'
und e rs t a nd .
“
W e thus p e rc e iv e the D evil in the p os s e s s i on o f e very
vari e ty of n a m es that r e pr e sent inte rchange ably the m os t
e xalt e d f o rce s a n d s e ntim e nt s and a l s o the ir di r e ct op p o s it e
’
, .
t rs
s a of the
c on s te ll a ti on s thr ough which he p a s s e s H e is .
, ,
o r d i a b ol ic a l s urf a c e ; a n d it is n o n e o th e r th a n the l an g ua ge
g oric a l c om pl a i n t o f Jo n a h wh e n s w a ll o w e d up by the
’
, _
, .
T he D e vil w a s a ls o n a m e d Ab a d on i n He br ew a n d
Ap ol ly on in G r ee k T he first is a c om p o un d o f Abba f a the r
’ ~
.
, ,
, ,
'
,
go s e es e n e o n ,
, ,
, , ,
’
S a vi o ur .
“
T he s erp e n t its elf w a s i m a gi n e d to be c on sc i o us o f a l l
the s ubli m e i d e a s which its p hys ic a l ch a r a ct e ris tics typ ifi ed ;
by a b o l d m et a ph o r it w a s wi s d o m its elf p ers on ifi e d It w a s
, .
e gg o f the m o s t a n ci e n t th e ol o gy o f P e rs i a It wa s a ls o
’
.
, ,
W a n d e ri n g v a n ity wh en l ea s t w a s fit , ,
Re j e cte d m y fo r e w a rn i n g a n d d i s d a i n e d '
N ot to be tru s ted l o n gi n g to be s ee n ;,
T o o v e rr ea ch 0 why d id G o d
.
, ,
Cr ea t o r wis e th a t p eo pl e d high es t h e a v en
, ,
O f n a tur e ? “
T he rli es t s ec t o f Chr is ti a n s wa s d es i g n a te d by
v e ry ea
T he D e vil ha s a lw a ys b e en an o bj e c t o f fe a r j us t in the
“
*
This c om es fr om a m i sc on c e pti o n o f the
a ll f a ll «
, ,
ha d it n o t b ee n f o r her m a n wo ul d a t thi s d a y be n o m o r e
,
“
th a n is m a n a n d in f a ct f a r l es s s o As to the f a ll it se lf
,
.
”
,
n o wo m a n t em p t e d m a n to his f a l l the f a ll o f b o th m a n a n d ,
“
f o r e a rthly fo r m s a n d in th a t d e s ir e th e y f e ll o r in the
t ru e ve rs i o n th e y to o k bod i es or f o rm s up on the ms e l v es
,
.
i n iti a t e b e li e v es th a t E v e c a us e d Ad a m to f a ll a n d if s he
, ,
d id he d o ubly d es e rv es it f o r the m a n w ho c a n n o t m a st e r
,
‘
,
ox en e tc ,
w e r e fit e m bl e ms o f s umm e r ; whil e hun t e rs
.
, ,
, , ,
the w o rm th a t n e v e r d i es In the f o rm o f a s e rp en t u n d e r .
,
bo l ts o f A p oll o he is c o n s ign e d to a d e a th th a t n e v e r d i e s
-
,
!
.
“
I n thi s s tygia n l a k e in E gyp t w e h a v e the o rigi n o f the
burn i n g l a ke o r h el l a n d in the a d v e rs e p o w e rs o f w i n t e r
, ,
e s t a t e wa s o r r a th e r is
, the co n s te ll a ti o n o f S c o rpi o the
, ,
t e mb e r w a s c a ll e d by a l l a n cie n t r e li g i on is ts the ki n g d om o f
,
n a m es .I t wa s the h e ll o f the a n c i en ts T he s un wh e n it .
“ F r o m thi s we fin d
s i g n o f the z o d ia c in a b ou t 21 40 y e a rs )
“I t is f o r thi s r e a s o n t ha t it is s a i d th a t a n ew a g e s e ts in
,
a ls o in the p a s t a b o ut e v e ry 2000 ye a rs ha s th e r e b ee n b o rn
, ,
a S a vi o ur o r G re a t L ea d e r o f m a n T he l a s t o f th es e h a v i n g
.
w e re a l l the S a v i ours .
O n e v e ry ro un d o f tha t v i s i on a ry l a dd e r wh os e foo t is ,
o n e a rth w ho s e a p e x is in h e a v en — a n ge l s who ha ve on c e
,
be e n m en s pirit s w ho h a v e li v e d a n d l a b o re d o n e a rth a n d
,
, ,
“
i n h e rit a n c e b eyo n d ; h o us eh ol d l a res ”
h ea r t l o v es who
h a v e jus t l e ft us but s till h o ve r on the thres h ol d th ey ha v e
,
a n d bl es s i n g a s th es e a s c e n d a n d d e s c en d o n this mys ti c
,
l a d d e r fo rmi n g a n i n t e rmi n a bl e ch a i n o f lo ve a n d h a rm on y
,
a s tr o no mic a l o n e .
h a v e b e en a s c e n d i n g to h e a ve n a l o n g the l a d d e r o f the
z o d i a c a t the v e rn a l e qui n o x w h a t ha s b e e n tra n s p iri n g o n
,
es ta t e b e c a us e by the pr e c es s i o n
, ju d gm en t w a s l a i d t o the
,
up of the p o we rs of d a rk n es s is e n ga ge d in u n c e as i n g w a r
,
w i n t e r s e em s to h a v e a n e s p e ci a l s pit e a ga i n s t a l l the y o u n g
o f the l a mb s p e ci es .I f the ol d s ys tem o f a s tro n omy o r
a s tr o— theo l o w ha d b e en p e rp et u a t e d by the r e g ul a r O p e r a
, ,
forth fruits m e et f or r e p en t a n c e he w o ul d h a v e cl a mb e r e d
,
th e mo d e rn as tron om e rs i n t e rf e r e d a n d o rd a i n e d th a t th e
( Ju d a s c on d em n e d w ith out a n y ch a n c e o f s a lv a ti o n ) ju s t
a s the Churc h ha s by a n un s ci e n ti fic d e cr ee o rd a i n e d tha t
“
e v e r s o tir e d o f the w a r .
th a t a l l m ew — i n clu d i n g a l l E v es in the t e rm —s h a ll fin d
th e ir Chris ts if th e y will o n l y s e e k f o r him w ithin the m v
“
s e lv es a n d thus b e c o m e in truth the te m pl e s o f the l iv in g
’
”
G od .
2 60 MYS T ER IE S or os nn s
th e y w ere c a ll e d b oth go od a n d ba d
, In the w orks of
.
J a m bl ic us ( a G r e ek ) w e h a ve a s t a t em e n t o f the r e a s o n why
'
o f o bse ss io n by s pirits w a s s o u n iv e rs a l in p a s t a ge s th a t it
c ons c i en c e o f ma n it is the g r e a t ju d g e w ho
,
l wa y s s i ts on a
j u dg m e n t a n d m a n c a n by the pro pe r d e v e lo p m e nt be c o m e
, ,
*
This ha s d ir e ct re f e r en c e to the co urs e o f tr a i n in g or
d e v e l op m e n t . T hr ough s uch a co urs e or cl e a n s i n g p roc em l
,
c a n b e d e v e l o p e d to s uch a n e xt e n t th a t m a n c a n q u es ti on
'
it i n 1 e g a 1 d s to a l l a ff a ir s o f li f e a n d j us t in p ro p o rti o n to
his h o n es ty d e v el o p m e n t a n d pu rity o f he a rt will be the
, ,
n e e d to b e c o m e un c o n s ci ou s in o r d e r to q u es ti o n the vo i ce
w i thin he is a c on s c ious b e i n g
,
O b s es s i o n whil e n o t a s
.
,
n u m e ro u s a t pr es e n t a s in the p a s t d oe s o fte n t a k e pl a ce
,
a f te r th o ro u gh purific a ti on .
OR E G YPT IAN IN IT IATION . 26!
d i ff e r en t s e ct s b e li e ve in a p e rs o n a l D evil Th e y c a n n o t
but a d m it—be c a us e their s ys te m re quires i t—th a t th e r e
.
o ri gi n in the s h a d es o f p a g a n i s m a n d is p e rp etu a t e d be
,
“
O u r i n t en s e ign or a nc e o n the s ubj e ct o f go v e rn m e n t
a l s o t e n d s to p erp etu a t e the i d e a o f a f a lle n r a c e fa l l en -
m o d es o f t orture a re i n v e n t e d to m a k e c ow a r d s o f us a l l .
T he gr e a t bl a c k bea r o f ou r chil d h o o d s d r e a d is tr a n s
’
r e a d y re pres e n t e d a s m os t e a ge r to d r a g us d ow n w a r d to
m is e ry s o h o rri d th a t if the t e a ch e r s o f the d o ctri n e o f a
,
a m om e n t b e li e v e wh a t th e y t e a ch r e as o n m u s t r e e l a n d the
,
“
T he w a r in h ea v en o f which Milt on ha s giv e n s uch a
,
V ie w o f the wh o l e m a tt e r th a t s ym b o l iz e d win t e r a n d d a rk
c l ivities o f a Je w a n d E gyp t w a s s yn o n ym o us
,
to hi m , ,
H e br e w n a m es Mi c h a e l Ab d i e l Az r a — e l etc
-
,a n d the ba d -
, ,
.
,
e vil i m p o rt as Ab a d o n
,
Apo l l y o u a n d oth e rs T he p o in t
-
,
-
, .
o f ti m e ch os e n by the gr e a t hi e ro ph a n t o r o p en e r o f the ,
“
B e li a l the Lo r d o f the o pp os it e is s upp os e d to h a ve his
, ,
o pp o s i ti on
. B a a lz ebub ha d his d o m icil e in Sc o rpi o The .
T he gr e a t D r a g o u o f the p ol e the r e gi o n wh e r e e t e rn a l
-
p l is he d on a cc o u n t o f the s e ve n pl a n e ts
, ,
T he f e s ti v a l s c e l e
.
h e l d u n d e r the s ign o f th e ir e x a lt a ti o n T he P e rs i a n s f or .
“
o f Th e b e s e a ch b e a ri n g the n a m e o f a pl a n e t ; the s e v en
,
the s ev e n S a bb a th s of s e v e n y e a rs ; the s e v en d a ys o f un
l e a v en e d bre a d ; the s e ven s a cr a m en t s ; the s ev en gol d e n
c a n d l es tick s ; the s e v en s p irits b e f or e the thr o n e which a re ,
c a rry s e v e n i d ol s i n t o s e v e n d i ff e r en t t e m pl es ; the B ra m a hn s
ha d s e v e n pr oph etic r in gs on e a ch o f which w a s e n gr a ve d
’
the n a m e o f a pl a n e t ; the Ar a b s g a v e to e a ch s ta r s e v en
r a ys ,
a n d s e v e n p ri e s t s b e a ri n g s e v e n tru m p e t s m a de of ,
’
s ev en r a m s h orn s c om p a ss c d the city o f J e rich o s e v e n
,
-
ti m e s f or s e v en d a y s a n d o n the s e v en th d a y the ma s s iv e
,
w a ll s c a m e tu m blin g d o wn to the gr o u n d .
T he n u m b e r s e v en s om e ti m es m e a ns the s e v en pl a n ets of
on E G YPTIAN IN ITIATIO N . 26
5
the an ci e n ts s om etim es the s ev en c on s t ell a ti on s o f the ki n g
,
o f O n tr a n s l a te d H im
, a n d the s e v e n a n g e l s o f the s e ve n
,
a n d s e v e n e yes o f the l a m b th a t s t o o d a s it ha d b e e n s l a i n
i s br o ught i n t o u se wh e th e r it r e p r es en t s the s e v e n c on
,
he a v en .
“
T he n um b e r tw e lv e wa s the m os t i m p or ta n t o f a l l
m ys tic a l n u m b e r s Tw e lv e is a d m itte d by a l l to be a p er
.
z o d i a c a n d wh a t the ir in n e r m ea n i n g r e pr es e n t s
,
c om pr e ,
O n s ; tw e lv e o xe n un d e r the br a z en l a v e r in the t em pl e ;
,
“
T he s e v en church e s w e r e c orr e s p on d i n gly the s ev e n
, ,
c on gr e ga ti on s o f s t a rs in the s ev en w a rm m o n ths in As i a ,
1 . E p hesus , the G a e l is h n a m e o f
M a rs whene e the g o d ,
'
.
,
f ra n ki n
—
n fi
c ens e b e i g o e e d to the s un w h en in the c o n s tel l a ti o n o f
,
r l
,
-
.
My
, ,
—h ig ht
o ur a .
. e ,
o
s un s hi gh es t p o in t o f e l e v a ti on is in t his c o n s tell a ti o n
’
,
, ,
B a a l im s a ss is in this c on s te l l a ti o n ; h en c e J e s us s a ys
' ’
,
’
Th ou h a s t in th e e th os e th a t ho l d the d o c trin e o f B a a li m .
J un e
5 Sew d is a wo r d fo rm ed o f the Am m o n ia n p rim itive s a r
.
-
, ,
s un ,
the b e i n g ; a n d n a tur a l iz e d i n t o the G ree k L a ti n , ,
J ul y .
a s tr o th eo l o gic a l
-
s tu d i es ; ho w he w oul d o r m ight be
wrought up to a h e ight o f p oe tic fury o r in s p ira ti on th a t , ,
n a ti on o r a s is n ow g e n e ra lly b e lie v ed
, to the who l e e a rth ,
.
H is figur es a re d r a w n fr om the pl a n is ph e r e a n d m os tl y ,
“
fro m the z o d i a c Thus in the n i n th ch a p te r
. A s t a r f e ll ,
, ,
c on ti n ue d v iz : fiv e m o n th s u n d e r the l e a d e rs hip o f Ab a d
, ,
a T he s t a te o f the ea rth , a tm os ph er e, a n d a r om a l em a na
.
O R EGYPT IAN IN ITIATIO N . 2 69
wi th th e ir ch a n gi n g i n flu e n c es co n tribut e to f o rm the ,
i d ios yn c ra s ie s T he phys ic a l s u s t en a n c e m e n t a l t em p e r a
.
,
s un ,
n e xt to the e a rth a n d fin a l l y to e a ch oth e r a t the
,
fr a m e wo rk o f hum a n ch a ra cte r .
m us t be the s ol a r a n d pl a n et a ry i n flu en c e s which pr e v a il in
the h o ur of the g e rm s i n c e pti on thro ugh e v e ry s t a g e o f
’
,
c re a ture .
so fiX eds s o c a l m s o i m m obile in th e ir s o l e m n s il e n c e a n d
’
, ,
u p to o ur ti m e—a s tr on om ic a l o b s e rv a ti o n s h a v e d e t e r
.
,
“
p e rm a n e n c e o f the sc h em e is on l y a pp a r en t O n ly c on .
m ight be tr a c e d in ev e ry glitt e r
”
s t a n t i n e t ern a l un r es t ,
circl e s o f a sc en d in g pr o g r es s This b e in g s o a s sc i en c e
.
,
“
Th e r e c a nn ot be two p l a n eta ry c on jun cti on s 1 n the fiel d
o f s p a c e whic h, in a l l res p e c t s , e x a ctl y d uplic a t e e a c h o th e r ;
.
a cts a n d s p e a ks wi th a u n i v e rs a l ch o r d o f s ym p a thy c on v
It w a s thus th a t J a c ob r ea d in s uch r e pr es e n t a ti on s o f
h e a v e n wh a t w o ul d h a pp en to his chil d r en a n d gra n d
chil d r en G r e a t m i s fo rtun e s w e r e to h a pp en ; the e a rth
'
.
a n n o un c e th e ir a ppr o a ch It m u s t be r e m em b e r e d by the
.
s tu d e n t th a t wh a t a n a ti on c a ll e d the e a rth d id n o t m e a n ,
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wha t th es e a n ci en t pri e s ts f o re to l d ha s c om e to p a ss to
m a n y o f the a n ci en t n a ti ons .
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in r e ga r d to ti m e a n d c e l e br a t e the Sa m e e ve n ts t h a t the
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a n ci e n t s c e l e br a t e d in th e ir c e r e m o n i es T he Ro m a n is ts .
a n d E pi s c o p a li a n s a dhe r e m o r e p e rti n a ci ou s ly to a n d re ,
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l ig iou s li t e r a tur e a n d a re m o r e ful l y a w a re th a t the y a re
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a n ci e n t n a ti on s a s th e y a ls o w e re o f the H e br e w s
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c om p re h e n s i on o f th a t ph a s e o f thought wh e re o f m a tt er is
but a ph e n om e n a l m a n ife s ta ti on a n d th e re is n o in s trum en t
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s c e n d t o w a r d s the b a s e o f thi s m a t e r ia l p illa r it a rriv es a t a
fi n a l p o i n t the v o i d a l o n e c a n be i n fi n it e a n d fr om th en c e
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full n e s s o f G o d .
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