,the ,secret ,doctrine ,the ,synthesis of ,science1 ,religion1 and ,philosophy ,by ,helena ,petrovna ,blavatsky ,author of 8,isis ,unveiled40 ,third and ,revised ,edition4 ,,saty,t ,n,,sti ,,paro ,,dharmah4 8,there is no ,religion higher than ,truth40 ,volume ,,ii4 ,anthropogenesis ,the ,theosophical ,publishing ,house ,london #ahic ,,contents ,preliminary ,notes on ,the ,archaic ,stanzas1 and the ,four ,pre,historic ,continents4 ,part ,i4 ,anthropogenesis4 ,text4 ,stanza ,i4 ,stanza ,,ii4 ,stanza ,,iii4 ,stanza ,,iv4 ,stanza ,v4 ,stanza ,,vi4 ,stanza ,,vii4 ,stanza ,,viii4 ,stanza ,,ix4 ,stanza ,x4 ,stanza ,,xi4 ,stanza ,,xii4 ,commentaries ,on the ,twelve ,stanzas and ,their ,terms1 ,according ,to ,their ,numeration1 ,in ,stanzas ,and ,shlokas4 ,stanza ,i4 ,beginnings of ,sentient ,life4 ,two ,antediluvian ,astronomers4 ,stanza ,,ii4 ,nature ,unaided ,fails4 ,creation of ,divine ,beings in the ,exoteric ,accounts4 ,stanza ,,ii4--,continued4 ,the ,chronology of the ,brhmans4 ,stanza ,,iii4 ,attempts ,to ,create ,man4 ,stanza ,,iv4 ,creation ,of ,the ,first ,races4 ,on ,the ,identity ,and ,differences ,of ,the ,incarnating ,powers4 ,stanza ,,iv4--,continued4 ,stanza ,v4 ,the ,evolution of the ,second ,race4 ,the ,divine ,hermaphrodite4 ,stanza ,,vi4 ,the ,evolution ,of ,the 8,sweat,born40 ,a ,few ,words ,about 8,deluges0 ,and 8,noahs40 ,stanza ,,vii4 ,from ,the ,semi,divine ,down ,to ,the ,first ,human ,races4 ,i4 ,fission4 ,,ii4 ,budding4 ,,iii4 ,spores4 ,,iv4 ,intermediate ,hermaphroditism4 ,v4 ,true ,sexual ,union4 ,stanza ,,viii4 ,evolution ,of ,the ,animal ,mammalians3 ,the ,first ,fall4 ,what ,may ,be ,the ,objections ,to ,the ,foregoing4 ,stanza ,,ix4 ,the ,final ,evolution ,of ,man4 ,edens1 ,serpents1 ,and ,dragons4 ,the 8,sons ,of ,god0 ,and ,the 8,sacred ,island40 ,stanza ,x4 ,the ,history ,of ,the ,fourth ,race4 ,archaic ,teachings ,in ,the 8,purnas0 ,and 8,genesis40 ,physical ,evolution4 ,a ,panoramic ,view ,of ,the ,early ,races4 ,are ,giants ,a ,fiction8 ,the ,races ,with ,the 8,third ,eye40 ,the ,primeval ,manus ,of ,humanity4 ,stanza ,,xi4 ,the ,civilization ,and ,destruction ,of ,the ,fourth ,and ,fifth ,races4 ,cyclopean ,ruins ,and ,colossal ,stones ,as ,witnesses ,to ,giants4 ,stanza ,,xii4 ,the ,fifth ,race ,and ,its ,divine ,instructors4 ,serpents ,and ,dragons ,under ,different ,symbolisms4 ,the ,sidereal ,and ,cosmic ,glyphs4 ,our ,divine ,instructors4 ,the ,origin ,of ,the ,satanic ,myth4 ,noah ,was ,a ,kabir1 ,hence ,he ,must ,have ,been ,a ,demon4 ,the ,oldest ,persian ,traditions ,about ,the ,polar1 ,and ,the ,submerged ,continents4 ,western ,speculations1 ,founded ,on ,the ,greek ,and ,paurnic ,traditions4 ,the 8,curse0 ,from ,a ,philosophical ,point ,of ,view4 ,additional ,fragments ,from ,a ,commentary ,on ,the ,verses ,of ,stanza ,,xii4 ,conclusion4 ,part ,,ii4 ,the ,archaic ,symbolism ,of ,the ,world,religions4 ,section ,i4 ,esoteric ,tenets ,corroborated in ,every ,scripture4 ,section ,,ii4 ,adam,adami4 ,section ,,iii4 ,the 8,holy of ,holies40 ,its ,degradation4 ,section ,,iv4 ,on the ,myth of the 8,fallen ,angels0 in its ,various ,aspects4 ,a4 ,the ,evil ,spirit3 ,who1 ,and ,what8 ,b4 ,the ,gods ,of ,light ,proceed ,from ,the ,gods ,of ,darkness4 ,c4 ,the ,many ,meanings ,of ,the 8,war ,in ,heaven40 ,section ,v4 ,is ,plerma ,satan's ,lair8 ,section ,,vi4 ,prometheus1 the ,titan4 ,his ,origin ,in ,ancient ,india4 ,section ,,vii4 ,enochion,henoch4 ,section ,,viii4 ,the ,symbolism of the ,mystery,names ,iao and ,jehovah1 with their ,relation to the ,cross and ,circle4 ,a4 ,cross ,and ,circle4 ,b4 ,the ,fall ,of ,the ,cross ,into ,matter4 ,section ,,ix4 ,the ,upanishads in ,gnostic ,literature4 ,section ,x4 ,the ,cross and the ,pythagorean ,decad4 ,section ,,xi4 ,the ,mysteries of the ,hebdomad4 ,a4 ,saptaparna4 ,b4 ,the ,tetraktys ,in ,relation ,to ,the ,heptagon4 ,c4 ,the ,septenary ,element ,in ,the ,vedas4 ,d4 ,the ,septenary ,in ,the ,exoteric ,works4 ,e4 ,seven ,in ,astronomy1 ,science1 ,and ,magic4 ,f4 ,the ,seven ,souls ,of ,the ,egyptologists4 ,part ,,iii4 ,addenda4 ,science ,and ,the ,secret ,doctrine ,contrasted4 ,section ,i4 ,archaic1 or ,modern ,anthropology8 ,section ,,ii4 ,the ,ancestors ,mankind is ,offered by ,science4 ,plastidular ,souls1 ,and ,conscious ,nerve,cells4 ,section ,,iii4 ,the ,fossil ,relics of ,man and the ,anthropoid ,ape4 ,a4 ,geological ,facts ,bearing ,on ,the ,question ,of ,their ,relationship4 ,b4 ,western ,evolutionism3 ,the ,comparative ,anatomy ,of ,man ,and ,the ,anthropoid ,in ,no ,way ,a ,confirmation ,of ,darwinism4 ,c4 ,darwinism ,and ,the ,antiquity ,of ,man3 ,the ,anthropoids ,and ,their ,ancestry4 ,section ,,iv4 ,duration of the ,geological ,periods1 ,race ,cycles1 and the ,antiquity of ,man4 ,a4 ,modern ,scientific ,speculations ,about ,the ,ages ,of ,the ,globe1 ,animal ,evolution1 ,and ,man4 ,b4 ,on ,chains ,of ,planets ,and ,their ,plurality4 ,c4 ,supplementary ,remarks ,on ,esoteric ,geological ,chronology4 ,section ,v4 ,organic ,evolution and ,creative ,centres4 ,a4 ,the ,origin ,and ,evolution ,of ,the ,mammalia3 ,science ,and ,esoteric ,phylogeny4 ,b4 ,the ,european ,palolithic ,races3 ,whence1 ,and ,how ,distributed4 ,section ,,vi4 ,giants1 ,civilizations1 and ,submerged ,continents ,traced in ,history4 ,a4 ,some ,statements ,about ,the ,sacred ,islands ,and ,continents ,in ,the ,classics1 ,explained ,esoterically4 ,section ,,vii4 ,scientific and ,geological ,proofs of the ,existence of ,several ,submerged ,continents4 ,footnotes ,cover ,art ,transcriber's ,note3 ,the above cover image was produced by the submitter at ,distributed ,proofreaders1 and is being placed into the public domain4 1 4 ,my doctrine is not mine1 but his that sent me4 ,,john vii4 #af4 ,modern ,science insists upon the doctrine of evolution2 so do human reason and the ,secret ,doctrine1 and the idea is corroborated by the ancient legends and myths1 and even by the ,bible itself1 when it is read between the lines4 ,we see a flower slowly developing from a bud1 and the bud from its seed4 ,but whence the latter1 with all its predetermined programme of physical transformation1 and its invisible1 therefore spiritual1 forces which gradually develop its form1 colour1 and odour8 ,the word evolution speaks for itself4 ,the germ of the present human race must have prexisted in the parent of this race1 as the seed1 in which lies hidden the flower of next summer1 was developed in the capsule of its parent flower2 the parent may be but slightly different1 but it still differs from its future progeny4 ,the antediluvian ancestors of the present elephant and lizard were1 perhaps1 the mammoth and the plesiosaurus2 why should not the progenitors of our human race have been the 8giants0 of the ,vedas1 the ,voluspa1 and the ,book of ,genesis8 ,while it is positively absurd to believe the 8transformation of species0 to have taken place according to some of the more materialistic views of the ,evolutionists1 it is but natural to think that each genus1 beginning with the molluscs and ending with monkeyman1 has modified from its own primordial and distinctive form4--,,isis ,,unveiled1 ,i4 #aebc4 ,,preliminary ,,notes ,,on ,,the ,,archaic ,,stanzas1 ,,and ,,the ,,four ,,pre,,historic ,,continents4 ,facies totius universi1 quamvis infinitis modis variet1 ,manet tamen semper eadem4--,,spinoza4 ,the ,stanzas1 with the ,commentaries thereon1 in this ,volume1 are drawn from the same ,archaic ,records as the ,stanzas on ,cosmogony in ,volume ,i4 ,as far as possible a verbatim translation is given3 but some of the ,stanzas are too obscure to be understood without explanation1 and therefore1 as in ,volume ,i1 they are first given in full as they stand1 and then1 when taken verse by verse with their ,commentaries1 an attempt is made to make them clearer1 by words added in footnotes1 in anticipation of the fuller explanation of the ,commentary4 ,as regards the ,evolution of mankind1 the ,secret ,doctrine postulates three new propositions1 which stand in direct antagonism to ,modern ,science as well as to current religious dogmas4 ,it teaches3 7a7 the simultaneous evolution of seven human ,groups on seven different portions of our globe2 7b7 the birth of the astral1 before the physical body1 the former being a model for the latter2 and 7c7 that man1 in this ,round1 preceded every mammalian--the anthropoids included--in the animal kingdom47#a7 ,the ,secret ,doctrine is not alone in speaking of primeval ,men born simultaneously on the seven divisions of our ,globe4 ,in the ,divine ,pymander of ,hermes ,trismegistus1 we find the same seven primeval ,men7#b7 evolving from ,nature and the ,heavenly ,man1 in the collective sense of the word1 namely1 from the ,creative ,spirits2 and in the fragments of ,chaldan tablets1 collected by ,george ,smith1 on which is inscribed the ,babylonian ,legend of ,creation1 in the first column of the ,cutha tablet1 seven human ,beings 8with the faces of ravens10 that is to say1 of black swarthy complexions1 whom 8the seven ,great ,gods created10 are mentioned4 ,or1 as explained in lines #af1 #ag and #ah3 ,in the midst of the earth they grew up and became great1 ,and increased in number1 ,seven kings1 brothers of the same family47#c7 ,these are the seven ,kings of ,edom to whom reference is made in the ,kabalah2 the ,first ,race1 which was imperfect1 that is to say1 was born before the 8balance0 7sexes7 existed1 and which was therefore destroyed47#d7 ,seven ,kings1 brethren1 appeared and begat children1 #f1jjj in number were their peoples4 ,the ,god ,nergas death destroyed them4 8,how did he destroy them80 ,by bringing into equilibrium or balance those who did not yet exist47#e7 ,they were 8destroyed10 as a ,race1 by being merged in their own progeny 7by exudation73 that is to say1 the sexless ,race rencarnated in the 7potentially7 bisexual2 the latter1 in the androgynes2 these again1 in the sexual1 the later ,third ,race4 ,were the tablets less mutilated1 they would be found to contain word for word the same account as is given in the ,archaic ,records and in ,hermes1 at least as regards the fundamental facts1 if not as regards minute details2 for ,hermes is a good deal disfigured by mistranslations4 ,it is quite certain that the seeming supernaturalism of these teachings1 although allegorical1 is so diametrically opposed to the deadletter statements of the ,bible17#f7 as well as to the latest hypotheses of ,science1 that it will evoke passionate denial4 ,the ,occultists1 however1 know that the traditions of ,esoteric ,philosophy must be the right ones1 simply because they are the most logical1 and reconcile every difficulty4 ,besides1 we have the ,egyptian ,books of ,thoth1 and ,book of the ,dead1 and the ,hind ,purnas with their seven ,manus1 as well as the ,chaldo ,assyrian accounts1 whose tiles mention seven primitive ,men1 or ,adams1 the real meaning of which name may be ascertained by means of the ,kabalah4 ,those who know anything of the ,samothracian ,mysteries will also remember that the generic name of the ,kabiri was the 8,holy ,fires10 which created on seven localities of the island of ,electria1 or ,samothrace1 the 8,kabir born of the ,holy ,lemnos0--the island sacred to ,vulcan4 ,according to ,pindar1 this ,kabir1 whose name was ,adamas17#g7 was1 in the traditions of ,lemnos1 the type of the primitive man born from the bosom of the ,earth4 ,he was the archetype of the first males in the order of generation1 and was one of the seven autochthonous ancestors or progenitors of mankind47#h7 ,if1 coupling with this the fact that ,samothrace was colonized by the ,phnicians1 and before them by the mysterious ,pelasgians who came from the ,east1 we also remember the identity of the 8,mystery0 ,gods of the ,phnicians1 ,chaldans1 and ,israelites1 it will be easy to discover whence came also the confused account of the ,noachian ,deluge4 ,it has become undeniable of late that the ,jews1 who obtained their primitive ideas about creation from ,moses1 who had them from the ,egyptians1 compiled their ,genesis and first cosmogonic traditions1 when rewritten by ,ezra and others1 from the ,chaldo,akkadian account4 ,it is1 therefore1 sufficient to examine the ,babylonian and ,assyrian cuneiform and other inscriptions to find also therein1 scattered here and there1 not only the original meaning of the name ,adam1 ,admi1 or ,adami1 but also the creation of seven ,adams or roots of ,men1 born of ,mother ,earth1 physically1 and of the ,divine ,fire of the ,progenitors1 spiritually or astrally4 ,the ,assyriologists1 ignorant of the ,esoteric teachings1 could hardly be expected to pay any greater attention to the mysterious and everrecurring number seven on the ,babylonian cylinders1 than they pay to it on finding it in ,genesis and the rest of the ,bible4 ,yet the numbers of the ancestral spirits and their seven groups of human progeny are on the cylinders1 notwithstanding the dilapidated condition of the fragments1 and are to be found as plainly1 as they are in ,pymander and in the ,book of the ,concealed ,mystery of the ,kabalah4 ,in the latter ,adam ,kadmon is the ,sephirothal ,tree1 as also the 8,tree of the ,knowledge of ,good and ,evil40 ,and that ,tree1 says verse #cb1 8hath around it seven columns10 or palaces1 of the seven creative ,angels operating in the ,spheres of the seven ,planets on our ,globe4 ,as ,adam ,kadmon is a collective name1 so also is the name of the man ,adam4 ,says ,george ,smith1 in his ,chaldean ,account of ,genesis3 ,the word ,adam used in these legends for the first human being is evidently not a proper name1 but is only used as a term for mankind4 ,adam appears as a proper name in ,genesis1 but certainly in some passages is only used in the same sense as the ,assyrian word47#i7 ,moreover1 neither the ,chaldan nor the ,biblical ,deluge1 with their stories of ,xisuthrus and ,noah1 is based on the universal or even on the ,atlantean ,deluges1 recorded in the ,indian allegory of ,vaivasvata ,manu4 ,they are the exoteric allegories based on the ,esoteric ,mysteries of ,samothrace4 ,if the older ,chaldans knew the ,esoteric truth concealed in the ,purnic legends1 the other nations were aware only of the ,samothracian ,mystery1 and allegorized it4 ,they adapted it to their astronomical and anthropological1 or rather phallic1 notions4 ,samothrace is known historically to have been famous in antiquity for a deluge1 which submerged the country and reached the top of the highest mountains2 an event which happened before the age of the ,argonauts4 ,it was overflowed very suddenly by waters from the ,euxine1 which had been regarded up to that time as a lake47#aj7 ,but the ,israelites had1 moreover1 another legend upon which to base their allegory1 the legend of the ,deluge1 that transformed the present ,gobi ,desert into a sea for the last time1 some #aj1jjj or #ab1jjj years ago1 and which drove many ,noahs and their families to the surrounding mountains4 ,as the ,babylonian accounts are only now restored from hundreds of thousands of broken fragments--the mound of ,kouyunjik alone having yielded from ,layard's excavations upwards of twenty thousand fragments of inscriptions--the proofs here cited are comparatively scanty2 yet such as they are1 they corroborate almost every one of our teachings2 three most certainty1 at the very least4 ,these are3 7#a7 ,that the race which was the first to fall into generation was a dark race 7zalmatqaqadi71 which they call the ,adamu or ,dark ,race1 and that ,sarku1 or the ,light ,race1 remained pure for a long while subsequently4 7#b7 ,that the ,babylonians recognized two principal ,races at the time of the ,fall1 the ,race of the ,gods1 the ,ethereal ,doubles of the ,pitris1 having preceded these two4 ,this is ,sir ,h4 ,rawlinson's opinion4 ,these ,races are our ,second and ,third ,root,races4 7#c7 ,that these seven ,gods1 each of whom created a ,man1 or ,group of men1 were 8the ,gods imprisoned or incarnated40 ,these ,gods were3 the ,god ,zi2 the ,god ,ziku1 ,noble ,life1 ,director of ,purity2 the ,god ,mirku1 ,noble ,crown1 8,saviour from death of the ,gods later on imprisoned10 and the creator of 8the dark races which his hand has made02 the ,god ,libzu1 8wise among the ,gods02 the ,god ,nissi2 the ,god ,suhhab2 and ,hea or ,sa1 their synthesis1 the ,god of ,wisdom and of the ,deep1 identified with ,oannes,dagon1 at the time of the ,fall1 and called1 collectively1 the ,demiurge1 or ,creator47#aa7 ,there are two 8,creations0 socalled1 in the ,babylonian fragments1 and as ,genesis has adhered to this1 we find its first two chapters distinguished as the ,elohite and the ,jehovite ,creations4 ,their proper order1 however1 is not preserved in these or in any other exoteric accounts4 ,now these 8,creations10 according to the ,occult ,teachings1 refer respectively to the formation of the primordial seven ,men by the ,progenitors1 the ,pitris1 or ,elohim1 and to that of the human ,groups after the ,fall4 ,all this will be examined in the light of ,science and comparisons drawn from the scriptures of all the ancient nations1 the ,bible included1 as we proceed4 ,meanwhile1 before we turn to the ,anthropogenesis of the prehistoric ,races1 it may be useful to agree upon the names to be given to the ,continents on which the four great ,races1 which preceded our ,adamic ,race1 were born1 lived1 and died4 ,their archaic and ,esoteric names were many1 and varied with the language of the nation which mentioned them in its annals and scriptures4 ,that which in the ,venddd1 for instance1 is referred to as ,airyana ,vaj7#ab7 wherein was born the original ,zoroaster17#ac7 is called in the ,purnic literature ,shveta ,dvpa1 ,mount ,meru1 the ,abode of ,vishnu1 etc42 and in the ,secret ,doctrine is simply named the 8,land of the ,gods10 under their chiefs1 the 8,spirits of this ,planet40 ,therefore1 in view of the possible1 and even very probable confusion1 that may arise1 it is considered more convenient to adopt1 for each of the four ,continents constantly referred to1 a name more familiar to the cultured reader4 ,it is proposed1 then1 to call the first ,continent1 or rather the first terra firma on which the ,first ,race was evolved by the divine ,progenitors3 ,i4 ,the ,imperishable ,sacred ,land4 ,the reason for the name is that it is stated that3 this 8,imperishable ,sacred ,land0 never shared the fate of the other ,continents1 because it is the only one whose destiny it is to last from the beginning to the end of the ,manvantara throughout each ,round4 ,it is the cradle of the first man and the dwelling of the last divine mortal1 chosen as a ,shishta for the future seed of humanity4 ,of this mysterious and sacred land very little can be said1 except1 perhaps1 according to a poetical expression in one of the ,commentaries1 that the 8,polestar has its watchful eye upon it1 from the dawn to the close of the twilight of a ,day of the ,great ,breath407#ad7 ,,ii4 ,the ,hyperborean4 ,this will be the name chosen for the second ,continent1 the land which stretched out its promontories southward and westward from the ,north ,pole to receive the ,second ,race1 and comprised the whole of what is now known as ,northern ,asia4 ,such was the name given by the oldest ,greeks to the far off and mysterious region1 whither their tradition made ,apollo1 the ,hyperborean1 travel every year4 ,astronomically1 ,apollo is1 of course1 the ,sun1 who1 abandoning his ,hellenic sanctuaries1 loved to annually visit his faraway country1 where the ,sun was said to never set for one half of the year4 8 10 says a verse in the ,odyssey47#ae7 ,but historically1 or better1 perhaps1 ethnologically and geologically1 the meaning is different4 ,the land of the ,hyperboreans1 the country that extended beyond ,boreas1 the frozenhearted ,god of snows and hurricanes1 who loved to slumber heavily on the chain of ,mount ,rhipus1 was neither an ideal country1 as surmized by the ,mythologists1 nor yet a land in the neighbourhood of ,scythia and the ,danube47#af7 ,it was a real ,continent1 a bon fide land1 which knew no winter in those early days1 nor have its sorry remains more than one night and day during the year1 even now4 ,the nocturnal shadows never fall upon it1 said the ,greeks2 for it is the 8,land of the ,gods10 the favourite abode of ,apollo1 the ,god of light1 and its inhabitants are his beloved priests and servants4 ,this may be regarded as poetized fiction now2 but it was poetized truth then4 ,,iii4 ,lemuria4 ,the third ,continent1 we propose to call ,lemuria4 ,the name is an invention1 or an idea1 of ,mr4 ,p4 ,l4 ,sclater1 who1 between #ahej and #ahfj1 asserted on zoological grounds the actual existence1 in prehistoric times1 of a ,continent which he showed to have extended from ,madagascar to ,ceylon and ,sumatra4 ,it included some portions of what is now ,africa2 but otherwise this gigantic ,continent1 which stretched from the ,indian ,ocean to ,australia1 has now wholly disappeared beneath the waters of the ,pacific1 leaving here and there only some of its highland tops which are now islands4 ,mr4 ,a4 ,r4 ,wallace1 the ,naturalist1 writes ,mr4 ,charles ,gould3 ,extends the ,australia of ,tertiary periods to ,new ,guinea and the ,solomon ,islands1 and perhaps to ,fiji1 and from its marsupial types infers a connection with the northern continent during the ,secondary period47#ag7 ,the subject is treated at length elsewhere47#ah7 ,,iv4 ,atlantis4 ,thus we name the fourth ,continent4 ,it would be the first historical land1 were the traditions of the ,ancients to receive more attention than they have hitherto4 ,the famous island of ,plato of that name was but a fragment of this great ,continent47#ai7 ,v4 ,europe4 ,the fifth ,continent was ,america2 but1 as it is situated at the ,antipodes1 it is ,europe and ,asia ,minor1 almost coval with it1 which are generally referred to by the ,indo,aryan ,occultists as the fifth4 ,if their teaching followed the appearance of the ,continents in their geological and geographical order1 then this classification would have to be altered4 ,but as the sequence of the ,continents is made to follow the order of evolution of the ,races1 from the ,first to the ,fifth1 our ryan ,root,race1 ,europe must be called the fifth great ,continent4 ,the ,secret ,doctrine takes no account of islands and peninsulas1 nor does it follow the modern geographical distribution of land and sea4 ,since the day of its earliest teachings and the destruction of the great ,atlantis1 the face of the ,earth has changed more than once4 ,there was a time when the delta of ,egypt and ,northern ,africa belonged to ,europe1 before the formation of the ,straits of ,gibraltar and a further upheaval of the ,continent entirely changed the face of the map of ,europe4 ,the last serious change occurred some #ab1jjj years ago17#bj7 and was followed by the submersion of ,plato's little ,atlantic island1 which he calls ,atlantis after its parent continent4 ,geography was part of the ,mysteries1 in days of old4 ,says the ,zohar3 ,these secrets of land and sea were divulged to the men of the secret science1 but not to the geographers47#ba7 ,the claim that physical man was originally a colossal pretertiary giant1 and that he existed #ah1jjj1jjj years ago1 must of course appear preposterous to admirers of1 and believers in1 modern learning4 ,the whole posse comitatus of ,biologists will turn away from the conception of this ,third ,race ,titan of the ,secondary ,age1 a being fit to fight successfully with the then gigantic monsters of the air1 sea1 and land2 so his forefathers1 the ethereal prototypes of the ,atlantean1 had little need to fear that which could not hurt them4 ,the modern ,anthropologist is quite welcome to laugh at our ,titans1 as he laughs at the ,biblical ,adam1 and as the ,theologian laughs at the former's pithecoid ancestor4 ,the ,occultists and their severe critics may feel that they have pretty well mutually squared their accounts by this time4 ,occult ,sciences claim less and give more1 at all events1 than either ,darwinian ,anthropology or ,biblical ,theology4 ,nor ought the ,esoteric ,chronology to frighten anyone2 for1 with regard to figures1 the greatest authorities of the day are as fickle and as uncertain as the ,mediterranean waves4 ,as regards the duration of the geological periods alone1 the learned men of the ,royal ,society are all hopelessly at sea1 and jump from one million to five hundred millions of years with the utmost ease1 as will be seen more than once during this comparison4 ,take one instance for our present purpose--the calculations of ,mr4 ,croll4 ,whether1 according to this authority1 #b1ejj1jjj years represent the time since the beginning of the ,tertiary ,age1 or the ,eocene period1 as an ,american geologist makes him say27#bb7 or whether again ,mr4 ,croll 8allows fifteen millions since the beginning of the ,eocene period10 as quoted by an ,english geologist17#bc7 both sets of figures cover the claims made by the ,secret ,doctrine47#bd7 ,for assigning as the latter does from four to five million years between the incipient and the final evolution of the ,fourth ,root,race1 on the ,lemuro,atlantean ,continents2 one million years for the ,fifth1 or ryan ,race1 to the present date2 and about #hej1jjj since the submersion of the last large peninsula of the great ,atlantis--all this may have easily taken place within the #ae1jjj1jjj years conceded by ,mr4 ,croll to the ,tertiary ,age4 ,but1 chronologically speaking1 the duration of the period is of secondary importance1 as we have1 after all1 certain ,american ,scientists to fall back upon4 ,these gentlemen1 unmoved by the fact that their assertions are called not only dubious but absurd1 yet maintain that man existed so far back as in the ,secondary ,age4 ,they have found human footprints on rocks of that formation2 and furthermore1 ,m4 de ,quatrefages finds no valid scientific reason why man should not have existed during the ,secondary ,age4 ,the ,ages and periods in ,geology are1 in sober truth1 purely conventional terms1 as they are still barely delineated1 and1 moreover1 no two ,geologists or ,naturalists agree as to the figures4 ,thus1 there is a wide margin for choice offered to the ,occultist by the learned fraternity4 ,shall we take for one of our supports ,mr4 ,t4 ,mellard ,read8 ,this gentleman1 in a paper on 8,limestone as an ,index of ,geological ,time10 read by him in #ahgh before the ,royal ,society1 claims that the minimum time required for the formation of the sedimentary strata and the elimination of the calcareous matter is in round numbers #fjj million years27#be7 or shall we ask support for our chronology from ,mr4 ,darwin's works1 wherein1 according to his theory1 he demands for the organic transformations from #cjj to #ejj million years8 ,sir ,charles ,lyell and ,prof4 ,houghton were satisfied with placing the beginning of the ,cambrian ,age at #bjj and #bdj millions of years ago1 respectively4 ,geologists and ,zoologists claim the maximum time1 though ,mr4 ,huxley1 at one time1 placed the beginning of the incrustation of the earth at #a1jjj million years ago1 and would not surrender a millennium of it4 ,but the main point for us lies not in the agreement or disagreement of the ,naturalists as to the duration of geological periods1 but rather in their perfect accord on one point1 for a wonder1 and this a very important one4 ,they all agree that during the ,miocene ,age--whether one or ten million years ago--,greenland and even ,spitzbergen1 the remnants of our second or ,hyperborean ,continent1 8had an almost tropical climate40 ,now the pre ,homeric ,greeks had preserved a vivid tradition of this 8,land of the ,eternal ,sun10 whither their ,apollo journeyed yearly4 ,science tells us3 ,during the ,miocene age1 ,greenland 7in ,n4 ,lat4 #gj7 developed an abundance of trees1 such as the yew1 the redwood1 the sequoia1 allied to the ,californian species1 beeches1 planes1 willows1 oaks1 poplars and walnuts1 as well as a magnolia and a zamia47#bf7 ,in short ,greenland had southern plants unknown to northern regions4 ,and now arises this natural question4 ,if the ,greeks1 in the days of ,homer1 knew of a ,hyperborean land1 i4e41 a blessed land beyond the reach of ,boreas1 the ,god of winter and of the hurricane1 an ideal region which the later ,greeks and their writers have vainly tried to locate beyond ,scythia1 a country where nights were short and days long1 and beyond that a land where the ,sun never set and the palm grew freely--if they knew of all this1 who then told them of it8 ,in their day1 and for ages previously1 ,greenland must certainly have been already covered with perpetual snows1 with never thawing ice1 just as it is now4 ,everything tends to show that the land of the short nights and the long days was ,norway or ,scandinavia1 beyond which was the blessed land of eternal light and summer4 ,for the ,greeks to know of this1 the tradition must have descended to them from some people more ancient than themselves1 who were acquainted with those climatic details of which the ,greeks themselves could know nothing4 ,even in our day1 ,science suspects that beyond the ,polar seas1 at the very circle of the ,arctic ,pole1 there exists a sea which never freezes and a continent which is ever green4 ,the ,archaic ,teachings1 and also the ,purnas--for one who understands their allegories--contain the same statements4 ,suffice1 then1 for us the strong probability that1 during the ,miocene period of ,modern ,science1 at a time when ,greenland was an almost tropical land1 there lived a people1 now unknown to history4 ,,note4 ,the reader is requested to bear in mind that the following ,sections are not strictly consecutive in order of time4 ,in ,part ,i the ,stanzas which form the skeleton of the exposition are given1 and certain important points commented upon and explained4 ,in the subsequent ,sections of ,parts ,,ii and ,,iii various additional details are gathered1 and a fuller explanation of the subject is attempted4 ,,part ,i4 ,,anthropogenesis4 ,twelve ,stanzas ,from the 8,book ,of ,dzyan107#bg7 ,with ,commentaries4 ,in primeval times1 a maiden1 ,beauteous ,daughter of the ,ether1 ,passed for ages her existence ,in the great expanse of ,heaven4 ,seven hundred years she wandered1 ,seven hundred years she laboured1 ,ere her firstborn was delivered4 ,ere a beauteous duck descending1 ,hastens toward the watermother1 ,lightly on the knee she settles1 ,finds a nestingplace befitting1 ,where to lay her eggs in safety4 ,lays her eggs within1 at pleasure1 ,six1 the golden eggs she lays there1 ,then a ,seventh1 an egg of iron4 ,kalevala 7,,crawford74 ,text4 ,stanza ,i4 #a4 ,the ,lha which turns the ,fourth is ,servant to the ,lha7s7 of the ,seven1 they who revolve1 driving their ,chariots around their ,lord1 the ,one ,eye of our ,world4 ,his ,breath gave ,life to the ,seven4 ,it gave ,life to the ,first4 #b4 ,said the ,earth3 8,lord of the ,shining ,face1 my ,house is empty4444 ,send thy ,sons to people this ,wheel4 ,thou hast sent thy ,seven ,sons to the ,lord of ,wisdom4 ,seven times doth he see thee nearer to himself1 seven times more doth he feel thee4 ,thou hast forbidden thy ,servants1 the small ,rings1 to catch thy ,light and ,heat1 thy great ,bounty to intercept on its passage4 ,send now to thy ,servant the same40 #c4 ,said the ,lord of the ,shining ,face3 8,i shall send thee a ,fire when thy work is commenced4 ,raise thy voice to other ,lokas2 apply to thy ,father1 the ,lord of the ,lotus1 for his ,sons4444 ,thy ,people shall be under the rule of the ,fathers4 ,thy ,men shall be mortals4 ,the ,men of the ,lord of ,wisdom1 not the ,sons of ,soma1 are immortal4 ,cease thy complaints4 ,thy ,seven ,skins are yet on thee4444 ,thou art not ready4 ,thy ,men are not ready40 #d4 ,after great throes she cast off her old ,three and put on her new ,seven ,skins1 and stood in her first one4 ,stanza ,,ii4 #e4 ,the ,wheel whirled for thirty crores more4 ,it constructed ,rpas2 soft ,stones that hardened1 hard ,plants that softened4 ,visible from invisible1 ,insects and small ,lives4 ,she shook them off her back whenever they overran the ,mother4444 ,after thirty crores1 she turned round4 ,she lay on her back3 on her side4444 ,she would call no ,sons of ,heaven1 she would ask no ,sons of ,wisdom4 ,she created from her own ,bosom4 ,she evolved ,water,men1 terrible and bad4 #f4 ,the ,water,men1 terrible and bad1 she herself created from the remains of others4 ,from the dross and slime of her ,first1 ,second1 and ,third1 she formed them4 ,the ,dhyni came and looked 444 the ,dhyni from the bright ,father,mother1 from the ,white ,regions they came1 from the ,abodes of the immortal ,mortals4 #g4 ,displeased they were4 8,our ,flesh is not there4 ,no fit ,rpas for our ,brothers of the ,fifth4 ,no ,dwellings for the ,lives4 ,pure ,waters1 not turbid1 they must drink4 ,let us dry them40 #h4 ,the ,flames came4 ,the ,fires with the ,sparks2 the ,night,fires and the ,day,fires4 ,they dried out the turbid dark ,waters4 ,with their heat they quenched them4 ,the ,lhas of the ,high1 the ,lhamayin of ,below1 came4 ,they slew the ,forms which were two and fourfaced4 ,they fought the ,goat,men1 and the ,dog,headed ,men1 and the ,men with fishes' bodies4 #i4 ,mother,water1 the ,great ,sea1 wept4 ,she arose1 she disappeared in the ,moon1 which had lifted her1 which had given her birth4 #aj4 ,when they were destroyed1 ,mother ,earth remained bare4 ,she asked to be dried4 ,stanza ,,iii4 #aa4 ,the ,lord of the ,lords came4 ,from her ,body he separated the ,waters1 and that was ,heaven above1 the ,first ,heaven4 #ab4 ,the great ,chohans called the ,lords of the ,moon1 of the ,airy ,bodies3 8,bring forth ,men1 ,men of your nature4 ,give them their ,forms within4 ,she will build ,coverings without4 ,males,females will they be4 ,lords of the ,flame also44440 #ac4 ,they went each on his allotted ,land2 ,seven of them1 each on his ,lot4 ,the ,lords of the ,flame remain behind4 ,they would not go1 they would not create4 ,stanza ,,iv4 #ad4 ,the ,seven ,hosts1 the ,will,born ,lords1 propelled by the ,spirit of ,life ,giving1 separate ,men from themselves1 each on his own ,zone4 #ae4 ,seven times seven ,shadows of ,future ,men were born1 each of his own ,colour and ,kind4 ,each inferior to his ,father4 ,the ,fathers1 the ,boneless1 could give no ,life to ,beings with ,bones4 ,their progeny were ,bhta1 with neither ,form nor ,mind4 ,therefore they are called the ,chhy ,race4 #af4 ,how are the ,manushya born8 ,the ,manus with minds1 how are they made8 ,the ,fathers called to their help their own ,fire1 which is the ,fire that burns in ,earth4 ,the ,spirit of the ,earth called to his help the ,solar ,fire4 ,these ,three produced in their joint efforts a good ,rpa4 ,it could stand1 walk1 run1 recline1 or fly4 ,yet it was still but a ,chhy1 a ,shadow with no ,sense4444 #ag4 ,the ,breath needed a ,form2 the ,fathers gave it4 ,the ,breath needed a ,gross ,body2 the ,earth moulded it4 ,the ,breath needed the ,spirit of ,life2 the ,solar ,lhas breathed it into its ,form4 ,the ,breath needed a ,mirror of its ,body2 8,we gave it our own60--said the ,dhynis4 ,the ,breath needed a ,vehicle of ,desires2 8,it has it60--said the ,drainer of ,waters4 ,but ,breath needs a ,mind to embrace the ,universe2 8,we cannot give that60--said the ,fathers4 8,i never had it60--said the ,spirit of the ,earth4 8,the ,form would be consumed were ,i to give it mine60--said the ,great ,fire4444 ,man remained an empty senseless ,bhta4444 ,thus have the ,boneless given ,life to those who became ,men with ,bones in the ,third4 ,stanza ,v4 #ah4 ,the ,first were the ,sons of ,yoga4 ,their sons1 the children of the ,yellow ,father and the ,white ,mother4 #ai4 ,the ,second ,race was the product by budding and expansion1 the ,asexual from the ,sexless47#bh7 ,thus was1 ,o ,lanoo1 the ,second ,race produced4 #bj4 ,their ,fathers were the ,selfborn4 ,the ,selfborn1 the ,chhy from the brilliant ,bodies of the ,lords1 the ,fathers1 the ,sons of ,twilight4 #ba4 ,when the ,race became old1 the old ,waters mixed with the fresher ,waters4 ,when its ,drops became turbid1 they vanished and disappeared in the new ,stream1 in the hot ,stream of ,life4 ,the ,outer of the ,first became the ,inner of the ,second4 ,the old ,wing became the new ,shadow1 and the ,shadow of the ,wing4 ,stanza ,,vi4 #bb4 ,then the ,second evolved the ,eggborn1 the ,third4 ,the ,sweat grew1 its ,drops grew1 and the ,drops became hard and round4 ,the ,sun warmed it2 the ,moon cooled and shaped it2 the ,wind fed it until its ripeness4 ,the ,white ,swan from the ,starry ,vault overshadowed the big ,drop4 ,the ,egg of the ,future ,race1 the ,manswan of the later ,third4 ,first malefemale1 then man and woman4 #bc4 ,the ,selfborn were the ,chhys1 the ,shadows from the ,bodies of the ,sons of ,twilight4 ,neither water nor fire could destroy them4 ,their sons were4 ,stanza ,,vii4 #bd4 ,the ,sons of ,wisdom1 the ,sons of ,night1 ready for rebirth1 came down4 ,they saw the vile forms of the ,first ,third4 8,we can choose10 said the ,lords1 8we have wisdom40 ,some entered the ,chhys4 ,some projected a ,spark4 ,some deferred till the ,fourth4 ,from their own ,rpa they filled the ,kma4 ,those who entered became ,arhats4 ,those who received but a ,spark1 remained destitute of knowledge2 the ,spark burned low4 ,the ,third remained mind less4 ,their ,jvas were not ready4 ,these were set apart among the ,seven4 ,they became narrowheaded4 ,the ,third were ready4 8,in these shall we dwell10 said the ,lords of the ,flame and of the ,dark ,wisdom4 #be4 ,how did the ,mnasa1 the ,sons of ,wisdom1 act8 ,they rejected the ,self born4 ,they are not ready4 ,they spurned the ,sweatborn4 ,they are not quite ready4 ,they would not enter the first ,eggborn4 #bf4 ,when the ,sweatborn produced the ,eggborn1 the twofold1 the mighty1 the powerful with bones1 the ,lords of ,wisdom said3 8,now shall we create40 #bg4 ,the ,third ,race became the ,vhan of the ,lords of ,wisdom4 ,it created ,sons of ,will and ,yoga1 by ,kriyshakti it created them1 the ,holy ,fathers1 ,ancestors of the ,arhats4444 ,stanza ,,viii4 #bh4 ,from the drops of sweat1 from the residue of the substance1 matter from dead bodies of men and animals of the ,wheel before1 and from castoff dust1 the first animals were produced4 #bi4 ,animals with bones1 dragons of the deep1 and flying ,sarpas were added to the creeping things4 ,they that creep on the ground got wings4 ,they of the long necks in the water became the progenitors of the fowls of the air4 #cj4 ,during the ,third1 the boneless animals grew and changed2 they became animals with bones1 their ,chhys became solid4 #ca4 ,the animals separated the first4 ,they began to breed4 ,the twofold man separated also4 ,he said3 8,let us as they2 let us unite and make creatures40 ,they did4444 #cb4 ,and those which had no ,spark took huge sheanimals unto them4 ,they begat upon them dumb races4 ,dumb they were themselves4 ,but their tongues untied4 ,the tongues of their progeny remained still4 ,monsters they bred4 ,a race of crooked redhaircovered monsters going on all fours4 ,a dumb race to keep the shame untold4 ,stanza ,,ix4 #cc4 ,seeing which1 the ,lhas who had not built men1 wept1 saying3 #cd4 8,the ,amnasa have defiled our future abodes4 ,this is ,karma4 ,let us dwell in the others4 ,let us teach them better1 lest worse should happen40 ,they did4444 #ce4 ,then all men became endowed with ,manas4 ,they saw the sin of the mindless4 #cf4 ,the ,fourth ,race developed speech4 #cg4 ,the one became two2 also all the living and creeping things that were still one1 giant fish1 birds and serpents with shellheads4 ,stanza ,x4 #ch4 ,thus1 two by two1 on the seven ,zones1 the ,third ,race gave birth to the ,fourth2 the ,sura became ,asura4 #ci4 ,the ,first1 on every ,zone1 was mooncoloured2 the ,second yellow like gold2 the ,third red2 the ,fourth brown1 which became black with sin4 ,the first seven human shoots were all of one complexion4 ,the next seven began mixing4 #dj4 ,then the ,third and ,fourth became tall with pride4 8,we are the kings2 we are the gods40 #da4 ,they took wives fair to look upon4 ,wives from the mindless1 the narrowheaded4 ,they bred monsters1 wicked demons1 male and female1 also ,khado1 with little minds4 #db4 ,they built temples for the human body4 ,male and female they worshipped4 ,then the ,third ,eye acted no longer4 ,stanza ,,xi4 #dc4 ,they built huge cities4 ,of rare earths and metals they built4 ,out of the fires vomited1 out of the white stone of the mountains and of the black stone1 they cut their own images1 in their size and likeness1 and worshipped them4 #dd4 ,they built great images nine yatis high1 the size of their bodies4 ,inner fires had destroyed the land of their fathers4 ,the water threatened the ,fourth4 #de4 ,the first great waters came4 ,they swallowed the seven great islands4 #df4 ,all holy saved1 the unholy destroyed4 ,with them most of the huge animals1 produced from the sweat of the earth4 ,stanza ,,xii4 #dg4 ,few remained4 ,some yellow1 some brown and black1 and some red remained4 ,the mooncoloured were gone for ever4 #dh4 ,the ,fifth produced from the holy stock remained2 it was ruled over by the first ,divine ,kings4 #di4 444 ,the ,serpents who redescended1 who made peace with the ,fifth1 who taught and instructed it4444 ,commentaries ,on the ,twelve ,stanzas and ,their ,terms1 ,according ,to ,their ,numeration1 ,in ,stanzas ,and ,shlokas4 ,stanza ,i4 ,beginnings of ,sentient ,life4 #a4 ,the ,lha1 or ,spirit of the ,earth4 #b4 ,invocation of the ,earth to the ,sun4 #c4 ,what the ,sun answers4 #d4 ,transformation of the ,earth4 #a4 ,,the ,,lha 7a7 ,,which ,,turns ,,the ,,fourth7#bi7 ,,is ,,servant ,,to ,,the ,,lha7,s7 ,,of ,,the ,,seven7#cj7 7b71 ,,they ,,who ,,revolve1 ,,driving ,,their ,,chariots ,,around ,,their ,,lord1 ,,the ,,one ,,eye7#ca7 ,,of ,,our ,,world4 ,,his ,,breath ,,gave ,,life ,,to ,,the ,,seven47#cb7 ,,it ,,gave ,,life ,,to ,,the ,,first 7c74 8,they are all ,dragons of ,wisdom10 adds the ,commentary 7d74 7a7 8,lha0 is the ancient term in ,trans,himlayan regions for 8,spirit10 any celestial or superhuman ,being1 and it covers the whole series of heavenly hierarchies1 from an ,archangel1 or ,dhyni1 down to an ,angel of darkness1 or terrestrial ,spirit4 7b7 ,this expression shows in plain language that the ,spirit,guardian of our ,globe1 which is the fourth in the ,chain1 is subordinate to the chief ,spirit 7or ,god7 of the ,seven ,planetary ,genii or ,spirits4 ,as already explained1 the ,ancients had1 in their ,kyriel of ,gods1 seven chief ,mystery ,gods1 whose leader was1 exoterically1 the visible ,sun1 or the eighth1 and1 ,esoterically1 the ,second ,logos1 the ,demiurge4 ,the ,seven--who have now1 in the ,christian religion1 become the 8,seven ,eyes of the ,lord0--were the ,regents of the seven chief planets2 but these were not reckoned according to the enumeration devised later by people who had forgotten1 or who had an inadequate notion of1 the real ,mysteries1 and included neither the ,sun1 the ,moon1 nor the ,earth4 ,the ,sun was the chief1 exoterically1 of the twelve ,great ,gods1 or zodiacal constellations2 and1 ,esoterically1 the ,messiah1 the ,christos--the subject 8anointed0 by the ,great ,breath1 or the ,one--surrounded by his twelve subordinate powers1 also subordinate1 in turn1 to each of the seven ,mystery,gods of the planets4 8,the ,seven ,higher make the ,seven ,lhas create the world10 states a ,commentary2 which means that our ,earth--to leave aside the rest--was 8created0 or fashioned by ,terrestrial ,spirits1 the ,regents being simply the supervisors4 ,this is the first germ of that which grew later into the ,tree of ,astrology and ,astrolatry4 ,the ,higher ,ones were the ,cosmocratores1 the fabricators of our ,solar ,system4 ,this is borne out by all the ancient ,cosmogonies1 such as those of ,hermes1 of the ,chaldans1 of the ,aryans1 of the ,egyptians1 and even of the ,jews4 ,the ,signs of the ,zodiac--the 8,sacred ,animals0 or 8,heaven's ,belt0--are as much the ,bne' ,alhim--,sons of the ,gods or the ,elohim--as the ,spirits of the ,earth2 but they are prior to them4 ,soma and ,sin1 ,isis and ,diana1 are all lunar ,gods or ,goddesses1 called the ,fathers and ,mothers of our ,earth1 which is subordinate to them4 ,but these1 in their turn1 are subordinate to their 8,fathers0 and 8,mothers0--the latter being interchangeable and varying with each nation--the ,gods and their ,planets1 such as ,jupiter1 ,saturn1 ,bel1 ,brihaspati1 etc4 7c7 8,his ,breath gave ,life to the ,seven10 refers as much to the ,sun1 who gives life to the ,planets1 as to the 8,high ,one10 the ,spiritual ,sun1 who gives life to the whole ,kosmos4 ,the astronomical and astrological keys opening the gate leading to the mysteries of ,theogony can be found only in the later glossaries1 which accompany the ,stanzas4 ,in the apocalyptic ,shlokas of the ,archaic ,records1 the language is as symbolical1 if less mythical1 than in the ,purnas4 ,without the help of the later ,commentaries1 compiled by generations of ,adepts1 it would be impossible to understand the meaning correctly4 ,in the ancient ,cosmogonies1 the visible and the invisible worlds are the double links of one and the same chain4 ,as the ,invisible ,logos1 with its ,seven ,hierarchies--each represented or personified by its chief ,angel or ,rector--form one ,,power1 the inner and the invisible2 so1 in the world of ,forms1 the ,sun and the seven chief ,planets constitute the visible and active potency2 the latter ,hierarchy being1 so to speak1 the visible and objective ,logos of the ,invisible and--except in the lowest grades--ever subjective ,angels4 ,thus--to anticipate a little by way of illustration--every ,race in its evolution is said to be born under the direct influence of one of the ,planets2 ,race the ,first receiving its breath of life from the ,sun1 as will be seen later on2 while the ,third ,humanity--those who fell into generation1 or from androgynes became separate entities1 one male and the other female--is said to be under the direct influence of ,venus1 8the #8little sun' in which the solar orb stores his light40 ,the summary of the ,stanzas in ,volume ,i showed the genesis7#cc7 of ,gods and men taking rise in1 and from1 one and the same ,point1 which is the ,one ,universal1 ,immutable1 ,eternal1 and ,absolute ,,unity4 ,in its primary manifested aspect we have seen it become3 7#a7 in the sphere of objectivity and ,physics1 ,,primordial ,,substance and ,,force--centripetal and centrifugal1 positive and negative1 male and female1 etc42 7#b7 in the world of ,metaphysics1 the ,,spirit ,,of ,,the ,,universe1 or ,cosmic ,ideation1 called by some the ,,logos4 ,this ,logos is the apex of the ,pythagorean ,triangle4 ,when the ,triangle is complete it becomes the ,tetraktys1 or the ,triangle in the ,square1 and is the dual symbol of the fourlettered ,tetragrammaton in the manifested ,kosmos1 and of its radical triple ,ray in the unmanifested--its ,noumenon4 ,put more metaphysically1 the classification given here of ,cosmic ,ultimates1 is more one of convenience than of absolute philosophical accuracy4 ,at the commencement of a great ,manvantara1 ,parabrahman manifests as ,mlaprakriti and then as the ,logos4 ,this ,logos is equivalent to the 8,unconscious ,universal ,mind10 etc41 of ,western ,pantheists4 ,it constitutes the ,basis of the subjectside of manifested ,being1 and is the source of all manifestations of individual consciousness4 ,mlaprakriti or ,primordial ,cosmic ,substance1 is the foundation of the objectside of things--the basis of all objective evolution and cosmogenesis4 ,force1 then1 does not emerge with ,primordial ,substance from ,parabrahmanic latency4 ,it is the transformation into energy of the supraconscious thought of the ,logos1 infused1 so to speak1 into the objectivation of the latter out of potential latency in the ,one ,reality4 ,hence spring the wondrous laws of ,matter2 hence the 8primal impress0 so vainly discussed by ,bishop ,temple4 ,force thus is not synchronous with the first objectivation of ,mlaprakriti4 ,nevertheless as1 apart from it1 the latter is absolutely and necessarily inert--a mere abstraction--it is unnecessary to weave too fine a cobweb of subtleties as to the order of succession of the ,cosmic ,ultimates4 ,force succeeds ,mlaprakriti2 but1 minus ,force1 ,mlaprakriti is for all practical intents and purposes nonexistent47#cd7 ,the ,heavenly ,man or ,tetragrammaton1 who is the ,protogonos1 ,tikkoun1 the ,firstborn from the passive ,deity and the first manifestation of that ,deity's ,shadow1 is the ,universal ,form and ,idea1 which engenders the ,manifested ,logos1 ,adam ,kadmon1 or the fourlettered symbol1 in the ,kabalah1 of the ,universe itself1 also called the ,second ,logos4 ,the ,second springs from the ,first and develops the ,third ,triangle27#ce7 from the last of which 7the lower host of ,angels7 ,men are generated4 ,it is with this third aspect that we shall deal at present4 ,the reader must bear in mind that there is a great difference between the ,logos and the ,demiurgos1 for one is ,spirit and the other is ,soul2 or as ,dr4 ,wilder has it3 ,dianoia and ,logos are synonymous1 ,nous being superior and closely in affinity with 1 one being the superior apprehending1 the other the comprehending--one notic and the other phrenic4 ,moreover1 ,man was regarded in several systems as the ,third ,logos4 ,the ,esoteric meaning of the word ,logos--,speech or ,word1 ,verbum--is the rendering in objective expression1 as in a photograph1 of the concealed thought4 ,the ,logos is the mirror reflecting ,,divine ,,mind1 and the ,universe is the mirror of the ,logos1 though the latter is the esse of that ,universe4 ,as the ,logos reflects all in the ,universe of ,plerma1 so ,man reflects in himself all that he sees and finds in his ,universe1 the ,earth4 ,it is the ,three ,heads of the ,kabalah--8unum intra alterum1 et alterum super alterum407#cf7 8,every ,universe 7,world or ,planet7 has its own ,logos10 says the ,doctrine4 ,the ,sun was always called by the ,egyptians the 8,eye of ,osiris10 and was himself the ,logos1 the ,firstbegotten1 or ,light made manifest to the world1 8which is the ,mind and divine ,intellect of the ,concealed40 ,it is only by the sevenfold ,ray of this ,light that we can become cognizant of the ,logos through the ,demiurge1 regarding the latter as the 8,creator0 of our ,planet and everything pertaining to it1 and the former as the guiding ,force of that 8,creator0--good and bad at the same time1 the origin of good and the origin of evil4 ,this 8,creator0 is neither good nor bad per se1 but its differentiated aspects in ,nature make it assume one or the other character4 ,with the invisible and the unknown ,universes disseminated through ,space1 none of the ,sun,gods had anything to do4 ,the idea is expressed very clearly in the ,books of ,hermes1 and in every ancient folklore4 ,it is symbolized generally by the ,dragon and the ,serpent--the ,dragon of ,good and the ,serpent of ,evil1 represented on ,earth by the right and the lefthand ,magic4 ,in the epic poem of ,finland1 the ,kalevala17#cg7 the origin of the ,serpent of ,evil is given3 it is born from the spittle of ,suoyatar1 and endowed with a ,living ,soul by the ,principle of ,evil1 ,hisi4 ,a strife is described between the two1 the 8thing of evil10 the ,serpent or ,sorcerer1 and ,ahti1 the ,dragon of the white magician1 ,lemminkainen4 ,the latter is one of the seven sons of ,ilmatar1 the virgin 8daughter of the air10 she 8who fell from heaven into the sea10 before ,creation1 i4e41 ,spirit transformed into the matter of sensuous life4 ,there is a world of meaning and ,occult thought in the following few lines1 admirably rendered by ,dr4 ,j4 ,m4 ,crawford1 of ,cincinnati4 ,the hero ,lemminkainen1 ,hews the wall with might of magic1 ,breaks the palisade in pieces1 ,hews to atoms seven pickets1 ,chops the serpentwall to fragments4 ,when the monster little heeding1 ,pounces with his mouth of venom ,at the head of ,lemminkainen4 ,but the hero1 quick recalling1 ,speaks the masterwords of knowledge1 ,words that came from distant ages1 ,words his ancestors had taught him4 7d7 ,in ,china the men of ,fohi1 or the 8,heavenly ,man10 are called the twelve ,tien,hoang1 the twelve ,hierarchies of ,dhynis or ,angels1 with human faces1 and dragon bodies2 the ,dragon standing for ,divine ,wisdom or ,spirit27#ch7 and they create men by incarnating themselves in seven figures of clay--earth and water--made in the shape of these ,tien,hoang1 a third allegory47#ci7 ,the twelve sers of the ,scandinavian ,eddas do the same4 ,in the ,secret ,catechism of the ,druses of ,syria--a legend which is repeated word for word by the oldest tribes about and around the ,euphrates--men were created by the 8,sons of ,god10 who descended on ,earth1 and after gathering seven ,mandragoras1 they animated the roots1 which forthwith became men47#dj7 ,all these allegories point to one and the same origin--to the dual and triple nature of man2 dual1 as male and female2 triple1 as being of spiritual and psychic essence within1 and of a material fabric without4 #b4 ,,said ,,the ,,earth1 8,,lord ,,of ,,the ,,shining ,,face17#da7 ,,my ,,house ,,is ,,empty4444 ,,send ,,thy ,,sons ,,to ,,people ,,this ,,wheel47#db7 ,,thou ,,hast ,,sent ,,thy ,,seven ,,sons ,,to ,,the ,,lord ,,of ,,wisdom 7,a74 ,,seven ,,times ,,doth ,,he ,,see ,,thee ,,nearer ,,to ,,himself2 ,,seven ,,times ,,more ,,doth ,,he ,,feel ,,thee 7,b74 ,,thou ,,hast ,,forbidden ,,thy ,,servants1 ,,the ,,small ,,rings1 ,,to ,,catch ,,thy ,,light ,,and ,,heat1 ,,thy ,,great ,,bounty ,,to ,,intercept ,,on ,,its ,,passage4 ,,send ,,now ,,to ,,thy ,,servant ,,the ,,same60 7a7 ,the 8,lord of ,wisdom0 is ,mercury1 or ,budha4 7b7 ,the modern ,commentary explains the words as a reference to a well known astronomical fact1 that ,mercury receives seven times more light and heat from the ,sun than the ,earth1 or even the beautiful ,venus1 which receives but twice the amount falling on our insignificant ,globe4 ,whether the fact was known in antiquity may be inferred from the prayer of the 8,earth ,spirit0 to the ,sun as given in the text47#dc7 ,the ,sun1 however1 refuses to people the ,globe1 as it is not ready to receive life as yet4 ,mercury1 as an astrological ,planet1 is still more ,occult and mysterious than ,venus4 ,it is identical with the ,mazdean ,mithra1 the ,genius1 or ,god1 8established between the ,sun and the ,moon1 the perpetual companion of the #8,sun' of ,wisdom40 ,pausanias 7,bk4 v47 shows him as having an altar in common with ,jupiter4 ,he had wings to express his attendance upon the ,sun in its course2 and he was called the ,nuntius and ,sunwolf1 8solaris luminis particeps40 ,he was the leader and evocator of ,souls1 the great ,magician and the ,hierophant4 ,virgil depicts him as taking his wand to evoke from ,orcus the souls plunged therein--tum virgam capit1 hac animas ille evocat ,orco47#dd7 ,he is the ,goldencoloured ,mercury1 the whom the ,hierophants forbade to name4 ,he is symbolized in ,grecian mythology by one of the 8dogs0 7vigilance71 which watch over the celestial flock 7,occult ,wisdom71 or ,hermes ,anubis1 or again ,agathodmon4 ,he is the ,argus watching over the ,earth1 mistaken by the latter for the ,sun itself4 ,it is through the intercession of ,mercury that the ,emperor ,julian prayed to the ,occult ,sun every night2 for1 as says ,vossius3 ,all the theologians assert that ,mercury and the ,sun are one4444 ,he was the most eloquent and the most wise of all the ,gods1 which is not to be wondered at1 since ,mercury is in such close proximity to the ,wisdom and the ,word of ,god the ,sun that he was confused with both47#de7 ,vossius here utters a greater ,occult truth than he suspected4 ,the ,hermes of the ,greeks is closely related to the ,hind ,saram and ,srameya1 the divine watchman1 8who watches over the golden flock of stars and solar rays40 ,in the clearer words of the ,commentary3 ,the ,globe1 propelled onward by the ,spirit of the ,earth and his six ,assistants1 gets all its vital forces1 life1 and powers through the medium of the seven planetary ,dhynis from the ,spirit of the ,sun4 ,they are his messengers of ,light and ,life4 ,like each of the ,seven ,regions of the ,earth1 each of the seven7#df7 ,firstborn the primordial ,human ,groups receives its light and life from its own especial ,dhyni--spiritually1 and from the ,palace ,house1 the ,planet of that ,dhyni--physically2 so with the seven great ,races to be born on it4 ,the ,first is born under the ,sun2 the ,second under ,brihaspati ,jupiter2 the ,third under ,lohitnga ,mars1 the 8,fierybodied10 and also under ,venus or ,shukra2 the ,fourth1 under ,soma the ,moon1 our ,globe also1 the ,fourth ,sphere being born under and from the ,moon and ,shani1 ,saturn17#dg7 the ,krralochana ,evileyed1 and the ,asita the ,dark2 the ,fifth1 under ,budha ,mercury4 ,so also with man and every 8man0 every principle in man4 ,each gets its specific quality from its ,primary the ,planetary ,spirit1 therefore every man is a septenate or a combination of principles1 each having its origin in a quality of that special ,dhyni4 ,every active power or force of the ,earth comes to her from one of the seven ,lords4 ,light comes through ,shukra ,venus1 who receives a triple supply1 and gives one third of it to the ,earth4 ,therefore the two are called 8,twin sisters10 but the ,spirit of the ,earth is subservient to the 8,lord0 of ,shukra4 ,our wise men represent the two ,globes1 one over1 the other under the double ,sign the primeval ,svastika bereft of its four arms1 or the cross1 47#dh7 ,the 8double sign0 is1 as every student of ,occultism knows1 the symbol of the male and the female principles in ,nature1 of the positive and the negative1 for the ,svastika or is all that and much more4 ,all antiquity1 ever since the birth of ,astronomy--imparted to the ,fourth ,race by one of the ,kings of the ,divine ,dynasty--and also of ,astrology1 represented ,venus in its astronomical tables as a ,globe poised over a ,cross1 and the ,earth1 as a ,globe under a ,cross4 ,the ,esoteric meaning of this is the ,earth fallen into generation1 or into the production of its species through sexual union4 ,but the later ,western nations have not failed to give it quite a different interpretation4 ,they explained the sign through their ,mystics--guided by the light of the ,latin ,church--as meaning that our ,earth and all on it were redeemed by the ,cross1 while ,venus--otherwise ,lucifer or ,satan--was trampling upon it4 ,venus is the most ,occult1 powerful1 and mysterious of all the ,planets2 the one whose influence upon1 and relation to1 the ,earth is most prominent4 ,in exoteric ,brhmanism1 ,venus or ,shukra--a male deity7#di7--;is the son of ,bhrigu1 one of the ,prajpati and a ,vedic sage1 and is ,daitya,guru1 or the priestinstructor of the primeval giants4 ,the whole history of ,shukra in the ,purnas1 refers to the ,third and ,fourth ,races4 ,as says the ,commentary3 ,it is through ,shukra that the 8double ones0 the hermaphrodites of the ,third ,root,race descended from the first 8,sweat born40 ,therefore it is represented under the symbol ,symbol3 circle with horizontal line through it the circle and diameter1 during the ,third ,race1 and ,symbol3 circle with horizontal line through it1 and another from center to bottom1 during the ,fourth4 ,this needs explanation4 ,the diameter1 when found isolated in a circle1 stands for female ,nature2 for the first ideal ,world1 selfgenerated and selfimpregnated by the universally diffused ,spirit of ,life--thus also referring to the primitive ,root,race4 ,it becomes androgynous as the ,races and all else on ,earth develop into their physical forms1 and the symbol is transformed into a circle with a diameter from which runs a vertical line1 expressive of male and female1 not separated as yet--the first and earliest ,egyptian ,tau2 ,symbol3 circle with horizontal line through it1 and another from center to bottom after which it becomes 1 or male female separated7#ej7 and fallen into generation4 ,venus 7the ,planet71 is symbolized by the sign of a globe over a cross1 which shows the former as presiding over the natural generation of man4 ,the ,egyptians symbolized ,ankh1 8life10 by the ansated cross1 or 1 which is only another form of ,venus 7,isis71 1 and meant1 ,esoterically1 that mankind and all animal life had stepped out of the divine spiritual circle and had fallen into physical male and female generation4 ,this sign1 from the end of the ,third ,race1 has the same phallic significance as the 8,tree of ,life0 in ,eden4 ,anouki1 a form of ,isis1 is the ,goddess of ,life2 and ,ankh was taken by the ,hebrews from the ,egyptians4 ,it was introduced into the language by ,moses1 one learned in the ,wisdom of the priests of ,egypt1 with many other mystical words4 ,the word ,ankh in ,hebrew1 with the personal suffix1 means 8my life0--my being--which 8is the personal pronoun ,anochi10 from the name of the ,egyptian ,goddess ,anouki47#ea7 ,in one of the most ancient ,catechisms of ,southern ,india1 ,madras ,presidency1 the hermaphrodite ,goddess ,ardhanr17#eb7 has the ansated cross1 the ,svastika1 the 8male and female sign10 right in the central part1 to denote the presexual state of the ,third ,race4 ,vishnu1 who is now represented with a lotus growing out of his navel--or the ,universe of ,brahm evolving out of the central point1 ,nara--is shown in one of the oldest carvings as doublesexed 7,vishnu and ,lakshm7 standing on a lotus leaf floating on the water1 the water rising in a semicircle and pouring through the ,svastika1 8the source of generation10 or of the descent of man4 ,pythagoras calls ,shukra,venus the ,sol alter1 the 8other ,sun40 ,of the 8seven ,palaces of the ,sun10 that of ,lucifer,venus is the third in ,christian and ,jewish ,kabalah1 the ,zohar making of it the abode of ,samael4 ,according to the ,occult ,doctrine1 this ,planet is our ,earth's primary1 and its spiritual prototype4 ,hence1 ,shukra's car 7,venus ,lucifer's7 is said to be drawn by an ,ogdoad of 8earthborn horses10 while the steeds of the chariots of the other ,planets are different4 ,every sin committed on ,earth is felt by ,ushanas,shukra4 ,the ,guru of the ,daityas is the ,guardian ,spirit of the ,earth and ,men4 ,every change on ,shukra is felt on1 and reflected by1 the ,earth4 ,shukra1 or ,venus1 is thus represented as the ,preceptor of the ,daityas1 the giants of the ,fourth ,race1 who1 in the ,hind allegory1 at one time obtained the sovereignty of all the ,earth1 and defeated the minor ,gods4 ,the ,titans of the ,western allegory also are as closely connected with ,venus,lucifer1 which was identified by later ,christians with ,satan4 ,and1 as ,venus1 equally with ,isis1 was represented with cow's horns on her head1 the symbol of mystic ,nature--one convertible with1 and significant of1 the ,moon1 since all these were lunar ,goddesses--the configuration of this ,planet is now placed by theologians between the horns of the mystic ,lucifer47#ec7 ,it is owing to the fanciful interpretation of the archaic tradition1 which states that ,venus changes simultaneously 7geologically7 with the ,earth1 that whatever takes place on the one takes place on the other1 and that many and great were their common changes--it is for these reasons that ,st4 ,augustine repeats it1 applying the several changes of configuration1 colour1 and even of the orbital paths1 to that theologicallywoven character of ,venus,lucifer4 ,he even goes so far in his pious fancy as to connect the last changes of the ,planet with the ,noachian and mythical ,deluge alleged to have taken place #agif ,b4,c47#ed7 ,as ,venus has no satellites1 it is stated allegorically1 that sphujit 7this 8,planet07 adopted the ,earth1 the progeny of the ,moon1 8who overgrew its parent and gave much trouble0--a reference to the ,occult connection between the two4 ,the ,regent 7of the ,planet7 ,shukra7#ee7 loved his adopted child so well that he incarnated as ,ushanas and gave it perfect laws1 which were disregarded and rejected in later ages4 ,another allegory1 in the ,harivansha1 is that ,shukra went to ,shiva and asked him to protect his pupils1 the ,daityas and ,asuras1 from the fighting ,gods2 and that to further his object he performed a ,yoga rite 8imbibing the smoke of chaff with his head downwards for #a1jjj years40 ,this refers to the great inclination of the axis of ,venus--amounting to fifty degrees--and to its being enveloped in eternal clouds4 ,but it relates only to the physical constitution of the ,planet4 ,it is with its ,regent1 the informing ,dhyn ,chohan1 that ,occult ,mysticism has to deal4 ,the allegory which states that ,vishnu was cursed by ,shukra to be reborn seven times on the ,earth as a punishment for killing his 7,shukra's7 mother1 is full of ,occult philosophical meaning4 ,it does not refer to ,vishnu's ,avatras1 since these number nine--the tenth being still to come--but to the ,races on ,earth4 ,venus1 or ,lucifer--also ,shukra and ,ushanas--the ,planet1 is the lightbearer of our ,earth1 in both the physical and mystic sense4 ,the ,christians knew it well in early times1 since one of the earliest popes of ,rome is known by his pontiffname as ,lucifer4 ,every world has its parent ,star and sister ,planet4 ,thus ,earth is the adopted1 child and younger brother of ,venus1 but its inhabitants are of their own kind4444 ,all sentient complete beings full septenary men or higher beings are furnished1 in their beginnings1 with forms and organisms in full harmony with the nature and state of the ,sphere they inhabit47#ef7 ,the ,spheres of ,being1 or ,centres of ,life1 which are isolated nuclei breeding their men and their animals1 are numberless2 not one has any resemblance to its sistercompanion or to any other in its own special progeny47#eg7 ,all have a double physical and spiritual nature4 ,the nucleoles are eternal and everlasting2 the nuclei periodical and finite4 ,the nucleoles form part of the ,absolute4 ,they are the embrasures of that black impenetrable fortress1 which is for ever concealed from human or even ,dhynic sight4 ,the nuclei are the light of eternity escaping therefrom4 ,it is that ,,light which condenses into the ,forms of the 8,lords of ,being0--the first and the highest of which are1 collectively1 ,j,v,,tm1 or ,pratyagtm which is said figuratively to issue from ,paramtm4 ,it is the ,logos of the ,greek philosophers--appearing at the beginning of every new ,manvantara4 ,from these downwards--formed from the everconsolidating waves of that ,light1 which becomes on the objective plane gross ,matter--proceed the numerous ,hierarchies of the ,creative ,forces2 some formless1 others having their own distinctive form1 others1 again1 the lowest ,elementals1 having no form of their own1 but assuming every form according to the surrounding conditions4 ,thus there is but one ,absolute ,updhi ,basis in the spiritual sense1 from1 on1 and in which1 are built for manvantaric purposes the countless basic centres on which proceed the universal1 cyclic1 and individual ,evolutions during the active period4 ,the informing ,intelligences1 which animate these various ,centres of ,being1 are referred to indiscriminately by men beyond the ,great ,range7#eh7 as the ,manus1 the ,rishis1 the ,pitris17#ei7 the ,prajpati1 and so on2 and as ,dhyni,buddhas1 the ,chohans1 ,melhas ,fire,gods1 ,bodhisattvas17#fj7 and others1 on this side4 ,the truly ignorant call them ,gods2 the learned profane1 the ,one ,god2 and the wise1 the ,initiates1 honour in them only the manvantaric manifestations of ,,that which neither our ,creators the ,dhyn ,chohans nor their creatures can ever discuss or know anything about4 ,the ,,absolute is not to be defined1 and no mortal or immortal has ever seen or comprehended it during the periods of ,existence4 ,the mutable cannot know the ,immutable1 nor can that which lives perceive ,absolute ,life4 8,therefore1 man cannot know higher ,beings than his own ,progenitors40 8,nor shall he worship them10 but he ought to learn how he came into the world4 ,number ,seven1 the fundamental figure among all other figures in every national religious system1 from ,cosmogony down to man1 must have its raison d'tre4 ,it is found among the ancient ,americans1 as prominently as among the archaic ryans and ,egyptians4 ,the question will be fully dealt with in the second ,part of this ,volume2 meanwhile a few facts may be given here4 ,says the author of the ,sacred ,mysteries among the ,mayas and the ,quiches1 #aa1ejj years ago37#fa7 ,seven seems to have been the sacred number par excellence among all civilized nations of antiquity4 ,why8 ,this query has never been satisfactorily answered4 ,each separate people has given a different explanation1 according to the peculiar tenets of their exoteric religion4 ,that it was the number of numbers for those initiated to the sacred mysteries there can be no doubt4 ,pythagoras 444 calls it the 8,vehicle of life10 containing body and soul1 since it is formed of a quaternary1 that is3 ,wisdom and ,intellect2 and a ,trinity1 or action and matter4 ,the ,emperor ,julian1 in ,matrem and in ,oratio17#fb7 expresses himself thus3 8,were ,i to touch upon the initiation into our secret mysteries1 which the ,chaldees bacchized respecting the sevenrayed god1 lighting up the soul through him1 ,i should say things unknown to the rabble1 very unknown1 but well known to the blessed ,theurgists407#fc7 ,and who that is acquainted with the ,purnas1 the ,book of the ,dead1 the ,zendavesta1 the ,assyrian ,tiles1 and finally the ,bible1 and has observed the constant occurrence of the number seven in these records of people from the remotest times upwards unconnected and so far apart1 can regard as a coincidence the following fact1 given by the same explorer of ancient ,mysteries8 ,speaking of the prevalence of seven as a mystic number1 among the inhabitants of the 8,western ,continent0 of ,america1 he adds that it is not less remarkable4 ,for3 ,it frequently occurs in the ,popul,vuh4 ,we find it besides in the seven families said by ,sahagun and ,clavigero to have accompanied the mystical personage named ,votan1 the reputed founder of the great city of ,nachan1 identified by some with ,palenque4 ,in the seven caves7#fd7 from which the ancestors of the ,nahualts are reported to have emerged4 ,in the seven cities of ,cibola1 described by ,coronado and ,niza4444 ,in the seven ,antilles2 in the seven heroes who1 we are told1 escaped the ,deluge4 ,heroes1 moreover1 whose number is found the same in every ,deluge story--from the seven ,rishis who were saved with ,vaivasvata ,manu1 down to ,noah's ark1 into which beasts1 fowls1 and living creatures were taken by 8sevens40 ,thus we see the figures #a1 #c1 #e1 #g1 as perfect1 because thoroughly mystic1 numbers playing a prominent part in every ,cosmogony and evolution of living ,beings4 ,in ,china1 #a1 #c1 #e1 #g1 are called 8celestial numbers0 in the canonical 8,book of ,changes0--,yi ,king1 or transformation1 as in 8evolution40 ,the explanation of it becomes evident when one examines the ancient ,symbols3 all these are based upon and start from the figures given from the ,archaic ,manuscript in the ,proem of ,volume ,i4 ,symbol3 circle with horizontal line through it1 and another from center to bottom1 the symbol of evolution and fall into generation or ,matter1 is reflected in the old ,mexican sculptures or paintings1 as it is in the ,kabalistic ,sephiroth1 and the ,egyptian ,tau4 ,examine the ,mexican ,,ms4 7,add4 ,,mss4 ,brit4 ,mus4 #ighi77fe72 you will find it in a tree whose trunk is covered with ten fruits ready to be plucked by a male and female1 one on each side of it1 while from the top of the trunk two branches shoot horizontally to the right and left1 thus forming a perfect 7,tau71 the ends of the two branches1 moreover1 each bearing a triple bunch1 with a bird--the bird of immortality1 tm or the ,divine ,spirit--sitting between the two1 and thus making the seventh4 ,this represents the same idea as the ,sephirothal ,tree1 ten in all1 yet1 when separated from its upper triad1 leaving seven4 ,these are the celestial fruits1 the ten1 or ,symbol3 circle with 8i0 inside1 #aj1 born out of the two invisible male and female seeds1 making up the #ab1 or the ,dodecahedron of the ,universe4 ,the mystic system contains the 1 the central point2 the #c1 or symbol3 triangle2 the #e1 symbol3 #epoint star2 and the #g1 or symbol3 triangle in square2 or again symbol3 #fpoint star2 the triangle in the square and the synthesizing point in the interlaced double triangles4 ,this for the world of the archetypes4 ,the phenomenal world receives its culmination and the reflex of all in ,,man4 ,therefore he is the mystic square--in his metaphysical aspect--the ,tetraktys2 and becomes the ,cube on the creative plane4 ,his symbol is the cube unfolded7#ff7 and #f becoming #g1 or the ,symbol3 cross1 #c crossways 7the female7 and #d vertically2 and this is man1 the culmination of the deity on earth1 whose body is the cross of flesh1 on1 through1 and in which he is ever crucifying and putting to death the divine ,logos1 or his ,,higher ,,self4 ,says every ,philosophy and ,cosmogony3 ,the universe hath a ,ruler ,rulers collectively set over it1 which is called the ,,word 7,logos72 the fabricating ,spirit is its ,queen3 which two are the ,first ,power after the ,,one4 ,these are the ,spirit and ,nature1 which two form our ,illusory ,universe4 ,the two inseparables remain in the ,universe of ,ideas so long as it lasts1 and then merge back into ,parabrahman1 the ,one ever changeless4 8,the ,spirit1 whose essence is eternal1 one and selfexistent10 emanates a pure ethereal ,light--a dual light not perceptible to the elementary senses--according to the ,purnas1 the ,bible1 the ,sepher ,yetzirah1 the ,greek and ,latin ,hymns1 the ,book of ,hermes1 the ,chaldan ,book of ,numbers1 the ,esotericism of ,laotse1 and everywhere else4 ,in the ,kabalah1 which explains the secret meaning of ,genesis1 this ,light is the ,dual ,man1 or the ,androgyne 7rather ,sexless7 ,angels1 whose generic name is ,adam ,kadmon4 ,it is they who complete man1 whose ethereal form is emanated by other divine1 but far lower ,beings1 who solidify the body with clay1 or the 8dust of the ground0--an allegory indeed1 but as scientific as any ,darwinian evolution and more true4 ,the author of the ,source of ,measures says that the foundation of the ,kabalah and of all its mystic books is made to rest upon the ten ,sephiroth2 which is a fundamental truth4 ,he shows these ,ten ,sephiroth or the #aj ,numbers as follows3 ,illustration3 ,circle with numbers #b through #i1 and vertical line through it ,the circle is the naught2 its vertical diameter line is the first or primal ,one the ,word or ,logos1 from which spring the #b1 the #c1 and so on to #i1 the limit of the digits4 ,the #aj is the first ,divine ,manifestation17#fg7 which contains every possible power of exact expression of proportion--the sacred ,jod4 ,by this ,cabbalah we are taught that these ,sephiroth were the numbers or emanations of the heavenly ,light 7#bjfab to #fefa71 they were the #aj ,words1 ,,dbrim1 #dabbd1 the light of which they were the flux was the ,heavenly man1 the ,adam,,kdm 7the #addadd72 and the ,light1 by the ,new ,testament or ,covenant 7#dabbd7 created ,god2 just as by the ,old ,testament ,god 7,alhim1 #cadae7 creates ,light 7#bjfab to #fefa747fh7 ,now there are three kinds of ,light in ,occultism1 as in the ,kabalah4 7#a7 ,the ,abstract and ,absolute ,light1 which is ,darkness2 7#b7 ,the ,light of the ,manifested,unmanifested1 called by some the ,logos3 and 7#c7 ,the latter ,light reflected in the ,dhyn ,chohans1 the minor ,logoi--the ,elohim1 collectively--who1 in their turn1 shed it on the objective ,universe4 ,but in the ,kabalah--redited and carefully adjusted to fit the ,christian tenets by the ,kabalists of the thirteenth century--the three ,lights are described as3 7#a7 ,the clear and penetrating1 that of ,jehovah2 7#b7 reflected light2 and 7#c7 light in the abstract4 ,this ,light1 abstractly taken1 7in a metaphysical or symbolical sense7 is ,alhim 7,elohim1 ,god71 while the clear penetrating ,light is ,jehovah4 ,the light of ,alhim belongs to the world in general1 in its allness and general fulness1 but the light of ,jehovah is that pertaining to the chiefest production1 man1 whom this light penetrated to and made47#fi7 ,the author of the ,source of ,measures pertinently refers the reader to ,inman's ,ancient ,faiths ,embodied in ,ancient ,names1 ii4 #fdh4 ,there1 an engraving of ,the vesica piscis1 ,mary1 and the female emblem1 copied from a ,rosary of the blessed ,virgin ,mary1 which was printed at ,venice1 #aedb1 and therefore1 as ,inman remarks1 8with a licence from the ,inquisition1 and consequently orthodox10 will show the reader what the ,latin ,church understood by this 8penetrating power of light and its effects40 ,how sadly disfigured--applied as they were to the grossest anthropomorphic conceptions--have1 under ,christian interpretation1 become the noblest and grandest1 as the most exalted1 ideas of ,deity of the ,eastern ,philosophy6 ,the ,occultists in the ,east call this ,light ,daiviprakriti1 and in the ,west the ,light of ,christos4 ,it is the ,light of the ,logos1 the direct reflection of the ever ,unknowable on the plane of ,universal ,manifestation4 ,but here is the interpretation thereof given by the modern ,christians from the ,kabalah4 ,as declared by the author just cited2 ,to the fulness of the world in general with its chiefest content1 man1 the term ,elohim,jehovah applies4 ,in extracts from ,sohar1 the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,cassell a ,kabalist1 to prove that the ,cabbalah sets forth the doctrine of the ,trinity1 among other things says3 8,jehovah is ,elohim 7,alhim70 444 ,by three steps ,god1 7,alhim7 and ,jehovah become the same1 and though separated1 each and together they are of the same ,one47#gj7 ,similarly1 ,vishnu becomes the ,sun1 the visible symbol of the ,impersonal ,deity4 ,vishnu is described as 8striding through the seven regions of the ,universe in three steps40 ,but with the ,hinds this is an exoteric account1 a surface tenet and an allegory1 while the ,kabalists give it out as the ,esoteric and final meaning4 ,but to proceed3 ,now ,light1 as shown1 is #bjfab to #fefa1 as the proper enunciation of the integral and numerical relation of diameter to circumference of a circle4 ,god 7,alhim1 that is1 #cadae to ,one1 a modified form of the above7 is the reduction of this1 so as to obtain a standard unit ,one1 as the basis1 in general1 of all calculation and all mensuration4 ,but for the production of animal life1 and for especial time measure1 or the lunar year1 that influence which causes conception and embryotic development1 the numbers of the ,jehovah measure 7the 8man even ,jehovah0 measure71 viz41 #aac to #cee1 have to be specialized47#ga7 ,but this last ratio is but a modified form of ,light1 or #bjfab to #fefa1 as a pi value1 being only a variation of the same 7that is #bjfab to #fefa is #cadae to one1 and #cee to #aac is #cadae or ,alhim or ,god71 and in such a manner that one can be made to flow into and be derived from the other3--and these are the three steps by which the ,unity and sameness can be shown of the ,divine names4 ,that is1 the two are but variations of the same ratio1 viz41 that of pi4 ,the object of this comment is to show the same symbolic measuring use for the ,cabbalah1 as taught1 with that of the ,three ,covenants of the ,bible1 and with that of ,masonry as just noticed4 ,first1 then1 the ,sephiroth are described as ,light1 that is1 they themselves are a function of1 indeed1 the same as1 the manifestation of the ,ain ,soph2 and they are so from the fact that 8,light0 represents the ratio #bjfab to #fefa1 as part of the 8,words10 ,,dbrim1 #dabbd1 or1 as to the ,word1 ,dabar1 #bjf 7 #aj cubits74 8,light0 is so much the burden of the ,cabbalah as to explaining the ,sephiroth1 that the most famous book on the ,cabbalah is called ,sohar1 or 8,light40 ,in this we find expressions of this kind3 8,the infinite was entirely unknown and diffused no light before the luminous point violently broke through into vision40 8,when ,he first assumed the form 7of the crown1 or the first ,sephira71 ,he caused #i splendid lights to emanate from it1 which1 shining through it1 diffused a bright light in all directions30--that is1 these #i with his one 7which was the origin1 as above1 of the #i71 together1 made the #aj1 that is ,symbol3 circle with vertical line through it1 or ,symbol3 circle with 8x0 inside1 or the sacred ,ten 7numbers or ,sephiroth71 or ,jod--and these numbers were 8the ,light40 ,just as in the ,gospel of ,st4 ,john1 ,god 7,alhim1 #cadae to one7 was that ,light 7#bjfab to #fefa7 by which 7,light7 all things were made47#gb7 ,in the ,sepher ,yetzirah1 or 8,number of ,creation10 the whole process of evolution is given out in numbers4 ,in its 8thirtytwo ,paths of ,wisdom0 the number #c is repeated four times1 and the number #d five times4 ,therefore1 the ,wisdom of ,god is contained in numbers 7,sephrim or ,sephiroth71 for ,sepher 7or ,sphr when unvowelled7 means 8to cipher40 ,and therefore1 also1 we find ,plato stating that the ,deity 8geometrizes0 in fabricating the ,universe4 ,the ,kabalistic book1 the ,sepher ,yetzirah1 opens with a statement of the hidden wisdom of ,alhim in ,sephrim1 i4e41 the ,elohim in the ,sephiroth4 ,in thirty and two paths1 hidden wisdom1 established ,jah1 ,,ihvh1 ,tzabaoth1 ,elohi of ,israel1 ,alhim of ,life1 ,el of ,grace and ,mercy--exalted uplifted ,dweller on high1 and ,king of ,everlasting1 and ,his name--,holy6 in ,three ,sephrim1 viz43 ,b--,s'phr1 ,v--,s'phr1 ,v--,siphor4 ,mr4 ,ralston ,skinner goes on to say3 ,this comment sets forth the 8hidden wisdom0 of the original text by hidden wisdom1 that is1 by the use of words carrying a special set of numbers and a special phraseology1 which will set forth the very explanatory system which we find to fit so accurately in the ,hebrew ,bible4444 ,in setting forth his scheme1 to enforce it1 and to finish out his detailed exposition in a general postulate1--viz41 the one word 8,sephrim0 7,sephiroth71 of the ,number ,jezirah1 the author explains the separation of this word in the three subordinate ones1 a play upon a common word1 sphr1 or number4 ,the prince ,al,chazari7#gc7 says to the ,rabbi3 8,i wish now that thou wouldest impart to me some of the chiefest or leading principles of ,natural ,philosophy1 which1 as thou sayest1 were in former times worked out by them 7the ancient wise ones720--to which the ,rabbi makes answer3 8,to such principles appertains the ,number of ,creation of our racefather ,abraham0 that is ,abram and ,abraham1 or numbers #dabbd and #dabeb4 ,he then says that this book of number treats of teaching the 8,alhimness and ,oneness through 7,,dbrim70 viz41 the numbers of the word 8,words40 ,that is1 it teaches the use of the ratio #cadae to ,one1 through #dabbd1 which last1 in the description of the ,ark of the ,covenant1 was divided into two parts by the two tables of stone1 on which these ,,dbrim1 or #dabbd1 were written or engraved--or #bjfab #b4 ,he then comments on these three subordinately used words1 and takes care as to one of them to make the comment1 8and ,alhim 7#cadae to ,one7 said let there be ,light 7#bjfab to #fefa740 ,the words as given in the text are3 and the ,rabbi1 in commenting upon them1 says3 8,it teaches the ,alhimness 7#cadae7 and ,oneness 7the diameter to ,alhim71 through ,words 7,,dbrim #dabbd71 by which on the one side there is infinite expression in heterogeneous creations1 and on the other a final harmonic tendency to ,oneness0 7which1 as everyone knows1 is the mathematical function of pi of the schools1 which measures1 weighs1 and numbers the stars of heaven1 and yet resolves them back into the final oneness of the ,universe7 8through ,words4 ,their final accord perfects itself in that ,oneness that ordains them1 and which consists in 0 that is1 the ,rabbi1 in his first comment1 leaves the jod1 or i1 out of one of the words1 whereas afterwards he restores it again4 ,if we take the values of those subordinate words1 we find them to be #cdj1 #cdj and #cdf2--together these are #ajbf1 and the division of the general word into these has been to produce these numbers--which by ,t'mura may be changed in various ways1 for various purposes47#gd7 ,the reader is asked to turn to ,stanza ,,iv of ,volume ,i1 ,shloka #c and ,commentary17#ge7 to find that the #c1 #d1 7#g71 and the thrice seven1 or #ajfe1 the number of ,jehovah1 is the number of the #ba ,prajpati mentioned in the ,mahbhrata1 or the three ,sephrim 7words in ciphers or figures74 ,and this comparison between the ,creative ,powers of ,archaic ,philosophy and the anthropomorphic ,creator of exoteric ,judaism 7since the ,esotericism of the ,jews shows its identity with the ,secret ,doctrine7 will lead the student to perceive and discover that1 in truth1 ,jehovah is but a 8lunar0 and 8generation0 ,god4 ,it is a fact well known to every conscientious student of the ,kabalah1 that the deeper he dives into it1 the more he feels convinced that unless the ,kabalah--or what is left of it--is read by the light of the ,eastern ,esoteric ,philosophy1 its study leads only to the discovery that1 on the lines traced by exoteric ,judaism and ,christianity1 the monotheism of both is nothing more exalted than ancient ,astrolatry1 now vindicated by modern ,astronomy4 ,the ,kabalists never cease to repeat that ,primal ,intelligence can never be understood4 ,it cannot be comprehended1 nor can it be located1 therefore it has to remain nameless and negative4 ,hence the ,ain ,suph--the 8,unknowable0 and 8,,unnameable0--as ,it could not be made manifest1 was imagined as emanating ,manifesting ,powers4 ,it is then with its ,emanations alone that human intellect has to1 and can1 deal4 ,christian theology1 having rejected the doctrine of ,emanations and replaced them with direct1 conscious ,creations of ,angels and the rest out of nothing1 now finds itself hopelessly stranded between ,supernaturalism1 or ,miracle1 and ,materialism4 ,an extracosmic ,god is fatal to ,philosophy3 an intracosmic ,deity--i4e41 ,spirit and ,matter inseparable from each other--is a philosophical necessity4 ,separate them and that which is left is a gross superstition under a mask of emotionalism4 ,but why 8geometrize10 as ,plato has it1 why represent these ,emanations under the form of an immense arithmetical table8 ,the question is well answered by the author just cited1 who says3 ,mental perception1 to become physical perception1 must have the cosmic principle of ,light3--and1 by this1 our mental circle must become visible through light2 or1 for its complete manifestation1 the circle must be that of physical visibility1 or ,light itself4 ,such conceptions1 thus formulated1 became the groundwork of the philosophy of the ,divine manifesting in the universe47#gf7 ,this is ,philosophy4 ,it is otherwise when we find the ,rabbi in ,al,chazari saying that3 ,under s'phr is to be understood--calculation and weighing of the created bodies4 ,for the calculation1 by means of which a body must be constructed in harmony or symmetry1 by which it must be in construction rightly arranged and made to correspond to the object in design1 consists at last in number1 extension1 mass1 weight2--coordinate relation of movements1 then harmony of music1 must consist altogether by number1 that is s'phr4444 ,by ,sippor 7s'phor7 is to be understood the words of ,alhim 7#bjf--a of #cadae to one71 whereunto joins or adapts itself the design to the frame or form of construction2 for example--it was said 8,let ,light be40 ,the work became as the words were spoken1 that is1 as the numbers of the work came forth47#gg7 ,this is materializing the spiritual without scruple4 ,but the ,kabalah was not always so well adapted to anthropomonotheistic conceptions4 ,compare this with any of the six schools of ,india4 ,for instance in ,kapila's ,snkhya ,philosophy1 unless1 allegorically speaking1 ,purusha mounts on the shoulders of ,prakriti1 the latter remains irrational1 while the former remains inactive without her4 ,therefore ,nature 7in man7 must become a compound of ,spirit and ,matter before he becomes what he is2 and the ,spirit latent in ,matter must be awakened to life and consciousness gradually4 ,the ,monad has to pass through its mineral1 vegetable and animal forms1 before the ,light of the ,logos is awakened in the animal man4 ,therefore1 till then1 the latter cannot be referred to as 8man10 but has to be regarded as a ,monad imprisoned in everchanging forms4 ,evolution1 not ,creation1 by means of ,words is recognized in the ,philosophies of the ,east1 even in their exoteric records4 ,ex oriente lux4 ,even the name of the first man in the ,mosaic ,bible had its origin in ,india1 ,professor ,max ,mller's negation notwithstanding4 ,the ,jews got their ,adam from ,chalda2 and ,adam,adami is a compound word and therefore a manifold symbol1 and proves the ,occult dogmas4 ,this is no place for philological disquisitions4 ,but the reader may be reminded that the words ,ad and ,adi mean in ,sanskrit the 8first02 in ,araman1 8one0 7,adad1 the 8only one072 in ,assyrian1 8,father10 whence ,akad or 8fathercreator407#gh7 ,and once the statement is found correct1 it becomes rather difficult to confine ,adam to the ,mosaic ,bible alone1 and to see therein simply a ,jewish name4 ,there is frequent confusion in the attributes and genealogies of the ,gods in their ,theogonies1 the ,alpha and the ,omega of the records of that symbolical science1 as given to the world by the halfinitiated writers1 ,brhmanical and ,biblical4 ,yet there could be no such confusion made by the earliest nations1 the descendants and pupils of the ,divine ,instructors2 for both the attributes and the genealogies were inseparably linked with cosmogonical symbols1 the 8,gods0 being the life and animating 8soul principle0 of the various regions of the ,universe4 ,nowhere and by no people was speculation allowed to range beyond those manifested ,gods4 ,the boundless and infinite ,unity remained with every nation a virgin forbidden soil1 untrodden by man's thought1 untouched by fruitless speculation4 ,the only reference made to it was the brief conception of its diastolic and systolic property1 of its periodical expansion1 or dilatation1 and contraction4 ,in the ,universe1 with all its incalculable myriads of ,systems and ,worlds disappearing and reppearing in eternity1 the anthropomorphized ,powers1 or ,gods1 their ,souls1 had to disappear from view with their ,bodies4 ,as our ,catechism says3 8,the ,breath returning to the ,eternal ,bosom which exhales and inhales them40 ,ideal ,nature1 the ,abstract ,space in which everything in the ,universe is mysteriously and invisibly generated1 is the same female side of the procreative power in ,nature in the ,vedic as in every other ,cosmogony4 ,aditi is ,sephira1 and the ,sophia of the ,gnostics1 and ,isis1 the ,virgin ,mother of ,horus4 ,in every ,cosmogony1 behind and higher than the 8,creative0 ,deity1 there is a ,superior ,deity1 a ,planner1 an ,architect1 of whom the ,creator is but the executive agent4 ,and still higher1 over and around1 within and without1 there is the ,unknowable and the ,unknown1 the ,source and ,cause of all these ,emanations4 ,it thus becomes easy to account for the reason why ,adam,adami is found in the ,chaldan scripture1 certainly earlier than the ,mosaic ,books4 ,in ,assyrian ,ad is the 8father10 and in ,araman ,ad is 8one10 and ,adad the 8only one10 while ,ak is in ,assyrian 8creator40 ,thus ,adamakad mon became ,adam,kadmon in the ,kabalah 7,zohar71 meaning as it did1 the 8,one 7,son7 of the divine ,father1 or the ,creator10 for the words am and om meant at one time in nearly every language the divine1 or the deity4 ,thus ,adam,kadmon and ,adam,adami came to mean 8,the first ,emanation of the ,father,mother or ,divine ,nature10 and literally the 8first ,divine ,one40 ,and it is easy to see that ,ad,argat 7or ,aster't1 the ,syrian ,goddess1 the consort of ,adon1 the ,lord ,god of ,syria or the ,jewish ,adonai71 and ,venus1 ,isis1 ,ister1 ,mylitta1 ,eve1 etc41 are identical with the ,aditi and ,vch of the ,hinds4 ,they are all the 8,mothers of all living0 and 8of the ,gods40 ,on the other hand--cosmically and astronomically--all the male ,gods became at first 8,sun,gods10 then1 theologically1 the 8,suns of ,righteousness10 and the ,logoi1 all symbolized by the ,sun47#gi7 ,they are all ,protogonoi--,firstborn--and ,mikroprosopoi4 ,with the ,jews ,adam,kadmon was the same as ,athamaz1 ,tamaz1 or the ,adonis of the ,greeks--8the ,one with1 and of his ,father0--the 8,father0 becoming during the later ,races ,helios1 the ,sun1 as ,apollo ,karneios17#hj7 for instance1 who was the 8,sunborn02 ,osiris1 ,ormazd1 and so on1 were all followed by1 and found themselves transformed later on into1 still more earthly types3 such as ,prometheus1 the crucified of ,mount ,kajbee1 ,hercules1 and so many others1 ,sun,gods and ,heroes1 until all of them came to have no better significance than phallic symbols4 ,in the ,zohar it is said3 ,man was created by the ,sephiroth 7,elohim,javeh1 also7 and they engendered by common power the earthly ,adam4 ,therefore in ,genesis the ,elohim say3 8,behold ,man is become as one of us40 ,but in ,hind ,cosmogony or 8,creation10 ,brahm,prajpati creates ,virj and the ,rishis1 spiritually2 therefore the latter are distinctly called the 8,mindborn ,sons of ,brahm02 and this specified mode of engendering precluded every idea of ,phallicism1 at any rate in the earlier human nations4 ,this instance well illustrates the respective spirituality of the two nations4 #c4 ,,said ,,the ,,lord ,,of ,,the ,,shining ,,face3 8,i ,,shall ,,send ,,thee ,a ,,fire ,,when ,,thy ,,work ,,is ,,commenced4 ,,raise ,,thy ,,voice ,,to ,,other ,,lokas2 ,,apply ,,to ,,thy ,,father1 ,,the ,,lord ,,of ,,the ,,lotus7#ha7 7,a71 ,,for ,,his ,,sons4444 ,,thy ,,people ,,shall ,,be ,,under ,,the ,,rule ,,of ,,the ,,fathers47#hb7 ,,thy ,,men ,,shall ,,be ,,mortals4 ,,the ,,men ,,of ,,the ,,lord ,,of ,,wisdom17#hc7 ,,not ,,the ,,sons ,,of ,,soma17#hd7 ,,are ,,immortal4 ,,cease ,,thy ,,complaints 7,b74 ,,thy ,,seven ,,skins ,,are ,,yet ,,on ,,thee4444 ,,thou ,,art ,,not ,,ready4 ,,thy ,,men ,,are ,,not ,,ready0 7,c74 7a7 ,kumuda,pati is the ,moon1 the ,earth's parent1 in his region of ,soma loka4 ,though the ,pitris1 or ,fathers1 are ,sons of the ,gods1 elsewhere ,sons of ,brahm and even ,rishis1 they are generally known as the ,lunar ,ancestors4 7b7 ,pitri,pati is the ,lord or ,king of the ,pitris1 ,yama1 the ,god of ,death and the ,judge of mortals4 ,the men of ,budha1 ,mercury1 are metaphorically 8immortal0 through their ,wisdom4 ,such is the common belief of those who credit every ,star or ,planet with being inhabited--and there are men of ,science1 ,m4 ,flammarion among others1 who believe in this fervently1 on logical as well as on astronomical data4 ,the ,moon being an inferior body--even to the ,earth1 to say nothing of other ,planets1 the terrestrial men produced by her ,sons--the ,lunar ,men or ,ancestors--from her shell or body1 cannot be immortal4 ,they cannot hope to become real1 selfconscious and intelligent men1 unless they are 8finished10 so to say1 by other creators4 ,thus in the ,purnic legend1 the son of the ,moon 7,soma7 is ,budha 7,mercury71 the intelligent and the wise1 because he is the offspring of ,soma1 the ,regent of the visible ,moon1 not of ,indu1 the physical ,moon4 ,thus ,mercury is the elder brother of the ,earth1 metaphorically--his step brother1 so to say1 the offspring of ,spirit--while she 7the ,earth7 is the progeny of the ,body4 ,these allegories have a deeper and more scientific meaning--astronomically and geologically--than our modern ,physicists are willing to admit4 ,the whole cycle of the first 8,war in ,heaven10 the ,trakmaya1 is as full of philosophical as of cosmogonical and astronomical truths4 ,one can trace therein the biographies of all the ,planets by the history of their ,gods and ,rulers4 ,ushanas 7,shukra1 or ,venus71 the bosomfriend of ,soma and the foe of ,brihaspati 7,jupiter71 the 8,instructor of the ,gods10 whose wife ,tr1 or ,tarak1 had been carried away by the ,moon1 ,soma--8of whom he begat ,budha0--took also an active part in this war against the 8,gods0 and forthwith was degraded into a ,demon 7,asura7 ,deity1 and so he remains to this day47#he7 ,here the word 8men0 refers to the ,celestial men1 or what are called in ,india the ,pitaras or ,pitris1 the ,fathers1 the ,progenitors of men4 ,this does not remove the seeming difficulty1 in view of modern hypotheses1 of the teaching1 which shows these ,progenitors or ,ancestors creating the first human ,adams out of their sides1 as astral shadows4 ,and though it is an improvement on ,adam's rib1 still geological and climatic difficulties will be brought forward4 ,such1 however1 is the teaching of ,occultism4 7c7 ,man's organism was adapted in every ,race to its surroundings4 ,the first ,root,race was as ethereal as ours is material4 ,the progeny of the ,seven ,creators1 who evolved the ,seven ,primordial ,adams17#hf7 surely required no purified gases to breathe and live upon4 ,therefore1 however strongly the impossibility of this teaching may be urged by the devotees of ,modern ,science1 the ,occultist maintains that the case was as stated ons of years before even the evolution of the ,lemurian1 the first physical man1 which took place #ah1jjj1jjj years ago4 ,archaic ,scripture teaches that at the commencement of every local ,kalpa1 or ,round1 the ,earth is reborn1 and preliminary evolution is described in one of the ,books of ,dzyan and the ,commentaries thereon in this wise3 8,as the human ,jva ,monad1 when passing into a new womb1 gets recovered with a new body1 so does the ,jva of the ,earth2 it gets a more perfect and solid covering with each ,round after remerging once more from the matrix of space into objectivity40 ,this process is attended1 of course1 by the throes of the new birth1 or geological convulsions4 ,the only reference to it is contained in one verse of the volume of the ,book of ,dzyan before us1 where it says3 #d4 ,,after ,,great ,,throes ,,she7#hg7 ,,cast ,,off ,,her ,,old ,,three ,,and ,,put ,,on ,,her ,,new ,,seven ,,skins1 ,,and ,,stood ,,in ,,her ,,first ,,one4 ,this refers to the growth of the ,earth1 whereas in the ,stanza treating of the ,first ,round it is said in the ,commentary3 8,after the changeless ,avikra immutable ,nature ,essence1 ,sadaikarpa had awakened and changed differentiated into a state of causality ,avyakta1 and from cause ,krana had become its own discrete effect ,vyakta1 from invisible it became visible4 ,the smallest of the small the most atomic of atoms1 or anynsam anyasm became one and the many ,eknekarpa2 and producing the ,universe produced also the fourth ,loka our ,earth in the garland of the seven lotuses4 ,the ,achyuta then became the ,chyuta407#hh7 ,the ,earth is said to cast off 8her old three0 ,skins1 because this refers to the three preceding ,rounds she has already passed through2 the present being the ,fourth ,round out of the seven4 ,at the beginning of every new ,round1 after a period of ,obscuration1 the ,earth--as do also the other six 8,earths0--casts off1 or is supposed to cast off1 her old ,skins as the ,serpent does2 therefore she is called in the ,aitareya,brhmana the ,sarpa,rjn1 the 8,queen of the ,serpents10 and 8the mother of all that moves40 ,the 8,seven ,skins10 in the first of which she now stands1 refer to the seven geological changes which accompany and correspond to the evolution of the ,seven ,root,races of ,humanity4 ,stanza ,,ii1 which speaks of this ,round1 begins with a few words of information concerning the age of our ,earth4 ,the chronology will be given in its place4 ,in the ,commentary appended to the ,stanza1 two personages are mentioned1 ,nrada and ,asuramaya1 especially the latter4 ,all the calculations are attributed to this archaic celebrity2 and what follows will make the reader superficially acquainted with some of these figures4 ,two ,antediluvian ,astronomers4 ,to the mind of the ,eastern student of ,occultism1 two figures are indissolubly connected with mystic ,astronomy1 ,chronology1 and their cycles4 ,two grand and mysterious figures1 towering like two giants in the ,archaic ,past1 emerge before him1 whenever he has to refer to ,yugas and ,kalpas4 ,when1 at what period of prehistory they lived1 none save a few men in the world know1 or ever can know1 with that certainty which is required by exact chronology4 ,it may have been #ajj1jjj years ago1 it may have been #a1jjj1jjj1 for all that the outside world will ever know4 ,the mystic ,west and ,freemasonry talk loudly of ,enoch and ,hermes4 ,the mystic ,east speaks of ,nrada1 the old ,vedic ,rishi1 and of ,asuramaya1 the ,atlantean4 ,it has already been hinted that of all the incomprehensible characters in the ,mahbhrata and the ,purnas1 ,nrada1 the son of ,brahm in the ,matsya ,purna1 the progeny of ,kashyapa and the daughter of ,daksha1 in the ,vishnu ,purna1 is the most mysterious4 ,he is referred to by the honourable title of ,deva,rishi 7,divine ,rishi1 rather than ,demi,god7 by ,parshara1 and yet he is cursed by ,daksha and even by ,brahm4 ,he informs ,kansha that ,bhagavn1 or ,vishnu in exotericism1 would incarnate in the eighth child of ,devak1 and thus brings the wrath of the ,indian ,herod upon ,krishna's mother2 and then1 from the cloud on which he is seated--invisible as a true ,mnasaputra--he lauds ,krishna1 in delight at the ,avatr's feat of killing the monster ,keshin4 ,nrada is here1 there1 and everywhere2 and yet1 none of the ,purnas gives the true characteristics of this great enemy of physical procreation4 ,whatever those characteristics may be in ,hind ,esotericism1 ,nrada--who is called in ,cis,himlayan ,occultism ,pesh ,hun1 the 8,messenger10 or the ,greek ,angelos--is the sole confidant and the executor of the universal decrees of ,karma and ,adi,budha3 a kind of active and everincarnating ,logos1 who leads and guides human affairs from the beginning to the end of the ,kalpa4 ,pesh,hun is a general not a special ,hind possession4 ,he is the mysterious guiding intelligent power1 which gives the impulse to1 and regulates the impetus of ,cycles1 ,kalpas and universal events47#hi7 ,he is ,karma's visible adjuster on a general scale2 the inspirer and the leader of the greatest heroes of this ,manvantara4 ,in the exoteric works he is referred to by some very uncomplimentary names2 such as ,kalikraka1 ,strifemaker1 ,kapi vaktra1 ,monkeyfaced1 and even ,pishuna1 the ,spy1 though elsewhere he is called ,deva,brahm4 ,even ,sir ,william ,jones was strongly impressed with this mysterious character from what he gathered in his ,sanskrit studies4 ,he compares him to ,hermes and ,mercury1 and calls him 8the eloquent messenger of the gods407#ij7 ,all this1 besides the fact that the ,hinds believe him to be a great ,rishi1 8who is for ever wandering about the earth1 giving good counsel10 led the late ,dr4 ,kenealy7#ia7 to see in him one of his twelve ,messiahs4 ,he was1 perhaps1 not so far off the real track as some imagine4 ,what ,nrada really is1 cannot be explained in print2 nor would the modern generations of the profane gather much from the information4 ,but it may be remarked1 that if there be in the ,hind ,pantheon a ,deity which resembles ,jehovah1 in tempting by 8suggestion0 of thoughts1 and 8hardening0 of the hearts of those whom he would make his tools and victims1 it is ,nrada4 ,only with the latter it is no desire to obtain a pretext for 8plaguing10 and thus showing that 8,i am the ,lord ,god40 ,nor is it through any ambitious or selfish motive2 but1 verily1 to serve and guide universal progress and evolution4 ,nrada is one of the few prominent characters1 if we except some ,gods1 in the ,purnas1 who visit the socalled nether or infernal regions1 ,ptla4 ,whether or not it was from his intercourse with the thousandheaded ,shesha1 the ,serpent who bears the ,seven ,ptlas and the entire world like a diadem upon his heads1 and who is the great teacher of ,astronomy17#ib7 that ,nrada learned all that he knew1 certain it is that he surpasses ,garga's ,guru in his knowledge of cyclic intricacies4 ,it is he who has charge of our progress and national weal or woe4 ,it is he who brings on wars and puts an end to them4 ,in the old ,stanzas1 ,pesh,hun is credited with having calculated and recorded all the astronomical and cosmic ,cycles to come1 and with having taught the ,science to the first gazers at the starry vault4 ,and it is ,asuramaya1 who is said to have based all his astronomical works upon those records1 to have determined the duration of all the past geological and cosmical periods1 and the length of all the ,cycles to come1 till the end of this ,life,cycle1 or the end of the ,seventh ,race4 ,there is a work among the ,secret ,books1 called the ,mirror of ,futurity1 wherein all the ,kalpas within ,kalpas1 and ,cycles within the bosom of ,shesha1 or infinite ,time1 are recorded4 ,this work is ascribed to ,pesh,hun ,nrada4 ,there is another old work which is attributed to various ,atlanteans4 ,it is these two records which furnish us with the figures of our ,cycles1 and the possibility of calculating the date of ,cycles to come4 ,the chronological calculations which will presently be given are1 however1 those of the ,brhmans1 as explained further on3 but most of them are also those of the ,secret ,doctrine4 ,the chronology and computations of the ,brhman ,initiates are based upon the zodiacal records of ,india1 and the works of the abovementioned ,astronomer and ,magician--,asuramaya4 ,the ,atlantean zodiacal records cannot err1 as they were compiled under the guidance of those who first taught ,astronomy1 among other things1 to mankind4 ,but here again we are deliberately and recklessly facing a new difficulty4 ,we shall be told that our statement is contradicted by ,science1 in the person of a man regarded as a great authority 7in the ,west7 upon all subjects of ,sanskrit literature--,professor ,albrecht ,weber1 of ,berlin4 ,this1 to our great regret1 cannot be helped2 and we are ready to maintain what is now stated4 ,asuramaya1 to whom the epic tradition points as the earliest ,astronomer in ryvarta1 one to whom 8the ,sun,god imparted the knowledge of the stars10 in propri person1 as ,dr4 ,weber himself states1 is identified by him1 in some very mysterious way1 with the 8,ptolemaios0 of the ,greeks4 ,no more valid reason is given for this identification than that3 ,this latter name 7,ptolemaios71 as we see from the inscription of ,piyadasi1 became the ,indian 8,turamaya10 out of which the name 8,asura ,maya0 might very easily grow4 ,no doubt it 8might10 but the vital question is3 ,are there any good proofs that it has thus grown8 ,the only evidence that is given for this is1 that it must be so3 ,since 444 this ,maya is distinctly assigned to ,romakapura in the ,west47#ic7 ,the ,my is evident1 since no ,sanskritist among ,europeans can tell where that locality of ,romakapura was1 except1 indeed1 that it was somewhere 8in the ,west40 ,in any case1 as no member of the ,asiatic ,society1 or ,western ,orientalist1 will ever listen to a ,brhmanical teaching1 it is useless to take the objections of ,european ,orientalists into consideration4 ,romakapura was 8in the ,west10 certainly1 since it was part and parcel of the lost continent of ,atlantis4 ,and it is equally certain that it is ,atlantis1 to which is assigned in the ,hind ,purnas the birthplace of ,asuramaya1 8as great a ,magician as he was an ,astrologer and an ,astronomer40 ,moreover1 ,prof4 ,weber refuses to assign any great antiquity to the ,indian ,zodiac1 and feels inclined to think that the ,hinds never knew of a ,zodiac at all till ,they had borrowed one from the ,greeks47#id7 ,this statement clashes with the most ancient traditions of ,india1 and must therefore be ignored4 ,we are the more justified in ignoring it1 as the learned ,german ,professor himself tells us in the introduction to his work1 that3 ,in addition to the natural obstacles which impede investigation in ,india1 there still prevails a dense mist of prejudice and preconceived opinions hovering over the land1 and enfolding it as with a veil47#ie7 ,caught in that veil1 it is no wonder that ,dr4 ,weber should himself have been led into involuntary errors4 ,let us hope that he knows better now4 ,now whether ,asuramaya is to be considered a modern myth1 a personage who flourished in the day of the ,macedonian ,greeks1 or that which he is claimed to be by the ,occultists1 in any case his calculations agree entirely with those of the ,secret ,records4 ,from fragments of immensely old works attributed to the ,atlantean ,astronomer1 and found in ,southern ,india1 the calendar elsewhere mentioned was compiled by two very learned ,brhmans7#if7 in #ahhd and #ahhe4 ,the work is proclaimed by the best ,pandits as faultless--from the ,brhmanical standpoint--and thus far relates to the chronology of the orthodox teachings4 ,if we compare its statements with those made several years earlier in ,isis ,unveiled1 with the fragmentary teachings published by some ,theosophists1 and with the present data derived from the ,secret ,books of ,occultism1 the whole will be found to agree perfectly1 save in some details which may not be explained2 for secrets of higher ,initiation--as unknown to the writer as they are to the reader--would have to be revealed1 and that cannot be done4 ,stanza ,,ii4 ,nature ,unaided ,fails4 #e4 ,after enormous periods the ,earth creates monsters4 #f4 ,the 8,creators0 are displeased4 #g4 ,they dry the ,earth4 #h4 ,the forms are destroyed by them4 #i4 ,the first great tides4 #aj4 ,the beginning of incrustation4 #e4 ,,the ,,wheel ,,whirled ,,for ,,thirty ,,crores ,,more47#ig7 ,,it ,,constructed ,r,,pas27#ih7 ,,soft ,,stones ,,that ,,hardened17#ii7 ,,hard ,,plants ,,that ,,softened47#ajj7 ,,visible ,,from ,,invisible1 ,,insects ,,and ,,small ,,lives47#aja7 ,,she7#ajb7 ,,shook ,,them ,,off ,,her ,,back ,,whenever ,,they ,,overran ,,the ,,mother 7,a74444 ,,after ,,thirty ,,crores1 ,,she ,,turned ,,round4 ,,she ,,lay ,,on ,,her ,,back2 ,,on ,,her ,,side4444 ,,she ,,would ,,call ,,no ,,sons ,,of ,,heaven1 ,,she ,,would ,,ask ,,no ,,sons ,,of ,,wisdom4 ,,she ,,created ,,from ,,her ,,own ,,bosom4 ,,she ,,evolved ,,water,,men1 ,,terrible ,,and ,,bad 7,b74 7a7 ,this relates to an inclination of the axis--of which there were several--to a consequent deluge and chaos on ,earth 7having1 however1 no reference to ,primeval ,chaos71 in which monsters1 halfhuman1 halfanimal1 were generated4 ,we find it mentioned in the ,book of the ,dead1 and also in the ,chaldan account of creation1 on the ,cutha ,tablets1 however mutilated4 ,it is not even allegory4 ,here we have facts1 that are found repeated in the account of the ,pymander1 as well as in the ,chaldan tablets of creation4 ,the verses may almost be checked by the ,cosmogony1 as given by ,berosus1 which has been disfigured out of recognition by ,eusebius1 but some of the features of which may yet be found in fragments left by ancient ,greek authors--,apollodorus1 ,alexander ,polyhistor1 etc4 8,the water men terrible and bad0--who were the production of ,physical ,nature alone1 a result of the 8evolutionary impulse0 and the first attempt to create 8man10 the crown1 and the aim and goal of all animal life on ,earth--are shown to be failures in our ,stanzas4 ,do we not find the same in the ,berosian ,cosmogony1 denounced with such vehemence as the culmination of heathen absurdity8 ,and yet who of the ,evolutionists can say that things in the beginning have not come to pass as they are described8 ,that1 as maintained in the ,purnas1 the ,egyptian and ,chaldan fragments1 and even in ,genesis1 there have not been two1 and even more1 8creations10 before the last formation of the ,globe2 which1 changing its geological and atmospheric conditions1 changed also its flora1 its fauna1 and its men8 ,this claim agrees not only with every ancient ,cosmogony1 but also with ,modern ,science1 and even1 to a certain degree1 with the theory of evolution1 as may be demonstrated in a few words4 ,there is no 8,dark ,creation10 no 8,evil ,dragon0 conquered by a ,sun,god1 in the earliest ,world,cosmogonies4 ,even with the ,akkads1 the ,great ,deep--the ,watery ,abyss1 or ,space--was the birthplace and abode of ,ea1 ,wisdom1 the incognizable infinite ,deity4 ,but with the ,semites and the later ,chaldans1 the fathomless ,deep of ,wisdom becomes gross ,matter1 sinful substance1 and ,ea is changed into ,tiamat1 the ,dragon slain by ,merodach1 or ,satan1 in the astral waves4 ,in the ,hind ,purnas1 ,brahm1 the ,creator1 is seen recommencing de novo several 8,creations0 after as many failures2 and two great ,creations are mentioned17#ajc7 the ,pdma and the ,vrha1 the present1 when the ,earth was lifted out of the water by ,brahm1 in the shape of a ,boar1 the ,varha ,avatra4 ,creation is shown as a sport1 an amusement 7,ll7 of the ,creative ,god4 ,the ,zohar speaks of primordial worlds1 which perished as soon as they came into existence4 ,and the same is said in the ,midraish1 ,rabbi ,abahu explaining distinctly7#ajd7 that 8the ,holy ,one0 had successively created and destroyed sundry ,worlds1 before he succeeded in the present one4 ,this does not relate only to other ,worlds in ,space1 but to a mystery of our own ,globe contained in the allegory about the 8,kings of ,edom40 ,for the words1 8,this one pleases me10 are repeated in ,genesis17#aje7 though in disfigured terms1 as usual4 ,the ,chaldan fragments of ,cosmogony in the cuneiform inscriptions1 and elsewhere1 show two distinct creations of animals and men1 the first being destroyed1 as it was a failure4 ,the ,cosmogonical tablets prove that this our actual creation was preceded by others27#ajf7 and as shown by the author of ,the ,qabbalah1 in the ,zohar1 ,siphra ,dtzenioutha1 in ,jovah ,rabba1 #abh;a1 etc41 the ,kabalah states the same4 7b7 ,oannes1 or ,dagon1 the ,chaldan 8,manfish10 divides his ,cosmogony and ,genesis into two portions4 ,first the abyss of waters and darkness1 wherein resided most hideous beings--men with wings1 four and twowinged men1 human beings with two heads1 with the legs and horns of a goat--our 8goat men07#ajg7--;hippocentaurs1 bulls with the heads of men1 and dogs with tails of fishes4 ,in short1 combinations of various animals and men1 of fishes1 reptiles and other monstrous animals1 assuming each other's shapes and countenances4 ,the feminine element they resided in is personified by ,thalatth--the ,sea1 or 8,water0--which was finally conquered by ,belus1 the male principle4 ,and ,polyhistor says3 ,belus came1 and cut the woman asunder2 and of one half of her he formed the earth1 and of the other half the heavens2 and at the same time destroyed the animals within her47#ajh7 ,as pertinently remarked by ,isaac ,myer3 ,with the ,akkadians each object and power of ,nature had its ,zi or ,spirit4 ,the ,akkadians formed their deities into triads1 usually of males sexless1 rather81 the ,semites also had triadic deities1 but introduced sex7#aji7 --or phallicism4 ,with the ryan and the earliest ,akkadians all things are emanations through1 not by1 a ,creator or ,logos4 ,with the ,semites everything is begotten4 #f4 ,,the ,,water,,men1 ,,terrible ,,and ,,bad1 ,,she ,,herself ,,created ,,from ,,the ,,remains ,,of ,,others47#aaj7 ,,from ,,the ,,dross ,,and ,,slime ,,of ,,her ,,first1 ,,second1 ,,and ,,third17#aaa7 ,,she ,,formed ,,them4 ,,the ,,dhy,,ni ,,came ,,and ,,looked4444 ,,the ,,dhy,,ni ,,from ,,the ,,bright ,,father,,mother1 ,,from ,,the ,,white7#aab7 ,,regions ,,they7#aac7 ,,came1 ,,from ,,the ,,abodes ,,of ,,the ,,immortal ,,mortals 7,a74 7a7 ,the explanations given in our ,stanzas are far more clear than that which the legend of creation from the ,cutha tablet would give1 even were it complete4 ,what is preserved on it1 however1 corroborates them4 ,for1 in the tablet1 the 8,lord of ,angels0 destroys the men in the abyss1 when 8there were not left the carcases and waste0 after they were slaughtered4 ,after which they1 the ,great ,gods1 create men with the bodies of birds of the desert1 human beings1 8seven kings1 brothers of the same family10 etc41 which is a reference to the locomotive qualities of the primary ethereal bodies of men1 which could fly as well as they could walk17#aad7 but who 8were destroyed0 because they were not 8perfect10 i4e41 they 8were sexless1 like the ,kings of ,edom40 ,weeded of metaphors and allegories1 what will ,science say to this idea of a primordial creation of species8 ,it will object to the 8,angels0 and 8,spirits0 having anything to do therewith2 but if it be ,nature and the physical law of evolution that are the creators of all there is now on ,earth1 why could there be 8no such abyss10 when the ,globe was covered with waters1 in which numbers of monstrous beings were generated8 ,is it the 8human beings0 and animals with human heads and double faces1 which are a point of the objection8 ,but if man is only a higher animal and has evolved from the brute species by an infinite series of transformations1 why could not the 8missing links0 have had human heads attached to the bodies of animals1 or1 being twoheaded1 have heads of beasts and vice vers1 in ,nature's early efforts8 ,are we not shown1 during the geological periods1 in the ages of the reptiles and the mammalia1 lizards with birds' wings1 and serpents' heads on animal bodies87#aae7 ,and1 arguing from the standpoint of ,science1 does not even our modern human race occasionally furnish us with monsterspecimens3 twoheaded children1 animal bodies with human heads1 dogheaded babies1 etc48 ,and this proves that1 if ,nature will still play such freaks now that she has been settled for ages in the order of her evolutionary work1 monsters1 like those described by ,berosus1 were a possibility in her opening programme2 a possibility which may even have existed once upon a time as a law1 before she sorted out her species and began regular work upon them4 ,and this indeed now admits of definite proof by the bare fact of 8,reversion10 as ,science puts it4 ,this is what the ,doctrine teaches1 and demonstrates by numerous proofs4 ,but we shall not wait for the approval of either dogmatic ,theology or ,materialistic ,science1 but proceed with the ,stanzas4 ,let these speak for themselves1 with the help of the light thrown on them by the ,commentaries and their explanations2 the scientific aspect of these questions will be considered later on4 ,thus ,physical ,nature1 when left to herself in the creation of animal and man1 is shown to have failed4 ,she can produce the first two kingdoms1 as well as that of the lower animals1 but when it comes to the turn of man1 spiritual1 independent and intelligent powers are required for his creation1 besides the 8coats of skin0 and the 8breath of animal life40 ,the human ,monads of preceding ,rounds need something higher than purely physical materials with which to build their personalities1 under the penalty of remaining even below any 8,frankenstein0 animal47#aaf7 #g4 ,,displeased ,,they ,,were4 8,,our ,,flesh ,,is ,,not ,,there47#aag7 ,,no ,,fit ,r,,pas ,,for ,,our ,,brothers ,,of ,,the ,,fifth4 ,,no ,,dwellings ,,for ,,the ,,lives47#aah7 ,,pure ,,waters1 ,,not ,,turbid1 ,,they ,,must ,,drink 7,a74 ,,let ,,us ,,dry ,,them407#aai7 7a7 ,says the ,catechism on the ,commentaries3 ,it is from the material ,worlds that descend they1 who fashion physical man at the new ,manvantaras4 ,they are inferior ,lha ,spirits1 possessed of a dual body an ,astral within an ,ethereal ,form4 ,they are the fashioners and creators of our body of illusion4444 ,into the forms projected by the ,lha ,pitris the ,two ,letters7#abj7 the ,monad1 called also the 8,double ,dragon0 descend from the ,spheres of ,expectation47#aba7 ,but they are like a roof with no walls1 nor pillars to rest upon4444 ,man needs four ,flames and three ,fires to become one on ,earth1 and he requires the essence of the fortynine ,fires7#abb7 to be perfect4 ,it is those who have deserted the ,superior ,spheres1 the ,gods of ,will17#abc7 who complete the ,manu of illusion4 ,for the 8,double ,dragon0 has no hold upon the mere form4 ,it is like the breeze where there is no tree or branch to receive and harbour it4 ,it cannot affect the form where there is no agent of transmission ,manas1 8,mind0 and the form knows it not4 ,in the highest worlds1 the three are one17#abd7 on ,earth at first the one becomes two4 ,they are like the two side lines of a triangle that has lost its bottom line--which is the third ,fire47#abe7 ,now this requires some explanation before proceeding any further4 ,to do so especially for the benefit of our ryan ,hind brethren--whose ,esoteric interpretations may differ from our own--we shall have to explain to them the foregoing by certain passages in their own exoteric books1 namely1 the ,purnas4 ,in the allegories of the latter1 ,brahm1 who is collectively the ,creative ,force of the ,universe1 is thus described3 ,at the beginning of the ,yugas ,cycles 444 possessed of the desire and of the power to create1 and impelled by the potencies of what is to be created1 again and again does he1 at the outset of a ,kalpa1 put forth a similar creation47#abf7 ,it is now proposed to examine the exoteric account in the ,vishnu ,purna1 and see how much it may agree or disagree with our ,occult version4 ,creation of ,divine ,beings in the ,exoteric ,accounts4 ,in the ,vishnu ,purna1 which is certainly the earliest of all the scriptures of that name1 we find1 as in all the others1 ,brahm1 as the male ,god1 assuming1 for purposes of creation1 8four ,bodies invested by three qualities407#abg7 ,it is said3 ,in this manner1 ,maitreya1 ,jyotsn 7dawn71 ,rtri 7night71 ,ahan 7day71 and ,sandhy 7evening twilight7 are the four bodies of ,brahm47#abh7 ,as ,parshara explains it1 when ,brahm wishes to create the world anew and construct progeny through his will1 in the fourfold condition1 or the four ,orders of ,beings1 termed ,gods 7,dhyn ,chohans71 ,demons7#abi7 7i4e41 more material ,devas71 ,progenitors 7,pitris7 and ,men1 8he collects ,yoga like his mind into itself0 7,yyuge74 ,strange to say1 he begins by creating ,demons1 who thus take precedence over the ,angels or ,gods4 ,this is no incongruity1 nor is it due to inconsistency1 but has1 like all the rest1 a profound ,esoteric meaning1 quite clear to one free from ,christian theological prejudice4 ,he who bears in mind that the principle ,mahat1 or ,intellect1 the 8,universal ,mind0 7literally the 8,great071 which ,esoteric ,philosophy explains as the 8,manifested ,omniscience0--the 8first product0 of ,pradhna1 ,primordial ,matter1 as the ,vishnu ,purna says1 but the first ,cosmic ,aspect of ,parabrahman or the ,esoteric ,sat1 the ,universal ,soul17#acj7 as ,occultism teaches--is at the root of ,,self,consciousness1 will understand the reason why4 ,the socalled ,demons--who are ,esoterically the ,selfasserting and intellectually active ,principle--are the positive pole of creation1 so to say2 hence1 the first produced4 ,this is in brief the process as narrated allegorically in the ,purnas4 ,having concentrated his mind into itself and the ,quality of ,darkness pervading ,brahm's assumed body1 the ,asuras1 issuing from his ,thigh1 were first produced2 after which1 abandoning this body1 it was transformed into ,night4 ,two important points are involved herein3 7a7 ,primarily in the ,rig ,veda1 the ,asuras are shown as spiritual divine ,beings2 their etymology is derived from ,asu1 breath1 the 8,breath of ,god10 and they mean the same as the ,supreme ,spirit or the ,zoroastrian ,ahura4 ,it is later on1 for purposes of theology and dogma1 that they are shown issuing from ,brahm's ,thigh1 and that their name began to be derived from a1 privative1 and ,sura1 a ,god1 or 8nota,god10 and that they became the enemies of the ,gods4 7b7 ,every ancient ,theogony without exception--from the ,aryan and the ,egyptian down to that of ,hesiod--in the order of ,cosmogonical evolution1 places ,night before ,day2 even ,genesis1 where 8darkness is upon the face of the deep0 before the 8first day40 ,the reason for this is that every ,cosmogony--except in the ,secret ,doctrine--begins by the 8,secondary ,creation0 socalled2 to wit1 the ,manifested ,universe1 the ,genesis of which has to begin by a marked differentiation between the eternal ,light of 8,primary ,creation10 whose mystery must remain for ever 8,darkness0 to the prying finite conception and intellect of the profane1 and the ,secondary ,evolution of manifested visible ,nature4 ,the ,veda contains the whole philosophy of that division1 without having ever been correctly explained by our ,orientalists1 since it has never been understood by them4 ,continuing to create1 ,brahm assumes another form1 that of the ,day1 and creates from his ,breath the ,gods1 who are endowed with the ,quality of ,goodness 7,passivity747#aca7 ,in his next body the ,quality of great ,passivity prevailed1 which is also 7negative7 goodness1 and from the side of that personage issued the ,pitris1 the ,progenitors of men1 because1 as the text explains1 ,brahm 8thought of himself during the process as the father of the world407#acb7 ,this is ,kriyshakti--the mysterious ,yogapower explained elsewhere4 ,this body of ,brahm when cast off became the ,sandhy1 ,evening ,twilight1 the interval between ,day and ,night4 ,finally ,brahm assumed his last form pervaded by the ,quality of ,foulness4 ,and from this1 ,men1 in whom foulness 7or passion7 predominates1 were produced4 ,this body when cast off became the ,dawn1 or ,morning ,twilight--the ,twilight of ,humanity4 ,here ,brahm stands ,esoterically for the ,pitris4 ,he is collectively the ,pit1 8,father40 ,the true ,esoteric meaning of this allegory must now be explained4 ,brahm here symbolizes personally the ,collective ,creators of the ,world and ,men--the ,universe with all its numberless productions of things movable and 7seemingly7 immovable47#acc7 ,he is collectively the ,prajpatis1 the ,lords of ,being2 and the four bodies typify the four ,classes of ,creative ,powers or ,dhyn ,chohans1 described in the ,commentary on ,shloka ,i1 ,stanza ,,vii1 in ,volume ,i4 ,the whole philosophy of the socalled 8,creation0 of the good and evil in this ,world1 and of the whole ,cycle of ,manvantaric results therefrom1 hangs on the correct comprehension of these ,four ,bodies of ,brahm4 ,the reader will now be prepared to understand the real1 the ,esoteric significance of what follows4 ,moreover there is an important point to be cleared up4 ,christian ,theology having arbitrarily settled and agreed that ,satan with his ,fallen ,angels belonged to the earliest creation1 ,satan being the firstcreated1 the wisest and most beautiful of ,god's ,archangels1 the word was given1 the keynote struck4 ,henceforth all the ,pagan ,scriptures were made to yield the same meaning1 and all were shown to be demoniacal1 and it was and is claimed that truth and fact belong to1 and commence only with1 ,christianity4 ,even the ,orientalists and ,mythologists1 some of them no ,christians at all but 8infidels10 or men of ,science1 entered1 unconsciously to themselves and by the mere force of association of ideas and habit1 into the theological groove4 ,purely ,brhmanical considerations1 based on greed of power and ambition1 allowed the masses to remain in ignorance of great truths2 and the same causes led the ,initiates among the early ,christians to remain silent1 while those who had never known the truth disfigured the order of things1 judging of the ,hierarchy of 8,angels0 by their exoteric form4 ,thus1 as the ,asuras had become the rebellious inferior ,gods fighting the higher ones in popular creeds1 so the highest ,archangel1 in truth the ,agathodmon1 the eldest benevolent ,logos1 became in theology the 8,adversary0 or ,satan4 ,but is this warranted by the correct interpretation of any old ,scripture8 ,the answer is3 most certainly not4 ,as the ,mazdean ,scriptures of the ,zend ,avesta1 the ,vendidd and others correct and expose the later cunning shuffling of the ,gods in the ,hind ,pantheon1 and restore through ,ahura the ,asuras to their legitimate place in ,theogony1 so the recent discoveries of the ,chaldan tablets vindicate the good name of the first divine ,emanations4 ,this is easily proved4 ,christian ,angelology is directly and solely derived from that of the ,pharisees1 who brought their tenets from ,babylonia4 ,the ,sadducees1 the real guardians of the ,laws of ,moses1 knew not of any ,angels1 opposing even the immortality of the human ,soul 7not the impersonal ,spirit74 ,in the ,bible the only ,angels spoken of are the 8,sons of ,god0 mentioned in ,genesis vi--who are now regarded as the ,nephilim1 the ,fallen ,angels--and several ,angels in human form1 the 8,messengers0 of the ,jewish ,god1 whose own rank needs a closer analysis than heretofore given4 ,as shown above1 the early ,akkadians called ,ea ,wisdom1 which was disfigured by the later ,chaldees and ,semites into ,tiamat1 ,tisalat and the ,thalatth of ,berosus1 the female ,sea ,dragon1 now ,satan4 ,truly--8,how art thou fallen by the hand of man1 ,o bright ,star and ,son of the ,morning06 ,now what do the ,babylonian accounts of 8,creation10 as found on the ,assyrian fragments of tiles1 tell us2 those very accounts upon which the ,pharisees built their ,angelology8 ,compare ,mr4 ,george ,smith's ,assyrian ,discoveries17#acd7 and his ,chaldean ,account of ,genesis47#ace7 ,the ,tablet with the story of the ,seven ,wicked ,gods or ,spirits1 has the following account2 we print the important passages in italics3 #a4 ,in the first days the evil ,gods1 #b4 the angels who were in rebellion1 who in the lower part of heaven #c4 had been created1 #d4 they caused their evil work #e4 devising with wicked heads 444 etc4 ,thus we are shown1 as plainly as can be1 on a fragment which remained unbroken1 so that there can be no dubious reading1 that the 8,rebellious ,angels0 had been created in the 8lower part of heaven10 i4e41 that they belonged and do belong to a material plane of evolution1 although as it is not the plane of which we are made cognizant through our senses1 it remains generally invisible to us1 and is thus regarded as subjective4 ,were the ,gnostics so wrong1 after this1 in affirming that this our ,visible ,world1 and especially the ,earth1 had been created by ,lower ,angels1 the inferior ,elohim1 of which1 as they taught1 the ,god of ,israel was one8 ,these ,gnostics were nearer in time to the records of the ,archaic ,secret ,doctrine1 and therefore ought to be allowed to have known what it contained better than noninitiated ,christians1 who took upon themselves1 hundreds of years later1 to remodel and correct what was said4 ,but let us see what the same ,tablet says further on3 #g4 ,there were seven of them the wicked gods4 ,then follows the description of these1 the fourth being a 8serpent10 the phallic symbol of the ,fourth ,race in human ,evolution4 #ae4 ,the seven of them1 messengers of the ,god ,anu their king4 ,now ,anu belongs to the ,chaldan ,trinity1 and is identical with ,sin1 the 8,moon10 in one aspect4 ,and the ,moon in the ,hebrew ,kabalah is the ,argha of the seed of all material life1 and is still more closely connected1 kabalistically1 with ,jehovah1 who is doublesexed1 as ,anu is4 ,they are both represented in ,esotericism1 and viewed1 from a dual aspect3 male or spiritual1 female or material1 or ,spirit and ,matter1 the two antagonistic principles4 ,hence the 8,messengers of ,anu10 who is ,sin1 the 8,moon10 are shown1 in lines #bh to #da1 as being finally overpowered by the same ,sin with the help of ,bel1 the ,sun1 and ,ishtar1 ,venus4 ,this is regarded as a contradiction by the ,assyriologists1 but it is simply metaphysics in the ,esoteric teaching4 ,there is more than one interpretation1 for there are seven keys to the mystery of the 8,fall40 ,moreover there are two 8,falls0 in ,theology3 the rebellion of the ,archangels and their 8,fall10 and the 8,fall0 of ,adam and ,eve4 ,thus the lower as well as the higher ,hierarchies are charged with a supposed crime4 ,the word 8supposed0 is the true and correct term1 for in both cases it is founded on misconception4 ,both are considered in ,occultism as ,karmic effects1 and both belong to the law of ,evolution--intellectual and spiritual on the one hand1 physical and psychic on the other4 ,the 8,fall0 is a universal allegory4 ,it sets forth at one end of the ladder of ,evolution the 8rebellion10 i4e41 the action of differentiating intellection1 or consciousness1 on its various planes1 seeking union with ,matter2 and at the other1 the lower end1 the rebellion of ,matter against ,spirit1 or of action against spiritual inertia4 ,and here lies the germ of an error which has had such disastrous effects on the intelligence of civilized societies for over #a1hjj years4 ,in the original allegory it is ,matter--hence the more material ,angels--which was regarded as the conqueror of ,spirit1 or the ,archangels who 8fell0 on this plane4 ,they of the flaming sword or animal passions had put to flight the ,spirits of ,darkness4 ,yet it is the latter who fought for the supremacy of the conscious and divine spirituality on ,earth and failed1 succumbing to the power of ,matter4 ,but in theological dogma we see the reverse4 ,it is ,michael1 8who is like unto ,god10 the representative of ,jehovah1 who is the ,leader of the ,celestial ,hosts--as ,lucifer1 in ,milton's fancy1 is of the ,infernal ,hosts--who has the best of ,satan4 ,it is true that the nature of ,michael depends upon that of his ,creator and ,master4 ,who the latter is1 one may find out by carefully studying the allegory of the 8,war in ,heaven0 with the astronomical key4 ,as shown by ,bentley1 the 8,war of the ,titans against the ,gods0 in ,hesiod1 and also the ,war of the ,asuras1 or the ,trakmaya1 against the ,devas in ,purnic legend1 are identical in all save the names4 ,the aspects of the stars show--,bentley taking the year #ide ,b4,c4 as the nearest date for such conjunction--that3 ,all the planets1 except ,saturn1 were on the same side of the heavens as the ,sun and ,moon4 ,and hence were his opponents4 ,and yet it is ,saturn1 or the ,jewish 8,moon ,god10 who is shown as prevailing1 both by ,hesiod and ,moses1 neither of whom was understood4 ,thus it was that the real meaning became distorted4 ,stanza ,,ii4--,continued4 #h4 ,,the ,,flames ,,came4 ,,the ,,fires ,,with ,,the ,,sparks2 ,,the ,,night,,fires ,,and ,,the ,,day,,fires 7,a74 ,,they ,,dried ,,out ,,the ,,turbid ,,dark ,,waters4 ,,with ,,their ,,heat ,,they ,,quenched ,,them4 ,,the ,,lhas7#acf7 ,,of ,,the ,,high2 ,,the ,,lhamayin7#acg7 ,,of ,,below1 ,,came 7,b74 ,,they ,,slew ,,the ,,forms1 ,,which ,,were ,,two ,,and ,,four,,faced4 ,,they ,,fought ,,the ,,goat,,men1 ,,and ,,the ,,dog,,headed ,,men1 ,,and ,,the ,,men ,,with ,,fishes' ,,bodies4 7a7 ,the 8,flames0 are a ,hierarchy of ,spirits parallel to1 if not identical with1 the 8burning0 fiery ,saraph 7,seraphim71 mentioned by ,isaiah7#ach7 those who1 according to ,hebrew ,theogony1 attend the 8,throne of the ,almighty40 ,melha is the ,lord of the 8,flames40 ,when he appears on ,earth1 he assumes the personality of a ,buddha1 says a popular legend4 ,he is one of the most ancient and revered ,lhas1 a ,buddhist ,st4 ,michael4 7b7 ,the word 8,below0 must not be taken to mean ,infernal ,regions1 but simply a spiritual1 or rather ethereal1 ,being of a lower grade1 because nearer to the ,earth1 or one step higher than our ,terrestrial ,sphere2 while the ,lhas are ,spirits of the highest ,spheres--whence the name of the capital of ,tibet1 ,lhassa4 ,besides a statement of a purely physical nature and belonging to the evolution of life on ,earth1 there may be another allegorical meaning attached to this shloka1 or indeed1 as is taught1 several4 ,the 8,flames10 or 8,fires10 represent ,spirit1 or the male element1 and 8,water10 ,matter1 or the opposite element4 ,and here again we find1 in the action of the ,spirit slaying the purely material form1 a reference to the eternal struggle1 on the physical and psychic planes1 between ,spirit and ,matter1 besides a scientific cosmic fact4 ,for1 as said in the next verse3 #i4 ,,mother,,water1 ,,the ,,great ,,sea1 ,,wept4 ,,she ,,arose1 ,,she ,,disappeared ,,in ,,the ,,moon1 ,,which ,,had ,,lifted ,,her1 ,,which ,,had ,,given ,,her ,,birth4 ,now what can this mean8 ,is it not an evident reference to tidal action in the early stage of the history of our ,planet in its ,fourth ,round8 ,modern research has been busy of late in its speculations on the ,palozoic high tides4 ,mr4 ,g4 ,h4 ,darwin's theory was that not less than #eb1jjj1jjj years ago--and probably much more--the ,moon originated from the ,earth's plastic mass4 ,starting from the point where research was left by ,helmholtz1 ,ferrel1 ,sir ,william ,thomson and others1 he retraced the course of tidal retardation of the ,earth's rotary motions far back into the very night of time1 and placed the ,moon during the infancy of our ,planet at only 8a fraction of its present distance40 ,in short1 his theory was that it was the ,moon which separated from the ,earth4 ,the tidal elevation concurring with the swing of the globular mass--centrifugal tendency being then nearly equal to gravity--the latter was overcome1 and the tidally elevated mass could thus separate completely from the ,earth47#aci7 ,the ,occult teaching is the reverse of this4 ,the ,moon is far older than the ,earth2 and1 as explained in ,volume ,i1 it is the latter which owes its being to the former1 however ,astronomy and ,geology may explain the fact4 ,hence1 the tides and the attraction to the ,moon1 as shown by the liquid portion of the ,globe ever striving to raise itself towards its parent4 ,this is the meaning of the sentence that the ,mother,water 8arose1 she disappeared in the ,moon1 which had lifted her1 which had given her birth40 #aj4 ,,when7#adj7 ,,they ,,were ,,destroyed1 ,,mother ,,earth ,,remained ,,bare47#ada7 ,,she ,,asked ,,to ,,be ,,dried47#adb7 ,the time for the ,earth's incrustation had arrived4 ,the waters had separated and the process was started4 ,it was the beginning of a new life4 ,this is what one key divulges to us4 ,another key teaches the origin of ,water1 its admixture with ,fire--8,liquid ,fire0 it calls it--and enters upon an ,alchemical description of the progeny of the two--solid matters such as minerals and earths4 ,from the 8,waters of ,space10 the progeny of the male ,spirit,fire and the female 7gaseous7 ,water has become the ,oceanic expanse on ,earth4 ,varuna is dragged down from the infinite ,space1 to reign as ,neptune over the finite ,seas4 ,as always1 the popular fancy is found to be based on a strictly scientific foundation4 ,water is the symbol of the ,female ,element everywhere2 ,mater1 from which comes the letter ,m1 is derived pictorially from ,symbol like three mountains1 rather like the letter 8,m01 a water hieroglyph4 ,it is the ,universal ,matrix or the 8,great ,deep40 ,venus1 the great ,mother,virgin1 issues forth from the seawave1 and ,cupid or ,ers is her son4 ,but ,venus is the later mythological variant of ,ga1 ,gaia1 the ,earth1 which1 in its higher aspect is ,prakriti1 ,nature1 and metaphysically ,aditi1 and even ,mlaprakriti1 the ,root of ,prakriti1 or its noumenon4 ,hence ,cupid or ,love in his primitive sense is ,ers1 the ,divine ,will1 or ,desire of manifesting itself through visible creation4 ,thence ,fohat1 the prototype of ,ers1 becomes on ,earth the ,great ,power 8,life,electricity10 or the ,spirit of 8,lifegiving40 ,let us remember the ,greek ,theogony and enter into the spirit of its ,philosophy4 ,we are taught by the ,greeks that all things1 ,gods included1 owe their being to the ,ocean and his wife ,tethys1 the latter being ,ga1 the ,earth or ,nature4 ,but who is ,ocean8 ,ocean is the immeasurable ,space--,spirit in ,chaos--which1 is the ,deity2 and ,tethys is not the ,earth1 but ,primordial ,matter in the process of formation4 ,in our case it is no longer ,aditi,ga who begets ,ouranos or ,varuna1 the chief ditya among the seven ,planetary ,gods1 but ,prakriti1 materialized and localized4 ,the ,moon1 masculine in its theogonic character1 is1 in its cosmic aspect only1 the female generative principle1 as the ,sun is the male emblem thereof4 ,water is the progeny of the ,moon1 an androgyne deity with every nation4 ,evolution proceeds on the laws of analogy in ,kosmos as in the formation of the smallest ,globe4 ,thus the above1 applying to the modus operandi at the time when the ,universe was appearing1 applies also in the case of our ,earth's formation4 ,the ,stanza now being commented upon opens by speaking of thirty crores1 #cjj1jjj1jjj of years4 ,we may be asked3 ,what could the ancients know of the duration of geological periods1 when no modern ,scientist or ,mathematician is able to calculate their duration with anything like approximate accuracy8 ,whether they had or had not better means--and it is maintained that they had them as is evidenced by their ,zodiacs--still the chronology of the ancient ,brhmans shall now be given as faithfully as possible4 ,the ,chronology of the ,brhmans4 ,no greater riddle exists in ,science1 no problem is more hopelessly insoluble1 than the question3 ,how old--even approximately--are the ,sun and ,moon1 the ,earth and ,man8 ,what does ,modern ,science know of the duration of the ,ages of the ,world1 or even of the length of ,geological ,periods8 ,nothing2 absolutely nothing4 ,if one turns to ,science for chronological information1 one is told by those who are straightforward and truthful1 as for instance ,mr4 ,pengelly1 the eminent ,geologist1 8,we do not know407#adc7 ,one will learn that1 so far1 no trustworthy numerical estimate of the ages of the ,world and ,man could be made1 and that both ,geology and ,anthropology are at sea4 ,yet when a student of ,esoteric ,philosophy presumes to bring forward the teachings of ,occult ,science1 he is at once sat upon4 ,why should this be so1 since1 when reduced to their own physical methods1 the greatest ,scientists have failed to arrive even at an approximate agreement8 ,it is true that ,science can hardly be blamed for it4 ,indeed1 in the ,cimmerian darkness of the prehistoric ages1 the explorers are lost in a labyrinth1 whose great corridors are doorless1 allowing no visible exit into the archaic past4 ,lost in the maze of their own conflicting speculations1 rejecting1 as they have always done1 the evidence of ,eastern tradition1 without any clue1 or one single certain milestone to guide them1 what can ,geologists or ,anthropologists do but pick up the slender thread of ,ariadne where they first perceive it1 and then proceed at perfect random8 ,therefore we are first told that the farthest date to which documentary record extends is now generally regarded by ,anthropology as but 8the earliest distinctly visible point of the prehistoric period0--in the words of the writer of the article in the ,encyclopdia ,britannica4 ,at the same time it is confessed that 8beyond that period stretches back a vast indefinite series of prehistoric ages40 ,it is with those specified 8ages0 that we shall begin4 ,they are 8pre historic0 to the naked eye of ,matter only4 ,to the spiritual eagle eye of the ,seer and the ,prophet of every race1 ,ariadne's thread stretches beyond that 8historic period0 without break or flaw1 surely and steadily1 into the very night of time2 and the hand which holds it is too mighty to drop it1 or even let it break4 ,records exist1 although they may be rejected as fanciful by the profane2 though1 indeed1 many of them are tacitly accepted by ,philosophers and men of great learning1 and meet with an unvarying refusal only from the official and collective body of orthodox ,science4 ,and since the latter refuses to give us even an approximate idea of the duration of the geological ,ages--save in a few conflicting and contradictory hypotheses--let us see what ryan ,philosophy can teach us4 ,such computations as are given in ,manu and the ,purnas--save trifling and most evidently intentional exaggerations--are1 as already stated1 almost identical with those taught in ,esoteric ,philosophy4 ,this may be seen by comparing the two in any ,hind calendar of recognized orthodoxy4 ,the best and most complete of all such calendars1 at present1 as vouched for by the learned ,brhmans of ,southern ,india1 is the already mentioned ,tamil calendar called the ,tirukkanda ,panchanga1 compiled1 as we are told1 from1 and in full accordance with1 secret fragments of ,asuramaya's data4 ,as ,asuramaya is said to have been the greatest ,astronomer1 so he is whispered to have also been the most powerful 8,sorcerer0 of the 8,white ,island1 which had become ,black with sin10 i4e41 of the islands of ,atlantis4 ,the 8,white ,island0 is a symbolical name4 ,asuramaya is said to have lived1 as in the tradition of the ,jnabhskara1 in ,romakapura1 in the ,west2 because the name is an allusion to the land and cradle of the 8,sweatborn0 of the ,third ,race4 ,that land or continent had disappeared ages before ,asuramaya lived1 since he was an ,atlantean2 but he was a direct descendant of the ,wise ,race1 the ,race that never dies4 ,many are the legends concerning this hero1 the pupil of ,srya1 the ,sun,god1 himself1 as the ,indian accounts allege4 ,it matters little whether he lived on one or another island1 but the question is to prove that he was no myth1 as ,dr4 ,weber and others would make him4 ,the fact of ,romakapura1 in the ,west1 being named as the birthplace of this hero of the ,archaic ,ages1 is the more interesting because it is so very suggestive of the ,esoteric ,teaching about the ,sweatborn ,races1 the men born from the 8pores of their parents40 8,romakpas0 mean 8hairpores0 in ,sanskrit4 ,in the ,mahbhrata17#add7 a people named ,raumas are said to have been created from the pores of ,vrabhadra1 the terrible giant1 who destroyed ,daksha's sacrifice4 ,other tribes and people are also represented as born in this way4 ,all these are references to the later ,second and the earlier ,third ,root,races4 ,the following figures are from the calendar just referred to2 a footnote marks the points of disagreement with the figures of the rya ,samj school3 ,i4 ,from the beginning of ,cosmic ,evolution17#ade7 up to the ,hind year ,tarana 7or #ahhg71 #a1iee1hhd1fhg years4 ,,ii4 ,the 7astral71 mineral1 vegetable and animal kingdoms up to ,man1 have taken to evolve1 #cjj1jjj1jjj years47#adf7 ,,iii4 ,time1 from the first appearance of 8,humanity0 7on our ,planetary ,chain71 #a1ffd1ejj1ihg years47#adg7 ,,iv4 ,the number that elapsed since the ,vaivasvata1 ,manvantara7#adh7--or the ,human ,period--up to the year #ahhg1 is just #ah1fah1gbh years4 ,v4 ,the full period of one ,manvantara is #cjh1ddh1jjj years4 ,,vi4 ,fourteen ,manvantaras1 plus the period of one ,satya ,yuga make one ,day of ,brahm1 or a complete ,manvantara1 or #d1cbj1jjj1jjj years4 ,therefore a ,mah ,yuga consists of #d1cbj1jjj years47#adi7 ,the year #ahhg is from the commencement of ,kali ,yuga1 #d1ihi years4 ,to make this still clearer in its details1 the following computations by ,rao ,bahadur ,p4 ,sreenivas ,row1 are given from the ,theosophist of ,november1 #ahhe4 #cfj days of mortals make a year ,krita ,yuga contains #a1gbh1jjj ,tret ,yuga contains #a1bif1jjj ,dvpara ,yuga contains #hfd1jjj ,kali ,yuga contains #dcb1jjj ,the total of the said four ,yugas constitute a ,mah ,yuga1 #d1cbj1jjj ,seventyone of such ,mah ,yugas form the period of the reign of one ,manu1 #cjf1gbj1jjj ,the reign of fourteen ,manus embraces the duration of #iid ,mah ,yugas1 which is equal to #d1bid1jhj1jjj ,add ,sandhis1 i4e41 intervals between the reign of each ,manu1 which amount to six ,mah ,yugas1 equal to #be1ibj1jjj ,the total of these reigns and interregnums of fourteen ,manus1 is #a1jjj ,mah ,yugas1 which constitute a ,kalpa1 i4e41 one ,day of ,brahm1 #d1cbj1jjj1jjj ,as ,brahm's ,night is of equal duration1 one ,day and ,night of ,brahm would contain #h1fdj1jjj1jjj #cfj of such days and nights make one ,year of ,brahm equal to #c1aaj1djj1jjj1jjj #ajj such ,years constitute the whole period of ,brahm's ,age1 i4e41 ,mah ,kalpa1 #caa1jdj1jjj1jjj1jjj ,these are the exoteric figures accepted throughout ,india1 and they dovetail pretty nearly with those of the ,secret ,works4 ,the latter1 moreover1 amplify them by a division into a number of ,esoteric ,cycles1 never mentioned in ,brhmanical popular writings--one of which1 the division of the ,yugas into ,racial ,cycles1 is given elsewhere as an instance4 ,the rest1 in their details1 have of course never been made public4 ,they are1 nevertheless1 known to every 8,twiceborn0 7,dvija1 or ,initiated7 ,brhman1 and the ,purnas contain references to some of them in veiled terms1 which no matteroffact ,orientalist has yet endeavoured to make out1 nor could he if he would4 ,these sacred ,astronomical ,cycles are of immense antiquity1 and most of them pertain1 as stated1 to the calculations of ,nrada and ,asuramaya4 ,the latter has the reputation of a ,giant and a ,sorcerer4 ,but the ,antediluvian ,giants--the ,gibborim of the ,bible--were not all bad or ,sorcerers1 as ,christian ,theology1 which sees in every ,occultist a servant of the ,evil ,one1 would have it2 nor were they worse than many of 8the faithful sons of the ,church40 ,a ,torquemada and a ,catherine de ,mdicis certainly did more harm in their day1 and in the name of their ,master1 than any ,atlantean ,giant or ,demigod of antiquity ever did1 whether named ,cyclops1 or ,medusa1 or yet the ,orphic ,titan1 the anguipedal monster known as ,ephialtes4 ,there were good 8giants0 in days of old just as there are bad 8pigmies0 now2 and the ,rkshasas and ,yakshas of ,lank are no worse than our modern dynamiters1 and certain ,christian and civilized generals during modern wars4 ,nor are they myths4 ,he who would laugh at ,briareus and ,orion ought to abstain from going to1 or even talking of1 ,carnac or ,stonehenge4 remarks somewhere a modern writer4 ,as the ,brhmanical figures given above are approximately the basic calculations of our ,esoteric ,system1 the reader is requested to carefully keep them in mind4 ,in the ,encyclopdia ,britannica we find1 as the last word of ,science1 that the antiquity of man is allowed to stretch only over 8tens of thousands of years40 ,it becomes evident that as these figures may be made to fluctuate between #aj1jjj and #ajj1jjj1 therefore they mean very little if anything1 and only render still denser the darkness surrounding the question4 ,moreover1 what matters it that ,science places the birth of man in the 8pre or post glacial drift10 if we are told at the same time that the socalled 8,ice ,age0 is simply a long succession of ages which ,shaded without abrupt change of any kind into what is termed the human or recent period 444 the overlapping of geological periods having been the rule from the beginning of time47#aej7 ,the latter 8rule0 only results in the still more puzzling1 even if strictly scientific and correct1 information1 that3 ,even today man is contemporary with the iceage in the ,alpine valleys and in the ,finmark47#aea7 ,thus1 had it not been for the lessons taught by the ,secret ,doctrine1 and even by exoteric ,hindism and its traditions1 we should to this day be left to float in perplexed uncertainty between the indefinite 8,ages0 of one school of ,science1 the 8tens of thousands0 of years of the other1 and the #f1jjj years of the ,bible interpreters4 ,this is one of the several reasons why1 with all the respect due to the conclusions of the men of learning of our modern day1 we are forced to ignore them in all such questions of prehistoric antiquity4 ,modern ,geology and ,anthropology must1 of course1 disagree with our views4 ,but ,occultism will find as many weapons against these two ,sciences as it has against astronomical and physical theories1 in spite of ,mr4 ,laing's assurances that3 ,in chronological calculations of this sort1 concerning older and later formations1 there is no theory1 they are based on positive facts1 limited only by a certain possible 8 amount of error either way47#aeb7 ,occultism will prove1 scientific confessions in hand1 that ,geology is very much in error1 and very often even more so than ,astronomy4 ,in this very passage by ,mr4 ,laing1 which gives to ,geology preminence for correctness over ,astronomy1 we find a passage in flagrant contradiction to the admissions of the best ,geologists themselves4 ,says the author3 ,in short1 the conclusions of ,geology1 at any rate up to the ,silurian period7#aec7 when the present order of things was fairly inaugurated1 are approximate truly so facts and not theories1 while the astronomical conclusions are theories based on data so uncertain1 that while in some cases they give results incredibly short1 444 in others they give results almost incredibly long47#aed7 ,after which1 the reader is advised that the 8safest course0 ,seems to be to assume that ,geology really proves the duration of the present order of things to have been somewhere over #ajj millions of years1 and that ,astronomy gives an enormous though unknown time beyond in the past1 and to come in the future1 for the birth1 growth1 maturity1 decline1 and death of the solar system1 of which our earth is a small planet now passing through the habitable phase47#aee7 ,judging from past experience1 we do not entertain the slightest doubt that1 once called upon to answer 8the absurd unscientific and preposterous claims of exoteric 7and ,esoteric7 ryan chronology10 the ,scientist of the 8results incredibly short10 i4e41 only #ae1jjj1jjj years1 and the ,scientist1 who 8would require #fjj1jjj1jjj years10 together with those who accept ,mr4 ,huxley's figures of #a1jjj1jjj1jjj7aef7 8since sedimentation began in ,europe10 would all be as dogmatic the one as the other4 ,nor would they fail to remind the ,occultist and the ,brhman1 that it is the modern men of ,science alone who represent exact ,science1 whose duty it is to fight 8inaccuracy0 and 8superstition40 ,the ,earth is passing through the 8habitable phase0 only for the present order of things1 and as far as our present mankind is concerned with its actual 8coats of skin0 and phosphorus for bones and brain4 ,we are ready to concede the #ajj millions of years offered by ,geology1 since we are taught that our present physical mankind--or the ,vaivasvata ,humanity--began only eighteen millions of years ago4 ,but ,geology has no facts to give us for the duration of geological periods1 as we have shown1 no more indeed than has ,astronomy4 ,the authentic letter from ,mr4 ,w4 ,pengelly1 ,f4,r4,s41 quoted elsewhere1 says3 ,it is at present1 and perhaps always will be1 impossible to reduce1 even approximately1 geological time into years or even into millenniums4 ,and having never1 hitherto1 excavated a fossil man of any other than the present form--what does ,geology know of him8 ,it has traced zones or strata and1 with these1 primordial zoological life1 down to the ,silurian4 ,when it has1 in the same way1 traced man down to his primordial protoplasmic form1 then we will admit that it may know something of primordial man4 ,if it is not very material to 8the bearings of modern scientific discovery on modern thought10 whether ,man has existed in a state of constant though slow progression for the last #ej1jjj years of a period of #ae millions1 or for the last #ejj1jjj years of a period of #aej millions17#aeg7 as ,mr4 ,s4 ,laing tells his readers1 it is very much so for the claims of the ,occultists4 ,unless the latter show that it is a possibility1 if not a perfect certainty1 that man lived eighteen millions of years ago1 the ,secret ,doctrine might as well have remained unwritten4 ,an attempt must1 therefore1 be made in this direction1 and it is our modern ,geologists and men of ,science generally who will be brought to testify to this fact in the ,third ,part of this ,volume4 ,meanwhile1 and notwithstanding the fact that ,hind ,chronology is constantly represented by the ,orientalists as a fiction based on no 8actual0 computation17#aeh7 but simply a 8childish boasting10 it is nevertheless often twisted out of recognition to make it yield to1 and fit in with1 ,western theories4 ,no figures have ever been more meddled with and tortured than the famous #d1 #c1 #b1 followed by cyphers1 of the ,yugas and ,mah ,yugas4 ,as the whole ,cycle of prehistoric events1 such as the evolution and transformation of ,races and the extreme antiquity of man1 hangs upon the said ,chronology1 it becomes extremely important to check it by other existing calculations4 ,if the ,eastern ,chronology is rejected1 we shall at least have the consolation of proving that no other--whether in the figures of ,science or of the ,churches--is one whit more reliable4 ,as ,professor ,max ,mller expresses it1 it is often as useful to prove what a thing is not as to show what it may be4 ,and once we succeed in pointing out the fallacies of both ,christian and ,scientific computations--by allowing them a fair chance of comparison with our ,chronology--neither of these will have a reasonable ground to stand upon1 in pronouncing the ,esoteric figures less reliable than its own4 ,we may here refer the reader to our earlier work1 ,isis ,unveiled17#aei7 for some remarks concerning the figures which were cited a few pages back4 ,today a few more facts may be added to the information there given1 which is already known to every ,orientalist4 ,the sacredness of the cycle of #d1cbj1 with additional cyphers1 lies in the fact that the figures which compose it1 taken separately or joined in various combinations1 are each and all symbolical of the greatest mysteries in ,nature4 ,indeed1 whether one takes the #d separately1 or the #c by itself1 or the two together making #g1 or again the three1 #d1 #c1 #b1 added together and yielding #i1 all these numbers have their application in the most sacred and ,occult matters1 and record the workings of ,nature in her eternally periodical phenomena4 ,they are never erring1 perpetually recurring numbers1 unveiling1 to him who studies the secrets of ,nature1 a truly divine ,system1 an intelligent plan in ,cosmogony1 which results in natural cosmic divisions of times1 seasons1 invisible influences1 astronomical phenomena1 with their action and rection on terrestrial and even moral nature2 on birth1 death1 and growth1 on health and disease4 ,all these natural events are based and depend upon cyclical processes in the ,kosmos itself1 producing periodic agencies which1 acting from without1 affect the ,earth and all that lives and breathes on it1 from the one end to the other of any ,manvantara4 ,causes and effects are esoteric1 exoteric and 8endexoteric10 so to say4 ,in ,isis ,unveiled we wrote that which we now repeat3 ,we are at the bottom of a cycle and evidently in a transitory state4 ,plato divides the intellectual progress of the ,universe during every ,cycle into fertile and barren periods4 ,in the sublunary regions1 the spheres of the various elements remain eternally in perfect harmony with the ,divine ,nature1 he says2 8but their parts10 owing to a too close proximity to earth1 and their commingling with the earthly 7which is ,matter1 and therefore the realm of evil71 8are sometimes according1 and sometimes contrary to 7,divine7 ,nature40 ,when those circulations--which liphas ,lvi calls 8currents of the ,astral ,light0--in the universal ,ether which contains in itself every element1 take place in harmony with the ,divine ,spirit1 our ,earth and everything pertaining to it enjoys a fertile period4 ,the ,occult powers of plants1 animals1 and minerals magically sympathize with the 8superior natures10 and the ,divine ,soul of man is in perfect intelligence with these 8inferior0 ones4 ,but during the barren periods1 the latter lose their magic sympathy1 and the spiritual sight of the majority of mankind is so blinded as to lose every notion of the superior powers of its own ,divine ,spirit4 ,we are in a barren period2 the eighteenth century1 during which the malignant fever of scepticism broke out so irrepressibly1 has entailed unbelief as a hereditary disease upon the nineteenth4 ,the divine intellect is veiled in man2 his animal brain alone 8philosophizes40 ,and philosophizing alone1 how can it understand the 8,soul ,doctrine08 ,in order not to break the thread of the narrative we shall give some striking proofs of these cyclic laws in ,part ,,ii1 proceeding meanwhile with our explanations of ,geological and ,racial ,cycles4 ,stanza ,,iii4 ,attempts ,to ,create ,man4 #aa4 ,the ,descent of the ,demiurge4 #ab4 ,the ,lunar ,gods ordered to create4 #ac4 ,the ,higher ,gods refuse4 #aa4 ,,the ,,lord ,,of ,,the ,,lords ,,came4 ,,from ,,her ,,body ,,he ,,separated ,,the ,,waters1 ,,and ,,that ,,was ,,heaven ,,above1 ,,the ,,first ,,heaven47#afj7 ,here tradition falls again into the ,universal4 ,as in the earliest version1 repeated in the ,purnas1 so in the latest1 the ,mosaic account4 ,in the first it is said3 ,he the ,lord the ,god who has the form of ,brahm1 when the world had become one ocean1 concluding that within the waters lay the earth1 and desirous to raise it up to separate it1 created himself in another form4 ,as in the preceding ,kalpa ,manvantara he had assumed the shape of a tortoise1 so in this one he took the shape of a boar1 etc47#afa7 ,in the ,elohistic 8creation107#afb7 8,god0 creates 8a firmament in the midst of the waters10 and says 8let dry land appear40 ,and now comes the traditional peg whereunto is hung the ,esoteric portion of the ,kabalistic interpretation4 #ab4 ,,the ,,great ,,chohans7#afc7 ,,called ,,the ,,lords ,,of ,,the ,,moon1 ,,of ,,the ,,airy ,,bodies3 8,,bring ,,forth ,,men17#afd7 ,,men ,,of ,,your ,,nature4 ,,give ,,them7#afe7 ,,their ,,forms ,,within4 ,,she7#aff7 ,,will ,,build ,,coverings ,,without47#afg7 ,,males,,females ,,will ,,they ,,be4 ,,lords ,,of ,,the ,,flame ,,also44440 ,who are the 8,lords of the ,moon08 ,in ,india they are called ,pitris or 8,lunar ,ancestors10 but in the ,hebrew scrolls it is ,jehovah himself who is the 8,lord of the ,moon10 collectively as the ,host1 and also as one of the ,elohim4 ,the ,astronomy of the ,hebrews and their 8observance of times0 was regulated by the ,moon4 ,a ,kabalist1 having shown that 8,daniel 444 told off ,god's providence by set times0 and that the ,revelation of ,john 8speaks of a carefully measured cubical city descending out of the heavens10 etc41 adds3 ,but the vitalizing power of heaven lay chiefly with the moon4444 ,it was the ,hebrew ,jehovah1--and ,st4 ,paul enjoins3--8,let no man judge you for your observance of the #gth day1 and the day of new moon1--which are a shadow of things to come2 but the body 7or substance7 is of ,christ10 i4e41 ,jehovah1--that function of this power that 8made the barren woman the joyful mother of children10--8for they are the gift of ,jehovah10 444 which is a key to the objection which her husband made to the ,shunamite1 as to her going to the man of ,god3--8for it is neither the #gth day nor the day of new moon40 ,the living spiritual powers of the constellations had mighty wars marked by the movements and positions of the stars and planets1 and especially as the result of the conjunction of the moon1 earth and sun4 ,bentley comments on the ,hind 8war between the gods and the giants10 as marked by the eclipse of the sun at the ascending node of the moon1 #ide ,b4,c4 61 at which time was born17#afh7 or produced from the sea1 ,,sri 7,sarai71 ,sri1 the wife of the ,hebrew ,abram7#afi71 who was the ,venus,aphroditus sic of the ,westerns1 emblem 8of the luni solar year1 or the moon1 as ,sri is the wife of the ,moon2 see footnote1 the goddess of increase407#agj7 444 ,therefore the grand monument and landmark of the exact period of the lunar year and month1 by which this cycle of #ai tropical years of the sun and #bce revolutions of the moon could be calculated1 was ,mount ,sinai1--the ,lord ,jehovah coming down thereon4444 ,paul speaks then as a mystagogue1 when he says concerning the freed woman and bond woman of ,abraham3--8,for this ,hagar 7the bond woman of ,abraham7 is ,mount ,sinai in ,arabia40 ,how could a woman be a mountain8 and such a mountain6 ,yet1 in one sense1 444 she was1 and in a very marvellously true one4 ,her name was ,hagar1 whose numbers read #bce1 or in exact measure1 the very number of lunar months to equal #ai tropical years to complete this cycle and make the likeness and similitude good2 ,mount ,sinai being1 in the esoteric language of this wisdom1 the monument of the exact time of the lunar year and month1 by which this spiritual vitalizing cycle could be computed1 and which mountain1 indeed1 was called 7,fuerst7 8the ,mountain of the ,moon 7,sin740 ,so also ,sarai 7,,sri71 the wife of ,abram1 could have no child until her name was changed to ,sarah1 1 giving to her the property of this lunar influence47#aga7 ,this may be regarded as a digression from the main subject2 but it is a very necessary one with a view to ,christian readers4 ,for who1 after studying dispassionately the respective legends of ,abram or ,abraham1 ,sarai or ,sarah1 who was 8fair to look upon10 and those of ,brahm and ,sarasvat1 or ,shr1 ,lakshm,venus1 with the relations of all these to the ,moon and ,water2--and especially one who understands the real ,kabalistic meaning of the name ,jehovah and its relation to1 and connection with1 the ,moon--who can doubt that the story of ,abram is based upon that of ,brahm1 or that ,genesis was written upon the old lines used by every ancient nation8 ,all in the ancient ,scriptures is allegorical--all based upon and inseparably connected with ,astronomy and ,cosmolatry4 #ac4 ,,they7#agb7 ,,went ,,each ,,on ,,his ,,allotted ,,land3 ,,seven ,,of ,,them1 ,,each ,,on ,,his ,,lot4 ,,the ,,lords ,,of ,,the ,,flame ,,remain ,,behind4 ,,they ,,would ,,not ,,go1 ,,they ,,would ,,not ,,create4 ,the ,secret ,teachings show the divine ,progenitors creating men on seven portions of the ,globe 8each on his lot0--i4e41 each a different ,race of men externally and internally1 and on different ,zones4 ,this polygenistic claim is considered elsewhere1 in ,stanza ,,vii4 ,but who are 8,they0 who create1 and the 8,lords of the ,flame10 8who would not08 ,occultism divides the 8,creators0 into ,twelve ,classes2 of which four have reached 8,liberation0 to the end of the 8,great ,age10 the fifth is ready to reach it1 but still remains active on the intellectual planes1 while seven are still under direct ,karmic ,law4 ,these last act on the manbearing ,globes of our ,chain4 ,exoteric ,hind books mention ,seven ,classes of ,pitris1 and among them two distinct kinds of ,progenitors or ,ancestors3 the ,barhishad and the ,agnishvtta2 or those possessed of the 8sacred fire0 and those devoid of it4 ,hind ritualism seems to connect them with sacrificial fires1 and with ,grihastha ,brhmans in earlier incarnations2 those who have1 and those who have not attended as they should to their household sacred fires in their previous births4 ,the distinction1 as said1 is derived from the ,vedas4 ,the first and highest class 7,esoterically71 the ,agnishvtta1 are represented in the exoteric allegory as ,grihastha or ,brhmanhouseholders1 who1 having failed to maintain their domestic fires and to offer burnt sacrifices1 in their past births in other ,manvantaras1 have lost every right to have oblations with fire presented to them4 ,whereas the ,barhishad1 being ,brhmans who have kept up their household sacred fires1 are thus honoured to this day4 ,thence the ,agnishvtta are represented as devoid of1 and the ,barhishad as possessed of1 fires4 ,but ,esoteric ,philosophy explains the original qualifications as being due to the difference between the natures of the two ,classes3 the ,agnishvtta ,pitris are devoid of 8fire0 i4e41 of creative passion1 because they are too divine and pure2 whereas the ,barhishad1 being the ,lunar ,spirits more closely connected with ,earth1 became the creative ,elohim of form1 or the ,adam of dust4 ,the allegory says that ,sanandana and other ,vedhas1 the ,sons of ,brahm1 his first progeny3 ,were without desire or passion1 inspired with holy wisdom1 estranged from the universe and undesirous of progeny47#agc7 ,this also is what is meant in the shloka by the words1 8,they would not create10 and is explained as follows3 8,the ,primordial ,emanations from the ,creative ,power are too near the ,absolute ,cause4 ,they are transitional and latent forces1 which will develop only in the next and subsequent removes40 ,this makes it plain4 ,hence ,brahm is said to have felt wrathful when he saw that those ,embodied spirits1 produced from his limbs gtra1 would not multiply themselves4 ,after which1 in the allegory1 he creates other seven ,mindborn ,sons7#agd7 namely1 ,marichi1 ,atri1 ,angiras1 ,pulastya1 ,pulaha1 ,kratu and ,vasishtha1 the latter being often replaced by ,daksha1 the most prolific of the ,creators4 ,in most of the texts these ,seven ,sons of ,vasishtha,daksha are called the ,seven ,rishis of the ,third ,manvantara2 the latter referring both to the ,third ,round and also to the ,third ,root,race and its ,branch,races in the ,fourth ,round4 ,these are all the ,creators of the various ,beings on this ,earth1 the ,prajpati1 and at the same time they appear as divers rencarnations in the early ,manvantaras or ,races4 ,it thus becomes clear why the ,agnishvtta1 devoid of the grosser 8creative fire10 hence unable to create physical man1 having no ,double1 or ,astral ,body1 to project1 since they were without any 8form10 are shown in exoteric allegories as ,yogs1 ,kumras 7chaste youths71 who became 8rebels10 ,asuras1 fighting and opposing ,gods17#age7 etc4 ,yet it is they alone who could complete man1 i4e41 make of him a selfconscious1 almost a divine ,being--a ,god on ,earth4 ,the ,barhishad1 though possessed of 8creative fire10 were devoid of the higher ,mahatic element4 ,being on a level with the lower 8,principles0--those which precede gross objective matter--they could only give birth to the outer man1 or rather to the model of the physical1 the astral man4 ,thus1 though we see them intrusted with the task by ,brahm--the collective ,mahat or ,universal ,divine ,mind--the 8,mystery of ,creation0 is repeated on ,earth1 only in an inverted sense1 as in a mirror4 ,it is those who are unable to create the spiritual immortal man1 who project the senseless model 7the ,astral7 of the physical ,being2 and1 as will be seen1 it was those who would not multiply1 who sacrificed themselves to the good and salvation of ,spiritual ,humanity4 ,for1 to complete the septenary man1 to add to his three lower ,principles and cement them with the ,spiritual ,monad--which could never dwell in such a form otherwise than in an absolutely latent state--two connecting 8,principles0 are needed3 ,manas and ,kma4 ,this requires a living ,spiritual ,fire of the middle ,principle from the ,fifth and ,third ,states of ,plerma4 ,but this ,fire is the possession of the ,triangles1 not of the 7perfect7 ,cubes1 which symbolize the ,angelic ,beings27#agf7 the former having from the ,first ,creation possessed themselves of it and being said to have appropriated it for themselves1 as in the allegory of ,prometheus4 ,these are the active1 and therefore--in ,heaven--no longer 8pure0 ,beings4 ,they have become the independent and free ,intelligences1 shown in every ,theogony as fighting for that independence and freedom1 and hence--in the ordinary sense--8rebellious to the divine passive law40 ,these are then those 8,flames0--the ,agnishvtta--who1 as shown in the shloka1 8remain behind10 instead of going along with the others to create men on ,earth4 ,but the true ,esoteric meaning is that most of them were destined to incarnate as the ,egos of the forthcoming crop of ,mankind4 ,the human ,ego is neither tman nor ,buddhi1 but the ,higher ,manas2 the intellectual fruitage and the efflorescence of the intellectual self conscious ,egotism--in the higher spiritual sense4 ,the ancient works refer to it as ,krana ,sharra on the plane of ,strtm1 which is the 8golden thread0 on which1 like beads1 the various ,personalities of this ,higher ,ego are strung4 ,if the reader were told1 as in the semi,esoteric allegories1 that these ,beings were returning ,nirvns from preceding ,mah,manvantaras--,ages of incalculable duration which have rolled away in the ,eternity1 a still more incalculable time ago--he would hardly understand the text correctly2 while some ,vedntins might say3 8,this is not so2 the ,nirvn can never return02 which is true during the ,manvantara he belongs to1 and erroneous where ,eternity is concerned4 ,for it is said in the ,sacred ,shlokas3 8,the ,thread of ,radiance which is imperishable and dissolves only in ,nirvna1 remerges from it in its integrity on the day when the ,great ,law calls all things back into action40 ,hence1 as the higher ,pitris or ,dhyns had no hand in his physical creation1 we find ,primeval ,man--issued from the bodies of his spiritually 8fireless0 ,progenitors--described as ariform1 devoid of compactness1 and 8mindless40 ,he had no middle ,principle to serve him as a medium between the ,highest and the ,lowest--the ,spiritual ,man and the physical brain--for he lacked ,manas4 ,the ,monads which incarnated in those empty ,shells1 remained as unconscious as when separated from their previous incomplete forms and vehicles4 ,there is no potentiality for ,creation1 or ,self ,consciousness1 in a pure ,spirit on this our plane1 unless its too homogeneous1 perfect--because divine--nature is1 so to say1 mixed with1 and strengthened by1 an essence already differentiated4 ,it is only the lower line of the ,triangle--representing the first ,triad that emanates from the ,universal ,monad--that can furnish this needed consciousness on the plane of differentiated ,nature4 ,but how could these pure ,emanations1 which1 on this principle1 must have originally been themselves 8unconscious0 7in our sense71 be of any use in supplying the required ,principle1 as they could hardly have possessed it themselves8 ,the answer is difficult to comprehend1 unless one is well acquainted with the philosophical metaphysics of a beginningless and endless series of ,cosmic ,rebirths1 and becomes well impressed and familiarized with that immutable law of ,nature which is ,,eternal ,,motion1 cyclic and spiral--therefore progressive even in its seeming retrogression4 ,the one ,divine ,principle1 the nameless ,,that of the ,vedas1 is the ,universal ,total1 which1 neither in its spiritual aspects and emanations1 nor in its physical ,atoms1 can ever be at 8,absolute ,rest0 except during the ,nights of ,brahm4 ,hence1 also1 the 8,firstborn0 are those who are first set in motion at the beginning of a ,manvantara1 and thus the first to fall into the lower spheres of materiality4 ,they who are called in ,theology the 8,thrones10 and are the 8,seat of ,god10 must be the first incarnated men on ,earth2 and it becomes comprehensible1 if we think of the endless series of past ,manvantaras1 to find that the last had to come first1 and the first last4 ,we find1 in short1 that the higher ,angels had broken1 countless ons before1 through the 8,seven ,circles10 and thus 8robbed0 them of the ,sacred ,fire2 this means in plain words1 that they had assimilated during their past incarnations1 in lower as well as in higher ,worlds1 all the wisdom therefrom--the reflection of ,mahat in its various degrees of intensity4 ,no ,entity1 whether angelic or human1 can reach the state of ,nirvna1 or of absolute purity1 except through ons of suffering and the knowledge of evil as well as of good1 as otherwise the latter would remain incomprehensible4 ,between man and the animal--whose ,monads1 or ,jvas1 are fundamentally identical--there is the impassable abyss of ,mentality and ,self consciousness4 ,what is human mind in its higher aspect1 whence comes it1 if it be not a portion of the essence--and1 in some rare cases of incarnation1 the very essence--of a higher ,being2 one from a higher and divine plane8 ,can man--a ,god in the animal form--be the product of ,material ,nature by evolution alone1 even as is the animal which differs from man in external shape1 but by no means in the materials of its physical fabric1 and is informed by the same1 though undeveloped1 ,monad--seeing that the intellectual potentialities of the two differ as the sun does from the glowworm8 ,and what is it that creates such difference1 unless man is an animal plus a living ,god within his physical shell8 ,let us pause and ask ourselves seriously the question1 regardless of the vagaries and sophisms of both the materialistic and the psychological modern ,sciences4 ,to some extent1 it is admitted that even the ,esoteric ,teaching is allegorical4 ,to make the latter comprehensible to the average intelligence1 the use of symbols cast in an intelligible form is needed4 ,hence the allegorical and semimythical narratives in the exoteric1 and the only semimetaphysical and objective representations in the ,esoteric ,teachings4 ,for the purely and transcendentally spiritual conceptions are adapted only to the perceptions of those who 8see without eyes1 hear without ears1 and sense without organs10 according to the graphic expression of the ,commentary4 ,the too puritan ,idealist is at liberty to spiritualize the tenet1 whereas the modern ,psychologist would simply try to spirit away our 8fallen10 yet still divine1 human ,soul--divine in its connection with ,buddhi4 ,the mystery attached to the highly spiritual ,ancestors of the ,divine ,man within the earthly man is very great4 ,his dual creation is hinted at in the ,purnas1 though its ,esoteric meaning can be approached only by collating together the many varying accounts1 and reading them in their symbolical and allegorical character4 ,so it is in the ,bible1 both in ,genesis and even in the ,epistles of ,paul4 ,for that 8,creator10 who is called in the second chapter of ,genesis the 8,lord ,god10 is in the original the ,elohim1 or ,gods 7the ,lords71 in the plural2 and while one of them makes the earthly ,adam of ,dust1 the other breathes into him the ,breath of ,life1 and the third makes of him a ,living ,soul1 all of which readings are implied in the plural number of the word ,elohim47#agg7 ,or again1 as ,paul says3 ,the first man is of the earth1 the second the last1 or rather highest is the ,lord from heaven47#agh7 ,in the ryan allegory the rebellious ,sons of ,brahm are all represented as holy ,ascetics and ,yogs4 ,reborn in every ,kalpa1 they generally try to impede the work of human procreation4 ,when ,daksha1 the chief of the ,prajpatis or ,creators1 brings forth #aj1jjj sons for the purpose of peopling the world1 ,nrada--a son of ,brahm1 the great ,rishi1 and virtually a ,kumra1 if not so in name--interferes with1 and twice frustrates ,daksha's aim1 by persuading those ,sons to remain holy ,ascetics and eschew marriage4 ,for this1 ,daksha curses ,nrada to be 8reborn as a man10 as ,brahm had cursed him before for refusing to marry1 and obtain progeny1 saying3 8,perish in thy 7present ,deva or ,angelic form72 and take up thy abode in the womb0--i4e41 become a man47#agi7 ,notwithstanding several conflicting versions of the same story1 it is easy to see that ,nrada belongs to that ,class of ,brahm's 8,firstborn10 who have all proven rebellious to the law of animal procreation1 for which they had to incarnate as men4 ,of all the ,vedic ,rishis1 ,nrada1 as already shown1 is the most incomprehensible1 because the most closely connected with the ,occult ,doctrines--especially with the ,secret ,cycles and ,kalpas4 ,certain contradictory statements about this ,sage have much distracted the ,orientalists4 ,thus he is shown as refusing positively to 8create0 or have progeny1 and even as calling his father ,brahm a 8false teacher0 for advising him to get married1 as related in the ,nrada,pancha,rtra2 nevertheless1 he is referred to as one of the ,prajpatis or ,progenitors6 ,in the ,nradya ,purna1 he describes the laws and the duties of the celibate ,adepts2 and as these ,occult duties do not happen to be found in the fragment of about #c1jjj ,stanzas in the possession of ,european museums1 the ,brhmans are proclaimed liars2 the ,orientalists forgetting that the ,nradya is credited with containing #be1jjj ,stanzas1 and that it is not very likely that such ,,mss4 should be found in the hands of the ,hind profane1 those who are ready to sell any precious ,olla for a red pottage4 ,suffice it to say1 that ,nrada is the ,deva,rishi of ,occultism par excellence1 and that the ,occultist who does not ponder1 analyze1 and study ,nrada from his seven ,esoteric facets1 will never be able to fathom certain anthropological1 chronological1 and even cosmic ,mysteries4 ,he is one of the ,fires abovementioned1 and plays a part in the evolution of this ,kalpa from its incipient down to its final stage4 ,he is an actor who appears in each of the successive acts1 or ,root,races1 of the present ,manvantaric drama1 in the worldallegories which strike the keynote of ,esotericism1 and are now becoming more familiar to the reader4 ,but shall we turn to other ancient ,scriptures and documents for the corroboration of the 8,fires10 8,sparks10 and 8,flames08 ,they are plentiful1 if one only seeks for them in the right places4 ,in the ,kabalistic ,book of the ,concealed ,mystery they are clearly enunciated1 as also in the ,ha ,idra ,zuta ,qadisha1 or 8,the ,lesser ,holy ,assembly40 ,the language is very mystical and veiled1 yet still comprehensible4 ,in the latter1 among the sparks of ,prior ,worlds1 8vibrating ,flames and ,sparks10 from the divine flint1 the 8,workman0 proceeds to create man1 8male and female0 7#dbg74 ,these 8,flames and ,sparks0--,angels and their ,worlds1 ,stars and ,planets--are said1 figuratively1 to become extinct and die1 that is to say1 remain 8unmanifested0 until a certain process of ,nature is accomplished4 ,to show how thickly veiled from public view are the most important facts of ,anthropogenesis1 two passages are now quoted from two ,kabalistic books4 ,the first is from the ,ha ,idra ,zuta ,qadisha3 #dbi4 ,from a ,light,bearer one of the ,seven ,sacred ,planets of insupportable brightness proceeded a ,radiating ,flame1 dashing off like a vast and mighty hammer those sparks which were the ,prior ,worlds4 #dcj4 ,and with most subtle ether were these intermingled and bound mutually together1 but only when they were conjoined together1 even the ,great ,father and ,great ,mother4 #dca4 ,from ,hoa1 ,himself1 is ,,ab1 the ,father2 and from ,hoa1 ,himself1 is ,ruach1 the ,spirit2 ,who are hidden in the ,ancient of ,days1 and therein is that ether concealed4 #dcb4 ,and ,it was connected with a lightbearer a ,planet and its ,angel or ,regent1 which went forth from that ,light,bearer of insupportable brightness1 which is hidden in the bosom of ,aima1 the ,great ,mother47#ahj7 ,now the following extract from the ,zohar17#aha7 under the heading1 8,the ,pre,adamite ,kings10 also deals with the same mystery3 ,we have learned in the ,siphrah ,d',tznioothah3 ,that the ,attee' kah ,d',attee' keen1 ,ancient of ,ancients1 before ,he prepared ,his ,form1 built kings and engraved kings1 and sketched out kings men1 the 8kings0 of the animals1 and they could not exist3 till ,he overthrew them and hid them until after a time1 therefore it is written2 8,and these are the kings which reigned in the land of ,edom40444 ,and they could not exist till ,resha',hiv'rah1 the ,white ,head1 the ,at'tee'kah ,d',attee'keen1 ,ancient of the ,ancients1 arranged ,himself4 ,when he arranged ,himself ,he formed all forms ,above and ,below4444 ,before ,he arranged ,himself in ,his ,form1 had not been formed all those whom ,he desired to form1 and all worlds have been destroyed4444 ,they did not remain in their places1 because the form of the kings had not been formed as it ought to be1 and the ,holy ,city had not been prepared47#ahb7 ,now the plain meaning of these two allegorical and metaphysical disquisitions is simply this3 ,worlds and men were in turn formed and destroyed1 under the law of evolution and from prexisting material1 until both the ,planets and their men1 in our case our ,earth and its animal and human races1 became what they are now in the present cycle--opposite polar forces1 an equilibrized compound of ,spirit and ,matter1 of the positive and the negative1 of the male and the female4 ,before man could become male and female physically1 his prototype1 the creating ,elohim1 had to arrange his ,form on this sexual plane astrally4 ,that is to say1 the ,atoms and the organic forces1 descending into the plane of the given differentiation1 had to be marshalled in the order intended by ,nature1 so as to be ever carrying out1 in an immaculate way1 that law which the ,kabalah calls the 8,balance10 through which everything that exists does so as male and female in its final perfection1 in this present stage of materiality4 ,chokmah1 ,wisdom1 the ,male ,sephira1 had to diffuse itself in1 and through1 ,binah1 intelligent ,nature1 or ,understanding4 ,therefore the ,first ,root,race of men1 sexless and mindless1 had to be overthrown and 8hidden until after a time02 i4e41 the ,first ,race1 instead of dying1 disappeared in the ,second ,race1 as certain lower lives and plants do in their progeny4 ,it was a wholesale transformation4 ,the ,first became the ,second ,root,race1 without either begetting it1 procreating it1 or dying4 8,they passed by together10 as it is written3 8,and he died0 and another 8reigned in his stead407#ahc7 ,why8 ,because the 8,holy ,city had not been prepared40 ,and what is the 8,holy ,city08 ,the ,maqom--the ,secret ,place or the ,shrine--on ,earth2 in other words1 the human womb1 the microcosmic copy and reflection of the ,heavenly ,matrix1 the female ,space or primeval ,chaos1 in which the male ,spirit fecundates the germ of the ,son1 or the visible ,universe4 ,so much so1 that in the paragraph on 8,the ,emanation of the ,male and ,female ,principles0 in the ,zohar1 it is said that1 on this ,earth1 the ,wisdom from the 8,holy ,ancient0 8does not shine except in male and female40 7,hokhmah ,wisdom1 is the ,father1 and ,binah ,understanding1 is the ,mother47444 ,and when they connect one with the other1 they bring forth and diffuse and emanate ,truth4 ,in the sayings of ,rabbi ,yeyeva1 ,sabbah1 i4e41 the ,old1 we learned this2 ,what is ,binah ,understanding8 ,but when they connect in one another1 the 7,yod7 in the 7,heh71 they become impregnated and produce a ,son4 ,and1 therefore1 it is called ,binah1 ,understanding4 ,it means ,be,n ,ya,h1 i4e41 ,son of ,ya,h4 ,this is the completeness of the ,whole47#ahd7 ,this is also the 8completeness0 of phallicism by the ,rabbis1 its perfect apotheosis1 the divine being dragged into the animal1 the sublime into the grossness of the terrestrial4 ,nothing so graphically gross exists in ,eastern ,occultism1 nor in the primitive ,kabalah--the ,chaldan ,book of ,numbers4 ,we have said so already in ,isis ,unveiled3 ,we find it rather unwise on the part of ,catholic writers to pour out their vials of wrath in such sentences as these3 8,in a multitude of pagodas1 the phallic stone1 ever and always assuming1 like the ,grecian batylos1 the brutally indecent form of the lingham 444 the ,mah ,deva40 ,before casting slurs on a symbol whose profound metaphysical meaning is too much for the modern champions of that religion of sensualism par excellence1 ,roman ,catholicism1 to grasp1 they are in duty bound to destroy their oldest churches1 and change the form of the cupolas of their own temples4 ,the ,mahadeo of ,elephanta1 the ,round ,tower of ,bhagulpore1 the minarets of ,islam--either rounded or pointed--are the originals of the ,campanile column of ,san ,marco1 at ,venice1 of ,rochester ,cathedral1 and of the modern ,duomo of ,milan4 ,all of these steeples1 turrets1 domes1 and ,christian temples1 are the reproductions of the primitive idea of the lithos1 the upright phallus47#ahe7 ,nevertheless1 and however it may be1 the fact that all these ,hebrew ,elohim1 ,sparks1 and ,cherubs are identical with the ,devas1 ,rishis and the ,fires and ,flames1 the ,rudras and the fortynine ,agnis of the ancient ryas1 is sufficiently proven by and in the ,kabalah4 ,stanza ,,iv4 ,creation ,of ,the ,first ,races4 #ad4 ,creation of men4 #ae4 ,they are empty shadows4 #af4 ,the ,creators are perplexed how to create a thinking man4 #ag4 ,what is needed for the formation of a perfect ,man4 #ad4 ,,the ,,seven ,,hosts1 ,,the ,,will,,born7#ahf7 ,,lords1 ,,propelled ,,by ,,the ,,spirit ,,of ,,life,,giving17#ahg7 ,,separate ,,men ,,from ,,themselves1 ,,each ,,on ,,his ,,own ,,zone4 ,they threw off their 8,shadows0 or ,astral ,bodies--if such an ethereal being as a 8,lunar ,spirit0 may be supposed to rejoice in an ,astral1 besides a hardly tangible ,body4 ,in another ,commentary it is said that the ,ancestors breathed out the first man1 as ,brahm is explained to have breathed out the ,suras1 or ,gods1 when they became ,asuras 7from ,asu1 breath74 ,in a third it is said that they1 the newlycreated ,men1 were the 8shadows of the ,shadows40 ,with regard to this sentence--8,they were the shadows of the ,shadows0--a few more words may be said and a fuller explanation attempted4 ,this first process of the evolution of mankind is far easier to accept than the one which follows it1 though one and all such processes will be rejected and doubted even by some ,kabalists1 especially the ,western1 who study the present effects1 but have neglected to study their primary causes4 ,nor does the writer feel competent to explain a mode of procreation so difficult of appreciation save for an ,eastern ,occultist4 ,therefore it is useless to enter here into details concerning the process1 though it is minutely described in the ,secret ,books1 as it would only lead to speaking of facts hitherto unknown to the profane world1 and hence to their being misunderstood4 ,an ,adam made of the dust of the ground will always be found preferable1 by a certain class of students1 to one projected out of the ethereal body of his creator2 though the former process has never been heard of1 while the latter is familiar1 as all know1 to many ,spiritualists in ,europe and ,america1 who1 of all men1 ought to understand it4 ,for who of those who have witnessed the phenomenon of a materializing form oozing out of the pores of a medium or1 at other times1 out of his left side1 can fail to credit the possibility1 at least1 of such a birth8 ,if there are in the ,universe such beings as ,angels or ,spirits1 whose incorporeal essence may constitute an intelligent ,entity1 notwithstanding the absence of any 7to us7 solid organism2 and if there are those who believe that a ,god made the first man out of dust1 and breathed into him a living ,soul--and there are millions upon millions who believe both--what does this doctrine of ours contain that is so impossible8 ,very soon the day will dawn1 when the world will have to choose whether it will accept the miraculous creation of man 7and ,kosmos too7 out of nothing1 according to the dead letter of ,genesis1 or a first man born from a fantastic link--absolutely 8missing0 so far--the common ancestor of man1 and of the 8true ape407#ahh7 ,between these two fallacies1 ,occult ,philosophy steps in4 ,it teaches that the first human stock was projected by higher and semi divine ,beings out of their own essences4 ,if the latter process is to be considered as abnormal or even inconceivable--because obsolete in ,nature at this point of evolution--it is yet proven possible on the authority of certain 8spiritualistic0 facts4 ,which1 then1 we ask of the three hypotheses or theories is the most reasonable and the least absurd8 ,certainly no one--provided he be not a soulblind ,materialist--can ever object to the ,occult ,teaching4 ,now1 as shown1 we gather from the latter that man was not 8created0 the complete being he is now1 however imperfect he still remains4 ,there was a spiritual1 a psychic1 an intellectual1 and an animal evolution1 from the highest to the lowest1 as well as a physical development--from the simple and homogeneous1 up to the more complex and heterogeneous2 though not quite on the lines traced for us by the modern ,evolutionists4 ,this double evolution in two contrary directions1 required various ages1 of divers natures and degrees of spirituality and intellectuality1 to fabricate the being now known as man4 ,furthermore1 the one absolute1 ever acting and never erring law1 which proceeds on the same lines from one ,eternity 7or ,manvantara7 to the other--ever furnishing an ascending scale for the manifested1 or that which we call the great ,illusion 7,mah,my71 but plunging ,spirit deeper and deeper into materiality on the one hand1 and then redeeming it through flesh and liberating it--this law1 we say1 uses for these purposes the ,beings from other and higher planes1 men1 or ,minds 7,manus71 in accordance with their ,karmic exigencies4 ,at this juncture1 the reader is again asked to turn to the ,indian ,philosophy and ,religion4 ,the ,esotericism of both is at one with our ,secret ,doctrine1 however much the form may differ and vary4 ,on ,the ,identity ,and ,differences ,of ,the ,incarnating ,powers4 ,the ,progenitors of ,man1 called in ,india ,fathers1 ,pitaras1 or ,pitris1 are the 8,creators0 of our bodies and lower principles4 ,they are ourselves1 as the first personalities1 and we are they4 ,primeval man would be 8the bone of their bone and the flesh of their flesh10 if they had bones and flesh4 ,as stated1 they were 8,lunar ,beings40 ,the endowers of man with his conscious1 immortal ,ego1 are the 8,solar ,angels0--whether so regarded metaphorically or literally4 ,the mysteries of the ,conscious ,ego or ,human ,soul are great4 ,the ,esoteric name of these ,solar ,angels is1 literally1 the 8,lords0 7,nth7 of 8persevering ceaseless devotion0 7,pranidhna74 ,therefore they of the ,fifth ,principle 7,manas7 seem to be connected with1 or to have originated the system of the ,yogs who make of ,pranidhna their fifth observance47#ahi7 ,it has already been explained why the ,trans,himlayan ,occultists regard them as evidently identical with those who in ,india are termed ,kumras1 ,agnishvttas1 and the ,barhishads4 ,how precise and true is ,plato's expression1 how profound and philosophical his remark on the 7,human7 ,soul or ,ego1 when he defined it as 8a compound of the same and the other40 ,and yet how little this hint has been understood1 since the world took it to mean that the ,soul was the ,breath of ,god1 of ,jehovah4 ,it is 8the same and the other10 as the great ,initiate,philosopher said2 for the ,ego--the 8,higher ,self0 when merged with and in the ,divine ,monad--is ,man1 and yet the same as the 8other02 the ,angel in him incarnated is the same with the ,universal ,mahat4 ,the great classical writers and philosophers felt this truth1 when saying that3 ,there must be something within us which produces our thoughts4 ,something very subtle2 it is a breath2 it is fire2 it is ether2 it is quintessence2 it is a slender likeness2 it is an intellection2 it is a number2 it is harmony47#aij7 ,all these are the ,mnasas and ,rjasas2 the ,kumras1 ,asuras1 and other ,rulers and ,pitris1 who incarnated in the ,third ,race1 and in this and various other ways endowed mankind with ,mind4 ,there are ,seven ,classes of ,pitris1 as shown below1 three ,incorporeal and four ,corporeal2 and two kinds1 the ,agnishvtta and the ,barhishad4 ,and we may add that1 as there are two kinds of ,pitris1 so there is a double and a triple set of ,barhishad and ,agnishvtta4 ,the former1 having given birth to their ,astral ,doubles1 are reborn as ,sons of ,atri1 and are the 8,pitris of the ,demons10 or ,corporeal ,beings1 on the authority of ,manu27#aia7 while the ,agnishvtta are reborn as ,sons of ,marchi1 a ,son of ,brahm1 and are the 8,pitris of the ,gods407#aib7 ,the ,vyu ,purna declares the ,seven ,orders of ,pitris to have been originally the first ,gods1 the ,vairjas1 whom ,brahm1 with the eye of ,yoga1 beheld in the eternal spheres1 and who are the gods of the gods4444 ,the ,matsya 444 adds1 that the ,gods worshipped them47#aic7 ,the ,harivamsha distinguishes the ,vairjas as one class of the ,pitris only17#aid7 a statement corroborated in the ,secret ,teachings1 which1 however1 identify the ,vairjas with the elder ,agnishvttas7#aie7 and the ,rjasas1 or bhtarajasas1 who are ,incorporeal without even an ,astral ,phantom4 ,vishnu is said1 in most of the ,,mss41 to have incarnated in and through them4 ,in the ,raivata ,manvantara1 again1 ,hari1 best of gods1 was born of ,sambhti1 as the divine ,mnasa--originating with the deities called ,rjasas47#aif7 ,sambhti was a daughter of ,daksha1 and wife of ,marchi1 the father of the ,agnishvtta1 who1 along with the ,rjasas1 are ever associated with ,mnasas4 ,as remarked by a far more able ,sanskritist than ,wilson1 ,mr4 ,fitzedward ,hall3 ,mnasa is no inappropriate name for a deity associated with the ,rjasas4 ,we appear to have in it mnasam--the same as manas--with the change of termination required to express male personification47#aig7 ,all the ,sons of ,virja are ,mnasa1 says ,nlakantha4 ,and ,virja is ,brahm1 and1 therefore1 the ,incorporeal ,pitris are called ,vairjas from being the ,sons of ,virja1 says ,vayu ,purna4 ,we could multiply our proofs ad infinitum1 but it is useless4 ,the wise will understand our meaning1 the unwise are not required to4 ,there are thirtythree crores1 or three hundred and thirty millions1 of ,gods in ,india4 ,but1 as remarked by the learned lecturer on the ,bhagavad ,gt3 ,they may be all devas1 but are by no means all 8gods10 in the high spiritual sense one attributes to the term4 ,this is an unfortunate blunder generally committed by ,europeans4 ,deva is a kind of spiritual being1 and because the same word is used in ordinary parlance to mean god1 it by no means follows that we have and worship thirtythree crores of gods4 ,these beings1 as may be naturally inferred1 have a certain affinity with one of the three component ,updhis basic principles into which we have divided man47#aih7 ,the names of the deities of a certain mystic class change with every ,manvantara4 ,thus the twelve ,great ,gods1 ,jayas1 created by ,brahm to assist him in the work of creation in the very beginning of the ,kalpa1 and who1 lost in ,samdhi1 neglected to create--whereupon they were cursed to be repeatedly born in each ,manvantara till the seventh--are respectively called ,ajitas1 ,tushitas1 ,satyas1 ,haris1 ,vaikunthas1 ,sdhyas1 and ,adityas37#aii7 they are ,tushitas1 in the second ,kalpa1 and dityas in this ,vaivasvata ,period17#bjj7 besides other names for each age4 ,but they are identical with the ,mnasas or ,rjasas1 and these with our incarnating ,dhyn ,chohans4 ,yes2 besides those ,beings1 who1 like the ,yakshas1 ,gandharvas1 ,kinnaras1 etc41 taken in their individualities1 inhabit the ,astral ,plane1 there are real ,devas1 and to these classes belong the ,adityas1 the ,vairjas1 the ,kumras1 the ,asuras1 and all those high celestial ,beings whom ,occult teaching calls ,manasvin1 the ,wise1 foremost of all1 and who would have made all men the selfconscious spiritually intellectual ,beings they will be1 had they not been 8cursed0 to fall into generation1 and to be reborn themselves as mortals for their neglect of duty4 ,stanza ,,iv4--,continued4 #ae4 ,,seven ,,times ,,seven ,,shadows7#bja7 ,,of ,,future ,,men7#bjb7 7,a7 ,,were7#bjc7 ,,born1 ,,each ,,of ,,his ,,own ,,colour7#bjd7 ,,and ,,kind 7,b74 ,,each7#bje7 ,,inferior ,,to ,,his ,,father47#bjf7 ,,the ,,fathers1 ,,the ,,boneless1 ,,could ,,give ,,no ,,life ,,to ,,beings ,,with ,,bones4 ,,their ,,progeny ,,were ,,bh,,ta17#bjg7 ,,with ,,neither ,,form ,,nor ,,mind4 ,,therefore ,,they ,,are ,,called ,,the ,,chh,y7#bjh7 ,,race7,c74 7a7 ,manu1 as already remarked1 comes from the root man1 to think1 hence a 8thinker40 ,it is from this ,sanskrit word very likely that sprung the ,latin mens1 ,mind1 the ,egyptian ,menes1 the 8,master,mind10 the ,pythagorean monas1 or conscious 8thinking unit10 mind also1 and even our manas or mind1 the fifth principle in man4 ,hence these ,shadows are called ,amnasa1 8,mindless40 ,with the ,brhmans1 the ,pitris are very sacred1 because they are the ,progenitors17#bji7 or ,ancestors of men--the first ,manushyas on this ,earth--and offerings are made to them by the ,brhman when a son is born unto him4 ,they are more honoured and their ritual is more important than the worship of the ,gods47#baj7 ,may we not now search for a philosophical meaning in this dual group of ,progenitors8 ,the ,pitris being divided into seven ,classes1 we have here the mystic number again4 ,nearly all the ,purnas agree that three of these are ,arpa1 formless1 while four are ,corporeal2 the former being intellectual and spiritual1 the latter material and devoid of intellect4 ,esoterically1 it is the ,asuras who form the first three ,classes of ,pitris--8born in the ,body of ,night0--whereas the other four were produced from the 8,body of ,twilight40 ,their ,fathers1 the ,gods1 were doomed to be born fools on ,earth1 according to the ,vyu ,purna4 ,the legends are purposely mixed up and made very hazy3 the ,pitris being in one the ,sons of the ,gods1 and1 in another1 those of ,brahm2 while a third makes them instructors of their own ,fathers4 ,it is the ,hosts of the four material ,classes who create men simultaneously on the seven ,zones4 ,now1 with regard to the seven ,classes of ,pitris1 each of which is again divided into seven1 a word to students and a query to the profane4 ,that ,class of the 8,fire ,dhyns10 which we identify on undeniable grounds with the ,agnishvttas1 is called in our school the 8,heart0 of the ,dhyn ,chohanic ,body1 and is said to have incarnated in the ,third ,race of men and made them perfect4 ,the ,esoteric ,mystagogy speaks of the mysterious relation existing between the hebdomadic essence or substance of this angelic ,heart and that of man1 whose every physical organ1 and psychic1 and spiritual function1 is a reflection1 so to say1 a copy on the terrestrial plane1 of the model or prototype above4 ,why1 it is asked1 should there be such a strange repetition of the number seven in the anatomical structure of man8 ,why should the heart have four lower cavities and three higher divisions1 answering so strangely to the septenary division of the human principles1 separated into two groups1 the higher and the lower2 and why should the same division be found in the various classes of ,pitris1 and especially our ,fire ,dhyns8 ,for1 as already stated1 these ,beings fall into four ,corporeal1 or grosser1 and three ,incorporeal1 or subtler1 8,principles10 or call them by any other name you please4 ,why do the seven nervous plexuses of the body radiate seven rays8 ,why are there these seven plexuses1 and why seven distinct layers in the human skin8 ,says the ,commentary3 ,having projected their ,shadows and made men of one ,element ,ether1 the ,progenitors rescend to ,mah,loka1 whence they descend periodically1 when the ,world is renewed1 to give birth to new ,men4 ,the ,subtle ,bodies remain without understanding ,manas until the advent of the ,suras ,gods now called ,asuras ,not,gods4 8,not,gods10 for the ,brhmans1 perhaps1 but the highest 8,breaths10 for the ,occultist2 since those ,progenitors 7,pitaras71 the formless and the intellectual1 refuse to build man1 but endow him with ,mind2 the four corporeal ,classes creating only his body4 ,this is very plainly shown in various texts of the ,rig ,veda--the highest authority for a ,hind of any sect whatever4 ,therein ,asura means 8spiritual1 divine10 and the word is used as a synonym for ,supreme ,spirit1 and the term ,asura1 in the sense of a 8,god10 is applied to ,varuna and ,indra and preminently to ,agni--the three having been in days of old the three highest ,gods1 before ,brhmanical ,theo,mythology distorted the true meaning of almost everything in the ,archaic ,scriptures4 ,but1 as the key is now lost1 the ,asuras are hardly mentioned4 ,in the ,zend ,avesta the same is found4 ,in the ,mazdean1 or ,magian1 religion1 ,asura is the ,lord ,asura ,vishvavedas1 the 8allknowing0 or 8omniscient ,lord02 and ,asura ,mazdh1 becoming later ,ahura ,mazdh1 is1 as ,benfey shows1 8the ,lord who bestows ,intelligence0--,asura ,medh and ,ahura ,mazdo47#baa7 ,elsewhere in this work it is shown1 on equally good authority1 that the ,indo,iranian ,asura was always regarded as sevenfold4 ,this fact1 combined with the name ,mazdh1 as above1 which makes of the sevenfold ,asura the 8,lord10 or 8,lords0 collectively 8who bestow ,intelligence10 connects the ,amshaspands with the ,asuras and with our incarnating ,dhyn ,chohans1 as well as with the ,elohim1 and the seven informing ,gods of ,egypt1 ,chalda1 and every other country4 ,why these 8,gods0 refused to create men is not1 as stated in exoteric accounts1 because their pride was too great to share the celestial power of their essence with the ,children of ,earth1 but for reasons already suggested4 ,however1 allegory has indulged in endless fancies and ,theology has taken advantage thereof in every country1 to make out its case against these ,firstborn1 or the ,logoi1 and to impress it as a truth on the minds of the ignorant and credulous47#bab7 ,the ,christian system is not the only one which has degraded these ,gods into ,demons4 ,zoroastrianism and even ,brhmanism have profited thereby to obtain hold over the people's mind4 ,even in ,chaldan exotericism1 ,beings who refuse to create1 and are said to oppose thereby the ,demiurgus1 are also denounced as ,spirits of ,darkness4 ,the ,suras1 who win their intellectual independence1 fight the ,suras1 who are devoid thereof and are shown as passing their lives in profitless ceremonial worship based on blind faith--a hint now ignored by the orthodox ,brhmans--and forthwith the former become ,a,suras4 ,the ,first and ,mindborn ,sons of the ,deity refuse to create progeny1 and are cursed by ,brahm to be born as men4 ,they are hurled down to ,earth1 which1 later on1 is transformed1 in theological dogma1 into the ,infernal ,regions4 ,ahriman destroys the ,bull created by ,ormazd--which is the emblem of terrestrial illusive life1 the 8germ of sorrow0--and1 forgetting that the perishing finite seed must die1 in order that the plant of immortality1 the plant of spiritual1 eternal life1 should sprout and live1 ,ahriman is proclaimed the enemy1 the opposing power1 the ,devil4 ,typhon cuts ,osiris into fourteen pieces1 in order to prevent him peopling the world and thus creating misery2 and ,typhon becomes1 in the exoteric1 theological teaching1 the ,power of ,darkness4 ,but all this is the exoteric shell4 ,it is the worshippers of the latter who attribute to disobedience and rebellion the effort and self sacrifice of those who would help men to their original status of divinity through selfconscious efforts2 and it is these worshippers of form who have made ,demons of the ,angels of ,light4 ,esoteric ,philosophy1 however1 teaches that onethird7#bac7 of the ,dhyns--i4e41 the three ,classes of the ,arpa ,pitris1 endowed with intelligence1 8which is a formless breath1 composed of intellectual not elementary substances07#bad7--was simply doomed by the law of ,karma and evolution to be reborn1 or incarnated1 on ,earth47#bae7 ,some of these were ,nirmnakyas from other ,manvantaras4 ,hence we see them1 in all the ,purnas1 reappearing on this ,globe1 in the ,third ,manvantara--read ,third ,root,race--as ,kings1 ,rishis and ,heroes4 ,this tenet1 being too philosophical and metaphysical to be grasped by the multitudes1 was1 as already stated1 disfigured by the priesthood for the purpose of preserving a hold over the former through superstitious fear4 ,the supposed 8,rebels10 then1 were simply those who1 compelled by ,karmic law to drink the cup of gall to its last bitter drop1 had to incarnate anew1 and thus make responsible thinking entities of the astral statues projected by their inferior brethren4 ,some are said to have refused1 because they had not in them the requisite materials--i4e41 an astral body--for they were ,arpa4 ,the refusal of others had reference to their having been ,adepts and ,yogs of long past preceding ,manvantaras2 another mystery4 ,but1 later on1 as ,nirmnakyas1 they sacrificed themselves for the good and salvation of the ,monads which were waiting for their turn1 and which otherwise would have had to linger for countless ages in irresponsible1 animallike1 though in appearance human1 forms4 ,it may be a parable and an allegory within an allegory4 ,its solution is left to the intuition of the student1 if he only reads that which follows with his spiritual eye4 ,as to their ,fashioners or ,ancestors--those ,angels who1 in the exoteric legends1 obeyed the law--they must be identical with the ,barhishad ,pitris1 or the ,pitri,devats1 i4e41 those possessed of the physical creative fire4 ,they could only create1 or rather clothe1 the human ,monads with their own astral ,selves1 but they could not make man in their image and likeness4 8,man must not be like one of us10 say the ,creative ,gods1 entrusted with the fabrication of the lower animal--but higher47#baf7 ,their creating the semblance of men out of their own divine ,essence means1 ,esoterically1 that it is they who became the ,first ,race1 and thus shared its destiny and further evolution4 ,they would not1 simply because they could not1 give to man that sacred spark which burns and expands into the flower of human reason and selfconsciousness1 for they had it not to give4 ,this was left to that ,class of ,devas who became symbolized in ,greece under the name of ,prometheus2 to those who had nought to do with the physical body1 yet everything with the purely spiritual man4 ,each ,class of ,creators endows man with what it has to give3 the one builds his external form2 the other gives him its essence1 which later on becomes the ,human ,higher ,self owing to the personal exertion of the individual2 but they could not make men as they were themselves--perfect1 because sinless2 sinless1 because having only the first1 pale shadowy outlines of attributes1 and these all perfect--from the human standpoint--white1 pure and cold as the virgin snow4 ,where there is no struggle1 there is no merit4 ,humanity1 8of the earth earthy10 was not destined to be created by the ,angels of the ,first ,divine ,breath4 ,therefore they are said to have refused to create1 and man had to be formed by more material ,creators17#bag7 who1 in their turn1 could give only what they had in their own natures1 and no more4 ,subservient to eternal law1 the pure ,gods could only project out of themselves shadowy men1 a little less ethereal and spiritual1 less divine and perfect than themselves--shadows still4 ,the first ,humanity1 therefore1 was a pale copy of its ,progenitors2 too material1 even in its ethereality1 to be a hierarchy of ,gods2 too spiritual and pure to be ,men--endowed as it is with every negative 7nirguna7 perfection4 ,perfection1 to be fully such1 must be born out of imperfection1 the incorruptible must grow out of the corruptible1 having the latter as its vehicle and basis and contrast4 ,absolute ,light is absolute ,darkness1 and vice vers4 ,in fact1 there is neither ,light nor ,darkness in the realms of ,truth4 ,good and ,evil are twins1 the progeny of ,space and ,time1 under the sway of ,my4 ,separate them1 by cutting off one from the other1 and they will both die4 ,neither exists per se1 since each has to be generated and created out of the other1 in order to come into being2 both must be known and appreciated before becoming objects of perception1 hence1 in mortal mind1 they must be divided4 ,nevertheless1 as the illusionary distinction exists1 it requires a lower ,order of ,creative ,angels to 8create0 inhabited ,globes--especially ours--or to deal with ,matter on this earthly plane4 ,the philosophical ,gnostics were the first to think so1 in the historical period1 and to invent various systems upon this theory4 ,therefore in their schemes of creation1 one always finds their 8,creators0 occupying a place at the very foot of the ladder of ,spiritual ,being4 ,with them1 those who created our ,earth and its mortals were placed on the very limit of myvic ,matter1 and their followers were taught to think--to the great disgust of the ,church ,fathers--that for the creation of those wretched races1 in a spiritual and moral sense1 which grace our ,globe1 no high ,divinity could be made responsible1 but only ,angels of a low ,hierarchy17#bah7 to which ,class they relegated the ,jewish ,god1 ,jehovah4 ,mankinds different from the present are mentioned in all the ancient ,cosmogonies4 ,plato speaks1 in the ,phdrus1 of a 8winged0 race of men4 ,aristophanes1 in ,plato's ,banquet1 speaks of a race androgynous and with round bodies4 ,in ,pymander1 all the animal kingdom even is doublesexed4 ,thus it is said3 ,the circuit having been accomplished1 the knot was loosened 444 and all the animals1 which were equally androgynous1 were untied separated together with man 444 for 444 the causes had to produce effects on earth47#bai7 ,again1 in the ancient ,quich ,manuscript1 the ,popol ,vuh--published by the late ,abb ,brasseur de ,bourbourg--the first men are described as a race 8whose sight was unlimited1 and who knew all things at once02 thus showing the divine knowledge of ,gods1 not mortals4 ,the ,secret ,doctrine1 correcting the unavoidable exaggerations of popular fancy1 gives the facts as they are recorded in the archaic symbols4 7b7 ,these 8,shadows0 were born 8each of his own colour and kind10 each also 8inferior to his ,father10 or ,creator1 because the latter was a complete ,being of his kind4 ,the ,commentaries refer the first sentence to the colour or complexion of each human race thus evolved4 ,in ,pymander1 the ,seven ,primitive ,men1 created by ,nature from the 8,heavenly ,man10 all partake of the qualities of the ,seven 8,governors10 or ,rulers1 who loved ,man--their own reflection and synthesis4 ,in the ,norse ,legends1 one recognizes in ,asgard1 the habitat of the ,gods1 as also in the ,ases themselves1 the same mystical ,loci and personifications woven into the popular 8myths10 as in our ,secret ,doctrine2 and we find them in the ,vedas1 the ,purnas1 the ,mazdean ,scriptures and the ,kabalah4 ,the ,ases of ,scandinavia1 the ,rulers of the ,world which preceded ours1 whose name means literally the 8,pillars of the ,world10 its 8,supports10 are thus identical with the ,greek ,cosmocratores1 the seven 8,workmen0 or ,rectors of ,pymander1 the seven ,rishis and ,pitris of ,india1 the seven ,chaldan ,gods and seven ,evil ,spirits1 the seven ,kabalistic ,sephiroth1 synthesized by the upper ,triad1 and even the seven ,planetary ,spirits of the ,christian ,mystics4 ,the ,ases create the earth1 the seas1 the sky and the clouds1 the whole visible world1 from the remains of the slain giant ,ymir2 but they do not create ,,man1 but only his form from the ,ask or ,ash tree4 ,it is ,odin who endows him with life and soul1 after ,lodur had given him blood and bones1 and finally it is ,hnir who furnishes him with his intellect 7,manas7 and with his conscious senses47#bbj7 ,the ,norse ,ask1 the ,hesiodic ,ashtree1 whence issued the men of the generation of bronze1 the ,third ,root,race1 and the ,tzit tree of the ,popol ,vuh1 out of which the ,mexican third race of men was created1 are all one4 ,this may be plainly seen by any reader4 ,but the ,occult reason why the ,norse ,yggdrasil1 the ,hind ,ashvattha1 the ,gogard1 the ,hellenic tree of life1 and the ,tibetan ,zampun1 are one with the ,kabalistic ,sephirothic ,tree1 and even with the ,holy ,tree made by ,ahura ,mazda1 and the ,tree of ,eden--who among the ,western scholars can tell87#bba7 ,nevertheless1 the fruits of all those 8,trees10 whether ,pippala1 or ,haoma1 or even the more prosaic ,apple1 are the 8plants of life10 in fact and verity4 ,the prototypes of our races were all enclosed in the ,microcosmic ,tree1 which grew and developed within and under the great mundane ,macrocosmic ,tree27#bbb7 and the mystery is half revealed in the ,drghotamas1 where it is said3 ,pippala1 the sweet fruit of that tree upon which come spirits who love the science1 and where the gods produce all marvels4 ,as in the ,gogard1 among the luxuriant branches of all these ,mundane ,trees1 the 8,serpent0 dwells4 ,but while the ,macrocosmic ,tree is the ,serpent of ,eternity and of absolute ,wisdom itself1 those who dwell in the ,microcosmic ,tree are the ,serpents of the ,manifested ,wisdom4 ,one is the ,one and ,all2 the others are its reflected parts4 ,the 8,tree0 is man himself1 of course1 and the ,serpent dwelling in each1 the conscious ,manas1 the connecting link between ,spirit and ,matter1 ,heaven and ,earth4 ,everywhere1 it is the same4 ,the 8,creating0 ,powers produce ,man1 but fail in their final object4 ,all these ,logoi strive to endow man with conscious immortal ,spirit1 reflected in the ,mind 7,manas7 alone2 they fail1 and they are all represented as being punished for the failure1 if not for the attempt4 ,what is the nature of the punishment8 ,a sentence of imprisonment in the lower or nether region1 which is our ,earth1 the lowest in its ,chain2 an 8,eternity0--meaning the duration of the ,lifecycle--in the darkness of ,matter1 or within animal ,man4 ,it pleased the half ignorant and half designing ,church ,fathers to disfigure the graphic symbol4 ,they took advantage of the metaphor and allegory in every old religion to turn them to the benefit of the new one4 ,thus man was transformed into the darkness of a material ,hell2 his divine consciousness1 obtained from his indwelling ,principle1 the ,mnasa1 or the incarnated ,deva1 became the glaring flames of the ,infernal ,region1 and our ,globe that ,hell itself4 ,pippala1 ,haoma1 the fruit of the ,tree of ,knowledge1 were denounced as the forbidden fruit1 and the 8,serpent of ,wisdom10 the voice of reason and consciousness1 remained identified for ages with the ,fallen ,angel1 which is the old ,dragon1 the ,devil6 ,the same for the other high symbols4 ,the ,svastika1 the most sacred and mystic symbol in ,india1 the 8,jaina ,cross0 as it is now called by the ,masons1 notwithstanding its direct connection1 and even identity1 with the ,christian ,cross1 has become dishonoured in the same manner4 ,it is the 8devil's sign10 we are told by the ,indian missionaries4 ,does it not shine on the head of the great ,serpent of ,vishnu1 on the thousandheaded ,shesha ,ananta1 in the depths of ,ptla1 the ,hind ,naraka or ,hell8 ,it does3 but what is ,ananta8 ,as ,shesha1 it is the almost endless ,manvantaric ,cycle of ,time1 and becomes ,infinite ,time itself1 when called ,ananta1 the great ,sevenheaded ,serpent1 on which rests ,vishnu1 the ,eternal ,deity1 during ,pralayic inactivity4 ,what has ,satan to do with this highly metaphysical symbol8 ,the ,svastika is the most philosophically scientific of all symbols1 as also the most comprehensible4 ,it is the summary in a few lines of the whole work of 8creation10 or evolution as one should rather say1 from ,cosmotheogony down to ,anthropogony1 from the indivisible unknown ,parabrahman to the humble ,moneron of materialistic ,science1 whose genesis is as unknown to that ,science as is that of the ,all,deity ,itself4 ,the ,svastika is found heading the religious symbols of every old nation4 ,it is the 8,worker's ,hammer0 in the ,chaldan ,book of ,numbers1 the 8,hammer10 above referred to1 in the ,book of ,concealed ,mystery1 8which striketh sparks from the flint0 7,space71 those sparks becoming ,worlds4 ,it is ,thor's ,hammer1 the magic weapon forged by the ,dwarfs against the ,giants1 or the ,precosmic ,titanic ,forces of ,nature1 which rebel and1 while alive in the region of ,matter1 will not be subdued by the ,gods--the agents of ,universal ,harmony--but have first to be destroyed4 ,this is why the ,world is formed out of the relics of the murdered ,ymir4 ,the ,svastika is the ,milnir1 the 8,stormhammer02 and therefore it is said that when the ,ases1 the holy ,gods1 after having been purified by fire--the fire of the passions and suffering in their lifeincarnations--become fit to dwell in ,ida in eternal peace1 then ,milnir will become useless4 ,this will be when the bonds of ,hel--the ,goddessqueen of the region of the ,dead--will bind them no longer1 for the kingdom of evil will have passed away4 ,surtur's flames had not destroyed them1 nor yet had the raging waters of the several deluges4444 ,there were 444 the sons of ,thor4 ,they brought ,milnir with them1 not as a weapon of war1 but as the hammer with which to consecrate the new heavens and the new earth47#bbc7 ,verily many are its meanings6 ,in the macrocosmic work1 the 8,hammer of ,creation10 with its four arms bent at right angles1 refers to the continual motion and revolution of the invisible ,kosmos of ,forces4 ,in that of the manifested ,cosmos and our ,earth1 it points to the rotation in the ,cycles of ,time of the world's axes and their equatorial belts2 the two lines forming the ,svastika 1 meaning ,spirit and ,matter1 the four hooks suggesting the motion in the revolving cycles4 ,applied to the microcosm1 ,man1 it shows him to be a link between ,heaven and ,earth2 the right hand being raised at the end of a horizontal arm1 the left pointing to the ,earth4 ,in the ,smaragdine ,tablet of ,hermes1 the uplifted right hand is inscribed with the word 8,solve10 the left with the word 8,coagula40 ,it is at one and the same time an ,alchemical1 ,cosmogonical1 ,anthropological1 and ,magical sign1 with seven keys to its inner meaning4 ,it is not too much to say that the compound symbolism of this universal and most suggestive of signs contains the key to the seven great mysteries of ,kosmos4 ,born in the mystical conceptions of the early ryans1 and by them placed at the very threshold of eternity1 on the head of the serpent ,ananta1 it found its spiritual death in the scholastic interpretations of medival ,anthropomorphists4 ,it is the ,alpha and the ,omega of universal ,creative ,force1 evolving from pure ,spirit and ending in gross ,matter4 ,it is also the key to the ,cycle of ,science1 divine and human2 and he who comprehends its full meaning is for ever liberated from the toils of ,mah,my1 the great ,illusion and ,deceiver4 ,the ,light that shines from under the ,divine ,hammer1 now degraded into the mallet or gavel of the ,grand ,masters of ,masonic ,lodges1 is sufficient to dissipate the darkness of any human schemes or fictions4 ,how prophetic are the songs of the three ,norse ,goddesses1 to whom the ravens of ,odin whisper of the past and the future1 as they flutter round in their abode of crystal beneath the flowing river4 ,the songs are all written down in the 8,scrolls of ,wisdom10 of which many are lost but some still remain2 and they repeat in poetical allegory the teachings of the ,archaic ,ages4 ,to summarize from ,dr4 ,wagner's ,asgard and the ,gods1 concerning the 8,renewal of the ,world10 which is a prophecy about the ,seventh ,race of our ,round told in the past tense4 ,the ,milnir had done its duty in this ,round1 and3 ,on the field of ,ida1 the field of resurrection for the ,fifth ,round1 the sons of the highest gods assembled1 and in them their fathers rose again the ,egos of all their past incarnations4 ,they talked of the ,past and the ,present1 and remembered the wisdom and prophecies of their ancestors which had all been fulfilled4 ,near them1 but unseen by them1 was the strong1 the mighty ,one1 who rules all things1 makes peace between those who are angry with each other1 and ordains the eternal laws that govern the world4 ,they all knew he was there1 they felt his presence and his power1 but were ignorant of his name4 ,at his command the new earth rose out of the waters of ,space4 ,to the south above the ,field of ,ida1 he made another heaven called ,audlang1 and further off1 a third1 known as ,widblain4 ,over ,gimil's cave a wondrous palace was erected1 which was covered with gold and shining bright in the sun4 ,these are the three gradually ascending ,globes of our ,chain4 ,there the gods were enthroned1 as they used to be1 and they rejoiced in the restoration and in the better time4 ,from ,gimil's heights the ,seventh ,globe1 the highest and purest1 they looked down upon the happy descendants of ,lif and ,lifthrasir1 the coming ,adam and ,eve of purified ,humanity and signed to them to climb up higher1 to rise in knowledge and wisdom1 in piety and in deeds of love1 step by step1 from one heaven to another1 until they were at last fit to be united to the divinities in the house of ,all father47#bbd7 ,he who knows the doctrines of ,esoteric ,budhism1 or ,wisdom1 though so imperfectly sketched hitherto1 will see clearly the allegory contained in the above4 ,its more philosophical meaning will be better understood if the reader thinks carefully over the myth of ,prometheus4 ,it is examined1 further on1 in the light of the ,hind ,pramantha4 ,degraded into a purely physiological symbol by some ,orientalists1 and taken in connection with terrestrial fire only1 their interpretation is an insult to every religion1 including ,christianity1 whose greatest mystery is thus dragged down to ,matter4 ,the 8friction0 of divine ,pramantha and ,arani could suggest itself under this image only to the brutal conceptions of the ,german ,materialists--than whom there are none worse4 ,it is true that the ,divine ,babe1 ,agni with the ,sanskritspeaking ,race1 who became ,ignis with the ,latins1 is born from the conjunction of ,pramantha and ,arani--the ,svastika--during the sacrificial ceremony4 ,but what of that8 ,tvashtri 7,vishvakarman7 is the 8divine artist and carpenter107#bbe7 and is also the ,father of the ,gods and of 8,creative ,fire0 in the ,vedas4 ,so ancient is the symbol and so sacred1 that there is hardly an excavation made on the sites of old cities without its being found4 ,a number of such terracotta discs1 called fusaoles1 were found by ,dr4 ,schliemann under the ruins of ancient ,troy4 ,both the forms1 ,symbol3 swastika with dots around the center and ,symbol3 ,cross with dot in the middle1 were excavated in great abundance2 their presence being one more proof that the ancient ,trojans and their ancestors were pure ,aryans4 7c7 ,chhy1 as already explained1 is the ,astral ,image4 ,it bears this meaning in ,sanskrit works4 ,thus ,sanjn1 ,spiritual ,consciousness1 the wife of ,srya1 the ,sun1 is shown retiring into the jungle to lead an ascetic life1 and leaving behind to her husband her ,chhy1 ,shadow or ,image4 #af4 ,,how ,,are ,,the ,,manushya7#bbf7 ,,born8 ,,the ,,manus ,,with ,,minds1 ,,how ,,are ,,they ,,made8 7,a7 ,,the ,,fathers7#bbg7 ,,called ,,to ,,their ,,help ,,their ,,own ,,fire17#bbh7 ,,which ,,is ,,the ,,fire ,,that ,,burns ,,in ,,earth4 ,,the ,,spirit ,,of ,,the ,,earth ,,called ,,to ,,his ,,help ,,the ,,solar ,,fire47#bbi7 ,,these ,,three7#bcj7 ,,produced ,,in ,,their ,,joint ,,efforts ,a ,,good ,r,,pa4 ,,it7#bca7 ,,could ,,stand1 ,,walk1 ,,run1 ,,recline1 ,,or ,,fly4 ,,yet ,,it ,,was ,,still ,,but ,a ,,chh,y1 ,a ,,shadow ,,with ,,no ,,sense4 7,b7 444 7a7 ,here an explanation again becomes necessary in the light and with the help of the exoteric added to the ,esoteric ,scriptures4 ,the ,manushyas 7,men7 and the ,manus are here equivalent to the ,chaldan ,adam--this term not meaning at all the first man1 as with the ,jews1 or one solitary individual1 but ,mankind collectively1 as with the ,chaldans and ,assyrians4 ,it is the four ,orders or ,classes of ,dhyn ,chohans out of the ,seven1 says the ,commentary1 8who were the ,progenitors of the ,concealed ,man0--i4e41 the subtle ,inner ,man4 ,the ,lha of the ,moon1 the ,lunar ,spirits1 were1 as already stated1 only the ,ancestors of his ,form1 i4e41 of the model according to which ,nature began her external work upon him4 ,thus ,primitive ,man was1 when he appeared1 only a senseless ,bhta7#bcb7 or 8phantom40 ,this 8creation0 was a failure4 7b7 ,this attempt again was a failure4 ,it allegorizes the vanity of physical ,nature's unaided attempts to construct even a perfect animal--let alone man4 ,for the ,fathers1 the ,lower ,angels1 are all ,nature ,spirits1 and the higher ,elementals also possess an intelligence of their own2 but this is not enough to construct a thinking man4 8,living ,fire0 was needed1 that ,fire which gives the human mind its selfperception and selfconsciousness1 or ,manas2 and the progeny of ,prvaka and ,shuchi are the ,animal,electric and ,solar ,fires1 which create animals1 and could thus furnish only a physical living constitution to that first astral model of man4 ,the first ,creators1 then1 were the ,pygmalions of ,primeval ,man3 they failed to animate the statue--intellectually4 ,this ,stanza we shall see is very suggestive4 ,it explains the mystery of1 and fills the gap between1 the ,informing ,principle in man--the ,higher ,self or ,human ,monad--and the ,animal ,monad1 both one and the same1 although the former is endowed with divine intelligence1 the latter with instinctual faculty alone4 ,how is the difference to be explained1 and the presence of that ,higher ,self in man accounted for8 ,says the ,commentary3 ,the ,sons of ,mahat are the quickeners of the human ,plant4 ,they are the ,waters falling upon the arid soil of latent life1 and the ,spark that vivifies the human ,animal4 ,they are the ,lords of ,spiritual ,life ,eternal4444 ,in the beginning in the ,second ,race some of the ,lords only breathed of their essence into ,manushya men1 and some took in man their abode4 ,this shows that not all men became incarnations of the 8,divine ,rebels10 but only a few among them4 ,the remainder had their fifth ,principle simply quickened by the spark thrown into it1 which accounts for the great difference between the intellectual capacities of men and races4 ,had not the 8,sons of ,mahat10 speaking allegorically1 skipped the ,intermediate ,worlds1 in their impulse toward intellectual freedom1 the animal man would never have been able to reach upward from this ,earth1 and attain through selfexertion his ultimate goal4 ,the ,cyclic ,pilgrimage would have had to be performed through all the planes of existence half unconsciously1 if not entirely so1 as in the case of the animals4 ,it is owing to this rebellion of intellectual life against the morbid inactivity of pure spirit1 that we are what we are--selfconscious1 thinking men1 with the capabilities and attributes of ,gods in us1 for good as much as for evil4 ,hence the ,rebels are our ,saviours4 ,let the ,philosopher ponder well over this1 and more than one mystery will become clear to him4 ,it is only by the attractive force of the contrasts that the two opposites--,spirit and ,matter--can be cemented together on ,earth1 and1 smelted in the fire of selfconscious experience and suffering1 find themselves wedded in ,eternity4 ,this will reveal the meaning of many hitherto incomprehensible allegories1 foolishly called 8fables40 ,it explains1 to begin with1 the statement made in ,pymander1 that the 8,heavenly ,man10 the 8,son of the ,father10 who partook of the nature and essence of the ,seven ,governors1 or ,creators and ,rulers of the ,material ,world1 ,peeped through the ,harmony1 and breaking through the strength of the ,seven ,circles of ,fire1 so showed and made manifest the downwardborne nature47#bcc7 ,it explains every verse in the ,hermetic narrative1 as also the ,greek allegory of ,prometheus4 ,most important of all1 it explains the many allegorical accounts about the 8,wars in ,heaven10 including that of ,revelation with respect to the ,christian dogma of the 8,fallen ,angels40 ,it explains the 8,rebellion0 of the oldest and highest ,angels1 and the meaning of their being cast down from ,heaven into the depths of ,hell1 i4e41 ,matter4 ,it even solves the recent perplexity of the ,assyriologists1 who express their wonder through the late ,george ,smith1 as follows3 ,my first idea of this part of the rebellion was that the war with the powers of evil preceded the ,creation2 ,i now think it followed the account of the ,fall47#bcd7 ,in the same work17#bce7 ,mr4 ,george ,smith gives an engraving1 from an early ,babylonian ,cylinder1 of the ,sacred ,tree1 the ,serpent1 man and woman4 ,the ,tree has seven branches2 three on the man's side1 four on that of the female4 ,these branches are typical of the seven ,root,races1 in the third of which1 at its very close1 occurred the separation of the sexes and the socalled ,fall into generation4 ,the three earliest ,races were sexless1 then hermaphrodite2 the other four1 male and female1 as distinct from each other4 ,as the writer tells us3 ,the dragon1 which1 in the ,chaldean account of the ,creation1 leads man to sin1 is the creature of ,tiamat1 the living principle of the sea and of chaos 444 which was opposed to the deities at the creation of the world47#bcf7 ,this is an error4 ,the ,dragon is the male principle1 or ,phallus1 personified1 or rather animalized2 and ,tiamat1 8the embodiment of the spirit of chaos10 of the ,deep1 or ,abyss1 is the female principle1 the ,womb4 ,the 8spirit of chaos and disorder0 refers to the mental perturbation which it led to4 ,it is the sensual1 attractive1 magnetic principle which fascinates and seduces1 the everliving active element which throws the whole world into disorder1 chaos and sin4 ,the ,serpent seduces the woman1 but it is the latter who seduces man1 and both are included in the ,karmic curse1 though only as a natural result of a cause produced4 ,says ,george ,smith3 ,it is clear that the dragon is included in the curse for the ,fall1 and that the gods the ,elohim1 jealous at seeing the man of clay becoming a ,creator in his turn1 like all the animals invoke on the head of the human ,race all the evils which afflict humanity4 ,wisdom and knowledge shall injure him1 he shall have family quarrels1 shall submit to tyranny1 he will anger the gods 444 he shall be disappointed in his desires1 he shall pour out useless prayer1 444 he shall commit future sin4 ,no doubt subsequent lines continue these topics1 but again our narrative is broken1 and it only reopens where the gods are preparing for war with the powers of evil1 which are led by ,tiamat 7the woman747#bcg7 ,this account is omitted in ,genesis1 for monotheistic purposes4 ,but it is a mistaken policy--born no doubt of fear1 and regard for dogmatic religion and its superstitions--to seek to restore the ,chaldan fragments by ,genesis1 whereas it is the latter1 far younger than any of the fragments1 which ought to be explained by the former4 #ag4 ,,the ,,breath7#bch7 ,,needed ,a ,,form2 ,,the ,,fathers ,,gave ,,it4 ,,the ,,breath ,,needed ,a ,,gross ,,body2 ,,the ,,earth ,,moulded ,,it4 ,,the ,,breath ,,needed ,,the ,,spirit ,,of ,,life2 ,,the ,,solar ,,lhas ,,breathed ,,it ,,into ,,its ,,form4 ,,the ,,breath ,,needed ,a ,,mirror ,,of ,,its ,,body27#bci7 8,,we ,,gave ,,it ,,our ,,own60--,,said ,,the ,,dhy,n,s4 ,,the ,,breath ,,needed ,a ,,vehicle ,,of ,,desires27#bdj7 8,,it ,,has ,,it60--,,said ,,the ,,drainer ,,of ,,waters47#bda7 ,,but ,,breath ,,needs ,a ,,mind ,,to ,,embrace ,,the ,,universe2 8,,we ,,cannot ,,give ,,that60--,,said ,,the ,,fathers4 8,i ,,never ,,had ,,it60--,,said ,,the ,,spirit ,,of ,,the ,,earth4 8,,the ,,form ,,would ,,be ,,consumed ,,were ,i ,,to ,,give ,,it ,,mine60--,,said ,,the ,,great ,,fire47#bdb7444 ,,man7#bdc7 ,,remained ,,an ,,empty ,,senseless ,,bh,,ta4444 ,,thus ,,have ,,the ,,boneless ,,given ,,life ,,to ,,those ,,who7#bdd7 ,,became ,,men ,,with ,,bones ,,in ,,the ,,third47#bde7 ,as a full explanation is found in the commentary on ,stanza ,v1 a few remarks will now suffice4 ,the 8,father0 of primitive physical man1 or of his body1 is the ,vital ,electric ,principle residing in the ,sun4 ,the ,moon is its 8,mother10 because of that mysterious power in the ,moon1 which has as decided an influence upon human gestation and generation1 which it regulates1 as it has on the growth of plants and animals4 ,the 8,wind0 or ,ether1 standing in this case for the agent of transmission by which those influences are carried down from the two luminaries and diffused upon earth1 is referred to as the 8,nurse027#bdf7 while 8,spiritual ,fire0 alone makes of man a divine and perfect entity4 ,now what is that 8,spiritual ,fire08 ,in ,alchemy it is ,hydrogen1 in general2 while in ,esoteric actuality it is the emanation1 or the ,ray which proceeds from its ,noumenon1 the 8,dhyn of the ,first ,element40 ,hydrogen is gas only on our terrestrial plane4 ,but even in ,chemistry1 ,hydrogen 8would be the only existing form of matter1 in our sense of the term107#bdg7 and is very nearly allied to ,protyle1 which is our ,layam4 ,it is the father and generator1 so to say1 or rather the ,updhi 7basis71 of both ,air and ,water1 and is 8fire1 air and water10 in fact3 one under three aspects2 hence the chemical and alchemical trinity4 ,in the world of manifestation1 or ,matter1 it is the objective symbol and the material emanation from the subjective and purely spiritual entitative ,being in the region of ,noumena4 ,well might ,godfrey ,higgins have compared ,hydrogen to1 and even identified it with1 the ,to ,on1 the 8,one0 of the ,greeks4 ,for1 as he remarks1 ,hydrogen is not water1 though it generates it2 ,hydrogen is not fire1 though it manifests or creates it2 nor is it air1 though air may be regarded as a product of the union of water and fire--since ,hydrogen is found in the aqueous element of the atmosphere4 ,it is three in one4 ,if one studies comparative ,theogony1 it is easy to find that the secret of these 8,fires0 was taught in the ,mysteries of every ancient people1 preminently in ,samothrace4 ,there is not the smallest doubt that the ,kabiri1 the most arcane of all the ancient ,deities1 ,gods and ,men1 great ,deities and ,titans1 are identical with the ,kumras and ,rudras headed by ,krttikeya--a ,kumra also4 ,this is quite evident even exoterically2 and these ,hind ,deities were1 like the ,kabiri1 the personified sacred ,fires of the most ,occult ,powers of ,nature4 ,the several branches of the ryan ,race1 the ,asiatic and the ,european1 the ,hind and the ,greek1 did their best to conceal their true nature1 if not their importance4 ,as in the case of the ,kumras1 the number of the ,kabiri is uncertain4 ,some say that there were three or four only2 others say seven4 ,axierus1 ,axiocersa1 ,axiocersus1 and ,casmilus may very well stand for the alter egos of the four ,kumras--,sanat,kumra1 ,sananda1 ,sanaka1 and ,santana4 ,the former deities1 whose reputed father was ,vulcan1 were often confounded with the ,dioscori1 ,corybantes1 ,anactes1 etc42 just as the ,kumras1 whose reputed father is ,brahm--or rather1 the 8,flame of his ,wrath10 which prompted him to perform the ninth or ,kaumra ,creation1 resulting in ,rudra or ,nlalohita 7,shiva7 and the ,kumras--were confounded with the ,asuras1 the ,rudras1 and the ,pitris1 for the simple reason that they are all one--i4e41 correlative ,forces and ,fires4 ,there is no space to describe these 8,fires0 and their real meaning here1 though we may attempt to do so if the rest of this work is ever published4 ,meanwhile a few more explanations may be added4 ,the foregoing are all mysteries which must be left to the personal intuition of the student for solution1 rather than described4 ,if he would learn something of the secret of the ,fires1 let him turn to certain works of the ,alchemists1 who very correctly connect ,fire with every ,element1 as do the ,occultists4 ,the reader must remember that the ,ancients considered ,religion and the ,natural ,sciences along with ,philosophy1 as closely and inseparably linked together4 sculapius was the ,son of ,apollo--the ,sun or ,fire of ,life2 at once ,helius1 ,pythius1 and the ,god of oracular ,wisdom4 ,in exoteric religions1 as much as in ,esoteric ,philosophy1 the ,elements--especially ,fire1 ,water1 and ,air--are made the ,progenitors of our five physical senses1 and hence are directly connected1 in an ,occult way1 with them4 ,these physical senses pertain even to a lower ,creation than the one called in the ,purnas ,pratisarga1 or 8,secondary ,creation40 8,liquid ,fire proceeds from ,indiscrete ,fire10 says an ,occult axiom4 ,the ,circle is the ,thought2 the ,diameter or the line is the ,word2 and their union is ,life4 ,in the ,kabalah1 ,bath,kol is the ,daughter of the ,divine ,voice1 or ,primordial ,light1 ,shekinah4 ,in the ,purnas and ,hind exotericism1 ,vch1 the ,voice1 is the female ,logos of ,brahm--a permutation of ,aditi1 ,primordial ,light4 ,and if ,bath,kol1 in ,jewish ,mysticism1 is an articulate prternatural voice from heaven1 revealing to the 8chosen people0 the sacred traditions and laws1 it is only because ,vch was called1 before ,judaism1 the 8,mother of the ,vedas10 who entered into the ,rishis and inspired them by her revelations2 just as ,bath,kol is said to have inspired the prophets of ,isral and the ,jewish ,high,priests4 ,and both exist to this day1 in their respective sacred symbologies1 because the ,ancients associated ,sound or ,speech with the ,ether of ,space1 of which ,sound is the characteristic4 ,hence ,fire1 ,water and ,air are the primordial ,cosmic ,trinity4 ,i am thy ,thought1 thy ,god1 more ancient than the ,moist ,principle1 the ,light that radiates within ,darkness ,chaos1 and the shining ,word of ,god ,sound is the ,son of the ,deity47#bdh7 ,thus we have to study well the 8,primary ,creation0 before we can understand the ,secondary4 ,the first ,race had three rudimentary ,elements in it2 and no ,fire as yet2 because1 with the ,ancients1 the evolution of man1 and the growth and development of his spiritual and physical senses1 were subordinate to the evolution of the ,elements on the ,cosmic plane of this ,earth4 ,all proceeds from ,prabhavpyaya1 the evolution of the creative and sentient principles in the ,gods1 and even of the socalled ,creative ,deity himself4 ,this is found in the names and appellations given to ,vishnu in exoteric ,scriptures4 ,as the ,orphic ,protologos1 he is called ,prvaja1 8pregenetic10 and the other names connect him in their descending order more and more with ,matter4 ,the following order on parallel lines may be found in the evolution of the ,elements and the ,senses2 or in ,cosmic ,terrestrial 8,man0 or 8,spirit10 and mortal physical man3 #a4 ,ether 444 ,hearing 444 ,sound4 #b4 ,air 444 ,touch 444 ,sound and ,touch4 #c4 ,fire1 or ,light 444 ,sight 444 ,sound1 ,touch and ,colour4 #d4 ,water 444 ,taste 444 ,sound1 ,touch1 ,colour and ,taste4 #e4 ,earth 444 ,smell 444 ,sound1 ,touch1 ,colour1 ,taste and ,smell4 ,as seen1 each ,element adds to its own characteristics1 those of its predecessor2 as each ,root,race adds the characterizing sense of the preceding ,race4 ,the same is true in the septenary 8creation0 of man1 who evolves gradually in seven stages1 and on the same principles1 as will be shown further on4 ,thus1 while ,gods1 or ,dhyn ,chohans 7,devas71 proceed from the ,first ,cause--which is not ,parabrahman1 for the latter is the ,,all ,,cause1 and cannot be referred to as the 8,first ,cause10--which ,first ,cause is called in the ,brhmanical ,books ,jagad,yoni1 the 8,womb of the ,world10 mankind emanates from these active agents in ,kosmos4 ,but men1 during the ,first and ,second ,races1 were not physical beings1 but merely rudiments of the future men2 ,bhtas1 which proceeded from ,bhtdi1 8origin10 or the 8original place whence sprang the ,elements40 ,hence they proceeded with all the rest from ,prabhavpyaya1 8the place whence is the origination1 and into which is the resolution of all things10 as explained by the ,commentator on the ,vishnu ,purna4 ,whence also our physical senses4 ,whence even the highest 8created0 ,deity itself1 in our ,philosophy4 ,as one with the ,universe1 whether we call him ,brahm1 shvara1 or ,purusha1 he is a ,manifested ,deity--hence 8created10 or limited and conditioned4 ,this is easily proven1 even from the exoteric teachings4 ,after being called the incognizable1 eternal ,brahma 7neuter or abstract71 the ,pundarkksha1 8supreme and imperishable glory10 once that instead of ,sadaika,rpa1 8changeless0 or 8immutable0 ,nature1 he is addressed as ,ekneka,rpa1 8both single and manifold10 he1 the ,cause1 becomes merged with his own effects2 and his names1 if placed in ,esoteric order1 show the following descending scale3 ,mahpurusha or ,paramtman3 ,supreme ,spirit4 tman or ,prvaja 7,protologos73 ,the ,living ,spirit of ,nature4 ,indriytman1 or ,hrishkesha3 ,spiritual or ,intellectual ,soul 7one with the senses74 ,bhttman3 ,the ,living1 or ,life ,soul4 ,kshetraja3 ,embodied ,soul1 or the ,universe of ,spirit and ,matter4 ,bhrntidarshanatah3 ,false ,perception--,material ,universe4 ,the last name means something perceived or conceived of1 owing to false and erroneous apprehension1 as a material form1 but is1 in fact1 only ,my1 ,illusion1 as all is in our physical universe4 ,it is in strict analogy with the attributes of this ,brahma in both the spiritual and material worlds1 that the evolution of the ,dhyn,chohanic ,essences takes place2 the characteristics of the latter being reflected1 in their turn1 in ,man1 collectively1 and in each of his principles2 every one of which contains in itself1 in the same progressive order1 a portion of their various 8,fires0 and ,elements4 ,stanza ,v4 ,the ,evolution of the ,second ,race4 #ah4 ,the ,sons of ,yoga4 #ai4 ,the ,sexless ,second ,race4 #bj4 ,the ,sons of the 8,sons of ,twilight40 #ba4 ,the 8,shadow10 or the ,astral ,man1 retires within1 and man develops a ,physical ,body4 #ah4 ,,the ,,first7#bdi7 ,,were ,,the ,,sons ,,of ,,yoga4 ,,their ,,sons1 ,,the ,,children ,,of ,,the ,,yellow ,,father ,,and ,,the ,,white ,,mother4 ,in the later ,commentary1 the sentence is translated3 ,the ,sons of the ,sun and of the ,moon1 the nursling of ,ether or the 8,wind0 7a74444 ,they were the shadows of the ,shadows of the ,lords 7b74 ,they the shadows expanded4 ,the ,spirits of the ,earth clothed them2 the ,solar ,lhas warmed them i4e41 preserved the ,vital ,fire in the nascent physical ,forms4 ,the ,breaths had life1 but had no understanding4 ,they had no ,fire or ,water of their own 7c74 7a7 ,remember in this connection the ,tabula ,smaragdina of ,hermes1 the ,esoteric meaning of which has seven keys to it4 ,the ,astrochemical is well known to students1 the ,anthropological may now be given4 ,the 8,one ,thing0 mentioned in it is ,man4 ,it is said3 ,the ,father of that ,one ,only ,thing is the ,sun2 its ,mother the ,moon2 the ,wind carries it in his bosom1 and its ,nurse is the ,spirituous ,earth4 ,in the ,occult rendering of the same it is added3 8and ,spiritual ,fire is its instructor ,guru40 ,this ,fire is the ,higher ,self1 the ,spiritual ,ego1 or that which is eternally rencarnating under the influence of its lower personal ,selves1 changing with every rebirth1 full of ,tanha or desire to live4 ,it is a strange law of ,nature that1 on this plane1 the higher 7,spiritual7 ,nature should be1 so to say1 in bondage to the lower4 ,unless the ,ego takes refuge in the tman1 the ,,all,,spirit1 and merges entirely into the essence thereof1 the personal ,ego may goad it to the bitter end4 ,this cannot be thoroughly understood unless the student makes himself familiar with the mystery of evolution1 which proceeds on triple lines--,spiritual1 ,psychic and ,physical4 ,that which propels towards1 and forces evolution1 i4e41 compels the growth and development of ,man towards perfection1 is 7a7 the ,monad1 or that which acts in it unconsciously through a ,force inherent in itself2 and 7b7 the lower ,astral ,body or the ,personal ,self4 ,the former1 whether imprisoned in a vegetable or an animal body1 is endowed with1 is indeed itself1 that ,force4 ,owing to its identity with the ,,all,,force1 which1 as said1 is inherent in the ,monad1 it is allpotent on the ,arpa1 or formless plane4 ,on our plane1 its essence being too pure1 it remains allpotential1 but individually becomes inactive4 ,for instance1 the rays of the ,sun1 which contribute to the growth of vegetation1 do not select this or that plant to shine upon4 ,uproot the plant and transfer it to a piece of soil where the sunbeam cannot reach it1 and the latter will not follow it4 ,so with the tman3 unless the ,higher ,self or ,ego gravitates towards its ,sun--the ,monad--the ,lower ,ego1 or ,personal ,self1 will have the upper hand in every case4 ,for it is this ,ego1 with its fierce selfishness and animal desire to live a senseless life 7,tanha71 which is the 8maker of the tabernacle10 as ,buddha calls it in the ,dhammapada47#bej7 ,hence the expression1 the ,spirits of the ,earth clothed the shadows and expanded them4 ,to these 8,spirits0 belong temporarily the human ,astral ,selves2 and it is they who give1 or build1 the physical tabernacle of man1 for the ,monad and its conscious principle1 ,manas1 to dwell in4 ,but the 8,solar0 ,lhas1 or ,spirits1 warm the ,shadows4 ,this is physically and literally true2 metaphysically1 or on the psychic and spiritual plane1 it is equally true that the tman alone warms the ,inner ,man2 i4e41 it enlightens it with the ,ray of ,divine ,life and alone is able to impart to the ,inner ,man1 or the ,rencarnating ,ego1 its immortality4 ,thus1 we shall find1 for the first three and a half ,root,races1 up to the middle or turning point1 it is the ,astral ,shadows of the 8,progenitors10 the ,lunar ,pitris1 which are the formative powers in the ,races1 and which build and gradually force the evolution of the physical form towards perfection--this1 at the cost of a proportionate loss of ,spirituality4 ,then1 from the turning point1 it is the ,higher ,ego1 or ,incarnating ,principle1 the ,nous or ,mind1 which reigns over the ,animal ,ego1 and rules it whenever it is not carried down by the latter4 ,in short1 ,spirituality is on its ascending arc1 and the animal or physical impedes it from steadily progressing on the path of its evolution1 only when the selfishness of the ,personality has so strongly infected the real ,inner ,man with its lethal virus1 that the upward attraction has lost all its power on the thinking reasonable man4 ,in sober truth1 vice and wickedness are an abnormal1 unnatural manifestation1 at this period of our human evolution--at least they ought to be so4 ,the fact that mankind was never more selfish and vicious than it is now--civilized nations having succeeded in making of the former an ethical characteristic1 of the latter an art--is an additional proof of the exceptional nature of the phenomenon4 ,the entire scheme is in the ,chaldan ,book of ,numbers1 and even in the ,zohar1 if one only understands the meaning of the apocalyptic hints4 ,first comes ,ain ,suph1 the 8,concealed of the ,concealed10 then the ,point1 ,sephira and the later ,sephiroth2 then the ,atzilatic ,world1 a ,world of ,emanations that gives birth to three other ,worlds--the first the ,briatic ,world called the ,throne1 the abode of pure ,spirits2 the second1 the ,world of ,formation1 or ,jetziratic1 the habitat of the ,angels who sent forth the ,third1 or ,world of ,action1 the ,asiatic ,world1 which is the ,earth or our ,world2 and yet it is said of this ,world--also called ,kliphoth1 containing the 7six other7 ,spheres1 1 and ,matter--that it is the residence of the 8,prince of ,darkness40 ,this is as clearly stated as can be2 for ,metatron1 the ,angel of the second ,briatic ,world1 the first habitable ,world1 means ,messenger1 1 ,angel1 called the great ,teacher2 and under him are the ,angels of the third ,world1 or ,jetziratic1 whose ten and seven classes are the ,sephiroth17#bea7 of whom it is said that3 ,they inhabit or vivify this world as essential entities and intelligences1 and their correlates and logical contraries inhabit the third habitable world1 called the ,asiatic4 ,these 8contraries0 are called the 8,shells10 1 or ,demons17#beb7 who inhabit the seven habitations called ,sheba ,hachaloth1 which are simply the seven ,zones of our ,globe47#bec7 ,their prince is called in the ,kabalah ,samal1 the ,angel of ,death1 who is also the seducing ,serpent ,satan2 but this ,satan is also ,lucifer1 the bright ,angel of ,light1 the ,light and ,lifebringer1 the 8,soul0 alienated from the ,holy ,ones1 the other ,angels1 and for a period1 anticipating the time when they would descend on ,earth to incarnate in their turn4 ,the ,book of ,wisdom teaches that3 ,all ,souls ,monads are prexistent in the ,worlds of ,emanations47#bed7 ,and the ,zohar teaches that in the 8,soul0 is the real man1 i4e41 the ,ego and the conscious ,i am1 the ,manas4 ,says ,josephus1 repeating the belief of the ,essenes1 ,souls descend from the pure air to be chained to bodies47#bee7 ,and ,philo states that3 ,the air was full of ,souls1 and that those which were nearest the earth1 descending to be tied to mortal bodies1 return back to bodies1 being desirous to live in them47#bef7 ,because through1 and in1 the human form they will become progressive ,beings1 whereas the nature of the ,angel is purely intransitive2 therefore ,man has in him the potency of transcending the faculties of the ,angels4 ,hence the ,initiates in ,india say that it is the ,brhman1 the ,twiceborn1 who rules the ,gods or ,devas2 and ,paul repeated it in his ,epistle to the ,corinthians3 ,know ye not that we the ,initiates shall judge angels87#beg7 ,finally1 it is shown in every ancient ,scripture and ,cosmogony that man evolved primarily as a luminous incorporeal form1 over which1 like molten brass poured into the model of the sculptor1 the physical frame of his body was built by1 through and from1 the lower forms and types of animal terrestrial life4 ,says the ,zohar3 ,the ,soul and the ,form when descending on ,earth put on an earthly garment4 ,his protoplastic body was not formed of that matter of which our mortal frames are fashioned4 ,when ,adam dwelled in the garden of ,eden1 he was dressed in the celestial garment1 which is the garment of heavenly light 444 light of that light which was used in the garden of ,eden47#beh7 ,man the ,heavenly ,adam was created by the ten ,sephiroth of the ,jetziratic ,world1 and by their common power the seven ,angels of a still lower ,world engendered the ,earthly ,adam4 ,first ,samal fell1 and then deceiving 787 man1 caused his fall also4 7b7 ,the sentence1 8they were the shadows of the ,shadows of the ,lords0--i4e41 the ,progenitors created man out of their own ,astral ,bodies--explains a universal belief4 ,the ,devas are credited in the ,east with having no 8shadows0 of their own4 8,the ,devas cast no shadows10 and this is the sure sign of a good holy ,spirit4 7c7 ,why had they 8no ,fire or ,water of their own087#bei7 ,because that which ,hydrogen is to the elements and gases on the objective plane1 its ,noumenon is in the world of mental or subjective phenomena2 since its trinitarian latent nature is mirrored in its three active emanations from the three higher principles in man1 namely1 ,spirit1 ,soul1 and ,mind1 or tm1 ,buddhi1 and ,manas4 ,it is the spiritual and also the material human basis4 ,rudimentary man1 having been nursed by the 8,air0 or the 8,wind10 becomes the perfect man later on2 when1 with the development of 8,spiritual ,fire10 the ,noumenon of the 8,three in ,one0 within his ,self1 he acquires from his ,inner ,self1 or ,instructor1 the ,wisdom of ,self,consciousness1 which he does not possess in the beginning4 ,thus here again ,divine ,spirit is symbolized by the ,sun or ,fire2 ,divine ,soul by ,water and the ,moon1 both standing for the ,father and ,mother of ,pneuma1 the ,human ,soul1 or ,mind1 symbolized by the ,wind or ,air1 for ,pneuma1 means 8,breath40 ,hence in the ,smaragdine ,tablet1 disfigured by ,christian hands3 ,the ,superior agrees with the ,inferior2 and the ,inferior with the ,superior2 to effect that one truly wonderful work--which is ,man4 ,for the ,secret ,work of ,chiram1 or ,king ,hiram in the ,kabalah1 8one in essence1 but three in aspect10 is the ,universal ,agent or ,lapis ,philosophorum4 ,the culmination of the ,secret ,work is ,spiritual ,perfect ,man1 at one end of the line2 the union of the three ,elements is the ,occult ,solvent in the 8,soul of the ,world10 the ,cosmic ,soul or ,astral ,light1 at the other2 and1 on the material plane1 it is ,hydrogen in its relation to the other gases4 ,the ,,to ,,on1 truly2 the ,,one 8whom no person has seen except the ,son02 this sentence applying both to the metaphysical and physical ,kosmos1 and to the spiritual and material ,man4 ,for how could the latter understand the ,,to ,,on1 the 8,one ,father10 if his ,manas1 the 8,son10 does not become 7as7 8,one with the ,father10 and through this absorption receive enlightenment from the divine 8,instructor10 or ,guru--tm,buddhi8 ,as says the ,commentary3 ,if thou would'st understand the ,,secondary 8,creation10 socalled1 ,o ,lanoo1 thou should'st first study its relation to the ,,primary47#bfj7 ,the ,first ,race had three ,elements1 but no ,living ,fire4 ,why8 ,because3 8,we say four ,elements1 my ,son1 but ought to say three10 says ,hermes ,trismegistus4 8,in the ,primary ,circle10 or ,creation that which is marked ,symbol3 ,like a large letter ,h1 with dots above and below1 and tildes above and below reads 8,root10 as in the ,secondary likewise4 ,thus in ,alchemy or ,western ,hermeticism--a variant on ,eastern ,esotericism--we find3 ,sulphur 444 ,flamma 444 ,spiritus ,mercury 444 ,natura 444 ,aqua ,salt 444 ,mater 444 ,sanguis ,and these three are all quaternaries completed by their ,root1 ,fire4 ,the ,spirit1 beyond ,manifested ,nature1 is the ,fiery ,,breath in its absolute ,unity4 ,in the ,manifested ,universe1 it is the ,central ,spiritual ,sun1 the electric ,fire of all ,life4 ,in our ,system it is the visible ,sun1 the ,spirit of ,nature1 the terrestrial ,god4 ,and in1 on1 and around the ,earth1 the fiery spirit thereof--,air1 fluidic ,fire2 ,water1 liquid ,fire2 ,earth1 solid ,fire4 ,all is ,fire--,ignis1 in its ultimate constitution1 or ,i1 the root of which is #j 7nought7 in our conceptions1 the ,all in ,nature and its ,mind4 8,pro,metor0 is divine ,fire4 ,it is the ,creator1 the ,destroyer1 the ,preserver4 ,the primitive names of the ,gods are all connected with fire1 from ,agni1 the ryan1 to the ,jewish ,god who is a 8consuming fire40 ,in ,india1 ,god is called in various dialects1 ,eashoor1 ,esur1 ,iswur1 and shvara1 in ,sanskrit1 the ,lord1 from ,isha1 but this is primarily the name of ,shiva1 the ,destroyer2 and the three chief ,vedic ,gods are ,agni 7,ignis71 ,vyu1 and ,srya--,fire1 ,air1 and the ,sun1 three ,occult degrees of ,fire4 ,in the ,hebrew1 7,aza7 means to 8illuminate10 and 7,asha7 is 8,fire40 ,in ,occultism1 to 8kindle a fire0 is synonymous to evoking one of the three great ,firepowers1 or to 8call on ,god40 ,in ,sanskrit the root ,ush is fire or heat2 and the ,egyptian word ,osiris is compounded1 as shown by ,schelling1 of the two primitives ,aish and ,asr1 or a 8fireenchanter40 ,aesar in the old ,etruscan meant a ,god1 being perhaps derived from ,asura of the ,vedas4 shvara is an analogous term1 as ,dr4 ,kenealy thought1 who quotes the ,bhagavad ,git to the effect that3 shvara resides in every mortal being and puts in motion1 by his supernatural powers1 all things which mount on the wheel of time4 ,it is the ,creator and the ,destroyer1 truly4 ,the primitive ,fire was supposed to have an insatiable appetite for devouring4 ,maximus of ,tyre relates that the ancient ,persians threw into the fire combustible matter crying1 ,devour1 ,o ,lord6 ,in the ,irish language easam1 or asam1 means to make or create4 ,and ,aesar was the name also of one of the ancient ,irish gods2 the literal meaning of the word is 8to kindle a fire407#bfa7 ,the ,christian ,kabalists and ,symbologists who disfigured ,pymander--prominent among them the ,bishop of ,ayre1 ,franois de ,tours1 in the #afth century--divide the ,elements in the following way3 ,the four ,elements formed from divine ,substances and the ,spirits of the ,salts of ,nature represented by3 ,symbol3 ,root symbol 444 ,st4 ,matthew 444 ,angel,man 444 ,water 7,jesus ,christ1 ,angel,man1 ,mikael7 444 ,st4 ,mark 444 ,the ,lion 444 ,fire 444 ,st4 ,luke 444 ,the ,bull 444 ,earth 444 ,st4 ,john 444 ,the ,eagle 444 ,air7#bfb7 444 ,the ,quintessence1 1 ,flamma,virgo ,virgin ,oil1 ,flamma ,durissima1 ,virgo1 ,lucis terna ,mater4 ,the ,first ,race of men were1 then1 simply the ,images1 the ,astral ,doubles1 of their ,fathers1 who were the pioneers1 or the most progressed ,entities from a preceding though lower ,sphere1 the shell of which is now our ,moon4 ,but even this shell is allpotential1 for1 the ,moon having generated the ,earth1 its phantom1 attracted by magnetic affinity1 sought to form its first inhabitants1 the prehuman monsters4 ,to assure himself of this1 the student has again to turn to the ,chaldan ,fragments1 and read what ,berosus says4 ,berosus obtained his information1 he tells us1 from ,ea1 the malefemale ,deity of ,wisdom4 ,while the ,gods were generated in the androgynous bosom of this ,wisdom 7,svabhvat1 ,mother,space71 its reflections became on ,earth the woman ,omorka1 who is the ,chaldan ,thavatth 7or ,thalatth71 the ,greek ,thalassa1 the ,deep or the ,sea1 which ,esoterically and even exoterically is the ,moon4 ,it was the ,moon 7,omorka7 who presided over the monstrous creation of nondescript beings which were slain by the ,dhyns47#bfc7 ,evolutionary law compelled the ,lunar ,fathers to pass1 in their monadic condition1 through all the forms of life and being on this ,globe2 but at the end of the ,third ,round1 they were already human in their divine nature1 and were thus called upon to become the creators of the forms destined to fashion the tabernacles of the less progressed ,monads1 whose turn it was to incarnate4 ,these 8,forms0 are called 8,sons of ,yoga10 because ,yoga--union with ,brahm1 exoterically--is the supreme condition of the passive infinite ,deity1 since it contains all the divine energies and is the essence of ,brahm1 who is said1 as ,brahm1 to create everything through ,yoga power4 ,brahm1 ,vishnu and ,shiva are the most powerful energies of ,god1 ,brahma 7,neuter71 says a ,paurnic text4 ,yoga here is the same as ,dhyna1 which word is again synonymous with ,yoga in the ,tibetan text1 where the 8,sons of ,yoga0 are called 8,sons of ,dhyna10 or of that abstract meditation through which the ,dhyni,buddhas create their celestial sons1 the ,dhyni,bodhisattvas4 ,all the creatures in the world have each a superior above4 ,this superior1 whose inner pleasure it is to emanate into them1 cannot impart efflux until they have adored i4e41 meditated as during ,yoga47#bfd7 #ai4 ,,the ,,second ,,race 7,,was7 ,,the ,,product ,,by ,,budding ,,and ,,expansion1 ,,the ,a ,,sexual7#bfe7 ,,from ,,the ,,sexless47#bff7 ,,thus ,,was1 ,o ,,lanoo1 ,,the ,,second ,,race ,,produced4 ,what will be most contested by scientific authorities is this ,asexual ,race1 the ,second1 the ,fathers of the 8,sweatborn0 socalled1 and perhaps still more the ,third ,race1 the 8,eggborn0 ,androgynes4 ,these two modes of procreation are the most difficult to comprehend1 especially for the ,western mind4 ,it is evident that no explanation can be attempted for those who are not students of ,occult ,metaphysics4 ,european language has no words to express things which ,nature repeats no more at this stage of evolution1 things which therefore can have no meaning for the ,materialist4 ,but there are analogies4 ,it is not denied that in the beginning of physical evolution there must have been processes in ,nature1 spontaneous generation1 for instance1 now extinct1 which are repeated in other forms4 ,thus we are told that microscopic research shows no permanence of any particular mode of reproducing life4 ,for it shows that3 ,the same organism may run through various metamorphoses in the course of its lifecycle1 during some of which it may be sexual1 and in others asexual1 i4e41 it may reproduce itself alternately by the coperation of two beings of opposite sex1 and also by fissure or budding from one being only1 which is of no sex47#bfg7 8,budding0 is the very word used in the ,stanza4 ,how could these ,chhys reproduce themselves otherwise2 viz41 procreate the ,second ,race1 since they were ethereal1 asexual1 and even devoid1 as yet1 of the vehicle of desire1 or ,kma ,rpa1 which evolved only in the ,third ,race8 ,they evolved the ,second ,race unconsciously1 as do some plants4 ,or1 perhaps1 as the ,amba1 only on a more ethereal1 impressive1 and larger scale4 ,if1 indeed1 the celltheory applies equally to ,botany and ,zoology1 and extends to ,morphology1 as well as to the ,physiology of organisms1 and if the microscopic cells are looked upon by ,physical ,science as independent living beings--just as ,occultism regards the 8,fiery ,lives0--there is no difficulty in the conception of the primitive process of procreation4 ,consider the first stages of the development of a germcell4 ,its nucleus grows1 changes1 and forms a double cone or spindle1 thus1 ,symbol3 ,large ,x with horizontal lines across tops and bottoms within the cell4 ,this spindle approaches the surface of the cell1 and one half of it is extruded in the form of what are called the 8polar cells40 ,these polar cells now die1 and the embryo develops from the growth and segmentation of the remaining part of the nucleus which is nourished by the substance of the cell4 ,then why could not beings have lived thus1 and been created in this way--at the very beginning of human and mammalian evolution8 ,this may1 perhaps1 serve as an analogy to give some idea of the process by which the ,second ,race was formed from the ,first4 ,the ,astral ,form clothing the ,monad was surrounded1 as it still is1 by its eggshaped sphere of ,aura1 which here corresponds to the substance of the germcell or ,ovum4 ,the ,astral ,form itself is the nucleus1 now1 as then1 instinct with the ,principle of ,life4 ,when the season of reproduction arrives1 the ,subastral 8extrudes0 a miniature of itself from the egg of surrounding ,aura4 ,this germ grows and feeds on the ,aura till it becomes fully developed1 when it gradually separates from its parent1 carrying with it its own sphere of ,aura2 just as we see living cells reproducing their like by growth and subsequent division into two4 ,the analogy with the 8polar cells0 would seem to hold good1 since their death would now correspond to the change introduced by the separation of the sexes1 when gestation in utero1 i4e41 within the cell1 became the rule4 ,as the ,commentary tells us3 ,the early ,second ,root ,race were the ,fathers of the 8,sweat born02 the later ,second ,root ,race were 8,sweatborn0 themselves4 ,this passage from the ,commentary refers to the work of evolution from the beginning of a ,race to its close4 ,the 8,sons of ,yoga10 or the ,primitive ,astral ,race1 had seven stages of evolution racially1 or collectively2 as every individual ,being in it had1 and has now4 ,it is not ,shakespeare only who divided the ages of man into a series of seven1 but ,nature herself4 ,thus the first ,subraces of the ,second ,race were born at first by the process described on the law of analogy2 while the last began gradually1 pari passu with the evolution of the human body1 to be formed otherwise4 ,the process of reproduction had seven stages also in each ,race1 each covering ons of time4 ,what ,physiologist or ,biologist can tell whether the present mode of generation1 with all its phases of gestation1 is older than half a million1 or at most one million of years1 since their cycle of observation began hardly half a century ago8 ,primeval human ,hermaphrodites are a fact in ,nature well known to the ,ancients1 and form one of ,darwin's greatest perplexities4 ,yet there is certainly no impossibility1 but1 on the contrary1 a great probability that hermaphroditism existed in the evolution of the early ,races2 while on the grounds of analogy1 and on that of the existence of one universal law in physical evolution1 acting indifferently in the construction of plant1 animal1 and man1 it must be so4 ,the mistaken theories of ,monogenesis1 and the descent of man from the mammal1 instead of the mammals from man1 are fatal to the completeness of evolution as taught in modern schools on ,darwinian lines1 and they will have to be abandoned in view of the insuperable difficulties which they encounter4 ,occult tradition--if the terms ,science and ,knowledge are denied in this particular to ,antiquity--can alone reconcile the inconsistencies and fill the gap4 ,says a ,talmudic axiom3 ,if thou wilt know the invisible1 open thine eyes wide on the visible4 ,in the ,descent of ,man occurs the following passage1 which shows how near ,darwin came to the acceptance of this ancient teaching4 ,it has long been known that in the vertebrate kingdom one sex bears rudiments of various accessory parts1 appertaining to the reproductive system1 which properly belong to the opposite sex4444 ,some remote progenitor of the whole vertebrate kingdom appears to have been hermaphrodite or androgynous47#bfh7 ,but here we encounter a singular difficulty4 ,in the mammalian class the males possess rudiments of a uterus with the adjacent passages in the vesicul prostatic2 they bear also rudiments of mamm1 and some male marsupials have traces of a marsupial sac4 ,other analogous facts could be added4 ,are we1 then1 to suppose that some extremely ancient mammal continued androgynous1 after it had acquired the chief distinctions of its class1 and therefore after it had diverged from the lower classes of the vertebrate kingdom8 ,this seems very improbable17#bfi7 for we have to look to fishes1 the lowest of all the classes1 to find any still existent androgynous forms47#bgj7 ,mr4 ,darwin is evidently strongly disinclined to adopt the hypothesis which the facts so forcibly suggest1 viz41 that of a primeval androgynous stem from which the ,mammalia sprang4 ,his explanation runs3 ,that various accessory organs1 proper to each sex1 are found in a rudimentary condition in the opposite sex1 may be explained by such organs having been gradually acquired by the one sex1 and then transmitted in a more or less imperfect state to the other47#bga7 ,he instances the case of 8spurs1 plumes1 and brilliant colours1 acquired for battle or ornament by male birds0 and only partially inherited by their female descendants4 ,in the problem to be dealt with1 however1 the need of a more satisfactory explanation is evident1 the facts being of so much more prominent and important a character than the mere superficial details with which they are compared by ,darwin4 ,why not candidly admit the argument in favour of the hermaphroditism which characterizes the old fauna8 ,occultism proposes a solution which embraces the facts in a most comprehensive and simple manner4 ,these relics of a prior androgyne stock must be placed in the same category as the pineal gland1 and other organs equally mysterious1 which afford us silent testimony as to the reality of functions which have long since become atrophied in the course of animal and human progress1 but which once played a signal part in the general economy of primeval life4 ,the ,occult doctrine1 in any case1 can be advantageously compared with that of the most liberal men of ,science1 who have theorized upon the origin of the first man4 ,long before ,darwin1 ,naudin1 who gave the name of ,blastema to that which the ,darwinists call ,protoplasm1 put forward a theory half ,occult and half scientificomaterialistic4 ,he made ,adam1 the ,asexual1 spring suddenly from the clay1 as it is called in the ,bible1 the ,blastema of ,science4 ,as ,naudin explains3 ,it is from this larval form of mankind1 that the evolutive force effected the completion of species4 ,for the accomplishment of this great phenomenon1 ,adam had to pass through a phase of immobility and unconsciousness1 very analogous to the nymphal state of animals undergoing metamorphosis47#bgb7 ,for the eminent ,botanist1 ,adam was not one man1 however1 but mankind1 which remained ,concealed within a temporary organism1 already distinct from all others1 and incapable of contracting an alliance with any of them4 ,he shows the differentiation of sexes accomplished by ,a process of germination similar to that of medus and ascidians4 ,mankind1 thus constituted physiologically1 ,would retain a sufficient evolutive force for the rapid production of the various great human races4 ,de ,quatrefages criticizes this position in ,the ,human ,species4 ,it is unscientific1 he says1 or1 properly speaking1 ,naudin's ideas 8do not form a scientific theory10 inasmuch as ,primordial ,blastema is connected in his theory with the 8first cause10 which is credited with having made potentially in the ,blastema all past1 present1 and future beings1 and thus of having in reality created these beings en masse2 moreover1 ,naudin does not even consider the 8second causes10 or their action in this evolution of the organic world4 ,science1 which is only occupied with 8second causes10 has thus ,nothing to say to the theory of ,m4 ,naudin47#bgc7 ,nor will it have any more to say to the ,occult teachings1 which are to some extent approached by ,naudin4 ,for if we but see in his 8,primordial ,blastema0 the ,dhyn,chohanic ,essence1 the ,chhy or ,double of the ,pitris1 which contains within itself the potentiality of all forms1 we are quite in accord4 ,but there are two real and vital differences between our teachings4 ,m4 ,naudin declares that evolution has progressed by sudden leaps and bounds1 instead of extending slowly over millions of years2 and his ,primordial ,blastema is endowed only with blind instincts--a kind of unconscious ,first ,cause in the ,manifested ,kosmos--which is an absurdity4 ,whereas it is our ,dhyn,chohanic ,essence--the ,causality of the ,primal ,cause which creates physical man--which is the living1 active and potential ,matter 7pregnant per se with that animal consciousness of a superior kind1 such as is found in the ant and the beaver7 which produces the long series of physiological differentiations4 ,apart from this1 his 8ancient and general process of creation0 from ,protoorganisms is as ,occult as any theory of ,paracelsus or ,khunrath could be4 ,moreover1 the ,kabalistic works are full of the proof of this4 ,the ,zohar1 for instance1 says that every type in the visible has its prototype in the invisible ,universe4 ,all that which is in the ,lower 7our7 ,world is found in the ,upper4 ,the ,lower and the ,upper act and rect upon each other47#bgd7 #bj4 ,,their ,,fathers ,,were ,,the ,,self,,born4 ,,the ,,self,,born1 ,,the ,,chh,y ,,from ,,the ,,brilliant ,,bodies ,,of ,,the ,,lords1 ,,the ,,fathers1 ,,the ,,sons ,,of ,,twilight4 ,the 8,shadows10 or ,chhys1 are called the ,sons of the 8,selfborn10 as the latter name is applied to all the ,gods and ,beings1 born through the ,will1 whether of ,deity or ,adept4 ,the ,homunculi of ,paracelsus would1 perhaps1 be also given this name1 though the latter process is on a far more material plane4 ,the name 8,sons of ,twilight0 shows that the 8,selfborn0 ,progenitors of our ,doctrine are identical with the ,pitris of the ,brhmanical ,system1 as the title is a reference to their mode of birth2 these ,pitris being stated to have issued from ,brahm's 8,body of ,twilight10 as stated in the ,purnas4 #ba4 ,,when ,,the ,,race ,,became ,,old1 ,,the ,,old ,,waters ,,mixed ,,with ,,the ,,fresher ,,waters 7,a74 ,,when ,,its ,,drops ,,became ,,turbid1 ,,they ,,vanished ,,and ,,disappeared ,,in ,,the ,,new ,,stream1 ,,in ,,the ,,hot ,,stream ,,of ,,life4 ,,the ,,outer ,,of ,,the ,,first ,,became ,,the ,,inner ,,of ,,the ,,second 7,b74 ,,the ,,old ,,wing ,,became ,,the ,,new ,,shadow1 ,,and ,,the ,,shadow ,,of ,,the ,,wing 7,c74 7a7 ,the old or ,primitive ,race merged in the ,second ,race1 and became one with it4 7b7 ,this is the mysterious process of the transformation and evolution of mankind4 ,the material of the first ,forms--shadowy1 ethereal1 and negative--was drawn or absorbed into1 and thus became the complement of the ,forms of the ,second ,race4 ,the ,commentary explains this by saying that1 as the ,first ,race was simply composed of the ,astral ,shadows of the ,creative ,progenitors1 having of course neither astral nor physical bodies of its own--the ,race never died4 ,its 8,men0 melted gradually away1 becoming absorbed in the bodies of their own 8,sweatborn0 progeny1 more solid than their own4 ,the old ,form vanished and was absorbed by1 disappeared in1 the new ,form1 more human and physical4 ,there was no death in those days of a period more blissful than the ,golden ,age2 but the first1 or parent1 material was used for the formation of the new being1 to form the ,body and even the inner or lower ,principles or ,bodies of the progeny4 7c7 ,when the 8,shadow0 retires1 i4e41 when the ,astral ,body becomes covered with more solid flesh1 man develops a ,physical ,body4 ,the 8,wing10 or the ethereal ,form that produced its ,shadow and ,image1 became the ,shadow of the ,astral ,body and its own progeny4 ,the expression is queer and original4 ,as there may be no occasion to refer to this mystery later1 it is as well to point out at once the dual meaning contained in the ,greek myth bearing upon this particular phase of evolution4 ,it is found in the several variants of the allegory of ,leda and her two sons ,castor and ,pollux1 each of which variants has a special meaning4 ,thus in ,book ,,xi of the ,odyssey1 ,leda is spoken of as the spouse of ,tyndarus1 who gave birth by her husband 8to two sons of valiant heart0--,castor and ,pollux4 ,jupiter endows them with a marvellous gift and privilege4 ,they are semiimmortal2 they live and die1 each in turn1 and every alternate day 77#bge774 ,as the ,tyndarid1 the twin brothers are an astronomical symbol1 and stand for ,day and ,night2 their two wives1 ,phbe and ,hilaeira1 the daughters of ,apollo or the ,sun1 personifying the ,dawn and the ,twilight47#bgf7 ,again1 in the allegory where ,zeus is shown as the father of the two heroes--born from the ,egg to which ,leda gives birth--the myth is entirely theogonical4 ,it relates to that group of cosmic allegories in which the world is described as born from an ,egg4 ,for ,leda assumes in it the shape of a white swan1 when uniting herself to the ,divine ,swan or ,brahma,kalahamsa4 ,leda is the mythical ,bird1 then1 to which1 in the traditions of various peoples of the ryan race1 are attributed various ornithological forms of birds which all lay golden ,eggs47#bgg7 ,in the ,kalevala1 the ,epic ,poem of ,finland1 the beauteous daughter of the ,ether1 the 8,water,mother10 creates the ,world in conjunction with a 8,duck0--another form of the ,swan or ,goose1 ,kalahamsa--who lays six golden eggs1 and the seventh1 an 8egg of iron10 in her lap4 ,but the variant of the ,leda allegory which has a direct reference to mystic man is found in ,pindar7#bgh7 only1 with a slighter reference to it in the ,homeric ,hymns47#bgi7 ,castor and ,pollux are in it no longer the ,dioscuri of ,apollodorus7#bhj72 but become the highly significant symbol of the dual man1 the ,mortal and the ,immortal4 ,not only this1 but as will now be seen1 they are also the symbol of the ,third ,race1 and its transformation from the ,animalman into a ,godman with only an animal body4 ,pindar shows ,leda uniting herself in the same night to her husband and also to the ,father of the ,gods--,zeus4 ,thus ,castor is the son of the ,mortal1 ,pollux the progeny of the ,immortal4 ,in the allegory made up for the occasion1 it is said that in a riot of vengeance against the ,apharides17#bha7 ,pollux kills ,lynceus--8of all mortals he whose sight is the most penetrating0--but ,castor is wounded by ,idas1 8he who sees and knows40 ,zeus puts an end to the fight by hurling his thunderbolt and killing the last two combatants4 ,pollux finds his brother dying47#bhb7 ,in his despair he calls upon ,zeus to slay him also4 8,thou canst not die altogether10 answers the master of the ,gods2 8thou art of a divine race40 ,but he gives him the choice3 ,pollux will either remain immortal1 living eternally in ,olympus2 or1 if he would share his brother's fate in all things1 he must pass half his existence underground1 and the other half in the golden heavenly abodes4 ,this semiimmortality1 which is also to be shared by ,castor1 is accepted by ,pollux47#bhc7 ,and thus the twin brothers live alternately1 one during the day1 and the other during the night47#bhd7 ,is this a poetical fiction only8 ,an allegory1 one of those 8solar myth0 interpretations1 higher than which no modern ,orientalist seems able to soar8 ,indeed1 it is much more4 ,here we have an allusion to the 8,eggborn0 ,third ,race2 the first half of which is mortal1 i4e41 unconscious in its ,personality1 and having nothing within itself to survive27#bhe7 and the latter half of which becomes immortal in its ,individuality1 by reason of its ,fifth ,principle being called to life by the ,informing ,gods1 and thus connecting the ,monad with this ,earth4 ,this is ,pollux2 while ,castor represents the personal1 mortal man1 an animal of not even a superior kind1 when unlinked from the divine ,individuality4 8,twins0 truly2 yet divorced by death for ever1 unless ,pollux1 moved by the voice of twinship1 bestows on his less favoured mortal brother a share of his own divine nature1 thus associating him with his own immortality4 ,such is the ,occult meaning of the metaphysical aspect of the allegory4 ,the widely spread modern interpretation of it--so celebrated in antiquity1 ,plutarch tells us17#bhf7 as symbolical of brotherly devotion--namely1 that it was an image of the ,sun and ,moon borrowed from the spectacle of ,nature1 is weak and inadequate to explain the secret meaning4 ,besides the fact that the ,moon1 with the ,greeks1 was feminine in exoteric mythology1 and could therefore hardly be regarded as ,castor1 and at the same time be identified with ,diana1 ancient ,symbologists who held the ,sun1 the king of all sidereal orbs1 as the visible image of the highest ,deity1 would not have personified it by ,pollux1 a demigod only47#bhg7 ,if from ,greek mythology we pass to the ,mosaic allegories and symbolism1 we shall find a still more striking corroboration of the same tenet under another form4 ,unable to trace in them the 8,eggborn10 we shall still unmistakably find in the first four chapters of ,genesis the ,androgynes and the first ,three ,races of the ,secret ,doctrine1 hidden under most ingenious symbology4 ,the ,divine ,hermaphrodite4 ,an impenetrable veil of secrecy was thrown over the ,occult and ,religious ,mysteries1 after the submersion of the last remnant of the ,atlantean ,race1 some #ab1jjj years ago1 lest they should be shared by the unworthy1 and so desecrated4 ,of these ,sciences several have now become exoteric--such as ,astronomy1 for instance1 in its purely mathematical and physical aspects4 ,but their dogmas and tenets1 being all symbolized and left to the sole guardianship of parable and allegory1 have been forgotten1 and hence the meaning has become perverted4 ,nevertheless1 one finds the ,hermaphrodite in the scriptures and traditions of almost every nation2 and why such unanimous agreement if the statement is only a fiction8 ,under cover of this secrecy the ,fifth ,race were led to the establishment1 or rather the restablishment of the ,religious ,mysteries1 in which ancient truths might be taught to the coming generations under the veil of allegory and symbolism4 ,behold the imperishable witness to the evolution of the ,human ,races from the ,divine1 and especially from the ,androgynous ,race--the ,egyptian ,sphinx1 that riddle of the ,ages6 ,divine ,wisdom incarnating on ,earth1 and forced to taste of the bitter fruit of personal experience of pain and suffering1 generated on ,earth only under the shade of the ,tree of the ,knowledge of ,good and ,evil--a secret first known only to the ,elohim1 the ,self,initiated1 8,higher ,gods407#bhh7 ,in the ,book of ,enoch we have ,adam17#bhi7 the first ,divine ,androgyne1 separating into man and woman1 and becoming ,jah,heva in one form1 or ,race1 and ,cain and ,abel7#bij7--male and female--in its other form or ,race--the doublesexed ,jehovah17#bia7 an echo of its ryan prototype1 ,brahm,vch4 ,after which come the ,third and ,fourth ,root,races of mankind7#bib7--that is to say1 ,races of men and women1 or individuals of opposite sexes1 no longer sexless ,semispirits and ,androgynes1 as were the two ,races which precede them4 ,this fact is hinted at in every ,anthropogony4 ,it is found in fable and allegory1 in myth and revealed ,scriptures1 in legend and tradition4 ,for1 of all the great ,mysteries1 inherited by ,initiates from hoary antiquity1 this is one of the greatest4 ,it accounts for the bi sexual element found in every ,creative ,deity1 in ,brahm,virj,vch1 as in ,adam,jehovah,eve1 also in ,cain,jehovah,abel4 ,for 8,the ,book of the ,generations of ,adam0 does not even mention ,cain and ,abel1 but says only3 ,male and female created he them2 444 and called their name ,adam47#bic7 ,then it proceeds to say3 ,and ,adam 444 begat a son in his own likeness1 after his image2 and called his name ,seth47#bid7 ,after which he begets other sons and daughters1 thus proving that ,cain and ,abel are his own allegorical permutations4 ,adam stands for the primitive ,human ,race1 especially in its cosmosidereal sense4 ,not so1 however1 in its theoanthropological meaning4 ,the compound name of ,jehovah1 or ,jah ,hovah1 meaning male life and female life--first androgynous1 then separated into sexes--is used in this sense in ,genesis from ,chapter ,v onwards4 ,as the author of the ,source of ,measures says3 ,the two words of which ,jehovah is composed make up the original idea of malefemale1 as the birth originator47#bie7 ,for the ,hebrew letter ,jod was the membrum virile and ,hovah was ,eve1 the mother of all living1 or the procreatrix1 ,earth and ,nature4 ,the author believes1 therefore1 that3 ,it is seen that the perfect one the perfect female circle or ,yoni1 #bjfab1 numerically1 as originator of measures1 takes also the form of birth origin1 as hermaphrodite one2 hence the phallic form and use4 ,precisely2 only 8the phallic form and use0 came long ages later2 and the first and original meaning of ,enos1 the son of ,seth1 was the first ,race born in the present usual way from man and woman--for ,seth is no man1 but a race4 ,before him humanity was hermaphrodite4 ,while ,seth is the first result 7physiologically7 after the 8,fall10 he is also the first man2 hence his son ,enos is referred to as the 8,son of ,man40 ,seth represents the later ,third ,race4 ,to screen the real mystery name of ,ain ,suph--the ,boundless and ,endless ,no ,thing--the ,kabalists have brought forward the compound attribute appellation of one of the personal ,creative ,elohim1 whose name was ,yah or ,jah--the letters i or j or y being interchangeable--or ,jah,hovah1 i4e41 male and female27#bif7 ,jah,eve a hermaphrodite1 or the first form of humanity1 the original ,adam of ,earth1 not even ,adam ,kadmon1 whose 8,mindborn ,son0 is the earthly ,jah,hovah1 mystically4 ,and knowing this1 the crafty ,rabbin,kabalist has made of it a name so secret1 that he could not divulge it later on without exposing the whole scheme2 and thus he was obliged to make it sacred4 ,how close is the identity between ,brahm,prajpati and ,jehovah,sephiroth1 between ,brahm,virj and ,jehovah,adam1 the ,bible and the ,purnas compared alone can show4 ,analyzed1 and read in the same light1 they afford cogent evidence that they are two copies of the same original--made at two periods far distant from each other4 ,compare once more in relation to this subject ,genesis iv4 #a and #bf and ,manu i4 #cb and they will both yield their meaning4 ,in ,manu1 ,brahm1 who1 like ,jehovah or ,adam in ,genesis1 is both man and ,god1 and divides his body into male and female1 stands1 in his ,esoteric meaning1 for the symbolical personification of creative and generative power1 both divine and human4 ,the ,zohar affords still more convincing proof of identity1 while some ,rabbins repeat word for word certain original ,paurnic expressions2 e4g41 the 8creation0 of the world is generally considered in the ,brhmanical books to be the ,ll1 the delight or sport1 the amusement of the ,supreme ,creator4 ,vishnu1 being thus discrete and indiscrete substance1 spirit1 and time1 sports like a playful boy1 as you shall learn by listening to his frolics47#big7 ,now compare this with what is said in the ,book1 ,nobeleth ',hokhmah3 ,the ,qabbalists say1 that the entering into existence of the worlds happened through delight1 in that ,ain ,suph 8 6 rejoiced in ,itself1 and flashed and beamed from ,itself to ,itself 444 which are all called delight47#bih7 ,thus it is not a 8curious idea of the ,qabbalists10 as the author just quoted remarks1 but a purely ,paurnic1 ryan idea4 ,only1 why make of ,ain ,suph a ,creator8 ,the 8,divine ,hermaphrodite0 is1 then1 ,brahm,vch,virj2 and that of the ,semites1 or rather of the ,jews1 is ,jehovah,cain,abel4 ,only the 8,heathen0 were1 and are1 more sincere and frank than were the later ,isralites and ,rabbis1 who undeniably knew the real meaning of their exoteric deity4 ,the ,jews regard the name given to them--the ,yahoudi--as an insult4 ,yet they have1 or would have if they only wished it1 as undeniable a right to call themselves the ancient ,yahoudi1 8,jahhovians10 as the ,brhmans have to call themselves ,brhmans after their national deity4 ,for ,jahhovah is the generic name of that ,group or ,hierarchy of ,creative ,planetary ,angels1 under whose ,star their nation has evolved4 ,he is one of the ,planetary ,elohim of the ,regent ,group of ,saturn4 ,verse #bf of ,chapter iv of ,genesis1 when read correctly1 would alone give them such a right1 for it calls the new ,race of men--sprung from ,seth and ,enos--,jehovah1 something quite different from the translation adopted in the ,bible1 which ought to read3 ,to him also1 was born a son1 ,enos2 then began men to call themselves ,jah1 or ,yahhovah1 to wit1 men and women1 the 8,lords of ,creation40 ,one has but to read the abovementioned verse in the original ,hebrew text and by the light of the ,kabalah1 to find that1 instead of the words as they now stand translated1 the correct translation should be3 ,then began men to call themselves ,jehovah2 and not3 ,then began men to call upon the name of the ,lord the latter being a mistranslation1 whether deliberate or not4 ,again the wellknown passage3 ,i have gotten a man from the ,lord1 should read3 ,i have gotten a man1 even ,jehovah47#bii7 ,luther translated the passage one way1 the ,roman ,catholics quite differently4 ,bishop ,wordsworth renders it3 ,cain--,i have gotten--,kain1 from ,k'nithi1 ,i have gotten4 ,luther3 ,i have gotten a man--even the ,lord ,jehovah4 ,and the author of ,the ,source of ,measures3 ,i have measured a man1 even ,jehovah4 ,the last is the correct rendering for--7a7 a famous ,rabbin1 a ,kabalist1 explained the passage to the writer in precisely this way1 and 7b7 this rendering is identical with that in the ,secret ,doctrine of the ,east with regard to ,brahm4 ,in ,isis ,unveiled17#cjj7 it was explained by the writer that3 ,cain 444 is the son of the 8,lord0 not of ,adam4 ,the 8,lord0 is ,adam ,kadmon1 the 8,father0 of ,yod,heva1 8,adam,eve10 or ,jehovah1 the son of sinful thought1 not the progeny of flesh and blood4 ,seth1 on the other hand1 is the leader and the progenitor of the ,races of the ,earth2 for he is the son of ,adam1 exoterically1 but ,esoterically he is the progeny of ,cain and ,abel1 since ,abel or ,hebel is a female1 the counterpart and female half of the male ,cain1 and ,adam is the collective name for man and woman3 ,male and female 7zachar va nakobeh7 created he them 444 and called their name ,adam4 ,the verses in ,genesis from ,chapters i to v1 are purposely mixed up for ,kabalistic reasons4 ,after the 8,man0 of ,genesis i4 #bf1 and ,enos1 the ,son of ,man1 of iv4 #bf2 after ,adam1 the first ,androgyne2 after ,adam ,kadmon--the sexless 7the first7 ,logos--,adam and ,eve once separated1 come finally ,jehovah,eve and ,cain,jehovah4 ,these represent distinct ,root,races1 for millions of years elapsed between them4 ,hence the ryan and the ,semitic ,theoanthropographies are two leaves on the same stem2 their respective personifications and symbolic personages standing in relation to each other in the following way3 ,i4 ,the 8,unknowable0 referred to in various ways in ,rig ,vedic verse1 such as 8,nought was10 called1 later on1 ,parabrahman--the 1 ,ain1 ,nothing1 or ,ain ,suph of the ,kabalists--and again1 the 8,spirit0 7of ,god7 that moves upon the face of the ,waters1 in ,genesis4 ,all these are identical4 ,moreover1 in ,genesis i1 verse #b is placed as verse #a in the secret ,kabalistic texts1 where it is followed by the ,elohim 8creating the ,heaven and the ,earth40 ,this deliberate shifting of the order of the verses was necessary for monotheistic and ,kabalistic purposes4 ,jeremiah's curse against those ,elohim 7,gods7 who have not created the ,heavens and the ,earth17#cja7 shows that there were other ,elohim who had4 ,,ii4 ,the ,heavenly ,manu,svyambhuva1 who sprang from ,svayambh,nryana1 the 8,selfexistent10 the ,adam ,kadmon of the ,kabalists1 and the ,androgyne 8,man10 of ,genesis i1 are also identical4 ,,iii4 ,manu,svyambhuva is ,brahm1 or the ,logos2 and he is ,adam ,kadmon1 who in ,genesis1 iv4 #e1 separates himself into two halves1 male and female1 thus becoming ,jah,hovah or ,jehovah,eve2 as ,manu,svyambhuva1 or ,brahm1 separates himself to become 8,brahm,virj and ,vch,virj10 male and female4 ,all the rest of the texts and versions are 8blinds40 ,,iv4 ,vch is the daughter of ,brahm and is named ,shata,rp1 8the hundred formed10 and ,svitr1 ,generatrix1 the ,mother of the ,gods and of all living4 ,she is identical with ,eve1 8the ,mother of all the ,lords or ,gods or of all living40 ,besides this there are many other ,occult meanings4 ,what is written on the subject in ,isis ,unveiled1 although scattered about and very cautiously expressed at the time1 is correct4 ,explaining ,esoterically ,ezekiel's ,wheel1 it is said of ,jodhevah or ,jehovah3 ,when the ,ternary is taken in the beginning of the ,tetragram1 it expresses the ,divine ,creation spiritually1 i4e41 without any carnal sin3 taken at its opposite end it expresses the latter2 it is feminine4 ,the name of ,eve is composed of three letters1 that of the primitive or heavenly ,adam1 is written with one letter1 ,jod or ,yod2 therefore it must not be read ,jehovah but ,ieva1 or ,eve4 ,the ,adam of the first chapter is the spiritual1 therefore pure androgyne1 ,adam ,kadmon4 ,when woman issues from the left rib of the second ,adam 7of dust71 the pure ,virgo is separated1 and falling into 8generation10 or the downward cycle1 becomes ,scorpio1 emblem of sin and matter4 ,while the ascending cycle points to the purely ,spiritual ,races1 or the ten ,prediluvian ,patriarchs1 the ,prajpatis and ,sephiroth1 led on by the creative ,deity itself1 who is ,adam ,kadmon or ,yodcheva1 spiritually1 the lower one ,jehovah is that of the ,terrestrial ,races1 led on by ,enoch or ,libra1 the seventh2 who1 because he is halfdivine1 halfterrestrial1 is said to have been taken by ,god alive4 ,enoch1 or ,hermes1 or ,libra1 are one47#cjb7 ,this is only one of the several meanings4 ,no need to remind the scholar that ,scorpio is the astrological sign of the organs of reproduction4 ,like the ,indian ,rishis1 the ,patriarchs are all convertible in their numbers1 as well as interchangeable4 ,according to the subject to which they relate they become ten1 twelve1 seven or five1 and even fourteen1 and they have the same ,esoteric meaning as the ,manus or ,rishis4 ,moreover1 ,jehovah1 as may be shown1 has a variety of etymologies1 but only those are true which are found in the ,kabalah4 7,ieve7 is the ,old ,testament term1 and was pronounced ,yava4 ,inman suggests that it is contracted from the two words 1 ,yaho,iah1 ,jaho,jah1 or ,jaho is ,jah4 ,punctuated it is 1 which is1 however1 a ,rabbinical caprice to associate it with the name ,adoni1 or 1 which has the same points4 ,it is curious1 and indeed hardly conceivable1 that the ,jews anciently read the name ,adoni1 when they had so many names of which ,jeho1 and ,jah1 and ,iah1 constituted a part4 ,but so it was2 and ,philo ,byblus1 who gives us the socalled fragment of ,sanchuniathon1 spelt it in ,greek letters 1 ,javo or ,jevo4 ,theodoret says that the ,samaritans pronounced it ,yahva1 and the ,jews ,yaho4 ,prof4 ,gibbs1 however1 suggests its punctuation thus3 7,yehouvih72 and he cut the ,gordian knot of its true ,occult meaning4 ,for in this last form1 as a ,hebrew verb1 it means 8he will--be407#cjc7 ,it was also derived from the ,chaldaic verb 1 or 1 eue 7eve71 or eua 7eva71 8to be40 ,and so it was1 since from ,enosh1 the 8,son of ,man10 only1 were the truly human ,races to begin and 8to be10 as males and females4 ,this statement receives further corroboration1 inasmuch as ,parkhurst makes the verb to mean1 7#a7 8to fall down0 7i4e4 into generation or ,matter72 and 7#b7 8to be1 to continue0--as a race4 ,the aspirate of the word eua 7,eva71 8to be10 being 1 ,heve 7,eve71 which is the feminine of 1 and the same as ,hebe1 the ,grecian ,goddess of youth and the ,olympian bride of ,heracles1 makes the name ,jehovah appear still more clearly in its primitive doublesexed form4 ,finding in ,sanskrit such syllables as ,jah and ,yah1 e4g41 ,jhnav1 8,ganges10 and ,jaganntha1 8,lord of the ,world10 it becomes clear why ,mr4 ,rawlinson is so very confident in his works of an ryan or ,vedic influence on the early mythology of ,babylon4 ,nor is it to be much wondered at that the alleged ten tribes of ,israel disappeared during the captivity period1 without leaving a trace behind them1 when we are informed that the ,jews had de facto but two tribes--those of ,judah and of ,levi4 ,the ,levites1 moreover1 were not a tribe at all1 but a priestly caste4 ,the descendants have only followed their progenitors1 the various patriarchs1 into thin1 sidereal air4 ,there were ,brahms and ,abrahms1 in days of old1 truly1 and before the first ,jew had been born4 ,every nation held its first ,god and ,gods to be androgynous2 nor could it be otherwise1 since they regarded their distant primeval progenitors1 their dualsexed ancestors1 as divine ,beings and ,gods1 just as do the ,chinese to this day4 ,and they were divine in one sense1 as also was their first human progeny1 the 8mindborn0 primitive humanity1 which was most assuredly bisexual1 as all the more ancient symbols and traditions show4 ,under the emblematical devices and peculiar phraseology of the priesthood of old1 lie latent hints of sciences as yet undiscovered during the present cycle4 ,well acquainted as may be a scholar with the hieratic writing and hieroglyphical system of the ,egyptians1 he must first of all learn to sift their records4 ,he has to assure himself1 compasses and rule in hand1 that the picturewriting he is examining fits1 to a line1 certain fixed geometrical figures which are the hidden keys to such records1 before he ventures on an interpretation4 ,but there are myths which speak for themselves4 ,in this class we may include the doublesexed first creators of every ,cosmogony4 ,the ,greek ,zeus,zn 7ther71 and ,chthonia 7the ,chaotic ,earth7 and ,metis 7,water71 his wives2 ,osiris and ,isis,latona--the former ,god also representing ther1 the first emanation of the ,supreme ,deity1 ,amun1 the primeval source of ,light2 the ,goddess ,earth and ,water again2 ,mithras1 the rockborn ,god1 the symbol of the male ,mundane ,fire1 or the personified ,primordial ,light1 and ,mithra1 the ,fire ,goddess1 at once his mother and his wife2 the pure element of ,fire 7the active1 or male principle7 regarded as light and heat1 in conjunction with ,earth and ,water1 or ,matter 7the female or passive element of cosmical generation747#cjd7 ,all these are records of the primeval divine ,hermaphrodite4 ,stanza ,,vi4 ,the ,evolution ,of ,the 8,sweat,born40 #bb4 ,the evolution of the three ,races continued4 #bc4 ,the ,second ,race creates the ,third and perishes4 #bb4 ,,then ,,the ,,second ,,evolved ,,the ,,egg,,born1 ,,the ,,third47#cje7 ,,the ,,sweat ,,grew1 ,,its ,,drops ,,grew1 ,,and ,,the ,,drops ,,became ,,hard ,,and ,,round4 ,,the ,,sun ,,warmed ,,it2 ,,the ,,moon ,,cooled ,,and ,,shaped ,,it2 ,,the ,,wind ,,fed ,,it ,,until ,,its ,,ripeness4 ,,the ,,white ,,swan ,,from ,,the ,,starry ,,vault7#cjf7 ,,overshadowed ,,the ,,big ,,drop4 ,,the ,,egg ,,of ,,the ,,future ,,race1 ,,the ,,man,,swan7#cjg7 ,,of ,,the ,,later ,,third 7,a74 ,,first ,,male,,female1 ,,then ,,man ,,and ,,woman 7,b74 7a7 ,the text of the ,stanza clearly implies that the human embryo was nourished ab extra by ,cosmic ,forces1 and that the 8,father,mother0 furnished apparently the germ that ripened2 in all probability a 8sweat born egg10 to be hatched out1 in some mysterious way1 disconnected from the 8double0 parent4 ,it is comparatively easy to conceive of an oviparous humanity1 since even now man is1 in one sense1 8eggborn40 ,magendie1 moreover1 in his ,precis lmentaire de ,physiologie1 citing ,a case where the umbilical cord was ruptured and perfectly cicatrized1 yet the infant was born alive1 pertinently asks3 ,how was the circulation carried on in this organ8 ,on the next page he says3 ,nothing is at present known respecting the use of digestion in the ftus4 ,and respecting its nutrition1 he propounds this query3 ,what1 then1 can we say of the nutrition of the ftus8 ,physiological works contain only vague conjectures on this point4 8,ah1 but10 the sceptic may urge1 8,magendie's book belongs to the last generation1 and ,science has since made such strides that his stigma of ignorance can no longer be fixed upon the profession40 ,indeed2 then let us turn to a very great authority upon ,physiology1 viz41 ,sir ,michael ,foster1 and1 to the disadvantage of ,modern ,science1 we shall find him saying3 ,concerning the rise and development of the functional activities of the embryo1 our knowledge is almost a blank4 ,we know scarcely anything about the various steps by which the primary fundamental qualities of the protoplasm of the ovum are differentiated into the complex phenomena which we have attempted in this book to explain47#cjh7 ,the students of ,trin4 ,coll4 ,cantab1 will now kindly draw a veil before the statue of ,hygieia and bandage the eyes of the busts of ,galen and ,hippocrates1 lest they look reproachfully at their degenerate descendants4 ,one further fact we must note4 ,sir ,michael ,foster is discreetly silent about the case of the ruptured umbilical cord cited by his great ,french confrre4 7b7 ,this is a very curious statement as explained in the ,commentaries4 ,to make it clear3 ,the ,first ,race having created the ,second by 8budding10 as explained above1 the ,second ,race gives birth to the ,third--which itself is separated into three distinct divisions1 consisting of men differently procreated4 ,the first two of these are produced by an oviparous method1 presumably unknown to modern ,natural ,history4 ,while the early subraces of the ,third ,humanity procreated their species by a kind of exudation of moisture or vital fluid1 the drops of which coalescing formed an oviform ball--or shall we say egg--that served as an extraneous vehicle for the generation therein of a ftus and child1 the mode of procreation by the later subraces changed1 in its results at all events4 ,the little ones of the earlier subraces were entirely sexless--shapeless even for all one knows27#cji7 but those of the later subraces were born androgynous4 ,it is in the ,third ,race that the separation of sexes occurred4 ,from being previously asexual1 ,humanity became distinctly hermaphrodite or bi sexual2 and finally the manbearing ,eggs began to give birth1 gradually and almost imperceptibly in their evolutionary development1 first1 to beings in which one sex predominated over the other1 and1 finally1 to distinct men and women4 ,and now let us search for corroboration of these statements in the religious legends of ,east and ,west4 ,let us take the 8,eggborn ,race0 first4 ,think of ,kashyapa1 the ,vedic sage1 and the most prolific of creators4 ,he was the son of ,marichi1 ,brahm's ,mindborn ,son2 and he is made to become the father of the ,ngas1 or ,serpents1 among other beings4 ,exoterically1 the ,ngas are semidivine beings which have a human face and the tail of a serpent4 ,yet there was a race of ,ngas1 said to be a thousand in number only1 born or rather sprung from ,kadr1 ,kashyapa's wife1 for the purpose of peopling ,ptla1 which is undeniably ,america1 as will be shown2 and there was a ,nga,dvpa1 one of the seven divisions of ,bhratavarsha1 ,india1 inhabited by a people bearing the same name1 who are allowed1 even by some ,orientalists1 to be historical1 and to have left many a trace behind them to this day4 ,now the point most insisted upon at present is that1 whatever origin be claimed for man1 his evolution took place in this order3 7#a7 sexless1 as all the earlier forms are2 7#b7 then1 by a natural transition1 he became a 8solitary hermaphrodite10 a bisexual being2 and 7#c7 finally separated and became what he is now4 ,science teaches us that all the primitive forms1 though sexless1 8still retained the power of undergoing the processes of asexual multiplication02 why1 then1 should man be excluded from that law of ,nature8 ,bisexual reproduction is an evolution1 a specialized and perfected form on the scale of ,matter of the fissiparous act of reproduction4 ,occult teachings are preminently panspermic1 and the early history of humanity is hidden only 8from ordinary mortals02 nor is the history of the primitive ,races buried for the ,initiates in the tomb of time1 as it is for profane ,science4 ,therefore1 supported on the one hand by that ,science which shows us progressive development and an internal cause for every external modification1 as a law in ,nature2 and1 on the other hand1 by an implicit faith in the ,wisdom--we may say ,pansophia even--of the universal traditions gathered and preserved by the ,initiates1 who have perfected them into an almost faultless system--thus supported1 we venture to state the doctrine clearly4 ,in an able article1 written some fifteen years ago1 our learned and respected friend ,prof4 ,alexander ,wilder1 of ,new ,york1 shows the absolute logic and necessity of believing 8,the ,primeval ,race ,double,sexed10 and gives a number of scientific reasons for it47#caj7 ,he argues firstly1 that a large part of the vegetable creation exhibits the phenomenon of bi sexuality1 the ,linnan classification enumerating thus almost all plants4 ,this is the case in the superior families of the vegetable kingdoms as much as in the lower forms1 from the hemp to the ,lombardy poplar and ailanthus4 ,in the animal kingdom also it is the same4 ,in insect life1 the moth generates a worm1 and the worm becomes a moth1 as in the ,mysteries the great secret was expressed--,taurus ,taurus ,draconem genuit1 et ,taurum ,draco4 ,the coralproducing family1 which1 according to ,agassiz1 has spent many hundreds of thousands of years1 during the present geological period1 in building out the peninsula of ,florida1 produce their offspring from themselves like the buds and ramifications in a tree4 ,bees are somewhat in the same line4 ,the aphides1 or plant lice1 keep house like ,amazons1 and virgin parents perpetuate the race for ten successive generations4 ,what say the old ,sages1 the ,philosopherteachers of antiquity8 ,aristophanes speaks thus on the subject in ,plato's ,banquet3 ,our nature of old was not the same as it is now4 ,it was androgynous2 the form and name partaking of1 and being common to both the male and female4444 ,their bodies 444 were round1 and the manner of their running circular47#caa7 ,they were terrible in force and strength and had prodigious ambition4 ,hence ,zeus divided each of them into two1 making them weaker2 ,apollo1 under his direction1 closed up the skin4 ,meshia and ,meshiane were but a single individual with the old ,persians4 ,they also taught that man was the product of the ,tree of ,life1 growing in androgynous pairs1 till they were separated at a subsequent modification of the human form4 ,in the ,book of the ,generations 7,toleduth7 of ,adam1 the verse3 ,god created 7bara1 brought forth7 man in his image1 in the image of ,god created he him1 male and female created he them1 --if read ,esoterically will yield the true sense1 viz43 ,the ,elohim ,gods brought forth from themselves by modification man in their image 444 created they him collective ,humanity1 or ,adam1 male and female created he collective ,deity them47#cab7 ,this will show the ,esoteric point4 ,the ,sexless ,race was their first production1 a modification of and from themselves1 the pure ,spiritual ,existences2 and this was ,adam solus4 ,thence came the ,second ,race3 ,adam,eve1 or ,jod,heva1 inactive ,androgynes2 and finally the ,third1 or the 8,separating ,hermaphrodite10 ,cain and ,abel1 who produce the ,fourth1 ,seth,enos1 etc4 ,it is this ,third1 the last semispiritual ,race1 which was also the last vehicle of the divine and innate ,wisdom1 ingenerate in the ,enochs1 the ,seers of that ,mankind4 ,the ,fourth1 which had tasted of the fruit of the ,tree of ,good and ,evil--,wisdom already united to earthy1 and therefore impure1 intelligence7#cac7--;had consequently to acquire that ,wisdom by initiation and great struggle4 ,and the union of ,wisdom and ,intelligence1 the former ruling the latter1 is called in the ,hermetic books 8the ,god possessing the double fecundity of the two sexes40 ,mystically ,jesus was held to be manwoman4 ,so also in the ,orphic ,hymns1 sung during the ,mysteries1 we find3 8,zeus is a male1 ,zeus is an immortal maid40 ,the ,egyptian ,ammon was the ,goddess ,neth1 in his other half4 ,jupiter has female breasts1 ,venus is bearded in some of her statues1 and ,il1 the ,goddess1 is also ,sudyumna1 the ,god1 as ,vaivasvata's progeny4 ,says ,professor ,wilder3 ,the name ,adam1 or man1 itself implies this double form of existence4 ,it is identical with ,athamas1 or ,thomas 7,tamil1 ,tam71 which is rendered by the ,greek ,didumos1 a twin2 if1 therefore1 the first woman was formed subsequently to the first man1 she must1 as a logical necessity1 be 8taken out of man40 ,accordingly we read3 8,and the side which the ,lord ,god ,elohim had taken from man1 made he a woman40 ,the ,hebrew word here used is ,tzala1 which bears the translation we have given4 ,it is easy to trace the legend in ,berosus1 who says that ,thalatth 7the ,omorka1 or ,lady of ,urka7 was the beginning of creation4 ,she was also ,telita 8 ,melita1 the queen of the ,moon4444 ,the two memorable twinbirths of ,genesis1 that of ,cain and ,abel1 and of ,esau and ,jacob1 shadow the same idea4 ,the name ,hebel is the same as ,eve1 and its characteristic seems to be feminine4 8,unto thee shall be his desire10 said the ,lord ,god to ,cain2 8and thou shalt rule over him40 ,the same language had been uttered to ,eve3 8,thy desire shall be to thy husband1 and he shall rule over thee40 ,thus the pristine bisexual unity of the human ,third ,root,race is an axiom in the ,secret ,doctrine4 ,its virgin individuals were raised to 8,gods10 because that ,race represented their 8,divine ,dynasty40 ,the moderns are satisfied with worshipping the male heroes of the ,fourth ,race1 who created ,gods after their own sexual image1 whereas the ,gods of primeval mankind were 8male and female40 ,as stated in ,volume ,i1 the ,humanities developed cordinately1 and on parallel lines with the four ,elements1 every new ,race being physiologically adapted to meet the additional ,element4 ,our ,fifth ,race is rapidly approaching the ,fifth ,element--call it interstellar ether1 if you will--which has more to do1 however1 with psychology than with physics4 ,we men have learned to live in every climate1 whether frigid or tropical1 but the first two ,races had nought to do with climate1 nor were they subservient to any temperature or change therein4 ,and thus1 we are taught1 men lived down to the close of the ,third ,root,race1 when eternal spring reigned over the whole ,globe1 such as is now enjoyed by the inhabitants of ,jupiter2 a world1 which1 as ,m4 ,camille ,flammarion says3 ,is not subject like our own to the vicissitudes of seasons nor to abrupt alternations of temperature1 but is enriched with all the treasures of eternal spring47#cad7 ,those ,astronomers who maintain that ,jupiter is in a molten condition1 in our sense of the term1 are invited to settle their dispute with this learned ,french ,astronomer47#cae7 ,it must1 however1 be always borne in mind that the 8eternal spring0 referred to is only a condition cognized as such by the ,jovians4 ,it is not 8spring10 as we know it4 ,in this reservation is to be found the reconciliation between the two theories here cited4 ,both embrace partial truths4 ,it is thus a universal tradition that mankind has evolved gradually into its present shape from an almost transparent condition of texture1 and neither by miracle nor by sexual intercourse4 ,moreover1 this is in full accord with the ancient ,philosophies2 from those of ,egypt and ,india1 with their ,divine ,dynasties1 down to that of ,plato4 ,and all these universal beliefs must be classed with the 8presentiments0 and 8obstinate conceptions10 some of them ineradicable1 in popular faiths4 ,such beliefs1 as remarked by ,louis ,figuier1 are3 ,frequently the outcome of the wisdom and observation of an infinite number of generations of men4444 ,for1 a tradition which has a uniform and universal existence1 has all the weight of scientific testimony47#caf7 ,and there is more than one such tradition in the ,paurnic allegories1 as has been shown4 ,moreover1 the doctrine that the ,first ,race of mankind was formed out of the ,chhys1 or ,astral ,images1 of the ,pitris1 is fully corroborated in the ,zohar3 ,in the ,tzelem1 shadow image of ,elohim the ,pitris1 ,he made ,adam 7man747#cag7 ,it has been repeatedly urged as an objection that1 however high the degree of metaphysical thought in ancient ,india1 yet the old ,egyptians had nothing but crass idolatry and zoolatry to boast of2 ,hermes1 as alleged1 being the work of ,greek ,mystics who lived in ,egypt4 ,to this1 an answer can be given3 a direct proof that the ,egyptians believed in the ,secret ,doctrine is1 that it was taught to them at ,initiation4 ,let the objectors open the ,eclog ,physic et ,ethic of ,stobus1 the ,greek compiler of ancient fragments1 who lived in the fifth century1 ,a4,d4 ,the following is a transcription by him of an old ,hermetic fragment1 showing the ,egyptian theory of the ,soul4 ,translated word for word1 it says3 ,from one ,soul1 that of ,all1 spring all the souls1 which spread themselves as if purposely distributed through the world4 ,these souls undergo many transformations2 those which are already creeping creatures turn into aquatic animals2 from these aquatic animals are derived land animals2 and from the latter the birds4 ,from the beings who live aloft in the air 7heaven7 men are born4 ,on reaching that status of men1 the souls receive the principle of 7conscious7 immortality1 become spirits1 then pass into the choir of ,gods4 #bc4 ,,the ,,self,,born ,,were ,,the ,,chh,y,s1 ,,the ,,shadows ,,from ,,the ,,bodies ,,of ,,the ,,sons ,,of ,,twilight4 ,,neither ,,water ,,nor ,,fire ,,could ,,destroy ,,them4 ,,their ,,sons ,,were47#cah7 ,this verse cannot be understood without the help of the ,commentaries4 ,it means that the ,first ,root,race1 the 8,shadows0 of the ,progenitors1 could not be injured1 or destroyed by death4 ,being so ethereal and so little human in constitution1 they could not be affected by any element--flood or fire4 ,but their 8,sons10 the ,second ,root,race1 could be and were so destroyed4 ,as the ,progenitors merged wholly in their own ,astral ,bodies1 which were their progeny1 so that progeny was absorbed in its descendants1 the 8,sweatborn40 ,these were the ,second ,humanity--composed of the most heterogeneous gigantic semihuman monsters--the first attempts of material nature at building human bodies4 ,the everblooming lands 7,greenland1 among others7 of the ,second ,continent were transformed1 successively1 from ,edens with their eternal spring1 into hyperborean ,hades4 ,this transformation was due to the displacement of the great waters of the ,globe1 to oceans changing their beds2 and the bulk of the ,second ,race perished in this first great throe of the evolution and consolidation of the ,globe during the human period4 ,of such great cataclysms there have already been four47#cai7 ,and we may expect a fifth for ourselves in due course of time4 ,a ,few ,words ,about 8,deluges0 ,and 8,noahs40 ,the accounts in the various ,purnas about our ,progenitors are as contradictory1 in their details1 as everything else4 ,thus while1 in the ,rig ,veda1 ,id1 or ,il1 is called the ,instructress of ,vaivasvata ,manu1 ,syana makes of her a ,goddess presiding over the ,earth1 and the ,shatapatha ,brhmana shows her to be the ,manu's daughter1 an offspring of his sacrifice1 and later on1 his 7,vaivasvata's7 wife1 by whom he begat the race of ,manus4 ,in the ,purnas she is1 again1 ,vaivasvata's daughter1 yet the wife of ,budha 7,wisdom71 the illegitimate son of the ,moon 7,soma7 and the planet ,jupiter's 7,brihaspati's7 wife1 ,tr4 ,all this1 which seems a jumble to the profane1 is full of philosophical meaning to the ,occultist4 ,on the very face of the narrative a secret and sacred meaning is perceivable2 all the details1 however1 being so purposely mixed up that the experienced eye of an ,initiate alone can follow them and place the events in their proper order4 ,the story as told in the ,mahbhrata strikes the keynote1 and yet it needs to be explained by the secret sense contained in the ,bhagavad ,gt4 ,it is the prologue to the drama of our 7,fifth7 ,humanity4 ,while ,vaivasvata was engaged in devotion on the river bank1 a fish craves his protection from a bigger fish4 ,he saves it and places it in a jar2 where1 growing larger and larger1 it communicates to him the news of the forthcoming ,deluge4 ,this ,fish is the wellknown ,matsya ,avatra1 the first ,avatra of ,vishnu1 the ,dagon7#cbj7 of the ,chaldan ,xisuthrus1 and many other things besides4 ,the story is too well known to need repetition4 ,vishnu orders a ship to be built1 in which ,manu is saved along with the seven ,rishis1 according to the ,mahbhrata2 this1 however1 being absent from other texts4 ,here the seven ,rishis stand for the seven ,races1 the seven ,principles1 and various other things2 for there is again a double mystery involved in this manifold allegory4 ,we have said elsewhere that the ,great ,flood had several meanings1 and that it referred1 as also does the 8,fall10 to both spiritual and physical1 both cosmic and terrestrial1 events3 as above1 so it is below4 ,the ,ship or ,ark--,navis--in short1 being the symbol of the female generative ,principle1 is typified in the heavens by the ,moon1 and on ,earth by the ,womb2 both being the vessels and bearers of the seeds of life and being1 which the ,sun1 or ,vishnu1 the male ,principle1 vivifies and fructifies4 ,the ,first ,cosmic ,flood refers to ,primordial ,creation1 or the formation of ,heaven and the ,earths2 in which case ,chaos and the great ,deep stand for the 8,flood10 and the ,moon for the 8,mother10 from whom proceed all the lifegerms47#cba7 ,but the ,terrestrial ,deluge and its story has also its dual application4 ,in one case it has reference to that mystery when mankind was saved from utter destruction1 by the mortal woman being made the receptacle of the human seed at the end of the ,third ,race17#cbb7 and in the other to the real and historical ,atlantean ,submersion4 ,in both cases the 8,host0--or the ,manu which saved the 8seed0--is called ,vaivasvata ,manu4 ,hence the diversity between the ,paurnic and other versions2 while in the ,shatapatha ,brhmana1 ,vaivasvata produces a daughter and begets from her the race of ,manu--a reference to the first human ,manushyas1 who had to create women by ,will 7,kriyshakti71 before they were naturally born from the ,hermaphrodites as an independent sex1 and were1 therefore1 regarded as their creator's 8daughters40 ,the ,paurnic accounts make ,id1 or ,il1 the wife of ,budha 7,wisdom74 ,this version refers to the events of the ,atlantean ,flood1 when ,vaivasvata1 the great ,sage on ,earth1 saved the ,fifth ,root,race from being destroyed along with the remnants of the ,fourth4 ,this is shown very clearly in the ,bhagavad ,gt1 where ,krishna is made to say3 ,the seven ,great ,rishis1 the four preceding ,manus1 partaking of my essence1 were born from my mind3 from them sprang 7was born7 the human race and the world47#cbc7 ,here the four preceding ,manus1 out of the seven1 are the four ,races7#cbd7 which have already lived1 for ,krishna belongs to the ,fifth ,race1 his death having inaugurated the ,kali ,yuga4 ,thus ,vaivasvata ,manu1 the son of ,srya1 the ,sun1 and the ,saviour of our ,race1 is connected with the 8,seed of ,life10 both physically and spiritually4 ,but1 at present1 while speaking of all1 we have to concern ourselves only with the first two4 ,the 8,deluge0 is undeniably a 8universal tradition40 8,glacial ,periods0 were numerous1 and so were the 8,deluges10 for various reasons4 ,stockwell and ,croll enumerate some halfdozen ,glacial ,periods and subsequent ,deluges--the earliest of all being dated by them #hej1jjj1 and the last about #ajj1jjj years ago47#cbe7 ,but which was our ,deluge8 ,assuredly the former1 the one which to this date remains recorded in the traditions of all the peoples from the remotest antiquity2 the one that finally swept away the last peninsulas of ,atlantis1 beginning with ,ruta and ,daitya and ending with the comparatively small island mentioned by ,plato4 ,this is shown by the agreement of certain details in all the legends4 ,it was the last of its gigantic character4 ,the little deluge1 the traces of which ,baron ,bunsen found in ,central ,asia1 and which he places at about #aj1jjj years ,b4,c41 had nothing to do with either the semiuniversal ,deluge1 or ,noah's ,flood--the latter being a purely mythical rendering of old traditions--nor even with the submersion of the last ,atlantean island2 or1 at least1 having with them only a moral connection4 ,our ,fifth ,race--the noninitiated portions of it--hearing of many ,deluges1 have confused them1 and now know of but one4 ,this one altered the whole aspect of the ,globe in its interchange1 and shifting1 of land and sea4 ,we may compare the tradition of the ,peruvians that3 ,the ,incas1 seven in number1 have repeopled the earth after the deluge47#cbf7 ,humboldt mentions the ,mexican version of the same legend1 but confuses somewhat the details of the stillpreserved legend concerning the ,american ,noah4 ,nevertheless1 the eminent ,naturalist mentions twice seven companions and the 8divine bird0 which preceded the boat of the ,aztecs1 and thus makes fifteen elect instead of the seven and the fourteen4 ,this was written probably under some involuntary reminiscence of ,moses1 who is said to have mentioned fifteen grandsons of ,noah1 who escaped with their grandsire4 ,then again ,xisuthrus1 the ,chaldan ,noah1 is saved and translated 8alive0 to heaven--like ,enoch--with the seven ,gods1 the ,kabirim1 or the seven divine ,titans4 ,again the ,chinese ,yao has seven figures which sail with him and which he will 8animate0 when he lands1 and use for 8human seed40 ,osiris1 when he enters the ,ark1 or ,solar ,boat1 takes seven ,rays with him1 etc4 ,sanchuniathon makes the ,alet or ,titans 7the ,kabirim7 contemporary with ,agruerus1 the great ,phnician ,god--whom ,faber sought to identify with ,noah27#cbg7 further1 it is suspected that the name 8,titan0 is derived from ,tit,ain1--the 8fountains of the chaotic abyss07#cbh7 7,tit,theus1 or ,tityus is the 8divine deluge072 and thus the ,titans1 who are seven1 are shown to be connected with the ,flood and the seven ,rishis saved by ,vaivasvata ,manu47#cbi7 ,these ,titans are the sons of ,kronos1 ,time1 and ,rhea1 the ,earth2 and as ,agruerus1 ,saturn and ,sydyk are one and the same personage1 and as the seven ,kabiri are also said to be the sons of ,sydyk or ,kronos,saturn1 the ,kabiri and ,titans are identical4 ,for once the pious ,faber was right in his conclusions when he wrote3 ,i have no doubt of the seven ,titans or ,cabiri being the same also as the seven ,rishis of the ,hindoo mythology 7871 who are said to have escaped in a boat along with ,menu the head 787 of the family47#ccj7 ,but he is less fortunate in his speculations when he adds3 ,the ,hindoos1 in their wild legends have variously perverted the history of the ,noachid 78 671 yet it is remarkable that they seem to have religiously adhered to the number seven37#cca7 hence ,capt4 ,wilford very judiciously observes1 that1 8perhaps1 the seven ,menus1 the seven ,brahmdicas1 with the seven ,rishis1 are the same1 and make only seven individual persons47#ccb7 ,the seven ,brahmdicas were prajpatis1 or lords of the prajas1 or creatures4 ,from them mankind was born1 and they are probably the same with the seven ,menus4444 ,these seven grand ancestors of the human race were 444 created for the purpose of replenishing the earth with inhabitants407#ccc7 ,the mutual resemblance of the ,cabiri1 the ,titans1 the ,rishis1 and the ,notic family1 is too striking to be the effect of mere accident47#ccd7 ,faber was led into this mistake1 and subsequently built his entire theory concerning the ,kabiri1 on the fact that the name of the scriptural ,japhet is on the list of the ,titans contained in a verse of the ,orphic ,hymns4 ,according to ,orpheus the names of the seven ,arkite ,titans--whom ,faber refuses to identify with the impious ,titans1 their descendants--were ,kus1 ,krus1 ,phorcys1 ,cronus1 ,oceanus1 ,hyperion1 and ,iapetus4 1 1 1 1 1 1 47#cce7 ,but why could not the ,babylonian ,ezra have adopted the name of ,iapetus for one of ,noah's sons8 ,the ,kabiri1 who are the ,titans1 are also called ,manes and their mother ,mania1 according to ,arnobius47#ccf7 ,the ,hinds can therefore claim with far more reason that the ,manes mean their ,manus1 and that ,mania is the female ,manu of the ,rmyana4 ,mania is ,il1 or ,id1 the wife and daughter of ,vaivasvata ,manu1 from whom 8he begat the race of ,manus40 ,like ,rhea1 the mother of the ,titans1 she is the ,earth--,syana making her the ,goddess of the ,earth--and she is but the second edition and repetition of ,vch4 ,both ,id and ,vch are turned into males and females2 ,id becoming ,sudyumna1 and ,vch1 the 8female ,virj10 turning into a woman in order to punish the ,gandharvas2 one version referring to cosmic and divine ,theogony1 the other to the later period4 ,the ,manes and ,mania of ,arnobius are names of ,indian origin1 appropriated by the ,greeks and ,latins and disfigured by them4 ,thus it is no accident1 but the result of one archaic doctrine1 common to all1 of which the ,isralites1 through ,ezra1 the author of the modernized ,mosaic books1 were the latest adapters4 ,so unceremonious were they with other people's property1 that the ,pseudo,berosus17#ccg7 shows that ,tita--of whom ,diodorus ,siculus7#cch7 makes the mother of the ,titans or ,diluvians--was the wife of ,noah4 ,faber calls him the 8,pseudo,berosus10 yet accepts the information in order to register one proof more that the ,pagans have borrowed all their ,gods from the ,jews1 by transforming patriarchal material4 ,according to our humble opinion1 this is one of the best proofs possible of exactly the reverse4 ,it shows as clearly as facts can show1 that it is the ,biblical pseudopersonages which are all borrowed from ,pagan myths1 if myths they must be4 ,it shows1 at any rate1 that ,berosus was well aware of the source of ,genesis1 and that it bore the same cosmic astronomical character as the allegories of ,isis,osiris1 and the ,ark1 and other older 8,arkite0 symbols4 ,for1 ,berosus says that 8,tita ,magna0 was afterwards called ,aretia17#cci7 and worshipped with the ,earth2 and this identifies ,tita1 ,noah's consort1 with ,rhea1 the ,mother of the ,titans1 and with ,id2 both being ,goddesses who preside over the ,earth1 and the ,mothers of the ,manus and ,manes1 or ,titan,kabiri4 ,and ,tita,aretia was worshipped as ,horchia1 says the same ,berosus1 and this is a title of ,vesta1 ,goddess of the ,earth4 ,sicanus deificavit ,aretiam1 et nominavit eam lingu ,janigen ,horchiam47#cdj7 ,scarcely an ancient poet of historic or prehistoric days fails to mention the sinking of the two continents--often called isles--in one form or another4 ,hence the destruction1 besides ,atlantis1 of the ,phlegyan ,island4 ,pausanius and ,nonnus both tell how3 ,from its deeprooted base the ,phlegyan isle ,stern ,neptune shook1 and plunged beneath the waves ,its impious inhabitants47#cda7 ,faber felt convinced that the ,phlegyan ,island was ,atlantis4 ,but all such allegories are more or less distorted echoes of the ,hind tradition about that great ,cataclysm1 which befell the ,fourth1 really human1 though gigantic1 ,race1 the one which preceded the ryan4 ,yet1 as just said1 like all other legends1 the legend of the ,deluge has more than one meaning4 ,it refers1 in ,theogony1 to precosmic transformations1 to spiritual correlations--however absurd the term may sound to a scientific ear--and also to subsequent ,cosmogony2 to the great ,flood of ,waters 7,matter7 in ,chaos1 awakened and fructified by those ,spirit,rays which were swamped by1 and perished in1 the mysterious differentiation--a precosmic mystery1 the ,prologue to the drama of ,being4 ,anu1 ,bel1 and ,noah preceded ,adam ,kadmon1 ,adam the ,red1 and ,noah2 just as ,brahm1 ,vishnu1 and ,shiva preceded ,vaivasvata and the rest47#cdb7 ,all this goes to show that the semiuniversal deluge known to ,geology--the first ,glacial ,period--must have occurred just at the time allotted to it by the ,secret ,doctrine3 namely1 #bjj1jjj years1 in round numbers1 after the commencement of our ,fifth ,race1 or about the time assigned by ,messrs4 ,croll and ,stockwell for the first ,glacial ,period3 i4e41 about #hej1jjj years ago4 ,thus1 as the latter disturbance is attributed by ,geologists and ,astronomers to 8an extreme eccentricity of the earth's orbit10 and as the ,secret ,doctrine attributes it to the same source1 but with the addition of another factor1 the shifting of the ,earth's axis--a proof of which may be found in the ,book of ,enoch17#cdc7 if the veiled language of the ,purnas be not understood--all this should tend to show that the ,ancients knew something of the 8modern discoveries0 of ,science4 ,enoch1 when speaking of 8the great inclination of the ,earth10 which 8is in travail10 is quite significant and clear4 ,is not this evident8 ,nuah is ,noah1 floating on the waters in his ark2 the latter being the emblem of the ,argha1 or ,moon1 the feminine ,principle2 ,noah is the 8,spirit0 falling into ,matter4 ,we find him1 as soon as he descends upon the ,earth1 planting a vineyard1 drinking of the wine1 and getting drunk thereon1 i4e41 the pure ,spirit becomes intoxicated as soon as it is finally imprisoned in ,matter4 ,the seventh chapter of ,genesis is only another version of the first4 ,thus1 while the latter reads3 8,and darkness was upon the face of the deep4 ,and the ,spirit of ,god moved upon the face of the waters02 in the former it is said3 8,and the waters prevailed2 444 and the ark went with ,noah1 the ,spirit upon the face of the waters40 ,thus ,noah1 if identical with the ,chaldan ,nuah1 is the ,spirit vivifying ,matter1 which latter is ,chaos1 represented by the ,deep1 or the ,waters of the ,flood4 ,in the ,babylonian legend 7the precosmical blended with the terrestrial event7 it is ,istar 7,ashteroth1 or ,venus1 the ,lunar ,goddess7 who is shut up in the ark and sends out a dove in search of dry land47#cdd7 ,george ,smith notes in the 8,tablets10 first the creation of the ,moon1 and then that of the ,sun3 8,its beauty and perfection are extolled1 and the regularity of its orbit1 which led to its being considered the type of a judge and the regulator of the world40 ,if this story related simply to a cosmogonical cataclysmeven were this latter universalwhy should the goddess ,istar or ,ashteroth1 the ,moon1 speak of the creation of the sun after the deluge8 ,the waters might have reached as high as the mountain of ,nizir of the ,chaldan version1 or ,jebel ,djudi1 the deluge mountains of the ,arabian legend1 or yet ,ararat of the ,biblical narrative1 and even the ,himalaya of the ,hind tradition1 and yet not have reached the ,sun2 the ,bible itself stopped short of such a miracle6 ,it is evident that the deluge to the people who first recorded it had another meaning1 less problematical and far more philosophical than that of a universal deluge1 of which there are no geological traces whatever47#cde7 ,as all such ,cataclysms are periodical and cyclical1 and as ,manu ,vaivasvata figures as a generic character1 under various circumstances and events1 there seems to be no serious objection to the supposition that the first 8great flood0 had an allegorical1 as well as a cosmic meaning1 and that it happened at the end of the ,satya ,yuga1 the 8,age of ,truth10 when the ,second ,root,race1 8the ,manu with bones10 made its primeval appearance as the 8,sweatborn40 ,the ,second ,flood--the socalled 8universal0--which affected the ,fourth ,root ,race--now conveniently regarded by ,theology as 8the accursed race of giants10 the ,cainites1 and the 8sons of ,ham0--is the flood which was first perceived by ,geology4 ,if one carefully compares the accounts in the various legends of the ,chaldees and other exoteric works of the nations1 it will be found that all of them agree with the orthodox narratives given in the ,brhmanical books4 ,and it may be perceived that while1 in the first account1 8there is no ,god or mortal yet on ,earth10 when ,manu ,vaivasvata lands on ,himavn1 in the second1 the ,seven ,rishis are allowed to keep him company2 thus showing that whereas some accounts refer to the ,sidereal and ,cosmic ,flood before the socalled 8,creation10 the others treat1 one of the ,great ,flood of ,matter on ,earth1 and the other of a real watery deluge4 ,in the ,shatapatha ,brhmana1 ,manu finds that the ,flood had swept away all living creatures1 and he alone was left--i4e41 the seed of life alone remained from the previous ,dissolution of the ,universe1 or ,mahpralaya1 after a 8,day of ,brahm02 and the ,mahbhrata refers simply to the geological cataclysm which swept away nearly all the ,fourth ,race to make room for the ,fifth4 ,therefore is ,vaivasvata ,manu shown under three distinct attributes in our ,esoteric ,cosmogony37#cdf7 as the 8,root,manu10 on ,globe ,a1 in the ,first ,round2 7b7 as the 8,seed of ,life10 on ,globe ,d1 in the ,fourth ,round2 and 7c7 as the 8,seed of ,man10 at the beginning of every ,root,race--in our ,fifth ,race especially4 ,the very commencement of the latter witnesses1 during the ,dvpara ,yuga17#cdg7 the destruction of the accursed sorcerers2 ,of that island ,plato speaks only of its last island beyond the ,pillars of ,hercules1 in the ,atlantic ,ocean1 from which there was an easy transition to other islands in the neighbourhood of another large continent ,america4 ,it is this ,atlantic ,land which was connected with the 8,white ,island10 and this ,white ,island was ,ruta2 but it was not the ,atala and the 8,white ,devil0 of ,colonel ,wilford17#cdh7 as already shown4 ,it may well be remarked here that the ,dvpara ,yuga lasts #hfd1jjj years1 according to the ,sanskrit texts2 and that1 if the ,kali ,yuga began only about #e1jjj years ago1 that it is just #hfi1jjj years since that destruction took place4 ,again1 these figures are not very widely different from those given by the ,geologists1 who place their ,glacial ,period at #hej1jjj years ago4 ,the ,shatapatha then tells us that a woman was produced who came to ,manu and declared herself his daughter1 with whom he lived and begat the offspring of ,manu4 ,this refers to the physiological transformation of sexes during the ,third ,root,race4 ,and the allegory is too transparently clear to need much explanation4 ,of course1 as already remarked1 in the separation of sexes an androgyne being was supposed to divide his body into two halves--as in the case of ,brahm and ,vch1 and even of ,adam and ,eve--and thus the female is1 in a certain sense1 his daughter1 just as he will be her son1 8the flesh of his and her flesh and the bone of his and her bone40 ,let it be also well remembered that not one of our ,orientalists has yet learned to discern in those 8contradictions and amazing nonsense10 as some call the ,purnas1 that a reference to a ,yuga may mean a ,round1 a ,root,race1 and often a subrace1 as well as form a page torn out of precosmic ,theogony4 ,this double and triple meaning is proved by various references to one and the same individual apparently1 under an identical name1 while in reality the references are to events divided by entire ,kalpas4 ,a good instance is that of ,il4 ,she is first represented as one thing and then as another4 ,in the exoteric legends it is said that ,manu ,vaivasvata1 desiring to create sons1 instituted a sacrifice to ,mitra and ,varuna2 but1 through a mistake of the officiating ,brhman1 a daughter only was obtained--,il or ,id4 ,then1 8through the favour of the two deities10 her sex is changed and she becomes a man1 ,sudyumna4 ,then she is again turned into a woman1 and so on2 the fable adding that ,shiva and his consort were pleased that 8she should be a male one month and a female another40 ,this has a direct reference to the ,third ,root,race1 whose men were androgynes4 ,but some very learned ,orientalists7#cdi7 think and have declared that3 ,id is primarily food1 nourishment1 or a libation of milk2 thence a stream of praise1 personified as the goddess of speech4 ,the 8profane0 are not told1 however1 the reason why 8a libation of milk10 or 8a stream of praise10 should be male and female by turn3 unless1 indeed1 there is some 8internal evidence0 which the ,occultists fail to perceive4 ,in its most mystical meaning1 the union of ,svyambhuva ,manu with ,vch ,shata,rp1 his own daughter--this being the first 8euhemerization0 of the dual principle of which ,vaivasvata ,manu and ,il are a secondary and a third form--stands in cosmic symbolism as the ,root,life1 the ,germ from which spring all the ,solar ,systems1 the ,worlds1 ,angels and the ,gods4 ,for1 as says ,vishnu3 ,from ,manu all creation1 gods1 ,asuras1 man must be produced3 ,by him the world must be created1 that which moves and moveth not4 ,but we may find worse opponents than even the ,western ,scientists and ,orientalists4 ,if1 on the question of figures1 ,brhmans may agree with our teaching1 we are not so sure that some of the orthodox conservatives may not raise objections to the modes of procreation attributed to their ,pitri ,devats4 ,we shall be called upon to produce the works from which we quote1 and we will invite them to read their own ,purnas a little more carefully and with an eye to the esoteric meaning4 ,and then1 we repeat again1 they will find1 under the veil of more or less transparent allegories1 every statement made herein corroborated by their own works4 ,one or two instances have already been given as regards the appearance of the ,second ,race1 which is called the 8,sweatborn40 ,this allegory is regarded as a fairytale1 and yet it conceals a psychophysiological phenomenon1 and one of the greatest mysteries of ,nature4 ,but in view of the chronological statements made herein1 it is natural to ask3 ,,could ,,men ,,exist #ah1jjj1jjj ,,years ,,ago8 ,to this ,occultism answers in the affirmative1 notwithstanding all scientific objectors4 ,moreover1 this duration covers only the ,vaivasvata ,manu ,man1 i4e41 the male and female entity already separated into distinct sexes4 ,the two and a half ,races that preceded that event may have lived #cjj1jjj1jjj years ago for all that ,science can tell4 ,for the geological and physical difficulties in the way of the theory could not exist for the primeval1 ethereal ,man of the ,occult ,teachings4 ,the whole issue of the quarrel between the ,profane and the ,esoteric ,sciences depends upon the belief in1 and demonstration of1 the existence of an ,astral ,body within the ,physical1 the former independent of the latter4 ,paul d',assier1 the ,positivist1 seems to have proven the fact pretty plainly17#cej7 not to speak of the accumulated testimony of the ages1 and that of the modern 8,spiritualists0 and ,mystics4 ,it will be found difficult to reject this fact in our age of proofs1 tests1 and ocular demonstrations4 ,the ,secret ,doctrine maintains that1 notwithstanding the general cataclysms and disturbances of the ,fourth ,round of our ,globe1 which--owing to its being the period of its greatest physical development1 for the ,fourth ,round is the middlepoint of the ,life ,cycle allotted to it--were far more terrible and intense than during any of the three preceding ,rounds--the ,cycles of its earlier psychic and spiritual life and of its semiethereal conditions--,physical ,humanity has existed upon it for the last #ah1jjj1jjj years47#cea7 ,this period was preceded by #cjj1jjj1jjj years of the mineral and vegetable development4 ,to this1 all those who refuse to accept the theory of a 8boneless10 purely ethereal1 man1 will object4 ,science1 which knows only of physical organisms1 will feel indignant2 and materialistic ,theology still more so4 ,the former will object on logical and reasonable grounds1 based on the preconception that all animate organisms have always existed on the same plane of materiality in all the ages2 the latter on a tissue of most absurd fictions4 ,the ridiculous claim usually brought forward by ,theologians is based on the virtual assumption that mankind 7read ,christians7 on this ,planet have the honour of being the only human beings in the whole ,kosmos1 who dwell on a ,globe1 and that they are consequently1 the best of their kind47#ceb7 ,the ,occultists1 who believe firmly in the teachings of the ,mother ,philosophy1 repel the objections of both ,theologians and ,scientists4 ,they maintain1 on their side1 that1 even during those periods when there must have been insufferable heat1 even at the two poles1 with successive floods1 upheaval of the valleys and constant shifting of the great waters and seas1 none of these circumstances could form an impediment to human life and organization1 such as is assigned by them to early mankind4 ,neither the heterogeneity of ambient regions1 full of deleterious gases1 nor the perils of a crust hardly consolidated1 could prevent the ,first and ,second ,races from making their appearance even during the ,carboniferous1 or the ,silurian ,age itself4 ,thus the ,monads destined to animate future ,races were ready for the new transformation4 ,they had passed their phases of 8immetalization10 of plant and animal life1 from the lowest to the highest1 and were waiting for their human1 more intelligent form4 ,yet what could the ,plastic ,modellers do but follow the laws of evolutionary ,nature8 ,could they1 as claimed by the biblical deadletter1 form1 8,lord,god0like1 or as ,pygmalion in the ,greek allegory1 ,adam,galatea out of volcanic dust1 and breathe a 8,living ,soul0 into ,man8 ,no2 because the ,soul was already there1 latent in its ,monad1 and needed but a 8coating40 ,pygmalion1 who fails to animate his statue1 and ,bahak ,zivo of the ,nazaran ,gnostics1 who fails to construct 8a human soul in the creature10 are1 as conceptions1 far more philosophical and scientific than ,adam1 taken in the deadletter sense1 or the biblical ,elohim,creators4 ,esoteric ,philosophy1 which teaches spontaneous generation--after the ,shishta and ,prajpati have thrown the seed of life on the ,earth--shows the ,lower ,angels able to construct physical man only1 even with the help of ,nature1 after having evolved the ,ethereal ,form out of themselves1 and leaving the physical form to evolve gradually from its ethereal1 or what would now be called1 protoplasmic1 model4 ,this will again be objected to2 8spontaneous generation0 is an exploded theory1 we shall be told4 ,pasteur's experiments disposed of it twenty years ago1 and ,professor ,tyndall is against it4 ,well1 suppose he is8 ,he ought to know that1 should spontaneous generation be indeed proven impossible in our present worldperiod and actual conditions--which the ,occultists deny--still it would be no demonstration that it could not have taken place under different cosmic conditions1 not only in the seas of the ,laurentian ,period1 but even on the then convulsed ,earth4 ,it would be interesting to know how ,science could ever account for the appearance of species and life on ,earth1 especially of ,man1 once that she rejects both the biblical teachings and spontaneous generation4 ,pasteur's observations1 however1 are far from being perfect or proven4 ,blanchard and ,dr4 ,lutaud reject their importance1 and1 in fact1 show that they have none4 ,the question is so far left sub judice1 as well as the other as to when1 at what period1 life appeared on the ,earth8 ,as to the idea that ,hckel's ,moneron--a pinch of salt6--has solved the problem of the origin of life2 it is simply absurd4 ,those ,materialists1 who feel inclined to poohpooh the theory of the 8,selfexistent10 the 8,selfborn ,heavenly ,man10 represented as an ,ethereal1 ,astral ,man1 must excuse even a tyro in ,occultism laughing1 in his turn1 at some speculations of ,modern ,thought4 ,after proving most learnedly that the primitive speck of ,protoplasm 7,moneron7 is neither animal nor plant1 but both1 and that it has no ancestors among either of these1 since it is that ,moneron which serves as a point of departure for all organized existence1 we are finally told that the ,monera are their own ancestors4 ,this may be very scientific1 but it is very metaphysical also2 too much so1 even for the ,occultist4 ,if spontaneous generation has changed its methods now--owing1 perhaps1 to accumulated material on hand--so as to almost escape detection1 it was1 nevertheless1 in full swing in the genesis of terrestrial life4 ,even the simple physical form and the evolution of species show how ,nature proceeds4 ,the scalebound1 gigantic ,saurian1 the winged ,pterodactyl1 the ,megalosaurus1 and the hundred feet long ,iguanodon of the later period1 are the transformations of the earliest representatives of the animal kingdom found in the sediments of the primary epoch4 ,there was a time when all the above enumerated 8antediluvian0 monsters appeared as filamentoid ,infusoria without shell or crust1 with neither nerves1 muscles1 organs nor sex1 and reproduced their kind by gemmation2 as do microscopical animals also1 the architects and builders of our mountain ranges1 agreeably to the teachings of ,science4 ,why not man in this case8 ,why should he not have followed the same law in his growth1 i4e41 gradual condensation8 ,every unprejudiced person would prefer to believe that ,primeval ,humanity had at first an ,ethereal--or1 if so preferred1 a huge filamentoid1 jellylike ,form1 evolved by ,gods or natural 8,forces10 which grew1 condensed throughout millions of ages1 and became gigantic in its physical impulse and tendency1 until it settled into the huge1 physical form of the ,fourth ,race ,man--rather than believe him created of the dust of the ,earth 7literally71 or from some unknown anthropoid ancestor4 ,nor does our ,esoteric theory clash with scientific data1 except on first appearance1 as ,dr4 ,a4 ,wilson1 ,f4,r4,s41 says1 in a letter to ,knowledge 7,dec4 #bc1 #ahha73 ,evolution--rather nature1 in the light of evolution--has only been studied for some twentyfive years or so4 ,that is1 of course1 a mere fractional space in the history of human thought4 ,and just because of this we do not lose all hope that ,materialistic ,science will amend its ways1 and will gradually accept the ,esoteric ,teachings--if even at first divorced from their 7to ,science7 too metaphysical elements4 ,has the last word on the subject of human evolution yet been said8 ,as ,processor ,huxley says3 ,each such answer to the great question man's real place in nature1 invariably asserted by the followers of its propounder1 if not by himself1 to be complete and final1 remains in high authority and esteem1 it may be for one century1 it may be for twenty3 but1 as invariably1 ,time proves each reply to have been a mere approximation to the truth--tolerable chiefly on account of the ignorance of those by whom it was accepted1 and wholly intolerable when tested by the larger knowledge of their successors47#cec7 ,will this eminent ,darwinian admit the possibility of his 8,pithecoid ,ancestry0 being assignable to the list of 8wholly intolerable beliefs10 in the 8larger knowledge0 of ,occultists8 ,but whence the savage8 ,mere 8rising to the civilized state0 does not account for the evolution of form4 ,in the same letter1 8,the ,evolution of ,man10 ,dr4 ,wilson makes other strange confessions4 ,thus1 he observes1 in answer to the queries put to ,knowledge1 by 8,g4 ,m403 8,has evolution effected any change in man8 ,if so1 what change8 ,if not1 why not80444 ,if we refuse to admit as science does that man was created a perfect being1 and then became degraded1 there exists only another supposition--that of evolution4 ,if man has arisen from a savage to a civilized state1 that surely is evolution4 ,we do not yet know because such knowledge is difficult to acquire1 if the human frame is subject to the same influences as those of lower animals4 ,but there is little doubt that elevation from savagery to civilized life means and implies 8evolution10 and that of considerable extent4 ,mentally1 man's evolution cannot be doubted2 the everwidening sphere of thought has sprung from small and rude beginnings1 like language itself4 ,but man's ways of life1 his power of adaptation to his surroundings1 and countless other circumstances1 have made the facts and course of his 8evolution0 very difficult to trace4 ,this very difficulty ought to make the ,evolutionists more cautious in their affirmations4 ,but why is evolution impossible1 if 8man was created a perfect being1 and then became degraded08 ,at best it can only apply to the outward1 physical man4 ,as remarked in ,isis ,unveiled1 ,darwin's evolution begins at the middle point1 instead of commencing for man1 as for everything else1 from universals4 ,the ,aristotle,baconian method may have its advantages1 but it has1 undeniably1 already demonstrated its defects4 ,pythagoras and ,plato1 who proceeded from universals downwards1 are now shown more learned1 in the light of ,modern ,science1 than was ,aristotle4 ,for the latter opposed and denounced the idea of the revolution of the ,earth and even of its rotundity1 when writing3 ,almost all those who affirm that they have studied heaven in its uniformity1 claim that the earth is in the centre1 but the philosophers of the ,italian ,school1 otherwise called the ,pythagoreans1 teach entirely the contrary4 ,this1 because the ,pythagoreans were ,initiates1 and followed the deductive method4 ,whereas ,aristotle1 the father of the inductive system1 complained of those who taught that3 ,the centre of our system was occupied by the sun1 and the earth was only a star1 which by a rotatory motion around the same centre1 produces night and day47#ced7 ,the same with regard to man4 ,the theory taught in the ,secret ,doctrine1 and now expounded1 is the only one1 which--without falling into the absurdity of a 8miraculous0 man created out of the dust of the earth1 or the still greater fallacy of man evolving from a pinch of limesalt1 the ex protoplasmic ,moneron--can account for his appearance on ,earth4 ,analogy is the guiding law in ,nature1 the only true ,ariadne's thread that can lead us1 through the inextricable paths of her domain1 toward her primal and final mysteries4 ,nature1 as a creative potency1 is infinite1 and no generation of ,physical ,scientists can ever boast of having exhausted the list of her ways and methods1 however uniform the laws upon which she proceeds4 ,if we can conceive of a ball of 8firemist0--as it rolls through ons of time in the interstellar spaces--becoming gradually a ,planet1 a selfluminous ,globe1 to settle into a manbearing ,world or ,earth1 thus having passed from a soft plastic body into a rockbound ,globe2 and if we see on it everything evolving from the nonnucleated jellyspeck that becomes the ,sarcode7#cee7 of the ,moneron1 then passes from its protistic state7#cef7 into the form of an animal1 to grow into a gigantic reptilian monster of the ,mesozoic times2 then dwindling again into the 7comparatively7 dwarfish crocodile1 now confined solely to tropical regions1 and the universally common lizard7#ceg7--;if we can conceive all this1 then how can man alone escape the general law8 8,there were giants on earth in those days0 says ,genesis1 repeating the statement of all the other ,eastern ,scriptures2 and the ,titans are founded on an anthropological and physiological fact4 ,and1 as the hardshelled crustacean was once upon a time a jellyspeck1 a 8thoroughly homogeneous particle of albumen in a firmly adhesive condition10 so was the outward covering of primitive man1 his early 8coat of skin10 plus an immortal spiritual ,monad1 and a psychic temporary form and body within that shell4 ,the modern1 hard1 muscular man1 almost impervious to any climate1 was1 perhaps1 some #be1jjj1jjj years ago1 just what the ,hckelian ,moneron is1 strictly an 8organism without organs10 an entirely homogeneous substance with a structureless albumen body within1 and a human form only outwardly4 ,no man of ,science has the right1 in this century1 to find the figures of the ,brhmans in the question of chronology preposterous2 for their own calculations often exceed by far the claims made by ,esoteric ,science4 ,this may easily be shown4 ,helmholtz calculated that the cooling of our ,earth from a temperature of #b1jjj to #bjj ,cent4 must have occupied a period of no less than #cej1jjj1jjj years4 ,western ,science 7including ,geology7 seems generally to allow our ,globe an age of about #ejj1jjj1jjj years altogether4 ,sir ,william ,thomson1 however1 limits the appearance of the earliest vegetable life to #ajj1jjj1jjj years ago--a statement respectfully contradicted by the ,archaic ,records4 ,speculations1 furthermore1 vary daily in the domains of ,science4 ,meanwhile1 some ,geologists are very much opposed to such limitation4 ,volger calculates3 ,that the time requisite for the deposit of the strata known to us must at least have amounted to #fdh millions of years4 ,both time and space are infinite and eternal4 ,the earth1 as a material existence1 is indeed infinite2 the changes only which it has undergone can be determined by finite periods of time4444 ,we must therefore assume that the starry heaven is not merely in space1 which no astronomer doubts1 but also in time1 without beginning or end2 that it never was created1 and is imperishable47#ceh7 ,czolbe repeats exactly what the ,occultists say4 ,but the ryan ,occultists1 we may be told1 knew nothing of these later speculations4 ,as ,coleman says3 ,they were even ignorant of the globular form of our earth4 ,to this the ,vishnu ,purna contains a reply1 which has forced certain ,orientalists to open their eyes very wide4 ,the sun is stationed1 for all time1 in the middle of the day1 and over against midnight1 in all the ,dvpas ,continents1 ,maitreya4 ,but the rising and the setting of the sun being perpetually opposite to each other1--and1 in the same way1 all the cardinal points1 and so the crosspoints1 ,maitreya1 people speak of the rising of the sun where they see it2 and where the sun disappears1 there1 to them1 is his setting4 ,of the sun1 which is always in one and the same place1 there is neither setting nor rising2 for what is called rising and setting are only the seeing and the not seeing the sun47#cei7 ,to this ,fitzedward ,hall remarks3 ,the heliocentricism taught in this passage is remarkable4 ,it is contradicted1 however1 a little further on47#cfj7 ,contradicted purposely1 because it was a secret templeteaching4 ,martin ,haug remarked the same teaching in another passage4 ,it is useless to calumniate the ryans any longer4 ,to return to the chronology of the ,geologists and ,anthropologists4 ,we are afraid ,science has no reasonable grounds on which she could oppose the views of the ,occultists in this direction4 ,except that 8of man1 the highest organic being of creation1 not a trace was found in the primary strata2 only in the uppermost1 the socalled alluvial layer10 is all that can be urged1 so far4 ,that man was not the last member in the mammalian family1 but the first in this ,round1 is something that ,science will be forced to acknowledge one day4 ,a similar view also has already been mooted in ,france on very high authority4 ,that man can be shown to have lived in the ,mid,tertiary ,period1 and in a geological age when there did not yet exist one single specimen of the now known species of mammals1 is a statement that ,science cannot deny and which has now been proven by de ,quatrefages47#cfa7 ,but even supposing his existence in the ,eocene ,period is not yet demonstrated1 what period of time has elapsed since the ,cretaceous ,period8 ,we are aware of the fact that only the boldest ,geologists dare place man further back than the ,miocene ,age4 ,but how long1 we ask1 is the duration of those ages and periods since the ,mesozoic time8 ,on this1 after a good deal of speculation and wrangling1 ,science is silent1 the greatest authorities upon the subject being compelled to answer to the question3 8,we do not know40 ,this ought to show that the men of ,science are no greater authorities in this matter than are the profane4 ,if1 according to ,professor ,huxley1 8the time represented by the ,coal formation alone would be six millions of years107#cfb7 how many more millions would be required to cover the time from the ,jurassic ,period1 or the middle of the socalled ,reptilian ,age--when the ,third ,race appeared--up to the ,miocene1 when the bulk of the ,fourth ,race was submerged87#cfc7 ,the writer is aware that those specialists1 whose computations of the ages of the ,globe and ,man are the most liberal1 have always had the shyer majority against them4 ,but this proves very little1 since the majority rarely1 if ever1 turns out to be right in the long run4 ,harvey stood alone for many years4 ,the advocates for crossing the ,atlantic with steamers were in danger of ending their days in a lunatic asylum4 ,mesmer is classed to this day--in the ,encyclopdias--along with ,cagliostro and ,st4 ,germain1 as a charlatan and impostor4 ,and now that ,messrs4 ,charcot and ,richet have vindicated ,mesmer's claims1 and that ,mesmerism under its new name of 8,hypnotism0--a false nose on a very old face--is accepted by ,science1 it does not strengthen our respect for that majority1 when we see the ease and unconcern with which its members treat of 8,hypnotism10 of 8telepathic impacts10 and its other phenomena4 ,they speak of it1 in short1 as if they had believed therein since the days of ,solomon1 and had not1 only a few years ago1 called its votaries lunatics and impostors67#cfd7 ,the same revulsion of thought is in store for the long period of years which ,esoteric ,philosophy claims as the age of sexual and physiological mankind4 ,therefore even the ,stanza which says3 8,the ,mindborn1 the boneless1 gave being to the ,willborn with bones20--adding that this took place in the middle of the ,third ,race #ah1jjj1jjj years ago--has yet a chance of being accepted by future ,scientists4 ,as far as nineteenth century thought is concerned1 we shall be told1 even by some personal friends who are imbued with an abnormal respect for the shifting conclusions of ,science1 that such a statement is absurd4 ,how much more improbable will appear our further assertion1 viz41 that the antiquity of the ,first ,race dates back millions of years beyond this again4 ,for1 although the exact figures are withheld--and it is out of the question to refer the incipient evolution of the primeval ,divine ,races with certainty to either the early ,secondary1 or the ,primary ,ages of ,geology--one thing is clear1 that the figures #ah1jjj1jjj of years1 which embrace the duration of sexual1 physical1 man1 have to be enormously increased if the whole process of spiritual1 astral and physical development is taken into account4 ,many ,geologists1 indeed1 consider that the duration of the ,quaternary and ,tertiary ,ages demands the concession of such an estimate2 and it is quite certain that no terrestrial conditions whatever negative the hypothesis of an ,eocene man1 if evidence for his reality is forthcoming4 ,occultists1 who maintain that the above date carries us far back into the ,secondary or 8,reptilian0 ,age1 may refer to ,m4 de ,quatrefages in support of the possible existence of man in that remote antiquity4 ,but with regard to the earliest ,root,races the case is very different4 ,if the thick agglomeration of vapours1 charged with carbonic acid1 that escaped from the soil1 or was held in suspension in the atmosphere since the commencement of sedimentation1 offered a fatal obstacle to the life of human organisms as now known1 how1 it will be asked1 could the primeval men have existed8 ,this consideration is1 in reality1 out of court4 ,such terrestrial conditions as were then operative had no touch with the plane on which the evolution of the ethereal astral ,races proceeded4 ,only in relatively recent geological periods1 has the spiral course of cyclic law swept mankind into the lowest grade of physical evolution--the plane of gross material causation4 ,in those early ages1 astral evolution was alone in progress1 and the two planes1 the astral and the physical17#cfe7 though developing on parallel lines1 had no direct point of contact with one another4 ,it is obvious that a shadowlike ethereal man is related by virtue of his organization--if such it can be called--only to that plane from which the substance of his ,updhi is derived4 ,there are things1 perhaps1 that may have escaped the farseeing--but not allseeing--eyes of our modern ,naturalists2 yet it is ,nature herself who undertakes to furnish the missing links4 ,agnostic speculative thinkers have to choose between the version given by the ,secret ,doctrine of the ,east1 and the hopelessly materialistic ,darwinian and ,biblical accounts of the origin of man2 between no soul and no spiritual evolution1 and the ,occult doctrine which repudiates 8special creation0 and the 8,evolutionist0 anthropogenesis equally4 ,again1 to take up the question of 8spontaneous generation02 life--as ,science shows--has not always reigned on this terrestrial plane4 ,there was a time when even the ,hckelian ,moneron--that simple globule of ,protoplasm--had not yet appeared at the bottom of the seas4 ,whence came the ,impulse which caused the molecules of ,carbon1 ,nitrogen1 ,oxygen1 etc41 to group themselves into the ,urschleim of ,oken1 that organic 8,slime10 now christened ,protoplasm8 ,what were the prototypes of the ,monera8 ,they1 at least1 could not have fallen in meteorites from other ,globes already formed1 ,sir ,william ,thomson's wild theory to this effect notwithstanding4 ,and even if they had so fallen2 if our ,earth got its supply of lifegerms from other ,planets2 who1 or what1 had carried them on to these ,planets8 ,here1 again1 unless the ,occult ,teaching is accepted1 we are compelled once more to face a miracle--to accept the theory of a personal1 anthropomorphic ,creator1 the attributes and definitions of whom1 as formulated by the ,monotheists1 clash as much with philosophy and logic1 as they degrade the ideal of an infinite ,universal ,deity1 before whose incomprehensible awful grandeur the highest human intellect feels dwarfed4 ,let not the modern ,philosopher1 while arbitrarily placing himself on the highest pinnacle of human intellectuality hitherto evolved1 show himself spiritually and intuitionally so far below the conceptions of even the ancient ,greeks1 themselves on a far lower level1 in these respects1 than the ,philosophers of ,eastern ryan antiquity4 ,hylozoism1 when philosophically understood1 is the highest aspect of ,pantheism4 ,it is the only possible escape from idiotic ,atheism based on lethal materiality1 and the still more idiotic anthropomorphic conceptions of the ,monotheists2 between which it stands on its own entirely neutral ground4 ,hylozoism demands absolute ,divine ,thought1 which would pervade the numberless active1 creating ,forces1 or 8,creators10 which ,entities are moved by1 and have their being in1 from1 and through1 that ,divine ,thought2 the latter1 nevertheless1 having no more personal concern in them or their creations1 than the ,sun has in the sunflower and its seeds1 or in vegetation in general4 ,such active 8,creators0 are known to exist and are believed in1 because perceived and sensed by the ,inner ,man in the ,occultist4 ,thus the latter says that an ,absolute ,deity1 having to be unconditioned and unrelated1 cannot be thought of at the same time as an active1 creating1 one living ,god1 without immediate degradation of the ideal47#cff7 ,a ,deity that manifests in ,space and ,time--these two being simply the forms of ,,that which is the ,absolute ,,all--can be but a fractional part of the whole4 ,and since that 8,all0 cannot be divided in its absoluteness1 therefore that sensed ,creator 7we say ,creators7 can be at best but the mere aspect thereof4 ,to use the same metaphor--inadequate to express the full idea1 yet well adapted to the case in hand--these ,creators are like the numerous rays of the solar orb1 which remains unconscious of1 and unconcerned in1 the work2 while its mediating agents1 the rays1 become the instrumental media every spring--the ,manvantaric dawn of the ,earth--in fructifying and awakening the dormant vitality inherent in ,nature and its differentiated matter4 ,this was so well understood in antiquity1 that even the moderately religious ,aristotle remarked that such work of direct creation would be quite unbecoming to ,god-- 4 ,plato and other philosophers taught the same3 deity cannot set its own hand to creation-- 4 ,this ,cudworth calls 8,hylozoism40 ,as old ,zeno is credited by ,lartius with having said3 ,nature is a habit moved from itself1 according to seminal principles2 perfecting and containing those several things which in determinate times are produced from it1 and acting agreeably to that from which it was secreted47#cfg7 ,let us return to our subject1 pausing to think over it4 ,indeed1 if there was vegetable life during those periods that could feed on the then deleterious elements2 and if there was even animal life whose aquatic organization could be developed1 notwithstanding the supposed scarcity of ,oxygen1 why could there not be human life also1 in its incipient physical form1 i4e41 in a race of beings adapted for that geological period and its surroundings8 ,besides1 ,science confesses that it knows nothing of the real length of geological periods4 ,but the chief question before us is1 whether it is quite certain that1 from the time of that which is called the ,azoic ,age1 there ever was such an atmosphere as that hypothesized by the ,naturalists4 ,not all the ,physicists agree with this idea4 ,were the writer anxious to corroborate the teachings of the ,secret ,doctrine by exact ,science1 it would be easy to show1 on the admission of more than one ,physicist1 that the atmosphere has changed little1 if at all1 since the first condensation of the oceans--i4e41 since the ,laurentian ,period1 the ,pyrolithic ,age4 ,such1 at any rate1 is the opinion of ,blanchard1 ,s4 ,meunier1 and even of ,bischof--as the experiments of the last ,scientist with basalts have shown4 ,for were we to take the word of the majority of ,scientists as to the quantity of deadly gases1 and of elements entirely saturated with ,carbon and ,nitrogen1 in which the vegetable and animal kingdoms are shown to have lived1 thriven1 and developed1 then one would have to come to the curious conclusion that there were1 in those days1 oceans of liquid carbonic acid1 instead of water4 ,with such an element1 it becomes doubtful whether the ,ganoids1 or even the ,primitive ,trilobites themselves could live in the oceans of the ,primary ,age--let alone in those of the ,silurian1 as shown by ,blanchard4 ,the conditions that were necessary for the earliest ,race of mankind1 however1 require no elements1 whether simple or compound4 ,that which was stated at the beginning is maintained4 ,the spiritual ethereal ,entity which lived in ,spaces unknown to ,earth1 before the first sidereal 8jellyspeck0 evolved in the ,ocean of crude ,cosmic ,matter--billions and trillions of years before our globular speck in infinity1 called ,earth1 came into being and generated the ,monera in its drops1 called oceans--needed no 8elements40 ,the 8,manu with soft bones10 could well dispense with ,calcium ,phosphate1 as he had no bones1 save in a figurative sense4 ,and while even the ,monera1 however homogeneous their organism1 still required physical conditions of life that would help them toward further evolution1 the ,being which became ,primitive ,man and the 8,father of ,man10 after evolving on planes of existence undreamed of by ,science1 could well remain impervious to any state of atmospheric conditions around him4 ,the primitive ancestor1 in ,brasseur de ,bourbourg's ,popol ,vuh1 who--in the ,mexican legends--could act and live with equal ease under ground and water as upon the earth1 answers only to the ,second and early ,third ,races in our texts4 ,and if the three kingdoms of ,nature were so different in prediluvian ages1 why should not man have been composed of materials and combinations of atoms now entirely unknown to ,physical ,science8 ,the plants and animals now known1 in almost numberless varieties and species1 have all developed1 according to scientific hypotheses1 from primitive and far fewer organic forms4 ,why should not the same have occurred in the case of man1 the elements1 and the rest8 ,as the ,commentary says3 ,universal ,genesis starts from the ,one1 breaks into ,three1 then ,five1 and finally culminates in ,seven1 to return into ,four1 ,three1 and ,one4 ,stanza ,,vii4 ,from ,the ,semi,divine ,down ,to ,the ,first ,human ,races4 #bd4 ,the higher ,creators reject in their pride the ,forms evolved by the 8,sons of ,yoga40 #be4 ,they will not incarnate in the early ,egg born4 #bf4 ,they select the later ,androgynes4 #bg4 ,the first man endowed with mind4 #bd4 ,,the ,,sons ,,of ,,wisdom1 ,,the ,,sons ,,of ,,night17#cfh7 ,,ready ,,for ,,rebirth1 ,,came ,,down4 ,,they ,,saw ,,the ,,vile7#cfi7 ,,forms ,,of ,,the ,,first ,,third7#cgj7 7,a74 8,,we ,,can ,,choose10 ,,said ,,the ,,lords1 8,,we ,,have ,,wisdom40 ,,some ,,entered ,,the ,,chh,y,s4 ,,some ,,projected ,a ,,spark4 ,,some ,,deferred ,,till ,,the ,,fourth47#cga7 ,,from ,,their ,,own ,r,,pa ,,they ,,filled7#cgb7 ,,the ,k,,ma47#cgc7 ,,those ,,who ,,entered ,,became ,,arhats4 ,,those ,,who ,,received ,,but ,a ,,spark1 ,,remained ,,destitute ,,of ,,knowledge27#cgd7 ,,the ,,spark ,,burned ,,low 7,b74 ,,the ,,third ,,remained ,,mind,,less4 ,,their ,j,,vas7#cge7 ,,were ,,not ,,ready4 ,,these ,,were ,,set ,,apart ,,among ,,the ,,seven47#cgf7 ,,they ,,became ,,narrow ,,headed4 ,,the ,,third ,,were ,,ready4 8,,in ,,these ,,shall ,,we ,,dwell10 ,,said ,,the ,,lords ,,of ,,the ,,flame ,,and ,,of ,,the ,,dark ,,wisdom 7,c74 ,this ,stanza contains1 in itself1 the whole key to the mysteries of evil1 the socalled ,fall of the ,angels1 and the many problems that have puzzled the brains of the ,philosophers from the time that the memory of man began4 ,it solves the secret of the subsequent inequalities or intellectual capacity1 of birth or social position1 and gives a logical explanation to the incomprehensible ,karmic course throughout the ons which followed4 ,the best explanation which can be given1 in view of the difficulties of the subject1 will now be attempted4 7a7 ,up to the ,fourth ,round1 and even to the later part of the ,third ,race in this ,round1 ,man--if the everchanging forms that clothed the ,monads during the first three ,rounds and the first two and a half ,races of the present ,round can be given that misleading name--is1 so far1 only an animal intellectually4 ,it is only in the present midway ,round that he entirely develops in himself the ,fourth ,principle as a fit vehicle for the ,fifth4 ,but ,manas will be relatively fully developed only in the following ,round1 when it will have an opportunity of becoming entirely divine until the end of the ,rounds4 ,as ,christian ,schttgen says in ,hor ,hebraic1 etc41 the first terrestrial ,adam 8had only the breath of life10--,nephesh1 but not the living ,soul4 7b7 ,here the inferior ,races1 of which there are still some analogues left--as the ,australians1 now fast dying out1 and some ,african and ,oceanic tribes--are meant4 8,they were not ready0 signifies that the ,karmic development of these ,monads had not yet fitted them to occupy the forms of men destined for incarnation in higher intellectual ,races4 ,but this is explained later on4 7c7 ,the ,zohar speaks of 8,black ,fire10 which is ,absolute ,light--,wisdom4 ,to those who1 prompted by old theological prejudice1 may say3 ,but the ,asuras are the rebel ,devas1 the opponents of the ,gods--hence ,devils1 and the ,spirits of ,evil--it is answered3 ,esoteric ,philosophy admits neither good nor evil per se1 as existing independently in ,nature4 ,the cause for both is found1 as regards the ,kosmos1 in the necessity of contraries or contrasts1 and with respect to man1 in his human nature1 his ignorance and passions4 ,there are no ,devils or the utterly depraved1 as there are no ,angels absolutely perfect1 though there may be ,spirits of ,light and of ,darkness2 thus ,lucifer--the ,spirit of ,intellectual ,enlightenment and ,freedom of ,thought--is metaphorically the guiding beacon1 which helps man to find his way through the rocks and sandbanks of ,life1 for ,lucifer is the ,logos in his highest1 and the 8,adversary0 in his lowest aspect--both of which are reflected in our ,ego4 ,lactantius1 speaking of the ,nature of ,christ1 makes the ,logos1 the ,word1 8the firstborn brother of ,satan1 and the first of all creatures407#cgg7 ,the ,vishnu ,purna describes these primeval creatures 7,tiryaksrotas7 with crooked digestive canals3 ,they were endowed with inward manifestations1 but mutually in ignorance about their kind and nature47#cgh7 ,the twentyeight kinds of ,badhas1 or 8imperfections10 do not apply1 as ,wilson thought1 to the animals now known1 which are specified by him1 for they did not exist in those geological periods4 ,this is quite plain from the said work1 in which the first created are the 8fivefold 7immovable7 world10 minerals and vegetables2 then come those fabulous animals1 ,tiryaksrotas--the monsters of the ,abyss1 slain by the 8,lords10 of ,stanzas ,,ii and ,,iii2 then the rdhvasrotas1 the happy celestial beings1 which feed on ambrosia2 and lastly1 the ,arvksrotas1 human beings--,brahm's seventh 8creation0 socalled4 ,but these 8creations10 including the latter1 did not occur on this ,globe1 wherever else they may have taken place4 ,it is not ,brahm who creates things and men on this ,earth1 but the ,chief and ,lord of the ,prajpatis1 the ,lords of ,being and terrestrial ,creation4 8,obeying the command of ,brahm10 ,daksha--the synthesis1 or the aggregate1 of the ,terrestrial ,creators and ,progenitors1 the ,pitris included--made superior and inferior 7vara and avara7 things1 8referring to putra0 progeny1 and 8bipeds and quadrupeds1 and subsequently1 by his will referring to the ,sons of ,will and ,yoga1 gave birth to females07#cgi7--;i4e41 separated the androgynes4 ,here1 again1 we have 8bipeds0 or men1 created before the 8quadrupeds0 as in the ,esoteric ,teachings4 ,since1 in the exoteric accounts1 the ,asuras are the first ,beings created from the 8,body of ,night10 while the ,pitris issue from that of 8,twilight02 the 8,gods0 being placed by ,parshara1 in the ,vishnu ,purna1 between the two1 and shown to evolve from the 8,body of the ,day10 it is easy to discover a determined purpose to veil the order of creation4 ,man is the ,arvksrota coming from the 8,body of the ,dawn02 and elsewhere1 man is again referred to1 when the ,creator of the ,world1 ,brahm1 is shown 8creating fierce beings1 who were denominated ,bhtas1 and eaters of flesh10 or as the text has it1 8fiends1 frightful from being monkeycoloured and carnivorous407#chj7 ,whereas the ,rkshasas are generally translated by 8evil ,spirits0 and 8enemies of the ,gods10 which identifies them with the ,asuras4 ,in the ,rmyana1 when ,hanumn is reconnoitering the enemy in ,lank1 he finds there ,rkshasas1 some hideous1 8while some were beautiful to look upon10 and1 in the ,vishnu ,purna1 there is a direct reference to their becoming the ,saviours of 8,humanity10 or of ,brahm4 ,the allegory is very ingenious4 ,great intellect and too much knowledge are a twoedged weapon in life1 and instruments for evil as well as for good4 ,when combined with selfishness1 they will make of the whole of ,humanity a footstool for the elevation of him who possesses them1 and a means for the attainment of his objects2 while1 applied to altruistic humanitarian purposes1 they may become the means of the salvation of many4 ,at all events1 the absence of selfconsciousness and intellect will make of man an idiot1 a brute in human form4 ,brahm is ,mahat1 the ,universal ,mind2 hence the too selfish among the ,rkshasas showing the desire to become possessed of it all--to 8devour0 ,mahat4 ,the allegory is transparent4 ,at any rate1 ,esoteric ,philosophy identifies the pre,brhmanical ,asuras1 ,rudras17#cha7 ,rkshasas and all the 8,adversaries0 of the ,gods in the allegories1 with the ,egos1 which1 by incarnating in the still witless man of the ,third ,race1 made him consciously immortal4 ,they are1 then1 during the cycle of ,incarnations1 the true dual ,logos--the conflicting and two faced ,divine ,principle in ,man4 ,the ,commentary that follows1 and the next ,stanzas may1 no doubt1 throw more light on this very difficult tenet1 but the writer does not feel competent to give it out fully4 ,of the succession of ,races1 however1 the ,commentary says3 ,first come the ,,self,,existent on this ,earth4 ,they are the 8,spiritual ,lives0 projected by the absolute ,,will and ,,law1 at the ,dawn of every ,rebirth of the ,worlds4 ,these ,lives are the divine 8,shishta0 the ,seed,manus1 or the ,prajpatis and the ,pitris4 ,from these proceed3 #a4 ,the ,first ,race1 the 8,selfborn10 which are the ,astral ,shadows of their ,progenitors4 ,the ,body was devoid of all understanding mind1 intelligence1 and will4 ,the ,inner ,being the ,higher ,self1 or ,monad1 though within the earthly frame1 was unconnected with it4 ,the link1 the ,manas1 was not there as yet4 #b4 ,from the ,first ,race emanated the ,second1 called the 8,sweat born07#chb7 and the 8,boneless40 ,this is the ,second ,root,race1 endowed by the ,preservers ,rkshasas7#chc7 and the ,incarnating ,gods the ,asuras and ,kumras with the first primitive and weak ,spark the germ of intelligence4444 ,and from these in turn proceeds3 #c4 ,the ,third ,root,race1 the 8,twofold0 ,androgynes4 ,the first ,races thereof are ,shells1 till the last is 8inhabited0 i4e41 informed by the ,dhyns4 ,the ,second ,race1 as stated above1 being also sexless1 evolved out of itself1 at its beginning1 the ,third1 ,androgyne ,race by an analogous1 but already more complicated process4 ,as described in the ,commentary1 the very earliest of that ,race were3 ,the 8,sons of ,passive ,yoga407#chd7 ,they issued from the ,second ,manushyas ,human ,race1 and became oviparous4 ,the emanations that came out of their bodies during the seasons of procreation were ovulary2 the small spheroidal nuclei developing into a large soft1 egglike vehicle1 gradually hardened1 when1 after a period of gestation1 it broke and the young human animal issued from it unaided1 as the fowls do in our ,race4 ,this must seem to the reader ludicrously absurd4 ,nevertheless1 it is strictly on the lines of evolutionary analogy1 which ,science perceives in the development of the living animal species4 ,first the moneronlike procreation by 8selfdivision02 then1 after a few stages1 the oviparous1 as in the case of the reptiles1 which are followed by the birds2 then1 finally1 the mammals with their ovoviviparous modes of producing their young ones4 ,if the term 8ovoviviparous0 is applied to some fish and reptiles1 which hatch their eggs within their bodies1 why should it not be applied to female mammalians1 including woman8 ,the ovule1 in which1 after impregnation1 the development of the ftus takes place1 is an egg4 ,at all events1 this conception is more philosophical than that of ,eve with a suddenly created placenta giving birth to ,cain1 because of the 8apple10 when even the marsupial1 the earliest of mammals1 is not placental yet4 ,moreover1 the progressive order of the methods of reproduction1 as unveiled by ,science1 is a brilliant confirmation of ,esoteric ,ethnology1 ,it is only necessary to tabulate the data in order to prove our assertion47#che7 ,i4 ,fission4 7a7 ,as seen in the division of the homogeneous speck of ,protoplasm1 known as ,moneron or ,amba1 into two4 7b7 ,as seen in the division of the nucleated cell1 in which the cell nucleus splits into two subnuclei1 which either develop within the original cellwall or burst it1 and multiply outside as independent entities4 7,cf4 the ,first ,root,race47 ,,ii4 ,budding4 ,a small portion of the parent structure swells out at the surface and finally parts company1 growing to the size of the original organism2 e4g41 many vegetables1 the seaanemone1 etc4 7,cf4 the ,second ,root ,race477#chf7 ,,iii4 ,spores4 ,a single cell thrown off by the parent organism1 which develops into a multicellular organism reproducing the features of the latter1 e4g41 ,bacteria and mosses4 ,,iv4 ,intermediate ,hermaphroditism4 ,male and female organs inhering in the same individual2 e4g41 the majority of plants1 worms1 and snails1 etc42 allied to budding4 7,cf4 ,second and early ,third ,root,races47 ,v4 ,true ,sexual ,union4 7,cf4 later ,third ,root,race47 ,we now come to an important point with regard to the double evolution of the human race4 ,the ,sons of ,wisdom1 or the ,spiritual1 ,dhyns had become 8intellectual0 through their contact with ,matter1 because they had already reached1 during previous cycles of incarnation1 that degree of intellect which enabled them to become independent and selfconscious entities1 on this plane of ,matter4 ,they were reborn only by reason of ,karmic effects4 ,they entered those who were 8ready10 and became the ,arhats1 or ,sages1 alluded to above4 ,this needs explanation4 ,it does not mean that ,monads entered ,forms in which other ,monads already were4 ,they were 8,essences10 8,intelligences10 and ,conscious ,spirits2 ,entities seeking to become still more conscious by uniting with more developed ,matter4 ,their essence was too pure to be distinct from the ,universal ,essence2 but their 8,egos10 or ,manas 7since they are called ,mnasaputra1 born of ,mahat1 or ,brahm7 had to pass through earthly human experiences to become allwise1 and be able to start on the returning ascending cycle4 ,the ,monads are not discrete principles1 limited or conditioned1 but rays from that one universal absolute ,principle4 ,the entrance of one ray of sunlight following another through the same aperture into a dark room will not constitute two rays1 but one ray intensified4 ,it is not in the course of natural law that man should become a perfect ,septenary ,being before the ,seventh ,race in the ,seventh ,round4 ,yet he has all these principles latent in him from his birth4 ,nor is it part of the evolutionary law that the ,fifth ,principle 7,manas71 should receive its complete development before the ,fifth ,round4 ,all such prematurely developed intellects 7on the spiritual plane7 in our ,race are abnormal2 they are those whom we have called the 8,fifth,rounders40 ,even in the coming ,seventh ,race1 at the close of this ,fourth ,round1 while our four lower principles will be fully developed1 that of ,manas will be only proportionately so4 ,this limitation1 however1 refers solely to the spiritual development4 ,the intellectual1 on the physical plane1 was reached during the ,fourth ,root,race4 ,thus1 those who were 8half ready10 who received 8but a spark10 constitute the average humanity which have to acquire their intellectuality during the present ,manvantaric evolution1 after which they will be ready in the next for the full reception of the 8,sons of ,wisdom40 ,while those which 8were not ready0 at all1 the latest ,monads1 which had hardly evolved from their last transitional and lower animal forms at the close of the ,third ,round1 remained the 8narrow brained0 of the ,stanza4 ,this explains the otherwise unaccountable degrees of intellectuality among the various races of men--the savage ,bushman and the ,european--even now4 ,those tribes of savages1 whose reasoning powers are very little above the level of the animals1 are not the unjustly disinherited1 or the 8unfavoured10 as some may think--nothing of the kind4 ,they are simply those latest arrivals among the human ,monads1 which 8were not ready02 which have to evolve during the present ,round1 as also on the three remaining ,globes--hence on four different planes of being--so as to arrive at the level of the average class when they reach the ,fifth ,round4 ,one remark may prove useful1 as food for thought to the student in this connection4 ,the ,monads of the lowest specimens of humanity--the 8narrowbrained07#chg7 savage ,south,sea ,islander1 the ,african1 the ,australian--had no ,karma to work out when first born as men1 as their more favoured brethren in intelligence had4 ,the former are spinning out ,karma only now2 the latter are burdened with past1 present and future ,karma4 ,in this respect the poor savage is more fortunate than the greatest genius of civilized countries4 ,let us pause before giving any more such strange teachings4 ,let us try and find out how far any ancient ,scriptures1 and even ,science1 permit the possibility of1 or even distinctly corroborate1 such wild notions as are found in our ,anthropogenesis4 ,recapitulating that which has been said1 we find that the ,secret ,doctrine claims for man3 7#a7 a polygenetic origin2 7#b7 a variety of modes of procreation before humanity fell into the ordinary method of generation2 7#c7 that the evolution of animals--of the mammalians at any rate--follows that of man instead of preceding it4 ,and this is diametrically opposed to the now generally accepted theories of evolution and the descent of man from an animal ancestor4 ,let us1 giving to ,csar what is ,csar's1 examine1 first of all1 the chances for the polygenetic theory among the men of ,science4 ,now the majority of the ,darwinian ,evolutionists incline to a polygenetic explanation of the origin of races4 ,on this particular question1 however1 as in many other cases1 ,scientists are at sixes and sevens2 they agree to disagree4 ,does man descend from one single couple or from several groups--monogenism or polygenism8 ,as far as one can venture to pronounce on what in the absence of witnesses 8 will never be known 81 the second hypothesis is far the most probable47#chh7 ,abel ,hovelacque1 in his ,science of ,language1 comes to a similar conclusion1 arguing from the evidence available to a linguistic enquirer4 ,in an address delivered before the ,british ,association1 ,professor ,w4 ,h4 ,flower remarked on this question3 ,the view which appears best to accord with what is now known of the characters and distribution of the races of man 444 is a modification of the monogenistic hypothesis64 ,without entering into the difficult question of the method of man's first appearance upon the world1 we must assume for it a vast antiquity1 at all events as measured by any historical standard4 ,if we had any approach to a complete palontological record1 the history of man could be reconstructed1 but nothing of the kind is forthcoming4 ,such an admission must be regarded as fatal to the dogmatism of the ,physical ,evolutionists1 and as opening a wide margin to ,occult speculations4 ,the opponents of the ,darwinian theory were1 and still remain1 polygenists4 ,such 8intellectual giants0 as ,john ,crawford and ,james ,hunt discussed the problem and favoured polygenesis1 and in their day there was a far stronger feeling in favour of than against this theory4 ,it was only in #ahfd that ,darwinians began to be wedded to the theory of unity1 of which ,messrs4 ,huxley and ,lubbock became the first coryphi4 ,as regards the other question1 of the priority of man to the animals in the order of evolution1 the answer is as promptly given4 ,if man is really the ,microcosm of the ,macrocosm1 then the teaching has nothing so very impossible in it1 and is but logical4 ,for1 man becomes that ,macrocosm for the three lower kingdoms under him4 ,arguing from a physical standpoint1 all the lower kingdoms1 save the mineral--which is light itself1 crystallized and immetallized--from plants to the creatures which preceded the first mammalians1 all have been consolidated in their physical structures by means of the 8castoff dust0 of those minerals1 and the refuse of the human matter1 whether from living or dead bodies1 on which they fed and which gave them their outer bodies4 ,in his turn also1 man grew more physical1 by rebsorbing into his system that which he had given out1 and which became transformed in the living animal crucibles through which it had passed1 owing to ,nature's alchemical transmutations4 ,there were animals in those days of which our ,modern ,naturalists have never dreamed2 and the stronger became physical material man--the giants of those times--the more powerful were his emanations4 ,once that ,androgyne ,humanity separated into sexes1 transformed by ,nature into childbearing engines1 it ceased to procreate its like through drops of vital energy oozing out of the body4 ,but while man was still ignorant of his procreative powers on the human plane--before his ,fall1 as a believer in ,adam would say--all this vital energy1 scattered far and wide from him1 was used by ,nature for the production of the first mammalanimal forms4 ,evolution is an eternal cycle of becoming1 we are taught2 and ,nature never leaves an atom unused4 ,moreover1 from the beginning of the ,round1 all in ,nature tends to become ,man4 ,all the impulses of the dual1 centripetal and centrifugal ,force are directed towards one point--,man4 ,the progress in the succession of beings1 says ,agassiz3 ,consists in an increasing similarity of the living fauna1 and among the vertebrates1 especially1 in the increasing resemblance to man4 ,man is the end towards which all animal creation has tended from the first appearance of the first palozoic fishes47#chi7 ,just so2 but the 8palozoic fishes0 are at the lower curve of the arc of the evolution of forms1 and this ,round began with ,astral ,man1 the reflection of the ,dhyn ,chohans1 called the 8,builders40 ,man is the alpha and the omega of objective creation4 ,as said in ,isis ,unveiled3 ,all things had their origin in ,spirit--evolution having originally begun from above and proceeding downwards1 instead of the reverse1 as taught in the ,darwinian theory47#cij7 ,therefore1 the tendency spoken of by the eminent ,naturalist above quoted is one inherent in every atom4 ,only1 were one to apply it to both sides of evolution1 the observations made would greatly interfere with the modern theory1 which has now almost become 7,darwinian7 law4 ,but in citing the passage from ,agassiz' work with approval1 it must not be understood that the ,occultists are making any concession to the theory which derives man from the animal kingdom4 ,the fact that in this ,round he preceded the mammalia is obviously not impugned by the consideration that the latter follow in the wake of man4 #be4 ,,how ,,did ,,the ,m,,nasa1 ,,the ,,sons ,,of ,,wisdom1 ,,act8 ,,they ,,rejected ,,the ,,self ,,born47#cia7 ,,they ,,are ,,not ,,ready4 ,,they ,,spurned ,,the ,,sweat,,born47#cib7 ,,they ,,are ,,not ,,quite ,,ready4 ,,they ,,would ,,not ,,enter ,,the ,,first ,,egg,,born47#cic7 ,to a ,theist or a ,christian this verse would suggest a rather theological idea3 that of the ,fall of the ,angels through ,pride4 ,in the ,secret ,doctrine1 however1 the reasons for the refusal to incarnate in half ready physical bodies seem to be more connected with physiological than metaphysical reasons4 ,not all the organisms were sufficiently ready4 ,the ,incarnating ,powers chose the ripest fruits and spurned the rest4 ,by a curious coincidence1 when selecting a familiar name for the continent on which the first ,androgynes1 the ,third ,root,race1 separated1 the writer chose1 on geographical considerations1 that of 8,lemuria10 invented by ,mr4 ,p4 ,l4 ,sclater4 ,it was only later that1 on reading ,hckel's ,pedigree of ,man1 it was found that the ,german 8,animalist0 had chosen the name for his late continent4 ,he traces1 properly enough1 the centre of human evolution to ,lemuria1 but with a slight scientific variation4 ,speaking of it as that 8cradle of mankind10 he pictures the gradual transformation of the anthropoid mammal into the primeval savage66 ,vogt1 again1 holds that in ,america man sprang from a branch of the platyrrhine apes1 independently of the origination of the ,african and ,asian rootstocks from the old world catarrhinians4 ,anthropologists are1 as usual1 at loggerheads on this question1 as on many others4 ,we shall examine this claim in the light of ,esoteric ,philosophy in ,stanza ,,viii4 ,meanwhile1 let us give a few moments of attention to the various consecutive modes of procreation according to the laws of ,evolution4 ,let us begin by the mode of reproduction of the later subraces of the ,third ,human ,race1 by those who found themselves endowed with the 8,sacred ,fire0 from the ,spark of higher and then independent ,beings1 who were the psychic and spiritual ,parents of ,man1 as the lower ,pitri ,devats 7the ,pitris7 were the ,progenitors of his physical body4 ,that ,third and holy ,race consisted of men who1 at their zenith1 were described as 8towering giants of godly strength and beauty1 and the depositories of all the mysteries of ,heaven and ,earth40 ,have they likewise fallen1 if1 then1 incarnation was the 8,fall08 ,of this presently4 ,the only thing now to be noted of these is1 that the chief ,gods and ,heroes of the ,fourth and ,fifth ,races1 as of later antiquity1 are the deified images of these ,men of the ,third4 ,the days of their physiological purity1 and those of their socalled ,fall1 have equally survived in the hearts and memories of their descendants4 ,hence1 the dual nature shown in these ,gods1 both virtue and sin being exalted to their highest degree1 in the biographies composed by posterity4 ,they were the ,pre,adamite and the ,divine ,races1 with which even ,theology1 in whose sight they are all the 8accursed ,cainite races10 now begins to busy itself4 ,but the action of the 8,spiritual ,progenitors0 of that ,race has first to be disposed of4 ,a very difficult and abstruse point has to be explained with regard to ,shlokas #bf and #bg4 #bf4 ,,when ,,the ,,sweat,,born ,,produced ,,the ,,egg,,born1 ,,the ,,two,,fold17#cid7 ,,the ,,mighty1 ,,the ,,powerful ,,with ,,bones1 ,,the ,,lords ,,of ,,wisdom ,,said3 8,,now ,,shall ,,we ,,create40 ,why 8now0--and not earlier8 ,this the following ,shloka explains4 #bg4 ,,the ,,third ,,race ,,became ,,the ,v,,han7#cie7 ,,of ,,the ,,lords ,,of ,,wisdom4 ,,it ,,created ,,sons ,,of ,,will ,,and ,,yoga1 ,,by ,,kriy,,shakti ,,it ,,created ,,them1 ,,the ,,holy ,,fathers1 ,,ancestors ,,of ,,the ,,arhats4444 ,how did they 8create10 since the 8,lords of ,wisdom0 are identical with the ,hind ,devas1 who refuse to 8create08 ,clearly they are the ,kumras of the ,hind ,pantheon and ,purnas1 those ,elder ,sons of ,brahm3 ,sanandana and the other sous of ,vedhas who1 previously created by him 444 without desire or passion1 remained chaste inspired with holy wisdom 444 and undesirous of progeny47#cif7 ,the power1 by which they first created1 is that which has since caused them to be degraded from their high status to the position of ,evil ,spirits1 of ,satan and his ,host--created in their turn by the unclean fancy of exoteric creeds4 ,it was by ,kriyshakti1 that mysterious and divine power1 latent in the will of every man1 which1 if not called to life1 quickened and developed by ,yogatraining1 remains dormant in #iii1iii men out of a million1 and so gets atrophied4 ,this power is explained in the 8,twelve ,signs of the ,zodiac107#cig7 as follows3 ,kriyshakti3--,the mysterious power of thought which enables it to produce external1 perceptible1 phenomenal results by its own inherent energy4 ,the ancients held that any idea will manifest itself externally1 if one's attention and will is deeply concentrated upon it4 ,similarly1 an intense volition will be followed by the desired result4 ,a ,yog generally performs his wonders by means of ,ichchhshakti 7,willpower7 and ,kriyshakti4 ,the ,third ,race had thus created the socalled 8,sons of ,will and ,yoga10 or the 8,ancestors0--the ,spiritual ,forefathers--of all the subsequent and present ,arhats1 or ,mahtms1 in a truly immaculate way4 ,they were indeed created1 not begotten1 as were their brethren of the ,fourth ,race1 who were generated sexually after the separation of sexes1 the 8,fall of ,man40 ,for ,creation is but the result of ,will acting on phenomenal ,matter1 the calling forth out of it the ,primordial ,divine ,light and ,eternal ,life4 ,they were the 8,holy ,seed ,grain0 of the future ,saviours of ,humanity4 ,here we have to again make a break1 in order to explain certain difficult points1 of which there are so many4 ,it is almost impossible to avoid such interruptions47#cih7 ,the order of the evolution of the ,human ,races stands as follows in the ,fifth ,book of the ,commentaries1 and has already been given3 ,the first men were ,chhys 7#a72 the ,second1 the 8,sweatborn0 7#b72 the ,third1 8,eggborn10 and the holy ,fathers born by the power of ,kriyshakti 7#c72 the ,fourth were the children of the ,padmapni ,chenresi 7#d74 ,of course such primeval modes of procreation--by the evolution of one's image2 through drops of perspiration2 after that by ,yoga2 and then by what people will regard as magic 7,kriyshakti7--are doomed beforehand to be regarded as fairytales4 ,nevertheless1 beginning with the first and ending with the last1 there is really nothing miraculous in them1 nor anything which may not be shown to be natural4 ,this must be proven4 #a4 ,chhybirth1 or that primeval mode of sexless procreation--the ,first ,race having oozed out1 so to say1 from the bodies of the ,pitris--is hinted at in a cosmic allegory in the ,purnas47#cii7 ,it is the beautiful allegory and story of ,sanj1 the daughter of ,vishvakarman--married to the ,sun1 who1 8unable to endure the fervours of her ,lord10 gave him her ,chhy 7shadow1 image1 or astral body71 while she herself repaired to the jungle to perform religious devotions1 or ,tapas4 ,the ,sun1 supposing the ,chhy to be his wife1 begat by her children1 like ,adam with ,lilith--an ethereal shadow also1 as in the legend1 though an actual living female monster millions of years ago4 ,but1 perhaps1 this instance proves little except the exuberant fancy of the ,paurnic authors4 ,we have another proof ready4 ,if the materialized forms1 which are sometimes seen oozing out of the bodies of certain mediums could1 instead of vanishing1 be fixed and made solid--the 8creation0 of the ,first ,race would become quite comprehensible4 ,this kind of procreation cannot fail to be suggestive to the student4 ,neither the mystery nor the impossibility of such a mode is certainly any greater--while it is far more comprehensible to the mind of the true metaphysical thinker--than the mystery of the conception of the ftus1 its gestation and birth as a child1 as we now know it4 ,now to the curious and little understood corroboration in the ,purnas about the 8,sweatborn40 #b4 ,kandu is a sage and a ,yog1 eminent in holy wisdom and pious austerities1 which1 finally1 awaken the jealousy of the ,gods1 who are represented in the ,hind ,scriptures as being in neverending strife with the ,ascetics4 ,indra1 the 8,king of the ,gods107#djj7 finally sends one of his female ,apsarases to tempt the sage4 ,this is no worse than ,jehovah sending ,sarah1 ,abraham's wife1 to tempt ,pharaoh2 but in truth it is these ,gods 7and ,god71 who are ever trying to disturb ,ascetics and thus make them lose the fruit of their austerities1 who ought to be regarded as 8tempting demons10 instead of applying the term to the ,rudras1 ,kumras1 and ,asuras1 whose great sanctity and chastity seem a standing reproach to the ,don ,juanic ,gods of the ,pantheon4 ,but it is the reverse that we find in all the ,paurnic allegories1 and not without good esoteric reason4 ,the ,king of the ,gods1 or ,indra1 sends a beautiful ,apsaras 7nymph7 named ,pramloch to seduce ,kandu and disturb his penance4 ,she succeeds in her unholy purpose and 8nine hundred and seven years six months and three days07#dja7 spent in her company seem to the ,sage as one day4 ,when this psychological or hypnotic state ends1 the ,muni bitterly curses the creature who has seduced him1 thus disturbing his devotions4 8,depart1 begone60 he cries1 8vile bundle of delusions60 ,and ,pramloch1 terrified1 flies away1 wiping the perspiration from her body with the leaves of the trees as she passes through the air4 ,the nymph went from tree to tree1 and1 as1 with the dusky shoots that crowned their summits1 she dried her limbs1 the child she had conceived by the ,rishi came forth from the pores of her skin in drops of perspiration4 ,the trees received the living dews2 and the winds collected them into one mass4 8,this10 said ,soma the ,moon1 8,i matured by my rays2 and gradually it increased in size1 till the exhalation that had rested on the tree tops became the lovely girl named ,mrish407#djb7 ,now ,kandu stands for the ,first ,race4 ,he is a son of the ,pitris1 hence one 8devoid of mind10 a fact hinted at by his being unable to discern a period of nearly one thousand years from one day2 therefore he is shown to be so easily deluded and blinded4 ,here is a variant of the allegory in ,genesis1 of ,adam1 born an image of clay1 into which the 8,lord ,god0 breathes the 8breath of life0 but not of intellect and discrimination1 which are developed only after he had tasted of the fruit of the ,tree of ,knowledge2 in other words when he has acquired the first development of ,mind1 and had implanted in him ,manas1 whose terrestrial aspect is of the earth earthy1 though its highest faculties connect it with ,spirit and the ,divine ,soul4 ,pramloch is the ,hind ,lilith of the ryan ,adam2 and ,mrish1 the daughter born of the perspiration from her pores1 is the 8,sweatborn10 and stands as a symbol for the ,second ,race of mankind4 ,it is not ,indra1 who in this case figures in the ,purnas1 but ,kmadeva1 the ,god of love and desire1 who sends ,pramloch on ,earth4 ,logic1 as well as the ,esoteric ,doctrine1 shows that it must be so4 ,for ,kma is the king and lord of the ,apsarases1 of whom ,pramloch is one2 and1 therefore1 when ,kandu1 cursing her1 exclaims3 8,thou hast performed the office assigned by the monarch of the gods1 go60--he must mean by that monarch ,kma1 and not ,indra1 to whom the ,apsarases are not subservient4 ,for ,kma1 again1 is in the ,rig ,veda7#djc7 the personification of that feeling which leads and propels to creation4 ,he was the ,first ,movement that stirred the ,,one1 after its manifestation from the purely ,abstract ,principle1 to create4 ,desire first arose in ,,it1 which was the ,primal ,germ of ,mind2 and which ,sages1 searching with their intellect1 have discovered to be the bond which connects ,entity with ,non,entity4 ,a ,hymn in the ,atharva ,veda exalts ,kma into a supreme ,god and ,creator1 and says3 ,kma was born the first4 ,him1 neither ,gods nor ,fathers ,pitris nor ,men have equalled4 ,the ,atharva ,veda identifies him with ,agni1 but makes him superior to that ,god4 ,the ,taittirya ,brhmana makes him allegorically the son of ,dharma 7moral religious duty1 piety and justice7 and of ,shraddh 7faith74 ,elsewhere ,kma is born from the heart of ,brahm2 therefore he is tmabh 8,self,existent10 and ,aja1 the 8,unborn40 ,his sending ,pramloch has a deep philosophical meaning2 sent by ,indra--the narrative has none4 ,as ,ers was connected in early ,greek mythology with the world's creation1 and only afterwards became the sexual ,cupid1 so was ,kma in his original ,vedic character2 the ,harivamsha making him a son of ,lakshm1 who is ,venus4 ,the allegory1 as said1 shows the psychic element developing the physiological1 before the birth of ,daksha--the progenitor of real physical men--who is made to be born from ,mrish and before whose time living beings and men were procreated 8by the will1 by sight1 by touch1 and by yoga10 as will be shown4 ,this1 then1 is the allegory on the mode of procreation of the ,second or the 8,sweatborn40 ,the same for the ,third ,race in its final development4 ,mrish1 through the exertions of ,soma1 the ,moon1 is taken to wife by the ,prachetases1 the production of the 8,mindborn0 sons of ,brahm also17#djd7 from whom they beget the ,patriarch ,daksha--a son of ,brahm also in a former ,kalpa or life1 explain and add the ,purnas1 in order to mislead1 yet speaking the truth4 #c4 ,the early ,third ,race1 then1 is formed from drops of 8,sweat10 which1 after many a transformation1 grow into human bodies4 ,this is not more difficult to imagine or realize than the growth of the ftus from an imperceptible germ1 and its subsequent development into a child1 and then into a strong1 heavy man4 ,but the ,third ,race changes yet again its mode of procreation according to the ,commentaries4 ,it is said to have emanated a vis formativa1 which changed the drops of perspiration into greater drops1 which grew1 expanded1 and became ovoid bodies--huge eggs4 ,in these the human ftus gestated for several years4 ,in the ,purnas1 ,mrish1 the daughter of ,kandu1 the sage1 becomes the wife of the ,prachetases1 and the mother of ,daksha4 ,now ,daksha is the father of the first humanlike ,progenitors1 having been born in this way4 ,he is mentioned later on4 ,the evolution of man1 the microcosm1 is analogous to that of the universe1 the macrocosm4 ,his evolution stands between that of the latter and that of the animal1 for which man1 in his turn1 is a macrocosm4 ,then the ,third ,race becomes3 #d4 ,the ,androgyne1 or ,hermaphrodite4 ,this process of menbearing explains1 perhaps1 why ,aristophanes1 in ,plato's ,banquet1 describes the nature of the old race as 8androgynous10 the form of every individual being rounded1 8having the back and sides as in a circle10 whose 8manner of running was circular 444 terrible in force and strength and with prodigious ambition40 ,therefore1 to make them weaker1 8,zeus divided them in the ,third ,root ,race into two1 and ,apollo the ,sun1 under his direction1 closed up the skin40 ,the ,madagascans--the island belonged to ,lemuria--have a tradition about the first man4 ,he lived at first without eating1 and1 having indulged in food1 a swelling appeared in his leg2 this bursting1 there emerged from it a female1 who became the mother of their race4 ,truly1 8we have our sciences of ,heterogenesis and ,parthenogenesis1 showing that the field is yet open4444 ,the polyps 444 produce their offspring from themselves1 like the buds and ramifications of a tree44440 ,why not the primitive human polyp8 ,the very interesting polyp ,stauridium passes alternately from gemmation into the sex method of reproduction4 ,curiously enough1 though it grows merely as a polyp on a stalk1 it produces gemmules1 which ultimately develop into a seanettle or ,medusa4 ,the ,medusa is utterly dissimilar to its parentorganism1 the ,stauridium4 ,it also reproduces itself differently1 by sexual method1 and from the resulting eggs ,stauridia once more put in an appearance4 ,this striking fact may assist many to understand that a form may be evolved--as in the sexual ,lemurians from hermaphrodite parentage--quite unlike its immediate progenitors4 ,it is1 moreover1 unquestionable that in the case of human incarnations the law of ,karma1 racial or individual1 overrides the subordinate tendencies of ,heredity1 its servant4 ,the meaning of the last sentence in the abovequoted ,commentary on ,shloka #bg1 namely1 that the ,fourth ,race were the children of ,padmapni1 may find its explanation in a certain letter from the ,inspirer of ,esoteric ,buddhism3 ,the majority of mankind belongs to the seventh subrace of the ,fourth ,root,race--the abovementioned ,chinamen and their offshoots and branchlets 7,malayans1 ,mongolians1 ,tibetans1 ,hungarians1 ,finns1 and even the ,esquimaux are all remnants of this last offshoot74 ,padmapni or ,avalokiteshvara1 in ,sanskrit1 is1 in ,tibetan1 ,chenresi4 ,now1 ,avalokiteshvara is the great ,logos in its higher aspect and in the divine regions4 ,but in the manifested planes1 he is1 like ,daksha1 the ,progenitor 7in a spiritual sense7 of men4 ,padmapni,avalokiteshvara is called esoterically ,bodhisattva 7or ,dhyn ,chohan7 ,chenresi ,vanchug1 8the powerful and allseeing40 ,he is considered now as the greatest protector of ,asia in general1 and of ,tibet in particular4 ,in order to guide the ,tibetans and ,lamas in holiness1 and preserve the great ,arhats in the world1 this heavenly ,being is credited with manifesting himself from age to age in human form4 ,a popular legend has it that whenever faith begins to die out in the world1 ,padmapni ,chenresi1 the 8,lotusbearer10 emits a brilliant ray of light1 and forthwith incarnates himself in one of the two great ,lamas--the ,dalai and ,teschu ,lamas2 finally1 it is believed that he will incarnate as the 8most perfect ,buddha0 in ,tibet1 instead of in ,india1 where his predecessors1 the great ,rishis and ,manus had appeared in the beginning of our ,race1 but now appear no longer4 ,even the exoteric appearance of ,dhyni ,chenresi is suggestive of the ,esoteric ,teaching4 ,he is evidently1 like ,daksha1 the synthesis of all the preceding ,races and the progenitor of all the human ,races after the ,third--the first complete one--and thus is represented as the culmination of the four ,primeval ,races in his elevenfaced form4 ,this is a column built in four rows1 each series having three faces or heads of different complexions2 the three faces for each ,race being typical of its three fundamental physiological transformations4 ,the first is white 7mooncoloured72 the second is yellow2 the third1 redbrown2 the fourth1 in which are only two faces--the third face being left a blank2 a reference to the untimely end of the ,atlanteans--is brownblack4 ,padmapni 7,daksha7 is seated on the column1 and forms the apex4 ,in this reference compare ,shloka #ci4 ,the ,dhyn ,chohan is represented with four arms1 another allusion to the four ,races4 ,for while two are folded1 the third hand holds a lotus--,padmapni1 the 8,lotusbearer02 the flower symbolizing generation--and the fourth holds a serpent1 emblem of the ,wisdom in his power4 ,on his neck is a rosary1 and on his head the sign of water ,symbol3 two horizontal rows of wavelike symbols--matter1 deluge--while on his brow rests the third eye1 ,shiva's eye1 that of spiritual insight4 ,his name is 8,protector0 7of ,tibet71 8,saviour of ,humanity40 ,on other occasions when he has only two arms1 he is ,chenresi the ,dhyn1 and ,bodhisattva1 ,chakna ,padma ,karpo1 8he who holds a white lotus40 ,his other name is ,chantong1 8he of the thousand eyes10 when he is endowed with a thousand arms and hands1 on the palm of each of which is represented an eye of ,wisdom1 these arms radiating from his body like a forest of rays4 ,another of his names in ,sanskrit is ,lokapati or ,lokantha1 8,lord of the ,world02 and in ,tibetan ,jigten ,gonpo1 8,protector and ,saviour0 against evil of any kind47#dje7 ,padmapni1 however1 is the 8,lotusbearer0 symbolically only for the profane2 esoterically1 it means the supporter of the ,kalpas1 the last of which is called ,pdma1 and represents one half of the life of ,brahm4 ,though really a minor ,kalpa1 it is called ,mah1 8great10 because it comprises the age in which ,brahm sprang from a lotus4 ,theoretically1 the ,kalpas are infinite1 but practically they are divided and subdivided in ,space and ,time1 each division--down to the smallest--having its own ,dhyn as patron or regent4 ,padmapni 7,avalokiteshvara7 becomes1 in ,china1 in his female aspect1 ,kwanyin1 8who assumes any form1 at pleasure1 in order to save mankind40 ,the knowledge of the astrological aspect of the constellations on the respective 8birthdays0 of these ,dhyns--,amitabha 7the ,amito ,fo1 of ,china71 included3 e4g41 on the #aith day of the second month1 on the #agth day of the eleventh month1 and on the #gth day of the third month17#djf7 etc4--gives the ,occultist the greatest facilities for performing what are called 8magic0 feats4 ,the future of an individual is seen1 with all its coming events marshalled in order1 in a magic mirror placed under the ray of certain constellations4 ,but--beware of the reverse of the medal1 ,,sorcery4 ,stanza ,,viii4 ,evolution ,of ,the ,animal ,mammalians3 ,the ,first ,fall4 #bh4 ,how the first mammals were produced4 #bi4 ,a quasi,darwinian evolution4 #cj4 ,the animals get solid bodies4 #ca4 ,their separation into sexes4 #cb4 ,the first sin of the mindless men4 #bh4 ,,from ,,the ,,drops ,,of ,,sweat1 ,,from ,,the ,,residue ,,of ,,the ,,substance1 ,,matter ,,from ,,dead ,,bodies ,,of ,,men ,,and ,,animals ,,of ,,the ,,wheel ,,before17#djg7 ,,and ,,from ,,cast,,off ,,dust1 ,,the ,,first ,,animals7#djh7 ,,were ,,produced4 ,the ,occult ,doctrine maintains that1 in this ,round1 the mammalians were a later work of evolution than man4 ,evolution proceeds in ,cycles4 ,the great ,manvantaric ,cycle of ,seven ,rounds1 beginning in the ,first ,round with the mineral1 vegetable1 and animal1 brings its evolutionary work on the descending arc to a dead stop in the middle of the ,fourth ,race1 at the close of the first half of the ,fourth ,round4 ,it is on our ,earth1 then--the ,fourth ,sphere and the lowest--and in the present ,round1 that this middle point has been reached4 ,and since the ,monad has passed1 after its first 8immetallization0 on ,globe ,a1 through the mineral1 vegetable1 and animal worlds in every degree of the three states of matter1 except the last degree of the third or solid state1 which it reached only at the 8mid point of evolution10 it is but logical and natural that at the beginning of the ,fourth ,round on ,globe ,d1 ,man should be the first to appear2 and also that his frame should be of the most tenuous matter that is compatible with objectivity4 ,to make it still clearer3 if the ,monad begins its cycle of incarnations through the three objective kingdoms on the descending curved line1 it has necessarily to enter on the rescending curved line of the ,sphere as a man also4 ,on the descending arc it is the spiritual which gradually transforms into the material4 ,on the middle line of the base1 ,spirit and ,matter are equilibrized in ,man4 ,on the ascending arc1 ,spirit is slowly resserting itself at the expense of the physical1 or ,matter1 so that1 at the close of the ,seventh ,race of the ,seventh ,round1 the ,monad will find itself as free from ,matter and all its qualities as it was in the beginning2 having gained in addition the experience and wisdom1 the fruitage of all its personal lives1 without their evil and temptations4 ,this order of evolution is found also in the first and second chapters of ,genesis1 if one reads it in its true esoteric sense2 for ,chapter i contains the history of the first ,three ,rounds1 as well as that of the first ,three ,races of the ,fourth1 up to the moment when ,man is called to conscious life by the ,elohim of ,wisdom4 ,in ,chapter i1 animals1 whales and fowls of the air1 are created before the androgyne ,adam47#dji7 ,in ,chapter ii1 ,adam 7the sexless7 comes first1 and the animals only appear after him4 ,even the state of mental torpor and unconsciousness of the first two ,races1 and of the first half of the ,third ,race1 is symbolized1 in the second chapter of ,genesis1 by the deep sleep of ,adam4 ,it is the dreamless sleep of mental inaction1 the slumber of the ,soul and ,mind1 which is meant by that 8sleep10 and not at all the physiological process of differentiation of sexes1 as a learned ,french theorist1 ,m4 ,naudin1 imagined4 ,the ,purnas1 the ,chaldan and ,egyptian fragments1 and also the ,chinese traditions1 all show an agreement with the ,secret ,doctrine as to the process and order of evolution4 ,we find in them the corroboration of almost all our teaching3 for instance1 the statement concerning the oviparous mode of procreation of the ,third ,race1 and even a hint at a less innocent mode of procreation of the first mammal forms4 8,gigantic1 transparent1 dumb and monstrous they were10 says the ,commentary4 ,study in this connection the stories of the several ,rishis and their multifarious progeny4 ,pulastya is the father of all the ,serpents and ,ngas--an oviparous brood2 ,kashyapa is grandsire1 through his wife ,tmr1 of the birds and of ,garuda1 king of the feathered tribe2 while by his wife ,surabhi1 he was the parent of cows and buffaloes1 etc4 ,in the ,secret ,doctrine1 the first ,ngas--,beings wiser than ,serpents--are the 8,sons of ,will and ,yoga10 born before the complete separation of the sexes1 8matured in the manbearing eggs7#daj7 produced by the power 7,kriyshakti7 of the holy ,sages0 of the early ,third ,race47#daa7 8,in these were incarnated the ,lords of the three upper worlds--the various classes of ,rudras1 who had been ,tushitas1 who had been ,jayas1 who are dityas20 for1 as explained by ,parshara3 8,there are a hundred appellations of the immeasurably mighty ,rudras40 ,some of the descendants of the primitive ,ngas1 the ,serpents of ,wisdom1 peopled ,america1 when its continent arose during the palmy days of the great ,atlantis2 ,america being the ,ptla or ,antipodes of ,jambudvpa1 not of ,bhratavarsha4 ,otherwise1 whence the traditions and legends--the latter always more true than history1 as says ,augustin ,thierry--and even the identity in the names of certain 8medicine men0 and priests1 who exist to this day in ,mexico8 ,we shall have to say something of the ,nargals and the ,nagals1 and also of ,nagalism1 called 8devilworship0 by the missionaries4 ,in almost all the ,purnas1 the story of the 8,sacrifice of ,daksha0 is given1 the oldest account of which is to be found in the ,vyu ,purna4 ,allegorical as it is1 there is more meaning and biological revelation in it to a ,naturalist1 than in all the pseudoscientific vagaries1 which are regarded as learned theories and hypotheses4 ,daksha1 who is regarded as the ,chief ,progenitor1 is1 moreover1 pointed out as the creator of physical man1 in the 8fable0 which makes him lose his head from his body in the general strife between the ,gods and the ,raumas4 ,this head1 being burnt in the fire1 is replaced by the head of a ram1 according to the ,kshi ,khanda of the ,skanda ,purna4 ,now the ram's head and horns are ever the symbol of generating power and of reproductive force1 and are phallic4 ,as we have shown1 it is ,daksha who establishes the era of men engendered by sexual intercourse4 ,this mode of procreation did not occur suddenly1 however1 as one might think1 but required long ages before it became the one 8natural0 way4 ,therefore1 ,daksha's sacrifice to the ,gods is shown to have been interfered with by ,shiva--the ,destroying ,deity1 ,evolution and ,progress personified1 who is the ,regenerator at the same time2 who destroys things under one form but to recall them to life under another more perfect type4 ,shiva,rudra creates the terrible ,vrabhadra1 born of his breath1 the 8thousandheaded1 thousandarmed0 monster1 and commissions him to destroy the sacrifice prepared by ,daksha4 ,then ,vrabhadra1 8abiding in the region of ghosts 7ethereal men7 444 created from the pores of his skin 7,romakpas7 powerful ,raumas407#dab7 ,now1 however mythical the allegory1 the ,mahbhrata7#dac7--which is as much history as is the ,iliad--shows the ,raumas and other races springing in the same manner from the ,romakpas1 hair or skin pores4 ,this allegorical description of ,daksha's 8sacrifice0 is full of significance to the students of the ,secret ,doctrine who know of the 8,sweatborn40 ,in the ,vyu ,purna's account of the sacrifice1 moreover1 it is said to have taken place in the presence of creatures born from the egg1 from the vapour1 vegetation1 pores of the skin1 and1 finally only1 from the womb47#dad7 ,daksha typifies the early ,third ,race1 holy and pure1 as yet devoid of an ,individual ,ego1 and possessing passive capacities only4 ,brahm1 therefore1 commands him to create 7in the exoteric texts72 when1 obeying the command1 he made 8inferior and superior0 7,avara and ,vara7 progeny 7,putra71 bipeds and quadrupeds2 and by his will1 gave birth to females1 to the ,gods1 the ,daityas 7,giants of the ,fourth ,race71 the snakegods1 animals1 cattle and the ,dnavas 7,titans and ,demon ,magicians7 and other beings4 ,from that period forward1 living creatures were engendered by sexual intercourse4 ,before the time of ,daksha1 they were variously propagated--by the will1 by sight1 by touch1 and by the influence of religious austerities practised by devout sages and holy saints47#dae7 ,and now comes the simply zological teaching4 #bi4 ,,animals ,,with ,,bones1 ,,dragons ,,of ,,the ,,deep1 ,,and ,,flying ,,sarpas7#daf7 ,,were ,,added ,,to ,,the ,,creeping ,,things4 ,,they ,,that ,,creep ,,on ,,the ,,ground ,,got ,,wings4 ,,they ,,of ,,the ,,long ,,necks ,,in ,,the ,,water ,,became ,,the ,,progenitors ,,of ,,the ,,fowls ,,of ,,the ,,air4 ,this is a point on which the teachings and modern biological speculation are in perfect accord4 ,the missing links representing this transition process between reptile and bird are apparent to the veriest bigot1 especially in the ,ornithoscelid1 ,hesperornis1 and the ,archopteryx of ,vogt4 #cj4 ,,during ,,the ,,third17#dag7 ,,the ,,boneless ,,animals ,,grew ,,and ,,changed2 ,,they ,,became ,,animals ,,with ,,bones1 ,,their ,,chh,y,s ,,became ,,solid47#dah7 ,vertebrates1 and after that mammalians4 ,before that the animals were also ethereal protoorganisms1 just as man was4 #ca4 ,,the ,,animals ,,separated ,,the ,,first47#dai7 ,,they ,,began ,,to ,,breed4 ,,the ,,two ,,fold ,,man7#dbj7 ,,separated ,,also4 ,,he7#dba7 ,,said3 8,,let ,,us ,,as ,,they2 ,,let ,,us ,,unite ,,and ,,make ,,creatures40 ,,they ,,did4444 #cb4 ,,and ,,those ,,which ,,had ,,no ,,spark7#dbb7 ,,took ,,huge ,,she,,animals ,,unto ,,them4 ,,they ,,begat ,,upon ,,them ,,dumb ,,races4 ,,dumb ,,they7#dbc7 ,,were ,,themselves4 ,,but ,,their ,,tongues ,,untied47#dbd7 ,,the ,,tongues ,,of ,,their ,,progeny ,,remained ,,still4 ,,monsters ,,they ,,bred4 ,a ,,race ,,of ,,crooked ,,red,,hair,,covered ,,monsters ,,going ,,on ,,all ,,fours47#dbe7 ,a ,,dumb ,,race1 ,,to ,,keep ,,the ,,shame ,,untold47#dbf7 ,the fact of former hermaphrodite mammals and the subsequent separation of sexes is now indisputable1 even from the standpoint of ,biology4 ,as ,prof4 ,oscar ,schmidt1 an avowed ,darwinist1 shows3 ,use and disuse1 combined with selection1 elucidate 8 the separation of the sexes1 and the existence1 otherwise totally incomprehensible1 of rudimentary sexual organs4 ,in the ,vertebrata especially1 each sex possesses such distinct traces of the reproductive apparatus characteristic of the other1 that even antiquity assumed hermaphroditism as a natural primval condition of mankind4444 ,the tenacity with which these rudiments of sexual organs are inherited is remarkable4 ,in the class of mammals1 actual hermaphroditism is unheard of1 although through the whole period of their development they drag along with them these residues1 borne by their unknown ancestry1 no one can say how long47#dbg7 8,the animals separated the first10 says ,shloka #ca4 ,bear in mind that at that period men were different1 even physiologically1 to what they are now2 the middle point of the ,fifth ,race being already passed4 ,we are not told what the 8huge sheanimals0 were2 but they certainly were as different from any we now know1 as were the 8men0 from the men of today4 ,this was the first physical 8fall into matter0 of some of the then existing and lower races4 ,bear in mind ,shloka #bd4 ,the 8,sons of ,wisdom0 had spurned the early ,third ,race1 i4e41 the nondeveloped1 and are shown incarnating in1 and thereby endowing with intellect1 the later ,third ,race4 ,thus the sin of the brainless or 8mindless0 ,races1 who had no 8spark0 and were irresponsible1 fell upon those who failed to do by them their ,karmic duty4 ,what ,may ,be ,the ,objections ,to ,the ,foregoing4 ,thus ,occultism rejects the idea that ,nature developed man from the ape1 or even from an ancestor common to both2 but1 on the contrary1 traces some of the most anthropoid species to the ,third ,race man of the early ,atlantean ,period4 ,as this proposition will be maintained and defended elsewhere1 a few words more are all that are needed at present4 ,for greater clearness1 however1 we shall repeat in brief what was said previously in ,volume ,i1 ,stanza ,,vi4 ,our teachings show that1 while it is quite correct to say that ,nature had1 at one time1 built round the human astral form an apelike external shape1 it is also as correct that this shape was no more that of the 8missing link10 than were the multitudinous other coverings of that astral form1 during the course of its natural evolution through all the kingdoms of ,nature4 ,nor was it1 as has been shown1 on this ,fourth ,round ,planet that such evolution took place1 but only during the ,first1 ,second1 and ,third ,rounds1 when ,man was1 in turn1 8a stone1 a plant1 and an animal0 until he became what he was in the ,first ,root,race of present ,humanity4 ,the real line of evolution differs from the ,darwinian1 and the two systems are irreconcilable1 unless the latter is divorced from the dogmas of 8natural selection0 and the like4 ,indeed1 between the ,moneron of ,hckel and the ,sarsripa of ,manu1 there lies an impassable chasm in the shape of the ,jva2 for the 8human0 ,monad1 whether 8immetallized0 in the stoneatom1 or 8invegetalized0 in the plant1 or 8inanimalized0 in the animal1 is still ever a divine1 hence also a human ,monad4 ,it ceases to be human only when it becomes absolutely divine4 ,the terms 8mineral10 8vegetable0 and 8animal0 ,monad are intended to create a superficial distinction3 there is no such thing as a ,monad 7,jva7 other than divine1 and consequently having once been1 or having in the future to become1 human4 ,the latter term has to remain meaningless unless this difference is well understood4 ,the ,monad is a drop out of the ,shoreless ,ocean beyond1 or1 to be correct1 within1 the plane of primval differentiation4 ,it is divine in its higher and human in its lower condition--the adjectives 8higher0 and 8lower0 being used for lack of better words--but a ,monad it remains at all times1 save in the ,nirvnic state1 under whatever conditions1 or whatever external forms4 ,as the ,logos reflects the ,universe in the ,divine ,mind1 and the ,manifested ,universe reflects itself in each of its ,monads1 as ,leibnitz put it repeating an ,eastern teaching1 so the ,monad has1 during the cycle of its incarnations1 to reflect in itself every rootform of each kingdom4 ,therefore1 the ,kabalists say correctly that 8,man becomes a stone1 a plant1 an animal1 a man1 a spirit1 and finally ,god10 thus accomplishing his cycle or circuit and returning to the point from which he had started as the ,heavenly ,man4 ,but by 8,man0 the ,divine ,monad is meant1 and not the ,thinking ,entity1 much less his ,physical ,body4 ,the men of ,science now try to trace the immortal ,soul1 while rejecting its existence1 through a series of animal forms from the lowest to the highest2 whereas1 in truth1 all the present fauna are the descendants of those primordial monsters of which the ,stanzas speak4 ,the animals--the creeping beasts and those in the waters that preceded ,man in this ,fourth ,round1 as well as those contemporary with the ,third ,race1 and again the mammalia that are posterior to the ,third and ,fourth ,races--all are either directly or indirectly the mutual and correlative product1 physically1 of ,man4 ,it is correct to say that the man of this ,manvantara1 i4e41 of the three preceding ,rounds1 has passed through all the kingdoms of ,nature4 ,that he was 8a stone1 a plant1 an animal40 ,but 7a7 these stones1 plants1 and animals were the prototypes1 the filmy presentments of those of the ,fourth ,round2 and 7b7 even those at the beginning of the ,fourth ,round were the astral shadows1 as the ,occultists express it1 of the present stones1 plants and animals4 ,and finally1 neither the forms nor genera of either man1 animal1 or plant were what they became later4 ,thus the astral prototypes of the lower beings of the animal kingdom of the ,fourth ,round1 which preceded the ,chhys of ,men1 were the consolidated1 though still very ethereal sheaths of the still more ethereal forms1 or models1 produced at the close of the ,third ,round on ,globe ,d1 as set forth in ,esoteric ,buddhism2 produced 8from the residue of the substance2 matter from dead bodies of men and other extinct animals of the ,wheel before10 or the previous ,third ,round--as ,shloka #bh tells us4 ,hence1 while the nondescript 8animals0 that preceded the ,astral ,man at the beginning of this ,lifecycle on our ,earth were still1 so to speak1 the progeny of the ,man of the ,third ,round1 the mammalians of this ,round owe their existence1 in a great measure1 to ,man again4 ,moreover1 the 8ancestor0 of the present anthropoid animal1 the ape1 is the direct production of the yet mindless ,man1 who desecrated his human dignity by putting himself physically on the level of an animal4 ,the above accounts for some of the alleged physiological proofs1 brought forward by the ,anthropologists as a demonstration of the descent of man from the animals4 ,the point most insisted upon by the ,evolutionists is that1 8,the history of the embryo is an epitome of that of the race40 ,that3 ,every organism1 in its development from the egg1 runs through a series of forms1 through which1 in like succession1 its ancestors have passed in the long course of earth's history47#dbh7 ,the history of the embryo 444 is a picture in little1 and outline of that of the race4 ,this conception forms the gist of our fundamental biogenetic law1 which we are obliged to place at the head of the study of the fundamental law of organic development47#dbi7 ,this modern theory was known as a fact to1 and far more philosophically expressed by1 the ,sages and ,occultists from the remotest ages4 ,a passage from ,isis ,unveiled may here be cited to furnish a few points of comparison4 ,it was asked why1 with all their great learning1 ,physiologists were unable to explain teratological phenomena8 ,any ,anatomist who has made the development and growth of the embryo 444 8a subject of special study10 can tell1 without much brainwork1 what daily experience and the evidence of his own eyes show him1 viz41 that up to a certain period1 the human embryo is a facsimile of a young batrachian in its first remove from the spawn--a tadpole4 ,but no ,physiologist or ,anatomist seems to have had the idea of applying to the development of the human being--from the first instant of its physical appearance as a germ to its ultimate formation and birth--the ,pythagorean esoteric doctrine of metempsychosis1 so erroneously interpreted by critics4 ,the meaning of the ,kabalistic axiom3 8,a stone becomes a plant2 a plant1 a beast2 a beast1 a man10 etc41 was mentioned in another place in relation to the spiritual and physical evolution of men on this ,earth4 ,we will now add a few more words to make the matter clearer4 ,what is the primitive shape of the future man8 ,a grain1 a corpuscle1 say some ,physiologists2 a molecule1 an ovum of the ovum1 say others4 ,if it could be analyzed--by the microscope or otherwise--of what ought we to expect to find it composed8 ,analogically1 we should say1 of a nucleus of inorganic matter1 deposited from the circulation at the germinating point1 and united with a deposit of organic matter4 ,in other words1 this infinitesimal nucleus of the future man is composed of the same elements as a stone--of the same elements as the ,earth1 which the man is destined to inhabit4 ,moses is cited by the ,kabalists as authority for the remark1 that it required earth and water to make a living being1 and thus it may be said that man first appears as a stone4 ,at the end of three or four weeks the ovum has assumed a plant like appearance1 one extremity having become spheroidal and the other tapering1 like a carrot4 ,upon dissection it is found to be composed1 like an onion1 of very delicate lamin or coats1 enclosing a liquid4 ,the lamin approach each other at the lower end1 and the embryo hangs from the root of the umbilicus almost like the fruit from the bough4 ,the stone has now become changed1 by 8metempsychosis10 into a plant4 ,then the embryonic creature begins to shoot out1 from the inside outward1 its limbs1 and develops its features4 ,the eyes are visible as two black dots2 the ears1 nose1 and mouth form depressions1 like the points of a pineapple1 before they begin to project4 ,the embryo develops into an animallike ftus--the shape of a tadpole--and1 like an amphibious reptile1 lives in water and develops from it4 ,its monad has not yet become either human or immortal1 for the ,kabalists tell us that this only occurs at the 8fourth hour40 ,one by one the ftus assumes the characteristics of the human being1 the first flutter of the immortal breath passes through its being3 it moves2 444 and the divine essence settles in the infant frame1 which it will inhabit until the moment of physical death1 when man becomes a spirit4 ,this mysterious process of a ninemonths' formation1 the ,kabalists call the completion of the 8individual cycle of evolution40 ,as the ftus develops amidst the liquor amnii in the womb1 so the ,earths germinate in the ,universal ,ether1 or ,astral ,fluid1 in the ,womb of the ,universe4 ,these cosmic children1 like their pigmy inhabitants1 are first nuclei2 then ovules2 then gradually mature2 and becoming mothers1 in their turn1 develop mineral1 vegetable1 animal1 and human forms4 ,from centre to circumference1 from the imperceptible vesicle to the uttermost conceivable bounds of the cosmos1 those glorious thinkers1 the ,occultists1 trace cycle merging into cycle1 containing and contained in an endless series4 ,the embryo evolving in its prenatal sphere1 the individual in his family1 the family in the state1 the state in mankind1 the earth in our system1 that system in its central universe1 the universe in the ,kosmos1 and the ,kosmos in the ,,one ,,cause--the ,boundless and ,endless47#dcj7 ,thus runs their philosophy of evolution1 differing as we see1 from that of ,hckel4 ,all are but parts of one stupendous whole1 ,whose body ,nature is1 and 7,parabrahm7 the ,soul4 ,these are the proofs of ,occultism1 and they are rejected by ,science4 ,but how is the chasm between the mind of man and animal to be bridged in this case8 ,how1 if the anthropoid and homo primigenius had1 argumenti grati1 a common ancestor--in the way modern speculation puts it--how did the two groups diverge so widely from one another as regards mental capacity8 ,true1 the ,occultist may be told that in every case ,occultism does what ,science repeats2 it gives a common ancestor to ape and man1 since it makes the former issue from ,primval ,man4 ,aye1 but that 8,primval ,man0 was man only in external form4 ,he was mindless and soulless at the time he begot1 with a female animal monster1 the forefather of a series of apes4 ,this speculation--if speculation it be--is at least logical1 and fills the chasm between the mind of man and animal4 ,thus it accounts for and explains the hitherto unaccountable and inexplicable4 ,the fact--of which ,science is almost certain--that1 in the present stage of evolution1 no issue can follow from the union of man and animal1 is considered and explained elsewhere4 ,now what is the fundamental difference between the accepted 7or nearly so7 conclusions--as enunciated in ,the ,pedigree of ,man--that man and ape have a common ancestor1 and the teachings of ,occultism1 which deny this conclusion and accept the fact that all things and all living beings have originated from one common source8 ,materialistic ,science makes man evolve gradually to what he is now4 ,starting from the first protoplasmic speck called ,moneron--which we are told has1 like the rest1 8originated in the course of immeasurable ages from a few1 or from one simple1 spontaneously arising original form1 that has obeyed one law of evolution0--he is made to pass through 8unknown and unknowable0 types up to the ape1 and thence to the human being4 ,where the transitional shapes are discoverable we are not told2 for the simple reason that no 8missinglinks0 between man and the apes have ever yet been found1 though this fact in no way prevents men like ,hckel from inventing them ad libitum4 ,nor will they ever be met with2 simply1 again1 because that link which unites man with his real ancestry is searched for on the objective plane and in the material world of forms1 whereas it is safely hidden from the microscope and dissecting knife within the animal tabernacle of man himself4 ,we repeat what we have said in ,isis ,unveiled3 ,all things had their origin in ,spirit--evolution having originally begun from above and proceeded downward1 instead of the reverse1 as taught in the ,darwinian theory4 ,in other words1 there has been a gradual materialization of forms until a fixed ultimate of debasement is reached4 ,this point is that at which the doctrine of modern evolution enters into the arena of speculative hypothesis4 ,arrived at this period we shall find it easier to understand ,hckel's ,anthropogeny1 which traces the pedigree of man 8from its protoplasmic root1 sodden in the mud of seas which existed before the oldest of the fossiliferous rocks were deposited10 according to ,mr4 ,huxley's exposition4 ,we may more easily still believe man 7of the ,third ,round7 evolved 8by gradual modification of an astral mammal of apelike organization10 when we remember that the same theory1 in a more condensed and less elegant1 but equally comprehensible1 phraseology1 was said by ,berosus to have been taught many thousands of years before his time by the man fish ,oannes or ,dagon1 the semidemon of ,babylonia7#dca7 7though on somewhat modified lines74 ,but what lies back of the ,darwinian line of descent8 ,so far as ,darwin is concerned nothing but 8unverifiable hypotheses40 ,for1 as he puts it1 he views all beings 8as the lineal descendants of some few beings which lived long before the first bed of the ,silurian system was deposited407#dcb7 ,he does not attempt to show us what these 8few beings0 were4 ,but it answers our purpose quite as well1 for1 in the bare admission of their existence1 recourse to the ancients for corroboration and elaboration of the idea receives the stamp of scientific approbation47#dcc7 ,truly1 as we said in our first work1 if we accept ,darwin's theory of the development of species1 we find that his startingpoint lies in front of an open door4 ,we are at liberty either to remain within with him1 or cross the threshold1 beyond which lies the limitless and the incomprehensible1 or rather the ,unutterable4 ,if our mortal language is inadequate to express what our spirit--while on this earth--dimly foresees in the great 8,beyond10 it must realize it at some point in the timeless ,eternity4 ,but what lies 8beyond0 ,hckel's theory8 ,why ,bathybius ,hckelii1 and no more6 ,stanza ,,ix4 ,the ,final ,evolution ,of ,man4 #cc4 ,the creators repent4 #cd4 ,they atone for their neglect4 #ce4 ,men become endowed with minds4 #cf4 ,the ,fourth ,race develops perfect speech4 #cg4 ,every androgynous unit is separated and becomes bisexual4 #cc4 ,,seeing ,,which17#dcd7 ,,the ,,lhas7#dce7 ,,who ,,had ,,not ,,built ,,men17#dcf7 ,,wept1 ,,saying3 #cd4 8,,the ,,am,,nasa7#dcg7 ,,have ,,defiled ,,our ,,future ,,abodes4 ,,this ,,is ,,karma4 ,,let ,,us ,,dwell ,,in ,,the ,,others4 ,,let ,,us ,,teach ,,them ,,better1 ,,lest ,,worse ,,should ,,happen40 ,,they ,,did4444 #ce4 ,,then ,,all ,,men ,,became ,,endowed ,,with ,,manas47#dch7 ,,they ,,saw ,,the ,,sin ,,of ,,the ,,mindless4 ,but they had already separated1 before the ray of divine reason had enlightened the dark region of their hitherto slumbering minds1 and had sinned4 ,that is to say1 they had committed evil unconsciously1 by producing an effect which was unnatural4 ,yet1 like the other six primitive brother or fellow races1 even so this seventh1 henceforth degenerated race1 which will have to bide its time for its final development on account of the sin committed--even this race will find itself on the last day on one of the ,seven ,paths4 ,for3 ,the ,wise7#dci7 guard the home of nature's order1 they assume excellent forms in secret47#ddj7 ,but we must see whether the 8animals0 tampered with1 were of the same kind as those known to ,zology4 ,the 8,fall0 occurred1 according to the testimony of ancient ,wisdom and the old records1 as soon as ,daksha--the rencarnated ,creator of men and things in the early ,third ,race--disappeared to make room for that portion of mankind which had 8separated40 ,this is how one ,commentary explains the details that preceded the 8,fall03 ,in the initial period of man's ,fourth ,evolution1 the human kingdom branched off in several and various directions4 ,the outward shape of its first specimens was not uniform1 for the vehicles the egglike1 external shells1 in which the future fully physical man gestated were often tampered with1 before they hardened1 by huge animals1 of species now unknown1 and belonging to the tentative efforts of ,nature4 ,the result was that intermediate races of monsters1 half animals1 half men1 were produced4 ,but as they were failures1 they were not allowed to breathe long and live1 although1 the intrinsically paramount power of psychic over physical nature being yet very weak1 and hardly established1 the 8,egg born0 ,sons had taken several of their females unto themselves as mates1 and bred other human monsters4 ,later1 animal species and human races becoming gradually equilibrized1 they separated1 and mated no longer4 ,man created no more--he begot4 ,but he also begot animals as well as men1 in days of old4 ,therefore the ,sages or wise men1 who speak of males who had no more willbegotten offspring1 but begat various animals along with ,dnavas ,giants on females of other species--animals being as or in the manner of sons putative to them2 and they the human males refusing in time to be regarded as putative fathers of dumb creatures--spoke truthfully and wisely4 ,upon seeing this state of things1 the ,kings and ,lords of the last ,races of the ,third and the ,fourth placed the seal of prohibition upon the sinful intercourse4 ,it interfered with ,karma1 it developed new ,karma7#dda74 ,they the ,divine ,kings struck the culprits with sterility4 ,they destroyed the ,red and ,blue ,races47#ddb7 ,in another we find3 ,there were blue and redfaced animalmen even in later times2 not from actual intercourse between the human and animal species1 but by descent4 ,and still another passage mentions3 ,redhaired1 swarthy men going on allfours1 who bend and unbend stand erect and fall on their hands again1 who speak as their forefathers1 and run on their hands as their giant foremothers4 ,perchance in these specimens ,hckelians might recognize1 not the 8,homo ,primigenius10 but some of the lower tribes1 such as some tribes of the ,australian savages4 ,nevertheless1 even these are not descended from the anthropoid apes1 but from human fathers and semihuman mothers1 or1 to speak more correctly1 from human monsters--those 8failures0 mentioned in the first ,commentary4 ,the real anthropoids1 ,hckel's ,catarrhini and ,platyrrhini1 came far later1 in the closing times of ,atlantis4 ,the ,orang ,outang1 the ,gorilla1 the ,chimpanzee and ,cynocephalus are the latest and purely physical evolutions from lower anthropoid mammalians4 ,they have a spark of the purely human essence in them2 man on the other hand1 has not one drop of pithecoid7#ddc7 blood in his veins4 ,thus saith old ,wisdom and universal tradition4 ,how was the separation of sexes effected8 it is asked4 ,are we to believe in the old ,jewish fable of the rib of ,adam yielding ,eve8 ,even such belief is more logical and reasonable than the descent of man from the ,quadrumana without any reservation2 as the former hides an ,esoteric truth under a fabulous version1 while the latter conceals no deeper fact than a desire to force upon mankind a materialistic fiction4 ,the rib is bone1 and when we read in ,genesis that ,eve was made out of the rib1 it only means that the ,race 8with bones0 was produced out of a previous ,race and ,races1 which were 8boneless40 ,this is an ,esoteric tenet spread far and wide4 ,it is almost universal under its various forms4 ,a ,tahitian tradition states that man was created out of ,ara1 8red earth40 ,taaroa1 the ,creative ,power1 the chief ,god1 8put man to sleep for long years1 for several lives40 ,this means racial periods1 and is a reference to his mental sleep1 as shown elsewhere4 ,during that time the deity pulled an ,ivi 7bone7 out of man and she became a woman47#ddd7 ,nevertheless1 whatever the allegory may signify1 even its exoteric meaning necessitates a divine ,builder of man--a 8,progenitor40 ,do we then believe in such 8supernatural0 ,beings8 ,we say3 ,no4 ,occultism has never believed in anything1 whether animate or inanimate1 outside ,nature4 ,nor are we ,cosmolaters or ,polytheists for believing in 8,heavenly ,man0 and ,divine ,men1 for we have the accumulated testimony of the ages1 with its unvarying evidence on every essential point1 to support us in this2 the ,wisdom of the ,ancients and universal tradition4 ,we reject1 however1 such groundless and baseless traditions as have outgrown strict allegory and symbolism1 although they may have found acceptance in exoteric creeds4 ,but that which is preserved in unanimous tradition1 only the wilfully blind could reject4 ,hence we believe in races of ,beings other than our own in far remote geological periods2 in races of ethereal1 following incorporeal 7,arpa7 ,men1 with form but no solid substance1 giants who preceded us pigmies2 in ,dynasties of ,divine ,beings1 those ,kings and ,instructors of the ,third ,race in arts and sciences1 compared with which our little ,modern ,science stands less chance than elementary arithmetic with geometry4 ,no1 certainly not4 ,we do not believe in supernatural but only in superhuman1 or rather interhuman1 intelligences4 ,one can easily appreciate the feeling of reluctance that an educated person would have to being classed with the superstitious and ignorant2 and even realize the great truth uttered by ,renan when he says that3 ,the supernatural has become like the original sin1 a blemish that everyone seems ashamed of--even those most religious persons who refuse in our day to accept be it a minimum of ,bible miracles in all their crudeness1 and who1 seeking to reduce them to the minimum1 hide and conceal it in the furthermost corners of the past47#dde7 ,but the 8supernatural0 of ,renan belongs to dogma and its dead letter4 ,it has nought to do with its spirit nor with the reality of facts in ,nature4 ,if ,theology asks us to believe that it was only four or five thousand years ago that men lived #ijj years and more1 that a portion of mankind1 the enemies of the people of ,israel exclusively1 was composed of giants and monsters1 we decline to believe that such a thing existed in ,nature only five thousand years back4 ,for ,nature never proceeds by jumps and starts1 and logic and common sense1 besides ,geology1 ,anthropology and ,ethnology1 have justly rebelled against such assertions4 ,but if this same ,theology1 giving up her fantastic chronology1 had claimed that men lived #ifi years--the age of ,methuselah--five million years ago1 we should have nothing to say against the claim4 ,for in those days the physical frame of men was1 compared to the present human body1 as that of a ,megalosaurus to a common lizard4 ,a ,naturalist suggests another difficulty4 ,the human is the only species which1 however unequal in its races1 can breed together4 8,there is no question of selection between human races10 say the anti,darwinists1 and no ,evolutionist can deny the argument--one which very triumphantly proves specific unity4 ,how then can ,occultism insist that a portion of the ,fourth ,race humanity begot young ones from females of another1 only semi human1 if not quite an animal1 race2 the hybrids resulting from which union not only bred freely but produced the ancestors of the modern anthropoid apes8 ,esoteric ,science replies to this that it was in the very beginnings of physical man4 ,since then1 ,nature has changed her ways1 and sterility is the only result of the crime of man's bestiality4 ,but we have even today proofs of this4 ,the ,secret ,doctrine teaches that the specific unity of mankind is not without exceptions even now4 ,for there are1 or rather still were a few years ago1 descendants of these halfanimal tribes or races1 both of remote ,lemurian and ,lemuro,atlantean origin4 ,the world knows them as ,tasmanians 7now extinct71 ,australians1 ,andaman ,islanders1 etc4 ,the descent of the ,tasmanians can be almost proved by a fact1 which struck ,darwin a good deal1 without his being able to make anything of it4 ,this fact deserves notice4 ,de ,quatrefages and other ,naturalists1 who seek to prove ,monogenesis by the very fact of every race of mankind being capable of crossing with every other1 have left out of their calculations exceptions1 which do not in this case confirm the rule4 ,human crossing may have been a general rule from the time of the separation of sexes1 but this does not prevent another law asserting itself1 viz41 sterility between two human races1 just as between two animal species of different kinds1 in those rare cases when a ,european1 condescending to see in a female of a savage tribe a mate1 happens to choose a member of such mixed tribes47#ddf7 ,darwin notes such a case in a ,tasmanian tribe1 whose women were suddenly struck with sterility1 en masse1 some time after the arrival among them of ,european colonists4 ,the great ,naturalist tried to explain this fact by change of diet1 food conditions1 etc41 but finally gave up the solution of the mystery4 ,for the ,occultist it is very evident4 8,crossing10 as it is called1 of ,europeans with ,tasmanian women--i4e41 the representatives of a race1 whose progenitors were a 8soulless07#ddg7 and mindless monster1 with a real human1 though still as mindless a man--brought on sterility2 and this1 not only as a consequence of a physiological law1 but also as a decree of ,karmic evolution in the question of further survival of the abnormal race4 ,in no one point of the above is ,science prepared to believe as yet--but it will have to in the long run4 ,esoteric ,philosophy1 let us remember1 only fills the gaps left by ,science and corrects her false premisses4 ,yet1 in this particular1 ,geology and even ,botany and ,zoology support the ,esoteric ,teachings4 ,it has been suggested by many ,geologists that the ,australian native--coxisting as he does with an archaic fauna and flora--must date back to an enormous antiquity4 ,the whole environment of this mysterious race1 about whose origin ,ethnology is silent1 is a testimony to the truth of the ,esoteric position4 ,as ,jukes says3 ,it is a very curious fact that not only these marsupial animals the mammals found in the ,oxfordshire ,stonefield ,slates1 but several of the shells--as for instance1 the ,trigonias and even some of the plants found fossil in the ,oolitic rocks--much more nearly resemble those now living in ,australia than the living forms of any other part of the globe4 ,this might be explained on the supposition that1 since the ,oolitic ,jurassic period less change has taken place in ,australia than elsewhere1 and that the ,australian flora and fauna consequently retain something of the ,oolitic type1 while it had been altogether supplanted and replaced on the rest of the globe 6 647#ddh7 ,now why has less change taken place in ,australia than elsewhere8 ,where is the raison d'tre for such a 8curse of retardation08 ,it is simply because the nature of the environment develops pari passu with the race concerned4 ,correspondences rule in every quarter4 ,the survivors of those later ,lemurians1 who escaped the destruction of their fellows when the main ,continent was submerged1 became the ancestors of a portion of the present native tribes4 ,being a very low subrace1 begotten originally of animals1 of monsters1 whose very fossils are now resting miles under the sea floors1 their stock has since existed in an environment strongly subjected to the law of retardation4 ,australia is one of the oldest lands now above the waters1 and in the senile decrepitude of old age1 its 8virgin soil0 notwithstanding4 ,it can produce no new forms1 unless helped by new and fresh races1 and artificial cultivation and breeding4 ,to return once more1 however1 to the history of the ,third ,race1 the 8,sweatborn10 the 8,eggbearing10 and the 8,androgyne40 ,almost sexless1 in its early beginnings1 it became bisexual or androgynous2 very gradually of course4 ,the passage from the first to the last transformation required numberless generations1 during which the simple cell that issued from the earliest parent 7the two in one71 first developed into a bisexual being2 and then the cell1 becoming a regular egg1 gave forth a unisexual creature4 ,the ,third ,race mankind is the most mysterious of all the five hitherto developed ,races4 ,the mystery of the 8,how0 of the generation of the distinct sexes must1 of course1 be very obscure here1 as it is the business of an embryologist and a specialist2 the present work giving only faint outlines of the process4 ,but it is evident that the units of the ,third ,race humanity began to separate in their prenatal shells1 or eggs17#ddi7 and to issue out of them as distinct male and female babes1 ages after the appearance of its early progenitors4 ,and1 as time rolled on its geological periods1 the newly born subraces began to lose their natal capacities4 ,toward the end of the fourth subrace of the ,third ,race1 the babe lost its faculty of walking as soon as liberated from its shell1 and by the end of the fifth1 mankind was born under the same conditions and by identically the same process as our historical generations4 ,this required1 of course1 millions of years4 ,the reader has been made acquainted with the approximate figures1 at least of the exoteric calculations47#dej7 ,we are approaching the turningpoint of the evolution of the ,races4 ,let us see what ,occult ,philosophy says on the origin of language4 #cf4 ,,the ,,fourth ,,race ,,developed ,,speech4 ,the ,commentaries explain that the ,first ,race--the ethereal or astral ,sons of ,yoga1 also called 8,selfborn0--was1 in our sense1 speechless1 for it was devoid of mind on our plane4 ,the ,second ,race had a 8soundlanguage10 to wit1 chantlike sounds composed of vowels alone4 ,the ,third ,race developed in the beginning a kind of language which was only a slight improvement on the various sounds in ,nature1 on the cry of gigantic insects and of the first animals1 which1 however1 were hardly nascent in the day of the 8,sweatborn0 or the early ,third ,race4 ,in its second half1 when the 8,sweatborn0 gave birth to the 8,eggborn10 the middle ,third ,race2 and when these1 instead of 8hatching out0--may the reader pardon the rather ridiculous expression when applied to human beings in our age--as androgynous beings1 began to evolve into separate males and females2 and when the same law of evolution led them to reproduce their kind sexually--an act which forced the ,creative ,gods1 compelled by ,karmic law1 to incarnate in mindless men2 then only was speech developed4 ,but even then it was still no better than a tentative effort4 ,the whole human race was at that time of 8one language and of one lip40 ,this did not prevent the last two subraces of the ,third ,race7#dea7 from building cities1 and sowing far and wide the first seeds of civilization under the guidance of their ,divine ,instructors17#deb7 and their own already awakened minds4 ,let the reader also bear in mind that1 as each of the seven ,races is divided into four ,ages--the ,golden1 ,silver1 ,bronze1 and ,iron ,age--so is every smallest division of such ,races4 ,speech then developed1 according to ,occult ,teaching1 in the following order3 ,i4 ,monosyllabic speech3 that of the first approximately fully developed human beings at the close of the ,third ,root,race1 the 8goldencoloured10 yellowcomplexioned men1 after their separation into sexes1 and the full awakening of their minds4 ,before that1 they communicated through what would now be called 8thoughttransference10 though1 with the exception of the ,race called the 8,sons of ,will and ,yoga0--the first in whom the 8,sons of ,wisdom0 had incarnated--thought was but very little developed in nascent physical man1 and never soared above a low terrestrial level4 ,their physical bodies belonging to the ,earth1 their ,monads remained on a higher plane altogether4 ,language could not be well developed before the full acquisition and development of their reasoning faculties4 ,this monosyllabic speech was the vowelparent1 so to speak1 of the monosyllabic languages mixed with hard consonants1 still in use amongst the yellow races which are known to the ,anthropologist47#dec7 ,,ii4 ,agglutinative speech3 these linguistic characteristics developed into the agglutinative languages4 ,the latter were spoken by some ,atlantean races1 while other parent stocks of the ,fourth ,race preserved the mother language4 ,and as languages have their cyclic evolution1 their childhood1 purity1 growth1 fall into matter1 admixture with other languages1 maturity1 decay and finally death17#ded7 so the primitive speech of the most civilized ,atlantean races--that language1 which is referred to as ,rkshas ,bhsh1 in old ,sanskrit works--decayed and almost died out4 ,while the 8cream0 of the ,fourth ,race gravitated more and more toward the apex of physical and intellectual evolution1 thus leaving as an heirloom to the nascent ,fifth 7the ryan7 ,race the inflectional1 highly developed languages1 the agglutinative decayed and remained as a fragmentary fossil idiom1 now scattered1 and nearly limited to the aboriginal tribes of ,america4 ,,iii4 ,inflectional speech3 the root of the ,sanskrit1 very erroneously called the 8elder sister0 of the ,greek1 instead of its mother--was the first language1 now the mystery tongue of the ,initiates1 of the ,fifth ,race4 ,the 8,semitic0 languages are the bastard descendants of the first phonetic corruptions of the eldest children of the early ,sanskrit4 ,the ,occult ,doctrine admits of no such divisions as the ryan and the ,semite1 and accepts even the ,turanian with ample reservations4 ,the ,semites1 especially the ,arabs1 are later ryans--degenerate in spirituality and perfected in materiality4 ,to these belong all the ,jews and the ,arabs4 ,the former are a tribe descended from the ,chandlas of ,india1 the outcasts1 many of them ex,brhmans1 who sought refuge in ,chalda1 in ,scinde1 and ,aria 7,iran71 and were truly born from their father ,a,bram 7,no,brhman7 some #h1jjj years ,b4,c4 ,the latter1 the ,arabs1 are the descendants of those ryans who would not go into ,india at the time of the dispersion of nations1 some of whom remained on the borderlands thereof1 in ,afghanistan and ,kabul7#dee7 and along the ,oxus1 while others penetrated into and invaded ,arabia4 ,but this was when ,africa had already been raised as a continent4 ,we have meanwhile to follow1 as closely as limited space will permit1 the gradual evolution of the now truly human species4 ,it is in the suddenly arrested evolution of certain subraces1 and their forced and violent diversion into the purely animal line by artificial crossbreeding1 truly analogous to the hybridization which we have now learned to utilize in the vegetable and animal kingdoms1 that we have to look for the origin of the anthropoids4 ,in these redhaired and haircovered monsters1 the fruit of the unnatural connection between men and animals1 the 8,lords of ,wisdom0 did not incarnate1 as we see4 ,thus through a long series of transformations due to unnatural crossbreeding--unnatural 8sexual selection0--originated in due course of time the lowest specimens of humanity2 while further bestiality and the fruit of their first animal efforts of reproduction begat a species which developed into mammalian apes ages later47#def7 ,as to the separation of sexes1 it did not occur suddenly1 as one may think4 ,nature proceeds slowly in whatever she does4 #cg4 ,,the ,,one7#deg7 ,,became ,,two2 ,,also ,,all ,,the ,,living ,,and ,,creeping ,,things ,,that ,,were ,,still ,,one1 ,,giant ,,fish1 ,,birds ,,and ,,serpents ,,with ,,shell,,heads4 ,this relates evidently to the socalled age of amphibious reptiles1 during which ,science denies that man existed6 ,but what could the ,ancients know of antediluvian prehistoric animals and monsters8 ,nevertheless1 in ,book ,,vi of the ,commentaries is found a passage which1 freely translated1 says3 ,when the ,third separated and fell into sin by breeding menanimals1 these the animals became ferocious1 and men and they mutually destructive4 ,till then1 there was no sin1 no life taken4 ,after the separation the ,satya ,yuga was at an end4 ,the eternal spring became constant change and seasons succeeded4 ,cold forced men to build shelters and devise clothing4 ,then man appealed to the superior ,fathers the higher ,gods or ,angels4 ,the ,nirmnakyas1 of the ,ngas1 the wise ,serpents and ,dragons of ,light1 came1 and the precursors of the ,enlightened the ,buddhas4 ,divine ,kings descended and taught men sciences and arts1 for man could live no longer in the first land di,varsha1 the ,eden of the first ,races1 which had turned into a white frozen corpse4 ,the above is suggestive4 ,we will see what can be inferred from this brief statement4 ,some may incline to think that there is more in it than is apparent at first sight4 ,edens1 ,serpents1 ,and ,dragons4 ,whence the idea1 and the true meaning of the term 8,eden08 ,christians will maintain that the ,garden of ,eden is the holy ,paradise1 the place desecrated by the sin of ,adam and ,eve2 the ,occultist will deny this deadletter interpretation1 and show the reverse4 ,one need not believe in the ,bible and see in it divine revelation1 to say that this ancient book1 if read esoterically1 is based upon the same universal traditions as the other ancient scriptures4 ,what ,eden was is partially shown in ,isis ,unveiled1 where it is said that3 ,the ,garden of ,eden as a locality is no myth at all2 it belongs to those landmarks of history which occasionally disclose to the student that the ,bible is not all mere allegory4 8,eden1 or the ,hebrew 1 ,gan,eden1 meaning the ,park or the ,garden of ,eden1 is an archaic name of the country watered by the ,euphrates and its many branches1 from ,asia and ,armenia to the ,erythraian sea407#deh7 ,in the ,chaldan ,book of ,numbers1 its location is designated in numerals1 and in the cypher ,rosicrucian manuscript1 left by ,count ,st4 ,germain1 it is fully described4 ,in the ,assyrian ,tablets it is rendered ,ganduniyas4 8,behold10 say the 1 ,elohim1 of ,genesis1 8the man is become as one of us40 ,the ,elohim may be accepted in one sense for gods or powers1 and in another for ,aleim1 or priests--the hierophants initiated into the good and evil of this world2 for there was a college of priests called the ,aleim1 while the head of their caste1 or the chief of the hierophants1 was known as ,java,aleim4 ,instead of becoming a neophyte1 and gradually obtaining his esoteric knowledge through a regular initiation1 an ,adam1 or ,man1 uses his intuitional faculties and1 prompted by the serpent--,woman and ,matter--tastes of the ,tree of ,knowledge1 the ,esoteric or ,secret ,doctrine1 unlawfully4 ,the priests of ,hercules1 or ,melkarth1 the 8,lord0 of the ,eden1 all wore 8coats of skin40 ,the text says3 8,and ,java,aleim made for ,adam and his wife1 4 ,chitonuthour40 ,the first ,hebrew word1 ,chiton1 is the ,greek 7,chitn74 ,it became a ,slavonic word by adoption from the ,bible1 and means a coat1 an upper garment4 ,though containing the same substratum of esoteric truth as does every early ,cosmogony1 the ,hebrew ,scripture wears on its face the marks of a double origin4 ,its ,genesis is purely a reminiscence of the ,babylonian captivity4 ,the names of places1 men1 and even objects1 can be traced from the original text to the ,chaldans and the ,akkadians1 the progenitors and ryan instructors of the former4 ,it is strongly contested that the ,akkad tribes of ,chalda1 ,babylonia and ,assyria were in any way cognate with the ,brhmans of ,hindstan2 but there are more proofs in favour of this opinion than otherwise4 ,the ,shemite or ,assyrian ought1 perchance1 to have been called the ,turanian1 and the ,mongolians have been denominated ,scyths4 ,but if the ,akkadians ever existed1 otherwise than in the imagination of some ,philologists and ,ethnologists1 they certainly would never have been a ,turanian tribe1 as some ,assyriologists have striven to make us believe4 ,they were simply emigrants on their way to ,asia ,minor from ,india1 the cradle of humanity1 and their sacerdotal adepts tarried to civilize and initiate a barbarian people4 ,halvy proved the fallacy of the ,turanian mania in regard to ,akkadian people1 and other scientists have proved that the ,babylonian civilization was neither born nor developed in that country4 ,it was imported from ,india1 and the importers were ,brhmanical ,hinds47#dei7 ,and now1 ten years after this was written1 we find ourselves corroborated by ,professor ,sayce1 who says in his first ,hibbert ,lecture that the culture of the ,babylonian city ,eridu was of 8foreign importation40 ,it came from ,india4 ,much of the theology was borrowed by the ,semites from the non ,semitic ,akkadians or ,proto,chaldans1 whom they supplanted1 and whose local cults they had neither the will nor the power to uproot4 ,indeed1 throughout a long course of ages the two races1 ,semites and ,akkadians1 lived side by side1 their notions and worship of the gods blending insensibly together4 ,here1 the ,akkadians are called 8non,semitic10 as we had insisted they were in ,isis ,unveiled1 which is another corroboration4 ,nor are we less right in always maintaining that the ,jewish biblical history was a compilation of historical facts1 arranged from other people's history in ,jewish garb--,genesis excluded1 which is ,esotericism pure and simple4 ,but it is really from the ,euxine to ,kashmir1 and beyond1 that ,science has to search for the cradle--or rather one of the chief cradles--of mankind and the sons of ,adah2 especially in after times1 when the ,garden of ,eden on the ,euphrates became the ,college of the ,astrologers and ,magi1 the ,aleim4 ,but this ,college and this ,eden belong to the ,fifth ,race1 and are simply a faint reminiscence of the di,varsha1 of the primeval ,third ,race4 ,what is the etymological meaning of the word ,eden8 ,in ,greek it is 1 signifying 8voluptuousness40 ,in this aspect it is no better than the ,olympus of the ,greeks1 ,indra's ,heaven1 ,svarga1 on ,mount ,meru1 and even the ,paradise full of ,houris1 promised by ,mahomet to the faithful4 ,the ,garden of ,eden was never the property of the ,jews1 for ,china1 which can hardly be suspected of having known anything of the ,jews #b1jjj ,b4,c41 had such a primitive ,garden in ,central ,asia inhabited by the 8,dragons of ,wisdom10 the ,initiates4 ,and according to ,klaproth1 the hieroglyphical chart copied from a ,japanese ,cyclopdia in the book of ,fokouki7#dfj7 places its 8,garden of ,wisdom0 on the ,plateau of ,pamir between the highest peaks of the ,himlayan ranges2 and1 describing it as the culminating point of ,central ,asia1 shows the four rivers--,oxus1 ,indus1 ,ganges1 and ,silo--flowing from a common source1 the 8,lake of the ,dragons40 ,but this is not the ,genetic ,eden2 nor is it the ,kabalistical ,garden of ,eden4 ,for the former--,eden ,illaah--means in one sense ,wisdom1 a state like that of ,nirvna1 a ,paradise of ,bliss2 while in another sense it refers to ,intellectual ,man himself1 the container of the ,eden in which grows the ,tree of ,knowledge of good and evil2 man being the ,knower thereof4 ,renan and ,barthlemy ,st4 ,hilaire1 basing themselves 8on the most solid inductions10 think it impossible to doubt any longer1 and both place the cradle of humanity 8in the region of the ,timaus40 ,finally1 the ,journal ,asiatique7#dfa7 concludes that3 ,all the traditions of the human race gathering its primitive families at the region of their birthplace1 show them to us grouped around the countries where ,jewish tradition places the ,garden of ,eden2 where the ryans ,zoroastrians established their ,airyana ,vaj or the ,meru 84 ,they are hemmed in to the ,north by the countries which join ,lake ,aral1 and to the ,south by ,baltistan1 or ,little ,tibet4 ,everything concurs in proving that there was the abode of that primitive humanity to which we have to be traced4 ,that 8primitive humanity0 was in its ,fifth ,race1 when the 8,fourmouthed ,dragon10 the lake1 of which very few traces are now left1 was the abode of the 8,sons of ,wisdom10 the first ,mindborn ,sons of the ,third ,race4 ,yet it was neither the only nor the primitive cradle of humanity1 though it was the copy of the cradle1 verily1 of the first thinking divine ,man4 ,it was the ,paradesha1 the highland of the first ,sanskritspeaking people1 the ,hedone1 the country of delight of the ,greeks1 but it was not the 8,bower of ,voluptuousness0 of the ,chaldans1 for the latter was but the reminiscence of it2 nor again was it there that the 8,fall of ,man0 occurred after the 8separation40 ,the ,eden of the ,jews was copied from the ,chaldan copy4 ,that the ,fall of ,man into generation occurred during the earliest portion of what ,science calls the ,mesozoic times1 or the age of the reptiles1 is evidenced by the bible phraseology concerning the serpent1 the nature of which is explained in the ,zohar4 ,the question is not whether ,eve's incident with the tempting reptile is allegorical or textual1 for no one can doubt that it is the former1 but to show the antiquity of the symbolism on the very face of it1 and that it was not a ,jewish but a universal idea4 ,now we find in the ,zohar a very strange assertion1 one that is calculated to provoke the reader to merry laughter by its ludicrous absurdity4 ,it tells us that the serpent1 which was used by ,shamal1 the supposed ,satan1 to seduce ,eve1 was a kind of 8flying camel0--47#dfb7 ,a 8flying camel0 is indeed too much for the most liberalminded ,f4,r4,s4 ,nevertheless1 the ,zohar1 which can hardly be expected to use the language of a ,cuvier1 was right in its description2 for we find it called in the old ,zoroastrian ,,mss4 ,aschmogh1 which in the ,avesta is represented as having after the ,fall lost its nature and its name1 and is described as a huge serpent with a camel's neck4 ,salverte asserts that3 ,there are no winged serpents nor veritable dragons4444 ,grasshoppers are still called by the ,greeks winged serpents1 and this metaphor may have created several narratives on the existence of winged serpents47#dfc7 ,there are none now2 but there is no reason why they should not have existed during the ,mesozoic ,age2 and ,cuvier1 who has reconstructed their skeletons1 is a witness to 8flying camels40 ,already1 after finding simple fossils of certain saurians1 the great ,naturalist has written1 that3 ,if anything can justify the hydras and other monsters1 whose figures were so often repeated by medival historians1 it is incontestably the ,plesiosaurus47#dfd7 ,we are unaware if ,cuvier has added anything in the way of a further mea culpa1 but we may well imagine his confusion for all his slanders against archaic veracity1 when he found himself in the presence of a flying saurian1 the ,pterodactyl1 found in ,germany1 seventyeight feet long1 and carrying vigorous wings attached to its reptilian body4 ,this fossil is described as a reptile1 the little fingers of whose hands are so elongated as to bear a long membranous wing4 ,here1 then1 the 8flying camel0 of the ,zohar is vindicated4 ,for surely1 between the long neck of the ,plesiosaurus and the membranous wing of the ,pterodactyl1 or still better the ,mosasaurus1 there is enough scientific probability on which to build a 8flying camel10 or a longnecked dragon4 ,prof4 ,cope1 of ,philadelphia1 has shown that the ,mosasaurus fossil in the chalk was a winged serpent of this kind4 ,there are characters in its vertebr1 which indicate union with the ,ophidia rather than with the ,lacertilia4 ,and now to the main question4 ,it is well known that ,antiquity has never claimed ,palontography and ,palontology among its arts and sciences2 and it never had its ,cuviers4 ,yet on ,babylonian tiles1 and especially in old ,chinese and ,japanese drawings1 in the oldest ,pagodas and monuments1 and in the ,imperial ,library at ,pekin1 many a traveller has seen and recognized perfect representations of ,plesiosauri and ,pterodactyls in the multiform ,chinese dragons47#dfe7 ,moreover1 the prophets speak in the ,bible of the flying fiery serpents17#dff7 and ,job mentions the ,leviathan47#dfg7 ,now the following questions are put very directly3 ,i4 ,how could the ancient nations know anything of the extinct monsters of the ,carboniferous and ,mesozoic times1 and even represent and describe them orally and pictorially1 unless they had either seen those monsters themselves or possessed descriptions of them in their traditions2 which descriptions necessitate living and intelligent eyewitnesses8 ,,ii4 ,and if such eyewitnesses are once admitted 7unless retrospective clairvoyance is granted71 how can humanity and the first palolithic men be no earlier than about the middle of the ,tertiary period8 ,we must bear in mind that most of the men of ,science do not allow man to have appeared before the ,quaternary period1 and thus shut him out completely from the ,cainozoic times4 ,here we have extinct species of animals1 which disappeared from the face of the ,earth millions of years ago1 described by1 and known to1 nations whose civilization1 it is said1 could hardly have begun a few thousand years ago4 ,how is this8 ,evidently either the ,mesozoic time has to be made to overlap the ,quaternary period1 or man must be made the contemporary of the ,pterodactyl and the ,plesiosaurus4 ,it does not follow that1 because the ,occultists believe in and defend ,ancient ,wisdom and ,science1 even though winged saurians are called 8flying camels0 in the translations of the ,zohar1 we therefore as readily believe in all the stories which the ,middle ,ages give us of such dragons4 ,pterodactyls and ,plesiosauri ceased to exist with the bulk of the ,third ,race4 ,when1 therefore1 we are gravely asked by ,roman ,catholic writers to credit ,christopher ,scherer's and ,father ,kircher's cockandbull stories of their having seen with their own eyes living fiery and flying dragons1 respectively in #afai and #affi1 we may be allowed to regard their assertions as either dreams or fibs47#dfh7 ,nor shall we regard otherwise than as a 8poetical license0 the story told of ,petrarch1 who1 while following one day his ,laura in the woods and passing near a cave1 is credited with having found a dragon1 whom he forthwith stabbed with his dagger and killed1 thus preventing the monster from devouring the lady of his heart47#dfi7 ,we would willingly believe the story had ,petrarch lived in the days of ,atlantis1 when such antediluvian monsters may still have existed4 ,we deny their existence in our present era4 ,the seaserpent is one thing1 the dragon quite another4 ,the former is denied by the majority because it lives in the very depths of the ocean1 is very scarce1 and rises to the surface only when compelled1 perhaps1 by hunger4 ,thus keeping invisible1 it may exist and still be denied4 ,but if there was such a thing as a dragon of the above description1 how could it have ever escaped detection8 ,it is a creature contemporary with the earliest ,fifth ,race1 and exists no more4 ,the reader may enquire why we speak of dragons at all8 ,we answer3 firstly1 because the knowledge of such animals is a proof of the enormous antiquity of the human race2 and1 secondly1 to show the difference between the real zoological meaning of the words 8,dragon10 8,nga10 and 8,serpent10 and the metaphorical meaning1 when used symbolically4 ,the profane reader1 who knows nothing of the mystery language1 is likely1 whenever he finds one of these words mentioned1 to accept it literally4 ,hence1 the quidproquos and unjust accusations4 ,a couple of instances will suffice4 8,sed et ,serpens80 ,aye3 but what was the nature of the serpent8 ,mystics intuitionally see in the serpent of ,genesis an animal emblem and a high spiritual essence3 a cosmic force1 superintelligent1 a 8great fallen light10 a spirit1 sidereal1 arial and tellurian at the same time1 8whose influence circumambulates the globe0 7qui circumambulat terram71 as ,de ,mirville17#dgj7 a ,christian fanatic of the deadletter1 has it1 and which only 8manifested itself under the physical emblem which agreed the better with its moral and intellectual coils0--i4e41 under the ophidian form4 ,but what will ,christians make of the ,brazen ,serpent1 the 8,divine ,healer10 if the serpent is to be regarded as the emblem of cunning and evil2 the 8,evil ,one0 itself8 ,how can the line of demarcation ever be settled1 when it is traced arbitrarily in a sectarian theological spirit8 ,for1 if the followers of the ,roman ,church are taught that ,mercury and sculapius1 or ,asclepios1 who are1 in truth1 one1 are 8devils and sons of devils10 and the wand and serpent of the latter1 the 8,devil's wand02 how about the ,brazen ,serpent of ,moses8 ,every scholar knows that both the ,heathen 8wand0 and the ,jewish 8serpent0 are one and the same1 namely1 the ,caduceus of ,mercury1 son of ,apollo,python4 ,it is easy to comprehend why the ,jews adopted the ophidian shape for their 8seducer40 ,with them it was purely physiological and phallic2 and no amount of casuistical reasoning on the part of the ,roman ,catholic ,church can give it another meaning1 once that the mystery language is well studied1 and that the ,hebrew scrolls are read numerically4 ,the ,occultists know that the ,serpent1 the ,nga1 and the ,dragon have each a septenary meaning2 that the ,sun1 for instance1 was the astronomical and cosmic emblem of the two contrasted ,lights and the two ,serpents of the ,gnostics1 the good and the evil4 ,they also know that1 when generalized1 the conclusions of both ,science and ,theology present two most ridiculous extremes4 ,for1 when the former tells us that it is sufficient to trace the legends of the serpents to their primal source1 the astronomical legend1 and to meditate seriously on the ,sun1 the conqueror of ,python1 and the celestial ,virgin in the ,zodiac forcing back the devouring ,dragon1 if we would have the key of all the subsequent religious dogmas--it is easy to perceive that1 instead of generalizing1 the author simply has his eye on ,christian religion and ,revelation4 ,we call this the one extreme4 ,we see the other when ,theology1 repeating the famous decision of the ,council of ,trent1 seeks to convince the masses that3 ,from the fall of man until the hour of his baptism the ,devil has full power over him1 and possesses him by right--diabolum dominium et potestatem super homines habere et jure eos possidere47#dga7 ,to this ,occult ,philosophy answers3 ,prove first the existence of the ,devil as an entity1 and then we may believe in such congenital possession4 ,a very small amount of observation and knowledge of human nature may be sufficient to prove the fallacy of this theological dogma4 ,had ,satan any reality1 in the objective or even subjective world 7in the ecclesiastical sense71 it is the poor ,devil who would find himself chronically obsessed and even possessed by the wicked--hence by the bulk of mankind4 ,it is humanity itself1 and especially the clergy1 headed by the haughty1 unscrupulous and intolerant ,roman ,church1 which has begotten1 given birth to1 and reared in love the ,evil ,one4 ,but this is a digression4 ,the whole world of thought is reproached by the ,church with having adored the serpent4 ,the whole of humanity burnt incense to it or stoned it4 ,the ,zends speak of it as do the ,kings and ,vedas1 as the ,edda 444 and the ,bible4444 ,everywhere the sacred serpent the ,nga has its shrine and its priest2 in ,rome it is the ,vestal who 444 prepares its meal with the same care that she bestows on the sacred fire4 ,in ,greece1 sculapius cannot cure without its assistance1 and delegates to it his powers4 ,every one has heard of the famous ,roman embassy sent by the ,senate to the god of medicine and its return with the not less famous serpent1 which proceeded of its own will and by itself toward its master's temple on one of the islands of the ,tiber4 ,not a ,bacchante that did not wind it the serpent in her hair1 not an ,augur but questioned it with care1 not a ,necromancer whose tombs are free from its presence6 ,the ,cainites and the ,ophites call it ,creator1 while recognizing1 as ,schelling did1 that the serpent is 8evil in substance and in person407#dgb7 ,yes1 the author is right1 and if one would have a complete idea of the prestige which the serpent enjoys to our own day1 he ought to study the matter in ,india and learn all that is believed about1 and still attributed to1 the ,ngas 7cobras7 in that country2 one should also visit the ,africans of ,whydah1 the ,voodoos of ,portau,prince and ,jamaica1 the ,nagals of ,mexico1 and the ,p1 or ,menserpents of ,china1 etc4 ,but why wonder that the serpent is 8adored0 and at the same time cursed1 since we know that from the beginning it was a symbol8 ,in every ancient language the word dragon signified what it now does in ,chinese1 long or 8the being who excels in intelligence10 and in ,greek1 1 or 8he who sees and watches407#dgc7 ,is it to the animal of this name that any of these epithets can apply8 ,is it not evident1 wherever superstition and oblivion of the primitive meaning may have led savages now1 that the above qualifications were intended to apply to the human originals1 who were symbolized by ,serpents and ,dragons8 ,these originals--called to this day in ,china the 8,dragons of ,wisdom0--were the first disciples of the ,dhyns1 who were their ,instructors2 in short1 the ,primitive ,adepts of the ,third ,race1 and later1 of the ,fourth and ,fifth ,races4 ,the name became universal1 and no sane man before the ,christian era would ever have confounded the man and the symbol4 ,the symbol of ,chnouphis1 or the ,soul of the ,world1 writes ,champollion3 ,is among others that of an enormous serpent standing on human legs2 this reptile1 the emblem of the ,good ,genius1 is a veritable ,agathodmon4 ,it is often represented bearded4444 ,this sacred animal1 identical with the serpent of the ,ophites1 is found engraved on numerous ,gnostic or ,basilidean stones4444 ,the serpent has various heads1 but is constantly inscribed with the letters 47#dgd7 ,agathodmon was endowed 8with the knowledge of good and evil10 i4e41 with ,divine ,wisdom1 for without the latter the former is impossible47#dge7 ,repeating ,jamblichus1 ,champollion shows him to be3 ,the deity called or the ,fire of the ,celestial ,gods--the ,great ,thot,hermes17#dgf7 to whom ,hermes ,trismegistus attributes the invention of magic47#dgg7 ,the 8invention of magic06 ,a strange term to use1 as though the unveiling of the eternal and actual mysteries of ,nature could be invented6 ,as well attribute1 millenniums hence1 the invention instead of the discovery of radiant matter to ,mr4 ,crookes4 ,hermes was not the inventor1 or even the discoverer1 for1 as said in the last footnote but one1 ,thot,hermes is a generic name1 as is ,enoch--,enochion1 the 8inner1 spiritual eye0--,nebo1 the prophet and seer1 etc4 ,it is not the proper name of any one living man1 but a generic title of many ,adepts4 ,their connection with the serpent in symbolic allegories is due to their enlightenment by the ,solar and ,planetary ,gods during the earliest intellectual ,race1 the ,third4 ,they are all the representative patrons of the ,secret ,wisdom4 ,asclepios is the son of the ,sun,god ,apollo1 and he is ,mercury2 ,nebo is the son of ,bel,merodach2 ,vaivasvata ,manu1 the great ,rishi1 is the son of ,vivasvat--the ,sun or ,srya1 etc4 ,and while1 astronomically1 the ,ngas along with the ,rishis1 the ,gandharvas1 ,apsarases1 ,grmans 7or ,yakshas1 minor ,gods71 ,ytudhnas and ,devas1 are the ,sun's attendants throughout the twelve solar months2 in theogony1 and also in anthropological evolution1 they are ,gods and ,men--when incarnated in the ,nether ,world4 ,let the reader be reminded1 in this connection1 of the fact that ,apollonius met in ,kashmir ,buddhist ,ngas4 ,these are neither serpents zoologically1 nor yet the ,ngas ethnologically1 but 8wise men40 ,the ,bible1 from ,genesis to ,revelation1 is but a series of historical records of the great struggle between ,white and ,black ,magic1 between the ,adepts of the ,right ,path1 the ,prophets1 and those of the ,left1 the ,levites1 the clergy of the brutal masses4 ,even the students of ,occultism1 though some of them have more archaic ,,mss4 and direct teaching to rely upon1 find it difficult to draw a line of demarcation between the ,sodales of the ,right ,path and those of the ,left4 ,the great schism that arose between the sons of the ,fourth ,race1 as soon as the first ,temples and ,halls of ,initiation had been erected under the guidance of the 8,sons of ,god10 is allegorized in the ,sons of ,jacob4 ,that there were two ,schools of ,magic1 and that the orthodox ,levites did not belong to the holy one1 is shown in the words pronounced by the dying ,jacob4 ,and here it may be well to quote a few sentences from ,isis ,unveiled47#dgh7 ,the dying ,jacob thus describes his sons3 8,dan10 he says1 8shall be a serpent by the way1 an adder in the path1 that biteth the horseheels1 so that his rider shall fall backwards i4e41 he will teach candidates ,black ,magic4 ,i have waited for thy salvation1 ,o ,lord60 ,of ,simeon and ,levi the patriarch remarks that they 8are brethren2 instruments of cruelty are in their habitations4 ,o my soul1 come not thou into their secret2 unto their assembly407#dgi7 ,now in the original1 the words 8their secret0 read--8their ,sod407#dhj7 ,and ,sod was the name for the great ,mysteries of ,baal1 ,adonis and ,bacchus1 who were all ,sun,gods and had serpents for symbols4 ,the ,kabalists explain the allegory of the fiery serpents by saying that this was the name given to the tribe of ,levi1 to all the ,levites1 in short1 and that ,moses was the chief of the ,sodales47#dha7 ,it is to the ,mysteries that the original meaning of the 8,dragon,slayers0 has to be traced1 and the question is fully treated of hereafter4 ,meanwhile it follows that1 if ,moses was the ,chief of the ,mysteries1 he was the ,hierophant thereof2 and further1 if1 at the same time1 we find the ,prophets thundering against the 8abominations0 of the people of ,isral1 that there were two ,schools4 8,fiery serpents0 was1 then1 simply the epithet given to the ,levites of the priestly caste1 after they had departed from the ,good ,law1 the traditional teachings of ,moses1 and to all those who followed ,black ,magic4 ,isaiah1 when referring to the 8rebellious children0 who will have to carry their riches into the lands whence come 8the viper and fiery flying serpent107#dhb7 or ,chalda and ,egypt1 whose ,initiates had already greatly degenerated in his day 7#gjj ,b4,c471 meant the sorcerers of those lands47#dhc7 ,but these must be carefully distinguished from the 8,fiery ,dragons of ,wisdom0 and the 8,sons of the ,fire,mist40 ,in the ,great ,book of the ,mysteries we are told that3 ,seven ,lords created seven ,men2 three ,lords ,dhyn ,chohans or ,pitris were holy and good1 four less heavenly and full of passion4444 ,the ,chhys phantoms of the ,fathers were as they4 ,this accounts for the differences in human nature1 which is divided into seven gradations of good and evil4 ,there were seven tabernacles ready to be inhabited by ,monads under seven different ,karmic conditions4 ,the ,commentaries explain on this basis the easy spread of evil1 as soon as the human ,forms had become real men4 ,some ancient philosophers1 however1 in their genetical accounts1 ignored the seven and gave only four4 ,thus the ,mexican local ,genesis has 8four good men10 described as the four real ancestors of the human race1 8who were neither begotten by the ,gods nor born of woman02 but whose creation was a wonder wrought by the ,creative ,powers1 and who were made only after 8three attempts at manufacturing men had failed40 ,the ,egyptians in their theology had only 8four ,sons of ,god0--whereas in ,pymander seven are given--thus avoiding any mention of the evil nature of man4 ,when1 however1 ,set from a ,god sank into ,set ,typhon1 he began to be called the 8seventh son02 whence probably arose the belief that 8the seventh son of the seventh son0 is always a naturalborn magician--though at first only a sorcerer was meant4 ,apap1 the serpent symbolizing evil1 is slain by ,aker1 ,set's serpent27#dhd7 therefore ,set ,typhon could not be that evil4 ,in the ,book of the ,dead1 it is commanded that ,chapter clxiii should be read 8in the presence of a serpent on two legs10 which means a high ,initiate1 a ,hierophant1 for the discus and ram's horns7#dhe7 that adorn his 8serpent's0 head in the hieroglyphics of the title of the said chapter1 denote this4 ,over the 8serpent0 are represented the two mystic eyes of ,ammon17#dhf7 the hidden 8,mystery ,god40 ,the above passages corroborate our assertion1 and show what the word 8serpent0 really meant in antiquity4 ,but as to the ,nagals and ,nargals2 whence came the similarity or names between the ,indian ,ngas and the ,american ,nagals8 ,the ,nargal was the ,chaldan and ,assyrian chief of the ,magi ,rab ,mag1 and the ,nagal was the chief sorcerer of the ,mexican ,indians4 ,both derive their names from ,nergal,serezer1 the ,assyrian god1 and the ,hind ,ngas4 ,both have the same faculties and the power to have an attendant ,dmon1 with whom they identify themselves completely4 ,the ,chaldan and ,assyrian ,nargal kept his ,dmon1 in the shape of some animal considered sacred1 inside the temple2 the ,indian ,nagal keeps his wherever he can--in the neighbouring lake1 or wood1 or in the house1 in the shape of some household animal47#dhg7 ,such similarity cannot be attributed to coincidence4 ,a new world is discovered1 and we find that1 for our forefathers of the ,fourth ,race1 it was already an old one2 that ,arjuna1 ,krishna's companion and ,chel1 is said to have descended into ,ptla1 the 8antipodes0 and therein married ,ulp17#dhh7 a ,nga1 or ,ng rather1 the daughter of the king of the ,ngas1 ,kauravya47#dhi7 ,and now it may be hoped the full meaning of the serpent emblem is proven4 ,it is neither that of evil1 nor1 least of all1 that of the devil2 but is1 indeed1 the 1 the 8,eternal ,sun ,abrasax10 the ,central ,spiritual ,sun of all the ,kabalists1 represented in some diagrams by the circle of ,tiphereth4 ,and here1 again1 we may quote from our earlier volumes and enter into further explanations4 ,from this region of unfathomable ,depth 7,bythos1 ,aditi1 ,shekinah1 the ,veil of the ,unknown7 issues forth a ,circle formed of spirals4 ,this is ,tiphereth2 which1 in the language of symbolism1 means a grand ,cycle1 composed of smaller ones4 ,coiled within1 so as to follow the spirals1 lies the ,serpent--emblem of ,wisdom and ,eternity--the ,dual ,androgyne2 the cycle representing ,ennoia1 or the ,divine ,mind 7a ,power which does not create but which must assimilate71 and the ,serpent1 the ,agathodmon1 the ,ophis1 the ,shadow of the ,light 7noneternal1 yet the greatest ,divine ,light on our plane74 ,both were the ,logoi of the ,ophites2 or the ,unity as ,logos manifesting itself as a double principle of ,good and ,evil47#dij7 ,were it ,light alone1 inactive and absolute1 the human mind could not appreciate nor even realize it4 ,shadow is that which enables ,light to manifest itself1 and gives it objective reality4 ,therefore1 ,shadow is not evil1 but is the necessary and indispensable corollary which completes ,light or ,good2 it is its creator on ,earth4 ,according to the views of the ,gnostics1 these two principles are immutable ,light and ,shadow2 ,good and ,evil being virtually one and having existed through all eternity1 as they will ever continue to exist so long as there are manifested worlds4 ,this symbol accounts for the adoration by this sect of the ,serpent1 as the ,saviour1 coiled either round the sacramental loaf1 or a ,tau 7the phallic emblem74 ,as a unity1 ,ennoia and ,ophis are the ,logos4 ,when separated1 one is the ,tree of ,spiritual ,life1 the other1 the ,tree of ,knowledge of ,good and ,evil4 ,therefore1 we find ,ophis urging the first human couple--the material production of ,ildabaoth1 but owing its spiritual principle to ,sophia ,achamoth--to eat of the forbidden fruit1 although ,ophis represents divine ,wisdom4 ,the ,serpent1 the ,tree of ,knowledge of ,good and ,evil1 and the ,tree of ,life1 are all symbols transplanted from the soil of ,india4 ,the ,arasamaram 81 the banyan tree1 so sacred with the ,hinds--since ,vishnu during one of his incarnations1 reposed under its mighty shade and there taught human philosophy and sciences--is called the ,tree of ,knowledge and the ,tree of ,life4 ,under the protecting foliage of this king of the forests1 the ,gurus teach their pupils their first lessons on immortality and initiate them into the mysteries of life and death4 ,the ,java,aleim of the ,sacerdotal ,college are said1 in the ,chaldan tradition1 to have taught the sons of men to become like one of them4 ,to the present day ,foh tchou7#dia7 who lives in his ,foh,mayu1 or the temple of ,buddha1 on the top of the ,kouin,long,sang17#dib7 the great mountain1 produces his greatest religious miracles under a tree called in ,chinese ,sung,ming,sh1 or the ,tree of ,knowledge and the ,tree of ,life1 for ignorance is death1 and knowledge alone gives immortality4 ,this marvellous display takes place every three years1 when an immense concourse of ,chinese ,buddhists assembles in pilgrimage at the holy place47#dic7 ,now it may become comprehensible why the earliest ,initiates and ,adepts1 or the 8,wise ,men10 who are claimed to have been initiated into the ,mysteries of ,nature by the ,universal ,mind1 represented by the highest ,angels1 were named the 8,serpents of ,wisdom0 and 8,dragons02 and also how the first physiologically complete couples--after being initiated into the ,mystery of ,human ,creation through ,ophis1 the ,manifested ,logos and the ,androgyne1 by eating of the fruit of knowledge--gradually began to be accused by the material spirit of posterity of having committed sin1 of having disobeyed the 8,lord ,god10 and of having been tempted by the ,serpent4 ,so little have the first ,christians--who despoiled the ,jews of their ,bible--understood the first four chapters of ,genesis in their esoteric meaning1 that they have never perceived that not only was no sin intended in this disobedience1 but that the 8,serpent0 was actually the 8,lord ,god0 himself1 who1 as the ,ophis1 the ,logos1 or the bearer of divine creative wisdom1 taught mankind to become creators in their turn47#did7 ,they never realized that the ,cross was an evolution from the ,tree and the ,serpent1 and thus became the salvation of mankind4 ,by this it would become the very first fundamental symbol of ,creative ,cause1 applying to geometry1 to numbers1 to astronomy1 to measure and to animal reproduction4 ,according to the ,kabalah1 the curse on man came with the formation of woman47#die7 ,the circle was separated from its diameter line4 ,from the possession of the double principle in one1 that is1 the ,androgyne condition1 the separation of the dual principle was made1 presenting two opposites1 whose destiny it was1 for ever after1 to seek renion into the original one condition4 ,the curse was this1 viz41 that ,nature1 impelling the search1 evaded the desired result by the production of a new being1 distinct from that renion or oneness desired1 by which the natural longing to recover a lost state was and is for ever being cheated4 ,it is by this tantalizing process of a continued curse that ,nature lives47#dif7 ,the allegory of ,adam being driven away from the ,tree of ,life means1 ,esoterically1 that the newly separated ,race abused and dragged down the mystery of ,life into the region of animalism and bestiality4 ,for1 as the ,zohar shows1 ,matronethah--,shekinah1 the wife of ,metatron symbolically--8is the way to the great ,tree of ,life1 the ,mighty ,tree10 and ,shekinah is ,divine ,grace4 ,as explained1 this ,tree reaches the heavenly vale and is hidden between three mountains 7the upper ,triad of ,principles1 in man74 ,from these three mountains1 the ,tree ascends above 7the ,adept's knowledge aspires heavenward71 and then redescends below 7into the ,adept's ,ego on earth74 ,this ,tree is revealed in the day time and is hidden during the night1 i4e41 revealed to an enlightened mind and hidden to ignorance1 which is night47#dig7 ,as says the ,commentary3 ,the ,tree of the ,knowledge of the ,good and the ,evil grows from the roots of the ,tree of ,life4 ,but then also1 as the author of ,the ,source of ,measures writes3 ,in the ,kabalah it is plainly to be found that the 8,tree of ,life0 was the ansated cross in its sexual aspect1 and that the 8,tree of ,knowledge0 was the separation and the coming together again to fulfil the fatal condition4 ,to display this in numbers the values of the letters composing the word ,otz 771 tree1 are #g and #i1 the seven being the holy feminine number and the nine the number of the phallic or male energy4 ,this ansated cross is the symbol of the ,egyptian femalemale1 ,isis,osiris1 the germinal principle in all forms1 based on the primal manifestation applicable in all directions and in all senses4 ,this is the ,kabalistic view of the ,western ,occultists1 and it differs from the more philosophical ,eastern or ryan views upon the subject47#dih7 ,the separation of the sexes was in the programme of ,nature and of natural evolution2 and the creative faculty in male and female was a gift of ,divine ,wisdom4 ,in the truth of such traditions the whole of ,antiquity1 from the patrician philosopher to the humblest spiritually inclined plebeian1 has believed4 ,and as we proceed1 we may successfully show that the relative truth of such legends1 if not their absolute exactness--vouched for by such giants of intellect as were ,solon1 ,pythagoras1 ,plato1 and others--begins to dawn upon more than one modern ,scientist4 ,he is perplexed2 he stands startled and confused before proofs that are being daily accumulated before him2 he feels that there is no way of solving the many historical problems that stare him in the face1 unless he begins by accepting ancient traditions4 ,therefore1 in saying that we believe absolutely in ancient records and universal legends1 we need hardly plead guilty before the impartial observer1 for other and far more learned writers1 and that too among those who belong to the modern ,scientific ,school1 evidently believe in much that the ,occultists do--in 8dragons10 for instance1 and not only symbolically1 but also in their actual existence at one time4 ,it would have indeed been a bold step for anyone1 some thirty years ago1 to have thought of treating the public to a collection of stories ordinarily reputed fabulous1 and of claiming for them the consideration due to genuine realities1 or to have advocated tales1 timehonoured as fictions1 as actual facts2 and those of the nursery as being1 in many instances1 legends1 more or less distorted1 descriptive of real beings or events4 ,nowadays it is a less hazardous proceeding47#dii7 ,thus opens the ,introduction to a recent 7#ahhf7 and most interesting work by ,mr4 ,charles ,gould1 called ,mythical ,monsters4 ,he boldly states his belief in most of these monsters4 ,he submits that3 ,many of the socalled mythical animals1 which throughout long ages and in all nations have been the fertile subjects of fiction and fable1 come legitimately within the scope of plain matteroffact ,natural ,history1 and that they may be considered1 not as the outcome of exuberant fancy1 but as creatures which really once existed1 and of which1 unfortunately1 only imperfect and inaccurate descriptions have filtered down to us1 probably very much refracted1 through the mists of time2 444 traditions of creatures once coxisting with man1 some of which are so weird and terrible as to appear at first sight to be impossible4444 ,for me the major part of those creatures are not chimeras but objects of rational study4 ,the dragon1 in place of being a creature evolved out of the imagination of ryan man by the contemplation of lightning flashing through the caverns which he tenanted1 as is held by some mythologists1 is an animal which once lived and dragged its ponderous coils and perhaps flew4444 ,to me the specific existence of the unicorn seems not incredible1 and1 in fact1 more probable than that theory which assigns its origin to a lunar myth47#ejj7444 ,for my part ,i doubt the general derivation of myths from 8the contemplation of the visible workings of external nature40 ,it seems to me easier to suppose that the palsy of time has enfeebled the utterance of these ofttold tales until their original appearance is almost unrecognizable1 than that uncultured savages should possess powers of imagination and poetical invention far beyond those enjoyed by the most instructed nations of the present day2 less hard to believe that these wonderful stories of gods and demigods1 of giants and dwarfs1 of dragons and monsters of all descriptions are transformations than to believe them to be inventions47#eja7 ,it is shown by the same ,geologist that3 ,palontologists have successively traced back the existence of man to periods variously estimated at from thirty thousand to one million years--to periods when he coxisted with animals which have long since become extinct47#ejb7 ,these animals1 8weird and terrible10 were1 to give a few instances3 7#a7 ,the genus ,cidastes1 whose huge bones and vertebr show them to have attained a length of nearly two hundred feet4 ,the remains of such monsters1 no less than ten in number1 were seen by ,professor ,marsh in the ,mauvaises ,terres of ,colorado1 strewn upon the plains4 7#b7 ,the ,titanosaurus ,montanus1 reaching fifty or sixty feet in length4 7#c7 ,the ,dinosaurians1 in the ,jurassic beds of the ,rocky ,mountains1 of still more gigantic proportions4 7#d7 ,the ,atlantosaurus ,immanis1 a femur of which alone is over six feet in length1 and which would be thus over one hundred feet in length4 ,but even yet the line has not been reached1 and we hear of the discovery of remains of such titanic proportions as to possess a thigh bone over twelve feet in length67#ejc7 ,then we read of the monstrous ,sivatherium in the ,himlayas1 the fourhorned stag1 as large as an elephant1 and exceeding the latter in height2 of the gigantic ,megatherium2 of colossal flying lizards1 ,pterodactyli1 with crocodile jaws on a duck's head1 etc4 ,all these were coxistent with man1 most probably attacked man1 as man attacked them4 ,and we are asked to believe that the said man was no larger then than he is now6 ,is it possible to conceive that1 surrounded in ,nature with such monstrous creatures1 man1 unless himself a colossal giant1 could have survived1 while all his foes have perished8 ,is it with his stone hatchet that he had the best of a ,sivatherium or a gigantic flying saurian8 ,let us always bear in mind that at least one great man of ,science1 de ,quatrefages1 sees no good scientific reasons why man should not have been 8contemporaneous with the earliest mammalia and go back as far as the ,secondary ,period407#ejd7 ,the very conservative ,professor ,jukes writes3 ,it appears that the flying dragons of romance had something like a real existence in former ages of the world47#eje7 ,and the author goes on to ask4 ,does the written history of man1 comprising a few thousand years1 embrace the whole course of his intelligent existence8 ,or have we in the long mythical eras1 extending over hundreds of thousands of years1 and recorded in the chronologies of ,chalda and ,china1 shadowy mementoes of prehistoric man1 handed down by tradition1 and perhaps transported by a few survivors to existing lands1 from others which1 like the fabled ,atlantis of ,plato1 may have been submerged1 or the scene of some great catastrophe which destroyed them with all their civilization87#ejf7 ,the few remaining giant animals1 such as elephants--themselves smaller than their ancestors the ,mastodons--and hippopotami1 are the only surviving relics1 and tend to disappear more entirely every day4 ,but even they have already had a few pioneers of their future genus1 and have decreased in size in the same proportion as men have done4 ,for the remains of a pigmy elephant1 ,e4 ,falconeri1 were found in the cave deposits of ,malta2 and the same author asserts that they were associated with the remains of pigmy hippopotami1 the former being only two feet six inches high4 ,there is also the still existing ,hippopotamus 7,chropsis7 ,liberiensis1 8which ,m4 ,milne ,edwards figures as little more than two feet in height407#ejg7 ,sceptics may smile and denounce our work as full of nonsense or fairy tales4 ,but by so doing they only justify the wisdom of the ,chinese philosopher ,chuang1 who said that3 ,the things that men do know can in no way be compared1 numerically speaking1 to the things that are unknown47#ejh7 ,thus they laugh only at their own ignorance4 ,the 8,sons ,of ,god0 ,and ,the 8,sacred ,island40 ,the 8legend0 given in ,isis ,unveiled7#eji7 in relation to a portion of the globe which ,science now concedes to have been the cradle of humanity--though it was but one of the seven cradles1 in truth--runs as follows3 ,tradition says1 and the records of the ,great ,book 7the ,book of ,dzyan7 explain1 that long before the days of ,adam1 and his inquisitive wife1 ,heva1 where now are found but salt lakes and desolate barren deserts1 there was a vast inland sea1 which extended over ,middle ,asia1 north of the proud ,himlayan range1 and its western prolongation4 ,in it an island1 which1 for its unparalleled beauty1 had no rival in the world1 was inhabited by the last remnant of the ,race which preceded ours4 8,the last remnant0 means the 8,sons of ,will and ,yoga10 who1 with a few tribes1 survived the great cataclysm4 ,for it was the ,third ,race1 inhabiting the great ,lemurian ,continent1 which preceded the veritable and complete human ,races--the ,fourth and the ,fifth4 ,therefore was it said in ,isis ,unveiled that3 ,this race could live with equal ease in water1 air1 or fire1 for it had an unlimited control over the elements4 ,these were the 8,sons of ,god02 not those who saw the daughters of men1 but the real ,elohim1 though in the oriental ,kabalah they have another name4 ,it was they who imparted ,nature's most weird secrets to men1 and revealed to them the ineffable1 and now lost 8word40 ,the 8,island10 according to belief1 exists to the present hour1 as an oasis surrounded by the dreadful wildernesses of the great ,gobi ,desert--whose sands 8no foot hath crossed in the memory of man40 ,this word1 which is no word1 has travelled once round the globe1 and still lingers as a faroff dying echo in the hearts of some privileged men4 ,the hierophants of all the ,sacerdotal ,colleges were aware of the existence of this island2 but the 8word0 was known only to the ,java ,aleim 7,mah ,chohan in another tongue71 or chief ,lord of every ,college1 and was passed to his successor only at the moment of death4 ,there were many such ,colleges1 and the old classical authors speak of them4 ,there was no communication with the fair island by sea1 but subterranean passages1 known only to the chiefs1 communicated with it in all directions47#eaj7 ,tradition asserts1 and ,archology accepts the truth of the legend1 that there is more than one city now flourishing in ,india1 which is built on several other cities1 making thus a subterranean city of six or seven stories high4 ,delhi is one of them1 ,allahabad another2 examples being found even in ,europe1 e4g41 in ,florence1 which is built on several defunct ,etruscan and other cities4 ,why1 then1 could not ,ellora1 ,elephanta1 ,karli1 and ,ajunta have been built over subterranean labyrinths and passages1 as it is claimed8 ,of course we do not allude to the caves which are known to every ,european1 whether de visu or by hearsay1 notwithstanding their enormous antiquity1 though that even is disputed by modern ,archology2 but to a fact1 known to the initiated ,brhmans of ,india and especially to ,yogs1 viz41 that there is not a cavetemple in the country but has its subterranean passages running in every direction1 and that these underground caves and endless corridors have in their turn their caves and corridors4 ,who can tell whether the lost ,atlantis--which is also mentioned in the ,secret ,book1 but1 again1 under another name1 peculiar to the sacred language--did not still exist in those days8-- we went on to ask4 ,it did exist most assuredly1 for it was approaching its greatest days of glory and civilization when the last of the ,lemurian continents went down4 ,the great lost ,continent might have1 perhaps1 been situated south of ,asia1 extending from ,india to ,tasmania47#eaa7 ,if the hypothesis--now so much doubted1 and positively denied by some learned authors1 who regard it as a joke of ,plato--is ever verified1 then1 perhaps1 will the ,scientists believe that the description of the ,godinhabited continent was not altogether a fable47#eab7 ,and they may then perceive that ,plato's guarded hints and his attributing the narrative to ,solon and the ,egyptian priests1 were but a prudent way of imparting the fact to the world1 and at the same time1 by cleverly combining truth and fiction1 of disconnecting himself from a story which the obligations imposed at ,initiation forbade him to divulge4 ,to continue the tradition1 we have to add that the class of hierophants was divided into two distinct categories27#eac7 those who were instructed by the 8,sons of ,god0 of the island1 and who were initiated in the divine doctrine of pure revelation2 and others who inhabited the lost ,atlantis--if such must be its name--and who1 being of another race 7produced sexually but of divine parents71 were born with a sight which embraced all hidden things1 and was independent of both distance and material obstacle4 ,in short1 they were the ,fourth ,race of men mentioned in the ,popol ,vuh1 whose sight was unlimited1 and who knew all things at once4 ,in other words1 they were the ,lemuro,atlanteans1 the first who had a ,dynasty of ,spirit,kings2 not of ,manes1 or 8,ghosts10 as some believe17#ead7 but of actual living ,devas1 or ,demigods or ,angels1 again1 who had assumed bodies to rule over this ,race1 and who1 in their turn1 instructed them in arts and sciences4 ,only1 as these ,dhyns were ,rpa or material ,spirits1 they were not always good4 ,their ,king ,thevetat was one of the latter1 and it is under the evil influence of this ,king,demon that the ,atlantis,race became a nation of wicked 8magicians40 ,in consequence of this1 war was declared1 the story of which would be too long to narrate2 its substance may be found in the disfigured allegories of the race of ,cain1 the giants1 and that of ,noah and his righteous family4 ,the conflict came to an end by the submersion of ,atlantis1 which finds its imitation in the stories of the ,babylonian and ,mosaic flood4 ,the giants and magicians 8and all flesh died 444 and every man40 ,all except ,xisuthrus and ,noah1 who are substantially identical with the great ,father of the ,thlinkithians17#eae7 who1 they say1 also escaped in a large boat like the ,hind ,noah ,vaivasvata4 ,if we believe the tradition at all1 we have to credit the further story that1 from the intermarrying of the progeny of the hierophants of the island and the descendants of the ,atlantean ,noah1 a mixed race of righteous and wicked sprang up4 ,on the one side the world had its ,enochs1 ,moseses1 various ,buddhas1 its numerous 8,saviours10 and great hierophants2 on the other hand1 its 8natural magicians0 who1 through lack of the restraining power of proper spiritual enlightenment1 444 perverted their gifts to evil purposes4 ,we may supplement this by the testimony of some records and traditions4 ,in ,l',histoire des ,vierges3 les ,peuples et les ,continents ,disparus1 ,louis ,jacolliot says3 ,one of the most ancient legends of ,india1 preserved in the temples by oral and written tradition1 relates that several hundred thousand years ago there existed in the ,pacific ,ocean an immense continent1 which was destroyed by geological upheaval1 and the fragments of which must be sought in ,madagascar1 ,ceylon1 ,sumatra1 ,java1 ,borneo1 and the principal isles of ,polynesia4 ,the high plateaux of ,hindstan and ,asia1 according to this hypothesis1 would only have been represented in those distant epochs by great islands contiguous to the central continent4444 ,according to the ,brhmans1 this country had attained a high civilization1 and the peninsula of ,hindstan1 enlarged by the displacement of the waters1 at the time of the grand cataclysm1 has but continued the chain of the primitive traditions born in this place4 ,these traditions give the name of ,rutas to the peoples which inhabited this immense equinoctial continent1 and from their speech was derived the ,sanskrit4 ,the ,indo,hellenic tradition1 preserved by the most intelligent population which emigrated from the plains of ,india1 also relates the existence of a continent and a people to which it gives the name of ,atlantis and ,atlantides1 and which it locates in the ,atlantic in the northern portion of the ,tropics4 ,apart from this fact1 the supposition of an ancient continent in those latitudes1 the vestiges of which may be found in the volcanic islands and mountainous surface of the ,azores1 the ,canaries and ,cape de ,verd ,islands1 is not devoid of geographical probability4 ,the ,greeks1 who1 moreover1 never dared to pass beyond the ,pillars of ,hercules1 on account of their dread of the mysterious ,ocean1 appeared too late in antiquity for the stories preserved by ,plato to be anything else than an echo of the ,indian legend4 ,moreover1 when we cast a look on a planisphere1 at the sight of the islands and islets strewn from the ,malayan ,archipelago to ,polynesia1 from the ,straits of ,sunda to ,easter ,island1 it is impossible1 upon the hypothesis of continents preceding those which we inhabit1 not to place there the most important of all4 ,a religious belief1 common to ,malacca and ,polynesia1 that is to say1 to the two opposite extremes of the ,oceanic world1 affirms 8that all these islands once formed two immense countries1 inhabited by yellow men and black men1 always at war2 and that the gods1 wearied with their quarrels1 having charged ,ocean to pacify them1 the latter swallowed up the two continents1 and1 since then1 it has been impossible to make him give up his captives4 ,alone1 the mountainpeaks and high plateaux escaped the flood1 by the power of the gods1 who perceived too late the mistake they had committed40 ,whatever there may be in these traditions1 and whatever may have been the place where a civilization more ancient than that of ,rome1 of ,greece1 of ,egypt1 and of ,india was developed1 it is certain that this civilization did exist1 and it is highly important to ,science to recover its traces1 however feeble and fugitive they may be47#eaf7 ,this ,oceanic tradition corroborates the legend given from the 8,records of the ,secret ,doctrine40 ,the war mentioned between the yellow and the black men1 relates to a struggle between the 8,sons of ,gods0 and the 8,sons of ,giants10 or the inhabitants and magicians of ,atlantis4 ,the final conclusion of the author1 who personally visited all the islands of ,polynesia1 and devoted years to the study of the religion1 language1 and traditions of nearly all the peoples1 is as follows3 ,as to the ,polynesian continent which disappeared at the time of the final geological cataclysms1 its existence rests on such proofs that to be logical we can doubt no longer4 ,the three summits of this continent1 the ,sandwich ,islands1 ,new ,zealand1 ,easter ,island1 are distant from each other from fifteen to eighteen hundred leagues1 and the groups of intermediate islands1 ,viti 7,fiji71 ,samoa1 ,tonga1 ,foutouna 78 ,foutouha71 ,ouvea 78 ,oueeha71 the ,marquesas1 ,tahiti1 ,poumoutou 78 ,pomatou71 the ,gambiers1 are themselves distant from these extreme points from seven or eight hundred to one thousand leagues4 ,all navigators agree in saying that the extreme and the central groups could never have communicated in view of their actual geographical position1 and with the insufficient means they had at hand4 ,it is physically impossible to cross such distances in a pirogue 444 without a compass1 and travel months without provisions4 ,on the other hand1 the aborigines of the ,sandwich ,islands1 of ,viti1 of ,new ,zealand1 of the central groups1 of ,samoa1 ,tahiti1 etc41 had never known each other1 had never heard of each other1 before the arrival of the ,europeans4 ,and yet each of these people maintained that their island had at one time formed part of an immense stretch of land which extended towards the ,west on the side of ,asia4 ,and all1 brought together1 were found to speak the same language1 to have the same usages1 the same customs1 the same religious belief4 ,and all to the question1 8,where is the cradle of your race80 for sole response1 extended their hand toward the setting sun47#eag7 ,geographically1 this description clashes slightly with the facts in the ,secret ,records2 but it shows the existence of such traditions1 and this is all one cares for4 ,for1 as there is no smoke without fire1 so a tradition must be based on some approximate truth4 ,in its proper place we will show ,modern ,science fully corroborating the above and other traditions of the ,secret ,doctrine with regard to the two lost ,continents4 ,the ,easter ,island relics1 for instance1 are the most astounding and eloquent memorials of the primeval giants4 ,they are as grand as they are mysterious2 and one has but to examine the heads of the colossal statues1 that have remained unbroken1 to recognize at a glance the features of the type and character attributed to the ,fourth ,race giants4 ,they seem of one cast though different in features--of a distinctly sensual type1 such as the ,atlanteans 7the ,daityas and 8,atalantians07 are said to have had in the ,esoteric ,hind books4 ,compare these with the faces of some other colossal statues in ,central ,asia--those near ,bamian1 for instance--the portraitstatues1 tradition tells us1 of ,buddhas belonging to previous ,manvantaras2 of those ,buddhas and heroes who are mentioned in the ,buddhist and ,hind works1 as men of fabulous size17#eah7 the good and holy brothers of their wicked coterine brothers generally1 just as ,rvana1 the giant king of ,lank1 was the brother of ,kumbhakarna2 all descendants of the ,gods through the ,rishis1 and thus1 like 8,titan and his enormous brood10 all 8,heaven's firstborn40 ,these 8,buddhas10 though often spoilt by the symbolical representation of great pendent ears1 show a suggestive difference1 perceived at a glance1 in the expression of their faces from that of the ,easter ,island statues4 ,they may be of one race--but the former are 8,sons of ,gods02 the latter the brood of mighty sorcerers4 ,all these are rencarnations however1 and1 apart from unavoidable exaggerations in popular fancy and tradition1 they are historical characters47#eai7 ,when did they live8 ,how long ago lived the two ,races1 the ,third and ,fourth2 and how long after did the various tribes of the ,fifth begin their strife1 the wars between ,good and ,evil8 ,we are assured by the ,orientalists that chronology is both hopelessly mixed and absurdly exaggerated in the ,purnas and other ,hind ,scriptures4 ,we feel quite prepared to agree with the accusation4 ,but1 if ryan writers have occasionally allowed their chronological pendulum to swing too far one way1 beyond the legitimate limit of fact2 nevertheless1 when the distance of that deviation is compared with the distance of the ,orientalists' deviation in the opposite direction1 moderation will be found on the ,brhmanical side4 ,it is the ,pandit who will1 in the long run1 be found more truthful and nearer to fact than the ,sanskritist4 ,the ,sanskritist's curtailing--even when proved to have been resorted to in order to fit a personal hobby--is regarded by ,western public opinion as 8a cautious acceptance of facts10 whereas the ,pandit is brutally treated in print as a 8liar40 ,but1 surely1 this is no reason why everyone should be compelled to see this in the same light6 ,an impartial observer may judge it otherwise4 ,he may either proclaim both unscrupulous historians1 or justify both1 each on his respective ground1 and say3 ,hind ryans wrote for their ,initiates1 who read truth between the lines2 not for the masses4 ,if they did mix up events and confuse ,ages intentionally1 it was not with the view of deceiving any one1 but in order to preserve their knowledge from the prying eye of the foreigner4 ,but1 to him who can count the generations from the ,manus1 and the series of incarnations specified in the cases of some heroes17#ebj7 in the ,purnas1 the meaning and chronological order are very clear4 ,as for the ,western ,orientalist1 he must be excused1 on account of his undeniable ignorance of the methods used by archaic ,esotericism4 ,but such existing prejudices will have to give way and disappear very soon before the light of new discoveries4 ,already ,dr4 ,weber's and ,prof4 ,max ,mller's favourite theories--namely1 that writing was not known in ,india1 even in the days of ,pnini 7672 that the ,hinds had all their arts and sciences--even to the ,zodiac and their architecture 7,fergusson7--from the ,macedonian ,greeks2 these and other such cockandbull hypotheses1 are threatened with ruin4 ,it is the ghost of old ,chalda that comes to the rescue of truth4 ,in his third ,hibbert ,lecture 7#ahhg7 ,professor ,sayce of ,oxford1 speaking of newlydiscovered ,assyrian and ,babylonian cylinders1 refers at length to ,ea1 the ,god of ,wisdom1 now identified with the ,oannes of ,berosus1 the halfman1 halffish1 who taught the ,babylonians culture and the art of writing4 ,this ,ea1 to whom1 thanks only to the ,biblical ,deluge1 an antiquity of hardly #a1ejj ,b4,c4 had been hitherto allowed1 is now spoken of in the following terms1 to summarize from the ,professor3 ,the city of ,ea was ,eridu1 which stood #f1jjj years ago on the shores of the ,persian ,gulf4 ,the name means 8the good city10 a particularly holy spot1 since it was the centre from which the earliest ,chaldan civilization made its way to the north4 ,as the culturegod was represented as coming from the sea1 it was possible that the culture of which ,eridu was the seat was of foreign importation4 ,we now know that there was intercourse at a very early period between ,chalda and the ,sinaitic peninsula1 as well as with ,india4 ,the statues discovered by the ,french at ,tel loh 7dating from at latest ,b4,c4 #d1jjj7 were made of the extremely hard stone known as diorite1 and the inscriptions on them stated the diorite to have been brought from ,magan--i4e41 the ,sinaitic peninsula1 which was then ruled by the ,pharaohs4 ,the statues are known to resemble in general style the diorite statue1 ,kephren1 the builder of the second ,pyramid1 while1 according to ,mr4 ,petrie1 the unit of measurement marked on the plan of the city1 which one of the ,telloh figures holds on his lap1 is the same as that employed by the ,pyramid builders4 ,teak wood has been found at ,mugheir1 or ,ur of the ,chaldees1 although that wood is an ,indian special product2 add to this that an ancient ,babylonian list of clothing mentions sindhu or 8muslin10 explained as 8vegetable cloth407#eba7 ,muslin1 best known now as ,dacca muslin1 known in ,chalda as ,hindu 7,sindhu71 and teak wood used #d1jjj years ,b4,c41 and yet the ,hinds1 to whom ,chalda owes its civilization1 as has been well proven by ,colonel ,vans ,kennedy1 were ignorant of the art of writing before the ,greeks taught them their alphabet--if1 at least1 we have to believe ,orientalists6 ,stanza ,x4 ,the ,history ,of ,the ,fourth ,race4 #ch4 ,the birth of the ,fourth 7,atlantean7 ,race4 #ci4 ,the subraces of the ,fourth ,humanity begin to divide and interblend2 they form the first mixed races of various colours4 #dj4 ,the superiority of the ,atlantean over other ,races4 #da4 ,they fall into sin and beget children and monsters4 #db4 ,the first germs of anthropomorphism and sexual religion4 ,they lose their 8third eye40 #ch4 ,,thus1 ,,two ,,by ,,two1 ,,on ,,the ,,seven ,,zones1 ,,the ,,third ,,race ,,gave ,,birth ,,to ,,the ,,fourth2 ,,the ,,sura ,,became ,a,,sura47#ebb7 #ci4 ,,the ,,first17#ebc7 ,,on ,,every ,,zone1 ,,was ,,moon,,coloured27#ebd7 ,,the ,,second ,,yellow ,,like ,,gold2 ,,the ,,third ,,red2 ,,the ,,fourth ,,brown1 ,,which ,,became ,,black ,,with ,,sin47#ebe7 ,,the ,,first ,,seven ,,human ,,shoots ,,were ,,all ,,of ,,one ,,complexion47#ebf7 ,,the ,,next ,,seven17#ebg7 ,,began ,,mixing47#ebh7 ,to understand ,shloka #ch1 it must be read together with the ,shlokas of ,stanza ,,ix4 ,up to this point of evolution man belongs more to metaphysical than physical ,nature4 ,it is only after the socalled 8,fall10 that the ,races began to develop rapidly into a purely human shape4 ,in order that the student may correctly comprehend the full meaning of the ,fall--so mystic and transcendental in its real significance--he must at once be told the details which preceded it1 seeing that modern ,theology has made of the event a pivot on which its most pernicious and absurd dogmas and beliefs are made to turn4 ,the ,archaic ,commentaries1 as the reader may remember1 explain that1 of the ,host of ,dhyns1 whose turn it was to incarnate as the ,egos of the immortal1 but1 on this plane1 senseless ,monads--some 8obeyed0 7the ,law of ,evolution7 immediately the men of the ,third ,race became physiologically and physically ready1 i4e41 when they had separated into sexes4 ,these were those early conscious ,beings who1 now adding conscious knowledge and will to their inherent divine purity1 8created0 by ,kriyshakti the semi divine man1 who became the ,seed on ,earth for future ,adepts4 ,those1 on the other hand1 who1 jealous of their intellectual freedom--unfettered as it then was by the bonds of ,matter--said3 8,we can choose1 444 we have wisdom107#ebi7 and so incarnated far later--these had their first ,karmic punishment prepared for them4 ,they got bodies inferior 7physiologically7 to their ,astral ,models1 because their ,chhys had belonged to ,progenitors of an inferior degree in the seven ,classes4 ,as to those 8,sons of ,wisdom0 who 8deferred0 their incarnation till the ,fourth ,race1 which was already tainted 7physiologically7 with sin and impurity1 these produced a terrible cause1 the ,karmic result of which weighs on them to this day4 ,it was produced in themselves1 and they became the carriers of that seed of iniquity for ons to come1 because the bodies they had to inform had become defiled through their own procrastination47#ecj7 ,this was the 8,fall of the ,angels10 owing to their rebellion against ,karmic ,law4 ,the 8fall of man0 was no fall1 for he was irresponsible4 ,but 8creation0 having been invented on the dualistic system as the 8prerogative of ,god alone0--the legitimate attribute patented by ,theology in the name of an infinite ,deity of their own making--the power of ,kriyshakti had to be regarded as 8,satanic10 and as a usurpation of divine rights4 ,thus1 in the light of such narrow views1 the foregoing must naturally be considered as a terrible slander on man1 8created in the image of ,god10 and a still more dreadful blasphemy in the face of the deadletter dogma4 8,your doctrine10 the ,occultists have already been told1 8makes of man1 created out of dust in the likeness of his ,god1 a vehicle of the ,devil1 from the first40 8,why do you make of your ,god a ,devil--both1 moreover1 created in your own image80--is our reply4 ,the ,esoteric interpretation of the ,bible1 however1 sufficiently refutes this slanderous invention of ,theology2 the ,secret ,doctrine must some day become the just ,karma of the ,churches--more anti,christian than the representative assemblies of the most confirmed ,materialists and ,atheists4 ,the true meaning of the old doctrine of the 8,fallen ,angels10 in its anthropological and evolutionary sense1 is contained in the ,kabalah1 and explains the ,bible4 ,it is found preminently in ,genesis when the latter is read in a spirit of research for truth1 with no eye to dogma1 and in no mood of preconception4 ,this is easily proven4 ,in ,genesis 7vi71 the 8,sons of ,god0--,b'ne ,aleim--become enamoured of the daughters of men1 marry1 and reveal to their wives the mysteries unlawfully learnt by them in ,heaven1 according to ,enoch2 and this is the 8,fall of the ,angels407#eca7 ,but what1 in reality1 is the ,book of ,enoch itself1 from which the author of ,revelation and even the ,st4 ,john of the ,fourth ,gospel7#ecb7 have so profusely quoted8 ,simply a ,book of ,initiation1 giving out in allegory and cautious phraseology the programme of certain ,archaic ,mysteries performed in the inner ,temples4 ,the author of the ,sacred ,mysteries among the ,mayas and ,quichs very justly suggests that the socalled 8,visions0 of ,enoch relate to his 7,enoch's7 experience at ,initiation1 and what he learned in the ,mysteries2 while he very erroneously states his opinion that ,enoch had learned them before being converted to ,christianity 76 672 furthermore1 he believes that this book was written 8at the beginning of the ,christian era1 when 444 the customs and religion of the ,egyptians fell into decadency06 ,this is hardly possible1 since ,jude1 in his ,epistle17#ecc7 quotes from the ,book of ,enoch2 and1 therefore1 as ,archbishop ,laurence1 the translator of the ,book of ,enoch from the ,ethiopic version1 remarks1 it 8could not have been the production of a writer who lived after 444 or was even coval with0 the writers of the ,new ,testament1 unless1 indeed1 ,jude and the ,gospels1 and all that follows1 were also a production of the already established ,church--which1 some critics say1 is not impossible4 ,but we are now concerned with the 8,fallen ,angels0 of ,enoch1 rather than with ,enoch himself4 ,in ,indian exotericism1 these ,angels 7,asuras7 are also denounced as the 8enemies of the ,gods02 those who oppose sacrificial worship offered to the ,devas4 ,in ,christian ,theology they are broadly referred to as the 8,fallen ,spirits10 the heroes of various conflicting and contradictory legends1 gathered from ,pagan sources4 ,the coluber tortuosus1 the 8tortuous snake0--a qualification said to have originated with the ,jews--had quite another meaning before the ,roman ,church distorted it2 among others1 a purely astronomical signification4 ,the 8,serpent0 fallen from on high 7deorsum fluens7 was credited with the possession of the ,keys of the ,empire of the ,dead 7 7 to the day when ,jesus saw it fall 8as lightning 444 from heaven107#ecd7 notwithstanding the ,roman ,catholic interpretation of 8cadebat ut fulgur40 ,it means indeed that even 8the devils are subject0 to the ,logos--who is ,wisdom1 but at the same time1 as the opponent of ignorance1 ,satan or ,lucifer4 ,this remark refers to divine ,wisdom falling like lightning on1 and so quickening1 the intellects of those who fight the devils of ignorance and superstition4 ,up to the time when ,wisdom1 in the shape of the incarnating ,spirits of ,mahat1 descended from on high to animate and call the ,third ,race to real conscious life--,humanity1 if it can be so called in its animal1 senseless state1 was of course doomed to moral as well as to physical death4 ,the ,angels fallen into generation are referred to metaphorically as ,serpents and ,dragons of ,wisdom4 ,on the other hand1 regarded in the light of the ,logos1 the ,christian ,saviour1 like ,krishna1 whether as man or ,logos1 may be said to have saved those who believed in the ,secret ,teachings1 from 8eternal death10 and to have conquered the ,kingdom of ,darkness1 or ,hell1 as every ,initiate does4 ,this is the human1 terrestrial form of the ,initiates1 and also--because the ,logos is ,christos--that 8principle0 of our inner nature which develops in us into the ,spiritual ,ego--the ,higher ,self--formed of the indissoluble union of ,buddhi1 the sixth1 and the spiritual efflorescence of ,manas1 the fifth 8principle407#ece7 8,the ,logos is passive ,wisdom in ,heaven and conscious1 selfactive ,wisdom on ,earth10 we are taught4 ,it is the ,marriage of the 8,heavenly ,man0 with the 8,virgin of the ,world10 or ,nature1 as described in ,pymander2 the result of which is their progeny--immortal man4 ,it is this which is called in ,st4 ,john's ,revelation7#ecf7 the marriage of the ,lamb with his ,bride4 ,this 8wife0 is now identified with the ,church of ,rome owing to the arbitrary interpretations of her votaries4 ,but they seem to forget that her 8linen0 may be 8clean and white0 outwardly1 like the 8whited sepulchre10 but that the rottenness she is inwardly filled with1 is not the 8righteousness of saints107#ecg7 but rather the blood of the saints she has 8slain upon the earth407#ech7 ,thus the remark made by the great ,initiate1 in ,luke--referring allegorically to the ray of enlightenment and reason1 falling like lightning from on high into the hearts and minds of the converts to the old ,wisdom,religion1 then presented in a new form by the wise ,galilean ,adept7#eci7--was distorted out of all recognition1 as was also his own personality1 and made to fit in with one of the most cruel and the most pernicious of all theological dogmas4 ,but if ,western ,theology alone holds the patent and copyright of ,satan--in all the dogmatic horror of that fiction--other nationalities and religions have committed equal errors in their misinterpretation of a tenet1 which is one of the most profoundly philosophical and ideal conceptions of ancient thought4 ,they have both disfigured1 and hinted at1 the correct meaning of it in their numerous allegories on the subject4 ,nor have the semiesoteric dogmas of ,paurnic ,hindism failed to evolve very suggestive symbols and allegories concerning the rebellious and fallen ,gods4 ,the ,purnas teem with them2 and we find a direct hint at the truth in the frequent allusions of ,parshara1 in the ,vishnu ,purna1 to all those ,rudras1 ,rishis1 ,asuras1 ,kumras and ,munis1 who have to be born in every age--to rencarnate in every ,manvantara4 ,this1 ,esoterically1 is equivalent to saying that the 8,flames0 born of the ,universal ,mind1 or ,mahat1 owing to the mysterious workings of ,karmic ,will and the impulse of ,evolutionary ,law1 had--without any gradual transition--landed on this ,earth1 after having1 as in ,pymander1 broken through the 8,seven ,circles of ,fire10 or1 in short1 the seven intermediate ,worlds4 ,there is an ,eternal ,cyclic ,law of ,rebirths1 and the series is headed at every new ,manvantaric ,dawn by those who have enjoyed their rest from rencarnations in previous ,kalpas for incalculable ons--by the highest and the earliest ,nirvns4 ,it was the turn of these 8,gods0 to incarnate in the present ,manvantara2 hence their presence on ,earth1 and the ensuing allegories2 hence1 also1 the perversion of the original meaning47#edj7 ,the ,gods who had 8fallen into generation10 whose mission it was to complete ,divine ,man1 are found represented later on as ,demons1 ,evil ,spirits1 and ,fiends1 at feud and war with ,gods1 or the irresponsible agents of the one ,eternal ,law4 ,but no conception of such creatures as the ,devils and the ,satan of the ,christian1 ,jewish1 and ,mahommedan religions was ever intended by these thousand and one ryan allegories47#eda7 ,the true ,esoteric view about 8,satan10 the opinion held on this subject by the whole of philosophic antiquity1 is admirably brought out in an ,appendix1 entitled 8,the ,secret of ,satan10 to the second edition of ,dr4 ,a4 ,kingsford's ,perfect ,way47#edb7 ,no better and clearer indication of the truth could be offered to the intelligent reader1 and it is therefore quoted here at some length3 #a4 ,and on the seventh day seventh creation of the ,hinds17#edc7 there went forth from the presence of ,god a mighty ,angel1 full of wrath and consuming1 and ,god gave him the dominion of the outermost sphere47#edd7 #b4 ,eternity brought forth ,time2 the ,boundless gave birth to ,limit2 ,being descended into generation47#ede7 #d4 ,among the ,gods is none like unto him1 into whose hands are committed the kingdoms1 the power and the glory of the worlds3 #e4 ,thrones and empires1 the dynasties of kings17#edf7 the fall of nations1 the birth of churches1 the triumphs of ,time4 ,for1 as is said in ,hermes3 #bj4 ,satan is the doorkeeper of the ,temple of the ,king2 he standeth in ,solomon's porch2 he holdeth the ,keys of the ,sanctuary2 #ba4 ,that no man may enter therein save the anointed1 having the arcanum of ,hermes4 ,these suggestive and majestic verses had reference1 with the ancient ,egyptians and other civilized peoples of antiquity1 to the creative and generative ,light of the ,logos--,horus1 ,brahm1 ,ahura ,mazda1 etc41 as primeval manifestations of the ,everunmanifested ,principle1 whether called ,ain ,suph1 ,parabrahman1 or ,zeruna ,akerne1 or ,boundless ,time1 ,kla--but the meaning is now degraded in the ,kabalah4 ,the 8,anointed0--who has the secrets and mysteries of ,hermes1 or ,budha1 ,wisdom1 and who alone is entrusted with the 8,keys of the ,sanctuary10 the ,womb of ,nature1 in order to fructify it and call to active life and being the whole ,kosmos--has become1 with the ,jews1 ,jehovah1 the 8,god of ,generation0 on the ,lunar ,mountain--,sinai1 the ,mountain of the ,moon 7,sin74 ,the 8,sanctuary0 has become the 8,holy of ,holies10 and the arcanum has been anthropomorphized1 and 8phallicized10 and dragged down into ,matter1 indeed4 ,hence arose the necessity of making of the 8,dragon of ,wisdom10 the 8,serpent0 of ,genesis2 of the conscious ,god who needed a body to clothe his too subjective divinity1 ,satan4 ,but the 8innumerable incarnations of ,spirit10 and 8the ceaseless pulse and current of ,desire107#edg7 refer1 the first1 to our doctrine of ,karmic and ,cyclic ,rebirths1 the second--to ,ers1 not the later ,god of material1 physiological love1 but to the ,divine ,desire in the ,gods1 as well as in all ,nature1 to create and give life to ,beings4 ,this1 the ,rays of the one 8,dark10 because invisible and incomprehensible1 8,flame0 could achieve only by themselves descending into ,matter4 ,therefore1 as continued in the ,appendix3 #ab4 ,many names hath ,god given him ,satan1 names of mystery1 secret and terrible4 #ac4 444 ,the ,adversary1 because ,matter opposeth ,spirit1 and ,time accuseth even the saints of the ,lord4 #bh4 ,stand in awe of him1 and sin not3 speak his name with trembling4444 #bi4 ,for ,satan is the magistrate of the ,justice of ,god ,karma2 he beareth the balance and the sword4 #ca4 ,for to him are committed ,weight and ,measure and ,number4 ,compare the last sentence with what the ,rabbi1 who explains the ,kabalah to the ,prince in the ,book of ,al ,chazari1 says1 and it will be found that ,weight and ,measure and ,number are1 in the ,sepher ,jetzirah1 the attributes of the ,sephiroth 7the three ,sephrim1 or figures1 ciphers71 covering the whole collective number of #aj2 and that the ,sephiroth are the collective ,adam ,kadmon1 the 8,heavenly ,man0 or the ,logos4 ,thus ,satan and the ,anointed were identified in ancient thought4 ,therefore3 #cc4 ,satan is the minister of ,god1 ,lord of the seven mansions of ,hades1 the ,angel of the manifest ,worlds4 ,the seven ,lokas1 or ,saptaloka1 of the ,earth with the ,hinds2 for ,hades1 or the ,limbo of ,illusion1 of which ,theology makes a region bordering on ,hell1 is simply our ,globe1 the ,earth1 and thus ,satan is called the 8,angel of the manifest ,worlds40 ,it is 8,satan who is the ,god of our planet and the only ,god10 and this without any metaphorical allusion to its wickedness and depravity4 ,for he is one with the ,logos4 ,the first and 8eldest of the gods10 in the order of microcosmic divine evolution1 ,saturn 7,satan7 astronomically is the seventh and last in the order of macrocosmic emanation1 being the circumference of the ,kingdom of which ,phbus the ,light of ,wisdom1 also the ,sun is the centre4 ,the ,gnostics were right1 then1 in calling the ,jewish ,god an 8,angel of ,matter10 or he who breathed 7conscious7 life into ,adam1 and whose ,planet was ,saturn4 #cd4 ,and ,god hath put a girdle about his loins the rings of ,saturn1 and the name of the girdle is ,death4 ,in ,anthropogony this 8girdle0 is the human body with its two lower principles4 ,these three die1 while the innermost ,man is immortal4 ,and now we approach the secret of ,satan4 #cg4 444 ,upon ,satan only is the shame of generation4 #ch4 ,he hath lost his virginal estate so hath the ,kumra1 by incarnating3 uncovering heavenly secrets1 he hath entered into bondage4 #ci4 ,he encompasseth with bonds and limits all things4444 #db4 ,twain are the armies of ,god3 in heaven the hosts of ,michael2 in the abyss the manifested world the legions of ,satan4 #dc4 ,these are the ,unmanifest and the ,manifest2 the free and the bound in ,matter2 the virginal and the fallen4 #dd4 ,and both are the ministers of the ,father1 fulfilling the ,word divine4 ,therefore3 #ee4 ,holy and venerable is the ,sabbath of ,god3 blessed and sanctified is the name of the ,angel of ,hades ,satan4 ,for3 #da4 ,the glory of ,satan is the shadow of the ,lord ,god in the manifested ,world3 the throne of ,satan is the footstool of ,adonai the whole ,kosmos4 ,when the ,church1 therefore1 curses ,satan1 it curses the ,kosmic reflection of ,god2 it anathematizes ,god made manifest in ,matter or in the objective2 it maledicts ,god1 or the everincomprehensible ,wisdom1 revealing itself as ,light and ,shadow1 ,good and ,evil in ,nature1 in the only manner comprehensible to the limited intellect of ,man4 ,this is the true philosophical and metaphysical interpretation of ,samael1 or ,satan1 the ,adversary in the ,kabalah2 the same tenets and spirit being found in the allegorical interpretations of every other ancient religion4 ,this philosophical view does not interfere1 however1 with the historical records connected with it4 ,we say 8historical10 because allegory and mythical ornamentation round the kernel of tradition1 in nowise prevent that kernel being a record of real events4 ,thus1 the ,kabalah1 repeating the timehonoured revelations of the once universal history of our ,globe and the evolution of its ,races1 has presented it under the legendary form of the various records which have formed the ,bible4 ,its historical foundation1 in however imperfect a form1 is now offered in these pages from the ,secret ,doctrine of the ,east2 and thus the allegorical and symbolical meaning of the ,serpent of ,genesis is found explained by the 8,sons of ,wisdom0--or ,angels from higher ,spheres1 though all and each pertain to the ,kingdom of ,satan1 or ,matter--revealing to men the mysteries of ,heaven4 ,hence1 also1 all the socalled myths of the ,hind1 ,grecian1 ,chaldan1 and ,jewish ,pantheons are found to be built on fact and truth4 ,the ,giants of ,genesis are the historical ,atlanteans of ,lank1 and the ,greek ,titans4 ,who can forget that ,troy was once upon a time proclaimed a myth1 and ,homer a nonexistent personage1 while the existence of such cities as ,herculaneum and ,pompeii was denied1 and attributed to mere fairy legends8 ,yet ,schliemann has proved that ,troy did really exist1 and the two latter cities1 though buried for long ages under the ,vesuvian lava1 have had their resurrection day1 and live again on the surface of the ,earth4 ,how many more cities and localities called 8fabulous0 are on the list of future discoveries1 how many more personages regarded as mythical7#edh7 will one day become historical1 those alone can tell who read the decrees of ,fate in the ,astral ,light4 ,as the tenets of the ,eastern ,doctrine1 however1 have always been kept secret1 and as the reader can hardly hope to be shown the original texts unless he becomes an accepted disciple1 let the ,greek and ,latin scholar turn to the original texts of ,hermetic literature4 ,let him1 for instance1 read carefully the opening pages of the ,pymander of ,hermes ,trismegistus1 and he will see our doctrines corroborated therein1 however veiled its text4 ,there also he will find the evolution of the ,universe1 of our ,earth1 called 8,nature0 in ,pymander1 as of everything else1 from the 8,moyst ,principle10 or the great ,deep1 ,father,mother--the first differentiation in the manifested ,kosmos4 ,first the 8,universal ,mind10 which the hand of the ,christian translator has metamorphosed in the earliest renderings into ,god1 the ,father2 then the 8,heavenly ,man107#edi7 the great ,total of that ,host of ,angels1 which was too pure for the creation of the inferior ,worlds or of the ,men of our ,globe1 but which nevertheless fell into ,matter by virtue of that same evolution1 as the ,second ,logos of the 8,father407#eej7 ,synthetically1 every ,creative ,logos1 or 8the ,son who is one with the ,father10 is the ,host of the ,rectores ,mundi in itself4 ,even ,christian ,theology makes of the seven 8,angels of the ,presence0 the ,virtues1 or the personified attributes1 of ,god1 which1 being created by him1 as the ,manus were by ,brahm1 became ,archangels4 ,the ,roman ,catholic ,theodice itself1 recognizing in its creative ,verbum ,princeps the ,head of these ,angels 7caput angelorum7 and the ,angel of the great ,counsel 7magni consilii angelus71 thus recognizes the identity of ,christ with them4 8,the ,sura became ,a,sura0--the ,gods became ,no,gods--says the text2 i4e41 ,gods became ,fiends--,satan1 when read literally4 ,but ,satan will now be shown1 in the teaching of the ,secret ,doctrine1 to be allegorized as ,good and ,sacrifice1 a ,god of ,wisdom1 under different names4 ,the ,kabalah teaches that ,pride and ,presumption--the two chief prompters of ,selfishness and ,egotism--are the causes that emptied ,heaven of one third of its divine denizens1 mystically1 and of onethird of the stars1 astronomically2 in other words1 the first statement is an allegory1 and the second a fact4 ,the former1 nevertheless1 is1 as shown1 intimately connected with humanity4 ,in their turn the ,rosicrucians1 who were well acquainted with the secret meaning of the tradition1 kept it to themselves1 teaching merely that the whole of 8creation0 was due to1 and the result of1 that legendary 8,war in ,heaven10 brought on by the rebellion of the ,angels7#eea7 against ,creative ,law1 or the ,demiurge4 ,the statement is correct1 but the inner meaning is to this day a mystery4 ,to elude further explanation of the difficulty1 by appealing to divine mystery1 or to the sin of prying into its policy--is to say nothing at all4 ,it may prove sufficient for believers in the ,pope's infallibility1 but will hardly satisfy the philosophical mind4 ,yet the truth1 although known to most of the higher ,kabalists1 has never been told by any of their number4 ,one and all1 ,kabalists and ,symbologists1 have shown an extraordinary reluctance to confess the primitive meaning of the ,fall of the ,angels4 ,in a ,christian such silence is only natural4 ,neither ,alchemist nor ,philosopher during the ,medival ,ages could have uttered that7#eeb7 which in the sight of ,orthodox ,theology was terrible blasphemy1 for it would have led them directly through the 8,holy0 ,office of the ,inquisition1 to rack and stake4 ,but for our modern ,kabalists and ,freethinkers the case is different4 ,with the latter1 we fear1 it is merely human pride1 vanity based on a loudly rejected but ineradicable superstition4 ,since the ,church1 in her struggle with ,manicheesm1 invented the ,devil1 and by placing a theological extinguisher on the radiant ,star ,god ,lucifer1 the 8,son of the ,morning10 thus created the most gigantic of all her paradoxes1 a black and tenebrous ,light--the myth has struck its roots too deeply into the soil of blind faith to permit1 in our age1 even those1 who do not acquiesce in her dogmas1 and laugh at her horned and clovenfooted ,satan1 to come out bravely and confess the antiquity of the oldest of all traditions4 ,in a few brief words it is this4 ,semi exoterically1 the 8,firstborn0 of the ,almighty--,fiat ,lux--or the ,angels of ,primordial ,light1 were commanded to 8create02 onethird of them rebelled and 8refused02 while those who 8obeyed0 as ,fetahil did--failed most signally4 ,to realize the refusal and failure in their correct physical meaning1 one must study and understand ,eastern ,philosophy2 one has to be acquainted with the fundamental mystical tenets of the ,vedntins1 as to the utter fallacy of attributing functional activity to the ,infinite and ,absolute ,deity4 ,esoteric ,philosophy maintains that during the ,sandhys1 the 8,central ,sun0 emits ,creative ,light--passively1 so to say4 ,causality is latent4 ,it is only during the active periods of ,being that it gives rise to a stream of ceaseless ,energy1 whose vibrating currents acquire more activity and potency with every rung of the hebdomadic ladder of ,being which they descend4 ,hence it becomes comprehensible how the process of 8creating10 or rather of fashioning1 the organic ,universe1 with all its units of the seven kingdoms1 necessitated intelligent ,beings--who became collectively a ,being or ,creative ,god1 differentiated already from the ,one ,absolute ,unity1 unrelated as the latter is to conditioned 8creation407#eec7 ,now the ,vatican ,,ms4 of the ,kabalah--the only copy of which 7in ,europe7 is said to have been in the possession of ,count ,st4 ,germain--contains the most complete exposition of the doctrine1 including the peculiar version accepted by the ,luciferians7#eed7 and other ,gnostics2 and in that parchment the 8,seven ,suns of ,life0 are given in the order in which they are found in the ,saptasrya4 ,only four of these1 however1 are mentioned in the editions of the ,kabalah which are procurable in public libraries1 and that even in a more or less veiled phraseology4 ,nevertheless even this reduced number is amply sufficient to show an identical origin1 as it refers to the quaternary group of the ,dhyn ,chohans1 and proves the speculation to have had its origin in the ,secret ,doctrines of the ryans4 ,as is well known1 the ,kabalah did not originate with the ,jews1 for the latter got their ideas from the ,chaldans and the ,egyptians4 ,thus even the exoteric ,kabalistic teachings speak of a 8,central ,sun10 and of three secondary ,suns in each ,solar ,system--our own included4 ,as shown in that able though too materialistic work1 ,new ,aspects of ,life and ,religion1 which is a synopsis of the views of the ,kabalists in an aspect deeply thought out and assimilated3 ,the central sun 444 was to them as much as to the ryans the centre of rest2 the centre to which all motion was to be ultimately referred4 ,round this central sun 444 8the first of three systemic suns 444 revolved on a polar plane 444 the second1 on an equatorial plane0 444 and the third only was our visible sun4 ,these four solar bodies were 8the organs on whose action what man calls the creation1 the evolution of life on the planet earth1 depends40 ,the channels through which the influence of these bodies was conveyed to the earth they the ,kabalists held to be electrical4444 ,the radiant energy flowing from the central sun7#eee7 called the earth into being as a watery globe1 444 whose tendency1 as the nucleus of a planetary body1 was to rush to the 7central7 sun 444 within the sphere of whose attraction it had been created4444 ,but the radiant energy1 similarly electrifying both1 withheld the one from the other1 and so changed motion towards into motion round the centre of attraction1 which the revolving planet earth thus sought to reach4 ,in the organic cell the visible sun found its own proper matrix1 and produced through this the animal while maturing the vegetable kingdom1 finally placing man at its head1 in whom1 through the animating action of that kingdom1 it originated the psychic cell4 ,but the man so placed at the head of the animal kingdom1 at the head of the creation1 was the animal1 the soul less1 the perishable man4444 ,hence man1 although apparently its crown1 would1 by his advent have marked the close of creation2 since creation1 culminating in him1 would at his death have entered on its decline47#eef7 ,this ,kabalistic view is here quoted1 to show its perfect identity in spirit with the ,eastern ,doctrine4 ,explain1 or complete the teaching of the ,seven ,suns with the seven systems of ,planes of ,being1 of which the 8,suns0 are the central bodies1 and you have the seven ,angelic ,planes1 whose 8,host0 collectively are the ,gods thereof47#eeg7 ,they are the ,head ,group divided into four ,classes1 from the ,incorporeal down to the ,semi corporeal4 ,these ,classes are directly connected--though in very different ways as regards voluntary connection and functions--with our mankind4 ,they are three1 synthesized by the fourth1 the first and highest1 which is called the 8,central ,sun0 in the ,kabalistic doctrine just quoted4 ,this is the great difference between the ,semitic and the ryan ,cosmogony--one materializing1 humanizes the mysteries of ,nature2 the other spiritualizes ,matter1 and its physiology is always made subservient to metaphysics4 ,thus1 though the seventh 8principle0 reaches man through all the phases of ,being1 pure as an indiscrete element and an impersonal unity1 it passes through--the ,kabalah teaches from--the ,central ,spiritual ,sun and ,group the ,second1 the ,polar ,sun1 which two radiate on man his tm4 ,group ,three1 the ,equatorial ,sun1 cements the ,buddhi to tman and the higher attributes of ,manas2 while ,group ,four1 the ,spirit of our visible ,sun1 endows him with his ,manas and its vehicle1 the ,kma ,rpa1 or body of passions and desires--the two elements of ,ahamkra which evolve individualized consciousness1 the personal ,ego4 ,finally1 it is the ,spirit of the ,earth1 in its triple unity1 that builds the ,physical ,body1 attracting to it the ,spirits of ,life and forming his ,linga ,sharra4 ,but everything proceeds cyclically1 the evolution of man like everything else1 and the order in which he is generated is described fully in the ,eastern ,teachings1 whereas it is only hinted at in the ,kabalah4 ,says the ,book of ,dzyan with regard to ,primeval ,man when first projected by the 8,boneless10 the ,incorporeal ,creator3 ,first1 the ,breath1 then ,buddhi1 and the ,shadow,son the ,body were 8created40 ,but where was the ,pivot the ,middle ,principle1 ,manas8 ,man is doomed4 ,when alone1 the ,indiscrete ,undifferentiated ,element and the ,vhan ,buddhi--the ,cause of the ,causeless--break asunder from manifested life4 8,unless10 explains the ,commentary3 ,unless cemented and held together by the ,middle ,principle1 the ,vehicle of the personal consciousness of ,jva4 ,in other words1 the two higher 8principles0 can have no individuality on ,earth1 cannot be man1 unless there is 7a7 the ,mind1 the ,manas,ego1 to cognize itself1 and 7b7 the terrestrial false ,personality1 or the ,body of egotistical desires and personal ,will1 to cement the whole1 as if round a ,pivot--which it is1 truly--to the physical form of man4 ,it is the fifth and the fourth 8principles07#eeh7--,manas and ,kma ,rpa--that contain the dual ,personality2 the real immortal ,ego1 if it assimilates itself to the two higher1 and the false and transitory ,personality1 the ,myvi or ,astral ,body1 socalled1 or the ,animalhuman ,soul--the two having to be closely blended for purposes of a full terrestrial existence4 ,incarnate the ,spiritual ,monad of a ,newton1 grafted on that of the greatest saint on ,earth1 in a physical body the most perfect you can think of--i4e41 in a two or even a threeprincipled ,body composed of its ,sthla ,sharra1 ,prna 7,lifeprinciple7 and ,linga ,sharra--and1 if it lacks its middle and fifth 8principles10 you will have created an idiot--at best a beautiful1 soul less1 empty and unconscious appearance4 8,cogito--ergo sum0 can find no room in the brain of such a creature1 not on this plane1 at any rate4 ,there are students1 however1 who have long ago understood the philosophical meaning underlying the allegory--so tortured and disfigured by the ,roman ,church--of the 8,fallen ,angels40 ,the kingdom of spirits and spiritual action1 which flows from and is the product of spirit volition1 is outside and contrasted with and in contradiction to the kingdom of divine souls and divine action47#eei7 ,as said in the text of ,commentary xiv3 ,like produces like and no more at the genesis of ,being1 and evolution with its limited conditioned laws comes later4 ,the ,self ,existent7#efj7 are called 8,creations10 for they appear in the ,spirit,ray1 manifested through the potency inherent in its ,unborn ,nature1 which is beyond ,time and limited or conditioned ,space4 ,terrene products1 animate and inanimate1 including mankind1 are falsely called creation and creatures2 they are the development evolution of the ,discrete ,elements4 ,again3 ,the ,heavenly ,rpa ,dhyn ,chohan creates man in his own form2 it is a spiritual ideation consequent on the first differentiation and awakening of the universal manifested ,substance2 that form is the ideal ,shadow of ,itself3 and this is the ,man of the ,first ,race4 ,to express it in still clearer form1 limiting the explanation to this ,earth only1 it was the duty of the first 8differentiated0 ,egos--the ,church calls them ,archangels--to imbue ,primordial ,matter with the evolutionary impulse and guide its formative powers in the fashioning of its productions4 ,this it is which is referred to in the sentences both in the ,eastern and ,western tradition--8the ,angels were commanded to create40 ,after the ,earth had been made ready by the lower and more material ,powers1 and its three ,kingdoms fairly started on their way to be 8fruitful and multiply10 the higher ,powers1 the ,archangels or ,dhyns1 were compelled by the ,evolutionary ,law to descend on ,earth1 in order to construct the crown of its evolution--,man4 ,thus the 8,selfcreated0 and the 8,selfexistent0 projected their pale ,shadows2 but ,group the ,third1 the ,fire,angels1 rebelled and refused to join their fellow ,devas4 ,hind exotericism represents them all as ,yogins1 whose piety inspired them to refuse to 8create10 as they desired to remain eternally ,kumras1 8,virgin ,youths10 in order1 if possible1 to anticipate their fellows in progress towards ,nirvnathe final liberation4 ,but1 agreeably to ,esoteric interpretation1 it was a selfsacrifice for the benefit of mankind4 ,the 8,rebels0 would not create willless irresponsible men1 as the 8obedient0 ,angels did2 nor could they endow human beings with even the temporary reflections of their own attributes2 for the latter1 belonging to another and a so much higher plane of consciousness1 would leave man still irresponsible1 hence interfere with any possibility of higher progress4 ,no spiritual and psychic evolution is possible on ,earth--the lowest and most material plane--for one who1 on that plane at all events1 is inherently perfect and cannot accumulate either merit or demerit4 ,had ,man remained the pale ,shadow of the inert1 immutable1 and motionless ,perfection1 the one negative and passive attribute of the real ,i am that ,i am1 he would have been doomed to pass through life on ,earth as in a heavy dreamless sleep2 hence a failure on this plane4 ,the ,beings1 or the ,being1 collectively called ,elohim1 who first pronounced 7if1 indeed1 they ever were pronounced7 the cruel words1 8,behold1 the man is become as one of us1 to know good and evil2 and now1 lest he put forth his hand1 and take also of the tree of life1 and eat1 and live for ever 4440--must have been indeed the ,ildabaoth1 the ,demiurge of the ,nazarenes1 filled with rage and envy against his own creature1 the reflection of which created ,ophiomorphos4 ,in this case it is but natural--even from the deadletter standpoint--to view ,satan1 the ,serpent of ,genesis1 as the real creator and benefactor1 the ,father of ,spiritual ,mankind4 ,for it is he who was the 8,harbinger of ,light10 bright radiant ,lucifer1 who opened the eyes of the automaton 8created0 by ,jehovah1 as alleged4 ,and he who was the first to whisper1 8in the day ye eat thereof ye shall be as ,elohim1 knowing good and evil10 can only be regarded in the light of a ,saviour4 ,an 8,adversary0 to ,jehovah1 the 8personating spirit10 he still remains in ,esoteric ,truth the everloving 8,messenger10 the ,angel1 the ,seraphim and ,cherubim who both 8knew0 well1 and 8loved0 still more1 and who conferred on us ,spiritual1 instead of ,physical ,immortality--the latter a kind of static immortality that would have transformed man into an undying 8,wandering ,jew40 ,as narrated in ,king's ,gnostics and their ,remains concerning ,ildabaoth1 whom several sects regarded as the ,god of ,moses3 ,ildabaoth was far from being a pure spirit2 ambition and pride dominated in his composition4 ,he therefore resolved to break off all connection with his mother1 ,achamoth1 and to create a world entirely for himself4 ,aided by his own ,six ,spirits1 he created ,man1 intending him for the image of his power2 but he failed utterly in his work1 his ,man proving a vast1 soulless monster1 crawling upon the earth4 ,the ,six ,spirits were obliged to bring their work again before their father1 to be animated3 he did so by communicating the ray of ,divine ,light which he himself had inherited from ,achamoth1 who by this loss punished him for his pride and selfsufficiency4 ,man1 thus favoured by ,achamoth at the expense of her own son1 followed the impulse of the ,divine ,light that she had transferred to him1 collected a further supply out of the creation with which it was intermingled1 and began to present not the image of his creator ,ildabaoth1 but rather that of the ,supreme ,being1 the 8,primal ,man40 ,at this spectacle the ,demiurgus was filled with rage and envy at having produced a being so superior to himself4 ,his looks1 inspired by his passions1 were reflected in the ,abyss1 as in a mirror1 the image became instinct with life1 and forth arose 8,satan ,serpentformed10 ,ophiomorphos1 the embodiment of envy and cunning47#efa7 ,this is the exoteric rendering of the ,gnostics1 and the allegory1 though a sectarian version1 is suggestive1 and seems true to life4 ,it is the natural deduction from the deadletter text of ,chapter iii of ,genesis4 ,hence the allegory of ,prometheus1 who steals the ,divine ,fire so as to allow men to proceed consciously on the path of ,spiritual ,evolution1 thus transforming the most perfect of animals on ,earth into a potential ,god1 and making him free to 8take the kingdom of heaven by violence40 ,hence1 also1 the curse pronounced by ,zeus against ,prometheus1 and by ,jehovah ,ildabaoth against his 8rebellious son10 ,satan4 ,the cold1 pure snows of the ,caucasian mountain and the neverdying1 singeing fire and flames of an inextinguishable ,hell1 two poles1 yet the same idea1 the dual aspect of a refined torture2 a 8,fireproducer0--the personified emblem of 7,phsphoros71 of the ,astral ,fire and ,light in the ,anima ,mundi 7that ,element of which the ,german materialist philosopher ,moleschott said3 8ohne ,phosphor kein ,gedanke10 or 8without phosphorus no thought07--burning in the fierce ,flames of his terrestrial ,passions2 the conflagration fired by his ,thought1 discerning as it now does good from evil1 and yet a slave to the passions of its earthly ,adam2 feeling the vulture of doubt and full consciousness gnawing at its heart--a ,prometheus indeed1 because a conscious1 and hence a responsible entity47#efb7 ,the curse of life is great1 yet1 with the exception of some ,hind and ,sufi mystics1 how few are those who would exchange all the tortures of conscious life1 all the evils of a responsible existence1 for the unconscious perfection of a passive 7objectively7 incorporeal ,being1 or even the universal static ,inertia personified in ,brahm during his 8,night's0 ,rest4 ,for1 to quote from an able article by one7#efc7 who1 confusing the planes of existence and consciousness1 fell a victim thereto3 ,satan or ,lucifer represents the ,active1 or1 as ,m4 ,jules ,baissac calls it1 the 8,centrifugal0 ,energy of the ,universe in a cosmic sense4 ,he is ,fire1 ,light1 ,life1 ,struggle1 ,effort1 ,thought1 ,consciousness1 ,progress1 ,civilization1 ,liberty1 ,independence4 ,at the same time he is ,pain1 which is the ,reaction of the ,pleasure of ,action1 and ,death--which is the ,revolution of ,life--,satan1 burning in his own ,hell1 produced by the fury of his own momentum--the expansive disintegration of the ,nebula which is to concentrate into ,new ,worlds4 ,and fitly is he again and again baffled by the ,eternal ,inertia of the ,passive ,energy of the ,kosmos--the inexorable 8,i am0--the ,flint from which the sparks are beaten out4 ,and fitly 444 are he and his adherents 444 consigned to the 8,sea of ,fire0--because it is the ,sun in one sense only in the cosmic allegory1 the ,fount of ,life in our system1 where they are purified 7meaning thereby disintegrated7 and churned up to rerrange them for another life 7the ,resurrection7--that ,sun which1 as the ,origin of the ,active ,principle of our ,earth1 is at once the ,home and the ,source of the ,mundane ,satan4444 ,furthermore1 as if to demonstrate the accuracy of ,baissac's general theory in ,le ,diable et ,satan cold is known to have a 8,centripetal0 effect4 ,under the influence of ,cold everything contracts4444 ,under it ,life hybernates1 or dies out1 ,thought congeals1 and ,fire is extinguished4 ,satan is immortal in his own ,fire,sea--it is only in the 8,nifl,heim0 the cold ,hell of the ,scandinavian ,eddas of the 8,i am0 that he cannot exist4 ,but for all that there is a kind of ,immortal ,existence in ,nifl,heim1 and that ,existence must be ,painless and ,peaceful1 because it is ,unconscious and ,inactive4 ,in the ,kingdom of ,jehovah if this ,god were all that the ,jews and ,christians claim for him there is no misery1 no war1 no marrying and giving in marriage1 no change1 no ,individual ,consciousness47#efd7 ,all is absorbed in the spirit of the ,most ,powerful4 ,it is emphatically a ,kingdom of ,peace and loyal ,submission1 as that of the 8,arch,rebel0 is one of ,war and ,revolution4444 ,it the former is in fact what ,theosophy calls ,nirvna4 ,but then ,theosophy teaches that ,separation from the ,primal ,source having once occurred1 ,renion can only be achieved by ,will,effort--which is distinctly ,satanic in the sense of this essay47#efe7 ,it is 8,satanic0 from the standpoint of orthodox ,romanism1 for it is owing to the prototype of that which became in time the ,christian ,devil--to the ,radiant ,archangels1 ,dhyn ,chohans1 who refused to create1 because they wanted ,man to become his own creator and an immortal ,god--that men can reach ,nirvna and the ,haven of heavenly ,divine ,peace4 ,to close this rather lengthy comment1 the ,secret ,doctrine teaches that the ,fire,devas1 the ,rudras1 and the ,kumras1 the 8,virgin,angels10 7to whom the ,archangels1 ,michael and ,gabriel1 both belong17 the ,divine 8,rebels0--called by the allmaterializing and positive ,jews1 the ,nahash or 8,deprived0--preferred the curse of incarnation and the long cycles of terrestrial existence and rebirths1 to seeing the misery1 even if unconscious1 of the beings who were evolved as ,shadows out of their ,brethren1 through the semipassive energy of their too spiritual ,creators4 ,if 8man's uses of life should be such as neither to animalize nor to spiritualize1 but to humanize ,self107#eff7 to do so1 he must be born human not angelic4 ,hence1 tradition shows the celestial ,yogs offering themselves as voluntary victims in order to redeem ,humanity1 which was created godlike and perfect at first1 and endow him with human affections and aspirations4 ,to do this they had to give up their natural status1 descend on our ,globe1 and take up their abode on it for the whole cycle of the ,mahyuga1 thus exchanging their impersonal ,individualities for individual ,personalities--the bliss of sidereal existence for the curse of terrestrial life4 ,this voluntary sacrifice of the ,fiery ,angels1 whose nature was ,knowledge and ,love1 has been construed by the exoteric theologies into a statement that shows 8the ,rebel ,angels hurled down from ,heaven into the darkness of ,hell0--our ,earth4 ,hind ,philosophy hints at the truth by teaching that the ,asuras1 hurled down by ,shiva1 are only in an intermediate state1 in which they prepare for higher degrees of purification and redemption from their wretched condition2 but ,christian ,theology--claiming to be based on the rock of the divine love1 charity1 and justice of him it appeals to as its ,saviour--to paradoxically enforce that claim1 has invented the dreary dogma of ,hell1 that ,archimedean lever of ,roman ,catholic philosophy4 ,whereas ,rabbinical wisdom--than which there is none more positive1 materialistic1 or grossly terrestrial1 as it brings everything down to physiological mysteries--calls these ,beings1 the 8,evil ,one02 and the ,kabalists--,nahash1 8,deprived10 as just said1 and the ,souls that have1 after having been alienated in ,heaven from the ,holy ,one1 thrown themselves into an ,abyss at the dawn of their very existence1 and have anticipated the time when they are to descend on ,earth47#efg7 ,and let me explain at once that our quarrel is not with the ,zohar or any other book of the ,kabalah in its right interpretation--for the latter is the same as our own--but only with the gross1 pseudoesoteric explanations of the later1 and especially of the ,christian ,kabalists4 ,says the ,commentary3 ,our earth and man are the products of the three ,fires4 ,the names of these three answer1 in ,sanskrit1 to the 8,electric ,fire10 the 8,solar ,fire10 and the 8,fire produced by ,friction40 ,explained on the cosmic and human planes1 these three ,fires are ,spirit1 ,soul1 and ,body1 the three great ,root ,groups1 with their four additional divisions4 ,these vary with the ,schools1 and--according to their applications--become the ,updhis and the ,vehicles1 or the ,noumena of these4 ,in the exoteric accounts1 they are personified by the 8three sons of surpassing brilliancy and splendour0 of ,agni ,abhimnin1 the eldest son of ,brahm1 the ,cosmic ,logos1 by ,svh1 one of ,daksha's7#efh7 daughters4 ,in the metaphysical sense1 the 8,fire by ,friction0 means the union between ,buddhi1 the sixth1 and ,manas1 the fifth 8principle10 which thus are united or cemented together1 the fifth merging partially into and becoming part of the ,monad2 in the physical1 it relates to the 8creative spark10 or germ1 which fructifies and generates the human being4 ,the three ,fires1 whose names are ,pvaka1 ,pavamna and ,shuchi1 were condemned1 it is said1 by a curse of ,vasishtha1 the great ,sage1 8to be born over and over again407#efi7 ,this is clear enough4 ,therefore1 the ,flames1 whose functions are confused in the exoteric books1 and who are called indifferently ,prajpatis1 ,pitris1 ,manus1 ,asuras1 ,rishis1 ,kumras17#egj7 etc41 are said to incarnate personally in the ,third ,root,race and thus find themselves 8reborn over and over again40 ,in the ,esoteric ,doctrine they are generally named ,asuras1 or the ,asura ,devat or ,pitar ,devat 7,gods71 for1 as said1 they were first ,gods--and the highest--before they became 8,no,gods10 and had from ,spirits of ,heaven fallen into ,spirits of ,earth7#ega7--;exoterically1 note well1 in orthodox dogma4 ,no ,theologian or ,orientalist can ever understand the genealogies of the ,prajpatis1 the ,manus1 and the ,rishis1 or the direct connection of these--their correlation rather--with the ,gods1 unless he has the key to the old primitive ,cosmogony and ,theogony1 which all nations originally had in common4 ,all these ,gods and ,demigods are found reborn on ,earth1 in various ,kalpas and in as various characters2 each1 moreover1 having his ,karma distinctly traced1 and every effect assigned to its cause4 ,before other ,stanzas could be explained1 it was1 as may be seen1 absolutely necessary to show that the ,sons of 8,dark ,wisdom10 though identical with the ,archangels which ,theology has chosen to call the 8,fallen10 are as divine and as pure1 if not more pure1 than all the ,michaels and ,gabriels so glorified in the ,churches4 ,the 8,old ,book0 also goes into various details of ,astral ,life1 which at this juncture would be quite incomprehensible to the reader4 ,it must1 therefore1 be left for later explanation1 and the ,first and ,second ,races will now receive only bare notice4 ,not so the ,third ,race--the ,root,race which separated into sexes1 and which was the first to be endowed with reason2 men evolving pari passu with the ,globe1 and the latter having 8incrustated0 more than a hundred millions of years before the first human subrace had yet begun to materialize or solidify1 so to say4 ,but1 as the ,stanza has it3 ,the ,inner ,man the ,conscious ,entity was not4 ,this 8,conscious ,entity0 ,occultism says1 comes from1 nay1 in many cases is1 the very essence and esse of the high ,intelligences1 condemned1 by the undeviating law of ,karmic evolution1 to rencarnate in this ,manvantara4 7b7 ,shloka #ci relates exclusively to the racial divisions4 ,strictly speaking1 ,esoteric ,philosophy teaches a modified polygenesis4 ,for1 while it assigns to humanity a oneness of origin1 in so far that its ,forefathers or 8,creators0 were all ,divine ,beings--though of different classes or degrees of perfection in their ,hierarchy--it teaches that men were nevertheless born at seven different centres of the ,continent of that period4 ,though all were of one common origin1 yet1 for reasons given1 their potentialities and mental capabilities1 outward or physical forms1 and future characteristics1 were very different47#egb7 ,as to their complexions1 there is a suggestive allegory told in ,linga ,purna4 ,the ,kumras--the ,rudra ,gods1 so called--are described as incarnations of ,shiva1 the ,destroyer 7of outward forms71 called also ,vmadeva4 ,the latter1 as a ,kumra1 the 8,eternal ,celibate10 the chaste ,virgin ,youth1 springs from ,brahm in each great ,manvantara1 and 8again becomes four02 a reference to the four great divisions of the human ,races1 as regards complexion and type--and the three chief variations of these4 ,thus in the twentyninth ,kalpa--in this case a reference to the transformation and evolution of the human form1 which ,shiva ever destroys and remodels periodically down to the great ,manvantaric turning point1 about the middle of the ,fourth 7,atlantean7 ,race--in the twentyninth ,kalpa1 ,shiva1 as ,shvetalohita1 the ,root,kumra1 from mooncoloured becomes white2 in his next transformation1 he is red 7and in this the exoteric version differs from the ,esoteric ,teaching72 in the third1 yellow2 in the fourth1 black4 ,esotericism now classes these seven variations1 with their four great divisions1 into only three distinct primeval ,races--as it does not take into consideration the ,first ,race1 which had neither type nor colour1 and a hardly objective1 though colossal1 form4 ,the evolution of these ,races1 their formation and development1 proceeded on parallel lines with the evolution1 formation1 and development of three geological strata1 from which the human complexion was as much derived as it was determined by the climates of these zones4 ,the ,esoteric ,teaching names three great divisions1 namely1 the redyellow1 the black1 and the brown white47#egc7 ,the ryan races1 for instance1 now varying from dark brown1 almost black1 redbrownyellow1 down to the whitest creamy colour1 are nevertheless all of one and the same stock1 the ,fifth ,root,race1 and spring from one single ,progenitor1 called in ,hind exotericism by the generic name of ,vaivasvata ,manu2 the latter1 remember1 being that ,generic ,personage1 the ,sage1 who is said to have lived over #ah1jjj1jjj years ago1 and also #hej1jjj years ago--at the time of the sinking of the last remnants of the ,great ,continent of ,atlantis17#egd7 and who is said to live even now in his mankind47#ege7 ,the light yellow is the colour of the first solid human race1 which appeared after the middle of the ,third ,root,race--after its fall into generation1 as just explained--bringing on the final changes4 ,for1 it is only at that period that the last transformation took place1 which brought forth man as he is now1 only on a magnified scale4 ,this ,race gave birth to the ,fourth ,race2 8,shiva0 gradually transforming that portion of ,humanity which became 8black with sin0 into redyellow1 of which the red ,indians and the ,mongolians are the descendants1 and finally into brownwhite races--which now1 together with the yellow races1 form the great bulk of ,humanity4 ,the allegory in ,linga ,purna is curious1 as showing the great ethnological knowledge of the ancients4 ,when reading of the 8last transformation10 which is said to have taken place #ah1jjj1jjj years ago1 let the reader at this juncture1 consider how many millions more it must have required to reach that final stage4 ,and if ,man1 in his gradual consolidation1 developed pari passu with the ,earth1 how many millions of years must have elapsed during the ,first1 ,second1 and the first half of the ,third ,race4 ,for the ,earth was in a comparatively ethereal condition before it reached its last consolidated state4 ,the ,archaic ,teachings1 moreover1 tell us that1 during the middle period of the ,lemuro,atlantean ,race1 three and a half ,races after the ,genesis of ,man1 the ,earth1 ,man1 and everything on the ,globe1 were of a still grosser and more material nature1 while such things as corals and some shells were still in a semigelatinous1 astral state4 ,the cycles that have intervened since then1 have already carried us onward1 on the opposite ascending arc1 some steps toward our 8dematerialization10 as the ,spiritualists would say4 ,the ,earth1 ourselves1 and all things have softened since then--aye1 even our brains4 ,but it has been objected by some ,theosophists that an ethereal ,earth even some #ae or #bj1jjj1jjj years ago1 8does not square with ,geology10 which teaches us that winds blew1 rains fell1 waves broke on the shore1 sands shifted and accumulated1 etc42 that1 in short1 all natural causes now in operation were then in force1 8in the very earliest ages of geological time1 aye1 that of the oldest palozoic rocks40 ,to this the following answers are given4 ,firstly1 what is the date assigned by ,geology to these 8oldest palozoic rocks08 ,and secondly1 why could not the winds blow1 rain fall1 and waves--of 8carbonic acid0 apparently1 as ,science seems to imply--break on the shore1 on an ,earth semiastral1 i4e41 viscid8 ,the word 8astral0 does not necessarily1 in ,occult phraseology1 mean as thin as smoke1 but rather 8starry10 shining or pellucid1 in various and numerous degrees1 from a quite filmy to a viscid state1 as just observed4 ,but it is further objected3 8,how could an astral ,earth have affected the other ,planets in this ,system8 ,would not the whole process get out of gear now if the attraction of one ,planet were suddenly removed80 ,the objection is evidently invalid1 since our ,system is composed of older and younger ,planets1 some dead--like the ,moon--others in process of formation1 for all that ,astronomy knows to the contrary4 ,nor has the latter ever affirmed1 so far as we know1 that all the bodies of our ,system have sprung into existence and developed simultaneously4 ,the ,cis,himlayan ,secret ,teachings differ from those of ,india in this respect4 ,hind ,occultism teaches that the ,vaivasvata ,manu ,humanity is #ah1jjj1jjj and odd years old4 ,we say1 yes2 but only so far as physical or approximately physical1 ,man is concerned1 who dates from the close of the ,third ,root,race4 ,beyond that period ,man1 or his filmy image1 may have existed for #cjj1jjj1jjj years1 for all we know2 since we are not taught figures which are and will remain secret with the ,masters of ,occult ,science1 as justly stated in ,esoteric ,buddhism4 ,moreover1 whereas the ,hind ,purnas speak of one ,vaivasvata ,manu1 we affirm that there were several1 the name being a generic one4 ,we must now say a few more words on the physical evolution of man4 ,archaic ,teachings ,in ,the 8,purnas0 ,and 8,genesis40 ,physical ,evolution4 ,the writer cannot give too much proof that the system of ,cosmogony and ,anthropogony above described actually existed1 that its records are preserved1 and that it is found mirrored even in the modern versions of ancient ,scriptures4 ,the ,purnas on the one hand1 and the ,jewish ,scriptures on the other1 are based on the same scheme of evolution1 which1 if read ,esoterically and expressed in modern language1 would be found to be quite as scientific as much of what now passes current as the final word of recent discovery4 ,the only difference between the two schemes is1 that the ,purnas1 giving as much1 and perhaps more1 attention to causes than to effects1 allude to the precosmic and pregenetic periods rather than to those of socalled 8creation10 whereas the ,bible1 after saying only a few words on the former period1 plunges forthwith into material genesis1 and1 while almost skipping the ,pre,adamic races1 proceeds with its allegories concerning the ,fifth ,race4 ,now1 whatever the onslaught made on the 8order of creation0 in ,genesis--and its deadletter account certainly lends itself admirably to criticism7#egf7--the ,hind ,purnas1 notwithstanding their allegorical exaggerations will be found quite in accordance with ,physical ,science4 ,even what1 on the face of it1 appears to be the perfectly nonsensical allegory of ,brahm assuming the form of a ,boar to rescue the ,earth from under the waters1 finds a perfectly scientific explanation in the ,secret ,commentaries1 relating as it does to the many risings and sinkings1 the constant alternation of water and land from the earliest to the latest geological periods of our ,globe2 for ,science teaches us now that nine tenths of the stratified formations of the ,earth's crust have been gradually constructed beneath the water at the bottom of the seas4 ,the ancient ryans are credited with having known nothing whatever of ,natural ,history1 ,geology1 and so on4 ,the ,jewish race is1 on the other hand1 proclaimed even by its severest critic1 an uncompromising opponent of the ,bible1 to have the merit of having conceived the idea of monotheism 8earlier1 and retained it more firmly1 than any of the less philosophical and more immoral religions 7667 of the ancient world407#egg7 ,only1 while in biblical ,esotericism1 we find physiological sexual mysteries symbolized1 and very little more1 something for which very little real ,philosophy is requisite--in the ,purnas one can find the most scientific and philosophical 8dawn of creation10 which1 if impartially analyzed and rendered into plain language from its fairytalelike allegories1 would show that modern ,zoology1 ,geology1 ,astronomy1 and nearly all the branches of modern knowledge1 have been anticipated in ancient ,science1 and were known to ancient ,philosophers in their general features1 if not in such detail as at present4 ,paurnic ,astronomy1 with all its deliberate concealment and confusion for the purpose of leading the profane off the real track1 has been shown even by ,bentley to be a real science2 and those who are versed in the mysteries of ,hind astronomical treatises1 will prove that the modern theories of the progressive condensation of nebul1 nebulous stars and suns1 with the most minute details about the cyclic progress of asterisms for chronological and other purposes--far more correct than ,europeans have even now--were known in ,india to perfection4 ,if we turn to ,geology and ,zoology we find the same4 ,what are all the myths and endless genealogies of the seven ,prajpatis1 of their sons1 the seven ,rishis or ,manus1 and of their wives1 sons and progeny1 but a vast detailed account of the progressive development and evolution of animal creation1 one species after the other8 ,were the highly philosophical and metaphysical ryans--the authors of the most perfect philosophical system of transcendental ,psychology1 of codes of ,ethics1 of such a grammar as ,pnini's1 of the ,snkhya and ,vednta systems1 of a moral code 7,buddhism71 proclaimed by ,max ,mller the most perfect on earth--were the ryans such fools1 or children1 as to lose their time in writing 8fairy tales10 such as the ,purnas now seem to be in the eyes of those who have not the remotest idea of their secret meaning8 ,what is the 8fable10 the genealogy and origin of ,kashyapa1 with his twelve wives by whom he had a numerous and diversified progeny of serpents 7,ngas71 reptiles1 birds1 and all kinds of living things1 who was thus the 8father0 of all kinds of animals1 but a veiled record of the order of evolution in this ,round8 ,so far1 we do not see that any ,orientalist has ever had the remotest conception of the truths concealed under the allegories and personifications4 ,the ,shatapatha ,brhmana1 says one1 gives 8a not very intelligible account0 of ,kashyapa's origin4 ,according to the ,mahbhrata1 the ,rmyana1 and the ,purnas1 he was the son of ,marchi1 the son of ,brahm1 the father of ,vivasvat1 the father of ,manu1 the progenitor of mankind4 ,according to the ,shatapatha ,brahmna3 ,having assumed the form of a tortoise1 ,prajpati created offspring4 ,that which he created he made 7akarot72 hence the word krma 7tortoise74 ,kashyapa means tortoise2 hence men say1 8,all creatures are descendants of ,kashyapa407#egh7 ,he was all this2 he was also the father of the bird ,garuda1 the 8king of the feathered tribe10 who descends from1 and is of one stock with the reptiles1 the ,ngas1 and who becomes their mortal enemy subsequently--as he is also a cycle1 a period of time1 when1 in the course of evolution1 the birds which developed from reptiles in their 8struggle for life0 and 8survival of the fittest10 etc41 turned in preference on those from whom they issued to devour them1 perhaps prompted by natural law1 in order to make room for other and more perfect species4 ,in that admirable epitome1 ,modern ,science and ,modern ,thought1 a lesson in ,natural ,history is offered to ,mr4 ,gladstone1 showing the utter variance of the ,bible with it4 ,the author remarks that ,geology traces the 8dawn of creation0 through a line of scientific research3 ,commencing with the earliest known fossil1 the ,eozoon ,canadense of the ,laurentian1 and continued in a chain1 every link of which is firmly welded1 through the ,silurian1 with its abundance of molluscous1 crustacean1 and vermiform life1 and first indication of fishes2 the ,devonian1 with its predominance of fish and first appearance of reptiles2 the ,mesozoic with its batrachians2 the ,secondary formations1 in which reptiles of the sea1 land and air preponderated1 and the first humble forms of vertebrate land animals began to appear2 and finally the ,tertiary1 in which mammalian life has become abundant1 and type succeeding to type and species to species1 are gradually differentiated and specialized1 through the ,eocene1 ,miocene1 and ,pliocene periods1 until we arrive at the ,glacial and ,prehistoric periods1 and at positive proof of the existence of man47#egi7 ,the same order1 plus the description of animals unknown to ,modern ,science1 is found in the ,commentaries on the ,purnas in general1 and in the ,book of ,dzyan especially4 ,the only difference--a grave one1 no doubt1 as implying a spiritual and divine nature of man independent of his physical body in this illusionary world1 in which the false personality and its cerebral basis alone is known to orthodox ,psychology--is as follows4 ,having been in all the socalled seven 8creations10 which stand allegorically for the seven evolutionary changes1 or subraces1 as we may call them1 of the ,first ,root,race of ,mankind--,man has been on ,earth in this ,round from the beginning4 ,having passed through all the ,kingdoms of ,nature in the previous three ,rounds17#ehj7 his physical frame--one adapted to the thermal conditions of those early periods--was ready to receive the ,divine ,pilgrim at the first dawn of human life1 i4e41 #ah1jjj1jjj years ago4 ,it is only at the midpoint of the ,third ,root,race that man was endowed with ,manas4 ,once united1 the ,two and then the ,three made ,one2 for though the lower animals1 from the amba to man1 received their ,monads1 in which all the higher qualities are potential1 these qualities have to remain dormant till the animal reaches its human form1 before which stage ,manas 7mind7 has no development in them4 ,in the animals every principle is paralyzed1 and in a ftuslike state1 save the second1 the ,vital1 and the third1 the ,astral1 and the rudiments of the fourth1 ,kma1 which is desire1 instinct--whose intensity and development varies and changes with the species4 ,to the materialist wedded to the ,darwinian theory1 this will read like a fairytale1 a mystification2 to the believer in the inner1 spiritual man1 the statement will have nothing unnatural in it4 ,as ,commentary ix says3 ,men are made complete only during their ,third1 toward the ,fourth ,cycle ,race4 ,they are made 8,gods0 for good and evil1 and responsible1 only when the two arcs meet after three and a half ,rounds towards the ,fifth ,race4 ,they are made so by the ,nirmnakya ,spiritual or ,astral remains of the ,rudra,kumras1 8cursed to be reborn on ,earth again0 meaning--doomed in their natural turn to rencarnation in the higher ascending arc of the terrestrial ,cycle4 ,now the writer is certain to be met with what will be termed insuperable objections4 ,we shall be told that the line of embryology1 the gradual development of every individual life1 and the progress of what is known to take place in the order of progressive stages of specialization--that all this is opposed to the idea of man preceding mammals4 ,man begins as the humblest and most primitive vermiform creature3 ,from the primitive speck of protoplasm1 and the nucleated cell in which all life originates 444 and 8is developed through stages undistinguishable from those of fish1 reptile and mammal1 until the cell finally attains the highly specialized development of the quadrumanous1 and1 last of all1 of the human type407#eha7 ,this is perfectly scientific1 and we have nothing against that2 for it all relates to the shell of man--his body1 which1 in its growth1 is subject1 of course1 like every other once socalled morphological unit1 to such metamorphoses4 ,it is not those who teach the transformation of the mineral atom through crystallization--which is the same function1 and bears the same relation to its socalled inorganic ,updhi1 or basis1 as the formation of cells to their organic nuclei1 through plant1 insect and animal into man--it is not they who will reject this theory1 as it will finally lead to the recognition of a ,universal ,deity in ,nature1 ever present1 and as ever invisible and unknowable1 and of intracosmic ,gods1 who were all once men47#ehb7 ,but we would ask1 what does ,science and its exact discoveries and now axiomatic theories prove against our ,occult theory8 ,those who believe in the law of evolution and gradual progressive development from a cell--which from a vital became a morphological cell1 until it finally awoke as protoplasm pure and simple--can surely never limit their belief to one line of evolution6 ,the types of life are innumerable2 and the progress of evolution1 moreover1 does not go at the same rate in every kind of species4 ,the constitution of primordial matter in the ,silurian age--we mean the 8primordial0 matter of ,science--was the same in every essential particular1 save its degree of present grossness1 as the primordial living matter of today4 ,nor do we find that which ought to be found1 if the now orthodox theory of evolution were quite correct1 namely1 a constant1 everflowing progress in every species of being4 ,instead of this1 what does one see8 ,while the intermediate groups of animal beings all tend toward a higher type1 and while specializations1 now of one type and now of another1 develop through the geological ages1 change forms1 assume new shapes1 appear and disappear with a kaleidoscopic rapidity1 in the description of ,palontologists from one period to another1 the two solitary exceptions to the general rule are those at the two opposite poles of life and type1 namely--man and the lower genera of being6 ,certain wellmarked forms of living beings have existed through enormous epochs1 surviving not only the changes of physical conditions1 but persisting comparatively unaltered1 while other forms of life have appeared and disappeared4 ,such forms may be termed 8persistent types0 of life2 and examples of them are abundant enough in both the animal and the vegetable worlds47#ehc7 ,nevertheless1 we are not given any good reason why ,darwin links together reptiles1 birds1 amphibians1 fishes1 mollusca1 etc41 as offshoots of a moneric ancestry4 ,nor are we told whether reptiles1 for instance1 are direct descendants of the amphibia1 the latter of fishes1 and fishes of lower forms--which they certainly are4 ,for the ,monads have passed through all these forms of being up to ,man1 on every ,globe1 in the three preceding ,rounds2 every ,round1 as well as every subsequent ,globe1 from ,a to ,g1 having been1 and still having to be1 the arena of the same evolution1 only repeated each time on a more solid material basis4 ,therefore the question1 8,what relation is there between the ,third ,round astral prototypes and ordinary physical development in the course of the origination of premammalian organic species80--is easily answered4 ,one is the shadowy prototype of the other1 the preliminary1 hardly defined1 and evanescent sketch on the canvas1 of objects which are destined to receive their final and vivid form under the brush of the painter4 ,the fish evolved into an amphibian--a frog--in the shadows of ponds1 and man passed through all his metamorphoses on this ,globe in the ,third ,round as he did in this1 his ,fourth ,cycle4 ,the ,third ,round types contributed to the formation of the types in the present ,round4 ,on strict analogy1 the cycle of seven ,rounds in their work of the gradual formation of man through every ,kingdom of ,nature1 is repeated on a microscopical scale in the first seven months of gestation of a future human being4 ,let the student think over and work out this analogy4 ,as the seven months' old unborn baby1 though quite ready1 yet needs two months more in which to acquire strength and consolidate2 so man1 having perfected his evolution during seven ,rounds1 remains two periods more in the womb of ,mother,nature before he is born1 or rather reborn a ,dhyni1 still more perfect than he was before he launched forth as a ,monad on the newly built ,chain of ,worlds4 ,let the student ponder over this mystery1 and then he will easily convince himself that1 as there are also physical links between many classes1 so there are precise domains wherein the ,astral merges into ,physical ,evolution4 ,of this ,science breathes not one word4 ,man has evolved with and from the monkey1 it says4 ,but now see the contradiction4 ,huxley proceeds to point out plants1 ferns1 clubmosses1 some of them generically identical with those now living1 which are met with in the ,carboniferous epoch1 for3 ,the cone of the oolitic ,araucaria is hardly distinguishable from that of existing species4444 ,subkingdoms of animals yield the same instances4 ,the ,globigerina of the ,atlantic soundings is identical with the cretaceous species of the same genus 444 the tabulate corals of the ,silurian epoch are wonderfully like the millepores of our own seas4444 ,the ,arachnida1 the highest group of which1 the scorpions1 is represented in the coal by a genus differing from its living congeners only in 444 the eyes4 etc4 ,all of which may be closed with ,dr4 ,carpenter's authoritative statement about the ,foraminifera3 ,there is no evidence of any fundamental modification or advance in the foraminiferous type from the palozoic period to the present time4444 ,the foraminiferous fauna of our own series probably present a greater range of variety than existed at any previous period2 but there is no indication of any tendency to elevation towards a higher type47#ehd7 ,now1 as in the ,foraminifera1 ,protozoa of the lowest type of life1 mouthless and eyeless1 there is no indication of change except their now greater variety--so man1 who is on the uppermost rung of the ladder of being1 indicates still less change1 as we have seen2 the skeleton of his palolithic ancestor being even found superior in some respects to his present frame4 ,where is1 then1 the uniformity of law which is claimed--the absolute rule for one species shading off into another and thus1 by insensible gradations1 into higher types8 ,we see ,sir ,william ,thomson admitting as much as #djj1jjj1jjj years for the time since the surface of the ,globe became sufficiently cool to permit of the presence of living things27#ehe7 and during that enormous lapse of time in the ,oolitic period alone1 the socalled 8,age of ,reptiles10 we find a most extraordinary variety and abundance of ,saurian forms1 the ,amphibian type reaching its highest development4 ,we learn of ,ichthyosauri and ,plesiosauri in the lakes and rivers1 and of winged crocodiles or lizards flying in the air4 ,after which1 in the ,tertiary period3 ,we find the ,mammalian type exhibiting remarkable divergences from previously existing forms 444 ,mastodons1 ,megatheriums1 and other unwieldy denizens of the ancient forests and plains4 ,and1 subsequently1 we are notified of3 ,the gradual modification of one of the ramifications of the ,quadrumanous order1 into those beings from whom primeval ,man himself may claim to have been evolved47#ehf7 ,he may2 but no one1 except a ,materialist1 can see why he should2 as there is not the slightest necessity for it1 nor is such an evolution warranted by facts1 for those most interested in the proofs thereof confess their utter failure to find one single fact to support their theory4 ,there is no need for the numberless types of life to represent the members of one progressive series4 ,they are 8the products of various and different evolutional divergences1 taking place now in one direction and now in another40 ,therefore it is far more justifiable to say that the monkey evolved into the quadrumanous order1 than that primeval man--who has remained stationary in his human specialization since the first fossil skeleton found in the oldest strata1 and of whom no variety is found save in colour and facial type--has developed from a common ancestor together with the ape4 ,that man originates like other animals in a cell and develops 8through stages indistinguishable from those of fish1 reptile1 and mammal until the cell attains the highly specialized development of the quadrumanous and at last the human type10 is an ,occult axiom thousands of years old4 ,the ,kabalistic axiom3 8,a stone becomes a plant2 a plant a beast2 a beast a man2 a man a ,god10 holds good throughout the ages4 ,hckel1 in his ,schpfungsgeschichte1 shows a double drawing representing two embryos--that of a dog six weeks old1 and that of a man1 eight weeks4 ,the two1 with the exception of a slight difference in the head1 which is larger and wider about the brain in the man1 are indistinguishable4 ,in fact1 we may say that every human being passes through the stage of fish and reptile before arriving at that of mammal1 and finally of man4 ,if we take him up at the more advanced stage1 where the embryo has already passed the reptilian form1 we find that for a considerable time1 the line of development remains the same as that of other mammalia4 ,the rudimentary limbs are exactly similar1 the five fingers and toes develop in the same way1 and the resemblance after the first four weeks' growth between the embryo of a man and a dog is such that it is scarcely possible to distinguish them4 ,even at the age of eight weeks the embryo man is an animal with a tail1 hardly to be distinguished from an embryo puppy47#ehg7 ,why1 then1 not make man and dog evolve from a common ancestor1 or from a reptile--a ,nga1 instead of coupling man with the ,quadrumana8 ,this would be just as logical as the latter1 if not more so4 ,the shape and the stages of the human embryo have not changed since historical times1 and these metamorphoses were known to sculapius and ,hippocrates as well as to ,mr4 ,huxley4 ,therefore1 since the ,kabalists had remarked it from prehistoric times1 it is no new discovery47#ehh7 ,as the embryo of man has no more of the ape in it than of any other mammal1 but contains in itself the totality of the kingdoms of nature1 and since it seems to be a 8persistent type0 of life1 far more so than even the ,foraminifera1 it seems as illogical to make him evolve from the ape as it would be to trace his origin to the frog or the dog4 ,both ,occult and ,eastern ,philosophies believe in ,evolution1 which ,manu and ,kapila7#ehi7 give with far more clearness than any ,scientist does at present4 ,no need to repeat what has been fully debated in ,isis ,unveiled1 as the reader may find all these arguments and the description of the basis on which all the ,eastern doctrines of ,evolution rest1 in our earlier volumes47#eij7 ,but no ,occultist can accept the unreasonable proposition that all the now existing forms1 8from the structureless ,amba to man10 are the direct lineal descendants of organisms which lived millions and millions of years before the birth of man1 in the pre,silurian epochs1 in the sea or land mud4 ,the ,occultists believe in an ,inherent ,law of ,progressive ,development47#eia7 ,mr4 ,darwin never did1 and says so himself2 for we find him stating that1 since there can be no advantage 8to the infusorian animalcule or an intestinal worm 444 to become highly organized10 therefore1 8natural selection10 not necessarily including progressive development--leaves the animalcule and the worm1 the 8persistent types10 quiet47#eib7 ,there does not appear much uniform law in such behaviour of ,nature2 and it looks more like the discriminative action of some superphysical selection2 perhaps1 that aspect of ,karma1 which ,eastern ,occultists would call the 8,law of ,retardation10 may have something to do with it4 ,but there is every reason to doubt whether ,mr4 ,darwin himself ever gave such an importance to his law as is now given to it by his atheistic followers4 ,the knowledge of the various living forms in the geological periods that have gone by is very meagre4 ,the reasons given for this by ,dr4 ,bastian are very suggestive3 ,first1 on account of the imperfect manner in which the several forms may be represented in the strata pertaining to the period2 secondly1 on account of the extremely limited nature of the explorations which have been made in these imperfectly representative strata2 and1 thirdly1 because so many parts of the record are absolutely inaccessible to use--nearly all beneath the ,silurian system having been blotted out by time1 whilst those two thirds of the earth's surface in which the remaining strata are to be found are now covered over by seas4 ,hence ,mr4 ,darwin says3 8,for my part1 following out ,lyell's metaphor1 ,i look at the geological record as a history of the world imperfectly kept1 and written in a changing dialect2 of this history we possess the last volume alone1 relating only to two or three countries4 ,of this volume1 only here and there a short chapter has been preserved2 and of each page only here and there a few lines407#eic7 ,it is not on such meagre data1 certainly1 that the last word of ,science can be said4 ,nor is it on any ground of human pride1 or unreasonable belief in man's representing even here on ,earth--in our period1 perhaps--the highest type of life1 that ,occultism denies that all the preceding forms of human life belonged to types lower than our own2 for it is not so4 ,but simply because the 8missing link10 which will prove the existing theory undeniably1 will never be found by ,palontologists4 ,believing as we do that man has1 during the preceding ,rounds1 evolved from1 and passed through1 the lowest forms of every life1 vegetable and animal1 on ,earth1 there is nothing very degrading in the idea of having the ,orang ,outang as an ancestor of our physical form4 ,quite the reverse2 as it would most irresistibly forward the ,occult ,doctrine with regard to the final evolution of everything in terrestrial nature into man4 ,one may even enquire how it is that ,biologists and ,anthropologists1 having once firmly accepted the theory of the descent of man from the ape--how it is that they have hitherto left untouched the future evolution of the existing apes into man8 ,this is only a logical sequence of the first theory--unless ,science would make of man a privileged being1 and his evolution a nonprecedent in ,nature1 quite a special and unique case4 ,and that is what all this leads ,physical ,science to4 ,the reason1 however1 why the ,occultists reject the ,darwinian1 and especially the ,hckelian1 hypothesis is because it is the ape1 not man1 which is1 in sober truth1 a special and unique instance4 ,the ,pithecoid is an accidental creation1 a forced growth1 the result of an unnatural process4 ,the ,occult ,doctrine is1 we think1 more logical4 ,it teaches a cyclic1 never varying ,law in ,nature1 the latter having no personal 8special design10 but acting on a uniform plan that prevails through the whole ,manvantaric period and deals with the landworm as it deals with man4 ,neither the one nor the other have sought to come into being1 hence both are under the same ,evolutionary ,law1 and both have to progress according to ,karmic ,law4 ,both have started from the same ,neutral ,centre of ,life and both have to remerge into it at the consummation of the ,cycle4 ,it is not denied that in the preceding ,round man was a gigantic apelike creature2 and when we say 8man0 we ought perhaps to say1 the rough mould that was developing for the use of man in this ,round only--the middle1 or the transition1 point of which we have hardly reached4 ,nor was man during the first two and a half ,root,races what he is now4 ,that point he reached1 as said before1 only #ah1jjj1jjj years ago1 during the ,secondary period1 as we claim4 ,till then he was1 according to tradition and ,occult ,teaching1 8a ,god on ,earth who had fallen into ,matter10 or generation4 ,this may or may not be accepted1 since the ,secret ,doctrine does not impose itself as an infallible dogma1 and since1 whether its prehistoric records are accepted or rejected1 it has nothing to do with the question of the actual ,man and his ,inner ,nature2 the ,fall mentioned above having left no 8original sin0 on ,humanity4 ,but all this has been sufficiently dealt with4 ,furthermore1 we are taught that the transformations through which man passed on the descending arc--which is centrifugal for ,spirit and centripetal for ,matter--and those he is preparing to go through1 henceforward1 on his ascending path1 which will reverse the direction of the two forces--viz41 ,matter will become centrifugal and ,spirit centripetal--that all such transformations are next in store for the anthropoid apes also2 all those1 at any rate1 who have reached the remove next to man in this ,round--for these will all be men in the ,fifth ,round1 just as the present men inhabited apelike forms in the ,third1 the preceding ,round4 ,behold1 then1 in the modern denizens of the great forests of ,sumatra the degraded and dwarfed examples--8blurred copies10 as ,mr4 ,huxley has it--of ourselves1 as we 7the majority of mankind7 were in the earliest subraces of the ,fourth ,root,race during the period of what is called the 8fall into generation40 ,the ape we know is not the product of natural evolution but an accident1 a crossbreed between an animal being1 or form1 and man4 ,as has been shown in the present volume1 it is the speechless animal that first began sexual connection1 for it was the first to separate into male and female4 ,nor was it intended by ,nature that man should follow this bestial example--as is now shown by the comparatively painless procreation of their species by animals1 and the terrible suffering and danger of the same in woman4 ,the ape is1 indeed1 as remarked in ,isis ,unveiled3 ,a transformation of species most directly connected with that of the human familya bastard branch engrafted on their own stock before the final perfection of the latter47#eid7 ,the apes are millions of years later than the speaking human being1 and are the latest contemporaries of our ,fifth ,race4 ,thus1 it is most important to remember that the 8,egos0 of the apes are entities compelled by their ,karma to incarnate in the animal forms1 which resulted from the bestiality of the latest ,third and the earliest ,fourth ,race men4 ,they are entities who had already reached the 8human stage0 before this ,round4 ,consequently1 they form an exception to the general rule4 ,the numberless traditions about ,satyrs are no fables1 but represent an extinct race of animal men4 ,the animal 8,eves0 were their foremothers1 and the human 8,adams0 their forefathers2 hence the ,kabalistic allegory of ,lilith or ,lilatu1 ,adam's first wife1 whom the ,talmud describes as a 8charming0 woman1 8with long wavy hair10 i4e4--a female hairy animal of a character now unknown1 still a female animal1 who in the ,kabalistic and ,talmudic allegories is called the female reflection of ,samael1 ,samael,lilith1 or mananimal united1 a being called1 in the ,zohar1 ,hayo ,bischat1 the ,beast or ,evil ,beast4 ,it is from this unnatural union that the present apes descended4 ,the latter are truly 8speechless men10 and will become speaking animals1 or men of a lower order1 in the ,fifth ,round1 while the ,adepts of a certain ,school hope that some of the 8,egos0 of the apes of a higher intelligence will reppear at the close of the ,sixth ,root,race4 ,what their form will be is of secondary consideration4 ,the form means nothing4 ,genera and species of the flora1 fauna1 and the highest animal1 its crown--man1 change and vary according to the environments and climatic variations1 not only with every ,round1 but every ,root,race likewise1 as well as after every geological cataclysm that puts an end to1 or produces a turning point in1 the latter4 ,in the ,sixth ,root,race1 the fossils of the ,orang1 the ,gorilla and the ,chimpanzee will be those of extinct quadrumanous mammals2 and new forms--though fewer and ever wider apart as ages pass on and the close of the ,manvantara approaches--will develop from the 8cast off0 types of the human races as they revert once again to astral1 out of the mire of physical1 life4 ,there were no apes before man1 and they will be extinct before the ,seventh ,race develops4 ,karma will lead on the ,monads of the unprogressed men of our ,race and lodge them in the newly evolved human frames of the thus physiologically regenerated ,baboon4 ,this will take place1 of course1 millions of years hence4 ,but the picture of this cyclic precession of all that lives and breathes now on ,earth1 of each species in its turn1 is a true one1 and needs no 8special creation0 or miraculous formation of man1 beast1 and plant ex nihilo4 ,this is how ,occult ,science explains the absence of any link between ape and man1 and shows the former evolving from the latter4 ,a ,panoramic ,view ,of ,the ,early ,races4 ,there is a period of a few millions of years to cover between the first 8mindless0 race and the highly intelligent and intellectual later ,lemurians2 there is another between the earliest civilization of the ,atlanteans and the historic period4 ,as witnesses to the ,lemurians but a few silent records in the shape of half a dozen broken colossi and old cyclopean ruins are left4 ,these are not allowed a hearing1 as they are 8productions of blind natural forces10 we are assured by some2 8quite modern0 we are told by others4 ,tradition is left contemptuously unnoticed by ,sceptic and ,materialist1 and made subservient to the ,bible in every case by the too zealous ,churchman4 ,whenever a legend1 however1 refuses to fit in with the ,noachian ,deluge theory1 it is declared by the ,christian clergy to be 8the insanely delirious voice of old superstition40 ,atlantis is denied1 when not confused with ,lemuria and other departed ,continents1 because1 perhaps1 ,lemuria is half the creation of ,modern ,science1 and has1 therefore1 to be believed in2 while ,plato's ,atlantis is regarded by most of the ,scientists as a dream4 ,atlantis is often described by believers in ,plato as a prolongation of ,africa4 ,an old continent is also suspected to have existed on the ,eastern coast4 ,but ,africa1 as a continent1 was never part and parcel of either ,lemuria or ,atlantis1 as we have agreed to call the ,third and ,fourth ,continents4 ,their archaic appellations are never mentioned in the ,purnas1 nor anywhere else4 ,but with only one of the ,esoteric keys in hand1 it becomes an easy task to identify these departed lands in the numberless 8,lands of the ,gods10 ,devas and ,munis described in the ,purnas1 in their ,varshas1 ,dvpas1 and ,zones4 ,their ,shvetadvpa1 during the early days of ,lemuria1 stood out like a giantpeak from the bottom of the sea2 the area between ,atlas and ,madagascar being occupied by the waters till about the early period of ,atlantis1 after the disappearance of ,lemuria1 when ,africa emerged from the bottom of the ocean1 and ,atlas was halfsunk4 ,it is of course impossible to attempt1 within the compass of even several volumes1 a consecutive and detailed account of the evolution and progress of the first three ,racesexcept so far as to give a general view of it1 as will be done presently4 ,race the ,first had no history of its own4 ,of ,race the ,second the same may be said4 ,we shall have1 therefore1 to pay careful attention to the ,lemurians and the ,atlanteans only1 before the history of our own ,race1 the ,fifth1 can be attempted4 ,what is known of other ,continents1 besides our own1 and what does history know or accept of the early ,races8 ,everything outside the repulsive speculations of ,materialistic ,science is daubed with the contemptuous term 8superstition40 ,the wise men of today will believe nothing4 ,plato's 8winged0 and 8hermaphrodite0 races1 and his ,golden ,age1 under the reign of ,saturn and the ,gods1 are quietly brought back by ,hckel to their new place in ,nature2 our ,divine ,races are shown to be the descendants of ,catarrhine apes1 and our ancestor1 a piece of 8sea slime06 ,nevertheless1 as expressed by ,faber3 ,the fictions of ancient poetry 444 will be found to comprehend some portion of historical truth4 ,however onesided the efforts of the learned author of ,a ,dissertation on the ,mysteries of the ,cabiri--efforts directed throughout his two volumes to constrain the classical myths and symbols of old ,paganism1 8to bear testimony to the truth of ,scripture0--time and further research have avenged1 partially at least1 that 8truth0 by showing it unveiled4 ,thus it is the clever adaptations of ,scripture1 on the contrary1 which are made to bear evidence to the great wisdom of ,archaic ,paganism4 ,this1 notwithstanding the inextricable confusion into which the truth about the ,kabiri--the most mysterious ,gods of antiquity--has been thrown by the wild and contradictory speculations of ,bishop ,cumberland1 ,dr4 ,shuckford1 ,cudworth1 ,vallancey1 etc41 and finally by ,faber4 ,nevertheless1 all of these scholars1 from first to last1 had to come to a certain conclusion framed by the latter1 as follows3 ,we have no reason to think that the idolatry of the ,gentile world was of a merely arbitrary contrivance2 on the contrary1 it seems to have been built1 almost universally1 upon a traditional remembrance of certain real events4 ,these events ,i apprehend to be the destruction of the first the ,fourth in ,esoteric ,teaching race of mankind by the waters of the ,deluge47#eie7 ,to this1 ,faber adds3 ,i am persuaded that the tradition of the sinking of the ,phlegyan isle is the very same as that of the sinking of the island ,atlantis4 ,they both appear to me to allude to one great event1 the sinking of the whole world beneath the waters of the deluge1 or1 if we suppose the arch of the earth to have remained in its original position1 the rising of the central water above it4 ,m4 ,bailly indeed in his work upon the ,atlantis of ,plato1 the object of which is evidently to depreciate the authority of the scriptural chronology1 labours to prove that the ,atlantians were a very ancient northern nation1 long prior to the ,hindoos1 the ,phenicians1 and the ,egyptians47#eif7 ,in this ,faber is in agreement with ,bailly1 who shows himself more learned and intuitional than those who accept biblical chronology4 ,nor is the latter wrong when saying that the ,atlanteans were the same as the ,titans and the ,giants47#eig7 ,faber adopts the more willingly the opinion of his ,french confrre1 as ,bailly mentions ,cosmas ,indicopleustes1 who preserved an ancient tradition about ,noah--that he 8formerly inhabited the island ,atlantis40 ,this island1 whether it was the 8,poseidonis0 mentioned in ,esoteric ,buddhism1 or the ,continent of ,atlantis1 does not much matter4 ,the tradition is there1 recorded by a ,christian4 ,no ,occultist would ever think of dispossessing ,noah of his prerogatives if he is claimed to be an ,atlantean2 for this would simply show that the ,israelites repeated the story of ,vaivasvata ,manu1 ,xisuthrus1 and so many others1 and that they only changed the name1 which they had the same right to do as any other nation or tribe4 ,what we object to is the literal acceptation of biblical chronology1 as it is absurd1 and in accord with neither geological data nor reason4 ,moreover1 if ,noah was an ,atlantean1 then he was a ,titan1 a ,giant1 as ,faber shows2 and if a ,giant1 then why is he not shown as such in ,genesis87#eih7 ,bailly's mistake was to reject the submersion of ,atlantis1 and to call the ,atlanteans simply a ,northern and postdiluvian nation1 which1 however1 as he says1 certainly flourished before the foundation of the ,hind1 ,egyptian1 and ,phnician empires4 ,in this1 had he only known of the existence of what we have agreed to call ,lemuria1 he would have again been right4 ,for the ,atlanteans were postdiluvian to the ,lemurians1 and ,lemuria was not submerged as ,atlantis was1 but was sunk under the waves1 owing to earthquakes and subterranean fires1 as ,great ,britain and ,europe will be one day4 ,it is the ignorance of our men of ,science1 who will accept neither the tradition that several ,continents have already sunk1 nor the periodical law which acts throughout the ,manvantaric ,cycle--it is this ignorance that is the chief cause of all the confusion4 ,nor is ,bailly wrong again in assuring us that the ,hinds1 ,egyptians1 and ,phnicians came after the ,atlanteans1 for the latter belonged to the ,fourth1 while the ryans and their ,semitic ,branch are of the ,fifth ,race4 ,plato1 while repeating the story as narrated to ,solon by the priests of ,egypt1 intentionally confuses--as every ,initiate would--the two ,continents1 and assigns to the small island which last sunk1 all the events pertaining to the two enormous ,continents1 the prehistoric and traditional4 ,therefore1 he describes the first couple1 from whom the whole island was peopled1 as being formed of the ,earth4 ,in so saying1 he means neither ,adam and ,eve1 nor yet his own ,hellenic forefathers4 ,his language is simply allegorical1 and by alluding to 8,earth10 he means ,matter1 as the ,atlanteans were really the first purely human and terrestrial ,race--those that preceded it being more divine and ethereal than human and solid4 ,yet ,plato must have known1 as would any other initiated ,adept1 about the history of the ,third ,race after its 8,fall10 though as one pledged to silence and secrecy he never showed his knowledge in so many words4 ,nevertheless1 it may become easier now1 after acquainting oneself with even the approximate chronology of the ,eastern nations--all of which was based upon1 and followed the early ryan calculations--to realize the immense periods of time that must have elapsed since the separation of the sexes1 without mentioning the ,first or even the ,second ,root,races4 ,as these must remain beyond the comprehension of minds trained in ,western thought1 it is found useless to speak in detail of the ,first and ,second1 and even of the ,third ,race in its earliest stage47#eii7 ,it is only when the latter has reached its full human period that a beginning can be made1 without the uninitiated reader finding himself hopelessly bewildered4 ,the ,third ,race fell--and created no longer2 it begat its progeny4 ,being still mindless at the period of separation1 it begat1 moreover1 anomalous offspring1 until its physiological nature had adjusted its instincts in the right direction4 ,like the 8,lords ,gods0 of the ,bible1 the 8,sons of ,wisdom10 the ,dhyn ,chohans1 had warned it to leave alone the fruit forbidden by ,nature2 but the warning proved of no value4 ,men realized the unfitness--we must not say sin--of what they had done1 only when too late2 after the ,angelic ,monads from higher ,spheres had incarnated in1 and endowed them with understanding4 ,to that day they had remained simply physical1 like the animals generated from them4 ,for what is the distinction8 ,the ,doctrine teaches that the only difference between animate and inanimate objects on ,earth1 between an animal and a human frame1 is that in some the various 8,fires0 are latent1 and in others they are active4 ,the ,vital ,fires are in all things and not an atom is devoid of them4 ,but no animal has the three higher 8principles0 awakened in him2 they are simply potential1 latent1 and thus nonexisting4 ,and so would the animal frames of men be to this day1 had they been left as they came out from the bodies of their ,progenitors1 whose ,shadows they were1 to grow1 unfolded only by the powers and forces immanent in ,matter4 ,but as said in ,pymander3 ,this is a ,mystery that to this day was sealed and hidden4 ,nature7#fjj7 being mingled with ,man7#fja7 brought forth a wondrous miracle2 the harmonious commingling of the essence of the ,seven ,pitris1 or ,governors and her own2 the ,fire and the ,spirit and ,nature the ,noumenon of ,matter2 which commingling forthwith brought forth seven men of opposite sexes negative and positive according to the essences of the ,seven ,governors47#fjb7 ,thus saith ,hermes1 the thrice great ,initiate17#fjc7 the 8,power of the ,thought ,divine40 ,st4 ,paul1 another ,initiate1 called our ,world1 8the enigmatical mirror of pure truth10 and ,st4 ,gregory of ,nazianzen corroborated ,hermes by stating that3 ,things visible are but the shadow and delineation of things that we cannot see4 ,it is an eternal combination1 and images are repeated from the higher rung of the ,ladder of ,being down to the lower4 ,the 8,fall of the ,angels10 and the 8,war in ,heaven0 are repeated on every plane1 the lower 8mirror0 disfiguring the image of the superior 8mirror10 and each repeating it in its own way4 ,thus the ,christian dogmas are but the reminiscences of the paradigms of ,plato1 who spoke of these things cautiously1 as every ,initiate would4 ,but it is all as expressed in these few sentences of the ,desatir3 ,all that is on earth1 saith the ,lord ,ormazd1 is the shadow of something that is in the superior spheres4 ,this luminious object light1 fire1 etc4 is the shadow of that which is still more luminous than itself1 and so on till it reaches me1 who am the light of lights4 ,in the ,kabalistic books1 in the ,zohar preminently1 the idea that every objective thing on ,earth or in this ,universe is the 8,shadow0 7,dyooknah7 of the eternal ,light or ,deity1 is very strong4 ,the ,third ,race was preminently the bright 8,shadow10 at first1 of the ,gods1 whom tradition exiles on to the ,earth after the allegorical ,war in ,heaven4 ,this became still more allegorical on ,earth1 for it was the ,war between ,spirit and ,matter4 ,this ,war will last till the ,inner and ,divine ,man adjusts his outer terrestrial self to his own spiritual nature4 ,till then the dark and fierce passions of that self will be at eternal feud with his ,master1 the ,divine ,man4 ,but the animal will be tamed one day1 because its nature will be changed1 and harmony will reign once more between the two as before the 8,fall10 when even mortal man was 8created0 by the ,elements and was not born4 ,the above is made clear in all the great ,theogonies1 principally in the ,grecian1 as in that of ,hesiod4 ,the mutilation of ,uranus by his son ,cronus1 who thus condemns him to impotency1 has never been understood by the modern ,mythographers4 ,yet1 it is very plain2 and as it was universal7#fjd7 it must have contained a great abstract and philosophical idea1 now lost to our modern sages4 ,this punishment in the allegory marks1 indeed1 8a new period1 a second phase in the development of creation10 as justly remarked by ,decharme17#fje7 who1 however1 does not attempt to explain it4 ,uranus tried to oppose an impediment to that development1 or natural evolution1 by destroying all his children as soon as born4 ,uranus1 who personifies all the creative powers of1 and in1 ,chaos--,space1 or the ,unmanifested ,deity--is thus made to pay the penalty2 for it is these powers which cause the ,pitris to evolve primordial 8men0 from themselves--as1 later on1 these men1 in their turn1 evolve their progeny--without any sense or desire for procreation4 ,the work of generation1 suspended for a moment1 passes into the hands of ,cronus 7,chronos7 ,time17#fjf7 who unites himself with ,rhea 7the ,earth--in ,esotericism1 ,matter in general71 and thus produces celestial and terrestrial ,titans4 ,the whole of this symbolism relates to the mysteries of evolution4 ,this allegory is the exoteric version of the ,esoteric ,doctrine given in this part of our work4 ,for in ,cronus we see the same story repeated again4 ,as ,uranus destroyed his children by ,ga 7one in the world of manifestation with ,aditi1 or the ,great ,cosmic ,deep71 by confining them in the bosom of the ,earth1 ,tita1 so ,cronus1 at this second stage of creation1 destroyed his children by ,rhea--by devouring them4 ,this is an allusion to the fruitless efforts of ,earth1 or ,nature1 alone to create real human 8men407#fjg7 ,time swallows its own fruitless work4 ,then comes ,zeus1 ,jupiter1 who dethrones his father in his turn47#fjh7 ,jupiter the ,titan1 is ,prometheus1 in one sense17#fji7 and varies from ,zeus1 the great 8,father of the ,gods40 ,he is the 8disrespectful son0 in ,hesiod4 ,hermes calls him the 8,heavenly ,man0 in ,pymander2 and even in the ,bible he is found again under the name of ,adam1 and1 later on--by transmutation--under that of ,ham4 ,yet these are all personifications of the 8,sons of ,wisdom40 ,the necessary corroboration that ,jupiter belongs to the purely human ,atlantean ,cycle--if ,uranus and ,cronus who precede him are found insufficient--may be read in ,hesiod1 who tells us that3 ,the ,immortals made the race of the ,golden and ,silver ,age ,first and ,second ,races2 ,jupiter made the generation of ,bronze an admixture of two elements1 that of the ,heroes1 and of the ,iron ,age47#faj7 ,after this he sends his fatal present1 ,pandora1 to ,epimetheus47#faa7 ,hesiod calls this present of the first woman 8a fatal gift40 ,it was a punishment1 he explains1 sent to man 8for the theft of divine creative fire40 ,her apparition on ,earth is the signal for every kind of evil4 ,before her appearance1 the human races lived happy1 exempt from sickness and suffering--as the same races are made to live under ,yima's rule1 in the ,mazdean ,vendidd4 ,two ,deluges may also be traced1 in universal tradition1 by carefully comparing ,hesiod1 the ,rig ,veda1 the ,zend ,avesta1 etc41 but no first man is ever mentioned in any of the ,theogonies save in the ,bible47#fab7 ,everywhere the man of our ,race appears after a cataclysm of water4 ,after this1 tradition mentions only the several designations of continents and islands which sink under the ocean waves in due time47#fac7 ,gods and mortals have one common origin according to ,hesiod27#fad7 and ,pindar echoes the statement47#fae7 ,deucalion and ,pyrrha1 who escape the ,deluge by constructing an ,ark like ,noah's17#faf7 ask ,jupiter to renimate the human race whom he had made to perish under the waters of the ,flood4 ,in the ,slavonian mythology all men are drowned1 and two old people1 a man and his wife1 alone remain4 ,then ,pram'zimas1 the 8master of all10 advises them to jump seven times on the rocks of the ,earth1 and seven new races 7couples7 are born1 from which come the nine ,lithuanian tribes47#fag7 ,as well understood by the author of ,mythologie de la ,grce ,antique--the ,four ,ages signify periods of time1 and are also an allegorical allusion to the ,races4 ,as he says3 ,the successive races1 destroyed and replaced by others1 without any period of transition1 are characterized in ,greece by the name of metals1 to express their everdecreasing value4 ,gold1 the most brilliant and precious of all1 symbol of brightness 444 qualifies the first race4444 ,the men of the second race1 those of the ,age of ,silver1 are already far inferior to the first4 ,inert and weak creatures1 all their life is no better than a long and stupid infancy4444 ,they disappear4444 ,the men of the ,age of ,bronze are robust and violent the ,third ,race2 444 their strength is extreme4 8,they had arms made of bronze1 habitations of bronze2 used nought but bronze4 ,iron1 the black metal1 was yet unknown407#fah7 ,the fourth race is1 with ,hesiod1 that of the heroes who fell before ,thebes17#fai7 or under the walls of ,troy47#fbj7 ,thus1 as the four ,races are found mentioned by the oldest ,greek poets1 though very much confused and anachronistically1 our doctrines are once more corroborated in the classics4 ,but this is all 8mythology0 and poetry4 ,what can ,modern ,science have to say to such a euhemerization of old fictions8 ,the verdict is not difficult to foresee4 ,therefore1 an attempt must be made to answer by anticipation1 and to prove that so much of the domain of this same ,science is taken up by fictions and empirical speculations that none of the men of learning have the slightest right1 with such a heavy beam in their own eye1 to point to the speck in the eye of the ,occultist1 even supposing that speck were not a figment of their own imagination4 #dj4 ,,then ,,the ,,third ,,and ,,fourth7#fba7 ,,became ,,tall ,,with ,,pride4 8,,we ,,are ,,the ,,kings27#fbb7 ,,we ,,are ,,the ,,gods0 7,a74 #da4 ,,they ,,took ,,wives ,,fair ,,to ,,look ,,upon4 ,,wives ,,from ,,the ,,mindless1 ,,the ,,narrow,,headed4 ,,they ,,bred ,,monsters1 ,,wicked ,,demons1 ,,male ,,and ,,female1 ,,also ,,khado17#fbc7 ,,with ,,little ,,minds 7,b74 #db4 ,,they ,,built ,,temples ,,for ,,the ,,human ,,body4 ,,male ,,and ,,female ,,they ,,worshipped 7,c74 ,,then ,,the ,,third ,,eye ,,acted ,,no ,,longer 7,d74 7a7 ,such were the first truly physical men1 whose first characteristic was--pride6 ,it is the memory of this ,third ,race and the gigantic ,atlanteans1 which has lingered from one generation and race to another generation and race down to the days of ,moses1 and has found an objective form in those antediluvian giants1 those terrible sorcerers and magicians1 of whom the ,roman ,church has preserved such vivid1 and at the same time distorted1 legends4 ,anyone who has read and studied the ,commentaries on the ,archaic ,doctrine1 will easily recognize in some of these ,atlanteans the prototypes of the ,nimrods1 the ,builders of the ,tower of ,babel1 the ,hamites1 and all those tutti quanti of 8accursed memory10 as theological literature expresses it2 of those1 in short1 who have furnished posterity with the orthodox types of ,satan4 ,and this naturally leads us to enquire into the religious ethics of these early ,races1 mythical as they may be4 ,what was the religion of the ,third and ,fourth ,races8 ,in the common acceptation of the term1 neither the ,lemurians1 nor yet their progeny1 the ,lemuro,atlanteans1 had any2 for they knew no dogma1 nor had they to believe on faith4 ,no sooner had the mental eye of man been opened to understanding1 than the ,third ,race felt itself one with the everpresent1 as also the ever to be unknown and invisible1 ,all1 the ,one ,universal ,deity4 ,endowed with divine powers1 and feeling in himself his inner ,god1 each felt he was a ,man,god in his nature1 though an animal in his physical self4 ,the struggle between the two began from the very day they tasted of the fruit of the ,tree of ,wisdom2 a struggle for life between the spiritual and the psychic1 the psychic and the physical4 ,those who conquered the lower 8principles0 by obtaining mastery over the body1 joined the 8,sons of ,light40 ,those who fell victims to their lower natures1 became the slaves of ,matter4 ,from 8,sons of ,light and ,wisdom0 they ended by becoming the 8,sons of ,darkness40 ,they fell in the battle of mortal life with ,life ,immortal1 and all those so fallen became the seed of the future generations of ,atlanteans47#fbd7 ,at the dawn of his consciousness1 the man of the ,third ,root,race had thus no beliefs that could be called religion4 ,that is to say1 he was not only ignorant of 8gay religions1 full of pomp and gold0 but even of any system of faith or outward worship4 ,but if the term is to be defined as the binding together of the masses in one form of reverence paid to those we feel higher than ourselves1 of piety--as a feeling expressed by a child toward a loved parent--then even the earliest ,lemurians from the very beginning of their intellectual life1 had a religion1 and a most beautiful one4 ,had they not their bright ,gods of the ,elements around them1 and even within themselves87#fbe7 ,was not their childhood passed with1 nursed and tended by1 those who had given them being and called them forth to intelligent1 conscious life8 ,we are assured it was so1 and we believe it4 ,for the evolution of ,spirit into ,matter could never have been achieved1 nor would it have received its first impulse1 had not the bright ,spirits sacrificed their own respective superethereal essences to animate the man of clay1 by endowing each of his inner 8principles0 with a portion1 or rather1 a reflection1 of that essence4 ,the ,dhyns of the ,seven ,heavens--the seven planes of ,being--are the ,noumena of the actual and the future ,elements1 just as the ,angels of the ,seven ,powers of ,nature--the grosser effects of which we perceive in what ,science is pleased to call 8modes of motion10 the imponderable forces and what not--are the still higher ,noumena of still higher ,hierarchies4 ,it was the 8,golden ,age0 in those days of old1 the ,age when the 8,gods walked the earth1 and mixed freely with the mortals40 ,when it ceased1 the ,gods departed--i4e41 became invisible--and later generations ended by worshipping their kingdoms--the ,elements4 ,it was the ,atlanteans1 the first progeny of semidivine man after his separation into sexes--hence the firstbegotten and humanlyborn mortals--who became the first 8sacrificers0 to the ,god of ,matter4 ,they stand1 in the dim faraway past1 in ages more than prehistoric1 as the prototype on which the great symbol of ,cain was built17#fbf7 as the first ,anthropomorphists who worshipped ,form and ,matter--a worship which very soon degenerated into selfworship1 and thence led to phallicism1 which reigns supreme to this day in the symbolism of every exoteric religion of ritual1 dogma1 and form4 ,adam and ,eve became matter1 or furnished the soil1 ,cain and ,abel--the latter the lifebearing soil1 the former 8the tiller of that ground or field40 ,thus the first ,atlantean races1 born on the ,lemurian ,continent1 separated from their earliest tribes into the righteous and the unrighteous2 into those who worshipped the one unseen ,spirit of ,nature1 the ,ray of which man feels within himself--or the ,pantheists1 and those who offered fanatical worship to the ,spirits of the ,earth1 the dark1 cosmic1 anthropomorphic ,powers1 with whom they made alliance4 ,these were the earliest ,gibborim1 the 8mighty men 444 of renown0 in those days17#fbg7 who become with the ,fifth ,race the ,kabirim1 ,kabiri with the ,egyptians and the ,phnicians1 ,titans with the ,greeks1 and ,rkshasas and ,daityas with the ,indian races4 ,such was the secret and mysterious origin of all the subsequent and modern religions1 especially of the worship of the later ,hebrews for their tribal ,god4 ,at the same time this sexual religion was closely allied to1 based upon1 and1 so to say1 blended with1 astronomical phenomena4 ,the ,lemurians gravitated toward the ,north ,pole1 or the ,heaven of their ,progenitors--the ,hyperborean ,continent2 the ,atlanteans1 toward the ,south ,pole1 the 8,pit10 cosmically and terrestrially--whence breathe the hot passions blown into hurricanes by the cosmic ,elementals1 whose abode it is4 ,the two ,poles were denominated1 by the ,ancients1 ,dragons and ,serpents--hence good and bad ,dragons and ,serpents1 and also the names given to the 8,sons of ,god0--,sons of ,spirit and ,matter--the good and bad ,magicians4 ,this is the origin of the dual and triple nature in man4 ,the legend of the 8,fallen ,angels0 in its ,esoteric signification1 contains the key to the manifold contradictions of human character2 it points to the secret of man's selfconsciousness2 it is the support on which hinges his entire ,life,cycle--the history of his evolution and growth4 ,on a firm grasp of this doctrine depends the correct understanding of ,esoteric ,anthropogenesis4 ,it gives a clue to the vexed question of the ,origin of ,evil2 and shows how man himself is the separator of the ,one into various contrasted aspects4 ,the reader1 therefore1 will not be surprised if so much space is devoted to an attempt to elucidate this difficult and obscure subject every time it presents itself4 ,a good deal must necessarily be said on its symbological aspect2 because1 by so doing1 hints are given to the thoughtful student for his own investigations1 and more light can thus be suggested than it is possible to convey in the technical phrases of a more formal1 philosophical exposition4 ,the 8,fallen ,angels10 socalled1 are ,humanity itself4 ,the ,demon of ,pride1 ,lust1 ,rebellion1 and ,hatred1 had no being before the appearance of physical conscious man4 ,it is man who has begotten and nurtured the fiend1 and allowed it to develop in his heart2 it is he1 again1 who has contaminated the ,indwelling ,god in himself1 by linking the pure ,spirit with the impure ,demon of ,matter4 ,and1 if the ,kabalistic saying1 8,demon est ,deus inversus10 finds its metaphysical and theoretical corroboration in dual manifested ,nature1 nevertheless1 its practical application is found in ,mankind alone4 ,thus it has now become selfevident that1 postulating as we do1 7a7 the appearance of ,man before that of other ,mammalia1 and even before the ,ages of the huge ,reptiles2 7b7 ,periodical ,deluges and ,glacial ,periods owing to the ,karmic disturbance of the axis2 and chiefly 7c7 the birth of man from a ,superior ,being1 or what ,materialism would call a 8supernatural0 ,being1 though it is only superhuman--our teachings have very few chances of an impartial hearing4 ,add to it the claim that a portion of ,mankind in the ,third ,race--all those ,monads of men who had reached the highest point of ,merit and ,karma in the preceding ,manvantara--owed their psychic and rational natures to divine ,beings 8hypostasizing0 into their ,fifth ,principles1 and the ,secret ,doctrine must lose caste in the eyes of not only ,materialism but even of dogmatic ,christianity4 ,for1 no sooner will the latter have learned that these ,angels are identical with their 8,fallen0 ,spirits1 than the ,esoteric tenet will be proclaimed most terribly heretical and pernicious47#fbh7 ,the ,divine ,man dwelt in the animal1 and therefore1 when the physiological separation took place in the natural course of evolution--when also 8all the animal creation was untied10 and males were attracted to females--that race fell2 not because they had eaten of the ,fruit of ,knowledge and knew ,good from ,evil1 but because they knew no better4 ,propelled by the sexless creative instinct1 the early sub races had evolved an intermediate race in which1 as hinted in the ,stanzas1 the higher ,dhyn ,chohans had incarnated47#fbi7 8,when we have ascertained the extent of the universe 7and learnt to know all that there is in it7 we will multiply our race10 answer the ,sons of ,will and ,yoga to their brethren of the same race1 who invite them to do as they do4 ,this means that the great ,adepts and ,initiated ,ascetics will 8multiply10 i4e41 once more produce 8mindborn0 immaculate sons--in the ,seventh ,root,race4 ,it is so stated in the ,vishnu and ,brahm ,purnas1 in the ,mahbhrata7#fcj7 and in the ,harivamsha4 ,in one portion of the ,pushkara ,mhtmya1 moreover1 the separation of the sexes is allegorized by ,daksha1 who1 seeing that his willborn progeny1 the 8,sons of passive ,yoga10 will not create men1 8converts half himself into a female by whom he begets daughters10 the future females of the ,third ,race which begat the ,giants of ,atlantis1 the ,fourth ,race1 so called4 ,in the ,vishnu ,purna it is simply said that ,daksha1 the father of mankind1 established sexual intercourse as the means of peopling the world47#fca7 ,happily for the ,human ,race the 8,elect ,race0 had already become the vehicle of incarnation of the highest ,dhyns 7intellectually and spiritually7 before ,humanity had become quite material4 ,when the last subraces--save some of the lowest--of the ,third ,race had perished with the great ,lemurian ,continent1 the 8,seeds of the ,trinity of ,wisdom0 had already acquired the secret of immortality on ,earth1 that gift which allows the same ,great ,personality to step ad libitum from one wornout body into another4 7b7 ,the first ,war that ,earth knew1 the first shedding of human gore1 was the result of man's eyes and senses being opened1 which made him see that the daughters of his brethren were fairer than his own--and their wives also4 ,there were rapes committed before that of the ,sabines1 and ,menelauses robbed of their ,helens before the ,fifth ,race was born4 ,the ,titans or ,giants were the stronger2 their adversaries1 the wiser4 ,this took place during the ,fourth ,race--that of the ,giants4 ,for 8there were ,giants0 in the days of old1 indeed47#fcb7 ,the evolutionary series of the animal world is a warrant that the same thing took place within the human races4 ,lower still in the order of creation we find witnesses for the same proportionate size in the flora going pari passu with the fauna4 ,the pretty ferns we collect and dry among the leaves of our favourite volumes are the descendants of the gigantic ferns which grew during the ,carboniferous period4 ,scriptures1 and fragments of philosophical and scientific works--in short1 almost every record that has come down to us from antiquity--contain references to ,giants4 ,no one can fail to recognize the ,atlanteans of the ,secret ,doctrine in the ,rkshasas of ,lank--the opponents conquered by ,rma4 ,are these accounts no better than the production of empty fancy8 ,let us give the subject a few moments' attention4 ,are ,giants ,a ,fiction8 ,here1 again1 we come into collision with ,science1 which so far denies that man has ever been much larger than the average of tall and powerful men now met with occasionally4 ,dr4 ,henry ,gregor denounces the traditions of ,giants as resting upon illdigested facts1 and instances of mistaken judgments are brought forward as disproof of such traditions4 ,thus1 in #afac1 in a locality1 called from time immemorial the 8,field of ,giants10 in ,lower ,dauphin1 ,france1 four miles from ,st4 ,romans1 enormous bones were found deeply buried in the sandy soil4 ,they were attributed to human remains1 and even to ,teutobodus1 the ,teuton chief slain by ,marius4 ,but ,cuvier's later research proved them to be the fossil remains of the ,dinotherium ,giganteum1 #ah feet long4 ,ancient buildings are pointed to as an evidence that our earliest ancestors were not much larger than we are1 the entrance doors being of no larger size then than now4 ,the tallest man of antiquity known to us1 we are told1 was the ,roman ,emperor ,maximus1 whose height was only seven and a half feet4 ,nevertheless1 in our modern day1 every year we see men taller than this4 ,the ,hungarian who exhibited himself in the ,london ,pavilion was nearly #i feet high4 ,in ,america a giant was shown #i feet #f inches tall2 the ,montenegrin ,danilo was #h feet #g inches4 ,in ,russia and ,germany one often sees men in the lower classes above #g feet4 ,now1 as the apetheorists are told by ,mr4 ,darwin that the species of animals which result from cross breeding always betray 8a tendency to revert to the original type10 they ought to apply the same law to men4 ,had there been no giants as a type in ancient days1 there would be none now4 ,all this applies only to the historic period4 ,and if the skeletons of the prehistoric ages have failed so far to prove undeniably in the opinion of ,science the claim here advanced1 it is but a question of time4 ,we1 however1 positively deny the reality of the failure4 ,moreover1 as already stated1 human stature is little changed since the last ,racial ,cycle4 ,the giants of old are all buried under the oceans1 and hundreds of thousands of years of constant friction by water would reduce to dust a brazen1 much more a human skeleton4 ,and whence the testimony of wellknown classical writers1 of philosophers and men who1 otherwise1 never had the reputation for lying8 ,let us bear in mind1 furthermore1 that before the year #ahdg1 when ,boucher de ,perthes forced it upon the attention of ,science1 hardly anything was known of fossil man1 for ,archology complacently ignored his existence4 ,of giants who were 8in the earth in those days0 of old1 the ,bible alone had spoken to the wise men of the ,west2 the ,zodiac being the solitary witness called upon to corroborate the statement in the persons of ,orion or ,atlas1 whose mighty shoulders were said to support the world4 ,nevertheless1 even the giants have not been left without their witnesses1 and one may as well examine both sides of the question4 ,the three ,sciences--geological1 sidereal and scriptural1 the latter in its universal character--may furnish us with the needed proofs4 ,to begin with ,geology3 it has already confessed that the older the excavated skeletons1 the larger1 taller and the more powerful their structure4 ,this is already a certain proof in hand4 ,frdric de ,rougemont1 who1 though believing too piously in the ,bible and ,noah's ,ark1 is none the less a scientific witness1 writes3 ,all those bones1 found in the ,departments of the ,gard1 in ,austria1 ,lige1 etc41 those skulls which all remind one of the negro type 444 and which by reason of their type might be mistaken for animals1 have all belonged to men of high stature47#fcc7 ,the same is repeated by ,lartet1 an authority1 who attributes a 8tall stature0 to those who were submerged in the ,deluge--not necessarily 8,noah's0--and a smaller stature to the races which lived subsequently4 ,as for the evidence furnished by ancient writers1 we need not trouble ourselves with that of ,tertullian1 who assures us that in his day a number of giants were found at ,carthage--for1 before his testimony can be accepted1 his own identity17#fcd7 if not actual existence1 would have to be proven4 ,we may1 however1 turn to the papers of #aheh1 which speak of a 8sarcophagus of giants0 found that year on the site of this same city4 ,as to the ancient ,pagan writers1 we have the evidence of ,philostratus1 who speaks of a giant skeleton twentytwo cubits long1 as well as of another of twelve cubits1 seen by himself on the promontory of ,sigum4 ,this skeleton may perhaps not have belonged1 as believed by ,protesilas1 to the giant killed by ,apollo at the siege of ,troy2 nevertheless1 it was that of a giant1 as was that of the other discovered by ,messecrates of ,stira1 in ,lemnos--8horrible to behold10 according to ,philostratus47#fce7 ,is it possible that prejudice would carry ,science so far as to class all these men as either fools or liars8 ,pliny speaks of a giant in whom he thought he recognized ,orion1 or ,otus1 the brother of ,ephialtes47#fcf7 ,plutarch declares that ,sertorius saw the tomb of ,antus1 the ,giant2 and ,pausanias vouches for the actual existence of the tombs of ,asterius and of ,geryon1 or of ,hillus1 son of ,hercules--all ,giants1 ,titans and mighty men4 ,finally the ,abb ,pegues1 affirms in his curious work1 ,les ,volcans de la ,grce1 that3 ,in the neighbourhood of the volcanoes of the isle of ,thera1 giants with enormous skulls were found laid out under colossal stones1 the erection of which in every place must have necessitated the use of titanic powers1 and which tradition associates in all countries with the ideas about giants1 volcanoes and magic47#fcg7 ,in the same work above cited1 the author wonders why in the ,bible and tradition the ,gibborim1 the giants or the 8mighty ones10 the ,rephaim1 the spectres or the 8phantoms10 the ,nephilim1 or the 8fallen ones0 7irruentes71 are shown as if identical1 though they are 8all men10 since the ,bible calls them the primitive and the mighty ones--e4g41 ,nimrod4 ,the ,secret ,doctrine explains the secret4 ,these names1 which belong by right only to the four preceding ,races and the earliest beginning of the ,fifth1 allude very clearly to the first two ,phantom 7,astral7 ,races1 to the 8,fallen0 ,race--the ,third1 and to the ,race of the ,atlantean ,giants--the ,fourth1 after which 8men began to decrease in stature40 ,bossuet sees the cause of subsequent universal idolatry in the 8original sin40 8,ye shall be as ,gods10 says the ,serpent of ,genesis to ,eve1 thus laying the first germ of the worship of false divinities47#fch7 ,hence1 he thinks1 came idolatry1 or the cult and adoration of images1 of anthropomorphized or human figures4 ,but1 if it is this that idolatry is made to rest upon1 then the two ,churches--the ,greek1 and the ,latin especially--are as idolatrous and pagan as any other religion47#fci7 ,it was only in the ,fourth ,race that men1 who had lost all right to be considered divine1 resorted to body worship1 in other words to phallicism4 ,till then1 they had been truly ,gods1 as pure and as divine as their ,progenitors1 and the expression of the allegorical 8,serpent10 as has been sufficiently shown in the preceding pages1 does not refer at all to the physiological 8,fall0 of men1 but to their acquiring the ,knowledge of ,good and ,evil2 and this knowledge came to them prior to their fall4 ,it must not be forgotten that it is only after his forced expulsion from ,eden that 8,adam knew ,eve his wife40 ,we shall not1 however1 check the tenets of the ,secret ,doctrine by the deadletter of the ,hebrew ,bible1 but rather point out the great similarities between the two in their ,esoteric meaning4 ,it was only after his defection from the ,neo,platonists1 that ,clement of ,alexandria began to translate gigantes by serpentes1 explaining that 8serpents and giants signify demons407#fdj7 ,we may be told that1 before we draw parallels between our tenets and those of the ,bible1 we have to show better evidence of the existence of the ,giants of the ,fourth ,race than the reference to them found in ,genesis4 ,we answer1 that the proofs we give are more satisfactory1 at any rate are supported by more literary and scientific evidence1 than those of ,noah's ,deluge will ever be4 ,even the historical works of ,china are full of such reminiscences about the ,fourth ,race4 ,in the ,french translation of the ,shoo,king17#fda7 we read3 ,when the ,miaotse 7that antediluvian and perverted race explains the annotator which retired in the days of old to the rocky caves1 and the descendants of whom are said to be still found in the neighbourhood of ,canton717#fdb7 according to our ancient documents1 had1 owing to the beguilements of ,tchy,yeoo1 troubled all the earth1 it became full of brigands4444 ,the ,lord 7,changty a ,king of the ,divine ,dynasty7 cast his eyes over the people1 and saw no longer among them any trace of virtue4 ,then he commanded ,tchong and ,ly two lower ,dhyn ,chohans to cut away every communication between heaven and earth4 ,since then1 there has been no more going up and down67#fdc7 8,going up and down0 means an untrammelled communication and intercourse between the two ,worlds4 ,as we are not in a position to give out a full and detailed history of the ,third and ,fourth ,races1 as many isolated facts concerning them as are permitted must be now collated together1 especially those corroborated by direct as well as by inferential evidence found in ancient literature and history4 ,as the 8coats of skin0 of men thickened1 and they fell more and more into physical sin1 the intercourse between ,physical and ,ethereal ,divine ,man was stopped4 ,the ,veil of ,matter between the two planes became too dense for even the ,inner ,man to penetrate4 ,the ,mysteries of ,heaven and ,earth1 revealed to the ,third ,race by their ,celestial ,teachers in the days of their purity1 became a great focus of light1 the rays from which became necessarily weakened as they were diffused and shed upon an uncongenial1 because too material1 soil4 ,with the masses they degenerated into ,sorcery1 taking later on the shape of exoteric religions1 of idolatry full of superstitions1 and man1 or heroworship4 ,alone a handful of primitive men--in whom the spark of ,divine ,wisdom burnt bright1 and became only strengthened in its intensity as it got dimmer and dimmer with every age in those who turned it to evil purposes--remained the elect custodians of the ,mysteries revealed to mankind by the ,divine ,teachers4 ,there were those among them1 who remained in their ,kaumric condition from the beginning2 and tradition whispers1 what the ,secret ,teachings affirm1 namely1 that these ,elect were the germ of a ,hierarchy which has never died since that period4 ,as the ,catechism of the ,inner ,schools says3 ,the ,inner ,man of the ,first 444 only changes his body from time to time2 he is ever the same1 knowing neither rest nor ,nirvna1 spurning ,devachan and remaining constantly on ,earth for the salvation of mankind4444 ,out of the seven ,virginmen ,kumra7#fdd7 four sacrificed themselves for the sins of the world and the instruction of the ignorant1 to remain till the end of the present ,manvantara4 ,though unseen1 they are ever present4 ,when people say of one of them1 8,he is dead02 behold1 he is alive and under another form4 ,these are the ,head1 the ,heart1 the ,soul1 and the ,seed of undying ,knowledge ,jna4 ,thou shall never speak1 ,o ,lanoo1 of these great ones ,mah 444 before a multitude1 mentioning them by their names4 ,the wise alone will understand47#fde7 ,it is these sacred 8,four0 who have been allegorized and symbolized in the ,linga ,purna1 which states that ,vmadeva 7,shiva7 as a ,kumra is reborn in each ,kalpa 7,race1 in this instance71 as four youths--four1 white2 four1 red2 four1 yellow2 and four1 dark or brown4 ,let us remember that ,shiva is preminently and chiefly an ascetic1 the patron of all ,yogs and ,adepts1 and the allegory will become quite comprehensible4 ,it is the spirit of ,divine ,wisdom and chaste ,asceticism itself which incarnates in these ,elect4 ,it is only after getting married and being dragged by the ,gods from his terrible ascetic life1 that ,rudra becomes ,shiva1 a ,god--and not one of a very virtuous or merciful type--in the ,hind ,pantheon4 ,higher than the 8,four0 is only ,,one on ,earth as in ,heavens--that still more mysterious and solitary ,being described in ,volume ,i4 ,we have now to examine the nature of the 8,sons of the ,flame0 and of 8,dark ,wisdom10 as well as the pros and cons of the ,satanic assumption4 ,such broken sentences as could be made out from the fragments of the tile1 which ,george ,smith calls 8,the ,curse after the ,fall107#fdf7 are of course allegorical2 yet they corroborate that which is taught of the true nature of the ,fall of the ,angels in our ,books4 ,thus1 it is said that the 8,lord of the ,earth his name called out1 the ,father ,elu ,elohim10 and pronounced his 8curse10 which 8the ,god ,hea heard1 and his liver was angry1 because his man ,angelic ,man had corrupted his purity10 for which ,hea expresses the desire that 8wisdom and knowledge hostilely may they injure him man407#fdg7 ,the latter sentence points to the direct connection of the ,chaldan with the ,genetic account4 ,while ,hea tries to bring to nought the wisdom and knowledge gained by man1 through his newlyacquired intellectual and conscious capacity of creating in his turn--thus taking the monopoly of creation out of the hands of ,god 7the ,gods7--the ,elohim do the same in the third chapter of ,genesis4 ,therefore the ,elohim sent him out of ,eden4 ,but this was of no avail4 ,for the ,spirit of ,divine ,wisdom being upon and in man--verily the ,serpent of ,eternity and all ,knowledge1 that ,mnasic ,spirit1 which made him learn the secret of 8creation0 on the ,kriyshaktic1 and of procreation on the ,earthly planes--led him as naturally to discover his way to immortality1 notwithstanding the jealousy of all the ,gods4 ,the early ,atlanto,lemurians are charged with taking unto themselves 7the divine incarnations7 wives of a lower race1 namely1 the race of the hitherto mindless men4 ,every ancient ,scripture has the same1 more or less disfigured1 legend4 ,primarily1 the ,angelic 8,fall10 which has transformed the 8,firstborn0 of ,god into the ,asuras1 or into the ,ahriman or ,typhon of the 8,pagans0--i4e41 if the accounts given in the ,book of ,enoch17#fdh7 and in ,hermes1 in ,purnas and ,bible are taken literally--has1 when read ,esoterically1 the following simple signification3 ,sentences such as1 8,in his ,satan's ambition he raises his hand against the ,sanctuary of the ,god of ,heaven10 etc41 ought to read3 ,prompted by the ,law of ,eternal ,evolution and ,karma1 the ,angel incarnated on ,earth in ,man2 and as his ,wisdom and ,knowledge are still divine1 although his ,body is earthly1 he is 7allegorically7 accused of divulging the ,mysteries of ,heaven4 ,he combines and uses the two for purposes of human1 instead of superhuman1 procreation4 ,henceforth1 8man will beget1 not create407#fdi7 ,but as1 by so doing1 he has to use his weak ,body as the means of procreation1 that ,body will pay the penalty for this ,wisdom1 carried from ,heaven down to the ,earth2 hence the corruption of physical purity will become a temporary curse4 ,the ,medival ,kabalists knew this well1 since one of them did not fear to write3 ,the ,kabalah was first taught by ,god himself to a select ,company of ,angels who formed a theosophic school in ,paradise4 ,after the ,fall the ,angels most graciously communicated this heavenly doctrine to the disobedient child of ,earth1 to furnish the protoplasts with the means of returning to their pristine nobility and felicity47#fej7 ,this shows how the incident of the ,sons of ,god1 marrying and imparting the ,divine ,secrets of ,heaven to the ,daughters of ,men--as allegorically told by ,enoch and in the sixth chapter of ,genesis--was interpreted by the ,christian ,kabalists4 ,the whole of this period may be regarded as the prehuman period1 that of ,divine ,man1 or as plastic ,protestant ,theology now has it--the ,pre,adamite period4 ,but even ,genesis begins its real history 7,chap4 vi7 by the giants of 8those days0 and the 8sons of ,god0 marrying and teaching their wives--the 8daughters of men40 ,this period is the one described in the ,purnas2 and relating as it does to days lost in archaic ages1 hence prehistoric1 how can any ,anthropologist feel certain whether the mankind of that period was or was not as he knows it now8 ,the whole personnel of the ,brhmanas and ,purnas--the ,rishis1 ,prajpatis1 ,manus1 their wives and progeny--belong to that prehuman period4 ,all these are the ,seed of ,humanity1 so to speak4 ,it is around these 8,sons of ,god10 the 8mindborn0 astral ,children of ,brahm1 that our physical frames have grown and developed to what they are now4 ,for1 the ,paurnic histories of all those men are those of our ,monads1 in their various and numberless incarnations on this and other ,spheres1 events perceived by the 8,shiva ,eye0 of the ancient ,seers--the 8,third ,eye0 of our ,stanzas--and described allegorically4 ,later on1 they were disfigured for sectarian purposes2 mutilated1 but still left with a considerable groundwork of truth in them4 ,nor is the philosophy less profound in such allegories for being so thickly veiled by the overgrowth of fancy4 ,but with the ,fourth ,race we reach the purely human period4 ,those who were hitherto semidivine ,beings1 selfimprisoned in bodies which were human only in appearance1 became physiologically changed and took unto themselves wives who were entirely human and fair to look upon1 but in whom lower1 more material1 though sidereal1 ,beings had incarnated4 ,these ,beings in female forms--,lilith is the prototype of them in the ,jewish traditions--are called in the ,esoteric accounts ,khado 7,dkin1 in ,sanskrit74 ,allegorical legends call the ,chief of these ,liliths ,sangye ,khado 7,buddha ,dkin1 in ,sanskrit72 all are credited with the art of 8walking in the air10 and the 8greatest kindness to mortals20 but with no mind--only animal instinct47#fea7 7c7 ,this is the beginning of a worship which1 ages later1 was doomed to degenerate into phallicism and sexual worship4 ,it began by the worship of the human body--that 8miracle of miracles10 as an ,english author calls it--and ended by that of its respective sexes4 ,the worshippers were giants in stature2 but they were not giants in knowledge and learning1 though it came to them more easily than it does to the men of our modern times4 ,their science was innate in them4 ,the ,lemuro,atlantean had no need of discovering and fixing in his memory that which his informing principle knew at the moment of its incarnation4 ,time alone1 and the evergrowing obtuseness of the ,matter in which the 8principles0 had clothed themselves1 could1 the one1 weaken the memory of their prenatal knowledge1 the other1 blunt and even extinguish every spark of the spiritual and divine in them4 ,therefore had they1 from the first1 fallen victims to their animal natures and bred 8monsters0--i4e41 men of distinct varieties from themselves4 ,speaking of the ,giants1 ,creuzer well describes them in saying that3 ,those children of ,heaven and ,earth were endowed at their birth by the ,sovereign ,powers1 the authors of their being1 with extraordinary faculties both moral and physical4 ,they commanded the ,elements1 knew the secrets of ,heaven and the ,earth1 of the sea and the whole world1 and read futurity in the stars4444 ,it seems1 indeed1 as though1 when reading of them1 one has to deal not with men as we are but with ,spirits of the ,elements sprung from the bosom of ,nature and having full sway over her4444 ,all these beings are marked with a character of magic and sorcery4444 ,and so they were1 those now legendary heroes of the prehistoric1 still once really existing1 races4 ,creuzer was wise in his generation1 for he did not charge with deliberate deceit1 or dulness and superstition1 an endless series of recognized ,philosophers1 who mention these races and assert that1 even in their own time1 they had seen their fossils4 ,there were sceptics in days of old--as many and great as they are now4 ,but even a ,lucian1 a ,democritus and an ,epicurus1 yielded to the evidence of facts and showed the discriminative capacity of really great intellects1 which can distinguish fiction from fact1 and truth from exaggeration and fraud4 ,ancient writers were no more fools than are our modern wise men2 for1 as well remarked by the author of 8,notes on ,aristotle's ,psychology in ,relation to ,modern ,thought10 in ,mind3 ,the common division of history into ancient and modern is 444 misleading4 ,the ,greeks in the fourth century1 ,b4,c41 were in many respects moderns2 especially1 we may add1 in their scepticism4 ,they were not very likely to accept fables so easily4 ,yet the ,lemurians and the ,atlanteans1 those 8children of ,heaven and ,earth10 were indeed marked with a character of sorcery2 for the ,esoteric ,doctrine charges them precisely with what1 if believed1 would put an end to the difficulties of ,science with regard to the origin of man1 or rather1 his anatomical similarities to the anthropoid ape4 ,it accuses them of having committed the 7to us7 abominable crime of breeding with so called 8animals10 and thus producing a truly pithecoid species1 now extinct4 ,of course1 as also in the question of spontaneous generation--in which ,esoteric ,science believes1 and which it teaches--the possibility of such a crossbreed between man and an animal of any kind will be denied4 ,but apart from the consideration that in those early days1 as already remarked1 neither the human ,atlantean ,giants1 nor yet the 8animals10 were the physiologically perfect men and mammalians that are now known to us1 the modern notions upon this subject--those of the ,physiologists included--are too uncertain and fluctuating to permit them an absolute priori denial of such a fact4 ,a careful perusal of the ,commentaries would make one think that the ,being with which the new 8,incarnate0 bred1 was called an 8animal10 not because he was no human being1 but rather because he was so dissimilar physically and mentally to the more perfect races1 which had developed physiologically at an earlier period4 ,remember ,stanza ,,vii and what is said in ,shloka #bd1 viz41 that when the 8,sons of ,wisdom0 came to incarnate the first time1 some of them incarnated fully1 others projected into the forms only a ,spark1 while some of the ,shadows were left over from the filling and perfecting1 till the ,fourth ,race4 ,those races1 then1 which 8remained destitute of knowledge10 or those again which were left 8mindless10 remained as they were1 even after the natural separation of the sexes4 ,it is these who committed the first crossbreeding1 so to speak1 and bred monsters2 and it is from the descendants of these that the ,atlanteans chose their wives4 ,adam and ,eve1 with ,cain and ,abel1 were supposed to be the only human family on ,earth4 ,yet we see ,cain going to the land of ,nod and taking there a wife4 ,evidently one race only was supposed perfect enough to be called human2 and1 even in our own day1 while the ,sinhalese regard the ,veddhas of their jungles as speaking animals and no more1 some ,british people1 in their arrogance1 firmly believe that every other human family--especially the dark ,indians--is an inferior race4 ,moreover there are ,naturalists who have seriously considered the problem whether some savage tribes--like the ,bushmen1 for instance--can be regarded as men at all4 ,the ,commentary says1 in describing that species 7or race7 of animals 8fair to look upon10 as a biped3 ,having human shape1 but having the lower extremities1 from the waist down1 covered with hair4 ,hence the race of the satyrs1 perhaps4 ,if men existed two million years ago1 they must have been--just as were the animals--quite different physically and anatomically from what they have now become1 and nearer then to the type of pure mammalian animal than they are now4 ,anyhow1 we learn that the animal world has bred strictly inter se--i4e41 in accordance with genus and species--only since the appearance on this ,earth of the ,atlantean ,race4 ,as demonstrated by the author of that able work1 ,modern ,science and ,modern ,thought1 this idea of the refusal to breed with another species1 or that sterility is the only result of such breeding1 8appears to be a prim facie deduction rather than an absolute law0 even now4 ,he shows that3 ,different species do1 in fact1 often breed together1 as is seen in the familiar instance of the horse and ass4 ,it is true that in this case the mule is sterile4444 ,but this rule is not universal1 and quite recently one new hybrid race1 that of the leporine1 or harerabbit1 has been created which is perfectly fertile4 ,the progeny of wolf and dog is also instanced1 as also that of several other domestic animals2 foxes and dogs again1 and the modern ,swiss cattle shown by ,rtimeyer as descended from 8three distinct species of fossil oxen1 the ,bos primigenius1 ,bos longifrons and ,bos frontosus407#feb7 ,yet some of those species1 as the ape family1 which so clearly resembles man in physical structure1 contain1 we are told1 ,numerous branches1 which graduate into one another1 but the extremes of which differ more widely than man does from the highest of the ape series4 ,the gorilla and chimpanzee1 for instance4 ,thus ,mr4 ,darwin's remark--or shall we say the remark of ,linnus8--natura non facit saltum1 is not only corroborated by ,esoteric ,science but would--were there any chance of the real doctrine being accepted by any others than its direct votaries--reconcile the modern evolution theory1 in more than one way1 if not entirely1 with facts1 as also with the absolute failure of the ,anthropologists to meet with the 8missing link0 in our ,fourth ,round geological formations4 ,we will show elsewhere that ,modern ,science1 however unconsciously to itself1 pleads our case by its own admissions1 and that de ,quatrefages is perfectly right1 when he suggests in his last work1 that it is far more likely that the anthropoid ape should be discovered to be the descendant of man1 than that these two types should have a common1 fantastic and nowheretobefound ancestor4 ,thus the wisdom of the compilers of the old ,stanzas is vindicated by at least one eminent man of ,science1 and the ,occultist prefers to believe1 as he has ever done1 that1 as the ,commentary says3 ,man was the first and highest mammalian animal that appeared in this ,fourth ,round creation4 ,then came still huger animals2 and last of all the dumb man who walks on all fours4 ,for the ,rkshasas ,giant,demons and ,daityas ,titans of the ,white ,dvipa ,continent spoiled his the dumb man's sires4 ,furthermore1 as we see1 there are ,anthropologists who have traced man back to an epoch which goes far to break down the apparent barrier that exists between the chronologies of ,modern ,science and the ,archaic ,doctrine4 ,it is true that ,english ,scientists generally have declined to commit themselves to the sanction of the hypothesis of even a ,tertiary man4 ,they1 each and all1 measure the antiquity of ,homo ,primigenius by their own lights and prejudices4 ,huxley1 indeed1 ventures to speculate on a possible ,pliocene or ,miocene man4 ,prof4 ,seeman and ,mr4 ,grant ,allen have relegated his advent to the ,eocene1 but1 speaking generally1 ,english ,scientists consider that we cannot safely go beyond the ,quaternary4 ,unfortunately1 the facts do not accommodate the too cautious reserve of these latter4 ,the ,french school of ,anthropology1 basing their views on the discoveries of l',abb ,bourgeois1 ,capellini1 and others1 has accepted1 almost without exception1 the doctrine that the traces of our ancestors are certainly to be found in the ,miocene1 while ,m4 de ,quatrefages now inclines to postulate a ,secondary,age man4 ,further on we shall compare such estimates with the figures given in the ,brhmanical exoteric books which approximate to the ,esoteric ,teaching4 7d7 8,then the ,third ,eye acted no longer10 says the ,shloka1 because ,man had sunk too deep into the mire of ,matter4 ,what is the meaning of this strange and weird statement in ,shloka #db1 concerning the ,third ,eye of the ,third ,race which had died and acted no longer8 ,a few more ,occult ,teachings must now be given with reference to this point as well as some others4 ,the history of the ,third and ,fourth ,races must be amplified1 in order that it may throw some more light on the development of our present humanity2 and show how the faculties1 called into activity by ,occult training1 restore man to the position he previously occupied in reference to spiritual perception and consciousness4 ,but the phenomenon of the ,third ,eye has to be first explained4 ,the ,races ,with ,the 8,third ,eye40 ,the subject is so unusual1 the paths pursued so intricate1 so full of dangerous pitfalls prepared by adverse theories and criticism1 that good reasons have to be given for every step taken4 ,while turning the light of the bull'seye1 called ,esotericism1 on almost every inch of the ,occult ground travelled over1 we have also to use its lens to throw into stronger objectivity the regions explored by exact ,science2 this1 not only in order to contrast the two1 but to defend our position47#fec7 ,it may be complained by some that too little is said of the physical1 human side of the extinct races1 in the history of their growth and evolution4 ,much more might be said1 assuredly1 if simple prudence did not make us hesitate at the threshold of every new revelation4 ,all that finds possibility and landmarks in the discoveries of ,modern ,science1 is given2 all that of which exact knowledge knows nothing and upon which it is unable to speculate--and therefore denies as fact in nature--is withheld4 ,but even such statements as1 for instance1 that1 of all the mammalians1 man was the earliest1 that it is man who is the indirect ancestor of the ape1 and that he was a kind of ,cyclops in days of old--all will be contested2 yet ,scientists will never be able to prove1 except to their own satisfaction1 that it was not so4 ,nor can they admit that the first two ,races of men were too ethereal and phantomlike in their constitution1 organism1 and shape even1 to be called physical men4 ,for1 if they do1 it will be found that this is one of the reasons why their relics can never be expected to be exhumed among other fossils4 ,nevertheless all this is maintained4 ,man was the ,storehouse1 so to speak1 of all the seeds of life for this ,round1 vegetable and animal alike47#fed7 ,as ,ain ,suph is 8,one1 notwithstanding the innumerable forms which are in him107#fee7 so is man1 on ,earth the microcosm of the macrocosm4 ,as soon as man appeared1 everything was complete 444 for everything is comprised in man4 ,he unites in himself all forms47#fef7 ,the mystery of the earthly man is after the mystery of the ,heavenly ,man47#feg7 ,the human form--so called because it is the vehicle 7under whatever shape7 of the ,divine ,man--is1 as so intuitionally remarked by the author of 8,esoteric ,studies10 the new type1 at the beginning of every ,round4 ,as man never can be1 so he never has been1 manifested in a shape belonging to the animal kingdom in esse1 i4e41 he never formed part of that kingdom4 ,derived1 only derived1 from the most finished class of the latter1 a new human form must always have been the new type of the cycle4 ,the human shape in one ring 81 as ,i imagine1 becomes castoff clothes in the next2 it is then appropriated by the highest order in the servantkingdom below47#feh7 ,if the idea is what we understand it to mean--for the 8rings0 spoken of somewhat confuse the matter--then it is the correct ,esoteric ,teaching4 ,having appeared at the very beginning1 and at the head of sentient and conscious life1 ,man--the ,astral1 or the 8,soul10 for the ,zohar1 repeating the ,archaic ,teaching1 distinctly says that 8the real man is the soul1 and his material frame no part of him0--,man became the living and animal ,unit1 from which the 8castoff clothes0 determined the shape of every life and animal in this ,round47#fei7 ,thus1 he 8created10 for ages1 the insects1 reptiles1 birds1 and animals1 unconsciously to himself1 from his remains and relics from the ,third and the ,fourth ,rounds4 ,the same idea and teaching are as distinctly given in the ,venddd of the ,mazdeans1 as they are in the ,chaldan and ,mosaic allegory of the ,ark1 all of which are the many national versions of the original legend given in the ,hind ,scriptures4 ,it is found in the allegory of ,vaivasvata ,manu and his ,ark with the ,seven ,rishis1 each of whom is shown the ,father and ,progenitor of specified animals1 reptiles1 and even monsters1 as in the ,vishnu and other ,purnas4 ,open the ,mazdean ,venddd1 and read the command of ,ahura ,mazda to ,yima1 a ,spirit of the ,earth1 who symbolizes the three ,races1 after telling him to build a ,vara--8an enclosure10 an ,argha or ,vehicle4 ,thither into the ,vara thou shalt bring the seeds of men and women1 of the greatest1 best1 and finest kinds on this earth2 thither thou shalt bring the seeds of every kind of cattle1 etc4444 ,all those seeds shalt thou bring1 two of every kind to be kept inexhaustible there1 so long as those men shall stay in the ,vara47#ffj7 ,those 8men0 in the 8,vara0 are the 8,progenitors10 the ,heavenly ,men or ,dhyns1 the future ,egos who are commissioned to inform mankind4 ,for the ,vara1 or ,ark1 or again the ,vehicle1 simply means ,man47#ffa7 ,thou shalt seal up the ,vara after filling it up with the seeds1 and thou shalt make a door1 and a window selfshining within which is the ,soul47#ffb7 ,and when ,yima enquires of ,ahura ,mazda how he shall manage to make that ,vara1 he is answered3 ,crush the earth 444 and knead it with thy hands1 as the potter does when kneading the potter's clay47#ffc7 ,the ,egyptian ramheaded ,god makes man of clay on a potter's wheel1 and so in ,genesis do the ,elohim fashion him out of the same material4 ,when the 8,maker of the material world10 ,ahura ,mazda1 is asked1 furthermore1 what is to give light 8to the ,vara which ,yima made10 he answers that3 ,there are uncreated lights and created lights4 ,there in ,airyana ,vaj1 where ,vara is built1 the stars1 the moon1 and the sun are only once 7a year7 seen to rise and set1 and a year seems only as a day and night47#ffd7 ,this is a clear reference to the 8,land of the ,gods0 or the 7now7 ,polar ,regions4 ,moreover another hint is contained in this verse1 a distinct allusion to the 8uncreated lights0 which enlighten man within--his 8principles40 ,otherwise1 no sense or reason could be found in ,ahura ,mazda's answer which is forthwith followed by the words3 ,every fortieth year1 to every couple hermaphrodite two are born1 a male and female47#ffe7 ,the latter is a distinct echo of the ,secret ,doctrine1 of a ,stanza which says3 ,at the expiration of every forty annual ,suns1 at the end of every fortieth ,day1 the double one becomes four2 male and female in one1 in the first and second and the third4444 ,this is clear1 since every 8,sun0 meant a whole year1 the latter being composed of one ,day then1 as in the ,arctic ,circle it is now composed of six months4 ,according to the old teaching1 the axis of the ,earth gradually changes its inclination to the ecliptic1 and at the period referred to1 this inclination was such that a polar ,day lasted during the whole period of the ,earth's revolution about the ,sun1 when a kind of twilight of very short duration intervened2 after which the polar land resumed its position directly under the solar rays4 ,this may be contrary to ,astronomy as now taught and understood2 but who can say that changes in the motion of the ,earth1 which do not take place now1 did not occur millions of years back8 ,returning once more to the statement that ,vara meant the ,man of the ,fourth ,round1 as much as the ,earth of those days1 the ,moon1 and even ,noah's ,ark1 if one will so have it--this is again shown in the dialogue between ,ahura ,mazda and ,zarathushtra4 ,thus when the latter asks3 ,o ,maker of the material world1 thou ,holy ,one6 ,who is he who brought the law of ,mazda into the ,vara which ,yima made8 ,ahura ,mazda answered3 8,it was the bird ,karshipta1 ,o holy ,zarathushtra607#fff7 ,and the note explains3 ,the bird ,karshipta dwells in the heavens3 were he living on the earth1 he would be king of birds4 ,he brought the law into the ,var of ,yima1 and recites the ,avesta in the language of birds47#ffg7 ,this again is an allegory and a symbol misunderstood by the ,orientalists only1 who see in this bird 8an incarnation of lightning10 and say its song was 8often thought to be the utterance of a god and a revelation10 and what not4 ,karshipta is the human ,mind,soul1 and the deity thereof1 symbolized in ancient ,magianism by a bird1 as the ,greeks symbolized it by a butterfly4 ,no sooner had ,karshipta entered the ,vara or ,man1 than he understood the law of ,mazda1 or ,divine ,wisdom4 ,in the 8,book of ,concealed ,mystery0 it is said of the ,tree1 which is the ,tree of knowledge of good and evil3 ,in its branches the birds lodge and build their nests 7the souls and the angels have their place747#ffh7 ,therefore1 with the ,kabalists it was a like symbol4 8,bird0 was a ,chaldan1 and has become a ,hebrew1 synonym and symbol for ,angel1 a ,soul1 a ,spirit1 or ,deva2 and the 8,bird's ,nest0 was1 with both1 ,heaven1 and is ,god's ,bosom1 in the ,zohar4 ,the perfect ,messiah enters ,eden 8into that place which is called the ,bird's ,nest407#ffi7 8,like a bird that is flying from its nest10 and that is the ,soul from which the ,she'kheenah divine wisdom or grace does not move away47#fgj7 ,the ,nest of the ,eternal ,bird1 the flutter of whose wings produces ,life1 is boundless ,space1 --says the ,commentary1 meaning ,hamsa1 the ,bird of ,wisdom4 ,it is ,adam ,kadmon who is the tree of the ,sephiroth1 and it is he who becomes the 8tree of knowledge of good and evil10 ,esoterically4 ,and that 8tree hath around it seven columns seven pillars of the world1 or ,rectores the same ,progenitors or ,sephiroth again1 operating through the respective orders of ,angels in the spheres of the seven planets10 etc41 one of which orders begets ,giants 7,nephilim7 on ,earth4 ,it was the belief of all antiquity1 ,pagan and ,christian1 that the earliest mankind was a race of giants4 ,certain excavations in ,america in mounds and in caves1 have already1 in isolated cases1 yielded groups of skeletons of nine and twelve feet high47#fga7 ,these belong to tribes of the early ,fifth ,race1 now degenerated to an average size of between five and six feet4 ,but we can easily believe that the ,titans and ,cyclopes of old really belonged to the ,fourth 7,atlantean7 ,race1 and that all the subsequent legends and allegories found in the ,hind ,purnas and the ,greek poems of ,hesiod and ,homer1 were based on the hazy reminiscences of real ,titans--men of a tremendous superhuman physical power1 which enabled them to defend themselves1 and hold at bay the gigantic monsters of the ,mesozoic and early ,cenozoic times--and of actual ,cyclopes1 8threeeyed0 mortals4 ,it has been often remarked by observant writers1 that the 8origin of nearly every popular myth and legend could be traced invariably to a fact in ,nature40 ,in these fantastic creations of an exuberant subjectivism1 there is always an element of the objective and real4 ,the imagination of the masses1 disorderly and illregulated as it may be1 could never have conceived and fabricated ex nihilo so many monstrous figures1 such a wealth of extraordinary tales1 had it not had1 to serve it as a central nucleus1 those floating reminiscences1 obscure and vague1 which unite the broken links of the chain of time to form with them the mysterious1 dream foundation of our collective consciousness47#fgb7 ,the evidence for the ,cyclopes--a race of ,giants--will1 in forthcoming ,sections1 be pointed out in the ,cyclopean remnants1 which are so called to this day4 ,an indication that the early ,fourth ,race--during its evolution and before the final adjustment of the human organism1 which became perfect and symmetrical only in the ,fifth ,race--may have been threeeyed1 without having necessarily a third eye in the middle of the brow1 like the legendary ,cyclops1 is also furnished by ,science4 ,to ,occultists who believe that spiritual and psychic involution proceeds on parallel lines with physical evolution--that the inner senses1 innate in the first human races1 atrophied during racial growth and the material development of the outer senses--to the students of ,esoteric symbology the above statement is no conjecture or possibility1 but simply a phase of the law of growth1 a proven fact1 in short4 ,they understand the meaning of the passage in the ,commentaries which says3 ,there were fourarmed human creatures in those early days of the male females hermaphrodites2 with one head1 yet three eyes4 ,they could see before them and behind them47#fgc7 ,a ,kalpa later after the separation of the sexes men having fallen into matter1 their spiritual vision became dim2 and cordinately the ,third ,eye commenced to lose its power4444 ,when the ,fourth ,race arrived at its middle age1 the ,inner ,vision had to be awakened1 and acquired by artificial stimuli1 the process of which was known to the old ,sages47#fgd7444 ,the ,third ,eye1 likewise1 getting gradually petrified17#fge7 soon disappeared4 ,the doublefaced became the onefaced1 and the eye was drawn deep into the head and is now buried under the hair4 ,during the activity of the ,inner ,man during trances and spiritual visions the eye swells and expands4 ,the ,arhat sees and feels it1 and regulates his action accordingly4444 ,the undefiled ,lanoo ,disciple1 ,chel need fear no danger2 he who keeps himself not in purity who is not chaste will receive no help from the 8,deva ,eye40 ,unfortunately not4 ,the 8,deva ,eye0 exists no more for the majority of mankind4 ,the ,third ,eye is dead1 and acts no longer2 but it has left behind a witness to its existence4 ,this witness is now the ,pineal ,gland4 ,as for the 8fourarmed0 men1 it is they who became the prototypes of the fourarmed ,hind ,gods1 as shown in a preceding footnote4 ,such is the mystery of the human eye that some ,scientists have been forced to resort to ,occult explanations in their vain endeavours to explain and account for all the difficulties surrounding its action4 ,the development of the human eye gives more support to ,occult ,anthropology than to that of the ,materialistic ,physiologists4 8,the eyes in the human embryo grow from within without0--out of the brain1 instead of being part of the skin1 as in the insects and cuttlefish4 ,professor ,lankester--thinking the brain a queer place for the eye1 and attempting to explain the phenomenon on ,darwinian lines--suggests the curious view that 8our0 earliest vertebrate ancestor was a 8transparent0 creature and hence did not mind where the eye was6 ,and so was man a 8transparent creature0 once upon a time1 we are taught2 and hence our theory holds good4 ,but how does the ,lankester hypothesis square with the ,hckelian view that the vertebrate eye originated by changes in the epidermis8 ,if it started inside1 the latter theory goes into the waste basket4 ,this seems to be proved by embryology4 ,moreover1 ,professor ,lankester's extraordinary suggestion--or shall we say admission8--is perhaps rendered necessary by evolutionist necessities4 ,occultism1 with its teaching as to the gradual development of senses 8from within without10 from astral prototypes1 is far more satisfactory4 ,the ,third ,eye retreated inwards when its course was run--another point in favour of ,occultism4 ,the allegorical expression of the ,hind mystics who speak of the 8,eye of ,shiva10 the ,trilochana1 or 8threeeyed10 thus receives its justification and raison d'tre3 the transference of the ,pineal ,gland 7once that ,third ,eye7 to the forehead1 being an exoteric licence4 ,this throws also a light on the mystery--incomprehensible to some--of the connection between abnormal1 or spiritual ,seership1 and the physiological purity of the ,seer4 ,the question is often asked3 ,why should celibacy and chastity be a sine qu non condition of regular ,chelship1 or the development of psychic and occult powers8 ,the answer is contained in the ,commentary4 ,when we learn that the ,third ,eye was once a physiological organ1 and that later on1 owing to the gradual disappearance of spirituality and increase of materiality1 the spiritual nature being extinguished by the physical1 it became an atrophied organ1 as little understood now by ,physiologists as is the spleen--when we learn this1 the connection becomes clear4 ,during human life the greatest impediment in the way of spiritual development1 and especially to the acquirement of ,yoga powers1 is the activity of our physiological senses4 ,sexual action also being closely connected1 by interaction1 with the spinal cord and the grey matter of the brain1 it is useless to give any longer explanation4 ,of course1 the normal and abnormal state of the brain1 and the degree of active work in the ,medulla ,oblongata1 reacts powerfully on the ,pineal ,gland1 for1 owing to the number of 8centres0 in that region1 which controls by far the greatest number of the physiological actions of the animal economy1 and also owing to the close and intimate neighbourhood of the two1 a very powerful 8inductive0 action must be exerted by the ,medulla on the ,pineal ,gland4 ,all this is quite plain to the ,occultist1 but is very vague in the sight of the general reader4 ,the latter must then be shown the possibility of a threeeyed man in ,nature1 in those periods when his formation was yet in a comparatively chaotic state4 ,such a possibility may be inferred from anatomical and zoological knowledge1 first of all1 and then it may rest on the assumptions of ,materialistic ,science itself4 ,it is asserted upon the authority of ,science1 and upon evidence1 which is this time not merely a fiction of theoretical speculation1 that many of the animals--especially among the lower orders of the vertebrata--have a third eye1 now atrophied1 but which was necessarily active in its origin47#fgf7 ,the ,hatteria species1 a lizard of the order ,lacertilia1 recently discovered in ,new ,zealand--a part of ancient ,lemuria so called1 mark well--presents this peculiarity in a most extraordinary manner2 and not only the ,hatteria ,punctata1 but the ,chameleon1 and certain reptiles1 and even fishes4 ,it was thought1 at first1 that this was no more than the prolongation of the brain which ended with a small protuberance1 called ,epiphysis1 a little bone separated from the main bone by a cartilage1 and found in every animal4 ,but it was soon found to be more than this4 ,as its development and anatomical structure showed1 it offered such an analogy with that of the eye1 that it was found impossible to see in it anything else4 ,there are ,palontologists who to this day feel convinced that this ,third ,eye originally functioned1 and they are certainly right4 ,for this is what is said of the ,pineal ,gland in ,quain's ,anatomy3 ,it is from this part1 constituting at first the whole and subsequently the hinder part of the anterior primary encephalic vesicle1 that the optic vesicles are developed in the earliest period1 and the fore part is that in connection with which the cerebral hemispheres and accompanying parts are formed4 ,the thalamus opticus of each side is formed by a lateral thickening of the medullary wall1 while the interval between1 descending towards the base1 constitutes the cavity of the third ventricle with its prolongation in the infundibulum4 ,the grey commissure afterwards stretches across the ventricular cavity4444 ,the hinder part of the roof is developed by a peculiar process to be noticed later into the pineal gland1 which remains united on each side by its pedicles to the thalamus1 and behind these a transverse band is formed as posterior commissure4 ,the lamina terminalis 7lamina cinerea7 continues to close the third ventricle in front1 below it the optic commissure forms the floor of the ventricle1 and further back the infundibulum descends to be united in the sella turcica with the tissue adjoining the posterior lobe of the pituitary body4 ,the two optic thalami1 formed from the posterior and outer part of the anterior vesicle1 consist at first of a single hollow sac of nervous matter1 the cavity of which communicates on each side in front with that of the commencing cerebral hemispheres1 and behind with that of the middle cephalic vesicle 7corpora quadrigemina74 ,soon1 however1 by increased deposit taking place in their interior behind1 below1 and at the sides1 the thalami become solid1 and at the same time a cleft or fissure appears between them above1 and penetrates down to the internal cavity1 which continues open at the back part opposite the entrance of the ,sylvian aqueduct4 ,this cleft or fissure is the third ventricle4 ,behind1 the two thalami continue united by the posterior commissure1 which is distinguishable about the end of the third month1 and also by the peduncles of the pineal gland4444 ,at an early period the optic tracts may be recognized as hollow prolongations from the outer part of the wall of the thalami while they are still vesicular4 ,at the fourth month these tracts are distinctly formed4 ,they subsequently are prolonged backwards into connection with the corpora quadrigemina4 ,the formation of the pineal gland and pituitary body presents some of the most interesting phenomena which are connected with the development of the thalamencephalon47#fgg7 ,the above is specially interesting when it is remembered that1 were it not for the development of the posterior part of the cerebral hemispheres1 the ,pineal ,gland would be perfectly visible on the removal of the parietal bones4 ,it is very interesting also to note the obvious connection which can be traced between the originally hollow ,optic ,tract and the ,eyes anteriorly1 and the ,pineal ,gland and its ,peduncles posteriorly1 and between all of these and the ,optic ,thalami4 ,so that the recent discoveries in connection with the third eye of ,hatteria ,punctata have a very important bearing on the history of the development of the human senses1 and on the ,occult assertions in the text4 ,it is well known that ,descartes saw in the ,pineal ,gland the ,seat of the ,soul1 though this is now regarded as a fiction by those who have ceased to believe in the existence of an immortal principle in man4 ,although the ,soul is joined to every part of the body1 he said1 there is one special portion of the latter in which the ,soul exercises its functions more specially than in any other4 ,and1 as neither the heart1 nor yet the brain could be that 8special0 locality1 he concluded that it was that little gland which was tied to the brain1 and yet had an action independent of it1 as it could easily be put into a kind of swinging motion 8by the animal spirits7#fgh7 which cross the cavities of the skull in every sense40 ,unscientific as this may appear in our day of exact learning1 ,descartes was yet far nearer the ,occult truth than is any ,hckel4 ,for the ,pineal ,gland is1 as shown1 far more closely connected with ,soul and ,spirit than with the physiological senses of man4 ,had the leading ,scientists a glimmer of the real processes employed by the ,evolutionary ,impulse1 and the winding cyclic course of this great ,law1 they would know instead of conjecturing1 and would feel certain of the future physical transformations which await the human kind by the knowledge of its past forms4 ,then would they see the fallacy and the absurdity of their modern 8blindforce0 and 8mechanical0 processes of ,nature2 and1 in consequence of such knowledge1 would realize that the said ,pineal ,gland1 for instance1 could not but be disabled for physical use at this stage of our ,cycle4 ,if the odd 8eye0 is now atrophied in man1 it is a proof that1 as in the lower animal1 it has once been active2 for ,nature never creates the smallest1 the most insignificant1 form without some definite purpose and for some use4 ,it was an active organ1 we say1 at that stage of evolution when the spiritual element in man reigned supreme over the hardly nascent intellectual and psychic elements4 ,and1 as the ,cycle ran down towards that point where the physiological senses were developed by1 and went pari passu with1 the growth and consolidation of physical man--the interminable and complex vicissitudes and tribulations of zoological development--this median 8eye0 at last atrophied together with the early spiritual and purely psychic characteristics in man4 ,the eye is the mirror and also the window of the ,soul1 says popular wisdom17#fgi7 and ,vox populi1 vox ,dei4 ,in the beginning1 every class and family of the living species was hermaphrodite and objectively oneeyed4 ,in the animal--whose form was as ethereal 7astrally7 as that of man1 before the bodies of both began to evolve their 8coats of skin10 viz41 to evolve1 from within without1 the thick coating of physical substance or matter with its internal physiological mechanism--the ,third ,eye was primarily1 as in man1 the only seeing organ4 ,the two physical front eyes only developed7#fhj7 later on in both brute and man1 whose organ of physical sight was1 at the commencement of the ,third ,race1 in the same position as that of some of the blind vertebrates1 in our day1 i4e41 beneath an opaque skin47#fha7 ,only1 the stages of the odd1 or primeval1 eye1 in man and brute1 are now inverted1 as the former has already passed that animal nonrational stage in the ,third ,round1 and is ahead of mere brute creation by a whole plane of consciousness4 ,therefore1 while the ,cyclopean eye was1 and still is1 in man the organ of spiritual sight1 in the animal it was that of objective vision4 ,and this eye1 having performed its function1 was replaced1 in the course of physical evolution from the simple to the complex1 by two eyes1 and thus was stored and laid aside by ,nature for further use in ons to come4 ,this explains why the ,pineal ,gland reached its highest development proportionately with the lowest physical development4 ,it is in the ,vertebrata that it is the most prominent and objective1 whereas in man it is most carefully hidden and inaccessible1 except to the ,anatomist4 ,no less light1 however1 is thereby thrown on the future physical1 spiritual1 and intellectual state of mankind1 in periods corresponding on parallel lines with other past periods1 and always on the lines of ascending and descending cyclic evolution and development4 ,thus1 a few centuries before the ,kali ,yuga--the ,age which began nearly #e1jjj years ago--it was said in ,commentary ,twenty1 if it is paraphrased into comprehensible sentences3 ,we the ,fifth ,root,race in our first half of duration onward on the now ascending arc of the ,cycle are on the mid point of or between the ,first and ,second ,races--falling downward i4e41 the ,races were then on the descending arc of the ,cycle4444 ,calculate for thyself1 ,lanoo1 and see4 ,calculating as advised1 we find that during that transitional period--namely1 in the second half of the ,first spiritual ethereoastral ,race--nascent mankind was devoid of the intellectual brain element1 as it was on its descending line4 ,and as we are parallel to it1 on the ascending1 we are1 therefore1 devoid of the spiritual element1 which is now replaced by the intellectual4 ,for1 remember well1 as we are in the ,mnasa period of our ,cycle of ,races1 or in the ,fifth1 we have1 therefore1 crossed the meridian point of the perfect adjustment of ,spirit and ,matter--or the equilibrium between brain intellect and spiritual perception4 ,one important point1 has1 however1 to be borne in mind4 ,illustration3 ,evolution of ,root,races in the ,fourth ,round ,transcriber's ,note3 ,the graph shows1 to the left1 8,downward ,cycle4 ,evolution of ,physical and ,intellectual ,nature and the ,gradual ,regression of ,spirituality40 ,to the right is 8,ascending ,cycle4 ,revolution or ,reversion of ,spirituality and the ,gradual ,decrease of ,materiality and mere ,brainintellectuality40 ,below is 8,meridian of ,races40 ,we are only in the ,fourth ,round1 and it is in the ,fifth that the full development of ,manas1 as a direct ray from the ,universal ,mahat--a ray unimpeded by ,matter--will be finally reached4 ,nevertheless1 as every sub race and nation have their cycles and stages of evolutionary development repeated on a smaller scale1 much more must it be so in the case of a ,root,race4 ,our ,race then has1 as a ,root,race1 crossed the equatorial line and is cycling onward on the spiritual side2 but some of our subraces still find themselves on the shadowy descending arc of their respective national cycles2 while others again--the oldest--having crossed the crucial point1 which alone decides whether a race1 a nation1 or a tribe1 will live or perish1 are at the apex of spiritual development as subraces4 ,it now becomes comprehensible why the ,third ,eye was gradually transformed into a simple gland1 after the physical ,fall of those we have agreed to call the ,lemurians4 ,it is a curious fact that in human beings the cerebral hemispheres and the lateral ventricles have been especially developed1 whereas it is the ,optic ,thalami1 ,corpora ,quadrigemina1 and ,corpora ,striata which are the principal parts developed in other mammalian brains4 ,moreover1 it is asserted that the intellect of a man may1 to some extent1 be gauged by the development of the central convolutions and the fore part of the cerebral hemispheres4 ,it would seem a natural corollary to this that if the development of the ,pineal ,gland may be considered to be an index of the astral capacities and spiritual proclivities of any man1 there will be a corresponding development of that part of the cranium1 or an increase in the size of the ,pineal ,gland at the expense of the posterior part of the cerebral hemispheres4 ,this is a curious speculation and would receive confirmation in the present case4 ,we should see1 below and behind1 the cerebellum which has been held to be the seat of all the animal proclivities of the human being1 and which is allowed by ,science to be the great centre for all the physiologically cordinated movements of the body1 such as walking1 eating1 etc42 in front1 the forepart of the brain1 the cerebral hemispheres1 the part especially connected with the development of the intellectual powers in man2 and in the middle1 dominating them both1 and especially the animal functions1 the developed ,pineal ,gland1 in connection with the more highly evolved1 or spiritual man4 ,it must be remembered that these are only physical correspondences2 just as the ordinary human brain is the registering organ of memory1 but not memory itself4 ,this is1 then1 the organ which has given rise to so many legends and traditions1 among others to that of men with one head but two faces4 ,these legends may be found in several ,chinese works1 besides being referred to in the ,chaldan fragments4 ,apart from the work already cited1 the ,shan ,hai ,king1 compiled by ,kung ,chia from engravings on nine urns made by the ,emperor ,y1 #b1bee ,b4,c41 they may be found in another work1 called the ,bamboo ,books1 and in a third1 the ',rh ,ya1 whose author was 8initiated according to tradition by ,chow ,kung1 uncle of ,wu ,wang1 the first ,emperor of the ,chow ,dynasty1 #a1abb ,b4,c40 ,the ,bamboo ,books contain the ancient annals of ,china1 found ,a4,d4 #bgi on opening the grave of ,king ,seang of ,wei1 who died #bie ,b4,c47#fhb7 ,both these works mention men with two faces on one head--one in front and one behind4 ,now what students of ,occultism ought to know is that the ,third ,eye is indissolubly connected with ,karma4 ,the tenet is so mysterious that very few have heard of it4 ,the 8,eye of ,shiva0 did not become entirety atrophied before the close of the ,fourth ,race4 ,when spirituality and all the divine powers and attributes of the ,deva,man of the ,third ,race had been made the hand maidens of the newlyawakened physiological and psychic passions of the physical man1 instead of the reverse1 the ,eye lost its powers4 ,but such was the law of evolution1 and it was1 in strict accuracy1 no ,fall4 ,the sin was not in using those newlydeveloped powers1 but in misusing them2 in making of the tabernacle1 designed to contain a ,god1 the fane of every spiritual iniquity4 ,and if we say 8sin0 it is merely that everyone should understand our meaning1 for ,karma7#fhc7 would be the more correct term to use in this case2 moreover the reader who should feel perplexed at the use of the term 8spiritual0 instead of 8physical0 iniquity1 is reminded of the fact that there can be no physical iniquity4 ,the body is simply the irresponsible organ1 the tool of the ,psychic1 if not of the ,spiritual1 ,man4 ,and in the case of the ,atlanteans1 it was precisely the ,spiritual ,being which sinned1 the ,spirit ,element being still the 8,master0 ,principle in man1 in those days4 ,thus it is in those days that the heaviest ,karma of the ,fifth ,race was generated by our ,monads4 ,as this sentence may again be found puzzling1 it is better that it should be explained for the benefit of those who are ignorant of ,theosophical ,teachings4 ,questions with regard to ,karma and ,rebirths are constantly being put forward1 and great confusion seems to exist upon the subject4 ,those who are born and bred in the ,christian faith1 and have been trained in the idea that a new ,soul is created by ,god for every newlyborn infant1 are among the most perplexed4 ,they ask whether the number of ,monads incarnating on ,earth is limited2 to which they are answered in the affirmative4 ,for1 however countless1 in our conception1 the number of the incarnating ,monads1 still1 there must be a limit4 ,this is so even if we take into account the fact that ever since the ,second ,race1 when their respective seven ,groups were furnished with bodies1 several births and deaths may be allowed for every second of time in the ons already passed4 ,it has been stated that ,karma,nemesis1 whose bondmaid is ,nature1 adjusted everything in the most harmonious manner2 and that1 therefore1 the fresh pouringin1 or arrival of new ,monads1 ceased as soon as ,humanity had reached its full physical development4 ,no fresh ,monads have incarnated since the middlepoint of the ,atlanteans4 ,let us remember that1 save in the case of young children1 and of individuals whose lives have been violently cut off by some accident1 no ,spiritual ,entity can rencarnate before a period of many centuries has elapsed1 and such gaps alone must show that the number of ,monads is necessarily finite and limited4 ,moreover1 a reasonable time must be given to other animals for their evolutionary progress4 ,hence the assertion that many of us are now working off the effects of the evil ,karmic causes produced by us in ,atlantean bodies4 ,the ,law of ,karma is inextricably interwoven with that of ,rencarnation4 ,it is only the knowledge of the constant rebirths of one and the same ,individuality throughout the ,life,cycle2 the assurance that the same ,monads--among whom are many ,dhyn ,chohans1 or the 8,gods0 themselves--have to pass through the 8,circle of ,necessity10 rewarded or punished by such rebirth for the suffering endured or crimes committed in the former life2 that those very ,monads1 which entered the empty1 senseless ,shells1 or ,astral ,figures of the ,first ,race emanated by the ,pitris1 are the same who are now amongst us--nay1 ourselves1 perchance2 it is only this doctrine1 we say1 that can explain to us the mysterious problem of ,good and ,evil1 and reconcile man to the terrible apparent injustice of life4 ,nothing but such certainty can quiet our revolted sense of justice4 ,for1 when one unacquainted with the noble doctrine looks around him1 and observes the inequalities of birth and fortune1 of intellect and capacities2 when one sees honour paid to fools and profligates1 on whom fortune has heaped her favours by mere privilege of birth1 and their nearest neighbour1 with all his intellect and noble virtues--far more deserving in every way--perishing of want and for lack of sympathy2 when one sees all this and has to turn away1 helpless to relieve the undeserved suffering1 one's ears ringing and heart aching with the cries of pain around him--that blessed knowledge of ,karma alone prevents him from cursing life and men1 as well as their supposed ,creator47#fhd7 ,of all the terrible blasphemies and what are virtually accusations thrown at their ,god by the ,monotheists1 none is greater or more unpardonable than that 7almost always7 false humility which makes the presumably 8pious0 ,christian assert1 in the face of every evil and undeserved blow1 that 8such is the will of ,god40 ,dolts and hypocrites6 ,blasphemers and impious ,pharisees who speak in the same breath of the endless merciful love and care of their ,god and ,creator for helpless man1 and of that ,god scourging the good1 the very best of his creatures1 bleeding them to death like an insatiable ,moloch6 ,shall we be answered to this1 in ,congreve's words3 ,but who shall dare to tax ,eternal ,justice8 ,logic and simple common sense1 we answer4 ,if we are asked to believe in 8original sin10 in one life only on this ,earth for every ,soul1 and in an anthropomorphic ,deity1 who seems to have created some men only for the pleasure of condemning them to eternal hellfire--and this whether they be good or bad1 says the ,predestinarian7#fhe7--why should not everyone of us who is endowed with reasoning powers1 condemn in his turn such a villainous ,deity8 ,life would become unbearable1 if one had to believe in the ,god created by man's unclean fancy4 ,luckily he exists only in human dogmas1 and in the unhealthy imagination of some poets1 who believe they have solved the problem by addressing him as3 ,thou great ,mysterious ,power1 who hast involved ,the pride of human wisdom1 to confound ,the daring scrutiny and prove the faith ,of thy presuming creatures6 ,truly a robust 8faith0 is required to believe that it is 8presumption0 to question the justice of one1 who creates helpless little man but to 8perplex0 him1 and to test a 8faith0 with which that 8,power10 moreover1 may have forgotten1 if not neglected1 to endow him1 as happens sometimes4 ,compare this blind faith with the philosophical belief1 based on every reasonable evidence and on lifeexperience1 in ,karma,nemesis1 or the ,law of ,retribution4 ,this ,law--whether ,conscious or ,unconscious--predestines nothing and no one4 ,it exists from and in ,eternity1 truly1 for it is ,eternity itself2 and as such1 since no act can be coqual with ,eternity1 it cannot be said to act1 for it is ,action itself4 ,it is not the wave which drowns a man1 but the personal action of the wretch who goes deliberately and places himself under the impersonal action of the laws that govern the ocean's motion4 ,karma creates nothing1 nor does it design4 ,it is man who plans and creates causes1 and ,karmic ,law adjusts the effects1 which adjustment is not an act1 but universal harmony1 tending ever to resume its original position1 like a bough1 which1 bent down too forcibly1 rebounds with corresponding vigour4 ,if it happen to dislocate the arm that tried to bend it out of its natural position1 shall we say that it is the bough which broke our arm1 or that our own folly has brought us to grief8 ,karma has never sought to destroy intellectual and individual liberty1 like the ,god invented by the ,monotheists4 ,it has not involved its decrees in darkness purposely to perplex man2 nor shall it punish him who dares to scrutinize its mysteries4 ,on the contrary1 he who through study and meditation unveils its intricate paths1 and throws light on those dark ways1 in the windings of which so many men perish owing to their ignorance of the labyrinth of life--is working for the good of his fellowmen4 ,karma is an ,absolute and ,eternal ,law in the ,world of ,manifestation2 and as there can only be one ,absolute1 as ,one eternal ever present ,cause1 believers in ,karma cannot be regarded as ,atheists or ,materialists--still less as ,fatalists17#fhf7 for ,karma is one with the ,unknowable1 of which it is an aspect1 in its effects in the phenomenal world4 ,intimately1 or rather indissolubly1 connected with ,karma1 then1 is the ,law of ,rebirth1 or of the rencarnation of the same spiritual ,individuality in a long1 almost interminable1 series of ,personalities4 ,the latter are like the various characters played by the same actor1 with each of which that actor identifies himself and is identified by the public1 for the space of a few hours4 ,the inner1 or real ,man1 who personates those characters1 knows the whole time that he is ,hamlet only for the brief space of a few acts1 which1 however1 on the plane of human illusion1 represent the whole life of ,hamlet4 ,he knows also that he was1 the night before1 ,king ,lear1 the transformation in his turn of the ,othello of a still earlier preceding night4 ,and though the outer1 visible character is supposed to be ignorant of the fact1 and in actual life that ignorance is1 unfortunately1 but too real1 nevertheless1 the permanent ,individuality is fully aware of it1 and it is through the atrophy of the 8spiritual0 ,eye in the physical body1 that that knowledge is unable to impress itself on the consciousness of the false ,personality4 ,the possession of a physical ,third ,eye1 we are told1 was enjoyed by the men of the ,third ,root,race down to nearly the middle period of the third subrace of the ,fourth ,root,race1 when the consolidation and perfection of the human frame caused it to disappear from the outward anatomy of man4 ,psychically and spiritually1 however1 its mental and visual perception lasted till nearly the end of the ,fourth ,race1 when its functions1 owing to the materiality and depraved condition of mankind1 died out altogether4 ,this was prior to the submersion of the bulk of the ,atlantean ,continent4 ,and now we may return to the ,deluges and their many 8,noahs40 ,the student has to bear in mind that there were many such ,deluges as that mentioned in ,genesis1 and three far more important ones1 which will be mentioned and described in the ,section of ,part ,,iii devoted to the subject of prehistoric 8,submerged ,continents40 ,to avoid erroneous conjectures1 however1 with regard to the claim that the ,esoteric ,doctrine has much in common with the legends contained in the ,hind ,scriptures2 that1 again1 the chronology of the latter is almost that of the former--only explained and made clear2 and that finally the belief that ,vaivasvata ,manu--a generic term indeed6--was the ,noah of the ryans and the prototype of the biblical patriarch1 all this--as pertaining also to the belief of the ,occultists--necessitates a new explanation at this juncture4 ,the ,primeval ,manus ,of ,humanity4 ,those who are aware that the 8,great ,flood10 which was connected with the sinking of an entire ,continent 7save only a few islands7 could not have happened so far back as #ah1jjj1jjj years ago1 and that ,vaivasvata ,manu is the ,indian ,noah connected with the ,matsya1 or the ,fish1 ,avatra of ,vishnu1 may feel perplexed at the apparent discrepancy between the facts stated and the chronology previously given4 ,but there is no discrepancy in truth4 ,the reader is asked to turn to ,the ,theosophist of ,july1 #ahhc1 for by studying the article therein1 on 8,the ,septenary ,principle in ,esotericism10 the whole question can be explained to him4 ,it is in the explanation there given1 ,i believe1 that the ,occultists differ from the ,brhmans4 ,for the benefit of those1 however1 who may not have ,the ,theosophist of that date to hand1 a passage or two may now be quoted from it3 ,who was ,manu1 the son of ,svyambhuva8 ,the ,secret ,doctrine tells us that this ,manu was no man1 but the representation of the first human races1 evolved with the help of the ,dhyn ,chohans 7,devas71 at the beginning of the ,first ,round4 ,but we are told in his ,laws 7i4 #hj7 that there are fourteen ,manus for every ,kalpa1 or 8interval from creation to creation0--read rather interval from one minor ,pralaya to another7#fhg7--;and that 8in the present divine age1 there have been as yet seven ,manus40 ,those who know that there are seven ,rounds1 of which we have passed three1 and are now in the ,fourth2 and who are taught that there are seven ,dawns and seven ,twilights1 or fourteen ,manvantaras2 that at the beginning of every ,round and at the end1 and on1 and between1 the planets ,globes there is an 8awakening to illusive life10 and an 8awakening to real life02 and that1 moreover1 there are ,root ,manus1 and what we have to clumsily translate as ,seed,manus--the seeds for the human races of the forthcoming ,round 7or the ,shishtas--the surviving fittest7#fhh72 a mystery divulged only to those who have passed their third degree in ,initiation7--those who have learned all this will be better prepared to understand the meaning of the following4 ,we are told in the ,hind ,sacred ,scriptures that1 8,the first ,manu produced six other ,manus seven primary ,manus in all1 and these produced in their turn each seven other ,manus07#fhi7 7,bhrigu1 i4 #fafc7--the production of the latter standing in the ,occult treatises as #g x #g4 ,thus it becomes clear that ,manu--the last one1 the ,progenitor of our ,fourth,round ,humanity--must be the seventh1 since we are on our ,fourth ,round17#fij7 and there is a ,root,manu at ,globe ,a1 and a ,seed,manu at ,globe ,g4 ,just as each planetary ,round commences with the appearance of a ,root,manu 7,dhyn ,chohan7 and closes with a ,seed,manu1 so a ,root and a ,seed,manu appear respectively at the beginning and the termination of the human period on any particular planet ,globe47#fia7 ,it will be easily seen from the foregoing statement that a ,manvantaric period 7,manuantara7 means1 as the term implies1 the time between the appearance of two ,manus or ,dhyn ,chohans2 and hence a ,minor ,manvantara is the duration of the seven ,races on any particular planet ,globe1 and a ,major ,manvantara is the period of one human ,round along the ,planetary ,chain4 ,moreover1 as it is said that each of the seven ,manus creates #g x #g ,manus1 and that there are #di ,root,races on the seven planets ,globes during each ,round1 then every ,root,race has its ,manu4 ,the present seventh ,manu is called 8,vaivasvata0 and stands in the exoteric texts for that ,manu who in ,india represents the ,babylonian ,xisuthrus and the ,jewish ,noah4 ,but in the ,esoteric books we are told that ,manu ,vaivasvata1 the progenitor of our ,fifth ,race--who saved it from the flood that nearly exterminated the ,fourth or ,atlantean--is not the seventh ,manu1 mentioned in the nomenclature of the ,root or ,primitive ,manus1 but one of the #di ,manus emanated from this ,root,manu4 ,for clearer comprehension we here give the names of the #ad ,manus in their respective order and in their relation to each ,round3 #ast ,round1 #ast 7,root7 ,manu on ,planet ,a--,svyambhuva4 #ast ,round1 #ast 7,seed7 ,manu on ,planet ,g--,svrochi1 or ,svrochisha4 #bnd ,round1 #bnd 7,root7 ,manu on ,planet ,a--,auttami4 #bnd ,round1 #bnd 7,seed7 ,manu on ,planet ,g--,tmasa4 #crd ,round1 #crd 7,root7 ,manu on ,planet ,a--,raivata4 #crd ,round1 #crd 7,seed7 ,manu on ,planet ,g--,chkshusha4 #dth ,round1 #dth 7,root7 ,manu on ,planet ,a--,vaivasvata 7our ,progenitor74 #dth ,round1 #dth 7,seed7 ,manu on ,planet ,g--,svarna4 #eth ,round1 #eth 7,root7 ,manu on ,planet ,a--,dakshasvarna4 #eth ,round1 #eth 7,seed7 ,manu on ,planet ,g--,brahmasvarna4 #fth ,round1 #fth 7,root7 ,manu on ,planet ,a--,dharmasvarna4 #fth ,round1 #fth 7,seed7 ,manu on ,planet ,g--,rudrasvarna4 #gth ,round1 #gth 7,root7 ,manu on ,planet ,a--,rauchya4 #gth ,round1 #gth 7,seed7 ,manu on ,planet ,g--,bhautya4 ,vaivasvata1 thus1 though seventh in the order given1 is the primitive ,root,manu of our ,fourth ,human ,wave 7the reader must always remember that ,manu is not a man but collective humanity71 while our ,vaivasvata was but one of the seven ,minor ,manus1 who are made to preside over the seven ,races of this our planet ,globe4 ,each of these has to become the witness of one of the periodical and everrecurring cataclysms 7by fire and water7 that close the cycle of every ,root,race4 ,and it is this ,vaivasvata--the ,hind ideal embodiment1 called respectively ,xisuthrus1 ,deucalion1 ,noah and other names--who is the allegorical 8,man0 who rescued our ,race1 when nearly the whole population of one hemisphere perished by water1 while the other hemisphere was awakening from its temporary obscuration47#fib7 ,thus it is shown that there is no real discrepancy in speaking of the ,vaivasvata ,manvantara 7,manuantara1 lit41 8between two ,manus07 as #ah1jjj1jjj odd years ago1 when physical1 or the truly human1 ,man first appeared in his ,fourth ,round on this ,earth2 and of the other ,vaivasvatas1 e4g41 the ,manu of the ,great ,cosmic or ,sidereal ,flood--a mystery--or again the ,manu ,vaivasvata of the submerged ,atlantis1 when the ,racial ,vaivasvata saved the elect of ,humanity1 the ,fifth ,race1 from utter destruction4 ,as these several and quite distinct events are purposely blended in the ,vishnu and other ,purnas in one narrative1 there may yet be a great deal of perplexity left in the profane reader's mind4 ,therefore1 as constant elucidation is needed1 we must be forgiven unavoidable repetitions4 ,the 8blinds0 which conceal the real mysteries of ,esoteric ,philosophy are great and puzzling1 and even now the last word cannot be given4 ,the veil1 however1 may be a little more removed1 and some explanations1 hitherto denied1 may now be offered to the earnest student4 ,as ,colonel ,vans ,kennedy1 if we do not mistake1 remarked3 8the first principle in ,hind religious philosophy is unity in diversity40 ,if all those ,manus and ,rishis are called by one generic name1 it is due to the fact that they are one and all the manifested ,energies of one and the same ,logos1 the celestial as well as the terrestrial ,messengers and ,permutations of that ,principle which is ever in a state of activity--conscious during the period of ,cosmic ,evolution1 unconscious 7from our point of view7 during ,cosmic ,rest--for the ,logos sleepeth in the bosom of ,,that which 8sleepeth not10 nor is it ever awake1 for it is ,sat or 8,beness10 not a ,being4 ,it is from ,,it that issues the great ,unseen ,logos1 who evolves all the other ,logoi2 the ,primeval ,manu who gives being to the other ,manus1 who emanate the universe and all in it collectively1 and who represent in their aggregate the ,manifested ,logos47#fic7 ,hence we learn in the ,commentaries that while no ,dhyn ,chohan1 not even the highest1 can realize completely ,the condition of the preceding ,cosmic ,evolution1 444 the ,manus retain a knowledge of their experiences in all the ,cosmic ,evolutions throughout ,eternity4 ,this is very plain3 the first ,manu is called ,svyambhuva1 the 8,self manifested10 the ,son of the ,unmanifested ,father4 ,the ,manus are the ,creators of the ,creators of our ,first ,race--the ,spirit of ,mankind--which does not prevent the seven ,manus from having been the first 8,pre,adamic0 ,men on ,earth4 ,manu declares himself created by ,virj17#fid7 or ,vaishvnara1 the ,spirit of ,humanity17#fie7 which means that his ,monad emanates from the never resting ,principle in the beginning of every new ,cosmic ,activity--that ,logos or ,universal ,monad 7collective ,elohim7 which radiates from within himself all those ,cosmic ,monads that become the centres of activity--,progenitors of the numberless ,solar ,systems as well as of the yet undifferentiated human ,monads of ,planetary ,chains as well as of every being thereon4 ,svyambhuva1 or ,selfborn1 is the name of every ,cosmic ,monad which becomes the ,centre of ,force1 from within which emerges a ,planetary ,chain 7of which ,chains there are seven in our ,system74 ,and the radiations of this ,centre become again so many ,manus ,svyambhuva 7a mysterious generic name1 meaning far more than appears71 each of them becoming1 as a ,host1 the ,creator of his own ,humanity4 ,as to the question of the four distinct ,races of mankind that preceded our ,fifth ,race1 there is nothing mystical in the subject1 except the ethereal bodies of the first ,races2 and this is a matter of legendary1 nevertheless very correct1 history4 ,the legend is universal4 ,and if the ,western savant pleases to see in it only a myth1 it does not make the slightest difference4 ,the ,mexicans had1 and still have1 the tradition of the fourfold destruction of the world by fire and water1 just as the ,egyptians had1 and the ,hinds have1 to this day4 ,trying to account for the community of legends held by ,chinese1 ,chaldans1 ,egyptians1 ,indians and ,greeks1 in remote antiquity1 and for the absence of any certain vestige of civilization more ancient than #e1jjj years1 the author of ,mythical ,monsters remarks that3 ,we must 444 not be surprised if we do not immediately discover the vestiges of the people of ten1 fifteen1 or twenty thousand years ago4 ,with an ephemeral architecture 444 as in ,china1 the sites of vast cities may have become entirely lost to recollection in a few thousands of years from natural decay1 and how much more 444 if 444 minor cataclysms have intervened1 such as local inundations1 earthquakes1 deposition of volcanic ashes1 444 the spread of sandy deserts1 destruction of life by deadly pestilence1 by miasma1 or by the outpour of sulphurous fumes47#fif7 ,how many of such cataclysms have changed the whole surface of the earth may be inferred from the following ,stanza of ,commentary ,twentytwo3 ,during the first seven crores #gj1jjj1jjj years of the ,kalpa the ,earth and its two ,kingdoms mineral and vegetable1 one already having achieved its seventh circle1 the other1 hardly nascent1 are luminous and semi ethereal1 cold1 lifeless1 and translucid4 ,in the eleventh crore7#fig7 the ,mother ,earth grows opaque1 and in the fourteenth7#fih7 the throes of adolescence take place4 ,these convulsions of ,nature geological changes last till her twentieth crore of years1 uninterruptedly1 after which they become periodical1 and at long intervals4 ,the last change took place nearly twelve crores #abj1jjj1jjj of years ago4 ,but the ,earth with everything on her face had become cool1 hard and settled ages earlier4 ,thus1 if we are to believe ,esoteric ,teaching1 universal geological disturbances and changes have not occurred for the last #abj million years1 but the ,earth1 even before that time1 was ready to receive her human stock4 ,the appearance of the latter1 however1 in its full physical development1 as already stated1 took place only about #ah1jjj1jjj years ago1 after the first great failure of ,nature to create beings alone--i4e41 without the help of the divine 8,fashioners0--had been followed by the successive evolution of the first three ,races47#fii7 ,the actual duration of the first two and a half ,races is withheld from all but the higher ,initiates4 ,the history of the ,races begins at the separation of the sexes1 when the preceding eggbearing androgynous ,race perished rapidly1 and the subsequent subraces of the ,third ,root,race appeared as an entirely new race physiologically4 ,it is this 8,destruction0 which is allegorically called the great 8,vaivasvata ,manu ,deluge10 when the account shows ,vaivasvata ,manu1 or ,humanity1 remaining alone on ,earth in the ,ark of ,salvation towed by ,vishnu in the shape of a monstrous fish1 and the ,seven ,rishis 8with him40 ,the allegory is very plain4 ,in the symbolism of every nation1 the 8,deluge0 stands for chaotic unsettled ,matter--,chaos itself2 and ,water for the ,feminine ,principle--the 8,great ,deep40 ,as the ,greek ,lexicon of ,parkhurst gives it3 answers to the ,hebrew rasit1 or ,wisdom 444 and at the same time to the emblem of the female generative power1 the arg or arca1 in which the germ of nature and of mankind floats or broods on the great abyss of the waters1 during the interval which takes place after every mundane or racial cycle4 ,arch 77 or ,ark is also the mystic name of the ,divine ,spirit of ,life which broods over ,chaos4 ,now ,vishnu is the ,divine ,spirit1 as an abstract principle1 and also as the ,preserver and ,generator1 or ,giver of ,life--the third ,person of the ,trimrti--composed of ,brahm1 the ,creator1 ,shiva1 the ,destroyer1 and ,vishnu1 the ,preserver4 ,vishnu is shown1 in the allegory1 under the form of a ,fish1 guiding the ,ark of ,vaivasvata ,manu across the ,waters of the ,flood4 ,there is no use in expatiating upon the esoteric meaning of the word ,fish 7as ,payne ,knight1 ,inman1 ,gerald ,massey1 and others have done74 ,its theological meaning is phallic1 but the metaphysical1 divine4 ,jesus was called the ,fish1 as were ,vishnu and ,bacchus2 1 the 8,saviour0 of ,mankind1 being but the monogram of the ,god ,bacchus1 who was also called 1 the ,fish47#gjj7 ,moreover1 the ,seven ,rishis in the ,ark symbolized the seven 8principles10 which became complete in man only after he had separated1 and become a human1 and thus ceased to be a divine creature4 ,but to return to the ,races2 details as to the submersion of the ,continent inhabited by the ,second ,root,race are not numerous4 ,the history of the ,third1 or ,lemuria1 is given1 as is also that of ,atlantis1 but the others are only alluded to4 ,lemuria is said to have perished about #gjj1jjj years before the commencement of what is now called the ,tertiary ,age 7the ,eocene747#gja7 ,during this ,deluge--an actual geological deluge this time--,vaivasvata ,manu is also shown saving mankind1 allegorically--in reality1 a portion of it1 the ,fourth ,race--just as he saved the ,fifth ,race during the destruction of the last ,atlanteans1 the remnants that perished #hej1jjj years ago17#gjb7 after which there was no great submersion until the day of ,plato's ,atlantis1 or ,poseidonis1 which was known to the ,egyptians only because it happened in such relatively recent times4 ,it is the submersion of the great ,atlantis which is the most interesting4 ,this is the ,cataclysm of which the old records1 as in the ,book of ,enoch1 say1 8the ends of the ,earth got loose02 and upon which have been built the legends and allegories of ,vaivasvata1 ,xisuthrus1 ,noah1 ,deucalion and all the tutti quanti of the ,elect ,saved4 ,tradition1 not taking into account the difference between sidereal and geological phenomena1 calls both 8,deluges0 indifferently4 ,yet there is a great difference4 ,the ,cataclysm which destroyed the huge ,continent of which ,australia is the largest relic1 was due to a series of subterranean convulsions and the breaking asunder of the ocean floors4 ,that which put an end to its successor--the ,fourth ,continent--was brought on by successive disturbances in the axial rotation4 ,it began during the earliest ,tertiary periods1 and1 continuing for long ages1 carried away successively the last vestige of ,atlantis1 with the exception1 perhaps1 of ,ceylon and a small portion of what is now ,africa4 ,it changed the face of the globe1 and no memory of its flourishing continents and isles1 of its civilizations and sciences1 have remained in the annals of history1 save in the ,sacred ,records of the ,east4 ,hence1 ,modern ,science denies the existence of ,atlantis4 ,it even denies any violent shiftings of the ,earth's axis1 and would attribute the change of climate to other causes4 ,but this question is still an open one4 ,if ,dr4 ,croll will have it that all such alterations can be accounted for by the effects of nutation and the precession of the equinoxes1 there are others1 such as ,sir ,henry ,james and ,sir ,john ,lubbock17#gjc7 who feel more inclined to accept the idea that they are due to a change in the position of the axis of rotation4 ,against this the majority of the ,astronomers are again arrayed4 ,but then1 what have they not denied before now1 and what have they not denounced--only to accept it later on1 whenever the hypothesis became undeniable fact8 ,how far our figures agree1 or rather disagree1 with ,modern ,science will be seen further in the ,addenda to this ,volume1 where the ,geology and ,anthropology of our modern day are carefully compared with the teachings of ,archaic ,science4 ,at any rate1 the period assigned by the ,secret ,doctrine for the sinking of ,atlantis1 does not seem to disagree very much with the calculations of ,modern ,science1 which1 however1 calls ,atlantis 8,lemuria0 whenever it accepts such a submerged ,continent4 ,with regard to the prehuman period1 all that can be said1 at present1 is1 that even prior to the appearance of the 8mindless0 ,first ,race1 the ,earth was not without its inhabitants4 ,we might1 however1 add that what ,science1 which recognizes physical man only1 has a right to regard as the prehuman period1 may be conceded to have extended from the ,first ,race down to the first half of the ,atlantean ,race1 since it is only then that man became the 8complete organic being he is now40 ,and this would make ,adamic ,man no older than a few millions of years47#gjd7 ,the author of the ,qabbalah truly remarks that3 8,man today1 as an individual1 is only a concatenation of the beinghood of precedent human life10 or lives1 rather4 ,according to the ,qabbalah1 the soul sparks contained in ,adam1 went into three principal classes corresponding to his three sons1 viz43 ,hesed1 ,habel1 ,ge'boorah1 ,qaiyin and ,ra'hmin ,seth4 ,these three were divided into 444 #gj species1 called2 the principal roots of the human race47#gje7 ,said ,rabbi ,yehudah3 8,how many garments of the incorporeal man are these which are crowned 7from the day man was created780 ,said ,r4 ,el'azar3 8,the mountains of the world 7the great men of the generation7 are in discussion upon it1 but there are three3 one to clothe in that garment the ,rua'h spirit1 which is in the garden 7of ,eden7 on earth3 one which is more precious than all1 in which the ,neshamah is clothed in that ,bundle of ,life1 between the angels of the ,kings 4443 and one outside garment1 which exists and does not exist1 is seen and not seen4 ,in that garment1 the ,nephesh is clothed1 and she goes and flies in it1 to and fro in the world407#gjf7 ,this relates to the ,races1 their 8garments10 or degree of materiality1 and to the three 8principles0 of man in their three vehicles4 ,stanza ,,xi4 ,the ,civilization ,and ,destruction ,of ,the ,fourth ,and ,fifth ,races4 #dc4 ,the ,lemuro,atlanteans build cities and spread civilization4 ,the incipient stage of anthropomorphism4 #dd4 ,statues1 witnesses to the size of the ,lemuro,atlanteans4 #de4 ,lemuria destroyed by fire1 ,atlantis by water4 ,the ,flood4 #df4 ,the destruction of the ,fourth ,race and of the last antediluvian monsteranimals4 #dc4 ,,they7#gjg7 ,,built ,,huge ,,cities4 ,,of ,,rare ,,earths ,,and ,,metals ,,they ,,built4 ,,out ,,of ,,the ,,fires7#gjh7 ,,vomited1 ,,out ,,of ,,the ,,white ,,stone7#gji7 ,,of ,,the ,,mountains ,,and ,,of ,,the ,,black ,,stone17#gaj7 ,,they ,,cut ,,their ,,own ,,images1 ,,in ,,their ,,size ,,and ,,likeness1 ,,and ,,worshipped ,,them4 ,at this point1 as the history of the first two human races--the last of the ,lemurians and the first of the future ,atlanteans--proceeds1 we have to blend the two1 and speak of them for a time collectively4 ,here reference is also made to the divine ,dynasties1 which were claimed by the ,egyptians1 ,chaldans1 ,greeks1 etc41 to have preceded their human ,kings4 ,these are still believed in by the modern ,hinds1 and are enumerated in their sacred books4 ,of these1 however1 we shall treat in their proper place4 ,what remains to be shown is1 that our modern ,geologists are now being driven into admitting the demonstrable existence of submerged continents4 ,but to confess the existence of the continents is quite a different thing from admitting that there were men on them during the early geological periods7#gaa7--;ay1 men and civilized nations1 not ,palolithic savages only2 who1 under the guidance of their divine ,rulers1 built large cities1 cultivated ,arts and ,sciences1 and knew ,astronomy1 ,architecture and ,mathematics to perfection4 ,the primeval civilization of the ,lemurians did not1 as one may think1 immediately follow their physiological transformation4 ,between the final physiological evolution and the first city built1 many hundred thousands of years had passed4 ,nevertheless1 we find the ,lemurians in their sixth subrace building their first rockcities out of stone and lava47#gab7 ,one of these great cities of primitive structure was built entirely of lava1 some thirty miles west from where ,easter ,island now stretches its narrow strip of sterile ground1 and was totally destroyed by a series of volcanic eruptions4 ,the oldest remains of ,cyclopean buildings were all the handiwork of the last subraces of the ,lemurians2 and an ,occultist1 therefore1 shows no surprise on learning that the stone relics which were found on the small piece of land called ,easter ,island by ,captain ,cook1 are ,very much like the walls of the ,temple of ,pachacamac or the ,ruins of ,tia,huanaco in ,peru17#gac7 and also that they are in the ,cyclopean style4 ,the first large cities1 however1 were built in that region of the ,continent which is now known as the island of ,madagascar4 ,there were civilized people and savages in those days as there are now4 ,evolution achieved its work of perfection on the former1 and ,karma--its work of destruction on the latter4 ,the ,australians and their like are the descendants of those1 who1 instead of vivifying the ,spark projected into them by the 8,flames10 extinguished it by long generations of bestiality47#gad7 ,whereas the ryan nations could trace their descent through the ,atlanteans from the more spiritual races of the ,lemurians1 in whom the 8,sons of ,wisdom0 had personally incarnated47#gae7 ,it is with the advent of the divine ,dynasties that the first civilizations were started4 ,and while1 in some regions of the ,earth1 a portion of mankind preferred leading a nomadic and patriarchal life1 and in others savage man was hardly learning to build a fire and to protect himself against the ,elements--his brothers1 more favoured than he by their ,karma1 and helped by the divine intelligence which informed them1 built cities1 and cultivated ,arts and ,sciences4 ,nevertheless1 notwithstanding civilization1 while their pastoral brethren enjoyed wondrous powers as their birthright1 the 8builders0 could now obtain their powers only gradually2 even those they did obtain being generally used for conquest over physical nature and selfish and unholy purposes4 ,civilization has ever developed the physical and the intellectual at the cost of the psychic and spiritual4 ,the command over and the guidance of one's own psychic nature1 which foolish men now associate with the supernatural1 were with early ,humanity innate and congenital1 and came to man as naturally as walking and thinking4 8,there is no such thing as magic0 philosophizes 8,she0--the author forgetting that 8magic0 in early days still meant the great ,science of ,wisdom1 and that ,ayesha could not possibly know anything of the modern perversion of thought--8though10 she adds1 8there is such a thing as knowledge of the ,secrets of ,nature407#gaf7 ,but they have become 8,secrets0 only in our ,race1 and were public property with the ,third4 ,gradually1 mankind decreased in stature1 for1 even before the real advent of the ,fourth or ,atlantean ,race1 the majority of mankind had fallen into iniquity and sin1 save only the ,hierarchy of the 8,elect10 the followers and disciples of the 8,sons of ,will and ,yoga0--called later the 8,sons of the ,fire,mist40 ,then came the ,atlanteans2 the giants whose physical beauty and strength reached their climax1 in accordance with evolutionary law1 toward the middle period of their fourth subrace4 ,but1 as said in the ,commentary3 ,the last survivors of the fair child of the ,white ,island the primitive ,shvetadvpa had perished ages before4 ,their ,lemuria's ,elect1 had taken shelter on the ,sacred ,island now the 8fabled0 ,shamballah1 in the ,gobi ,desert1 while some of their accursed races1 separating from the main stock1 now lived in the jungles and underground 8cavemen01 when the golden yellow ,race the ,fourth became in its turn 8black with sin40 ,from pole to pole the ,earth had changed her face for the third time1 and was no longer inhabited by the ,sons of ,shvetadvpa1 the blessed1 and ,adbhitanya 81 east and west1 the first1 the one and the pure1 had become corrupted4444 ,the ,demi,gods of the ,third had made room for the ,semi,demons of the ,fourth ,race4 ,shvetadvpa17#gag7 the ,white ,island1 had veiled her face4 ,her children now lived on the ,black ,land1 wherein1 later on1 ,daityas from the seventh ,dvpa 7,pushkara7 and ,rkshasas from the seventh climate replaced the ,sdhus and the ,ascetics of the ,third ,age1 who had descended to them from other and higher regions4444 ,in their dead letter1 the ,purnas1 in general1 read like an absurd tissue of fairy tales and no better4 ,and if one were to read the first three chapters of ,book ,,ii of ,vishnu ,purna and accept verbatim the geography1 geodesy1 and ethnology in the account of ,priyavrata's seven sons among whom their father divides the seven ,dvpas 7,islands or ,continents72 and then proceed to study how his eldest son1 ,agndhra1 the ,king of ,jambudvpa1 apportioned ,jambudvpa among his nine sons2 and then how ,nbhi1 his son1 had a hundred sons and apportioned lands to all these in his turn--he would most likely throw the book away and pronounce it a farrago of nonsense4 ,but the student of ,esotericism will understand that1 when the ,purnas were written1 their true meaning was intended to be clear only to the ,initiated ,brhmans1 and so the compilers wrote these works allegorically and would not give the whole truth to the masses4 ,and he will1 further1 explain to the ,orientalists--who1 beginning with ,colonel ,wilford and ending with ,professor ,weber1 have made and still are making such a mess of it--that the first three chapters purposely confuse the following subjects and events3 ,i4 ,the series of ,kalpas1 or ,ages1 and also of ,races1 are never taken into account2 and events which have happened in one are allowed to stand along with those which took place in another4 ,the chronological order is entirely ignored4 ,this is shown by several of the ,sanskrit commentators1 who explain the incompatibility of events and calculations in saying3 ,whenever any contradictions in different ,purnas are observed1 they are ascribed 444 to differences of ,kalpas and the like4 ,,ii4 ,the several meanings of the words 8,manvantara0 and 8,kalpa0 or ,age1 are withheld1 the general signification only being given4 ,,iii4 ,in the genealogy of the ,kings and the geography of their dominions1 the ,varshas 7countries7 and ,dvpas are all regarded as terrestrial regions4 ,now1 the truth is that1 without entering into too minute details1 it is permissible and easy to show that3 7a7 ,the ,seven ,dvpas apportioned to ,priyavrata's septenary progeny refer to several localities--first of all to our ,planetary ,chain4 ,in this ,jambu dvpa alone represents our ,globe1 while the six others are the 7to us7 invisible companion ,globes of the ,chain4 ,this is shown by the very nature of the allegorical and symbolic descriptions4 ,jambudvpa 8is in the centre of all these0--the socalled 8,insular ,continents0--and is surrounded by a sea of salt water 7,lavana71 whereas ,plaksha1 ,shlmalia1 ,kusha1 ,krauncha1 ,shka1 and ,pushkara1 are surrounded severally 8by great seas 444 of sugarcane juice1 of wine1 of clarified butter1 of curds1 of milk10 etc41 and such like metaphorical names47#gah7 7b7 ,bhskara chrya1 who uses expressions from the books of the ,secret ,doctrine1 in his description of the sidereal position of all these ,dvpas1 speaks of3 8the sea of milk and the sea of curds10 etc41 as meaning the ,milky ,way1 and the various congeries of ,nebul2 the more so1 since he calls 8the country to the south of the equator0 ,bhr ,loka1 that to the north ,bhuva1 ,svar1 ,mahar1 ,jana1 ,tapo and ,satya ,lokas2 and adds3 8,these lokas are gradually attained by increasing religious merits10 i4e41 they are various 8,paradises407#gai7 7c7 ,that this geographical distribution of seven allegorical continents1 islands1 mountains1 seas and countries1 does not belong only to our ,round1 or even to our ,races--the name of ,bhratavarsha 7,india7 notwithstanding--is explained in the texts themselves by the narrator of ,vishnu ,purna1 who tells us that3 ,bharata the son of ,nbhi1 who gave his name to ,bhratavarsha or ,india 444 consigned the kingdom to his son ,sumati 444 and abandoned his life at 444 ,shlagrma4 ,he was afterwards born again1 as a ,brahman1 in a distinguished family of ascetics4444 ,under these princes ,bharata's descendants ,bhratavarsha was divided into nine portions2 and their descendants successively held possession of the country for seventyone periods of the aggregate of the four ages 7or for the reign of a ,manu7 representing a ,mahyuga of #d1cbj1jjj years47#gbj7 ,but having said so much1 ,parshara suddenly explains that3 ,this was the creation of ,svyambhuva 7,manu71 by which the earth was peopled when he presided over the first ,manvantara1 in the ,kalpa of ,varha i4e41 the ,boar incarnation1 or ,avatra4 ,now every ,brhman knows that our ,humanity began on this ,earth 7or ,round7 only with ,vaivasvata ,manu4 ,and if the ,western reader turns to the sub section on 8,the ,primeval ,manus of ,humanity107#gba7 he will see that ,vaivasvata is the seventh of the fourteen ,manus who preside over our ,planetary ,chain during its ,life ,cycle2 but as every ,round has two ,manus 7a ,root and a ,seed,manu71 he is the ,root,manu of the ,fourth ,round1 hence the seventh4 ,wilson finds in this only incongruity1 and speculates that3 ,the patriarchial genealogies are older than the chronological system of ,manvantaras and ,kalpas1 and thus have been rather clumsily distributed amongst the different periods4 ,it is nothing of the kind2 but as ,orientalists know nothing of the ,secret ,teaching1 they persist in taking everything literally1 and then turn round and abuse the writers for that which they do not comprehend6 ,these ,genealogies embrace a period of three and a half ,rounds2 they speak of prehuman periods1 and explain the descent into generation of every ,manu--the first manifested sparks of the ,one ,unity--and1 furthermore1 show each of these human ,sparks dividing into1 and multiplying by1 first1 the ,pitaras1 the human ,ancestors1 then by the human ,races4 ,no ,being can become ,god1 or ,deva1 unless he passes through the human ,cycles4 ,therefore the ,shloka says3 ,happy are those who are born1 even from the latent condition of gods1 as men1 in ,bhratavarsha2 as that is the way to 444 final liberation47#gbb7 ,in ,jambudvpa ,bhrata is considered the best of its divisions1 because it is the land of works4 ,in it alone it is that3 ,the succession of four ,yugas1 or ages1 the ,krita1 the ,tret1 the ,dvpara1 and ,kali take place4 ,when1 therefore1 ,parshara1 on being asked by ,maitreya 8to give him the descriptions of the ,earth10 returns again to the enumeration of the same ,dvpas with the same seas1 etc41 as those he had described in the ,svyambhuva ,manvantara--it is simply a 8blind02 yet1 to him who reads between the lines1 the ,four great ,races and the ,fifth are there1 ay1 with their subdivisions1 islands and continents1 some of which were called by the names of celestial ,lokas1 and by those of other ,globes4 ,hence the confusion4 ,all these islands and lands are called by the ,orientalists 8mythical0 and 8fabulous407#gbc7 ,very true1 some are not of this ,earth1 but they still exist4 ,the ,white ,island and ,atala1 at all events1 are no myths1 since ,atala was the name contemptuously applied by the earliest pioneers of the ,fifth ,race to the ,land of ,sin--,atlantis1 in general1 not to ,plato's island alone2 and since the ,white ,island was 7a7 the ,shvetadvpa of ,theogony1 and 7b7 ,shkadvpa1 or ,atlantis 7its earliest portions rather7 in its beginnings4 ,this was when it yet had its 8seven holy rivers that washed away all sin10 and its 8seven districts1 wherein there was no dereliction of virtue1 no contention1 no deviation from virtue10 as it was then inhabited by the caste of the ,magas--that caste which even the ,brhmans acknowledged as not inferior to their own1 and which was the nursery of the first ,zarathushtra4 ,the ,brhmans are shown consulting with ,gauramukha1 on ,nrada's advice1 who told them to invite the ,magas as priests of the ,sun to the temple built by ,smba the reputed son of ,krishna1 for in reality the latter had none4 ,in this the ,purnas are historical1 allegory notwithstanding1 and ,occultism is stating facts4 ,the whole story is told in ,bhavishya ,purna4 ,it is stated that ,smba having been cured of leprosy by ,srya 7the ,sun71 built a temple and dedicated it to the ,deity4 ,but when he was looking for pious ,brhmans to perform the appointed rites in it1 and receive donations made to the ,god1 ,nrada--the virgin ,ascetic who is found in every age in the ,purnas--advised him not to do so1 as ,manu forbade the ,brhmans to receive emoluments for the performance of religious rites4 ,he therefore referred ,smba to ,gauramukha 7,whiteface71 the ,purohita1 or family priest1 of ,ugrasena1 ,king of ,mathura1 who would tell him whom he could best employ4 ,the priest directed ,smba to invite the ,magas1 the worshippers of ,srya1 to discharge the duty4 ,but as he was ignorant of the place where they lived1 ,srya1 the ,sun himself1 directs ,smba to ,shkadvpa beyond the salt water4 ,then ,smba performs the journey1 using ,garuda1 the ,great ,bird1 the vehicle of ,vishnu and ,krishna1 who transports him to the ,magas1 etc47#gbd7 ,now ,krishna1 who lived #e1jjj years ago1 and ,nrada1 who is found reborn in every ,cycle 7or ,race71 in addition to ,garuda--the symbol ,esoterically of the ,great ,cycle--give the key to the allegory2 nevertheless the ,magas are the ,magi of ,chalda1 and their caste and worship were born on the earlier ,atlantis1 in ,shkadvpa1 the ,sinless4 ,all the ,orientalists are agreed that the ,magas of ,shkadvpa are the forefathers of the fireworshipping ,parss4 ,our quarrel with them rests1 as usual1 on their dwarfing periods of hundreds of thousands of years this time into only a few centuries2 in spite of ,nrada and ,smba1 they carry the event only to the days of the flight of the ,parss to ,gujerat4 ,this is simply absurd1 as this took place only in the eighth century of our era4 ,true1 the ,magas are credited in the ,bhavishya ,purna with still living in ,shkadvpa in the day of ,krishna's 8son10 nevertheless the last portion of that ,continent--,plato's 8,atlantis0--had perished #f1jjj years before4 ,they were ,magas 8late of0 ,shkadvpa1 and in those days lived in ,chalda4 ,this1 again1 is an intentional confusion4 ,the earliest pioneers of the ,fourth ,race were not ,atlanteans1 nor yet were they the human ,asuras and the ,rkshasas which they became later4 ,in those days large portions of the future ,continent of ,atlantis were yet part and parcel of the ocean floors4 ,lemuria1 as we have called the ,continent of the ,third ,race1 was then a gigantic land47#gbe7 ,it covered the whole area from the foot of the ,himlayas1 which separated it from the inland sea rolling its waves over what is now ,tibet1 ,mongolia1 and the ,great ,desert of ,shamo 7,gobi72 from ,chittagong1 westward to ,hardwar1 and eastward to ,assam 8 ,annam4 ,from thence1 it stretched south across what is known to us as ,southern ,india1 ,ceylon1 and ,sumatra2 then embracing on its way1 as we go south1 ,madagascar on its right hand and ,australia and ,tasmania on its left1 it ran down to within a few degrees of the ,antarctic ,circle2 and from ,australia1 an inland region on the ,mother ,continent in those ages1 it extended far into the ,pacific ,ocean1 beyond ,rapanui 7,teapy1 or ,easter ,island7 which now lies in latitude #bf,s41 and longitude #aaj,w47#gbf7 ,this statement seems to be corroborated by ,science--even if only partially4 ,when discussing continental trends1 and showing the infra,arctic masses trending generally with the meridian1 several ancient continents are mentioned1 though inferentially4 ,among such are mentioned the 8,mascarene continent10 which included ,madagascar1 stretching north and south1 and another ancient continent which 8stretched from ,spitzbergen to the ,straits of ,dover1 while most of the other parts of ,europe were sea bottom407#gbg7 ,this corroborates the ,occult teaching which says that what are now the polar regions were formerly the earliest of the seven cradles of ,humanity1 and the tomb of the bulk of the ,mankind of that region during the ,third ,race1 when the gigantic ,continent of ,lemuria began separating into smaller continents4 ,this is due1 according to the explanation in the ,commentary1 to a decrease of velocity in the ,earth's rotation3 ,when the ,wheel runs at the usual rate1 its extremities the poles agree with its middle ,circle the equator1 when it runs slower and tilts in every direction1 there is a great disturbance on the face of the ,earth4 ,the waters flow toward the two ends1 and new lands arise in the middle ,belt equatorial lands1 while those at the ends are subject to ,pralayas by submersion4 ,and again3 ,thus the ,wheel the ,earth is subject to1 and regulated by1 the ,spirit of the ,moon1 for the breath of its waters tides4 ,toward the close of the age ,kalpa of a great ,root ,race1 the ,regents of the ,moon the ,fathers1 or ,pitris begin drawing harder1 and thus flatten the ,wheel about its ,belt1 when it goes down in some places and swells in others1 and the swelling running toward the extremities poles1 new lands will arise and old ones be sucked in4 ,we have only to read astronomical and geological works1 to see the meaning of the above very clearly4 ,scientists--modern ,specialists--have ascertained the influence of the tides on the geological distribution of land and water on the planet1 and have noted the shifting of the oceans with a corresponding subsidence and rise of continents and new lands4 ,science knows1 or thinks it knows1 that this occurs periodically47#gbh7 ,professor ,todd believes he can trace the series of oscillations backward to the periods of the ,earth's first incrustation47#gbi7 ,therefore it seems easy for ,science to verify the ,esoteric statement4 ,we propose to treat of this at greater length in the ,addenda4 ,some ,theosophists who have understood from a few words in ,esoteric ,buddhism that 8old continents0 which have been submerged will reppear1 have asked the question3 8,what will ,atlantis be like when raised80 ,here1 again1 there is a slight misconception4 ,were identically the same lands of ,atlantis that were submerged to be raised again1 then they would1 indeed1 be barren for ages4 ,but because the ,atlantic seabottom is covered with some #e1jjj feet of chalk at present1 and more is forming--a new 8cretaceous formation0 of strata1 in fact--that is no reason why1 when the time for a new ,continent to appear arrives1 a geological convulsion and upraising of the seabottom should not dispose of these #e1jjj feet of chalk for the formation of some mountains and #e1jjj more come to the surface4 ,the ,racial ,cataclysms are not a ,noah's ,deluge of forty days--a kind of ,bombay monsoon4 ,that the periodical sinking and reppearance of the mighty ,continents1 now called ,atlantis and ,lemuria by modern writers1 is no fiction1 will be demonstrated in the ,section in which all the evidence has been collated together4 ,the most archaic ,sanskrit and ,tamil works teem with references to both ,continents4 ,the seven sacred ,islands 7,dvpas7 are mentioned in the ,srya ,siddhnta1 the oldest astronomical work in the whole world1 and in the works of ,asura ,maya1 the ,atlantean ,astronomer whom ,professor ,weber has made out to be 8rencarnated0 in ,ptolemy4 ,yet1 it is a mistake to call these 8,sacred ,islands0 ,atlantean--as is done by us2 for1 like everything else in the ,hind ,sacred ,books1 they are made to refer to several things4 ,the heirloom left by ,priyavrata1 the ,son of ,svyambhuva ,manu1 to his seven sons--was not ,atlantis1 even though one or two of these ,islands survived the subsidence of their fellows1 and offered shelter1 ages later1 to ,atlanteans1 whose ,continent had been submerged in its turn4 ,when first mentioned by ,parshara in the ,vishnu ,purna1 the seven refer to an ,esoteric ,doctrine which is explained further on4 ,in this connection1 of all the seven ,islands1 ,jambudvpa 7our ,globe7 is the only one that is terrestrial4 ,in the ,purnas every reference to the ,north of ,meru is connected with that ,primeval ,eldorado1 now the ,north ,polar region1 which1 when the magnolia blossomed where now we see an unexplored endless desert of ice1 was then a ,continent4 ,science speaks of an 8ancient continent0 which stretched from ,spitzbergen down to the ,straits of ,dover4 ,the ,secret ,doctrine teaches that1 in the earliest geological periods1 these regions formed a horseshoelike continent1 whose one end1 the ,eastern1 far more northward than ,north ,cornwall1 included ,greenland1 and the other contained ,behring's ,straits as an inland piece of ground1 and descended southward in its natural trend down to the ,british ,isles1 which in those days must have been right under the lower curve of the semicircle4 ,this ,continent was raised simultaneously with the submersion of the equatorial portions of ,lemuria4 ,ages later1 some of the ,lemurian remains reppeared again on the face of the oceans4 ,therefore1 though it can be said1 without departing from truth1 that ,atlantis is included in the seven great ,insular ,continents since the ,fourth ,race ,atlanteans came into possession of some of the ,lemurian relics1 and settling on the islands1 included them among their lands and continents1 yet a difference should be made and an explanation given1 once that a fuller and more accurate account is attempted1 as in the present work4 ,easter ,island was also taken possession of in this manner by some ,atlanteans2 who1 having escaped from the ,cataclysm which befell their own land1 settled on this remnant of ,lemuria1 but only to perish thereon1 when it was destroyed in one day by volcanic fires and lava4 ,this may be regarded as fiction by certain ,geographers and ,geologists2 to the ,occultists1 however1 it is history4 ,what does ,science know to the contrary8 ,until the appearance of a map1 published at ,basle in #aebb1 wherein the name of ,america appears for the first time1 the latter was believed to be part of ,india4444 ,science also refuses to sanction the wild hypothesis that there was a time when the ,indian peninsula at one end of the line1 and ,south ,america at the other1 connected by a belt of islands and continents4 ,the ,india of the prehistoric ages 444 was doubly connected with the two ,americas4 ,the lands of the ancestors of those whom ,ammianus ,marcellinus calls the 8,brhmans of ,upper ,india10 stretched from ,kashmir far into the 7now7 deserts of ,shamo4 ,a pedestrian from the north might then have reached--hardly wetting his feet--the ,alaskan ,peninsula1 through ,manchooria1 across the future ,gulf of ,tartary1 the ,kurile and ,aleutian ,islands2 while another traveller1 furnished with a canoe1 and starting from the south1 could have walked over from ,siam1 crossed the ,polynesian ,islands and trudged into any part of the continent of ,south ,america47#gcj7 ,this was written from the words of a ,master--a rather doubtful authority for the ,materialists and ,sceptics4 ,but here we have one of their own flock1 and a bird of the same feather1 ,ernst ,hckel1 who1 in his distribution of races1 corroborates the statement almost verbatim3 ,it would seem that the region on the earth's surface where the evolution of these primitive men from the closely related catarrhine apes 66 took place1 must be sought either in ,southern ,asia or ,eastern ,africa which1 by the bye1 was not even in existence when the ,third ,race flourished1 or in ,lemuria4 ,lemuria is an ancient continent now sunk beneath the waters of the ,indian ,ocean which1 lying to the ,south of the ,asia of today1 stretched on the one hand eastwards to ,upper ,india and ,sunda ,island1 on the other westward as far as ,madagascar and ,africa47#gca7 ,in the epoch of which we are treating1 the ,continent of ,lemuria had already broken asunder in many places1 and formed new separate continents4 ,nevertheless1 neither ,africa nor the ,americas1 still less ,europe1 existed in those days2 all of them slumbering as yet on the oceanfloors4 ,nor was there much of present ,asia2 for the ,cis,himlayan regions were covered with seas1 and beyond them stretched the 8lotus leaves0 of ,shvetadvpa1 the countries now called ,greenland1 ,eastern and ,western ,siberia1 etc4 ,the immense ,continent1 which had once reigned supreme over the ,indian1 ,atlantic1 and ,pacific ,oceans1 now consisted of huge islands which were gradually disappearing one after the other1 until the final convulsion engulfed the last remains of it4 ,easter ,island1 for instance1 belongs to the earliest civilization of the ,third ,race4 ,it was a volcanic and sudden uplifting of the oceanfloor1 which raised this small relic of the ,archaic ,ages--after it had been submerged with the rest--untouched1 with its volcano and statues1 during the ,champlain epoch of north polar submersion1 as a standing witness to the existence of ,lemuria4 ,it is said that some of the ,australian tribes are the last remnants of the last descendants of the ,third ,race4 ,in this we are again corroborated to a degree by ,materialistic ,science4 ,hckel1 when speaking of ,blumenbach's brown or ,malay race1 and the ,australians and ,papuans1 remarks3 ,there is much likeness between these last and the ,aborigines of ,polynesia1 that ,australian islandworld1 that seems to have been once on a time a gigantic and continuous continent47#gcb7 ,it certainly was 8a gigantic and continuous continent10 for1 during the ,third ,race1 it stretched east and west1 as far as where the two ,americas now lie4 ,the present ,australia was but a portion of it1 and in addition to this there are a few surviving islands strewn hither and thither on the face of the ,pacific1 and a large strip of ,california1 which belonged to it4 ,funnily enough1 ,hckel1 in his fantastic ,pedigree of ,man1 considers3 ,the ,australians of today as the lineal descendants1 almost unchanged 861 of that second branch of the primitive human race 444 that spread northwards1 at first chiefly in ,asia1 from the home of man's infancy1 and seems to have been the parent of all the other straighthaired races of men4444 ,the one1 woolly haired1 migrated in part westwards i4e41 to ,africa and eastwards to ,new ,guinea1 which countries had then1 as said1 no existence as yet4444 ,the other1 straighthaired1 was evolved farther to the ,north1 in ,asia1 and 444 peopled ,australia47#gcc7 ,as writes a ,master3 ,behold the relics of that once great nation ,lemuria of the ,third ,race in some of the flatheaded aborigines of your ,australia47#gcd7 ,but they belong to the last remnants of the seventh subrace of the ,third4 ,professor ,hckel must also have dreamt a dream and seen for once a true vision6 ,it is to this period that we have to look for the first appearance of the ancestors of those1 whom we term the most ancient peoples of the world--now called respectively the ryan ,hinds1 the ,egyptians1 and the oldest ,persians1 on the one hand1 and the ,chaldees and ,phnicians on the other4 ,these were governed by the ,divine ,dynasties1 i4e41 ,kings and ,rulers who had of mortal man only his physical appearance as it was then1 but who were ,beings from ,spheres higher and more celestial than our own ,sphere will be1 long ,manvantaras hence4 ,it is1 of course1 useless to attempt to force the existence of such ,beings on sceptics4 ,their greatest pride consists in proving their patronymic denomination as ,catarrhinides--a fact which they try to demonstrate on the alleged authority of the ,coccyx appended to their ,os ,sacrum1 that rudimentary tail which1 if it were only long enough1 they would wag with joy and for ever1 in honour of its eminent discoverer4 ,these will remain as faithful to their ,apeancestors as ,christians will to tailless ,adam4 ,the ,secret ,doctrine1 however1 sets ,theosophists and students of the ,occult ,sciences right on this point4 ,if we regard the second portion of the ,third ,race as the first representatives of the really human race with solid bones1 then ,hckel's surmise that 8the evolution of the primitive men took place 444in either ,southern ,asia or 444 ,lemuria0--,africa1 whether ,eastern or ,western being out of the question--is correct enough1 if not entirely so4 ,to be accurate1 however1 just as the evolution of the ,first ,race1 from the bodies of the ,pitris1 took place on seven distinctly separated regions1 at the ,arctic ,pole of the 7then7 only ,earth--so did the ultimate transformation of the ,third occur4 ,it began in those northern regions1 which have just been described as including ,behring's ,straits1 and what there then was of dry land in ,central ,asia1 when the climate was semitropical even in the ,arctic regions and excellently adapted to the primitive wants of nascent physical man4 ,that region1 however1 has been more than once frigid and tropical in turn since the appearance of man4 ,the ,commentary tells us that the ,third ,race was only about the middle point of its development when3 ,the axle of the ,wheel tilted4 ,the ,sun and ,moon shone no longer over the heads of that portion of the ,sweatborn2 people knew snow1 ice1 and frost1 and men1 plants1 and animals were dwarfed in their growth4 ,those that did not perish remained as halfgrown babes7#gce7 in size and intellect4 ,this was the third ,pralaya of the ,races47#gcf7 ,this means again1 that our ,globe is subject to seven periodical and entire changes which go pari passu with the ,races4 ,for the ,secret ,doctrine teaches that1 during this ,round1 there must be seven terrestrial ,pralayas1 occasioned by the change in the inclination of the ,earth's axis4 ,it is a ,law which acts at its appointed time1 and not at all blindly1 as ,science may think1 but in strict accordance and harmony with ,karmic ,law4 ,in ,occultism this ,inexorable ,law is referred to as the 8,great ,adjuster40 ,science confesses its ignorance of the cause producing climatic vicissitudes and also the changes in the axial direction1 which are always followed by these vicissitudes4 ,in fact1 it does not seem at all sure of the axial changes4 ,and being unable to account for them1 it is prepared to deny the axial phenomena altogether1 rather than admit the intelligent hand of the ,karmic ,law which alone can reasonably explain these sudden changes and their accompanying results4 ,it has tried to account for them by various and more or less fantastic speculations2 one of which1 as de ,boucheporn imagined1 would be the sudden collision of our ,earth with a ,comet1 thus causing all the geological revolutions4 ,but we prefer holding to our ,esoteric explanation1 since ,fohat is as good as any ,comet1 and1 in addition1 has universal ,intelligence to guide him4 ,thus1 since ,vaivasvata ,manu's ,humanity appeared on this ,earth1 there have already been four such axial disturbances4 ,the old ,continents--save the first--were sucked in by the oceans1 other lands appeared1 and huge mountain chains arose where there had been none before4 ,the face of the ,globe was completely changed each time2 the 8survival of the fittest0 nations and races was secured through timely help2 and the unfit ones--the failures--were disposed of by being swept off the ,earth4 ,such sorting and shifting does not happen between sunset and sunrise1 as one may think1 but requires several thousands of years before the new house is set in order4 ,the subraces are also subject to the same cleansing process1 and the sidebranchlets or familyraces as well4 ,let any one1 well acquainted with astronomy and mathematics1 throw a retrospective glance into the twilight and shadows of the ,past4 ,let him observe and take notes of what he knows of the history of peoples and nations1 and collate their respective rises and falls with what is known of astronomical cycles--especially with the ,sidereal ,year1 which is equal to #be1hfh of our solar years47#gcg7 ,then1 if the observer is gifted with the faintest intuition1 he will find how the weal and woe of nations are intimately connected with the beginning and close of this ,sidereal ,cycle4 ,true1 the nonoccultist has the disadvantage that he has no such far distant times to rely upon4 ,he knows nothing1 through exact ,science1 of what took place nearly #aj1jjj years ago2 yet he may find consolation in the knowledge of1 or--if he so prefers--speculation about1 the fate of every one of the modern nations he knows of--some #af1jjj years hence4 ,our meaning is very clear4 ,every ,sidereal ,year the tropics recede from the pole four degrees in each revolution from the equinoctial points1 as the equator turns through the ,zodiacal constellations4 ,now1 as every ,astronomer knows1 at present the tropic is only twentythree degrees and a fraction less than half a degree from the equator4 ,hence it has still two and a half degrees to run before the end of the ,sidereal ,year4 ,this gives humanity in general1 and our civilized races in particular1 a reprieve of about #af1jjj years4 ,after the ,great ,flood of the ,third ,race 7the ,lemurians7 as ,commentary ,thirtythree tells us3 ,men decreased considerably in stature1 and the duration of their lives was diminished4 ,having fallen down in godliness they mixed with animal races1 and intermarried among giants and pigmies the dwarfed races of the ,poles4444 ,many acquired divine1 nay more--unlawful knowledge1 and followed willingly the ,left ,path4 ,thus were the ,atlanteans approaching destruction in their turn4 ,how many geological periods it took to accomplish this fourth destruction who can tell6 ,but we are told that3 #dd4 ,,they7#gch7 ,,built ,,great ,,images ,,nine ,,yatis ,,high17#gci7 ,,the ,,size ,,of ,,their ,,bodies 7a74 ,,inner ,,fires ,,had ,,destroyed ,,the ,,land ,,of ,,their ,,fathers47#gdj7 ,,water ,,threatened ,,the ,,fourth7#gda7 7b74 7a7 ,it is well worth noticing that most of the gigantic statues discovered on ,easter ,island1 a portion of an undeniably submerged continent1 as also those found on the outskirts of ,gobi1 a region which had been submerged for untold ages1 are all between twenty and thirty feet high4 ,the statues found by ,cook on ,easter ,island measured almost all twentyseven feet in height1 and eight feet across the shoulders47#gdb7 ,the writer is well aware that the modern ,archologists have decided that 8these statues are not very old10 as declared by one of the high officials of the ,british ,museum1 where some of them now are4 ,but this is one of those arbitrary decisions of ,modern ,science which does not carry much weight4 ,we are told that after the destruction of ,lemuria by subterranean fires men went on steadily decreasing in stature--a process already commenced after their physical ,fall--and that finally1 some millions of years later1 they decreased to between six and seven feet1 and are now1 as in the older ,asiatic races1 dwindling down to nearer five than six feet4 ,as ,pickering shows1 there is in the ,malay race 7a subrace of the ,fourth ,root,race7 a singular diversity of stature2 the members of the ,polynesian family1 such as the ,tahitians1 ,samoans1 and ,tonga islanders1 are of a higher stature than the rest of mankind2 but the ,indian tribes and the inhabitants of the ,indo,chinese countries are decidedly below the general average4 ,this is easily explained4 ,the ,polynesians belong to the very earliest of the surviving subraces1 the others to the very latest and most transitory stock4 ,as the ,tasmanians are now completely extinct1 and the ,australians rapidly dying out1 so will the other old races soon follow4 7b7 ,how could those records have been preserved8 we may be asked4 ,even the knowledge of the ,zodiac by the ,hinds is denied by our kind and learned ,orientalists1 who conclude that the ryan ,hinds knew nothing of it1 before the ,greeks brought it into the country4 ,this uncalledfor slander has been so sufficiently refuted by ,bailly1 and what is more1 by the clear evidence of facts1 as not to need very much additional refutation4 ,while the ,egyptian ,zodiacs7#gdc7 preserve irrefutable proofs of records embracing more than threeandahalf ,sidereal ,years--or about #hg1jjj years--the ,hind calculations cover nearly thirtythree such years1 or #hej1jjj years4 ,the ,egyptian priests assured ,herodotus that the ,pole of the ,earth and the ,pole of the ,ecliptic had formerly coincided4 ,but1 as remarked by the author of the ,sphinxiad3 ,these poor benighted ,hindoos have registered a knowledge of ,astronomy for ten times #be1jjj years since the last local ,flood in ,asia1 or ,age of ,horror4 ,and they possess recorded observations from the date of the first ,great ,flood within the ryan historical memory--the ,flood which submerged the last portions of ,atlantis #hej1jjj years ago4 ,the ,floods which preceded are1 of course1 more traditional than historical4 ,the sinking and transformation of ,lemuria began nearly at the ,arctic ,circle 7,norway71 and the ,third ,race ended its career in ,lank1 or rather on that which became ,lank with the ,atlanteans4 ,the small remnant now known as ,ceylon is the ,northern highland of ancient ,lank1 while the enormous ,island of that name was1 in the ,lemurian period1 the gigantic ,continent already described4 ,as a ,master says3 ,why should not your geologists bear in mind that under the continents explored and fathomed by them 444 there may be hidden1 deep in the fathomless1 or rather unfathomed ocean beds1 other and far older continents whose strata have never been geologically explored2 and that they may some day upset entirely their present theories8 ,why not admit that our present continents have1 like ,lemuria and ,atlantis1 been several times already submerged1 and had the time to reppear again1 and bear their new groups of mankind and civilizations2 and that at the first great geological upheaval at the next cataclysm1 in the series of periodical cataclysms that occur from the beginning to the end of every ,round1 our already autopsized continents will go down1 and the ,lemurias and ,atlantises come up again87#gdd7 ,not identically the same ,continents1 of course4 ,but here an explanation is needed4 ,no confusion need arise as regards the postulation of a ,northern ,lemuria4 ,the prolongation of that great ,continent into the ,north ,atlantic ,ocean is in no way subversive of the opinions so widely held as to the site of the lost ,atlantis1 and one corroborates the other4 ,it must be noted that the ,lemuria1 which served as the cradle of the ,third ,root ,race1 not only embraced a vast area in the ,pacific and ,indian ,oceans1 but extended in the shape of a horseshoe past ,madagascar1 round 8,south ,africa0 7then a mere fragment in process of formation71 through the ,atlantic up to ,norway4 ,the great ,english freshwater deposit called the ,wealden--which every ,geologist regards as the mouth of a former great river--is the bed of the main stream which drained ,northern ,lemuria in the ,secondary age4 ,the former actual existence of this river is a fact of ,science--its votaries acknowledge the necessity of accepting the ,secondary age ,northern ,lemuria1 demanded by their data8 ,professor ,berthold ,seemann not only accepted the reality of such a mighty continent1 but regarded ,australia and ,europe as formerly portions of one continent--thus corroborating the whole 8horseshoe0 doctrine already enunciated4 ,no more striking confirmation of our position could be given1 than the fact that the elevated ridge in the ,atlantic basin1 #i1jjj feet in height1 which runs for some two or three thousand miles southwards from a point near the ,british ,islands1 first slopes towards ,south ,america1 then shifts almost at right angles to proceed in a southeasterly line toward the ,african coast1 whence it runs on southward to ,tristan d',acunha4 ,this ridge is a remnant of an ,atlantic continent1 and1 could it be traced further1 would establish the reality of a submarine horseshoe junction with a former continent in the ,indian ,ocean47#gde7 ,the ,atlantic portion of ,lemuria was the geological basis of what is generally known as ,atlantis1 but which must be regarded rather as a development of the ,atlantic prolongation of ,lemuria than as an entirely new mass of land upheaved to meet the special requirements of the ,fourth ,root,race4 ,just as in the case of ,race evolution1 so in that of the shifting and reshifting of ,continental masses1 no hard and fast line can be drawn as to where a new order ends and another begins4 ,continuity in natural processes is never broken4 ,thus the ,fourth,race ,atlanteans were developed from a nucleus of ,northern ,lemurian ,third,race ,men1 centred1 roughly speaking1 toward a point of land in what is now the mid,atlantic ,ocean4 ,their ,continent was formed by the coalescence of many islands and peninsulas which were upheaved in the ordinary course of time and ultimately became the true home of the great ,race known as the ,atlanteans4 ,after this consummation was once attained it follows1 as stated on the highest ,occult authority1 that3 ,lemuria should no more be confounded with the ,atlantis ,continent1 than ,europe with ,america47#gdf7 ,the above1 coming from quarters so discredited by orthodox ,science1 will1 of course1 be regarded as a more or less happy fiction4 ,even the clever work of ,donnelly1 already mentioned1 is put aside1 notwithstanding that its statements are all confined within a frame of strictly scientific proofs4 ,but we write for the future4 ,new discoveries in this direction will vindicate the claim of the ,asiatic ,philosophers1 that sciences--,geology1 ,ethnology1 and ,history included--were pursued by the ,antediluvian nations who lived untold ages ago4 ,future 8finds0 will justify the correctness of the present observations of such acute minds as ,h4 ,a4 ,taine and ,renan4 ,the former shows that the civilizations of such archaic nations as the ,egyptians1 ryans of ,india1 ,chaldans1 ,chinese1 and ,assyrians are the result of preceding civilizations lasting 8myriads of centuries027#gdg7 and the latter points to the fact that3 ,egypt at the beginning appears mature1 old1 and entirely without mythical and heroic ages1 as if the country had never known youth4 ,its civilization has no infancy1 and its art no archaic period4 ,the civilization of the ,old ,monarchy did not begin with infancy4 ,it was already mature47#gdh7 ,to this ,professor ,r4 ,owen adds that3 ,egypt is recorded to have been a civilized and governed community before the time of ,menes4 ,and ,winchell states that3 ,at the epoch of ,menes the ,egyptians were already a civilized and numerous people4 ,manetho tells us that ,athotis1 the son of this first king ,menes1 built the palace of ,memphis2 that he was a physician1 and left anatomical books4 ,this is quite natural if we are to believe the statement of ,herodotus1 who records in ,euterpe 7cxlii71 that the written history of the ,egyptian priests dated from about #ab1jjj years before his time4 ,but what are #ab1jjj or even #abj1jjj years compared with the millions of years which have elapsed since the ,lemurian period8 ,the latter1 however1 has not been left without witnesses1 notwithstanding its tremendous antiquity4 ,the complete records of the growth1 development1 social and even political life of the ,lemurians1 have been preserved in the ,secret ,annals4 ,unfortunately1 few are those who can read them2 and those who could would still be unable to understand the language1 unless acquainted with all the seven keys of its symbolism4 ,for the comprehension of the ,occult ,doctrine is based on that of the ,seven ,sciences2 and these ,sciences find their expression in the seven different applications of the ,secret ,records to the exoteric texts4 ,thus we have to deal with modes of thought on seven entirely different planes of ,ideality4 ,every text relates to1 and has to be rendered from1 one of the following standpoints3 #a4 ,the ,realistic ,plane of ,thought4 #b4 ,the ,idealistic4 #c4 ,the purely ,divine or ,spiritual4 ,the other planes too far transcend the average consciousness1 especially of the materialistic mind1 to admit of their being even symbolized in terms of ordinary phraseology4 ,there is no purely mythical element in any of the ancient religious texts2 but the mode of thought in which they were originally written has to be found out and closely adhered to during the process of interpretation4 ,for it is symbolical1 the archaic mode of thought2 emblematical1 a later though very ancient mode of thought2 parabolical or allegorical2 hieroglyphical2 or again logogrammical1 the most difficult method of all2 every letter1 as in the ,chinese language1 representing a whole word4 ,thus1 almost every proper name1 whether in the ,vedas1 the ,book of the ,dead1 or1 to a certain degree1 in the ,bible1 is composed of such logograms4 ,no one not initiated into the mystery of the ,occult religious logography can presume to know what a name in any ancient fragment means1 before he has mastered the meaning of every letter that composes it4 ,how is it to be expected that the merely profane thinker1 however great may be his erudition in orthodox symbolism1 so to say--i4e41 in that symbolism which can never get out of the old grooves of solar myth and sexual worship--how is it to be expected that the profane scholar should penetrate into the arcana behind the veil8 ,one who deals with the husk or shell of the deadletter1 and devotes himself to the kaleidoscopic transformation of barren wordsymbols1 can never expect to get beyond the vagaries of modern ,mythologists4 ,thus1 ,vaivasvata1 ,xisuthrus1 ,deucalion1 ,noah1 etc41--all the headfigures of the ,world,deluges1 universal and partial1 astronomical or geological--all furnish in their very names the records of the causes and effects which led to the event1 if one can but read them fully4 ,all such ,deluges are based on events that took place in ,nature1 and stand as historical records1 therefore--whether they were sidereal1 geological1 or even simply allegorical--of a moral event on other and higher planes of being4 ,this we believe has now been sufficiently demonstrated during the long explanation necessitated by the allegorical ,stanzas4 ,to speak of a race nine 8yatis10 or twentyseven feet1 high1 in a work claiming a more scientific character than1 let us say1 the story of 8,jack the ,giant,killer10 is a somewhat unusual proceeding4 ,where are your proofs8--the writer will be asked4 ,in history and tradition1 is the answer4 ,traditions about a race of giants in days of old are universal2 they exist in oral and written lore4 ,india had her ,dnavas and ,daityas2 ,ceylon had her ,rkshasas2 ,greece1 her ,titans2 ,egypt1 her colossal ,heroes2 ,chalda1 her ,izdubars 7,nimrod72 and the ,jews their ,emims of the land of ,moab1 with the famous giants1 ,anakim47#gdi7 ,moses speaks of ,og1 a king whose 8bedstead0 was nine cubits long 7#ae;ft4 #d;in47 and four wide17#gej7 and ,goliath was 8six cubits and a span in height0 7or #aj;ft4 #g;in474 ,the only difference found between 8revealed scripture0 and the evidence furnished to us by ,herodotus1 ,diodorus ,siculus1 ,homer1 ,pliny1 ,plutarch1 ,philostratus1 etc41 is this3 ,while the ,pagans mention only the skeletons of giants1 dead untold ages before1 relics that some of them had personally seen1 the ,bible interpreters unblushingly demand that ,geology and ,archology should believe1 that several countries were inhabited by such giants in the day of ,moses2 giants before whom the ,jews were as grasshoppers1 and who still existed in the days of ,joshua and ,david4 ,unfortunately their own chronology is in the way4 ,either the latter or the giants has to be given up4 ,of yet standing witnesses to the submerged ,continents1 and the colossal men that inhabited them1 there are still a few4 ,archology claims several such on this ,earth1 though beyond wondering 8what these may be0--it has never made any serious attempt to solve the mystery4 ,not to speak of the ,easter ,island statues already mentioned1 to what epoch belong the colossal statues1 still erect and intact near ,bamian8 ,archology1 as usual1 assigns them to the first centuries of ,christianity1 and errs in this as it does in many other speculations4 ,a few words of description will show the readers what are the statues of both ,easter ,isle and ,bamian4 ,we will first examine what is known of them to orthodox ,science4 ,teapi1 ,rapanui1 or ,easter ,island1 is an isolated spot almost #b1jjj miles from the ,south ,american coast4444 ,in length it is about twelve miles1 in breadth four 444 and there is an extinct crater #a1jej feet high in its centre4 ,the island abounds in craters1 which have been extinct for so long that no tradition of their activity remains47#gea7 ,but who made the great stone images7#geb7 which are now the chief attraction of the island to visitors8 8,no one knows10 says a reviewer4 ,it is more than likely that they were here when the present inhabitants a handful of ,polynesian savages arrived4444 ,their workmanship is of a high order1 444 and it is believed that the race who formed them were the frequenters of the natives of ,peru and other portions of ,south ,america4444 ,even at the date of ,cook's visit1 some of the statues1 measuring twentyseven feet in height and eight across the shoulders1 were lying overthrown1 while others still standing appeared much larger4 ,one of the latter was so lofty that the shade was sufficient to shelter a party of thirty persons from the heat of the sun4 ,the platforms on which these colossal images stood averaged from thirty to forty feet in length1 twelve to sixteen broad 444 all built of hewn stone in the ,cyclopean style1 very much like the walls of the ,temple of ,pachacamac1 or the ruins of ,tia,huanaco in ,peru47#gec7 8,there is no reason to believe that any of the statues have been built up1 bit by bit1 by scaffolding erected around them10 adds the reviewer very suggestively--without explaining how they could be built otherwise1 unless made by giants of the same size as the statues themselves4 ,two of the best of these colossal images are now in the ,british ,museum4 ,the images at ,ronororaka are four in number1 three deeply sunk in the soil1 and one resting on the back of its head like a man asleep4 ,their types1 though all are longheaded1 are different2 and they are evidently meant for portraits1 as the noses1 the mouths1 and chins differ greatly in form2 their headdress1 moreover--a kind of flat cap with a piece attached to it to cover the back portion of the head--shows that the originals were no savages of the stone period4 ,verily the question may be asked1 ,who made them8--but it is not ,archology nor yet ,geology that is likely to answer1 even though the latter recognizes in the island a portion of a submerged continent4 ,but who cut the ,bamian1 still more colossal1 statues1 the tallest and the most gigantic in the whole world8--for ,bartholdi's 8,statue of ,liberty10 now at ,new ,york1 is a dwarf when compared with the largest of the five images4 ,burnes1 and several learned ,jesuits who have visited the place1 speak of a mountain 8all honeycombed with gigantic cells10 with two immense giants cut in the same rock4 ,they are referred to as the modern ,miaotse 7vide supra1 quotation from ,shoo,king71 the last surviving witnesses of the ,miaotse who had 8troubled the earth02 the ,jesuits are right1 and the ,archologists1 who see ,buddhas in the largest of these statues1 are mistaken4 ,for all those numberless gigantic ruins which are discovered one after the other in our day1 all those immense avenues of colossal ruins that cross ,north ,america along and beyond the ,rocky ,mountains1 are the work of the ,cyclopes1 the true and actual ,giants of old4 8,masses of enormous human bones0 were found 8in ,america1 near ,munte 80 a celebrated modern traveller tells us1 precisely on the spot which local tradition points out as the landing spot of those giants who overran ,america when it had hardly arisen from the waters47#ged7 ,central ,asian traditions say the same of the ,bamian statues4 ,what are they1 and what is the place where they have stood for countless ages1 defying the cataclysms around them1 and even the hand of man1 as in the instance of the hordes of ,timoor and the ,vandalwarriors of ,nadir ,shah8 ,bamian is a small1 miserable1 halfruined town in ,central ,asia1 halfway between ,cabul and ,balkh1 at the foot of ,kohibaba1 a huge mountain of the ,paropamisian1 or ,hindu,kush1 ,chain1 some #h1ejj feet above the level of the sea4 ,in days of old1 ,bamian was a portion of the ancient city of ,djooljool1 ruined and destroyed to the last stone by ,tchengis,khan in the thirteenth century4 ,the whole valley is hemmed in by colossal rocks1 which are full of partially natural and partially artificial caves and grottoes1 once the dwellings of ,buddhist monks who had established in them their ,vihras4 ,such ,vihras are to be met with in profusion1 to this day1 in the rockcut temples of ,india and the valleys of ,jellalabad4 ,in front of some of these caves five enormous statues--of what is regarded as ,buddha--have been discovered or rather rediscovered in our century1 for the famous ,chinese traveller ,hiouen ,thsang speaks of having seen them1 when he visited ,bamian in the seventh century4 ,the contention that no larger statues exist on the whole globe1 is easily proven on the evidence of all the travellers who have examined them and taken their measurements4 ,thus1 the largest is #agc feet high1 or seventy feet higher than the 8,statue of ,liberty0 now at ,new ,york1 as the latter is only #aje feet or #cd mtres high4 ,the famous ,colossus of ,rhodes itself1 between whose legs the largest vessels of those days passed with ease1 measured only #abj to #acj feet in height4 ,the second largest statue1 which is also cut out in the rock like the first1 is only #abj feet or fifteen feet taller than the said 8,liberty407#gee7 ,the third statue is only #fj feet high1 the two others still smaller1 the last being only a little larger than the average tall man of our present ,race4 ,the first and largest of the colossi represents a man draped in a kind of 8toga02 ,m4 de ,nadeylac thinks that the general appearance of the figure1 the lines of the head1 the drapery1 and especially the large hanging ears1 are undeniable indications that ,buddha was meant to be represented4 ,but they really prove nothing4 ,notwithstanding the fact that most of the now existing figures of ,buddha1 represented in the posture of ,samdhi1 have large drooping ears1 this is a later innovation and an afterthought4 ,the primitive idea was due to ,esoteric allegory4 ,the unnaturally large ears symbolize the omniscience of wisdom1 and were meant as a reminder of the power of ,him who knows and hears all1 and whose benevolent love and attention for all creatures nothing can escape4 ,as a ,shloka says3 ,the merciful ,lord1 our ,master1 hears the cry of agony of the smallest of the small1 beyond vale and mountain1 and hastens to its deliverance4 ,gautama ,buddha was an ryan ,hind1 and an approach to such ears is found only among the ,mongolian ,burmese and ,siamese1 who1 as in ,cochin1 distort their ears artificially4 ,the ,buddhist monks1 who turned the grottoes of the ,miaotse into ,vihras and cells1 came into ,central ,asia about or in the first century of the ,christian era4 ,therefore1 ,hiouen ,thsang1 speaking of the colossal statue1 says that 8the shining of the gold ornamentation that overlaid the statue0 in his day 8dazzled one's eyes10 but of such gilding there remains not a vestige in modern times4 ,the drapery1 in contrast to the figure itself1 which is cut out of the standing rock1 is made of plaster and modelled over the stone image4 ,talbot1 who has made the most careful examination1 found that this drapery belonged to a far later epoch4 ,the statue itself has therefore to be assigned to a far earlier period than ,buddhism4 ,in such case1 it may be asked1 ,whom does it represent8 ,once more tradition1 corroborated by written records1 answers the query1 and explains the mystery4 ,the ,buddhist ,arhats and ,ascetics found the five statues1 and many more1 now crumbled down to dust4 ,three of them standing in colossal niches at the entrance of their future abode1 they covered with plaster1 and1 over the old1 modelled new statues made to represent ,lord ,tathgata4 ,the interior walls of the niches are covered to this day with bright paintings of human figures1 and the sacred image of ,buddha is repeated in every group4 ,these frescoes and ornaments--which remind one of the ,byzantine style of painting--are all due to the piety of the monk ascetics1 as also are some other minor figures and rockcut ornamentations4 ,but the five statues belong to the handiwork of the ,initiates of the ,fourth ,race1 who1 after the submersion of their ,continent1 sought refuge in the fastnesses and on the summits of the ,central ,asian mountain chains4 ,thus1 the five statues are an imperishable record of the ,esoteric ,teaching as to the gradual evolution of the ,races4 ,the largest is made to represent the ,first ,race of mankind1 its ethereal body being commemorated in hard1 everlasting stone1 for the instruction of future generations1 as its remembrance would otherwise never have survived the ,atlantean ,deluge4 ,the second--#abj feet high--represents the ,sweatborn2 and the third--measuring #fj feet--immortalizes the ,race that fell1 and thereby inaugurated the first physical ,race1 born of father and mother1 the last descendants of which are represented in the statues found on ,easter ,isle4 ,these were only from #bj to #be feet in stature at the epoch when ,lemuria was submerged1 after it had been nearly destroyed by volcanic fires4 ,the ,fourth ,race was still smaller1 though gigantic in comparison with our present ,fifth ,race1 and the series culminated finally in the latter4 ,these are1 then1 the 8,giants0 of antiquity1 the ante and postdiluvian ,gibborim of the ,bible4 ,they lived and flourished one million years ago rather than between three and four thousand only4 ,the ,anakim of ,joshua1 whose hosts were as 8grasshoppers0 in comparison with the ,jews1 are thus a piece of ,israelite fancy1 unless indeed the people of ,israel claim for ,joshua an antiquity and origin in the ,eocene1 or at any rate in the ,miocene age1 and change the millenniums of their chronology into millions of years4 ,in everything that pertains to prehistoric times the reader ought to bear in mind the wise words of ,montaigne4 ,saith the great ,french ,philosopher3 ,it is a sottish presumption to disdaine and condemne that for false1 which unto us seemeth to beare no show of likelihood or truth3 which is an ordinarie fault in those who perswade themselves to be of more sufficiencie than the vulgar sort4444 ,but reason hath taught me1 that so resolutely to condemne a thing for false and impossible1 is to assume unto himself the advantage to have the bounds and limits of ,god's will1 and the power of our common mother ,nature tied to his sleeve1 and that there is no greater folly in the world than to reduce them to the measure of our capacitie and bounds of our sufficiencie4444 ,if we term those things monsters or miracles to which our reason cannot attain1 how many such doe daily present themselves unto our sight8 ,let us consider through what cloudes1 and how blindefolde1 we are led to the knowledge of most things that passe our hands2 verily we shall finde it is rather custome than science that receiveth the strangenesse of them from us3 and that those things1 were they newly presented unto us1 wee should doubtless deeme them as much or more unlikely and incredible than any other47#gef7 ,a fairminded scholar1 before denying the possibility of our history and records1 should search modern history1 as well as the universal traditions scattered throughout ancient and modern literature1 for traces left by these marvellous early races4 ,few among the unbelievers suspect the wealth of corroborative evidence which is to be found scattered about and buried1 even in the ,british ,museum alone4 ,the reader is asked to throw one more glance at the subjectmatter treated of in the ,section which follows4 ,cyclopean ,ruins ,and ,colossal ,stones ,as ,witnesses ,to ,giants4 ,de ,mirville1 in his enormous works1 8,mmoires ,adresses aux ,acadmies10 carrying out the task of proving the reality of the ,devil and showing his abode in every ancient and modern idol1 has collected several hundred pages of 8historical evidence0 that1 in the days of 8miracle10 both pagan and biblical1 stones walked1 spoke1 delivered oracles1 and even sang4 ,that finally1 the 8,christstone10 or ,christrock1 8the spiritual ,rock0 that followed ,israel17#geg7 8became a ,jupiterlapis10 swallowed by his father ,saturn1 8under the shape of a stone407#geh7 ,we will not stop to discuss the evident misuse and materialization of biblical metaphors simply for the sake of proving the 8,satanism0 of idols1 though a good deal might be said7#gei7 on this subject4 ,but without claiming any such peripateticism and innate psychic faculties for our stones1 we may collect1 in our turn1 every available evidence to hand1 to show that3 7a7 had there been no giants to move such colossal rocks1 there could never have been a ,stonehenge1 a ,carnac 7,brittany71 or other such ,cyclopean structures2 and 7b7 were there no such thing as ,magic1 there could never have been so many witnesses to 8oracular0 and 8speaking0 stones4 ,in the ,achaica we find ,pausanias confessing that1 in beginning his work1 he had regarded the ,greeks as mighty stupid 8for worshipping stones40 ,but1 having reached ,arcadia1 he adds3 8,i have changed my way of thinking407#gfj7 ,therefore1 without worshipping stones or stone idols and statues1 which is the same thing--a crime with which ,roman ,catholics are unwise to reproach ,pagans1 as they do--one may be allowed to believe in what so many great ,philosophers and holy men have believed in1 without deserving to be called an 8idiot0 by modern ,pausaniuses4 ,the reader is referred to the ,acadmie des ,inscriptions1 if he would study the various properties of flints and pebbles from the standpoint of magic and psychic powers4 ,in a poem on 8,stones0 attributed to ,orpheus1 these stones are divided into ,ophites and ,siderits1 the 8,serpentstone0 and 8,starstone40 ,the ,ophits is shaggy1 hard1 heavy1 black1 and has the gift of speech2 when one prepares to cast it away1 it produces a sound similar to the cry of a child4 ,it is by means of this stone that ,helenus foretold the ruin of ,troy1 his fatherland47#gfa7 ,sanchuniathon and ,philo ,byblus1 in referring to these 8btyles10 call them 8animated stones40 ,photius repeats what ,damascius1 ,asclepiades1 ,isidorus and the physician ,eusebius had asserted before him4 ,eusebius especially never parted with his ,ophits1 which he carried in his bosom1 and received oracles from it1 delivered in a small voice resembling a low whistling47#gfb7 ,arnobius1 a holy man1 who 8from a ,pagan had become one of the lights of the ,church10 as ,christians tell their readers1 confesses he could never meet with one of such stones without putting it a question1 8which it answered occasionally in a clear and sharp small voice40 ,where1 then1 is the difference between the ,christian and the ,pagan ,ophits1 we ask8 ,the famous stone at ,westminster was called liafail1 8the speaking stone10 and raised its voice only to name the king that had to be chosen4 ,cambry1 in his ,monuments ,celtiques1 says he saw it when it still bore the inscription37#gfc7 ,ni fallat fatum1 ,scoti quocumque locatum ,invenient lapidem1 regnasse tenentur ibidem4 ,finally1 ,suidas speaks of a certain ,herscus1 who could distinguish at a glance the inanimate stones from those which were endowed with motion2 and ,pliny mentions stones which 8ran away when a hand approached them407#gfd7 ,de ,mirville--who seeks to justify the ,bible--enquires very pertinently1 why the monstrous stones of ,stonehenge were called in days of old chior gaur or the 8dance of giants0 7from cr1 8dance10 whence chorea1 and gaur1 8giant078 ,and then he sends the reader to receive his reply from the ,bishop ,st4 ,gildas4 ,but the authors of such works as ,voyage dans le ,comt de ,cornouailles1 sur les ,traces des ,gants1 and of various learned works on the ruins of ,stonehenge17#gfe7 ,carnac1 and ,west ,hoadley1 give far fuller and more reliable information upon this particular subject4 ,in those regions--true forests of rocks--immense monoliths are found1 8some weighing over #ejj1jjj kilograms40 ,these 8hanging stones0 of ,salisbury ,plain are believed to be the remains of a ,druidical temple4 ,but the ,druids were historical men and not ,cyclopes1 or giants4 ,who then1 if not giants1 could ever raise such masses--especially those at ,carnac and ,west ,hoadley--range them in such symmetrical order that they should represent the planisphere1 and place them in such wonderful equipoise that they seem to hardly touch the ground1 and though set in motion at the slightest touch of the finger1 would nevertheless resist the efforts of twenty men should they attempt to displace them4 ,now if we say that most of these stones are relics of the last ,atlanteans1 we shall be answered that all the ,geologists claim them to be of a natural origin2 that1 a rock when 8weathering0--i4e41 losing flake after flake of its substance under the influence of the weather--assumes this form2 that1 the 8tors0 in ,west ,england exhibit curious forms1 also produced by this cause4 ,and thus since all ,scientists consider the 8rocking stones to be of purely natural origin1 wind1 rain1 etc41 causing disintegration of rocks in layers0--our statement will be justly denied1 especially as 8we see this process of rockmodification in progress around us today40 ,let us then examine the case4 ,first read what ,geology has to say1 and you will then learn that often these gigantic masses are entire strangers in the countries wherein they are now fixed2 that their geological congeners often pertain to strata unknown in those countries and which are only to be found far beyond the seas4 ,mr4 ,william ,tooke1 in speculating upon the enormous blocks of granite which are strewn over ,southern ,russia and ,siberia1 tells the reader that where they now rest1 there are neither rocks nor mountains2 and that they must have been brought over 8from immense distances and with prodigious efforts407#gff7 ,charton speaks of a specimen of such rock from ,ireland1 which had been submitted to the analysis of an eminent ,english ,geologist1 who assigned to it a foreign origin 8perhaps even ,african407#gfg7 ,this is a strange coincidence1 for ,irish tradition attributes the origin of her circular stones to a ,sorcerer who brought them from ,africa4 ,de ,mirville sees in this ,sorcerer 8an accursed ,hamite407#gfh7 ,we see in him a dark ,atlantean1 or perhaps even some earlier ,lemurian1 who had survived till the birth of the ,british ,islands--a giant in any and every case47#gfi7 ,says ,cambry1 naively3 ,men have nothing to do with it 444 for never could human power and industry undertake anything of this kind4 ,nature alone has accomplished it all 66 and ,science will demonstrate it some day 6647#ggj7 ,nevertheless1 it was human1 though gigantic power1 which accomplished it1 and no more 8,nature0 alone than ,god or ,devil4 8,science10 having undertaken to demonstrate that even the ,mind and ,spirit of man are simply the production of 8blind forces10 is quite capable of accepting the task1 and it may be that she will come out some fine morning1 and seek to prove that ,nature alone has marshalled the gigantic rocks of ,stonehenge1 traced their position with mathematical precision1 given them the form of the ,dendera planisphere and of the signs of the ,zodiac1 and brought stones weighing over one million of pounds from ,africa and ,asia to ,england and ,ireland6 ,it is true that ,cambry recanted later on1 when saying3 ,i believed for a long time in ,nature1 but ,i recant1 444 for chance is unable to create such marvellous combinations1 444 and those who placed the said rocks in equipoise1 are the same who have raised the moving masses of the pond of ,huelgoat1 near ,concarneau4 ,dr4 ,john ,watson1 quoted by the same author1 when speaking of the moving rocks1 or 8rocking stones0 situated on the slope of ,golcar 7the 8,enchanter07 says3 ,the astonishing movement of those masses poised in equilibrium made the ,celts compare them to ,gods47#gga7 ,in ,stonehenge1 by ,flinders ,petrie1 it is said that3 ,stonehenge is built of the stone of the district1 a red sandstone1 or 8sarsen0 stone1 locally called 8grey wethers40 ,but some of the stones1 especially those which are said to have been devoted to astronomical purposes1 have been brought from a distance1 probably the ,north of ,ireland4 ,to close1 the reflections of a man of ,science1 in an article upon the subject published in #ahej in the ,revue ,archologique1 are worthy of being quoted3 ,every stone is a block whose weight would try the most powerful machines4 ,there are1 in a word1 scattered throughout the globe1 masses1 before which the word materials seems to remain inexplicable1 at the sight of which imagination is confounded1 and that had to be endowed with a name as colossal as the things themselves4 ,besides which1 these immense rocking stones1 called sometimes routers1 placed upright on one of their sides as on a point1 their equipoise being so perfect that the slightest touch is sufficient to set them in motion 444 betray a most positive knowledge of statics4 ,reciprocal countermotion1 surfaces1 plane1 convex and concave1 in turn 444 all this allies them to ,cyclopean monuments1 of which it can be said with good reason1 repeating ,de la ,vega1 that 8the demons seem to have worked on them more than men407#ggb7 ,for once we agree with our friends and foes1 the ,roman ,catholics1 and ask whether such prodigies of statics and equilibrium1 with masses weighing millions of pounds1 can be the work of ,palolithic savages1 of cavemen1 taller than the average man in our century1 yet ordinary mortals as we are8 ,it is not our purpose to refer to the various traditions attached to the rocking stones4 ,still1 it may be as well to remind the ,english reader of ,giraldus ,cambrensis1 who speaks of such a stone on the ,isle of ,mona1 which returned to its place1 notwithstanding every effort to keep it elsewhere4 ,at the time of the conquest of ,ireland by ,henry ,,ii1 a ,count ,hugo ,cestrensis1 desiring to convince himself of the reality of the fact1 tied the ,mona stone to a far larger one and had them thrown into the sea4 ,on the following morning it was found in its accustomed place4 ,the learned ,william of ,salisbury warrants the fact by testifying to its presence in the wall of a church where he had seen it in #aeed4 ,and this reminds one of what ,pliny said of the stone left by the ,argonauts at ,cyzicum1 which the ,cyzicans had placed in the ,prytaneum1 8whence it ran away several times1 and so they were forced to weight it with lead407#ggc7 ,here we have immense stones stated by all antiquity to be 8living1 moving1 speaking1 and self perambulating40 ,they were also capable1 it seems1 of making people run away1 since they were called routers1 from the word to 8rout10 or 8put to flight02 and ,des ,mousseaux shows them all to be prophetic stones1 and sometimes called 8mad stones407#ggd7 ,the rocking stone is accepted by ,science4 ,but why did it rock8 ,one must be blind not to see that this motion was one more means of divination1 and that they were called for this very reason the 8stones of truth407#gge7 ,this is history1 the past of prehistoric times warranting the same in later ages4 ,the ,dracontia1 sacred to the ,moon and the ,serpent1 were the more ancient 8rocks of destiny0 of older nations2 and their motion1 or rocking1 was a code perfectly clear to the initiated priests1 who alone had the key to this ancient reading4 ,vormius and ,olaus ,magnus show that it was according to the orders of the oracle1 whose voice spoke through 8these immense rocks raised by the colossal powers of ancient giants10 that the kings of ,scandinavia were elected4 ,says ,pliny3 ,in ,india and ,persia it is she 7the ,persian ,otizo7 whom the ,magi had to consult for the election of their sovereigns27#ggf7 and he further describes a rock overshadowing ,harpasa1 in ,asia1 and placed in such a manner that 8a single finger can move it1 while the weight of the whole body makes it resist407#ggg7 ,why then should not the rocking stones of ,ireland1 or those of ,brimham1 in ,yorkshire1 have served for the same mode of divination or oracular communications8 ,the hugest of them are evidently the relics of the ,atlanteans2 the smaller1 such as ,brimham ,rocks1 with revolving stones on their summit1 are copies from the more ancient lithoi4 ,had not the ,bishops of the ,middle ,ages destroyed all the plans of the ,dracontia they could lay their hands on1 ,science would know more of these47#ggh7 ,as it is1 we know that they were universally used during long prehistoric ages1 and all for the same purposes of prophecy and magic4 4 ,biot1 a member of the ,institute of ,france1 published in the ,antiquits de ,france 7vol4 ix71 an article showing the ,chatampramba 7the 8,field of ,death10 or ancient burial ground in ,malabar71 to be identical in situation with the old tombs at ,carnac2 that is to say1 8a prominence and a central tomb40 ,bones are found in the tombs1 and ,mr4 ,halliwell tells us that some of these are enormous1 the natives calling the tombs the 8dwellings of the ,rkshasas0 or giants4 ,several stone circles1 8considered the work of the ,panch ,pndava 7five ,pndus71 as all such monuments are in ,india1 where they are to be found in such great numbers10 when opened by the direction of ,rajah ,vasariddi1 8were found to contain human bones of a very large size407#ggi7 ,again1 ,de ,mirville is right in his generalization1 if not in his conclusions4 ,as the long cherished theory that the ,dracontia are mostly witnesses to 8great natural geological commotions0 7,charton71 and 8the work of ,nature0 7,cambry71 is now exploded1 his remarks are very just3 ,we advise ,science to reflect 4444 and1 above all1 no longer to class ,titans and ,giants among primitive legends2 for their works are there1 under our eyes1 and those rocking masses will oscillate on their basis to the end of the world to help them to realize once for all1 that one is not altogether a candidate for ,charenton for believing in wonders certified to by the whole of ,antiquity47#ghj7 ,this is just what we can never repeat too often1 though it may be that the voices of both ,occultists and ,roman ,catholics are raised in the desert4 ,nevertheless1 no one can fail to see that ,science is as inconsistent1 to say the least1 in its modern speculations1 as was ancient and medival ,theology in its interpretations of the socalled ,revelation4 ,science would have men descend from the pithecoid ape--a transformation requiring millions of years--and yet fears to make ,mankind older than #ajj1jjj years6 ,science teaches the gradual transformation of species1 natural selection and evolution from the lowest form to the highest1 from mollusc to fish1 from reptile to bird and mammalian--yet it refuses to man1 who is physiologically only a higher mammal and animal1 such a transformation of his external form4 ,but if the monstrous ,iguanodon of the ,wealden may have been the ancestor of the diminutive ,iguana of today1 why could not the monstrous man of the ,secret ,doctrine have become the modern man--the link between ,animal and ,angel8 ,is there anything more unscientific in this 8theory0 than in that of refusing to man a spiritual immortal ,ego1 making of him an automaton1 and ranking him1 at the same time1 as a distinct genus in the system of ,nature8 ,occult ,sciences may be less scientific than the present ,exact ,sciences1 they are nevertheless more logical and consistent in their teachings4 ,physical forces1 and the natural affinities of atoms may be sufficient as factors to transform a plant into an animal2 but it requires more than the mere interplay between certain material aggregates and their environment1 to call to life a fully conscious man1 even though he were no more indeed than a ramification between two 8poor cousins0 of the quadrumanous order4 ,occult ,sciences admit with ,hckel that 7objective7 ,life on our ,globe 8is a logical postulate of scientific natural history10 but add that the rejection of a like spiritual involution1 from within without1 of invisible subjective ,spirit ,life--,eternal and a ,principle in ,nature--is more illogical1 if possible1 than to say that the ,universe and all in it has been gradually built by 8blind forces0 inherent in ,matter1 without any external help4 ,suppose an ,occultist were to claim that the first grand organ of a cathedral had come originally into being as follows3 first1 there was a progressive and gradual elaboration in space of an organizable material1 which resulted in the production of a state of matter named organic protein2 then1 under the influence of incident forces1 these states having been thrown into a phase of unstable equilibrium1 they slowly and majestically evolved into new combinations of carved and polished wood1 of brass pins and staples1 of leather and ivory1 windpipes and bellows2 after which1 having adapted all its parts into one harmonious and symmetrical machine1 the organ suddenly pealed forth ,mozart's 8,requiem02 this was followed by a ,sonata of ,beethoven1 etc41 ad infinitum1 its keys playing of themselves and the wind blowing into the pipes by its own inherent force and fancy4 ,what would ,science say to such a theory8 ,yet1 it is precisely in such wise that the materialistic savants tell us that the ,universe was formed1 with its millions of beings1 and man1 its spiritual crown4 ,whatever may have been the real inner thought of ,mr4 ,herbert ,spencer1 when writing on the subject of the gradual transformation of species1 his words apply to our doctrine4 ,construed in terms of evolution1 every kind of being is conceived as a product of modifications wrought by insensible gradations on a prexisting kind of being47#gha7 ,then why1 in this case1 should not historical man be the product of a modification on a prexistent and prehistorical kind of man1 even supposing for argument's sake that there is nothing within him to last longer than1 or live independently of1 his physical structure8 ,but this is not so6 ,for1 when we are told that 8organic matters are produced in the laboratory by what we may literally call artificial evolution07#ghb7--we answer the distinguished ,english philosopher1 that ,alchemists and great ,adepts did as much1 and1 indeed1 far more1 before the ,chemists ever attempted to 8build out of dissociated elements complex combinations40 ,the ,homunculi of ,paracelsus are a fact in ,alchemy1 and will become one in ,chemistry very likely1 and then ,mrs4 ,shelley's ,frankenstein's monster will have to be regarded as a prophecy4 ,but no ,chemist1 or ,alchemist either1 will ever endow such a monster with more than animal instinct1 unless indeed he does that with which the 8,progenitors0 are credited1 namely1 leave his own ,physical ,body1 and incarnate in the 8,empty ,form40 ,but even this would be an artificial1 not a natural man1 for our 8,progenitors0 had1 in the course of eternal evolution1 to become ,gods before they became ,men4 ,the above digression--if indeed it is one--is an attempt at justification before the few thinking men of the coming century who may read this4 ,it also gives the reason why the best and most spiritual men of our present day can no longer be satisfied with either ,science or ,theology1 and why they prefer any 8psychic craze0 to the dogmatic assertions of the pair1 since neither of them1 in its infallibility1 has anything better to offer than blind faith4 ,universal tradition is by far the safer guide in life4 ,and universal tradition shows ,primitive ,man living for ages together with his ,creators and first ,instructors--the ,elohim--in the ,world's 8,garden of ,eden10 or 8,delight407#ghc7 #de4 ,,the ,,first ,,great ,,waters ,,came4 ,,they ,,swallowed ,,the ,,seven ,,great ,,islands 7,a74 #df4 ,,all ,,holy ,,saved1 ,,the ,,unholy ,,destroyed4 ,,with ,,them ,,most ,,of ,,the ,,huge ,,animals1 ,,produced ,,from ,,the ,,sweat ,,of ,,the ,,earth 7,b74 7a7 ,as this subject--the fourth great ,deluge on our ,globe in this ,round--is fully treated in the ,sections that follow the last ,stanza1 to say anything more at present would be a mere anticipation4 ,the seven ,great ,islands 7,dvpas7 belonged to the ,continent of ,atlantis4 ,the ,secret ,teachings show that the ,deluge overtook the ,fourth1 ,giant ,race1 not on account of its depravity1 or because it had become 8black with sin10 but simply because such is the fate of every ,continent1 which--like everything else under our ,sun--is born1 lives1 becomes decrepit1 and dies4 ,this was when the ,fifth ,race was in its infancy4 7b7 ,thus the ,giants perished--the ,magicians and the ,sorcerers1 adds the fancy of popular tradition4 ,but 8all holy saved10 and alone the 8unholy0 were 8destroyed40 ,this was due1 however1 as much to the prevision of the 8holy0 ones1 who had not lost the use of their ,third ,eye1 as to ,karma and ,natural ,law4 ,speaking of the subsequent ,race1 our ,fifth ,humanity1 the ,commentary says3 ,alone the handful of those ,elect1 whose ,divine ,instructors had gone to inhabit that ,sacred ,island--8from whence the last ,saviour will come0--now kept mankind from becoming onehalf the exterminator of the other as mankind is now--,h4 ,p4 ,b44 ,it mankind became divided4 ,two thirds of it were ruled by ,dynasties of lower1 material ,spirits of the ,earth1 who took possession of the easily accessible bodies2 onethird remained faithful1 and joined with the nascent ,fifth ,race--the ,divine ,incarnates4 ,when the ,poles moved for the fourth time this did not affect those who were protected1 and who had separated from the ,fourth ,race4 ,like the ,lemurians--alone the ungodly ,atlanteans perished1 and 8were seen no more04446 ,stanza ,,xii4 ,the ,fifth ,race ,and ,its ,divine ,instructors4 #dg4 ,the remnants of the first two ,races disappear for ever4 ,groups of the various ,atlantean races saved from the ,deluge along with the ,forefathers of the ,fifth4 #dh4 ,the origins of our present ,race1 the ,fifth4 ,the first ,divine ,dynasties4 #di4 ,the earliest glimmerings in history1 now pinned to the allegorical chronology of the ,bible1 and 8universal0 history slavishly following it4 ,the nature of the first ,instructors and ,civilizers of mankind4 #dg4 ,,few7#ghd7 ,,remained4 ,,some ,,yellow1 ,,some ,,brown ,,and ,,black1 ,,and ,,some ,,red ,,remained4 ,,the ,,moon,,coloured7#ghe7 ,,were ,,gone ,,for ,,ever 7,a74 #dh4 ,,the ,,fifth7#ghf7 ,,produced ,,from ,,the ,,holy ,,stock ,,remained2 ,,it ,,was ,,ruled ,,over ,,by ,,the ,,first ,,divine ,,kings4 #di4 444 ,,the ,,serpents ,,who ,,re,,descended1 ,,who ,,made ,,peace ,,with ,,the ,,fifth17#ghg7 ,,who ,,taught ,,and ,,instructed ,,it 7b74444 7a7 ,this ,shloka relates to the ,fifth ,race4 ,history does not begin with it1 but living and everrecurring tradition does4 ,history--or what is called history--does not go back further than the fantastic origins of our fifth subrace1 a 8few thousands0 of years4 ,it is the subdivisions of the first subrace of the ,fifth ,root,race which are referred to in the sentence1 8,some yellow1 some brown and black1 and some red remained40 ,the 8mooncoloured0--i4e41 the ,first and the ,second ,races--were gone for ever2 ay1 without leaving any traces whatever--and that1 so far back as the third 8,deluge0 of the ,third ,lemurian ,race1 that 8,great ,dragon10 whose tail sweeps whole nations out of existence in the twinkling of an eye4 ,and this is the true meaning of the verse in the ,commentary which says3 ,the ,great ,dragon has respect but for the ,serpents of ,wisdom1 the ,serpents whose holes are now under the ,triangular ,stones4 ,or in other words1 8the pyramids1 at the four corners of the world40 7b7 ,this puts clearly what is mentioned more than once elsewhere in the ,commentaries2 namely1 that the ,adepts or 8,wise0 men of the ,third1 ,fourth and ,fifth ,races dwelt in subterranean habitats1 generally under some kind of pyramidal structure1 if not actually under a pyramid4 ,for such 8pyramids0 existed in the 8four corners of the world0 and were never the monopoly of the land of the ,pharaohs1 though indeed until they were found scattered all over the two ,americas1 under and above ground1 beneath and amidst virgin forests1 and also in plain and vale1 they were generally supposed to be the exclusive property of ,egypt4 ,if true geometrically correct pyramids are no longer found in ,european regions1 nevertheless many of the supposed early neolithic caves1 of the colossal triangular pyramidal and conical 8menhirs0 in ,morbihan1 and ,brittany generally1 many of the ,danish 8tumuli0 and even of the 8giant tombs0 of ,sardinia with their inseparable companions1 the 8nuraghi10 are so many more or less clumsy copies of the pyramids4 ,most of these are the works of the first settlers on the newlyborn continent and isles of ,europe1 the 8some yellow1 some brown and black1 and some red0 races that remained after the submersion of the last ,atlantean continents and islands1 #hej1jjj years ago--,plato's ,island excepted--and before the arrival of the great ryan races2 while others were built by the earliest immigrants from the ,east4 ,those who can hardly accept the placing of the antiquity of the human race so far back as the #eg1jjj years1 the age assigned by ,dr4 ,dowler to the skeleton found by him at ,new ,orleans on the banks of the ,mississippi1 will1 of course1 reject these facts4 ,but they may find themselves mistaken some day4 ,we may disparage the foolish selfglorification of the ,arcadians who styled themselves 8older than the ,moon0 771 and of the people of ,attica1 who claimed that they had existed before the ,sun appeared in ,heaven--but not their undeniable antiquity4 ,nor can we laugh at the universal belief that we had giant ancestors4 ,the fact that the bones of the ,mammoth and ,mastodon1 and1 in one case1 those of a gigantic ,salamander1 have been mistaken for human bones1 does not make away with the difficulty that1 of all the ,mammalians1 man is the only one whom ,science will not allow to have dwarfed down1 like all other animal frames1 from the giant ,homo ,diluvii to the creature between five and six feet that he is now4 ,but the 8,serpents of ,wisdom0 have preserved their records well1 and the history of human evolution is traced in ,heaven as it is traced on underground walls4 ,humanity and the ,stars are bound together indissolubly1 because of the ,intelligences that rule the latter4 ,modern ,symbologists may scoff at this and call it 8fancy10 but as ,mr4 ,staniland ,wake writes3 ,it is unquestionable that the ,deluge has ever been associated in the legends of some ,eastern peoples not only with the ,pyramids1 but also with the constellations47#ghh7 ,the 8,old ,dragon0 is identical with the 8,great ,flood10 says ,mr4 ,proctor3 ,we know that in the past the constellation of the ,dragon was at the pole1 or boss1 of the celestial sphere4 ,in stellar temples1 444 the ,dragon would be the uppermost or ruling constellation4444 ,it is singular how closely these constellations 444 correspond in sequence and in range of right ascension with the events recorded respecting the ,biblical ,flood47#ghi7 ,the reasons for this singularity1 however1 have been made abundantly clear in this work4 ,it only shows that there were several ,deluges confused in the memories and traditions of the subraces of the ,fifth ,race4 ,the first great ,flood was astronomical and cosmical1 while several others were terrestrial4 ,and yet our very learned friend ,mr4 ,gerald ,massey--an initiate truly in the mysteries of the ,british ,museum1 still only a selfinitiate--declared and insisted that the ,atlantean ,submersion and ,deluge were only the anthropomorphized fancies of ignorant people1 and that ,atlantis was no better than an 8astronomical allegory40 ,but the great zodiacal allegory is based upon historical events1 and allegory can hardly interfere with history2 moreover1 every student of ,occultism knows what that astronomical and zodiacal allegory means4 ,dr4 ,smith shows in the ,nimrod ,epic of the ,assyrian tablets the real meaning of the allegory4 ,its twelve cantos refer to the annual course of the ,sun through the twelve months of the year4 ,each tablet answers to a special month1 and contains a distinct reference to the animal forms in the signs of the ,zodiac2 444 the eleventh canto being consecrated to ,rimmon1 the ,god of storms and rain1 and harmonizes with the eleventh sign of the ,zodiac--,aquarius1 or the ,waterman47#gij7 ,but even this is preceded in the old ,records by the preastronomical ,cosmic ,flood1 which became allegorized and symbolized in the above ,zodiacal or ,noah's ,flood4 ,but this has nothing to do with ,atlantis4 ,the ,pyramids are closely connected with the ideas of both the constellation of the ,great ,dragon1 the 8,dragons of ,wisdom10 or the great ,initiates of the ,third and ,fourth ,races1 and the floods of the ,nile1 regarded as a divine reminder of the great ,atlantic ,flood4 ,the astronomical records of ,universal ,history1 however1 are said to have had their beginnings with the third subrace of the ,fourth ,root,race or the ,atlanteans4 ,when was it8 ,occult data show that even since the time of the regular establishment of the zodiacal calculations in ,egypt1 the poles have been thrice inverted4 ,we will presently return again to this statement4 ,such symbols as are represented by the ,signs of the ,zodiac--a fact which offers a handle to ,materialists upon which to hang their onesided theories and opinions--have too profound a signification1 and their bearing upon our ,humanity is too important1 to suffer dismissal in a few words4 ,meanwhile1 we have to consider the meaning of the statement1 in ,shloka #dh1 concerning the 8first ,divine ,kings10 who are said to have 8redescended10 guided and instructed our ,fifth ,race after the last ,deluge6 ,we shall consider this last claim historically in the ,sections that follow1 but must end with a few more details on the subject of 8,serpents40 ,the rough commentaries on the ,archaic ,stanzas have to end here4 ,further elucidation requires proofs obtained from ancient1 medival1 and modern works which have treated of these subjects4 ,all such evidence has now to be gathered in1 collated and brought together in better order1 so as to compel the attention of the reader to this wealth of historical proofs4 ,and as the manifold meaning of the weird and suggestive symbol 7so often referred to7 of the 8tempter of man0--in the orthodox light of the ,church--can never be too strongly insisted upon1 it seems more advisable to exhaust the subject by every available proof1 at this juncture1 even at the risk of repetition4 ,the ,titans and ,kabirs have been invariably made out by our ,theologians and some pious ,symbologists to be indissolubly connected with the grotesque personage called the 8,devil10 and every proof which goes against their theory has been hitherto as invariably rejected and ignored4 ,the ,occultist must1 therefore1 neglect nothing which may tend to defeat this conspiracy of slander4 ,and so we propose to divide the subjects involved in these last three ,verses into several groups1 and to examine them as carefully and as fully as space permits4 ,a few more details may thus be added to the general evidences of antiquity1 on the most disputed tenets of ,occultism and the ,esoteric ,doctrine--the bulk of which1 however1 will be found in ,part ,,ii1 on ,symbology4 ,serpents ,and ,dragons ,under ,different ,symbolisms4 ,the name of the ,dragon in ,chalda was not written phonetically1 but was represented by two monograms1 meaning probably1 according to the ,orientalists1 the 8scaly one40 8,this description10 very pertinently remarks ,g4 ,smith1 8of course might apply either to a fabulous dragon1 a serpent1 or a fish40 ,to this we may add that1 in one aspect1 it applies to ,makara1 the tenth ,zodiacal ,sign1 the ,sanskrit term for a nondescript amphibious animal1 generally called ,crocodile1 but really signifying something else4 ,this1 then1 is a virtual admission that the ,assyriologists1 at all events1 know nothing certain as to the status of the ,dragon in ancient ,chalda4 ,it was from ,chalda that the ,hebrews got their symbolism1 only to be afterwards robbed of it by the ,christians1 who made of the 8scaly one0 a living entity and a maleficent power4 ,a specimen of ,dragons1 8winged and scaled10 may be seen in the ,british ,museum4 ,in this representation of the events of the ,fall1 according to the same authority1 there are also two figures sitting on each side of a 8tree10 and holding out their hands to the 8apple10 while at the back of the 8tree0 is the ,dragon,serpent4 ,esoterically1 the two figures are two 8,chaldees0 ready for ,initiation1 the ,serpent symbolizing the ,initiator2 while the jealous ,gods1 who curse the three1 are the exoteric profane clergy4 ,not much of the literal 8biblical event0 there1 as any ,occultist can see6 8,the ,great ,dragon has respect but for the ,serpents of ,wisdom10 says the ,stanza2 thus proving the correctness of our explanation of the two figures and the 8,serpent40 8,the ,serpents who redescended1 4444 who taught and instructed0 the ,fifth ,race4 ,what sane man1 in our day1 is capable of believing that real serpents are hereby meant8 ,hence the rough guess--now become almost an axiom with men of ,science--that those who in antiquity wrote upon various sacred ,dragons and ,serpents were either superstitious and credulous people1 or were bent upon deceiving those more ignorant than themselves4 ,yet1 from ,homer downwards1 the term implied something hidden from the ,profane4 8,terrible are the ,gods when they manifest themselves0--those ,gods whom men call ,dragons4 ,and lianus1 treating in his ,de ,natur ,animalium of these ophidian symbols1 makes certain remarks which show that he well understood the nature of these most ancient of symbols4 ,thus with reference to the above ,homeric verse he most pertinently explains3 ,for the ,dragon1 while sacred and to be worshipped1 has within himself something still more of the divine nature of which it is better for others8 to remain in ignorance47#gia7 ,the 8,dragon0 symbol has a septenary meaning1 and of these seven meanings1 the highest and the lowest may be given4 ,the highest is identical with the 8,selfborn10 the ,logos1 the ,hind ,aja4 ,with the ,christian ,gnostics called the ,naasenians1 or ,serpentworshippers1 he was the ,second ,person of the ,trinity1 the ,son4 ,his symbol was the constellation of the ,dragon47#gib7 ,its seven 8,stars0 are the seven stars held in the hand of the 8,alpha and ,omega0 in ,revelation4 ,in its most terrestrial meaning1 the term 8,dragon0 was applied to the 8,wise0 men4 ,this portion of the religious symbolism of antiquity is very abstruse and mysterious1 and may remain incomprehensible to the profane4 ,in our modern day it so jars on the ,christian ear that1 in spite of our boasted civilization1 it can hardly escape being regarded as a direct denunciation of the most cherished of ,christian dogmas4 ,such a subject required1 to do it justice1 the pen and genius of ,milton1 whose poetical fiction has now taken root in the ,church as a revealed dogma4 ,did the allegory of the ,dragon and his supposed conqueror in ,heaven originate with ,st4 ,john1 in his ,revelation8 ,emphatically we answer--,no4 ,st4 ,john's 8,dragon0 is ,neptune1 the symbol of ,atlantean ,magic4 ,in order that we may demonstrate this negation1 the reader is asked to examine the symbolism of the ,serpent or the ,dragon under its several aspects4 ,the ,sidereal ,and ,cosmic ,glyphs4 ,every ,astronomer--not to speak of ,occultists and ,astrologers--knows that1 figuratively speaking1 the ,astral ,light1 the ,milky ,way1 and also the ,path of the ,sun to the tropics of ,cancer and ,capricorn1 as well as the ,circles of the ,sidereal or ,tropical ,year1 were always called 8,serpents0 in the allegorical and mystic phraseology of the ,adepts4 ,this1 cosmically1 as well as metaphorically4 ,poseidon is a 8,dragon0--the ,dragon 8,chozzar1 called by the profane ,neptune0 according to the ,perat ,gnostics1 the 8,good and ,perfect ,serpent10 the ,messiah of the ,naaseni1 whose symbol in ,heaven is ,draco4 ,but we ought to discriminate between the various characters of this symbol4 ,now ,zoroastrian ,esotericism is identical with that of the ,secret ,doctrine1 and when an ,occultist reads in the ,venddd complaints uttered against the 8,serpent10 whose bites have transformed the beautiful1 eternal spring of ,airyana ,vaj1 changing it into winter1 generating disease and death1 and at the same time mental and psychic consumption--he knows that the ,serpent alluded to is the ,north ,pole1 and also the ,pole of the ,heavens47#gic7 ,these two axes produce the seasons according to their angle of inclination to each other4 ,the two axes were no more parallel2 hence the eternal spring of ,airyana ,vaj 8by the good river ,ditya0 had disappeared1 and 8the ryan ,magi had to emigrate to ,sogdiana0--say the exoteric accounts4 ,but the ,esoteric ,teaching states that the pole had passed from the equator1 and that the 8,land of ,bliss0 of the ,fourth ,race1 its inheritance from the ,third1 had now become the region of desolation and woe4 ,this alone ought to be an incontrovertible proof of the great antiquity of the ,zoroastrian ,scriptures4 ,the ,neoryans of the post diluvian age could1 of course1 hardly recognize the mountains1 on the summits of which their forefathers had met before the ,flood1 and conversed with the pure 8,yazatas0 or celestial ,spirits of the ,elements1 whose life and food they had once shared4 ,as shown by ,eckstein3 ,the ,venddd seems to point out a great change in the atmosphere of central ,asia2 strong volcanic eruptions and the collapse of a whole range of mountains in the neighbourhood of the ,kara,korum chain47#gid7 ,the ,egyptians1 according to ,eusebius1 who1 for a wonder1 once wrote the truth1 symbolized ,kosmos by a large fiery circle1 with a serpent with a hawk's head lying across its diameter4 ,here we see the pole of the earth within the plane of the ecliptic1 attended with all the fiery consequences that must arise from such a state of the heavens3 when the whole ,zodiac1 in #be1jjj odd years1 must have 8redden'd with the solar blaze02 and each sign must have been vertical to the polar region47#gie7 ,meru1 the ,abode of the ,gods1 as explained before1 was placed in the ,north ,pole1 while ,ptla1 the ,nether ,region1 was supposed to lie towards the ,south4 ,as each symbol in ,esoteric ,philosophy has seven keys1 ,meru and ,ptla have1 geographically1 one significance and represent localities1 while1 astronomically1 they have another1 and mean the 8two poles02 the latter meaning led to their being often rendered in exoteric sectarianism as the 8,mountain0 and the 8,pit10 or ,heaven and ,hell4 ,if we for the present hold only to the astronomical and geographical significance1 it may be found that the ,ancients knew the topography and nature of the ,arctic and ,antarctic regions better than any of our modern ,astronomers4 ,they had reasons1 and good ones1 for naming one the 8,mountain0 and the other the 8,pit40 ,as the author just quoted half explains1 ,helion and ,acheron meant nearly the same4 8,helion is the ,sun in his highest10 ,helios or ,elios meaning the 8most high10 and ,acheron is #cb degrees above the pole1 and #cb below it1 the allegorical river being thus supposed to touch the northern horizon in the latitude of #cb degrees4 ,the vast concave1 that is for ever hidden from our sight and which surrounded the southern pole1 the first astronomers called the ,pit1 while observing1 toward the northern pole1 that a certain circuit in the heavens always appeared above the horizon--they called it the ,mountain4 ,as ,meru is the high abode of the ,gods1 these were said to ascend and descend periodically2 by which 7astronomically7 the ,zodiacal ,gods were meant1 the passing of the original north pole of the ,earth to the south pole of the ,heaven4 ,in that age at noon1 the ecliptic would be parallel with the meridian1 and part of the ,zodiac would descend from the north pole to the north horizon2 crossing the eight coils of the serpent eight sidereal years1 or over #bjj1jjj solar years1 which would seem like an imaginary ladder with eight staves reaching from the earth up to the pole1 i4e41 the throne of ,jove4 ,up this ladder1 then1 the ,gods1 i4e41 the ,signs of the ,zodiac1 ascended and descended4 ,jacob's ladder and the ,angels 4444 ,it is more than #djj1jjj years since the ,zodiac formed the sides of this ladder47#gif7 ,this is an ingenious explanation1 even if it is not altogether free from ,occult heresy4 ,yet it is nearer the truth than many of a more scientific and especially theological character4 ,as said1 the ,christian ,trinity was purely astronomical from its beginning4 ,this it was which made ,rutilius say of those who euhemerized it3 8,juda gens1 radix stultorum40 ,but the profane1 and especially ,christian fanatics who are ever in search of scientific corroboration for their deadletter texts1 persist in seeing in the ,celestial ,pole the true ,serpent of ,genesis1 ,satan1 the enemy of mankind2 whereas it is really--a cosmic metaphor4 ,when the ,gods are said to forsake the ,earth1 it means not only the ,gods1 the ,protectors and ,instructors1 but also the minor ,gods--the ,regents of the ,zodiacal ,signs4 ,the former1 as actual and existing ,entities which gave birth to1 nursed1 and instructed ,mankind in its early youth1 appear in every ,scripture1 in that of the ,zoroastrians as well as in the ,hind ,gospels4 ,ormazd1 or ,ahura ,mazda1 the 8,lord of ,wisdom10 is the synthesis of the ,amshaspands1 or ,amesha ,spentas1 the 8,immortal ,benefactors107#gig7 the 8,word10 or the ,logos1 and its six highest aspects in ,mazdeanism4 ,these 8,immortal ,benefactors0 are described in ,zamyad ,yasht as3 ,the ,amesha ,spentas1 the shining1 having efficacious eyes1 great1 helpful 444 imperishable and pure 444 which are all seven of like mind1 like speech1 all seven doing alike 444 which are the creators and destroyers of the creatures of ,ahura ,mazda1 their creators and overseers1 their protectors and rulers4 ,these few lines are sufficient to indicate the dual and even the triple character of the ,amshaspands1 our ,dhyn ,chohans or the 8,serpents of ,wisdom40 ,they are identical with1 and yet separate from ,ormazd 7,ahura ,mazda74 ,they are also the ,angels of the ,stars of the ,christians--the ,star ,yazatas of the ,zoroastrians--or again the seven ,planets 7including the ,sun7 of every religion47#gih7 ,the epithet1 8the shining1 having efficacious eyes10 proves it4 ,this on the physical and sidereal planes4 ,on the spiritual1 they are the ,divine ,powers of ,ahura ,mazda2 but on the astral or psychic plane again1 they are the 8,builders10 the 8,watchers10 the ,pitris1 or ,fathers1 and the first ,preceptors of ,mankind4 ,when mortals have become sufficiently spiritualized1 there will be no more need of forcing them into a correct comprehension of ancient ,wisdom4 ,men will know then1 that there never yet was a great ,worldreformer whose name has passed into our generation1 who 7a7 was not a direct emanation of the ,logos 7under whatever name known to us7 i4e41 an essential incarnation of one of the 8,seven10 of the 8,divine ,spirit who is sevenfold02 and 7b7 who had not appeared before1 in past ,cycles4 ,they will recognize1 then1 the cause which produces certain riddles of the ages1 in both history and chronology2 the reason1 for instance1 why it is impossible for them to assign any reliable date to ,zoroaster1 who is found multiplied by twelve and fourteen in the ,dabistan2 why the numbers and individualities of the ,rishis and ,manus are so mixed up2 why ,krishna and ,buddha speak of themselves as rencarnations1 ,krishna identifying himself with the ,rishi ,nryana1 and ,gautama giving a series of his previous births2 and why the former1 especially1 being 8the very supreme ,brahm10 is yet called ,anshnshvatra--8a part of a part0 only of the ,supreme on ,earth2 finally1 why ,osiris is a ,great ,god1 and at the same time a 8,prince on ,earth10 who reppears in ,thoth ,hermes2 and why ,jesus 7in ,hebrew1 ,joshua7 of ,nazareth is recognized1 kabalistically1 in ,joshua1 the son of ,nun1 as well as in other personages4 ,the ,esoteric ,doctrine explains all this by saying that each of these1 as also many others1 had first appeared on ,earth as one of the ,seven ,powers of the ,logos1 individualized as a ,god or ,angel 7,messenger72 then1 mixed with ,matter1 they had reppeared in turn as great ,sages and ,instructors who 8taught0 the ,fifth ,race1 after having instructed the two preceding ,races1 had ruled during the ,divine ,dynasties1 and had finally sacrificed themselves1 to be reborn under various circumstances for the good of ,mankind1 and for its salvation at certain critical periods2 until in their last incarnations they had become truly only the 8parts of a part0 on ,earth1 though de facto the ,one ,supreme in ,nature4 ,this is the metaphysics of ,theogony4 ,now every 8,power0 among the ,seven1 once he is individualized1 has in his charge one of the elements of creation1 and rules over it27#gii7 hence the many meanings in every symbol4 ,these1 unless interpreted according to the ,esoteric methods1 generally lead to inextricable confusion4 ,does the ,western ,kabalist1 who is generally an opponent of the ,eastern ,occultist1 require a proof8 ,let him open liphas ,lvi's ,histoire de la ,magie17#hjj7 and carefully examine his 8,grand ,symbole ,kabbalistique0 from the ,zohar4 ,he will find there1 in the engraving1 a development of the 8interlaced triangles10 a white man above and a black woman below reversed1 the legs passing under the extended arms of the male figure1 and protruding behind the shoulders1 while their hands join at an angle on each side4 liphas ,lvi makes of this symbol1 ,god and ,nature2 or ,god1 8,light10 mirrored inversely in ,nature and ,matter1 8,darkness40 ,kabalistically and symbolically he is right2 but only so far as emblematical cosmogony goes4 ,neither has he invented the symbol1 nor have the ,kabalists4 ,the two figures in white and black stone have existed in the temples of ,egypt from time immemorial1 agreeably to tradition1 and historicallyever since the day of ,king ,cambyses1 who personally saw them4 ,therefore the symbol must have been in existence for nearly #b1ejj years4 ,this1 at the very least1 for ,cambyses1 who was a son of ,cyrus the ,great1 succeeded his father in the year #ebi ,b4,c4 ,these figures were the two ,kabiri personifying the opposite poles4 ,herodotus7#hja7 tells posterity that when ,cambyses entered the temple of the ,kabirim1 he burst into an inextinguishable fit of laughter1 on perceiving what he thought to be a man erect and a woman standing on the top of her head before him4 ,these were the poles1 however1 whose symbol was intended to commemorate 8the passing of the original north pole of the earth to the south pole of the heaven10 as perceived by ,mackey47#hjb7 ,but they also represented the poles inverted1 in consequence of the great inclination of the axis1 which each time resulted in the displacement of the oceans1 the submersion of the polar lands1 and the consequent upheaval of new continents in the equatorial regions1 and vice vers4 ,these ,kabirim were the 8,deluge0 ,gods4 ,this may help us to get at the key of the seemingly hopeless confusion among the numbers of names and titles given to one and the same ,gods1 and classes of ,gods4 ,faber1 at the beginning of this century1 showed the identity of the ,corybantes1 ,curetes1 ,dioscuri1 ,anactes1 ,dii ,magni1 ,idei1 ,dactyli1 ,lares1 ,penates1 ,manes17#hjc7 ,titans1 and ,alet with the ,kabiri4 ,and we have shown that the latter were the same as the ,manus1 the ,rishis1 and our ,dhyn ,chohans who incarnated in the ,elect of the ,third and ,fourth ,races4 ,thus1 while in ,theogony the ,kabiri,titans were seven ,great ,gods1 cosmically and astronomically the ,titans were called ,atlantes1 because1 perhaps1 as ,faber says1 they were connected with atalas1 the 8divine sun10 and with tit1 the 8deluge40 ,but this1 if true1 is only the exoteric version4 ,esoterically1 the meaning of their symbols depends on the appellation1 or title1 used4 ,the seven mysterious1 aweinspiring ,great ,gods--the ,dioscuri17#hjd7 the deities surrounded with the darkness of ,occult ,nature--become the ,idei ,dactyli1 or ,ideic 8,fingers10 with the ,adepthealers by metals4 ,the true etymology of the name ,lares1 now signifying 8,ghosts10 must be sought in the ,etruscan word lars1 8conductor10 8leader40 ,sanchuniathon translates the word ,alet as 8fire worshippers10 and ,faber believes it to be derived from alorit1 the 8,god of fire40 ,both are right1 for in both cases it is a reference to the ,sun1 the 8highest0 ,god1 toward whom the ,planetary ,gods 8gravitate0 7astronomically and allegorically71 and whom they worship4 ,as ,lares1 they are truly the ,solar ,deities1 though ,faber's etymology1 that 8,lar is a contraction of ,el,ar1 the solar deity107#hje7 is not very correct4 ,they are the ,lares1 the ,conductors and ,leaders of men4 ,as ,alet1 they were the seven ,planets--astronomically2 and as ,lares1 the ,regents of these ,planets1 our ,protectors and ,rulers--mystically4 ,for purposes of exoteric or phallic worship1 and also cosmically1 they were the ,kabiri1 whose attributes and dual capacities were denoted by the names of the temples to which they respectively belonged1 and also by those of their priests4 ,they all belonged1 however1 to the septenary creative and informing groups of ,dhyn ,chohans4 ,the ,sabans1 who worshipped the 8,regents of the ,seven ,planets0 just as the ,hinds worship their ,rishis1 held ,seth and his son ,hermes 7,enoch or ,enos7 as the highest among the ,planetary ,gods4 ,seth and ,enos were borrowed from the ,sabans and then disfigured by the ,jews 7exoterically72 but the truth about them can still be discovered even in ,genesis47#hjf7 ,seth is the 8,progenitor0 of those early men of the ,third ,race in whom the ,planetary ,angels had incarnated2 he was himself a ,dhyn ,chohan and belonged to the informing ,gods1 and ,enos 7,hanoch or ,enoch71 or ,hermes1 was said to be his son--,enos being a generic name for all the early 8,seers0 7,enochion74 ,thence the worship4 ,the ,arabic writer ,soyuti says that the earliest records mention ,seth1 or ,set1 as the founder of ,sabaism1 and that the pyramids which embody the planetary system were regarded as the place of sepulchre of both ,seth and ,idrus 7,hermes or ,enoch727#hjg7 that thither ,sabans proceeded on pilgrimage1 and chanted prayers seven times a day1 turning to the ,north 7,mount ,meru1 ,kaph1 ,olympus1 etc4747#hjh7 ,abd ,allatif also tells us some curious things about the ,sabans and their books4 ,so also does ,eddin ,ahmed ,ben ,yahya1 who wrote #bjj years later4 ,while the latter maintains 8that each pyramid was consecrated to a star0 7a ,star ,regent rather71 ,abd ,allatif assures us that he had read in ancient ,saban books that 8one pyramid was the tomb of ,agathodmon and the other of ,hermes037#hji7 ,agathodmon was none other than ,seth1 and1 according to some writers1 ,hermes was his son1 adds ,mr4 ,staniland ,wake in ,the ,great ,pyramid47#haj7 ,thus1 while in ,samothrace and the oldest ,egyptian temples the ,kabiri were the ,great ,cosmic ,gods--the ,seven and the ,fortynine ,sacred ,fires--in the ,grecian fanes their rites became mostly phallic1 and therefore1 to the profane1 obscene4 ,in the latter case they were three and four1 or seven--the male and female principles--the crux ansata4 ,this division shows why some classical writers held that they were only three1 while others named four4 ,and these were ,axieros 7in his female aspect ,demeter72 ,axiokersa 7,persephone727#haa7 ,axiokersos 7,pluto or ,hades72 and ,kadmos or ,kasmilos 7,hermes--not the ithyphallic ,hermes mentioned by ,herodotus17#hab7 but 8he of the sacred legend10 which was explained only during the ,samothracian ,mysteries74 ,this identification1 which is due1 according to the ,scholiast on ,apollonius ,rhodius17#hac7 to an indiscretion of ,mnaseas1 is really no identification at all1 as names alone do not reveal much47#had7 ,others again have maintained1 being equally right in their way1 that there were only two ,kabiri4 ,these were1 esoterically1 the two ,dioscuri1 ,castor and ,pollux1 and exoterically1 ,jupiter and ,bacchus4 ,these two personified the terrestrial poles1 geodesically2 the terrestrial pole1 and the pole of the heavens1 astronomically2 and also the physical and the spiritual man4 ,the story of ,semele and ,jupiter and the birth of ,bacchus1 ,bimater1 with all the circumstances attending it1 needs only to be read esoterically for the understanding of the allegory4 ,the parts played in the event by the ,fire1 ,water1 ,earth1 etc41 in the many versions1 will show how the 8,father of the ,gods0 and the 8merry ,god of ,wine0 were also made to personify the two terrestrial poles4 ,the telluric1 metalline1 magnetic1 electric and the fiery elements are all so many allusions and references to the cosmic and astronomic character of the diluvian tragedy4 ,in ,astronomy1 the poles are indeed the 8heavenly measure02 and so are the ,kabiri,dioscuri1 as will be shown1 and the ,kabiri,titans1 to whom ,diodorus ascribes the 8invention of ,fire07#hae7 and the art of manufacturing iron4 ,moreover1 ,pausanias7#haf7 shows that the original ,kabiric deity was ,prometheus4 ,but the fact that1 astronomically1 the ,titan,kabirim were also the ,generators and ,regulators of the ,seasons1 and1 cosmically1 the great ,volcanic ,energies--the ,gods presiding over all the metals and terrestrial works--does not prevent them from being1 in their original divine characters1 the beneficent ,entities who1 symbolized in ,prometheus1 brought light to the world1 and endowed ,humanity with intellect and reason4 ,they are preminently in every ,theogony--especially in the ,hind--the ,sacred ,divine ,fires1 ,three1 ,seven1 or ,fortynine1 according as the allegory demands it4 ,their very names prove it1 for they are the ,agniputra1 or ,sons of the ,fire1 in ,india1 and the ,genii of the ,fire under numerous names in ,greece and elsewhere4 ,welcker1 ,maury1 and now ,decharme1 show the name kabeiros meaning 8the powerful through fire10 from the ,greek 8to burn40 ,the ,semitic word kabirim contains the idea of 8the powerful1 the mighty1 and the great10 answering to the ,greek 1 1 but these are later epithets4 ,these ,gods were universally worshipped1 and their origin is lost in the night of time4 ,yet whether propitiated in ,phrygia1 ,phnicia1 the ,troad1 ,thrace1 ,egypt1 ,lemnos or ,sicily1 their cult was always connected with ,fire1 their temples ever built in the most volcanic localities1 and in exoteric worship they belonged to the ,chthonian ,divinities1 and therefore has ,christianity made of them ,infernal ,gods4 ,they are truly 8the great1 beneficent and powerful ,gods10 as ,cassius ,hermone calls them47#hag7 ,at ,thebes1 ,core and ,demeter1 the ,kabirim1 had a sanctuary17#hah7 and at ,memphis1 the ,kabiri had a temple so sacred1 that none1 excepting the priests1 were suffered to enter its holy precincts47#hai7 ,but we must not1 at the same time1 lose sight of the fact that the title of ,kabiri was generic2 that the ,kabiri1 the mighty ,gods as well as mortals1 were of both sexes1 and also terrestrial1 celestial and cosmic2 that while1 in their later capacity of rulers of sidereal and terrestrial powers1 a purely geological phenomenon--as it is now regarded--was symbolized in the persons of those rulers1 they were also1 in the beginning of times1 the ,rulers of ,mankind1 when1 incarnated as ,kings of the 8,divine ,dynasties10 they gave the first impulse to civilization1 and directed the mind with which they had endued men1 to the invention and perfection of all the arts and sciences4 ,thus the ,kabiri are said to have appeared as the benefactors of men1 and as such they lived for ages in the memory of nations4 ,to these ,kabiri or ,titans is ascribed the invention of letters 7the ,devangari1 or alphabet and language of the ,gods71 of laws and legislature1 of architecture1 as also of the various modes of magic1 socalled1 and of the medical use of plants4 ,hermes1 ,orpheus1 ,cadmus1 ,asclepius1 all those ,demigods and ,heroes1 to whom is ascribed the revelation of sciences to men1 and in whom ,bryant1 ,faber1 ,bishop ,cumberland1 and so many other ,christian writers--too zealous for plain truth--would force posterity to see only ,pagan copies of one sole prototype1 named ,noah--all are generic names4 ,it is the ,kabiri who are credited with having revealed the great boon of agriculture1 by producing corn or wheat4 ,what ,isis,osiris1 the once living ,kabiria1 did in ,egypt1 that ,ceres is said to have done in ,sicily2 they all belong to one class4 ,that serpents were ever emblems of wisdom and prudence is again shown by the ,caduceus of ,mercury1 one with ,thot1 the ,god of ,wisdom1 with ,hermes1 and so on4 ,the two serpents1 entwined round the rod1 are phallic symbols of ,jupiter and other ,gods who transformed themselves into snakes for purposes of seducing ,goddesses--only in the unclean fancies of profane ,symbologists4 ,the serpent has ever been the symbol of the ,adept1 and of his powers of immortality and divine knowledge4 ,mercury1 in his psychopompic character1 conducting and guiding the souls of the dead to ,hades with his ,caduceus and even raising them to life with it1 is a simple and very transparent allegory4 ,it shows the dual power of the ,secret ,wisdom3 black and white ,magic4 ,it shows this personified ,wisdom guiding the ,soul after death1 and displaying the power of calling to life that which is dead--a very deep metaphor if one but thinks over its meaning4 ,all the peoples of antiquity1 with one exception1 reverenced this symbol2 the exception being the ,christians1 who chose to forget the 8brazen serpent0 of ,moses1 and even the implied acknowledgment of the great wisdom and prudence of the 8serpent0 by ,jesus himself1 8,be ye wise as serpents and harmless as doves40 ,the ,chinese1 one of the oldest nations of our ,fifth ,race1 made of it the emblem of their ,emperors1 who are thus the degenerate successors of the 8,serpents0 or ,initiates1 who ruled the early races of the ,fifth ,humanity4 ,the ,emperor's throne is the 8,dragon's ,seat10 and his dresses of ,state are embroidered with the likeness of the ,dragon4 ,the aphorisms in the oldest books of ,china1 moreover1 say plainly that the ,dragon is a human1 albeit divine1 ,being4 ,speaking of the 8,yellow ,dragon10 the chief of the others1 the ,twanyingt'u says3 ,his wisdom and virtue are unfathomable 444 he does not go in company and does not live in herds he is an ascetic4444 ,he wanders in the wilds beyond the heavens4 ,he goes and comes1 fulfilling the decree ,karma2 at the proper seasons if there is perfection he comes forth1 if not he remains invisible4 ,and ,llan asserts that ,confucius said3 ,the ,dragon feeds in the pure 7water7 of ,wisdom and disports in the clear 7water7 of ,life47#hbj7 ,our ,divine ,instructors4 ,now ,atlantis and the ,phlegyan ,isle are not the only records left of the ,deluge4 ,china has also her tradition and the story of an island or continent1 which it calls ,maligasima1 and which ,kmpfer and ,faber spell 8,maurigasima10 for some mysterious phonetic reasons of their own4 ,kmpfer1 in his ,japan17#hba7 gives the tradition3 ,the island1 owing to the iniquity of its giants1 sinks to the bottom of the ocean1 and ,peiruun1 the king1 the ,chinese ,noah1 escapes alone with his family owing to a warning of the ,gods through two idols4 ,it is that pious prince and his descendants who have peopled ,china4 ,the ,chinese traditions speak of the ,divine ,dynasties of ,kings as frequently as do those of any other nation4 ,at the same time there is not an old fragment but shows belief in a multiform and even multigeneric evolution of human beings--spiritual1 psychic1 intellectual1 and physical--just as is described in the present work4 ,a few of these claims have now to be considered4 ,our races--they all show--have sprung from ,divine ,races1 by whatever name the latter may be called4 ,whether we deal with the ,indian ,rishis or ,pitris2 with the ,chinese ,chimnang and ,tchangy--their 8,divine ,man0 and ,demigods2 with the ,akkadian ,dingir and ,mullil--the ,creative ,god and the 8,gods of the ,ghostworld02 with the ,egyptian ,isis,osiris and ,thot2 with the ,hebrew ,elohim2 or again with ,manco,capac and his ,peruvian progeny--the story varies nowhere4 ,every nation has either the seven and ten ,rishi ,manus and ,prajpatis2 the seven and ten ,kiy2 or ten and seven ,amshaspands7#hbb7 7six exoterically72 ten and seven ,chaldan ,annedoti2 ten and seven ,sephiroth1 etc4 ,one and all have been derived from the primitive ,dhyn ,chohans of the ,esoteric ,doctrine1 or the 8,builders0 of the ,stanzas of ,volume ,i4 ,from ,manu1 ,thot,hermes1 ,oannes,dagon1 and ,edris,enoch1 down to ,plato ,panodorus1 all tell us of seven ,divine ,dynasties1 of seven ,lemurian1 and seven ,atlantean divisions of the ,earth2 of the seven primitive and dual ,gods who descend from their ,celestial ,abode7#hbc7 and reign on ,earth1 teaching mankind ,astronomy1 ,architecture1 and all the other sciences that have come down to us4 ,these ,beings appear first as ,gods and ,creators2 then they merge in nascent man1 to finally emerge as 8,divine ,kings and ,rulers40 ,but this fact has been gradually forgotten4 ,as ,basnage shows1 the ,egyptians themselves confessed that ,science had flourished in their country only since the time of ,isis,osiris1 whom they continued to adore as ,gods1 8though they had become princes in human form40 ,and he adds of the ,divine ,androgyne3 ,it is said that this prince ,isis,osiris built cities in ,egypt1 stopped the overflowing of the ,nile2 invented agriculture1 the use of the vine1 music1 astronomy1 and geometry4 ,when ,abul ,feda1 in his ,historia ,anteslamitica17#hbd7 says that the 8,saban language0 was established by ,seth and ,edris 7,enoch7--he means ,astronomy4 ,in the ,melelwa ,nahil17#hbe7 ,hermes is called the disciple of ,agathodmon4 ,and in another account17#hbf7 ,agathodmon is mentioned as a 8,king of ,egypt40 ,the ,celepas ,geraldinus gives us some curious traditions about ,henoch1 who is called the 8,divine ,giant40 ,in his ,book of the ,various ,names of the ,nile1 the historian ,ahmed ,ben ,yusouf ,eltiphas tells us of the belief among the ,semitic ,arabs that ,seth1 who became later the ,egyptian ,typhon1 ,set1 had been one of the ,seven ,angels1 or ,patriarchs1 in the ,bible2 then he became a mortal and ,adam's son1 after which he communicated the gift of prophecy and astronomical science to ,jared1 who passed it to his son ,henoch4 ,but ,henoch 7,idris71 8the author of thirty books10 was 8,saban by origin0--i4e41 belonged to the ,saba1 8a ,host03 ,having established the rites and ceremonies of primitive worship1 he went to the ,east1 where he constructed one hundred and forty cities1 of which ,edessa was the least important1 then returned to ,egypt where he became its ,king47#hbg7 ,thus1 he is identified with ,hermes4 ,but there were five ,hermes--or rather one1 who appeared1 as did some ,manus and ,rishis1 in several different characters4 ,in the ,burham i ,kati1 he is mentioned as ,hormig1 a name of the ,planet ,mercury or ,budha2 and ,wednesday was sacred both to ,hermes and ,thot47#hbh7 ,the ,hermes of ,oriental tradition was worshipped by the ,phineat1 and is said to have fled after the death of ,argus into ,egypt1 and civilized it under the name of ,thoth47#hbi7 ,but under whichever of these characters1 he is always credited with having transferred all the sciences from latent to active potency1 i4e41 with having been the first to teach ,magic to ,egypt and to ,greece1 before the days of ,magna ,grcia1 and when the ,greeks were not even ,hellenes4 ,not only does ,herodotus1 the 8father of history10 tell us of the marvellous ,dynasties of ,gods that preceded the reign of mortals1 followed by the ,dynasties of ,demigods1 ,heroes1 and finally men1 but the whole series of classical authors support him4 ,diodorus1 ,eratosthenes1 ,plato1 ,manetho1 etc41 repeat the same story1 and never vary in the order given4 ,as ,creuzer shows3 ,it is1 indeed1 from the spheres of the stars wherein dwell the gods of light1 that wisdom descends to the inferior spheres4444 ,in the system of the ancient priests ,hierophants and ,adepts all things without exception1 ,gods1 ,genii1 ,souls ,manes1 the whole world1 are conjointly developed in space and duration4 ,the pyramid may be considered as the symbol of this magnificent hierarchy of spirits47#hcj7 ,it is the modern historians--,french ,academicians1 like ,renan1 chiefly--who have made more efforts to suppress truth by ignoring the ancient annals of ,divine ,kings1 than is strictly consistent with honesty4 ,but ,m4 ,renan could never have been more unwilling than was ,eratosthenes 7#bfj ,b4,c47 to accept the unpalatable fact2 and yet the latter found himself obliged to recognize its truth4 ,for this1 the great ,astronomer is treated with much contempt by his colleagues #b1jjj years later4 ,manetho becomes with them 8a superstitious priest born and bred in the atmosphere of other lying priests of ,heliopolis40 ,as the ,demonologist ,de ,mirville justly remarks3 ,all those historians and priests1 so veracious when repeating stories of human kings and men1 suddenly become extremely suspicious no sooner do they go back to their gods4 ,but there is the synchronistic table of ,abydos1 which1 thanks to the genius of ,champollion1 has now vindicated the good faith of the priests of ,egypt 7of ,manetho above all71 and of ,ptolemy1 in the ,turin papyrus1 the most remarkable of all4 ,in the words of the ,egyptologist1 ,de ,roug3 ,champollion1 struck with amazement1 found that he had under his own eyes the remains of a list of ,dynasties embracing the furthest mythic times1 or the ,reigns of the ,gods and ,heroes4444 ,at the very beginning of this curious papyrus we have to arrive at the conviction that1 so far back as even the period of ,ramses1 these mythic and heroical traditions were just as ,manetho had transmitted them to us2 we see figuring in them1 as ,kings of ,egypt1 the ,gods ,seb1 ,osiris1 ,set1 ,horus1 ,thoth,hermes1 and the ,goddess ,ma1 a long period of centuries being assigned to the reign of each of these47#hca7 ,these synchronistic tables1 besides the fact that they were disfigured by ,eusebius for dishonest purposes1 had never gone beyond ,manetho4 ,the chronology of the ,divine ,kings and ,dynasties1 like that of the age of humanity1 has ever been in the hands of the priests1 and kept secret from the profane multitudes4 ,now though ,africa1 as a continent1 it is said1 appeared before that of ,europe1 nevertheless it came up later than ,lemuria and even the earliest ,atlantis4 ,the whole region of what is now ,egypt and the deserts was once upon a time covered with the sea4 ,this was made known1 firstly1 by ,herodotus1 ,strabo1 ,pliny1 and others1 and1 secondly1 through ,geology4 ,abyssinia was once upon a time an island1 and the ,delta was the first country occupied by the pioneer emigrants who came with their ,gods from the northeast4 ,when was it8 ,history is silent upon the subject4 ,fortunately we have the ,dendera ,zodiac1 the planisphere on the ceiling of one of the oldest ,egyptian temples1 to record the fact4 ,this ,zodiac1 with its mysterious three ,virgos between ,leo and ,libra1 has found its dipus to understand the riddle of its signs1 and justify the truthfulness of those priests who told ,herodotus1 that their ,initiates taught 7a7 that the poles of the ,earth and the ,ecliptic had formerly coincided1 and 7b7 that even since their first ,zodiacal records were commenced1 the ,poles have been three times within the plane of the ,ecliptic4 ,bailly had not sufficient words at command to express his surprise at the sameness of all such traditions about the ,divine ,races1 and exclaims3 ,what are finally all those reigns of ,indian ,devas and ,persian ,peris2 or1 those reigns of the ,chinese legends2 those ,tienhoang or the ,kings of ,heaven1 quite distinct from the ,tihoang1 or ,kings on ,earth1 and the ,ginhoang1 the ,king men1 distinctions which are in perfect accord with those of the ,greeks and ,egyptians1 in enumerating their ,dynasties of ,gods1 of ,demigods and ,mortals47#hcb7 ,as says ,panodorus3 ,now1 it is during these thousand years before the ,deluge1 that the ,reign of the ,seven ,gods who rule the world took place4 ,it was during that period that those benefactors of humanity descended on ,earth and taught men to calculate the course of the sun and moon by the twelve signs of the ,ecliptic47#hcc7 ,nearly five hundred years before the present era1 the priests of ,egypt showed ,herodotus the statues of their human ,kings and ,pontiffs,piromis--the ,archprophets or ,mah ,chohans of the temples1 born one from the other1 without the intervention of woman--who had reigned before ,menes1 their first human ,king4 ,these statues1 he says1 were enormous colossi in wood1 three hundred and fortyfive in number1 each of which had its name1 history and annals4 ,they also assured ,herodotus--unless the most truthful of historians1 the 8father of history10 is now to be accused of fibbing1 just in this instance--that no historian could ever understand or write an account of these superhuman ,kings1 unless he had studied and learned the history of the three ,dynasties that preceded the human--namely1 the ,dynasties of the ,gods1 of the ,demigods1 and of the ,heroes1 or ,giants47#hcd7 ,these 8three0 ,dynasties are the three ,races4 ,translated into the language of the ,esoteric ,doctrine1 these three ,dynasties would also be those of the ,devas1 of the ,kimpurushas1 and of the ,dnavas and ,daityas--otherwise ,gods1 ,celestial ,spirits1 and ,giants or ,titans4 8,happy are those who are born1 even from the condition of ,gods1 as men in ,bhratavarsha60--exclaim the incarnated ,gods themselves1 during the ,third ,root,race4 ,bhrata is generally ,india1 but in this case it symbolizes the ,chosen ,land of those days1 which was considered the best of the divisions of ,jambudvpa1 as it was the land of active 7spiritual7 works par excellence2 the land of ,initiation and of ,divine ,knowledge47#hce7 ,can one fail to recognize in ,creuzer great powers of intuition1 when1 although he was almost unacquainted with the ryan ,hind philosophies1 which were but little known in his day1 we find him writing3 ,we modern ,europeans feel surprised when hearing talk of the ,spirits of the ,sun1 ,moon1 etc4 ,but we repeat again1 the natural good sense and the upright judgment of the ancient peoples1 quite foreign to our entirely material ideas of mechanics and physical sciences 444 could not see in the stars and planets nothing but simple masses of light1 or opaque bodies moving in circuits in sidereal space1 merely according to the laws of attraction or repulsion2 they saw in them living bodies1 animated by spirits as they saw the same in every kingdom of nature4444 ,this doctrine of spirits1 so consistent and conformable to nature1 from which it was derived1 formed a grand and unique conception1 wherein the physical1 the moral1 and the political aspects were all blended together47#hcf7 ,it is such a conception only that can lead man to form a correct conclusion about his origin and the genesis of everything in the ,universe--of ,heaven and ,earth1 between which he is a living link4 ,without such a psychological link1 and the feeling of its presence1 no ,science can ever progress1 and the realm of knowledge must be limited to the analysis of physical matter only4 ,occultists believe in 8spirits10 because they feel--and some see--themselves surrounded by them on every side47#hcg7 ,materialists do not4 ,they live on this ,earth1 just as some creatures1 in the world of insects and even of fishes1 live surrounded by myriads of their own genus1 without seeing1 or so much as sensing them47#hch7 ,plato is the first sage among classical writers who speaks at length of the ,divine ,dynasties4 ,he locates them on a vast continent which he calls ,atlantis4 ,nor was ,bailly the first or last to believe this4 ,he had been preceded and anticipated in this theory by ,father ,kircher1 the learned ,jesuit1 who in his dipus gyptiacus1 writes3 ,i confess1 for a long time ,i had regarded all this the ,dynasties and ,atlantis as pure fables 7meras nugas7 to the day when1 better instructed in ,oriental languages1 ,i judged that all those legends must be1 after all1 only the development of a great truth47#hci7 ,as ,de ,rougemont shows1 ,theopompus1 in his ,meropis1 made the priests of ,phrygia and ,asia ,minor speak exactly as did the priests of ,sas when they revealed to ,solon the history and fate of ,atlantis4 ,according to ,theopompus1 it was a unique continent of an indefinite size1 containing two countries inhabited by two races--a fighting1 warrior race1 and a pious1 meditative race7#hdj7--which ,theopompus symbolizes by two cities47#hda7 ,the pious 8city0 was continually visited by the ,gods3 the belligerent 8city0 was inhabited by various beings invulnerable by iron1 who could be mortally wounded only by stone and wood47#hdb7 ,de ,rougemont treats this as a pure fiction of ,theopompus and even sees a fraud 7supercherie7 in the assertion of the ,satic priests4 ,this was denounced by the ,demonologists as illogical4 ,in the ironical words of ,de ,mirville3 ,a supercherie which was based on a belief1 the product of the faith of the whole of antiquity2 a supposition which yet gave its name to a whole mountain chain 7,atlas72 which specified with the greatest precision a topographical region 7by placing this land at a small distance from ,cadiz and the ,strait of ,calpe71 which prophesied1 #b1jjj years before ,columbus1 the great transoceanic land situated beyond that ,atlantis and which 8is reached10 it said1 8by the ,islands not of the ,blessed1 but of the ,good ,spirits10 7our les ,fortunes7--such a supposition can well be nothing else but a universal chimera67#hdc7 ,it is certain that1 whether 8chimera0 or reality1 the priests of the whole world had it from one and the same source--the universal tradition about the third great ,continent which perished some #hej1jjj years ago17#hdd7 a ,continent inhabited by two distinct races1 distinct physically and especially morally1 both deeply versed in primeval wisdom and the secrets of nature1 and mutually antagonistic in their struggle1 during the course and progress of their double evolution4 ,for whence even the ,chinese teachings upon the subject1 if it is but a 8fiction08 ,have they not recorded the existence once upon a time of a ,holy ,island beyond the sun1 ,tcheou1 beyond which were situated the lands of ,immortal ,men87#hde7 ,do they not still believe that the remnants of those ,immortal ,men--who survived when the ,holy ,island became black with sin and perished--have found refuge in the great ,desert of ,gobi1 where they still reside1 invisible to all and defended from approach by hosts of ,spirits8 ,as the very unbelieving ,boulanger writes3 ,if one has to lend ear to traditions1 the latter place before the reign of ,kings1 that of the ,heroes and ,demigods2 and still earlier beyond they place the marvellous reign of the ,gods and all the fables of the ,golden ,age4444 ,one feels surprised that annals so interesting should have been rejected by almost all our historians4 ,and yet the ideas presented by them were once universally admitted and revered by all nations2 not a few revere them still1 making them the basis of their daily life4 ,such considerations seem to necessitate a less hurried judgment4444 ,the ancients1 from whom we hold these traditions1 which we accept no longer because we no longer understand them1 must have had motives for believing in them1 furnished by their greater proximity to the first ages1 which the distance that separates us from them refuses to us4444 ,plato in the fourth book of his ,laws1 says that1 long before the construction of the first cities1 ,saturn had established on earth a certain form of government under which man was very happy4 ,now as it is the ,golden ,age he refers to1 or to that reign of ,gods so celebrated in ancient fables1 444 let us see the ideas he had of that happy age1 and what was the occasion he had to introduce this fable into a treatise on politics4 ,according to ,plato1 in order to obtain clear and precise ideas on royalty1 its origin and power1 one has to turn back to the first principles of history and tradition4 ,great changes1 he says1 have occurred in days of old1 in heaven and on earth1 and the present state of things is one of the results ,karma4 ,our traditions tell us of many marvels1 of changes that have taken place in the course of the sun1 of ,saturn's reign1 and of a thousand other matters that remain scattered in human memory2 but one never hears anything of the evil which has produced these revolutions1 nor of the evil which directly followed them4 ,yet 444 that ,evil is the principle one has to talk about1 to be able to treat of royalty and the origin of power47#hdf7 ,that ,evil1 ,plato seems to see in the sameness or consubstantiality of the natures of the rulers and the ruled1 for he says that long before man built his cities1 in the ,golden ,age1 there was naught but happiness on ,earth1 for there were no needs4 ,why8 ,because ,saturn1 knowing that man could not rule man1 without injustice forthwith filling the universe through his whims and vanity1 would not allow any mortal to obtain power over his fellow creatures4 ,to do this the ,god used the same means we ourselves use with regard to our flocks4 ,we do not place a bullock or a ram over our bullocks and rams1 but give them a leader1 a shepherd1 i4e41 a being of a species quite different from their own and of a superior nature4 ,this is just what ,saturn did4 ,he loved mankind and placed to rule over it no mortal king or prince but--8,spirits and ,genii 77 of a divine nature more excellent than that of man40 ,it was ,god 7the ,logos1 the ,synthesis of the ,host71 who thus presiding over the ,genii became the first ,shepherd and ,leader of men47#hdg7 ,when the world had ceased to be so governed and the ,gods retired1 ferocious beasts devoured a portion of mankind4 ,left to their own resources and industry1 ,inventors then appeared among them successively and discovered fire1 wheat1 wine2 and public gratitude deified them47#hdh7 ,and mankind was right1 as fire by friction was the first mystery of nature1 the first and chief property of matter that was revealed to man4 ,as say the ,commentaries3 ,fruits and grain1 unknown to ,earth to that day1 were brought by the 8,lords of ,wisdom10 for the benefit of those they ruled from other ,lokas ,spheres4 ,now3 ,the earliest inventions 8 of mankind are the most wonderful that the race has ever made4444 ,the first use of fire1 and the discovery of the methods by which it can be kindled2 the domestication of animals2 and1 above all1 the processes by which the various cereals were first developed out of some wild grasses 8--these are all discoveries with which1 in ingenuity and in importance1 no subsequent discoveries may compare4 ,they are all unknown to history--all lost in the light of an effulgent dawn47#hdi7 ,this will be doubted and denied in our proud generation4 ,but if it be asserted that there are no grains and fruits unknown to earth1 then we may remind the reader that wheat has never been found in the wild state2 it is not a product of the earth4 ,all the other cereals have been traced to their primogenital forms in various species of wild grasses1 but wheat has hitherto defied the efforts of ,botanists to trace it to its origin4 ,and let us bear in mind1 in this connection1 how sacred was this cereal with the ,egyptian priests2 wheat was placed even in their mummies1 and has been found thousands of years later in their coffins4 ,remember how the servants of ,horus glean the wheat in the field of ,aanroo1 wheat seven cubits high47#hej7 ,says the ,egyptian ,isis3 ,i am the ,queen of these regions2 ,i was the first to reveal to mortals the mysteries of wheat and corn4444 ,i am she who rises in the constellation of the ,dog4444 ,rejoice1 ,o ,egypt6 thou who wert my nurse47#hea7 ,sirius was called the ,dogstar4 ,it was the star of ,mercury or ,budha1 called the great ,instructor of ,mankind4 ,the ,chinese ,y,king attributes the discovery of agriculture to 8the instruction given to men by celestial genii40 ,woe1 woe to the men who know nought1 observe nought1 nor will they see4 ,they are all blind17#heb7 since they remain ignorant how full the world is of various and invisible creatures which crowd even in the most sacred places47#hec7 ,the 8,sons of ,god0 have existed and do exist4 ,from the ,hind ,brahmaputras and ,mnasaputras1 ,sons of ,brahm and ,mindborn ,sons1 down to the ,bne ,aleim of the ,jewish ,bible1 the faith of the centuries and universal tradition force reason to yield to such evidence4 ,of what value is 8independent criticism0 socalled1 or 8internal evidence0--based usually on the respective hobbies of the critics--in the face of the universal testimony1 which has never varied throughout the historical cycles8 ,for instance1 read ,esoterically the sixth chapter of ,genesis1 which repeats the statements of the ,secret ,doctrine1 though slightly changing its form1 and drawing a different conclusion which clashes even with the ,zohar4 ,there were giants in the earth in those days2 and also after that1 when the sons of ,god ,bne ,aleim came in unto the daughters of men1 and they bare children to them1 the same became mighty men which were of old1 men of renown or giants47#hed7 ,what does this sentence1 8and also after that10 signify unless it means3 ,there were ,giants in the ,earth before1 i4e41 before the ,sinless ,sons of the ,third ,race2 and also after that when other ,sons of ,god1 lower in nature1 inaugurated sexual connection on ,earth--as ,daksha did1 when he saw that his ,mnasaputras would not people the ,earth8 ,and then comes a long break in the chapter between verses #d and #e4 ,for surely1 it was not in or through the wickedness of the 8mighty men 444 men of renown10 among whom is placed ,nimrod the 8mighty hunter before the ,lord10 that 8,god saw that the wickedness of man was great10 nor in the builders of ,babel1 for this was after the ,deluge2 but in the progeny of the ,giants who produced monstra qudam de genere giganteo1 monsters from whence sprang the lower races of men1 now represented on ,earth by a few miserable dyingout tribes and the huge anthropoid apes4 ,and if we are taken to task by ,theologians1 whether ,protestant or ,roman ,catholic1 we have only to refer them to their own literal texts4 ,the above quoted verse has ever been a dilemma1 not alone for the men of ,science and biblical scholars1 but also for priests4 ,for1 as the ,rev4 ,father ,pronne puts it3 ,either they 7the ,bne ,aleim7 were good ,angels1 and in such case how could they fall8 ,or they were bad 7,angels71 and in that case could not be called ,bne ,aleim1 or sons of ,god47#hee7 ,this biblical riddle--8the real sense of which no author has ever understood10 as is candidly confessed by ,fourmont7#hef7--;can only be explained by the ,occult doctrine1 through the ,zohar to the ,western1 and the ,book of ,dzyan to the ,eastern4 ,what the latter says we have seen2 what the ,zohar tells us is that ,bne ,aleim was a name common to the ,malachim1 the good ,messengers1 and to the ,ischins1 the lower ,angels47#heg7 ,we may add for the benefit of the ,demonologists that their ,satan1 the 8,adversary10 is included in ,job among the 8sons0 of ,god or ,bne ,aleim who visit their father47#heh7 ,but of this later on4 ,now the ,zohar says that the ,ischins1 the beautiful ,bne ,aleim1 were not guilty1 but mixed themselves with mortal men because they were sent on earth to do so47#hei7 ,elsewhere the same volume shows these ,bne ,aleim belonging to the tenth subdivision of the 8,thrones407#hfj7 ,it also explains that the ,ischins--8,menspirits10 viri spirituales7#hfa7--now that men can see them no longer1 help ,magicians to produce1 by their ,science1 ,homunculi which are not 8small men0 but 8men smaller 7in the sense of inferiority7 than men40 ,both show themselves under the form that the ,ischins had then1 i4e41 gaseous and ethereal4 ,their chief is ,azazel4 ,but ,azazel1 whom the ,church dogma persists in associating with ,satan1 is nothing of the kind4 ,azazel is a mystery1 as explained elsewhere1 and it is so expressed by ,maimonides3 ,there is an impenetrable mystery in the narrative concerning ,azazel47#hfb7 ,and so there is1 as ,lanci1 a librarian to the ,vatican1 whom we have quoted before1 and one who ought to know1 says3 ,this venerable divine name 7nome divino e venerabile7 has become through the pen of biblical scholars1 a devil1 a wilderness1 a mountain1 and a hegoat47#hfc7 ,therefore it seems foolish to derive the name1 as ,spencer does1 from ,azal 7separated7 and ,el 7,god71 hence 8one separated from ,god0--the ,devil4 ,in the ,zohar1 ,azazel is rather the 8sacrificial victim0 than the 8formal adversary of ,jehovah10 as ,spencer would have it47#hfd7 ,the amount of malicious fancy and fiction bestowed on this 8,host0 by various fanatical writers is quite extraordinary4 ,azazel and his 8,host0 are simply the ,hebrew 8,prometheus10 and ought to be viewed from the same standpoint4 ,the ,zohar shows the ,ischins chained to the mountain in the desert4 ,this is allegorical1 and simply alludes to these 8,spirits0 as being chained to the ,earth during the ,cycle of ,incarnation4 ,azazel1 or ,azazyel1 is one of the chiefs of the 8transgressing0 ,angels in the ,book of ,enoch1 who descending upon ,ardis1 the top of ,mount ,armon1 bound themselves by swearing loyalty to each other4 ,it is said that ,azazyel taught men to make swords1 knives1 shields1 to fabricate mirrors 7871 to make one see what is behind him--viz41 8magic mirrors40 ,amazarak taught all the sorcerers and dividers of roots2 ,amers taught the solution of ,magic2 ,barkayal1 ,astrology2 ,akibeel1 the meaning of portents and signs2 ,tamiel1 ,astronomy2 and ,asaradel taught the motion of the ,moon47#hfe7 8,these seven were the first instructors of the fourth man0 7i4e41 of the ,fourth ,race74 ,but why should allegory be always understood as meaning just what its deadletter expresses8 ,it is the symbolical representation of the great struggle between ,divine ,wisdom1 ,nous1 and its ,earthly ,reflection1 ,psyche1 or between ,spirit and ,soul1 in ,heaven and on ,earth4 ,in ,heaven--because the ,divine ,monad had voluntarily exiled itself therefrom1 to descend1 for incarnating purposes1 to a lower plane and thus transform the animal of clay into an immortal ,god4 ,for1 as liphas ,lvi tells us3 ,the ,angels aspire to become ,men2 for the perfect ,man1 the ,man,god1 is above even ,angels4 ,on ,earth--because no sooner had ,spirit descended than it was strangled in the coils of ,matter4 ,strange to say1 the ,occult ,teaching reverses the characters2 it is the anthropomorphous ,archangel in the case of the ,christians1 and the manlike ,god with the ,hinds1 which represent ,matter in this case2 and the ,dragon1 or ,serpent1 ,spirit4 ,occult symbolism furnishes the key to the mystery2 theological symbolism conceals it still more4 ,for the former explains many a saying in the ,bible and even in the ,new ,testament which has hitherto remained incomprehensible2 while the latter1 owing to its dogma of ,satan and his rebellion1 has belittled the character and nature of its wouldbe infinite1 absolutely perfect ,god1 and created the greatest evil and curse on ,earth--belief in a personal ,devil4 ,this mystery is now partially revealed4 ,the key to its metaphysical interpretation has now been restored1 while the key to its theological interpretation shows the ,gods and ,archangels standing as symbols for the deadletter or dogmatic religions1 as arrayed against the pure truths of ,spirit1 naked and unadorned with fancy4 ,many were the hints thrown out in this direction in ,isis ,unveiled1 and a still greater number of references to the mystery may be found scattered throughout these volumes4 ,to make the point clear once for all2 that which the clergy of every dogmatic religion1 preminently the ,christian1 points out as ,satan1 the enemy of ,god1 is1 in reality1 the highest divine ,spirit--,occult ,wisdom on ,earth--which is naturally antagonistic to every worldly1 evanescent illusion1 dogmatic or ecclesiastical religions included4 ,thus1 the ,latin ,church1 intolerant1 bigoted and cruel to all who do not choose to be its slaves1 the ,church which calls itself the 8bride0 of ,christ1 and at the same time the trustee of ,peter1 to whom the rebuke of the ,master 8,get thee behind me1 ,satan0 was justly addressed2 and again the ,protestant ,church which1 while calling itself ,christian1 paradoxically replaces the ,new ,dispensation by the old ,law of ,moses which ,christ openly repudiated--both these ,churches are fighting against divine ,truth1 when repudiating and slandering the ,dragon of ,esoteric ,divine ,wisdom4 ,whenever they anathematize the ,gnostic ,solar ,chnouphis1 the ,agathodmon ,christos1 or the ,theosophical ,serpent of ,eternity1 or even the ,serpent of ,genesis--they are moved by the same spirit of dark fanaticism that moved the ,pharisees to curse ,jesus with the words3 8,say we not well thou hast a devil80 ,read the account of ,indra 7,vyu7 in the ,rig ,veda1 the ,occult volume par excellence of ryanism1 and then compare it with the same in the ,purnas--the exoteric version thereof1 and the purposely garbled account of the true ,wisdom ,religion4 ,in the ,rig ,veda1 ,indra is the highest and greatest of the ,gods1 and his ,somadrinking is allegorical of his highly spiritual nature4 ,in the ,purnas1 ,indra becomes a profligate1 and a regular drunkard on the ,somajuice1 in the ordinary terrestrial way4 ,he is the conqueror of all the 8enemies of the ,gods0 the ,daityas1 ,ngas 7,serpents71 ,asuras1 all the ,serpentgods1 and of ,vritra1 the ,cosmic ,serpent4 ,indra is the ,st4 ,michael of the ,hind ,pantheon--the chief of the militant ,host4 ,turning to the ,bible1 we find ,satan1 one of the 8,sons of ,god107#hff7 becoming in exoteric interpretation the ,devil1 and the ,dragon1 in its infernal1 evil sense4 ,but in the ,kabalah17#hfg7 ,samael1 who is ,satan1 is shown to be identical with ,st4 ,michael1 the ,slayer of the ,dragon4 ,how is this1 when it is said that ,tselem 7the ,image7 reflects alike ,michael and ,samael1 who are one8 ,both proceed1 it is taught1 from ,ruach 7,spirit71 ,neshamah 7,soul7 and ,nephesh 7,life74 ,in the ,chaldan ,book of ,numbers ,samael is the concealed 7,occult7 ,wisdom1 and ,michael the higher terrestrial ,wisdom1 both emanating from the same source1 but diverging after their issue from the ,mundane ,soul1 which on ,earth is ,mahat1 intellectual understanding1 or ,manas1 the seat of intellect4 ,they diverge1 because the one 7,michael7 is influenced by ,neshamah1 while the other 7,samael7 remains uninfluenced4 ,this tenet was perverted by the dogmatic spirit of the ,church1 which1 loathing independent ,spirit1 uninfluenced by the external form1 hence by dogma1 forthwith made of ,samael,satan--the most wise and spiritual spirit of all--the ,adversary of its anthropomorphic ,god and sensual physical man1 the ,devil6 ,the ,origin ,of ,the ,satanic ,myth4 ,let us1 then1 fathom this creation of the ,patristic fancy still deeper1 and find its prototype with the ,pagans4 ,the origin of the new ,satanic myth is easy to trace4 ,the tradition of the ,dragon and the ,sun is echoed in every part of the world1 both in its civilized and semisavage regions4 ,it took rise in the whisperings about secret ,initiations among the profane1 and was once universally established through the formerly universal heliolatrous religion4 ,there was a time when the four parts of the world were covered with the temples sacred to the ,sun and the ,dragon2 but the cult is now preserved mostly in ,china and ,buddhist countries1 ,bel and the ,dragon being uniformly coupled together1 and the priest of the ,ophite religion as uniformly assuming the name of his ,god47#hfh7 ,among the religions of the past1 it is in ,egypt we have to seek for its ,western origin4 ,the ,ophites adopted their rites from ,hermes ,trismegistus1 and heliolatrous worship with its ,sungods crossed over into the land of the ,pharaohs from ,india4 ,in the ,gods of ,stonehenge we recognize the divinities of ,delphi and ,babylon1 and in those of the latter the ,devas of the ,vedic nations4 ,bel and the ,dragon1 ,apollo and ,python1 ,krishna and ,kliya1 ,osiris and ,typhon1 are all one under many names--the latest of which are ,michael and the ,red ,dragon1 and ,st4 ,george and his ,dragon4 ,as ,michael is 8one as ,god10 or his 8,double0 for terrestrial purposes1 and is one of the ,elohim1 the fighting ,angel1 he is thus simply a permutation of ,jehovah4 ,whatever the cosmic or astronomical event that first gave rise to the allegory of the 8,war in ,heaven10 its earthly origin has to be sought in the temples of ,initiation and archaic crypts2 and the proof is that we find 7a7 the priests assuming the name of the ,gods they served2 7b7 the 8,dragons0 held throughout all antiquity as the symbols of ,immortality and ,wisdom1 of secret ,knowledge and of ,eternity2 and 7c7 the ,hierophants of ,egypt1 of ,babylon1 and ,india1 styling themselves generally the 8,sons of the ,dragon0 and 8,serpents02 thus corroborating the teachings of the ,secret ,doctrine4 ,there were numerous catacombs in ,egypt and ,chalda1 some of them of a very vast extent4 ,the most renowned of these were the subterranean crypts of ,thebes and ,memphis4 ,the former1 beginning on the western side of the ,nile1 extended towards the ,libyan desert1 and were known as the ,serpent's ,catacombs1 or passages4 ,it was there that were performed the ,sacred ,mysteries of the ,kuklos ,anagks1 the 8,unavoidable ,cycle10 more generally known as the 8,circle of ,necessity02 the inexorable doom imposed upon every ,soul after bodily death1 when it has been judged in the ,amentian region4 ,in ,de ,bourbourg's book1 ,votan1 the ,mexican ,demigod1 in narrating his expedition1 describes a subterranean passage which ran on underground1 and terminated at the root of the heavens1 adding that this passage was a ,snake's hole1 8un agujero de colubra02 and that he was admitted to it because he was himself a 8,son of the ,snakes10 or a ,serpent47#hfi7 ,this is1 indeed1 very suggestive2 for his description of the 8,snake's hole0 is that of the ancient ,egyptian crypt1 as above mentioned4 ,the ,hierophants1 moreover1 of ,egypt1 and also of ,babylon1 generally styled themselves during the ,mysteries1 the 8,sons of the ,serpentgod10 or 8,sons of the ,dragon40 8,the ,assyrian priest always bore the name of his ,god10 says ,movers4 ,the ,druids of the ,celto,britannic regions also called themselves ,snakes4 8,i am a ,serpent1 ,i am a ,druid10 they exclaimed4 ,the ,egyptian ,karnak is twin brother to the ,carnac of ,bretagne1 the latter ,carnac meaning the ,serpent's ,mount4 ,the ,dracontia once covered the surface of the globe1 and these temples were sacred to the ,dragon1 only because it was the symbol of the ,sun1 which1 in its turn1 was the symbol of the ,highest ,god--the ,phnician ,elon or ,elion1 whom ,abraham recognized as ,el ,elion47#hgj7 ,besides the surname of ,serpents1 they had also the appellation of 8,builders0 or 8,architects10 for the immense grandeur of their temples and monuments was such that even now the pulverized remains of them 8frighten the mathematical calculations of our modern engineers10 as ,taliesin says47#hga7 ,de ,bourbourg hints that the chiefs of the name of ,votan1 the ,quetzo ,cohuatl1 or ,serpent deity of the ,mexicans1 are the descendants of ,ham and ,canaan4 8,i am ,hivim10 they say4 8,being a ,hivim1 ,i am of the great race of the ,dragon 7,snake74 ,i am a ,snake myself1 for ,i am a ,hivim407#hgb7 ,furthermore1 the 8,war in ,heaven0 is shown1 in one of its significations1 to have referred to those terrible struggles in store for the ,candidate for ,adeptship--struggles between himself and his 7by ,magic7 personified human passions1 when the enlightened ,inner ,man had to either slay them or fail4 ,in the former case he became the 8,dragon,slayer10 as having happily overcome all the temptations1 and a 8,son of the ,serpent0 and a ,serpent himself1 having cast off his old skin and being born in a new body1 becoming a ,son of ,wisdom and ,immortality in ,eternity4 ,seth1 the reputed forefather of ,israel1 is only a ,jewish travesty of ,hermes1 the ,god of ,wisdom1 called also ,thoth1 ,tat1 ,seth1 ,set1 and ,satan4 ,he is also ,typhon1 the same as ,apophis1 the ,dragon slain by ,horus2 for ,typhon was also called ,set4 ,he is simply the dark side of ,osiris1 his brother1 as ,angra ,mainyu is the black shadow of ,ahura ,mazda4 ,terrestrially1 all these allegories were connected with the trials of ,adeptship and ,initiation4 ,astronomically1 they referred to the ,solar and ,lunar eclipses1 the mythical explanations of which we find to this day in ,india and ,ceylon1 where anyone can study the allegorical narratives and traditions which have remained unchanged for many thousands of years4 ,rhu1 mythologically1 is a ,daitya--a ,giant1 a ,demigod1 the lower part of whose body ended in a ,dragon's or ,serpent's tail4 ,during the ,churning of the ,ocean1 when the ,gods produced the ,amrita1 the ,water of ,immortality1 he stole some of it1 and1 drinking1 became immortal4 ,the ,sun and ,moon1 who had detected him in his theft1 denounced him to ,vishnu1 who placed him in the stellar spheres1 the upper portion of his body representing the ,dragon's head and the lower 7,ketu7 the ,dragon's tail2 the two being the ascending and descending nodes4 ,since then1 ,rhu wreaks his vengeance on the ,sun and ,moon by occasionally swallowing them4 ,but this fable has another mystic meaning1 for ,rhu1 the ,dragon's head1 played a prominent part in the ,mysteries of the ,sun's 7,vikartana's7 ,initiation1 when the ,candidate and the ,dragon had a supreme fight4 ,the caves of the ,rishis1 the abodes of ,teiresias and the ,greek seers1 were modelled on those of the ,ngas--the ,hind ,king,snakes1 who dwelt in cavities of the rocks under the ground4 ,from ,shesha1 the thousandheaded ,serpent1 on which ,vishnu rests1 down to ,python1 the ,dragonserpent oracle1 all point to the secret meaning of the myth4 ,in ,india we find the fact mentioned in the earliest ,purnas4 ,the children of ,suras are the mighty 8,dragons40 ,the ,vyu ,purna replacing the 8,dragons0 of ,suras of the ,vishnu ,purna by the ,dnavas1 the descendants of ,danu by the sage ,kashyapa1 and these ,dnavas being the ,giants1 or ,titans1 who warred against the ,gods1 they are thus shown identical with the 8,dragons0 and 8,serpents0 of ,wisdom4 ,we have only to compare the ,sungods of every country1 to find their allegories agreeing perfectly with each other2 and the more the allegorical symbol is ,occult the more its corresponding symbol in exoteric systems agrees with it4 ,thus1 if from three systems widely differing from each other in appearance--the old ryan1 the ancient ,greek1 and the modern ,christian schemes--several ,sungods and ,dragons are selected at random1 they will be found to be copied from each other4 ,let us take ,agni the ,firegod1 ,indra the firmament1 and ,krttikeya from the ,hinds2 the ,greek ,apollo2 and ,michael1 the 8,angel of the ,sun10 the first of the ons1 called by the ,gnostics the 8,saviour0--and proceed in order4 7#a7 ,agni1 the ,firegod1 is called ,vaishvnara in the ,rig ,veda4 ,now ,vaishvnara is a ,dnava1 a ,giantdemon17#hgc7 whose daughters ,pulom and ,klak are the mothers of numberless ,dnavas 7#cj millions71 by ,kashyapa17#hgd7 and live in ,hiranyapura1 8the golden city1 floating in the air407#hge7 ,therefore1 ,indra is1 in a fashion1 the stepson of these two as a son of ,kashyapa2 and ,kashyapa is1 in this sense1 identical with ,agni1 the ,firegod1 or ,sun 7,kashyapaditya74 ,to this same group belongs ,skanda or ,krttikeya1 ,god of ,war1 the sixfaced planet ,mars astronomically1 a ,kumra1 or ,virginyouth1 born of ,agni17#hgf7 for the purpose of destroying ,traka1 the ,dnava ,demon1 the grandson of ,kashyapa by his son ,hiranyksha47#hgg7 ,traka's ,yoga austerities were so extraordinary that they became formidable to the ,gods1 who feared such a rival in power47#hgh7 ,while ,indra1 the bright ,god of the ,firmament1 kills ,vritra1 or ,ahi1 the ,serpent,demon--for which feat he is called ,vritrahan1 the 8,destroyer of ,vritra0--he also leads the hosts of ,devas 7,angels or ,gods7 against other ,gods who rebel against ,brahm1 for which he is surnamed ,jishnu1 8,leader of the ,celestial ,host40 ,krttikeya is also found bearing the same titles4 ,for killing ,traka1 the ,dnava1 he is called ,trakajit1 8,vanquisher of ,traka107#hgi7 ,kumra ,guha1 the 8mysterious ,virginyouth10 ,siddhasena1 8,leader of the ,siddhas10 and ,shaktidhara1 8,spearholder40 7#b7 ,now take ,apollo1 the ,grecian ,sungod1 and by comparing the mythical accounts given of him1 see whether he does not answer both to ,indra1 ,krttikeya1 and even ,kashyapaditya1 and at the same time to ,michael 7as the ,angelic form of ,jehovah7 the 8,angel of the ,sun10 who is 8like10 and 8one with1 ,god40 ,later ingenious interpretations for monotheistic purposes1 elevated though they be into nottobequestioned ,church dogmas1 prove nothing1 except1 perhaps1 the abuse of human authority and power4 ,apollo is ,helios1 the ,sun1 ,phoibos,apollo1 the 8,light of ,life and of the ,world107#hhj7 who arises out of the ,goldenwinged ,cup 7the ,sun72 hence he is the ,sungod par excellence4 ,at the moment of his birth he asks for his bow to kill ,python1 the ,demon ,dragon1 who attacked his mother before his birth17#hha7 and whom he is divinely commissioned to destroy--like ,krttikeya1 who is born for the purpose of killing ,traka1 the too holy and wise ,demon4 ,apollo is born on a sidereal island called ,asteria--the 8golden star island10 the 8earth which floats in the air10 which is the ,hind golden ,hiranyapura2 he is called the ,pure 77 ,agnus ,dei1 the ,indian ,agni1 as ,dr4 ,kenealy thinks2 and in the primal myth he is exempt 8from all sensual love407#hhb7 ,he is1 therefore1 a ,kumra1 like ,krttikeya1 and as ,indra was in his earlier life and biographies4 ,python1 moreover1 the 8red ,dragon10 connects ,apollo with ,michael1 who fights the ,apocalyptic ,dragon1 seeking to attack the woman in childbirth1 as ,python attacks ,apollo's mother4 ,can any one fail to see the identity8 ,had the ,rt4 ,hon4 ,w4 ,e4 ,gladstone1 who prides himself on his ,greek scholarship and understanding of the spirit of ,homer's allegories1 ever had a real inkling of the esoteric meaning of the ,iliad and ,odyssey1 he would have understood ,st4 ,john's ,revelation1 and even the ,pentateuch1 better than he does4 ,for the way to the ,bible lies through ,hermes1 ,bel1 and ,homer1 as the way to these is through the ,hind and ,chaldan religious symbols4 7#c7 ,the repetition of this archaic tradition is found in chapter xii of ,st4 ,john's ,revelation1 and comes from the ,babylonian legends1 without the smallest doubt1 though the ,babylonian story1 in its turn1 had its origin in the allegories of the ryans4 ,the fragment read by the late ,george ,smith is sufficient to disclose the source of this chapter of the ,apocalypse4 ,here it is as given by the eminent ,assyriologist3 ,our 444 fragment refers to the creation of mankind1 called ,adam1 as the man in the ,bible2 he is made perfect1 444 but afterwards he joins with the dragon of the deep1 the animal of ,tiamat1 the spirit of chaos1 and offends against his god1 who curses him1 and calls down on his head all the evils and troubles of humanity47#hhc7 ,this is followed by a war between the dragon and the powers of evil1 or chaos on one side and the gods on the other4 ,the gods have weapons forged for them17#hhd7 and ,merodach the ,archangel ,michael in ,revelation undertakes to lead the heavenly host against the dragon4 ,the war1 which is described with spirit1 ends of course in the triumph of the principles of good47#hhe7 ,this ,war of the ,gods with the ,powers of the ,deep1 refers also1 in its last and terrestrial application1 to the struggle between the ryan ,adepts of the nascent ,fifth ,race and the ,sorcerers of ,atlantis1 the ,demons of the ,deep1 the ,islanders surrounded with water who disappeared in the ,deluge4 ,the symbols of the 8,dragon0 and 8,war in ,heaven0 have1 as already stated1 more than one significance2 religious1 astronomical and geological events being included in the one common allegory4 ,but they had also a cosmological meaning4 ,in ,india the ,dragon story is repeated in one of its forms in the battles of ,indra with ,vritra4 ,in the ,vedas this ,ahi,vritra is referred to as the ,demon of ,drought1 the terrible hot ,wind4 ,indra is shown to be constantly at war with him2 and with the help of his thunder and lightning the ,god compels ,ahi,vritra to pour down in rain on ,earth1 and then slays him4 ,hence1 ,indra is called the ,vritrahan or the 8,slayer of ,vritra10 as ,michael is called the ,conqueror and 8,slayer of the ,dragon40 ,both these 8,enemies0 are then the 8,old ,dragon0 precipitated into the depths of the ,earth1 in this one sense4 ,the ,avestaic ,amshaspands are a ,host with a leader like ,st4 ,michael over them1 and seem identical with the legions of ,heaven1 to judge from the account in the ,venddd4 ,thus in ,fargard xix1 ,zarathushtra is told by ,ahura ,mazda to 8invoke the ,amesha ,spentas who rule over the seven ,karshvares7#hhf7 of the ,earth027#hhg7 which ,karshvares in their seven applications refer equally to the seven ,spheres of our ,planetary ,chain1 to the seven ,planets1 the seven ,heavens1 etc41 according to whether the sense is applied to a physical1 supramundane1 or simply a sidereal ,world4 ,in the same ,fargard1 in his invocation against ,angra ,mainyu and his ,host1 ,zarathushtra appeals to them in these words3 8,i invoke the seven bright ,sravah with their sons and their flocks407#hhh7 ,the 8,sravah0--a word which the ,orientalists have given up as one 8of unknown meaning0--means the same ,amshaspands1 but in their highest ,occult meaning4 ,the ,sravah are the ,noumenoi of the phenomenal ,amshaspands1 the ,souls or ,spirits of those manifested ,powers2 and 8their sons and their flocks0 refer to the ,planetary ,angels and their sidereal flocks of stars and constellations4 8,amshaspand0 is the exoteric term used in terrestrial combinations and affairs only4 ,zarathushtra addresses ,ahura ,mazda constantly as the 8maker of the material world40 ,ormazd is the father of our ,earth 7,spenta rmaiti71 who is referred to1 when personified1 as 8the fair daughter of ,ahura ,mazda107#hhi7 who is also the creator of the ,tree 7of ,occult and ,spiritual ,knowledge and ,wisdom7 from which the mystic and mysterious ,baresma is taken4 ,but the ,occult name of the bright ,god was never pronounced outside the temple4 ,samael or ,satan the seducing ,serpent of ,genesis1 and one of the primeval ,angels who rebelled1 is the name of the 8,red ,dragon40 ,he is the ,angel of ,death1 for the ,talmud says that 8the ,angel of ,death and ,satan are the same40 ,he is killed by ,michael1 and once more killed by ,st4 ,george1 who also is a ,dragon ,slayer4 ,but see the transformations of this4 ,samael is identical with the ,simoom1 the hot wind of the desert1 or again with the ,vedic ,demon of ,drought1 as ,vritra4 8,simoon is called ,atabutos0 or--,diabolos1 the ,devil4 ,typhon1 or the ,dragon ,apophis--the ,accuser in the ,book of the ,dead--is worsted by ,horus1 who pierces his opponent's head with a spear2 and ,typhon is the alldestroying wind of the desert1 the rebellious element that throws everything into confusion4 ,as ,set1 he is the darkness of night1 the murderer of ,osiris1 who is the light of day and the ,sun4 ,archology demonstrates that ,horus is identical with ,anubis17#hij7 whose effigy was discovered upon an ,egyptian monument1 with a cuirass and a spear1 like ,michael and ,st4 ,george4 ,anubis is also represented as slaying a ,dragon1 that has the head and tail of a serpent47#hia7 ,cosmologically1 then1 all the ,dragons and ,serpents conquered by their 8,slayers0 are1 in their origin1 the turbulent confused principles in ,chaos1 brought to order by the ,sungods or ,creative ,powers4 ,in the ,book of the ,dead those principles are called the 8,sons of ,rebellion407#hib7 ,in that night1 the oppressor1 the murderer of ,osiris1 otherwise called the deceiving ,serpent 444 calls the ,sons of ,rebellion in ,air1 and when they arrive to the ,east of the ,heavens1 then there is ,war in ,heaven and in the entire ,world47#hic7 ,in the ,scandinavian ,eddas the 8,war0 of the ,ases with the ,hrimthurses or ,frost giants1 and of ,asathor with the ,jotuns1 the ,serpents and ,dragons and the 8,wolf0 who comes out of 8,darkness0--is the repetition of the same myth4 ,the 8,evil ,spirits107#hid7 who began by being simply the emblems of ,chaos1 have become euhemerized by the superstition of the rabble1 until they have finally won the right of citizenship in what are claimed to be the most civilized and learned races of this globe since its creation1 and have become a dogma with ,christians4 ,as ,george ,smith has it3 ,the evil principles ,spirits1 emblems of ,chaos in ,chalda and ,assyria as in ,egypt1 we see1 444 resist this change and make war on the ,moon1 the eldest son of ,bel1 drawing over to their side the ,sun1 ,venus and the atmospheric god ,vul47#hie7 ,this is only another version of the ,hind 8,war in ,heaven10 between ,soma1 the ,moon1 and the ,gods2 ,indra being the atmospheric ,vul--which shows it plainly to be both a cosmogonical and an astronomical allegory1 woven into and drawn from the earliest ,theogony as taught in the ,mysteries4 ,it is in the religious doctrines of the ,gnostics that we can best see the real meaning of the ,dragon1 the ,serpent1 the ,goat1 and all those symbols of ,powers now called ,evil2 for it is they who1 in their teachings1 divulged the ,esoteric nature of the ,jewish substitute for ,ain ,suph1 the true meaning of which the ,rabbins concealed1 while the ,christians1 with a few exceptions1 knew nothing of it4 ,surely ,jesus of ,nazareth would have hardly advised his apostles to show themselves as wise as the serpent1 had the latter been a symbol of the ,evil ,one2 nor would the ,ophites1 the learned ,egyptian ,gnostics of the 8,brotherhood of the ,serpent10 have reverenced a living snake in their ceremonies as the emblem of ,wisdom1 the divine ,sophia1 and a type of the ,allgood1 not the ,allbad1 were that reptile so closely connected with ,satan4 ,the fact is1 that even as a common ophidian it has ever been a dual symbol1 and as a dragon it has never been anything else than a symbol of the ,manifested ,deity in its great ,wisdom4 ,the draco volans1 the 8flying dragon0 of the early painters1 may be an exaggerated picture of the real extinct antediluvian animal1 and those who have faith in the ,occult ,teachings believe that in the days of old there were such creatures as flying dragons1 a kind of ,pterodactyl1 and that it is those gigantic winged lizards that served as prototypes for the ,seraph of ,moses and his great ,brazen ,serpent47#hif7 ,the ,jews formerly worshipped the latter idol themselves1 but1 after the religious reforms brought about by ,hezekiah1 they turned round1 and called that symbol of the ,great or ,higher ,god of every other nation a ,devil1 and their own usurper--the 8,one ,god407#hig7 ,the appellation ,sa'tan1 in ,hebrew ,stn1 an 8,adversary0 7from the verb shatana1 8to be adverse10 8to persecute07 belongs by right to the first and cruellest 8,adversary0 of all the other ,gods--,jehovah2 not to the ,serpent1 which spoke only words of sympathy and wisdom1 and is at the worst1 even in the dogma1 the 8,adversary0 of men4 ,this dogma1 based as it is on the third chapter of ,genesis1 is as illogical and unjust as it is paradoxical4 ,for who was the first to create that original and henceforward universal tempter of man--the woman8 ,not the ,serpent surely1 but the 8,lord ,god0 himself1 who1 saying1 8,it is not good that the man should be alone10 made woman1 and 8brought her unto the man407#hih7 ,if the unpleasant little incident that followed was and is still to be regarded as the 8original sin10 then it exhibits the ,creator's divine foresight in a poor light indeed4 ,it would have been far better for the first ,adam of the first chapter to have been left either 8male and female10 or 8alone40 ,it is the ,lord ,god1 evidently1 who was the real cause of all the mischief1 the 8agent provocateur10 and the ,serpent--only a prototype of ,azazel1 8the scapegoat for the sin of the ,god of ,israel10 the poor ,tragos having to pay the penalty for his ,master's and ,creator's blunder4 ,this1 of course1 is addressed only to those who accept the opening events of the drama of humanity in ,genesis in their deadletter sense4 ,those who read them ,esoterically1 are not reduced to fanciful speculations and hypotheses2 they know how to read the symbolism therein contained1 and cannot err4 ,there is at present no need to touch upon the mystic and manifold meaning of the name ,jehovah in its abstract sense1 one independent of the ,deity falsely called by that name4 ,it was a 8blind0 purposely created by the ,rabbins1 a secret preserved by them with tenfold care after the ,christians had despoiled them of this ,godname which was their own property47#hii7 ,the following statement1 however1 is now made4 ,the personage who is named in the first four chapters of ,genesis variously as 8,god10 the 8,lord ,god10 and 8,lord0 simply1 is not one and the same person2 certainly it is not ,jehovah4 ,there are three distinct classes or groups of the ,elohim called ,sephiroth in the ,kabalah4 ,jehovah appears only in chapter iv of ,genesis1 in the first verse of which he is named ,cain1 and in the last transformed into mankind--male and female1 ,jah veh47#ijj7 ,the ,serpent1 moreover1 is not ,satan1 but the bright ,angel1 one of the ,elohim clothed in radiance and glory1 who--promising the woman1 if they ate of the forbidden fruit1 8ye shall not surely die0--kept his promise1 and made man immortal in his incorruptible nature4 ,he is the ,iao of the ,mysteries1 the chief of the ,androgyne ,creators of men4 ,chapter iii contains 7,esoterically7 the withdrawal of the veil of ignorance that closed the perceptions of the ,angelic ,man1 made in the image of the 8boneless0 ,gods1 and the opening of his consciousness to his real nature2 thus showing the ,bright ,angel 7,lucifer7 in the light of a giver of ,immortality1 and as the 8,enlightener02 while the real ,fall into generation and matter is to be sought in chapter iv4 ,there1 ,jehovah,cain1 the male part of ,adam the dual man1 having separated himself from ,eve1 creates in her ,abel1 the first natural woman17#ija7 and sheds the virgin blood4 ,now ,cain1 being shown identical with ,jehovah1 on the authority of the correct reading of the first verse of chapter iv of ,genesis1 in the original ,hebrew text1 and the ,rabbins teaching that 8,kin 7,cain7 the ,evil was the ,son of ,eve by ,samael1 the ,devil1 who occupied the place of ,adam107#ijb7 and the ,talmud adding that 8the evil ,spirit1 ,satan1 and ,samael1 the angel of ,death1 are the same07#ijc7--;it becomes easy to see that ,jehovah 7mankind1 or ,jahhovah7 and ,satan 7therefore the tempting ,serpent7 are one and the same in every particular4 ,there is no ,devil1 no ,evil outside mankind to produce a ,devil4 ,evil is a necessity in1 and one of the supporters of the ,manifested ,universe4 ,it is a necessity for progress and evolution1 as night is necessary for the production of day1 and death for that of life--that man may live for ever4 ,satan represents metaphysically simply the reverse or the polar opposite of everything in ,nature47#ijd7 ,he is the 8,adversary10 allegorically1 the 8,murderer10 and the great ,enemy of all1 because there is nothing in the whole ,universe that has not two sides--the reverses of the same medal4 ,but in that case1 light1 goodness1 beauty1 etc41 may be called ,satan with as much propriety as the ,devil1 since they are the ,adversaries of darkness1 badness1 and ugliness4 ,and now the philosophy and the rationale of certain early ,christian sects--called heretical and viewed as the abomination of the times--will become more comprehensible4 ,we may understand how it was that the sect of ,satanians came to be degraded1 and were anathematized without any hope of vindication in a future day1 since they kept their tenets secret4 ,how1 on the same principle1 the ,cainites came to be degraded1 and even the 7,judas7 ,iscariotes2 the true character of the treacherous apostle having never been correctly presented before the tribunal of humanity4 ,as a direct consequence1 the tenets of the ,gnostic sects also become clear4 ,each of these sects was founded by an ,initiate1 while their tenets were based on the correct knowledge of the symbolism of every nation4 ,thus it becomes comprehensible why ,ildabaoth was regarded by most of them as the ,god of ,moses1 and was held to be a proud1 ambitious1 and impure ,spirit1 who had abused his power by usurping the place of the ,highest ,god1 though he was no better1 and in some respects far worse than his brother ,elohim2 the latter representing the allembracing1 manifested ,deity only in their collectivity1 since they were the ,fashioners of the first differentiations of the primary ,cosmic ,substance for the creation of the phenomenal ,universe4 ,therefore ,jehovah was called by the ,gnostics the ,creator of1 and one with1 ,ophiomorphos1 the ,serpent1 ,satan1 or ,evil47#ije7 ,they taught that ,iurbo and ,adonai were names of ,iao,jehovah1 who is an emanation of ,ildabaoth47#ijf7 ,this1 in their language1 amounted to saying what the ,rabbins expressed in a more veiled way1 by stating that 8,cain had been generated by ,samael or ,satan40 ,the ,fallen ,angels1 in every ancient system1 are made the prototypes of fallen men--allegorically1 and those men themselves--,esoterically4 ,thus the ,elohim of the hour of creation became the ,beni,elohim1 the ,sons of ,god1 among whom is ,satan1 in the ,semitic traditions4 ,war in ,heaven between ,thrtaona and ,azhidahaka1 the destroying ,serpent1 ends on ,earth1 according to ,burnouf1 in the battle of pious men against the power of ,evil1 8of the ,iranians with the ryan ,brhmans of ,india40 ,and the conflict of the ,gods with the ,asuras is repeated in the ,great ,war--the ,mahbhrata4 ,in the latest religion of all1 ,christianity1 all the combatants1 ,gods and ,demons1 ,adversaries in both the camps1 are now transformed into ,dragons and ,satans1 simply in order to connect ,evil personified with the ,serpent of ,genesis1 and thus prove the new dogma4 ,noah ,was ,a ,kabir1 ,hence ,he ,must ,have ,been ,a ,demon4 ,it matters little whether it were ,isis1 or ,ceres1 the ,kabiria1 or again the ,kabiri1 who taught men agriculture2 but it is very important to prevent fanatics from monopolizing all the facts in history and legend1 and from fathering their distortions of truth1 history1 and legend upon one man4 ,noah is either a myth along with the others1 or one whose legend was built upon the ,kabirian or ,titanic tradition1 as taught in ,samothrace2 he has1 therefore1 no claim to be monopolized by either ,jew or ,christian4 ,if1 as ,faber tried to demonstrate at such cost of learning and research1 ,noah is an ,atlantean and a ,titan1 and his family are the ,kabiri or pious ,titans1 etc4--then biblical chronology falls by its own weight1 and along with it all the ,patriarchs--the ,antediluvian and ,pre,atlantean ,titans4 ,as has now been discovered and proven1 ,cain is ,mars1 the ,god of power and generation1 and of the first 7sexual7 bloodshed47#ijg7 ,tubal ,cain is a ,kabir1 8an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron02 or--if this will please better--he is one with ,hephstus or ,vulcan4 ,jabal again is taken from the ,kabiri1 instructors in agriculture1 8such as have cattle10 and ,jubal is 8the father of all those who handle the harp10 he1 or they who fabricated the harp for ,cronus and the trident for ,poseidon47#ijh7 ,the history or 8fables0 about the mysterious ,telchines--fables echoing each and all the archaic events of our ,esoteric ,teachings--furnish us with a key to the origin of ,cain's genealogy in the third chapter of ,genesis2 they give the reason why the ,roman ,catholic ,church identifies 8the accursed blood0 of ,cain and ,ham with ,sorcery1 and makes it responsible for the ,deluge4 ,were not the ,telchines--it is argued--the mysterious ironworkers of ,rhodes2 they who were the first to raise statues to the ,gods1 furnish them with weapons1 and men with magic arts8 ,and is it not they who were destroyed by a ,deluge at the command of ,zeus1 as the ,cainites were by that of ,jehovah8 ,the ,telchines are simply the ,kabiri and the ,titans1 in another form4 ,they are the ,atlanteans also4 ,says ,decharme3 ,like ,lemnos and ,samothrace1 ,rhodes1 the birthplace of the ,telchines1 is an island of volcanic formation47#iji7 ,the island of ,rhodes emerged suddenly out of the seas1 after having been previously engulfed by the ,ocean1 say the traditions4 ,like the ,samothrace of the ,kabiri1 it is connected by the memory of men with the ,flood legends4 ,as enough has been said on this subject1 however1 it may be left for the present4 ,but we may add a few more words about ,noah1 the ,jewish representative of nearly every ,pagan ,god in one or another character4 ,the ,homeric songs contain1 in poetized form1 all the later fables about the ,patriarchs1 who are all sidereal1 cosmic1 and numerical symbols and signs4 ,the attempt to disconnect the two genealogies of ,seth and ,cain17#iaj7 and the further equally futile attempt to show them as real1 historical men1 has only led to more serious enquiries into the history of the past1 and to discoveries which have damaged for ever the supposed revelation4 ,for instance1 the identity of ,noah and ,melchizedek being established1 the further identity of ,melchizedek1 or ,father ,sadik1 with ,cronus,saturn is also proved4 ,that it is so may be easily demonstrated4 ,it is not denied by any of the ,christian writers4 ,bryant7#iaa7 concurs with all those who are of opinion that ,sydic1 or ,sadic1 was the ,patriarch ,noah1 and also ,melchizedek2 and that the name by which he is called1 ,sadic1 corresponds with the character given him in ,genesis47#iab7 ,he was 1 ,sadic1 a just man1 and perfect in his generation4 ,all science and every useful art were attributed to him1 and through his sons transmitted to posterity47#iac7 ,now it is ,sanchuniathon1 who informs the world that the ,kabiri were the ,sons of ,sydic or ,zedek 7,melchizedek74 ,true enough1 as this information has descended to us through the ,preparatio ,evangelica of ,eusebius1 it may be regarded with a certain amount of suspicion1 as it is more than likely that he dealt with ,sanchuniathon's works as he has with ,manetho's ,synchronistic ,tables4 ,but let us suppose that the identification of ,sydic1 ,cronus1 or ,saturn1 with ,noah and ,melchizedek1 is based on one of the ,eusebian pious hypotheses4 ,let us accept it as such1 along with ,noah's characteristic as a just man1 and his supposed duplicate1 the mysterious ,melchizedek1 8king of ,salem1 and priest of the most high ,god10 after 8his own order027#iad7 and finally1 having seen what they all were spiritually1 astronomically1 psychically and cosmically1 let us now see what they became rabbinically and kabalistically4 ,in speaking of ,adam1 ,cain1 ,mars1 etc41 as personifications1 we find the author of the ,source of ,measures enunciating our very ,esoteric ,teachings in his kabalistic researches4 ,thus he says3 ,now1 ,mars was the ,lord of birth1 and of death1 of generation and of destruction1 of ploughing1 of building1 of sculpture or stonecutting1 of architecture1 444 in fine1 of all comprised under our ,english word ,,arts4 ,he was the primal principle1 disintegrating into the modification of two opposites for production4 ,astronomically1 too17#iae7 he held the birthplace of the day and year1 the place of its increase of strength1 ,aries1 and likewise the place of its death1 ,scorpio4 ,he held the house of ,venus1 and that of the ,scorpion4 ,he1 as birth1 was ,good2 as death1 was ,evil4 ,as good1 he was light2 as bad1 he was night4 ,as good1 he was man2 as bad1 he was woman4 ,he held the cardinal points1 and as ,cain1 or ,vulcan17#iaf7 or ,pater ,sadic1 or ,melchizadek1 he was lord of the ecliptic1 or balance1 or line of adjustment1 and therefore was ,the ,just ,one4 ,the ancients held to there being seven planets1 or great gods1 growing out of eight1 and ,pater ,sadic1 ,the ,just or ,right ,one1 was ,lord of the eighth1 which was ,mater ,terra47#iag7 ,this makes their functions1 after they had been degraded1 plain enough1 and establishes the identity4 ,the ,noachian ,deluge1 as described in its deadletter and within the period of biblical chronology1 having been shown to have never existed1 the pious1 but very arbitrary1 supposition of ,bishop ,cumberland has but to follow that ,deluge into the land of fiction4 ,indeed it seems rather fanciful to any impartial observer to be told that3 ,there were two distinct races of ,cabiri1 the first consisting of ,ham and ,mizraim1 whom he conceives to be ,jupiter and ,dionusus of ,mnaseas2 the second1 of the children of ,shem1 who are the ,cabiri of ,sanchoniatho1 while their father ,sydyk is consequently the scriptural ,shem47#iah7 ,the ,kabirim1 the 8,mighty ,ones10 are identical with our primeval ,dhyn ,chohans1 with the corporeal and the incorporeal ,pitris1 and with all the ,rulers and ,instructors of the primeval races1 who are referred to as the ,gods and ,kings of the ,divine ,dynasties4 ,the ,oldest ,persian ,traditions ,about ,the ,polar1 ,and ,the ,submerged ,continents4 ,legendary lore could not distort facts so effectually as to reduce them to unrecognizable shape4 ,between the traditions of ,egypt and ,greece on the one hand1 and ,persia on the other--a country ever at war with the former--there is too great a similarity of figures and numbers to admit of such coincidence being due to simple chance4 ,this has been well proven by ,bailly4 ,let us pause for a moment to examine these traditions from every available source1 in order to the better compare those of the ,magi with the socalled ,grecian 8fables40 ,those legends have now passed into popular tales1 the folklore of ,persia1 as many a real fiction has found its way into our universal history4 ,the stories of ,king ,arthur and his ,knights of the ,round ,table are also fairy tales to all appearance2 yet they are based on facts1 and pertain to the history of ,england4 ,why should not the folklore of ,iran be part and parcel of the history and the prehistoric events of ,atlantis8 ,that folklore says as follows3 ,before the creation of ,adam1 two races lived on ,earth1 the one succeeding the other2 the ,devs who reigned #g1jjj years1 and the ,peris 7the ,izeds7 who reigned but #b1jjj1 and while the former were still in existence4 ,the ,devs were giants1 strong and wicked2 the ,peris were smaller in stature1 but wiser and kinder4 ,here we recognize the ,atlantean ,giants and the ryans1 or the ,rkshasas of the ,rmyana and the children of ,bharatavarsha1 or ,india2 the ,ante and the ,postdiluvians of the ,bible4 ,gyan 7or ,gnan1 ,jnna1 ,true or ,occult ,wisdom and ,knowledge71 also called ,gianben,gian 7or ,wisdom1 son of ,wisdom71 was the king of the ,peris47#iai7 ,he had a shield as famous as that of ,achilles1 only instead of serving against an enemy in war1 it served as a protection against black magic1 the sorcery of the ,devs4 ,gianben,gian had reigned #b1jjj years when ,iblis1 the ,devil1 was permitted by ,god to defeat the ,peris and scatter them to the other end of the world4 ,even the magic shield1 which1 by being produced on the principles of ,astrology1 destroyed charms1 enchantments1 and bad spells1 could not prevail against ,iblis1 who was an agent of ,fate1 or ,karma47#ibj7 ,they count ten kings in their last metropolis called ,khanoom1 and make the tenth1 ,kaimurath1 identical with the ,hebrew ,adam4 ,these kings answer to the ten antediluvian generations of kings as given by ,berosus4 ,distorted as these legends are now found to be1 one can hardly fail to identify them with the ,chaldan1 ,egyptian1 ,greek1 and even ,hebrew traditions1 for the ,jewish myth1 though disdaining in its exclusiveness to speak of ,pre,adamite nations1 nevertheless allows these to be clearly inferred1 by sending out ,cain--one of the only two living men on earth--into the land of ,nod1 where he gets married and builds a city47#iba7 ,now if we compare the #i1jjj years mentioned by the ,persian tales with the #i1jjj years which ,plato declared had passed since the submersion of the last ,atlantis1 a very strange fact is made apparent4 ,bailly remarked on this1 but distorted it by his interpretation4 ,the ,secret ,doctrine may restore the figures to their true meaning4 ,we read in the ,critias3 ,first of all one must remember that #i1jjj years have elapsed since the war of the nations1 which lived above and outside the ,pillars of ,hercules1 and those which peopled the lands on this side4 ,in the ,timus ,plato says the same4 ,the ,secret ,doctrine declaring that most of the later islander ,atlanteans perished in the interval between #hej1jjj and #gjj1jjj years ago1 and that the ryans were #bjj1jjj years old when the first great 8,island10 or ,continent1 was submerged1 there seems hardly any reconciliation possible between the figures4 ,but there is1 in truth4 ,plato1 being an ,initiate1 had to use the veiled language of the ,sanctuary1 and so had the ,magi of ,chalda and ,persia through whose exoteric revelations the ,persian legends were preserved and passed to posterity4 ,thus1 we find the ,hebrews calling a week 8seven days10 and speaking of a 8week of years0 when each of its days represents #cfj solar years1 and the whole 8week0 is #b1ebj years1 in fact4 ,they had a ,sabbatical week1 a ,sabbatical year1 etc41 and their ,sabbath lasted indifferently #bd hours or #bd1jjj years1 in the secret calculations of their ,sods4 ,we of the present times call an age a 8century40 ,they of ,plato's day1 the initiated writers1 at any rate1 by a millennium meant not #a1jjj but #ajj1jjj years2 while the ,hinds1 more independent than any1 have never concealed their chronology4 ,thus1 for #i1jjj years1 the ,initiates will read #ijj1jjj years1 during which space of time--i4e41 from the first appearance of the ryan ,race1 when the ,pliocene portions of the once great ,atlantis began gradually sinking7#ibb7 and other continents to appear on the surface1 down to the final disappearance of ,plato's small island of ,atlantis--the ryan races had never ceased to fight with the descendants of the first giant races4 ,this war lasted till nearly the close of the age which preceded the ,kali ,yuga1 and was the ,mahbhrata1 or ,great ,war1 so famous in ,indian history4 ,such blending of events and epochs1 and the bringing down of hundreds of thousands into thousands of years1 does not interfere with the numbers of years that have elapsed1 according to the statement made by the ,egyptian priests to ,solon1 since the destruction of the last portion of ,atlantis4 ,the #i1jjj years were the correct figures4 ,the latter event had never been kept a secret1 and had only faded out of the memory of the ,greeks4 ,the ,egyptians had their records complete1 because of their isolation2 being surrounded by sea and desert1 they had been left untrammelled by other nations1 till about a few millenniums before our era4 ,history catches a glimpse of ,egypt and its great ,mysteries for the first time through ,herodotus1 if we do not take into account the ,bible1 and its queer chronology47#ibc7 ,and how little ,herodotus could tell is confessed by himself when1 speaking of a mysterious tomb of an ,initiate at ,sas1 in the sacred precinct of ,minerva1 he says3 ,behind the chapel 444 is the tomb of ,one1 whose name ,i consider it impious to divulge4444 ,in the enclosure stand large obelisks and there is a lake near1 surrounded with a stone wall formed in a circle4444 ,in this lake they perform by night1 that person's adventures1 which the ,egyptians call ,mysteries3 on these matters1 however1 though ,i am accurately acquainted with the particulars of them1 ,i must observe a discreet silence47#ibd7 ,on the other hand1 it is well to know that no secret was so well preserved and so sacred with the ,ancients1 as that of their cycles and computations4 ,from the ,egyptians down to the ,jews it was held as the highest sin to divulge anything pertaining to the correct measure of time4 ,it was for divulging the secrets of the ,gods1 that ,tantalus was plunged into the infernal regions2 the keepers of the sacred ,sibylline ,books were threatened with the death penalty for revealing a word from them4 ,sigalions1 or images of ,harpocrates1 were in every temple--especially in those of ,isis and ,serapis--each pressing a finger to the lips4 ,and the ,hebrews taught that to divulge the secrets of the ,kabalah1 after initiation into the ,rabbinical ,mysteries1 was like eating of the fruit of the ,tree of ,knowledge2 it was punishable by death4 ,and yet we ,europeans have accepted the exoteric chronology of the ,jews6 ,what wonder that it has ever since influenced and coloured all our conceptions of ,science and the duration of things6 ,the ,persian traditions1 then1 are full of two nations or races1 now entirely extinct1 as some think4 ,but this is not so2 they are only transformed4 ,these traditions are ever speaking of the ,mountains of ,kaf 7,kafaristan871 which contain a gallery built by the giant ,argeak1 wherein statues of the ancient men under all their forms are preserved4 ,they call them ,sulimans 7,solomons7 or the wise kings of the ,east1 and count seventy two kings of that name47#ibe7 ,three among them reigned for #a1jjj years each47#ibf7 ,siamek1 the beloved son of ,kaimurath 7,adam71 their first king1 was murdered by his giant brother4 ,his father had a perpetual fire preserved in the tomb which contained his cremated ashes2 hence--the origin of fire worship1 as some ,orientalists think6 ,then came ,huschenk1 the prudent and the wise4 ,it was his ,dynasty which re discovered metals and precious stones1 after they had been concealed by the ,devs or ,giants in the bowels of the ,earth1 and also how to make brass work1 to cut canals1 and improve agriculture4 ,as usual1 it is ,huschenk1 again1 who is credited with having written the work called ,eternal ,wisdom1 and even with having built the cities of ,luz1 ,babylon and ,ispahan1 though indeed they were built ages later4 ,but as modern ,delhi is built on six other older cities1 so these cities may be built on emplacements of other cities of an immense antiquity4 ,as to his date1 it can only be inferred from another legend4 ,in the same tradition this wise prince is credited with having made war against the ,giants on a twelvelegged ,horse1 whose birth is attributed to the amours of a crocodile with a female hippopotamus4 ,this 8,dodecapod0 was found on the 8dry island0 or new continent2 much force and cunning had to be used to secure the wonderful animal1 but no sooner had ,huschenk mounted him1 than he defeated every enemy4 ,no ,giants could withstand his tremendous power4 ,finally1 however1 this king of kings was killed by an enormous rock which the ,giants threw at him from the great mountains of ,damavend47#ibg7 ,tahmurath is the third king of ,persia1 the ,st4 ,george of ,iran1 the knight who always has the best of1 and finally kills1 the ,dragon4 ,he is the great enemy of the ,devs who1 in his day1 dwelt in the ,mountains of ,kaf1 and occasionally made raids on the ,peris4 ,the old ,french chronicles of the ,persian folklore call him the ,devbend1 the conqueror of the ,giants4 ,he1 too1 is credited with having founded ,babylon1 ,nineveh1 ,diarbek1 etc4 ,like his grandsire ,huschenk1 ,tahmurath 7,taimuraz7 also had his steed1 only far more rare and rapid--a bird called ,simorgh,anke4 ,a marvellous bird1 in truth1 intelligent1 a polyglot1 and even very religious47#ibh7 ,what says that ,persian ,phnix8 ,it complains of its old age1 for it was born cycles and cycles before the days of ,adam 7,kaimurath74 ,it has witnessed the revolutions of long centuries4 ,it has seen the birth and the close of twelve cycles of #g1jjj years each1 which multiplied ,esoterically will give us again #hdj1jjj years47#ibi7 ,simorgh is born with the last ,deluge of the ,pre,adamites1 says the 8,romance of ,simorgh and the good ,khalif067#icj7 ,what says the ,book of ,numbers8 ,esoterically1 ,adam ,rishoon is the ,lunar ,spirit 7,jehovah1 in a sense1 or the ,pitris71 and his three sons--,kayin1 ,habel1 and ,seth--represent the three ,races1 as already explained4 ,noah ,xisuthrus represents1 in his turn 7in the cosmogeological key71 the ,third ,race separated1 and his three sons1 its last three races2 ,ham1 moreover1 symbolizing that race which uncovered the 8nakedness0 of the ,parent ,race1 and of the 8,mindless10 i4e41 committed sin4 ,tahmurath visits on his winged steed the ,mountains of ,koh,kaf or ,kaph4 ,he finds there the ,peris illtreated by the ,giants1 and slays ,argen1 and the giant ,demrusch4 ,then he liberates the good ,peri1 ,mergiana17#ica7 whom ,demrusch had kept as a prisoner1 and takes her over to the 8dry island10 i4e41 the new continent of ,europe47#icb7 ,after him came ,giamschid1 who builds ,esikekar1 or ,persepolis4 ,this king reigns #gjj years1 and1 in his great pride1 believes himself immortal1 and demands divine honours4 ,fate punishes him2 he wanders for #ajj years in the world under the name of ,dhulkarnayn1 the 8twohorned40 ,but this epithet has no connection with the 8twohorned0 gentleman of the cloven foot4 ,the 8twohorned0 is the epithet given in ,asia--which is uncivilized enough to know nothing of the attributes of the ,devil--to those conquerors who have subdued the world from the ,east to the ,west4 ,then come the usurper ,zohac1 and ,feridan1 one of the ,persian heroes1 who vanquishes the former1 and shuts him up in the mountains of ,damavend4 ,these are followed by many others down to ,kaikobad1 who founded a new ,dynasty4 ,such is the legendary history of ,persia1 and we have to analyze it4 ,to begin with1 what are the ,mountains of ,kaf8 ,whatever they may be in their geographical status1 whether they are the ,caucasian or ,central ,asian mountains1 legend places the ,devs and ,peris far beyond these mountains to the ,north1 the ,peris being the remote ancestors of the ,parss or ,farss4 ,oriental tradition is ever referring to an unknown glacial1 gloomy sea1 and to a dark region1 within which1 nevertheless1 are situated the 8,fortunate ,islands10 wherein1 from the beginning of life on earth1 bubbles the 8,fountain of ,life407#icc7 ,the legend asserts1 moreover1 that a portion of the first 8dry island0 7continent71 having detached itself from the main body1 has remained1 since then1 beyond the ,mountains of ,koh,kaf1 8the stony girdle that surrounds the world40 ,a journey of seven months' duration will bring him who is possessed of 8,soliman's ,ring0 to that 8,fountain10 if he keep on journeying ,north1 straight before him as the bird flies4 ,journeying1 therefore1 from ,persia straight ,north1 will bring one along the sixtieth degree of longitude1 holding to the ,west1 to ,nova ,zembla2 and from the ,caucasus to the eternal ice beyond the ,arctic ,circle would land one between the sixtieth and fortyfifth degrees of longitude1 or between ,nova ,zembla and ,spitzbergen4 ,this1 of course1 if one has the dodecapodian ,horse of ,huschenk or the winged ,simorgh of ,tahmurath1 or ,taimuraz1 upon which to cross over the ,arctic ,ocean47#icd7 ,nevertheless1 the wandering songsters of ,persia and the ,caucasus will maintain1 to this day1 that far beyond the snowcapped summits of ,kap1 or ,caucasus1 there is a great continent now concealed from all2 that it is reached by those who can secure the services of the twelvelegged progeny of the crocodile and the female hippopotamus1 whose legs become at will twelve wings17#ice7 or by those who have the patience to wait for the good pleasure of ,simorgh,anke1 who promised that before she dies she will reveal the hidden continent to all1 and make it once more visible and within easy reach1 by means of a bridge1 which the ,ocean ,devs will build between that portion of the 8dry island0 and its severed parts47#icf7 ,this relates1 of course1 to the ,seventh ,race1 ,simorgh being the ,manvantaric ,cycle4 ,it is very curious that ,cosmas ,indicopleustes1 who lived in the sixth century ,a4,d41 should have always maintained that man was born1 and dwelt at first1 in a country 8beyond the ,ocean10 a proof of which had been given him in ,india1 by a learned ,chaldan4 ,he says3 ,the lands we live in are surrounded by the ,ocean1 but beyond that ,ocean there is another land which touches the walls of the sky2 and it is in this land that man was created and lived in ,paradise4 ,during the ,deluge1 ,noah was carried in his ark into the land his posterity now inhabits47#icg7 ,the twelvelegged ,horse of ,huschenk was found on that continent named the 8dry island40 ,the 8,christian ,topography0 of ,cosmas ,indicopleustes and its merits are well known2 but here the good father repeats a universal tradition1 which has now1 moreover1 been corroborated by facts4 ,every arctic traveller suspects a continent or a 8dry island0 beyond the line of eternal ice4 ,perhaps now the meaning of the following passage from one of the ,commentaries may become clearer4 ,in the first beginnings of human life1 the only dry land was on the right end7#ich7 of the ,sphere1 where it the ,globe is motionless47#ici7 ,the whole ,earth was one vast watery desert1 and the waters were tepid4444 ,there1 man was born on the seven zones of the immortal1 the indestructible of the ,manvantara47#idj7 ,there was eternal spring in darkness4 ,but that which is darkness to the man of today1 was light to the man of his dawn4 ,there1 the ,gods rested1 and ,fohat7#ida7 reigns ever since4444 ,thus the wise ,fathers say that man is born in the head of his ,mother ,earth1 and that her feet at the left end generated begot the evil winds that blow from the mouth of the lower ,dragon 444 ,between the ,first and ,second ,races the ,eternal ,central ,land was divided by the ,water of ,life47#idb7 ,it flows around and animates her ,mother ,earth's body4 ,its one end issues from her head2 it becomes foul at her feet the ,southern ,pole4 ,it gets purified on its return to her heart--which beats under the foot of the sacred ,shambalah1 which then in the beginnings was not yet born4 ,for it is in the belt of man's dwelling the ,earth that lies concealed the life and health of all that lives and breathes47#idc7 ,during the ,first and ,second ,races the belt was covered with the great waters4 ,but the great ,mother travailed under the waves and a new land was joined to the first one which our wise men call the headgear the cap4 ,she travailed harder for the ,third ,race and her waist and navel appeared above the water4 ,it was the belt1 the sacred ,himavat1 which stretches around the ,world47#idd7 ,she broke toward the setting ,sun from her neck7#ide7 downward to the ,south,west1 into many lands and islands1 but the ,eternal ,land the cap broke not asunder4 ,dry lands covered the face of the silent waters to the four sides of the ,world4 ,all these perished in their turn4 ,then appeared the abode of the wicked the ,atlantis4 ,the ,eternal ,land was now hid1 for the waters became solid frozen under the breath of her nostrils and the evil winds from the ,dragon's mouth1 etc4 ,this shows that ,northern ,asia is as old as the ,second ,race4 ,one may even say that ,asia is contemporary with man1 since from the very beginnings of human life its ,root,continent1 so to speak1 already existed1 and that part of the world now known as ,asia was only cut off from it in a later age1 and divided by the glacial waters4 ,if1 then1 the teaching is understood correctly1 the first ,continent which came into existence capped over the whole ,north ,pole like one unbroken crust1 and remains so to this day1 beyond that inland sea which seemed like an unreachable mirage to the few arctic travellers who perceived it4 ,during the ,second ,race more land emerged from under the waters as a continuation of the 8head0 from the 8neck40 ,beginning on both hemispheres1 on the line above the most noryhern part of ,spitzbergen17#idf7 on ,mercator's ,projection1 on our side1 it may have included1 on the ,american side1 the localities that are now occupied by ,baffin's ,bay and the neighbouring islands and promontories4 ,there it hardly reached1 southward1 the seventieth degree of latitude2 here it formed the horseshoe continent of which the ,commentary speaks2 of the two ends of which1 one included ,greenland with a prolongation which crossed the fiftieth degree a little ,south,west1 and the other ,kamschatka1 the two ends being united by what is now the northern fringe of the coasts of ,eastern and ,western ,siberia4 ,this broke asunder and disappeared4 ,in the early part of the ,third ,race1 ,lemuria was formed4 ,when it was destroyed in its turn1 ,atlantis appeared4 ,western ,speculations1 ,founded ,on ,the ,greek ,and ,paurnic ,traditions4 ,thus it becomes natural to find that1 on even such meagre data as have reached the profane historian1 ,rudbeck1 a ,swedish ,scientist1 about two centuries ago1 tried to prove that ,sweden was the ,atlantis of ,plato4 ,he even thought that he had found in the configuration of ancient ,upsala1 the situation and measurements of the capital of 8,atlantis0 as given by the ,greek sage4 ,as ,bailly proved1 ,rudbeck was mistaken2 but so was ,bailly likewise1 and still more so1 for ,sweden and ,norway had formed part and parcel of ancient ,lemuria1 and also of ,atlantis on the ,european side1 just as ,eastern and ,western ,siberia and ,kamschatka had belonged to it1 on the ,asiatic4 ,only1 once more1 when was it8 ,we can find it out approximately only by studying the ,purnas1 that is to say if we will have nought to do with the ,secret ,teachings4 ,threequarters of a century have already elapsed since ,wilford brought forward his fanciful theories about the ,british islands being the 8,white ,island10 the ,atala of the ,purnas4 ,this was sheer nonsense1 as the ,atala is one of the seven ,dvpas1 or ,islands1 belonging to the nether ,lokas1 one of the seven regions of ,ptla 7the antipodes74 ,moreover1 as ,wilford7#idg7 shows1 the ,purnas place it 8on the seventh zone or seventh climate0--rather1 on the seventh measure of heat--which thus locates it between the latitudes of #bd and #bh ,north4 ,it is then to be sought on the same degree as the ,tropic of ,cancer1 whereas ,england is between the latitudes of #ej and #fj4 ,wilford speaks of it as ,atala1 ,atlantis1 the ,white ,island4 ,its enemy is called the 8,white ,devil10 the ,demon of ,terror1 for he says3 ,in their the ,hind and ,persian romances1 we see ,caicaus going to the mountain of ,azburj1 or ,asburj1 at the foot of which the sun sets1 to fight the ,divsefid1 or white devil1 the ,tra daitya of the ,purnas1 and whose abode was on the seventh stage of the world1 answering to the seventh zone of the ,bauddhists2 444 or1 in other words1 to the ,white ,island47#idh7 ,now here the ,orientalists have been1 and are still1 facing the ,sphinx's riddle1 the erroneous solution of which will ever destroy their authority--if not their persons--in the eyes of every ,hind scholar1 whether or not an ,initiate4 ,for there is not a statement in the ,purnas--on the conflicting details of which ,wilford based his speculations--which has not several meanings1 and which does not apply to both the physical and the metaphysical worlds4 ,if the old ,hinds divided the face of the ,globe into seven ,zones1 ,climates1 ,dvpas1 geographically1 and into seven ,hells and seven ,heavens1 allegorically1 the measure of seven did not apply in both cases to the same localities4 ,now it is the ,north ,pole1 the country of 8,meru10 which is the seventh division1 as it answers to the seventh ,principle 7or fourth metaphysically71 of the ,occult calculation4 ,it represents the region of tm1 of pure ,soul1 and ,spirituality4 ,hence ,pushkara is shown as the seventh ,zone1 or ,dvpa1 which encompasses the ,kshra ,ocean1 or ,ocean of ,milk 7the everfrozen white region7 in the ,vishnu and other ,purnas47#idi7 ,and ,pushkara1 with its two ,varshas1 lies directly at the foot of ,meru4 ,for it is said that3 ,the two countries north and south of ,meru are shaped like a bow1 444 and that one half of the surface of the earth is on the south of ,meru and the other half on the north of ,meru--beyond which is half of ,pushkara4 ,geographically1 then1 ,pushkara is ,america1 ,northern and ,southern2 and allegorically it is the prolongation of ,jambudvpa17#iej7 in the middle of which stands ,meru1 for it is the country inhabited by beings who live ten thousand years1 who are free from sickness or failing2 where there is neither virtue nor vice1 caste or laws1 for these men are 8of the same nature as the ,gods407#iea7 ,wilford is inclined to see ,meru in ,mount ,atlas1 and locates there also the ,lokloka4 ,now ,meru1 we are told1 which is the ,svarloka1 the abode of ,brahm1 of ,vishnu1 and the ,olympus of ,indian exoteric religions1 is described geographically as 8passing through the middle of the earthglobe1 and protruding on either side407#ieb7 ,on its upper station are the ,gods1 at the nether1 or ,south ,pole1 is the abode of ,demons 7,hells74 ,how then can ,meru be ,mount ,atlas8 ,besides which1 ,tradaitya1 a ,demon1 cannot be placed on the seventh zone if the latter be identified with the ,white ,island1 which is ,shvetadvpa1 for reasons given in the footnote above4 ,wilford accuses the modern ,brhmans 8of having jumbled them islands and countries all together02 but it is he who has jumbled them still more4 ,he believes that as the ,brahmnda and ,vyu ,purnas divide the old ,continent into seven ,dvpas1 said to be surrounded by a vast ocean1 beyond which lie the regions and mountains of ,atala1 hence3 ,most probably the ,greeks derived their notion of the celebrated ,atlantis1 which1 as it could not be found after having once been discovered1 they conceived to have been destroyed by some shock of nature47#iec7 ,as we find certain difficulties in believing that the ,egyptian priests1 ,plato1 and even ,homer1 all built their notions of ,atlantis on ,atala--a nether region located at the ,southern ,pole--we prefer holding to the statements given in the ,secret ,books4 ,we believe in the seven ,continents1 four of which have already lived their day1 the fifth still exists1 and two are to appear in the future4 ,we believe that each of these is not strictly a continent in the modern sense of the word1 but that each name1 from ,jambu down to ,pushkara17#ied7 refers to the geographical names given 7i7 to the dry lands covering the face of the whole ,earth during the period of a ,root,race1 in general2 7ii7 to what remained of these after a geological ,race ,pralaya1 as ,jambu1 for instance2 and 7iii7 to those localities which will enter1 after future cataclysms1 into the formation of new universal ,continents1 ,peninsulas1 or ,dvpas7#iee7--;each ,continent being1 in one sense1 a greater or smaller region of dry land surrounded with water4 ,thus1 that whatever 8jumble0 the nomenclature of these may represent to the profane1 there is none1 in fact1 to him who has the key4 ,thus1 we believe we know that1 though two of the ,paurnic ,islands--the ,sixth and ,seventh ,continents--are yet to come1 nevertheless there were1 or there are1 lands which will enter into the composition of the future dry lands1 of new ,earths whose geographical faces will be entirely changed1 as were those of the past4 ,therefore we find in the ,purnas that ,shkadvpa is 7or will be7 a ,continent1 and that ,shankhadvpa1 as shown in the ,vyu ,purna1 is only 8a minor island10 one of the nine divisions 7to which ,vyu adds six more7 of ,bhratavarsha4 ,because ,shankhadvpa was peopled by 8,mlechchhas unclean foreigners1 who worshipped ,hind divinities10 therefore they were connected with ,india47#ief7 ,this accounts for ,shankhsura1 a ,king of a portion of ,shankha dvpa1 who was killed by ,krishna2 that ,king who resided in the palace 8which was an ocean shell1 and whose subjects lived in shells also10 says ,wilford4 ,on the banks of the ,nl7#ieg7 there were frequent contests between the ,devats ,divine ,beings1 ,demigods and the ,daityas ,giants3 but the latter tribe having prevailed1 their king and leader1 ,shankhsura1 who resided in the ocean1 made frequent incursions 444 in the night47#ieh7 ,it is not on the banks of the ,nile1 as ,wilford supposes1 but on the coasts of ,western ,africa1 ,south of where now lies ,morocco1 that these battles took place4 ,there was a time when the whole of the ,sahara ,desert was a sea1 then a continent as fertile as the ,delta1 and then1 only after another temporary submersion1 it became a desert similar to that other wilderness1 the ,desert of ,shamo or ,gobi4 ,this is shown in ,paurnic tradition1 for on the same page as above cited1 it is said3 ,the people were between two fires2 for1 while ,shankhsura was ravaging one side of the continent1 ,cracacha or ,krauncha1 king of ,craunchadwp ,kraunchadvpa1 used to desolate the other3 both armies 444 thus changed the most fertile of regions into a barren desert4 ,that not only the last island of ,atlantis1 spoken of by ,plato1 but a large ,continent1 first divided1 and then broken later on into seven peninsulas and islands 7called ,dvpas71 preceded ,europe1 is sure4 ,it covered the whole of the ,north and ,south ,atlantic regions1 as well as portions of the ,north and ,south ,pacific1 and had islands even in the ,indian ,ocean 7relics of ,lemuria74 ,the claim is corroborated by ,indian ,purnas1 ,greek writers1 and ,asiatic1 ,persian1 and ,mahommedan traditions4 ,wilford1 who sorely confuses the ,hind and the ,mussulman legends1 shows this1 however1 clearly47#iei7 ,his facts and quotations from the ,purnas give direct and conclusive evidence that the ryan ,hinds and other ancient nations were earlier navigators than the ,phnicians1 who are now credited with having been the first seamen that appeared in the postdiluvian times4 ,this is what we read in the ,asiatick ,researches3 ,in this distress the few natives1 who survived in the war between ,devats and ,daityas raised their hands and hearts to ,bhagavn1 and exclaimed1 8,let him that can deliver us 444 be our king02 using the word ,t a magic term not understood by ,wilford1 evidently which rechoed through the whole country47#ifj7 ,then comes a violent storm1 the waters of the ,kl are strangely agitated1 8when there appeared from the waves 444 a man1 afterwards called ,t1 at the head of a numerous army1 saying #8abhayan1' or there is no fear02 and scattered the enemy4 8,the ,king ,t10 explains ,wilford1 8is a subordinate incarnation of ,mrra0--,mrida1 a form of ,rudra1 probably8--who 8restablished peace and prosperity throughout all ,shankhadvpa1 through ,barbaradsa1 ,misrast'hn and ,arvast'hn1 or ,arabia107#ifa7 etc4 ,surely1 if the ,hind ,purnas give a description of wars on continents and islands situated beyond ,western ,africa in the ,atlantic ,ocean2 if their writers speak of ,barbaras and other people such as ,arabs--they who were never known to navigate1 or cross the ,klapni1 the ,black ,waters of the ,ocean1 in the days of ,phnician navigation--then these ,purnas must be older than those ,phnicians who are placed at from #b1jjj to #c1jjj years ,b4,c4 ,at any rate1 their traditions must have been older17#ifb7 for an ,adept writes3 ,in the above accounts1 the ,hinds speak of this island as existing and in great power2 it must1 therefore1 have been more than eleven thousand years ago4 ,but another proof may be adduced of the great antiquity of these ,hind ryans who described the last surviving island of ,atlantis1 or rather of that remnant of the ,eastern portion of that ,continent which had perished soon after the upheaval of the two ,americas7#ifc7--the two ,varshas of ,pushkara4 ,and they described what they knew1 for they had once dwelt on it4 ,this may be demonstrated1 moreover1 on an astronomical calculation by an ,adept who criticizes ,wilford4 ,recalling what that ,orientalist had brought forward concerning the ,mount ,ashburj 8at the foot of which the sun sets10 where was the war between the ,devats and the ,daityas17#ifd7 he says3 ,we will consider1 then1 the latitude and longitude of the lost island1 and of the remaining ,mount ,ashburj4 ,it was on the seventh stage of the world1 i4e41 in the seventh climate 7which is between the latitude of #bd degrees and latitude #bh degrees north74444 ,this island1 the daughter of the ,ocean1 is frequently described as lying in the ,west2 and the ,sun is represented as setting at the foot of its mountain 7,ashburj1 ,atlas1 ,teneriffe or ,nila1 no matter the name71 and fighting the ,white ,devil of the 8,white ,island40 ,now1 if we consider this statement from its astronomical aspect1 as ,krishna is the incarnated ,sun 7,vishnu71 a solar ,god1 and as he is said to have killed ,divsefid1 the ,white ,devil--a possible personification of the ancient inhabitants at the foot of the ,atlas--he may perchance be only a representation of the vertical beams of the ,sun4 ,again1 these inhabitants1 the ,atlantides1 as we have seen1 are accused by ,diodorus of daily cursing the ,sun1 and ever fighting his influence4 ,this is1 however1 only an astronomical interpretation4 ,it will now be proved that ,shankhsura1 and ,shankhadvpa1 and all their history1 is also geographically and ethnologically ,plato's ,atlantis in ,hind dress4 ,it has just been remarked that since1 in the ,paurnic accounts1 the island is still existing1 these accounts must be older than the #aa1jjj years which have elapsed since ,shankhadvpa1 or the ,poseidonis of ,atlantis1 disappeared4 ,but is it not barely possible that ,hinds should have known the island still earlier8 ,let us turn again to astronomical demonstrations1 which make this quite plain if with the said ,adept one assumes that3 ,at the time when the summer tropical 8colure0 passed through the ,pleiades1 when ,cor ,leonis would be upon the equator1 and when ,leo was vertical to ,ceylon at sunset1 then would ,taurus be vertical to the island of ,atlantis at noon4 ,this explains1 perhaps1 why the ,sinhalese1 the heirs of the ,rkshasas and ,giants of ,lank1 and the direct descendants of ,sinha1 or ,leo1 became connected with ,shankhadvpa or ,poseidonis 7,plato's ,atlantis74 ,only1 as shown by ,mackey's ,sphinxiad1 this must have occurred about #bc1jjj years ago1 astronomically2 at which time the obliquity of the ecliptic must have been rather more than #bg degrees1 and consequently ,taurus must have passed over ,atlantis or ,shankhadvpa4 ,and that it was so is clearly demonstrated4 ,say the ,commentaries3 ,the sacred bull ,nandi was brought from ,bhrata to ,shankha to meet ,rishabha ,taurus every ,kalpa4 ,but when those of the ,white ,island who descended originally from ,shvetadvpa17#ife7 who had mixed with the ,daityas ,giants of the land of iniquity1 had become black with sin1 then ,nandi remained for ever in the ,white ,island or ,shvetadvpa4444 ,those of the ,fourth ,world ,race lost ,,aum4 ,asburj1 or ,azburj1 whether the peak of ,teneriffe or not1 was a volcano1 when the sinking of the 8,western ,atala10 or ,hell1 began1 and those who were saved told the tale to their children4 ,plato's ,atlantis perished between water below and fire above2 the great mountain vomiting flames all the while4 ,the 8firevomiting ,monster0 survived alone out of the ruins of the unfortunate island4 ,do the ,greeks1 who are accused of borrowing a ,hind fiction 7,atala71 and inventing from it another 7,atlantis71 stand also accused of getting their geographical notions and the number seven from them8 8,the famous ,atlantis exists no longer1 but we can hardly doubt that it did once10 says ,proclus1 8for ,marcellus1 who wrote a history of ,ethiopian affairs1 says that such1 and so great1 an island once existed1 and this is evidenced by those who composed histories relative to the external sea4 ,for they relate that in this time there were seven islands in the ,atlantic sea sacred to ,proserpine2 and besides these1 three of immense magnitude1 sacred to ,pluto1 444 ,jupiter1 444 and ,neptune4 ,and1 besides this1 the inhabitants of the last island ,poseidonis preserved the memory of the prodigious magnitude of the ,atlantic island as related by their ancestors1 and of its governing for many periods all the islands in the ,atlantic sea4 ,from this isle one may pass to other large islands beyond1 which are not far from the firm land1 near which is the true sea40 ,these seven ,dvpas inaccurately rendered islands constitute1 according to ,marcellus1 the body of the famous ,atlantis4444 ,this evidently shows that ,atlantis is the old continent4444 ,the ,atlantis was destroyed after a violent storm 83 this is well known to the ,paurunics1 some of whom assert that in consequence of this dreadful convulsion of nature1 six of the ,dvpas disappeared47#iff7 ,enough proofs have now been given to satisfy the greatest sceptic4 ,nevertheless1 direct proofs based on exact ,science will also be added4 ,and yet even though volumes were written1 it would be to no purpose for those who will neither see nor hear1 except through the eyes and ears of their respective authorities4 ,hence the teaching of the ,roman ,catholic scholiasts1 namely1 that ,hermon1 the mount in the land of ,mizpeth--meaning 8anathema10 8destruction0--is the same as ,mount ,armon4 ,as a proof of this1 ,josephus is often quoted1 as affirming that still in his own day enormous bones of giants were daily discovered on it4 ,but it was the land of ,balaam the prophet1 whom the 8,lord loved well40 ,and so mixed up are facts and personages in the said scholiasts' brains1 that1 when the ,zohar explains the 8,birds0 which inspired ,balaam to mean 8,serpents10 to wit1 the ,wise ,men and ,adepts at whose ,school he had learnt the mysteries of prophecy--the opportunity is again taken of showing ,mount ,hermon inhabited by the 8winged dragons of ,evil1 whose chief is ,samael0--the ,jewish ,satan6 ,as ,spencer says3 ,it is to those unclean spirits chained on ,mount ,hermon of the ,desert1 that the scapegoat of ,israel1 who assumed the name of one of them ,azaz7y7el1 was sent4 ,we say it is not so4 ,the ,zohar has the following explanation on the practice of magic which is called in ,hebrew ,nehhaschim1 or the 8,serpents' ,works40 ,it says 7part iii4 col4 #cjb73 ,it is called ,nehhaschim1 because the magicians practical ,kabalists work surrounded by the light of the ,primordial ,serpent1 which they perceive in heaven as a luminous zone composed of myriads of small stars4 ,this means simply the ,astral ,eight1 so called by the ,martinists1 by liphas ,lvi1 and now by all the modern ,occultists4 ,the 8,curse0 ,from ,a ,philosophical ,point ,of ,view4 ,the foregoing teachings of the ,secret ,doctrine1 supplemented by universal traditions1 must now have demonstrated that the ,brhmanas and ,purnas1 the ,venddd and other ,mazdean scriptures1 down to the ,egyptian1 ,greek1 and ,roman1 and finally to the ,jewish sacred records1 all have the same origin4 ,none are meaningless and baseless stories1 invented to entrap the unwary profane2 all are allegories intended to convey1 under a more or less fantastic veil1 the great truths gathered in the same field of pre historic tradition4 ,space forbids us1 in these volumes1 from entering into further and more minute details with respect to the four ,races which preceded our own4 ,but before offering to the student the history of the psychic and spiritual evolution of the direct antediluvian fathers of our ,fifth 7ryan7 ,humanity1 and before demonstrating its bearing upon all the other side branches grown from the same trunk1 we have to elucidate a few more facts4 ,it has been shown1 on the evidence of the whole ancient literary world1 and the intuitional speculations of more than one ,philosopher and ,scientist of the later ages1 that the tenets of our ,esoteric ,doctrine are1 in almost every case1 corroborated by inferential as well as by direct proof1 that neither the 8legendary0 ,giants1 nor the lost ,continents1 nor yet the evolution of the preceding ,races1 are quite baseless tales4 ,in the ,addenda which close this volume1 ,science will find itself more than once unable to reply2 these ,addenda1 will1 it is hoped1 finally dispose of every sceptical remark with regard to the sacred number in nature1 and our figures in general4 ,meanwhile1 one task is left incomplete--the disposing of that most pernicious of all the theological dogmas1 the ,curse under which mankind is alleged to have suffered ever since the supposed disobedience of ,adam and ,eve in the bower of ,eden4 ,creative powers in man were the gift of ,divine ,wisdom1 not the result of sin4 ,this is clearly instanced in the paradoxical behaviour of ,jehovah1 who first curses ,adam and ,eve 7or ,humanity7 for the supposed crime committed1 and then blesses his 8chosen people0 by saying1 8,be fruitful1 and multiply1 and replenish the earth407#ifg7 ,the ,curse was not brought on mankind by the ,fourth ,race1 for the comparatively sinless ,third ,race1 the still more gigantic ,antediluvians1 had perished in the same way2 hence the ,deluge was no punishment1 but simply a result of a periodical and geological law4 ,nor was the ,curse of ,karma called down upon them for seeking natural union1 as all the mindless animalworld does in its proper seasons2 but1 for abusing the creative power1 for desecrating the divine gift1 and wasting the lifeessence for no purpose except bestial personal gratification4 ,when understood1 the third chapter of ,genesis will be found to refer to the ,adam and ,eve of the closing ,third and the commencing ,fourth ,races4 ,in the beginning1 conception was as easy for woman as it was for all animal creation4 ,nature had never intended that woman should bring forth her young ones 8in sorrow40 ,since that period1 however1 during the evolution of the ,fourth ,race1 there came enmity between its seed and the 8,serpent's0 seed1 the seed or product of ,karma and ,divine ,wisdom4 ,for the seed of woman1 or lust1 bruised the head of the seed of the fruit of wisdom and knowledge1 by turning the holy mystery of procreation into animal gratification2 hence the ,law of ,karma 8bruised the heel0 of the ,atlantean ,race1 by gradually changing physiologically1 morally1 physically1 and mentally1 the whole nature of the ,fourth ,race of mankind17#ifh7 until1 from being the healthy king of animal creation in the ,third ,race1 man became in the ,fifth1 our ,race1 a helpless1 scrofulous being1 and has now become the wealthiest heir on the ,globe to constitutional and hereditary diseases1 the most consciously and intelligently bestial of all animals67#ifi7 ,this is the real ,curse from the physiological standpoint1 almost the only one touched upon in ,kabalistic ,esotericism4 ,viewed from this aspect1 the ,curse is undeniable1 for it is evident4 ,the intellectual evolution1 in its progress handinhand with the physical1 has certainly been a curse instead of a blessing--a gift quickened by the 8,lords of ,wisdom10 who have poured on the human ,manas the fresh dew of their own ,spirit and ,essence4 ,the ,divine ,titan has then suffered in vain2 and one feels inclined to regret his benefaction to mankind1 and sigh for those days so graphically depicted by schylus in his 8,prometheus ,bound10 when1 at the close of the first ,titanic ,age 7the ,age that followed that of ,ethereal ,man1 of the pious ,kandu and ,pramloch71 nascent1 physical mankind1 still mindless and 7physiologically7 senseless1 is described as-- ,seeing1 they saw in vain2 ,hearing1 they heard not2 but like shapes in dreams1 ,through the long time all things at random mixed4 ,our ,saviours1 the ,agnishvtta and other divine 8,sons of the ,flame of ,wisdom0--personified by the ,greeks in ,prometheus7#igj7--may well be left unrecognized and unthanked1 in the injustice of the human heart4 ,they may1 in our ignorance of the truth1 be indirectly cursed for ,pandora's gift2 but to find themselves proclaimed and declared by the mouth of the clergy1 as the ,evil ,ones1 is too heavy a ,karma for 8,him0 who1 when ,zeus 8ardently desired0 to quench the entire human race1 8dared alone0 to save that 8mortal race0 from perdition1 or1 as the suffering ,titan is make to say3 ,from sinking blasted down to ,hades' gloom4 ,for this by these dire tortures ,i am bent1 ,grievous to suffer1 piteous to behold1 ,i who did mortals pity4444 ,the chorus remarking very pertinently3 ,vast boon was this thou gavest unto mortals6 ,prometheus answers3 ,yea1 and besides 'twas ,i that gave them fire4 ,,chorus3 ,have now these shortlived creatures flameeyed fire8 ,,prom43 ,ay1 and by it full many arts will learn4444 ,but1 with the arts1 the 8fire0 received has turned into the greatest curse2 the animal element1 and consciousness of its possession1 has changed periodical instinct into chronic animalism and sensuality47#iga7 ,it is this which hangs over humanity like a heavy funereal pall4 ,thus arises the responsibility of freewill2 the ,titanic passions which represent humanity in its darkest aspect2 ,the restless insatiability of the lower passions and desires1 when1 with selfasserting insolence1 they bid defiance to the restraints of law47#igb7 ,prometheus having endowed man1 according to ,plato's ,protagoras1 with that 8wisdom which ministers to physical wellbeing10 but the lower aspect of ,manas of the animal 7,kma7 having remained unchanged1 instead of 8an untainted mind1 heaven's first gift10 there was created the eternal vulture of ever unsatisfied desire1 of regret and despair1 coupled with 8the dreamlike feebleness that fetters the blind race of mortals0 7#eef71 unto the day when ,prometheus is released by his heavenappointed deliverer1 ,herakles4 ,now ,christians--,roman ,catholics especially--have tried to prophetically connect this drama with the coming of ,christ4 ,no greater mistake could be made4 ,the true ,theosophist1 the pursuer of ,divine ,wisdom and worshipper of ,absolute ,perfection--the ,unknown ,deity which is neither ,zeus nor ,jehovah--will demur to such an idea4 ,pointing to antiquity he will prove that there never has been an original sin1 but only an abuse of physical intelligence--the ,psychic being guided by the ,animal1 and both putting out the light of the ,spiritual4 ,he will say3 ,all you who can read between the lines1 study ,ancient ,wisdom in the old dramas1 the ,indian and the ,greek2 read carefully the 8,prometheus ,bound10 enacted in the theatres of ,athens #b1djj years ago6 ,the myth belongs to neither ,hesiod nor schylus2 but1 as ,bunsen says1 it 8is older than the ,hellenes themselves10 for it belongs1 in truth1 to the dawn of human consciousness4 ,the crucified ,titan is the personified symbol of the collective ,logos1 the 8,host10 and of the 8,lords of ,wisdom0 or the ,heavenly ,man1 who incarnated in ,humanity4 ,moreover1 as his name 7,prometheus1 8he who sees before him0 or futurity7 shows7#igc7--;in the arts he devised and taught to humanity1 psychological insight was not the least4 ,for as he complains to the daughters of ,oceanus3 ,of prophecies the various modes ,i fixed1 7#dib7 ,and among dreams did first discriminate ,the truthful vision 444 and mortals guided ,to a mysterious art4444 ,all arts to mortals from ,prometheus came4444 ,leaving for a few pages the main subject1 let us pause and see what may be the hidden meaning of this1 the most ancient as it is the most suggestive of traditional allegories4 ,as it relates directly to the early ,races1 this will be no real digression4 ,the subject of schylus' trilogy1 of which two plays are lost1 is known to all cultured readers4 ,the ,demigod robs the ,gods 7the ,elohim7 of their secret--the mystery of the ,creative ,fire4 ,for this sacrilegious attempt he is struck down by ,cronus7#igd7 and delivered unto ,zeus1 the ,father and ,creator of a mankind which he would have wished to have blind intellectually1 and animallike2 a ,personal ,deity1 which will not see ,man 8like one of us40 ,hence ,prometheus1 the 8,fire and ,lightgiver10 is chained on ,mount ,caucasus and condemned to suffer torture4 ,but the triform ,fates 7,karma71 whose decrees1 as the ,titan says1 even ,zeus-- ,e'en he the foreordained cannot escape4444 --ordain that those sufferings will last only to that day when a son of ,zeus-- ,ay1 a son bearing stronger than his sire 7#ghg7 ,one of thine ,io's own descendants it must be 7#gia7 --is born4 ,this 8,son0 will deliver ,prometheus 7suffering ,humanity7 from his own fatal gift4 ,his name is1 8,he who has to come40 ,on the authority1 then1 of these few lines1 which1 like any other allegorical sentence1 may be twisted into almost any meaning--on the authority of the words pronounced by ,prometheus and addressed to ,io1 the daughter of ,inachus1 persecuted by ,zeus--a whole prophecy is constructed by some ,catholic writers4 ,says the crucified ,titan3 ,and1 portent past belief1 the speaking oaks ,by which full clearly1 in no riddling phrase1 ,wast hailed as the illustrious spouse of ,zeus 444 7#hec7 444 stroking thee ,with touch alone of unalarming hand2 ,then thou dark ,epaphos shalt bear1 whose name ,records his sacred gendering 444 7#hgj74 ,this was construed by several fanatics--,des ,mousseaux and ,de ,mirville amongst others--into a clear prophecy4 ,io 8is the mother of ,god10 we are told1 and 8dark ,epaphos0--,christ4 ,but1 the latter has not dethroned his ,father1 except metaphorically1 if one has to regard ,jehovah as that ,father2 nor has the ,christian ,saviour hurled his ,father down into ,hades4 ,prometheus says 7in verse #icj7 that ,zeus will be humbled yet3 444 such marriage he prepares ,which from his throne of power to nothingness ,shall hurl him down2 so shall be all fulfilled ,his father ,kronos' curse4444 4444 ,then let him sit ,confiding in his lofty thunderpeals1 ,and wielding with both hands the fiery bolt2 ,for these shall not avail1 but fall he shall1 ,a fall disgraceful1 not to be endured4444 7#ihj74 8,dark ,epaphos0 was the ,dionysus,sabasius1 the son of ,zeus and of ,demeter in the ,sabasian ,mysteries1 during which the 8,father of the ,gods10 assuming the shape of a ,serpent1 begot on ,demeter ,dionysus1 or the ,solar ,bacchus4 ,io is the ,moon1 and at the same time the ,eve of a new race1 and so is ,demeter--in the present case4 ,the ,promethean myth is a prophecy indeed2 but it does not relate to any of the cyclic ,saviours who have appeared periodically in various countries and among various nations1 in their transitionary conditions of evolution4 ,it points to the last of the mysteries of cyclic transformations1 in the series of which mankind1 having passed from the ethereal to the solid physical state1 from spiritual to physiological procreation1 is now carried onward on the opposite arc of the cycle1 toward that second phase of its primitive state1 when woman knew no man1 and human progeny was created1 not begotten4 ,that state will return to it and to the world at large1 when the latter shall discover and really appreciate the truths which underlie this vast problem of sex4 ,it will be like 8the light that never shone on sea or land10 and has to come to men through the ,theosophical ,society4 ,that light will lead on and up to true spiritual intuition4 ,then1 as expressed once in a letter to a ,theosophist1 ,the world will have a race of ,buddhas and ,christs1 for the world will have discovered that individuals have it in their own powers to procreate ,buddhalike children--or ,demons4444 ,when that knowledge comes1 all dogmatic religions1 and with these the ,demons1 will die out4 ,if we reflect upon the serial development of the allegory1 and the character of the heroes1 the mystery may be unriddled4 ,cronus is of course 8,time0 in its cyclic course4 ,he swallows his children--the personal ,gods of exoteric dogmas included4 ,instead of ,zeus he has swallowed his stone idol2 but the symbol has grown1 and has only developed in human fancy as mankind has been cycling down toward only its physical and intellectual--not spiritual--perfection4 ,when it is as far advanced in its spiritual evolution ,cronus will be no longer deceived4 ,instead of the stone image he will have swallowed the anthropomorphic fiction itself4 ,because1 the ,serpent of ,wisdom1 represented in the ,sabasian ,mysteries by the anthropomorphized ,logos1 the unity of spiritual and physical ,powers1 will have begotten in ,time 7,cronus7 a progeny--,dionysus,bacchus1 or the 8dark ,epaphos10 the 8mighty one10 the ,race that will overthrow him4 ,where will he be born8 ,prometheus traces him to his origin and birthplace in his prophecy to ,io4 ,io is the ,moongoddess of generation--for she is ,isis and she is ,eve1 the ,great ,mother47#ige7 ,he traces the path of the 7racial7 wanderings as plainly as words can express it4 ,she has to quit ,europe and go to ,asia's continent1 reaching there the highest of the mountains of ,caucasus 7v4 #gcg71 the ,titan telling her3 ,when thou hast crossed the flood1 limit betwixt ,two continents1 fronting the burning ,east4444 7#haj7-- that she must travel ,eastward1 after passing the 8,kimmerian ,bosphorus10 and cross what is evidently the ,volga and now ,astrakhn on the ,caspian ,sea4 ,after this she will encounter 8fierce northern blasts0 and cross thither to the land of the 8,arimaspian host0 7,east of ,herodotus' ,scythia7 to-- ,pluto's goldabounding flood4444 7#hbe74 ,this is rightly conjectured by ,professor ,newman to have meant the ,ural1 the ,arimaspi of ,herodotus being 8the recognized inhabitants of this golden region40 ,and here comes 7between verses #hbe and #hce7 a puzzle to all the ,european interpreters4 ,says the ,titan3 ,to these ,arimaspi and ,grypes approach not2 a far border land ,thou next shalt reach1 where dwells a swarthy race ,near the ,sun's founts1 whence is the thiop river2 ,along its banks proceed till thou attain ,the mighty rapids1 where from ,bybline heights ,pure draughts of sacred water ,neilos sends4 ,there ,io was ordained to found a colony for herself and her sons4 ,now we must see how the passage is interpreted4 ,io is told that she has to travel ,eastward till she comes to the river ,ethiops1 which she is to follow till it falls into the ,nile--hence the perplexity4 8,according to the geographical theories of the earliest ,greeks10 we are informed by the author of the version of 8,prometheus ,bound03 ,this condition was fulfilled by the river ,indus4 ,arrian 7vi4 #a7 mentions that ,alexander the ,great1 when preparing to sail down the ,indus having seen crocodiles in the river ,indus1 and in no other river except the ,nile 4441 seemed to himself to have discovered the sources of the ,nile2 as though the ,nile1 rising from some place in ,india1 and flowing through much desert land1 and thereby losing its name ,indus1 next 444 flowed through inhabited land1 being now called ,nile by the ,ethiopians of those parts and afterwards by the ,egyptians4 ,virgil in the ,i,vth ,georgic echoes the obsolete error47#igf7 ,both ,alexander and ,virgil may have erred considerably in their geographical notions2 but the prophecy of ,prometheus has not in the least so sinned--not1 at any rate1 in its ,esoteric spirit4 ,when a certain ,race is symbolized1 and events pertaining to its history are rendered allegorically1 no topographical accuracy ought to be expected in the itinerary traced for its personification4 ,yet it so happens1 that the river ,ethiops is certainly the ,indus1 and it is also the ,nl or ,nl4 ,it is the river born on the ,kailsa ,heaven mountain1 the ,mansion of the ,gods--#bb1jjj feet above the level of the sea4 ,it was the ,ethiops river1 and was so called by the ,greeks1 long before the days of ,alexander1 because its banks1 from ,attock down to ,sind1 were peopled by tribes generally referred to as the ,eastern ,ethiopians4 ,india and ,egypt were two kindred nations1 and the ,eastern ,ethiopians--the mighty builders--have come from ,india1 as is pretty well proved1 it is hoped1 in ,isis ,unveiled47#igg7 ,then why could not ,alexander1 and even the learned ,virgil1 have used the word ,nile or ,neilos when speaking of the ,indus1 since it is one of its names8 ,to this day the ,indus is called1 in the regions around ,kalabagh1 ,nl1 8blue10 and ,nl1 the 8blue river40 ,the water there is of such a dark blue colour that this name was given to it from time immemorial2 a small town on its banks being called by the same name1 and existing to this day4 ,evidently ,arrian1 who wrote far later than the days of ,alexander1 and who was ignorant of the old name of the ,indus1 has unconsciously slandered the ,greek conqueror4 ,nor are our modern historians much wiser1 in judging as they do1 for they often make the most sweeping declarations on mere appearances1 as much as their ancient colleagues ever did in days of old1 when no ,encyclopdias were yet ready for them4 ,the race of ,io1 the 8cowhorned maid10 is then simply the first pioneer race of the thiopians brought by her from the ,indus to the ,nile1 which received its name in memory of the mother river of the colonists from ,india47#igh7 ,therefore ,prometheus says to ,io7#igi7 that the sacred ,neilos--the ,god1 not the river--shall guide her 8to the land1 three cornered10 namely1 to the ,delta1 where her sons are foreordained to found 8that faroff colony40 7#hcc et seqq47 ,it is there that a new race 7the ,egyptians7 will begin1 and a 8female race0 7#hgc7 which1 8fifth in descent0 from dark ,epaphos-- ,fifty in number shall return to ,argos4 ,then one of the fifty virgins will fail through love and shall-- 444 ,a kingly race in ,argos bear4444 ,but from this seed shall dauntless heroes spring1 ,bow--famous1 who shall free me from these ills4 ,when these heroes shall arise1 the ,titan does not reveal2 for as he remarks3 ,this1 to set forth at large needs lengthy speech4 ,but 8,argos0 is ,arghyavarsha1 the ,land of ,libations of the old ,hierophants1 whence the ,deliverer of ,humanity will appear1 a name which became ages later that of its neighbour1 ,india--the ,aryvarta of old4 ,that the subject formed part of the ,sabasian ,mysteries is made known by several ancient writers2 among others by ,cicero7#ihj7 and by ,clemens ,alexandrinus47#iha7 ,the latter writers are the only ones who attribute the fact of schylus being charged by the ,athenians with sacrilege and condemned to be stoned to death to its true cause4 ,they say that being himself uninitiated1 schylus had profaned the ,mysteries by exposing them in his ,trilogies on a public stage47#ihb7 ,but he would have incurred the same condemnation had he been initiated2 which must have been the case1 as otherwise he must1 like ,socrates1 have had a ,daimon to reveal to him the secret and sacred allegorical ,drama of ,initiation4 ,at all events1 it is not the 8father of the ,greek tragedy0 who invented the prophecy of ,prometheus2 for he only repeated in dramatic form that which was revealed by the priests during the ,mysteria of the ,sabasia47#ihc7 ,the latter was one of the oldest sacred festivals1 whose origin is to this day unknown to history4 ,mythologists connect it through ,mithras1 the ,sun1 called ,sabasius on some old monuments1 with ,jupiter and ,bacchus4 ,it was never1 however1 the property of the ,greeks1 but dates from days immemorial4 ,the translator of the drama wonders how schylus could become guilty of such ,discrepancy between the character of ,zeus as portrayed in the 8,prometheus ,bound0 and that depicted in the remaining dramas47#ihd7 ,this is just because schylus1 like ,shakespeare1 was and will ever remain the intellectual 8,sphinx0 of the ages4 ,between ,zeus1 the ,abstract ,deity of ,grecian thought1 and the ,olympic ,zeus1 there was an abyss4 ,the latter represented in the ,mysteries no higher a principle than the lower aspect of human physical intelligence--,manas wedded to ,kma2 whereas ,prometheus--the divine aspect of ,manas merging into and aspiring to ,buddhi--was the divine ,soul4 ,zeus1 whenever shown as yielding to his lower passions1 is the ,human ,soul and nothing more--the jealous ,god1 revengeful and cruel in its ,egotism or 8,iamness40 ,hence1 ,zeus is represented as a ,serpent--the intellectual tempter of man--which1 nevertheless1 begets in the course of cyclic evolution the 8,man,saviour10 the ,solar ,bacchus or ,dionysus--more than a man4 ,dionysus is one with ,osiris1 with ,krishna1 and with ,buddha1 the heavenly ,wise ,one1 and with the coming 7tenth7 ,avatra1 the glorified ,spiritual ,christos1 who will deliver the suffering ,chrestos--mankind1 or ,prometheus1 on its trial4 ,this1 say ,brhmanical and ,buddhistic legends1 echoed by the ,zoroastrian and now by the ,christian teachings 7the latter only occasionally71 will happen at the end of the ,kali ,yuga4 ,it is only after the appearance of ,kalki ,avatra1 or ,sosiosh1 that man will be born from woman without sin4 ,then will ,brahm1 the ,hind deity1 ,ahura ,mazda 7,ormazd71 the ,zoroastrian1 ,zeus1 the ,greco,olympian ,don ,juan1 ,jehovah1 the jealous1 repenting1 cruel1 tribal ,god of the ,israelites1 and all their likes in the universal ,pantheon of human fancy--vanish and disappear in thin air4 ,and along with these will vanish their shadows1 the dark aspects of all these ,deities1 ever represented as their 8twin brothers0 and creatures1 in exoteric legend--their own reflection on ,earth1 in ,esoteric ,philosophy4 ,the ,ahrimans and ,typhons1 the ,samaels and ,satans1 must be all dethroned on that day1 when every dark evil passion will be subdued4 ,there is one ,eternal ,law in ,nature1 one that always tends to adjust contraries1 and to produce final harmony4 ,it is owing to this ,law of spiritual development superseding the physical and purely intellectual1 that mankind will become freed from its false ,gods1 and find itself finally--,selfredeemed4 ,in its final revelation1 the old myth of ,prometheus1 of whom the proto and antitypes are found in every ancient ,theogony1 stands in each of them at the very origin of physical evil1 because at the threshold of human physical life4 ,cronus is 8,time10 whose first law is that the order of the successive and harmonious phases1 in the process of evolution during cyclic development1 should be strictly preserved--under the severe penalty of abnormal growth with all its ensuing results4 ,it was not in the programme of natural development1 that man--higher animal though he may be--should become at once1 intellectually1 spiritually1 and psychically1 the ,demigod he is on ,earth1 while his physical frame remains weaker1 more helpless and ephemeral1 than that of almost any huge mammal4 ,the contrast is too grotesque and violent2 the tabernacle much too unworthy of its indwelling ,god4 ,the gift of ,prometheus thus became a ,curse--though foreknown and foreseen by the ,host personified in that personage1 as his name well shows47#ihe7 ,it is in this that rests1 at one and the same time1 its sin and its redemption4 ,for the ,host that incarnated in a portion of humanity1 though led to it by ,karma or ,nemesis1 preferred free will to passive slavery1 intellectual selfconscious pain and even torture1 8while myriad time shall flow10 to inane1 imbecile1 instinctual beatitude4 ,knowing such an incarnation was premature and not in the programme of ,nature1 the ,heavenly ,host1 8,prometheus10 still sacrificed itself to benefit thereby1 at least1 one portion of mankind47#ihf7 ,but while saving man from mental darkness1 they inflicted upon him the tortures of the selfconsciousness of his responsibility--the result of his free will--besides every ill to which mortal man and flesh are heir4 ,this torture ,prometheus accepted for himself1 since the ,host became henceforward blended with the tabernacle prepared for them1 which was still unachieved at that period of formation4 ,spiritual evolution being incapable of keeping pace with the physical1 once its homogeneity was broken by the admixture1 the gift thus became the chief cause1 if not the sole origin1 of ,evil47#ihg7 ,highly philosophical is the allegory which shows ,cronus cursing ,zeus for dethroning him1 in the primitive ,golden ,age of ,saturn1 when all men were ,demigods1 and for creating a physical race of men weak and helpless in comparison2 and then as delivering to his 7,zeus'7 revenge the culprit1 who despoiled the ,gods of their prerogative of creation and who thereby raised man to their level1 intellectually and spiritually4 ,in the case of ,prometheus1 ,zeus represents the ,host of the ,primeval ,progenitors1 of the ,pitaras1 the 8,fathers0 who created man senseless and without mind2 while the ,divine ,titan stands for the ,spiritual ,creators1 the ,devas who 8fell0 into generation4 ,the former are spiritually lower1 but physically stronger1 than the 8,prometheans02 therefore1 the latter are shown conquered4 8,the lower ,host1 whose work the ,titan spoiled and thus defeated the plans of ,zeus10 was on this ,earth in its own sphere and plane of action2 whereas the superior ,host was an exile from ,heaven1 who had got entangled in the meshes of ,matter4 ,the inferior ,host were masters of all the ,cosmic and lower ,titanic ,forces2 the higher ,titan possessed only the ,intellectual and ,spiritual ,fire4 ,this drama of the struggle of ,prometheus with the ,olympic tyrant and despot1 sensual ,zeus1 one sees enacted daily within our actual mankind2 the lower passions chain the higher aspirations to the rock of ,matter1 to generate in many a case the vulture of sorrow1 pain1 and repentance4 ,in every such case one sees once more-- ,a god 444 in fetters1 anguish fraught2 ,the foe of ,zeus1 in hatred held of all-- a ,god1 bereft even of that supreme consolation of ,prometheus1 who suffered in selfsacrifice-- ,for that to men he ,i bore too fond a mind-- as the divine ,titan is moved by altruism1 but the mortal man by selfishness and egosm in every instance4 ,the modern ,prometheus has now become ,epimetneus1 8he who sees only after the event02 because the universal philanthropy of the former has long ago degenerated into selfishness and selfadoration4 ,man will become the free ,titan of old1 but not before cyclic evolution has reestablished the broken harmony between the two natures--the terrestrial and the divine2 after which he becomes impermeable to the lower ,titanic ,forces1 invulnerable in his ,personality1 and immortal in his ,individuality--but this cannot happen before every animal element is eliminated from his nature4 ,when man understands that 8,deus non fecit mortem107#ihh7 but that man has created it himself1 he will rebecome the ,prometheus before his ,fall4 ,for the full symbolism of ,prometheus and the origin of this mythos in ,greece1 the reader is referred to ,part ,,ii of this ,volume1 ,section ,,xx1 8,prometheus1 the ,titan10 etc4 ,in the said ,part--a kind of supplement to the present portion--every additional information is given upon those tenets that will be the most controverted and questioned4 ,this work is so heterodox1 when confronted with the acknowledged standards of ,theology and ,modern ,science1 that no proof which tends to show that these standards often usurp an illegal authority should be neglected4 ,additional ,fragments ,from ,a ,commentary ,on ,the ,verses ,of ,stanza ,,xii4 ,the ,,ms4 from which these additional explanations are taken belongs to the group called ,tongshaktchi ,sangye ,songa1 or the 8,records of the ,thirty five ,buddhas of ,confession10 as they are exoterically called4 ,these personages1 however1 though called in the ,northern ,buddhist religion ,buddhas1 may just as well be called ,rishis1 ,avatras1 etc41 as they are 8,buddhas who have preceded ,shkyamuni0 only for the ,northern followers of the ethics preached by ,gautama4 ,these great ,mahtms1 or ,buddhas1 are a universal and common property2 they are historical ,sages--at any rate for all the ,occultists who believe in such a ,hierarchy of ,sages1 and who have had its existence proved to them by the learned ones of the ,fraternity4 ,they are chosen from among some ninetyseven ,buddhas in one group1 and fiftythree in another17#ihi7 mostly imaginary personages1 who are really the personifications of the powers of the firstnamed47#iij7 ,these 8,baskets0 of the oldest writings on 8palm leaves0 are kept very secret4 ,each ,,ms4 has appended to it a short synopsis of the history of that sub race to which the particular ,buddha,lha belonged4 ,the one special ,,ms4 from which the fragments which follow have been extracted1 and then rendered into more comprehensible language1 is said to have been copied from stone tablets which belonged to a ,buddha of the earliest days of the ,fifth ,race1 who had witnessed the ,deluge and the submersion of the chief continents of the ,atlantean ,race4 ,the day when much1 if not all1 of that which is given here from the ,archaic ,records1 will be found correct1 is not far distant4 ,then the modern ,symbologists will acquire the certitude that even ,odin1 or the ,god ,woden1 the highest ,god in the ,german and ,scandinavian mythology1 is one of these thirtyfive ,buddhas2 one of the earliest1 indeed1 for the ,continent to which he and his ,race belonged is also one of the earliest--so early1 in truth1 that in those days tropical nature was to be found1 where now lie eternal unthawing snows1 and one could cross almost by dry land from ,norway vi ,iceland and ,greenland1 to the lands that at present surround ,hudson's ,bay47#iia7 ,in similar fashion1 in the palmy days of the ,atlantean ,giants1 the sons of the 8,giants from the ,east10 a pilgrim could perform a journey from what in our days is termed the ,sahara ,desert1 to the lands which now rest in dreamless sleep at the bottom of the waters of the ,gulf of ,mexico and the ,caribbean ,sea4 ,events which were never written outside the human memory1 but which were religiously transmitted from one generation to another1 and from race to race1 may have been preserved by constant transmission 8within the book volume of the brain10 and through countless ons1 with more truth and accuracy than inside any written document or record4 8,that which is part of our souls is eternal10 says ,thackeray2 and what can be nearer to our ,souls than that which happens at the dawn of our lives8 ,those lives are countless1 but the ,soul or ,spirit that animates us throughout these myriads of existences is the same2 and though 8the book volume0 of the physical brain may forget events within the scope of one terrestrial life1 the bulk of collective recollections can never desert the ,divine ,soul within us4 ,its whispers may be too soft1 the sound of its words too far off the plane perceived by our physical senses2 yet the shadow of events that were1 just as much as the shadow of the events that are to come1 is within its perceptive powers1 and is ever present before its mind's eye4 ,it is this ,soulvoice1 perhaps1 which tells those who believe in tradition more than in written history1 that what is said below is all true1 and relates to prehistoric facts4 ,this is what is written in one passage3 ,the ,kings of ,light have departed in wrath4 ,the sins of men have become so black that ,earth quivers in her great agony4444 ,the ,azure ,seats remain empty4 ,who of the ,brown1 who of the ,red1 or yet among the ,black ,races1 can sit in the ,seats of the ,blessed1 the ,seats of ,knowledge and ,mercy8 ,who can assume the ,flower of ,power1 the ,plant of the ,golden ,stem and the ,azure ,blossom8 ,the 8,kings of ,light0 is the name given in all old records to the ,sovereigns of the ,divine ,dynasties4 ,the 8,azure ,seats0 are translated 8,celestial ,thrones0 in certain documents4 ,the 8,flower of ,power0 is now the ,lotus2 what it may have been at that period1 who can tell8 ,the writer proceeds1 like the later ,jeremiah1 to bewail the fate of his people4 ,they had become bereft of their 8,azure0 7,celestial7 ,kings1 and 8they of the devahue10 the moonlike complexion1 and 8they of the refulgent 7golden7 face0 have gone 8to the ,land of ,bliss1 the ,land of ,fire and ,metal0--or1 agreeably with the rules of symbolism1 to the lands lying ,north and ,east1 from whence 8the ,great ,waters have been swept away1 sucked in by the ,earth and dissipated in the ,air40 ,the wise races had perceived 8the black ,stormdragons1 called down by the ,dragons of ,wisdom0--and 8had fled1 led on by the shining ,protectors of the most ,excellent ,land0--the great ancient ,adepts1 presumably2 those the ,hinds refer to as their ,manus and ,rishis4 ,one of them was ,vaivasvata ,manu4 ,they 8of the yellow hue0 are the forefathers of those whom ,ethnology now classes as the ,turanians1 the ,mongols1 ,chinese and other ancient nations2 and the land they fled to was no other than ,central ,asia4 ,there1 entirely new races were born2 there1 they lived and died until the separation of the nations4 ,but this 8separation0 did not take place either in the localities assigned for it by ,modern ,science1 nor in the way the ryans are shown to have divided and separated by ,prof4 ,max ,mller and other ryanists4 ,nearly twothirds of one million years have elapsed since that period4 ,the yellowfaced giants of the ,post,atlantean day had ample time1 through this forced confinement to one part of the world1 with the same racial blood and without any fresh infusion or admixture in it1 during a period of nearly #gjj1jjj years1 to branch off into the most heterogeneous and diversified types4 ,the same is shown in ,africa2 nowhere does a more extraordinary variability of types exist1 from black to almost white1 from gigantic men to dwarfish races2 and this only because of their forced isolation4 ,the ,africans have not left their continent for several hundred thousands of years4 ,if tomorrow the continent of ,europe were to disappear and other lands to remerge instead1 and if the ,african tribes were to separate and scatter on the face of the ,earth1 it is they who1 in about a hundred thousand years hence1 would form the bulk of the civilized nations4 ,and it is the descendants of those of our highly cultured nations1 who might have survived on some one island1 without any means of crossing the new seas1 that would fall back into a state of relative savagery4 ,thus the reason given for dividing humanity into superior and inferior races falls to the ground and becomes a fallacy4 ,such are the facts given in the ,archaic ,records4 ,collating and comparing them with some modern theories of evolution1 minus ,natural ,selection17#iib7 these statements appear quite reasonable and logical4 ,thus1 while the ryans are the descendants of the yellow ,adam1 the gigantic and highly civilized ,atlantoryan race1 the ,semites--and the ,jews along with them--are those of the red ,adam1 and thus both ,de ,quatrefages and the writers of the ,mosaic ,genesis are right4 ,for1 could chapter v of the ,first ,book of ,moses be compared with the genealogies found in our ,archaic ,bible1 the period from ,adam unto ,noah would be found noticed therein1 though of course under different names1 the respective years of the ,patriarchs being turned into periods1 and the whole being symbolical and allegorical4 ,in the ,,ms4 under consideration many and frequent are the references to the great knowledge and civilization of the ,atlantean nations1 showing the polity of several of them and the nature of their arts and sciences4 ,if the ,third ,root,race1 the ,lemuro,atlanteans1 are already spoken of as having been drowned 8with their high civilizations and ,gods107#iic7 how much more may the same be said of the ,atlanteans6 ,it is from the ,fourth ,race that the early ryans got their knowledge of 8the bundle of wonderful things10 the ,sabh and ,mysabh1 mentioned in the ,mahbhrata1 the gift of ,mysura to the ,pndavas4 ,it is from them that they learnt ronautics1 ,vimna ,vidy1 the 8knowledge of flying in airvehicles10 and1 therefore1 their great arts of ,meteorography and ,meteorology4 ,it is from them1 again1 that the ryans inherited their most valuable ,science of the hidden virtues of precious and other stones1 of ,chemistry1 or rather ,alchemy1 of ,mineralogy1 ,geology1 ,physics and ,astronomy4 ,several times the writer has put to herself the question3 ,is the story of ,exodus--in its details at least--as narrated in the ,old ,testament1 original8 ,or is it1 like the story of ,moses himself and many others1 simply another version of the legends told of the ,atlanteans8 ,for who1 upon hearing the story told of the latter1 will fail to perceive the great similarity of the fundamental features8 ,remember the anger of 8,god0 at the obduracy of ,pharaoh1 his command to the 8chosen0 ones to spoil the ,egyptians1 before departing1 of their 8jewels of silver and jewels of gold107#iid7 and finally the ,egyptians and their ,pharaoh drowned in the ,red ,sea4 ,then read the following fragment of the earlier story from the ,commentary3 ,and the 8,great ,king of the ,dazzling ,face0 the chief of all the ,yellowfaced1 was sad1 seeing the sins of the ,blackfaced4 ,he sent his airvehicles ,vimnas to all his brotherchiefs chiefs of other nations and tribes with pious men within1 saying3 8,prepare4 ,arise1 ye men of the ,good ,law1 and cross the land while yet dry4 8,the ,lords of the storm are approaching4 ,their chariots are nearing the land4 ,one night and two days only shall the ,lords of the ,dark ,face the ,sorcerers live on this patient land4 ,she is doomed1 and they have to descend with her4 ,the nether ,lords of the ,fires the ,gnomes and ,fire ,elementals are preparing their magic ,agnyastra fireweapons worked by ,magic4 ,but the ,lords of the ,dark ,eye #8,evil ,eye' are stronger than they the ,elementals and they are the slaves of the mighty ones4 ,they are versed in ,astra ,vidy1 the highest magical knowledge47#iie7 ,come and use yours i4e41 your magic powers1 in order to counteract those of the ,sorcerers4 ,let every ,lord of the ,dazzling ,face an ,adept of the ,white ,magic cause the ,vimna of every ,lord of the ,dark ,face to come into his hands or possession1 lest any of the ,sorcerers should by its means escape from the waters1 avoid the ,rod of the ,four ,karmic ,deities1 and save his wicked followers1 or people4 8,may every ,yellow ,face send sleep from himself to mesmerize8 every ,black ,face4 ,may even they the ,sorcerers avoid pain and suffering4 ,may every man true to the ,solar ,gods bind paralyze every man under the ,lunar ,gods1 lest he should suffer or escape his destiny4 8,and may every ,yellow ,face offer of his lifewater blood to the speaking animal of a ,black ,face1 lest he awaken his master47#iif7 8,the hour has struck1 the black night is ready4 8,let their destiny be accomplished4 ,we are the servants of the ,great ,four47#iig7 ,may the ,kings of ,light return40 ,the great ,king fell upon his ,dazzling ,face and wept4444 ,when the ,kings assembled1 the waters had already moved4444 ,but the nations had now crossed the dry lands4 ,they were beyond the watermark4 ,their ,kings reached them in their ,vimnas1 and led them on to the lands of ,fire and ,metal ,east and ,north4 ,still1 in another passage1 it is said3 ,stars meteors showered on the lands of the ,black ,faces2 but they slept4 ,the speaking beasts the magic watchers kept quiet4 ,the nether ,lords waited for orders1 but they came not1 for their masters slept4 ,the waters arose1 and covered the valleys from one end of the ,earth to the other4 ,high lands remained1 the bottom of the ,earth the lands of the antipodes remained dry4 ,there dwelt those who escaped2 the men of the ,yellow ,faces and of the straight eye the frank and sincere people4 ,when the ,lords of the ,dark ,faces awoke and bethought themselves of their ,vimnas in order to escape from the rising waters1 they found them gone4 ,then a passage shows some of the more powerful ,magicians of the 8,dark ,faces10 who awoke earlier than the others1 pursuing those who had 8spoilt them0 and who were in the rearguard1 for--8the nations that were led away were as thick as the stars of the milky way10 says a more modern ,commentary1 written in ,sanskrit only4 ,like as a dragonsnake uncoils slowly its body1 so the ,sons of ,men1 led on by the ,sons of ,wisdom1 opened their folds1 and spreading out1 expanded like a running stream of sweet waters 444 many of the fainthearted among them perished on their way4 ,but most were saved4 ,yet the pursuers1 8whose heads and chests soared high above the water10 chased them 8for three lunar terms0 until finally reached by the rising waves1 they perished to the last man1 the soil sinking under their feet and the ,earth engulfing those who had desecrated her4 ,this sounds a good deal like the original material upon which the similar story in ,exodus was built many hundred thousands of years later4 ,the biography of ,moses1 the story of his birth1 childhood and rescue from the ,nile by ,pharaoh's daughter1 is now shown to have been adapted from the ,chaldan narrative about ,sargon4 ,and if so1 the ,assyrian tiles in the ,british ,museum being a good proof of it1 why not that of the ,jews robbing the ,egyptians of their jewels1 the death of ,pharaoh and his army1 and so on8 ,the gigantic ,magicians of ,ruta and ,daitya1 the 8,lords of the ,dark ,face10 may1 in the later narrative1 have become the ,egyptian ,magi1 and the yellowfaced nations of the ,fifth ,race1 the virtuous sons of ,jacob1 the 8chosen people06 ,one more statement has to be made4 ,there have been several ,divine ,dynasties--a series for every ,root,race beginning with the ,third1 each series according and adapted to its ,humanity4 ,the last seven ,dynasties referred to in the ,egyptian and ,chaldan records belonged to the ,fifth ,race1 which1 though generally called ryan1 was not entirely so1 as it was ever largely mixed up with races to which ,ethnology gives other names4 ,it would be impossible1 in view of the limited space at our disposal1 to go any further into the description of the ,atlanteans1 in whom the whole ,east believes as much as we believe in the ancient ,egyptians1 but whose existence the majority of the ,western ,scientists deny1 as they have denied1 before this1 many a truth1 from the existence of ,homer down to that of the carrier pigeon4 ,the civilization of the ,atlanteans was greater than even that of the ,egyptians4 ,it is their degenerate descendants1 the nation of ,plato's ,atlantis1 who built the first ,pyramids in the country1 and that certainty before the advent of the 8,eastern thiopians10 as ,herodotus calls the ,egyptians4 ,this may be well inferred from the statement made by ,ammianus ,marcellinus1 who says of the ,pyramids that3 ,there are also subterranean passages and winding retreats1 which1 it is said1 men skilful in the ancient mysteries1 by means of which they divined the coming of a flood1 constructed in different places lest the memory of all their sacred ceremonies should be lost4 ,these men who 8divined the coming of floods0 were not ,egyptians1 who never had any1 except the periodical rising of the ,nile4 ,who were they8 ,the last remnants of the ,atlanteans1 we maintain2 those races which are dimly suspected by ,science1 and thinking of which ,mr4 ,charles ,gould1 the well known ,geologist1 says3 ,can we suppose that we have at all exhausted the great museum of nature8 ,have we1 in fact1 penetrated yet beyond its antechambers8 ,does the written history of man1 comprising a few thousand years1 embrace the whole course of his intelligent existence8 or have we in the long mythical eras1 extending over hundreds of thousands of years1 and recorded in the chronologies of ,chalda and of ,china1 shadowy mementoes of prehistoric man1 handed down by tradition1 and perhaps transported by a few survivors to existing lands from others1 which1 like the fabled 787 ,atlantis of ,plato1 may have been submerged1 or the scene of some great catastrophe which destroyed them with all their civilization47#iih7 ,after this one can turn with more confidence to the words of a ,master who wrote1 several years before these words were penned by ,mr4 ,gould3 ,the ,fourth ,race had its periods of the highest civilization4 ,greek and ,roman and even ,egyptian civilizations are nothing compared to the civilizations that began with the ,third ,race --after its separation4 ,but if this civilization and the mastery of arts and sciences are denied to the ,third and ,fourth ,races1 no one will deny that between the great civilizations of antiquity1 such as those of ,egypt and ,india1 there stretched the dark ages of crass ignorance and barbarism ever since the beginning of the ,christian era up to our modern civilization1 during which period all recollection of these traditions was lost4 ,as said in ,isis ,unveiled3 ,why should we forget that1 ages before the prows of the adventurous ,genoese clove the ,western waters1 the ,phnician vessels had circumnavigated the ,globe1 and spread civilization in regions now silent and deserted8 ,what ,archologist will dare assert that the same hand which planned the ,pyramids of ,egypt1 ,karnak1 and the thousand ruins now crumbling to oblivion on the sandy banks of the ,nile1 did not erect the monumental ,nagkon,wat of ,cambodia2 or trace the hieroglyphics on the obelisks and doors of the deserted ,indian village1 newly discovered in ,british ,columbia by ,lord ,dufferin2 or those on the ruins of ,palenque and ,uxmal1 of ,central ,america8 ,do not the relics we treasure in our museums--last mementoes of the long 8lost arts0--speak loudly in favour of ancient civilization8 ,and do they not prove1 over and over again1 that nations and continents that have passed away have buried along with them arts and sciences1 which neither the first crucible ever heated in a medival cloister1 nor the last cracked by a modern chemist1 have revived1 nor will--at least1 in the present century4 ,and the same question may be put now that was put then2 it may be once more asked3 ,how does it happen that the most advanced standpoint that has been reached in our times1 only enables us to see in the dim distance up the ,alpine path of knowledge the monumental proofs that earlier explorers have left to mark the plateaux they had reached and occupied8 ,if modern masters are so much in advance of the old ones1 why do they not restore to us the lost arts of our postdiluvian forefathers8 ,why do they not give us the unfading colours of ,luxor--the ,tyrian purple1 the bright vermilion1 and dazzling blue which decorate the walls of this place1 and are as bright as on the first day of their application2 the indestructible cement of the pyramids and of ancient aqueducts2 the ,damascus blade1 which can be turned like a corkscrew in its scabbard without breaking2 the gorgeous1 unparalleled tints of the stained glass that is found amid the dust of old ruins and beams in the windows of ancient cathedrals2 and the secret of the true malleable glass8 ,and if ,chemistry is so little able to rival even the early medival ages in some arts1 why boast of achievements which1 according to strong probability1 were perfectly known thousands of years ago4 ,the more ,archology and ,philology advance1 the more humiliating to our pride are the discoveries which are daily made1 the more glorious testimony do they bear in behalf of those who1 perhaps on account of the distance of their remote antiquity1 have been until now considered ignorant flounderers in the deepest mire of superstition4 ,among other ,arts and ,sciences1 the ,ancients--ay1 as an heirloom from the ,atlanteans--had those of ,astronomy and ,symbolism1 which included the knowledge of the ,zodiac4 ,as already explained1 the whole of ,antiquity believed1 with good reason1 that humanity and its races are all intimately connected with the ,planets1 and these with the ,zodiacal ,signs4 ,the whole world's history is recorded in the latter4 ,in the ancient temples of ,egypt there is an example in the ,dendera ,zodiac2 but except in an ,arabic work1 the property of a ,sf1 the writer has never met with a correct copy of these marvellous records of the past--and also of the future--history of our ,globe4 ,yet the original records exist1 most undeniably4 ,as ,europeans are unacquainted with the real ,zodiacs of ,india1 and those they do happen to know of they fail to understand1 as witness ,bentley1 the reader is advised1 in order to verify the statement1 to turn to the work of ,denon7#iii7 in which the two famous ,egyptian ,zodiacs can be found and examined4 ,having seen them personally1 the writer has no longer need to trust to what other students--who have examined and studied both very carefully--have to say of them4 ,the assertion of the ,egyptian ,priests to ,herodotus1 that the terrestrial ,pole and the ,pole of the ,ecliptic had formerly coincided1 has been corroborated by ,mackey1 who states that the ,poles are represented on the ,zodiacs in both positions4 ,and in that which shows the ,poles polar axes at right angles1 there are marks which show1 that it was not the last time they were in that position2 but the first --after the ,zodiacs had been traced4 ,capricorn1 is1 therein1 represented at the ,north ,pole2 and ,cancer is divided1 near its middle1 at the ,south ,pole2 which is a confirmation that1 originally they had their winter when the ,sun was in ,cancer4 ,but the chief characteristics of its being a monument commemorating the first time that the ,pole had been in that position1 are the ,lion and the ,virgin47#ajjj7 ,broadly calculated1 it is believed by ,egyptologists that the ,great ,pyramid was built #c1cej ,b4,c427#ajja7 and that ,menes and his ,dynasty existed #gej years before the appearance of the ,fourth ,dynasty--during which the ,pyramids are supposed to have been built4 ,thus #d1ajj years ,b4,c4 is the age assigned to ,menes4 ,now ,sir ,j4 ,gardner ,wilkinson's declaration that all the facts lead to the conclusion that the ,egyptians had already-- ,made very great progress in the arts of civilization before the age of ,menes1 and perhaps before they immigrated into the valley of the ,nile--7#ajjb7 is very suggestive1 as destroying this hypothesis of the comparatively modern civilizing of ,egypt4 ,it points to a great civilization in pre historic times1 and a still greater antiquity4 ,the ,schesoo,hor1 the 8servants of ,horus10 were the people who had settled in ,egypt2 and1 as ,m4 ,maspro affirms1 it is to this 8prehistoric race0 that-- ,belongs the honour of having constituted ,egypt1 such as we know it1 from the commencement of the historic period4 ,and ,staniland ,wake adds3 ,they founded the principal cities of ,egypt1 and established the most important sanctuaries47#ajjc7 ,this was before the ,great ,pyramid epoch1 and when ,egypt had hardly arisen from the waters4 ,yet3 ,they possessed the hieroglyphic form of writing special to the ,egyptians1 and must have been already considerably advanced in civilization4 ,as says ,lenormant3 ,it was the country of the great prehistoric sanctuaries1 seats of the sacerdotal dominion1 which played the most important part in the origin of civilization4 ,what is the date assigned to this people8 ,we hear of #d1jjj1 at the utmost of #e1jjj1 years ,b4,c4 7,maspro74 ,now it is claimed that it is by means of the ,cycle of #be1hfh years 7the ,sidereal ,year7 that the approximate year of the erection of the ,great ,pyramid can be ascertained4 ,assuming that the long narrow downward passage leading from the entrance was directed towards the polestar of the pyramid builders1 astronomers have shown that in the year #b1agj ,b4,c4 the passage pointed to ,alpha ,draconis1 the then polestar4444 ,mr4 ,richard ,a4 ,proctor1 the astronomer1 after stating that the pole star was in the required position about #c1cej ,b4,c41 as well as in #b1agj ,b4,c41 says3 8either of these would correspond with the position of the descending passage in the ,great ,pyramid2 but ,egyptologists tell us there can absolutely be no doubt that the later epoch is far too late407#ajjd7 ,but we are also told that3 ,this relative position of ,alpha ,draconis and ,alcyone being an extraordinary one 444 it could not occur again for a whole ,sidereal ,year47#ajje7 ,this demonstrates that1 since the ,dendera ,zodiac shows the passage of three ,sidereal ,years1 the ,great ,pyramid must have been built #gh1jjj years ago1 or in any case that this possibility deserves to be accepted at least as readily as the later date of #c1cej ,b4,c4 ,now on the ,zodiac of a certain temple in far ,northern ,india1 the same characteristics of the signs as on the ,dendera ,zodiac are found4 ,those who know the ,hind symbols and constellations well1 will be able to find out from the description of the ,egyptian1 whether the indications of time are correct or not4 ,on the ,dendera ,zodiac1 as preserved by the modern ,egyptian ,coptic and ,greek ,adepts1 and explained a little differently by ,mackey1 the ,dion stands upon the ,hydra and his tail is almost straight1 pointing downwards at an angle of forty or fifty degrees1 this position agreeing with the original conformation of these constellations4 ,but adds ,mackey3 ,in many places we see the ,lion ,sinha1 with his tail turned up over his back1 and ending with a ,serpent's head2 thereby1 shewing that the ,lion had been inverted3 which1 indeed1 must have been the case with the whole ,zodiac1 and every other ,constellation1 when the ,pole had been inverted4 ,speaking of the circular ,zodiac1 which is also given by ,denon1 he says3 ,there 444 the ,lion is standing on the ,serpent1 and his tail forming a curve downward1 from which we find that1 though six or seven hundred thousand years must have passed between the two positions1 yet they had made but little or no difference in the ,constellations of ,leo and the ,hydra2 while ,virgo is represented very differently in the two--in the circular ,zodiac1 the ,virgin is nursing her child3 but it seems that they had not had that idea when the ,pole was first within the plane of the ,ecliptic2 for in this ,zodiac1 as given by ,denon1 we see three ,virgins between the ,lion and the ,scales1 the last of which holds1 in her hand1 an ear of wheat4 ,it is much to be lamented that1 there is in this ,zodiac a breach of the figures in the latter part of ,leo and the beginning of ,virgo1 which has taken away one ,decan out of each sign47#ajjf7 ,nevertheless1 the meaning is plain1 as the three ,zodiacs belong to three different epochs2 namely1 to the last three family races of the fourth subrace of the ,fifth ,root,race1 each of which must have lived approximately from #be1jjj to #cj1jjj years4 ,the first of these1 the 8ryan ,asiatics10 witnessed the doom of the last of the populations of the ,giant ,atlanteans7#ajjg7 7the ,ruta and ,daitya ,island,continents7 who perished some #hej1jjj years ago1 toward the close of the ,miocene ,age47#ajjh7 ,the fourth subrace witnessed the destruction of the last remnant of the ,atlanteans--the ryo,atlanteans in the last island of ,atlantis1 namely1 some #aa1jjj years ago4 ,in order to understand this1 the reader is asked to glance at the diagram of the ,genealogical ,tree of the ,fifth ,root ,race--generally1 though hardly correctly1 called the ryan ,race--and the explanations appended to it4 ,let the reader remember well that which is said of the divisions of ,root ,races and the evolution of ,humanity in this work1 and stated clearly and concisely in ,mr4 ,sinnett's ,esoteric ,buddhism4 #a4 ,there are seven ,rounds in every ,manvantara2 this ,round is the ,fourth1 and we are in the ,fifth ,root,race1 at present4 #b4 ,each ,root,race has seven subraces4 #c4 ,each subrace has1 in its turn1 seven ramifications1 which may be called 8branch0 or 8family0 races4 #d4 ,the little tribes1 shoots1 and offshoots of the lastnamed are countless1 and depend on ,karmic action4 ,examine the ,genealogical ,tree hereto appended1 and you will understand4 ,the illustration is purely diagrammatic1 and is only intended to assist the reader in obtaining a slight grasp of the subject1 amidst the confusion which exists between the terms which have been used at different times for the divisions of ,humanity4 ,it is also here attempted to express in figures--but only within approximate limits1 for the sake of comparison--the duration of time through which it is possible to definitely distinguish one division from another4 ,it would only lead to hopeless confusion if any attempt were made to give accurate dates to a few2 for the ,races1 subraces1 etc41 down to their smallest ramifications1 overlap and are entangled with each other until it is nearly impossible to separate them4 ,illustration3 ,genealogical ,tree of the ,fifth ,root,race4 ,the ,human ,race has been compared to a tree1 and this serves admirably as an illustration4 ,the main stem of a tree may be compared to the ,root,race 7,a74 ,its larger limbs to the various subraces2 seven in number 7,b#a1 ,b#b1 etc474 ,on each of these limbs are seven 8branches10 or 8family0 races 7,c74 ,after this the cactusplant is a better illustration1 for its fleshy 8leaves0 are covered with sharp spines1 each of which may be compared to a nation or tribe of human beings4 ,now our ,fifth ,root,race has already been in existence--as a ,race sui generis and quite free from its parent stem--about #a1jjj1jjj years2 therefore it must be inferred that each of the four preceding subraces has lived approximately #baj1jjj years2 thus each family race has an average existence of about #cj1jjj years1 and thus the ,european 8family race0 has still a good many thousand years to run1 although the nations or the innumerable spines upon it1 vary with each succeeding 8season0 of three or four thousand years4 ,it is somewhat curious to mark the comparative approximation of duration between the lives of a 8family race0 and a ,sidereal ,year4 ,the knowledge of the foregoing1 and the absolutely correct divisions of time1 formed part and parcel of the ,mysteries1 where these ,sciences were taught to the ,disciples1 and where they were transmitted by one ,hierophant to another4 ,everyone is aware that the ,european ,astronomers assign--arbitrarily enough--the date of the invention of the ,egyptian ,zodiac to the years #b1jjj or #b1djj ,b4,c4 7,proctor72 and insist that the date of this invention coincides with that of the erection of the ,great ,pyramid4 ,this1 to an ,occultist and ,eastern ,astronomer1 must appear quite absurd4 ,the ,cycle of the ,kali ,yuga is said to have begun between the #agth and #ahth of ,february in the year #c1ajb ,b4,c4 ,now the ,hinds claim that in the year #bj1djj before ,kali ,yugam1 the origin of their ,zodiac coincided with the ,spring ,equinox--there being at the time a conjunction of the ,sun and ,moon--and ,bailly proved by a lengthy and careful computation of that date1 that1 even if fictitious1 the epoch from which they had started to establish the beginning of their ,kali ,yuga was very real4 ,that 8epoch is the year #c1ajb before our era10 he writes47#ajji7 ,the lunar eclipse arriving just a fortnight after the beginning of the ,black ,age--it took place in a point situated between the ,wheat ,ear of ,virgo and the star of the same constellation4 ,one of their most esoteric ,cycles is based upon certain conjunctions and respective positions of ,virgo and the ,pleiades 7,krittika74 ,hence1 as the ,egyptians brought their ,zodiac from ,southern ,india and ,lank17#ajaj7 the esoteric meaning was evidently identical4 ,the 8three ,virgins10 or ,virgo in three different positions1 meant1 with both1 the record of the first three 8,divine or ,astronomical ,dynasties10 who taught the ,third ,root,race2 and after having abandoned the ,atlanteans to their doom1 returned1 or redescended rather1 during the third subrace of the ,fifth1 in order to reveal to saved humanity the mysteries of their birthplace--the ,sidereal ,heavens4 ,the same symbolical record of the human ,races and the three ,dynasties 7,gods1 ,manes--,semidivine ,astrals of the ,third and ,fourth--and the ,heroes of the ,fifth ,race7 which preceded the purely human kings1 was found in the distribution of the tiers and passages of the ,egyptian ,labyrinth4 ,as the three inversions of the ,poles of course changed the face of the ,zodiac1 a new one had to be constructed each time4 ,in ,mackey's ,sphinxiad the speculations of the bold author must have horrified the orthodox portion of the population of ,norwich1 for he says1 fantastically enough3 ,but1 after all1 the greatest length of time recorded by those monuments the ,labyrinth1 the ,pyramids and the ,zodiacs does not exceed five millions of years37#ajaa7 which falls short of the records given us both by the esoteric ,chinese and ,hindoos3 which latter nation has registered a knowledge of time for seven or eight millions of years37#ajab7 which ,i have seen upon a talisman of porcelain47#ajac7 ,the ,egyptian priests had the ,zodiacs of the ,atlantean ,asura ,maya1 as the modern ,hinds still have4 ,as stated in ,esoteric ,buddhism1 the ,egyptians1 as well as the ,greeks and 8,romans0 some thousand years ago1 were 8remnants of the ,atlantoryans0--the former1 of the older1 or the ,ruta ,atlanteans2 the lastnamed1 the descendants of the last race of that island1 whose sudden disappearance was narrated to ,solon by the ,egyptian ,initiates4 ,the human ,dynasty of the older ,egyptians1 beginning with ,menes1 had all the knowledge of the ,atlanteans1 though there was no longer ,atlantean blood in their veins4 ,nevertheless1 they had preserved all their ,archaic ,records4 ,all this has been shown long ago47#ajad7 ,and it is just because the ,egyptian ,zodiac is between #ge1jjj and #hj1jjj years old that the ,zodiac of the ,greeks is far later4 ,volney has correctly pointed out that it is only #af1ihd years old1 or up to the present date #ag1jhb47ajae7 ,conclusion4 ,space forbids us to say anything more1 and this part of ,the ,secret ,doctrine has to be closed4 ,the fortynine ,stanzas and the few fragments from the ,commentaries which have been given are all that can be published in these ,volumes4 ,these1 with some still older ,records--to which none but the highest ,initiates have access--and a whole library of comments1 glossaries1 and explanations1 form the synopsis of ,man's ,genesis4 ,it is from these ,commentaries that we have hitherto quoted and tried to explain the hidden meaning of some of the allegories1 thus showing the true views of ,esoteric ,antiquity upon ,geology1 ,anthropology1 and even ,ethnology4 ,in the ,part which follows we will endeavour to establish a still closer metaphysical connection between the earliest ,races and their ,creators1 the ,divine ,men from other ,worlds2 accompanying the statements proffered with the most important demonstrations of the same in ,esoteric ,astronomy and ,symbolism4 ,the duration of the 8periods0 that separate1 in space and time1 the ,fourth from the ,fifth ,race--in the historical7#ajaf7 or even the legendary beginnings of the latter--is too tremendous for us to offer1 even to a ,theosophist1 any more detailed accounts of them4 ,during the course of the ,postdiluvian ,ages1 which were marked at certain periodical epochs by the most terrible cataclysms1 too many races and nations were born1 and disappeared almost without leaving a trace1 for anyone to offer any description of the slightest value concerning them4 ,whether the ,masters of ,wisdom have a full and consecutive history of our ,race from its incipient stage down to the present times2 whether they possess the uninterrupted record of man since he developed into a complete physical being1 and became thereby the king of the animals and master on this ,earth--is not for the writer to say4 ,most probably they have1 and such is our own personal conviction4 ,but if so1 this knowledge is only for the highest ,initiates1 who do not take their students into their confidence4 ,the writer can1 therefore1 give but what she has herself been taught1 and no more1 and even this will appear to the profane reader rather as a weird1 fantastic dream1 than as a possible reality4 ,this is only natural and as it should be1 since for years such was the impression made upon the humble writer of these pages herself4 ,born and bred in ,european1 matteroffact and presumably civilized1 countries1 she assimilated the foregoing with the utmost difficulty4 ,but there are proofs of a certain character which become irrefutable and are undeniable in the long run1 to every earnest and unprejudiced mind4 ,for a series of years such were offered to her1 and now she has the full certitude that our present ,globe and its human ,races must have been born1 grown and developed in this1 and in no other way4 ,but this is the personal view of the writer2 and her orthodoxy cannot be expected to have any more weight than any other 8doxy10 in the eyes of those to whom every fresh theory is heterodox until otherwise proved4 ,therefore are we ,occultists fully prepared for such questions as these3 ,how do we know that the writer has not invented the whole scheme8 ,and supposing she has not1 how can one tell that the whole of the foregoing1 as given in the ,stanzas1 is not the product of the imagination of the ancients8 ,how could they have preserved the records of such an immense1 such an incredible antiquity8 ,the answer that the history of this world since its formation and to its end is 8written in the stars10 i4e41 is recorded in the ,zodiac and ,universal ,symbolism1 whose keys are in the keeping of the ,initiates1 will hardly satisfy the doubters4 ,the antiquity of the ,zodiac in ,egypt is much doubted1 and it is denied pointblank with regard to ,india4 8,your conclusions are often excellent1 but your premises are always doubtful10 the writer was once told by a profane friend4 ,to this1 the answer came that it was at least one point gained on scientific syllogisms1 for1 with the exception of a few problems from the domain of purely ,physical ,science1 both the premises and conclusions of men of ,science are as hypothetical as they are almost invariably erroneous4 ,and if they do not so appear to the profane1 the reason is simply this3 the said profane are very little aware1 taking as they do their scientific data on faith1 that both premises and conclusions are generally the product of the same brains1 which1 however learned1 are not infallible--a truism demonstrated daily by the shifting and reshifting of scientific theories and speculations4 ,however it may be1 the records of the temples1 zodiacal and traditional1 as well as the ideographic records of the ,east1 as read by the ,adepts of the ,sacred ,science or ,vidy1 are not a whit more doubtful than the so called ancient history of the ,european nations1 now edited1 corrected1 and amplified by half a century of archological discoveries1 and the very problematical readings of the ,assyrian tiles1 cuneiform fragments1 and ,egyptian hieroglyphics4 ,our data also are based upon the same 8readings0--in addition to an almost inexhaustible number of secret works of which ,europe knows nothing--plus the perfect knowledge by the ,initiates of the symbolism of every word so recorded4 ,some of these records belong to an immense antiquity4 ,every ,archologist and ,palontologist is acquainted with the ideographic productions of certain semisavage tribes1 who from time immemorial have aimed at rendering their thoughts symbolically4 ,this is the earliest mode of recording events and ideas4 ,and how old this knowledge is in the human race may be inferred from some signs1 evidently ideographic1 found on hatchets of the ,palolithic period4 ,the ,red ,indian tribes of ,america1 only a few years ago1 comparatively speaking1 petitioned the ,president of the ,united ,states to grant them possession of four small lakes1 the petition being written on the tiny surface of a piece of fabric1 which was covered with barely a dozen representations of animals and birds4 ,the ,american savages have a number of such different kinds of writing1 but not one of our ,scientists is yet familiar with1 or even knows of1 the early hieroglyphic cypher1 still preserved in some ,fraternities1 and named in ,occultism the ,senzar4 ,moreover1 all those who have decided to regard such modes of writing--e4g41 the ideographs of the ,red ,indians1 and even the ,chinese characters--as 8attempts of the early races of mankind to express their untutored thoughts10 will decidedly object to our statement1 that writing was invented by the ,atlanteans1 and not at all by the ,phnicians4 ,indeed1 such a claim as that writing was known to mankind many hundreds of millenniums ago1 in the face of the ,philologists who have decreed that writing was unknown in the days of ,pnini1 in ,india1 as also to the ,greeks in the time of ,homer1 will be met by general disapprobation1 if not with silent scorn4 ,all denial and ridicule notwithstanding1 the ,occultists will maintain the claim1 and simply for this reason3 from ,bacon down to our modern ,royal ,society1 we have too long a period full of the most ludicrous mistakes made by ,science1 to warrant our believing in modern scientific assumptions rather than in the statements of our ,teachers4 ,writing1 our ,scientists say1 was unknown to ,pnini2 and this ,sage nevertheless composed a grammar which contains #c1iif rules1 and is the most perfect of all the grammars that were ever made6 ,pnini is made out to have lived barely a few centuries ,b4,c41 by the most liberal2 and the rocks in ,iran and ,central ,asia--whence the ,philologists and ,historians show us the ancestors of the same ,pnini1 the ,brhmans1 coming into ,india--are covered with writing1 two and three thousand years old1 at least1 and twelve thousand1 according to some fearless ,palontologists4 ,writing was an ars incognita in the days of ,hesiod and ,homer1 agreeably to ,grote1 and was unknown to the ,greeks so late as #ggj ,b4,c42 and the ,phnicians who had invented it1 and knew writing as far back as #a1ejj ,b4,c4 at the earliest17#ajag7 were living among the ,greeks1 and elbowing them1 all the time6 ,all these scientific and contradictory conclusions disappeared1 however1 into thin air1 when ,schliemann discovered 7a7 the site of ancient ,troy1 whose actual existence had been so long regarded as a fable1 and 7b7 excavated from that site earthenware vessels with inscriptions in characters unknown to ,palontologists and the all denying ,sanskritists4 ,who will now deny ,troy1 or these archaic inscriptions8 ,as ,professor ,virchow witnesses3 ,i was myself an eyewitness of two such discoveries1 and helped to gather the articles together4 ,the slanderers have long since been silenced1 who were not ashamed to charge the discoverer with an imposture47#ajah7 ,nor were truthful women spared any more than truthful men4 ,du ,chaillu1 ,gordon ,cumming1 ,madame ,merian17#ajai7 ,bruce1 and a host of others were charged with lying4 ,says the author of ,mythical ,monsters1 who gives this information in the ,introduction37#ajbj7 ,madame ,merian was accused of deliberate falsehood in reference to her description of a birdeating spider nearly two hundred years ago4 ,but nowadays 444 reliable observers have confirmed it in regard to ,south ,america1 ,india1 and elsewhere4 ,audubon was similarly accused by botanists of having invented the yellow waterlily1 which he figured in his ,birds of the ,south under the name of ,nympha lutea1 and after having lain under the imputation for years1 was confirmed at last by the discovery of the longlost flower in ,florida 444 in 444 #ahgf47ajba7 ,and1 as ,audubon was called a liar for this1 and for his ,halitus ,washingtonii17#ajbb7 so ,victor ,hugo was ridiculed for his marvellous word painting of the devilfish1 and his description of a man becoming its helpless victim4 ,the thing was derided as a monstrous impossibility2 yet within a few years were discovered1 on the shores of ,newfoundland1 cuttle fishes with arms extending to thirty feet in length1 and capable of dragging a goodsized boat beneath the surface2 and their action has been reproduced for centuries past 444 by ,japanese artists47#ajbc7 ,and if ,troy was denied1 and regarded as a myth2 the existence of ,herculaneum and ,pompeii declared a fiction2 the travels of ,marco ,polo laughed at and called as absurd a fable as one of ,baron ,mnchausen's tales1 why should the writer of ,isis ,unveiled and of ,the ,secret ,doctrine be any better treated8 ,mr4 ,charles ,gould1 the author of the abovecited volume quotes1 in his excellent work1 a few lines from ,macmillan 7#ahfj71 which are as true as life1 and too much to the point not to be reproduced3 ,when a naturalist1 either by visiting such spots of earth as are still out of the way1 or by his good fortune1 finds a very queer plant or animal1 he is forthwith accused of inventing his game4444 ,as soon as the creature is found to sin against preconception1 the great 7mis87 guiding spirit1 priori by name1 who furnishes philosophers with their omniscience pro re nat1 whispers that no such thing can be1 and forthwith there is a charge of hoax4 ,the heavens themselves have been charged with hoaxes4 ,when ,leverrier and ,adams predicted a planet by calculation1 it was gravely asserted in some quarters that the planet which had been calculated was not the planet but another which had clandestinely and improperly got into the neighbourhood of the true body4 ,the disposition to suspect hoax is stronger than the disposition to hoax4 ,who was it that first announced that the classical writings of ,greece and ,rome were one huge hoax perpetrated by the monks in what the announcer would be as little or less inclined than ,dr4 ,maitland to call the dark ages87#ajbd7 ,thus let it be4 ,no disbeliever who takes ,the ,secret ,doctrine for a 8hoax0 is forced1 or even asked1 to credit our statements1 which have already been proclaimed to be such by certain very clever ,american journalists even before the work went to press47#ajbe7 ,nor1 after all1 is it necessary that any one should believe in the ,occult ,sciences and the ,old ,teachings1 before he knows anything of1 or even believes in his own ,soul4 ,no great truth has ever been accepted priori1 and generally a century or two has passed before it has begun to glimmer in the human consciousness as a possible verity1 except in such cases as the positive discovery of the thing claimed as a fact4 ,the truths of today are the falsehoods and errors of yesterday1 and vice vers4 ,it is only in the twentieth century that portions1 if not the whole1 of the present work will be vindicated4 ,it is not destructive of our statements1 therefore1 even if ,sir ,john ,evans does affirm that writing was unknown in the ,stone ,age4 ,for it may have been unknown during that period in the ,fifth ryan ,race1 and yet have been perfectly known to the ,atlanteans of the ,fourth1 in the palmy days of their highest civilization4 ,the cycles of the rise and fall of nations and races are there to account for it4 ,if told that there have been cases before now of forged pseudographs being palmed off on the credulous1 and that our work may be classed with ,jacolliot's ,bible in ,india--although1 by the way1 there are more truths mixed up with its errors than are found in the works of orthodox and recognized ,orientalists--the charge and comparison will dismay us very little4 ,we bide our time4 ,even the famous ,ezour ,veda of the last century1 considered by ,voltaire 8the most precious gift from the ,east to the ,west10 and by ,max ,mller 8about the silliest book that can be read10 is not altogether without facts and truths in it4 ,the cases when the priori negations of specialists have become justified by subsequent corroborations1 form but an insignificant percentage of those that have been fully vindicated by subsequent discoveries and confirmed1 to the great dismay of the learned objectors4 ,ezour ,veda was a very small bone of contention compared with the triumph of ,sir ,william ,jones1 ,anquetil du ,perron1 and others in the matter of ,sanskrit and its literature4 ,such facts are recorded by ,professor ,max ,mller himself1 who1 speaking of the discomfiture of ,dugald ,stewart and ,co4 in connection with this1 states that3 ,if the facts about ,sanskrit were true1 ,dugald ,stewart was too wise not to see that the conclusions drawn from them were inevitable4 ,he therefore denied the reality of such a language as ,sanskrit altogether1 and wrote his famous essay to prove that ,sanskrit had been put together after the model of ,greek and ,latin1 by those archforgers and liars1 the ,brhmans1 and that the whole of ,sanskrit literature was an imposition47#ajbf7 ,the writer is quite willing and feels proud to keep company with these ,brhmans1 and other historical 8liars10 in the opinion of our modern ,dugald ,stewarts4 ,she has lived too long1 and her experience has been too varied and personal1 for her not to know at least something of human nature4 8,when you doubt1 abstain10 says the wise ,zoroaster1 whose prudent aphorism is found corroborated in every case by daily life and experience4 ,yet1 like ,st4 ,john the ,baptist1 this ,sage of the past ages is found preaching in the desert1 in company with a more modern ,philosopher1 namely ,bacon1 who offers the same priceless bit of practical wisdom1 when saying3 ,in contemplation in any question of knowledge1 we add1 if a man begin with certainties1 he shall end in doubts2 but if he will be content to begin with doubts1 he shall end in certainties4 ,with this piece of advice from the father of ,english ,philosophy to the representatives of ,british ,scepticism we ought to close the debate1 but our ,theosophical readers are entitled to a final piece of ,occult information4 ,enough has been said to show that evolution in general1 events1 mankind1 and everything else in ,nature proceed in cycles4 ,we have spoken of seven ,races1 five of which have nearly completed their earthly career1 and have claimed that every ,root,race1 with its subraces and innumerable family divisions and tribes1 was entirely distinct from its preceding and succeeding ,race4 ,this will be objected to1 on the authority of uniform experience1 in the question of ,anthropology and ,ethnology4 ,man--save in colour and type1 and perhaps a difference in facial peculiarities and cranial capacity--has been ever the same under every climate and in every part of the world1 say the ,naturalists2 ay1 even in stature--this1 while maintaining that man descends from the same unknown ancestor as the ape2 a claim that is logically impossible without an infinite variation of stature and form from his first evolution into a biped4 ,the very logical persons who maintain both propositions are welcome to their paradoxical views4 ,once more we address only those who1 doubting the general derivation of myths from 8the contemplation of the visible workings of external nature10 think it ,less hard to believe that these wonderful stories of gods and demigods1 of giants and dwarfs1 of dragons and monsters of all descriptions1 are transformations1 than to believe them to be inventions4 ,it is only such 8transformations0 in physical nature1 as much as in the memory and conceptions of our present mankind1 that the ,secret ,doctrine teaches4 ,it confronts the purely speculative hypotheses of ,modern ,science1 based upon the experience and exact observations of barely a few centuries1 with the unbroken tradition and records of its ,sanctuaries2 and brushing away that tissue of cobweblike theories1 spun in the darkness that covers a period of hardly a few millenniums1 which ,europeans call their 8history10 the ,old ,science says to us3 ,listen1 now1 to my version of the memoirs of ,humanity4 ,the ,human ,races are born one from the other1 grow1 develop1 become old1 and die4 ,their subraces and nations follow the same rule4 ,if your all denying ,modern ,science and socalled ,philosophy do not contest that the human family is composed of a variety of welldefined types and races1 it is only because the fact is undeniable2 no one would say that there was no external difference between an ,englishman1 an ,african negro1 and a ,japanese or ,chinaman4 ,on the other hand1 it is formally denied by most ,naturalists that mixed human races1 i4e41 the seeds for entirely new races1 are any longer formed in our days1 although indeed the latter is maintained on good grounds by ,de ,quatrefages and some others4 ,nevertheless our general proposition will not be accepted4 ,it will be said that whatever forms man has passed through in the long prehistoric past there are no more changes for him--save certain variations1 as at present--in the future4 ,hence that our ,sixth and ,seventh ,root,races are fictions4 ,to this it is again answered3 ,how do you know8 ,your experience is limited to a few thousand years1 to less than a day in the whole age of ,humanity and to the present types of the actual continents and isles of our ,fifth ,race4 ,how can you tell what will or will not be8 ,meanwhile1 such is the prophecy of the ,secret ,books and their not uncertain statements4 ,since the beginning of the ,atlantean ,race many million years have passed1 yet we find the last of the ,atlanteans still mixed up with the ryan element1 #aa1jjj years ago4 ,this shows the enormous overlapping of one ,race over the ,race which succeeds it1 though in characters and external type the elder loses its characteristics1 and assumes the new features of the younger ,race4 ,this is proved in all the formations of mixed human races4 ,now1 ,occult ,philosophy teaches that even now1 under our very eyes1 the new ,race and races are preparing to be formed1 and that it is in ,america that the transformation will take place1 and has already silently commenced4 ,pure ,anglo,saxons hardly three hundred years ago1 the ,americans of the ,united ,states have already become a nation apart1 and1 owing to a strong admixture of various nationalities and intermarriage1 almost a race sui generis1 not only mentally1 but also physically4 ,to quote from ,de ,quatrefages3 ,every mixed race1 when uniform and settled1 has been able to play the part of a primary race in fresh crossings4 ,mankind1 in its present state1 has thus been formed1 certainly for the greatest part1 by the successive crossing of a number of races at present undetermined47#ajbg7 ,thus the ,americans have become in only three centuries a 8primary race10 temporarily1 before becoming a race apart1 and strongly separated from all other now existing races4 ,they are1 in short1 the germs of the sixth subrace1 and in some few hundred years more1 will become most decidedly the pioneers of that race which must succeed to the present ,european or fifth subrace1 in all its new characteristics4 ,after this1 in about #be1jjj years1 they will launch into preparations for the seventh subrace2 until1 in consequence of cataclysms--the first series of those which must one day destroy ,europe1 and still later the whole ryan ,race 7and thus affect both ,americas71 as also most of the lands directly connected with the confines of our continent and isles--the ,sixth ,root,race will have appeared on the stage of our ,round4 ,when shall this be8 ,who knows save the great ,masters of ,wisdom1 perchance1 and they are as silent upon the subject as the snowcapped peaks that tower above them4 ,all we know is1 that it will silently come into existence2 so silently1 indeed1 that for long millenniums will its pioneers--the peculiar children who will grow into peculiar men and women--be regarded as anomalous luss natur1 abnormal oddities physically and mentally4 ,then1 as they increase1 and their numbers become with every age greater1 one day they will awake to find themselves in a majority4 ,then the present men will begin to be regarded as exceptional mongrels1 until they die out in their turn in civilized lands1 surviving only in small groups on islands--the mountain peaks of today--where they will vegetate1 degenerate1 and finally die out1 perhaps millions of years hence1 as the ,aztecs have1 as the ,nyam,nyam and the dwarfish ,moola ,koorumba of the ,nilghiri ,hills are dying4 ,all these are the remnants of once mighty races1 the recollection of whose existence has entirely died out of the remembrance of modern generations1 just as we shall vanish from the memory of the ,sixth ,race ,humanity4 ,the ,fifth will overlap the ,sixth ,race for many hundreds of millenniums1 changing with it more slowly than its new successor1 still changing in stature1 general physique1 and mentality1 just as the ,fourth overlapped our ryan ,race1 and the ,third had overlapped the ,atlanteans4 ,this process of preparation for the ,sixth great ,race must last throughout the whole sixth and seventh subraces47#ajbh7 ,but the last remnants of the ,fifth ,continent will not disappear until some time after the birth of the new ,race2 when another and new dwelling1 the ,sixth ,continent1 will have appeared above the new waters on the face of the ,globe1 so as to receive the new stranger4 ,to it also will emigrate and there will settle all those who will be fortunate enough to escape the general disaster4 ,when this shall be--as just said--it is not for the writer to know4 ,only1 as ,nature no more proceeds by sudden jumps and starts1 than man changes suddenly from a child into a mature man1 the final cataclysm will be preceded by many smaller submersions and destructions both by wave and volcanic fires4 ,the exultant pulse will beat high in the heart of the race now in the ,american zone1 but there will be no more ,americans when the ,sixth ,race commences2 no more1 in fact1 than ,europeans2 for they will have now become a new ,race1 and many new nations4 ,yet the ,fifth will not die1 but will survive for a while2 overlapping the new ,race for many hundred thousands of years to come1 it will1 as we have just said1 become transformed with it more slowly than its new successor--still getting entirely altered in mentality1 general physique1 and stature4 ,mankind will not grow again into giant bodies as in the case of the ,lemurians and the ,atlanteans2 because while the evolution of the ,fourth ,race led the latter down to the very bottom of materiality in its physical development1 the present ,race is on its ascending arc2 and the ,sixth will be rapidly growing out of its bonds of matter1 and even of flesh4 ,thus it is the mankind of the ,new ,world1 the senior by far of our ,old one--a fact men had also forgotten--of ,ptla 7the ,antipodes1 or the ,nether ,world1 as ,america is called in ,india71 whose mission and ,karma it is1 to sow the seeds for a forthcoming1 grander1 and far more glorious ,race than any of those we know of at present4 ,the ,cycles of ,matter will be succeeded by ,cycles of ,spirituality and a fully developed mind4 ,on the law of parallel history and races1 the majority of the future mankind will be composed of glorious ,adepts4 ,humanity is the child of ,cyclic ,destiny1 and not one of its ,units can escape its unconscious mission1 or get rid of the burden of its coperative work with ,nature4 ,thus will ,mankind1 race after race1 perform its appointed ,cyclic ,pilgrimage4 ,climates will1 and have already begun to1 change1 each ,tropical ,year after the other dropping one subrace1 but only to beget another higher race on the ascending cycle2 while a series of other less favoured groups--the failures of ,nature--will1 like some individual men1 vanish from the human family without even leaving a trace behind4 ,such is the course of ,nature under the sway of ,karmic ,law2 of ,everpresent and ,everbecoming ,nature4 ,for1 in the words of a ,sage1 known only to a few ,occultists3 ,the ,present is the child of the ,past2 the ,future1 the begotten of the ,present4 ,and yet1 ,o present moment6 knowest thou not that thou hast no parent1 nor canst thou have a child2 that thou art ever begetting but thyself8 ,before thou hast even begun to say 8,i am the progeny of the departed moment1 the child of the past10 thou hast become that past itself4 ,before thou utterest the last syllable1 behold6 thou art no more the ,present but verily that ,future4 ,thus1 are the ,past1 the ,present1 and the ,future the ,everliving ,trinity in ,one--the ,mahmy of the ,absolute 8,,is40 ,,part ,,ii4 ,,the ,,archaic ,,symbolism ,,of ,,the ,,world,,religions4 ,the narratives of the ,doctrine are its cloak4 ,the simple look only at the garment--that is1 upon the narrative of the ,doctrine2 more they know not4 ,the instructed1 however1 see not merely the cloak1 but what the cloak covers4--,zohar 7iii4 #aeb2 ,,franck1 #aai74 ,the ,mysteries of the ,faith 7are7 not to be divulged to all4444 ,it is requisite to hide in a mystery the wisdom spoken4--,stromateis 7#ab2 ,,clemens ,,alexandrinus74 ,section ,i4 ,esoteric ,tenets ,corroborated in ,every ,scripture4 ,in view of the strangeness of the teachings1 and of many a doctrine which from the modern scientific standpoint must seem absurd1 some necessary and additional explanations have to be made4 ,the theories contained in the ,stanzas of ,volume ,,ii are even more difficult to assimilate than those which are embodied in ,volume ,i1 on ,cosmogony4 ,theology1 therefore1 has to be questioned here1 in ,part ,,ii1 as ,science will be in ,part ,,iii1 for since our doctrines differ so widely from the current ideas of both ,materialism and ,theology1 the ,occultists must be ever prepared to repel the attacks of either or of both4 ,the reader can never be too often reminded that1 as the abundant quotations from various old ,scriptures prove1 these teachings are as old as the world2 and that the present work is simply an attempt to render1 in modern language and in a phraseology with which the scientific and educated student is familiar1 archaic ,genesis and ,history as taught in certain ,asiatic centres of ,esoteric ,learning4 ,these must be accepted or rejected on their own merits1 fully or partially2 but not before they have been carefully compared with the corresponding theological dogmas and the modern scientific theories and speculations4 ,one feels serious doubt whether1 with all its intellectual acuteness1 our age is destined to discover in each ,western nation even one solitary uninitiated ,scholar or ,philosopher capable of fully comprehending the spirit of ,archaic ,philosophy4 ,nor can either be expected to do so1 before the real meaning of the ,alpha and the ,omega of ,eastern ,esotericism1 the terms ,sat and ,asat--so freely used in the ,rig ,veda and elsewhere--is thoroughly assimilated4 ,without this key to ryan ,wisdom1 the ,cosmogony of the ,rishis and the ,arhats is in danger of remaining a dead letter to the average ,orientalist4 ,asat is not merely the negation of ,sat1 nor is it the 8not yet existing02 for ,sat is in itself neither the 8existent10 nor 8being40 ,sat is the immutable1 the everpresent1 changeless1 and eternal ,root1 from and through which all proceeds4 ,but it is far more than the potential force in the seed1 which propels onward the process of development1 or what is now called evolution4 ,it is the ever becoming1 though the never manifesting47#ajbi7 ,sat is born from ,asat1 and ,asat is begotten by ,sat--perpetual motion in a circle1 truly2 yet a circle that can be squared only at the ,supreme ,initiation1 at the threshold of ,parinirvna4 ,barth started a reflection on the ,rig ,veda which was meant for a stern criticism1 an unusual1 therefore1 as was thought1 an original1 view of this archaic volume4 ,it so happened1 however1 that1 in his criticism1 this scholar revealed a truth1 without being himself aware of its full importance4 ,he premises by saying that 8neither in the language nor in the thought of the ,rig ,veda0 has he 8been able to discover that quality of primitive natural simplicity1 which so many are fain to see in it40 ,barth had ,max ,mller in his mind's eye when writing this4 ,for the famous ,oxford professor has throughout characterized the hymns of the ,rig ,veda1 as the unsophisticated expression of the religious feeling of a pastoral innocent people4 8,in the ,vedic hymns the ideas and myths appear in their simplest and freshest form0--the ,sanskrit scholar thinks4 ,barth is of a different opinion1 however4 ,so divided and personal are the opinions of ,sanskritists as to the importance and intrinsic value of the ,rig ,veda1 that these opinions become entirely biassed whichever way they incline4 ,thus ,prof4 ,max ,mller declares that3 ,nowhere is the wide distance which separates the ancient poems of ,india from the most ancient literature of ,greece more clearly felt1 than when we compare the growing myths of the ,veda with the full grown and decayed myths on which the poetry of ,homer is founded4 ,the ,veda is the real ,theogony of the ,aryan races1 while that of ,hesiod is a distorted caricature of the original image4 ,this is a sweeping assertion1 and perhaps rather unjust in its general application4 ,but why not try to account for it8 ,orientalists cannot do so1 for they reject the chronology of the ,secret ,doctrine1 and can hardly admit the fact that between the ,rig ,vedic hymns and ,hesiod's ,theogony tens of thousands of years have elapsed4 ,so they fail to see that the ,greek myths are no longer the primitive symbolical language of the ,initiates1 the ,disciples of the ,gods,hierophants1 the divine ancient 8,sacrificers10 and that disfigured by the distance1 and encumbered by the exuberant growth of human profane fancy1 they now stand like distorted images of stars in running waves4 ,but if ,hesiod's ,cosmogony and ,theogony are to be viewed as caricatures of the original images1 how much more so the myths in the ,hebrew ,genesis1 in the sight of those for whom they are no more divine revelation or the word of ,god1 than is ,hesiod's ,theogony for ,mr4 ,gladstone4 ,as ,barth says3 ,the poetry it the ,rig ,veda contains appears to me1 on the contrary1 to be of a singularly refined character and artificially elaborated1 full of allusions and reticences1 of pretensions 8 to mysticism and theosophic insight2 and the manner of its expression is such as reminds one more frequently of the phraseology in use among certain small groups of initiated than the poetic language of a large community47#ajcj7 ,we will not stop to enquire of the critic what he can know of the phraseology in use among the 8initiated10 or whether he belongs himself to such a group2 for1 in the latter case1 he would hardly have used such language4 ,but the above shows the remarkable disagreement between scholars even with regard to the external character of the ,rig ,veda4 ,what1 then1 can any of the modern ,sanskritists know about its internal or esoteric meaning1 beyond the correct inference of ,barth1 that this ,scripture has been compiled by ,initiates8 ,the whole of the present work is an endeavour to prove this truth4 ,the ancient ,adepts have solved the great problems of ,science1 however unwilling modern ,materialism may be to admit the fact4 ,the mysteries of ,life and ,death were fathomed by the great masterminds of antiquity2 and if they have preserved them in secresy and silence1 it is because these problems formed part of the ,sacred ,mysteries1 which must have remained incomprehensible to the vast majority of men then1 as they do now4 ,if such teachings are still regarded as chimeras by our opponents in ,philosophy1 it may be a consolation to ,theosophists to learn1 on good proof1 that the speculations of modern ,psychologists--whether serious ,idealists1 like ,mr4 ,herbert ,spencer1 or woolgathering ,pseudoidealists--are far more chimerical4 ,indeed1 instead of resting on the firm foundation of facts in ,nature1 they are the unhealthy willo'thewisps of materialistic imagination1 of the brains that evolved them--and no more4 ,while they deny1 we affirm2 and our affirmation is corroborated by almost all the ,sages of antiquity4 ,believing in ,occultism and a host of invisible ,potencies for good reasons1 we say1 ,certus sum1 scio quod credidi2 to which our critics reply1 ,credat ,judus ,apella4 ,neither is converted by the other1 nor does such result affect even our little planet4 ,e pur se muove6 ,nor is there any need of proselytizing4 ,as remarked by the wise ,cicero3 ,time destroys the speculations of man1 but it confirms the judgment of nature4 ,let us bide our time4 ,meanwhile1 it is not in the human constitution to witness in silence the destruction of one's ,gods1 whether they be true or false4 ,and as ,theology and ,materialism have combined together to destroy the old ,gods of antiquity and seek to disfigure every old philosophical conception1 it is but just that the lovers of the ,old ,wisdom should defend their position1 by proving that the whole arsenal of the two is1 at best1 formed of new weapons made out of very old material4 ,section ,,ii4 ,adam,adami4 ,names such as ,adam,adami1 used by ,dr4 ,chwolsohn in his ,nabathean ,agriculture and derided by ,m4 ,renan1 may prove little to the profane4 ,to the ,occultist1 however1 once that the term is found in a work of such immense antiquity as that above cited1 it proves a good deal4 ,it proves1 for instance1 that ,adami was a manifold symbol1 originating with the ryan people1 as the root word shows1 and having been taken from them by the ,semites and the ,turanians--as many other things were4 ,adam,adami is a generic compound name as old as language is4 ,the ,secret ,doctrine teaches that ,adi was the name given by the ryans to the first speaking race of mankind1 in this ,round4 ,hence the terms ,adonim and ,adonai 7the ancient plural form of the word ,adon71 which the ,jews applied to their ,jehovah and ,angels1 who were simply the first spiritual and ethereal sons of the ,earth1 and the ,god ,adonis1 who in his many variations stood for the 8,first ,lord40 ,adam is the ,sanskrit di,nth1 also meaning ,first ,lord1 as dshvara1 or any ,ad 7the ,first7 prefixed to an adjective or substantive4 ,the reason for this is that such truths were a common inheritance4 ,it was a revelation received by the first mankind before that time which1 in biblical phraseology1 is called 8the period of one lip and word10 or speech2 knowledge expanded by man's own intuition later on1 still later hidden from profanation under an adequate symbology4 ,the author of the ,qabbalah1 according to the philosophical writings of ,ibn ,gebirol1 shows the ,israelites using ,adona 7,a ,do ,na ,y71 8,lord10 instead of ,eh'yeh1 8,i am10 and ,,yhvh1 and adds that1 while ,adona is rendered 8,lord0 in the ,bible1 ,the lowest designation1 or the ,deity in ,nature1 the more general term ,elohim1 is translated ,god47#ajca7 ,a curious work was translated in #ahfj or thereabout1 by the ,orientalist ,chwolsohn1 and presented to everincredulous and flippant ,europe under the innocent title of ,nabathean ,agriculture4 ,in the opinion of the translator that archaic volume is a complete initiation into the mysteries of the ,pre,adamite nations1 on the authority of undeniably authentic documents4 ,it is an invaluable compendium1 the full epitome of the doctrines1 arts and sciences1 not only of the ,chaldans1 but also of the ,assyrians and ,canaanites of the prehistoric ages47#ajcb7 ,these ,nabatheans--as some critics thought--were simply the ,sabans1 or ,chaldan starworshippers4 ,the work is a retranslation from the ,arabic1 into which language it was at first translated from the ,chaldan4 ,masoudi1 the ,arabian historian1 speaks of these ,nabatheans1 and explains their origin in this wise3 ,after the ,deluge 8 the nations established themselves in various countries4 ,among these were the ,nabatheans1 who founded the city of ,babylon1 and were those descendants of ,ham who settled in the same province under the leadership of ,nimrod1 the son of ,cush1 who was the son of ,ham and greatgrandson of ,noah4 ,this took place at the time when ,nimrod received the governorship of ,babylonia as the delegate of ,dzahhak named ,biourasp47#ajcc7 ,the translator1 ,chwolsohn1 finds that the assertions of this historian are in perfect accord with those of ,moses in ,genesis2 while more irreverent critics might express the opinion that for this very reason their truth should be suspected4 ,it is useless1 however1 to argue the point1 which is of no value in the present question4 ,the weatherbeaten1 longsinceburied problem1 and the difficulty of accounting1 on any logical ground1 for the phenomenal derivation of millions of people of various races1 of many civilized nations and tribes1 from three couples--,noah's sons and their wives--in #cdf years7#ajcd7 after the ,deluge1 may be left to the ,karma of the author of ,genesis1 whether he is called ,moses or ,ezra4 ,that which is interesting in the work under notice1 however1 are its contents1 the doctrines enunciated in it1 which are again1 if read ,esoterically1 almost all of them identical with the ,secret ,teachings4 ,quatremre suggested that this book might have been simply a copy made under ,nebuchadnezzar ,,ii from some ,hamitic treatise1 8infinitely more ancient10 while the author maintains1 on internal and external evidence1 that its ,chaldan original was written out from the oral discourses and teachings of a wealthy ,babylonian landowner1 named ,qtmy1 who had used for those lectures still more ancient materials4 ,the first ,arabic translation is placed by ,chwolsohn so far back as the thirteenth century ,b4,c4 ,on the first page of this 8revelation10 the author1 or amanuensis1 ,qtmy1 declares that 8the doctrines propounded therein1 were originally told by ,saturn 444 to the ,moon1 who communicated them to her idol10 and the idol revealed them to her devotee1 the writer--the ,adept ,scribe of that work--,qtmy4 ,the details given by the ,god for the benefit and instruction of mortals1 show periods of incalculable duration and a series of numberless kingdoms and ,dynasties that preceded the appearance on ,earth of ,adami 7the 8red earth074 ,these periods1 as might have been expected1 have roused the defenders of the chronology of the biblical deadletter meaning almost to fury4 ,de ,rougemont was the first to make a leveinarms against the translator4 ,he reproaches him with sacrificing ,moses to anonymous authors47#ajce7 ,berosus1 he urges1 however great were his chronological errors1 was at least in perfect accord with the prophet with regard to the first men1 since he speaks of ,alorus,adam1 of ,xisuthrus,noah1 and of ,belus,nimrod1 etc4 ,therefore1 he adds1 the work must be an apocryphon to be ranged with its contemporaries--the ,fourth ,book of ,esdras1 the ,book of ,enoch1 the ,sibylline ,oracles1 and the ,book of ,hermes--every one of these dating no further back than two or three centuries ,b4,c4 ,ewald came down still harder on ,chwolsohn1 and finally ,m4 ,renan1 who in the ,revue ,germanique7#ajcf7 asks him to show reason why his ,nabathean ,agriculture should not be the fraudulent work of some ,jew of the third or fourth century of our era8 ,it can hardly be otherwise--argues the romancer of the ,vie de ,jsus1 since1 in this infolio on ,astrology and ,sorcery3 ,we recognize in the personages introduced ,qtmy1 all the patriarchs of the biblical legends1 such as ,adam,adami1 ,anouka ,noah1 and his ,ibrahim,abraham1 etc4 ,but this is no reason1 since ,adam and others are generic names4 ,meanwhile it is humbly submitted that1 all things considered1 an apocryphon--if even of the third century ,a4,d41 instead of the thirteenth century ,b4,c41 is old enough to appear genuine as a document1 and so satisfy the demands of the most exacting archologist and critic4 ,for even admitting1 for argument's sake1 that this literary relic has been compiled by 8some ,jew of the third century of our era0--what of that8 ,leaving the credibility of its doctrines for a moment aside1 why should it be less entitled to a hearing1 or less instructive as reflecting older opinions1 than any other religious work1 also a 8compilation from old texts0 or oral tradition--of the same or even a later age8 ,in such case we should have to reject and call 8apocryphal0 the ,kurn--three centuries later1 though we know it to have sprung1 ,minervalike1 direct from the brain of the ,arabian prophet2 and we should have to poohpooh all the information we can get from the ,talmud1 which1 in its present form1 was also compiled from older materials1 and is not earlier than the ninth century of our era4 ,this curious 8,bible0 of the ,chaldan ,adept and the various criticisms upon it 7as in ,chwolsohn's translation7 are noticed1 because it has an important bearing upon a great portion of the present work4 ,with the exception of the contention of ,m4 ,renan1 an iconoclast on principle--so pointedly called by ,jules ,lematre 8le ,paganini du nant0--the worst fault found with the work is1 it would seem1 that the apocryphon pretends to have been communicated as a revelation to an ,adept by1 and from1 the 8idol of the ,moon10 who received it from 8,saturn40 ,hence1 very naturally1 it is 8a fairy tale all round40 ,to this there is but one answer3 ,it is no more a fairy tale than the ,bible1 and if one falls1 the other must follow it4 ,even the mode of divination through 8the idol of the ,moon0 is the same as that practised by ,david1 ,saul and the ,high ,priests of the ,jewish ,tabernacle by means of the ,teraphim4 ,the ,nabathean ,agriculture is a compilation indeed2 it is no apocryphon1 but the repetition of the tenets of the ,secret ,doctrine under the exoteric ,chaldan form of national symbols1 for the purpose of 8cloaking0 the tenets1 just as the ,books of ,hermes and the ,purnas are like attempts by ,egyptians and ,hinds4 ,the work was as well known in antiquity as it was during the ,middle ,ages4 ,maimonides speaks of it1 and refers more than once to this ,chaldo,arabic ,,ms41 calling the ,nabatheans by the name of their coreligionists1 the 8starworshippers10 or ,sabans1 but yet failing to see in the disfigured word 8,nabathean0 the mystic name of the caste devoted to ,nebo1 the ,god of ,secret ,wisdom1 which shows on its face that the ,nabatheans were an ,occult ,brotherhood47#ajcg7 ,the ,nabatheans who1 according to the ,persian ,yezidi1 originally came to ,syria from ,busrah1 were the degenerate members of that fraternity2 still their religion1 even at that late day1 was purely kabalistic47#ajch7 ,nebo is the ,deity of the ,planet ,mercury1 and ,mercury is the ,god of ,wisdom1 or ,hermes1 or ,budha1 which the ,jews called ,kokab 771 8the ,lord on high1 the aspiring10 and the ,greeks ,nabo 771 hence ,nabatheans4 ,notwithstanding that ,maimonides calls their doctrines 8heathenish foolishness0 and their archaic literature 8,saborum ftum10 he places their 8agriculture10 the ,bible of ,qtmy1 in the first rank of archaic literature2 and ,abarbanel praises it in unmeasured terms4 ,spencer17#ajci7 quoting the latter1 speaks of it as that 8most excellent oriental work10 adding that by ,nabatheans1 the ,sabans1 the ,chaldans1 and the ,egyptians1 in short all those nations against whom the laws of ,moses were most severely enacted1 have to be understood4 ,nebo1 the oldest ,god of ,wisdom of ,babylonia and ,mesopotamia1 was identical with the ,hind ,budha and the ,hermes,mercury of the ,greeks4 ,a slight change in the sexes of the parents is the only alteration4 ,as ,budha was the ,son of ,soma 7the ,moon7 in ,india1 and of the wife of ,brihaspati 7,jupiter71 so ,nebo was the son of ,zarpanitu 7the ,moon7 and of ,merodach1 who became ,jupiter1 after having been a ,sungod4 ,as ,mercury the ,planet1 ,nebo was the 8overseer0 among the seven ,gods of the ,planets2 and as the personification of the ,secret ,wisdom he was ,nabin1 a seer and a prophet4 ,moses is made to die and disappear on the mount sacred to ,nebo4 ,this shows him to have been an ,initiate1 and a priest of that ,god under another name2 for this ,god of ,wisdom was the great ,creative ,deity1 and was worshipped as such4 ,and this not only at ,borsippa in his gorgeous ,temple1 or ,planettower2 he was likewise adored by the ,moabites1 the ,canaanites1 the ,assyrians1 and throughout the whole of ,palestine4 ,then why not by the ,israelites8 8,the planetary temple of ,babylon0 had its 8,holy of ,holies0 within the shrine of ,nebo1 the ,prophet,god of ,wisdom4 ,we are told in the ,hibbert ,lectures3 ,the ancient ,babylonians had an intercessor between men and the gods 444 and ,nebo1 was the 8proclaimer0 or 8prophet10 as he made known the desire of his father ,merodach47#ajdj7 ,nebo is a ,creator1 like ,budha1 of the ,fourth1 and also of the ,fifth1 ,race4 ,for the former starts a new race of ,adepts1 and the latter1 the ,solar ,lunar ,dynasty1 or the men of these ,races and ,round4 ,both are the ,adams of their respective creatures4 ,adam,adami is a personation of the dual ,adam3 of the paradigmatic ,adam,kadmon1 the ,creator1 and of the lower ,adam1 the terrestrial1 who1 as the ,syrian ,kabalists have it1 had only ,nephesh1 the 8breath of life10 but no ,living ,soul1 until after his ,fall4 ,if1 therefore1 ,renan persists in regarding the ,chaldan ,scriptures--or what remains of them--as apocryphal1 it is quite immaterial to truth and fact4 ,there are other ,orientalists who may be of a different opinion2 and even were they not1 it would still really matter very little4 ,these doctrines contain the teachings of ,esoteric ,philosophy1 and this must suffice4 ,to those who understand nothing of symbology it may appear astrolatry1 pure and simple1 or to him who would conceal the ,esoteric ,truth1 even 8heathenish foolishness40 ,maimonides1 however1 while expressing scorn for the ,esotericism in the religion of other nations1 confessed ,esotericism and ,symbology in his own1 preached silence and secrecy upon the true meaning of ,mosaic sayings1 and thus came to grief4 ,the ,doctrines of ,qtmy1 the ,chaldan1 are1 in short1 the allegorical rendering of the religion of the earliest nations of the ,fifth ,race4 ,why then should ,m4 ,renan treat the name 8,adam,adami0 with such academical contempt8 ,the author of the ,origins of ,christianity evidently knows nothing of the origins of ,pagan symbolism or of ,esotericism either1 otherwise he would have known that the name ,adam,adami was a form of a universal symbol1 referring1 even with the ,jews1 not to one man1 but to four distinct humanities or mankinds4 ,this is very easily proven4 ,the ,kabalists teach the existence of four distinct ,adams1 or the transformation of four consecutive ,adams1 the emanations from the ,dyooknah1 or ,divine ,phantom1 of the ,heavenly ,man1 an ethereal combination of ,neshamah1 the highest ,soul or ,spirit2 this ,adam having1 of course1 neither a gross human body1 nor a body of desire4 ,this ,adam is the ,prototype 7,tzure7 of the second ,adam4 ,that they represent our ,five ,races1 is certain1 as everyone can see by their description in the ,kabalah4 ,the first is the ,perfect ,holy ,adam1 8a shadow that disappeared0 7the ,kings of ,edom71 produced from the divine ,tzelem 7,image72 the second is called the ,protoplastic ,androgyne ,adam of the future terrestrial and separated ,adam2 the third ,adam is the man made of 8dust0 7the first1 ,innocent ,adam72 and the fourth1 is the supposed forefather of our own race--the ,fallen ,adam4 ,see1 however1 the admirably clear description of these in ,isaac ,myer's ,qabbalah4 ,he gives only four ,adams1 because of the ,kings of ,edom1 no doubt1 and adds3 ,the fourth ,adam 444 was clothed with skin1 flesh1 nerves1 etc4 ,this answers to the ,lower ,nephesh and ,guff1 i4e41 body1 united4 ,he has the animal power of reproduction and continuance of species47#ajda7 ,this is the human ,root,race4 ,it is just at this point that the modern ,kabalists--led into error by the long generations of ,christian ,mystics who have tampered with the kabalistic records wherever they could--diverge from the ,occultists in their interpretations1 and take the later thought for the earlier idea4 ,the original ,kabalah was entirely metaphysical1 and had no concern with animal1 or terrestrial1 sexes2 the later ,kabalah has suffocated the divine ideal under the heavy phallic element4 ,the ,kabalists say3 8,god made man male and female40 ,says the author of the ,qabbalah3 ,among the ,qabbalists1 the necessity to continued creation and existence is called the ,balance47#ajdb7 ,and being without this 8,balance10 connected with ,maqom 7the mysterious 8,place0717#ajdc7 even the ,first ,race is not1 as we have seen1 recognized by the ,sons of the ,fifth ,adam4 ,from the highest ,heavenly ,man1 the ,upper ,adam who is 8malefemale0 or ,androgyne1 down to the ,adam of dust1 these personified symbols are all connected with sex and procreation4 ,with the ,eastern ,occultists it is entirely the reverse4 ,the sexual relation they consider as a 8,karma0 pertaining only to the mundane relation of man1 who is dominated by ,illusion1 a thing to be put aside1 the moment that the person becomes 8wise40 ,they considered it a most fortunate circumstance if the ,guru 7teacher7 found in his pupil an aptitude for the pure life of ,brahmchrya4 ,their dual symbols were to them but the poetical imagery of the sublime correlation of creative cosmic forces4 ,and this ideal conception is found beaming like a golden ray upon each idol1 however coarse and grotesque1 in the crowded galleries of the sombre fanes of ,india and other motherlands of cults4 ,this will be demonstrated in the following ,section4 ,meanwhile1 it may be added that1 with the ,gnostics1 the second ,adam also emanates from the ,primeval ,man1 the ,ophite ,adamas1 in 8whose image he is made02 the third1 from this second--an ,androgyne4 ,the latter is symbolized in the sixth and seventh pairs of the malefemale ons1 ,amphain,essumen 7 71 and ,vananin,lamertade 7 7--,father and ,mother7#ajdd7--while the fourth ,adam1 or ,race1 is represented by a ,priapean monster4 ,the latter--a ,post,christian fancy--is the degraded copy of the ,ante,christian ,gnostic symbol of the 8,good ,one10 or 8,he1 who created before anything existed10 the ,celestial ,priapus--truly born from ,venus and ,bacchus when that ,god returned from his expedition into ,india1 for ,venus and ,bacchus are the posttypes of ,aditi and the ,spirit4 ,the later ,priapus1 one1 however1 with ,agathodmon1 the ,gnostic ,saviour1 and even with ,abraxas1 is no longer the glyph for abstract creative ,power1 but symbolizes the four ,adams1 or ,races1 the fifth being represented by the five branches cut off from the ,tree of ,life on which the old man stands in the ,gnostic gems4 ,the number of the ,root,races was recorded in the ancient ,greek temples by the seven vowels1 of which five were framed in a panel in the ,initiation ,halls of the ,adyta4 ,the ,egyptian glyph for it was a hand with five fingers spread out1 the fifth or little finger being only halfgrown1 and also five 8,n's0--hieroglyphs standing for that letter4 ,the ,romans used the five vowels ,a ,e ,i ,o ,v in their fanes2 and this archaic symbol was adopted during the ,middle ,ages as a motto by the ,house of the ,hapsburgs4 ,sic transit gloria6 ,section ,,iii4 ,the 8,holy of ,holies40 ,its ,degradation4 ,the ,sanctum ,sanctorum of the ,ancients1 also called the ,adytum--the recess at the ,west end of the ,temple which was enclosed on three sides by blank walls and had its only aperture or door hung over with a curtain--was common to all ancient nations4 ,a great difference is now found between the secret meaning of this symbolical place as given in the ,esotericism of the ,pagans and in that of the later ,jews1 though its symbology was originally identical throughout the ancient races and nations4 ,the ,gentiles placed in the ,adytum a sarcophagus1 or a tomb 7taphos71 in which was the ,solar ,god to whom the temple was consecrated1 holding it1 as ,pantheists1 in the greatest veneration4 ,they regarded it1 in its ,esoteric meaning1 as the symbol of resurrection1 cosmic1 solar1 or diurnal1 and human4 ,it embraced the wide range of periodical1 and 7in time7 punctual1 ,manvantaras1 or the rewakenings of ,kosmos1 ,earth1 and ,man to new existences2 the ,sun being the most poetical and also the most grandiose symbol of such ,cycles in ,heaven1 and man--in his rencarnations--on ,earth4 ,the ,jews--whose realism1 if judged by the deadletter1 was as practical and gross in the days of ,moses as it is now7#ajde7--;in the course of their estrangement from the ,gods of their ,pagan neighbours1 consummated a national and levitical polity1 by the device of setting forth their ,holy of ,holies as the most solemn sign of their ,monotheism--exoterically1 while seeing in it but a universal phallic symbol--esoterically4 ,while the ,kabalists knew but ,ain ,suph and the 8,gods0 of the ,mysteries1 the ,levites had no tomb1 no ,god in their ,adytum but the 8,sacred0 ,ark of the ,covenant--their 8,holy of ,holies40 ,when the esoteric meaning of this recess is made clear1 however1 the profane will be better able to understand why ,david danced 8uncovered0 before the ,ark of the ,covenant1 and was so anxious to appear vile for the sake of his 8,lord10 and base in his own sight47#ajdf7 ,the ,ark is the naviform ,argha of the ,mysteries4 ,parkhurst1 who has a long dissertation upon it in his ,greek dictionary1 and who never breathes a word about it in his ,hebrew lexicon1 explains it thus3 ,arch 77 in this application answers to the ,hebrew ,rasit or wisdom1 444 a word which had the meaning of the emblem of the female generative power1 the ,arg or ,arca1 in which the germ of all nature was supposed to float or brood on the great abyss during the interval which took place after every mundane cycle4 ,quite so2 and the ,jewish ,ark of the ,covenant had precisely the same significance2 with the supplementary addition that1 instead of a beautiful and chaste sarcophagus 7the symbol of the ,matrix of ,nature and ,resurrection71 as in the ,sanctum ,sanctorum of the ,pagans1 they had the ,ark made still more realistic in its construction by the two ,cherubs set up on the coffer or ,ark of the ,covenant1 facing each other1 with their wings spread in such a manner as to form a perfect ,yoni 7as now seen in ,india74 ,besides which1 this generative symbol had its significance enforced by the four mystic letters of ,jehovah's name1 namely1 ,,ihvh 772 ,jod 77 meaning the membrum virile2 ,h 771 the womb2 ,vau 771 a crook or a hook1 a nail1 and ,h 77 again1 meaning also 8an opening02 the whole forming the perfect bisexual emblem or symbol or ,i7e7,h7o7,v7a7,h1 the male and female symbol4 ,perhaps also1 when people realize the true meaning of the office and title of the ,kadesh ,kadeshim1 the 8holy ones10 or 8the consecrated to the ,temple of the ,lord0--the 8,holy of ,holies0 of these 8holy ones0 may assume an aspect far from edifying4 ,iacchus again is ,iao or ,jehovah2 and ,baal or ,adon1 like ,bacchus1 was a phallic ,god4 8,who shall ascend into the hill the high place of the ,lord80 asks the holy king ,david1 8,who shall stand in the place of his ,kadushu 77807#ajdg7 ,kadesh may mean in one sense to 8devote10 8hallow10 8sanctify10 and even to 8initiate0 or to 8set apart02 but it also means the ministry of lascivious rites--the ,venus worship--and the true interpretation of the word ,kadesh is bluntly rendered in ,deuteronomy1 xxiii4 #ag2 ,hosea1 iv4 #ad2 and ,genesis1 xxxviii4 #aebb4 ,the 8holy0 ,kadeshim of the ,bible were identical1 as to the duties of their office1 with the ,nautchgirls of the later ,hind pagodas4 ,the ,hebrew ,kadeshim1 or ,galli1 lived 8by the house of the ,lord1 where the women wove hangings for the grove10 or the bust of ,venus,astarte47#ajdh7 ,the dance performed by ,david round the ,ark was the 8circledance10 said to have been prescribed by the ,amazons for the ,mysteries4 ,such was the dance of the daughters of ,shiloh17#ajdi7 and the leaping of the prophets of ,baal47#ajej7 ,it was simply a characteristic of the ,saban worship1 for it denoted the motion of the ,planets round the ,sun4 ,that the dance was a ,bacchic frenzy is apparent4 ,sistra were used on the occasion1 and the taunt of ,michal and the ,king's reply are very expressive47#ajea7 ,the ,ark1 in which are preserved the germs of all living things necessary to repeople the ,earth1 represents the survival of life1 and the supremacy of ,spirit over ,matter1 through the conflict of the opposing powers of ,nature4 ,in the ,astrotheosophic chart of the ,western ,rite1 the ,ark corresponds with the navel1 and is placed at the sinister side1 the side of the woman 7the ,moon71 one of whose symbols is the left pillar of ,solomon's ,temple--,boaz4 ,the umbilicus is connected 7through the placenta7 with the receptacle in which are fructified the embryos of the race4 ,the ,ark is the sacred ,argha of the ,hinds1 and thus the relation in which it stands to ,noah's ,ark may be easily inferred when we learn that the ,argha was an oblong vessel1 used by the high priests as a sacrificial chalice in the worship of ,isis1 ,astarte1 and ,venus ,aphrodite1 all of whom were ,goddesses of the generative powers of ,nature1 or of ,matter--hence representing symbolically the ,ark containing the germs of all living things47#ajeb7 ,mistaken is he who accepts the kabalistic works of today1 and the interpretations of the ,zohar by the ,rabbis1 for the genuine kabalistic lore of old67#ajec7 ,for no more today than in the day of ,frederick von ,schelling does the ,kabalah accessible to ,europe and ,america contain much more than ,ruins and fragments1 much distorted1 remnants still of that primitive system which is the key to all religious systems47#ajed7 ,the oldest system and the ,chaldan ,kabalah were identical4 ,the latest renderings of the ,zohar are those of the ,synagogue in the early centuries--i4e41 the ,thorah 7or ,law71 dogmatic and uncompromising4 ,the 8,king's ,chamber0 in ,cheops' ,pyramid is thus an ,egyptian 8,holy of ,holies40 ,on the days of the ,mysteries of ,initiation1 the ,candidate1 representing the ,solar ,god1 had to descend into the ,sarcophagus1 and represent the energizing ray1 entering into the fecund womb of ,nature4 ,emerging from it on the following morning1 he typified the resurrection of ,life after the change called ,death4 ,in the ,great ,mysteries his figurative 8death0 lasted two days1 when with the ,sun he arose on the third morning1 after a last night of the most cruel trials4 ,while the ,postulant represented the ,sun--the allvivifying orb that 8resurrects0 every morning but to impart life to all--the ,sarcophagus was symbolic of the female principle4 ,this1 in ,egypt2 its form and shape changed with every country1 provided it remained a vessel1 a symbolic 8navis0 or boatshaped vehicle1 and a 8container10 symbolically1 of germs or the germ of life4 ,in ,india1 it is the 8,golden0 ,cow through which the ,candidate for ,brhmanism has to pass if he desires to be a ,brhman1 and to become ,dvija1 8born a second time40 ,the crescentform ,argha of the ,greeks was the type of the ,queen of ,heaven--,diana1 or the ,moon4 ,she was the ,great ,mother of all ,existences1 as the ,sun was the ,father4 ,the ,jews1 previous to1 as well as after1 their metamorphosis of ,jehovah into a male ,god1 worshipped ,astoreth1 which made ,isaiah declare3 8,your new moons and 444 feasts my soul hateth027#ajee7 in saying which1 he was evidently unjust4 ,astoreth and the ,new ,moon 7the crescent ,argha7 ,festivals1 had no worse significance as a form of public worship than had the hidden meaning of the ,moon in general1 which was kabalistically connected directly with1 and sacred to1 ,jehovah1 as is well known2 with the sole difference1 however1 that one was the female and the other the male aspect of the ,moon1 and of the star ,venus4 ,the ,sun 7the ,father71 the ,moon 7the ,mother71 and ,mercury,thoth 7the ,son71 were the earliest ,trinity of the ,egyptians1 who personified them in ,osiris1 ,isis1 and ,thoth 7,hermes74 ,in the ,gnostic ,gospel ,pistis ,sophia1 the seven ,great ,gods1 divided into two ,triads and the highest ,god 7the ,sun71 are the lower ,triple ,powers 771 whose powers reside respectively in ,mars1 ,mercury and ,venus2 and the higher ,triad--the three 8,unseen ,gods10 who dwell in the ,moon1 ,jupiter and ,saturn47#ajef7 ,this requires no proof4 ,astoreth was in one sense an impersonal symbol of ,nature1 the ,ship of ,life carrying throughout the boundless ,sidereal ,ocean the germs of all being4 ,and when she was not identified with ,venus1 like every other 8,queen of ,heaven0 to whom cakes and buns were offered in sacrifice1 ,astoreth became the reflection of the ,chaldan 8,nuah1 the ,universal ,mother0 7the female ,noah1 considered as one with the ,ark71 and of the female ,triad1 ,ana1 ,belita and ,davkina2 called1 when blended into one1 8,sovereign ,goddess1 ,lady of the ,nether ,abyss1 ,mother of ,gods1 ,queen of the ,earth1 and ,queen of ,fecundity40 ,later1 ,belita or ,tamtu7#ajeg7 7the sea71 the ,mother of the ,city of ,erech 7the great ,chaldan ,necropolis71 became ,eve2 and now she is ,mary the ,virgin1 in the ,latin ,church1 represented as standing on the ,crescent ,moon1 and1 at times on the ,globe1 to vary the programme4 ,the ,navis1 or shiplike form of the crescent1 which blends in itself all those common symbols of the ,ship of ,life1 such as ,noah's ,ark1 the ,yoni of the ,hinds1 and the ,ark of the ,covenant1 is the female symbol of the ,universal 8,mother of the ,gods10 and is now found under its ,christian symbol in every ,church1 as the 8nave0 7from navis747#ajeh7 ,the ,navis1 the ,sidereal ,vessel1 is fructified by the ,spirit of ,life--the male ,god2 or1 as the learned ,kenealy1 in his ,apocalypse1 very appropriately calls it--the ,holy ,spirit4 ,in ,western religious symbology the crescent was the male1 the full ,moon the female1 aspect of that universal ,spirit4 ,the mystic word ,,alm1 which the prophet ,mahomet prefixed to many chapters of the ,korn1 alludes to her as the ,alm1 the ,immaculate ,virgin of the ,heavens47#ajei7 ,and--the sublime ever falling into the ridiculous--it is from this root ,alm that we have to derive the word ,almeh--the ,egyptian dancinggirls4 ,the latter are 8virgins0 of the same type as the ,nautchees in ,india1 and the 7female7 ,kadeshim1 the 8holy ones0 of the ,jewish temples--consecrated to ,jehovah1 who represented both sexes--whose holy functions in the ,israelite fanes were identical with those of the ,nautchees4 ,now ,eustathius declares that ,,io 77 means the ,moon1 in the dialect of the ,argians2 it was also one of the names of the ,moon in ,egypt4 ,says ,jablonski3 1 ,ioh1 gyptiis ,lunam significat neque habent illi1 in communi sermonis usu1 aliud nomen quo ,lunam designent prter ,,io4 ,the ,pillar and ,circle 7,,io71 which with ,pythagoras was the perfect number contained in the ,tetraktys17#ajfj7 became later a preminently phallic number--amongst the ,jews1 foremost of all1 with whom it is the male and female ,jehovah4 ,this is how a scholar explains it3 ,i find1 on the ,rosetta stone of ,uhlemann1 the word mooth 7also in ,seiffarth71 the name of the moon1 used as a cycle of time1 hence the lunar month1 from the hieroglyph ,symbol3 half circle1 with ,symbol3 fivepointed star and ,symbol3 circle with middle dot as determinatives1 given as the ,coptic ,i ,o ,h1 or ,i ,o ,h4 ,the ,hebrew may also be used as ,i ,o ,h1 for the letter vau 77 was used for o and for u1 and for v or w4 ,this1 before the ,massora1 of which the point 77 was used as o1 u1 and v or w4 ,now ,i had worked it out by original search that the great distinctive function of the godname ,jehovah was designative of the influence of the moon as the causative of generation1 and as of its exact value as a lunar year in the natural measure of days1 as you will fully see1444 ,and here comes this linguistic same word from a source far more ancient2 viz41 the ,coptic1 or rather from the old ,egyptian in time of the ,coptic47#ajfa7 ,this is the more remarkable when ,egyptology compares this with the little which it knows about the ,theban ,triad--composed of ,ammon1 ,mooth 7or ,moot71 and their son ,khonsoo4 ,this ,triad was1 when united1 contained in the ,moon as their common symbol2 and when separated1 it was ,khonsoo who was the ,god ,lunus1 being thus confounded with ,thoth and ,phtah4 ,his mother ,moot--the name signifying 8,mother10 by the bye1 and not the ,moon1 which was only her symbol--is called the 8,queen of ,heaven10 the 8,virgin10 etc41 as she is an aspect of ,isis1 ,hathor1 and other ,mother ,goddesses4 ,she was less the wife than the mother of ,ammon1 whose distinct title is the 8husband of his mother40 ,in a statuette at ,boulaq1 ,cairo1 this ,triad is represented as a mummygod holding in his hand three different sceptres1 and bearing the lunar disk on his head1 the characteristic tress of hair showing the design of representing it as that of an infant ,god1 or the 8,sun10 in the ,triad4 ,he was the ,god of ,destinies in ,thebes1 and appears under two aspects 7#a7 as ,khonsoo1 the ,lunar ,god1 and ,lord of ,thebes1 ,nofirhotpoo1 8he who is in absolute repose10 and 7#b7 as 8,khonsoo p4 irisokhroo10 or 8,khonsoo1 who executes ,destiny02 the former preparing the events and conceiving them for those born under his generative influence1 the latter putting them into action47#ajfb7 ,under theogonic permutations ,ammon becomes ,horus1 ,hor,ammon1 and ,moot7h7,isis is seen suckling him in a statuette of the ,satic period47#ajfc7 ,in his turn1 in this transformed ,triad1 ,khonsoo becomes ,thoth,lunus1 8he who operates salvation40 ,his brow is crowned with the head of an ibis decorated with the lunar disk and the diadem called ,iotef 7,,iotef747#ajfd7 ,now all these symbols are certainly found reflected in 7some believe them identical with7 the ,yave1 or ,jehovah of the ,bible4 ,this will be made plain to anyone who reads ,the ,source of ,measures1 or 8,the ,hebrew ,egyptian ,mystery10 and understands its undeniable1 clear1 and mathematical proofs that the esoteric foundations1 or the system used in the building of the ,great ,pyramid1 and the architectural measurements in the ,temple of ,solomon 7whether the latter be mythical or real71 ,noah's ,ark1 and the ,ark of the ,covenant1 are the same4 ,if anything in the world can settle the dispute that the old1 as much as the later ,post,babylonian1 ,jews1 and especially the former1 built their ,theogony and ,religion on the very same foundation as did all the ,pagans1 it is the work in question4 ,and now it may be as well to remind the reader of what we said of ,,iao in ,isis ,unveiled3 ,no other deity affords such a variety of etymologies as ,iaho1 nor is there any name which can be so variously pronounced4 ,it is only by associating it with the ,masoretic points that the later ,rabbins succeeded in making ,jehovah read 8,adona0--or ,lord4 ,philo ,byblus spells it in ,greek letters --,,ievo4 ,theodoret says that the ,samaritans pronounced it ,iab 7,yahva71 and the ,jews ,yaho2 which would make it as we have shown1 ,i--,ah--,o4 ,diodorus states that 8among the ,jews they relate that ,moses called the ,god ,,iao40 ,it is on the authority of the ,bible itself1 that we maintain that1 before his initiation by ,jethro1 his fatherinlaw1 ,moses had never known the word ,iaho47#ajfe7 ,the above receives corroboration in a private letter from a very learned ,kabalist4 ,in our first volume17#ajff7 it is stated that exoterically ,brahma 7neuter71 so flippantly and so often confused by the ,orientalists with ,brahm 7the male71 is sometimes called ,klahansa1 the 8,swan in ,eternity10 and the ,esoteric meaning of ,ahamsa1 is given as 8,i am he10 ,soham being equal to ,sah 8he10 and ,aham 8,i0--a mystic anagram and permutation4 ,it is also the 8fourfaced0 ,brahm1 the ,chaturmukham 7the ,perfect ,cube7 forming itself within1 and from1 the ,infinite ,circle2 and again the use of the #a1 #c1 #e1 and #g_/g #ad1 as the ,esoteric ,hierarchy of the ,dhyn ,chohans1 is explained4 ,on this1 the said correspondent comments in the following manner3 ,of the #a1 #c1 #e1 and twice #g1 intending1 and very especially1 #acead1 which on a circle may be read as #cadae 7or value71 ,i think there cannot be a possibility of doubting2 and especially when considered with symbol marks on ,sacr'17#ajfg7 8,chakra10 or ,circle of ,vishnu4 ,but let me carry your description a step further3 ,you say1 8,the ,one from the ,egg1 the ,six1 and the ,five17#ajfh7 give the numbers #ajfe1 the value of the ,firstborn40 ,if it be so1 then in #ajfe we have the famous ,jehovah's name1 the ,jve or ,jave1 or ,jupiter1 and by change of to 1 or h to n1 then or the ,latin ,jun or ,juno1 the base of the ,chinese riddle1 the key measuring numbers of ,sni 7,sinai7 and ,jehovah coming down on that ,mount1 which numbers 7#ajfe7 are but the use of our ratio of #aac to #cee1 because #ajfe #cee #c which is circumference to a diameter of #aac #c #cci4 ,thus the first born of ,brahm,prajpati 7or any ,demiurgus7 indicates a measuring use of a circular relation taken from the ,chakra 7or ,vishnu7 and1 as stated above1 the ,divine ,manifestation takes the form of ,life and the ,firstborn4 ,illustration3 ,slope of entrance to ,king's ,chamber ,it is a most singular thing3 ,at the entrance passage to the ,king's ,chamber the measurement from the surface of the ,great ,step7#ajfi7 and the ,grand ,gallery to the top of the said ,gallery is1 by the very careful measures of ,piazzi ,smyth1 #cci inches4 ,take a as a centre and with this radius describe a circle2 the diameter of that circle will be #cci #b #fgh1 and these numbers are those of the expression and the raven1 in the 8dove and raven0 scenes or pictures of the ,flood of ,noah2 7the radius is taken to show division into two parts1 which are #ajfe each7 for #aac 7man7 #f #fgh1 and the diameter to a circumference of #ajfe #b--so we have here an indication of cosmic man on this high grade or step1 at the entrance of the ,king's ,chamber 7the ,holy of ,holies7--which is the womb4 ,now this passage is of such a height that a man to enter it must stoop4 ,but a man upright is #aac1 and broken1 or stooping1 he becomes #aac_/b #efe or #efe x #aj 771 or ,jehovah4 ,that is1 he personifies7#ajgj7 him as entering the ,holy of ,holies4 ,but by ,hebrew ,esotericism the chief function of ,jehovah was child giving1 etc41 and that because1 by the numbers of his name1 he was the measure of the lunar year1 which cycle of time--because by its factor of #g 7seven7 it ran so cordinately with the periods of the quickening1 viability1 and gestation--was taken as the causative of the generative action and therefore was worshipped and besought4 ,this discovery connects ,jehovah still more with all the other ,creative and ,generative ,gods1 ,solar and ,lunar1 and especially with 8,king0 ,soma1 the ,hind ,deus ,lunus1 the ,moon1 because of the ,esoteric influence attributed to this ,planet in ,occultism4 ,there are other corroborations of this1 however1 in ,hebrew tradition itself4 ,adam is spoken of in the ,more ,nevochim 7or 8,guide of the ,perplexed0--truly67 of ,maimonides in two aspects2 as a man1 like all others born of a man and a woman1 and--as the ,prophet of the ,moon2 the reason of which is now made apparent1 and has to be explained4 ,adam1 as the supposed great 8,progenitor of the ,human ,race10 is1 as ,adam ,kadmon1 made in the image of ,god--a priapic image1 therefore4 ,the ,hebrew words ,sacr' and ,n'cabvah are1 literally translated1 ,lingam 7,phallus7 and ,yoni 7,ctes71 notwithstanding their translation in the ,bible 8male and female407#ajga7 ,as said there1 8,god creates #8man in his own image1' in the image of ,god created he him2 male and female created he them0--the androgyne ,adam ,kadmon4 ,now this kabalistic name is not that of a living man1 nor even of a human or divine ,being1 but of the two sexes or organs of procreation1 called in ,hebrew with that usual sincerity of language preminently biblical1 ,sacr' and ,n'cabvah7#ajgb72 these two being1 therefore1 the image under which the 8,lord ,god0 appeared usually to his chosen people4 ,that this is so1 is now undeniably proven by almost all the symbologists and ,hebrew scholars as well as by the ,kabalah4 ,therefore ,adam is in one sense ,jehovah4 ,this makes plain another general tradition in the ,east mentioned in ,gregorie's ,notes and ,observations upon several ,passages in ,scripture17#ajgc7 and quoted by ,hargrave ,jennings in his ,phallicism3 ,that ,adam was commanded by ,god that his dead body should be kept above ground till a fulness of time should come to commit it 444 to the middle of the earth by a priest of the ,most ,high ,god4444 ,therefore1 ,noah daily prayed in the ,ark before the 8,body of ,adam0--7#ajgd7 or before the ,phallus in the ,ark1 or ,holy of ,holies1 again4 ,he who is a ,kabalist and accustomed to the incessant permutation of biblical names1 once they are interpreted numerically and symbolically1 will understand what is meant4 ,the two words of which ,jehovah is composed1 make up the original idea of malefemale1 as birthoriginator1 for the was the membrum virile and ,hovah was ,eve4 ,so 444 the perfect one1 as originator of measures1 takes also the form of birth origin1 as hermaphrodite one2 hence1 the phallic use of form47#ajge7 ,besides1 the same author shows and demonstrates numerically and geometrically that 7a7 ,arets1 8earth10 ,adam1 8man10 and ,hadamh1 are cognate with each other1 and are personified in the ,bible under one form1 as the ,egyptian and ,hebrew ,mars1 ,god of ,generation27#ajgf7 and 7b7 that ,jehovah1 or ,jah1 is ,noah1 for ,jehovah is ,noah in ,hebrew would be or literally in ,english1 ,inch4 ,the above affords1 then1 a key to the said traditions4 ,noah1 a divine permutation1 the supposed ,saviour of ,humanity1 who carries in his ,ark or ,argha 7the ,moon71 the germs of all living things1 worships before the 8,body of ,adam10 which body is the image of the ,creator1 and a ,creator itself4 ,hence ,adam is called the 8,prophet of the ,moon10 the ,argha or 8,holy of ,holies0 of the ,yod 774 ,this also shows the origin of the ,jewish popular belief that the face of ,moses is in the ,moon--i4e41 the spots in the ,moon4 ,for ,moses and ,jehovah are kabalistically once more permutations1 as has been shown4 ,says the author of ,the ,source of ,measures3 ,there is one fact in regard to ,moses and his works too important to be omitted4 ,when he is instructed by the ,lord as to his mission1 the power name assumed by the ,deity is1 ,i am that ,i am1 the ,hebrew words being 2 a various reading of 4 ,now1 ,moses is 1 and equals #cde4 ,add the values of the new form of the name ,jehovah1 #ba #eja #ba #edc1 or1 by a reverse reading1 #cde2 thus showing ,moses to be a form of ,jehovah in this combination4 #ba #b #aje1 or1 reversed1 #eja1 so that the asher or the that in ,i amthat,i am is simply a guide to a use of #ba or #g #c4ejab #bea 1 a very valuable pyramid number1 etc47#ajgg7 ,for a clearer explanation for the benefit of ,non,kabalists we put it thus3 8,i am that ,i am0 is in ,hebrew3 hiy is 1 or #e #aj #e #a4 ,asher is 1 or #bjj #cjj #a4 hiy is 1 or #e #aj #e #a4 ,add the numbers of these separate words and you have3 7#ba7 7#eja7 7#ba74 ,this relates to the process of descending in ,fire on the ,mount to make ,man1 etc41 and is explained to be but a check and use of the numbers of the mountains2 for on one side we have #aj #e #f #ba1 down the middle #eja1 and on the other side #f #e #aj #ba47ajgh7 ,the 8,holy of ,holies10 both kabalistic and rabbinical1 is thus shown as an international symbol1 and common property4 ,neither had originated with the ,hebrews2 but owing to the too realistic handling of the halfinitiated ,levites1 the symbol had acquired with them a significance which it scarcely has with any other people to this day1 and which it was originally never meant to have by the true ,kabalist4 ,the ,lingam and ,yoni of the modern average ,hind is1 on the face of it1 of course1 no better than the rabbinical 8,holy of ,holies0--but it is no worse2 and this is a point gained on the ,christian traducers of the ,asiatic religious ,philosophies4 ,for1 in such religious myths1 in the hidden symbolism of a creed and philosophy1 the spirit of the tenets propounded ought to decide their relative value4 ,and who will say1 that1 examined either way1 this socalled 8,wisdom10 applied solely to the uses and benefit of one little nation1 has ever developed in it anything like national ethics4 ,the ,prophets are there1 to show the walk in life of the chosen but 8stiff necked0 people before1 during1 and after1 the days of ,moses4 ,that they have had at one time the ,wisdom,religion and the use of its universal language and symbols is proved by the same ,esotericism existing to this day in ,india with regard to the 8,holy of ,holies40 ,this1 as said above1 was and still is the passage through the 8,golden0 ,cow in the same stooping position as was necessitated by the ,gallery of the ,pyramid1 which identified man with ,jehovah in ,hebrew ,esotericism4 ,the whole difference lies in the spirit of the interpretation4 ,with the ,hinds as with the ancient ,egyptians that spirit was and is entirely metaphysical and psychological2 with the ,hebrews it was realistic and physiological4 ,it pointed to the first sexual separation of the human race--,eve giving birth to ,cain,jehovah1 as shown in ,the ,source of ,measures2 to the consummation of terrestrial physiological union and conception--as in the allegory of ,cain shedding ,abel's blood1 ,habel being the feminine principle2 and to childbearing--a process shown to have begun in the ,third ,race1 or with ,adam's ,third ,son1 ,seth1 with whose ,son ,henoch1 men began to call themselves ,jehovah or ,jahhovah1 the male ,jod and ,havah or ,eve1 to wit1 male and female beings47#ajgi7 ,thus the difference lies in the religious and ethical feeling1 but the two symbols are identical4 ,there is no doubt that1 with the fully initiated ,judan ,tanaim1 the inner sense of the symbolism was as holy in its abstraction as with the ancient ryan ,dvijas4 ,the worship of the 8,god in the ,ark0 dates only from ,david2 and for a thousand years ,israel knew of no phallic ,jehovah4 ,and now the old ,kabalah edited and redited1 has become tainted with it4 ,with the ancient ryans the hidden meaning was grandiose1 sublime and poetical1 however much the external appearance of their symbol may now militate against the claim4 ,the ceremony of passing through the ,holy of ,holies--now symbolized by the ,cow1 but in the beginning through the temple ,hiranyagarbha1 the ,radiant ,egg1 in itself a symbol of ,universal1 ,abstract ,nature--meant spiritual conception and birth1 or rather the rebirth of the individual and his regeneration2 the stooping man at the entrance of the ,sanctum ,sanctorum1 ready to pass through the ,matrix of ,mother ,nature1 or the physical creature ready to rebecome the original ,spiritual ,being1 prenatal ,,man4 ,with the ,semite1 that stooping man meant the fall of ,spirit into ,matter1 and that fall and degradation were apotheosized by him with the result of dragging ,deity down to the level of man4 ,for the ryan1 the symbol represented the divorce of ,spirit from ,matter1 its merging into and return to its primal ,source2 for the ,semite1 the wedlock of ,spiritual ,man with ,material ,female ,nature1 the physiological taking preminence over the psychological and the purely immaterial4 ,the ryan views of the symbolism were those of the whole ,pagan world2 the ,semite interpretations emanated from1 and were preminently those of a small tribe1 thus marking its national features and the idiosyncratic defects that characterize many of the ,jews to this day--gross realism1 selfishness1 and sensuality4 ,they had made a bargain1 through their father ,jacob1 with their tribal deity1 selfexalted above all others1 and a covenant that his 8seed shall be as the dust of the earth02 and that deity could have no better image henceforth than that of the symbol of generation1 and as representation a number and numbers4 ,carlyle has wise words for both these nations4 ,with the ,hind ryan--the most metaphysical and spiritual people on earth--religion has ever been1 in his words1 ,an everlasting lodestar1 that beams the brighter in the heavens the darker here on earth grows the night around him4 ,the religion of the ,hind detaches him from this ,earth2 therefore1 even now1 the cowsymbol is one of the grandest and most philosophical among all others in its inner meaning4 ,to the 8,masters0 and 8,lords0 of ,european potencies1 the ,israelites1 certain words of ,carlyle apply still more admirably2 for them ,religion is a wise prudential feeling grounded on mere calculation-- and it was so from its beginnings4 ,having burdened themselves with it1 ,christian nations feel bound to defend and poetize it1 at the expense of all other religions4 ,but it was not so with the ancient nations4 ,for them the passageentrance and the sarcophagus in the ,king's ,chamber meant regeneration--not generation4 ,it was the most solemn symbol1 a ,holy of ,holies1 indeed1 wherein were created ,immortal ,hierophants and 8,sons of ,god0--never mortal men and sons of lust and flesh1 as now in the hidden sense of the ,semite ,kabalist4 ,the reason for the difference in the views of the two races is easy to account for4 ,the ryan ,hind belongs to the oldest races now on ,earth2 the ,semite ,hebrew to the latest4 ,the former is nearly one million years old2 the latter is a small subrace some #h1jjj years of age and no more47#ajhj7 ,but phallic worship has developed only with the gradual loss of the keys to the inner meaning of religious symbols1 and there was a day when the ,israelites had beliefs as pure as the ryans have4 ,but now ,judaism1 built solely on phallic worship1 has become one of the latest creeds in ,asia1 and theologically a religion of hate and malice toward everyone and everything outside itself4 ,philo ,judus shows what was the genuine ,hebrew faith4 ,the ,sacred ,writings1 he says1 prescribe what we ought to do1 commanding us to hate the heathen and their laws and institutions4 ,true1 they did hate ,baal or ,bacchus worship publicly1 but left its worst features to be followed secretly4 ,it is with the ,talmudic ,jews that the grand symbols of ,nature were the most profaned4 ,with them1 as now shown by the discovery of the key to the correct ,bible reading1 ,geometry1 the fifth ,divine ,science--8fifth0 in the series of the ,seven ,keys to the universal ,esoteric ,language and ,symbology--was desecrated1 and by them applied to conceal the most terrestrial and grossly sexual mysteries1 wherein both ,deity and ,religion were degraded4 ,we are told that it is just the same with our ,brahm,prajpati1 with ,osiris and all other ,creative ,gods4 ,quite so1 when their rites are judged exoterically and externally2 the reverse when their inner meaning is unveiled1 as we see4 ,the ,hind ,lingam is identical with ,jacob's 8,pillar0--most undeniably4 ,but the difference1 as said1 seems to consist in the fact that the ,esoteric significance of the ,lingam was too truly sacred and metaphysical to be revealed to the profane and the vulgar2 hence its superficial appearance was left to the speculations of the mob4 ,nor would the ryan ,hierophant and ,brhman1 in their proud exclusiveness and the satisfaction of their knowledge1 go to the trouble of concealing its primeval nakedness under cunningly devised fables2 whereas the ,rabbi1 having interpreted the symbol to suit his own tendencies1 had to veil the crude significance2 and this served a double purpose--that of keeping his secret to himself and of exalting himself in his supposed monotheism over the ,heathen1 whom his ,law commanded him to hate7#ajha7--;a commandment now gladly accepted by the ,christian too1 in spite of another and later commandment1 8,love one another40 ,both ,india and ,egypt had and have their sacred lotuses1 symbolic of the same 8,holy of ,holies0--the lotus growing in the water1 a double feminine symbol--the bearer of its own seed and root of all4 ,virj and ,horus are both male symbols1 emanating from ,androgyne ,nature1 one from ,brahm and his female counterpart ,vch1 the other1 from ,osiris and ,isis--never from the ,one ,infinite ,god4 ,in the ,judo,christian systems it is different4 ,whereas the lotus1 containing ,brahm1 the ,universe1 is shown growing out of ,vishnu's ,navel1 the ,central ,point in the ,waters of ,infinite ,space1 and whereas ,horus springs from the lotus of the ,celestial ,nile--all these abstract pantheistic ideas are dwarfed and made terrestrially concrete in the ,bible4 ,one is almost inclined to say that in the esoteric they are grosser and still more anthropomorphic1 than in their exoteric rendering4 ,take as an example the same symbol1 even in its ,christian application--the lilies in the hand of the ,archangel ,gabriel47#ajhb7 ,in ,hindism--the 8,holy of ,holies0 is a universal abstraction1 whose dramatis person are ,infinite ,spirit and ,nature2 in ,christian ,judaism1 it is a personal ,god1 outside of that ,nature1 and the human womb--,eve1 ,sarah1 etc42 hence1 an anthropomorphic phallic ,god1 and his image--man4 ,thus it is maintained1 that with regard to the contents of the ,bible1 one of two hypotheses has to be admitted4 ,either behind the symbolic substitute ,jehovah1 there was the ,unknown1 ,incognizable ,deity1 the kabalistic ,ain ,suph2 or1 the ,jews have been from the beginning no better than the deadletter ,lingamworshippers7#ajhc7 of the ,india of today4 ,we say it was the former2 and that1 therefore1 the secret or esoteric worship of the ,jews was the same ,pantheism that the ,vedntin ,philosophers are reproached with today2 ,jehovah was a substitute for purposes of an exoteric national faith1 and had no importance or reality in the eyes of the erudite ,priests and ,philosophers--the ,sadducees1 the most refined and the most learned of all the ,israelite sects1 who stand as a living proof of it1 with their contemptuous rejection of every belief1 save the ,law4 ,for how could those who invented the stupendous scheme now known as the ,bible1 or their successors who knew1 as all ,kabalists do1 that it was so invented for a popular 8blind0--how could they1 we ask1 feel reverence for such a phallic symbol and a number1 as ,jehovah is shown most undeniably to be in the kabalistic works8 ,how could anyone worthy of the name of a ,philosopher1 and knowing the real secret meaning of their 8,pillar of ,jacob10 their ,bethels1 oilanointed ,phalli1 and their 8,brazen ,serpent10 worship such a gross symbol1 and minister unto it1 seeing in it their 8,covenant0--the ,lord ,himself6 ,let the reader turn to ,gemara ,sanhedrim and judge4 ,as various writers have shown1 and as brutally stated in ,hargrave ,jennings' ,phallicism3 ,we know from the ,jewish records that the ,ark contained a table of stone2 and if it can be demonstrated that that stone was phallic1 and yet identical with the sacred name ,jehovah or ,yehovah1 which1 written in unpointed ,hebrew with four letters1 is ,j,e,v,e or ,j,h,v,h 7the ,h being merely an aspirate and the same as ,e74 ,this process leaves us the two letters ,i and ,v 7or in another of its forms ,u72 then if we place the ,i in the ,u we have the 8,holy of ,holies02 we also have the ,linga and ,yoni and ,argha of the ,hinds1 the ,iswarra shvara or 8supreme ,lord02 and here we have the whole secret of its mystic and arccelestial import1 confirmed in itself by being identical with the ,linyoni 8 of the ,ark of the ,covenant47#ajhd7 ,the biblical ,jews of today do not date from ,moses but from ,david--even admitting the identity of the old and genuine with the later and remodelled ,mosaic scrolls4 ,before that time their nationality is lost in the mists of prehistoric darkness1 the veil from which is now withdrawn as much as we have space to do4 ,it is only to the days of the ,babylonian captivity that the ,old ,testament may be referred by the most lenient criticism as the approximately correct views that were current about the days of ,moses4 ,even such fanatical ,christians and worshippers of ,jehovah as the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,horne1 have to admit the numerous changes and alterations made by the later compilers of the 8,book of ,god10 since it was found by ,hilkiah17#ajhe7 and since ,the ,pentateuch arose out of the primitive or older documents1 by means of a supplementary one4 ,the ,elohistic texts were rewritten #ejj years after the date of ,moses2 the ,jehovistic #hjj1 on the authority of the biblical chronology itself4 ,hence1 it is maintained that the deity1 represented as the organ of generation in his pillarform1 and as a symbol of the doublesexed organ in the numeral value of the letters of his name--the ,yod1 or 8phallus10 and ,h1 1 the 8opening10 or the 8womb10 according to kabalistic authority--is of a far later date than the ,elohimsymbols and is borrowed from the ,pagan exoteric rites2 and ,jehovah is thus on a par with the ,lingam and ,yoni found on every roadside in ,india4 ,just as the ,iao of the ,mysteries was distinct from ,jehovah1 so was the later ,iao and ,abraxas1 or ,abrasax1 of some ,gnostic sects identical with the ,god of the ,hebrews1 who was the same as the ,egyptian ,horus4 ,this is undeniably proven on 8,heathen0 as on the ,gnostic 8,christian0 gems4 ,in ,matter's collection of such gems there is a 8,horus0-- ,seated on the lotus1 inscribed 7,abrasax ,iao7--an address exactly parallel to the so frequent 7,eis ,zeus ,sarapi7 on the contemporary ,heathen gems1 and therefore only to be translated by 8,abraxas is the ,one ,jehovah407#ajhf7 ,but who was ,abraxas8 ,as the same author shows3 ,the numerical or ,kabbalistic value of the name ,abraxas directly refers to the ,persian title of the god 8,mithras10 ,ruler of the year1 worshipped from the earliest times under the appellation of ,iao47#ajhg7 ,thus1 he was the ,sun1 in one aspect1 the ,moon or the ,lunar ,genius1 in another1 that ,generative ,deity whom the ,gnostics saluted as 8,thou that presidest over the ,mysteries of the ,father and the ,son1 who shinest in the nighttime1 holding the second rank1 the first ,lord of ,death40 ,it is only in his capacity of the ,genius of the ,moon--the latter being credited in the old cosmogony with being the parent of our ,earth--that ,jehovah could ever be regarded as the ,creator of our ,globe and its ,heaven1 namely1 the ,firmament4 ,the knowledge of all this will be no proof1 however1 to the average bigot4 ,missionaries will go on with the most virulent attacks on the religions of ,india1 and ,christians read with the same benighted smile of satisfaction as ever these preposterously unjust words of ,coleridge3 ,it is highly worthy of observation that the inspired writings received by ,christians are distinguishable from all other books pretending to inspiration1 from the ,scriptures of the ,brahmins1 and even from the ,koran1 in their strong and frequent recommendation of truth 664 ,section ,,iv4 ,on the ,myth of the 8,fallen ,angels0 in its ,various ,aspects4 ,a4 ,the ,evil ,spirit3 ,who1 ,and ,what8 ,our present quarrel is exclusively with ,theology4 ,the ,church enforces belief in a ,personal ,god and a ,personal ,devil1 while ,occultism shows the fallacy of such a belief4 ,for the ,pantheists and ,occultists1 as much as for the ,pessimists1 8,nature0 is no better than 8a comely mother1 but stone cold02 but this is true only so far as regards external ,physical ,nature4 ,they both agree that1 to the superficial observer1 she is no better than an immense slaughterhouse wherein butchers become victims1 and victims executioners in their turn4 ,it is quite natural that the pessimistically inclined profane1 once convinced of ,nature's numerous shortcomings and failures1 and especially of her autophagous propensities1 should imagine this to be the best evidence that there is no ,deity in abscondito within ,nature1 nor anything divine in her4 ,nor is it less natural that the ,materialist and the ,physicist should imagine that everything is due to blind force and chance1 and to the survival of the strongest1 even more often than of the fittest4 ,but the ,occultists1 who regard ,physical ,nature as a bundle of most varied illusions on the plane of deceptive perceptions2 who recognize in every pain and suffering but the necessary pangs of incessant procreation2 a series of stages toward an evergrowing perfectibility1 which is visible in the silent influence of nevererring ,karma1 or ,abstract ,nature--the ,occultists1 we say1 view the ,great ,mother otherwise4 ,woe to those who live without suffering4 ,stagnation and death is the future of all that vegetates without change4 ,and how can there be any change for the better without proportionate suffering during the preceding stage8 ,is it not those only who have learnt the deceptive value of earthly hopes and the illusive allurements of external nature who are destined to solve the great problems of life1 pain1 and death8 ,if our modern ,philosophers--preceded by the medival scholars--have helped themselves to more than one fundamental idea of antiquity1 ,theologians have built their ,god and his ,archangels1 their ,satan and his ,angels1 along with the ,logos and his staff1 entirely out of the dramatis person of the old heathen ,pantheons4 ,they would have been welcome to these1 had they not cunningly distorted the original characters1 perverted the philosophical meaning1 and1 taking advantage of the ignorance of ,christendom--the result of long ages of mental sleep1 during which humanity was permitted to think only by proxy--tossed every symbol into the most inextricable confusion4 ,one of their most sinful achievements in this direction1 was the transformation of the divine ,alter ,ego into the grotesque ,satan of their ,theology4 ,as the whole philosophy of the problem of evil hangs upon the correct comprehension of the constitution of the ,inner ,being of ,nature and ,man1 of the divine within the animal1 and hence also the correctness of the whole system as given in these pages1 with regard to the crown piece of evolution--,man--we cannot take sufficient precautions against theological subterfuges4 ,when the good ,st4 ,augustine and the fiery ,tertullian call the ,devil the 8monkey of ,god10 we can attribute it to the ignorance of the age they lived in4 ,it is more difficult to excuse our modern writers on the same ground4 ,the translation of ,mazdean literature has afforded ,roman ,catholic writers the pretext for proving their point in the same direction once more4 ,they have taken advantage of the dual nature of ,ahura ,mazda and of his ,amshaspands in the ,zend ,avesta and the ,venddd1 to emphasize still further their wild theories4 ,satan is the plagiarist and the copyist by anticipation of the religion which came ages later4 ,this was one of the master strokes of the ,latin ,church1 its best trumpcard after the appearance of ,spiritualism in ,europe4 ,though only a succs d'estime1 in general1 even among those who are not interested in either ,theosophy or ,spiritualism1 yet the weapon is often used by the ,christian 7,roman ,catholic7 ,kabalists against the ,eastern ,occultists4 ,now even the ,materialists are quite harmless1 and may be regarded as the friends of ,theosophy1 when compared to some fanatical 8,christian0--as they call themselves1 8,sectarian0 as we call them--,kabalists1 on the ,continent4 ,these read the ,zohar1 not to find in it ancient ,wisdom1 but1 by mangling the texts and meaning1 to discover in its verses ,christian dogmas1 where none could ever have been meant2 and1 having fished them out with the collective help of ,jesuitical casuistry and learning1 the supposed 8,kabalists0 proceed to write books and to mislead less farsighted students of the ,kabalah47#ajhh7 ,may we not then be permitted to drag the deep rivers of the ,past1 and thus bring to the surface the root idea that led to the transformation of the ,wisdom,god1 who had first been regarded as the ,creator of everything that exists1 into an ,angel of ,evil--a ridiculous horned biped1 half goat and half monkey1 with hoofs and a tail8 ,we need not go out of the way to compare the ,pagan ,demons of either ,egypt1 ,india1 or ,chalda with the ,devil of ,christianity1 for no such comparison is possible4 ,but we may stop to glance at the biography of the ,christian ,devil1 a piratical reprint from the ,chaldo,judan mythology4 ,the primitive origin of this personification rests upon the ,akkadian conception of the ,cosmic ,powers--the ,heavens and the ,earth--in eternal feud and struggle with ,chaos4 ,their ,silik,muludag 78 ,murudug71 8the ,god amongst all the ,gods10 the 8merciful guardian of men on ,earth10 was the son of ,hea 7or ,ea7 the great ,god of ,wisdom1 called by the ,babylonians ,nebo4 ,with both peoples1 as also in the case of the ,hind ,gods1 their deities were both beneficent and maleficent4 ,as evil and punishment are the agents of ,karma1 in an absolutely just retributive sense1 so ,evil was the servant of the ,good47#ajhi7 ,the reading of the ,chaldo,assyrian tiles has now demonstrated this beyond a shadow of doubt4 ,we find the same idea in the ,zohar4 ,satan was a ,son and an ,angel of ,god4 ,with all the ,semitic nations1 the ,spirit of the ,earth was as much the ,creator in his own realm as the ,spirit of the ,heavens4 ,they were twin brothers and interchangeable in their functions1 when not two in one4 ,nothing of that which we find in ,genesis is absent from the ,chaldo,assyrian religious beliefs1 even in the little that has hitherto been deciphered4 ,the great 8,face of the ,deep0 of ,genesis is traced in the ,tohu ,bohu 78,deep0 or 8,primeval ,space071 or ,chaos1 of the ,babylonians4 ,wisdom1 the ,great ,unseen ,god--called in ,genesis the 8,spirit of ,god0--lived1 for the older ,babylonians as for the ,akkadians1 in the ,sea of ,space4 ,toward the days described by ,berosus1 this ,sea became the ,visible ,waters on the face of the ,earth--the crystalline abode of the ,great ,mother1 the ,mother of ,ea and all the ,gods1 which became1 still later1 the great ,dragon ,tiamat1 the ,sea ,serpent4 ,its last stage of development was the great struggle of ,bel with the ,dragon--the ,devil6 ,whence the ,christian idea that ,god cursed the ,devil8 ,the ,god of the ,jews1 whosoever he was1 forbids cursing ,satan4 ,philo ,judus and ,josephus both state that the ,law 7the ,pentateuch and the ,talmud7 undeviatingly forbid one to curse the ,adversary1 and also the ,gods of the ,gentiles4 8,thou shalt not revile the ,gods10 quoth the ,god of ,moses17#ajij7 for it is ,god who 8hath divided them unto all nations027#ajia7 and those who speak evil of 8,dignities0 7,gods7 are called 8filthy dreamers0 by ,jude4 ,for even ,michael the ,archangel 444 durst not bring against him the ,devil a railing accusation1 but said1 ,the ,lord rebuke thee47#ajib7 ,finally the same is repeated in the ,talmud37#ajic7 ,satan appeared one day to a man who used to curse him daily1 and said to him3 8,why dost thou this80 ,consider that ,god himself would not curse me1 but merely said3 8,the ,lord rebuke thee1 ,satan407#ajid7 ,this piece of ,talmudic information shows plainly 7a7 that ,st4 ,michael is called 8,god0 in the ,talmud1 and somebody else the 8,lord10 and 7b7 that ,satan is a ,god1 of whom even the 8,lord0 is in fear4 ,all we read in the ,zohar and other kabalistic works on ,satan shows plainly that this 8personage0 is simply the personification of the abstract ,evil1 which is the weapon of ,karmic ,law and ,karma4 ,it is our human nature and man himself1 as it is said that 8,satan is always near and inextricably interwoven with man40 ,it is only a question of that ,power being latent or active in us4 ,it is a wellknown fact--to learned ,symbologists at all events--that in every great religion of antiquity1 it is the ,logos ,demiurge--the ,second ,logos1 or the first emanation from the ,mind1 ,mahat--who is made to strike1 so to say1 the keynote of that which may be called the correlation of ,individuality and ,personality in the subsequent scheme of evolution4 ,it is the ,logos who is shown1 in the mystic symbolism of ,cosmogony1 ,theogony1 and ,anthropogony1 playing two parts in the drama of ,creation and ,being--that of the purely human ,personality and the divine ,impersonality of the socalled ,avatras1 or divine ,incarnations1 and of the ,universal ,spirit1 called ,christos by the ,gnostics1 and the ,fravarshi 7or ,ferouer7 of ,ahura ,mazda in the ,mazdean ,philosophy4 ,on the lower rungs of ,theogony the ,celestial ,beings of lower ,hierarchies had each a ,fravarshi1 or a ,celestial 8,double40 ,it is the same1 only still more mystic1 ressertion of the kabalistic axiom1 8,deus est ,demon inversus02 the word 8,demon10 however1 as in the case of ,socrates1 and in the spirit of the meaning given to it by the whole of antiquity1 standing for the ,guardian ,spirit1 an 8,angel10 not a ,devil of ,satanic descent as ,theology would have it4 ,the ,roman ,catholic ,church shows its usual logic and consistency by accepting ,st4 ,michael as the ,ferouer of ,christ4 ,this ,ferouer was his 8,angel ,guardian10 as proved by ,st4 ,thomas17#ajie7 who1 however1 calls the prototypes and synonyms of ,michael1 such as ,mercury for example1 ,devils6 ,the ,church positively accepts the tenet that ,christ has his ,ferouer as any other ,god or mortal has4 ,writes ,de ,mirville3 ,here we have the two heroes of the ,old ,testament1 the ,verbum 8 7or second ,jehovah71 and his ,face 8,presence10 as the ,protestants translate1 both making but one1 and yet being two1 a mystery which seemed to us unsolvable before we had studied the doctrine of the ,mazdean ,ferouers1 and learnt that the ,ferouer was the spiritual potency1 at once image1 face1 and guardian of the ,soul which finally assimilates the ,ferouer47#ajif7 ,this is almost correct4 ,among other absurdities1 the ,kabalists maintain that the word ,metatron1 being divided into metathronon 71 71 means 8near the throne407#ajig7 ,it means quite the reverse1 as meta means 8beyond0 and not 8near40 ,this is of great importance in our argument4 ,st4 ,michael1 then1 the 8quis ut ,deus10 is the translator1 so to speak1 of the invisible world into the visible and the objective4 ,they maintain1 furthermore1 along with the ,roman ,catholic ,church1 that in the ,biblical and ,christian ,theology there does not exist a 8higher celestial personality1 after the ,trinity1 than that of the ,archangel1 or the ,seraphim1 ,michael40 ,according to them1 the conqueror of the ,dragon is the ,archisatrap of the ,sacred ,militia1 the ,guardian of the ,planets1 the ,king of the ,stars1 the ,slayer of ,satan and the ,powerful ,rector4 ,in the mystic ,astronomy of these gentlemen1 he is the ,conqueror of ,ahriman1 who having upset the ,sidereal ,throne of the usurper1 bathes in his stead in the ,solar ,fires2 and1 ,defender of the ,christ,sun1 he approaches so near his ,master1 8that he seems to become one with him407#ajih7 ,owing to this fusion with the ,word 7,verbum7 the ,protestants1 and among them ,calvin1 ended by losing sight entirely of the duality1 and saw no ,michael 8but only his ,master10 writes the ,abb ,caron4 ,the ,roman ,catholics1 and especially their ,kabalists1 know better2 and it is they who explain to the world this duality1 which affords them the means of glorifying the chosen ones of the ,church1 and of rejecting and anathematizing all those ,gods who may be in the way of their dogmas4 ,thus the same titles and the same names are given in turn to ,god and the ,archangel4 ,both are called ,metatron1 8both have the name of ,jehovah applied to them when they speak one in the other0 7sic71 for1 according to the ,zohar1 the term signifies equally the ,master and the ,ambassador4 ,both are the ,angel of the ,face1 because1 as we are informed1 if on the one hand the 8,word0 is called 8the ,face or the ,presence and the ,image of the ,substance of ,god10 on the other1 8when speaking of the ,saviour to the ,israelites1 ,isaiah 8 tells them0 that 8the ,angel of his ,presence saved them in their affliction0--8so he was their ,saviour407#ajii7 ,elsewhere ,michael is called very plainly the 8,prince of the ,faces of the ,lord10 the 8,glory of the ,lord40 ,both ,jehovah and ,michael are the 8,guides of ,israel7#aajj7 444 ,chiefs of the ,armies of the ,lord1 ,supreme ,judges of the ,souls and even ,seraphs407#aaja7 ,the whole of the above is given on the authority of various works by ,roman ,catholics1 and must1 therefore1 be orthodox4 ,some expressions are translated to show what subtle ,theologians and ,casuists mean by the term ,ferouer17#aajb7 a word borrowed by some ,french writers from the ,zend ,avesta1 as said1 and utilized in ,roman ,catholicism for a purpose ,zoroaster was very far from anticipating4 ,in ,fargard xix 7verse #ad71 of the ,venddd it is said3 ,invoke1 ,o ,zarathushtra6 my ,fravarshi1 who am ,ahura ,mazda1 the greatest1 the best1 the fairest of all beings1 the most solid1 the most intelligent1 444 and whose soul is the holy ,word 7,mthra ,spenta747#aajc7 ,the ,french ,orientalists translate ,fravarshi by ,ferouer4 ,now what is a ,ferouer1 or ,fravarshi8 ,in some ,mazdean works it is plainly implied that ,fravarshi is the inner1 immortal ,man1 or the ,ego which rencarnates2 that it existed before the physical body and survives all such bodies it happens to be clothed in4 ,not only man was endowed with a ,fravarshi1 but gods too1 and the sky1 fire1 waters1 and plants47#aajd7 ,this shows as plainly as can be shown that the ,ferouer is the 8spiritual counterpart0 of either ,god1 animal1 plant1 or even element1 i4e41 the refined and the purer part of the grosser creation1 the soul of the body1 whatever the body may happen to be4 ,therefore does ,ahura ,mazda recommend ,zarathushtra to invoke his ,fravarshi and not himself 7,ahura ,mazda72 that is to say1 the impersonal and true ,essence of ,deity1 one with ,zoroaster's own tm 7or ,christos71 not the false and personal appearance4 ,this is quite clear4 ,now it is on this divine and ethereal prototype that the ,roman ,catholics have seized so as to build up the supposed difference between their ,god and ,angels and the ,deity and its aspects1 or the ,gods of the old religions4 ,thus1 while calling ,mercury1 ,venus1 ,jupiter 7whether as ,gods or ,planets7 ,devils1 they at the same time make of the same ,mercury the ,ferouer of their ,christ4 ,this fact is undeniable4 ,vossius7#aaje7 proves that ,michael is the ,mercury of the ,pagans1 and ,maury and other ,french writers corroborate him1 and add that according to great ,theologians ,mercury and the ,sun are one1 787 and no wonder1 they think1 since ,mercury being so near the ,wisdom and the ,verbum 7the ,sun71 must be absorbed by and confounded with him47#aajf7 ,this 8,pagan0 view was accepted from the first century of our era1 as shown in the original ,acts of the ,apostles 7the ,english translation being worthless74 ,so much is ,michael the ,mercury of the ,greeks and other nations1 that when the inhabitants of ,lystra mistook ,paul and ,barnabas for ,mercury and ,jupiter1 saying1 8,the ,gods have come down to us in the likeness of men0--the text adds3 8,and they called ,barnabas ,zeus1 and ,paul1 ,hermes1 because he was the leader of the ,word 7,logos710 and not 8the chief speaker10 as erroneously translated in the ,authorized1 and repeated even in the ,revised1 ,english ,bible4 ,michael is the ,angel of the vision in ,daniel1 the ,son of ,god1 8who was like unto a ,son of ,man40 ,it is the ,hermes,christos of the ,gnostics1 the ,anubis,syrius of the ,egyptians1 the ,counsellor of ,osiris in ,amenti1 the ,leontoid ,michael,ophiomorphos 77 of the ,ophites1 who wears on certain ,gnostic jewels a lion's head1 like his father ,ildabaoth47#aajg7 ,now to all this the ,roman ,catholic ,church tacitly consents1 many of her writers even avowing it publicly4 ,unable to deny the flagrant 8borrowing0 of their ,church1 who 8spoiled0 her seniors of their symbols1 as the ,jews had 8spoiled0 the ,egyptians of their jewels of silver and gold1 they explain the fact quite coolly and seriously4 ,thus the writers who have hitherto been timid enough to see1 in this repetition by ,christian dogmas of old ,pagan ideas1 8a legendary plagiarism perpetrated by man10 are gravely assured that1 far from such a simple solution of the almost perfect resemblance1 it has to be attributed to quite another cause--8to a prehistorical plagiarism1 of a superhuman origin40 ,if the reader would know how1 he must again kindly turn to the same volume of ,de ,mirville's work47#aajh7 ,please note that this author was the official and recognized defender of the ,roman ,church1 and was helped by the learning of all the ,jesuits4 ,there we read3 ,we have pointed out several demigods1 and also 8very historical0 heroes of the ,pagans1 who were predestined from the moment of their birth1 to ape1 while at the same time they dishonoured1 the nativity of the hero1 who was quite ,god1 before whom the whole earth had to bow2 we have traced them being born as he was1 from an immaculate mother2 we have seen them strangling serpents in their cradles1 fighting against demons1 performing miracles1 dying as martyrs1 descending to the nether world and rising again from the dead4 ,and we have bitterly deplored that timid and shy ,christians should feel compelled to explain all such identities on the ground of coincidence of myth and symbol4 ,they forget apparently these words of the ,saviour1 all that came before me are thieves and robbers--a word which explains all without any absurd negation and which ,i have commented on in these words1 8,the ,evangel is a sublime drama1 parodied and played before its appointed time by ruffians40 ,the 8ruffians0 7les drles71 are of course ,demons whose manager is ,satan4 ,now this is the easiest and the most sublime and simple way of getting out of the difficulty6 ,the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,lundy1 a ,protestant ,de ,mirville1 followed the happy suggestion in his ,monumental ,christianity1 and so did ,dr4 ,sepp of ,munich in his works written to prove the divinity of ,jesus and the ,satanic origin of all other ,saviours4 ,so much greater the pity that a systematic and collective plagiarism which went on for several centuries on the most gigantic scale1 should be explained by another plagiarism1 this time in the fourth ,gospel4 ,for the sentence quoted from it1 8,all that ever came before me10 etc41 is a verbatim repetition of words written in the ,book of ,enoch4 ,in the ,introduction to ,archbishop ,laurence's translation from an ,ethiopic ,,ms4 in the ,bodleian ,library1 the editor1 author of the ,evolution of ,christianity1 remarks3 ,in revising the proofsheets of the ,book of ,enoch1 we have been still further impressed by relationship with ,new ,testament ,scripture4 ,thus1 the parable of the sheep1 rescued by the good ,shepherd from hireling guardians and ferocious wolves1 is obviously borrowed by the fourth ,evangelist from ,enoch lxxxix1 in which the author depicts the shepherds as killing and destroying the sheep before the advent of their ,lord1 and thus discloses the true meaning of that hitherto mysterious passage in the ,johannine parable--8,all that ever came before me are thieves and robbers0--language in which we now detect an obvious reference to the allegorical shepherds of ,enoch47#aaji7 ,it is too late in the day to claim that it is ,enoch who borrowed from the ,new ,testament1 instead of vice vers4 ,jude 7#ad1 #ae7 quotes verbatim from ,enoch a long passage about the coming of the ,lord with his ten thousand saints1 and naming the prophet specifically acknowledges the source4 ,in 444 perfecting the parallelism between prophet and apostle1 we have placed beyond controversy that1 in the eyes of the author of an ,epistle accepted as ,divine revelation1 the ,book of ,enoch was the inspired production of an antediluvian patriarch4444 ,the cumulative coincidence of language and ideas in ,enoch and the authors of ,new ,testament ,scripture1 444 clearly indicates that the work of the ,semitic ,milton was the inexhaustible source from which ,evangelists and ,apostles1 or the men who wrote in their names1 borrowed their conceptions of the resurrection1 judgment1 immortality1 perdition1 and of the universal reign of righteousness under the eternal dominion of the ,son of ,man4 ,this evangelical plagiarism culminates in the ,revelation of ,john1 which adapts the visions of ,enoch to ,christianity1 with modifications in which we miss the sublime simplicity of the great master of apocalyptic prediction1 who prophesied in the name of the antediluvian ,patriarch47#aaaj7 8,antediluvian10 truly2 but if the phraseology of the text dates hardly a few centuries or even millenniums before the historical era1 then it is no longer the original prediction of the events to come1 but is1 in its turn1 a copy of some scripture of a prehistoric religion4 ,in the ,krita age1 ,vishnu1 in the form of ,kapila and other 7inspired teachers7 444 imparts 444 true wisdom as ,enoch did4 ,in the ,tret age he restrains the wicked1 in the form of a universal monarch ,chakravartin1 the 8,everlasting ,king0 of ,enoch7#aaaa7 and protects the three worlds or ,races4 ,in the ,dvpara age1 in the person of ,vedavysa1 he divides the one ,veda into four1 and distributes it into hundreds 7,shata7 of branches47#aaab7 ,truly so2 the ,veda of the earliest ryans1 before it was written1 went forth into every nation of the ,atlanto,lemurians1 and sowed the first seeds of all the now existing old religions4 ,the offshoots of the never dying ,tree of ,wisdom have scattered their dead leaves even on ,judo ,christianity4 ,and at the end of the ,kali1 our present ,age1 ,vishnu1 or the 8,everlasting ,king10 will appear as ,kalki1 and restablish righteousness upon earth4 ,the minds of those who live at that time shall be awakened1 and become as pellucid as crystal4 ,the men who are thus changed by virtue of that peculiar time the ,sixth ,race shall be as the seeds of other human beings1 and shall give birth to a race who shall follow the laws of the ,krita age of purity2 i4e41 it shall be the ,seventh ,race1 the ,race of 8,buddhas10 the 8,sons of ,god10 born of immaculate parents4 ,b4 ,the ,gods ,of ,light ,proceed ,from ,the ,gods ,of ,darkness4 ,thus it is pretty well established that ,christ1 the ,logos1 or the ,god in ,space and the ,saviour on ,earth1 is but one of the echoes of this same antediluvian and sorely misunderstood ,wisdom4 ,its history begins by the descent on ,earth of the 8,gods0 who incarnate in mankind1 and this is the 8,fall40 ,whether ,brahm hurled down on ,earth by ,bhagavn in the allegory1 or ,jupiter by ,cronus1 all are the symbols of the human races4 ,once having touched this ,planet of dense ,matter1 the snowwhite wings of even the highest ,angel can no longer remain immaculate1 or the ,avatra 7or incarnation7 be perfect1 as every such ,avatra is the fall of a ,god into generation4 ,nowhere is the metaphysical truth more clear1 when explained ,esoterically1 or more hidden from the average comprehension of those who instead of appreciating the sublimity of the idea can only degrade it--than in the ,upanishads1 the ,esoteric glossaries of the ,vedas4 ,the ,rig ,veda1 as ,guignault characterized it1 8is the most sublime conception of the great highways of humanity40 ,the ,vedas are1 and will remain for ever1 in the ,esotericism of the ,vednta and the ,upanishads1 8the mirror of the ,eternal ,wisdom40 ,for upwards of sixteen centuries the new masks1 forced over the faces of the old ,gods1 have screened them from public curiosity1 but they have finally proved a misfit4 ,yet the metaphorical ,fall1 and the as metaphorical ,atonement and ,crucifixion1 have led ,western ,humanity through roads kneedeep in blood4 ,worse than all1 they have led it to believe in the dogma of the ,evil ,spirit distinct from the ,spirit of all ,good1 whereas the former lives in all ,matter and preminently in man4 ,finally it has created the ,godslandering dogma of ,hell and eternal perdition2 it has spread a thick film between the higher intuitions of man and divine verities2 and1 most pernicious result of all1 it has made people remain ignorant of the fact that there were no fiends1 no dark demons in the ,universe before man's own appearance on this1 and probably on other ,earths4 ,hence the people have been led to accept1 as the problematical consolation for this world's sorrows1 the thought of original sin4 ,the philosophy of that ,law in ,nature1 which implants in man as well as in every beast a passionate1 inherent1 and instinctive desire for freedom and selfguidance1 pertains to ,psychology and cannot be touched on now1 for to demonstrate this feeling in higher ,intelligences1 to analyze and give a natural reason for it1 would necessitate an endless philosophical explanation for which there here is no room4 ,perhaps the best synthesis of this feeling is found in three lines of ,milton's ,paradise ,lost4 ,says the 8,fallen ,one03 ,here we may reign secure2 and in my choice1 ,to reign is worth ambition1 though in hell6 ,better to reign in hell than serve in heaven6 ,better be man1 the crown of terrestrial production and king over its opus operatum1 than be lost among the willless ,spiritual ,hosts in ,heaven4 ,we have said elsewhere that the dogma of the first ,fall rested on a few verses in ,revelation1 which are now shown to be a plagiarism from ,enoch by some scholars4 ,these have given rise to endless theories and speculations1 which have gradually acquired the importance of dogma and inspired tradition4 ,every one sought to explain the verse about the seven headed dragon with his ten horns and seven crowns1 whose tail 8drew the third part of the stars of heaven1 and did cast them to the earth10 and whose place1 with that of his ,angels1 8was found no more in heaven40 ,what the seven heads of the ,dragon 7or ,cycle7 mean1 and its five wicked kings also1 may be learned in the ,addenda which close ,part ,,iii of this ,volume4 ,from ,newton to ,bossuet speculations were incessantly evolved in ,christian brains with regard to these obscure verses4 ,says ,bossuet3 ,the star that falls is the heresiarch ,theodosius4444 ,the clouds of smoke are the heresies of the ,montanists4444 ,the third part of the stars are the martyrs1 and especially the doctors of divinity4 ,bossuet ought to have known1 however1 that the events described in ,revelation were not original1 and may1 as shown1 be found in other and ,pagan traditions4 ,there were no scholastics nor ,montanists during ,vedic times1 nor yet far earlier in ,china4 ,but ,christian ,theology had to be protected and saved4 ,this is only natural4 ,but why should truth be sacrificed in order to protect from destruction the lucubrations of ,christian ,theologians8 ,the 8princeps aeris hujus10 the 8,prince of the ,air10 of ,st4 ,paul1 is not the ,devil1 but the effects of the ,astral ,light1 as liphas ,lvi correctly explains4 ,the ,devil is not the 8,god of this period10 as he says1 for it is the ,deity of every age and period since ,man appeared on ,earth1 and ,matter in its countless forms and states had to fight for its evanescent existence against other disintegrating ,forces4 ,the 8,dragon0 is simply the symbol of the ,cycle and of the 8,sons of ,manvantaric ,eternity10 who had descended on ,earth during a certain epoch of its formative period4 ,the 8clouds of smoke0 are geological phenomena4 ,the 8third part of the stars of heaven10 cast down to the ,earth1 refers to the ,divine ,monads--the ,spirits of the ,stars in ,astrology--that circumambulate our ,globe2 i4e41 the human ,egos destined to perform the whole ,cycle of ,incarnations4 ,the sentence1 8qui circumambulat terram10 however1 is again referred to the ,devil in ,theology1 the mythical ,father of ,evil being said to 8fall like lightning40 ,unfortunately for this interpretation1 the 8,son of ,man10 or ,christ1 is expected1 on the personal testimony of ,jesus1 to descend on ,earth likewise1 8as the lightning cometh out of the ,east107#aaac7 just in the same shape and under the same symbol as ,satan1 who is seen to fall 8as lightning 444 from heaven407#aaad7 ,all these metaphors and figures of speech1 preminently ,oriental in their character1 must have their origin searched for in the ,east4 ,in all the ancient ,cosmogonies ,light comes from ,darkness4 ,in ,egypt1 as elsewhere1 ,darkness was 8the principle of all things40 ,hence ,pymander1 the 8,thought ,divine10 issues as ,light from ,darkness4 ,behemoth7#aaae7 is the principle of ,darkness1 or ,satan1 in ,roman ,catholic ,theology1 and yet ,job says of him that ,behemoth is 8the chief principle of the ways of ,god0--8,principium viarum ,domini ,behemoth607#aaaf7 ,consistency does not seem to be a favourite virtue in any portion of ,divine ,revelation1 socalled--not as interpreted by ,theologians1 at any rate4 ,the ,egyptians and the ,chaldans referred the birth of their ,divine ,dynasties to that period when creative ,earth was in her last final throes in giving birth to her prehistoric mountain ranges1 which have since disappeared1 her seas and her continents4 ,her face was covered with 8deep ,darkness and in that ,secondary ,chaos was the principle of all things0 that developed on the ,globe later on4 ,our ,geologists have now ascertained that there was such a terrestrial conflagration in the early geological periods1 several hundred millions of years ago47#aaag7 ,as to the tradition itself1 every country and nation had it1 each under its respective national form4 ,it is not alone ,egypt1 ,greece1 ,scandinavia or ,mexico1 that had its ,typhon1 ,python1 ,loki1 and its 8falling0 ,demon1 but ,china also4 ,the ,celestials have a whole literature upon the subject4 ,it is said that in consequence of the rebellion against ,ti of a proud ,spirit1 who said he was ,ti himself1 seven ,choirs of ,celestial ,spirits were exiled upon ,earth1 which 8brought a change in all ,nature1 ,heaven itself bending down and uniting with ,earth40 ,in the ,y,king1 one reads3 ,the flying ,dragon1 superb and rebellious1 suffers now1 and his pride is punished2 he thought he would reign in ,heaven1 he reigns only on the ,earth4 ,again1 the ,tchoon,tsieoo says allegorically3 ,one night the stars ceased shining in darkness1 and deserted it1 falling down like rain upon the ,earth1 where they are now hidden4 ,these stars are the ,monads4 ,chinese ,cosmogonies have their 8,lord of the ,flame0 and their 8,celestial ,virgin10 with little 8,spirits to help and minister to her2 and big ,spirits to fight those who are the enemies of other ,gods40 ,but all this does not prove that the said allegories are presentments or prophetic writings which all refer to ,christian ,theology4 ,the best proof one can offer to ,christian ,theologians that the ,esoteric statements in the ,bible--in both ,testaments--are the assertion of the same idea as in our ,archaic ,teachings1 to wit1 that the 8,fall of the ,angels0 referred simply to the ,incarnation of ,angels 8who had broken through the ,seven ,circles0--is found in the ,zohar4 ,now the ,kabalah of ,simeon ,ben ,iocha is the soul and essence of the allegorical narrative1 as the later ,christian ,kabalah is the 8dark cloaked0 ,mosaic ,pentateuch4 ,and it says 7in the ,agrippa ,,mss473 ,the ,wisdom of the ,kabalah rests in the ,science of the ,equilibrium and ,harmony4 ,forces that manifest without having been first equilibrized perish in ,space 8equilibrized0 meaning differentiated4 ,thus perished the first ,kings the ,divine ,dynasties of the ,ancient ,world1 the selfproduced ,princes of ,giants4 ,they fell like rootless trees1 and were seen no more2 for they were the ,shadow of the ,shadow to wit1 the ,chhy of the ,shadowy ,pitris47#aaah7 ,but those that came after them1 who shooting down like falling stars were enshrined in the ,shadows--prevailed to this day ,dhyns1 who by incarnating in those 8empty ,shadows10 inaugurated the era of mankind4 ,every sentence in the ancient ,cosmogonies unfolds to him who can read between the lines the identity of the ideas1 though under different garbs4 ,the first lesson taught in ,esoteric ,philosophy is1 that the ,incognizable ,cause does not put forth evolution1 whether consciously or unconsciously1 but only exhibits periodically different aspects of ,itself to the perception of finite minds4 ,now the ,collective ,mind--the ,universal--composed of various and numberless ,hosts of ,creative ,powers1 however infinite in ,manifested ,time1 is still finite when contrasted with the ,unborn and ,undecaying ,space in its supreme essential aspect4 ,that which is finite cannot be perfect4 ,therefore there are inferior ,beings among those ,hosts1 but there never have been any ,devils or 8disobedient ,angels10 for the simple reason that they are all governed by ,law4 ,the ,asuras 7call them by any other name you will7 who incarnated1 followed in this a law as implacable as any other4 ,they had manifested prior to the ,pitris1 and as ,time 7in ,space7 proceeds in ,cycles1 their turn had come--hence the numerous allegories4 ,the name 8,asura0 was first given by the ,brhmans indiscriminately to those who opposed their mummeries and sacrifices1 as did the great ,asura called ,asurendra4 ,it is to those ages1 probably1 that the origin of the idea of the ,demon1 as opposer and adversary1 has to be traced4 ,the ,hebrew ,elohim1 called 8,god0 in the translations1 who create 8,light10 are identical with the ryan ,asuras4 ,they are also referred to as the 8,sons of ,darkness10 as a philosophical and logical contrast to ,light ,immutable and ,eternal4 ,the earliest ,zoroastrians did not believe in ,evil or ,darkness being coternal with ,good or ,light1 and they give the same interpretation4 ,ahriman is the manifested ,shadow of ,ahura ,mazda 7,asura ,mazda71 himself issued from ,zeruna kerne1 the 8,boundless ,circle of ,time10 or the ,unknown ,cause4 ,they say of the latter3 ,its glory is too exalted1 its light too resplendent for either human intellect or mortal eye to grasp and see4 ,its primal emanation is ,eternal ,light1 which1 from having been previously concealed in ,darkness1 was called to manifest itself and thus was formed ,ormazd1 the 8,king of ,life40 ,he is the 8,firstborn0 in ,boundless ,time1 but1 like his own antetype 7prexisting spiritual idea71 has lived within ,darkness from all ,eternity4 ,the six ,amshaspands--seven with himself1 the ,chief of all--the primitive ,spiritual ,angels and ,men1 are collectively his ,logos4 ,the ,zoroastrian ,amshaspands create the ,world in six ,days or periods also1 and rest on the seventh2 but in the ,esoteric ,philosophy1 that seventh is the first period or 8,day10 the socalled ,primary ,creation in ryan ,cosmogony4 ,it is that intermediate on which is the ,prologue to ,creation1 and which stands on the borderland between the ,uncreated ,eternal ,causation and the produced finite effects2 a state of nascent activity and energy as the first aspect of the ,eternal ,immutable ,quiescence4 ,in ,genesis1 on which no metaphysical energy has been spent1 but only an extraordinary acuteness and ingenuity to veil the ,esoteric ,truth1 ,creation begins at the third stage of manifestation4 8,god0 or the ,elohim are the 8,seven ,regents0 of ,pymander4 ,they are identical with all the other ,creators4 ,but even in ,genesis that period is hinted at by the abruptness of the picture1 and the 8,darkness0 that was on the face of the ,deep4 ,the ,elohim are shown to 8create0--that is to say1 to build or to produce the two ,heavens or 8double0 ,heaven 7not ,heaven and ,earth72 which means1 in so many words1 that they separated the upper manifested 7,angelic7 ,heaven1 or plane of consciousness1 from the lower or terrestrial plane2 the 7to us7 ,eternal and ,immutable ons from those ,periods that are in space1 time and duration2 ,heaven from ,earth1 the ,unknown from the ,known--to the profane4 ,such is the meaning of the sentence in ,pymander1 which says that3 ,thought1 the divine1 which is ,light and ,life ,zeruna kerne produced through its ,word1 or first aspect1 the other1 operating ,thought1 which being the ,god of ,spirit and ,fire1 constructed ,seven ,regents enclosing within their ,circle the ,world of ,senses named 8,fatal ,destiny40 ,the latter refers to ,karma2 the 8,seven ,circles0 are the seven planets and planes1 as also the seven ,invisible ,spirits1 in the ,angelic ,spheres1 whose visible symbols are the seven planets17#aaai7 the seven ,rishis of the ,great ,bear and other glyphs4 ,as said of the dityas by ,roth3 ,they are neither sun1 nor moon1 nor stars1 nor dawn1 but the eternal sustainers of this luminous life which exists as it were behind all these phenomena4 ,it is they--the 8,seven ,hosts0--who1 having 8considered in their ,father ,divine ,thought the plan of the operator10 as says ,pymander1 desired to operate 7or build the world with its creatures7 likewise2 for1 having been born 8within the ,sphere of ,operation0--the manifesting ,universe--such is the ,manvantaric ,law4 ,and now comes the second portion of the passage1 or rather of two passages merged into one to conceal the full meaning4 ,those who were born within the ,sphere of ,operation were 8the brothers who loved him well40 ,the latter--the 8him0--were the ,primordial ,angels2 the ,asuras1 the ,ahriman1 the ,elohim1 or 8,sons of ,god10 of whom ,satan was one--all those ,spiritual ,beings who were called the 8,angels of ,darkness10 because that ,darkness is absolute ,light1 a fact now neglected if not entirely forgotten in ,theology4 ,nevertheless1 the spirituality of those much abused 8,sons of ,light0 which is ,darkness1 must be evidently as great1 in comparison with that of the ,angels next in order1 as the ethereality of the latter would be when contrasted with the density of the human body4 ,the former are the 8,firstborn10 and therefore so near to the confines of ,pure ,quiescent ,spirit as to be merely the 8privations0--in the ,aristotelian sense--the ,ferouers or the ideal types of those who followed4 ,they could not create material1 corporeal things2 and1 therefore1 were said in process of time to have 8refused0 to create1 as 8commanded0 by 8,god0--otherwise1 to have 8rebelled40 ,perchance1 this is justified on the principle of the scientific theory which teaches us as to the effect of two sound waves of equal length meeting3 ,if the two sounds be of the same intensity1 their coincidence produces a sound four times the intensity of either1 while their interference produces absolute silence4 ,while explaining some of the 8heresies0 of his day1 ,justin ,martyr shows the identity of all the world religions at their starting points4 ,the first ,beginning opens invariably with the ,unknown and ,passive ,deity1 from which emanates a certain ,active ,power or ,virtue1 the ,mystery that is sometimes called ,wisdom1 sometimes the ,son1 very often ,god1 ,angel1 ,lord1 and ,logos47#aabj7 ,the latter is sometimes applied to the very first ,emanation1 but in several systems it proceeds from the first ,androgyne or ,double ,ray produced at the beginning by the ,unseen4 ,philo depicts this ,wisdom as male and female4 ,but though its first manifestation had a beginning--for it proceeded from ,oulom7#aaba7 7,ain1 ,time71 the highest of the ons when emitted from the ,father--it had remained with the ,father before all creations1 for it is part of him47#aabb7 ,therefore ,philo ,judus calls ,adam ,kadmon by the name 8,mind0--the ,ennoia of ,bythos in the ,gnostic ,system4 8,the ,mind1 let it be named ,adam407#aabc7 ,as the old ,magian books explain it1 the whole event becomes clear4 ,a thing can only exist through its opposite--,hegel teaches us2 and only a little philosophy and spirituality are needed to comprehend the origin of the later dogma1 which is so truly satanic and infernal in its cold and cruel wickedness4 ,the ,magians accounted for the ,origin of ,evil in their exoteric teachings in this way4 8,light can produce nothing but ,light1 and can never be the origin of ,evil02 how then was ,evil produced1 since there was nothing coqual or like the ,light in its production8 ,light1 say they1 produced several ,beings1 all of them spiritual1 luminous1 and powerful4 ,but a ,great ,one 7the 8,great ,asura10 ,ahriman1 ,lucifer1 etc47 had an evil thought1 contrary to the ,light4 ,he doubted1 and by that doubt he became dark4 ,this is a little nearer to the truth1 but still wide of the mark4 ,there was no 8evil thought0 that originated the opposing ,power1 but simply ,thought per se2 something which1 being cogitative1 and containing design and purpose1 is therefore finite1 and must thus find itself naturally in opposition to pure ,quiescence1 the as natural state of absolute ,spirituality and ,perfection4 ,it was simply the ,law of ,evolution that asserted itself2 the progress of ,mental ,unfolding1 differentiated from ,spirit1 involved and entangled already with ,matter1 into which it is irresistibly drawn4 ,ideas1 in their very nature and essence1 as conceptions bearing relation to objects1 whether true or imaginary1 are opposed to ,absolute ,thought1 that ,unknowable ,all of whose mysterious operations ,mr4 ,spencer predicates that nothing can be said1 but that 8it has no kinship of nature with ,evolution07#aabd7--which it certainly has not47#aabe7 ,the ,zohar gives it very suggestively4 ,when the 8,holy ,one0 7the ,logos7 desired to create man1 he called the highest ,host of ,angels and spake unto them what he wanted1 but they doubted the wisdom of this desire and answered3 8,man will not continue one night in his glory0--for which they were burnt 7annihilated871 by the 8,holy0 ,lord4 ,then he called another1 lower ,host1 and said the same4 ,and they contradicted the 8,holy ,one03 8,what is the good of ,man80--they argued4 ,still ,elohim created ,man1 and when ,man sinned there came the ,hosts of ,uzza and ,azael1 and twitted ,god3 8,here is the ,son of ,man that thou hast made0--they said4 8,behold1 he sinned60 ,then the ,holy ,one replied3 8,if you had been among them ,men you would have been worse than they40 ,and he threw them from their exalted position in ,heaven even down on to the ,earth2 and 8they were changed into ,men and sinned after the women of the earth407#aabf7 ,this is quite plain4 ,no mention is made in ,genesis 7vi7 of these 8,sons of ,god0 receiving punishment4 ,the only reference to it in the ,bible is in ,jude3 ,and the angels which kept not their first estate but left their own habitation1 he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day47#aabg7 ,and this means simply that the 8,angels10 doomed to incarnation1 are in the chains of flesh and matter1 under the darkness of ignorance1 till the 8,great ,day10 which will come as always after the ,seventh ,round1 after the expiration of the 8,week10 on the ,seventh ,sabbath1 or in the ,post ,manvantaric ,nirvna4 ,how truly ,esoteric and consonant with the ,secret ,doctrine is ,pymander1 the ,thought ,divine1 of ,hermes1 may be inferred from its original and primitive translations in ,latin and ,greek only4 ,on the other hand how disfigured it has been later on by ,christians in ,europe1 is seen from the remarks and unconscious confessions made by ,de ,st4 ,marc1 in his ,preface and ,letter to the ,bishop of ,ayre1 in #aegh4 ,therein1 the whole cycle of transformations from a ,pantheistic and ,egyptian into a ,mystic ,roman ,catholic treatise is given1 and we see how ,pymander has become what it is now4 ,still1 even in ,st4 ,marc's translation1 traces are found of the real ,pymander--the 8,universal ,thought0 or 8,mind40 ,this is the translation from the old ,french translation1 the original being given in the foot note7#aabh7 in its quaint old ,french3 ,seven men principles were generated in ,man4444 ,the nature of the harmony of the ,seven of the ,father and of the ,spirit4 ,nature 444 produced seven men in accordance with the natures of the ,seven ,spirits 444 having in them1 potentially1 the two sexes4 ,metaphysically1 the ,father and the ,son are the 8,universal ,mind0 and the 8,periodical ,universe02 the 8,angel0 and the 8,man40 ,it is the ,son and the ,father at one and the same time2 in ,pymander1 the active ,idea and the passive ,thought that generates it2 the radical keynote in ,nature which gives birth to the seven notes--the septenary scale of the ,creative ,forces1 and to the seven prismatic aspects of colour1 all born from the one ,white ,ray1 or ,light--itself generated in ,darkness4 ,c4 ,the ,many ,meanings ,of ,the 8,war ,in ,heaven40 ,the ,secret ,doctrine points out1 as a selfevident fact1 that ,mankind1 collectively and individually1 is with all manifested ,nature the vehicle 7a7 of the ,breath of ,one ,universal ,principle1 in its primal differentiation2 and 7b7 of the countless 8breaths0 proceeding from that ,one ,breath in its secondary and further differentiations1 as ,nature with its many 8mankinds0 proceeds downwards toward the planes that are ever increasing in materiality4 ,the ,primary ,breath informs the higher ,hierarchies2 the secondary--the lower1 on the constantly descending planes4 ,now there are many passages in the ,bible which prove on their face1 exoterically1 that this belief was at one time universal2 and the two most convincing are ,ezekiel1 xxviii and ,isaiah1 xiv4 ,christian ,theologians are welcome to interpret both as referring to the great ,war before ,creation1 the ,epos of ,satan's ,rebellion1 etc41 if they so choose1 but the absurdity of the idea is too apparent4 ,ezekiel addresses his lamentations and reproofs to the ,king of ,tyre2 ,isaiah--to ,king ,ahaz1 who indulged in the worship of idols1 as did the rest of the nation with the exception of a few ,initiates 7the ,prophets1 socalled71 who tried to arrest it on its way to exotericism--or idolatry1 which is the same thing4 ,let the student judge4 ,in ,ezekiel1 it is said3 ,son of ,man1 say unto the prince of ,tyrus1 ,thus saith the ,lord ,god as we understand it1 the 8,god0 ,karma2 ,because thine heart is lifted up1 and thou hast said ,i am a ,god1 444 yet thou art a man4444 ,behold1 therefore1 ,i will bring strangers upon thee3 444 and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom1 444 and they shall bring thee down to the pit or ,earth life47#aabi7 ,the origin of the 8prince of ,tyrus0 is to be traced to the 8,divine ,dynasties0 of the iniquitous ,atlanteans1 the ,great ,sorcerers4 ,there is no metaphor in the words of ,ezekiel1 but actual history this time4 ,for the voice in the prophet1 the voice of the 8,lord10 his own ,spirit1 which spake unto him1 says3 ,because 444 thou hast said1 ,i am a ,god1 ,i sit in the seat of ,god7s7 ,divine ,dynasties1 in the midst of the seas2 yet thou art a man4444 ,behold1 thou art wiser than ,daniel2 there is no secret that they can hide from thee3 with thy wisdom 444 thou hast increased thy riches1 and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches4 ,behold1 therefore 444 strangers 444 shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom 444 ,they shall bring thee down 444 and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas47#aacj7 ,all such imprecations are not prophecy1 but simply reminders of the fate of the ,atlanteans1 the 8,giants on ,earth40 ,what can be the meaning of this last sentence if it is not a narrative of the fate of the ,atlanteans8 ,again1 8,thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty107#aaca7 may refer to the 8,heavenly ,man0 in ,pymander1 or to the ,fallen ,angels1 who are accused of having fallen through pride on account of the great beauty and wisdom which became their lot4 ,there is no metaphor here1 except in the preconceived ideas of our ,theologians1 perhaps4 ,these verses relate to the ,past and belong more to the ,knowledge acquired at the ,mysteries of ,initiation than to retrospective clairvoyance6 ,says the voice1 again3 ,thou hast been in ,eden1 the garden of ,god in the ,satya ,yuga2 every precious stone was thy covering3 444 the workmanship of thy tabrets and thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day thou wast created4 ,thou art the anointed cherub2 444 thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire4444 ,thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created1 till iniquity was found in thee4 ,therefore ,i will cast thee 444 out of the mountain of ,god1 and 444 destroy thee47#aacb7 ,the 8,mountain of ,god0 means the 8,mountain of the ,gods0 or ,meru1 whose representative in the ,fourth ,race was ,mount ,atlas1 the last form of one of the divine ,titans1 so high in those days that the ancients believed that the ,heavens rested on its top4 ,did not ,atlas assist the ,giants in their ,war against the ,gods 7,hyginus78 ,another version shows the fable as arising from the fondness of ,atlas1 son of ,iapetus and ,clymene1 for ,astronomy1 and from his dwelling for that reason on the highest mountain peaks4 ,the truth is that ,atlas1 the 8,mountain of the ,gods10 and also the hero of that name1 are the ,esoteric symbols of the ,fourth ,race1 and his seven daughters1 the ,atlantides1 are the symbols of its seven subraces4 ,mount ,atlas1 according to all the legends1 was three times as high as it is now2 for it has sunk at two different times4 ,it is of a volcanic origin1 and therefore the voice within ,ezekiel says3 ,therefore will ,i bring forth a fire from the midst of thee1 it shall devour thee47#aacc7 ,surely it does not mean1 as seems to be the case from the translated texts1 that this fire was to be brought from the midst of the ,prince of ,tyrus1 or his people1 but from ,mount ,atlas1 symbolizing the proud ,race1 learned in ,magic and high in arts and civilization1 whose last remnant was destroyed almost at the foot of the range of those once gigantic mountains4 ,truly1 8thou shalt be a terror1 and never shalt thou be any more027#aacd7 as the very name of the ,race and its fate is now annihilated from man's memory4 ,bear in mind that almost every ancient king and priest was an ,initiate2 that from toward the close of the ,fourth ,race there had been a feud between the ,initiates of the ,right and those of the ,left ,path2 finally1 that the ,garden of ,eden is referred to by other personages than the ,jews of the ,adamic ,race1 since even ,pharaoh is compared to the fairest tree of ,eden by this same ,ezekiel1 who shows3 ,all the trees of ,eden1 the choice and best of ,lebanon1 444 comforted in the nether parts of the earth4 ,for they also went down into hell with him ,pharaoh7#aace7 --unto the nether parts1 which are in fact the bottom of the ocean1 whose floor gaped wide to devour the lands of the ,atlanteans and themselves4 ,if one bears all this in mind and compares the various accounts1 then one will find out that chapters xxviii and xxxi of ,ezekiel do not relate to ,babylon1 ,assyria1 nor yet to ,egypt1 since none of these have been so destroyed1 having simply fallen into ruins on the surface1 not beneath the earth--but indeed to ,atlantis and most of its nations4 ,and he will see that the 8,garden of ,eden0 of the ,initiates was no myth1 but a locality now submerged4 ,light will dawn upon him1 and he will appreciate such sentences as these at their true ,esoteric value3 8,thou hast been in ,eden2 444 thou wast upon the holy mountain of ,god07#aacf7--;for every nation had and many still have holy mountains2 some ,himlayan ,peaks1 others ,parnassus and ,sinai4 ,they were all places of ,initiation and the abodes of the ,chiefs of the communities of ancient and even modern ,adepts4 ,and again3 ,behold1 the ,assyrian why not ,atlantean1 ,initiate8 was a cedar in ,lebanon2 444 his height was exalted above all the trees4444 ,the cedars in the garden of ,god could not hide him3 444 so that all the trees of ,eden 444 envied him47#aacg7 ,throughout all ,asia ,minor1 the ,initiates were called the 8,trees of ,righteousness10 and the ,cedars of ,lebanon1 as also were some kings of ,israel4 ,so were the great ,adepts in ,india1 but only the ,adepts of the ,left ,hand4 ,when ,vishnu ,purna narrates that 8the world was overrun with trees10 while the ,prachetasas1 who 8passed #aj1jjj years of austerity in the vast ocean10 were absorbed in their devotions1 the allegory relates to the ,atlanteans and the ,adepts of the early ,fifth ,race--the ryans4 ,other 8trees ,adept ,sorcerers spread1 and overshadowed the unprotected earth2 and the people perished 444 unable to labour for ten thousand years40 ,then the ,sages1 the ,rishis of the ryan ,race1 called ,prachetasas1 are shown 8coming forth from the deep107#aach7 and destroying by the wind and flame issuing from their mouths the iniquitous 8,trees0 and the whole vegetable kingdom2 until ,soma 7the ,moon71 the sovereign of the vegetable world1 pacifies them by making alliance with the ,adepts of the ,right ,path1 to whom he offers as bride ,mrish1 the 8offspring of the trees407#aaci7 ,this hints at the great struggle between the 8,sons of ,god0 and the ,sons of the ,dark ,wisdom--our forefathers2 or the ,atlantean and the ryan ,adepts4 ,the whole history of that period is allegorized in the ,rmyana1 which is the mystic narrative in epic form of the struggle between ,rma--the first king of the ,divine ,dynasty of the early ryans--and ,rvana1 the symbolical personation of the ,atlantean 7,lank7 ,race4 ,the former were the incarnations of the ,solar ,gods2 the latter1 of the ,lunar ,devas4 ,this was the great battle between ,good and ,evil1 between ,white and ,black ,magic1 for the supremacy of the divine forces over the lower terrestrial1 or cosmic powers4 ,if the student would understand better the last statement1 let him turn to the ,anugt episode of the ,mahbhrata1 where the ,brhmana tells his wife3 ,i have perceived by means of the ,self the seat abiding in the ,self--7the seat7 where dwells the ,brahman free from the pairs of opposites1 and the moon1 together with the fire or the sun1 upholding 7all7 beings 7as7 the mover of the intellectual principle47#aadj7 ,the ,moon is the deity of the mind 7,manas7 but only on the lower plane4 ,says a ,commentary3 ,manas is dual--,lunar in the lower1 ,solar in its upper portion4 ,that is to say1 it is attracted in its higher aspect towards ,buddhi1 and in its lower descends into1 and listens to the voice of1 its animal ,soul full of selfish and sensual desires2 and herein is contained the mystery of an ,adept's and of a profane man's life1 as also that of the post mortem separation of the divine from the animal ,man4 ,the ,mahbhrata--every line of which has to be read ,esoterically--discloses in magnificent symbolism and allegory the tribulations of both ,man and ,soul4 ,says the ,brhmana in the ,anugt3 ,in the interior 7within the body71 in the midst of all these 7lifewinds7 8 principles1 which move about in the body and swallow up one another17#aada7 blazes the ,vaishvnara fire7#aadb7 sevenfold47#aadc7 ,but the chief 8,soul0 is ,manas or mind2 hence1 ,soma1 the ,moon1 is shown as making an alliance with the solar portion in it1 personified as the ,prachetasas4 ,but of the seven keys that open the seven aspects of the ,rmyana1 as of every other ,scripture1 this is only one--the metaphysical4 ,the symbol of the 8,tree0 standing for various ,initiates was almost universal4 ,jesus is called the 8,tree of ,life10 as are also all the ,adepts of the ,good ,law1 while those of the ,left ,path are referred to as the 8withering trees40 ,john the ,baptist speaks of the 8axe0 which 8is laid to the root of the trees027#aadd7 and the king of ,assyria's armies are called 8trees407#aade7 ,the true meaning of the ,garden of ,eden has been sufficiently given in ,isis ,unveiled4 ,now the writer has more than once heard surprise expressed that ,isis ,unveiled should contain so few of the doctrines now taught4 ,this is quite erroneous4 ,for the allusions to such teachings are plentiful1 even if the teachings themselves were withheld4 ,the time had not arrived then1 as the hour has not struck even now1 to say all4 8,no ,atlanteans1 or the ,fourth ,race which preceded our ,fifth ,race1 are mentioned in ,isis ,unveiled10 wrote a critic on ,esoteric ,buddhism one day4 ,i1 who wrote ,isis ,unveiled1 maintain that the ,atlanteans are mentioned as our predecessors4 ,for what can be plainer than the following statement1 when speaking of the ,book of ,job3 ,in the original text1 instead of 8dead things10 it is written dead ,rephaim 7giants1 or mighty primitive men71 from whom 8,evolution0 may one day trace our present race47#aadf7 ,it is invited to do so now1 now that this hint is explained quite openly2 but ,evolutionists are as sure to decline nowadays as they did ten years ago4 ,science and ,theology are against us3 therefore we question both1 and have to do so in selfdefence4 ,on the strength of hazy metaphors scattered throughout the prophets1 and in ,st4 ,john's ,revelation1 a grand but redited version of the ,book of ,enoch1 on these insecure grounds ,christian ,theology has built its dogmatic ,epos of the ,war in ,heaven4 ,it has done more3 it has used the symbolical visions1 intelligible only to the ,initiates1 as pillars upon which to support the whole bulky edifice of its religion2 and now the pillars have been found very weak reeds1 and the cunning structure is foundering4 ,the entire ,christian scheme rests upon this ,jakin and ,boaz--the two contrary forces of ,good and ,evil1 ,christ and ,satan1 4 ,take away from ,christianity its main prop of the ,fallen ,angels1 and the ,eden ,bower vanishes1 with its ,adam and ,eve1 into thin air2 and ,christ1 in the exclusive character of the ,one ,god and ,saviour1 and the ,victim of ,atonement for the sin of animalman1 becomes forthwith a useless1 meaningless myth4 ,in an old number of the ,revue ,archologique1 a ,french writer1 ,m4 ,maury1 remarks3 ,this universal strife between good and bad spirits seems to be only the reproduction of another more ancient and more terrible strife1 which1 according to an ancient myth1 took place before the creation of the universe1 between the faithful and the rebellious legions47#aadg7 ,once more1 it is a simple question of priority4 ,had ,john's ,revelation been written during the ,vedic period1 and were not one sure now of its being simply another version of the ,book of ,enoch and the ,dragon legends of ,pagan antiquity--the grandeur and the beauty of the imagery might have biassed the critics' opinion in favour of the ,christian interpretation of that first ,war1 whose battlefield was starry ,heaven1 and the first slaughterers--the ,angels4 ,as the matter now stands1 however1 one has to trace ,revelation1 event by event1 to other and far older visions4 ,for the better comprehension of the apocalyptic allegories and of the ,esoteric epos we ask the reader to turn to ,revelation1 and to read chapter xii1 from verse #a to verse #g4 ,this has several meanings1 and much has been found out with regard to the astronomical and numerical keys of this universal myth4 ,that which may be now given1 is a fragment1 a few hints as to its secret meaning1 as embodying the record of a real war1 the struggle between the ,initiates of the two ,schools4 ,many and various are the still existing allegories built on this same foundation stone4 ,the true narrative--that which gives the full ,esoteric meaning--is in the ,secret ,books1 but the writer has had no access to these4 ,in the exoteric works1 however1 the episode of the ,traka ,war1 and some ,esoteric ,commentaries1 may offer a clue perhaps4 ,in every ,purna the event is described with more or less variations which show its allegorical character4 ,in the ,mythology of the earliest ,vaidic ryans as in the later ,paurnic narratives1 mention is made of ,budha1 the 8,wise10 one 8learned in the ,secret ,wisdom10 who is the planet ,mercury in his euhemerization4 ,the ,hind ,classical ,dictionary credits ,budha with being the author of a hymn in the ,rig ,veda4 ,therefore1 he can by no means be 8a later fiction of the ,brhmans10 but is a very old personation indeed4 ,it is by enquiring into his genealogy1 or theogony rather1 that the following facts are disclosed4 ,as a myth1 he is the son of ,tr1 the wife of ,brihaspati1 the 8gold coloured10 and of ,soma1 the 7male7 ,moon who1 ,parislike1 carries this new ,helen of the ,hind ,sidereal ,kingdom away from her husband4 ,this causes a great strife and war in ,svarga 7,heaven74 ,the episode brings on a battle between the ,gods and the ,asuras4 ,king ,soma finds allies in ,ushanas 7,venus71 the leader of the ,dnavas2 and the ,gods are led by ,indra and ,rudra1 who side with ,brihaspati4 ,the latter is helped by ,shankara 7,shiva71 who1 having had for his ,guru ,brihaspati's father1 ,angiras1 befriends his son4 ,indra is here the ,indian prototype of ,michael1 the ,archistrategus and the slayer of the 8,dragon's0 ,angels--since one of his names is ,jishnu1 8leader of the celestial host40 ,both fight1 as some ,titans did against other ,titans in defence of revengeful ,gods1 the one party in defence of ,jupiter ,tonans 7in ,india1 ,brihaspati is the planet ,jupiter1 which is a curious coincidence72 the other in support of the everthundering ,rudra4 ,during this war1 ,indra is deserted by his body guard1 the ,storm,gods 7,maruts74 ,the story is very suggestive in some of its details4 ,let us examine some of them1 and seek to discover their meaning4 ,the presiding ,genius1 or 8,regent0 of the planet ,jupiter is ,brihaspati1 the wronged husband4 ,he is the ,instructor or ,spiritual ,guru of the ,gods1 who are the representatives of the ,procreative ,powers4 ,in the ,rig ,veda1 he is called ,brahmanaspati1 the name 8of a deity in whom the action of the worshipped upon the gods is personified40 ,hence ,brahmanaspati represents the materialization of the 8,divine ,grace10 so to say1 by means of ritual and ceremonies1 or the exoteric worship4 ,tr17#aadh7 his wife1 is1 on the other hand1 the personification of the powers of one initiated into ,gupta ,vidy 7,secret ,knowledge71 as will be shown4 ,soma is the ,moon astronomically2 but in mystical phraseology it is also the name of the sacred beverage drunk by the ,brhmans and the ,initiates during their mysteries and sacrificial rites4 ,the ,soma plant is the asclepias acida1 which yields a juice from which that mystic beverage1 the ,soma drink1 is made4 ,alone the descendants of the ,rishis1 the ,agnihotris1 or ,firepriests1 of the great ,mysteries knew all its powers4 ,but the real property of the true ,soma was 7and is7 to make a 8new man0 of the ,initiate1 after he is 8reborn10 namely once that he begins to live in his ,astral ,body27#aadi7 for1 his spiritual nature overcoming the physical1 he would soon snap it off and part even from that etherealized form47#aaej7 ,soma was never given in days of old to the noninitiated ,brhman--the simple ,grihasta1 or priest of the exoteric ritual4 ,thus ,brihaspati1 8,guru of the ,gods0 though he was1 still represented the deadletter form of worship4 ,it is ,tr1 his wife1 the symbol of one who1 though wedded to dogmatic worship1 longs for true ,wisdom1 who is shown as initiated into his mysteries by ,king ,soma1 the giver of that ,wisdom4 ,soma is thus made to carry her away in the allegory4 ,the result of this is the birth of ,budha1 ,esoteric ,wisdom--,mercury1 or ,hermes1 in ,greece and ,egypt4 ,he is represented as 8so beautiful10 that even the husband1 though well aware that ,budha is not the progeny of his deadletter worship--claims the 8new born0 as his ,son1 the fruit of his ritualistic and meaningless forms47#aaea7 ,such is1 in brief1 one of the meanings of the allegory4 ,the ,war in ,heaven refers to several events of this kind on various and different planes of being4 ,the first is a purely astronomical and cosmical fact pertaining to ,cosmogony4 ,mr4 ,john ,bentley thought that with the ,hinds the ,war in ,heaven was only a figure referring to their calculations of time periods47#aaeb7 ,this served as a prototype1 he thinks1 for the ,western nations to build their ,war of the ,titans upon4 ,the author is not quite wrong1 but neither is he quite right4 ,if the sidereal prototype refers indeed to a pre manvantaric period1 and rests entirely on the knowledge which the ryan ,initiates claim they have of the whole programme and progress of cosmogony17#aaec7 the ,war of the ,titans is but a legendary and deified copy of the real war that took place in the ,himlayan ,kailsa 7,heaven7 instead of in the depths of cosmic interplanetary ,space4 ,it is the record of the terrible strife between the 8,sons of ,god0 and the 8,sons of the ,shadow0 of the ,fourth and the ,fifth ,races4 ,it is on these two events1 blended together by legends borrowed from the exoteric account of the ,war waged by the ,asuras against the ,gods1 that every subsequent national tradition on the subject has been built4 ,esoterically1 the ,asuras1 transformed subsequently into evil ,spirits and lower ,gods1 who are eternally at war with the ,great ,deities--are the ,gods of the ,secret ,wisdom4 ,in the oldest portions of the ,rig ,veda1 they are the ,spiritual and the ,divine1 the term ,asura being used for the ,supreme ,spirit and being the same as the great ,ahura of the ,zoroastrians47#aaed7 ,there was a time when the ,gods ,indra1 ,agni1 and ,varuna themselves belonged to the ,asuras4 ,in the ,taittirya ,brhmana1 the ,breath 7,asu7 of ,brahm,prajpati became alive1 and from that ,breath he created the ,asuras4 ,later on1 after the ,war1 the ,asuras are called the enemies of the ,gods1 hence--8,asuras10 the initial a being a negative prefix--or 8,no,gods02 the 8,gods0 being referred to as ,suras4 ,this then connects the ,asuras and their 8,hosts10 enumerated further on1 with the 8,fallen ,angels0 of the ,christian ,churches1 a ,hierarchy of ,spiritual ,beings to be found in every ,pantheon of ancient and even modern nations--from the ,zoroastrian down to that of the ,chinaman4 ,they are the ,sons of the primeval ,creative ,breath at the beginning of every new ,mah ,kalpa1 or ,manvantara1 in the same rank as the ,angels who had remained 8faithful40 ,these were the allies of ,soma 7the parent of the ,esoteric ,wisdom7 as against ,brihaspati 7representing ritualistic or ceremonial worship74 ,evidently they have been degraded in ,space and ,time into opposing ,powers or ,demons by the ceremonialists1 on account of their rebellion against hypocrisy1 shamworship1 and the deadletter form4 ,now what is the real character of all those who fought along with them8 ,they are3 7#a7 ,ushanas1 or the 8,host0 of the ,planet ,venus1 become now in ,roman ,catholicism ,lucifer1 the ,genius of the 8day star107#aaee7 the ,tsaba1 or ,army of 8,satan40 7#b7 ,the ,daityas and ,dnavas are the ,titans1 the ,demons and ,giants whom we find in the ,bible7#aaef7--the progeny of the 8,sons of ,god0 and the 8,daughters of ,men40 ,their generic name shows their alleged character1 and discloses at the same time the secret animus of the ,brhmans2 for they are the ,kratudvishas--the 8enemies of the sacrifices0 or exoteric shams4 ,these are the 8,hosts0 that fought against ,brihaspati1 the representative of exoteric popular and national religions2 and ,indra--the ,god of the visible ,heaven1 the ,firmament1 who1 in the early ,veda1 is the highest ,god of cosmic ,heaven1 the fit habitation for an extracosmic and personal ,god1 higher than whom no exoteric worship can ever soar4 7#c7 ,then come the ,ngas17#aaeg7 the ,sarpas1 ,serpents or ,seraphs4 ,these1 again1 show their character by the hidden meaning of their glyph4 ,in mythology they are semidivine beings with a human face and the tail of a dragon4 ,they are therefore1 undeniably1 the ,jewish ,seraphim 7compare ,serapis1 ,sarpa1 ,serpent72 the singular being ,saraph1 8burning1 fiery40 ,christian and ,jewish angelology distinguishes between the ,seraphim and the ,cherubim or ,cherubs1 who come second in order3 ,esoterically1 and kabalistically1 they are identical2 the ,cherubim being simply the name for the images or likenesses of any of the divisions of the celestial ,hosts4 ,now1 as said before1 the ,dragons and ,ngas were the names given to the ,initiatehermits1 on account of their great ,wisdom and ,spirituality and their living in caves4 ,thus1 when ,ezekiel7#aaeh7 applies the adjective ,cherub to the ,king of ,tyre1 and tells him that by his wisdom and his understanding there is no secret that can be hidden from him1 he shows the ,occultist that it is a 8,prophet10 perhaps still a follower of exoteric worship1 who fulminates against an ,initiate of another school and not against an imaginary ,lucifer1 a fallen ,cherub from the stars1 and then from the ,garden of ,eden4 ,thus the socalled 8,war0 is1 in one of its many meanings1 also an allegorical record of the strife between the two classes of ,adepts--of the ,right and of the ,left ,path4 ,there were three classes of ,rishis in ,india1 who were the earliest ,adepts known2 the ,royal1 or ,rjarshis1 kings and princes1 who adopted the ascetic life2 the ,divine1 or ,devarshis1 or the sons of ,dharma or ,yoga2 and the ,brahmarshis1 descendants of those ,rishis who were the founders of ,gotras of ,brhmans1 or casteraces4 ,now1 leaving the mythical and astronomical keys for one moment aside1 the secret teachings show many ,atlanteans who belonged to these divisions2 and there were strifes and wars between them1 de facto and de jure4 ,nrada1 one of the greatest ,rishis1 was a ,devarshi2 and he is shown in constant and everlasting feud with ,brahm1 ,daksha1 and other ,gods and ,sages4 ,therefore we may safely maintain that whatever the astronomical meaning of this universally accepted legend may be1 its human phase is based on real and historical events1 disfigured into a theological dogma only to suit ecclesiastical purposes4 ,as above so below4 ,sidereal phenomena1 and the behaviour of the celestial bodies in the ,heavens1 were taken as a model1 and the plan was carried out below1 on ,earth4 ,thus1 ,space1 in its abstract sense1 was called the 8realm of divine knowledge10 and by the ,chaldees or ,initiates ,ab ,soo1 the habitat 7or father1 i4e41 the source7 of knowledge1 because it is in ,space that dwell the intelligent ,powers which invisibly rule the ,universe47#aaei7 ,in the same manner1 and on the plan of the ,zodiac in the upper ,ocean or the ,heavens1 a certain realm on ,earth1 an inland sea1 was consecrated and called the 8,abyss of ,learning02 twelve centres on it1 in the shape of twelve small islands1 representing the ,zodiacal ,signs--two of which remained for ages the 8mystery ,signs07#aafj7--were the abodes of twelve ,hierophants and ,masters of ,wisdom4 ,this 8,sea of ,knowledge0 or learning7#aafa7 remained for ages there1 where now stretches the ,shamo or ,gobi ,desert4 ,it existed until the last great glacial period1 when a local cataclysm1 which swept the waters ,south and ,west and so formed the present great desolate desert1 left only a certain oasis1 with a lake and one island in the midst of it1 as a relic of the ,zodiacal ,ring on ,earth4 ,for ages the ,watery ,abyss--which1 with the nations that preceded the later ,babylonians1 was the abode of the 8,great ,mother10 the terrestrial post type of the 8,great ,mother ,chaos0 in ,heaven1 the parent of ,ea 7,wisdom71 himself the early prototype of ,oannes1 the ,man,fish of the ,babylonians--for ages1 then1 the 8,abyss0 or ,chaos was the abode of ,wisdom and not of ,evil4 ,the struggle of ,bel and then of ,merodach1 the ,sun,god1 with ,tiamat1 the ,sea and its ,dragon--a 8,war0 which ended in the defeat of the latter--has a purely cosmic and geological meaning1 as well as a historical one4 ,it is a page torn out of the history of the ,secret and ,sacred ,sciences1 their evolution1 growth and death--for the profane masses4 ,it relates 7a7 to the systematic and gradual drying up of immense territories by the fierce ,sun at a certain prehistoric period1 one of the terrible droughts which ended by a gradual transformation of once fertile lands abundantly watered into the sandy deserts which they are now2 and 7b7 to the as systematic persecution of the ,prophets of the ,right ,path by those of the ,left4 ,the latter1 having inaugurated the birth and evolution of the sacerdotal castes1 have finally led the world into all those exoteric religions1 which have been invented to satisfy the depraved taste of the 8hoi polloi0 and the ignorant for ritualistic pomp and the materialization of the ever immaterial and ,unknowable ,principle4 ,this was a certain improvement on the ,atlantean sorcery1 the memory of which lingers in the remembrance of all the literary and ,sanskritreading portion of ,india1 as well as in the popular legends4 ,still it was a parody on1 and the desecration of1 the ,sacred ,mysteries and their ,science4 ,the rapid progress of anthropomorphism and idolatry led the early ,fifth1 as it had already led the ,fourth ,race1 into sorcery once more1 though on a smaller scale4 ,finally1 even the four 8,adams0 7symbolizing1 under other names1 the four preceding ,races7 were forgotten1 and1 passing from one generation into another1 each loaded with some additional myths1 were at last drowned in that ocean of popular symbolism called the ,pantheons4 ,yet they exist to this day in the oldest ,jewish traditions3 the first as the ,tzelem1 the 8,shadow,adam10 the ,chhys of our doctrine2 the second1 the 8,model0 ,adam1 the copy of the first1 and the 8male and female0 of the exoteric ,genesis2 the third1 the 8,earthly ,adam0 before the ,fall1 an androgyne2 and the fourth1 the ,adam after his 8fall10 i4e41 separated into sexes1 or the pure ,atlantean4 ,the ,adam of the ,garden of ,eden1 or the forefather of our ,race--the fifth--is an ingenious compound of the above four4 ,as stated in the ,zohar1 ,adam1 the first ,man1 is not found now on ,earth1 he 8is not found in all ,below40 ,for where does the lower ,earth come from8 8,from the ,chain of the ,earth1 and from the ,heaven ,above10 i4e41 from the superior ,globes1 those which precede and are above our ,earth4 ,and there came out from it the ,chain creatures differing one from the other4 ,some of them in garments solid 7skins71 some in shells 7,q'lippoth71 444 some in red shells1 some in black1 some in white1 and some from all the colours47#aafb7 ,as in the ,chaldan ,cosmogony of ,berosus and the ,stanzas just given1 some treatises on the ,kabalah speak of creatures with two faces1 some with four1 and some with one face2 for 8the highest ,adam did not come down in all the countries1 or produce progeny and have many wives10 but is a mystery4 ,so is the ,dragon a mystery4 ,truly says ,rabbi ,simeon ,ben ,iocha1 that to understand the meaning of the ,dragon is not given to the 8companions0 7students1 or ,chels71 but only to the 8little ones10 i4e41 the perfect ,initiates47#aafc7 ,the work of the beginning the companions understand2 but it is only the little ones who understand the parable on the work in the ,principium by the ,mystery of the ,serpent of the ,great ,sea47#aafd7 ,and those ,christians1 who may happen to read this1 will also understand by the light of the above sentence who their 8,christ0 was4 ,for ,jesus states repeatedly that he who 8shall not receive the ,kingdom of ,god as a little child1 he shall not enter therein02 and if some of his sayings have been meant to apply to children without any metaphor1 most of the references to the 8little ones0 in the ,gospels1 relate to the ,initiates1 of whom ,jesus was one4 ,paul 7,saul7 is referred to in the ,talmud as the 8little one40 ,the 8,mystery of the ,serpent0 was this3 ,our ,earth1 or rather terrestrial life1 is often referred to in the ,secret ,teachings as the ,great ,sea1 the 8,sea of ,life0 having remained to this day a favourite metaphor4 ,the ,siphra ,dtzenioutha speaks of ,primeval ,chaos and the ,evolution of the ,universe after a ,destruction 7,pralaya71 comparing it to an uncoiling serpent3 ,extending hither and thither1 its tail in its mouth1 the head twisting on its neck1 it is enraged and angry4444 ,it watches and conceals itself4 ,every thousand ,days it is manifested47#aafe7 ,a commentary on the ,purnas says3 ,ananta,shesha is a form of ,vishnu1 the ,holy ,spirit of ,preservation1 and a symbol of the ,universe1 on which it is supposed to sleep during the intervals of the ,days of ,brahm4 ,the seven heads of ,shesha support the ,universe4 ,so the ,spirit of ,god 8sleeps10 or is 8breathing0 over the ,chaos of ,undifferentiated ,matter1 before each new 8,creation10 says the ,siphra ,dtzenioutha4 ,now one ,day of ,brahm is composed1 as already explained1 of one thousand ,mah ,yugas2 and as each ,night1 or period of rest1 is equal in duration to this ,day1 it is easy to see what this sentence in the ,siphra ,dtzenioutha refers to--viz41 that the ,serpent manifests 8once in a thousand days40 ,nor is it more difficult to see whither the initiated writer of the ,siphra is leading us1 when he says3 ,its head is broken in the waters of the ,great ,sea1 as it is written3 ,thou dividest the sea by thy strength1 thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters47#aaff7 ,it refers to the trials of the ,initiates in this physical life1 the 8,sea of ,sorrow10 if read with one key2 it hints at the successive destruction of the seven ,spheres of a ,chain of ,worlds in the ,great ,sea of ,space1 when read with another key2 for every sidereal globe or sphere1 every world1 star1 or group of stars1 is called in symbolism a 8,dragon's ,head40 ,but however it may read1 the ,dragon was never regarded as ,evil1 nor was the ,serpent either--in antiquity4 ,in the metaphors1 whether astronomical1 cosmical1 theogonical or simply physiological 7or phallic71 the ,serpent was always regarded as a divine symbol4 ,when mention is made of 8the ,cosmic ,serpent which runs with #cgj leaps107#aafg7 it means the cyclic periods of the great ,tropical ,year of #be1hfh years1 divided in the ,esoteric calculation into #cgj periods or cycles1 as one solar year is divided into #cfe days4 ,and if ,michael was regarded by the ,christians as the ,conqueror of ,satan1 the ,dragon1 it is because in the ,talmud this fighting personage is represented as the ,prince of ,waters1 who had seven subordinate ,spirits under him--a good reason why the ,latin ,church made him the patron saint of every promontory in ,europe4 ,in the ,siphra ,dtzenioutha the ,creative ,force 8makes sketches and spiral lines of his creation in the shape of a ,serpent40 ,it 8holds its tail in its mouth10 because it is the symbol of endless eternity and of cyclic periods4 ,its meanings1 however1 would require a volume1 and we must end4 ,thus the reader may now see for himself what are the several meanings of the 8,war in ,heaven10 and of the 8,great ,dragon40 ,thus the most solemn and dreaded of ,church dogmas1 the alpha and omega of the ,christian faith1 and the pillar of its ,fall and ,atonement1 dwindles down to a ,pagan symbol1 in the many allegories of these prehistoric struggles4 ,section ,v4 ,is ,plerma ,satan's ,lair8 ,the subject is not yet exhausted1 and has to be examined from still other aspects4 ,whether ,milton's grandiose description of the three days' ,battle of the ,angels of ,light against those of ,darkness justifies the suspicion that he must have heard of the corresponding ,eastern tradition--it is impossible to say4 ,nevertheless1 if not himself in connection with some ,mystic1 then it must have been through some one who had obtained access to the secret works of the ,vatican4 ,among these there is a tradition concerning the 8,beni ,shamash0--the 8,children of the ,sun0--relating to the ,eastern allegory1 with far more minute details in its triple version1 than one can get either from the ,book of ,enoch1 or the far more recent ,revelation of ,st4 ,john concerning the 8,old ,dragon0 and his various ,slayers1 as has been just shown4 ,it seems inexplicable to find1 to this day1 authors belonging to mystical societies who yet continue in their preconceived doubts as to the 8alleged0 antiquity of the ,book of ,enoch4 ,thus1 while the author of the ,sacred ,mysteries among the ,mayas and ,quiches is inclined to see in ,enoch an ,initiate converted to ,christianity 766717#aafh7 the ,english compiler of liphas ,lvi's works1 ,the ,mysteries of ,magic1 is also of a like opinion4 ,he remarks that3 ,outside the erudition of ,dr4 ,kenealy1 no modern scholarship attributes any more remote antiquity to the latter work the ,book of ,enoch than the fourth century ,b4,c47#aafi7 ,modern scholarship has been guilty of worse errors than this one4 ,it seems but yesterday that the greatest literary critics in ,europe denied the very authenticity of that work1 together with the ,orphic ,hymns1 and even the ,book of ,hermes or ,thoth1 until whole verses from the latter were discovered on ,egyptian monuments and tombs of the earliest dynasties4 ,the opinion of ,archbishop ,laurence is quoted elsewhere4 ,the 8,old ,dragon0 and ,satan1 which have now become singly and collectively the symbol of1 and the theological term for1 the 8,fallen ,angel10 are not so described either in the original ,kabalah 7the ,chaldan ,book of ,numbers7 or in the modern4 ,for the most learned1 if not the greatest of modern ,kabalists1 namely liphas ,lvi1 describes ,satan in the following glowing terms3 ,it is that ,angel who was proud enough to believe himself ,god2 brave enough to buy his independence at the price of eternal suffering and torture2 beautiful enough to have adored himself in full divine light2 strong enough to still reign in darkness amidst agony1 and to have made himself a throne out of his inextinguishable pyre4 ,it is the ,satan of the republican and heretical ,milton 444 the prince of anarchy1 served by a hierarchy of pure spirits766747#aagj7 ,this description--one which reconciles so cunningly ,theological dogma and ,kabalistic allegory1 and even contrives to include a political compliment in its phraseology--is1 when read in the right spirit1 quite correct4 ,yes1 indeed2 it is this grandest of ideals1 this everliving symbol--nay apotheosis--of selfsacrifice for the intellectual independence of humanity2 this ever ,active ,energy protesting against ,static ,inertia--the principle to which ,selfassertion is a crime1 and ,thought and the ,light of ,knowledge odious4 ,as liphas says with unparalleled justice and irony3 ,it is this pretended hero of tenebrous eternities1 who1 slanderously charged with ugliness1 is decorated with horns and claws1 which would fit far better his implacable tormentor47#aaga7 ,it is he who has been finally transformed into a ,serpent--the ,red ,dragon4 ,but liphas ,lvi was yet too subservient to his ,roman ,catholic authorities--one may add1 too jesuitical--to confess that this ,devil was mankind1 and never had any existence on ,earth outside of that mankind47#aagb7 ,in this1 ,christian ,theology1 although following slavishly in the steps of ,paganism1 has only been true to its own timehonoured policy4 ,it had to isolate itself1 and to assert its authority4 ,hence it could not do better than turn every ,pagan ,deity into a ,devil4 ,every bright ,sun,god of antiquity--a glorious ,deity by day1 and its own ,opponent and ,adversary by night1 named the ,dragon of ,wisdom1 because it was supposed to contain the germs of night and day--has now been turned into the antithetical ,shadow of ,god1 and has become ,satan on the sole and unsupported authority of despotic human dogma4 ,after which all these producers of light and shadow1 all the ,sun and the ,moon,gods1 have been cursed1 and thus the one ,god chosen out of the many and ,satan have both been anthropomorphized4 ,but ,theology seems to have lost sight of the human capacity for discriminating and finally analyzing all that is artificially forced upon its reverence4 ,history shows in every race and even tribe1 especially in the ,semitic nations1 the natural impulse to exalt its own tribal deity above all others to the hegemony of the ,gods1 and proves that the ,god of the ,israelites was such a tribal ,god1 and no more1 even though the ,christian ,church1 following the lead of the 8chosen0 people1 is pleased to enforce the worship of that one particular deity1 and to anathematize all the others4 ,whether originally a conscious or an unconscious blunder1 nevertheless1 it was one4 ,jehovah has ever been in antiquity only a ,god 8among0 other 8,gods407#aagc7 ,the ,lord appears to ,abraham1 and while saying1 8,i am the ,almighty ,god10 yet adds1 8,i will establish my covenant 444 to be a ,god unto thee0 7,abraham72 and unto his seed after him7#aagd7--;but not unto ryan ,europeans4 ,but1 then1 there was the grandiose and ideal figure of ,jesus of ,nazareth to be set off against a dark background1 to gain in radiance by the contrast2 and a darker one the ,church could hardly invent4 ,lacking the ,old ,testament symbology1 ignorant of the real connotation of the name of ,jehovah--the ,rabbinical secret substitute for the ,ineffable and ,unpronounceable ,name--the ,church mistook the cunningly fabricated shadow for the reality1 the anthropomorphized generative symbol for the one ,secondless ,reality1 the ever ,unknowable ,cause of ,all4 ,as a logical sequence the ,church1 for purposes of duality1 had to invent an anthropomorphic ,devil--created1 as taught by her1 by ,god himself4 ,satan has now turned out to be the monster fabricated by the ,jehovah ,frankenstein--his father's curse and a thorn in the divine side1 a monster1 than whom no earthly ,frankenstein could have fabricated a more ridiculous bogey4 ,the author of ,new ,aspects of ,life describes the ,jewish ,god very correctly from the kabalistic standpoint as3 ,the ,spirit of the ,earth1 which had revealed itself to the ,jew as ,jehovah47#aage7444 ,it was that ,spirit again who1 after the death of ,jesus1 assumed his form and personated him as the risen ,christ --the doctrine of ,cerinthus and several ,gnostic sects with slight variation1 as one can see4 ,but the author's explanations and deductions are remarkable3 ,none knew 444 better than ,moses1 444 and so well as he1 how great was the power of those ,gods of ,egypt with whose priests he had contended1 444 the gods of which ,jehovah is claimed to be the ,god by the ,jews only4 ,asks the author3 ,what were these gods1 these ,achar of which ,jehovah1 the ,achad1 is claimed to be the ,god 444 by overcoming them8 ,to which our ,occultism answers3 ,those whom the ,church now calls the ,fallen ,angels and collectively ,satan1 the ,dragon--overcome1 if we have to accept her dictum1 by ,michael and his ,host1 that ,michael being simply ,jehovah himself1 one of the subordinate ,spirits at best4 ,therefore1 the author is again right in saying3 ,the ,greeks believed in the existence of 444 daimons4 ,but 444 they were anticipated by the ,hebrews1 who held that there was a class of personating spirits which they designated demons1 8personators40444 ,admitting with ,jehovah1 who expressly asserts it1 the existence of other gods1 which 444 were personators of the ,one ,god1 were these other gods simply a higher class of personating spirits1 444 which had acquired and exercised greater powers8 ,and is not personation the key to the mystery of the spirit state8 ,but once granting this position1 how are we to know that ,jehovah was not a personating spirit1 a spirit which arrogated to itself that it was1 and thus became1 the personator of the one unknown and unknowable ,god8 ,nay1 how do we know that the spirit calling itself ,jehovah1 in arrogating to itself his attributes did not thus cause its own designation to be imputed to the ,one who is in reality as nameless as incognizable87#aagf7 ,then the author shows that 8the spirit ,jehovah is a personator0 on its own admission4 ,it acknowledged to ,moses 8that it had appeared to the patriarchs as the ,god ,shaddai0 and the 8,god ,helion40 ,with the same breath it assumed the name of ,jehovah2 and it is on the faith of the assertion of this personator that the names ,el1 ,eloah1 ,elohim1 and ,shaddai1 have been read and interpreted in juxtaposition with ,jehovah as the 8,lord ,god ,almighty40 ,then when the name ,jehovah became ineffable1 the designation ,adonai1 8,lord10 was substituted for it1 and 444 it was owing to this substitution that the 8,lord0 passed from the ,jewish to the ,christian 8,word0 and ,world as a designation of ,god47#aagg7 ,and how are we to know1 the author may add1 that ,jehovah was not many spirits personating even that seemingly one--,jod or ,jod,he8 ,but if the ,christian ,church was the first to make the existence of ,satan a dogma1 it was because1 as shown in ,isis ,unveiled1 the ,devil--the powerful ,enemy of ,god 78667 had to become the corner stone and pillar of the ,church4 ,for1 as a ,theosophist1 ,m4 ,jules ,baissac1 truly observes in his ,satan ou le ,diable3 ,il fallait viter de paratre autoriser le dogme du double principe en faisant de ce ,satan crateur une puissance relle1 et pour expliquer le mal originel1 on profre contre ,manes l'hypothse d'une permission de l'unique ,tout,puissant47#aagh7 ,the choice and policy were unfortunate1 anyhow4 ,either the personator of the lower ,god of ,abraham and ,jacob ought to have been made entirely distinct from the mystic 8,father0 of ,jesus1 or--the 8,fallen0 ,angels should have been left unslandered by further fictions4 ,every ,god of the ,gentiles is connected with1 and closely related to1 ,jehovah--the ,elohim2 for they are all ,one ,host1 whose units differ only in name in the ,esoteric ,teachings4 ,between the 8,obedient0 and the 8,fallen0 ,angels there is no difference whatever1 except in their respective functions1 or rather in the inertia of some1 and the activity of others1 among those ,dhyn ,chohans1 or ,elohim1 who were 8commissioned to create10 i4e41 to fabricate the manifested world out of the eternal material4 ,the ,kabalists say that the true name of ,satan is that of ,jehovah turned upside down1 for 8,satan is not a black ,god but the negation of the white ,deity10 or the ,light of ,truth4 ,god is ,light and ,satan is the necessary ,darkness or ,shadow to set it off1 without which pure ,light would be invisible and incomprehensible47#aagi7 8,for the ,initiates10 says liphas ,lvi1 8the ,devil is not a person but a creative ,force1 for ,good as for ,evil40 ,the ,initiates represented this ,force1 which presides at physical generation1 under the mysterious form of ,god ,pan--or ,nature2 whence the horns and hoofs of that mythical and symbolic figure1 as also the ,christian 8goat0 of the 8,witches' ,sabbath40 ,with regard to this too1 ,christians have imprudently forgotten that the 8goat0 was also the victim selected for the atonement of all the sins of ,israel1 that the scapegoat was indeed the sacrificial martyr1 the symbol of the greatest mystery on earth--the 8fall into generation40 ,only1 the ,jews have long forgotten the real meaning of their 7to the noninitiated7 ridiculous hero1 selected from the drama of life in the ,great ,mysteries enacted by them in the desert2 and the ,christians have never known it4 liphas ,lvi seeks to explain the dogma of his ,church by paradoxes and metaphors1 but succeeds very poorly in the face of the many volumes written by pious ,roman ,catholic ,demonologists under the approbation and auspices of ,rome1 in this nineteenth century of ours4 ,for the true ,roman ,catholic1 the ,devil or ,satan is a reality2 the drama enacted in the ,sidereal ,light according to the seer of ,patmos--who desired1 perhaps1 to improve upon the narrative in the ,book of ,enoch--is as real1 and as historical a fact as any other allegory and symbolical event in the ,bible4 ,but the ,initiates give an explanation which differs from that given by liphas ,lvi1 whose genius and crafty intellect had to submit to a certain compromise dictated to him from ,rome4 ,thus1 the true and 8uncompromising0 ,kabalists admit that1 for all purposes of ,science and ,philosophy1 it is enough that the profane should know that the ,great ,magic ,agent--called by the followers of the ,marquis de ,st4 ,martin1 the ,martinists1 the ,astral ,light1 by the medival ,kabalists and ,alchemists the ,sidereal ,virgin and the ,mysterium ,magnum1 and by the ,eastern ,occultists ther1 the reflection of ksha--is that which the ,church calls ,lucifer4 ,that the ,latin scholastics have succeeded in transforming the ,universal ,soul and ,plerma--the ,vehicle of ,light and the receptacle of all forms1 a ,force spread throughout the whole ,universe1 with its direct and indirect effects--into ,satan and his works1 is no news to any one4 ,but now they are prepared to give out to the abovementioned profane even the secrets hinted at by liphas ,lvi1 without adequate explanation1 for the latter's policy of veiled revelations could only lead to further superstition and misunderstanding4 ,what1 indeed1 can a student of ,occultism1 who is a beginner1 gather from the following highly poetical sentences of liphas ,lvi1 which are as apocalyptic as the writings of any of the ,alchemists8 ,lucifer the ,astral ,light 444 is an intermediate force existing in all creation2 it serves to create and to destroy1 and the ,fall of ,adam was an erotic intoxication which has rendered his generation a slave to this fatal ,light1 444 every sexual passion that overpowers our senses is a whirlwind of that ,light which seeks to drag us towards the abyss of death4 ,madness1 hallucinations1 visions1 extasies1 are all forms of a very dangerous excitation due to this interior phosphorus84 ,thus light1 finally1 is of the nature of fire1 the intelligent use of which warms and vivifies1 and the excess of which1 on the contrary1 dissolves and annihilates4 ,thus man is called upon to assume a sovereign empire over this ,astral ,light and conquer thereby his immortality1 and is threatened at the same time with being intoxicated1 absorbed1 and eternally destroyed by it4 ,this ,light1 therefore1 inasmuch as it is devouring1 revengeful1 and fatal1 would thus really be hellfire1 the serpent of the legend2 the tormented errors of which it is full1 the tears and the gnashing of teeth of the abortive beings it devours1 the phantom of life that escapes them1 and seems to mock and insult their agony1 all this would be the ,devil or ,satan indeed47#aahj7 ,there is no false statement in all this2 nothing save a superabundance of illapplied metaphors1 as1 for instance1 in the application of the myth of ,adam to the illustration of the astral effects4 ksha17#aaha7 the ,astral ,light1 can be defined in a few words2 it is the ,universal ,soul1 the ,matrix of the ,universe1 the ,mysterium ,magnum from which all that exists is born by separation or differentiation4 ,it is the cause of existence2 it fills all the infinite ,space1 is ,space itself1 in one sense1 or both its sixth and seventh principles47#aahb7 ,but as the finite in the ,infinite1 as regards manifestation this ,light must have its shadowy side--as already remarked4 ,and as the ,infinite can never be manifested1 hence the finite world has to be satisfied with the shadow alone1 which its actions draw upon humanity and which men attract and force into activity4 ,hence1 while the ,astral ,light is the ,universal ,cause in its unmanifested unity and infinity1 it becomes1 with regard to mankind1 simply the effects of the causes produced by men in their sinful lives4 ,it is not its bright denizens--whether they are called ,spirits of ,light or ,darkness--that produce ,good or ,evil1 but mankind itself that determines the unavoidable action and reaction in the ,great ,magic ,agent4 ,it is mankind which has become the 8,serpent of ,genesis10 and thus causes daily and hourly the ,fall and ,sin of the 8,celestial ,virgin0--which thus becomes the ,mother of ,gods and ,devils at one and the same time2 for she is the ever loving1 beneficent ,deity to all those who stir her ,soul and ,heart1 instead of attracting to themselves her shadowy manifested essence1 called by liphas ,lvi--the 8fatal light0 which kills and destroys4 ,humanity1 in its units1 can overpower and master its effects2 but only by the holiness of their lives and by producing good causes4 ,it has power only on the manifested lower principles--the shadow of the ,unknown and ,incognizable ,deity in ,space4 ,but in antiquity and reality1 ,lucifer1 or ,luciferus1 is the name of the ,angelic ,entity presiding over the ,light of ,truth as over the light of the day4 ,in the great ,valentinian ,gospel ,pistis ,sophia it is taught that of the three ,powers emanating from the ,holy ,names of the three ,triple ,powers 771 that of ,sophia 7the ,holy ,ghost according to these ,gnostics--the most cultured of all71 resides in the planet ,venus or ,lucifer4 ,thus to the profane1 the ,astral ,light may be ,god and ,devil at once--,demon est ,deus inversus--that is to say1 through every point of ,infinite ,space thrill the magnetic and electrical currents of animate ,nature1 the life giving and deathgiving waves1 for death on earth becomes life on another plane4 ,lucifer is divine and terrestrial ,light1 the 8,holy ,ghost0 and 8,satan10 at one and the same time1 visible ,space being truly filled with the differentiated ,breath invisibly2 and the ,astral ,light1 the manifested effects of the two who are one1 guided and attracted by ourselves1 is the ,karma of ,humanity1 both a personal and impersonal entity--personal1 because it is the mystic name given by ,st4 ,martin to the ,host of ,divine ,creators1 ,guides and ,rulers of this ,planet2 impersonal1 as the ,cause and ,effect of ,universal ,life and ,death4 ,the ,fall was the result of man's knowledge1 for his 8eyes were opened40 ,indeed1 he was taught ,wisdom and the ,hidden ,knowledge by the 8,fallen ,angel10 for the latter had become from that day his ,manas1 ,mind and ,self consciousness4 ,in each of us that golden thread of continuous ,life--periodically broken into active and passive cycles of sensuous existence on ,earth1 and supersensuous in ,devachan--is from the beginning of our appearance upon this ,earth4 ,it is the ,strtm1 the luminous thread of immortal impersonal ,monadship1 on which our earthly 8lives0 or evanescent ,egos are strung as so many beads--according to the beautiful expression of the ,vedntic ,philosophy4 ,and now it stands proven that ,satan1 or the ,red ,fiery ,dragon1 the 8,lord of ,phsphoros0--brimstone was a ,theological improvement--and ,lucifer1 or 8,light,bearer10 is in us3 it is our ,mind1 our ,tempter and ,redeemer1 our intelligent ,liberator and ,saviour from pure animalism4 ,without this principle--the emanation of the very essence of the pure divine principle ,mahat 7,intelligence71 which radiates direct from the ,divine ,mind--we would be surely no better than animals4 ,the first man ,adam was made only a living soul 7,nephesh71 the last ,adam was made a quickening spirit7#aahc7--says ,paul1 his words referring to the building or creation of man4 ,without this quickening spirit1 or human mind or soul1 there would be no difference between man and beast2 as there is none1 in fact1 between animals with respect to their actions4 ,the tiger and the donkey1 the hawk and the dove1 are each one as pure and as innocent as the other1 because irresponsible4 ,each follows its instinct1 the tiger and the hawk killing with the same unconcern as the donkey eats a thistle1 or the dove pecks at a grain of corn4 ,if the ,fall had the significance given to it by ,theology2 if that ,fall occurred as a result of an act never intended by ,nature--a sin1 how about the animals8 ,if we are told that they procreate their species in consequence of that same 8original sin10 for which ,god cursed the ,earth--hence everything living on it--we will put another question4 ,we are told by ,theology1 as also by ,science1 that the animal was on ,earth far earlier than man4 ,we ask the former3 ,how did it procreate its species1 before the ,fruit of the ,tree of ,knowledge of ,good and ,evil had been plucked off8 ,as said3 ,the ,christians--far less clearsighted than the great ,mystic and ,liberator whose name they have assumed1 whose doctrines they have misunderstood and travestied1 and whose memory they have blackened by their deeds--took the ,jewish ,jehovah as he was1 and of course strove vainly to reconcile the ,gospel of ,light and ,liberty with the ,deity of ,darkness and ,submission47#aahd7 ,but it is sufficiently proven now that all the soidisant evil ,spirits who are credited with having made war on the ,gods1 are identical as personalities2 that1 moreover1 all the ancient religions taught the same tenet1 save the final conclusion1 which differs from the ,christian4 ,the seven primeval ,gods had all a dual state1 one essential1 the other accidental4 ,in their essential state they were all the ,builders or ,fashioners1 the ,preservers and the ,rulers of this ,world2 and in the accidental state1 clothing themselves in visible corporeality1 they descended on the ,earth and reigned on it as ,kings and ,instructors of the lower ,hosts1 who had incarnated once more upon it as men4 ,thus1 ,esoteric ,philosophy shows that man is truly the manifested deity in both its aspects--good and evil1 but ,theology cannot admit this philosophical truth4 ,teaching as it does the dogma of the ,fallen ,angels in its deadletter meaning1 and having made of ,satan the cornerstone and pillar of the dogma of redemption--to do so would be suicidal4 ,having once shown the rebellious ,angels distinct from ,god and the ,logos in their personalities1 to admit that the downfall of the disobedient ,spirits means simply their fall into generation and matter1 would be equivalent to saying that ,god and ,satan were identical4 ,for since the ,logos1 or ,god1 is the aggregate of that once divine ,host accused of having fallen1 it would naturally follow that the ,logos and ,satan are one4 ,yet such was the real philosophical view in antiquity of the now disfigured tenet4 ,the ,verbum1 or the 8,son10 was shown in a dual aspect by the ,pagan ,gnostics--in fact1 he was a duality in full unity4 ,hence1 the endless and various national versions4 ,the ,greeks had ,jupiter1 the son of ,cronus1 the ,father1 who hurls him down into the depths of ,kosmos4 ,the ryans had ,brahm 7in later theology7 precipitated by ,shiva into the ,abyss of ,darkness1 etc4 ,but the ,fall of all these ,logoi and ,demiourgoi from their primitive exalted position1 contained in all cases one and the same ,esoteric signification2 the ,curse1 in its philosophical meaning1 of being incarnated on this ,earth2 an unavoidable rung in the ,ladder of ,cosmic ,evolution1 a highly philosophical and fitting ,karmic ,law1 without which the presence of ,evil on ,earth would have to remain for ever a closed mystery to the understanding of true ,philosophy4 ,to say1 as the author of ,esprits ,tombs des ,paiens does1 that since-- ,christianity is made to rest on two pillars1 that of evil 771 and of good 772 on two forces1 in short 7 73 hence1 if we suppress the punishment of the evil forces1 the protecting mission of the good powers will have neither value nor sense --is to utter the most unphilosophical absurdity4 ,if it fits in with1 and explains1 ,christian dogma1 it obscures the facts and truths of the primitive ,wisdom of the ages4 ,the cautious hints of ,paul have all the true ,esoteric meaning1 and it took centuries of scholastic casuistry to give them the false colouring in their present interpretations4 ,the ,verbum and ,lucifer are one in their dual aspect2 and the 8,prince of the ,air0 7princeps aeris hujus7 is not the 8,god of that period10 but an everlasting principle4 ,when the latter was said to be ever circling around the world 7qui circumambulat terram71 the great ,apostle referred simply to the neverceasing cycles of human incarnations1 in which evil will ever predominate unto the day when ,humanity is redeemed by the true divine ,enlightenment which gives the correct perception of things4 ,it is easy to disfigure vague expressions written in dead and long forgotten languages1 and palm them off on the ignorant masses as truths and revealed facts4 ,the identity of thought and meaning is the one thing that strikes the student in all the religions which mention the tradition of the ,fallen ,spirits1 and in those great religions there is not one that fails to mention and describe it in one or another form4 ,thus1 ,hoangty1 the ,great ,spirit1 sees his ,sons1 who had acquired active wisdom1 falling into the ,valley of ,pain4 ,their leader1 the ,flying ,dragon1 having drunk of the forbidden ,ambrosia1 fell to the ,earth with his ,host 7,kings74 ,in the ,zend ,avesta1 ,angra ,mainyu 7,ahriman71 surrounding himself with ,fire 7the 8,flames0 of the ,stanzas71 seeks to conquer the ,heavens17#aahe7 when ,ahura ,mazda1 descending from the solid ,heaven he inhabits1 to the help of the ,heavens that revolve 7in time and space1 the manifested worlds of cycles including those of incarnation71 and the ,amshaspands1 the 8seven bright ,sravah10 accompanied by their stars1 fight ,ahriman1 and the vanquished ,devas fall to the ,earth along with him47#aahf7 ,in the ,venddd the ,davas are called 8evildoing10 and are shown to rush away 8into the depths of the 444 world of hell10 or ,matter47#aahg7 ,this is an allegory which shows the ,devas compelled to incarnate1 once that they have separated themselves from their ,parent ,essence1 or1 in other words1 after the ,unit had become multiple1 after differentiation and manifestation4 ,typhon the ,egyptian ,python1 the ,titans1 the ,suras and the ,asuras1 all belong to the same legend of ,spirits peopling the ,earth4 ,they are not 8,demons commissioned to create and organize this visible universe10 but the ,fashioners or 8,architects0 of the ,worlds1 and the ,progenitors of ,man4 ,they are the ,fallen ,angels1 metaphorically--the 8true mirrors0 of the 8,eternal ,wisdom40 ,what is the complete truth as well as the ,esoteric meaning about this universal myth8 ,the whole essence of truth cannot be transmitted from mouth to ear4 ,nor can any pen describe it1 not even that of the ,recording ,angel1 unless man finds the answer in the sanctuary of his own heart1 in the innermost depths of his divine intuition4 ,it is the great ,seventh ,mystery of ,creation1 the first and the last2 and those who read ,st4 ,john's ,apocalypse may find its shadow lurking under the seventh seal4 ,it can be represented only in its apparent1 objective form1 like the eternal riddle of the ,sphinx4 ,if the ,sphinx threw herself into the sea and perished1 it is not because dipus had unriddled the secret of the ages1 but because1 by anthropomorphizing the everspiritual and the subjective1 he had dishonoured the great truth for ever4 ,therefore1 we can give it only from its philosophical and intellectual planes1 unlocked with three keys respectively--for the last four keys of the seven that throw wide open the portals to the ,mysteries of ,nature are in the hands of the highest ,initiates1 and cannot be divulged to the masses at large--not in this century1 at any rate4 ,the deadletter is everywhere the same4 ,the dualism in the ,mazdean religion was born from exoteric interpretation4 ,the holy ,airyaman1 the 8bestower of weal107#aahh7 invoked in the prayer called ,airyamaishy1 is the divine aspect of ,ahriman1 8the deadly1 the ,dava of the ,davas107#aahi7 and ,angra ,mainyu is the dark material aspect of the former4 8,keep us from our hater1 ,o ,mazda and rmaita ,spenta107#aaij7 has1 as a prayer and invocation1 an identical meaning with 8,lead us not into temptation10 and is addressed by man to the terrible spirit of duality in man himself4 ,for ,ahura ,mazda is the ,spiritual1 ,divine1 and ,purified ,man1 and rmaita ,spenta1 the ,spirit of the ,earth or materiality1 is the same as ,ahriman or ,angra ,mainyu in one sense4 ,the whole of the ,magian or ,mazdean literature--or what remains of it--is magical1 occult1 hence allegorical and symbolical1 even its 8mystery of the law407#aaia7 ,now the ,mobed and the ,pars keep their eye on the ,baresma during the sacrifice--the divine twig off ,ormazd's 8,tree0 having been transformed into a bunch of metallic rods--and wonder why neither the ,amesha ,spentas1 nor 8the high and beautiful golden ,hamas1 nor even their ,vohu,man 7good thoughts71 nor their ,rta 7sacrificial offering710 help them much4 ,let them meditate on the 8,tree of ,wisdom10 and by study assimilate1 one by one1 the fruits thereof4 ,the way to the ,tree of ,eternal ,life1 the white ,hama1 the ,gaokerena1 is through one end of the ,earth to the other2 and ,hama is in ,heaven as it is on ,earth4 ,but to become once more a priest of it1 and a 8healer10 man must heal himself1 for this must be done before he can heal others4 ,this proves once more that1 in order to be dealt with1 with at least an approximate degree of justice1 the socalled 8myths0 have to be closely examined from all their aspects4 ,in truth1 every one of the seven keys has to be used in its right place1 and never mixed with the others--if we would unveil the entire cycle of mysteries4 ,in our day of dreary soulkilling ,materialism1 the ancient ,priest,initiates have become1 in the opinion of our learned generations1 the synonyms of clever impostors1 kindling the fires of superstition in order to obtain an easier sway over the minds of men4 ,this is an unfounded calumny1 generated by scepticism and uncharitable thoughts4 ,no one believed more than they did in ,gods--or1 we may call them1 the spiritual and now invisible ,powers1 or ,spirits1 the ,noumena of the phenomena2 and they believed simply because they knew4 ,and though after being initiated into the ,mysteries of ,nature1 they were forced to withhold their knowledge from the profane1 who would have surely abused it1 such secrecy was undeniably less dangerous than the policy of their usurpers and successors4 ,the former taught only that which they well knew4 ,the latter1 teaching what they do not know1 have invented1 as a secure haven for their ignorance1 a jealous and cruel ,deity1 who forbids man to pry into his mysteries under the penalty of damnation2 as well they may1 for his mysteries can at best be only hinted at in polite ears1 never described4 ,turn to ,king's ,gnostics and their ,remains1 and see for yourself what was the primitive ,ark of the ,covenant1 according to the author1 who says3 ,there is a ,rabbinical tradition 444 that the ,cherubim placed over it were represented as male and female1 in the act of copulation1 in order to express the grand doctrine of the ,essence of ,form and ,matter1 the two principles of all things4 ,when the ,chaldeans broke into the ,sanctuary and beheld this most astounding emblem1 they naturally enough exclaimed1 8,is this your ,god1 of whom you boast1 that ,he is such a lover of purity607#aaib7 ,king thinks that this tradition 8savours too much of ,alexandrian philosophy to demand any credit10 to which we demur4 ,the shape and form of the wings of the two ,cherubim standing on the right and left sides of the ,ark1 these wings meeting over the 8,holy of ,holies10 are an emblem quite eloquent in itself1 not to speak of the 8holy0 ,jod within the ,ark6 ,the ,mystery of ,agathodmon1 whose legend states1 8,i am ,chnumis1 ,sun of the ,universe1 #gjj10 can alone solve the mystery of ,jesus1 the number of whose name is 8#hhh40 ,it is not the key of ,st4 ,peter1 or the ,church dogma1 but the ,narthex--the ,wand of the ,candidate for ,initiation--that has to be wrenched from the grasp of the longsilent ,sphinx of the ages4 ,meanwhile3 ,the augurs1 who1 upon meeting each other1 have to thrust their tongues into their cheeks to suppress a fit of laughter1 may be more numerous in our own age than they ever were in the day of ,sylla4 ,section ,,vi4 ,prometheus1 the ,titan4 ,his ,origin ,in ,ancient ,india4 ,in our modern day there is not the slightest doubt in the minds of the best ,european symbologists that the name ,prometheus possessed the greatest and most mysterious significance in antiquity4 ,while giving the history of ,deucalion1 whom the ,botians regarded as the ancestor of the human races1 and who was the son of ,prometheus1 according to the significant legend1 the author of the ,mythologie de la ,grce ,antique remarks3 ,thus ,prometheus is something more than the archetype of humanity2 he is its generator4 ,in the same way that we saw ,hephstus moulding the first woman ,pandora and endowing her with life1 so ,prometheus kneads the moist clay1 of which he fashions the body of the first man whom he will endow with the soulspark47#aaic7 ,after the flood of ,deucalion1 ,zeus1 they said1 had commanded ,prometheus and ,athena to call forth a new race of men from the mire left by the waters of the deluge17#aaid7 and1 in the day of ,pausanias1 the slime which the hero had used for this purpose was still shown in ,phocis47#aaie7 ,on several archaic monuments we still see ,prometheus modelling a human body1 either alone or with ,athena's help47#aaif7 ,the same author reminds us of another equally mysterious personage1 though one less generally known than ,prometheus1 whose legend offers remarkable analogies with that of the ,titan4 ,the name of this second ancestor and generator is ,phoroneus1 the hero of an ancient poem1 now unfortunately no longer extant1 the ,phoroneid4 ,his legend was localized in ,argolis1 where a perpetual flame was preserved on his altar as a reminder that he was the bringer of fire upon earth47#aaig7 ,a benefactor of men1 like ,prometheus1 he had made them participators of every bliss on earth4 ,plato7#aaih7 and ,clemens ,alexandrinus7#aaii7 say that ,phoroneus was the first man1 or the 8father of mortals40 ,his genealogy1 which assigns to him the river ,inachos as his father1 reminds us of that of ,prometheus1 which makes that ,titan the son of the ,oceanid ,clymene4 ,but the mother of ,phoroneus was the nymph ,melia3 a significant descent which distinguishes him from ,prometheus47#abjj7 ,melia1 ,decharme thinks1 is the personification of the 8,ashtree10 whence1 according to ,hesiod1 issued the race of the age of ,bronze17#abja7 and which with the ,greeks is the celestial tree common to every ryan mythology4 ,this ,ash is the ,yggdrasil of ,norse antiquity1 which the ,norns sprinkle daily with the waters from the fountain of ,urd1 that it may not wither4 ,it remains verdant till the last days of the ,golden ,age4 ,then the ,norns--the three sisters who gaze respectively into the ,past1 the ,present1 and the ,future--make known the decree of ,orlog or ,fate 7,karma71 but men are conscious only of the ,present4 ,but when ,gultweig 7goldore7 comes1 the bewitching enchantress 444 who1 thrice cast into the fire1 arises each time more beautiful than before and fills the souls of gods and men with unappeasable longing1 then the ,norns 444 enter into being1 and the blessed peace of childhood's dreams passes away1 and sin comes into existence with all its evil consequences and ,karma47#abjb7 ,the thricepurified ,gold is--,manas1 the ,conscious ,soul4 ,with the ,greeks1 the ,ashtree represented the same idea4 ,its luxuriant boughs are the ,sidereal ,heaven1 golden by day and studded with stars by night--the fruits of ,melia and ,yggdrasil1 under whose protecting shadow humanity lived during the ,golden ,age without desire as without fear4 8,that tree had a fruit1 or an inflamed bough1 which was lightning0--,decharme guesses4 ,and here steps in the killing ,materialism of the age1 that peculiar twist in the modern mind1 which1 like a ,northern blast1 bends all on its way1 and freezes every intuition1 allowing it no hand in the physical speculations of the day4 ,after having seen in ,prometheus no more than 8fire by friction10 the learned author of the ,mythologie de la ,grce ,antique perceives in this 8fruit0 a trifle more than an allusion to terrestrial fire and its discovery4 ,it is no longer fire1 owing to the fall of lightning setting some dry fuel in a blaze1 and thus revealing all its priceless benefits to palolithic men--but something more mysterious this time1 though still as earthly6 ,a divine bird1 nestled in the branches of the celestial ,ash tree1 stole that bough or the fruit and carried it down on the earth in its bill4 ,now the ,greek word is the rigid equivalent of the ,sanskrit word bhuranyu1 8the rapid10 an epithet of ,agni1 considered as the carrier of the divine spark4 ,phoroneus1 son of ,melia or of the celestial ash1 thus corresponds to a conception far more ancient1 probably1 than that one which transformed the pramantha of the old ryan ,hinds into the ,greek ,prometheus4 ,phoroneus is the personified bird1 that brings the heavenly lightning to the earth4 ,traditions relating to the birth of the race of ,bronze1 and those which made of ,phoroneus the father of the ,argolians1 are an evidence to us that this thunderbolt or lightning1 as in the legend of ,hephstus or ,prometheus1 was the origin of the human race47#abjc7 ,this still affords us no more than the external meaning of the symbols and the allegory4 ,it is now supposed that the name of ,prometheus has been unriddled4 ,but the modern ,mythologists and ,orientalists see in it no longer what their fathers saw on the authority of the whole of classical antiquity4 ,they only find therein something far more appropriate to the spirit of the age1 namely1 a phallic element4 ,but the name of ,phoroneus1 as well as that of ,prometheus1 bears not one1 nor even two1 but a series of esoteric meanings4 ,both relate to the seven ,celestial ,fires2 to ,agni ,abhimnin1 his three sons1 and their fortyfive sons1 constituting the ,fortynine ,fires4 ,do all these numbers relate only to the terrestrial mode of fire and to the flame of sexual passion8 ,did the ,hind ryan mind never soar above such purely sensual conceptions2 that mind which is declared by ,prof4 ,max ,mller to be the most spiritual and mystically inclined on the whole globe8 ,the number of those fires alone ought to have suggested an inkling of the truth4 ,we are told that one is no longer permitted1 in this age of rational thought1 to explain the name of ,prometheus as the old ,greeks did4 ,the latter1 it seems3 ,basing themselves on the apparent analogy of with the verb 1 saw in him the type of the 8foreseeing0 man1 to whom1 for the sake of symmetry1 a brother was added--,epimetheus1 or 8he who takes counsel after the event407#abjd7 ,but now the ,orientalists have decided otherwise4 ,they know the real meaning of the two names better than those who invented them4 ,the legend is based upon an event of universal importance4 ,it was built to commemorate ,a great event which must have strongly impressed itself upon the imagination of the first witnesses1 and its remembrance has never since faded out from popular memory47#abje7 ,what was this8 ,laying aside every poetical fiction1 all those dreams of the ,golden ,age1 let us imagine--argue the modern scholars--in all its gross realism1 the first miserable state of humanity1 the striking picture of which was traced for us after schylus by ,lucretius1 and the exact truth of which is now confirmed by ,science2 and then we may understand better that a new life really began for man1 on that day when he saw the first spark produced by the friction of two pieces of wood1 or from the veins of a flint4 ,how could men help feeling gratitude to that mysterious and marvellous being which they were henceforth enabled to create at their will1 and which was no sooner born1 than it grew and expanded1 developing with singular power4 ,this terrestrial flame1 was it not analogous in nature to that which sent them from above its light and heat1 or which frightened them in the thunderbolt8 ,was it not derived from the same source8 ,and if its origin was in heaven1 must it not have been brought down some day on earth8 ,if so1 who was the powerful being1 the beneficent being1 ,god or man1 who had conquered it8 ,such are the questions which the curiosity of the ryans offered in the early days of their existence1 and which found their answer in the myth of ,prometheus47#abjf7 ,the ,philosophy of ,occult ,science finds two weak points in the above reflections1 and proceeds to point them out4 ,the miserable state of ,humanity described by schylus and ,lucretius was no more wretched then1 in the early days of the ryans1 than it is now4 ,that 8state0 was limited to the savage tribes2 and the nowexisting savages are not a whit more happy or unhappy than their forefathers were a million years ago4 ,it is an accepted fact in ,science that 8rude implements1 exactly resembling those in use among existing savages10 are found in river gravels and caves1 geologically 8implying an enormous antiquity40 ,so great is that resemblance that1 as the author of ,the ,modern ,zoroastrian tells us3 ,if the collection in the ,colonial ,exhibition of stone celts and arrowheads used by the ,bushmen of ,south ,africa were placed side by side with one from the ,british ,museum of similar objects from ,kent's ,cavern or the ,caves of ,dordogne1 no one but an expert could distinguish between them47#abjg7 ,and if there are ,bushmen existing now1 in our age of the highest civilization1 who are no higher intellectually than the race of men which inhabited ,devonshire and ,southern ,france during the ,palolithic age1 why could not the latter have lived simultaneously with1 and have been the contemporary of1 other races as highly civilized for their day as we are for ours8 ,that the sum of knowledge increases daily in mankind1 8but that intellectual capacity does not increase with it10 is shown when the intellect1 if not the physical knowledge1 of the ,euclids1 ,pythagorases1 ,pninis1 ,kapilas1 ,platos1 and ,socrates1 is compared with that of the ,newtons1 ,kants1 and the modern ,huxleys and ,hckels4 ,on comparing the results obtained by ,dr4 ,j4 ,barnard ,davis1 the ,craniologist17#abjh7 with regard to the internal capacity of the skull--its volume being taken as the standard and test for judging of the intellectual capacities--,dr4 ,pfaff finds that this capacity among the ,french 7certainly in the highest rank of mankind7 is #hh4d cubic inches1 being thus 8perceptibly smaller than that of the ,polynesians generally1 which1 even among many ,papuans and ,alfuras of the lowest grade1 amounts to #hi and #hi4g cubic inches02 which shows that it is the quality and not the quantity of the brain that is the cause of intellectual capacity4 ,the average index of skulls among various races having been now recognized to be 8one of the most characteristic marks of difference between different races10 the following comparison is suggestive3 ,the index of breadth among the ,scandinavians is at #ge2 among the ,english at #gf2 among ,holsteiners at #gg2 in ,bresgau at #hj2 ,schiller's skull shows an index of breadth even of #hb 444 the ,madurese also #hb6 ,finally1 the same comparison between the oldest skulls known and the ,european1 brings to light the startling fact that3 ,most of these old skulls1 belonging to the stone period1 are above rather than below the average of the brain of the now living man in volume4 ,calculating the measures for the height1 breadth1 and length in inches from the average measurements of several skulls1 the following sums are obtained3 #a4 ,old ,northern skulls of the stone age3 #ah4hgg ins4 #b4 ,average of #dh skulls of the same period from ,england3 #ah4heh ins4 #c4 ,average of #g skulls of the same period from ,wales3 #ah4fdi ins4 #d4 ,average of #cf skulls of the stone age from ,france3 #ah4bbj ins4 ,the average of the now living ,europeans is #ah4egi inches2 of ,hottentots1 #ag4gie inches6 ,these figures show plainly that3 ,the size of the brain of the oldest populations known to us is not such as to place them on a lower level than that of the now living inhabitants of the ,earth47#abji7 ,besides which1 they show the 8missing link0 vanishing into thin air4 ,of these1 however1 more anon3 we must return to our direct subject4 ,as the 8,prometheus ,vinctus0 of schylus tells us1 the race which ,jupiter so ardently desired 8to quench1 and plant a new one in its stead0 7v4 #bda71 suffered mental1 not physical misery4 ,the first boon ,prometheus gave to mortals1 as he tells the ,chorus1 was to hinder them 8from foreseeing death0 7v4 #bef72 he 8saved the mortal race from sinking blasted down to ,hades' gloom0 7v4 #bdd72 and then only1 8besides0 that1 he gave them fire 7v4 #bfj74 ,this shows plainly the dual character at any rate of the ,promethean myth1 if ,orientalists will not accept the existence of the seven keys taught in ,occultism4 ,this relates to the first opening of man's spiritual perceptions1 not to his first seeing or 8discovering0 fire4 ,for fire was never discovered1 but existed on ,earth since its beginning4 ,it existed in the seismic activity of the early ages1 volcanic eruptions being as frequent and constant in those periods as fog is in ,england now4 ,and if we are told that men appeared so late on ,earth that all but a few volcanoes were already extinct1 and that geological disturbances had made room for a more settled state of things1 we answer3 ,let a new race of men--whether evolved from ,angel or ,gorilla--appear now on any uninhabited spot of the ,globe1 with the exception perhaps of the ,sahara1 and a thousand to one it would not be a year or two old before 8discovering fire10 through lightning setting the grass or something else in flames4 ,this assumption1 that primitive man lived ages on ,earth before he was made acquainted with fire1 is one of the most painfully illogical of all4 ,but old schylus was an ,initiate1 and knew well what he was giving out47#abaj7 ,no ,occultist acquainted with symbology and the fact that ,wisdom came to us from the ,east1 will for a moment deny that the myth of ,prometheus has reached ,europe from ryvarta4 ,nor is he likely to deny that in one sense ,prometheus represents 8fire by friction40 ,therefore1 he admires the sagacity of ,m4 ,f4 ,baudry1 who shows in 8,les ,mythes du ,feu et du ,breuvage ,cleste07#abaa7 one of the aspects of ,prometheus and his origin from ,india4 ,he shows the reader the supposed primitive process to obtain fire1 still in use today in ,india to light the sacrificial flame4 ,this is what he says3 ,this process1 such as it is minutely described in the ,vedic ,stras1 consists in rapidly turning a stick in a socket made in the centre of a piece of wood4 ,the friction develops intense heat and ends by setting on fire the particles of wood in contact4 ,the motion of the stick is not a continuous rotation1 but a series of motions in contrary senses1 by means of a cord fixed to the stick in its middle2 the operator holds one of the ends in each hand and pulls them alternately4444 ,the full process is designated in ,sanskrit by the verb manthmi1 mathnni1 which means 8to rub1 agitate1 shake and obtain by rubbing10 and is especially applied to rotatory friction1 as is proved by its derivative mandala1 which signifies a circle4444 ,the pieces of wood serving for the production of fire have each their name in ,sanskrit4 ,the stick which turns is called pramantha2 the discus which receives it is called arani and aran3 8the two aranis0 designating the ensemble of the instrument47#abab7 ,it remains to be seen what the ,brhmans will say to this4 ,but even supposing that ,prometheus1 in one of the aspects of his myth1 was conceived as the producer of fire by means of the ,pramantha1 or as an animate and divine ,pramantha1 would this imply that the symbolism had no other than the phallic meaning attributed to it by modern symbologists8 ,decharme1 at any rate1 seems to have a correct glimmering of the truth2 for he unconsciously corroborates all that the ,occult ,sciences teach with regard to the ,mnasa ,devas1 who have endowed man with the consciousness of his immortal soul--that consciousness which hinders man 8from foreseeing death10 and makes him know he is immortal47#abac7 8,how did ,prometheus come into possession of the divine spark80 he asks4 ,fire having its abode in heaven1 it is there he must have gone to find it before he could carry it down to men1 and1 to approach the gods1 he must have been a god himself47#abad7 ,the ,greeks held that he was of the ,divine ,race1 8the son of the ,titan ,iapetos027#abae7 the ,hinds1 that he was a ,deva4 ,but celestial fire belonged in the beginning to the gods alone2 it was a treasure they reserved for themselves 444 over which they jealously watched4444 8,the prudent son of ,iapetus10 says ,hesiod1 8deceived ,jupiter by stealing and concealing in the cavity of a narthex1 the indefatigable fire of the resplendent glow407#abaf7 444 ,thus the gift made by ,prometheus to men was a conquest made from heaven4 ,now according to ,greek ideas in this identical with those of the ,occultists1 this possession forced from ,jupiter1 this human trespassing upon the property of the gods1 had to be followed by an expiation4444 ,prometheus1 moreover1 belongs to that race of ,titans who had rebelled7#abag7 against the gods1 and whom the master of ,olympus had hurled down into ,tartarus2 like them1 he is the genius of evil1 doomed to cruel suffering47#abah7 ,what is most revolting in the explanations that follow1 is the onesided view taken of this grandest of all myths4 ,the most intuitional among modern writers cannot1 or will not1 rise in their conceptions above the level of the ,earth and cosmic phenomena4 ,it is not denied that the moral idea in the myth1 as presented in the ,theogony of ,hesiod1 plays a certain part in the primitive ,greek conception4 ,the ,titan is more than a thief of the celestial fire4 ,he is the representation of humanity--active1 industrious1 intelligent1 but at the same time ambitious1 which aims at equalling divine powers4 ,therefore it is humanity punished in the person of ,prometheus1 but it is only so with the ,greeks4 ,with them1 ,prometheus is not a criminal1 save in the eyes of the ,gods4 ,in his relation with the ,earth1 he is1 on the contrary1 a ,god himself1 a friend of mankind 771 which he has raised to civilization and initiated into the knowledge of all the arts2 a conception which found its most poetical expounder in schylus4 ,but with all other nations ,prometheus is--what8 ,the ,fallen ,angel1 ,satan1 as the ,church would have it8 ,not at all4 ,he is simply the image of the pernicious and dreaded effects of lightning4 ,he is the 8evil fire0 7mal feu77#abai7 and the symbol of the divine reproductive male organ4 ,reduced to its simple expression1 the myth we are trying to explain is then simply a cosmic genius of fire47#abbj7 ,it is the former idea 7the phallic7 which was preminently ryan1 if we believe ,adalbert ,kuhn7#abba7 and ,f4 ,baudry4 ,for3 ,the fire used by man being the result of the action of pramantha in the arani1 the ryas must have ascribed 8 the same origin to celestial fire1 and they must have7#abbb7 imagined 8 that a god armed with the pramantha1 or a divine pramantha1 caused a violent friction in the bosom of the clouds1 which gave birth to lightning and thunderbolts47#abbc7 ,this idea is supported by the fact that1 according to ,plutarch's testimony17#abbd7 the ,stoics thought that thunder was the result of the struggle of stormclouds1 and lightning a conflagration due to friction2 while ,aristotle saw in the thunderbolt only the action of clouds which clashed with each other4 ,what was this theory1 if not the scientific translation of the production of fire by friction8444 ,everything leads us to think that1 from the highest antiquity1 and before the dispersion of the ryas1 it was believed that the pramantha lighted the fire in the stormcloud as well as in the aranis47#abbe7 ,thus1 suppositions and idle hypotheses are made to stand for discovered truths4 ,defenders of the biblical deadletter could not help the writers of missionary tracts more effectually than do materialistic ,symbologists in thus taking for granted that the ancient ryans based their religious conceptions on no higher thought than the physiological4 ,but it is not so1 and the very spirit of ,vedic ,philosophy is against such an interpretation4 ,for if1 as ,decharme himself confesses3 ,this idea of the creative power of fire is explained 444 by the ancient assimilation of the human soul to a celestial spark7#abbf7 --as shown by the imagery often made use of in the ,vedas when speaking of ,arani1 it would mean something higher than simply a gross sexual conception4 ,a ,hymn to ,agni in the ,veda is cited as an example3 ,here is the pramantha2 the generator is ready4 ,bring the mistress of the race 7the female aran74 ,let us produce ,agni by attrition1 according to ancient custom4 ,this means no worse than an abstract idea expressed in the tongue of mortals4 ,the female ,aran1 the 8mistress of the race10 is ,aditi1 the ,mother of the ,gods1 or ,shekinah1 ,eternal ,light--in the ,world of ,spirit1 the 8,great ,deep0 and ,chaos2 or ,primordial ,substance in its first remove from the ,unknown1 in the ,manifested ,kosmos4 ,if1 ages later1 the same epithet is applied to ,devak1 the ,mother of ,krishna1 or the incarnated ,logos2 and if the symbol1 owing to the gradual and irrepressible spread of exoteric religions1 may now be regarded as having a sexual significance1 this in no way mars the original purity of the image4 ,the subjective had been transformed into the objective2 ,spirit had fallen into ,matter4 ,the universal kosmic polarity of ,spirit,substance had become1 in human thought1 the mystic1 but still sexual1 union of ,spirit and ,matter1 and had thus acquired an anthropomorphic colouring which it had never had in the beginning4 ,between the ,vedas and the ,purnas there is an abyss of which they are the poles1 like as are the seventh principle1 the tm1 and the first or lowest principle1 the ,physical ,body1 in the septenary constitution of ,man4 ,the primitive and purely spiritual language of the ,vedas1 conceived many decades of millenniums earlier than the ,paurnic accounts1 found a purely human expression for the purpose of describing events which took place #e1jjj years ago1 the date of ,krishna's death1 from which day the ,kali ,yuga1 or ,black ,age1 began for mankind4 ,as ,aditi is called ,surrani1 the ,matrix or 8,mother0 of the ,suras or ,gods1 so ,kunt1 the mother of the ,pndavas1 is called in the ,mahbhrata ,pndavrani7#abbg7--;and the term is now physiologized4 ,but ,devak1 the antetype of the ,roman ,catholic ,madonna1 is a later anthropomorphized form of ,aditi4 ,the latter is the ,goddessmother1 or ,devamtri1 of seven ,sons 7the six and the seven dityas of early ,vedic times72 the mother of ,krishna1 ,devak1 has six embryos conveyed into her womb by ,jagaddhtri1 the 8,nurse of the ,world10 the seventh1 ,krishna1 the ,logos1 being transferred to that of ,rohin4 ,mary1 the mother of ,jesus1 is the mother of seven children1 of five sons and two daughters 7a later transformation of sex71 in ,matthew's ,gospel47#abbh7 ,no one of the worshippers of the ,roman ,catholic ,virgin would object to reciting in her honour the prayer addressed by the ,gods to ,devak4 ,let the reader judge4 ,thou art that ,prakriti essence1 infinite and subtile1 which formerly bore ,brahm in its womb4444 ,thou1 eternal being1 comprising1 in thy substance1 the essence of all created things1 wast identical with creation2 thou wast the parent of the triform sacrifice1 becoming the germ of all things4 ,thou art sacrifice1 whence all fruit proceeds2 thou art the ,aran1 whose attrition engenders fire47#abbi7 ,as ,aditi1 thou art the parent of the gods4444 ,thou art light ,jyotsn1 the morning twilight17#abcj7 whence day is begotten4 ,thou art humility ,samnati1 a daughter of ,daksha1 the mother of wisdom2 thou art ,niti1 the parent of harmony 7,naya727#abca7 thou art modesty1 the progenitrix of affection ,prashraya1 explained by ,vinaya2 thou art desire1 of whom love is born4444 ,thou art 444 the mother of knowledge ,avabodha2 thou art patience ,dhriti1 the parent of fortitude ,dhairya47#abcb7 ,thus ,aran is shown here to be the same as the ,roman ,catholic 8,vase of ,election40 ,as to its primitive meaning1 it was purely metaphysical4 ,no unclean thought traversed these conceptions in the ancient mind4 ,even in the ,zohar--far less metaphysical in its symbology than any other symbolism--the idea is an abstraction and nothing more4 ,thus1 when the ,zohar says3 ,all that which exists1 all that which has been formed by the ancient1 whose name is holy1 can only exist through a male and female principle47#abcc7 ,it means no more than that the divine ,spirit of ,life is ever coalescing with ,matter4 ,it is the ,will of the ,deity that acts2 and the idea is purely ,schopenhauerian4 ,when ,atteekah ,kaddosha1 the ancient and the concealed of the concealed1 desired to form all things1 it formed all things like male and female4 ,this wisdom comprises all when it goeth forth4 ,hence ,chokmah 7male ,wisdom7 and ,binah 7female ,consciousness or ,intellect7 are said to create all between the two--the active and the passive principles4 ,as the eye of the expert jeweller discerns under the rough and uncouth oyster shell the pure immaculate pearl1 enshrined within its bosom1 his hand touching the shell but to get at its contents1 so the eye of the true ,philosopher reads between the lines of the ,purnas the sublime ,vedic truths1 and corrects the form with the help of the ,vedntic ,wisdom4 ,our ,orientalists1 however1 never perceive the pearl under the thick coating of the shell and--act accordingly4 ,from all that has been said in this ,section1 one sees clearly that1 between the ,serpent of ,eden and the ,devil of ,christianity1 there is an abyss4 ,alone the sledge hammer of ,ancient ,philosophy can kill this dogma4 ,section ,,vii4 ,enochion,henoch4 ,the history of the evolution of the ,satanic ,myth would not be complete if we omitted to notice the character of the mysterious and cosmopolitan ,enoch1 variously called ,enos1 ,hanoch1 and finally ,enochion by the ,greeks4 ,it is from his book that the first notions of the ,fallen ,angels were taken by the early ,christian writers4 ,the ,book of ,enoch is declared apocryphal4 ,but what is an apocryphon8 ,the very etymology of the term shows that it is simply a secret book1 i4e41 one that belonged to the catalogue of templelibraries under the guardianship of the ,hierophants and ,initiated ,priests1 and was never meant for the profane4 ,apocryphon comes from the verb crypto 771 8to hide40 ,for ages the ,enochion1 the ,book of the ,seer1 was preserved in the 8city of letters0 and secret works--the ancient ,kirjathsepher1 later on1 ,debir47#abcd7 ,some of the writers interested in the subject--especially ,masons--have tried to identify ,enoch with ,thoth of ,memphis1 the ,greek ,hermes1 and even with the ,latin ,mercury4 ,as individuals1 all of these are distinct one from the other2 professionally--if one may use this word1 now so limited in its sense--one and all belong to the same category of sacred writers1 of ,initiators and ,recorders of ,occult and ancient ,wisdom4 ,those who in the ,korn7#abce7 are generically termed the ,edris1 or the 8,learned10 the ,initiated1 bore in ,egypt the name of 8,thoth10 the inventor of ,arts1 ,sciences1 of writing or letters1 of ,music and ,astronomy4 ,among the ,jews ,edris became 8,enoch10 who1 according to ,bar,hebrus1 8was the first inventor of writing10 books1 ,arts1 and ,sciences1 the first who reduced to a system the progress of the planets47#abcf7 ,in ,greece he was called ,orpheus1 and thus changed his name with every nation4 ,the number seven being attached to1 and connected with1 each of those primitive ,initiators17#abcg7 as well as the number #cfe1 of the days in the year1 astronomically1 it identifies the mission1 character1 and the sacred office of all these men1 but certainly not their personalities4 ,enoch is the seventh ,patriarch2 ,orpheus is the possessor of the ,phorminx1 the sevenstringed lyre1 which is the sevenfold mystery of ,initiation4 ,thoth1 with the sevenrayed ,solar ,discus on his head1 travels in the ,solar ,boat 7the #cfe degrees71 jumping out every fourth 7leap7 year for one day4 ,finally1 ,thoth,lunus is the septenary ,god of the seven days1 or the week4 ,esoterically and spiritually1 ,enochion means the 8,seer of the ,open ,eye40 ,the story about ,enoch1 told by ,josephus1 namely1 that he had concealed his precious ,rolls or ,books under the pillars of ,mercury or ,seth1 is the same as that told of ,hermes1 the 8,father of ,wisdom10 who concealed his ,books of ,wisdom under a pillar1 and then1 discovering the two pillars of stone1 found the ,science written thereon4 ,yet ,josephus1 notwithstanding his constant efforts in the direction of ,israel's unmerited glorification1 and though he does attribute that ,science 7of ,wisdom7 to the ,jewish ,enoch--writes history4 ,he shows these pillars as still existing during his own time47#abch7 ,he tells us that they were built by ,seth2 and so they may have been1 only neither by the ,patriarch of that name1 the fabled son of ,adam1 nor by the ,egyptian ,god of ,wisdom--,teth1 ,set1 ,thoth1 ,tat1 ,sat 7the later ,satan71 or ,hermes1 who are all one--but by the 8,sons of the ,serpent ,god10 or 8,sons of the ,dragon10 the name under which the ,hierophants of ,egypt and ,babylon were known before the ,deluge1 as were their forefathers1 the ,atlanteans4 ,what ,josephus tells us1 therefore1 with the exception of the application made of it1 must be true allegorically4 ,according to his version the two famous pillars were entirely covered with hieroglyphics1 which1 after their discovery1 were copied and reproduced in the most secret corners of the inner temples of ,egypt1 and thus became the source of its ,wisdom and exceptional learning4 ,these two 8pillars10 however1 are the prototypes of the two 8tables of stones0 hewn by ,moses at the command of the 8,lord40 ,hence1 in saying that all the great ,adepts and ,mystics of antiquity--such as ,orpheus1 ,hesiod1 ,pythagoras and ,plato--got the elements of their ,theology from those hieroglyphics1 he is right in one sense1 and wrong in another4 ,the ,secret ,doctrine teaches us that the ,arts1 ,sciences1 ,theology1 and especially the ,philosophy of every nation which preceded the last universally known1 but not universal1 ,deluge1 had been recorded ideographically from the primitive oral records of the ,fourth ,race1 and that these were the inheritance of the latter from the early ,third ,root ,race before the allegorical ,fall4 ,hence1 also1 the ,egyptian pillars1 the tablets1 and even the 8white oriental porphyry stone0 of the ,masonic legend--which ,enoch1 fearing that the real and precious secrets would be lost1 concealed before the ,deluge in the bowels of the ,earth--were simply the more or less symbolical and allegorical copies from the primitive ,records4 ,the ,book of ,enoch is one of such copies1 and is1 moreover1 a ,chaldan1 and now very incomplete1 compendium4 ,as already said1 ,enochion means in ,greek the 8,inner ,eye10 or the ,seer2 in ,hebrew1 with the help of ,masoretic points1 it means the 8,initiator0 and 8,instructor0 774 ,enoch is a generic title2 and1 moreover1 his legend is that of several other prophets1 ,jewish and ,heathen1 with changes of madeup details1 the rootform being the same4 ,elijah is also taken up into ,heaven 8alive02 and the ,astrologer1 at the court of ,isdubar1 the ,chaldan ,heabani1 is likewise raised to ,heaven by the ,god ,hea1 who was his patron1 as ,jehovah was of ,elijah1 whose name means in ,hebrew 8,god,jah10 ,jehovah 7717#abci7 and again of ,elihu1 which has the same meaning4 ,this kind of easy death1 or euthanasia1 has an ,esoteric meaning4 ,it symbolizes the 8death0 of any ,adept who has reached the power and degree1 and also the purification1 which enable him to 8die0 in the ,physical ,body1 and still live and lead a conscious life in his ,astral ,body4 ,the variations on this theme are endless1 but the secret meaning is ever the same4 ,the ,pauline expression17#abdj7 8that he should not see death0 7ut non videret mortem71 has thus an ,esoteric meaning1 but nothing supernatural in it4 ,the mangled interpretation given of some biblical hints to the effect that ,enoch1 8whose years will equal those of the world0 7of the solar year1 #cfe days71 will share with ,christ and the prophet ,elijah the honours and bliss of the last ,advent and of the destruction of ,antichrist7#abda7--signify ,esoterically1 that some of the ,great ,adepts will return in the ,seventh ,race1 when all ,error will be made away with1 and the advent of ,truth will be heralded by those ,shishta1 the holy 8,sons of ,light40 ,the ,latin ,church is not always logical1 nor prudent4 ,she declares the ,book of ,enoch an apocryphon1 and has gone so far as to claim1 through ,cardinal ,cajetan and other luminaries of the ,church1 the rejection from the ,canon of even the ,book of ,jude1 who1 otherwise1 as an inspired apostle1 would quote from and thus sanctify the ,book of ,enoch1 which is alleged to be an apocryphal work4 ,fortunately1 some of the dogmatics perceived the peril in time4 ,had they accepted ,cajetan's resolution1 they would have been forced to reject likewise the ,fourth ,gospel2 as ,st4 ,john borrows literally from ,enoch1 and places a whole sentence from him1 in the mouth of ,jesus67#abdb7 ,ludolph1 the 8father of ,ethiopic literature10 commissioned to investigate the various ,enochian ,,mss4 presented by ,pereisc1 the traveller1 to the ,mazarine ,library1 declared that 8no ,book of ,enoch could exist among the ,abyssinians06 ,further researches and discoveries worsted this too dogmatic assertion1 as all know4 ,bruce and ,ruppel did find the ,book of ,enoch in ,abyssinia1 and what is more1 brought it to ,europe some years later1 and ,bishop ,laurence translated it4 ,but ,bruce despised it1 and scoffed at its contents2 as did all the rest of the ,scientists4 ,he declared it a ,gnostic work1 concerning the ,age of ,giants who devour men--and bearing a strong resemblance to the ,apocalypse47#abdc7 ,giants6 another fairy tale6 ,such1 however1 has not been the opinion of all the best critics4 ,dr4 ,hanneberg places the ,book of ,enoch along with the ,third ,book of the ,maccabees--at the head of the list of those whose authority stands the nearest to that of the canonical works47#abdd7 ,verily1 8where doctors disagree44406 ,as usual1 however1 they are all right and all wrong4 ,to accept ,enoch as a biblical character1 a single living person1 is like accepting ,adam as the first man4 ,enoch was a generic title1 applied to1 and borne by1 scores of individuals1 at all times and ages1 and in every race and nation4 ,this may be easily inferred from the fact that the ancient ,talmudists and the teachers of ,midrashim are not agreed generally in their views about ,hanokh1 the ,son of ,yered4 ,some say ,enoch was a great ,saint1 beloved by ,god1 and 8taken alive to heaven10 i4e41 one who reached ,mukti or ,nirvna1 on ,earth1 as ,buddha did and others still do2 and others maintain that he was a sorcerer1 a wicked magician4 ,this shows only that 8,enoch10 or its equivalent1 was a term1 even during the days of the later ,talmudists1 which meant 8,seer10 8,adept in the ,secret ,wisdom10 etc41 without any specification as to the character of the titlebearer4 ,josephus1 speaking of ,elijah and ,enoch17#abde7 remarks that3 ,it is written in the sacred books they ,elijah and ,enoch disappeared1 but so that nobody knew that they died4 ,it means simply that they had died in their personalities1 as ,yogs die to this day in ,india1 or even some ,christian monks--to the world4 ,they disappear from the sight of men and die--on the terrestrial plane--even for themselves4 ,a seemingly figurative way of speaking1 yet literally true4 8,hanokh transmitted the science of 7astronomical7 calculation and of computing the seasons to ,noah10 says the ,midrash ,pirkah27#abdf7 ,r4 ,eliezar referring to ,enoch that which others did to ,hermes ,trismegistus1 for the two are identical in their ,esoteric meaning4 8,hanokh0 in this case1 and his 8,wisdom10 belong to the cycle of the ,fourth ,atlantean ,race17#abdg7 and ,noah to that of the ,fifth47#abdh7 ,in this case both represent the ,root,races1 the present one and the one that preceded it4 ,in another sense1 ,enoch disappeared1 8he walked with ,god1 and he was not1 for ,god took him02 the allegory referring to the disappearance of the ,sacred and ,secret ,knowledge from among men2 for 8,god0 7or ,java ,aleim--the high ,hierophants1 the ,heads of the ,colleges of ,initiated ,priests7#abdi77 took him2 in other words1 the ,enochs or the ,enochions1 the ,seers and their ,knowledge and ,wisdom1 became strictly confined to the ,secret ,colleges of the ,prophets with the ,jews1 and to the ,temples with the ,gentiles4 ,interpreted with the help of merely the symbolical key1 ,enoch is the type of the dual nature of man--spiritual and physical4 ,hence he occupies the centre of the ,astronomical ,cross1 as given by liphas ,lvi from a secret work1 which is a ,sixpointed ,star1 the 8,adonai40 ,in the upper angle of the upper ,triangle is the ,eagle2 in the left lower angle stands the ,lion2 in the right1 the ,bull2 while between the ,bull and the ,lion1 over them and under the ,eagle1 is the face of ,enoch or ,man47#abej7 ,now the figures on the upper ,triangle represent the ,four ,races1 omitting the ,first1 the ,chhys or ,shadows1 and the 8,son of ,man10 ,enos or ,enoch1 is in the centre1 where he stands between the ,fourth and the ,fifth ,races1 for he represents the ,secret ,wisdom of both4 ,these are the four ,animals of ,ezekiel and of the ,revelation4 ,this ,double ,triangle which1 in ,isis ,unveiled1 is faced by the ,hind ,ardhanr1 is by far the best4 ,for in the latter1 only the three 7for us7 historical ,races are symbolized2 the ,third1 the ,androgynous1 by ,ardhanr2 the ,fourth1 symbolized by the strong1 powerful ,lion2 and the ,fifth1 the ryan1 by that which is its most sacred symbol to this day1 the ,bull 7and the ,cow74 ,a man of great erudition1 a ,french savant1 ,m4 de ,sacy1 finds several most singular statements in the ,book of ,enoch1 8worthy of the most serious examination10 he says4 ,for instance3 ,the author ,enoch makes the solar year consist of #cfd days1 and seems to know periods of three1 of five1 and of eight years1 followed by four supplementary days1 which1 in his system1 appear to be those of the equinoxes and solstices47#abea7 ,to which he adds1 later on3 ,i see but one means to palliate them these 8absurdities02 it is to suppose that the author expounds some fanciful system which may have existed before the order of ,nature had been altered at the period of the ,universal ,deluge47#abeb7 ,precisely so2 and the ,secret ,doctrine teaches that this 8order of nature0 has been thus altered1 and the series of the ,earth's humanities too4 ,for1 as the angel ,uriel tells ,enoch3 ,behold1 ,i have showed thee all things1 ,o ,enoch2 and all things have ,i revealed to thee4 ,thou seest the sun1 the moon1 and those which conduct the stars of heaven1 which cause all their operations1 seasons1 and arrivals to return4 ,in the days of sinners the years shall be shortened4444 ,the moon shall change its laws44447#abec7 ,in those days also1 years before the ,great ,deluge that carried away the ,atlanteans and changed the face of the whole ,earth 7because 8the ,earth or its axis became inclined071 ,nature1 geologically1 astronomically1 and cosmically in general1 could not have been the same1 just because the ,earth had inclined4 ,to quote from ,enoch3 ,and ,noah cried with a bitter voice1 ,hear me2 hear me2 hear me2 three times4 ,and he said1444 ,the earth labours and is violently shaken4 ,surely1 ,i shall perish with it47#abed7 ,this1 by the way1 looks like one of those many 8inconsistencies10 if the ,bible is read literally4 ,for1 to say the least1 this is a very strange fear in one who had 8found grace in the eyes of the ,lord0 and been told to build an ,ark6 ,but here we find the venerable ,patriarch expressing as much fear as if1 instead of a 8friend0 of ,god1 he had been one of the ,giants doomed by the wrathful ,deity4 ,the ,earth had already inclined1 and the deluge of waters had become simply a question of time1 and yet ,noah seems to know nothing of his intended salvation4 ,a decree had come indeed2 the decree of ,nature and the ,law of ,evolution1 that the ,earth should change its ,race1 and that the ,fourth ,race should be destroyed to make room for a better one4 ,the ,manvantara had reached its turning point of three and a half ,rounds1 and gigantic physical ,humanity had reached the acme of gross materiality4 ,hence the apocalyptic verse that speaks of a commandment gone forth that they may be destroyed1 8that their end may be0--the end of the ,race3 ,for they knew truly every secret of the angels1 every oppressive and secret power of the ,satans1 and every power of those who commit sorcery1 as well as of those who make molten images in the whole earth47#abee7 ,and now a natural question4 ,who could have informed the apocryphal author of this powerful vision--no matter to what age he may be assigned before the day of ,galileo--that the ,earth could occasionally incline her axis8 ,whence did he derive such astronomical and geological knowledge if the ,secret ,wisdom1 of which the ancient ,rishis and ,pythagoras had drunk1 is but a fancy1 an invention of later ages8 ,has ,enoch read prophetically perchance in ,frderic ,kle's work on the ,deluge the lines3 ,the position of the terrestrial globe with reference to the sun has evidently been1 in primitive times1 different from what it is now2 and this difference must have been caused by a displacement of the axis of rotation of the earth4 ,this reminds one of that unscientific statement made by the ,egyptian priests to ,herodotus1 namely1 that the ,sun has not always risen where it rises now1 and that in former times the ecliptic had cut the equator at right angles47#abef7 ,there are many such 8dark sayings0 scattered throughout the ,purnas1 ,bible and other ,mythologies1 and to the ,occultist they divulge two facts2 7a7 that the ,ancients knew as well as1 and perhaps better than1 the moderns do1 ,astronomy1 ,geognosy and ,cosmography in general2 and 7b7 that the behaviour of the ,globe has altered more than once since the primitive state of things4 ,thus1 ,xenophantes--on the blind faith of his 8ignorant0 religion1 which taught that ,phaeton1 in his desire to learn the hidden truth1 made the ,sun deviate from its usual course--asserts somewhere that1 8the ,sun turned toward another country02 which is a parallel--slightly more scientific1 however1 if not as bold--of ,joshua stopping the course of the ,sun altogether4 ,yet it may explain the teaching of the ,northern ,mythology that before the actual order of things the ,sun arose in the ,south1 and its placing the ,frigid ,zone 7,jeruskoven7 in the ,east1 whereas now it is in the ,north47#abeg7 ,the ,book of ,enoch1 in short1 is a rsum1 a compound of the main features of the history of the ,third1 ,fourth and ,fifth ,races2 a very few prophecies from the present age of the world2 a long retrospective1 introspective and prophetic summary of universal and quite historical events--geological1 ethnological1 astronomical1 and psychic--with a touch of ,theogony out of the antediluvian records4 ,the ,book of this mysterious personage is referred to and quoted copiously in the ,pistis ,sophia1 and also in the ,zohar and its most ancient ,midrashim4 ,origen and ,clement of ,alexandria held it in the highest esteem4 ,to say1 therefore1 that it is a ,post,christian forgery is to utter an absurdity and to become guilty of an anachronism1 for ,origen1 among others1 who lived in the second century of the ,christian era1 mentions it as an ancient and venerable work4 ,the secret and sacred ,name and its potency are well and clearly though allegorically described in the old volume4 ,from the eighteenth to the fiftieth chapter1 the ,visions of ,enoch are all descriptive of the ,mysteries of ,initiation1 one of which is the ,burning ,valley of the 8,fallen ,angels40 ,perhaps ,st4 ,augustine was quite right in saying that the ,church rejected the ,book of ,enoch out of her canon owing to its too great antiquity 7ob nimiam antiquitatem747#abeh7 ,there was no room for the events noticed in it within the limit of the #djjd years ,b4,c4 assigned to the world from its 8creation06 ,section ,,viii4 ,the ,symbolism of the ,mystery,names ,iao and ,jehovah1 with their ,relation to the ,cross and ,circle4 ,when the ,abb ,louis ,constant1 better known as liphas ,lvi1 said in his ,histoire de la ,magie that the ,sepher ,jetzirah1 the ,zohar1 and the ,apocalypse of ,st4 ,john1 are the masterpieces of the ,occult ,sciences1 he ought1 if he had wished to be correct and clear1 to have added--in ,europe4 ,it is quite true that these works contain 8more significance than words02 and that their 8expression is poetical10 while 8in numbers0 they are 8exact40 ,unfortunately1 however1 before any one can appreciate the poetry of the expressions1 or the exactness of the numbers1 he will have to learn the real significance and meaning of the terms and symbols employed4 ,but man will never learn this so long as he remains ignorant of the fundamental principle of the ,secret ,doctrine1 whether in ,oriental ,esotericism1 or in the kabalistical ,symbology--the key1 or value1 in all their aspects1 of the ,godnames1 ,angelnames1 and ,patriarchnames in the ,bible1 their mathematical or geometrical value1 and their relations to manifested ,nature4 ,therefore1 if1 on the one hand1 the ,zohar 8astonishes0 the mystic1 by the profundity of its views and the great simplicity of its images1 or the other hand1 that work misleads the student by such expressions as those used with respect to ,ain ,suph and ,jehovah1 notwithstanding the assurance that3 ,the book is careful to explain that the human form with which it clothes ,god is but an image of the ,word1 and that ,god should not be expressed by any thought1 or any form4 ,it is well known that ,origen ,clement1 and the ,rabbis confessed that the ,kabalah and the ,bible were veiled and secret books2 but few know that the ,esotericism of the kabalistic books in their present redited form is simply another and still more cunning veil thrown upon the primitive symbolism of these secret volumes4 ,the idea of representing the hidden ,deity by the circumference of a circle1 and the ,creative ,power--male and female1 or the ,androgynous ,word--by the diameter across it1 is one of the oldest symbols4 ,it is upon this conception that every great ,cosmogony has been built4 ,with the old ryans1 the ,egyptians1 and the ,chaldans1 the symbol was complete1 as it embraced the idea of the eternal and immovable ,divine ,thought in its absoluteness1 separated entirely from the incipient stage of the socalled 8creation10 and comprised psychological and even spiritual evolution1 and its mechanical work1 or cosmogonical construction4 ,with the ,hebrews1 however1 though the former conception is to be distinctly found in the ,zohar1 and the ,sepher ,jetzirah1 or what remains of the latter--that which has been subsequently embodied in the ,pentateuch proper1 and especially in ,genesis1 is simply this secondary stage1 to wit1 the mechanical law of creation1 or rather of construction2 while ,theogony is hardly1 if at all1 outlined4 ,it is only in the first six chapters of ,genesis1 in the rejected ,book of ,enoch1 and the misunderstood and mistranslated poem of ,job1 that true echoes of the ,archaic ,doctrine may now be found4 ,the key to it is lost now1 even among the most learned ,rabbis1 whose predecessors in the early period of the ,middle ,ages1 in their national exclusiveness and pride1 and especially in their profound hatred of ,christianity1 preferred to cast it into the deep sea of oblivion1 rather than to share their knowledge with their relentless and fierce persecutors4 ,jehovah was their own tribal property1 inseparable from1 and unfit to play a part in1 any other but the ,mosaic ,law4 ,violently torn out of his original frame1 which he fitted and which fitted him1 the 8,lord ,god of ,abraham and ,jacob0 could hardly be crammed without damage and breakage into the new ,christian ,canon4 ,being the weaker1 the ,judeans could not help the desecration4 ,they kept1 however1 the secret of the origin of their ,adam ,kadmon1 or male female ,jehovah1 and the new tabernacle proved a complete misfit for the old ,god4 ,they were1 indeed1 avenged6 ,the statement that ,jehovah was the tribal ,god of the ,jews and no higher1 will be denied like many other things4 ,yet the ,theologians are not in a position to tell us1 in that case1 the meaning of the verses in ,deuteronomy1 which say quite plainly3 ,when the ,most ,high not the 8,lord10 or 8,jehovah0 either divided to the nations their inheritance1 when he separated the sons of ,adam1 he set the bounds 444 according to the number of the children of ,israel4444 ,the ,lord's ,jehovah's portion is his people2 ,jacob is the lot of his inheritance47#abei7 ,this settles the question4 ,so impudent have been the modern translators of ,bibles and ,scriptures1 and so damaging are these verses1 that1 following in the steps traced for them by their worthy ,church ,fathers1 each translator has rendered these lines in his own way4 ,while the abovecited quotation is taken verbatim from the ,english ,authorized ,version1 in the ,french ,bible17#abfj7 we find the 8,most ,high0 translated by 8,souverain0 7,sovereign6671 the 8sons of ,adam0 rendered by 8the children of men10 and the 8,lord0 changed into the 8,eternal40 ,for impudent sleightofhand1 the ,french ,protestant ,church seems thus to have surpassed even ,english ecclesiasticism4 ,nevertheless1 one thing is patent3 the 8,lord's ,jehovah's portion0 is his 8chosen people0 and none else1 for1 ,jacob alone is the lot of his inheritance4 ,what1 then1 have other nations1 who call themselves ryans1 to do with this ,semitic ,deity1 the tribal ,god of ,israel8 ,astronomically1 the 8,most ,high0 is the ,sun1 and the 8,lord0 is one of his seven planets1 whether it be ,iao1 the ,genius of the ,moon1 or ,ildabaoth,jehovah1 the ,genius of ,saturn1 according to ,origen and the ,egyptian ,gnostics47#abfa7 ,let the 8,angel ,gabriel10 the 8,lord0 of ,iran1 watch over his people1 and ,michael,jehovah1 over his ,hebrews4 ,these are not the ,gods of other nations1 nor were they ever those of ,jesus4 ,as each ,persian ,dev is chained to his planet17#abfb7 so each ,hind ,deva 7a 8,lord07 has its allotted portion1 a world1 a planet1 a nation or a race4 ,plurality of worlds implies plurality of ,gods4 ,we believe in the former1 and may recognize1 but will never worship the latter47#abfc7 ,it has been repeatedly stated in this work that every religious and philosophical symbol had seven meanings attached to it1 each pertaining to its legitimate plane of thought1 i4e41 either purely metaphysical or astronomical2 psychic or physiological1 etc4 ,these seven meanings and their applications are difficult enough to learn when taken by themselves2 but the interpretation and the right comprehension of them become tenfold more puzzling1 when1 instead of being correlated1 or made to flow consecutively out of1 and to follow1 each other1 each1 or any one of these meanings1 is accepted as the one and sole explanation of the whole symbolical idea4 ,an instance may be given1 as it admirably illustrates the statement4 ,here are two interpretations1 given by two learned ,kabalists and scholars1 of one and the same verse in ,exodus4 ,moses beseeches the ,lord to show him his 8glory40 ,evidently it is not the crude deadletter phraseology as found in the ,bible that is to be accepted4 ,there are seven meanings in the ,kabalah1 of which we may give two as interpreted by the said two scholars4 ,one of them translates while explaining3 8,thou canst not see ,my face2444 ,i will put thee in a cleft of the rock and ,i will cover thee with ,my hand while ,i pass by4 ,and then ,i will take away ,mine hand1 and thou shalt see ,my a'hoor10 i4e41 ,my back47#abfd7 ,and then the translator adds in a gloss3 ,that is1 ,i will show you 8,my back10 i4e41 ,my visible universe1 ,my lower manifestations1 but1 as a man still in the flesh1 thou canst not see ,my invisible nature4 ,so proceeds the ,qabbalah47#abfe7 ,this is correct1 and is the cosmometaphysical explanation4 ,and now speaks the other ,kabalist1 giving the numerical meaning4 ,as it involves a good many suggestive ideas1 and is far more fully given1 we may allow it more space4 ,this synopsis is from an unpublished ,,ms41 and explains more fully what was given in ,section ,,iii1 on the 8,holy of ,holies407#abff7 ,the numbers of the name 8,moses0 are those of 8,i am that ,i am10 so that the names ,moses and ,jehovah are at one in numerical harmony4 ,the word ,moses is 7#e #cjj #dj71 and the sum of the values of its letters is #cde2 ,jehovah--the ,genius par excellence of the ,lunar ,year--assumes the value of #edc1 or the reverse of #cde4 ,in the third chapter of ,exodus1 in the #acth and #adth verses1 it is said3 ,and ,moses said1 444 ,behold ,i come unto the children of ,israel1 and shall say unto them4 ,the ,god of your fathers hath sent me unto you2 and they shall say unto me1 ,what is his name8 ,what shall ,i say unto them8 ,and ,god said unto ,moses1 ,i ,am ,that ,i ,am4 ,the ,hebrew words for this expression are hiy asher hiy1 and in the value of the sums of their letters stand thus3 #ba #eja #ba 444 ,this being his ,god's name1 the sum of the values composing it1 #ba1 #eja1 #ba is #edc1 or simply a use of the simple digit numbers in the name of ,moses1 444 but now so ordered that the name of #cde is reversed1 and reads #edc4 ,so that when ,moses asks1 8,let me see ,thy face or glory10 the other rightly and truly replies1 8,thou canst not see my face 444 but thou shalt see me behind0--the true sense1 though not the precise words2 for the corner and the behind of #edc is the face of #cde4 ,this is ,for check and to keep a strict use of a set of numbers to develop certain grand results1 for the object of which they are specifically employed4 ,as the learned ,kabalist adds3 ,in other uses of the numbers1 they saw each other face to face4 ,it is strange that if we add #cde to #edc we have #hhh1 which was the ,gnostic ,cabbalistic value of the name ,christ1 who was ,jehoshua or ,joshua4 ,and so also the division of the #bd hours of the day gives three eights as quotient4444 ,the chief end of all this system of ,number ,checks was to preserve in perpetuity the exact value of the ,lunar ,year in the ,natural measure of ,days4 ,these are the astronomical and numerical meanings in the secret ,theogony of sidereocosmical ,gods invented by the ,chaldo,hebrews1--two meanings out of seven4 ,the other five would astonish the ,christians still more4 ,the series of dipuses who have endeavoured to interpret the riddle of the ,sphinx1 is long indeed4 ,for many ages she has been devouring the brightest and the noblest intellects of ,christendom2 but now the ,sphinx is conquered4 ,in the great intellectual struggle which has ended in the complete victory of the dipuses of ,symbolism1 it is1 however1 not the ,sphinx1 who1 burning with the shame of defeat1 has had to bury herself in the sea1 but verily the manysided symbol1 named ,jehovah1 whom ,christians--the civilized nations--have accepted for their ,god4 ,the ,jehovah symbol has collapsed under the too close analysis1 and is--drowned4 ,symbologists have discovered with dismay that their adopted ,deity was only a mask for many other ,gods1 a euhemerized extinct planet1 at best1 the ,genius of the ,moon and ,saturn with the ,jews1 of the ,sun and ,jupiter with early ,christians2 that the ,trinity--unless they accepted the more abstract and metaphysical meanings given to it by the ,gentiles--was1 in truth1 only an astronomical triad1 composed of the ,sun 7the ,father71 and the two planets ,mercury 7the ,son7 and ,venus 7the ,holy ,ghost71 ,sophia1 the ,spirit of ,wisdom1 ,love and ,truth1 and ,lucifer1 as ,christ1 the 8bright and morning star407#abfg7 ,for1 if the ,father is the ,sun 7the 8,elder ,brother10 in the ,eastern ,inner ,philosophy71 the nearest planet to it is ,mercury 7,hermes1 ,budha1 ,thoth71 the name of whose ,mother on ,earth was ,maia4 ,now this planet receives seven times more light than any other2 a fact which led the ,gnostics to call their ,christos1 and the ,kabalists their ,hermes 7in the astronomical meaning71 the 8,sevenfold ,light40 ,finally1 this ,god was ,bel--the ,sun being ,bel with the ,gauls2 ,helios1 with the ,greeks2 ,baal1 with the ,phnicians2 ,el1 in ,chaldan1 hence ,elohim1 ,emanuel1 and ,el1 8,god10 in ,hebrew4 ,but even the kabalistic ,god has vanished in the rabbinical workmanship1 and one has now to turn to the innermost metaphysical sense of the ,zohar to find in it anything like ,ain ,suph1 the ,nameless ,deity and the ,absolute1 so authoritatively and loudly claimed by the ,christians4 ,but it is certainly not to be found in the ,mosaic books1 at any rate by those who try to read without a key to them4 ,ever since this key was lost1 ,jews and ,christians have tried their best to blend these two conceptions1 but in vain4 ,they have only succeeded in finally robbing even the ,universal ,deity of ,its majestic character and primitive meaning4 ,as was said in ,isis ,unveiled3 ,it would seem1 therefore1 but natural to make a difference between the mysterygod 1 adopted from the highest antiquity by all who participated in the esoteric knowledge of the priests1 and his phonetic counterparts1 whom we find treated with so little reverence by the ,ophites and other ,gnostics47#abfh7 ,in the ,ophite gems of ,king17#abfi7 we find the name of ,iao repeated1 and often confounded with that of ,ievo1 while the latter simply represents one of the ,genii antagonistic to ,abraxas4444 ,but the name ,iao neither originated with1 nor was it the sole property of the ,jews4 ,even if it had pleased ,moses to bestow the name upon the tutelary 8,spirit10 the alleged protector and national deity of the 8chosen people of ,israel10 there is yet no possible reason why other nationalities should receive ,him as the ,highest and ,one living ,god4 ,but we deny the assumption altogether4 ,besides1 there is the fact that ,iaho or ,iao was a 8mystery name0 from the beginning1 for and never came into use before the time of king ,david4 ,anterior to his time1 few or no proper names were compounded with ,iah or ,jah4 ,it looks rather as though ,david1 being a sojourner among the ,tyrians and ,philistines17#abgj7 brought thence the name of ,jehovah4 ,he made ,zadok high priest1 from whom came the ,zadokites or ,sadducees4 ,he lived and ruled first at ,hebron 771 ,habiron or ,kabeirtown1 where the rites of the four 7mysterygods7 were celebrated4 ,neither ,david nor ,solomon recognized either ,moses or the law of ,moses4 ,they aspired to build a temple to 1 like the structures erected by ,hiram to ,hercules and ,venus1 ,adon and ,astarte4 ,says ,frst3 8,the very ancient name of ,god1 ,yho1 written in the ,greek 1 appears1 apart from its derivation1 to have been an old mystic name of the ,supreme ,deity of the ,shemites4 ,hence it was told to ,moses when he was initiated at ,horeb--the ,cave--under the direction of ,jethro1 the ,kenite 7or ,cainite7 priest of ,midian4 ,in an old religion of the ,chaldans1 whose remains are to be found among the ,neo,platonists1 the highest ,divinity1 enthroned above the seven ,heavens1 representing the ,spiritual ,light,principle1 444 and also conceived of as ,demiurgus17#abga7 was called 771 who was1 like the ,hebrew ,yho1 mysterious and unmentionable1 and whose name was communicated to the ,initiated4 ,the ,phnicians had a ,supreme ,god1 whose name was triliteral and secret1 and he was 407#abgb7 ,the cross1 say the ,kabalists1 repeating the lesson of the ,occultists1 is one of the most ancient--nay1 perhaps1 the most ancient of symbols4 ,this has been demonstrated at the very beginning of the ,proem in ,volume ,i4 ,the ,eastern ,initiates show it coval with the circle of ,deific ,infinitude and the first differentiation of the ,essence1 the union of ,spirit and ,matter4 ,this interpretation has been rejected1 and the astronomical allegory alone has been accepted and made to fit into cunningly imagined terrestrial events4 ,let us demonstrate this statement4 ,in ,astronomy1 as said1 ,mercury is the son of ,clus and ,lux--of the ,sky and ,light1 or the ,sun2 in ,mythology he is the progeny of ,jupiter and ,maia4 ,he is the 8,messenger0 of his ,father ,jupiter1 the ,messiah of the ,sun2 in ,greek1 his name ,hermes means1 among other things1 the 8,interpreter0--the ,word1 the ,logos1 or ,verbum4 ,now ,mercury is born on ,mount ,cyllene among shepherds1 and is the patron of the latter4 ,as a psychopompic ,genius1 he conducted the ,souls of the ,dead to ,hades and brought them back again1 an office attributed to ,jesus after his ,death and ,resurrection4 ,the symbols of ,hermes,mercury 7,dii ,termini7 were placed along1 and at the turning points of1 highways1 as crosses are now placed in ,italy1 and they were cruciform47#abgc7 ,every seventh day the priests anointed these ,termini with oil1 and once a year hung them with garlands1 hence they were the anointed4 ,mercury1 when speaking through his oracles1 says3 ,i am he whom you call the ,son of the ,father ,jupiter and ,maia4 ,leaving the ,king of ,heaven the ,sun ,i come to help you1 mortals4 ,mercury heals the blind and restores sight1 mental and physical47#abgd7 ,he was often represented as threeheaded and called ,tricephalus1 ,triplex1 as one with the ,sun and ,venus4 ,finally1 ,mercury1 as ,cornutus7#abge7 shows1 was sometimes figured under a cubic form1 without arms1 because 8the power of speech and eloquence can prevail without the assistance of arms or feet40 ,it is this cubic form which connects the ,termini directly with the cross1 and it is the eloquence or the power of speech of ,mercury which made the crafty ,eusebius say1 8,hermes is the emblem of the ,word which creates and interprets all10 for it is the ,creative ,word2 and he shows ,porphyry teaching that the ,speech of ,hermes--now interpreted 8,word of ,god0 767 in ,pymander--a ,creative ,speech 7,verbum71 is the ,seminal ,principle scattered throughout the ,universe47#abgf7 ,in ,alchemy 8,mercury0 is the radical 8,moyst0 ,principle1 ,primitive or ,elementary ,water1 containing the ,seed of the ,universe1 fecundated by the ,solar ,fires4 ,to express this fecundating principle1 a phallus was often added to the cross 7the male and female1 or the vertical and the horizontal united7 by the ,egyptians4 ,the cruciform ,termini also represented this dual idea1 which was found in ,egypt in the cubic ,hermes4 ,the author of ,source of ,measures tells us why47#abgg7 ,as shown by him1 the cube unfolded becomes in display a cross of the ,tau1 or the ,egyptian1 form2 or again1 8the circle attached to the ,tau gives the ansated cross0 of the old ,pharaohs4 ,they had known this from their priests and their 8,king,initiates0 for ages1 and also what was meant by 8the attachment of a man to the cross10 which idea 8was made to cordinate with that of the origin of human life1 and hence the phallic form40 ,only the latter came into action ons and ages after the idea of the ,carpenter and ,artificer of the ,gods1 ,vishvakarm1 crucifying the 8,sun,initiate0 on the cruciform lathe4 ,as the same author writes3 ,the attachment of a man to the cross 444 was made use of in this form of display by the ,hinds47#abgh7 ,but1 it was made 8to cordinate0 with the idea of the new rebirth of man by spiritual1 not physical regeneration4 ,the ,candidate for ,initiation was attached to the ,tau or astronomical cross with a far grander and nobler idea than that of the origin of mere terrestrial life4 ,on the other hand1 the ,semites seem to have had no other or higher purpose in life than that of procreating their species4 ,thus1 geometrically1 and according to the reading of the ,bible by means of the numerical method1 the author of ,the ,source of ,measures is quite correct4 ,the entire ,jewish system seems to have been anciently regarded as one resting in nature1 and one which was adopted by nature1 or ,god1 as the basis or law of the exertion practically of creative power--i4e41 it was the creative design1 of which creation was practically the application4 ,this seems to be established by the fact that1 under the system set forth1 measures of planetary times serve cordinately as measures of the size of planets1 and of the peculiarity of their shapes--i4e41 in the extension of their equatorial and polar diameters4444 ,this system that of creative design seems to underlie the whole ,biblical structure1 as a foundation for its ritualism and for its display of the works of the ,deity in the way of architecture1 by use of the sacred unit of measure in the ,garden of ,eden1 the ,ark of ,noah1 the ,tabernacle1 and the ,temple of ,solomon47#abgi7 ,thus1 on the very showing of the defenders of this system1 the ,jewish ,deity is proved to be1 at best1 only the manifested ,duad1 never the ,one ,absolute ,all4 ,geometrically demonstrated1 he is a number2 symbolically1 a euhemerized ,priapus2 and this can hardly satisfy a mankind thirsting after the demonstration of real spiritual truths1 and the possession of a ,god with a divine1 not anthropomorphic1 nature4 ,it is strange that the most learned of modern ,kabalists can see in the cross and circle nothing but a symbol of the manifested creative and androgyne ,deity in its relation to1 and interference with1 this phenomenal world47#abhj7 ,one author believes that3 ,however man read1 the ,jew and ,rabbi obtained knowledge of the practical measure1 444 by which nature was thought to adjust the planets in size to harmonize with the notation of their movements1 it seems he did obtain it1 and esteemed its possession as the means of his realization of the ,deity--that is1 he approached so nearly to a conception of a ,being having a mind like his own1 only infinitely more powerful1 as to be able to realize a law of creation established by that ,being1 which must have existed prior to any creation 7kabalistically called the ,word747#abha7 ,this may have satisfied the practical ,semite mind1 but the ,eastern ,occultist has to decline the offer of such a ,god2 indeed1 a ,deity1 a ,being1 8having a mind like that of man1 only infinitely more powerful10 is no ,god that has any room beyond the cycle of creation4 ,he has nought to do with the ideal conception of the ,eternal ,universe4 ,he is1 at best1 one of the subordinate creative powers1 the ,totality of which is called the ,sephiroth1 the ,heavenly ,man1 and ,adam ,kadmon1 the ,second ,logos of the ,platonists4 ,this very same idea is clearly found at the bottom of the ablest definitions of the ,kabalah and its mysteries1 e4g41 by ,john ,a4 ,parker1 as quoted in the same work3 ,the key of the ,kabala is thought to be the geometrical relation of the area of the circle inscribed in the square1 or of the cube to the sphere1 giving rise to the relation of diameter to circumference of a circle1 with the numerical value of this relation expressed in integrals4 ,the relation of diameter to circumference1 being a supreme one connected with the godnames ,elohim and ,jehovah 7which terms are expressions numerically of these relations1 respectively--the first being of circumference1 the latter of diameter71 embraces all other subordinations under it4 ,two expressions of circumference to diameter in integrals are used in the ,bible3 7#a7 ,the perfect1 and 7#b7 ,the imperfect4 ,one of the relations between these is such that 7#b7 subtracted from 7#a7 will leave a unit of a diameter value in terms1 or in the denomination of the circumference value of the perfect circle1 or a unit straight line having a perfect circular value1 or a factor of circular value47#abhb7 ,such calculations can lead one no further than to unriddle the mysteries of the third stage of ,evolution1 or the 8,third ,creation of ,brahm40 ,the initiated ,hinds know how to 8square the circle0 far better than any ,european4 ,but of this more anon4 ,the fact is that the ,western ,mystics commence their speculation only at that stage when the ,universe 8falls into matter10 as the ,occultists say4 ,throughout the whole series of kabalistic books we have not met with one sentence that would hint in the remotest way at the psychological and spiritual1 as well as at the mechanical and physiological secrets of 8creation40 ,shall we1 then1 regard the evolution of the ,universe as simply a prototype1 on a gigantic scale1 of the act of procreation2 as 8divine0 phallicism1 and rhapsodize on it as the evillyinspired author of a late work of this name has done8 ,the writer does not think so4 ,and she feels justified in saying so1 since the most careful reading of the ,old ,testament--esoterically1 as well as exoterically--seems to have carried the most enthusiastic enquirers no further than a certainty on mathematical grounds that from the first to the last chapter of the ,pentateuch every scene1 every character or event are shown connected1 directly or indirectly1 with the origin of birth in its crudest and most brutal form4 ,thus1 however interesting and ingenious the rabbinical methods1 the writer1 in common with other ,eastern ,occultists1 must prefer those of the ,pagans4 ,it is not1 then1 in the ,bible that we have to search for the origin of the cross and circle1 but beyond the ,flood4 ,therefore1 returning to liphas ,lvi and the ,zohar1 we answer for the ,eastern ,occultists and say that1 applying practice to principle1 they agree entirely with ,pascal1 who says that3 ,god is a circle1 the centre of which is everywhere and the circumference nowhere4 ,whereas the ,kabalists say the reverse1 and maintain it1 solely out of their desire to veil their doctrine4 ,by the way1 the definition of ,deity by the circle is not ,pascal's at all1 as liphas ,lvi thought4 ,it was borrowed by the ,french ,philosopher from either ,mercury ,trismegistus or ,cardinal ,cusa's ,latin work1 ,de ,doct ,ignoranti1 in which he makes use of it4 ,it is1 moreover1 disfigured by ,pascal1 who replaces the words 8,cosmic ,circle10 which stand symbolically in the original inscription1 by the word ,theos4 ,with the ,ancients both words were synonymous4 ,a4 ,cross ,and ,circle4 ,in the minds of the ancient ,philosophers something of the divine and the mysterious has ever been ascribed to the shape of the circle4 ,the old world1 consistent in its symbolism and with its ,pantheistic intuitions1 uniting the visible and the invisible ,infinitudes into one1 represented ,deity and its outward ,veil alike--by a circle4 ,this merging of the two into a unity1 and the name ,theos being given indifferently to both1 is explained1 and becomes thereby still more scientific and philosophical4 ,plato's etymological definition of the word theos 77 has1 been given elsewhere4 ,in his ,cratylus1 he derives it from the verb theein 771 8to move10 as suggested by the motion of the heavenly bodies which he connects with ,deity4 ,according to the ,esoteric ,philosophy1 this ,deity1 during its 8,nights0 and its 8,days10 or ,cycles of ,rest and ,activity1 is the 8,eternal ,perpetual ,motion10 the 8,ever,becoming1 as well as the ever universally ,present1 and the ,ever,existing40 ,the latter is the root abstraction2 the former is the only possible conception in the human mind1 if it disconnects this ,deity from any shape or form4 ,it is a perpetual1 neverceasing evolution1 circling back in its incessant progress through ons of duration into its original status--,absolute ,unity4 ,it was only the minor ,gods who were made to carry the symbolical attributes of the higher ones4 ,thus1 the ,god ,shoo1 the personification of ,ra1 who appears as the 8,great ,cat of the ,basin of ,persa in ,an07#abhc7 was often represented in the ,egyptian monuments seated and holding a cross1 symbol of the four ,quarters1 or the ,elements1 attached to a circle4 ,in that very learned work1 ,the ,natural ,genesis1 by ,gerald ,massey1 under the heading1 8,typology of the ,cross10 there is more information to be had on the cross and circle than in any other work we know of4 ,he who would fain have proofs of the antiquity of the cross is referred to these two volumes4 ,the author says3 ,the circle and cross are inseparable4444 ,the ,crux ,ansata unites the circle and cross of the four corners4 ,from this origin the circle and the cross came to be interchangeable at times4 ,for example1 the ,chakra1 or ,disk of ,vishnu1 is a circle4 ,the name denotes the circling1 wheeling round1 periodicity1 the wheel of time4 ,this the god uses as a weapon to hurl at the enemy4 ,in like manner1 ,thor throws his weapon1 the ,fylfot1 a form of the four footed cross ,svastika1 and a type of the four quarters4 ,thus the cross is equivalent to the circle of the year4 ,the wheel emblem unites the cross and circle in one1 as does the hieroglyphic cake and the ,ankhtie 47#abhd7 ,nor was the double glyph sacred with the profane1 but only with the ,initiates4 ,for ,raoul ,rochette shows that37#abhe7 ,the sign occurs as the reverse of a ,phnician coin1 with a ,ram as the obverse4444 ,the same sign1 sometimes called ,venus' ,looking ,glass1 because it typified reproduction1 was employed to mark the hindquarters of valuable brood mares of ,corinthian and other beautiful breeds of horses4 ,this proves that so far back as those early days the cross had already become the symbol of human procreation1 and that oblivion of the divine origin of cross and circle had begun4 ,another form of the cross is given from the ,journal of the ,royal ,asiatic ,society37#abhf7 ,at each of the four corners is placed a quarter arc of an oviform curve1 and when the four are put together they form an oval2 thus the figure combines the cross with the circle round it in four parts1 corresponding to the four corners of the cross4 ,the four segments answer to the four feet of the ,swastica cross and the ,fylfot of ,thor4 ,the fourleaved lotus flower of ,buddha1 is likewise figured at the centre of this cross1 the lotus being an ,egyptian and ,hindu type of the four quarters4 ,the four quarter arcs1 if joined together1 would form an ellipse1 and the ellipse is also figured on each arm of the cross4 ,this ellipse therefore denotes the path of the earth4444 ,sir ,j4 ,y4 ,simpson copied the following specimen1 ,symbol3 ,oval1 with large letter 8,z0 inside1 with horizontal crossbar which is here presented1 as the cross of the two equinoxes and the two solstices placed within the figure of the earth's path4 ,the same ovoid or boatshaped figure appears at times in the ,hindu drawings with seven steps at each end as a form or a mode of ,meru4 ,this is the astronomical aspect of the double glyph4 ,there are six more aspects1 however1 and an attempt may be made to interpret a few of these4 ,the subject is so vast that it would require in itself alone many volumes4 ,but the most curious of these ,egyptian symbols of cross and circle1 spoken of in the above cited work1 is one which receives its full explanation and final colour from ryan symbols of the same nature4 ,says the author3 ,the fourarmed ,cross is simply the cross of the four quarters1 but the crosssign is not always simple47#abhg7 ,this is a type that was developed from an identifiable beginning1 which was adapted to the expression of various ideas afterwards4 ,the most sacred cross of ,egypt that was carried in the hands of the ,gods1 the ,pharaohs1 and the mummied dead1 is the ,ankh the sign of life1 the living1 an oath1 the covenant4444 ,the top of this is the hieroglyphic ,ru ,symbol3 ,horizontal oval set upright on the ,taucross4 ,the ,ru is the door1 gate1 mouth1 the place of outlet4 ,this denotes the birthplace in the northern quarter of the heavens1 from which the ,sun is reborn4 ,hence the ,ru of the ,ankhsign is the feminine type of the birthplace1 representing the north4 ,it was in the northern quarter that the ,goddess of the ,seven ,stars1 called the 8,mother of the ,revolutions10 gave birth to time in the earliest cycle of the year4 ,the first sign of this primordial circle and cycle made in heaven is the earliest shape of the ,ankhcross ,symbol3 ,horizontal oval with tail to the right1 a mere loop which contains both a circle and the cross in one image4 ,this loop or noose is carried in front of the oldest genitrix1 ,typhon of the ,great ,bear2 as her ,ark1 the ideograph of a period1 an ending1 a time1 shown to mean one revolution4 ,this1 then1 represents the circle made in the northern heaven by the ,great ,bear which constituted the earliest year of time1 from which fact we infer that the loop or ,ru of the ,north represents that quarter1 the birthplace of time when figured as the ,ru of the ,ankh symbol4 ,indeed this can be proved4 ,the noose is an ,ark or ,rek type of reckoning4 ,the ,ru of the ,ankhcross was continued in the ,cypriote ,r1 ,symbol3 ,circle with horizontal line beneath1 and the ,coptic ,ro1 ,symbol3 ,figure like a ,rho47#abhh7 ,the ,ro was carried into the ,greek cross ,symbol3 ,large ,greek ,rho with letter ,chi beneath it1 which is formed of the ,ro and ,chi or ,rk4444 ,the ,rek1 or ,ark1 was the sign of all beginning 7,arche7 on this account1 and the ,arktie is the cross of the ,north1 the hind part of heaven47#abhi7 ,now this1 again1 is entirely astronomical and phallic4 ,the ,paurnic version in ,india gives the whole matter another colour4 ,without destroying the above interpretation1 it is made to reveal a portion of its mysteries with the help of the astronomical key1 and thus offers a more metaphysical rendering4 ,the ,ankhtie ,symbol3 ,horizontal oval with tail to the right does not belong to ,egypt alone4 ,it exists under the name of ,psha1 a cord which the fourarmed ,shiva holds in the hand of his right back arm47#abij7 ,the ,mahdeva is represented in the posture of an ascetic1 as ,mahyog1 with his third eye ,symbol3 ,vertical oval with dot in the middle1 which is 8the ,ru ,symbol3 ,horizontal oval with dot in the middle1 set upright on the ,taucross0 in another form4 ,the ,psha is held in the hand in such a way that the first finger and hand near the thumb make the cross1 or loop and crossing4 ,our ,orientalists would have it to represent a cord to bind refractory offenders with1 because1 forsooth1 ,kl1 ,shiva's consort1 has the same as an attribute6 ,the ,psha has here a double significance1 as also has ,shiva's ,trisla and every other divine attribute4 ,this dual significance lies in ,shiva1 for ,rudra has certainly the same meaning as the ,egyptian ,ansated ,cross in its cosmic and mystic meaning4 ,in the hand of ,shiva1 the ,psha becomes lingyonic4 ,shiva1 as said before1 is a name unknown to the ,vedas4 ,it is in the ,white ,yajur ,veda that ,rudra appears for the first time as the ,great ,god1 ,mahdeva1 whose symbol is the ,lingam4 ,in the ,rig ,veda he is called ,rudra1 the 8howler10 the beneficent and the maleficent ,deity at the same time1 the ,healer and the ,destroyer4 ,in the ,vishnu ,purna1 he is the ,god who springs from the forehead of ,brahm1 who separates into male and female1 and he is the parent of the ,rudras or ,maruts1 half of whom are brilliant and gentle1 others1 black and ferocious4 ,in the ,vedas1 he is the ,divine ,ego aspiring to return to its pure1 deific state1 and at the same time that ,divine ,ego imprisoned in earthly form1 whose fierce passions make of him the 8roarer10 the 8terrible40 ,this is well shown in the ,brihadranyaka ,upanishad1 wherein the ,rudras1 the progeny of ,rudra1 ,god of ,fire1 are called the 8ten vital breaths 7prna1 life71 with the heart 7manas71 as eleventh107#abia7 whereas as ,shiva1 he is the destroyer of that life4 ,brahm calls him ,rudra1 and gives him1 besides1 seven other names1 signifying seven forms of manifestation1 and also the seven powers of nature which destroy but to recreate or regenerate4 ,hence the cruciform noose1 or ,psha1 in the hand of ,shiva1 when he is represented as an ascetic1 the ,mahyogin1 has no phallic signification1 and1 indeed1 it requires an imagination strongly bent in this direction to find such a signification even in an astronomical symbol4 ,as an emblem of 8door1 gate1 mouth1 the place of outlet0 it signifies the 8strait gate0 that leads to the ,kingdom of ,heaven1 far more than the 8birthplace0 in a physiological sense4 ,it is a cross in a circle and ,crux ,ansata1 truly2 but it is a cross on which all the human passions have to be crucified before the ,yog passes through the 8strait gate10 the narrow circle that widens into an infinite one1 as soon as the ,inner ,man has passed the threshold4 ,as to the mysterious seven ,rishis in the constellation of the ,great ,bear2 if ,egypt made them sacred to 8the oldest genitrix1 ,typhon10 ,india has connected these symbols ages ago with ,time or ,yugarevolutions1 and the ,saptarshis are intimately connected with our present agethe dark ,kali ,yuga47#abib7 ,the great ,circle of ,time1 on the face of which1 ,indian fancy has represented the ,porpoise1 or ,shishumra1 has the cross placed on it by nature in its division and localization of stars1 planets and constellations4 ,in ,bhgavata ,purna17#abic7 it is said3 ,at the extremity of the tail of that animal1 whose head is directed toward the south1 and whose body is in the shape of a ring circle1 ,dhruva the expole star is placed2 along its tail are ,prajpati1 ,agni1 ,indra1 ,dharma1 etc42 across its loins the seven ,rishis47#abid7 ,this is then the first and earliest cross and circle1 formed by the ,deity1 symbolized by ,vishnu1 the ,eternal ,circle of ,boundless ,time1 ,kla1 on whose plane lie crossways all the ,gods1 creatures1 and creations born in ,space and ,timewho1 as the ,philosophy has it1 all die at the ,mahpralaya4 ,meanwhile it is the seven ,rishis who mark the time and the duration of events in our septenary ,lifecycle4 ,they are as mysterious as their supposed wives1 the ,pleiades1 of whom only oneshe who hideshas proven virtuous4 ,the ,pleiades1 or ,krittiks1 are the nurses of ,krttikeya1 the ,god of ,war 7the ,mars of the ,western ,pagans71 who is called the ,commander of the ,celestial ,armies1 or rather of the ,siddhas--,siddhasena 7translated ,yogs in ,heaven1 and holy ,sages on the ,earth7--which would make ,krttikeya identical with ,michael1 the 8,leader of the ,celestial ,hosts0 and1 like himself1 a virgin ,kumra47#abie7 ,verily he is the ,guha1 the 8,mysterious ,one10 as much so as are the ,saptarshis and the ,krittiks1 the seven ,rishis and the ,pleiades1 for the interpretation of all these combined reveal to the ,adept the greatest mysteries of ,occult ,nature4 ,one point is worth mention in this question of cross and circle1 as it bears strongly upon the elements of ,fire and ,water1 which play such an important part in the circle and cross symbolism4 ,like ,mars1 who is alleged by ,ovid to have been born of his mother ,juno alone1 without the participation of a father1 or like the ,avatras 7,krishna1 for instance7--in the ,west as in the ,east--,krttikeya is born1 but in a still more miraculous manner1 begotten by neither father nor mother1 but out of a seed of ,rudra,shiva1 which was cast into the ,fire 7,agni7 and then received by the ,water 7,ganges74 ,thus he is born from ,fire and ,water--a 8boy bright as the ,sun and beautiful as the ,moon40 ,hence he is called ,agnibh 7son of ,agni7 and ,gangputra 7son of ,ganges74 ,add to this the fact that the ,krittik1 his nurses1 as the ,matsya ,purna shows1 are presided over by ,agni1 or1 in the authentic words1 8the seven ,rishis are on a line with the brilliant ,agni10 and hence 8,krittika has gneya as a synonym07#abif7--;and the connection is easy to follow4 ,it is1 then1 the ,rishis who mark the time and the periods of ,kali ,yuga1 the age of sin and sorrow4 ,as the ,bhgavata ,purna tells us3 ,when the splendour of ,vishnu1 named ,krishna1 departed for heaven1 then did the ,kali age1 during which men delight in sin1 invade the world4444 ,when the seven ,rishis were in ,magh1 the ,kali age1 comprising #a1bjj divine years #dcb1jjj common years began2 and1 when1 from ,magh1 they shall reach ,prvshdh1 then will this ,kali age attain its growth1 under ,nanda and his successors47#abig7 ,this is the revolution of the ,rishis-- ,when the two first stars of the seven ,rishis 7the ,great ,bear7 rise in the heavens1 and some lunar asterism is seen at night1 at an equal distance between them1 then the seven ,rishis continue stationary in that conjunction for a hundred years1 --as a hater of ,nanda makes ,parshara say4 ,according to ,bentley1 it was in order to show the quantity of the precession of the equinoxes that this notion originated among the ,astronomers4 ,this was by assuming an imaginary line1 or great circle1 passing through the poles of the ecliptic and the beginning of the fixed ,magh1 which circle was supposed to cut some of the stars in the ,great ,bear4444 ,the seven stars in the ,great ,bear being called the ,rishis1 the circle so assumed was called the line of the ,rishis2 and1 being invariably fixed to the beginning of the lunar asterism ,magh1 the precession would be noted by stating the degree1 etc41 of any movable lunar mansion cut by that line or circle1 as an index47#abih7 ,there has been1 and there still exists1 a seemingly endless controversy about the chronology of the ,hinds4 ,here is1 however1 a point that could help to determine--approximately at least--the age when the symbolism of the seven ,rishis and their connection with the ,pleiades began4 ,when ,krttikeya was delivered to the ,krittik by the ,gods to be nursed1 they were only six1 whence ,krttikeya is represented with six heads2 but when the poetical fancy of the early ryan ,symbologists made of them the consorts of the seven ,rishis1 they were seven4 ,their names are given1 and these are ,amba1 ,dul1 ,nitatui1 ,abrayanti1 ,maghyanti1 ,varshayanti1 and ,chupunika4 ,there are other sets of names which differ1 however4 ,anyhow1 the seven ,rishis were made to marry the seven ,krittik before the disappearance of the seventh ,pleiad4 ,otherwise1 how could the ,hind astronomers speak of a star which no one can see without the help of the strongest telescopes8 ,this is why1 perhaps1 in every such case the majority of the events described in the ,hind allegories is fixed upon as 8a very recent invention1 certainly within the ,christian era40 ,the oldest ,sanskrit ,,mss4 on ,astronomy begin their series of ,nakshatras1 the twentyseven lunar asterisms1 with the sign of ,krittik1 and this can hardly make them earlier than #b1ghj ,b4,c4 ,this is according to the 8,vedic ,calendar10 which is accepted even by the ,orientalists1 though they get out of the difficulty by saying that the said ,calendar does not prove that the ,hinds knew anything of ,astronomy at that date1 and assure their readers that1 ,calendars notwithstanding1 the ,indian ,pandits may have acquired their knowledge of the lunar mansions headed by ,krittik from the ,phnicians1 etc4 ,however that may be1 the ,pleiades are the central group of the system of sidereal symbology4 ,they are situated in the neck of the constellation ,taurus1 regarded by ,mdler and others1 in ,astronomy1 as the central group of the system of the ,milky ,way1 and in the ,kabalah and ,eastern ,esotericism1 as the sidereal septenate born from the first manifested side of the upper triangle1 the concealed triangle4 ,this manifested side is ,taurus1 the symbol of ,one 7the figure #a71 or of the first letter of the ,hebrew alphabet1 ,aleph 77 8bull0 or 8ox10 whose synthesis is ,ten 7#aj71 or ,yod 771 the perfect letter and number4 ,the ,pleiades 7,alcyone1 especially71 are thus considered1 even in ,astronomy1 as the central point around which our universe of fixed stars revolves1 the focus from which1 and into which1 the ,divine ,breath1 ,motion1 works incessantly during the ,manvantara4 ,hence1 in the sidereal symbols of the ,occult ,philosophy1 it is this circle with the starry cross on its face which plays the most prominent part4 ,the ,secret ,doctrine teaches us that everything in the ,universe1 as well as the ,universe itself1 is formed 78created07 during its periodical manifestations--by accelerated ,motion set into activity by the ,breath of the ,evertobeunknown ,power--unknown to present mankind1 at any rate--within the phenomenal world4 ,the ,spirit of ,life and ,immortality was everywhere symbolized by a circle2 hence the serpent biting its tail1 represents the ,circle of ,wisdom in ,infinity2 as does the astronomical cross--the cross within a circle--and the globe1 with two wings added to it1 which then became the sacred ,scarabus of the ,egyptians1 its very name being suggestive of the secret idea attached to it4 ,for the ,scarabus is called in the ,egyptian papyri1 ,khopirron and ,khopri from the verb khopron1 8to become10 and has thus been made a symbol and an emblem of human life and of the successive 8becomings0 of man1 through the various peregrinations and metempsychoses1 or rencarnations1 of the liberated soul4 ,this mystical symbol shows plainly that the ,egyptians believed in rencarnation and the successive lives and existences of the ,immortal ,entity4 ,as this1 however1 was an ,esoteric ,doctrine1 revealed only during the ,mysteries1 by the ,priesthierophants and the ,kinginitiates to the ,candidates1 it was kept secret4 ,the ,incorporeal ,intelligences 7the ,planetary ,spirits1 or ,creative ,powers7 were always represented under the form of circles4 ,in the primitive ,philosophy of the ,hierophants these invisible circles were the prototypic causes and builders of all the heavenly orbs1 which were their visible bodies or coverings1 and of which they were the souls4 ,it was certainly a universal teaching in antiquity47#abii7 ,as ,proclus says3 ,before the mathematical numbers1 there are the selfmoving numbers2 before the figures apparent--the vital figures1 and before producing the material worlds which move in a circle1 the ,creative ,power produced the invisible circles47#acjj7 8,deus enim et circulus est10 says ,pherecydes1 in his ,hymn to ,jupiter4 ,this was a ,hermetic axiom1 and ,pythagoras prescribed such a circular prostration and posture during the hours of contemplation4 8,the devotee must approach as much as possible the form of a perfect circle10 prescribes the ,secret ,book4 ,numa tried to spread the same custom among the people1 ,pierius tells his readers2 and ,pliny says3 ,during our worship1 we roll up1 so to say1 our body in a ring--totum corpus circumagimur47#acja7 ,the ,vision of the prophet ,ezekiel reminds one forcibly of this mysticism of the circle1 when he beheld a 8whirlwind0 from which came out 8one wheel upon the earth0 whose work 8was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel0--8for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels407#acjb7 8,spirit whirleth about continually1 and 444 returneth again according to his circuits0--says ,solomon17#acjc7 who is made in the ,english translation to speak of the 8wind10 and in the original text to refer both to the spirit and the sun4 ,but the ,zohar1 the only true gloss of the ,kabalistic ,preacher--in explanation of this verse1 which is1 perhaps1 rather hazy and difficult to comprehend--says3 ,it seems to say that the sun moves in circuits1 whereas it refers to the ,spirit under the sun1 called the ,holy ,spirit1 that moves circularly1 toward both sides1 that they ,it and the sun should be united in the same ,essence47#acjd7 ,the ,brhmanical 8,golden ,egg10 from within which emerges ,brahm1 the ,creative ,deity1 is the 8,circle with the ,central ,point0 of ,pythagoras1 and its fitting symbol4 ,in the ,secret ,doctrine the concealed ,unity--whether representing ,parabrahman1 or the 8,great ,extreme0 of ,confucius1 or the ,deity concealed by ,phtah1 the ,eternal ,light1 or again the ,jewish ,ain ,suph1 is always found to be symbolized by a circle or the 8nought0 7absolute ,no ,thing and ,nothing1 because it is ,infinite and the ,all72 while the ,god manifested 7by its works7 is referred to as the ,diameter of that ,circle4 ,the symbolism of the underlying idea is thus made evident3 the right line passing through the centre of a circle has1 in the geometrical sense1 length1 but neither breadth nor thickness2 it is an imaginary and feminine symbol1 crossing eternity1 and made to rest on the plane of existence of the phenomenal world4 ,it is dimensional1 whereas its circle is dimensionless1 or1 to use an algebraical term1 it is the dimension of an equation4 ,another way of symbolizing the idea is found in the ,pythagorean sacred ,decad which synthesizes1 in the dual numeral ,ten 7the one and a circle or cipher71 the ,absolute ,all manifesting itself in the ,word or ,generative ,power of ,creation4 ,b4 ,the ,fall ,of ,the ,cross ,into ,matter4 ,those who would feel inclined to argue upon this ,pythagorean symbol by objecting that it is not yet ascertained1 so far1 at what period of antiquity the nought or cipher occurs for the first time--especially in ,india--are referred to ,isis ,unveiled47#acje7 ,admitting for argument's sake that the ancient world was not acquainted with our modes of calculation or ,arabic figures--though in reality we know it was--yet the circle and diameter idea is there to show that it was the first symbol in ,cosmogony4 ,before the ,trigrams of ,fohi1 ,yang1 the unity1 and ,yin1 the binary1 explained cunningly enough by liphas ,lvi17#acjf7 ,china had her ,confucius1 and her ,taoists4 ,the former circumscribes the 8,great ,extreme0 within a circle with a horizontal line across2 the latter place three concentric circles beneath the great circle1 while the ,sung ,sages showed the 8,great ,extreme0 in an upper circle1 and ,heaven and ,earth in two lower and smaller circles4 ,the ,yangs and the ,yins are a far later invention4 ,plato and his school never understood the ,deity otherwise1 notwithstanding the many epithets applied by him to the 8,god over all0 7 74 ,plato1 having been initiated1 could not believe in a personal ,god--a gigantic shadow of man4 ,his epithets of 8,monarch0 and 8,law giver of the ,universe0 bear an abstract meaning well understood by every ,occultist1 who1 no less than any ,christian1 believes in the ,one ,law that governs the ,universe1 and recognizes it at the same time as immutable4 ,as ,plato says3 ,beyond all finite existences and secondary causes1 all laws1 ideas and principles1 there is an ,intelligence or ,mind 771 the first principle of all principles1 the ,supreme ,idea on which all other ideas are grounded1 444 the ultimate substance from which all things derive their being and essence1 the ,first and efficient ,cause of all the order1 and harmony1 and beauty and excellency1 and goodness1 which pervade the ,universe4 ,this ,mind is called1 by way of preminence and excellence1 the ,supreme ,good17#acjg7 8,the ,god0 7 71 and the 8,god over all40 ,these words apply1 as ,plato himself shows1 neither to the 8,creator0 nor to the 8,father0 of our modern ,monotheist1 but to the ,ideal and ,abstract ,cause4 ,for1 as he says3 8,this 1 the ,god over all1 is not the truth or the intelligence1 but the ,father of it10 and its ,primal ,cause4 ,is it ,plato1 the greatest pupil of the archaic ,sages1 a ,sage himself1 for whom there was but a single object of attainment in this life--,real ,knowledge--who would have ever believed in a ,deity that curses and damns men for ever1 on the slightest provocation87#acjh7 ,surely not he who considered only those to be genuine ,philosophers and students of truth who possessed the knowledge of the reallyexisting in opposition to mere seeming2 of the alwaysexisting in opposition to the transitory3 and of that which exists permanently in opposition to that which waxes1 wanes1 and is developed and destroyed alternately47#acji7 ,speusippus and ,xenocrates followed in his footsteps4 ,the ,one1 the original1 had no existence1 in the sense applied to it by mortal men4 ,the 7the honoured7 dwells in the centre as in the circumference1 but it is only the reflection of the ,deity--the ,world ,soul7#acaj7--the plane of the surface of the circle4 ,the cross and circle are a universal conception--as old as the human mind itself4 ,they stand foremost on the list of the long series of1 so to say1 international symbols1 which expressed very often great scientific truths1 besides their direct bearing upon psychological1 and even physiological mysteries4 ,it is no explanation to say1 as does liphas ,lvi1 that ,god1 the universal ,love1 having caused the male ,unit to dig an abyss in the female ,binary1 or ,chaos1 thereby produced the world4 ,in addition to the grossness of the conception1 it does not remove the difficulty of conceiving it without losing one's veneration for the rather too humanlike ways of the ,deity4 ,it is to avoid such anthropomorphic conceptions that the ,initiates never used the epithet 8,god0 to designate the ,one and ,secondless ,principle in the ,universe2 and that--faithful in this to the oldest traditions of the ,secret ,doctrine the world over--they deny that such imperfect and often not very clean work could ever be produced by ,absolute ,perfection4 ,there is no need to mention here other still greater metaphysical difficulties4 ,between speculative ,atheism and idiotic ,anthropomorphism there must be a philosophical mean1 and a reconciliation4 ,the ,presence of the ,unseen ,principle throughout all ,nature1 and the highest manifestation of it on ,earth--,man1 can alone help to solve the problem1 which is that of the mathematician whose x must ever elude the grasp of our terrestrial algebra4 ,the ,hinds have tried to solve it by their ,avatras1 the ,christians think they have done so--by their one divine ,incarnation4 ,exoterically--both are wrong2 ,esoterically both of them are very near the truth4 ,alone1 among the ,apostles of the ,western religion1 ,paul seems to have fathomed--if not actually revealed--the archaic mystery of the cross4 ,as for the rest of those who1 by unifying and individualizing the ,universal ,presence1 have synthesized it into one symbol--the central point in the crucifix--they show thereby that they have never seized the true spirit of the teaching of ,christ1 but rather that they have degraded it in more than one way by their erroneous interpretations4 ,they have forgotten the spirit of that universal symbol and have selfishly monopolized it--as though the ,boundless and the ,infinite could ever be limited and conditioned to one manifestation individualized in one man1 or even in a nation6 ,the four arms of the ,symbol3 cross like the letter 8,x01 or decussated cross1 and of the ,hermetic cross1 pointing to the four cardinal points--were well understood by the mystical minds of the ,hinds1 ,brhmans and ,buddhists1 hundreds of years before it was heard of in ,europe1 for that symbol was and is found all over the world4 ,they bent the ends of the cross and made of it their ,svastika1 now the ,wan of the ,mongolian ,buddhist47#acaa7 ,it implies that the 8central point0 is not limited to one individual1 however perfect2 that ,the ,principle 7,god7 is in ,humanity1 and ,humanity1 as all the rest1 is in ,it1 like drops of water are in the ocean1 the four ends being toward the four cardinal points1 hence losing themselves in infinity4 ,isarim1 an ,initiate1 is said to have found at ,hebron1 on the dead body of ,hermes1 the well known ,smaragdine ,tablet1 which1 it is said1 contained the essence of ,hermetic ,wisdom4 ,upon it were traced1 among others1 the sentences3 ,separate the earth from the fire1 the subtile from the gross4444 ,ascend 444 from the earth to heaven and then descend again to earth4 ,the riddle of the cross is contained in these words1 and its double mystery is solved--to the ,occultist4 ,the philosophical cross1 the two lines running in opposite directions1 the horizontal and the perpendicular1 the height and breadth1 which the geometrizing ,deity divides at the intersecting point1 and which forms the magical as well as the scientific quaternary1 when it is inscribed within the perfect square1 is the basis of the ,occultist4 ,within its mystical precinct lies the masterkey which opens the door of every science1 physical as well as spiritual4 ,it symbolizes our human existence1 for the circle of life circumscribes the four points of the cross1 which represent in succession1 birth1 life1 death1 and immortality47#acab7 8,attach thyself10 says the ,alchemist1 8to the four letters of the tetragram disposed in the following manner4 ,the letters of the ineffable name are there1 although thou mayest not discern them at first4 ,the incommunicable axiom is kabalistically contained therein1 and this is what is called the magic arcanum by the masters407#acac7 ,again3 ,the ,tau1 1 and the astronomical cross of ,egypt1 ,symbol3 ,circle with cross within are conspicuous in several apertures of the remains of ,palenque4 ,in one of the bassorelievos of the ,palace of ,palenque1 on the west side1 sculptured as a hieroglyphic right under the seated figure1 is a ,tau4 ,the standing figure1 which leans over the first one1 is in the act of covering its head with the left hand with the veil of initiation2 while it extends its right with the index and middle finger pointing to heaven4 ,the position is precisely that of a ,christian bishop giving his blessing1 or the one in which ,jesus is often represented while at the ,last ,supper47#acad7 ,the ,egyptian ,hierophant had a square headdress which he had to wear always during his functions4 ,these square hats are worn unto this day by the ,armenian priests4 ,the perfect ,tau--formed of the perpendicular 7descending male ray7 and the horizontal line 7,matter1 female principle7--and the mundane circle were attributes of ,isis1 and it was only at death that the ,egyptian cross was laid on the breast of the mummy4 ,the claim that the cross is purely a ,christian symbol introduced after our era1 is strange indeed1 when we find ,ezekiel stamping the foreheads of the men of ,judah who feared the ,lord17#acae7 with the signum ,thau1 as it is translated in the ,vulgate4 ,in the ancient ,hebrew this sign was formed thus ,symbol3 ,cross1 tilted towards the northeast1 but in the original ,egyptian hieroglyphics as a perfect ,christian cross 7,tat1 the emblem of stability74 ,in the ,revelation1 also1 the 8,alpha and ,omega0--,spirit and ,matter--the first and the last1 stamps the name of his ,father on the foreheads of the elect4 ,moses7#acaf7 orders his people to mark their doorposts and lintels with blood1 lest the 8,lord ,god0 should make a mistake and smite some of his chosen people1 instead of the doomed ,egyptians4 ,and this mark is a ,tau6--the identical ,egyptian handled cross1 with the half of which talisman ,horus raised the dead1 as is shown on a sculptured ruin at ,phil4 ,enough has been said in the text about the ,svastika and the ,tau4 ,verily may the cross be traced back into the very depths of the unfathomable archaic ages6 ,its mystery deepens rather than clears1 as we find it on the statues of ,easter ,island1 in old ,egypt1 in ,central ,asia1 engraved on rocks as the ,tau and ,svastika1 in ,pre,christian ,scandinavia1 everywhere6 ,the author of the ,source of ,measures stands perplexed before the endless shadow it throws back into antiquity1 and is unable to trace it to any particular nation or man4 ,he shows the ,targums handed down by the ,hebrews1 obscured by translation4 ,in ,joshua7#acag7 read in ,arabic1 and in the ,targum of ,jonathan1 it is said3 8,the king of ,ai he crucified upon a tree40 ,the ,septuagint rendering is of suspension from a double word or cross4 7,wordsworth on ,joshua47 444 ,the strangest expression of this kind is in ,numbers 7xxv4 #d7 where1 by ,onkelos 787 it is read3 8,crucify them before the ,lord 7,jehovah7 against the sun40 ,the word here is 1 to nail to1 rendered properly 7,fuerst7 by the ,vulgate1 to crucify4 ,the very construction of this sentence is mystic47#acah7 ,so it is1 but the spirit of it has been ever misunderstood4 8,to crucify before 7not against7 the ,sun0 is a phrase used of ,initiation4 ,it comes from ,egypt1 and primarily from ,india4 ,the enigma can be unriddled only by searching for its key in the ,mysteries of ,initiation4 ,the ,initiated ,adept1 who had successfully passed through all the trials1 was attached1 not nailed1 but simply tied on a couch in the form of a ,tau1 1 in ,egypt1 of a ,svastika without the four additional prolongations 7 not 7 in ,india1 plunged in a deep sleep--the 8,sleep of ,siloam10 as it is called to this day among the ,initiates in ,asia ,minor1 in ,syria1 and even higher ,egypt4 ,he was allowed to remain in this state for three days and three nights1 during which time his ,spiritual ,ego was said to 8confabulate0 with the 8,gods10 descend into ,hades1 ,amenti1 or ,ptla--according to the country--and do works of charity to the invisible ,beings1 whether ,souls of men or ,elemental ,spirits2 his body remaining all the time in a temple crypt or subterranean cave4 ,in ,egypt it was placed in the ,sarcophagus in the ,king's ,chamber of the ,pyramid of ,cheops1 and carried during the night of the approaching third day to the entrance of a gallery1 where at a certain hour the beams of the rising ,sun struck full on the face of the entranced ,candidate1 who awoke to be initiated by ,osiris and ,thoth1 the ,god of ,wisdom4 ,let the reader who doubts the statement consult the ,hebrew originals before he denies4 ,let him turn to some most suggestive ,egyptian bas reliefs4 ,one especially from the temple of ,phil1 represents a scene of initiation4 ,two ,god,hierophants1 one with the head of a hawk 7the ,sun71 the other ibisheaded 7,mercury1 ,thoth1 the ,god of ,wisdom and ,secret ,learning1 the assessor of ,osiris,sun71 are standing over the body of a ,candidate just initiated4 ,they are in the act of pouring on his head a double stream of 8water0 7the ,water of ,life and of ,newbirth71 the streams being interlaced in the shape of a cross and full of small ansated crosses4 ,this is allegorical of the awakening of the ,candidate who is now an ,initiate1 when the beams of the morning ,sun1 ,osiris1 strike the crown of his head2 his entranced body being placed on its wooden ,tau so as to receive the rays4 ,then appeared the ,hierophant,initiators1 and the sacramental words were pronounced1 ostensibly to the ,sun,osiris1 in reality to the ,spirit,sun within1 enlightening the newlyborn man4 ,let the reader meditate on the connection of the ,sun with the cross from the highest antiquity1 in both its generative and spiritually regenerative capacities4 ,let him examine the tomb of ,bait,oxly1 in the reign of ,ramses ,,ii1 where he will find the crosses in every shape and position2 as also on the throne of that sovereign1 and finally on a fragment representing the adoration of ,bakhan,alear1 from the ,hall of the ancestors of ,totmes ,,iii1 now preserved in the ,national ,library of ,paris4 ,in this extraordinary sculpture and painting one sees the disk of the ,sun beaming upon an ansated cross placed upon a cross of which those of the ,calvary are perfect copies4 ,the ancient ,,mss4 mention these as the 8hard couches of those who were in spiritual travail1 the act of giving birth to themselves40 ,a quantity of such cruciform 8couches10 on which the ,candidate1 thrown into a dead trance at the end of his supreme ,initiation1 was placed and secured1 were found in the underground halls of the ,egyptian ,temples after their destruction4 ,the worthy and holy ,fathers of the ,cyril and ,theophilus types used them freely1 believing they had been brought and concealed there by some new converts4 ,alone ,origen1 and after him ,clemens ,alexandrinus and other exinitiates1 knew better4 ,but they preferred to keep silent4 ,again1 let the reader read the ,hind 8fables10 as the ,orientalists call them1 and remember the allegory of ,vishvakarm1 the ,creative ,power1 the ,great ,architect of the ,world1 called in the ,rig ,veda the 8,allseeing ,god10 who 8sacrifices himself to himself40 ,the ,spiritual ,egos of mortals are his own essence1 one with him1 therefore4 ,remember that he is called ,devavardhika1 the 8,builder of the ,gods10 and that it is he who ties the ,sun1 ,srya1 his soninlaw1 on his lathe--in the exoteric allegory1 but on the ,svastika1 in ,esoteric tradition1 for on ,earth he is the ,hierophant ,initiator--and cuts away a portion of his brightness4 ,vishvakarm1 remember again1 is the son of ,yogasiddh1 i4e41 the holy power of ,yoga1 and the fabricator of the 8fiery weapon10 the magic ,agneyastra47#acai7 ,the narrative is given more fully elsewhere4 ,the author of the kabalistic work so often quoted from1 asks3 ,the theoretical use of crucifixion then1 must have been somehow connected with the personification of this symbol the structure of the ,garden of ,paradise symbolized by a crucified man4 ,but how8 ,and as showing what8 ,the symbol was of the origin of measures1 shadowing forth creative law or design4 ,what1 practically1 as regards humanity1 could actual crucifixion betoken8 ,yet1 that it was held as the effigy of some mysterious working of the same system1 is shown from the very fact of the use4 ,there seems to be deep below deep as to the mysterious workings of these number values--the symbolization of the connection of #aac3 #cee1 with #bjfab3 #fefa1 by a crucified man4 ,not only are they shown to work in the cosmos but1 444 by sympathy1 they seem to work out conditions relating to an unseen and spiritual world1 and the prophets seem to have held knowledge of the connecting links4 ,reflection becomes more involved when it is considered that1 the power of expression of the law1 exactly1 by numbers clearly defining a system1 was not the accident of the language1 but was its very essence1 and of its primary organic construction2 therefore1 neither the language1 nor the mathematical system attaching to it1 could be of man's invention1 unless both were founded upon a prior language which afterwards became obsolete47#acbj7 ,the author proves these points by further elucidation1 and reveals the secret meaning of more than one deadletter narrative1 by showing that probably1 1 man1 was the primordial word3 ,the very first word possessed by the ,hebrews1 whoever they were1 to carry the idea1 by sound1 of a man4 ,the essential of this word was #aac the numerical value of that word from the beginning1 and carried with it the elements of the cosmical system displayed47#acba7 ,this is demonstrated by the ,hind ,vittoba1 a form of ,vishnu1 as has already been stated4 ,the figure of ,vittoba1 even to the nailmarks on the feet17#acbb7 is that of ,jesus crucified1 in all its details save the cross4 ,that man was meant is proved to us further by the fact of the ,initiate being reborn after his crucifixion on the ,tree of ,life4 ,this 8,tree0 has now become exoterically--through its use by the ,romans as an instrument of torture and the ignorance of the early ,christian schemers--the tree of death6 ,thus1 one of the seven ,esoteric meanings intended by this mystery of crucifixion by the mystic inventors of the system--the original elaboration and adoption of which dates back to the very establishment of the ,mysteries--is discovered in the geometrical symbols containing the history of the evolution of man4 ,the ,hebrews--whose prophet ,moses was so learned in the ,esoteric ,wisdom of ,egypt1 and who adopted their numerical system from the ,phnicians1 and later from the ,gentiles1 from whom also they borrowed most of their ,kabalistic ,mysticism--most ingeniously adapted the cosmic and anthropological symbols of the 8,heathen0 nations to their peculiar secret records4 ,if ,christian sacerdotalism has lost the key of this to day1 the early compilers of the ,christian ,mysteries were well versed in ,esoteric ,philosophy and the ,hebrew ,occult ,metrology1 and used it dexterously4 ,thus they took the word ,aish1 one of the ,hebrew wordforms for man1 and used it in conjunction with that of ,shnh or lunar year1 so mystically connected with the name of ,jehovah1 the supposed 8,father0 of ,jesus1 and embosomed the mystic idea in an astronomical value and formula4 ,the original idea of the 8man crucified0 in space certainly belongs to the ancient ,hinds4 ,moor shows this in his ,hind ,pantheon in the engraving that represents ,vittoba4 ,plato adopted it in his decussated cross in space1 the ,symbol3 cross like the letter 8,x01 the 8second ,god who impressed himself on the universe in the form of the cross02 ,krishna is likewise shown 8crucified407#acbc7 ,again it is repeated in the ,old ,testament in the queer injunction to crucify men before the ,lord1 the ,sun--which is no prophecy at all1 but has a direct phallic significance4 ,in that same most suggestive work on the kabalistic meanings1 we read again3 ,in symbol1 the nails of the cross have for the shape of the heads thereof a solid pyramid1 and a tapering square obeliscal shaft1 or phallic emblem1 for the nail4 ,taking the position of the three nails in the man's extremities and on the cross1 they form or mark a triangle in shape1 one nail being at each corner of the triangle4 ,the wounds1 or stigmata1 in the extremities are necessarily four1 designative of the square4444 ,the three nails with the three wounds are in number #f1 which denotes the #f faces of the cube unfolded which make the cross or manform1 or #g1 counting three horizontal and four vertical squares1 on which the man is placed2 and this in turn points to the circular measure transferred on to the edges of the cube4 ,the one wound of the feet separates into two when the feet are separated1 making three together for all1 and four when separated1 or #g in all--another and most holy with the ,jews feminine base number47#acbd7 ,thus1 while the phallic or sexual meaning of the 8crucifixion nails0 is proven by the geometrical and numerical reading1 its mystical meaning is indicated by the short remarks upon it1 as given above1 in its connection with1 and bearing upon1 ,prometheus4 ,he is another victim1 for he is crucified on the ,cross of ,love1 on the rock of human passions1 a sacrifice to his devotion to the cause of the spiritual element in ,humanity4 ,now1 the primordial system1 the double glyph that underlies the idea of the cross1 is not of 8human invention10 for ,cosmic ,ideation and the spiritual representation of the ,divine ,egoman are at its basis4 ,later1 it expanded into the beautiful idea adopted by1 and represented in1 the ,mysteries1 that of regenerated man1 the mortal1 who1 by crucifying the man of flesh and his passions on the ,procrustean bed of torture1 became reborn as an ,immortal4 ,leaving the body1 the animalman1 behind him1 tied on the ,cross of ,initiation like an empty chrysalis1 the ,ego,soul became as free as a butterfly4 ,still later1 owing to the gradual loss of spirituality1 the cross became in ,cosmogony and ,anthropology no higher than a phallic symbol4 ,with the ,esotericists from the remotest times1 the ,universal ,soul or ,anima ,mundi1 the material reflection of the ,immaterial ,ideal1 was the ,source of ,life of all beings and of the ,life,principle of the three kingdoms4 ,this was septenary with the ,hermetic ,philosophers1 as with all ,ancients4 ,for it is represented as a sevenfold cross1 whose branches are respectively1 light1 heat1 electricity1 terrestrial magnetism1 astral radiation1 motion1 and intelligence1 or what some call self consciousness4 ,as we have said elsewhere1 long before the cross or its sign were adopted as symbols of ,christianity1 the sign of the cross was used as a mark of recognition among ,adepts and ,neophytes1 the latter being called ,chrests--from ,chrestos1 the man of tribulation and sorrow4 ,says liphas ,lvi3 ,the sign of the cross adopted by the ,christians does not belong to them exclusively4 ,it is also kabalistic1 and represents the opposition and quaternary equilibrium of the elements4 ,we see by the occult verse of the ,paternoster 444 that there were originally two ways of doing it1 or1 at least two very different formulas to express its meaning3 one reserved for the priests and initiates2 the other given to neophytes and the profane4 ,thus1 for example1 the initiate1 carrying his hand to his forehead1 said1 ,to thee2 then he added1 belong2 and continued1 carrying his hand to the breast1 the kingdom2 then to the left shoulder1 justice2 to the right shoulder1 and mercy4 ,then he joined the two hands1 adding1 throughout the generating cycles--,tibi sunt ,malchut et ,geburah et ,chesed per onas--an absolutely and magnificently kabalistic sign of the cross1 which the profanations of ,gnosticism made the militant and official ,church completely lose47#acbe7 ,the 8militant and official ,church0 did more3 having helped herself to what had never belonged to her1 she took only that which the 8,profane0 had--the kabalistic meaning of the male and female ,sephiroth4 ,she never lost the inner and higher meaning since she never had it--liphas ,lvi's pandering to ,rome notwithstanding4 ,the sign of the cross adopted by the ,latin ,church was phallic from the beginning1 while that of the ,greeks was the cross of the ,neophytes1 the ,chrestoi4 ,section ,,ix4 ,the ,upanishads in ,gnostic ,literature4 ,we are reminded in ,king's ,gnostics and their ,remains that the ,greek language had but one word for vowel and voice4 ,this has led the uninitiated to many erroneous interpretations4 ,on the simple knowledge1 however1 of this wellknown fact a comparison may be attempted1 and a flood of light thrown upon several mystic meanings4 ,thus the words1 so often used in the ,upanishads and the ,purnas1 8,sound0 and 8,speech10 may be collated with the ,gnostic 8,vowels0 and the 8,voices0 of the ,thunders and ,angels in ,revelation4 ,the same will be found in ,pistis ,sophia1 and other ancient ,fragments and ,,mss4 ,this was remarked even by the matterof fact author of the above mentioned work4 ,through ,hippolytus1 an early ,church ,father1 we learn what ,marcus--a ,pythagorean rather than a ,christian ,gnostic1 and a ,kabalist most certainly--had received in mystic revelation4 ,it is said that ,marcus had it revealed unto him that3 ,the seven heavens7#acbf7 444 sounded each one vowel1 which1 all combined together1 formed a single doxology1 8the sound whereof being carried down from these seven heavens to earth1 becomes the creator and parent of all things that be on earth407#acbg7 ,translated from the ,occult phraseology into still plainer language this would read3 ,the ,sevenfold ,logos having differentiated into seven ,logoi1 or ,creative ,potencies 7,vowels71 these 7the ,second ,logos1 or 8,sound07 created all on ,earth4 ,assuredly one who is acquainted with ,gnostic literature can hardly help seeing in ,st4 ,john's ,apocalypse1 a work of the same school of thought4 ,for we find ,john saying3 ,seven thunders uttered their voices 444 and ,i was about to write 444 but ,i heard a voice from heaven saying unto me1 ,seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered1 and write them not47#acbh7 ,the same injunction is given to ,marcus1 the same to all other semi and full ,initiates4 ,the very sameness of the expressions used1 and of the underlying ideas1 always betrays a portion of the ,mysteries4 ,we must always seek for more than one meaning in every mystery allegorically revealed1 especially in those in which the number seven and its multiplication seven by seven1 or fortynine1 appear4 ,now when1 in ,pistis ,sophia1 the ,rabbi ,jesus is requested by his disciples to reveal to them the 8,mysteries of the ,light of his ,father0--i4e41 of the ,higher ,self enlightened by ,initiation and ,divine ,knowledge--,jesus answers3 ,do ye seek after these mysteries8 ,no mystery is more excellent than they2 which shall bring your souls unto the ,light of ,lights1 unto the place of ,truth and ,goodness1 unto the place where there is neither male nor female1 neither form in that place but ,light1 everlasting1 not to be uttered4 ,nothing therefore is more excellent than the mysteries which ye seek after1 saving only the mystery of the seven ,vowels and their forty and nine ,powers1 and their numbers thereof4 ,and no name is more excellent than all these 7,vowels747#acbi7 ,as says the ,commentary1 speaking of the 8,fires03 ,the ,seven ,fathers and the ,fortynine ,sons blaze in ,darkness1 but they are the ,life and ,light and the continuation thereof through the ,great ,age4 ,now it becomes evident that1 in every ,esoteric interpretation of exoteric beliefs expressed in allegorical forms1 there is the same underlying idea--the basic number seven1 the compound of three and four1 preceded by the divine three 7triangle7 making the perfect number ten4 ,also1 these numbers apply equally to divisions of time1 to cosmography1 metaphysical and physical1 as well as to man and everything else in visible ,nature4 ,thus these seven ,vowels with their fortynine ,powers are identical with the three and the seven ,fires of the ,hinds and their fortynine ,fires2 identical with the numerical mysteries of the ,persian ,simorgh2 identical with those of the ,jewish ,kabalists4 ,the latter1 dwarfing the numbers 7their mode of 8blinds071 made the duration of each successive ,renewal1 or what we call in ,esoteric parlance ,round1 #a1jjj years only or of the seven ,renewals of the ,globe #g1jjj years1 instead of1 as is more likely1 #g1jjj1jjj1jjj1 and assigned to the total duration of the ,universe #di1jjj years only47#accj7 ,now1 the ,secret ,doctrine furnishes a key which reveals to us on the ,indisputable grounds of comparative analogy that ,garuda1 the allegorical and monstrous halfman and halfbird--the ,vhana or vehicle on which ,vishnu1 as ,kla or 8,time10 is shown to ride--is the origin of all such allegories4 ,he is the ,indian ,phnix1 the emblem of cyclic and periodical time1 the 8,manlion0 7,sinha71 of whose representations the socalled ,gnostic gems are so full47#acca7 ,over the seven rays of the lion's crown1 and corresponding to their points1 stand often the seven vowels of the ,greek alphabet1 1 testifying to the ,seven ,heavens47#accb7 ,this is the ,solar ,lion and the emblem of the ,solar ,cycle1 as ,garuda7#accc7 is that of the ,great ,cycle1 the ,mah ,kalpa1 coternal with ,vishnu1 and also1 of course1 the emblem of the ,sun and ,solar ,cycle4 ,this is shown by the details of the allegory4 ,at his birth1 ,garuda1 on account of his 8dazzling splendour10 is mistaken for ,agni1 the ,god of ,fire1 and was thence called ,gaganeshvara1 8,lord of the ,sky40 ,its representation as ,osiris1 on the ,abraxas 7,gnostic7 gems1 and by many heads of allegorical monsters1 with the head and beak of an eagle or a hawk--both solar birds--denotes ,garuda's solar and cyclic character4 ,his son is ,jatyu1 the cycle of #fj1jjj years4 ,as well remarked by ,c4 ,w4 ,king3 ,whatever its primary meaning of the gem with the solar lion and vowels it was probably imported in its present shape from ,india 7that true fountain head of ,gnostic iconography747#accd7 ,the mysteries of the seven ,gnostic ,vowels1 uttered by the ,thunders of ,st4 ,john1 can be unriddled only by the primeval and original ,occultism of ryvarta1 brought into ,india by the primeval ,brhmans1 who had been initiated in ,central ,asia4 ,and this is the ,occultism we study and try to explain1 as much as is possible1 in these pages4 ,our doctrine of seven ,races1 and seven ,rounds of life and evolution around our ,terrestrial ,chain of ,spheres1 may be found even in ,revelation47#acce7 ,when the seven 8,thunders10 or 8,sounds10 or 8,vowels0--one meaning out of the seven for each such vowel relates directly to our own ,earth and its seven ,root,races in each ,round--8had uttered their voices10 but had forbidden the ,seer to write them1 and made him 8seal up those things10 what did the ,angel1 8standing upon the sea and upon the earth10 do8 ,he lifted up his hand to heaven1 and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever1 444 that there should be time no longer3 but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel1 when he shall begin to sound1 the mystery of ,god of the ,cycle should be finished47#accf7 ,this means1 in ,theosophic phraseology1 that when the ,seventh ,round is completed1 then ,time will cease4 8,there shall be time no longer0--very naturally1 since ,pralaya shall set in and there will remain no one on ,earth to keep a division of time1 during that periodical dissolution and arrest of conscious life4 ,dr4 ,kenealy and others believed that the calculations of the cyclic seven and fortynine were brought by the ,rabbins from ,chalda4 ,this is more than likely4 ,but the ,babylonians1 who had all those cycles and taught them only at their great initiatory mysteries of astrological ,magic1 got their wisdom and learning from ,india4 ,it is not difficult1 therefore1 to recognize in them our own ,esoteric ,doctrine4 ,in their secret computations1 the ,japanese have the same figures in their cycles4 ,as to the ,brhmans1 their ,purnas and ,upanishads are good proof of it4 ,the latter have passed entirely into ,gnostic literature2 and a ,brhman needs only to read ,pistis ,sophia7#accg7 to recognize his forefathers' property1 even to the phraseology and similes used4 ,let us compare4 ,in ,pistis ,sophia the disciples say to ,jesus3 ,rabbi1 reveal unto us the mysteries of the ,light i4e41 the 8,fire of ,knowledge or ,enlightenment01 444 forasmuch as we have heard thee saying that there is another baptism of smoke1 and another baptism of the ,spirit of ,holy ,light i4e4 the ,spirit of ,fire47#acch7 ,as ,john says of ,jesus3 ,i indeed baptize you with water2 444 but he shall baptize you with the ,holy ,ghost and with fire4 ,the real significance of this statement is very profound4 ,it means that ,john1 a noninitiated ascetic1 can impart to his disciples no greater wisdom than the ,mysteries connected with the plane of ,matter1 of which ,water is the symbol4 ,his ,gnosis was that of exoteric and ritualistic dogma1 of deadletter orthodoxy27#acci7 while the wisdom which ,jesus1 an ,initiate of the ,higher ,mysteries1 would reveal to them1 was of a higher character1 for it was the 8,fire0 ,wisdom of the true ,gnosis or real ,spiritual ,enlightenment4 ,one was ,fire1 the other the ,smoke4 ,for ,moses1 the ,fire on ,mount ,sinai and the ,spiritual ,wisdom2 for the multitudes of the 8people0 below1 for the profane1 ,mount ,sinai in 7through7 ,smoke1 i4e41 the exoteric husks of orthodox or sectarian ritualism4 ,now1 having the above in view1 read the dialogue between the sages ,nrada and ,devamata in the ,anugt17#acdj7 an episode from the ,mahbhrata1 the antiquity and importance of which one can learn in the 8,sacred ,books of the ,east10 edited by ,prof4 ,max ,mller47#acda7 ,nrada is discoursing upon the 8breaths0 or the 8lifewinds10 as they are called in the clumsy translations of such words as ,prna1 ,apna1 etc41 whose full ,esoteric meaning and application to individual functions can hardly be rendered in ,english4 ,he says of this science that3 ,it is the teaching of the ,veda1 that the fire verily is all the deities1 and knowledge 7of it7 arises among ,brhmanas1 being accompanied by intelligence47#acdb7 ,by 8fire10 says the ,commentator1 he means the ,self4 ,by 8intelligence10 the ,occultist says1 ,nrada meant neither 8discussion0 nor 8argumentation10 as ,arjuna ,mishra believes1 but 8intelligence0 truly1 or the adaptation of the ,fire of ,wisdom to exoteric ritualism for the profane4 ,this is the chief concern of the ,brhmans1 who were the first to set the example to other nations who thus anthropomorphized and carnalized the grandest metaphysical truths4 ,nrada shows this plainly and is made to say3 ,the smoke of that 7fire7 which is of excellent glory 7appears7 in the shape of 444 darkness verily so62 7its7 ashes1 444 are passion2 and 444 goodness is that in connection with it1 in which the offering is thrown47#acdc7 ,that is to say1 that faculty in the disciple which apprehends the subtle truth 7the flame7 which escapes heavenward1 while the objective sacrifice remains as a proof and evidence of piety only to the profane4 ,for what else can ,nrada mean by the following8 ,those who understand the sacrifice understand the ,samna and the ,vyna as the principal 7offering74 ,the ,prna and ,apna are portions of the offering1 444 and between them is the fire4 ,that is the excellent seat of the ,udna as understood by ,brhmanas4 ,as to that which is distinct from these pairs1 hear me speak about that4 ,day and night are a pair1 between them is the fire4444 ,that which exists and that which does not exist are a pair1 between them is the fire44447#acdd7 ,and after every such contrast ,nrada adds3 ,that is the excellent seat of the ,udna as understood by ,brhmanas4 ,now many people do not know the full meaning of the statement that ,samna and ,vyna1 ,prna and ,apna--which are explained to be 8lifewinds10 but which we say are principles and their respective faculties and senses--are offered up to ,udna1 the soidisant principal 8lifewind10 which is said to act at all the joints4 ,and so the reader who is ignorant that the word 8,fire0 in these allegories means both the 8,self0 and the higher ,divine ,knowledge1 will understand nothing in this1 and will entirely miss the point of our argument1 as the translator and even the editor1 the great ,oxford ,sanskritist1 ,f4 ,max ,mller1 have missed the true meaning of ,nrada's words4 ,exoterically1 this enumeration of 8lifewinds0 has1 of course1 the meaning1 approximately1 which is surmised in the footnotes1 namely3 ,the sense appears to be this3 ,the course of worldly life is due to the operations of the lifewinds which are attached to the self and lead to its manifestations as individual souls 84 ,of these1 the ,samna and ,vyna are controlled and held under check by the ,prna and ,apna4444 ,the latter two are held in check and controlled by the ,udna1 which thus controls all4 ,and the control of this1 which is the control of all five1 444 leads to the supreme self47#acde7 ,the above is given as an explanation of the text1 which records the words of the ,brhmana1 who narrates how he reached the ultimate ,wisdom of ,yogism1 and in this wise reached ,allknowledge4 ,saying that he had 8perceived by means of the self the seat abiding in the self107#acdf7 where dwells the ,brahma free from all2 and explaining that that indestructible principle was entirely beyond the perception of senses--i4e41 of the five 8lifewinds0--he adds that3 ,in the midst of all these 7lifewinds7 which move about in the body and swallow up one another1 blazes the ,vaishvnara fire sevenfold47#acdg7 ,this 8,fire10 according to ,nlakantha's commentary1 is identical with the 8,i10 the ,self1 which is the goal of the ascetic2 ,vaishvnara being a word often used for the ,self4 ,then the ,brhmana goes on to enumerate that which is meant by the word 8sevenfold10 and says3 ,the nose or smell1 and the tongue taste1 and the eye1 and the skin1 and the ear as the fifth1 the mind1 and the understanding1 these are the seven tongues of the blaze of ,vaishvnara47#acdh7444 ,those are the seven 7kinds of7 fuel for me47#acdi7444 ,these are the seven great officiating priests47#acej7 ,these seven priests are accepted by ,arjuna ,mishra in the sense of meaning 8the soul distinguished as so many souls1 or principles with reference to these several powers02 and1 finally1 the translator seems to accept the explanation1 and reluctantly admits that 8they may mean0 this2 though he himself takes the sense to mean3 ,the powers of hearing etc4 the physical senses1 in short1 which are presided over by the several deities4 ,but whatever it may mean1 whether in scientific or orthodox interpretations1 this passage on page #bei explains ,nrada's statements on page #bgf1 and shows them referring to exoteric and esoteric methods and contrasting them4 ,thus the ,samna and the ,vyna1 though subject to the ,prna and the ,apna1 and all the four to ,udna in the matter of acquiring the ,prnyma 7of the ,hatha ,yog1 chiefly1 or the lower form of ,yoga71 are yet referred to as the principal offering1 for1 as rightly argued by ,k4 ,trimbak ,telang1 their 8operations are more practically important for vitality02 i4e41 they are the grossest1 and are offered in the sacrifice1 in order that they may disappear1 so to speak1 in the quality of darkness of that fire or its smoke--mere exoteric ritualistic form4 ,but ,prna and ,apna1 though shown as subordinate 7because less gross or more purified71 have the ,fire between them2 the ,self and the ,secret ,knowledge possessed by that ,self4 ,so for the good and evil1 and for 8that which exists and that which does not exist02 all these 8pairs07#acea7 have ,fire between them1 i4e41 ,esoteric ,knowledge1 the ,wisdom of the ,divine ,self4 ,let those who are satisfied with the smoke of the ,fire remain wherein they are1 that is to say within the ,egyptian darkness of theological fictions and deadletter interpretations4 ,the above is written only for the ,western students of ,occultism and ,theosophy4 ,the writer presumes to explain these things neither to the ,hinds1 who have their own ,gurus2 nor to the ,orientalists1 who think they know more than all the ,gurus and ,rishis1 past and present1 put together4 ,these rather lengthy quotations and examples are necessary1 if only to point out to the student the works he has to study so as to derive benefit and learning from comparison4 ,let him read ,pistis ,sophia in the light of the ,bhagavad ,gt1 the ,anugt and others2 and then the statement made by ,jesus in the ,gnostic ,gospel will become clear1 and the deadletter 8blinds0 disappear at once4 ,read the following and compare it with the explanation from the ,hind scriptures just given4 ,and no ,name is more excellent than all these1 a ,name wherein be contained all ,names1 and all ,lights1 and all the fortynine ,powers4 ,knowing that ,name1 if a man quits this body of matter17#aceb7 no smoke i4e41 no theological delusion17#acec7 no darkness1 nor ,power1 nor ,ruler of the ,sphere no ,personal ,genius or ,planetary ,spirit called ,god of ,fate ,karma 444 shall be able to hold back the ,soul that knoweth that ,name4444 ,if he shall utter that ,name unto the fire1 444 the darkness shall flee away4444 ,and if he shall utter that name unto 444 all their ,powers1 nay1 even unto ,barbelo17#aced7 and the ,invisible ,god1 and the three triplepowered ,gods1 so soon as he shall have uttered that name in those places1 they shall all be thrown one upon the other1 so that they shall be ready to melt and perish1 and shall cry aloud1 ,o ,light of every light that is in the boundless lights1 remember us also and purify us67#acee7 ,it is easy to see what this ,light and ,name are3 the ,light of ,initiation and the name of the 8,fire,self10 which is no name1 no action1 but a ,spiritual1 ,everliving ,power1 higher even than the real 8,invisible ,god10 as this ,power is ,itself4 ,but if the able and learned author of the ,gnostics and their ,remains has not sufficiently allowed for the spirit of allegory and mysticism in the fragments translated and quoted by him1 in the above named work1 from ,pistis ,sophia--other ,orientalists have done far worse4 ,having neither his intuitional perception of the ,indian origin of the ,gnostic ,wisdom still less of the meaning of their 8gems10 most of them1 beginning with ,wilson and ending with the dogmatic ,weber1 have made most extraordinary blunders with regard to almost every symbol4 ,sir ,m4 ,monier ,williams and others show a very decided contempt for the 8,esoteric ,buddhists0 as ,theosophists are now called2 yet no student of ,occult ,philosophy has ever mistaken a cycle for a living personage and vice vers1 as is very often the case with our learned ,orientalists4 ,an instance or two may illustrate the statement more graphically4 ,let us choose the best known4 ,in the ,rmyana1 ,garuda is called 8the maternal uncle of ,sagara's #fj1jjj sons02 and ,amshumat1 ,sagara's grandson1 8the nephew of the #fj1jjj uncles0 who were reduced to ashes by the look of ,kapila--the ,purushottama1 or ,infinite ,spirit1 who caused the horse which ,sagara was keeping for the ,ashvamedha sacrifice to disappear4 ,again1 ,garuda's son7#acef72--;,garuda being himself the ,mah ,kalpa or ,great ,cycle--,jatyu1 the king of the feathered tribe 7when on the point of being slain by ,rvana who carries off ,st7 says1 speaking of himself3 8,it is #fj1jjj years ,o king1 that ,i am born02 after which1 turning his back on the ,sun--he dies4 ,jatyu is1 of course1 the cycle of #fj1jjj years within the ,great ,cycle of ,garuda2 hence he is represented as his son1 or nephew1 ad libitum1 since the whole meaning rests on his being placed in the line of ,garuda's descendants4 ,then1 again1 there is ,diti1 the mother of the ,maruts1 whose descendants and progeny belonged to the posterity of ,hiranyksha1 8whose number was #gg crores 7or #ggj millions7 of men10 according to the ,padma ,purna4 ,all such narratives are pronounced 8meaningless fictions0 and absurdities4 ,but--truth is the daughter of time1 verily2 and time will show4 ,meanwhile1 what could be easier than an attempt1 at least1 to verify ,paurnic chronology8 ,there are many ,kapilas2 but the ,kapila who slew king ,sagara's progeny--#fj1jjj men strong--was undeniably ,kapila1 the founder of the ,snkhya philosophy1 since it is so stated in the ,purnas2 although one of them flatly denies the imputation without explaining its ,esoteric meaning4 ,it is the ,bhgavata ,purna7#aceg7 which says that3 ,the report is not true that the sons of the king were scorched by the wrath of the sage4 ,for how can the quality of darkness1 the product of anger1 exist in a ,sage whose body was goodness and who purified the world--the earth's dust1 as it were1 attributed to heavens6 ,how should mental perturbation distract that sage1 identified with the ,supreme ,spirit1 who has steered here 7on earth7 that solid vessel of the ,snkhya 7philosophy71 with the help of which he who desires to obtain liberation crosses the dreaded ocean of existence1 that path to death87#aceh7 ,the ,purna is in duty bound to speak as it does4 ,it has a dogma to promulgate and a policy to carry out--that of great secrecy with regard to mystical divine truths divulged for countless ages only at ,initiation4 ,it is not in the ,purnas1 therefore1 that we have to look for an explanation of the mystery connected with various transcendental states of being4 ,that the story is an allegory is seen upon its very face3 the #fj1jjj 8sons10 brutal1 vicious1 and impious1 are the personification of the human passions that a 8mere glance of the ,sage0--the ,self who represents the highest state of purity that can be reached on ,earth--reduces to ashes4 ,but it has also other significations1 cyclic and chronological meanings1 a method of marking the periods when certain ,sages flourished1 found also in other ,purnas4 ,now it is as well ascertained as any tradition can be1 that it was at ,hardwar1 or ,gangdvra1 the 8door or gate of the ,ganges10 at the foot of the ,himlayas1 that ,kapila sat in meditation for a number of years4 ,not far from the ,sewalik range1 the pass of ,hardwar is called to this day 8,kapila's ,pass10 and the place also is named 8,kapilasthen0 by the ascetics4 ,it is there that the ,ganges1 ,gang1 emerging from its mountainous gorge1 begins its course over the sultry plains of ,india4 ,and it is clearly ascertained by geological survey that the tradition which claims that the ocean washed the base of the ,himlayas ages ago1 is not entirely without foundation1 for distinct traces of this still remain4 ,the ,snkhya ,philosophy may have been brought down and taught by the first1 and written out by the last ,kapila4 ,now ,sgara is the name of the ocean1 and especially of the ,bay of ,bengal1 at the mouth of the ,ganges1 to this day in ,india47#acei7 ,have ,geologists ever calculated the number of millenniums it must have taken the sea to recede the distance it is now from ,hardwar1 which is at present #a1jbd feet above its level8 ,if they had1 those ,orientalists who show ,kapila flourishing from the first to the ninth century ,a4,d41 might change their opinions1 if only for one of two very good reasons4 ,firstly1 the true number of years which have elapsed since ,kapila's day is unmistakably in the ,purnas1 though the translators may fail to see it2 and secondly1 the ,kapila of the ,satya1 and the ,kapila of the ,kali ,yugas1 may be one and the same individuality1 without being the same personality4 ,kapila1 besides being the name of a personage1 of the once living ,sage and the author of the ,snkhya ,philosophy1 is also the generic name of the ,kumras1 the celestial ,ascetics and ,virgins2 therefore the very fact of the ,bhgavata ,purna calling that ,kapila--whom it had showed just before as a portion of ,vishnu--the author of the ,snkhya ,philosophy1 ought to have warned the reader of a 8blind0 containing an ,esoteric meaning4 ,whether he was the son of ,vitatha1 as the ,harivamsha shows him to be1 or of any one else1 the author of the ,snkhya cannot be the same as the ,sage of the ,satya ,yuga--at the very beginning of the ,manvantara1 when ,vishnu is shown in the form of ,kapila1 8imparting to all creatures true ,wisdom02 for this relates to that primordial period when the 8,sons of ,god0 taught to the newly created men those arts and sciences1 which have since been cultivated and preserved in the sanctuaries by the ,initiates4 ,there are several wellknown ,kapilas in the ,purnas4 ,first the primeval ,sage1 then ,kapila one of the three 8secret0 ,kumras1 and ,kapila son of ,kashyapa and ,kadr--the 8manyheaded serpent07#acfj7--;besides ,kapila the great ,sage and ,philosopher of the ,kali ,yuga4 ,the latter1 being an ,initiate1 a 8,serpent of ,wisdom10 a ,nga1 was purposely blended with the ,kapilas of the former ages4 ,section ,x4 ,the ,cross and the ,pythagorean ,decad4 ,the early ,gnostics claimed that their ,science1 the ,gnosis1 rested on a square1 the angles of which represented respectively ,sig 7,silence71 ,bythos 7,depth71 ,nous 7,spiritual ,soul or ,mind71 and ,aletheia 7,truth74 ,it is they who were the first to reveal to the world that which had remained concealed for ages2 namely1 the ,tau1 in the shape of a ,procrustean bed1 and ,christos as incarnating in ,chrestos1 he who became for certain purposes a willing candidate for a series of tortures1 mental and physical4 ,for them the whole of the ,universe1 metaphysical and material1 was contained within1 and could be expressed and described by the digits contained in the number #aj1 the ,pythagorean ,decad4 ,this ,decad1 representing the ,universe and its evolution out of ,silence and the ,unknown ,depths of the ,spiritual ,soul1 or ,anima ,mundi1 presented two sides or aspects to the student4 ,it could be1 and was at first1 applied to the ,macrocosm1 after which it descended to the ,microcosm1 or man4 ,there was1 then1 the purely intellectual and metaphysical1 or the 8,inner ,science10 and the as purely materialistic or 8surface science10 both of which could be expounded by and contained in the ,decad4 ,it could be studied1 in short1 both by the deductive method of ,plato1 and the inductive method of ,aristotle4 ,the former started from a divine comprehension1 when the plurality proceeded from unity1 or the digits of the ,decad appeared1 only to be finally rebsorbed1 lost in the infinite ,circle4 ,the latter depended on sensuous perception alone1 when the ,decad could be regarded either as the unity that multiplies1 or matter which differentiates2 its study being limited to the plane surface1 to the cross1 or the seven which proceeds from the ten1 or the perfect number1 on ,earth as in ,heaven4 ,this dual system was brought1 together with the ,decad1 by ,pythagoras from ,india4 ,that it was that of the ,brachmans and ,iranians1 as they are called by the ancient ,greek ,philosophers1 is warranted to us by the whole range of ,sanskrit literature1 such as the ,purnas and the ,laws of ,manu4 ,in these ,laws or ,ordinances of ,manu1 it is said that ,brahm first creates the 8ten ,lords of ,being10 the ten ,prajpati or ,creative ,forces2 which ten produce seven other ,manus1 or1 rather1 as some ,,mss4 have it1 ,munn 7instead of ,mann7 8devotees10 or holy beings1 which are the seven ,angels of the ,presence in the ,western religion4 ,this mysterious number seven1 born from the upper ,triangle 1 the latter itself born from the apex thereof1 or the ,silent ,depths of the ,unknown ,universal ,soul 7,sig and ,bythos71 is the sevenfold ,saptaparna plant1 born and manifested on the surface of the soil of mystery1 from the threefold root buried deep under that impenetrable soil4 ,this idea is fully elaborated in one of the ,sections of ,volume ,i1 ,part ,,ii1 ,section ,,iii1 8,primordial ,substance and ,divine ,thought10 which the reader should notice carefully1 if he would grasp the metaphysical idea involved in the above symbol4 ,in man as in nature1 according to the ,cis,himlayan ,esoteric ,philosophy1 which is that of the ,cosmogony of the original ,manu1 it is the septenary division that is intended by ,nature herself4 ,the seventh principle 7,purusha7 alone is the ,divine ,self1 strictly speaking2 for1 as said in ,manu1 8he ,brahm having pervaded the subtile parts of those six1 of unmeasured brightness107#acfa7 created or called them forth to 8,self0consciousness or the consciousness of that ,one ,self4 ,of these six1 five elements 7or principles1 or ,tattvas1 as ,medhtithi1 the commentator thinks7 8are called the atomic destructible elements027#acfb7 these are described in the above named ,section47#acfc7 ,we have now to speak of the mystery language1 that of the prehistoric races4 ,it is not a phonetic1 but a purely pictorial and symbolical tongue4 ,it is known at present in its fulness to the very few1 having become with the masses for more than #e1jjj years an absolutely dead language4 ,yet most of the learned ,gnostics1 ,greeks and ,jews1 knew it1 and used it1 though very differently4 ,a few instances may be given4 ,on the plane above1 the number is no number but a nought--a circle4 ,on the plane below1 it becomes one--which is an odd number4 ,each letter of the ancient alphabets had its philosophical meaning and raison d'tre4 ,the number one 7#a7 signified with the ,alexandrian ,initiates a body erect1 a living standing man1 he being the only animal that has this privilege4 ,and1 by adding to the 8,i0 a head1 it was transformed into a 8,p10 a symbol of paternity1 of the creative potency2 while 8,r0 signified a 8moving man10 one on his way4 ,hence ,pater ,zeus had nothing sexual or phallic either in its sound or the form of its letters2 nor had 7according to ,ragon747#acfd7 ,if we turn now to the ,hebrew alphabet1 we shall find that while one or ,aleph 77 has a bull or an ox for its symbol1 ten1 the perfect number1 or one of the ,kabalah1 is a ,yod 71 y1 i1 or j71 and means1 as the first letter of ,jehovah1 the procreative organ1 and the rest4 ,the odd numbers are divine1 the even numbers are terrestrial1 devilish1 and unlucky4 ,the ,pythagoreans hated the ,binary4 ,with them it was the origin of differentiation1 hence of contrasts1 discord1 or matter1 the beginning of evil4 ,in the ,valentinian ,theogony1 ,bythos and ,sig 7,depth1 ,chaos1 ,matter born in ,silence7 are the primordial ,binary4 ,with the early ,pythagoreans1 however1 the ,duad was that imperfect state into which the first manifested being fell when it got detached from the ,monad4 ,it was the point from which the two roads--the good and the evil--bifurcated4 ,all that which was doublefaced or false was called by them 8binary40 ,one was alone good and harmony1 because no disharmony can proceed from ,one alone4 ,hence the ,latin word ,solus in relation to the ,one and ,only ,god1 the ,unknown of ,paul4 ,solus1 however1 very soon became ,sol--the ,sun4 ,the ,ternary is the first of the odd numbers1 as the triangle is the first of the geometrical figures47#acfe7 ,this number is truly the number of mystery par excellence4 ,to study it on the exoteric lines one has to read ,ragon's ,cours ,philosophique et ,interprtatif des ,initiations1 on the ,esoteric--the ,hind symbolism of numerals2 for the combinations which were applied to it are numberless4 ,it is on the ,occult properties of the three equal sides of the triangle that ,ragon based his studies and founded the famous ,masonic ,society of the ,trinosophists--those who study three sciences2 an improvement upon the ordinary three ,masonic degrees1 given to those who study nothing except eating and drinking at the meetings of their ,lodges4 ,as the founder writes3 ,the first line of the triangle offered to the apprentice for study is the mineral kingdom1 symbolized by ,tubalc ,symbol3 ,three dots in a triangle ,tubal,cain4 ,the second side on which the companion has to meditate1 is the vegetable kingdom1 symbolized by ,schibb ,symbol3 ,three dots in a triangle ,schibboleth4 ,in this kingdom begins the generation of the bodies4 ,this is why the letter ,g is presented radiant before the eyes of the adept 864 ,the third side is left to the master mason1 who has to complete his education by the study of the animal kingdom4 ,it is symbolized by ,maoben ,symbol3 ,three dots in a triangle 7son of putrefaction747#acff7 ,the first solid figure is the ,quaternary1 the symbol of immortality4 ,it is the ,pyramid1 for the ,pyramid stands on a triangular base1 and terminates with a point at the top1 thus yielding the ,triad and the ,quaternary or the #c and #d4 ,the ,pythagoreans taught the connection and relation between the ,gods and the numbers1 in a science called ,arithmomancy4 ,the ,soul is a number1 they said1 which moves of itself and contains the number #d2 and spiritual and physical man is number #c1 as the ,ternary represented for them not only the surface but also the principle of the formation of the physical body4 ,thus animals were ,ternaries only1 man alone being a ,septenary1 when virtuous2 a ,quinary when bad1 for3 ,number ,five was composed of a ,binary and a ,ternary1 and of these the ,binary threw everything in the perfect form into disorder and confusion4 ,the perfect man1 they said1 was a ,quaternary and a ,ternary1 or four material and three immaterial elements2 and these three ,spirits or ,elements we likewise find in ,five when it represents the microcosm4 ,the latter is a compound of a ,binary directly relating to gross ,matter and of three ,spirits4 ,since1 as ,ragon says3 ,this ingenious figure is the union of two ,greek breathings placed over vowels which have or have not to be aspirated4 ,the first sign 77 is called the 8strong0 or superior 8spiritus10 the ,spirit of ,god aspired 7spiratus7 and breathed by man4 ,the second sign 77 the lower1 is the soft 8spiritus0 representing the secondary spirit2 444 the whole embraces the whole man4 ,it is the universal quintessence1 the vital fluid or life47#acfg7 ,the more mystic meaning of the number ,five is given in an excellent article by ,mr4 ,t4 ,subba ,row1 in ,five ,years of ,theosophy1 in an article entitled 8,the ,twelve ,signs of the ,zodiac10 in which he gives some rules that may help the enquirer to ferret out 8the deep significance of ancient ,sanskrit nomenclature in the old ryan myths and allegories40 ,meanwhile1 let us see what has been hitherto stated about the constellation ,capricornus in ,theosophical publications1 and what is known of it generally4 ,every one knows that is the tenth sign of the ,zodiac1 into which the ,sun enters at the winter solstice1 about ,december #bast4 ,but very few are those who know--even in ,india1 unless they are initiated--the real mystic connection which seems to exist1 as we are told1 between the names ,makara and ,kumra4 ,the first means some amphibious animal1 flippantly called the 8crocodile10 as some ,orientalists think1 and the second is the title of the great patrons of ,yogins1 according to the ,shaiva ,purnas1 the sons of1 and even one with1 ,rudra 7,shiva71 who is a ,kumra himself4 ,it is through their connection with ,man that the ,kumras are likewise connected with the ,zodiac4 ,let us try to find out what the word ,makara means4 ,says the author of 8,the ,twelve ,signs of the ,zodiac03 ,makara 444 contains within itself the clue to its correct interpretation4 ,the letter ma is equivalent to number #e1 and kara means hand4 ,now in ,sanskrit ,tribhujam means a triangle1 bhujam or karam 7both synonymous7 being understood to mean a side4 ,so1 ,makaram or ,panchakaram means a ,pentagon47#acfh7 ,now the fivepointed star or pentagon represents the five limbs of man47#acfi7 ,under the old system1 we are told1 ,makara was the eighth instead of the tenth sign47#acgj7 ,the sign in question is intended to represent the faces of the universe1 and indicates that the figure of the universe is bounded by ,pentagons47#acga7 ,the ,sanskrit writers 8speak also of ,ashtadisha or eight faces bounding ,space10 referring thus to the ,lokaplas1 the eight points of the compass1 the four cardinal and the four intermediate points4 ,from an objective point of view the 8microcosm0 is represented by the human body4 ,makaram may be taken to represent simultaneously both the microcosm and the macrocosm1 as external objects of perception47#acgb7 ,but the true ,esoteric sense of the word ,makara is not1 in truth1 8crocodile0 at all1 even when it is compared with the animal depicted on the ,hind ,zodiac4 ,for it has the head and the forelegs of an antelope and the body and tail of a fish4 ,hence the tenth sign of the ,zodiac has been taken variously to mean a shark1 a dolphin1 etc42 as it is the ,vhana of ,varuna1 the ,ocean ,god1 and is often called1 for this reason1 ,jalarpa or 8waterform40 ,the dolphin was the vehicle of ,poseidon,neptune with the ,greeks1 and one with him1 ,esoterically2 and this 8dolphin0 is the 8sea dragon0 as much as the crocodile of the ,sacred ,nile is the ,vehicle of ,horus1 and ,horus himself4 ,says the mummyform ,god with the crocodile's head3 ,i am the fish and seat of the great ,horus of ,kemoor47#acgc7 ,with the ,perat ,gnostics it is ,chozzar 7,neptune7 who converts the dodecagonal pyramid into a sphere1 8and paints its gate with many colours407#acgd7 ,he has five androgyne ministers--he is ,makara1 the ,leviathan4 ,as the rising ,sun was considered the ,soul of the ,gods sent to manifest itself to men every day1 and as the crocodile rose out of the water at the first sunbeam1 that animal came finally to personify a solarfire devotee in ,india1 as it personified that ,fire1 or the highest ,soul with the ,egyptians4 ,in the ,purnas1 the number of the ,kumras changes according to the exigencies of the allegory4 ,for ,occult purposes their number is given in one place as seven1 then as four1 then as five4 ,in the ,krma ,purna it is said of them3 ,these five ,kumras1 ,o ,brhman1 were ,yogins who acquired entire exemption from passion4 ,their very name shows their connection with the said constellation ,makara1 and with some other ,paurnic characters connected with the zodiacal signs4 ,this is done in order to veil what was one of the most suggestive glyphs of the primitive ,temples4 ,the ,kumras are mixed up1 astronomically1 physiologically1 and mystically in general1 with a number of ,paurnic personages and events4 ,hardly hinted at in the ,vishnu1 they figure in various dramas and events throughout all the other ,purnas and sacred literature2 so that the ,orientalists1 having to pick up the threads of connection hither and thither1 have ended by proclaiming the ,kumras 8due chiefly to the fancy of the ,purnic writers40 ,but-- ,ma--we are told by the author of the 8,twelve ,signs of the ,zodiac0--is 8five02 kara1 a 8hand0 with its five fingers1 as also a fivesided sign or a ,pentagon4 ,the ,kumra 7in this case an anagram for ,occult purposes71 as ,yogs1 are five in ,esotericism1 because the last two names have ever been kept secret2 they are the fifth order of ,brahmadevas1 and the five fold ,chohans1 having the ,soul of the five ,elements in them1 ,water and ,ether predominating1 and therefore their symbols were both aquatic and fiery4 ,wisdom lies concealed under the couch of him who rests on the ,golden ,lotus 7,padma7 floating on the ,water4 ,in ,india this is ,vishnu1 one of whose ,avatras was ,buddha1 as claimed in days of old4 ,the ,prachetasas1 the worshippers of ,nryana--who1 like ,poseidon1 moved or dwelt over not under the ,waters--plunged into the depths of the ,ocean for their devotions and remained therein #aj1jjj years2 and the ,prachetasas are ten exoterically1 but five1 ,esoterically4 ,prachets is1 in ,sanskrit1 the name of ,varuna1 the ,water ,god1 ,nereus1 an aspect of ,neptune1 the ,prachetasas being thus identical with the 8five ministers0 of the malefemale ,chozzar 7 or 71 or ,poseidon1 of the ,perat ,gnostics4 ,these are respectively called ,ou1 ,aoai1 ,ou1 ,ouab and 444 71 1 1 444717#acge7 the fifth1 a triple name 7making seven in all7 being lost7#acgf7--;i4e41 kept secret4 ,thus much for the 8aquatic0 symbol2 the 8fiery0 connecting them with the fiery symbol--spiritually4 ,for purposes of identity1 let us remember that as the mother of the ,prachetasas was ,savarn1 the daughter of the ,ocean1 so was ,amphitrite the mother of ,neptune's mystic 8ministers40 ,now the reader is reminded that these 8five ministers0 are symbolized both in the ,dolphin1 who had overcome the chaste ,amphitrite's unwillingness to wed ,poseidon1 and in ,triton their son4 ,the latter1 whose body above the waist is that of a man and below a dolphin1 a fish1 is1 again1 most mysteriously connected with ,oannes1 the ,babylonian ,dag1 and further also with the ,matsya 7,fish7 ,avatra of ,vishnu1 both teaching mortals ,wisdom4 ,the ,dolphin1 as every ,mythologist knows1 was placed1 for his service1 by ,poseidon1 among the constellations1 and became with the ,greeks1 ,capricornus1 the ,goat1 whose hind part is that of a dolphin1 and is thus identical with ,makara1 whose head is also that of an antelope and the body and tail those of a fish4 ,this is why the sign of the ,makara was borne on the banner of ,kmadeva1 the ,hind ,god of ,love1 identified1 in the ,atharva ,veda1 with ,agni1 the ,firegod1 the son of ,lakshm1 as correctly given by the ,harivamsha4 ,for ,lakshm and ,venus are one1 and ,amphitrite is the early form of ,venus4 ,now ,kma1 the ,makaraketu1 is ,aja1 the 8unborn10 and tmbh1 the 8selfexistent10 and ,aja is the ,logos in the ,rig ,veda1 as he is shown therein to be the first manifestation of the ,one2 for 8,desire first arose in ,it1 which was the primal germ of mind10 that 8which connects entity with nonentity0--or ,manas1 the fifth1 with tm1 the seventh1 ,esoterically--say the ,sages4 ,this is the first stage4 ,the second1 on the following plane of manifestation1 shows ,brahm--whom we select as a representative for all the other ,first ,gods of the nations--causing to issue from his body his ,mindborn ,sons1 8,sanandana and others10 who1 in the fifth 8creation10 and again in the ninth 7for purposes of a 8blind07 become the ,kumra4 ,let us close by reminding the reader that goats were sacrificed to ,amphitrite and the ,nereids on the seashore--as goats are sacrificed to this day to ,durg ,kl1 who is only the black side of ,lakshm 7,venus71 the white side of ,shakti--and by suggesting what connection these animals may have with ,capricornus1 in which appear twentyeight stars in the form of a goat1 which goat was transformed by the ,greeks into ,amaltha1 ,jupiter's fostermother4 ,pan1 the ,god of ,nature1 had goat's feet1 and changed himself into a goat at the approach of ,typhon4 ,but this is a mystery which the writer dares not dwell upon at length1 not being sure of being understood4 ,thus the mystical side of the interpretation must be left to the intuition of the student4 ,let us note one more thing in relation to the mysterious number ,five4 ,it symbolizes at one and the same time the ,spirit of ,life ,eternal and the spirit of life and love terrestrial--in the human compound2 and1 it includes divine and infernal magic1 and the universal and the individual quintessence of being4 ,thus1 the five mystic words or vowels uttered by ,brahm at 8creation10 which forthwith became the ,panchadasha 7certain ,vedic ,hymns1 attributed to that ,god71 are in their creative and magical potentiality1 the white side of the black ,tntric five ,makras1 or the five m's4 ,makara1 the constellation1 is a seemingly meaningless and absurd name2 yet1 even besides its anagrammatical significance in conjunction with the term ,kumra1 the numerical value of its first syllable and its ,esoteric resolution into five has a very great and ,occult meaning in the mysteries of ,nature4 ,suffice it to say that1 as the sign of ,makara is connected with the birth of the spiritual ,microcosm1 and the death or dissolution of the physical ,universe--its passage into the realm of the ,spiritual17#acgg7 so the ,dhyn ,chohans1 called in ,india ,kumras1 are connected with both4 ,moreover1 in the exoteric religions1 they have become the synonyms of the ,angels of ,darkness4 ,mra is the ,god of ,darkness1 the ,fallen ,one1 and ,death27#acgh7 and yet it is one of the names of ,kma1 the ,first ,god in the ,vedas1 the ,logos1 from whom have sprung the ,kumras1 and this connects them still more with our 8fabulous0 ,indian ,makara1 and the crocodileheaded ,god in ,egypt47#acgi7 ,the ,crocodiles in the ,celestial ,nile are five1 and the ,god ,toom1 the ,primordial ,deity1 creating the heavenly bodies and living beings1 calls forth these ,crocodiles in his fifth 8creation40 ,when ,osiris1 the 8,defunct ,sun10 is buried and enters into ,amenti1 the sacred ,crocodiles plunge into the abyss of primordial ,waters--the 8,great ,green ,one40 ,when the ,sun of ,life rises1 they remerge out of the sacred river4 ,all this is highly symbolical1 and shows how primeval ,esoteric truths found their expression in identical symbols4 ,but1 as ,mr4 ,t4 ,subba ,row truly declares3 ,the veil that was dexterously thrown over certain portions of the mystery connected with these ,zodiacal signs by the ancient philosophers1 will never be lifted up for the amusement or edification of the uninitiated public47#achj7 ,nor was number ,five less sacred with the ,greeks4 ,the 8,five ,words0 of ,brahm have become with the ,gnostics the 8,five ,words0 written upon the kshic 7,shining7 ,garment of ,jesus at his glorification--the words 8,zama ,zama zza ,rachama zai0 7 71 translated by the ,orientalists 8the robe1 the glorious robe of my strength40 ,these words were1 in their turn1 the anagrammatic 8blind0 of the five mystic ,powers represented on the robe of the 8resurrected0 ,initiate after his last trial of three days' trance2 the five becoming seven only after his 8death10 when the ,adept became the full ,christos1 the full ,krishna,vishnu1 i4e41 merged in ,nirvna4 ,the ,e ,delphicum1 a sacred symbol1 was the numeral five1 again2 and how sacred it was is shown by the fact that the ,corinthians1 according to ,plutarch1 replaced the wooden numeral in the ,delphic ,temple by a bronze one1 and this one was transmuted by ,livia ,augusta into a facsimile in gold47#acha7 ,it is easy to recognize in the two 8,spiritus0--the ,greek signs 767 spoken of by ,ragon--tm and ,buddhi1 or ,divine ,spirit and its ,vehicle1 the ,spiritual ,soul4 ,the ,six or the ,senary is dealt with later in this ,section1 while the ,septenary will be fully treated in the course of this ,volume in the ,section on 8,the ,mysteries of the ,hebdomad40 ,the ,ogdoad or ,eight symbolizes the eternal and spiral motion of cycles1 the #h1 1 and is symbolized in its turn by the ,caduceus4 ,it shows the regular breathing of the ,kosmos presided over by the ,eight ,great ,gods--the ,seven from the primeval ,mother1 the ,one and the ,triad4 ,then comes the number ,nine1 or the triple ,ternary4 ,it is the number which reproduces itself incessantly under all shapes and figures in every multiplication4 ,it is the sign of every circumference1 since its value in degrees is equal to #i1 i4e41 to #c #f #j4 ,it is a bad number under certain conditions1 and very unlucky4 ,if number #f was the symbol of our ,globe ready to be animated by a divine ,spirit1 #i symbolized our ,earth informed by a bad or evil ,spirit4 ,ten1 or the ,decad1 brings all these digits back to unity1 and ends the ,pythagorean table4 ,hence this figure1 ,symbol3 ,circle with line through the middle--unity within zero--was the symbol of ,deity1 of the ,universe1 and of ,man4 ,such is the secret meaning of 8the strong grip of the lion's paw1 of the tribe of ,judah0 7the 8master mason's grip07 between two hands1 the joint number of whose fingers is ten4 ,if we now give our attention to the ,egyptian cross1 or the ,tau1 we may discover this letter1 which was so exalted by ,egyptians1 ,greeks1 and ,jews1 to be mysteriously connected with the ,decad4 ,the ,tau is the ,alpha and the ,omega of ,secret ,divine ,wisdom1 which is symbolized by the initial and the final letters of ,thot 7,hermes74 ,thot was the inventor of the ,egyptian alphabet1 and the letter ,tau closed the alphabets of the ,jews and the ,samaritans1 who called this character the 8end0 or 8perfection10 8culmination0 and 8security40 ,hence1 ,ragon tells us1 the words ,terminus1 8end10 and ,tectum1 8roof10 are symbols of shelter and security--which is rather a prosaic definition4 ,but such is the usual destiny of ideas and things in this world of spiritual decadence1 though at the same time of physical progress4 ,pan was at one time ,absolute ,nature1 the ,one and ,great ,all2 but when history catches a first glimpse of him1 ,pan has already tumbled down into a godling of the fields1 a rural ,god2 history will not recognize him1 while theology makes of him the ,devil6 ,yet his sevenpiped flute1 the emblem of the seven forces of ,nature1 of the seven planets1 the seven musical notes1 of all the septenary harmony in short1 shows well his primordial character4 ,so with the cross4 ,far earlier than the ,jews had devised their golden candlestick of the ,temple with three sockets on one side and four on the other1 and made of number seven a feminine number of generation7#achb7--thus introducing the phallic element into religion--the more spirituallyminded nations had made of the cross 7as #c #d #g7 their most sacred divine symbol4 ,in fact1 circle1 cross1 and seven--the latter being made a base of circular measurement--are the first primordial symbols4 ,pythagoras1 who brought his wisdom from ,india1 left to posterity a glimpse into this truth4 ,his ,school regarded number #g as a compound of numbers #c and #d1 which they explained in a dual manner4 ,on the plane of the noumenal world1 the ,triangle was1 as the first conception of the manifested ,deity1 its image1 8,father,mother,son02 and the ,quaternary1 the perfect number1 was the noumenal1 ideal root of all numbers and things on the physical plane4 ,some students1 in view of the sacredness of the ,tetraktys and the ,tetragrammaton1 mistake the mystic meaning of the ,quaternary4 ,the latter was with the ,ancients only a secondary 8perfection10 so to speak1 because it related only to the manifested planes4 ,whereas it is the ,triangle1 the ,greek ,delta 771 which was the 8vehicle of the unknown ,deity40 ,a good proof of it lies in the name of the ,deity beginning with ,delta4 ,zeus was written 7,deus7 by the ,botians1 thence the ,deus of the ,latins4 ,this1 in relation to the metaphysical conception1 with regard to the meaning of the septenary in the phenomenal world2 but for purposes of profane or exoteric interpretation1 the symbolism changed4 ,three became the ideograph of the three material ,elements--,air1 ,water1 ,earth2 and four became the principle of all that which is neither corporeal nor perceptible4 ,but this has never been accepted by the real ,pythagoreans4 ,viewed as a compound of #f and #a1 the ,senary and the ,unity1 number #g was the invisible centre1 the ,spirit of everything1 as there exists no hexagonal body without a seventh property being found as the central point in it1 as1 for instance1 crystals and snowflakes in socalled 8inanimate0 nature4 ,moreover1 number seven1 they said1 has all the perfection of the unit--the number of numbers4 ,for as absolute unity is uncreated1 and impartite1 hence numberless1 and no number can produce it1 so is the seven2 no digit contained within the ,decad can beget or produce it4 ,and it is four which affords an arithmetical division between unity and seven1 for it surpasses the former by the same number 7three71 as it is itself surpassed by the seven1 since four is by as many numbers above one1 as seven is above four47#achc7 8,with the ,egyptians number #g was the symbol of life eternal10 says ,ragon1 and adds that this is why the ,greek letter ,z1 which is but a double #g1 is the initial letter of ,za1 8,i live10 and of ,zeus1 the 8father of all living40 ,moreover1 figure #f was the symbol of the ,earth during the autumn and winter 8sleeping0 months1 and figure #g during spring and summer1 as the ,spirit of ,life animated her at that time--the seventh or central informing ,force4 ,we find the same in the ,egyptian mythos and symbol of ,osiris and ,isis1 personifying ,fire and ,water metaphysically1 and the ,sun and the ,nile physically4 ,the number of the solar year1 #cfe in days1 is the numerical value of the word ,neilos 7,nile74 ,this1 together with the ,bull1 with the crescent and the ansated cross between its horns1 and the ,earth under its astronomical symbol 771 are the most phallic symbols of later antiquity4 ,the ,nile was the river of time with the number of a year1 or year and a day 7#cfd #a #cfe74 ,it represented the parturient water of ,isis1 or ,mother ,earth1 the moon1 the woman1 and the cow1 also the workshop of ,osiris1 representing the ,t'sod ,olaum of the ,hebrews4 ,the ancient name of this river was ,eridanus1 or the ,hebrew ,iardan1 with the ,coptic or old ,greek suffix4 ,this was the door of the ,hebrew word ,jared1 or source1 or descent 444 of the river ,jordan1 which had the same mythical use with the ,hebrews that the ,nile had with the ,egyptians17#achd7 it was the source of descent1 and held the waters of life47#ache7 ,it was1 to put it plainly1 the symbol of the personified ,earth1 or ,isis regarded as the womb of that ,earth4 ,this is shown clearly enough2 and ,jordan--the river so sacred now to ,christians--held no more sublime or poetical meaning in it than the parturient waters of the ,moon--,isis1 or ,jehovah in his female aspect4 ,now1 as shown by the same scholar1 ,osiris was the ,sun1 and the river ,nile1 and the year of #cfe days2 while ,isis was the ,moon1 the bed of that river1 or ,mother ,earth 8for the parturient energies of which water was a necessity10 as also the lunar year of #ced days1 8the timemaker of the periods of gestation40 ,all this then is sexual and phallic1 our modern scholars seeming to find in these symbols nothing beyond a physiological or phallic meaning4 ,nevertheless1 the three figures #cfe1 or the number of days in a solar year1 have but to be read with the ,pythagorean key to find in them a highly philosophical and moral meaning4 ,one instance will be sufficient4 ,it can read3 ,the ,earth 7#c7--;animated by 7#f7--the ,spirit of ,life 7#e74 ,simply because #c is equivalent to the ,greek ,gamma 77 which is the symbol of ,gaia1 the ,earth1 while the figure #f is the symbol of the animating or informing principle1 and the #e is the universal quintessence which spreads in every direction and forms all matter47#achf7 ,the few instances and examples brought forward reveal only one small portion of the methods used to read the symbolical ideographs and numerals of antiquity4 ,the system being of an extreme and complex difficulty1 very few1 even among the ,initiates1 could master all the seven keys4 ,is it to be wondered1 then1 that the metaphysical gradually dwindled down into the physical ,nature2 that the ,sun1 once upon a time the symbol of ,deity1 became1 as ons glided by1 that of its creative ardour only2 and that thence it fell into a glyph of phallic significance8 ,but surely1 it is not those whose method1 like ,plato's1 was to proceed from universals down to particulars1 who could ever have begun by symbolizing their religions by sexual emblems6 ,it is quite true1 though uttered by that incarnated paradox liphas ,lvi1 that 8man is ,god on ,earth1 and ,god is man in ,heaven40 ,but this could not1 and never did apply to the ,one ,deity1 only to the ,hosts of ,its incarnated beams1 called by us ,dhyn ,chohans1 by the ,ancients ,gods1 and now transformed by the ,church into ,devils on the left1 and into the ,saviour on the right side6 ,but all such dogmas grew out of the one root1 the root of ,wisdom1 which grows and thrives on the ,indian soil4 ,there is not an ,archangel that could not be traced back to its prototype in the sacred land of ryvarta4 ,these prototypes are all connected with the ,kumras who appear on the scene of action by 8refusing0--as ,sanatkumra and ,sananda--to 8create progeny40 ,yet they are called the 8creators0 of 7thinking7 man4 ,more than once they are brought into connection with ,nrada--another bundle of apparent incongruities1 yet a wealth of philosophical tenets4 ,nrada is the leader of the ,gandharvas1 the celestial singers and musicians2 ,esoterically1 the reason for this is explained by the fact that the ,gandharvas are 8the instructors of men in the ,secret ,sciences40 ,it is they1 who 8loving the women of the ,earth0 disclosed to them the mysteries of creation2 or1 as in the ,veda1 the 8heavenly0 ,gandharva is a deity who knew and revealed the secrets of heaven and divine truths1 in general4 ,if we remember what is said of this class of ,angels in ,enoch and in the ,bible1 then the allegory is plain2 their leader1 ,nrada1 while refusing to procreate1 leads men to become ,gods4 ,moreover1 all of these1 as stated in the ,vedas1 are ,chhandajas1 8willborn10 or incarnated1 in different ,manvantaras1 of their own will4 ,they are shown in exoteric literature as existing age after age2 some being 8cursed to be reborn10 others incarnating as a duty4 ,finally1 as the ,sanakadikas1 the seven ,kumras who went to visit ,vishnu on the 8,white ,island0 7,shvetadvpa71 the ,island inhabited by the ,mah ,yogins--they are connected with ,shkadvpa and the ,lemurians and ,atlanteans of the ,third and ,fourth ,races4 ,in the ,esoteric ,philosophy1 the ,rudras 7,kumras1 dityas1 ,gandharvas1 ,asuras1 etc47 are the highest ,dhyn ,chohans or ,devas as regards intellectuality4 ,they are those who1 owing to their having acquired by selfdevelopment the fivefold nature--hence the sacredness of number five--became independent of the pure ,arpa ,devas4 ,this is a mystery very difficult to realize and understand correctly4 ,for we see that those who were 8obedient to law0 are1 equally with the 8rebels10 doomed to be reborn in every age4 ,nrada1 the ,rishi1 is cursed by ,brahm to incessant peripateticism on ,earth1 i4e41 to be constantly reborn4 ,he is a rebel against ,brahm1 and yet has no worse fate than the ,jayas--the twelve great ,creative ,gods produced by ,brahm as his assistants in the functions of creation4 ,for the latter1 lost in meditation1 only forgot to create2 and for this1 they were equally cursed by ,brahm to be born in every ,manvantara4 ,and still they are termed--together with the rebels--,chhandajas1 or those born of their own will in human form4 ,all this is very puzzling to one who is unable to read and understand the ,purnas except in their deadletter sense47#achg7 ,hence we find the ,orientalists refusing to be puzzled1 and cutting the ,gordian knot of perplexity by declaring the whole scheme 8figments 444 of ,brhmanical fancy and love of exaggeration40 ,but to the student of ,occultism1 the whole is pregnant with deep philosophical meaning4 ,we willingly leave the rind to the ,western ,sanskritist1 but claim the essence of the fruit for ourselves4 ,we do more3 we concede that in one sense much in these so called 8fables0 refers to astronomical allegories about constellations1 asterisms1 stars1 and planets4 ,yet1 while the ,gandharva of the ,rig ,veda may there be made to personify the fire of the ,sun1 the ,gandharva ,devas are entities both of a physical and psychic character1 while the ,apsarasas 7with other ,rudras7 are both qualities and quantities4 ,in short1 if ever unravelled1 the ,theogony of the ,vedic ,gods will reveal fathomless mysteries of ,creation and ,being4 ,truly says ,parshara3 ,these classes of thirtythree divinities 444 exist age after age1 and their appearance and disappearance is in the same manner as the sun sets and rises again47#achh7 ,there was a time1 when the ,eastern symbol of the cross and circle1 the ,svastika1 was universally adopted4 ,with the ,esoteric1 and for the matter of that exoteric1 ,buddhist1 the ,chinaman and the ,mongolian1 it means the 8ten thousand truths40 ,these truths1 they say1 belong to the mysteries of the ,unseen ,universe and ,primordial ,cosmogony and ,theogony4 ,since ,fohat crossed the ,circle like two lines of flame horizontally and vertically1 the ,hosts of the ,blessed ,ones have never failed to send their representatives upon the ,planets they are made to watch over from the beginning4 ,this is why the ,svastika is always placed--as the ansated cross was in ,egypt--on the breast of the defunct ,mystics4 ,it is found on the heart of the images and statues of ,buddha1 in ,tibet and ,mongolia4 ,it is the seal placed also on the hearts of the living ,initiates1 burnt into the flesh for ever with some4 ,this1 because they have to keep these truths inviolate and intact1 in eternal silence and secrecy to the day they are perceived and read by their chosen successors--new ,initiates--8worthy of being entrusted with the ten thousand perfections40 ,so degraded1 however1 has it now become1 that it is often placed on the headgear of the 8,gods10 the hideous idols of the sacrilegious ,bhons--the ,dugpas or ,sorcerers1 of the ,tibetan borderlands--until found out by a ,galukpa1 and torn off together with the head of the 8,god10 though it would be better were it that of the worshipper which was severed from his sinful body4 ,still1 it can never lose its mysterious properties4 ,throw a retrospective glance1 and see it used alike by the ,initiates and ,seers1 as by the ,priests of ,troy1 for many specimens of it have been found by ,schliemann on the site of that old city4 ,one finds it with the old ,peruvians1 the ,assyrians1 ,chaldans1 as well as on the walls of the oldworld ,cyclopean buildings2 in the catacombs of the ,new ,world1 and in those of the ,old 7871 at ,rome1 where--because the first ,christians are supposed to have concealed themselves and their religion--it is called ,crux ,dissimulata4 ,according to ,de ,rossi the ,swastika from an early period was a favourite form of the cross employed with an occult signification which shows the secret was not that of the ,christian cross4 ,one ,swastika cross in the catacombs is the sign of an inscription which reads 8 8 1 ,vitalis ,vitalia10 or life of life47#achi7 ,but the best evidence to the antiquity of the cross is that which is brought forward by the author of ,the ,natural ,genesis himself3 ,the value of the cross as a ,christian symbol is supposed to date from the time when ,jesus ,christ was crucified4 ,and yet in the 8,christian0 iconography of the catacombs no figure of a man appears upon the ,cross during the first six or seven centuries4 ,there are all forms of the cross except that--the alleged starting point of the new religion4 ,that was not the initial but the final form of the ,crucifix47#acij7 ,during some six centuries after the ,christian era the foundation of the ,christian religion in a crucified ,redeemer is entirely absent from ,christian art6 ,the earliest known form of the human figure on the cross is the crucifix presented by ,pope ,gregory the ,great to ,queen ,theodolinde of ,lombardy1 now in the ,church of ,st4 ,john at ,monza1 whilst no image of the ,crucified is found in the catacombs at ,rome earlier than that of ,san ,giulio1 belonging to the seventh or eighth century4444 ,there is no ,christ and no ,crucified2 the ,cross is the ,christ even as the ,stauros 7,cross7 was a type and a name of ,horus the ,gnostic ,christ4 ,the ,cross1 not the ,crucified1 is the primary symbol of the ,christian ,church4 ,the ,cross1 not the ,crucified1 is the essential object of representation in its art1 and of adoration in its religion4 ,the germ of the whole growth and development can be traced to the cross4 ,and that cross is pre ,christian1 is pagan and heathen1 in half a dozen different shapes4 ,the ,cult began with the cross1 and ,julian was right in saying he waged a 8,warfare with the ,x02 which he obviously considered had been adopted by the ,a,gnostics and ,mytholators to convey an impossible significance47#acia7 ,during centuries the cross stood for the ,christ1 and was addressed as if it were a living being4 ,it was divinized at first and humanized at last47#acib7 ,few worldsymbols are more pregnant with real ,occult meaning than the ,svastika4 ,it is symbolized by the figure #f4 ,like that figure1 it points1 in its concrete imagery1 as does the ideograph of the number1 to the ,zenith and the ,nadir1 to ,north1 ,south1 ,west1 and ,east2 one finds the unit everywhere1 and that unit reflected in all and every unit4 ,it is the emblem of the activity of ,fohat1 of the continual revolution of the 8,wheels10 and of the ,four ,elements1 the 8,sacred ,four10 in their mystical1 and not alone in their cosmical meaning2 further1 its four arms1 bent at right angles1 are intimately related1 as shown elsewhere1 to the ,pythagorean and ,hermetic scales4 ,one initiated into the mysteries of the meaning of the ,svastika1 say the ,commentaries1 8can trace on it1 with mathematical precision1 the evolution of ,kosmos and the whole period of ,sandhy40 ,also 8the relation of the ,seen to the ,unseen10 and 8the first procreation of man and species40 ,to the ,eastern ,occultist the ,tree of ,knowledge1 in the ,paradise of man's own heart1 becomes the ,tree of ,life ,eternal1 and has nought to do with man's animal senses4 ,it is an absolute mystery that reveals itself only through the efforts of the imprisoned ,manas1 the ,ego1 to liberate itself from the thraldom of sensuous perception1 and see in the light of the one eternal present ,reality4 ,to the ,western ,kabalist1 and far more now to the superficial ,symbologist1 nursed in the lethal atmosphere of ,materialistic ,science1 the chief explanation of the mysteries of the cross is--its sexual element4 ,even the otherwise spiritualistic modern commentator discerns this feature in the cross and ,svastika before all others4 ,the cross was used in ,egypt as a protecting talisman and a symbol of saving power4 ,typhon1 or ,satan1 is actually found chained to and bound by the cross4 ,in the ,ritual1 the ,osirian cries1 8,the ,apophis is overthrown1 their cords bind the ,south1 ,north1 ,east1 and ,west1 their cords are on him4 ,harrubah has knotted him407#acic7 ,these were the ,cords of the four quarters1 or the cross4 ,thor is said to smite the head of the serpent with his hammer1 444 a form of ,swastika or fourfooted cross4444 ,in the primitive sepulchres of ,egypt the model of the ,chamber had the form of a cross47#acid7 ,the pagoda of ,mathura 444 the birthplace of ,krishna1 was built in the form of a cross47#acie7 ,this is perfect1 and no one can discern in it that 8sexual worship10 with which the ,orientalists love to break the head of ,paganism4 ,but how about the ,jews1 and the exoteric religions of some ,hind sects1 especially the rites of the ,vallabchryas8 ,for1 as said1 ,shivaworship1 with its ,lingam and ,yoni1 stands too high philosophically1 its modern degeneration notwithstanding1 to be called a simple phallic worship4 ,but the ,tree or ,crossworship7#acif7 of the ,jews1 as denounced by their own ,prophets1 can hardly escape the charge4 ,the 8sons of the sorcerers1 the seed of the adulterer107#acig7 as ,isaiah calls them1 never lost an opportunity of 8enflaming themselves with idols under every green tree07#acih7--which denotes no metaphysical recreation4 ,it is from these monotheistic ,jews that the ,christian nations have derived their religion1 their 8,god of ,gods1 the ,one living ,god10 while despising and deriding the worship of the ,deity of the ancient ,philosophers4 ,let such believe in and worship the physical form of the cross1 by all means4 ,but to the follower of the true ,eastern ,archaic ,wisdom1 to him who worships in spirit nought outside the ,absolute ,unity1 that everpulsating great ,heart that beats throughout1 as in1 every atom of ,nature1 each such atom contains the germ from which he may raise the ,tree of ,knowledge1 whose fruits give ,life ,eternal and not physical life alone4 ,for him1 the cross and circle1 the ,tree or the ,tau--even after every symbol relating thereto has been referred to and read1 one after another--still remain a profound mystery in their ,past1 and it is to that ,past alone that he directs his eager gaze4 ,he cares little whether it be the ,seed from which grows the genealogical ,tree of ,being1 called the ,universe4 ,nor is it the ,three in ,one1 the triple aspect of the ,seed--its form1 colour1 and substance--that interest him1 but rather the ,force which directs its growth1 the ever mysterious1 as the ever unknown4 ,for this vital ,force1 that makes the ,seed germinate1 burst open and throw out shoots1 then form the trunk and branches1 which1 in their turn1 bend down like the boughs of the ,ashvattha1 the holy ,tree of ,bodhi1 throw their seed out1 take root and procreate other trees--this is the only ,force that has reality for him1 as it is the neverdying ,breath of ,life4 ,the ,pagan philosopher sought for the cause1 the modern is content with only the effects and seeks the former in the latter4 ,what is beyond1 he does not know1 nor does the modern ,a gnostic care2 thus rejecting the only knowledge upon which he can with full security base his ,science4 ,yet this manifested ,force has an answer for him who seeks to fathom it4 ,he who sees in the cross1 the decussated circle of ,plato1 the ,pagan1 not the antitype of circumcision1 as ,christian 7,st47 ,augustine did17#acii7 is forthwith regarded by the ,church as a heathen2 by ,science1 as a lunatic4 ,this1 because1 while refusing to worship the ,god of physical generation1 he confesses that he can know nothing of the ,cause which underlies the socalled ,first ,cause1 the ,causeless ,cause of this ,vital ,cause4 ,tacitly admitting the ,all,presence of the ,boundless ,circle and making of it the ,universal ,postulate upon which the whole of the ,manifested ,universe is based1 the ,sage keeps a reverential silence concerning that upon which no mortal man should dare to speculate4 8,the ,logos of ,god is the revealer of man1 and the ,logos 7the ,verb7 of man is the revealer of ,god10 says liphas ,lvi in one of his paradoxes4 ,to this1 the ,eastern ,occultist would reply3 ,on this condition1 however1 that man should be dumb on the ,cause that produced both ,god and its ,logos4 ,otherwise1 he becomes invariably the reviler1 not the revealer1 of the ,incognizable ,deity4 ,we have now to approach a mystery--the ,hebdomad in ,nature4 ,perchance1 all that we may say1 will be attributed to coincidence4 ,we may be told that this number in ,nature is quite natural--as indeed we say it is--and has no more significance than the illusion of motion which forms the socalled 8strobic circles40 ,no great importance was given to these 8singular illusions0 when ,professor ,sylvanus ,thompson exhibited them at the meeting of the ,british ,association in #ahgg4 ,nevertheless we should like to learn the scientific explanation why seven should ever form itself as a preeminent number--six concentric circles around a seventh1 and seven rings within one another round a central point1 etc4--in this illusion1 produced by a swaying saucer1 or any other vessel4 ,we give the solution refused by ,science in the ,section which follows4 ,section ,,xi4 ,the ,mysteries of the ,hebdomad4 ,we must not close this ,part on the ,symbolism of ,archaic ,history1 without an attempt to explain the perpetual recurrence of this truly mystic number1 the ,hebdomad1 in every scripture known to the ,orientalists4 ,as every religion1 from the oldest to the latest1 reveals its presence1 and explains it on its own grounds agreeably with its own special dogmas1 this is no easy task4 ,we can1 therefore1 do no better or more explanatory work than to give a bird'seye view of all4 ,the numbers1 #c1 #d1 #g1 are the sacred numbers of ,light1 ,life1 and ,union--especially in this present ,manvantara1 our ,life,cycle2 of which number seven is the special representative1 or the factor number4 ,this has now to be demonstrated4 ,if one should ask a ,brhman learned in the ,upanishads1 which are so full of the ,secret ,wisdom of old1 why 8he1 of whom seven forefathers have drunk the juice of the ,moonplant10 is ,trisuparna1 as ,bopaveda is credited with saying27#adjj7 and why the ,somapa ,pitris should be worshipped by the ,brhman ,trisuparna--very few could answer the question2 or1 if they knew1 they would still less satisfy one's curiosity4 ,let us1 then1 hold to what the old ,esoteric ,doctrine teaches4 ,as says the ,commentary3 ,when the first ,seven appeared on ,earth1 they threw the seed of everything that grows on the land into the soil4 ,first came ,three1 and ,four were added to these as soon as stone was transformed into plant4 ,then came the second ,seven1 who1 guiding the ,jvas of the plants1 produced the middle intermediate natures between plant and moving living animal4 ,the third ,seven evolved their ,chhys4444 ,the fifth ,seven imprisoned their ,essence4444 ,thus man became a ,saptaparna4 ,a4 ,saptaparna4 ,such is the name given in ,occult phraseology to man4 ,it means1 as shown elsewhere1 a sevenleaved plant1 and the name has a great significance in the ,buddhist legends4 ,so it had1 also1 under disguise1 in the ,greek myths4 ,the ,t1 or 7,tau71 formed from the figure #g1 and the ,greek letter 7,gamma71 was1 as stated in the last ,section1 the symbol of life1 and of ,life ,eternal3 of earthly life1 because 7,gamma7 is the symbol of the ,earth 7,gaia77#adja72 and of ,life ,eternal1 because the figure #g is the symbol of the same life linked with ,divine ,life1 the double glyph expressed in geometrical figures being3 ,symbol3 a triangle over a square --a ,triangle and a ,quaternary1 the symbol of ,septenary ,man4 ,now1 the number six has been regarded in the ,ancient ,mysteries as an emblem of physical ,nature4 ,for six is the representation of the six dimensions of all bodies--the six directions which compose their form1 namely1 the four directions extending to the four cardinal points1 ,north1 ,south1 ,east1 and ,west1 and the two directions of height and thickness that answer to the ,zenith and the ,nadir4 ,therefore1 while the ,senary was applied by the ,sages to physical man1 the ,septenary was for them the symbol of that man plus his immortal ,soul47#adjb7 ,j4 ,m4 ,ragon gives a very good illustration of the 8hieroglyphical senary10 as he calls our double equilateral triangle4 ,the hieroglyphical senary is the symbol of the commingling of the philosophical three fires and three waters1 whence results the procreation of the elements of all things47#adjc7 ,the same idea is found in the ,indian double equilateral triangle4 ,for1 though it is called in that country the sign of ,vishnu1 yet in truth it is the symbol of the ,triad1 or ,trimrti4 ,for1 even in the exoteric rendering1 the lower triangle1 ,symbol3 triangle1 with the apex downward1 is the symbol of ,vishnu1 the ,god of the ,moist ,principle and ,water1 ,nryana being the ,moving ,principle in the ,nr1 or ,waters27#adjd7 while the triangle1 with its apex upward1 ,symbol3 triangle1 is ,shiva1 the ,principle of ,fire1 symbolized by the triple flame in his hand47#adje7 ,it is these two interlaced triangles1 wrongly called 8,solomon's ,seal0--which also form the emblem of our ,society--that produce the ,septenary and the ,triad at one and the same time1 and are the ,decad4 ,whatever way this ,symbol3 #fpoint star is examined1 all the ten numbers are contained therein4 ,for with a point in the middle or centre1 ,symbol3 #fpoint star with middle dot1 it is a sevenfold sign or ,septenary2 its triangles denote number three1 or the ,triad2 the two triangles show the presence of the ,binary2 the triangles with the central point common to both yield the ,quaternary2 the six points are the ,senary2 and the central point1 the ,unit2 the ,quinary being traced by combination1 as a compound of two triangles1 the even number1 and of three sides in each triangle1 the first odd number4 ,this is the reason why ,pythagoras and the ancients made the number six sacred to ,venus1 since3 ,the union of the two sexes1 and the spagyrization of matter by triads1 are necessary to develop the generative force1 that prolific virtue and tendency to reproduction which is inherent in all bodies47#adjf7 ,belief in 8,creators10 or the personified ,powers of ,nature1 is in truth no polytheism1 but a philosophical necessity4 ,like all the other ,planets of our system1 the ,earth has seven ,logoi--the emanating ,rays of the one 8,father,ray0--the ,protogonos1 or the ,manifested ,logos1 he who sacrifices his ,esse 7or 8,flesh10 the ,universe7 that the ,world may live and every creature therein have conscious being4 ,numbers #c and #d are respectively male and female1 ,spirit and ,matter1 and their union is the emblem of ,life ,eternal in ,spirit on its ascending arc1 and in ,matter as the ever resurrecting ,element--by procreation and reproduction4 ,the spiritual male line is vertical ,symbol3 bar2 the differentiated matterline is horizontal2 the two forming the cross or 4 ,the #c is invisible2 the #d is on the plane of objective perception4 ,this is why all the ,matter of the ,universe1 when analyzed to its ultimates by ,science1 can be reduced to four ,elements only--,carbon1 ,oxygen1 ,nitrogen1 and ,hydrogen2 and why the three primaries1 the noumena of the four1 or graduated ,spirit or ,force1 have remained a terra incognita1 and mere speculations1 mere names1 to exact ,science4 ,her servants must believe in and study first the primary causes1 before they can hope to fathom the nature1 and acquaint themselves with the potentialities1 of the effects4 ,thus1 while the men of ,western learning had1 and still have1 the four1 or ,matter1 to toy with1 the ,eastern ,occultists and their disciples1 the great ,alchemists the world over1 have the whole septenate to study from47#adjg7 ,as those ,alchemists have it3 ,when the ,three and the ,four kiss each other1 the ,quaternary joins its middle nature with that of the ,triangle or ,triad1 i4e41 the face of one of its plane surfaces becoming the middle face of the other1 and becomes a ,cube2 then only does it the ,cube unfolded become the vehicle and the number of ,life1 the ,father,mother ,seven4 ,now we are taught that all these earliest forms of organic life also appear in septenary groups of numbers4 ,from minerals or 8soft stones that hardened10 to use the phraseology of the ,stanzas1 followed by the 8hard plants that softened10 which are the product of the mineral1 for 8it is from the bosom of the stone that vegetation is born027#adjh7 and then to man--all the primitive models in every kingdom of ,nature begin by being ethereal1 transparent1 films4 ,this1 of course1 takes place only in the first beginning of life4 ,with the next period they consolidate1 and at the seventh begin to branch off into species1 all except men1 the first of the mammalian animals7#adji7 in the ,fourth ,round4 ,virgil1 versed as every ancient poet was1 more or less1 in ,esoteric ,philosophy1 sang of evolution in the following strains3 ,principio clum ac terras camposque liquentes ,lucentemque globum ,lun1 ,titaniaque astra ,spiritus intus alit1 totamque infusa per artus ,mens agitat molem et magno se corpore miscet4 ,inde hominum pecudumque genus vitque volantum ,et qu marmoreo fert monstra sub quore pontus47#adaj7 8,first came three1 or the ,triangle40 ,this expression has a profound meaning in ,occultism1 and the fact is corroborated1 in ,mineralogy1 ,botany1 and even in ,geology--as has been demonstrated in the ,section on 8,the ,chronology of the ,brhmans0--by the compound number seven1 the three and the four1 being contained in it4 ,salt in solution proves this4 ,for when its molecules1 clustering together1 begin to deposit themselves as a solid1 the first shape they assume is that of triangles1 of small pyramids and cones4 ,it is the figure of ,fire1 whence the word 8,pyramis02 while the second geometrical figure in manifested ,nature is a ,square or a ,cube1 #d and #f2 for1 as ,enfield says1 8the particles of earth being cubical1 those of fire are pyramidal0--truly4 ,the pyramidal shape is that assumed by the pines--the most primitive tree after the fern period4 ,thus the two opposites in cosmic ,nature--fire and water1 heat and cold--begin their metrographical manifestations1 one by a trimetric1 the other by a hexagonal system4 ,for the stellate crystals of snow1 viewed under a microscope1 are all and each of them a double or a treble sixpointed star1 with a central nucleus1 like a miniature star within the larger one4 ,says ,mr4 ,darwin--showing that the inhabitants of the seashore are greatly affected by the tides3 ,the most ancient progenitors in the kingdom of the ,vertebrata 444 apparently consisted of a group of marine animals4444 ,animals living either about the mean highwater mark1 or about the mean lowwater mark1 pass through a complete cycle of tidal changes in a fortnight4444 ,now it is a mysterious fact that in the higher and now terrestrial ,vertebrata 444 many normal and abnormal processes have one or more weeks septenates as their periods 444 such as gestation of mammals1 the duration of fevers47#adaa7 ,the eggs of the pigeon are hatched in two weeks or #ad days2 those of the fowl in three2 those of the duck in four2 those of the goose in five2 and those of the ostrich in seven47#adab7 ,this number is closely connected with the ,moon1 whose ,occult influence is ever manifesting itself in septenary periods4 ,it is the ,moon which is the guide of the ,occult side of terrestrial ,nature1 while the ,sun is the regulator and factor of manifested life4 ,this truth has ever been evident to the ,seers and the ,adepts4 ,jakob ,bhme1 by insisting on the fundamental doctrine of the seven properties of everlasting ,mother ,nature1 proved himself thereby a great ,occultist4 ,but to return to the consideration of the septenary in ancient religious symbolism4 ,to the metrological key of the symbolism of the ,hebrews1 which reveals numerically the geometrical relations of the ,circle 7,all,deity7 to the ,square1 ,cube1 ,triangle1 and all the integral emanations of the divine area1 may be added the theogonic key4 ,this key explains that ,noah1 the ,deluge,patriarch1 is in one aspect the permutation of the ,deity 7the ,universal ,creative ,law71 for the purpose of the formation of our ,earth1 its population1 and the propagation of life on it1 in general4 ,now bearing in mind the septenary division in divine ,hierarchies1 as in cosmic and human constitutions1 the student will readily understand that ,jah,noah is at the head of1 and is the synthesis of the lower cosmic ,quaternary4 ,the upper ,sephirothal ,triad1 --of which ,jehovah,binah 7,intelligence7 is the left1 female1 angle--emanates the ,quaternary1 4 ,the latter1 symbolizing by itself the ,heavenly ,man1 the sexless ,adam ,kadmon1 viewed as ,nature in the abstract1 becomes a septenate again by emanating from itself the additional three principles1 the lower terrestrial or manifested physical ,nature1 ,matter and our ,earth--the seventh being ,malkuth1 the 8,bride of the ,heavenly ,man0--thus forming1 with the higher ,triad1 or ,kether1 the ,crown1 the full number of the ,sephirothal ,tree--the #aj1 the ,total in ,unity1 or the ,universe4 ,apart from the higher ,triad1 the lower creative ,sephiroth are seven4 ,the above is not directly to our point1 though it is a necessary reminder to facilitate the comprehension of what follows4 ,the question at issue is to show that ,jah,noah1 or the ,jehovah of the ,hebrew ,bible1 the alleged ,creator of our ,earth1 of man and all upon it1 is3 7a7 ,the lowest ,septenary1 the ,creative ,elohim--in his cosmic aspect4 7b7 ,the ,tetragrammaton or the ,adam ,kadmon1 the 8,heavenly ,man0 of the four letters--in his theogonic and kabalistic aspects4 7c7 ,the ,noah--identical with the ,hind ,shishta1 the human ,seed1 left for the peopling of the ,earth from a previous creation1 or ,manvantara1 as expressed in the ,purnas1 or the prediluvian period as rendered allegorically in the ,bible--in his cosmic character4 ,but whether a ,quaternary 7,tetragrammaton7 or a ,triad1 the biblical ,creative ,god is not the ,universal #aj1 unless blended with ,ain ,suph 7as ,brahm with ,parabrahman71 but a septenary1 one of the many septenaries of the ,universal ,septenate4 ,in the explanation of the question now in hand1 his position and status as ,noah may best be shown by placing the #c1 1 and #d1 1 on parallel lines with the cosmic and human principles4 ,for the latter1 the old familiar classification is made use of4 ,as an additional demonstration of the statement1 let the reader turn to kabalistic works4 8,ararat the mount of descent 1 ,hor,jared4 ,hatho mentions it out of composition by ,arath 4 ,editor of ,moses ,cherenensis says3 #8,by this1 they say1 is signified the first place of descent 7of the ark74' 0 7,bryant's ,anal41 vol4 iv4 pp4 #e1 #f1 #ae47 ,under 8,berge10 mountain1 ,nork says of ,ararat3 81 for 7i4e41 ,ararat for ,arath7 earth1 ,aramaic reduplication40 ,here it is seen that ,nork and ,hatho make use of the same equivalent1 in ,arath1 1 with the meaning of earth47#adac7 ,noah thus symbolizing both the ,root,manu and the ,seed,manu1 or the ,power which developed the ,planetary ,chain1 and our ,earth1 and the ,seed,race1 the ,fifth1 which was saved while the last subraces of the ,fourth1 ,vaivasvata ,manu1 perished1 the number seven will be seen to recur at every step4 ,it is ,noah who1 as ,jehovah's permutation1 represents the septenary ,host of the ,elohim1 and is thus the ,father or ,creator 7the ,preserver7 of all animal life4 ,hence the verses of ,genesis3 8,of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens1 the male #c1 and the female #d2 of fowls also of the air by sevens107#adad7 etc41 followed by all the sevening of days and the rest4 ,b4 ,the ,tetraktys ,in ,relation ,to ,the ,heptagon4 ,thus number seven1 as a compound of #c and #d1 is the factor element in every ancient religion1 because it is the factor element in ,nature4 ,its adoption must be justified1 and it must be shown to be the number par excellence1 for1 since the appearance of ,esoteric ,buddhism1 frequent objections have been made1 and doubts expressed as to the correctness of these assertions4 ,and here let the student be told at once1 that in all such numerical divisions the ,one universal ,principle--although referred to as 7the7 one1 because the ,only ,one--never enters into the calculations4 ,it stands1 in its character of the ,absolute1 the ,infinite1 and the ,universal ,abstraction1 entirely by ,itself and independent of every other ,power whether noumenal or phenomenal4 ,says the author of the article 8,personal and ,impersonal ,god03 ,this entity is neither matter nor spirit2 it is neither ,ego nor non,ego2 and it is neither object nor subject4 ,in the language of ,hind philosophers it is the original and eternal combination of ,purusha ,spirit and ,prakriti ,matter4 ,as the ,advaits hold that an external object is merely the product of our mental states1 ,prakriti is nothing more than illusion1 and ,purusha is the only reality2 it is the one existence which remains in the universe of ,ideas4 ,this 444 then1 is the ,parabrahman of the ,advaits4 ,even if there were to be a personal ,god with anything like a material ,updhi 7physical basis of whatever form71 from the standpoint of an ,advait there will be as much reason to doubt his noumenal existence1 as there would be in the case of any other object4 ,in their opinion1 a conscious ,god cannot be the origin of the universe1 as his ,ego would be the effect of a previous cause1 if the word conscious conveys but its ordinary meaning4 ,they cannot admit that the grand total of all the states of consciousness in the universe is their deity1 as these states are constantly changing1 and as cosmic idealism ceases during ,pralaya4 ,there is only one permanent condition in the ,universe1 which is the state of perfect unconsciousness1 bare ,chidksham 7the field of consciousness7 in fact4 ,when my readers once realize the fact that this grand universe is in reality but a huge aggregation of various states of consciousness1 they will not be surprised to find that the ultimate state of unconsciousness is considered as ,parabrahman by the ,advaits47#adae7 ,although itself entirely out of human reckoning or calculation1 yet this 8huge aggregation of various states of consciousness0 is a septenate1 in its totality entirely composed of septenary groups--simply because 8the capacity of perception exists in seven different aspects corresponding to the seven conditions of matter107#adaf7 or the seven properties1 or states of matter4 ,and1 therefore1 the series from one to seven1 begins in the ,esoteric calculations with the first manifested principle1 which is number one if we commence from above1 and number seven when reckoning from below1 or from the lowest principle4 ,the ,tetrad is esteemed in the ,kabalah1 as it was by ,pythagoras1 the most perfect1 or rather sacred number1 because it emanated from the ,one1 the first manifested ,unit1 or rather the ,three in ,one4 ,and the latter has ever been impersonal1 sexless1 incomprehensible1 though within the possibility of the higher mental perceptions4 ,the first manifestation of the eternal ,monad was never meant to stand as the symbol of another symbol1 the ,unborn for the ,elementborn1 or the one ,logos for the ,heavenly ,man4 ,tetragrammaton1 or the ,tetraktys of the ,greeks1 is the ,second ,logos1 the ,demiurgos4 ,the ,tetrad1 as ,thomas ,taylor thinks1 is1 however1 the animal itself of ,plato who1 as ,syrianus justly observes1 was the best of the ,pythagoreans2 subsists at the extremity of the intelligible triad1 as is most satisfactorily shown by ,proclus in the third book of his treatise on the theology of ,plato4 ,and between these two triads the double triangle1 the one intelligible1 and the other intellectual1 another order of gods exists1 which partakes of both extremes47#adag7444 ,the ,pythagorean world1 according to ,plutarch17#adah7 consisted of a double quaternary4 ,this statement corroborates what is said about the choice1 by the exoteric theologies1 of the lower ,tetraktys4 ,for3 ,the quaternary of the intellectual world the world of ,mahat is ,t',agathon1 ,nous1 ,psyche1 ,hyle2 while that of the sensible world of ,matter1 which is properly what ,pythagoras meant by the word ,kosmos1 is ,fire1 ,air1 ,water1 and ,earth4 ,the four elements are called by the name of rhizmata1 the roots or principles of all mixed bodies47#adai7 ,that is to say1 the lower ,tetraktys is the root of illusion1 of the ,world of ,matter2 and this is the ,tetragrammaton of the ,jews1 and the 8mysterious deity10 over which the modern ,kabalists make such a fuss6 ,this number four forms the arithmetical mean between the monad and the heptad2 and this comprehends all powers1 both of the productive and produced numbers2 for this1 of all numbers under ten1 is made of a certain number2 the duad doubled makes a tetrad1 and the tetrad doubled or unfolded makes the hebdomad the septenary4 ,two multiplied into itself produces four2 and retorted into itself makes the first cube4 ,this first cube is a fertile number1 the ground of multitude and variety1 constituted of two and four depending on the monad1 the seventh4 ,thus the two principles of temporal things1 the pyramis and cube1 form and matter1 flow from one fountain1 the tetragon on earth1 the monad1 in heaven47#adbj7 ,here ,reuchlin1 the great authority on the ,kabalah1 shows the cube to be 8matter10 whereas the pyramid or the triad is 8form40 ,with the ,hermesians the number four becomes the symbol of truth only when amplified into a cube1 which1 unfolded1 makes seven1 as symbolizing the male and female elements and the element of ,life47#adba7 ,some students have been puzzled to account for the vertical line17#adbb7 which is male1 becoming1 in the cross1 a fourpartitioned line 7four being a female number71 while the horizontal 7the line of matter7 becomes threedivisioned4 ,but this is easy of explanation4 ,since the middle face of the 8cube unfolded0 is common to both the vertical and the horizontal bar1 or doubleline1 it becomes neutral ground so to say1 and belongs to neither4 ,the spirit line remains triadic1 and the matter line twofold--two being an even and therefore a female number also4 ,moreover1 according to ,theon in his ,mathematica1 the ,pythagoreans1 who gave the name of ,harmony to the ,tetraktys1 8because it is a diatessaron in sesquitertia10 were of opinion that3 ,the division of the canon of the monochord was made by the tetraktys in the duad1 triad1 and tetrad2 for it comprehends a sesquitertia1 a sesquialtera1 a duple1 a triple1 and a quadruple proportion1 the section of which is #bg4 ,in the ancient musical notation1 the tetrachord consisted of three degrees or intervals1 and four terms of sounds called by the ,greeks diatessaron1 and by us a fourth47#adbc7 ,moreover1 the quaternary though an even1 therefore a female 78infernal07 number1 varied according to its form4 ,this is shown by ,stanley47#adbd7 ,the four was called by the ,pythagoreans the ,key,keeper of ,nature2 but in union with the three1 which made it seven1 it became the most perfect and harmonious number--nature herself4 ,the four was 8the masculine of feminine form10 when forming the cross2 and seven is the 8,master of the ,moon10 for this ,planet is forced to alter her appearance every seven days4 ,it is on number seven that ,pythagoras composed his doctrine on the ,harmony and ,music of the ,spheres1 calling a 8tone0 the distance of the ,moon from the ,earth2 from the ,moon to ,mercury half a tone1 from thence to ,venus the same2 from ,venus to the ,sun one and a half tones2 from the ,sun to ,mars a tone2 from thence to ,jupiter half a tone2 from ,jupiter to ,saturn half a tone2 and thence to the ,zodiac a tone2 thus making seven tones--the diapason harmony47#adbe7 ,all the melody of ,nature is in those seven tones1 and therefore is called the 8,voice of ,nature40 ,plutarch explains7#adbf7 that the most ancient ,greeks regarded the ,tetrad as the root and principle of all things1 since it was the number of the elements which gave birth to all visible and invisible created things47#adbg7 ,with the brothers of the ,rosy ,cross1 the figure of the cross1 or cube unfolded1 formed the subject of a disquisition in one of the ,theosophic degrees of ,peuvret1 and was treated according to the fundamental principles of light and darkness1 or good and evil47#adbh7 ,the intelligible world proceeds out of the divine mind or unit after this manner4 ,the ,tetraktys1 reflecting upon its own essence1 the first unit1 productrix of all things1 and on its own beginning1 saith thus3 ,once one1 twice two1 immediately ariseth a tetrad1 having on its top the highest unit1 and becomes a ,pyramis1 whose base is a plain tetrad1 answerable to a superficies1 upon which the radiant light of the divine unity produceth the form of incorporeal fire1 by reason of the descent of ,juno 7matter7 to inferior things4 ,hence ariseth essential light1 not burning but illuminating4 ,this is the creation of the middle world1 which the ,hebrews call the ,supreme1 the world of the their deity4 ,it is termed ,olympus1 entirely light1 and replete with separate forms1 where is the seat of the immortal gods1 dem domus alta1 whose top is unity1 its wall trinity1 and its superficies quaternity47#adbi7 ,the 8superficies0 has thus to remain a meaningless surface1 if left by itself4 ,unity only 8illuminating0 quaternity1 the famous lower four has to build for itself also a wall from trinity1 if it would be manifested4 ,moreover1 the ,tetragrammaton1 or ,microprosopus1 is 8,jehovah0 arrogating to himself very improperly the 8,was1 ,is1 ,will ,be10 now translated into the 8,i am that ,i am10 and interpreted as referring to the highest abstract ,deity2 while ,esoterically and in plain truth1 it means only periodically chaotic1 turbulent1 and eternal ,matter1 with all its potentialities4 ,for the ,tetragrammaton is one with ,nature1 or ,isis1 and is the exoteric series of androgyne ,gods such as ,osiris,isis1 ,jove,juno1 ,brahm,vch1 or the ,kabalistic ,jah,hovah2 all malefemales4 ,every anthropomorphic ,god1 in old nations1 as ,marcellus ,ficin well observed1 has his name written with four letters4 ,thus with the ,egyptians1 he was ,teut2 the ,arabs1 ,alla2 the ,persians1 ,sire2 the ,magi1 ,orsi2 the ,mahometans1 ,abdi2 the ,greeks1 ,teos2 the ancient ,turks1 ,esar2 the ,latins1 ,deus2 to which ,john ,lorenzo ,anania adds the ,german ,gott2 the ,sarmatian ,bouh2 etc47#adcj7 ,the ,monad being one1 and an odd number1 the ,ancients therefore said that the odd were the only perfect numbers2 and--selfishly1 perhaps1 yet as a fact--considered them all as masculine and perfect1 being applicable to the celestial ,gods1 while even numbers1 such as two1 four1 six1 and especially eight1 as being female1 were regarded as imperfect1 and given only to the terrestrial and infernal ,deities4 ,virgil records the fact by saying1 8,numero deus impare gaudet40 8,the ,god is pleased with an odd number407#adca7 ,but number seven1 or the ,heptagon1 the ,pythagoreans considered to be a religious and perfect number4 ,it was called ,telesphoros1 because by it all in the ,universe and mankind is led to its end1 i4e41 its culmination47#adcb7 ,the doctrine of the ,spheres ruled by the seven ,sacred ,planets7#adcc7 shows1 from ,lemuria to ,pythagoras1 the seven ,powers of terrestrial and sublunary ,nature1 as well as the seven great ,forces of the ,universe1 proceeding and evolving in seven tones1 which are the seven notes of the musical scale4 ,the ,heptad our ,septenary was considered to be the number of a virgin1 because it is unborn like the ,logos or the ,aja of the ,vedntins3 ,without a father 444 or a mother1 444 but proceeding directly from the monad1 which is the origin and crown of all things47#adcd7 ,and if the ,heptad is made to proceed from the ,monad directly1 then it is1 as taught in the ,secret ,doctrine of the oldest schools1 the perfect and sacred number of this ,mahmanvantara of ours4 ,the ,septenary1 or ,heptad1 was sacred indeed to several ,gods and ,goddesses2 to ,mars1 with his seven attendants1 to ,osiris1 whose body was divided into seven and twice seven parts2 to ,apollo1 the ,sun1 amid his seven planets1 and playing the hymn to the sevenrayed on his sevenstringed harp2 to ,minerva1 the fatherless and the motherless1 and others47#adce7 ,cis,himlayan ,occultism with its sevening1 and because of such sevening1 must be regarded as the most ancient1 the original of all4 ,it is opposed by some fragments left by ,neo,platonists2 and the admirers of the latter1 who hardly understand what they defend1 say to us3 ,see1 your forerunners believed only in triple man1 composed of ,spirit1 ,soul1 and ,body4 ,behold1 the ,traka ,rja ,yoga of ,india limits that division to #c1 we1 to #d1 and the ,vedntins to #e 7,koshas74 ,to this1 we of the ,archaic school ask3 ,why then does the ,greek poet say that it is not four but seven who sing the praise of the ,spiritual ,sun8 444 ,seven sounding letters sing the praise of me1 ,the immortal ,god1 the almighty ,deity4 ,why again is the triune ,iao1 the ,mystery ,god1 called the 8fourfold10 and yet the triadic and tetradic symbols come under one unified name with the ,christians--the ,jehovah of the seven letters8 ,why again in the ,hebrew ,sheb is the ,oath 7the ,pythagorean ,tetraktys7 identical with number #g8 ,or1 as ,mr4 ,gerald ,massey has it3 ,taking an oath was synonymous with 8to seven10 and the #aj expressed by the letter ,jod1 was the full number of ,iao,sabaoth --the tenlettered ,god47#adcf7 ,in ,lucian's ,auction3 ,pythagoras asks1 8,how do you reckon80 ,the reply is1 8,one1 ,two1 ,three1 ,four40 ,then ,pythagoras says1 8,do you see8 ,in what you conceive ,four there are ,ten1 a perfect ,triangle and our ,oath ,tetraktys1 ,four6--or ,seven in all407#adcg7 ,why again does ,proclus say3 ,the ,father of the golden verses celebrates the ,tetraktys as the fountain of perennial nature87#adch7 ,simply because those ,western ,kabalists who quote the exoteric proofs against us have no idea of the real ,esoteric meaning4 ,all the ancient ,cosmologies--the oldest ,cosmographies of the two most ancient people of the ,fifth ,root,race1 the ,hind ryans and the ,egyptians1 together with the early ,chinese races1 the remnants of the ,fourth or ,atlantean ,race--based the whole of their ,mysteries on number #aj2 the higher ,triangle standing for the invisible and metaphysical ,world1 the lower three and four1 or the ,septenate1 for the physical ,realm4 ,it is not the ,jewish ,bible that brought number seven into prominence4 ,hesiod used the words1 8the seventh is the sacred day10 before the ,sabbath of 8,moses0 was ever heard of4 ,the use of number seven was never confined to any one nation4 ,this is well testified by the seven vases in the ,temple of the ,sun1 near the ruins of ,babian in ,upper ,egypt2 the seven fires burning continually for ages before the altars of ,mithra2 the seven holy fanes of the ,arabians2 the seven peninsulas1 the seven islands1 seven seas1 mountains1 and rivers of ,india2 and of the ,zohar2 the ,jewish ,sephiroth of the seven splendours2 the seven ,gothic deities2 the seven worlds of the ,chaldans and their seven ,spirits2 the seven constellations mentioned by ,hesiod and ,homer2 and all the interminable sevens which the ,orientalists find in every ,,ms4 they discover47#adci7 ,what we have to say finally is this3 ,enough has been brought forward to show why the human principles were and are divided in the ,esoteric ,schools into seven4 ,make it four and it will either leave man minus his lower terrestrial elements1 or1 if viewed from a physical standpoint1 make of him a soulless animal4 ,the ,quaternary must be the higher or the lower--the celestial or terrestrial ,tetraktys2 to become comprehensible1 according to the teachings of the ancient ,esoteric ,school1 man must be regarded as a septenary4 ,this was so well understood1 that even the socalled ,christian ,gnostics adopted this timehonoured system47#addj7 ,this remained for a long time a secret1 for though it was suspected1 no ,,mss4 of that time spoke of it clearly enough to satisfy the sceptic4 ,but there comes to our rescue the literary curiosity of our age--the oldest and best preserved ,gospel of the ,gnostics1 ,pistis ,sophia4 ,to make the proof absolutely complete1 we shall quote from an authority1 ,c4 ,w4 ,king1 the only ,archologist who has had a faint glimmer of this elaborate doctrine1 and the best writer of the day on the ,gnostics and their gems4 ,according to this extraordinary piece of religious literature--a true ,gnostic fossil--the human ,entity is the ,septenary ,ray from the ,one17#adda7 just as our ,school teaches4 ,it is composed of seven elements1 four of which are borrowed from the four kabalistical manifested worlds4 ,thus3 ,from ,asiah it gets the ,nephesh1 or seat of the physical appetites vital breath1 also2 from ,jezirah1 the ,ruach1 or seat of the passions 8 62 from ,briah1 the ,neshamah or reason2 and from ,aziluth it obtains the ,chaiah1 or principle of spiritual life4 ,this looks like an adaptation of the ,platonic theory of the ,soul's obtaining its respective faculties from the ,planets in its downward progress through their spheres4 ,but the ,pistis,sophia1 with its accustomed boldness1 puts this theory into a much more poetical shape 7 #bhb74 ,the ,inner ,man is similarly made up of four constituents1 but these are supplied by the rebellious ons of the ,spheres1 being the ,power--a particle of the ,divine light 78,divin particula aur07 yet left in themselves2 the ,soul the fifth 8formed out of the tears of their eyes1 and the sweat of their torments02 the 1 ,counterfeit of the ,spirit 7seemingly answering to our ,conscience7 the sixth2 and lastly the 1 ,fate7#addb7 ,karmic ,ego1 whose business it is to lead the man to the end appointed for him3 if he hath to die by the fire1 to lead him into the fire2 if he hath to die by a wild beast1 to lead him unto the wild beast--the seventh67#addc7 ,c4 ,the ,septenary ,element ,in ,the ,vedas4 ,it ,corroborates the ,occult ,teaching ,concerning the ,seven ,globes and the ,seven ,races4 ,we have to go to the very source of historical information1 if we would bring our best evidence to testify to the facts enunciated4 ,for1 though entirely allegorical1 the ,rig ,vedic hymns are none the less suggestive4 ,the seven ,rays of ,srya1 the ,sun1 are therein made parallel to the seven ,worlds1 of every ,planetary ,chain1 to the seven ,rivers of ,heaven and ,earth1 the former being the seven creative ,hosts1 and the latter the seven ,men1 or primitive human groups4 ,the seven ancient ,rishis--the progenitors of all that lives and breathes on ,earth--are the seven friends of ,agni1 his seven 8,horses10 or seven 8,heads40 ,the human race has sprung from ,fire and ,water1 it is allegorically stated2 fashioned by the ,fathers1 or the ,ancestor sacrificers1 from ,agni2 for ,agni1 the ,ashvins1 the dityas17#addd7 are all synonymous with those 8,sacrificers10 or the ,fathers1 variously called ,pitaras 7or ,pitris71 ,angirasas17#adde7 and ,sdhyas1 8,divine ,sacrificers10 the most ,occult of all4 ,they are all called ,devaputra ,rishayah or the 8,sons of ,god407#addf7 ,the 8,sacrificers10 moreover1 are collectively the ,one ,sacrificer1 the ,father of the ,gods1 ,vishvakarman1 who performed the great ,sarvamedha ceremony1 and ended by sacrificing himself4 ,in these ,hymns the 8,heavenly ,man0 is called ,purusha1 the 8,man107#addg7 from whom ,virj was born7#addh72 and from ,virj1 the 7mortal7 man4 ,it is ,varuna--lowered from his sublime position to be the chief of the ,lords--,dhyns or ,devas--who regulates all natural phenomena1 who 8makes a path for the ,sun1 for him to follow40 ,the seven ,rivers of the ,sky 7the descending ,creative ,gods71 and the seven ,rivers of the ,earth 7the seven primitive ,mankinds71 are under his control1 as will be seen4 ,for he who breaks ,varuna's laws 7,vratni1 or 8courses of natural action10 active laws71 is punished by ,indra7#addi7 the ,vedic powerful ,god1 whose ,vrata1 or law or power1 is greater than the ,vratni of any other ,god4 ,thus1 the ,rig ,veda1 the oldest of all the known ancient records1 may be shown to corroborate the ,occult ,teachings in almost every respect4 ,its ,hymns1 which are the records written by the earliest ,initiates of the ,fifth 7our7 ,race concerning the ,primordial ,teachings1 speak of the ,seven ,races 7two still to come71 allegorizing them by the seven 8,streams07#adej7 and of the ,five ,races 7,panchakrishtayah7 which have already inhabited this world7#adea7 on the five ,regions 7,panchapradishah77#adeb7 as also of the three ,continents that were47#adec7 ,it is only those scholars who will master the secret meaning of the ,purusha ,sukta--in which the intuition of the modern ,orientalists has chosen to see 8one of the very latest hymns of the ,rig ,veda0--who may hope to understand how harmonious are its teachings and how corroborative of the ,esoteric ,doctrines4 ,he must study1 in all the abstruseness of their metaphysical meaning1 the relations therein between the 7,heavenly7 ,man 7,purusha71 sacrificed for the production of the ,universe and all in it17#aded7 and the terrestrial mortal man7#adee7 before he realizes the hidden philosophy of the verse3 #ae4 ,he 8,man10 ,purusha1 or ,vishvakarman had seven enclosing logs of fuel1 and thrice seven layers of fuel2 when the ,gods performed the sacrifice1 they bound the ,man as victim4 ,this relates to the three septenary primeval ,races1 and shows the antiquity of the ,vedas1 which knew of no other sacrifice1 probably1 in these earliest oral teachings2 and also to the seven primeval groups of ,mankind1 as ,vishvakarman represents divine ,humanity collectively47#adef7 ,the same doctrine is found reflected in the other old religions4 ,it may1 it must1 have come down to us disfigured and misinterpreted1 as in the case of the ,parss who read it in their ,venddd and elsewhere1 though without understanding the allusions therein contained any better than do the ,orientalists2 yet the doctrine is plainly mentioned in their old works47#adeg7 ,comparing the ,esoteric ,teaching with the interpretations by ,prof4 ,james ,darmesteter1 one may see at a glance where the mistake is made1 and the cause that produced it4 ,the passage runs thus3 ,the ,indo,iranian ,asura ,ahura was often conceived as sevenfold2 by the play of certain mythical 8 formul and the strength of certain mythical 8 numbers1 the ancestors of the ,indo,iranians had been led to speak of seven worlds17#adeh7 and the supreme god was often made sevenfold1 as well as the worlds over which he ruled4 ,the seven worlds became in ,persia the seven ,karshvare of the earth3 the earth is divided into seven ,karshvare1 only one of which is known and accessible to man1 the one on which we live1 namely1 ,hvaniratha2 which amounts to saying that there are seven earths47#adei7 ,parsi mythology knows also of seven heavens4 ,hvaniratha itself is divided into seven climes4 7,orm4 ,ahr4 #gb477adfj7 ,the same division and doctrine is to be found in the oldest and most revered of the ,hind scriptures--the ,rig ,veda4 ,mention is made therein of six ,worlds1 besides our ,earth3 the six ,rajamsi above ,prithiv1 the ,earth1 or 8this0 7,idam7 as opposed to 8that which is yonder0 7i4e41 the six ,globes on the three other planes or ,worlds747#adfa7 ,the italics are ours to point out the identity of the tenets with those of the ,esoteric ,doctrine1 and to accentuate the mistake that is made4 ,the ,magi or ,mazdeans only believed in what other people believed in3 namely1 in seven 8,worlds0 or ,globes of our ,planetary ,chain1 of which only one is accessible to man1 at the present time1 our ,earth2 and in the successive appearance and destruction of seven ,continents or ,earths on this our ,globe1 each ,continent being divided1 in commemoration of the seven ,globes 7one visible1 six invisible71 into seven islands or continents1 seven 8climes10 etc4 ,this was a common belief in those days when the now ,secret ,doctrine was open to all4 ,it is this multiplicity of localities in septenary divisions1 which has made the ,orientalists--who have1 moreover1 been further led astray by the oblivion of their primitive doctrines of both the uninitiated ,hinds and ,parss--feel so puzzled by this ever recurring sevenfold number as to regard it as 8mythical40 ,it is this oblivion of first principles which has led the ,orientalists off the right track and made them commit the greatest blunders4 ,the same failure is found in the definition of the ,gods4 ,those who are ignorant of the ,esoteric ,doctrine of the earliest ryans1 can never assimilate or even understand correctly the metaphysical meaning contained in these ,beings4 ,ahura ,mazda 7,ormazd7 was the head and synthesis of the seven ,amesha ,spentas1 or ,amshaspands1 and1 therefore1 an ,amesha ,spenta himself4 ,just as ,jehovah,binah,elohim was the head and synthesis of the ,elohim1 and no more2 so ,agni,vishnu,srya was the synthesis and head1 or the focus whence emanated in physics and also in metaphysics1 from the spiritual as well as from the physical ,sun1 the seven ,rays1 the seven ,fiery ,tongues1 the seven ,planets or ,gods4 ,all these became supreme ,gods and the ,one ,god1 but only after the loss of the primeval secrets2 i4e41 the sinking of ,atlantis1 or the 8,flood10 and the occupation of ,india by the ,brhmans1 who sought safety on the summits of the ,himlayas1 for even the high tablelands of what is now ,tibet became submerged for a time4 ,ahura ,mazda is addressed only as the 8,most ,blissful ,spirit1 ,creator of the ,corporeal ,world0 in the ,venddd4 ,ahura ,mazda in its literal translation means the 8,wise ,lord0 7,ahura 8lord0 and ,mazda 8wise074 ,moreover1 this name of ,ahura1 in ,sanskrit ,asura1 connects him with the ,mnasaputras1 the ,sons of ,wisdom who informed the mindless man1 and endowed him with his mind 7,manas74 ,ahura 7,asura7 may be derived from the root ah 8to be10 but in its primal signification it is what the ,secret ,teaching shows it to be4 ,when ,geology shall have found out how many thousands of years ago the disturbed waters of the ,indian ,ocean reached the highest plateaux of ,central ,asia1 when the ,caspian ,sea and the ,persian ,gulf made one with it1 then only will they know the age of the existing ryan ,brhmanical nation1 and also the time of its descent into the plains of ,hindstan1 which did not take place till millenniums later4 ,yima1 the socalled 8first man0 in the ,venddd1 as much as his twin brother ,yama1 the son of ,vaivasvata ,manu1 belongs to two epochs of ,universal ,history4 ,he is the ,progenitor of the ,second human ,race1 hence the personification of the ,shadows of the ,pitris1 and the ,father of the ,postdiluvian ,humanity4 ,the ,magi said1 8,yima10 as we say 8man0 when speaking of mankind4 ,the 8fair ,yima10 the first mortal who converses with ,ahura ,mazda1 is the first 8man0 who dies or disappears1 not the first who is born4 ,the 8son of ,vvanghat07#adfb7 was1 like the son of ,vaivasvata1 the symbolical man1 who stood in ,esotericism as the representative of the first three ,races and the collective ,progenitor thereof4 ,of these ,races the first two never died7#adfc7 but only vanished1 absorbed in their progeny1 and the ,third knew death only towards its close1 after the separation of the sexes and its 8,fall0 into generation4 ,this is plainly alluded to in ,fargard ii of the ,venddd4 ,yima refuses to become the bearer of the law of ,ahura ,mazda1 saying3 8,i was not born1 ,i was not taught to be the preacher and the bearer of thy law407#adfd7 ,and then ,ahura ,mazda asks him to make his men increase and 8watch over0 his world4 ,he refuses to become the priest of ,ahura ,mazda1 because he is his own priest and sacrificer1 but he accepts the second proposal4 ,he is made to answer3 8,yes6444 ,yes1 ,i will nourish1 and rule1 and watch over thy world4 ,there shall be1 while ,i am king1 neither cold wind nor hot wind1 neither disease nor death40 ,then ,ahura ,mazda brings him a golden ring and a poniard1 the emblems of sovereignty4 ,thus1 under the sway of ,yima1 three hundred winters passed away1 and the earth was replenished with flocks and herds1 with men and dogs and birds and with red blazing fires4 ,three hundred winters mean three hundred periods or cycles4 8,replenished10 mark well2 that is to say1 all this had been on it before2 and thus is proven the knowledge of the doctrine about the successive ,destructions of the ,world and its ,life,cycles4 ,once the 8three hundred winters0 were over1 ,ahura ,mazda warns ,yima that the ,earth is becoming too full1 and men have nowhere to live4 ,then ,yima steps forward1 and with the help of ,spenta rmaita1 the female ,genius1 or ,spirit of the ,earth1 makes that ,earth stretch out and become larger by onethird1 after which 8new flocks and herds and men0 appear upon it4 ,ahura ,mazda warns him again1 and ,yima makes the ,earth by the same magic power to become larger by twothirds4 8,nine hundred winters0 pass away1 and ,yima has to perform the ceremony for the third time4 ,the whole of this is allegorical4 ,the three processes of stretching the ,earth1 refer to the three successive ,continents and ,races issuing one after and from the other1 as explained more fully elsewhere4 ,after the third time1 ,ahura ,mazda warns ,yima in an assembly of 8celestial gods0 and 8excellent mortals0 that upon the material world the fatal winters are going to fall1 and all life will perish4 ,this is the old ,mazdean symbolism for the 8,flood10 and the coming cataclysm to ,atlantis1 which sweeps away every ,race in its turn4 ,like ,vaivasvata ,manu and ,noah1 ,yima makes a ,vara--an ,enclosure1 an ,ark--under the ,god's direction1 and brings thither the seed of every living creature1 animals and 8,fires40 ,it is of this 8,earth0 or new ,continent that ,zarathushtra became the law giver and ruler4 ,this was the ,fourth ,race in its beginning1 after the men of the ,third began to die out4 ,till then1 as said above1 there had been no regular death1 but only a transformation1 for men had no personality as yet4 ,they had ,monads--8,breaths0 of the ,one ,breath1 as impersonal as the source from which they proceeded4 ,they had bodies1 or rather shadows of bodies1 which were sinless1 hence ,karmaless4 ,therefore1 as there was no ,kma ,loka--least of all ,nirvna or even ,devachan--for the 8,souls0 of men who had no personal ,egos1 there could be no intermediate periods between the incarnations4 ,like the ,phnix1 primordial man resurrected out of his old into a new body4 ,each time1 and with each new generation1 he became more solid1 more physically perfect1 agreeably with the evolutionary law1 which is the ,law of ,nature4 ,death came with the complete physical organism1 and with it--moral decay4 ,this explanation shows one more old religion agreeing in its symbology with the ,universal ,doctrine4 ,elsewhere the oldest ,persian traditions1 the relics of ,mazdeism of the still older ,magians1 are given1 and some of them explained4 ,mankind did not issue from one solitary couple4 ,nor was there ever a first man--whether ,adam or ,yima--but a first mankind4 ,it may1 or may not1 be 8mitigated polygenism40 ,once that both ,creation ex nihilo 7an absurdity7 and a superhuman ,creator or ,creators 7a fact7 are made away with by ,science1 polygenism presents no more difficulties or inconveniences--rather fewer from a scientific point of view--than monogenism does4 ,in fact1 it is as scientific as any other claim4 ,for in his ,introduction to ,nott and ,gliddon's ,types of ,mankind1 ,agassiz declares his belief in an indefinite number of 8primordial races of men created separately02 and remarks that1 8whilst in every zoological province animals are of different species1 man1 in spite of the diversity of his races1 always forms one and the same human being40 ,occultism defines and limits the number of primordial races to seven1 because of the seven 8,progenitors10 or ,prajpatis1 the evolvers of beings4 ,these are neither ,gods1 nor supernatural ,beings1 but advanced ,spirits from another and lower ,planet1 reborn on this ,planet1 and giving birth in their turn in the present ,round to present ,humanity4 ,this doctrine is again corroborated by one of its echoes--among the ,gnostics4 ,in their anthropology and genesis of man they taught that 8a certain company of seven ,angels10 formed the first men1 who were no better than senseless1 gigantic1 shadowy forms--8a mere wriggling worm0 767 writes ,irenus17#adfe7 who takes1 as usual1 the metaphor for reality4 ,d4 ,the ,septenary ,in ,the ,exoteric ,works4 ,we may now examine other ancient scriptures and see whether they contain the septenary classification1 and1 if so1 to what degree4 ,scattered about in thousands of other ,sanskrit texts1 some still unopened1 others yet unknown1 as well as in all the ,purnas1 as much as1 if not much more than1 even in the ,jewish ,bible1 the numbers seven and forty nine 7#g #g7 play a most prominent part4 ,in the ,purnas they are found from the seven ,creations1 in the first chapters1 down to the seven ,rays of the ,sun at the final ,pralaya1 which expand into seven ,suns and absorb the material of the whole ,universe4 ,thus the ,matsya ,purna has3 ,for the sake of promulgating the ,vedas1 ,vishnu1 in the beginning of a ,kalpa1 related to ,manu the story of ,narasimha and the events of seven ,kalpas47#adff7 ,then again the same ,purna shows that3 ,in all the ,manvantaras1 classes of ,rishis7#adfg7 appear by seven and seven1 and having established a code of law and morality depart to felicity47#adfh7 ,the ,rishis1 however1 represent many other things besides living sages4 ,in ,dr4 ,muir's translation of the ,atharva ,veda1 we read3 #a4 ,time carries 7us7 forward1 a steed1 with seven rays1 a thousand eyes1 undecaying1 full of fecundity4 ,on him intelligent sages mount2 his wheels are all the worlds4 #b4 ,thus ,time moves on seven wheels2 he has seven naves2 immortality is his axle4 ,he is at present all these worlds4 ,time hastens onward the first ,god4 #c4 ,a full jar is contained in ,time4 ,we behold him existing in many forms4 ,he is all these worlds in the future4 ,they call him 8,time in the highest ,heaven407#adfi7 ,now add to this the following verse from the ,esoteric ,volumes3 ,space and ,time are one4 ,space and ,time are nameless1 for they are the incognizable ,that1 which can be sensed only through its seven ,rays--which are the seven ,creations1 the seven ,worlds1 the seven ,laws1 etc4 ,remembering that the ,purnas insist on the identity of ,vishnu with ,time and ,space17#adgj7 and that even the ,rabbinical symbol for ,god is ,maqom1 8,space10 it becomes clear why1 for purposes of a manifesting ,deity--,space1 ,matter1 and ,spirit--the one central ,point became the ,triangle and ,quaternary--the perfect ,cube--hence seven4 ,even the ,pravaha ,wind--the mystic and occult force that gives the impulse to1 and regulates the course of the stars and planets--is septenary4 ,the ,krma and ,linga ,purnas enumerate seven principal winds of that name1 which winds are the principles of ,cosmic ,space47#adga7 ,they are intimately connected with ,dhruva7#adgb7 7now ,alpha71 the ,pole,star1 which is connected in its turn with the production of various phenomena through cosmic forces4 ,thus1 from the seven ,creations1 seven ,rishis1 ,zones1 ,continents1 ,principles1 etc41 in the ryan ,scriptures1 the number has passed through ,indian1 ,egyptian1 ,chaldan1 ,greek1 ,jewish1 ,roman1 and finally ,christian mystic thought1 until it landed in1 and remained indelibly impressed on1 every exoteric theology4 ,the seven old books stolen out of ,noah's ,ark by ,ham1 and given to ,cush1 his son1 and the seven ,brazen ,columns of ,ham and ,cheiron1 are a reflection and a remembrance of the seven primordial ,mysteries instituted according to the 8seven secret ,emanations10 the seven ,sounds1 and seven ,rays--the spiritual and sidereal models of the seven thousand times seven copies of them in later ons4 ,the mysterious number is once more prominent in the no less mysterious ,maruts4 ,the ,vyu ,purna shows1 and the ,harivamsha corroborates1 concerning the ,maruts--the oldest as the most incomprehensible of all the secondary or lower ,gods in the ,rig ,veda3 ,that they are born in every ,manvantara ,round1 seven times seven 7or fortynine72 that1 in each ,manvantara1 four times seven 7or twentyeight7 obtain emancipation1 but their places are filled up by persons reborn in that character47#adgc7 ,what are the ,maruts in their ,esoteric meaning1 and who those persons 8reborn in that character08 ,in the ,rik and other ,vedas1 the ,maruts are represented as the ,storm ,gods and the friends and allies of ,indra2 they are the 8,sons of ,heaven and of ,earth40 ,this led to an allegory that makes them the children of ,shiva1 the great patron of the ,yogs3 ,the ,mah ,yog1 the great ascetic1 in whom is centred the highest perfection of austere penance and abstract meditation1 by which the most unlimited powers are attained1 marvels and miracles are worked1 the highest spiritual knowledge is acquired1 and union with the great spirit of the universe is eventually gained47#adgd7 ,in the ,rig ,veda the name ,shiva is unknown1 but the corresponding ,god is called ,rudra1 a name used for ,agni1 the ,fire,god1 the ,maruts being called therein his sons4 ,in the ,rmyana and the ,purnas1 their mother1 ,diti--the sister1 or complement1 and a form of ,aditi--anxious to obtain a son who would destroy ,indra1 is told by ,kashyapa1 the ,sage1 that if1 8with thoughts wholly pious and person entirely pure10 she carries the babe in her womb 8for a hundred years107#adge7 she will have such a son4 ,but ,indra foils her in the design4 ,with his thunderbolt he divides the embryo in her womb into seven portions1 and then divides every such portion into seven pieces again1 which become the swiftmoving deities1 the ,maruts47#adgf7 ,these ,deities are only another aspect1 or a development1 of the ,kumras1 who are patronymically ,rudras1 like many others47#adgg7 ,diti1 being ,aditi--unless the contrary is proven to us--,aditi1 we say1 or ksha in her highest form1 is the ,egyptian sevenfold ,heaven4 ,every true ,occultist will understand what this means4 ,diti1 we repeat1 is the sixth principle of metaphysical ,nature1 the ,buddhi of ksha4 ,diti1 the ,mother of the ,maruts1 is one of her terrestrial forms1 made to represent1 at one and the same time1 the ,divine ,soul in the ascetic1 and the divine aspirations of mystic ,humanity toward deliverance from the webs of ,my1 and consequent final bliss4 ,indra is now degraded1 because of the ,kali ,yuga1 when such aspirations are no more general but have become abnormal through a general spread of ,ahamkra1 the feeling of ,egotism1 or 8,iam ness0 and ignorance2 but in the beginning ,indra was one of the greatest ,gods of the ,hind ,pantheon1 as the ,rig ,veda shows4 ,surdhipa the 8chief of the gods10 has fallen down from ,jishnu1 the 8,leader of the ,celestial ,host0--the ,hind ,st4 ,michael--to an opponent of asceticism1 the enemy of every holy aspiration4 ,he is shown married to ,aindr 7,indrn71 the personification of ,aindriyaka1 the evolution of the element of senses1 whom he married 8because of her voluptuous attractions02 after which he began sending celestial female demons to excite the passions of holy men1 ,yogs1 and 8to beguile them from the potent penances which he dreaded40 ,therefore1 ,indra1 now characterized as 8the god of the firmament1 the personified atmosphere0--is in reality the cosmic principle ,mahat1 and the fifth human principle1 ,manas in its dual aspect--as connected with ,buddhi1 and as allowing itself to be dragged down by the ,kma principle1 the body of passions and desires4 ,this is demonstrated by ,brahm telling the conquered ,god that his frequent defeats were due to ,karma1 and were a punishment for his licentiousness1 and the seduction of various nymphs4 ,it is in this latter character that he seeks1 to save himself from destruction1 to destroy the coming 8babe10 destined to conquer him--the babe1 of course1 allegorizing the divine and steady will of the ,yog1 determined to resist all such temptations1 and thus destroy the passions within his earthly personality4 ,indra succeeds again1 because flesh conquers spirit47#adgh7 ,he divides the 8embryo0 7of new divine ,adeptship1 begotten once more by the ,ascetics of the ryan ,fifth ,race7 into seven portions 7a reference not alone to the seven subraces of the new ,root ,race1 in each of which there will be a ,manu17#adgi7 but also to the seven degrees of ,adeptship71 and then each portion into seven pieces--alluding to the ,manu,rishis of each ,root,race1 and even subrace4 ,it does not seem difficult to perceive what is meant by the ,maruts obtaining 8four times seven0 emancipations in every ,manvantara1 and by those persons who are reborn in that character1 viz41 of the ,maruts in their ,esoteric meaning1 and who 8fill up their places40 ,the ,maruts represent 7a7 the passions that storm and rage within every ,candidate's breast1 when preparing for an ascetic life--this mystically2 7b7 the ,occult potencies concealed in the manifold aspects of ksha's lower principles--her body1 or ,sthla ,sharra1 representing the terrestrial1 lower atmosphere of every inhabited ,globe--this mystically and sidereally2 7c7 actual conscious existences1 beings of a cosmic and psychic nature4 ,at the same time1 ,marut in ,occult parlance is one of the names given to those ,egos of great ,adepts who have passed away1 and are known also as ,nirmnakyas2 of those ,egos for whom--since they are beyond illusion--there is no ,devachan1 who1 having either voluntarily renounced ,nirvna for the good of mankind1 or who not yet having reached it1 remain invisible on ,earth4 ,therefore are the ,maruts7#adhj7 shown1 firstly1 as the sons of ,shiva,rudra1 the ,patron ,yog1 whose ,third ,eye 7mystically7 must be acquired by the ,ascetic before he becomes an ,adept2 then1 in their cosmic character1 as the subordinates of ,indra and his opponents1 under various characters4 ,the 8four times seven0 emancipations have a reference to the four ,rounds1 and the four ,races that preceded ours1 in each of which ,maruta,jvas 7,monads7 have been reborn1 and would have obtained final liberation1 if only they had chosen to avail themselves of it4 ,but instead of this1 out of love for the good of mankind1 which would struggle still more hopelessly in the meshes of ignorance and misery were it not for this extraneous help1 they are reborn over and over again 8in that character10 and thus 8fill up their own places40 ,who they are1 8on ,earth0--every student of ,occult ,science knows4 ,and he also knows that the ,maruts are ,rudras1 among whom also the family of ,tvashtri1 a synonym of ,vishvakarman1 the great ,patron of the ,initiates1 is included4 ,this gives us an ample knowledge of their true nature4 ,the same for the septenary division of cosmos and the human principles4 ,the ,purnas1 along with other sacred texts1 teem with allusions to this4 ,first of all1 the ,mundane ,egg which contained ,brahm1 or the ,universe1 was externally invested with seven natural elements1 at first loosely enumerated as ,water1 ,air1 ,fire1 ,ether1 and three secret elements2 then the 8,world0 is said to be 8encompassed on every side0 by seven elements1 also within the ,egg--as explained3 ,the world is encompassed on every side1 and above1 and below1 by the shell of the egg 7of ,brahm7 ,andakatha47#adha7 ,around the shell flows ,water1 which is surrounded with ,fire2 ,fire by ,air2 ,air by ,ether2 ,ether by the ,origin of the ,elements 7,ahamkra72 the latter by ,universal ,mind1 or 8,intellect10 as ,wilson translates4 ,it relates to ,spheres of ,being as much as to ,principles4 ,prithiv is not our ,earth but the ,world1 the ,solar ,system1 and means the 8broad10 the 8wide40 ,in the ,vedas--the greatest of all authorities1 though needing a key to be read correctly--three terrestrial and three celestial ,earths are mentioned as having been called into existence simultaneously with ,bhmi1 our ,earth4 ,we have often been told that six1 not seven1 appears to be the number of spheres1 principles1 etc4 ,we answer that there are1 in fact1 only six principles in man2 since his body is no principle1 but the covering1 the shell of a principle4 ,so with the ,planetary ,chain2 therein1 speaking ,esoterically1 the ,earth--as well as the seventh1 or rather fourth plane1 one that stands as the seventh1 if we count from the first triple kingdom of the ,elementals that begin its formation--may be left out of consideration1 being 7to us7 the only distinct body of the seven4 ,the language of ,occultism is varied4 ,but supposing that three ,earths only1 instead of seven1 are meant in the ,vedas1 what are those three1 since we still know of but one8 ,evidently there must be an ,occult meaning in the statement under consideration4 ,let us see4 ,the 8,earth that floats0 on the ,universal ,ocean of ,space1 which ,brahm divides in the ,purnas into seven ,zones1 is ,prithiv1 the ,world divided into seven principles--a cosmic division1 looking metaphysical enough1 but1 in reality1 physical in its ,occult effects4 ,many ,kalpas later1 our ,earth is mentioned1 and again1 in its turn1 is divided into seven ,zones according to the law of analogy which guided ancient ,philosophers4 ,after which we find on it seven ,continents1 seven ,isles1 seven ,oceans1 seven ,seas and ,rivers1 seven ,mountains1 seven ,climates1 etc47#adhb7 ,furthermore1 it is not only in the ,hind scriptures and philosophy that one finds references to the seven ,earths1 but in the ,persian1 ,phnician1 ,chaldan1 and ,egyptian cosmogonies1 and even in ,rabbinical literature4 ,the ,phnix7#adhc7--;called by the ,hebrews ,onech 1 from ,phenoch1 ,enoch1 the symbol of a secret cycle and initiation1 and by the ,turks1 ,kerkes--lives a thousand years1 after which1 kindling a flame1 it is selfconsumed2 and then1 reborn from itself1 it lives another thousand years1 up to seven times seven17#adhd7 when comes the ,day of ,judgment4 ,the 8seven times seven10 or fortynine1 are a transparent allegory1 and an allusion to the fortynine ,manus1 the seven ,rounds1 and the seven times seven human ,cycles in each ,round on each ,globe4 ,the ,kerkes and the ,onech stand for a ,race ,cycle1 and the mystical ,tree ,ababel1 the 8,father ,tree0 in the ,kurn1 shoots out new branches and vegetation at every resurrection of the ,kerkes or ,phnix2 the 8,day of ,judgment0 meaning a minor ,pralaya4 ,the author of the ,book of ,god and the ,apocalypse believes that3 ,the ,phnix is 444 very plainly the same as the ,simorgh of ,persian romance2 and the account which is given us of this last bird yet more decisively establishes the opinion that the death and revival of the ,phnix exhibit the successive destruction and reproduction of the world1 which many believed to be effected by the agency of a fiery deluge and also a watery one in its turn4 ,when the ,simorgh was asked her age1 she informed ,caherman that this world is very ancient1 for it has been already seven times replenished1 with beings different from men1 and seven times depopulated37#adhe7 that the age of the human race in which we now are1 is to endure seven thousand years1 and that she herself had seen twelve of these revolutions1 and knew not how many more she had to see47#adhf7 ,the above1 however1 is no new statement4 ,from ,bailly1 in the last century1 down to ,dr4 ,kenealy1 in the present1 these facts have been noticed by a number of writers2 but now a connection can be established between the ,persian oracle and the ,nazarene prophet4 ,says the author of the ,book of ,god3 ,the ,simorgh is in reality the same as the winged ,singh of the ,hinds1 and the ,sphinx of the ,egyptians4 ,it is said that the former will appear at the end of the world 444 as a monstrous lionbird4444 ,from these the ,rabbins have borrowed their mythos of an enormous ,bird1 sometimes standing on the earth1 sometimes walking in the ocean 444 while its head props the sky2 and with the symbol1 they have also adopted the doctrine to which it relates4 ,they teach that there are to be seven successive renewals of the globe2 that each reproduced system will last seven thousand years 82 and that the total duration of the ,universe will be #di1jjj years4 ,this opinion1 which involves the doctrine of the prexistence of each renewed creature1 they may either have learned during their ,babylonian captivity1 or it may have been part of the primeval religion which their priests had preserved from remote times47#adhg7 ,it shows rather that the initiated ,jews borrowed1 and their non initiated successors1 the ,talmudists1 lost1 the sense1 and applied the seven ,rounds1 and the fortynine ,races1 etc41 wrongly4 ,not only their priests1 but those of every other country4 ,the ,gnostics1 whose various teachings are the many echoes of the one primitive and universal doctrine1 put the same numbers1 under another form1 in the mouth of ,jesus in the very occult ,pistis ,sophia4 ,we say more3 even the ,christian editor or author of ,revelation has preserved this tradition and speaks of the seven ,races1 four of which1 with part of the fifth1 are gone1 and two have to come4 ,it is stated as plainly as can be4 ,thus saith the angel3 ,and here is the mind which hath wisdom4 ,the seven heads are seven mountains1 on which the woman sitteth4 ,and there are seven kings2 five are fallen1 and one is1 and the other is not yet come47#adhh7 ,who1 in the least acquainted with the symbolical language of old1 will fail to discern in the five ,kings that have fallen1 the four ,root,races that were1 and part of the ,fifth1 the one that is2 and in the other1 that 8is not yet come10 the ,sixth and ,seventh coming ,root,races1 as also the subraces of this1 our present ,race8 ,another still more forcible allusion to the seven ,rounds and the fortynine ,root,races in ,leviticus1 will be found elsewhere1 ,part ,,iii47#adhi7 ,e4 ,seven ,in ,astronomy1 ,science1 ,and ,magic4 ,again1 number seven is closely connected with the ,occult significance of the ,pleiades1 those seven daughters of ,atlas1 8the six present1 the seventh hidden40 ,in ,india they are connected with their nursling1 the war ,god1 ,krttikeya4 ,it was the ,pleiades 7in ,sanskrit1 ,krittiks7 who gave this name to the ,god1 ,krttikeya being the planet ,mars1 astronomically4 ,as a ,god he is the son of ,rudra1 born without the intervention of a woman4 ,he is a ,kumra1 a 8virgin youth0 again1 generated in the fire from the ,seed of ,shiva--the ,holy ,spirit--hence called ,agnibh4 ,the late ,dr4 ,kenealy believed that1 in ,india1 ,krttikeya is the secret symbol of the ,cycle of the ,naros1 composed of #fjj1 #fff1 and #ggg years1 according to whether solar or lunar1 divine or mortal1 years are counted2 and that the six visible1 or the seven actual sisters1 the ,pleiades1 are needed for the completion of this most secret and mysterious of all the astronomical and religious symbols4 ,therefore1 when intended to commemorate one particular event1 ,krttikeya was shown1 of old1 as a ,kumra1 an ,ascetic1 with six heads--one for each century of the ,naros4 ,when the symbolism was needed for another event1 then1 in conjunction with the seven sidereal sisters1 ,krttikeya is seen accompanied by ,kaumr1 or ,sen1 his female aspect4 ,he is then riding on a peacock1 the bird of ,wisdom and ,occult ,knowledge1 and the ,hind ,phnix1 whose ,greek relation with the #fjj years of the ,naros is well known4 ,a sixrayed star 7double triangle71 a ,svastika1 a six and occasionally sevenpointed crown1 is on his brow2 the peacock's tail represents the sidereal heavens2 and the twelve signs of the ,zodiac are hidden on his body2 for which he is also called ,dvdashakara1 the 8twelvehanded10 and ,dvdashksha1 8twelveeyed40 ,it is as ,shaktidhara1 however1 the 8spearholder10 and the conqueror of ,traka1 ,trakajit1 that he is shown to be most famous4 ,as the years of the ,naros are1 in ,india1 counted in two ways1 either by one hundred 8years of the gods0 7divine years71 or one hundred 8mortal years10 we can see the tremendous difficulty the noninitiated have in arriving at a correct comprehension of this cycle1 which plays such an important part in ,st4 ,john's ,revelation4 ,it is the truly apocalyptic cycle1 because of its being of various lengths and relating to various prehistoric events1 and in none of the numerous speculations about it have we found any but a few approximate truths4 ,against the duration claimed by the ,babylonians for their divine ages1 it has been urged that ,suidas shows the ,ancients counting days for years1 in their chronological computations4 ,it is to ,suidas and his authority that ,dr4 ,sepp appeals in his ingenious plagiarism--which we have already exposed--of the ,hind figures #dcb4 ,these they give in thousands and millions of years1 the duration of their ,yugas1 but ,sepp dwarfed them to #d1cbj lunar years17#adij7 8before the birth of ,christ10 as 8foreordained0 in the sidereal1 in addition to the invisible1 heavens1 and proved 8by the apparition of the ,star of ,bethlehem40 ,but ,suidas had no other warrant for this assertion than his own speculations1 and he was not an ,initiate4 ,he cites1 as a proof1 ,vulcan1 and shows him reigning #d1dgg years1 or #d1dgg days1 as he thinks1 or again rendered in years1 #ab years1 #c months1 and #g days2 he has1 however1 #e days in his original--thus committing an error even in such an easy calculation47#adia7 ,true1 there are other ancient writers guilty of like fallacious speculations2 ,calisthenes1 for instance1 who assigns to the astronomical observations of the ,chaldans only #a1ijc years1 whereas ,epigenes recognizes #gbj1jjj years47#adib7 ,the whole of these hypotheses made by profane writers are due to a misunderstanding4 ,the chronology of the ,western peoples1 ancient ,greeks and ,romans1 was borrowed from ,india4 ,now1 it is said in the ,tamil edition of ,bagavadam that #ae solar days make a ,paccham2 two ,pacchams1 or #cj days1 make a month of mortals1 which is only one day of the ,pitara ,devat or ,pitris4 ,again1 #b of these months constitute a ,rd1 #c ,rds make an ,ayanam1 and #b ,ayanams a year of mortals1 which is only a day of the ,gods4 ,it is from such misunderstood teachings that some ,greeks have imagined that all the initiated priests had transformed days into years6 ,this mistake of the ancient ,greek and ,latin writers became pregnant with results in ,europe4 ,at the close of the past and the beginning of the present century1 ,bailly1 ,dupuis1 and others1 relying upon the purposely mutilated accounts of ,hind chronology1 brought from ,india by certain unscrupulous and too zealous missionaries1 built quite a fantastic theory on the subject4 ,because the ,hinds had made of half a revolution of the moon a measure of time2 and because a month composed of only fifteen days1 of which ,quintus ,curtius speaks17#adic7 is found mentioned in ,hind literature1 therefore1 it becomes a verified fact that their year was only half a year1 when it was not called a day6 ,the ,chinese1 also1 divided their ,zodiac into twentyfour parts1 and hence their year into twentyfour fortnights1 but such computation did not1 nor does it1 prevent them having an astronomical year just the same as ours4 ,they also have a period of #fj days--the ,southern ,indian ,rd--to this day in some provinces4 ,moreover1 ,diodorus ,siculus7#adid7 calls 8thirty days an ,egyptian year10 or that period during which the moon performs a complete revolution4 ,pliny and ,plutarch7#adie7 both speak of it2 but does it stand to reason that the ,egyptians1 who knew ,astronomy as well as any other nation1 made the lunar month consist of #cj days1 when it is only #bh days with fractions8 ,this lunar period had an ,occult meaning surely as well as had also the ,ayanam and the ,rd of the ,hinds4 ,the year of #b months' duration1 and the period of #fj days also1 was a universal measure of time in antiquity1 as ,bailly himself shows in his ,trait de l' ,astronomie ,indienne et ,orientale4 ,the ,chinamen1 according to their own books1 divided their year into two parts1 from one equinox to the other27#adif7 the ,arabs anciently divided the year into six seasons1 each composed of two months2 in the ,chinese astronomical work called ,kiootche1 it is said that two moons make a measure of time1 and six measures a year2 and to this day the aborigines of ,kamschatka have their years of six months1 as they had when visited by ,abb ,chappe47#adig7 ,but is all this any reason for claiming that when the ,hind ,purnas say a solar year1 they mean one solar day6 ,it was the knowledge of the natural laws which make of seven the root naturenumber1 so to say1 in the manifested world1 or at any rate in our present terrestrial lifecycle1 and the wonderful comprehension of its workings1 that unveiled to the ,ancients so many of the mysteries of ,nature4 ,it is these laws1 again1 and their processes on the sidereal1 terrestrial1 and moral planes1 which enabled the old ,astronomers to calculate correctly the duration of the cycles and their respective effects on the march of events2 to record beforehand--to prophesy1 it is called--the influence which they would have on the course and development of the human races4 ,the ,sun1 ,moon1 and ,planets being the nevererring timemeasurers1 whose potency and periodicity were well known1 became thus respectively the great ruler and rulers of our little system in all its seven domains1 or 8spheres of action407#adih7 ,this has been so evident and remarkable1 that even many of the modern men of ,science1 ,materialists as well as ,mystics1 have had their attention called to this law4 ,physicians and ,theologians1 ,mathematicians and ,psychologists1 have repeatedly drawn the attention of the world to this fact of periodicity in the behaviour of 8,nature40 ,these numbers are explained in the ,commentaries in the following words3 ,the ,circle is not the 8,one0 but the 8,all40 ,in the higher ,heaven1 the impenetrable ,rajah17#adii7 it the ,circle becomes ,one1 because it is the indivisible1 and there can be no ,tau in it4 ,in the second of the three ,rajamsi1 or the three 8,worlds01 the ,one becomes ,two male and female1 and ,three with the ,son or ,logos1 and the ,sacred ,four the ,tetraktys1 or ,tetragrammaton4 ,in the third the lower ,world or our ,earth1 the number becomes ,four1 and ,three1 and ,two4 ,take the first two1 and thou wilt obtain ,seven1 the sacred number of life2 blend the latter with the middle ,rajah1 and thou wilt have ,nine1 the sacred number of ,being and ,becoming47#aejj7 ,when the ,western ,orientalists have mastered the real meaning of the ,rig ,vedic divisions of the ,world--the twofold1 threefold1 six and seven fold1 and especially the ninefold division--the mystery of the cyclic divisions applied to ,heaven and ,earth1 ,gods and ,men1 will become clearer to them than it is now4 ,for3 ,there is a harmony of numbers in all nature2 in the force of gravity1 in the planetary movements1 in the laws of heat1 light1 electricity1 and chemical affinity1 in the forms of animals and plants1 in the perceptions of the mind4 ,the direction1 indeed1 of modern natural and physical science is towards a generalization which shall express the fundamental laws of all1 by one simple numerical ratio4 ,we would refer to ,professor ,whewell's ,philosophy of the ,inductive ,sciences1 and to ,mr4 ,hay's researches into the laws of harmonious colouring and form4 ,from these it appears that the number seven is distinguished in the laws regulating the harmonious perception of forms1 colours1 and sounds1 and probably of taste also1 if we could analyze our sensations of this kind with mathematical accuracy47#aeja7 ,so much so1 indeed1 that more than one ,physician has stood aghast at the septenary periodical return of the cycles in the rise and fall of various complaints1 and ,naturalists have felt themselves at an utter loss to explain this law4 ,the birth1 growth1 maturity1 vital functions1 healthy revolutions of change1 diseases1 decay and death1 of insects1 reptiles1 fishes1 birds1 mammals1 and even of man1 are more or less controlled by a law of completion in weeks or seven days47#aejb7 ,dr4 ,laycock1 writing on the 8,periodicity of ,vital ,phenomena107#aejc7 records a 8most remarkable illustration and confirmation of the law in insects407#aejd7 ,to all of which ,mr4 ,grattan ,guinness remarks very pertinently1 as he defends biblical chronology3 ,and man's life 444 is a week1 a week of decades4 8,the days of our years are threescore years and ten40 ,combining the testimony of all these facts1 we are bound to admit that there prevails in organic nature a law of septiform periodicity1 a law of completion in weeks47#aeje7 ,without accepting the conclusions1 and especially the premises of the learned founder of 8,the ,east ,london ,institute for ,home and ,foreign ,missions10 the writer accepts and welcomes his researches in the ,occult chronology of the ,bible2 just as1 while rejecting the theories1 hypotheses1 and generalizations of ,modern ,science1 we bow before its great achievements in the world of the ,physical1 or in all the minor details of material ,nature4 ,there is most assuredly an ,occult 8chronological system in ,hebrew scripture10 the ,kabalah being its warrant2 moreover there is in it 8a system of weeks10 based on the archaic ,indian system1 which may still be found in the old ,jyotisha47#aejf7 ,and there are in it cycles of the 8week of days10 of the 8week of months10 of years1 of centuries1 and even of millenniums1 and more1 of the 8week of years of years407#aejg7 ,but all this can be found in the ,archaic ,doctrine4 ,and if the common source of the chronology in every scripture1 however veiled1 is denied in the case of the ,bible2 then it will have to be shown how1 in face of the six days and the seventh 7a ,sabbath71 we can escape connecting the ,genetic with the ,paurnic ,cosmogonies4 ,for the first 8week of creation0 shows the septiformity of its chronology and thus connects it with ,brahm's 8seven creations40 ,the able volume from the pen of ,mr4 ,grattan ,guinness1 in which he has collected in some #gfj pages every proof of this septiform calculation1 is good evidence4 ,for if the biblical chronology is1 as he says1 8regulated by the law of weeks10 and if it is septenary1 whatever the measures of the creation week and the length of its days may be1 and if1 finally1 8the ,bible system includes weeks on a great variety of scales10 then this system is shown to be identical with all the ,pagan systems4 ,moreover1 the attempt to show that #d1cbj years1 in lunar months1 elapsed between the 8,creation0 and the 8,nativity10 is a clear and unmistakable connection with the #d1cbj1jjj years of the ,hind ,yugas4 ,otherwise1 why make such efforts to prove that these figures1 which are preminently ,chaldan and ,indoryan1 play such a part in the ,new ,testament8 ,this we shall now prove still more forcibly4 ,let the impartial critic compare the two accounts--the ,vishnu ,purna and the ,bible--and he will find that the 8seven creations0 of ,brahm are at the foundation of the 8week of creation0 in ,genesis4 ,the two allegories are different1 but the systems are both built on the same foundation stone4 ,the ,bible can be understood only by the light of the ,kabalah4 ,take the ,zohar1 the 8,book of ,concealed ,mystery10 however now disfigured1 and compare4 ,the seven ,rishis and the fourteen ,manus1 of the seven ,manvantaras1 issue from ,brahm's head2 they are his 8,mindborn ,sons10 and it is with them that begins the division of mankind into its ,races from the ,heavenly ,man1 the manifested ,logos1 who is ,brahm ,prajpati4 ,speaking of the 8,skull0 7,head7 of ,macroprosopus1 the ,ancient ,one7#aejh7 7in ,sanskrit ,sanat is an appellation of ,brahm71 the ,ha ,idra ,rabba ,qadisha1 or 8,greater ,holy ,assembly10 says that in every one of his hairs is a hidden fountain issuing from the concealed brain4 ,and it shineth and goeth forth through that hair unto the hair of ,microprosopus1 and from it which is the manifest ,quaternary1 the ,tetragrammaton is his brain formed2 and thence that brain goeth forth into thirty and two paths or the ,triad and the ,duad1 or again #dcb4 ,and again3 ,thirteen curls of hair exist on the one side and on the other of the skull i4e41 six on one and six on the other1 the thirteenth being also the fourteenth1 as it is malefemale2 444 and through them commenceth the division of the hair the division of things1 of mankind and the races47#aeji7 8,we six are lights which shine forth from a seventh 7light710 saith ,rabbi ,abba2 8thou art the seventh light0--the synthesis of us all--he adds1 speaking of ,tetragrammaton and his seven 8companions10 whom he calls the 8eyes of ,tetragrammaton407#aeaj7 ,tetragrammaton is ,brahm ,prajpati1 who assumed four forms1 in order to create four kinds of supernal creatures1 i4e41 made himself four fold1 or the manifest ,quaternary27#aeaa7 after that1 he is reborn in the seven ,rishis1 his ,mnasaputras1 8,mindborn ,sons10 who became later1 nine1 twentyone1 and so on1 and who are all said to be born from various parts of ,brahm47#aeab7 ,there are two ,tetragrammatons3 the ,macroprosopus and the ,microprosopus4 ,the first is the absolute perfect ,square1 or the ,tetraktys within the ,circle1 both abstract conceptions1 and is therefore called ,ain--,nonbeing1 i4e41 illimitable or absolute 8,beness40 ,but when viewed as ,microprosopus1 or the ,heavenly ,man1 the ,manifested ,logos1 he is the ,triangle in the ,square--the sevenfold ,cube1 not the fourfold1 or the plane ,square4 ,for it is written in 8,the ,greater ,holy ,assembly03 ,and concerning this1 the children of ,israel wished to inquire in their hearts know in their minds1 like as it is written1 ,exod4 xvii4 #g3 8,is the ,tetragrammaton in the midst of us1 or the ,negatively ,existent ,one807#aeac7 --where they distinguished between ,microprosopus1 who is called ,tetragrammaton1 and between ,macroprosopus1 who is called ,ain1 the ,negatively ,existent47#aead7 ,therefore1 ,tetragrammaton is the ,three made four and the ,four made three1 and is represented on this ,earth by his seven 8,companions10 or 8,eyes0--the 8seven eyes of the ,lord40 ,microprosopus is1 at best1 only a secondary manifested ,deity4 ,for 8,the ,greater ,holy ,assembly0 elsewhere says3 ,we have learned that there were ten 7,rabbis7 ,companions entered into 7the ,assembly7 the ,sod1 8mysterious assembly or mystery0 and that seven came forth7#aeae7 i4e41 ten for the unmanifested1 seven for the manifested ,universe4 #aaeh4 ,and when ,rabbi ,schimeon revealed the ,arcana1 there were found none present there save those seven 7companions74 ,and ,rabbi ,schimeon called them the seven eyes of ,tetragrammaton1 like as it is written1 ,zach4 iii4 #i3 8,these are the seven eyes or principles of ,tetragrammaton0 --i4e41 the fourfold ,heavenly ,man1 or pure ,spirit1 is resolved into septenary man1 pure ,matter and ,spirit47#aeaf7 ,thus the ,tetrad is ,microprosopus1 and the latter is the malefemale ,chokmah,binah1 the second and third ,sephiroth4 ,the ,tetragrammaton is the very essence of number seven1 in its terrestrial significance4 ,seven stands between four and nine--the basis and foundation1 astrally1 of our physical world and man1 in the kingdom of ,malkuth4 ,for ,christians and believers1 this reference to ,zechariah and especially to the ,epistle of ,peter17#aeag7 ought to be conclusive4 ,in the old symbolism1 8man10 chiefly the ,inner ,spiritual ,man is called a 8stone40 ,christ is the cornerstone1 and ,peter refers to all men as 8lively0 7living7 stones4 ,therefore a 8stone with seven eyes0 on it can only mean a man whose constitution 7i4e41 his 8principles07 is septenary4 ,to demonstrate more clearly the seven in ,nature1 it may be added that not only does the number seven govern the periodicity of the phenomena of life1 but that it is also found dominating the series of chemical elements1 and equally paramount in the world of sound and in that of colour as revealed to us by the spectroscope4 ,this number is the factor1 sine qu non1 in the production of occult astral phenomena4 ,it is needless to refer in detail to the number of vibrations constituting the notes of the musical scale2 they are strictly analogous to the scale of chemical elements1 and also to the scale of colour as unfolded by the spectroscope1 although in the latter case we deal with only one octave1 while both in music and chemistry we find a series of seven octaves represented theoretically1 of which six are fairly complete and in ordinary use in both sciences4 ,thus1 to quote ,hellenbach3 ,it has been established that1 from the standpoint of phenomenal law1 upon which all our knowledge rests1 the vibrations of sound and light increase regularly1 that they divide themselves into seven columns1 and that the successive numbers in each column are closely allied2 i4e41 that they exhibit a close relationship which not only is expressed in the figures themselves1 but also is practically confirmed in chemistry as in music1 in the latter of which the ear confirms the verdict of the figures4444 ,the fact that this periodicity and variety is governed by the number seven is undeniable1 and it far surpasses the limits of mere chance1 and must be assumed to have an adequate cause1 which cause must be discovered4 ,verily1 then1 as ,rabbi ,abba said3 ,we are six lights which shine forth from a seventh 7light72 thou ,tetragrammaton art the seventh light 7the origin of7 us all4 ,for assuredly there is no stability in those six1 save 7what they derive7 from the seventh4 ,for all things depend from the seventh47#aeah7 ,the ancient and modern ,western ,american ,zui ,indians seem to have entertained similar views4 ,their presentday customs1 their traditions and records1 all point to the fact that1 from time immemorial1 their institutions1 political1 social and religious1 were1 and still are1 shaped according to the septenary principle4 ,thus all their ancient towns and villages were built in clusters of six1 around a seventh4 ,it is always a group of seven1 or of thirteen1 and always the six surround the seventh4 ,again1 their sacerdotal hierarchy is composed of six 8,priests of the ,house0 seemingly synthesized in the seventh1 who is a woman1 the 8,priestess ,mother40 ,compare this with the 8seven great officiating priests0 spoken of in the ,anugt1 the name given to the 8seven senses10 exoterically1 and to the seven human principles1 ,esoterically4 ,whence this identity of symbolism8 ,shall we still doubt the fact of ,arjuna going over to ,ptla1 the ,antipodes1 ,america1 and there marrying ,ulp1 the daughter of the ,nga1 or rather ,nargal1 king8 ,but to the ,zui priests4 ,these receive1 to this day1 an annual tribute of corn of seven colours4 ,undistinguished from other ,indians during the rest of the year1 on a certain day they come out--six priests and one priestess--arrayed in their priestly robes1 each of a colour sacred to the particular ,god whom the priest serves and personifies2 each of them representing one of the seven regions1 and each receiving corn of the colour corresponding to that region4 ,thus1 the white represents the ,east1 because from the ,east comes the first sunlight2 the yellow corresponds to the ,north1 from the colour of the flames produced by the ,aurora ,borealis2 the red1 the ,south1 as from that quarter comes the heat2 the blue stands for the ,west1 the colour of the ,pacific ,ocean1 which lies to the ,west2 black is the colour of the nether underground region--darkness2 corn with grains of all colours on one ear represents the colours of the upper region--of the firmament1 with its rosy and yellow clouds1 shining stars1 etc4 ,the 8speckled0 corn1 each grain containing all the colours1 is that of the 8,priestess,mother0--woman containing in herself the seeds of all races past1 present and future2 ,eve being the mother of all living4 ,apart from these was the ,sun--the ,great ,deity--whose priest was the spiritual head of the nation4 ,these facts were ascertained by ,mr4 ,f4 ,hamilton ,cushing1 who1 as many are aware1 became a ,zui1 lived with them1 was initiated into their religious mysteries1 and has learned more about them than any other man now living4 ,seven is also the great magic number4 ,in the ,occult ,records the weapon mentioned in the ,purnas and the ,mahbhrata--the gneystra or 8fiery weapon0 bestowed by ,aurva upon his ,chel ,sagara--is said to be constructed of seven elements4 ,this weapon--supposed by some ingenious ,orientalists to have been a 8rocket0 767--is one of the many thorns in the side of our modern ,sanskritists4 ,wilson exercises his penetration over it1 on several pages in his ,specimens of the ,hind ,theatre1 and finally fails to explain it4 ,he can make nothing out of the gneystra1 for he argues3 ,these weapons are of a very unintelligible character4 ,some of them are occasionally wielded as missiles2 but1 in general1 they appear to be mystical powers exercised by the individual--such as those of paralyzing an enemy1 or locking his senses fast in sleep1 or bringing down storm1 and rain1 and fire1 from heaven47#aeai7444 ,they are supposed to assume celestial shapes1 endowed with human faculties4444 ,the ,rmyana calls them the sons of ,krishshva47#aebj7 ,the ,shastradevats1 8,gods of the divine weapons10 are no more gneystras1 the weapons1 than the gunners of modern artillery are the cannon they direct4 ,but this simple solution did not seem to strike the eminent ,sanskritist4 ,nevertheless1 as he himself says of the armiform progeny of ,krishshva1 8the allegorical origin of the gneystra weapons is1 undoubtedly1 the more ancient407#aeba7 ,it is the fiery javelin of ,brahm4 ,the sevenfold gneystra1 like the seven senses and the seven principles1 symbolized by the seven priests1 are of untold antiquity4 ,how old is the doctrine believed in by ,theosophists1 the following ,section will tell4 ,f4 ,the ,seven ,souls ,of ,the ,egyptologists4 ,if one turns to those wells of information1 ,the ,natural ,genesis and the ,lectures of ,mr4 ,gerald ,massey1 the proofs of the antiquity of the doctrine under analysis become positively overwhelming4 ,that the belief of the author differs from ours can hardly invalidate the facts4 ,he views the symbol from a purely natural standpoint1 one perhaps a trifle too materialistic1 because too much that of an ardent ,evolutionist and follower of the modern ,darwinian dogmas4 ,thus he shows that3 ,the student of ,bhme's books finds much in them concerning these ,seven 8,fountain ,spirits10 and primary powers1 treated as seven properties of ,nature in the alchemistic and astrological phase of the medival mysteries4444 ,the followers of ,bhme look on such matter as the divine revelation of his inspired ,seership4 ,they know nothing of the natural genesis1 the history and persistence of the 8,wisdom07#aebb7 of the past 7or of the broken links71 and are unable to recognize the physical features of the ancient 8,seven ,spirits0 beneath their modern metaphysical or alchemist mask4 ,a second connecting link between the theosophy of ,bhme and the physical origins of ,egyptian thought1 is extant in the fragments of ,hermes ,trismegistus47#aebc7 ,no matter whether these teachings are called ,illuminatist1 ,buddhist1 ,kabalist1 ,gnostic1 ,masonic1 or ,christian1 the elemental types can only be truly known in their beginnings47#aebd7 ,when the prophets or visionary showmen of cloudland come to us claiming original inspiration1 and utter something new1 we judge of its value by what it is in itself4 ,but if we find they bring us the ancient matter which they cannot account for1 and we can1 it is natural that we should judge it by the primary significations rather than the latest pretensions47#aebe7 ,it is useless for us to read our later thought into the earliest types of expression1 and then say the ancients meant that67#aebf7 ,subtilized interpretations which have become doctrines and dogmas in theosophy have now to be tested by their genesis in physical phenomena1 in order that we may explode their false pretensions to supernatural origin or supernatural knowledge47#aebg7 ,but the able author of ,the ,book of the ,beginnings and of ,the ,natural ,genesis does--very fortunately1 for us--quite the reverse4 ,he demonstrates most triumphantly our ,esoteric 7,buddhist7 teachings1 by showing them identical with those of ,egypt4 ,let the reader judge from his learned lecture on 8,the ,seven ,souls of ,man407#aebh7 ,says the author3 ,the first form of the mystical ,seven was seen to be figured in heaven by the seven large stars of the ,great ,bear1 the constellation assigned by the ,egyptians to the ,mother of ,time1 and of the seven ,elemental ,powers47#aebi7 ,just so1 for the ,hinds place their seven primitive ,rishis in the ,great ,bear1 and call this constellation the abode of the ,saptarshi1 ,riksha and ,chitrashikhandinas4 ,and their ,adepts claim to know whether it is only an astronomical myth1 or a primordial mystery having a deeper meaning than it bears on its surface4 ,we are also told that3 ,the ,egyptians divided the face of the sky by night into seven parts4 ,the primary ,heaven was sevenfold47#aecj7 ,so it was with the ryans4 ,one has but to read the ,purnas about the beginnings of ,brahm and his ,egg1 to see this4 ,have the ryans then1 taken the idea from the ,egyptians8 ,but1 as the lecturer proceeds3 ,the earliest forces recognized in ,nature were reckoned as seven in number4 ,these became ,seven ,elementals1 devils 81 or later divinities4 ,seven properties were assigned to ,nature--as matter1 cohesion1 fluxion1 coagulation1 accumulation1 station1 and division--and seven elements or souls to man47#aeca7 ,all this was taught in the ,esoteric ,doctrine1 but it was interpreted and its mysteries unlocked1 as already stated1 with seven1 not two or1 at the utmost1 three keys2 hence the causes and their effects worked in invisible or mystic as well as in psychic ,nature1 and were made referable to ,metaphysics and ,psychology as much as to ,physiology4 ,as the author says3 ,a principle of sevening1 so to say1 was introduced1 and the number seven supplied a sacred type that could be used for manifold purposes47#aecb7 ,and it was so used4 ,for3 ,the seven souls of the ,pharaoh are often mentioned in the ,egyptian texts4444 ,seven souls1 or principles in man were identified by our ,british ,druids4444 ,the ,rabbins also ran the number of souls up to seven3 so1 likewise1 do the ,karens of ,india47#aecc7 ,and then1 the author1 with several misspellings1 tabulates the two teachings--the ,esoteric and the ,egyptian--and shows that the latter had the same series and in the same order4 ,esoteric ,indian4 ,egyptian4 #a4 ,rpa1 body or element of #a4 ,kha1 body4 form4 #b4 ,prna1 the breath of life4 #b4 ,ba1 the soul of breath4 #c4 ,astral body4 #c4 ,khaba1 the shade4 #d4 ,manas1 or #d4 ,akhu1 intelligence or intelligence47#aecd7 perception4 #e4 ,kma ,rpa1 or animal soul4 #e4 ,seb1 ancestral soul4 #f4 ,buddhi1 or spiritual soul4 #f4 ,putah1 the first intellectual father4 #g4 tm1 pure spirit4 #g4 ,atmu1 a divine1 or eternal soul47#aece7 ,further on1 the lecturer formulates these seven 7,egyptian7 ,souls1 as 7#a7 ,the ,soul of ,blood--the formative2 7#b7 ,the ,soul of ,breath--that breathes2 7#c7 ,the ,shade or ,covering ,soul--that envelopes2 7#d7 ,the ,soul of ,perception--that perceives2 7#e7 ,the ,soul of ,pubescence--that procreates2 7#f7 ,the ,intellectual ,soul--that reproduces intellectually2 and 7#g7 ,the ,spiritual ,soul--that is perpetuated permanently4 ,from the exoteric and physiological standpoint this may be very correct2 it becomes less so from the ,esoteric point of view4 ,to maintain this1 does not at all mean that the 8,esoteric ,buddhists0 resolve men into a number of elementary spirits1 as ,mr4 ,g4 ,massey1 in the same lecture1 accuses them of maintaining4 ,no 8,esoteric ,buddhist0 has ever been guilty of any such absurdity4 ,nor has it been ever imagined that these shadows 8become spiritual beings in another world10 or 8seven potential spirits or elementaries of another life40 ,what is maintained is simply that every time the immortal ,ego incarnates it becomes1 as a total1 a compound unit of ,matter and ,spirit1 which together act on seven different planes of being and consciousness4 ,elsewhere1 ,mr4 ,gerald ,massey adds3 ,the seven souls our 8principles0 444 are often mentioned in the ,egyptian texts4 ,the moongod1 ,taht,esmun1 or the later sungod1 expressed the seven naturepowers that were prior to himself1 and were summed up in him as his seven souls we say 8principles04444 ,the seven stars in the hand of the ,christ in ,revelation1 have the same significance47#aecf7 ,and a still greater one1 as these stars represent also the seven keys of the ,seven ,churches or the ,sodalian ,mysteries1 kabalistically4 ,however1 we will not stop to discuss1 but add that other ,egyptologists have also discovered that the septenary constitution of man was a cardinal doctrine with the old ,egyptians4 ,in a series of remarkable articles in the ,sphinx1 of ,munich1 ,herr ,franz ,lambert gives incontrovertible proof of his conclusions from the ,book of the ,dead and other ,egyptian records4 ,for details the reader must be referred to the articles themselves4 ,bhme1 the prince of all the medival seers1 says3 ,we find seven especial properties in nature whereby this only ,mother works all things which he calls fire1 light1 sound 7the upper three7 and desire1 bitterness1 anguish1 and substantiality1 thus analyzing the lower in his own mystic way2 whatever the six forms are spiritually1 that the seventh the body or substantiality1 is essentially4 ,these are the seven forms of the ,mother of all ,beings1 from whence all that is in this world is generated47#aecg7 ,and again3 ,the ,creator hath1 in the body of this world1 generated himself as it were creaturely in his qualifying or ,fountain ,spirits1 and all the stars are 444 ,god's powers1 and the whole body of the world consisteth in the seven qualifying or fountain spirits47#aech7 ,this is rendering in mystical language our theosophical doctrine4 ,but how can we agree with ,mr4 ,gerald ,massey when he states that3 ,the ,seven ,races of ,men that have been sublimated and made ,planetary 8 by ,esoteric ,buddhism17#aeci7 may be met with in the ,bundahish as 7#a7 the earthmen2 7#b7 watermen2 7#c7 breasteared men2 7#d7 breasteyed men2 7#e7 onelegged men2 7#f7 batwinged men2 7#g7 men with tails47#aedj7 ,each of these descriptions1 allegorical and even perverted in their later form1 is1 nevertheless1 an echo of the ,secret ,doctrine teaching4 ,they all refer to the prehuman evolution of the 8,watermen terrible and bad0 by unaided ,nature through millions of years1 as previously described4 ,but we deny pointblank the assertion that 8these were never real races10 and point to the ,archaic ,stanzas for our answer4 ,it is easy to infer and to say that our 8instructors have mistaken these shadows of the ,past1 for things human and spiritual02 but that 8they are neither1 and never were either10 it is less easy to prove4 ,the assertion must ever remain on a par with the ,darwinian claim that man and the ape had a common pithecoid ancestor4 ,what the lecturer takes for a 8mode of expression0 and nothing more1 in the ,egyptian ,ritual1 we take as having quite another and an important meaning4 ,here is one instance4 ,says the ,ritual1 the ,book of the ,dead3 8,i am the mouse40 8,i am the hawk40 8,i am the ape40444 8,i am the crocodile whose soul comes from ,,men40444 8,i am the soul of the gods407#aeda7 ,the last sentence but one is explained by the lecturer1 who says parenthetically1 8that is1 as a type of intelligence10 and the last as meaning1 8the ,horus1 or ,christ1 as the outcome of all40 ,the ,occult ,teaching answers3 ,it means far more4 ,it gives first of all a corroboration of the teaching that1 while the human ,monad has passed on ,globe ,a and others1 in the ,first ,round1 through all the three kingdoms--the mineral1 the vegetable1 and the animal--in this our ,fourth ,round1 every mammal has sprung from ,man1 if the semiethereal1 manyshaped creature with the human ,monad in it1 of the first two ,races1 can be regarded as ,man4 ,but it must be so called2 for1 in the ,esoteric language1 it is not the form of flesh1 blood1 and bones1 now referred to as man1 which is in any way the ,man1 but the inner divine ,monad with its manifold principles or aspects4 ,the lecture referred to1 however1 much as it opposes ,esoteric ,buddhism and its teachings1 is an eloquent answer to those who have tried to represent the whole as a newfangled doctrine4 ,and there are many such1 in ,europe1 ,america1 and even ,india4 ,yet1 between the ,esotericism of the old ,arhats1 and that which has now survived in ,india among the few ,brhmans who have seriously studied their ,secret ,philosophy1 the difference does not appear so very great4 ,it seems centred in1 and limited to1 the question of the order of the evolution of cosmic and other principles1 more than anything else4 ,at all events it is no greater divergence than the everlasting question of the filioque dogma1 which since the eighth century has separated the ,roman ,catholic from the older ,greek ,eastern ,church4 ,yet1 whatever the differences in the forms in which the septenary dogma is presented1 the substance is there1 and its presence and importance in the ,brhmanical system may be judged by what one of ,india's learned metaphysicians and ,vedntic scholars says of it3 ,the real esoteric sevenfold classification is one of the most important1 if not the most important classification1 which has received its arrangement from the mysterious constitution of this eternal type4 ,i may also mention in this connection that the four fold classification claims the same origin4 ,the light of life1 as it were1 seems to be refracted by the treblefaced prism of ,prakriti1 having the three ,gunams for its three faces1 and divided into seven rays1 which develop in course of time the seven principles of this classification4 ,the progress of development presents some points of similarity to the gradual development of the rays of the spectrum4 ,while the fourfold classification is amply sufficient for all practical purposes1 this real sevenfold classification is of great theoretical and scientific importance4 ,it will be necessary to adopt it to explain certain classes of phenomena noticed by occultists2 and it is perhaps better fitted to be the basis of a perfect system of psychology4 ,it is not the peculiar property of the 8,trans,himlayan ,esoteric ,doctrine40 ,in fact1 it has a closer connection with the ,brhmanical ,logos than with the ,buddhist ,logos4 ,in order to make my meaning clear ,i may point out here that the ,logos has seven forms4 ,in other words1 there are seven kinds of ,logoi in the ,cosmos4 ,each of these has became the central figure of one of the seven main branches of the ancient ,wisdom,religion4 ,this classification is not the sevenfold classification we have adopted4 ,i make this assertion without the slightest fear of contradiction4 ,the real classification has all the requisites of a scientific classification4 ,it has seven distinct principles1 which correspond with seven distinct states of ,praj or consciousness4 ,it bridges the gulf between the objective and subjective1 and indicates the mysterious circuit through which ideation passes4 ,the seven principles are allied to seven states of matter1 and to seven forms of force4 ,these principles are harmoniously arranged between two poles1 which define the limits of human consciousness47#aedb7 ,the above is perfectly correct1 save1 perhaps1 on one point4 ,the 8seven fold classification0 in the ,esoteric ,system has never 7to the writer's knowledge7 been claimed by any one belonging to it1 as 8the peculiar property of the #8,trans,himlayan ,esoteric ,doctrine' 02 but only as having survived in that old ,school alone4 ,it is no more the property of the ,trans1 than it is of the ,cis,himlayan ,esoteric ,doctrine1 but is simply the common inheritance of all such ,schools1 left to the ,sages of the ,fifth ,root,race by the great ,siddhas7#aedc7 of the ,fourth4 ,let us remember that the ,atlanteans became the terrible sorcerers1 now celebrated in so many of the oldest ,,mss4 of ,india1 only toward their 8,fall10 whereby the submersion of their ,continent was brought on4 ,what is claimed is simply that the ,wisdom imparted by the 8,divine ,ones0--born through the ,kriyshaktic powers of the ,third ,race before its ,fall and separation into sexes--to the ,adepts of the early ,fourth ,race1 has remained in all its pristine purity in a certain ,brotherhood4 ,the said ,school or ,fraternity being closely connected with a certain island of an inland sea--believed in by both ,hinds and ,buddhists1 but called 8mythical0 by ,geographers and ,orientalists--the less one talks of it1 the wiser he will be4 ,nor can one accept the said 8seven fold classification0 as having 8a closer connection with the ,brhmanical ,logos than with the ,buddhist ,logos10 since both are identical1 whether the one ,logos is called shvara or ,avalokiteshvara1 ,brahm or ,padmapni4 ,these are1 however1 very small differences1 more fanciful than real1 in fact4 ,brhmanism and ,buddhism1 both viewed from their orthodox aspects1 are as inimical and as irreconcilable as water and oil4 ,each of these great bodies1 however1 has a vulnerable place in its constitution4 ,while even in their esoteric interpretation both can agree but to disagree1 once that their respective vulnerable points are confronted1 every disagreement must fall1 for the two will find themselves on common ground4 ,the 8,achilles' heel0 of orthodox ,brhmanism is the ,advaita philosophy1 whose followers are called by the pious 8,buddhists in disguise02 as that of orthodox ,buddhism is ,northern ,mysticism1 as represented by the disciples of the philosophies of the ,yogchrya ,school of rysangha and the ,mahyna1 who are twitted in their turn by their coreligionists as 8,vedntins in disguise40 ,the ,esoteric ,philosophy of both these can be but one if carefully analyzed and compared1 as ,gautama ,buddha and ,shankarchrya are most closely connected1 if one believes tradition and certain ,esoteric ,teachings4 ,thus every difference between the two will be found one of form rather than of substance4 ,a most mystic discourse1 full of septenary symbology1 may be found in the ,anugita7#aedd7 ,there the ,brhmana narrates the bliss of having crossed beyond the regions of illusion3 ,in which fancies are the gadflies and mosquitoes1 in which grief and joy are cold and heat1 in which delusion is the blinding darkness1 in which avarice is the beasts of prey and reptiles1 in which desire and anger are the obstructors4 ,the sage describes the entrance into and exit from the forest--a symbol for man's lifetime--and also that forest itself37#aede7 ,in that forest are seven large trees the senses1 mind and understanding1 or ,manas and ,buddhi1 included1 seven fruits1 and seven guests2 seven hermitages1 seven 7forms of7 concentration1 and seven 7forms of7 initiation4 ,this is the description of the forest4 ,that forest is filled with trees producing splendid flowers and fruits of five colours4 ,the senses1 says the commentator3 ,are called trees1 as being producers of the fruits 444 pleasures and pains 4442 the guests are the powers of each sense personified--they receive the fruits above described2 the hermitages are the trees 444 in which the guests take shelter2 the seven forms of concentration are the exclusion from the self of the seven functions of the seven senses1 etc41 already referred to2 the seven forms of initiation refer to the initiation into the higher life1 by repudiating as not one's own the actions of each member out of the group of seven47#aedf7 ,the explanation is harmless1 if unsatisfactory4 ,says the ,brhmana1 continuing his description3 ,that forest is filled with trees producing flowers and fruits of four colours4 ,that forest is filled with trees producing flowers and fruits of three colours1 and mixed4 ,that forest is filled with trees producing flowers and fruits of two colours1 and of beautiful colours4 ,that forest is filled with trees producing flowers and fruits of one colour1 and fragrant4 ,that forest is filled instead of with seven with two large trees producing numerous flowers and fruits of undistinguished colours mind and understanding--the two higher senses1 or theosophically1 ,manas and ,buddhi4 ,there is one fire the ,self here1 connected with the ,brahman17#aedg7 and having a good mind or true knowledge1 according to ,arjuna ,mishra4 ,and there is fuel here1 7namely7 the five senses or human passions4 ,the seven 7forms of7 emancipation from them are the seven 7forms of7 initiation4 ,the qualities are the fruits4444 ,there 444 the great sages receive hospitality4 ,and when they have been worshipped and have disappeared1 another forest shines forth1 in which intelligence is the tree1 and emancipation the fruit1 and which possesses shade 7in the form of7 tranquillity1 which depends on knowledge1 which has contentment for its water1 and which has the ,kshetraja7#aedh7 within for the sun4 ,now1 all the above is very plain1 and no ,theosophist1 even among the least learned1 can fail to understand the allegory4 ,and yet1 we see great ,orientalists making a perfect mess of it in their explanations4 ,the 8great sages0 who 8receive hospitality0 are explained as meaning the senses1 8which1 having worked as unconnected with the self are finally absorbed into it40 ,but one fails to understand1 if the senses are 8unconnected0 with the 8,higher ,self10 in what manner they can be 8absorbed into it40 ,one would think1 on the contrary1 that it is just because the personal senses gravitate and strive to be connected with the impersonal ,self1 that the latter1 which is ,fire1 burns the lower five and purifies thereby the higher two1 8mind and understanding10 or the higher aspects of ,manas7#aedi7 and ,buddhi4 ,this is quite apparent from the text4 ,the 8great sages0 disappear after having 8been worshipped40 ,worshipped by whom if they 7the presumed senses7 are 8unconnected with the self08 ,by ,mind1 of course2 by ,manas 7in this case merged in the sixth sense7 which is not1 and cannot be1 the ,brahman1 the ,self1 or ,kshetraja--the ,soul's ,spiritual ,sun4 ,into the latter1 in time1 ,manas itself must be absorbed4 ,it has worshipped 8great sages0 and given hospitality to terrestrial wisdom2 but once that 8another forest shone forth0 upon it1 it is ,intelligence 7,buddhi1 the seventh sense1 but sixth principle7 which is transformed into the ,tree--that ,tree whose fruit is emancipation--which finally destroys the very roots of the ,ashvattha tree1 the symbol of life and of its illusive joys and pleasures4 ,and therefore1 those who attain to that state of emancipation have1 in the words of the abovecited ,sage1 8no fear afterwards40 ,in this state 8the end cannot be perceived because it extends on all sides40 8,there always dwell seven females there10 he goes on to say1 carrying out the imagery4 ,these females--who1 according to ,arjuna ,mishra1 are the ,mahat1 ,ahamkra and five ,tanmtras--have always their faces turned downwards1 as they are obstacles in the way of spiritual ascension4 ,in that same ,brahman1 the ,self the seven perfect sages1 together with their chiefs1 444 abide1 and again emerge from the same4 ,glory1 brilliance and greatness1 enlightenment1 victory1 perfection and power--these seven rays follow after this same sun ,kshetraja1 the ,higher ,self4444 ,those whose wishes are reduced the unselfish2 444 whose sins passions are burnt up by penance1 merging the self in the self17#aeej7 devote themselves to ,brahman4 ,those people who understand the forest of knowledge ,brahman1 or the ,self1 praise tranquillity4 ,and aspiring to that forest1 they are re born so as not to lose courage4 ,such1 indeed1 is this holy forest4444 ,and understanding it1 they the sages act 7accordingly71 being directed by the ,kshetraja4 ,no translator among the ,western ,orientalists has yet perceived in the foregoing allegory anything higher than mysteries connected with sacrificial ritualism1 penance1 or ascetic ceremonies1 and ,hatha ,yoga4 ,but he who understands symbolical imagery1 and hears the voice of ,self within ,self1 will see in this something far higher than mere ritualism1 however often he may err in minor details of the ,philosophy4 ,and here we must be allowed a last remark4 ,no true ,theosophist1 from the most ignorant up to the most learned1 ought to claim infallibility for anything he may say or write upon ,occult matters4 ,the chief point is to admit that1 in many a way1 in the classification of either cosmic or human principles1 in addition to mistakes in the order of evolution1 and especially on metaphysical questions1 those of us who pretend to teach others more ignorant than ourselves--are all liable to err4 ,thus mistakes have been made in ,isis ,unveiled1 in ,esoteric ,buddhism1 in ,man1 in ,magic3 ,white and ,black1 etc41 and more than one mistake is likely to be found in the present work4 ,this cannot be helped4 ,for a large or even a small work on such abstruse subjects to be entirely exempt from error and blunder1 it would have to be written from its first to its last page by a great ,adept1 if not by an ,avatra4 ,then only should we say1 8,this is verily a work without sin or blemish in it60 ,but so long as the artist is imperfect1 how can his work be perfect8 8,endless is the search for truth60 ,let us love it and aspire to it for its own sake1 and not for the glory or benefit a minute portion of its revelation may confer on us4 ,for who of us can presume to have the whole truth at his fingers' ends1 even upon one minor teaching of ,occultism8 ,our chief point in the present subject1 however1 has been to show that the septenary doctrine1 or division of the constitution of man1 was a very ancient one1 and was not invented by us4 ,this has been successfully done1 for we are supported in this1 consciously and unconsciously1 by a number of ancient1 medival1 and modern writers4 ,what the former said1 was well said2 what the latter repeated1 has generally been distorted4 ,an instance3 ,read the ,pythagorean ,fragments1 and study the septenary man as given by the ,rev4 ,g4 ,oliver1 the learned ,mason1 in his ,pythagorean ,triangle1 who speaks as follows3 ,the ,theosophic ,philosophy 444 counted seven properties or principles in man--viz43 7#a7 ,the divine golden man4 7#b7 ,the inward holy body from fire and light1 like pure silver4 7#c7 ,the elemental man4 7#d7 ,the mercurial 444 paradisiacal man4 7#e7 ,the martial soullike man4 7#f7 ,the venerine1 ascending to the outward desire4 7#g7 ,the solar man1 a witness to and an inspector of the wonders of ,god the ,universe4 ,they had also seven fountain spirits or powers of nature47#aeea7 ,compare this jumbled account and distribution of ,western ,theosophic ,philosophy with the latest ,theosophic explanations by the ,eastern ,school of ,theosophy1 and then decide which is the more correct4 ,verily3 ,wisdom hath builded her house1 ,she hath hewn out her seven pillars47#aeeb7 ,as to the charge that our ,school has not adopted the sevenfold classification of the ,brhmans1 but has confused it1 this is quite unjust4 ,to begin with1 the 8,school0 is one thing1 its exponents 7to ,europeans7 quite another4 ,the latter have first to learn the ,a ,b ,c of practical ,eastern ,occultism1 before they can be made to understand correctly the tremendously abstruse classification based on the seven distinct states of ,praj or ,consciousness2 and1 above all1 to realize thoroughly what ,praj is1 in ,eastern metaphysics4 ,to give a ,western student that classification is to try to make him suppose that he can account for the origin of consciousness1 by accounting for the process by which a certain knowledge1 though only one of the states of that consciousness1 came to him2 in other words1 it is to make him account for something he knows on this plane1 by something he knows nothing about on the other planes2 i4e41 to lead him from the spiritual and the psychological1 direct to the ontological4 ,this is why the primary1 old classification was adopted by the ,theosophists--of which classifications in truth there are many4 ,to busy oneself1 after such a tremendous number of independent witnesses and proofs have been brought before the public1 with an additional enumeration from theological sources1 would be quite useless4 ,the seven capital sins and seven virtues of the ,christian scheme are far less philosophical than even the seven liberal and the seven accursed sciences--or the seven arts of enchantment of the ,gnostics4 ,for one of the latter is now before the public1 pregnant with danger in the present as for the future4 ,the modern name for it is ,hypnotism2 used as it is by scientific and ignorant ,materialists1 in the general ignorance of the seven principles1 it will soon become ,satanism in the full acceptation of the term4 ,,part ,,iii4 ,,addenda4 ,,science ,,and ,,the ,,secret ,,doctrine ,,contrasted4 ,the knowledge of this nether world-- ,say1 friend1 what is it1 false or true8 ,the false1 what mortal cares to know8 ,the true1 what mortal ever knew8 ,section ,i4 ,archaic1 or ,modern ,anthropology8 ,whenever the question of the ,origin of ,man is offered seriously to an unbiassed1 honest1 and earnest man of ,science1 the answer comes invariably3 8,we do not know40 ,de ,quatrefages with his agnostic attitude is one of such ,anthropologists4 ,this does not imply that the rest of the men of ,science are neither fair minded nor honest1 as such a remark would be questionably discreet4 ,but it is estimated that #ge per cent4 of ,european ,scientists are ,evolutionists4 ,are these representatives of ,modern ,thought all guilty of flagrant misrepresentation of the facts8 ,no one says this--but there are a few very exceptional cases4 ,however1 the ,scientists1 in their anticlerical enthusiasm and in despair of any alternative theory to ,darwinism except that of 8special creation10 are unconsciously insincere in 8forcing0 a hypothesis the elasticity of which is inadequate1 and which resents the severe strain to which it is now subjected4 ,insincerity on the same subject is1 however1 patent in ecclesiastical circles4 ,bishop ,temple has come forward as a thoroughgoing supporter of ,darwinism in his ,religion and ,science4 ,this clerical writer goes so far as to regard ,matter--after it has received its 8primal impress0--as the unaided evolver of all cosmic phenomena4 ,this view only differs from that of ,hckel1 in postulating a hypothetical ,deity at 8the back of beyont10 a ,deity which stands entirely aloof from the interplay of forces4 ,such a metaphysical entity is no more the ,theological ,god than is that of ,kant4 ,bishop ,temple's truce with materialistic ,science is1 in our opinion1 impolitic--apart from the fact that it involves a total rejection of the biblical cosmogony4 ,in the presence of this display of flunkeyism before the materialism of our 8learned0 age1 we ,occultists can but smile4 ,but how about loyalty to the ,master such theological truants profess to serve--,christ1 and ,christendom at large8 ,however1 we have no desire1 for the present1 to throw down the gauntlet to the clergy1 our business being now with materialistic ,science alone4 ,the latter1 in the person of its best representatives1 answers to our question1 8,we do not know20 yet the majority of them act as though ,omniscience were their heirloom1 and they knew all things4 ,for1 indeed1 this negative reply has not prevented the majority of ,scientists from speculating on the question1 each seeking to have his own special theory accepted to the exclusion of all others4 ,thus1 from ,maillet in #agdh1 down to ,hckel in #ahgj1 theories on the origin of the human race have differed as much as the personalities of their inventors themselves4 ,buffon1 ,bory de ,st4 ,vincent1 ,lamarck1 ,e4 ,geoffroy ,st4 ,hilaire1 ,gaudry1 ,naudin1 ,wallace1 ,darwin1 ,owen1 ,hckel1 ,filippi1 ,vogt1 ,huxley1 ,agassiz1 etc41 each has evolved a more or less scientific hypothesis of genesis4 ,de ,quatrefages arranges these theories in two principal groups--one based on a rapid1 and the other on a very gradual transmutation2 the former favouring a new type 7man7 produced by a being entirely different1 the latter teaching the evolution of man by progressive differentiations4 ,strangely enough1 it is from the most scientific of these authorities that has emanated the most unscientific of all the theories upon the subject of the ,origin of ,man4 ,this is now so evident1 that the hour is rapidly approaching when the current teaching about the descent of man from an apelike mammal will be regarded with less respect than the formation of ,adam out of clay1 and of ,eve out of ,adam's rib4 ,for ,it is evident1 especially after the most fundamental principles of ,darwinism1 that an organized being cannot be a descendant of another whose development is in an inverse order to its own4 ,consequently1 in accordance with these principles1 man cannot be considered as the descendant of any simian type whatever47#aeec7 ,lucae's argument versus the ,apetheory1 based on the different flexures of the bones constituting the axis of the skull in the cases of man and the anthropoids1 is fairly discussed by ,schmidt4 ,he admits that3 ,the ape as he grows becomes more bestial2 man 444 more human-- and seems1 indeed1 to hesitate a moment before he passes on3 ,this flexure of the cranial axis may1 therefore1 still be emphasized as a human character1 in contradistinction to the apes2 the peculiar characteristic of an order can scarcely be elicited from it2 and especially as to the doctrine of descent1 this circumstance seems in no way decisive47#aeed7 ,the writer is evidently not a little disquieted by his own argument4 ,he assures us that it upsets any possibility of the present apes having been the progenitors of mankind4 ,but does it not also negative the bare possibility of the man and the anthropoid having had a common--though1 so far1 an absolutely theoretical--ancestor8 ,even 8,natural ,selection0 itself is with every day more threatened4 ,the deserters from the ,darwinian camp are many1 and those who were at one time its most ardent disciples are1 owing to new discoveries1 slowly but steadily preparing to turn over a new leaf4 ,in the ,journal of the ,royal ,microscopical ,society for ,october1 #ahhf1 we may read as follows3 ,,physiological ,,selection4--,mr4 ,g4 ,j4 ,romanes finds certain difficulties in regarding natural selection as a theory for the origin of species1 as it is rather a theory of the origin of adaptive structures4 ,he proposes to replace it by what he calls physiological selection1 or segregation of the fit4 ,his view is based on the extreme sensitiveness of the reproductive system to small changes in the conditions of life1 and he thinks that variations in the direction of greater or less sterility must frequently occur in wild species4 ,if the variation be such that the reproductive system1 while showing some degree of sterility with the parent form1 continues to be fertile within the limits of the varietal form1 the variation would neither be swamped by intercrossing nor die out on account of sterility4 ,when a variation of this kind occurs1 the physiological barrier must divide the species into two parts4 ,the author1 in fine1 regards mutual sterility1 not as one of the effects of specific differentiation1 but as the cause of it47#aeee7 ,an attempt is made to show the above to be a complement of1 and sequence to1 the ,darwinian theory4 ,this is a clumsy attempt at best4 ,the public will soon be asked to believe that ,mr4 ,c4 ,dixon's ,evolution without ,natural ,selection is also ,darwinism--expanded1 as the author certainly claims it to be6 ,but it is like splitting the body of a man into three pieces1 and then maintaining that each piece is the identical man he was before1 only--expanded4 ,yet the author states3 ,let it be clearly understood that not one single syllable in the foregoing pages has been written antagonistic to ,darwin's theory of ,natural ,selection4 ,all ,i have done is to explain certain phenomena 444 the more one studies ,darwin's works1 the more one is convinced of the truth of his hypothesis 6 647#aeef7 ,and before this1 he alludes to3 ,the overwhelming array of facts which ,darwin gave in support of his hypothesis1 and which triumphantly carried the theory of ,natural ,selection over all obstacles and objections47#aeeg7 ,this does not prevent the learned author1 however1 from upsetting this theory as 8triumphantly10 and from even openly calling his work ,evolution without ,natural ,selection1 or1 in so many words1 with ,darwin's fundamental idea knocked to atoms in it4 ,as to ,natural ,selection itself1 the utmost misconception prevails among many presentday thinkers1 who tacitly accept the conclusions of ,darwinism4 ,it is1 for instance1 a mere device of rhetoric to credit ,natural ,selection with the power of originating species4 ,natural ,selection is no entity2 it is merely a convenient phrase for describing the mode in which the survival of the fit and the elimination of the unfit among organisms are brought about by the ,struggle for ,existence4 ,every group of organisms tends to multiply beyond the means of subsistence2 the constant battle for life--the 8struggle to obtain enough to eat and to escape being eaten0 added to the environmental conditions--necessitates a perpetual weeding out of the unfit4 ,the lite of any stock1 thus sorted out1 propagate the species and transmit their organic characteristics to their descendants4 ,all useful variations are thus perpetuated1 and a progressive improvement is effected4 ,but ,natural ,selection--in the writer's humble opinion1 8,selection1 as a ,power0--is in reality a pure myth2 especially when it is resorted to as an explanation of the ,origin of ,species4 ,it is merely a representative term expressive of the manner in which 8useful variations0 are stereotyped when produced4 ,of itself1 8it0 can produce--nothing1 and only operates on the rough material presented to 8it40 ,the real question at issue is3 ,what cause--combined with other secondary causes--produces the 8variations0 in the organisms themselves8 ,many of these secondary causes are purely physical--climatic1 dietary1 etc4 ,very well4 ,but beyond the secondary aspects of organic evolution1 a deeper principle has to be sought for4 ,the ,materialist's 8spontaneous variations10 and 8accidental divergencies0 are selfcontradictory terms in a universe of 8,matter1 ,force and ,necessity40 ,mere variability of type1 apart from the supervisory presence of a quasiintelligent impulse1 is powerless to account for the stupendous complexities and marvels of the human body1 for instance4 ,the insufficiency of the ,darwinists' mechanical theory has been exposed at length by ,dr4 ,von ,hartmann among other purely negative thinkers4 ,it is an abuse of the reader's intelligence to write1 as does ,hckel1 of blind indifferent cells1 8arranging themselves into organs40 ,the ,esoteric solution of the origin of animal species is given elsewhere4 ,those purely secondary causes of differentiation1 grouped under the head of sexual selection1 natural selection1 climate1 isolation1 etc41 mislead the ,western ,evolutionist and offer no real explanation whatever of the 8whence0 of the 8ancestral types0 which served as the starting point for physical development4 ,the truth is that the differentiating 8causes0 known to ,modern ,science only come into operation after the physicalization of the primeval animal roottypes out of the astral4 ,darwinism only meets ,evolution at its midway point--that is to say1 when astral evolution has given place to the play of the ordinary physical forces with which our present senses acquaint us4 ,but even here the ,darwinian ,theory1 even with the 8expansions0 recently attempted1 is inadequate to meet the facts of the case4 ,the cause underlying physiological variation in species--one to which all other laws are subordinate and secondary--is a subconscious intelligence pervading matter1 ultimately traceable to a reflection of the ,divine and ,dhyn,chohanic wisdom47#aeeh7 ,a not altogether dissimilar conclusion has been arrived at by so well known a thinker as ,ed4 von ,hartmann1 who1 despairing of the efficacy of unaided ,natural ,selection1 regards ,evolution as being intelligently guided by the ,unconscious--the ,cosmic ,logos of ,occultism4 ,but the latter acts only mediately through ,fohat1 or ,dhyn,chohanic energy1 and not quite in the direct manner which the great pessimist describes4 ,it is this divergence among men of ,science1 their mutual1 and often their selfcontradictions1 that gives the writer of the present volumes the courage to bring to light other and older teachings--if only as hypotheses for future scientific appreciation4 ,so evident1 even to the humble recorder of this archaic teaching1 though not in any way very learned in ,modern ,sciences1 are the scientific fallacies and gaps1 that she has determined to touch upon all these1 in order to place the two teachings on parallel lines4 ,for ,occultism1 it is a question of selfdefence1 and nothing more4 ,so far1 ,the ,secret ,doctrine has concerned itself with metaphysics1 pure and simple4 ,it has now landed on ,earth1 and finds itself within the domain of physical ,science and practical ,anthropology1 or those branches of study which materialistic ,naturalists claim as their rightful domain1 coolly asserting1 furthermore1 that the higher and more perfect the working of the ,soul1 the more amenable it is to the analysis and explanations of the ,zoologist and the ,physiologist alone47#aeei7 ,this stupendous pretension comes from one1 who1 to prove his pithecoid descent1 has not hesitated to include the ,lemurid among the ancestors of man2 these have been promoted by him to the rank of ,prosimi1 indeciduate mammals1 to which he very incorrectly contributes a decidua and a discoidal placenta47#aefj7 ,for this ,hckel was taken severely to task by de ,quatrefages1 and criticised by his own brother ,materialists and ,agnostics--,virchow and du ,bois,reymond1 as great1 if not greater authorities than himself47#aefa7 ,such opposition notwithstanding1 ,hckel's wild theories are1 to this day1 still called by some scientific and logical4 ,the mysterious nature of ,consciousness1 of ,soul1 of ,spirit in ,man being now explained as a mere advance on the functions of the protoplasmic molecules of the lively ,protista1 and the gradual evolution and growth of human mind and 8social instincts0 toward civilization having to be traced back to their origin in the civilization of ants1 bees1 and other creatures--the chances left for an impartial hearing of the doctrines of ,archaic ,wisdom are few indeed4 ,the educated profane are told that3 ,the social instincts of the lower animals have1 of late1 been regarded for various reasons as clearly the origin of morals1 even of those of man 81 444 --and that our divine consciousness1 our soul1 intellect1 and aspirations have worked their 8way up from the lower stages of the simple cellsoul0 of the gelatinous ,bathybius--7#aefb7 and they seem to believe it4 ,for such men1 the ,metaphysics of ,occultism must produce the effect that our grandest oratorios produce on the ,chinaman--sounds that jar upon their nerves4 ,yet1 are our ,esoteric teachings about 8,angels10 the first three preanimal human ,races1 and the downfall of the ,fourth1 on a lower level of fiction and selfdelusion than the ,hckelian 8plastidular10 or the inorganic 8molecular souls of the ,protista08 ,between the evolution of the spiritual nature of man from the above ambian souls1 and the alleged development of his physical frame from the protoplastic dweller in the ocean slime1 there is an abyss which will not easily be crossed by any man in the full possession of his intellectual faculties4 ,physical ,evolution1 as ,modern ,science teaches it1 is a subject for open controversy2 spiritual and moral development on the same lines is the insane dream of a crass ,materialism4 ,furthermore1 past as well as present daily experience teaches that no truth has ever been accepted by learned bodies unless it has dovetailed with the habitually preconceived ideas of their professors4 8,the crown of the innovator is a crown of thorns0--said ,geoffroy ,st4 ,hilaire4 ,it is only that which fits in with popular hobbies and accepted notions that as a general rule gains ground4 ,hence the triumph of the ,hckelian ideas1 notwithstanding that they are proclaimed by ,virchow1 du ,bois,reymond1 and others as the 8testimonium paupertatis of ,natural ,science40 ,diametrically opposed as may be the materialism of the ,german ,evolutionists to the spiritual conceptions of ,esoteric ,philosophy1 radically inconsistent as is their accepted anthropological system with the real facts of ,nature--the pseudoidealistic bias now colouring ,english thought is almost more pernicious4 ,the pure ,materialistic ,doctrine admits of a direct refutation and an appeal to the logic of facts4 ,the ,idealism of the present day1 not only contrives to absorb1 on the one hand1 the basic negations of ,atheism1 but lands its votaries in a tangle of unreality1 which culminates in a practical ,nihilism4 ,argument with such writers is almost out of the question4 ,idealists1 therefore1 will be still more antagonistic than even the ,materialists to the ,occult teachings now given4 ,but as no worse fate can befall the exponents of ,esoteric ,anthropogenesis at the hands of their foes than being openly called by their old and timehonoured names of 8lunatics0 and 8ignoramuses10 the present archaic theories may be safely added to the many modern speculations1 and bide their time for their full or even partial recognition4 ,only1 as the very existence of these archaic theories will probably be denied1 we have to give our best proofs and stand by them to the bitter end4 ,in our race and generation the one 8temple in the universe0 is in rare cases--within us2 but our body and mind have been too defiled by both 8sin0 and 8science0 to be outwardly anything better now than a fane of iniquity and error4 ,and here our mutual position--that of ,occultism and ,modern ,science--ought to be once for all defined4 ,we1 ,theosophists1 are willing to bow before such men of learning as the late ,prof4 ,balfour ,stewart1 ,messrs4 ,crookes1 de ,quatrefages1 ,wallace1 ,agassiz1 ,butlerof1 and others1 though1 from the standpoint of the ,esoteric ,philosophy1 we may not agree with all they say4 ,but nothing will make us consent to even a show of respect for the opinions of such other men of ,science as ,hckel1 ,carl ,vogt1 or ,ludwig ,bchner1 in ,germany1 or even ,mr4 ,huxley and his cothinkers in ,materialism in ,england--the colossal erudition of the first named1 notwithstanding4 ,such men are simply the intellectual and moral murderers of future generations2 especially ,hckel1 whose crass ,materialism often rises to the height of idiotic naivets in his reasonings4 ,one has but to read his ,pedigree of ,man1 and ,other ,essays 7,aveling's ,translation7 to feel a desire that1 in the words of ,job1 his remembrance should perish from the ,earth1 and that he 8shall have no name in the streets40 ,hear the creator of the mythical ,sozura deriding the idea of the origin of the human race 8as a supernatural 8 phenomenon10 as one-- ,that could not result from simple mechanical causes1 from physical and chemical forces1 but requires the direct intervention of a creative personality4444 ,now the central point of ,darwin's teaching 444 lies in this1 that it demonstrates the simplest mechanical causes1 purely physicochemical phenomena of nature1 as wholly sufficient to explain the highest and most difficult problems4 ,darwin puts in the place of a conscious creative force1 building and arranging the organic bodies of animals and plants on a designed plan1 a series of natural forces working blindly 7as we say7 without aim1 without design4 ,in place of an arbitrary act of operation1 we have a necessary law of ,evolution4444 ,so had ,manu and ,kapila1 and1 at the same time1 guiding1 conscious and intelligent ,powers4 ,darwin very wisely 444 had put on one side the question as to the first appearance of life4 ,but very soon that consequence1 so full of meaning1 so widereaching1 was openly discussed by able and brave scientific men1 such as ,huxley1 ,carl ,vogt1 ,ludwig ,bchner4 ,a mechanical origin of the earliest living form was held as the necessary sequence to ,darwin's teaching 444 we are at present only concerned with a single consequence of the theory1 the natural origin of the human race through almighty ,evolution47#aefc7 ,to this1 unabashed by such a scientific farrago1 ,occultism replies3 ,in the course of ,evolution1 when the physical triumphed over the spiritual and mental evolution1 and nearly crushed it under its weight1 the great gift of ,kriyshakti remained the heirloom of only a few elect men in every age4 ,spirit strove vainly to manifest itself in its fulness in purely organic forms 7as has been explained in ,part ,i of this ,volume71 and the faculty1 which had been a natural attribute in the early humanity of the ,third ,race1 became one of the class regarded as simply phenomenal by ,spiritualists and ,occultists1 and as scientifically impossible by ,materialists4 ,in our modern day the mere assertion that there exists a power which can create human forms--readymade ,sheaths within which can incarnate the conscious ,monads or ,nirmnakyas of past ,manvantaras--is1 of course1 absurd1 ridiculous6 ,that which is regarded as quite natural1 on the other hand1 is the production of a ,frankenstein's monster1 plus moral consciousness1 religious aspirations1 genius1 and a feeling of his own immortal nature within himself--by 8physicochemical forces10 guided by blind 8,almighty ,evolution40 ,as to the origin of that man1 not ex nihilo1 cemented by a little red clay1 but from a living divine ,entity consolidating the ,astral ,body with surrounding materials--such a conception is too absurd even to be mentioned1 in the opinion of the ,materialists4 ,nevertheless1 ,occultists and ,theosophists are ready to have their claims and theories compared as to their intrinsic value and probability with those of the modern ,evolutionists--however unscientific and superstitious these theories may at the first glance appear4 ,hence the ,esoteric teaching is absolutely opposed to the ,darwinian evolution1 as applied to man1 and partially so with regard to other species4 ,it would be interesting to obtain a glimpse of the mental representation of ,evolution in the scientific brain of a ,materialist4 ,what is ,evolution8 ,if asked to define the full and complete meaning of the term1 neither ,huxley nor ,hckel will be able to do so any better than does ,webster3 ,the act of unfolding2 the process of growth1 development2 as the evolution of a flower from a bud1 or an animal from the egg4 ,yet the bud must be traced through its parentplant to the seed1 and the egg to the animal or bird that laid it2 or at any rate to the speck of protoplasm from which it expanded and grew4 ,and both the seed and the speck must have the latent potentialities in them for the reproduction and gradual development1 the unfolding of the thousand and one forms or phases of evolution1 through which they must pass before the flower or the animal is fully developed8 ,hence1 the future plan--if not a design--must be there4 ,moreover1 that seed has to be traced1 and its nature ascertained4 ,have the ,darwinians been successful in this8 ,or will the ,moneron be cast in our teeth8 ,but this atom of the ,watery ,abysses is not homogeneous matter2 and there must be something or somebody that had moulded and cast it into being4 ,here ,science is once more silent4 ,but since there is no selfconsciousness as yet in speck1 seed1 or germ1 according to both ,materialists and ,psychologists of the modern school--,occultists agreeing in this for once with their natural enemies--what is it that guides the force or forces so unerringly in this process of ,evolution8 8,blind force08 ,as well call 8blind0 the brain which evolved in ,hckel his ,pedigree of ,man and other lucubrations4 ,we can easily conceive that the said brain lacks an important centre or two2 for whoever knows anything of the anatomy of the human1 or even of any animal1 body1 and is still an ,atheist and a ,materialist1 must be 8hopelessly insane10 according to ,lord ,herbert1 who rightly sees in the frame of man's body and the coherence of its parts1 something so strange and paradoxical that he holds it to be the 8greatest miracle of nature40 ,blind forces and 8no design0 in anything under the ,sun6 ,when no sane man of ,science would hesitate to say that1 even from the little he knows and has hitherto discovered of the forces at work in ,kosmos1 he sees very plainly that every part1 every speck and atom1 are in harmony with their fellow atoms1 and these with the whole1 each having its distinct mission throughout the lifecycle4 ,but1 fortunately1 the greatest1 the most eminent ,thinkers and ,scientists of the day are now beginning to rise against this 8,pedigree10 and even against ,darwin's ,natural ,selection theory1 though its author had never1 probably1 contemplated such widely stretched conclusions4 ,the ,russian scientist ,n4 ,t4 ,danilevsky1 in his remarkable work1 ,darwinism1 a ,critical ,investigation of the ,theory1 upsets such ,darwinism completely and without appeal1 and so does de ,quatrefages in his last work4 ,our readers are recommended to examine the learned paper by ,dr4 ,bourges1 a member of the ,paris ,anthropological ,society1 read by its author at a recent meeting of that society and called 8,evolutionary ,psychology2 the ,evolution of ,spirit1 etc40 ,in it he completely reconciles the two teachings--namely of physical and spiritual evolution4 ,he explains the origin of the variety of organic forms--which are made to fit their environments with such evidently intelligent design--by the existence and the mutual help and interaction of two ,principles in manifested ,nature1 the inner conscious ,principle adapting itself to physical ,nature and the innate potentialities of the latter4 ,thus the ,french scientist has to return to our old friend ,archus1 or the ,life,principle--without naming it--as ,dr4 ,richardson has done in ,england in his ,nerve,force4 ,the same idea was recently developed in ,germany by ,baron ,hellenbach1 in his remarkable work1 ,individuality in the ,light of ,biology and ,modern ,philosophy4 ,we find the same conclusions arrived at in yet another excellent volume by a deep thinking ,russian1 ,n4 ,n4 ,strachof1 who says in his ,fundamental ,conceptions of ,psychology and ,physiology3 ,the most clear1 as the most familiar1 type of development may be found in our own mental or physical evolution1 which has served others as a model to follow4444 ,if organisms are entities 444 then it is only just to conclude and assert that the organic life strives to beget psychic life2 but it would be still more correct and in accordance with the spirit of these two categories of evolution to say1 that the true cause of organic life is the tendency of spirit to manifest in substantial forms1 to clothe itself in substantial reality4 ,it is the highest form which contains the complete explanation of the lowest1 never the reverse4 ,this is admitting1 as ,bourges does in the ,mmoire above mentioned1 the identity of this mysterious1 integrally acting and organizing ,principle with the ,self,conscious and ,inner ,subject1 which we call the ,ego and the world at large the ,soul4 ,thus all the best ,scientists and ,thinkers are gradually approaching the ,occultists in their general conclusions4 ,but such metaphysically inclined men of ,science are out of court and will hardly be listened to4 ,schiller1 in his magnificent poem on the ,veil of ,isis1 makes the mortal youth who dared to lift the impenetrable covering fall down dead1 after beholding the naked ,truth in the face of the stern ,goddess4 ,have some of our ,darwinians1 so tenderly united in natural selection and affinity1 also gazed at the ,satic ,mother bereft of her veils8 ,one might almost suspect it after reading their theories4 ,their great intellects must have collapsed while gauging too closely the uncovered face of ,nature1 leaving only the grey matter and ganglia in their brains to respond to 8blind0 physicochemical forces4 ,at any rate ,shakspere's lines apply admirably to our modern ,evolutionist1 who symbolizes that 8proud man10 who-- ,drest in a little brief authority2 ,most ignorant of what he's most assured1 ,his glassy essence1 like an angry ape1 ,plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven1 ,as make the angels weep67#aefd7 ,these have nought to do with the 8,angels40 ,their only concern is with the human ancestor1 the pithecoid ,noah who gave birth to three sons--the tailed ,cynocephalus1 the tailless ,ape1 and the 8arboreal0 ,palolithic man4 ,on this point1 they will not be contradicted4 ,every doubt expressed is immediately set down as an attempt to cripple scientific enquiry4 ,the insuperable difficulty at the very foundation of the ,evolution theory1 namely1 that no ,darwinian is able to give even an approximate definition of the period at which1 and the form in which1 the first man appeared1 is smoothed down to a trifling impediment1 which is 8really of no account40 ,every branch of knowledge is in the same predicament1 we are informed4 ,the ,chemist bases his most abstruse calculations simply ,upon a hypothesis of atoms and molecules1 of which not one has ever been seen1 isolated1 weighed1 or defined4 ,the electrician speaks of magnetic fluids which have never tangibly revealed themselves4 ,no definite origin can be assigned either to molecules or magnetism4 ,science cannot and does not pretend to any knowledge of the beginnings of law1 matter1 or life47#aefe7 ,and1 withal1 to reject a scientific hypothesis1 however absurd1 is to commit the one unpardonable sin6 ,we risk it4 ,section ,,ii4 ,the ,ancestors ,mankind is ,offered by ,science4 ,the question of questions for mankind--the problem which underlies all others1 and is more deeply interesting than any other--is the ascertainment of the place which man occupies in ,nature1 and of his relations to the universe of things47#aeff7 ,the world stands divided this day and hesitates between ,divine ,progenitors--be they ,adam and ,eve or the ,lunar ,pitris--and ,bathybius ,hckelii1 the gelatinous hermit of the briny deep4 ,having explained the ,occult theory1 it may now be compared with that of ,modern ,materialism4 ,the reader is invited to choose between the two after having judged them on their respective merits4 ,we may derive some consolation for the rejection of our ,divine ,ancestors1 in finding that the ,hckelian speculations receive no better treatment at the hands of strictly exact ,science than do our own4 ,hckel's ,phylogenesis is no less laughed at by the foes of his fantastic evolution1 by other and greater ,scientists1 than our primeval ,races will be4 ,as du ,bois,reymond puts it1 we may believe him easily when he says that the ,ancestral trees of our race sketched in the ,schpfungsgeschichte are of about as much value as are the pedigrees of the ,homeric heroes in the eyes of the historical critic4 ,this settled1 everyone will see that one hypothesis is as good as another4 ,and as we find ,hckel himself confessing that neither ,geology in its history of the past nor the ancestral history of organisms will ever 8rise to the position of a real #8exact' science107#aefg7 a large margin is thus left to ,occult ,science to make its annotations and lodge its protests4 ,the world is left to choose between the teachings of ,paracelsus1 the 8father of modern chemistry10 and those of ,hckel1 the 8father of the mythical ,sozura40 ,we demand no more4 ,without presuming to take part in the quarrel of such very learned ,naturalists as du ,bois,reymond and ,hckel propos of our blood relationship to ,those ancestors of ours which have led up from the unicellular classes1 ,vermes1 ,acrania1 ,pisces1 ,amphibia1 ,reptilia to the ,aves --we may put a brief question or two1 for the information of our readers4 ,availing ourselves of the opportunity1 and bearing in mind ,darwin's theories of ,natural ,selection1 etc41 we would ask ,science--with regard to the origin of the human and animal species--which theory of ,evolution of the two herewith described is the more scientific1 or the more unscientific1 if so preferred4 7#a7 ,is it that of an ,evolution which starts from the beginning with sexual propagation8 7#b7 ,or that teaching which shows the gradual development of organs2 their solidification1 and the procreation of each species1 at first by simple easy separation from one into two or even several individuals2 then a fresh development--the first step to a species of separate distinct sexes--the hermaphrodite condition2 then again1 a kind of parthenogenesis1 8virginal reproduction10 when the eggcells are formed within the body1 issuing from it in atomic emanations and becoming matured outside of it2 until1 finally1 after a definite separation into sexes1 the human beings begin procreating through sexual connection8 ,of these two1 the first 8theory0--or rather1 a 8revealed fact0--is enunciated by all the exoteric ,bibles1 except the ,purnas1 preminently by the ,jewish ,cosmogony4 ,the second is that which is taught by the ,occult ,philosophy1 as has been explained4 ,an answer is found to our question in a volume just published by ,mr4 ,samuel ,laing--the best lay exponent of ,modern ,science47#aefh7 ,in ,chapter viii of his latest work1 ,a ,modern ,zoroastrian1 the author begins by twitting 8all ancient religions and philosophies0 for 8assuming a male and female principle for their gods40 ,at first sight1 he says3 ,this distinction of sex appears as fundamental as that of plant and animal4444 ,the ,spirit of ,god brooding over ,chaos and producing the world is only a later edition1 revised according to monotheistic ideas1 of the far older ,chaldean legend which describes the creation of ,cosmos out of ,chaos by the coperation of great gods1 male and female4444 ,thus1 in the orthodox ,christian creed we are taught to repeat 8begotten1 not made10 a phrase which is absolute nonsense1 or nonsense--that is1 an instance of using words like counterfeit notes1 which have no solid value of an idea behind them4 ,for 8begotten0 is a very definite term1 which implies the conjunction of two opposite sexes to produce a new individual47#aefi7 ,however we may agree with the learned author as to the inadvisability of using wrong words1 and the terrible anthropomorphic and phallic element in the old ,scriptures--especially in the orthodox ,christian ,bible--nevertheless1 there may be two extenuating circumstances in the case4 ,firstly1 all these 8ancient philosophies0 and 8modern religions0 are--as has been sufficiently shown in these two ,volumes--an exoteric veil thrown over the face of ,esoteric ,truth2 and--as the direct result of this--they are allegorical1 i4e41 mythological in form2 but still they are immensely more philosophical in essence than any of the new scientific theories1 socalled4 ,secondly1 from the ,orphic ,theogony down to ,ezra's last remodelling of the ,pentateuch1 every old ,scripture1 having in its origin borrowed its facts from the ,east1 has been subjected to constant alterations by friend and foe1 until of the original version there has remained but the name1 a dead shell from which the spirit had been gradually eliminated4 ,this alone ought to show that no religious work now extant can be understood without the help of the ,archaic ,wisdom1 the primitive foundation on which they were all built4 ,but to return to the direct answer expected from ,science to our direct question4 ,it is given by the same author1 when1 following his train of thought on the unscientific euhemerization of the powers of ,nature in ancient creeds1 he pronounces a condemnatory verdict upon them in the following terms3 ,science1 however1 makes sad havoc with this impression of sexual generation being the original and only mode of reproduction1 and the microscope and dissecting knife of the naturalist introduce us to new and altogether unsuspected 8 worlds of life4 ,so little 8unsuspected10 indeed1 that the original asexual 8modes of reproduction0 must have been known to the ancient ,hinds1 at any rate--,mr4 ,laing's assertion to the contrary notwithstanding4 ,in view of the statement in the ,vishnu ,purna1 quoted by us elsewhere1 that ,daksha 8established sexual intercourse as the means of multiplication10 only after a series of other 8modes10 which are all enumerated therein17#aegj7 it becomes difficult to deny the fact4 ,this assertion1 moreover1 is found1 note well1 in an exoteric work4 ,next1 ,mr4 ,laing goes on to tell us that3 ,by far the larger proportion of living forms1 in number at any rate if not in size1 have come into existence1 without the aid of sexual propagation4 ,he then instances ,hckel's ,moneron1 8multiplying by selfdivision40 ,the next stage the author shows in the nucleated cell1 8which does exactly the same thing40 ,the following stage is that in ,which the organism does not divide into two equal parts1 but a small portion of it swells out 444 and finally parts company and starts on a separate existence1 which grows to the size of the parent by its inherent faculty of manufacturing fresh protoplasm from surrounding inorganic materials47#aega7 ,this is followed by a manycelled organism which is formed by ,germbuds reduced to spores1 or single cells1 which are emitted from the parent4444 ,we are now at the threshold of that system of sexual propagation1 which has now become the rule in all the higher families of animals4444 ,this organism1 having advantages in the struggle for life1 established itself permanently 444 and special organs developed to meet the altered conditions4 ,thus at length the distinction would be firmly established of a female organ or ovary containing the egg or primitive cell from which the new being was to be developed1 and a male organ supplying the fertilizing spore or cell4444 ,this is confirmed by a study of embryology1 which shows that in the human and higher animal species the distinction of sex is not developed until a considerable progress has been made in the growth of the embryo4444 ,in the great majority of plants1 and in some of the lower families of animals 444 the male and female organs are developed within the same being1 and they are what is called hermaphrodites4 ,another transition form is ,parthenogenesis1 or virginal reproduction1 in which germcells1 apparently similar in all respects to eggcells1 develop themselves into new individuals1 without any fructifying element47#aegb7 ,of all this we are as perfectly well aware as we are aware that the above was never applied by the very learned ,english popularizer of ,huxley ,hckelian theories to the genus homo4 ,he limits this to specks of protoplasm1 plants1 bees1 snails1 and so on4 ,but if he would be true to the theory of descent1 he must be as true to ontogenesis1 in which the fundamental biogenetic law1 we are told1 runs as follows3 ,the development of the embryo 7ontogeny7 is a condensed and abbreviated repetition of the evolution of the race 7phylogeny74 ,this repetition is the more complete1 the more the true original order of evolution 7palingenesis7 has been retained by continual heredity4 ,on the other hand1 this repetition is the less complete1 the more by varying adaptations the later spurious development 7cnogenesis7 has obtained47#aegc7 ,this shows us that every living creature and thing on ,earth1 including man1 evolved from one common primal form4 ,physical man must have passed through the same stages of the evolutionary process in the various modes of procreation as other animals have done2 he must have divided himself2 then1 hermaphrodite1 have given birth parthenogenetically 7on the immaculate principle7 to his young ones2 the next stage would be the oviparous--at first 8without any fructifying element10 then 8with the help of the fertilitary spore02 and only after the final and definite evolution of both sexes1 would he become a distinct 8male and female10 when reproduction through sexual union would grow into universal law4 ,so far1 all this is scientifically proven4 ,there remains but one thing to be ascertained2 viz41 the plain and comprehensively described processes of such antesexual reproduction4 ,this is done in the ,occult books1 a slight outline of which has been attempted by the writer in ,part ,i of this ,volume4 ,either this1 or--man is a distinct being4 ,occult ,philosophy may call him that1 because of his distinctly dual nature4 ,science cannot do so1 once that it rejects every interference save mechanical laws1 and admits of no principle outside ,matter4 ,the former--,archaic ,science--allows the human physical frame to have passed through every form1 from the lowest to the very highest1 its present one1 or from the simple to the complex--to use the accepted terms4 ,but it claims that in this ,cycle1 the ,fourth1 the frame having already existed among the types and models of ,nature from the preceding ,rounds--it was quite ready for man from the beginning of this ,round47#aegd7 ,the ,monad had but to step into the ,astral ,body of the ,progenitors1 in order that the work of physical consolidation should begin around the shadowy prototype47#aege7 ,what would ,science say to this8 ,it would answer1 of course1 that as man appeared on ,earth as the latest of the mammalians1 he had no need1 any more than these mammals1 to pass through the primitive stages of procreation as above described4 ,his mode of procreation was already established on ,earth when he appeared4 ,in this case1 we may reply3 ,since to this day not the remotest sign of a link between man and the animal has yet been found1 then 7if the ,occult ,doctrine is to be repudiated7 he must have sprung miraculously in ,nature1 like a fully armed ,minerva from ,jupiter's brain2 and in such case the ,bible is right1 along with other national 8revelations40 ,hence the scientific scorn1 so freely lavished by the author of ,a ,modern ,zoroastrian upon ancient philosophies and exoteric creeds1 becomes premature and uncalled for4 ,nor would the sudden discovery of a 8missinglink0like fossil mend matters at all4 ,for neither one such solitary specimen nor the scientific inductions therefrom1 could insure its being the longsoughtfor relic1 i4e41 that of an undeveloped1 still a oncespeaking1 ,man4 ,something more would be required as a final proof4 ,besides this1 even ,genesis takes up man1 her ,adam of dust1 only where the ,secret ,doctrine leaves her 8,sons of ,god and ,wisdom0 and picks up the physical man of the ,third ,race4 ,eve is not 8begotten10 but is extracted out of ,adam in the manner of 8,amba ,a10 contracting in the middle and splitting into ,amba ,b--by division47#aegf7 ,nor has human speech developed from the various animal sounds4 ,hckel's theory that 8speech arose gradually from a few simple1 crude animal sounds10 as such 8speech still remains amongst a few races of lowest rank107#aegg7 is altogether unsound1 as argued by ,professor ,max ,mller1 among others4 ,he contends that no plausible explanation has yet been given as to how the 8roots0 of language came into existence4 ,a human brain is necessary for human speech4 ,and figures relating to the size of the respective brains of man and ape show how deep is the gulf which separates the two4 ,vogt says that the brain of the largest ape1 the gorilla1 measures no more than #cjea cubic inches2 while the average brains of the flatheaded ,australian natives--the lowest now of the human races--amount to #iice cubic inches6 ,figures are awkward witnesses and cannot lie4 ,therefore1 as truly observed by ,dr4 ,f4 ,pfaff1 whose premises are as sound and correct as his biblical conclusions are silly3 ,the brain of the apes most like man does not amount to quite a third of the brain of the lowest races of men3 it is not half the size of the brain of a newborn child47#aegh7 ,from the foregoing it is thus very easy to perceive that in order to prove the ,huxley,hckelian theories of the descent of man1 it is not one1 but a great number of 8missing links0--a true ladder of progressive evolutionary steps--that would have to be first found and then presented by ,science to thinking and reasoning humanity1 before it would abandon belief in ,gods and the immortal ,soul for the worship of quadrumanic ancestors4 ,mere myths are now greeted as 8axiomatic truths40 ,even ,alfred ,russel ,wallace maintains with ,hckel that primitive man was a speechless apecreature4 ,to this ,prof4 ,joly answers3 ,man never was1 in my opinion1 this pithecanthropus alalus whose portrait ,hckel has drawn as if he had seen and known him1 whose singular and completely hypothetical genealogy he has even given1 from the mere mass of living protoplasm to the man endowed with speech and a civilization analogous to that of the ,australians and ,papuans47#aegi7 ,hckel1 among other things1 often comes into direct conflict with the 8science of languages40 ,in the course of his attack on ,evolutionism7#aehj7 ,prof4 ,max ,mller stigmatized the ,darwinian theory as 8vulnerable at the beginning and at the end40 ,the fact is1 that only the partial truth of many of the secondary 8laws0 of ,darwinism is beyond question--,m4 de ,quatrefages evidently accepting natural selection1 the struggle for existence1 and transformation within species1 as proven not once and for ever1 but only pro tempore4 ,but it may not be amiss1 perhaps1 to condense the linguistic case against the 8ape ancestor0 theory3 ,languages have their phases of growth1 etc41 like all else in ,nature4 ,it is almost certain that the great linguistic families pass through three stages4 7#a7 ,all words are roots and are merely placed in juxtaposition 7,radical languages74 7#b7 ,one root defines the other1 and becomes merely a determinative element 7,agglutinative74 7#c7 ,the determinative element 7the determinating meaning of which has long lapsed7 unites into a whole with the formative element 7,inflected74 ,the problem then is3 ,whence these roots8 ,prof4 ,max ,mller argues that the existence of these readymade materials of speech is a proof that man cannot be the crown of a long organic series4 ,this potentiality of forming roots is the great crux which ,materialists almost invariably avoid4 ,von ,hartmann explains it as a manifestation of the 8,unconscious10 and admits its cogency versus mechanical ,atheism4 ,hartmann is a fair representative of the ,metaphysician and ,idealist of the present age4 ,the argument has never been met by the nonpantheistic ,evolutionists4 ,to say with ,schmidt3 8,forsooth we are to halt before the origin of language60--is an avowal of dogmatism and of speedy defeat47#aeha7 ,we respect those men of ,science who1 wise in their generation1 say3 ,the ,prehistoric ,past being utterly beyond our powers of direct observation1 we are too honest1 too devoted to the truth--or what we regard as truth--to speculate upon the unknown1 giving out our unproven theories along with facts absolutely established in ,modern ,science4 ,the borderland of metaphysical knowledge is1 therefore1 best left to time1 which is the best test as to truth47#aehb7 ,this is a wise and an honest sentence in the mouth of a ,materialist4 ,but when a ,hckel1 after just saying that 8historical events of past time10 having 8occurred many millions of years ago17#aehc7 444 are for ever removed from direct observation10 and that neither ,geology nor ,phylogeny7#aehd7 can or will 8rise to the position of a real #8exact' science10 then insists on the development of all organisms--8from the lowest vertebrate to the highest1 from amphioxus to man0--we ask for a weightier proof than he can give4 ,mere 8empirical sources of knowledge10 so extolled by the author of ,anthropogeny--when he has to be satisfied with the qualification for his own views--are not competent to settle problems lying beyond their domain2 nor is it the province of exact ,science to place any reliance on them47#aehe7 ,if 8empirical0--and ,hckel himself declares so repeatedly--then they are no better1 nor any more reliable1 in the sight of exact research1 when extended into the remote past1 than are our ,occult teachings of the ,east1 both having to be placed on the same level4 ,nor are his phylogenetic and palingenetic speculations treated any more favourably by the real ,scientists1 than are our cyclic repetitions of the evolution of the great in the minor races1 and the original order of ,evolution4 ,for the province of exact1 real ,science1 materialistic though it be1 is to carefully avoid anything like guess work1 speculation which cannot be verified2 in short1 all suppressio veri and all suggestio falsi4 ,the business of the men of exact ,science is to observe1 each in his chosen department1 the phenomena of ,nature2 to record1 tabulate1 compare and classify the facts1 down to the smallest minuti which are presented to the observation of the senses with the help of all the exquisite mechanism that modern invention supplies1 not by the aid of metaphysical flights of fancy4 ,all that he has a legitimate right to do1 is to correct by the assistance of physical instruments the defects or illusions of his own coarser vision1 auditory powers1 and other senses4 ,he has no right to trespass on the grounds of ,metaphysics and ,psychology4 ,his duty is to verify and to rectify all the facts that fall under his direct observation2 to profit by the experiences and mistakes of the ,past in endeavouring to trace the working of a certain concatenation of cause and effect1 which--but only by its constant and unvarying repetition--may be called a ,law4 ,this it is which a man of ,science is expected to do1 if he would become a teacher of men and remain true to his original programme of natural or physical ,sciences4 ,any side path from this royal road becomes speculation4 ,instead of keeping to this1 what does many a socalled man of ,science do in these days8 ,he rushes into the domain of pure ,metaphysics1 while deriding them4 ,he delights in rash conclusions and calls them 8a deductive law from the inductive law0 of a theory based upon and drawn out of the depths of his own consciousness--that consciousness being perverted by1 and honeycombed with1 onesided ,materialism4 ,he attempts to explain the 8origin0 of things1 which are yet embosomed only in his own conceptions4 ,he attacks spiritual beliefs and religious traditions millenniums old1 and denounces everything1 save his own hobbies1 as superstition4 ,he suggests theories of the ,universe1 a cosmogony developed by blind1 mechanical forces of ,nature alone1 far more miraculous and impossible than even one based upon the assumption of fiat lux ex nihilo--and tries to astonish the world by his wild theory2 and this theory1 being known to emanate from a scientific brain1 is taken1 on blind faith1 as very scientific and as the outcome of ,science4 ,are these the opponents ,occultism should dread8 ,most decidedly not4 ,for such theories are treated no better by real ,science than are our own by empirical ,science4 ,hckel1 hurt in his vanity by du ,bois,reymond1 is never tired of publicly complaining of the latter's onslaught on his fantastic theory of descent4 ,rhapsodizing on 8the exceedingly rich storehouse of empirical evidence10 he calls those 8recognized ,physiologists0 who oppose every speculation of his drawn from the said 8storehouse0--ignorant men1 and declares3 ,if many men1 and among them even some ,scientists of repute--hold that the whole of phylogeny is a castle in the air1 and genealogical trees from monkeys8 are empty plays of phantasy1 they only in speaking thus demonstrate their ignorance of that wealth of empirical sources of knowledge to which reference has already been made47#aehf7 ,we open ,webster's ,dictionary and read the definitions of the word 8empirical03 ,depending upon experience or observation alone1 without due regard to modern science and theory4 ,this applies to the ,occultists1 ,spiritualists1 ,mystics1 etc4 ,again3 ,an empiric2 one who confines himself to applying the results of his own observations only which is ,hckel's case2 one wanting science 444 an ignorant and unlicensed practitioner2 a quack2 a charlatan4 ,no ,occultist or 8,magician10 has ever been treated to any worse epithets4 ,yet the ,occultist remains on his own metaphysical grounds1 and does not endeavour to rank his knowledge1 the fruits of his personal observation and experience1 among the exact ,sciences of modern learning4 ,he keeps within his legitimate sphere1 where he is master4 ,but what is one to think of a rank ,materialist1 whose duty is clearly traced before him1 who uses such an expression as this3 ,the origin of man from other mammals1 and most directly from the catarrhine ape1 is a deductive law1 that follows necessarily from the inductive law of the ,theory of ,descent47#aehg7 ,a 8theory0 is simply a hypothesis1 a speculation1 and not a law4 ,to say otherwise is one of the many liberties taken nowadays by ,scientists4 ,they enunciate an absurdity1 and then hide it behind the shield of ,science4 ,a deduction from theoretical speculation is nothing more than a speculation on a speculation4 ,sir ,william ,hamilton has already shown that the word theory is now used ,in a very loose and improper sense 444 that it is convertible into hypothesis1 and hypothesis is commonly used as another term for conjecture1 whereas the terms 8theory0 and 8theoretical0 are properly used in opposition to the terms practice and practical4 ,but ,modern ,science puts an extinguisher on the latter statement1 and mocks at the idea4 ,materialistic ,philosophers and ,idealists of ,europe and ,america may be agreed with the ,evolutionists as to the physical origin of man1 yet it will never become a general truth with the true ,metaphysician2 and the latter defies the ,materialists to make good their arbitrary assumptions4 ,that the apetheory theme7#aehh7 of ,vogt and ,darwin1 on which the ,huxley,hckelians have of late composed such extraordinary variations1 is far less scientific--because clashing with the fundamental laws of that theme itself--than ours can ever be shown to be1 is very easy of demonstration4 ,let the reader only turn to the excellent work on ,human ,species by the great ,french ,naturalist de ,quatrefages1 and our statement will at once be verified4 ,moreover1 between the ,esoteric teaching concerning the ,origin of ,man and ,darwin's speculations1 no man1 unless he is a rank ,materialist1 will hesitate4 ,this is the description given by ,mr4 ,darwin of 8the early progenitors of man40 ,they must have been once covered with hair1 both sexes having beards2 their ears were probably pointed and capable of movement2 and their bodies were provided with a tail1 having the proper muscles4 ,their limbs and bodies were also acted on by many muscles which now only occasionally reppear1 but are normally present in the ,quadrumana4444 ,the foot was then prehensile1 judging from the condition of the great toe in the ftus2 and our progenitors1 no doubt1 were arboreal in their habits1 and frequented some warm forestclad land4 ,the males had great canine teeth1 which served them as formidable weapons47#aehi7 ,darwin connects man with the type of the tailed catarrhines3 ,and consequently removes him a stage backward in the scale of evolution4 ,the ,english naturalist is not satisfied to take his stand upon the ground of his own doctrines1 and1 like ,hckel1 on this point places himself in direct variance with one of the fundamental laws which constitute the principal charm of ,darwinism4 ,and then the learned ,french ,naturalist proceeds to show how this fundamental law is broken4 ,he says3 ,in fact1 in the theory of ,darwin1 transmutations do not take place1 either by chance or in every direction4 ,they are ruled by certain laws which are due to the organization itself4 ,if an organism is once modified in a given direction1 it can undergo secondary or tertiary transmutations1 but will still preserve the impress of the original4 ,it is the law of permanent characterization1 which alone permits ,darwin to explain the filiation of groups1 their characteristics1 and their numerous relations4 ,it is by virtue of this law that all the descendants of the first mollusc have been molluscs2 all the descendants of the first vertebrate have been vertebrates4 ,it is clear that this constitutes one of the foundations of the doctrine4 ,it follows that two beings belonging to two distinct types can be referred to a common ancestor1 but the one cannot be the descendant of the other4 ,now man and apes present a very striking contrast in respect to type4 ,their organs 444 correspond almost exactly term for term3 but these organs are arranged after a very different plan4 ,in man they are so arranged that he is essentially a walker1 while in apes they necessitate his being a climber4444 ,there is here an anatomical and mechanical distinction4444 ,a glance at the page where ,huxley has figured side by side a human skeleton and the skeletons of the most highly developed apes is a sufficiently convincing proof4 ,the consequence of these facts1 from the point of view of the logical application of the law of permanent characterizations1 is that man cannot be descended from an ancestor who is already characterized as an ape1 any more than a catarrhine tailless ape can be descended from a tailed catarrhine4 ,a walking animal cannot be descended from a climbing one4 ,this was clearly understood by ,vogt4 ,in placing man among the primates1 he declares without hesitation that the lowest class of apes have passed the landmark 7the common ancestor71 from which the different types of this family have originated and diverged4 ,this ancestor of the apes1 ,occult ,science sees in the lowest human group during the ,atlantean period1 as shown before4 ,we must1 then1 place the origin of man beyond the last ape corroborating our doctrine1 if we wish to adhere to one of the laws most emphatically necessary to the ,darwinian theory4 ,we then come to the prosimi of ,hckel1 the loris1 indris1 etc4 ,but these animals also are climbers2 we must go further1 therefore1 in search of our first direct ancestor4 ,but the genealogy by ,hckel brings us from the latter to the marsupials4 ,from men to the kangaroo the distance is certainly great4 ,now neither living nor extinct fauna show the intermediate types which ought to serve as landmarks4 ,this difficulty causes but slight embarrassment to ,darwin47#aeij7 ,we know that he considers the want of information upon similar questions as a proof in his favour4 ,hckel doubtless is as little embarrassed4 ,he admits the existence of an absolutely theoretical pithecoid man4 ,thus1 since it has been proved that1 according to ,darwinism itself1 the origin of man must be placed beyond the eighteenth stage1 and since it becomes1 in consequence1 necessary to fill up the gap between marsupials and man1 will ,hckel admit the existence of four unknown intermediate groups instead of one8 ,will he complete his genealogy in this manner8 ,it is not for me to answer47#aeia7 ,but see ,hckel's famous genealogy1 in ,the ,pedigree of ,man1 called by him the 8,ancestral ,series of ,man40 ,in the 8,second ,division0 7eighteenth stage7 he describes-- ,prosimi1 allied to the ,loris 7,stenops7 and ,makis 7,lemur71 without marsupial bones and cloaca1 with placenta47#aeib7 ,and now turn to de ,quatrefages' ,the ,human ,species17#aeic7 and see his proofs1 based on the latest discoveries1 to show that the ,prosimi of ,hckel have no decidua and a diffuse placenta4 ,they cannot be the ancestors of the apes even1 let alone man1 according to a fundamental law of ,darwin himself1 as the great ,french ,naturalist shows4 ,but this does not dismay the 8animal theorists0 in the least1 for selfcontradiction and paradoxes are the very soul of modern ,darwinism4 ,witness--,mr4 ,huxley2 having himself shown1 with regard to fossil man and the 8missing link10 that3 ,neither in ,quaternary ages nor at the present time does any intermediary being fill the gap which separates man from the ,troglodyte2 and that to 8deny the existence of this gap would be as reprehensible as absurd10 the great man of ,science denies his own words in actu by supporting with all the weight of his scientific authority that most 8absurd0 of all theories--the descent of man from an ape6 ,says de ,quatrefages3 ,this genealogy is wrong throughout1 and is founded on a material error4 ,indeed1 ,hckel bases his descent of man on the seventeenth and eighteenth stages1 the ,marsupialia and ,prosimi--7genus ,hckelii874 ,applying the latter term to the ,lemurid--hence making of them animals with a placenta--he commits a zoological blunder4 ,for after having himself divided mammals according to their anatomical differences into two groups--the indeciduata1 which have no decidua 7or special membrane uniting the placent71 and the deciduata1 those who possess it--he includes the ,prosimi in the latter group4 ,now we have shown elsewhere what other men of ,science had to say to this4 ,as de ,quatrefages says3 ,the anatomical investigations of 444 ,milne ,edwards and ,grandidier upon the animals 444 place it beyond all doubt that the ,prosimi of ,hckel have no decidua and a diffuse placenta4 ,they are indeciduata4 ,far from any possibility of their being the ancestors of the apes1 according to the principles laid down by ,hckel himself1 they cannot even be regarded as the ancestors of the zonoplacental mammals 444 and ought to be connected with the ,pachydermata1 the ,edentata1 and the ,cetacea47#aeid7 ,and yet ,hckel's inventions pass with some as exact ,science6 ,the above mistake1 if indeed it be one1 is not even hinted at in ,hckel's ,pedigree of ,man1 translated by ,aveling4 ,if the excuse may stand good that at the time the famous 8genealogies0 were made1 8the embryogenesis of the ,prosimi was not known10 it is familiar now4 ,we shall see whether the next edition of ,aveling's translation will have this important error rectified1 or if the seventeenth and eighteenth stages will remain as they are to blind the profane1 as one of the real intermediate links4 ,but1 as the ,french ,naturalist observes3 ,their ,darwin's and ,hckel's process is always the same1 considering the unknown as a proof in favour of their theory4 ,it comes to this4 ,grant to man an immortal ,spirit and ,soul2 endow the whole animate and inanimate creation with the monadic principle gradually evolving from latent and passive into active and positive polarity--and ,hckel will not have a leg to stand upon1 whatever his admirers may say4 ,but there are important divergencies even between ,darwin and ,hckel4 ,while the former makes us proceed from the tailed catarrhine1 ,hckel traces our hypothetical ancestor to the tailless ape1 though1 at the same time1 he places him in a hypothetical 8stage0 immediately preceding this--,menocerca with tails 7nineteenth stage74 ,nevertheless1 we have one thing in common with the ,darwinian school1 that is the law of gradual and extremely slow ,evolution1 embracing many million years4 ,the chief quarrel1 it appears1 is with regard to the nature of the primitive 8ancestor40 ,we shall be told that the ,dhyn ,chohan1 or the 8progenitor0 of ,manu1 is a hypothetical being unknown on the physical plane4 ,we reply that it was believed in by the whole of ,antiquity1 and is by ninetenths of the present humanity2 whereas not only is the pithecoid man1 or apeman1 a purely hypothetical creature of ,hckel's creation1 unknown and untraceable on this ,earth1 but further its genealogy--as invented by him--clashes with scientific facts and all the known data of modern discovery in ,zoology4 ,it is simply absurd1 even as a fiction4 ,as de ,quatrefages demonstrates in a few words1 ,hckel 8admits the existence of an absolutely theoretical pithecoid man0--a hundred times more difficult to accept than any ,deva ancestor4 ,and it is not the only instance in which he proceeds in a similar manner in order to complete his genealogical table4 ,in fact he very navely admits his inventions himself4 ,does he not confess the nonexistence of his ,sozura 7fourteenth stage7--a creature entirely unknown to ,science--by confessing over his own signature1 that3 ,the proof of its existence arises from the necessity of an intermediate type between the thirteenth and the fourteenth stages64 ,if so1 we might maintain with as much scientific right1 that the proof of the existence of our three ethereal ,races1 and of the threeeyed men of the ,third and ,fourth ,root,races1 8arises also from the necessity of an intermediate type0 between the animal and the ,gods4 ,what reason would the ,hckelians have to protest in this special case8 ,of course there is a ready answer3 ,because we do not grant the presence of the ,monadic ,essence4 ,the manifestation of the ,logos as individual consciousness in the animal and human creation is not accepted by exact ,science1 nor does it cover the whole ground1 of course4 ,but the failures of ,science and its arbitrary assumptions are far greater on the whole than any 8extravagant0 ,esoteric doctrine can ever furnish47#aeie7 ,even thinkers of the school of ,von ,hartmann have become tainted with the general epidemic4 ,they accept the ,darwinian ,anthropology 7more or less71 though they also postulate the individual ,ego as a manifestation of the ,unconscious 7the ,western presentation of the ,logos or ,primeval ,divine ,thought74 ,they say the evolution of the physical man is from the animal1 but that mind in its various phases is altogether a thing apart from material facts1 though organism1 as a ,updhi1 is necessary for its manifestation4 ,plastidular ,souls1 ,and ,conscious ,nerve,cells4 ,but one can never see the end of such wonders with ,hckel and his school1 whom the ,occultists and ,theosophists have every right to consider as materialistic tramps trespassing on private metaphysical grounds4 ,not satisfied with the paternity of ,bathybius 7,hckelii71 8plastidular souls0 and 8atomsouls07#aeif7 are now invented1 on the basis of purely blind mechanical forces of matter4 ,we are informed that3 ,the study of the evolution of soullife shows us that this has worked its way up from the lower stages of the simple cellsoul1 through an astonishing series of gradual stages in evolution1 up to the soul of man47#aeig7 8,astonishing10 truly--based as this wild speculation is on the consciousness of the 8nerve cells40 ,for as he tells us3 ,little as we are in a position1 at the present time1 to explain fully the nature of consciousness17#aeih7 yet the comparative and genetic observation of it clearly shows1 that it is only a higher and more complex function of the nerve cells47#aeii7 ,mr4 ,herbert ,spencer's song on consciousness--is sung1 it seems1 and may henceforth be safely stored up in the lumber room of obsolete speculations4 ,where1 however1 do ,hckel's 8complex functions0 of his scientific 8nervecells0 land him8 ,once more right into the ,occult and mystic teachings of the ,kabalah about the descent of ,souls as conscious and unconscious ,atoms2 among the ,pythagorean ,monad and the ,monads of ,leibnitz1 and the 8,gods1 ,monads1 and ,atoms0 of our ,esoteric teaching27#afjj7 into the dead letter of ,occult teachings1 left to the amateur ,kabalists and professors of ceremonial ,magic4 ,for this is what he says1 in explaining his newlycoined terminology3 ,plastidule,souls4 ,the plastidules or protoplasmic molecules1 the smallest1 homogeneous parts of the protoplasm are1 on our plastid theory1 to be regarded as the active factors of all life functions4 ,the plastidular soul differs from the inorganic molecular soul in that it possesses memory47#afja7 ,this he develops in his mirific lecture on the 8,perigenesis of ,plastidule1 or the ,wavemotions of ,living ,particles40 ,it is an improvement on ,darwin's theory of 8,pangenesis10 and a further approach1 a cautious move1 towards 8,magic40 ,the former is a conjecture that3 ,some of the actual identical atoms which formed part of ancestral bodies are thus transmitted through their descendants for generation after generation1 so that we are literally 8flesh of the flesh0 of the primeval creature who has developed into man --explains the author of ,a ,modern ,zoroastrian47#afjb7 ,the latter1 ,occultism1 teaches that--7a7 the lifeatoms of our 7,prna7 ,life ,principle1 are never entirely lost when a man dies4 ,that the atoms best impregnated with the ,life,principle1 an independent1 eternal1 conscious factor1 are partially transmitted from father to son by heredity1 and are partially drawn once more together and become the animating principle of the new body in every new incarnation of the ,monads4 ,because 7b71 as the ,individual ,soul is ever the same1 so are the atoms of the lower principles 7the body1 its astral1 or lifedouble1 etc471 drawn as they are by affinity and ,karmic law always to the same individuality in a series of various bodies47#afjc7 ,to be just and1 to say the least1 logical1 our modern ,hckelians ought to pass a resolution that henceforth the 8,perigenesis of the ,plastidule10 and other similar lectures1 should be bound up with those on 8,esoteric ,buddhism0 and 8,the ,seven ,principles in ,man40 ,thus the public will have a chance1 at any rate1 of comparing the two teachings and then of judging which is the more or the less absurd1 even from the standpoint of materialistic and exact ,science4 ,now the ,occultists1 who trace every atom in the ,universe1 whether an aggregate or single1 to ,one ,unity1 the ,universal ,life2 who do not recognize that anything in ,nature can be inorganic2 who know of no such thing as dead ,matter--the ,occultists are consistent with their doctrine of ,spirit and ,soul when speaking of memory in every atom1 of will and sensation4 ,but what can a ,materialist mean by the qualification8 ,the law of biogenesis1 in the sense applied to it by the ,hckelians1 is the result of the ignorance on the part of the man of ,science of ,occult ,physics4 ,we know and speak of 8lifeatoms10 and of 8sleepingatoms10 because we regard these two forms of energy--the kinetic and the potential--as produced by one and the same force1 or the ,one ,life1 and regard the latter as the source and mover of all4 ,but what is it that furnished with energy1 and especially with memory1 the 8plastidular souls0 of ,hckel8 ,the 8wave motion of living particles0 becomes comprehensible on the theory of a ,spiritual ,one ,life1 of a universal ,vital ,principle independent of our ,matter1 and manifesting as atomic energy only on our plane of consciousness4 ,it is that which1 individualized in the human cycle1 is transmitted from father to son4 ,now ,hckel1 modifying ,darwin's theory1 suggests 8more plausibly10 as the author of ,a ,modern ,zoroastrian thinks3 ,that not the identical atoms1 but their peculiar motions and mode of aggregation have been thus transmitted by heredity47#afjd7 ,if ,hckel1 or any other ,scientist1 knew more than any of them does know of the nature of the atom1 he would not have improved the occasion in this way4 ,for he only states1 in more metaphysical language than ,darwin1 one and the same thing4 ,the ,life,principle1 or ,life ,energy1 which is omnipresent1 eternal1 indestructible1 is a ,force and a ,principle as noumenon1 while it is ,atoms1 as phenomenon4 ,it is one and the same thing1 and cannot be considered as separate except in ,materialism47#afje7 ,further1 ,hckel enunciates concerning the ,atom,souls that which1 at first sight1 appears as occult as the ,monad of ,leibnitz3 ,the recent contest as to the nature of atoms1 which we must regard as in some form or other the ultimate factors in all physical and chemical processes1 seems to be capable of easiest settlement by the conception that these very minute masses possess1 as centres of force1 a persistent soul1 that every atom has sensation and the power of movement47#afjf7 ,he does not say a word concerning the fact that this is ,leibnitz' theory1 and one that is preminently ,occult4 ,nor does he understand the term 8soul0 as we do2 for1 with ,hckel it is simply1 along with consciousness1 the product of the grey matter of the brain1 a thing which1 as the cell soul ,is as indissolubly bound up with the protoplasmic body as is the human soul with the brain and spinal cord47#afjg7 ,he rejects the conclusions of ,kant1 ,herbert ,spencer1 of du ,bois,reymond and ,tyndall4 ,the latter expresses the opinion of all the great men of ,science1 as of the greatest thinkers of this and past ages1 in saying that3 ,the passage from the physics of the brain to the corresponding facts of consciousness is unthinkable4 ,were our minds and senses so 444 illuminated as to enable us to see and feel the very molecules of the brain2 were we capable of following all their motions1 all their groupings 444 electric discharges 444 we should be as far as ever from the solution of the problem4444 ,the chasm between the two classes of phenomena would still remain intellectually impassable4 ,but the complex function of the nervecells of the great ,german ,empiric1 or1 in other words1 his consciousness1 will not permit him to follow the conclusions of the greatest thinkers of our globe4 ,he is greater than they4 ,he asserts this1 and protests against all3 ,no one has the right to hold that in the future we shall not be able to pass beyond these limits of our knowledge that today seem impassable47#afjh7 ,and he quotes from ,darwin's introduction to ,the ,descent of ,man the following words1 which he modestly applies to his scientific opponents and himself3 ,it is always those who know little1 and not those who know much1 that positively affirm that this or that problem will never be solved by ,science4 ,the world may rest satisfied4 ,the day is not far off when the 8thrice great0 ,hckel will have shown1 to his own satisfaction1 that the consciousness of ,sir ,isaac ,newton was1 physiologically speaking1 but the reflex action 7or minus consciousness7 caused by the perigenesis of the plastidules of our common ancestor and old friend1 the ,moneron ,hckelii4 ,though1 the said ,bathybius has been found out and exposed as a pretender simulating the organic substance it is not1 and though among the children of men1 ,lot's wife alone--and even this1 only after her disagreeable metamorphosis--could claim as her forefather the pinch of salt it is2 all this will not dismay him in the least4 ,he will go on asserting1 as coolly as he has always done1 that it was only the peculiar mode and motion of the ghost of the longvanished atoms of our ,father ,bathybius1 which--transmitted across ons of time into the celltissue of the grey matter of the brains of every great man--caused ,sophocles and schylus1 and ,shakspere as well1 to write their tragedies1 ,newton1 his ,principia1 ,humboldt1 his ,cosmos1 etc4 ,it also prompted ,hckel to invent ,grco,latin names three inches long1 pretending to mean a good deal1 and meaning--nothing4 ,of course we are quite aware that the true1 honest ,evolutionist agrees with us2 and that he is the first to say that not only is the geological record imperfect1 but that there are enormous gaps in the series of hitherto discovered fossils1 which can never be filled4 ,he will tell us1 moreover1 that 8no ,evolutionist assumes that man is descended from any existing ape or any extinct ape either10 but that man and apes originated probably ons back1 in some common root stock4 ,still1 as de ,quatrefages points out1 he will urge as an evidence corroborating his claim this wealth of absent proofs as well1 saying that3 ,all living forms have not been preserved in the fossil series1 the chances of preservation being few and far between 444 even primitive man burying or burning his dead4 ,this is just what we ourselves claim4 ,it is just as possible that the future may have in store for us the discovery of the giant skeleton of an ,atlantean1 thirty feet high1 as of the fossil of a pithecoid 8missing link02 only the former is more probable4 ,section ,,iii4 ,the ,fossil ,relics of ,man and the ,anthropoid ,ape4 ,a4 ,geological ,facts ,bearing ,on ,the ,question ,of ,their ,relationship4 ,the data derived from scientific research as to 8primeval man0 and the ape lend no countenance to theories deriving the former from the latter4 8,where1 then1 must we look for primeval man80--still queries ,mr4 ,huxley1 after having vainly searched for him in the very depths of the ,quaternary strata4 ,was the oldest ,homo sapiens ,pliocene or ,miocene1 or yet more ancient8 ,in still older strata do the fossilized bones of an ape more anthropoid1 or a man more pithecoid than any yet known1 await the researches of some unborn palontologist8 ,time will show47#afji7 ,it will--undeniably--and thus vindicate the ,anthropology of the ,occultists4 ,meanwhile1 in his eagerness to vindicate ,mr4 ,darwin's ,descent of ,man1 ,mr4 ,boyd ,dawkins believes that he has all but found the 8missing link0--in theory4 ,it was due to ,theologians more than to ,geologists that1 till nearly #ahfj1 man had been considered as a relic no older than the ,adamic orthodox #f1jjj years4 ,as ,karma would have it1 though1 it was left to a ,french ,abb--,bourgeois--to give this easygoing theory even a worse blow than had been given to it by the discoveries of ,boucher de ,perthes4 ,everyone knows that the ,abb discovered and brought to light good evidence that man was already in existence during the ,miocene period1 for flints of undeniably human making were excavated from ,miocene strata4 ,in the words of the author of ,modern ,science and ,modern ,thought3 ,they must either have been chipped by man1 or1 as ,mr4 ,boyd ,dawkins supposes1 by the dryopithecus or some other anthropoid ape which had a dose of intelligence so much superior to the gorilla or chimpanzee1 as to be able to fabricate tools4 ,but in this case the problem would be solved and the missing link discovered1 for such an ape might well have been the ancestor of ,palolithic man47#afaj7 ,or--the descendant of ,eocene man1 which is a variant offered to the theory4 ,meanwhile1 the dryopithecus with such fine mental endowments is yet to be discovered4 ,on the other hand1 ,neolithic and even ,palolithic man having become an absolute certainty1 and as the same author justly observes3 ,if #ajj1jjj1jjj years have elapsed since the earth became sufficiently solidified to support vegetable and animal life1 the ,tertiary period may have lasted for #e1jjj1jjj2 or for #aj1jjj1jjj years1 if the lifesustaining order of things has lasted1 as ,lyell supposes for at least #bjj1jjj1jjj years--7#afaa7 why should not another theory be tried8 ,let us carry man1 as a hypothesis1 to the close of ,mesozoic times--admitting argumenti caus that the 7much more recent7 higher apes then existed6 ,this would allow ample time for man and the modern apes to have diverged from the mythical 8ape more anthropoid10 and even for the latter to have degenerated into those that are found mimicking man in using 8branches of trees as clubs1 and cracking cocoanuts with hammer and stones407#afab7 ,some savage tribes of hillmen in ,india build their abodes on trees1 just as the gorillas build their dens4 ,the question1 which of the two1 the beast or the man1 has become the imitator of the other1 is scarcely an open one1 even granting ,mr4 ,boyd ,dawkins' theory4 ,the fanciful character of this hypothesis1 is1 however1 generally admitted4 ,it is argued that while in the ,pliocene and ,miocene periods there were true apes and baboons1 and man was undeniably contemporaneous with the former of these times--though1 as we see1 orthodox ,anthropology still hesitates1 in the teeth of facts1 to place him in the era of the dryopithecus1 which latter-- ,has been considered by some anatomists as in some respects superior to the chimpanzee or the gorilla 444 7#afac7 yet1 in the ,eocene there have been no other fossil primates unearthed and no pithecoid stocks found save a few extinct lemurian forms4 ,and we find it also hinted that the dryopithecus may have been the 8missing link10 though the brain of the creature no more warrants the theory than does the brain of the modern gorilla4 7,see also ,gaudry's speculations47 ,now we would ask who among the ,scientists is ready to prove that there was no man in existence in the early ,tertiary period8 ,what is it that prevented his presence8 ,hardly thirty years ago his existence any farther back than six or seven thousand years was indignantly denied4 ,now he is refused admission into the ,eocene age4 ,next century it may become a question whether man was not contemporary with the 8flying dragon10 the pterodactyl1 the plesiosaurus and iguanodon1 etc4 ,let us listen1 however1 to the echo of ,science4 ,now1 wherever anthropoid apes lived it is clear that1 whether as a question of anatomical structure1 or of climate and surroundings1 man1 or some creature which was the ancestor of man1 might have lived also4 ,anatomically speaking1 apes and monkeys are as much special variations of the mammalian type as man1 whom they resemble bone for bone1 and muscle for muscle1 and the physical animal man is simply an instance of the quadrumanous type specialized for erect posture and a larger brain7#afad74444 ,if he could survive1 as we know he did1 the adverse conditions and extreme vicissitudes of the ,glacial period1 there is no reason why he might not have lived in the semitropical climate of the ,miocene period1 when a genial climate extended even to ,greenland and ,spitzbergen47#afae7 ,when most of the men of ,science who are uncompromising in their belief in the descent of man from an 8extinct anthropoid mammal20 will not accept even the bare tenability of any other theory than an ancestor common to man and the dryopithecus1 it is refreshing to find in a work of real scientific value such a margin for compromise4 ,indeed1 it is as wide as it can be made under the circumstances1 i4e41 without immediate danger of getting knocked off one's feet by the tidal wave of scienceadulation4 ,believing that the difficulty of accounting-- ,for the development of intellect and morality by evolution is not so great as that presented by the difference as to physical structure7#afaf7 between man and the highest animal-- the same author says3 ,but it is not so easy to see how this difference of physical structure arose1 and how a being came into existence which had such a brain and hand1 and such undeveloped capabilities for an almost unlimited progress4 ,the difficulty is this3 the difference in structure between the lowest existing race of man and the highest existing ape is too great to admit of the possibility of one being the direct descendant of the other4 ,the negro in some respects makes a slight approximation towards the ,simian type4 ,his skull is narrower1 his brain less capacious1 his muzzle more projecting1 his arm longer than those of the average ,european man4 ,still he is essentially a man1 and separated by a wide gulf from the chimpanzee or the gorilla4 ,even the idiot or crtin1 whose brain is no larger and intelligence no greater than that of the chimpanzee1 is an arrested man1 not an ape4 ,if1 therefore1 the ,darwinian theory holds good in the case of man and ape1 we must go back to some common ancestor from whom both may have originated4444 ,but to establish this as a fact and not a theory we require to find that ancestral form1 or1 at any rate1 some intermediate forms tending towards it 444 in other words 444 the 8missing link40 ,now it must be admitted that1 hitherto1 not only have no such missing links been discovered1 but the oldest known human skulls and skeletons which date from the ,glacial period1 and are probably at least #ajj1jjj years old1 show no very decided approximation towards any such prehuman type4 ,on the contrary1 one of the oldest types1 that of the men of the sepulchral cave of ,cro,magnon17#afag7 is that of a fine race1 tall in stature1 large in brain1 and on the whole superior to many of the existing races of mankind4 ,the reply of course is that the time is insufficient1 and if man and the ape had a common ancestor1 that as a highly developed anthropoid ape1 certainly1 and man1 probably1 already existed in the ,miocene period1 such ancestor must be sought still further back at a distance compared with which the whole ,quaternary period sinks into insignificance4444 ,all this is true1 and it may well make us hesitate before we admit that man 444 is alone an exception to the general law of the universe1 and is the creature of a special creation4 ,this is the more difficult to believe1 as the ape family which man so closely resembles 8 in physical structure contains numerous branches which graduate into one another1 but the extremes of which differ more widely than man does from the highest of the ape series4 ,if a special creation is required for man1 must there not have been special creations for the chimpanzee1 the gorilla1 the orang1 and for at least #ajj different species of apes and monkeys which are all built on the same lines87#afah7 ,there was a 8special creation0 for man1 and a 8special creation0 for the ape1 his progeny2 only on other lines than ever bargained for by ,science4 ,albert ,gaudry and others give some weighty reasons why man cannot be regarded as the crown of an apestock4 ,when one finds that not only was the 8primeval savage0 787 a reality in the ,miocene times1 but that1 as de ,mortillet shows1 the flint relics he has left behind him were splintered by fire in that remote epoch2 when we learn that the dryopithecus1 alone of the anthropoids1 appears in those strata1 what is the natural inference8 ,that the ,darwinians are in a quandary4 ,the very manlike gibbon is still in the same low grade of development1 as it was when it coxisted with man at the close of the ,glacial period4 ,it has not appreciably altered since the ,pliocene times4 ,now there is little to choose between the dryopithecus and the existing anthropoids--gibbon1 gorilla1 etc4 ,if1 then1 the ,darwinian theory is allsufficient1 how are we to 8explain0 the evolution of this ape into man during the first half of the ,miocene8 ,the time is far too short for such a theoretical transformation4 ,the extreme slowness with which variation in species supervenes renders the thing inconceivable--more especially on the 8natural selection0 hypothesis4 ,the enormous mental and structural gulf between a savage acquainted with fire and the mode of kindling it1 and a brutal anthropoid1 is too great to bridge even in idea1 during so contracted a period4 ,let the ,evolutionists push back the process into the preceding ,eocene1 if they prefer to do so2 let them even trace both man and dryopithecus to a common ancestor2 the unpleasant consideration has1 nevertheless1 to be faced that in ,eocene strata the anthropoid fossils are as conspicuous by their absence1 as is the fabulous pithecanthropus of ,hckel4 ,is an exit out of this cul de sac to be found by an appeal to the 8unknown10 and a reference1 with ,darwin1 to the 8imperfection of the geological record08 ,so be it2 but the same right of appeal must then be equally accorded to the ,occultists1 instead of remaining the monopoly of puzzled ,materialism4 ,physical man1 we say1 existed before the first bed of the ,cretaceous rocks was deposited4 ,in the early part of the ,tertiary age1 the most brilliant civilization the world has ever known flourished at a period when the ,hckelian manape is conceived as roaming through primeval forests1 and ,mr4 ,grant ,allen's putative ancestor as swinging himself from bough to bough with his hairy mates1 the degenerated ,liliths of the ,third ,race ,adam4 ,yet there were no anthropoid apes in the brighter days of the civilization of the ,fourth ,race2 but ,karma is a mysterious law1 and no respecter of persons4 ,the monsters bred in sin and shame by the ,atlantean ,giants1 8blurred copies0 of their bestial sires1 and hence of modern man1 according to ,huxley1 now mislead and overwhelm with error the speculative ,anthropologist of ,european ,science4 ,where did the first men live8 ,some ,darwinists say in ,western ,africa1 some in ,southern ,asia1 others again believe in an independent origin of human stocks in ,asia and ,america from a simian ancestry4 ,hckel1 however1 advances gaily to the charge4 ,starting from his prosimia1 8the ancestor common to all other catarrhini including man0--a 8link0 now1 however1 disposed of for good by recent anatomical discoveries--he endeavours to find a habitat for the primeval pithecanthropus alalus4 ,in all probability it the transformation of animal into man occurred in ,southern ,asia1 in which region many evidences are forthcoming that here was the original home of the different species of man4 ,probably ,southern ,asia itself was not the earliest cradle of the human race1 but ,lemuria1 a continent that lay to the south of ,asia1 and sank later on beneath the surface of the ,indian ,ocean4 ,the period during which the evolution of the anthropoid apes into apelike men took place was probably the last part of the ,tertiary period1 the ,pliocene age1 and perhaps the ,miocene age1 its forerunner47#afai7 ,of the above speculations1 the only one of any worth is that referring to ,lemuria1 which was the cradle of mankind--of the physical sexual creature who materialized through long ons out of the ethereal hermaphrodites4 ,only1 if it is proved that ,easter ,island is an actual relic of ,lemuria1 we must believe that according to ,hckel the 8dumb apemen10 just removed from a brutal mammalian monster1 built the gigantic portraitstatues1 two of which are now in the ,british ,museum4 ,critics are mistaken in terming ,hckelian doctrines 8abominable1 revolutionary1 immoral0--though ,materialism is the legitimate outcome of the apeancestor myth--they are simply too absurd to demand disproof4 ,b4 ,western ,evolutionism3 ,the ,comparative ,anatomy ,of ,man ,and ,the ,anthropoid ,in ,no ,way ,a ,confirmation ,of ,darwinism4 ,we are told that while every other heresy against ,modern ,science may be disregarded1 this1 our denial of the ,darwinian theory as applied to man1 will be the one 8unpardonable0 sin4 ,the ,evolutionists stand firm as rock on the evidence of similarity of structure between the ape and man4 ,the anatomical evidence1 it is urged1 is quite overpowering in this case2 it is bone for bone1 and muscle for muscle1 even the brain conformation being very much the same4 ,well1 what of that8 ,all this was known before ,king ,herod2 and the writers of the ,rmyana1 the poets who sang the prowess and valour of ,hanumn1 the ,monkey,god1 8whose feats were great and wisdom never rivalled10 must have known as much about his anatomy and brain as does any ,hckel or ,huxley in our modern day4 ,volumes upon volumes have been written upon this similarity1 in antiquity as in more modern times4 ,therefore1 there is nothing new given to the world or to philosophy in such volumes as ,mivart's ,man and ,apes1 or ,messrs4 ,fiske and ,huxley's defence of ,darwinism4 ,but what are those crucial proofs of man's descent from a pithecoid ancestor8 ,if the ,darwinian theory is not the true one1 we are told1 if man and ape do not descend from a common ancestor1 then we must explain the reason of3 7i7 ,the similarity of structure between the two2 the fact that the higher animal world--man and beast--is physically of one type or pattern4 7ii7 ,the presence of rudimentary organs in man1 i4e41 traces of former organs now atrophied by disuse4 ,some of these organs1 it is asserted1 could not have had any scope for employment1 except in a semianimal1 semiarboreal monster4 ,why1 again1 do we find in man those 8rudimentary0 organs--as useless as its rudimentary wing is to the apteryx of ,australia--the vermiform appendix of the ccum1 the ear muscles17#afbj7 the 8rudimentary tail0 with which children are still sometimes born1 etc48 ,such is the war cry2 and the cackle of the smaller fry among the ,darwinians is louder1 if possible1 than even that of the scientific ,evolutionists themselves6 ,furthermore1 the latter--with their great leader ,mr4 ,huxley1 and such eminent ,zoologists as ,mr4 ,romanes and others--while defending the ,darwinian theory1 are the first to confess the almost insuperable difficulties in the way of its final demonstration4 ,and there are as great men of ,science as the abovenamed1 who deny1 most emphatically1 the uncalledfor assumption1 and loudly denounce the unwarrantable exaggerations on the question of this supposed similarity4 ,it is sufficient to glance at the works of ,broca1 ,gratiolet1 ,owen1 ,pruner,bey1 and finally at the last great work of de ,quatrefages1 ,introduction l'tude des ,races ,humaines1 ,questions ,gnrales1 to discover the fallacy of the ,evolutionists4 ,we may say more3 the exaggerations concerning this alleged similarity of structure between man and the anthropomorphous ape have become so glaring and absurd of late1 that even ,mr4 ,huxley has found himself forced to protest against the too sanguine expectations4 ,it was that great ,anatomist personally who called the 8smaller fry0 to order1 by declaring in one of his articles that the differences between the structure of the human body and that of the highest anthropomorphous pithecoid1 were not only far from being trifling and unimportant1 but were1 on the contrary1 very great and suggestive3 ,every bone of a gorilla bears marks by which it might be distinguished from the corresponding bone of a man47#afba7 ,among the existing creatures there is not one single intermediate form that could fill the gap between man and the ape4 ,to ignore that gap1 he added1 8would be no less wrong than absurd40 ,finally1 the absurdity of such an unnatural descent of man is so palpable in the face of all the proofs and evidence as to the skull of the pithecoid compared to that of man1 that de ,quatrefages resorted unconsciously to our ,esoteric theory by saying that it is rather the apes that can claim descent from man than vice vers4 ,as proven by ,gratiolet1 with regard to the cavities of the brain of the anthropoids--in which species that organ develops in an inverse ratio to what would be the case were the corresponding organs in man really the product of the development of the said organs in the apes--the size of the human skull and its brain1 as well as the cavities1 increase with the individual development of man4 ,his intellect develops and increases with age1 while his facial bones and jaws diminish and straighten1 thus becoming more and more spiritualized2 whereas with the ape it is the reverse4 ,in its youth the anthropoid is far more intelligent and goodnatured1 while with age it becomes duller2 and1 as its skull recedes and seems to diminish as it grows1 its facial bones and jaws develop1 the brain being finally crushed1 and thrown entirely back1 to make with every day more room for the animal type4 ,the organ of thought--the brain--recedes and diminishes1 entirely conquered and replaced by that of the wild beast--the jaw apparatus4 ,thus1 as wittily remarked in the ,french work1 a gorilla could with perfect justice address an ,evolutionist1 claiming its right of descent from him4 ,it would say to him3 ,we1 anthropoid apes1 form a retrogressive departure from the human type1 and therefore our development and evolution are expressed by a transition from a humanlike to an animallike structure of organism2 but in what way could you1 men1 descend from us--how can you form a continuation of our genus8 ,for1 to make this possible1 your organization would have to differ still more than ours does from the human structure1 it would have to approach still closer to that of the beast than ours does2 and in such a case justice demands that you should give up to us your place in nature4 ,you are lower than we are1 once that you insist on tracing your genealogy from our kind2 for the structure of our organization and its development are such that we are unable to generate forms of a higher organization than our own4 ,this is where the ,occult ,sciences agree entirely with de ,quatrefages4 ,owing to the very type of his development man cannot descend from either an ape or an ancestor common to both apes and men1 but shows his origin to be from a type far superior to himself4 ,and this type is the 8,heavenly ,man0--the ,dhyn ,chohans1 or the ,pitris socalled1 as shown in the first ,part of this ,volume4 ,on the other hand1 the pithecoids1 the orangoutang1 the gorilla1 and the chimpanzee can1 and1 as the ,occult ,sciences teach1 do1 descend from the animalized ,fourth human ,root,race1 being the product of man and an extinct species of mammal--whose remote ancestors were themselves the product of ,lemurian bestiality--which lived in the ,miocene age4 ,the ancestry of this semihuman monster is explained in the ,stanzas as originating in the sin of the 8mindless0 races of the middle ,third ,race period4 ,when it is borne in mind that all forms which now people the ,earth are so many variations on basic types originally thrown off by the ,man of the ,third and ,fourth ,round1 such an evolutionist argument as that insisting on the 8unity of structural plan0 characterizing all vertebrates1 loses its edge4 ,the basic types referred to were very few in number in comparison with the multitude of organisms to which they ultimately gave rise2 but a general unity of type has1 nevertheless1 been preserved throughout the ages4 ,the economy of ,nature does not sanction the coxistence of several utterly opposed 8ground plans0 of organic evolution on one planet4 ,once1 however1 that the general drift of the ,occult explanation is formulated1 inference as to detail may well be left to the intuitive reader4 ,similarly with the important question of the 8rudimentary0 organs discovered by ,anatomists in the human organism4 ,doubtless this line of argument1 when wielded by ,darwin and ,hckel against their ,european adversaries1 proved of great weight4 ,anthropologists1 who ventured to dispute the derivation of man from an animal ancestry1 were sorely puzzled how to deal with the presence of gillclefts1 with the 8tail0 problem1 and so on4 ,here again ,occultism comes to our assistance with the necessary data4 ,the fact is that1 as previously stated1 the human type is the repertory of all potential organic forms1 and the central point from which these latter radiate4 ,in this postulate we find a true 8evolution0 or 8unfolding0--in a sense which cannot be said to belong to the mechanical theory of ,natural ,selection4 ,criticizing ,darwin's inference from 8rudiments10 an able writer remarks3 ,why is it not just as probably a true hypothesis to suppose that man was first created with these rudimentary sketches in his organization1 and that they became useful appendages in the lower animals into which man degenerated1 as it is to suppose that these parts existed in full development1 activity and practical use1 in the lower animals out of whom man was generated87#afbb7 ,read for 8into which man degenerated10 8the prototypes which man shed in the course of his astral developments10 and an aspect of the true ,esoteric solution is before us4 ,but a wider generalization is now to be formulated4 ,so far as our present ,fourth ,round terrestrial period is concerned1 the mammalian fauna are alone to be regarded as traceable to prototypes shed by ,man4 ,the amphibia1 birds1 reptiles1 fishes1 etc41 are the resultants of the ,third ,round1 astral fossil forms stored up in the auric envelope of the ,earth and projected into physical objectivity subsequent to the deposition of the first ,laurentian rocks4 8,evolution0 has to deal with the progressive modifications1 which ,palontology shows to have affected the lower animal and vegetable kingdoms in the course of geological time4 ,it does not1 and from the nature of things cannot1 touch on the subject of the prephysical types which served as the basis for future differentiation4 ,tabulate the general laws controlling the development of physical organisms it certainly may1 and to a certain extent it has acquitted itself ably of the task4 ,to return to the immediate subject of discussion4 ,the mammalia1 whose first traces are discovered in the marsupials of the ,triassic rocks of the ,secondary period1 were evolved from purely astral progenitors contemporary with the ,second ,race4 ,they are thus posthuman1 and1 consequently1 it is easy to account for the general resemblance between their embryonic stages and those of ,man1 who necessarily embraces in himself and epitomizes in his development the features of the group he originated4 ,this explanation disposes of a portion of the ,darwinist brief4 ,but how to account for the presence of the gillclefts in the human ftus1 which represent the stage through which the branchi of the fish are developed27#afbc7 for the pulsating vessel corresponding to the heart of the lower fishes1 which constitutes the ftal heart2 for the entire analogy presented by the segmentation of the human ovum1 the formation of the blastoderm1 and the appearance of the 8gastrula0 stage1 with corresponding stages in lower vertebrate life and even among the sponges2 for the various types of lower animal life which the form of the future child shadows forth in the cycle of its growth8444 ,how comes it to pass that stages in the life of fishes1 whose ancestors swam ons before the epoch of the ,first ,root,race in the seas of the ,silurian period1 as well as stages in that of the later amphibian1 reptilian fauna1 are mirrored in the 8epitomized history0 of human ftal development8 ,this plausible objection is met by the reply that the ,third ,round terrestrial animal forms were just as much referable to types thrown off by ,third ,round ,man1 as that new importation into our planet's area--the mammalian stock--is to the ,fourth ,round ,humanity of the ,second ,root,race4 ,the process of human ftal growth epitomizes not only the general characteristics of the ,fourth1 but of the ,third ,round terrestrial life4 ,the diapason of type is run through in brief4 ,occultists are thus at no loss to 8account for0 the birth of children with an actual caudal appendage1 or for the fact that the tail in the human ftus is1 at one period1 double the length of the nascent legs4 ,the potentiality of every organ useful to animal life is locked up in ,man--the ,microcosm of the ,macrocosm--and abnormal conditions may not unfrequently result in the strange phenomena which ,darwinists regard as 8reversion to ancestral features407#afbd7 ,reversion1 indeed1 but scarcely in the sense contemplated by our presentday empiricists6 ,c4 ,darwinism ,and ,the ,antiquity ,of ,man3 ,the ,anthropoids ,and ,their ,ancestry4 ,the public has been notified by more than one eminent modern ,geologist and man of ,science1 that3 ,all estimate of geological duration is not merely imperfect1 but necessarily impossible2 for we are ignorant of the causes1 though they must have existed1 which quickened or retarded the progress of the sedimentary deposits47#afbe7 ,and now another man of ,science1 as well known 7,croll7 calculating that the ,tertiary age began either fifteen or twoandahalf million years ago--the former being a more correct calculation1 according to ,esoteric ,doctrine1 than the latter--there seems in this case1 at least1 no very great disagreement4 ,exact ,science1 refusing to see in man a 8special creation0 7to a certain degree the ,secret ,sciences do the same71 is at liberty to ignore the first three1 or rather twoandahalf ,races--the spiritual1 the semiastral1 and the semihuman--of our teachings4 ,but it can hardly do the same in the case of the ,third1 at its closing period1 the ,fourth1 and the ,fifth ,races1 since it already divides mankind into ,palolithic and ,neolithic man47#afbf7 ,the ,geologists of ,france place man in the ,mid,miocene age 7,gabriel de ,mortillet71 and some even in the ,secondary period1 as de ,quatrefages suggests2 while the ,english savants do not generally accept such antiquity for their species4 ,but they may know better some day4 ,for1 as says ,sir ,charles ,lyell3 ,if we consider the absence or extreme scarcity of human bones and works of art in all strata1 whether marine or freshwater1 even in those formed in the immediate proximity of land inhabited by millions of human beings1 we shall be prepared for the general dearth of human memorials in glacial formations1 whether recent1 pleistocene1 or of more ancient date4 ,if there were a few wanderers over lands covered with glaciers1 or over seas infested with icebergs1 and if a few of them left their bones or weapons in moraines or in marine drifts1 the chances1 after the lapse of thousands of years1 of a geologist meeting with one of them must be infinitesimally small47#afbg7 ,the men of ,science avoid pinning themselves down to any definite statement concerning the age of man1 as indeed they are hardly able to make any1 and thus leave enormous latitude to bolder speculations4 ,nevertheless1 while the majority of the ,anthropologists carry back the existence of man only into the period of the postglacial drift1 or what is called the ,quaternary period1 those of them who1 as ,evolutionists1 trace man to a common origin with the monkey1 do not show great consistency in their speculations4 ,the ,darwinian hypothesis demands1 in reality1 a far greater antiquity for man1 than is even dimly suspected by superficial thinkers4 ,this is proven by the greatest authorities on the question--,mr4 ,huxley1 for instance4 ,those1 therefore1 who accept the ,darwinian evolution1 ipso facto hold very tenaciously to an antiquity of man so very great1 indeed1 that it falls not so far short of the ,occultist's estimate47#afbh7 ,the modest thousands of years of the ,encyclopdia ,britannica and the #ajj1jjj years1 to which ,anthropology in general limits the age of ,humanity1 seem quite microscopical when compared with the figures implied in ,mr4 ,huxley's bold speculations4 ,the former1 indeed1 makes of the original race of men apelike cavedwellers4 ,the great ,english ,biologist1 in his desire to prove man's pithecoid origin1 insists that the transformation of the primordial ape into a human being must have occurred millions of years back4 ,for in criticizing the excellent cranial capacity of the ,neanderthal skull1 notwithstanding his assertion that it is overlaid with 8pithecoid bony walls10 coupled with ,mr4 ,grant ,allen's assurances that this skull-- ,possesses large bosses on the forehead1 strikingly 8 suggestive of those which give the gorilla its peculiarly fierce appearance7#afbi7-- still ,mr4 ,huxley is forced to admit that1 in the said skull1 his theory is once more defeated by the-- ,completely human proportions of the accompanying limbbones1 together with the fair development of the ,engis skull4 ,in consequence of all this we are notified that these skulls-- ,clearly indicate that the first traces of the primordial stock whence man has proceeded1 need no longer be sought by those who entertain any form of the doctrine of progressive development in the newest ,tertiaries2 but that they may be looked for in an epoch more distant from the age of the elephas primigenius than that is from us47#afcj7 ,an untold antiquity for man is thus1 then1 the scientific sine qu non in the question of ,darwinian ,evolution1 since the oldest ,palolithic man shows as yet no appreciable differentiation from his modern descendant4 ,it is only of late that ,modern ,science has with every year begun to widen the abyss that now separates her from ancient ,science1 as that of ,pliny and ,hippocrates2 none of the old writers would have derided the ,archaic ,teachings with respect to the evolution of the human races and animal species1 as the present day ,scientist--,geologist or ,anthropologist--is sure to do4 ,the pendulum of thought oscillates between extremes4 ,having now finally emancipated herself from the shackles of ,theology1 ,science has embraced the opposite fallacy2 and in the attempt to interpret ,nature on purely materialistic lines1 she has built up that most extravagant theory of the ages--the derivation of man from a ferocious and brutal ape4 ,so rooted has this doctrine now become1 in one form and another1 that the most ,herculean efforts will be needed to bring about its final rejection4 ,the ,darwinian ,anthropology is the incubus of the ,ethnologist1 a sturdy child of modern ,materialism1 which has grown up and acquired increasing vigour1 as the ineptitude of the theological legend of ,man's 8creation0 became more and more apparent4 ,it has thriven on account of the strange delusion that--as a ,scientist of repute puts it3 ,all hypotheses and theories with respect to the rise of man can be reduced to two the evolutionist and the biblical exoteric account4444 ,there is no other hypothesis conceivable 664 ,the anthropology of the ,secret ,volumes is1 however1 the best possible answer to such a worthless contention4 ,the anatomical resemblance between man and the higher ape1 so frequently cited by ,darwinists as pointing to some former ancestor common to both1 presents an interesting problem1 the proper solution of which is to be sought for in the ,esoteric explanation of the genesis of the pithecoid stocks4 ,we have given it as far as it was useful1 by stating that the bestiality of the primeval mindless races resulted in the production of huge manlike monsters--the offspring of human and animal parents4 ,as time rolled on1 and the still semiastral forms consolidated into the physical1 the descendants of these creatures were modified by external conditions1 until the breed1 dwindling in size1 culminated in the lower apes of the ,miocene period4 ,with these the later ,atlanteans renewed the sin of the 8,mindless0--this time with full responsibility4 ,the resultants of their crime were the apes now known as anthropoid4 ,it may be useful to compare this very simple theory--and we are willing to offer it merely as a hypothesis to the unbelievers--with the ,darwinian scheme1 so full of insurmountable obstacles1 that no sooner is one of them overcome by a more or less ingenious hypothesis1 than ten worse difficulties are forthwith discovered behind the one disposed of4 ,section ,,iv4 ,duration of the ,geological ,periods1 ,race ,cycles1 and the ,antiquity of ,man4 ,millions of years have sunk into ,lethe1 leaving no more recollection in the memory of the profane than the few millenniums of the orthodox ,western chronology as to the ,origin of ,man and the history of the primeval races4 ,all depends on the proofs found for the antiquity of the ,human ,race4 ,if the stilldebated man of the ,pliocene or even the ,miocene period was the ,homo primigenius1 then ,science may be right 7argumenti caus7 in basing its present ,anthropology--as to the date and mode of origin of ,homo sapiens--on the ,darwinian theory47#afca7 ,but if the skeletons of man should at any time be discovered in the ,eocene strata1 while no fossil ape is found there1 and the existence of man is thus proved to be prior to that of the anthropoid--then ,darwinians will have to exercise their ingenuity in another direction4 ,moreover1 it is said in wellinformed quarters that the twentieth century will be still in its earliest teens when such undeniable proof of man's priority will be forthcoming4 ,even now much evidence is being brought forward to prove that the dates hitherto assigned for the foundations of cities1 civilizations and various other historical events have been absurdly curtailed4 ,this was done as a peaceoffering to biblical chronology4 ,the wellknown ,palontologist ,ed4 ,lartet writes3 ,no date is to be found in ,genesis1 which assigns a time for the birth of primitive humanity4 ,but ,chronologists have for fifteen centuries endeavoured to force the ,bible facts into agreement with their systems4 ,thus1 no less than one hundred and forty different opinions have been formed about the single date of 8,creation40 ,and between the extreme variations there is a discrepancy of #c1aid years1 in the reckoning of the period between the beginning of the world and the birth of ,christ4 ,within the last few years1 archologists have had also to throw back by nearly #c1jjj years the beginnings of ,babylonian civilization4 ,on the foundation cylinder deposited by ,nabonidus1 the ,babylonian king1 conquered by ,cyrus--are found the records of the former1 in which he speaks of his discovery of the foundation stone that belonged to the original temple built by ,naram,sin1 son of ,sargon1 of ,accadia1 the conqueror of ,babylonia1 who1 says ,nabonidus1 lived #c1bjj years before his own time47#afcb7 ,we have shown in ,isis ,unveiled that those who based history on the chronology of the ,jews--a race which had none of its own and rejected the ,western till the twelfth century--would lose their way1 for the ,jewish account could only be followed through kabalistic computation1 and only then with key in hand4 ,we characterized the late ,george ,smith's chronology of the ,chaldans and ,assyrians1 which he had made to fit in with that of ,moses1 as quite fantastic4 ,and now1 in this respect at least1 later ,assyriologists have corroborated our denial4 ,for1 whereas ,george ,smith makes ,sargon ,i 7the prototype of ,moses7 reign in the city of ,akkad about #afjj ,b4,c4--probably out of a latent respect for ,moses1 whom the ,bible makes to flourish #aega ,b4,c4--we now learn from the first of the six ,hibbert ,lectures delivered by ,professor ,a4 ,h4 ,sayce1 of ,oxford1 in #ahhg1 that3 ,old views of the early annals of ,babylonia and its religions have been much modified by recent discovery4 ,the first ,semitic ,empire1 it is now agreed1 was that of ,sargon of ,accad1 who established a great library1 patronized literature1 and extended his conquests across the sea into ,cyprus4 ,it is now known that he reigned as early as ,b4,c4 #c1gej4444 ,the ,accadian monuments found by the ,french at ,telloh must be even older1 reaching back to about ,b4,c4 #d1jjj4 ,in other words1 to the fourth year of the ,world's creation agreeably with ,bible chronology1 and when ,adam was in his swaddling clothes4 ,perchance1 in a few years more1 the #d1jjj years may be further extended4 ,the well known ,oxford lecturer remarked in his disquisitions upon 8,the ,origin and ,growth of ,religion as ,illustrated by the ,religion of the ,ancient ,babylonians10 that3 ,the difficulties of systematically tracing the origin and history of the ,babylonian ,religion were considerable4 ,the sources of our knowledge of the subject were almost wholly monumental1 very little help being obtainable from classical or ,oriental writers4 ,indeed1 it was an undeniable fact that the ,babylonian priesthood intentionally swaddled up the study of the religious texts in coils of almost insuperable difficulty4 ,that they have confused the dates1 and especially the order of events 8intentionally10 is undeniable1 and for a very good reason3 their writings and records were all ,esoteric4 ,the ,babylonian priests did no more than the priests of other ancient nations4 ,their records were meant only for the ,initiates and their disciples1 and it is only the latter who were furnished with the keys to the true meaning4 ,but ,professor ,sayce's remarks are promising4 ,for he explains the difficulty by saying that as3 ,the ,nineveh library contained mostly copies of older ,babylonian texts1 and the copyists pitched upon such tablets only as were of special interest to the ,assyrian conquerors1 belonging to a comparatively late epoch1 this added much to the greatest of all our difficulties--namely1 our being so often left in the dark as to the age of our documentary evidence1 and the precise worth of our materials for history4 ,thus one has a right to infer that some still fresher discovery may lead to a new necessity for pushing the ,babylonian dates so far beyond the year #d1jjj ,b4,c41 as to make them precosmic in the judgment of every ,bible worshipper4 ,how much more would ,palontology have learned had not millions of works been destroyed6 ,we talk of the ,alexandrian ,library1 which has been thrice destroyed1 namely1 by ,julius ,csar #dh ,b4,c41 in ,a4,d4 #cij1 and lastly in the year ,a4,d4 #fdj by the general of ,kaliph ,omar4 ,what is this in comparison with the works and records destroyed in the primitive ,atlantean ,libraries1 wherein records are said to have been traced on the tanned skins of gigantic antediluvian monsters8 ,or again in comparison with the destruction of the countless ,chinese books by command of the founder of the ,imperial ,tsin dynasty1 ,tsin ,shi ,hwangti1 in #bac ,b4,c48 ,surely the brickclay tablets of the ,imperial ,babylonian ,library1 and the priceless treasures of the ,chinese collections1 could never have contained such information as one of the aforesaid 8,atlantean0 skins would have furnished to the ignorant world4 ,but even with the extremely meagre data at hand1 ,science has been able to see the necessity of throwing back nearly every ,babylonian date1 and has done so quite generously4 ,we learn from ,professor ,sayce that even the archaic statues at ,telloh1 in ,lower ,babylonia1 have suddenly been assigned a date contemporary with the fourth dynasty in ,egypt47#afcc7 ,unfortunately1 dynasties and pyramids share the fate of geological periods2 their dates are arbitrary1 and depend on the whims of the respective men of ,science4 ,archologists know now1 it is said1 that the aforementioned statues are fashioned out of green diorite1 that can only be got in the ,peninsula of ,sinai2 and ,they accord in the style of art1 and in the standard of measurement employed1 with the similar diorite statues of the pyramid builders of the third and fourth ,egyptian dynasties4444 ,moreover1 the only possible period for a ,babylonian occupation of the ,sinaitic quarries must be placed shortly after the close of the epoch at which the pyramids were built2 and thus only can we understand how the name of ,sinai could have been derived from that of ,sin1 the primitive ,babylonian moongod4 ,this is very logical1 but what is the date fixed for these dynasties8 ,sanchuniathon's and ,manetho's synchronistic tables--or whatever remained of these after holy ,eusebius had the handling of them--have been rejected2 and still we have to remain satisfied with the four or five thousand years ,b4,c41 so liberally allotted to ,egypt4 ,at all events one point is gained4 ,there is1 at last1 a city on the face of the ,earth which is allowed1 at least1 #f1jjj years1 and it is ,eridu4 ,geology has discovered it4 ,according to ,professor ,sayce again3 ,they are now also able to obtain time for the silting up of the head of the ,persian ,gulf1 which demands a lapse of between #e1jjj and #f1jjj years since the period when ,eridu1 now twentyfive miles inland1 was the seaport at the mouth of the ,euphrates1 and the seat of ,babylonian commerce with ,southern ,arabia and ,india4 ,more than all1 the new chronology gives time for the long series of eclipses recorded in the great astronomical work called 8,the ,observations of ,bel02 and we are also enabled to understand the otherwise perplexing change in the position of the vernal equinox1 which has occurred since our present zodiacal signs were named by the earliest ,babylonian astronomers4 ,when the ,accadian calendar was arranged and the ,accadian months were named1 the sun at the vernal equinox was not1 as now1 in ,pisces1 or even in ,aries1 but in ,taurus4 ,the rate of the precession of the equinoxes being known1 we learn that at the vernal equinox the sun was in ,taurus from about #d1gjj years ,b4,c41 and we thus obtain astronomical limits of date which cannot be impugned47#afcd7 ,it may make our position plainer if we state at once that we use ,sir ,c4 ,lyell's nomenclature for the ages and periods1 and that when we talk of the ,secondary and ,tertiary age1 of the ,eocene1 ,miocene and ,pliocene periods--this is simply to make our facts more comprehensible4 ,since these ages and periods have not yet been allowed fixed and determined durations1 twoandahalf and fifteen million years being assigned at different times to one and the same age 7the ,tertiary72 and since no two ,geologists or ,naturalists seem to agree on this point--,esoteric ,teachings may remain quite indifferent to the appearance of man in the ,secondary or the ,tertiary age4 ,if the latter age may be allowed even so much as fifteen million years' duration--well and good2 for the ,occult ,doctrine1 jealously guarding its real and correct figures so far as concerns the ,first1 ,second1 and twothirds of the ,third ,root,race1 gives clear information upon one point only--the age of ,vaivasvata ,manu's humanity47#afce7 ,another definite statement is that during the socalled ,eocene period the ,continent to which the ,fourth ,race belonged1 and on which it lived and perished1 showed the first symptoms of sinking1 and that it was in the ,miocene age that it was finally destroyed--save the small island mentioned by ,plato4 ,these points have now to be checked by scientific data4 ,a4 ,modern ,scientific ,speculations ,about ,the ,ages ,of ,the ,globe1 ,animal ,evolution1 ,and ,man4 ,may we not be permitted to throw a glance at the works of specialists8 ,the work on ,world,life3 ,comparative ,geology1 by ,prof4 ,a4 ,winchell1 furnishes us with curious data4 ,here we find an opponent of the nebular theory smiting with all the force of the hammer of his odium theologicum on the rather contradictory hypotheses of the great stars of ,science1 in the matter of sidereal and cosmic phenomena based on their respective relations to terrestrial durations4 ,the 8too imaginative physicists and naturalists0 do not fare very easily under this shower of their own speculative computations placed side by side1 and cut rather a sorry figure4 ,thus he writes3 ,sir ,william ,thompson1 on the basis of the observed principles of cooling1 concludes that no more than #aj million years elsewhere he makes it #ajj1jjj1jjj can have elapsed since the temperature of the earth was sufficiently reduced to sustain vegetable life47#afcf7 ,helmholz calculates that #bj million years would suffice for the original nebula to condense to the present dimensions of the sun4 ,prof4 ,s4 ,newcomb requires only #aj millions to attain a temperature of #bab ,fahr47#afcg7 ,croll estimates #gj million years for the diffusion of the heat44447#afch7 ,bischof calculates that #cej million years would be required for the earth to cool from a temperature of #b1jjj to #bjj ,centigrade4 ,reade1 basing his estimate on observed rates of denudation1 demands #ejj million years since sedimentation began in ,europe47#afci7 ,lyell ventured a rough guess of #bdj million years2 ,darwin thought #cjj million years demanded by the organic transformations which his theory contemplates1 and ,huxley is disposed to demand #a1jjj millions 664444 ,some biologists 444 seem to close their eyes tight and leap at one bound into the abyss of millions of years1 of which they have no more adequate estimate than of infinity47#afdj7 ,then he proceeds to give what he takes to be more correct geological figures3 a few will suffice4 ,according to ,sir ,william ,thompson 8the whole incrusted age of the world is #hj1jjj1jjj years02 and agreeably with ,prof4 ,houghton's calculations of a minimum limit for the time since the elevation of ,europe and ,asia1 three hypothetical ages for three possible and different modes of upheaval are given1 varying from the modest figure of #fdj1gcj years1 through #d1agj1jjj years to the tremendous figure of #bg1dia1jjj years66 ,this is enough1 as one can see1 to cover our claims for the four ,continents and even the figures of the ,brhmans4 ,further calculations1 the details of which the reader may find in ,prof4 ,winchell's work17#afda7 bring ,houghton to an approximation of the sedimentary age of the globe--#aa1gjj1jjj years4 ,these figures are found too small by the author1 who forthwith extends them to #cg1jjj1jjj years4 ,again1 according to ,croll17#afdb7 #b1ejj1jjj years 8represents the time since the beginning of the ,tertiary age0 in one work2 and according to another modification of his view1 #ae1jjj1jjj only have elapsed since the beginning of the ,eocene period17#afdc7 this1 being the first of the three ,tertiary periods1 leaves the student suspended between twoandahalf and fifteen millions4 ,but if one has to hold to the former moderate figures1 then the whole incrusted age of the world would be #aca1fjj1jjj years47#afdd7 ,as the last ,glacial period extended from #bdj1jjj to #hj1jjj years ago 7,prof4 ,croll's view71 therefore1 man must have appeared on ,earth from #ajj1jjj to #abj1jjj years ago4 ,but1 as says ,prof4 ,winchell with reference to the antiquity of the ,mediterranean race3 ,it is generally believed to have made its appearance during the later decline of the continental glaciers4 ,it does not concern1 however1 the antiquity of the ,black and ,brown races1 since there are numerous evidences of their existence in more southern regions1 in times remotely preglacial47#afde7 ,as a specimen of geological certainty and agreement1 these figures also may be added4 ,three authorities--,messrs4 ,t4 ,belt1 ,f4,g4,s41 ,robert ,hunt1 ,f4,r4,s41 and ,j4 ,croll1 ,f4,r4,s41--in estimating the time that has elapsed since the ,glacial epoch1 give figures that vary to an almost incredible extent3 ,belt3 #bj1jjj years4 ,hunt3 #hj1jjj years ,croll3 #bdj1jjj years7#afdf7 ,no wonder that ,mr4 ,pengelly confesses that3 ,it is at present and perhaps always will be impossible to reduce1 even approximately1 geological time into years or even into millenniums4 ,a wise word of advice from the ,occultists to the gentlemen ,geologists2 they ought to imitate the cautious example of ,masons4 ,as chronology1 they say1 cannot measure the era of the creation1 therefore1 their 8,antient and ,primitive ,rite0 uses #jjj1jjj1jjj as the nearest approach to reality4 ,the same uncertainty1 contradictions and disagreement reign on all other subjects4 ,the scientific authorities on the ,descent of ,man are again1 for all practical purposes1 a delusion and a snare4 ,there are many ,anti,darwinists in the ,british ,association1 and ,natural ,selection begins to lose ground4 ,though at one time the saviour1 which seemed to rescue the learned theorists from a final intellectual collapse into the abyss of fruitless hypothesis1 it begins to be distrusted4 ,even ,mr4 ,huxley is showing signs of truancy1 and thinks 8natural selection not the sole factor03 ,we greatly suspect that she ,nature does make considerable jumps in the way of variation now and then1 and that these saltations give rise to some of the gaps which appear to exist in the series of known forms47#afdg7 ,again1 ,c4 ,r4 ,bree1 ,m4,d41 argues in this wise in considering the fatal gaps in ,mr4 ,darwin's theory3 ,it must be again called to mind that the intermediate forms must have been vast in numbers4444 ,mr4 ,st4 ,george ,mivart believes that change in evolution may occur more quickly than is generally believed2 but ,mr4 ,darwin sticks manfully to his belief1 and again tells us 8natura non facit saltum407#afdh7 ,herein the ,occultists are at one with ,mr4 ,darwin4 ,esoteric teaching fully corroborates the idea of ,nature's slowness and dignified progression4 8,planetary impulses0 are all periodical4 ,yet this ,darwinian theory1 correct as it is in minor particulars1 agrees no more with ,occultism than with ,mr4 ,wallace1 who1 in his ,contributions to the ,theory of ,natural ,selection1 shows pretty conclusively that something more than ,natural ,selection is requisite to produce physical man4 ,let us1 meanwhile1 examine the scientific objections to this scientific theory1 and see what they are4 ,mr4 ,st4 ,george ,mivart is found arguing that3 ,it will be a moderate computation to allow #be1jjj1jjj for the deposit of the strata down to and including the ,upper ,silurian4 ,if1 then1 the evolutionary work done during this deposition only represents a hundredth part of the sum total1 we shall require #b1ejj1jjj1jjj 7two thousand five hundred million7 years for the complete development of the whole animal kingdom to its present state4 ,even one quarter of this1 however1 would far exceed the time which physics and astronomy seem able to allow for the completion of the process4 ,finally1 a difficulty exists as to the reason of the absence of rich fossiliferous deposits in the oldest strata--if life was then as abundant and varied1 as1 on the ,darwinian theory1 it must have been4 ,mr4 ,darwin himself admits 8the case at present must remain inexplicable2 and this may be truly urged as a valid argument against the views0 entertained in his book4 ,thus1 then1 we find a remarkable 7and on ,darwinian principles all but inexplicable7 absence of minutely graduated transitional forms4 ,all the most marked groups--bats1 pterodactyles1 chelonians1 ichthyosaurians1 amoura1 etc4--appear at once upon the scene4 ,even the horse1 the animal whose pedigree has been probably best preserved1 affords no conclusive evidence of specific origin by significant fortuitous variations2 while some forms1 as the labyrinthodonts and trilobites1 which seemed to exhibit gradual change1 are shown by further investigation to do nothing of the sort4444 ,all these difficulties are avoided if we admit that new forms of animal life of all degrees of complexity appear from time to time with comparative suddenness1 being evolved according to laws in part depending on surrounding conditions1 in part internal--similar to the way in which crystals 7and1 perhaps from recent researches1 the lowest forms of life7 build themselves up according to the internal laws of their component substance1 and in harmony and correspondence with all environing influences and conditions47#afdi7 8,the internal laws of their component substance40 ,these are wise words1 and the admission of the possibility is prudent4 ,but how can these internal laws be ever recognized1 if ,occult teaching be discarded8 ,as a friend writes1 while drawing our attention to the above speculations3 ,in other words1 the doctrine of ,planetary ,life,impulses must be admitted4 ,otherwise1 why are species now stereotyped1 and why do even domesticated breeds of pigeons and many animals relapse into their ancestral types when left to themselves8 ,but the teaching about ,planetary ,life,impulses has to be clearly defined and as clearly understood1 if present confusion is not to be made still more perplexing4 ,all these difficulties would vanish as the shadows of night disappear before the light of the rising ,sun1 if the following ,esoteric ,axioms were admitted3 7a7 ,the existence and the enormous antiquity of our ,planetary ,chain2 7b7 ,the actuality of the ,seven ,rounds 7c7 ,the separation of human ,races 7outside the purely anthropological division7 into seven distinct ,root,races1 of which our present ,european ,humanity is the ,fifth2 7d7 ,the antiquity of man in this 7,fourth7 ,round2 and finally 7e7 ,that as these ,races evolve from ethereality to materiality1 and from the latter back again into relative physical tenuity of texture1 so every living 7socalled7 organic species of animals1 with vegetation included1 changes with every new ,root,race4 ,were this admitted1 if even only along with other1 and surely1 on maturer consideration1 no less absurd1 suppositions--if ,occult theories have to be considered 8absurd0 at present--then every difficulty would be made away with4 ,surely ,science ought to try and be more logical than it now is1 as it can hardly maintain the theory of man's descent from an anthropoidal ancestor1 and deny in the same breath any reasonable antiquity to such a man6 ,once ,mr4 ,huxley talks of 8the vast intellectual chasm between the ape and man10 and 8the present enormous gulf between them107#afej7 and admits the necessity of extending scientific allowances for the age of man on ,earth for such slow and progressive development1 then all those men of ,science who are of his way of thinking1 at any rate1 ought to come to at least some approximate figures1 and agree upon the probable duration of those ,pliocene1 ,miocene1 and ,eocene periods of which so much is said1 and about which nothing definite is known--even if they dare not venture beyond4 ,but no two ,scientists seem to agree4 ,every period seems to be a mystery in its duration1 and a thorn in the side of the ,geologists2 and1 as just shown1 they are unable to harmonize their conclusions even with regard to the comparatively recent geological formations4 ,thus1 no reliance can be placed on their figures when they do give any1 for with them it is all either millions or simply thousands of years6 ,that which is said may be strengthened by the confessions made by themselves and the synopsis of these1 to be found in that 8,circle of ,sciences10 the ,encyclopdia ,britannica1 which shows the mean accepted in the geological and anthropological riddles4 ,in that work the cream of the most authoritative opinions is skimmed off and presented2 nevertheless1 we find in it a refusal to assign any definite chronological date1 even to such comparatively speaking late epochs as the ,neolithic era1 though1 for a wonder1 an age is established for the beginnings of certain geological periods2 at any rate for some few1 the duration of which could hardly be any more shortened1 without an immediate conflict with facts4 ,thus1 it is surmised in the great ,encyclopdia that3 ,one hundred million years have passed 444 since the solidification of our earth1 when the earliest form of life appeared upon it47#afea7 ,but it seems quite as hopeless to try to convert the modern ,geologists and ,ethnologists1 as it is to make ,darwinian ,naturalists perceive their mistakes4 ,about the ryan ,root,race and its origins1 ,science knows as little as of the men from other ,planets4 ,with the exception of ,flammarion1 and of a few ,mystics among ,astronomers1 even the habitableness of other ,planets is mostly denied4 ,yet such great ,adept ,astronomers were the ,scientists of the earliest races of the ryan stock1 that they seem to have known far more about the races of ,mars and ,venus than the modern ,anthropologist knows of those of the early stages of the ,earth4 ,let us leave ,modern ,science aside for a moment and turn to ,ancient ,knowledge4 ,as we are assured by ,archaic ,scientists that all such geological cataclysms--from the upheaval of oceans1 deluges1 and shifting of continents1 down to the present year's cyclones1 hurricanes1 earthquakes1 volcanic eruptions1 tidal waves1 and even the extraordinary weather and seeming shifting of seasons which are perplexing all ,european and ,american ,meteorologists--are due to1 and depend on the ,moon and ,planets2 aye1 that even modest and neglected constellations have the greatest influence on the meteorological and cosmical changes1 over1 and within our ,earth--let us give one moment's attention to our sidereal despots1 the rulers of our globe and men4 ,modern ,science denies any such influence2 ,archaic ,science affirms it4 ,we will see what both say with regard to this question4 ,b4 ,on ,chains ,of ,planets ,and ,their ,plurality4 ,did the ,ancients know of ,worlds besides their own8 ,what are the data of the ,occultists in affirming that every ,globe is a ,septenary ,chain of ,worlds--of which only one member is visible--and that these are1 were1 or will be1 8manbearing10 just as is every visible ,star or ,planet8 ,what do they mean by 8a moral and physical influence0 exerted on our ,globe by the ,sidereal ,worlds8 ,such are the questions often put to us1 and they have to be considered from every aspect4 ,to the first of the two queries the answer is3 ,we believe it because the first law in nature is uniformity in diversity1 and the second is analogy4 8,as above1 so below40 ,the time is gone by for ever when our pious ancestors believed that our ,earth was in the centre of the ,universe1 and the ,church and her arrogant servants could insist that the supposition that any other ,planet could be inhabited should be regarded as blasphemy4 ,adam and ,eve1 the ,serpent and ,original ,sin1 followed by ,atonement through ,blood1 have been too long in the way of progress1 and universal truth has thus been sacrificed to the insane conceit of us little men4 ,now what are the proofs thereof8 ,beyond inferential evidence and logical reasoning1 there are none for the profane4 ,to the ,occultists1 who believe in the knowledge acquired by countless generations of ,seers and ,initiates1 the data offered in the ,secret ,books are allsufficient4 ,the general public needs other proofs1 however4 ,there are some ,kabalists1 and even some ,eastern ,occultists1 who1 failing to find uniform evidence upon this point in all the mystic works of the nations1 hesitate to accept the teaching4 ,even such 8uniform evidence0 will be forthcoming presently4 ,meanwhile1 we may approach the subject from its general aspect1 and see whether belief in it is so very absurd1 as some ,scientists along with other ,nicodemuses would have it4 ,unconsciously1 perhaps1 in thinking of a plurality of inhabited 8,worlds10 we imagine them to be like the ,globe we inhabit1 and to be peopled by beings more or less resembling ourselves4 ,and in so doing we are only following a natural instinct4 ,indeed1 so long as the enquiry is confined to the lifehistory of this ,globe1 we can speculate on the question with some profit1 and ask ourselves1 with some hope of at least asking an intelligible question1 what were the 8,worlds0 spoken of in all the ancient scriptures of ,humanity8 ,but how do we know 7a7 what kind of beings inhabit the ,globes in general2 and 7b7 whether those who rule ,planets superior to our own do not exercise the same influence on our ,earth consciously1 that we may exercise unconsciously1 say on the small planets 7planetoids or asteroids7 in the long run1 by our cutting the ,earth in pieces1 opening canals1 and thereby entirely changing our climates4 ,of course1 like ,csar's wife1 the planetoids1 cannot be affected by our suspicion4 ,they are too far1 etc4 ,believing in ,esoteric ,astronomy1 however1 we are not so sure of that4 ,but when1 extending our speculations beyond our ,planetary ,chain1 we try to cross the limits of the ,solar ,system1 then indeed we act as do presumptuous fools4 ,for--while accepting the old ,hermetic axiom1 8as above1 so below0--as we may well believe that ,nature on ,earth displays the most careful economy1 utilizing every vile and waste thing in her marvellous transformations1 and withal never repeating herself1 so we may justly conclude that there is no other ,globe in all her infinite systems so closely resembling this ,earth1 that the ordinary powers of man's thought should be able to imagine and reproduce its semblance and containment47#afeb7 ,and indeed we find in the romances as in all the socalled scientific fictions and spiritistic 8revelations0 from ,moon1 ,stars1 and ,planets1 merely fresh combinations or modifications of the men and things1 the passions and forms of life1 with which we are familiar1 though even on the other ,planets of our own ,system nature and life are entirely different from those prevailing on our own4 ,swedenborg was preeminent in inculcating such an erroneous belief4 ,but even more4 ,the ordinary man has no experience of any state of consciousness other than that to which the physical senses link him4 ,men dream2 they sleep the profound sleep which is too deep for its dreams to impress the physical brain2 and in these states there must still be consciousness4 ,how1 then1 while these mysteries remain unexplored1 can we hope to speculate with profit on the nature of ,globes which1 in the economy of ,nature1 must needs belong to states of consciousness other and quite different from any which man experiences here8 ,and this is true to the letter4 ,for even great ,adepts 7those initiated of course71 trained ,seers though they be1 can only claim thorough acquaintance with the nature and appearance of ,planets and their inhabitants belonging to our ,solar ,system4 ,they know that almost all the ,planetary ,worlds are inhabited1 but--even in spirit--they can have access only to those of our ,system2 and they are also aware how difficult it is1 even for them1 to put themselves into full rapport even with the planes of consciousness within our ,system1 differing as they do from the states of consciousness possible on this ,globe2 such1 for instance1 as those which exist on the ,chain of ,spheres on the three planes beyond that of our ,earth4 ,such knowledge and intercourse are possible to them because they have learned how to penetrate to planes of consciousness which are closed to the perceptions of ordinary men2 but were they to communicate their knowledge1 the world would be no wiser1 because men lack that experience of other forms of perception which alone could enable them to grasp what they might be told4 ,still the fact remains that most of the ,planets1 like the ,stars beyond our ,system1 are inhabited1 a fact which has been admitted by the men of ,science themselves4 ,laplace and ,herschel believed it1 though they wisely abstained from imprudent speculation2 and the same conclusion has been worked out and supported with an array of scientific considerations by ,c4 ,flammarion1 the wellknown ,french ,astronomer4 ,the arguments he brings forward are strictly scientific1 and are such as appeal even to a materialistic mind1 which would remain unmoved by such thoughts as those of ,sir ,david ,brewster1 the famous ,physicist1 who writes3 ,those 8barren spirits0 or 8base souls10 as the poet calls them1 who might be led to believe that the earth is the only inhabited body in the universe1 would have no difficulty in conceiving the earth also to have been destitute of inhabitants4 ,what is more1 if such minds were acquainted with the deductions of geology1 they would admit that it was uninhabited for myriads of years2 and here we come to the impossible conclusion that during these myriads of years there was not a single intelligent creature in the vast domains of the ,universal ,king1 and that before the protozoic formations there existed neither plant nor animal in all the infinity of space47#afec7 ,flammarion shows1 in addition1 that all the conditions of life--even as we know it--are present on some at least of the ,planets1 and points to the fact that these conditions must be much more favourable on them than they are on our ,earth4 ,thus scientific reasoning1 as well as observed facts1 concurs with the statements of the ,seer1 and the innate voice in man's own heart in declaring that life--intelligent1 conscious life--must exist on other worlds than ours4 ,but this is the limit beyond which the ordinary faculties of man cannot carry him4 ,many are the romances and tales1 some purely fanciful1 others bristling with scientific knowledge1 which have attempted to imagine and describe life on other ,globes4 ,but one and all they give but some distorted copy of the drama of life around us4 ,it is either1 with ,voltaire1 the men of our own race under a microscope1 or1 with de ,bergerac1 a graceful play of fancy and satire2 but we always find that at bottom the new world is but the one we ourselves live in4 ,so strong is this tendency that even great natural1 though noninitiated1 ,seers1 fall victims to it when untrained2 witness ,swedenborg1 who goes so far as to dress the inhabitants of ,mercury1 whom he meets with in the spiritworld1 in clothes such as are worn in ,europe6 ,commenting on this tendency1 ,flammarion says3 ,it seems as if in the eyes of those authors who have written on this subject1 the ,earth were the type of the ,universe1 and the man of ,earth1 the type of the inhabitants of the ,heavens4 ,it is1 on the contrary1 much more probable1 that1 since the nature of other planets is essentially varied1 and the surroundings and conditions of existence essentially different1 while the forces which preside over the creation of beings and the substances which enter into their mutual constitution are essentially distinct1 it would follow that our mode of existence cannot be regarded as in any way applicable to other globes4 ,those who have written on this subject have allowed themselves to be dominated by terrestrial ideas1 and have therefore fallen into error47#afed7 ,but ,flammarion himself falls into the very error which he here condemns1 for he tacitly takes the conditions of life on ,earth as the standard by which to determine the degree to which other ,planets are adapted for habitation by 8other humanities40 ,let us1 however1 leave these profitless and empty speculations1 which1 though they seem to fill our hearts with a glow of enthusiasm and to enlarge our mental and spiritual grasp1 do but in reality cause a factitious stimulation1 and blind us more and more to our ignorance not only of the world we inhabit1 but even of the infinitude contained within ourselves4 ,when1 therefore1 we find 8other worlds0 spoken of in the ,bibles of ,humanity1 we may safely conclude that they not only refer to other states of our ,planetary ,chain and ,earth1 but also to other inhabited ,globes--,stars and ,planets2 withal1 that no speculations were ever made about the latter4 ,the whole of antiquity believed in the ,universality of ,life4 ,but no really initiated ,seer of any civilized nation has ever taught that life on other ,stars could be judged by the standard of terrestrial life4 ,what is generally meant by 8,earths0 and 8,worlds10 relates 7a7 to the 8rebirths0 of our ,globe after each ,manvantara and a long period of ,obscuration2 and 7b7 to the periodical and entire changes of the ,earth's surface1 when continents disappear to make room for oceans1 and oceans and seas are violently displaced and sent rolling to the poles1 to cede their emplacements to new continents4 ,we may begin with the ,bible--the youngest of the ,worldscriptures4 ,in ,ecclesiastes1 we read these words of the ,king,initiate3 ,one generation passeth away and another generation cometh1 but the earth abideth for ever4444 ,the thing that hath been1 it is that which shall be2 and that which is done1 is that which shall be done1 and there is no new thing under the sun47#afee7 ,under these words it is not easy to see the reference to the successive cataclysms by which the ,races of mankind are swept away1 or1 going further back1 to the various transitions of the ,globe during the process of its formation4 ,but if we are told that this refers only to our world as we now see it1 then we shall refer the reader to the ,new ,testament1 where ,st4 ,paul speaks of the ,son 7the manifested ,power7 whom ,god hath appointed heir of all things1 8by whom also he made the worlds0 7plural747#afef7 ,this 8,power0 is ,chokmah1 the ,wisdom and the ,word4 ,we shall probably be told that by the term 8worlds10 the stars1 heavenly bodies1 etc41 were meant4 ,but apart from the fact that 8stars0 were not known as 8worlds0 to the ignorant editors of the ,epistles1 even if they must have been thus known to ,paul1 who was an ,initiate1 a 8,master ,builder10 we can quote on this point an eminent ,theologian1 ,cardinal ,wiseman4 ,in his work 7i4 #cji7 treating of the indefinite period of the six days--or shall we say 8too definite0 period of the six days--of creation and the #f1jjj years1 he confesses that we are in total darkness as to the meaning of this statement of ,st4 ,paul1 unless we are permitted to suppose that allusion is made in it to the period which elapsed between the first and second verses of chapter i of ,genesis1 and thus to those primitive revolutions1 i4e41 the destructions and the reproductions of the world1 indicated in chapter i of ,ecclesiastes2 or1 to accept1 with so many others1 and in its literal sense1 the passage in chapter i of ,hebrews1 that speaks of the creation of 8worlds0--in the plural4 ,it is very singular1 he adds1 that all the cosmogonies should agree to suggest the same idea1 and preserve the tradition of a first series of revolutions1 owing to which the world was destroyed and again renewed4 ,had the ,cardinal studied the ,zohar his doubts would have been changed into certainties4 ,thus saith the 8,idra ,suta03 ,there were old worlds which perished as soon as they came into existence2 worlds with and without form called ,scintillas--for they were like the sparks under the smith's hammer1 flying in all directions4 ,some were the primordial worlds which could not continue long1 because the 8,aged0--his name be sanctified--had not as yet assumed his form17#afeg7 the workman was not yet the 8,heavenly ,man407#afeh7 ,again in the ,midrash1 written long before the ,kabalah of ,simeon ,ben ,iochai1 ,rabbi ,abahu explains3 ,the ,holy ,one1 blessed be his name1 has successively formed and destroyed sundry worlds before this one7#afei74444 ,now this refers both to the first races the 8,kings of ,edom0 and to the worlds destroyed47#affj7 8,destroyed0 means here what we call 8obscuration40 ,this becomes evident when we read the explanation given further on3 ,still when it is said that they the worlds perished1 it is only meant thereby that they their humanities lacked the true form1 till the human our form came into being1 in which all things are comprised and which contains all forms 444--it does not mean death1 but only denotes a sinking down from their status that of worlds in activity47#affa7 ,when1 therefore1 we read of the 8destruction0 of the ,worlds1 the word has many meanings1 which are very clear in several of the ,commentaries on the ,zohar and in ,kabalistic treatises4 ,as said elsewhere1 it means not only the destruction of many ,worlds which have ended their lifecareer1 but also that of the several ,continents which have disappeared1 as also their decline and geographical change of place4 ,the mysterious 8,kings of ,edom0 are sometimes referred to as the 8,worlds0 that had been destroyed2 but it is a 8cloak40 ,the ,kings who reigned in ,edom before there reigned a ,king in ,israel1 or the 8,edomite ,kings10 could never symbolize the 8prior worlds10 but only the 8attempts at men0 on this ,globe--the ,pre,adamite ,races1 of which the ,zohar speaks1 and which we explain as the ,first ,root,race4 ,for as1 speaking of the six ,earths 7the six 8,limbs0 of ,microprosopus71 it is said that the seventh 7our ,earth7 came not into the computation when the six were created 7the six ,spheres above our ,globe in the ,terrestrial ,chain71 so the first seven ,kings of ,edom are left out of calculation in ,genesis4 ,by the law of analogy and permutation1 in the ,chaldan ,book of ,numbers1 as also in the ,books of ,knowledge and of ,wisdom1 the 8seven primordial worlds0 mean also the 8seven primordial0 races 7subraces of the ,first ,root,race of the ,shadows72 and1 again1 the ,kings of ,edom are the sons of 8,esau1 the father of the ,edomites027#affb7 i4e41 ,esau represents in the ,bible the race which stands between the ,fourth and the ,fifth1 the ,atlantean and the ryan4 8,two nations are in thy womb10 said the ,lord to ,rebekah2 and ,esau was red and hairy4 ,from verse #bd to #cd1 chapter xxv of ,genesis contains the allegorical history of the birth of the ,fifth ,race4 ,says the ,siphra ,dtzenioutha3 ,and the ,kings of ancient days died and their chiefs crowns were found no more4 ,and the ,zohar states3 ,the ,head of a nation that has not been formed at the beginning in the likeness of the ,white ,head3 its people is not from this ,form4444 ,before it the ,white ,head1 the ,fifth ,race or ,ancient of the ,ancients arranged itself in its own1 or present ,form 444 all ,worlds have been destroyed2 therefore it is written3 and ,bela1 the ,son of ,beor1 reigned in ,edom ,gen41 xxxvi4 ,here the 8,worlds0 stand for ,races4 ,and he such or another ,king of ,edom died1 and another reigned in his stead4 ,no ,kabalist who has hitherto treated of the symbolism and allegory hidden under these 8,kings of ,edom0 seems to have perceived more than one aspect of them4 ,they are neither the 8worlds that were destroyed10 nor the 8,kings that died0--alone2 but both1 and much more1 to treat of which there is no space at present4 ,therefore1 leaving the mystic parables of the ,zohar1 we will return to the hard facts of materialistic ,science2 first1 however1 citing a few from the long list of great thinkers who have believed in the plurality of inhabited ,worlds in general1 and in ,worlds that preceded our own4 ,these are1 the great mathematicians ,leibnitz and ,bernouilli1 ,sir ,isaac ,newton himself1 as may be read in his ,optics2 ,buffon1 the ,naturalist2 ,condillac1 the ,sceptic2 ,bailly1 ,lavater1 ,bernardin de ,st4 ,pierre1 and1 as a contrast to the two last named--suspected at least of ,mysticism--,diderot and most of the writers of the ,encyclopdia4 ,following these come ,kant1 the founder of modern ,philosophy2 the poet ,philosophers1 ,goethe1 ,krause1 ,schelling2 and many ,astronomers1 from ,bode1 ,fergusson and ,herschel1 to ,lalande and ,laplace1 with their many disciples in more recent years4 ,a brilliant list of honoured names indeed2 but the facts of physical ,astronomy speak even more strongly than these names in favour of the presence of life1 of even organized life1 on other ,planets4 ,thus in four meteorites which fell respectively at ,alais in ,france1 in the ,cape of ,good ,hope1 in ,hungary1 and again in ,france1 on analysis1 there was found graphite1 a form of carbon known to be invariably associated with organic life on this ,earth of ours4 ,and that the presence of this carbon is not due to any action occurring within our atmosphere is shown by the fact that carbon has been found in the very centre of a meteorite2 while in one which fell at ,argueil1 in the south of ,france1 in #aheg1 there was found water and turf1 the latter being always formed by the decomposition of vegetable substances4 ,and further1 examining the astronomical conditions of the other ,planets1 it is easy to show that several are far better adapted for the development of life and intelligence--even under the conditions with which men are acquainted--than is our ,earth4 ,for instance1 on the ,planet ,jupiter the seasons1 instead of varying between wide limits as do ours1 change by almost imperceptible degrees1 and last twelve times as long as ours4 ,owing to the inclination of its axis the seasons on ,jupiter are due almost entirely to the eccentricity of its orbit1 and hence change slowly and regularly4 ,we shall be told1 that no life is possible on ,jupiter1 as it is in an incandescent state4 ,but not all ,astronomers agree with this4 ,for instance1 what we state is declared by ,m4 ,flammarion2 and he ought to know4 ,on the other hand ,venus would be less adapted for human life such as exists on ,earth1 since its seasons are more extreme and its changes of temperature more sudden2 though it is curious that the duration of the day is nearly the same on the four inner planets1 ,mercury1 ,venus1 the ,earth and ,mars4 ,on ,mercury1 the ,sun's heat and light are seven times what they are on the ,earth1 and ,astronomy teaches that it is enveloped in a very dense atmosphere4 ,and as we see that life appears more active on ,earth in proportion to the light and heat of the ,sun1 it would seem more than probable that its intensity is far1 far greater on ,mercury than here4 ,venus1 like ,mercury1 has a very dense atmosphere1 as also has ,mars1 and the snows which cover their poles1 the clouds which hide their surface1 the geographical configuration of their seas and continents1 the variations of seasons and climates1 are all closely analogous--at least to the eye of the physical ,astronomer4 ,but such facts and the considerations to which they give rise have reference only to the possibility of the existence on these ,planets of human life as known on ,earth4 ,that some forms of life such as we know are possible on these ,planets1 has been long since abundantly demonstrated1 and it seems perfectly useless to go into detailed questions of the physiology1 etc41 of these hypothetical inhabitants1 since1 after all1 the reader can arrive only at an imaginary extension of his familiar surroundings4 ,it is better to rest content with the three conclusions which ,m4 ,flammarion1 whom we have so largely quoted1 formulates as rigorous and exact deductions from the known facts and laws of ,science4 i4 ,the various forces which were active in the beginning of evolution gave birth to a great variety of beings on the several worlds2 both in the organic and inorganic kingdoms4 ii4 ,the animated beings were constituted from the first according to forms and organisms in correlation with the physiological state of each inhabited globe4 iii4 ,the humanities of other worlds differ from us1 as much in their inner organization as in their external physical type4 ,finally the reader who may be disposed to question the validity of these conclusions as being opposed to the ,bible1 may be referred to an ,appendix in ,m4 ,flammarion's work dealing in detail with this question1 since in a work like the present it seems unnecessary to point out the logical absurdity of those churchmen who deny the plurality of worlds on the ground of biblical authority4 ,in this connection we may well recall those days when the burning zeal of the ,primitive ,church opposed the doctrine of the ,earth's rotundity1 on the ground that the nations at the ,antipodes would be outside the pale of salvation2 and again1 we may remember how long it took for a nascent ,science to break down the idea of a solid firmament1 in the grooves of which the stars moved for the special edification of terrestrial humanity4 ,the theory of the ,earth's rotation was met by a like opposition--even to the martyrdom of its discoverers--because1 besides depriving our orb of its dignified central position in space1 the theory produced an appalling confusion of ideas as to the ,ascension--the terms 8up0 and 8down0 being proved to be merely relative1 thus complicating not a little the question of the precise locality of ,heaven67#affc7 ,according to the best modern calculations1 there are no less than #ejj1jjj1jjj ,stars of various magnitudes1 within the range of the best telescopes4 ,as to the distances between them1 they are incalculable4 ,is1 then1 our microscopical ,earth--a 8grain of sand on an infinite sea shore0--the only centre of intelligent life8 ,our own ,sun1 itself #a1cjj1jjj times larger than our ,planet1 sinks into insignificance beside the giant ,sun1 ,sirius1 and the latter in its turn is dwarfed by other luminaries in infinite ,space4 ,the selfcentred conception of ,jehovah as the special guardian of a small and obscure seminomadic tribe1 is tolerable beside that which confines sentient existence to our microscopical ,globe4 ,the primary reasons were without doubt3 7a7 astronomical ignorance on the part of the early ,christians1 coupled with an exaggerated appreciation of man's own importance--a crude form of selfishness2 and 7b7 the dread that1 if the hypothesis of millions of other inhabited ,globes were accepted1 the crushing rejoinder would ensue3 8,was there then a ,revelation to each ,world80--involving the idea of the ,son of ,god eternally 8going the rounds10 as it were4 ,happily it is now unnecessary to waste time and energy in proving the possibility of the existence of such ,worlds4 ,all intelligent persons admit it4 ,that which now remains to be demonstrated is1 that if it is once proven that there are inhabited ,worlds besides our own1 with humanities entirely different from each other as from our own--as maintained in the ,occult ,sciences--then the evolution of the preceding ,races is half proved4 ,for where is that ,physicist or ,geologist who is prepared to maintain that the ,earth has not changed scores of times1 in the millions of years which have elapsed in the course of its existence2 and that changing its 8skin10 as it is called in ,occultism1 the ,earth has not had each time her special ,humanities adapted to such atmospheric and climatic conditions as were entailed by such change8 ,and if so1 why should not our preceding four and entirely different ,mankinds have existed and thrived before our ,adamic ,fifth ,root ,race8 ,before closing our debate1 however1 we have to examine the socalled organic evolution more closely4 ,let us search well and see whether it is quite impossible to make our ,occult data and chronology agree--up to a certain point--with those of ,science4 ,c4 ,supplementary ,remarks ,on ,esoteric ,geological ,chronology4 ,it seems possible to calculate the approximate duration at any rate of the geological periods from the combined data of ,science and ,occultism now before us4 ,geology is1 of course1 able to determine one thing with almost certainty--the thickness of the several deposits4 ,now1 it also stands to reason that the time required for the deposition of any stratum on a sea bottom must bear a strict proportion to the thickness of the mass thus formed4 ,doubtless the rate of the erosion of land1 and of the sorting out of matter on to ocean beds1 has varied from age to age1 and cataclysmic changes of various kinds have broken the 8uniformity0 of ordinary geological processes4 ,provided1 then1 that we have some definite numerical basis on which to work1 our task is rendered less difficult than it might at first sight appear4 ,making due allowance for variations in the rate of deposit1 ,professor ,lefvre gives us the relative figures which sum up geological time4 ,he does not attempt to calculate the lapse of years since the first bed of the ,laurentian rocks was deposited1 but postulating that time as x1 he presents us with the relative proportions in which the various periods stand to it4 ,let us premise our estimate by stating that1 roughly speaking1 the ,primordial rocks are #gj1jjj ft41 the ,primary #db1jjj ft41 the ,secondary #ae1jjj ft41 the ,tertiary #e1jjj ft41 and the ,quaternary some #ejj ft4 in thickness3 ,dividing into a hundred parts the time1 whatever its actual length1 that has passed since the dawn of life on this earth lower ,laurentian strata1 we shall be led to attribute to the ,primordial age more than half of the whole duration1 say #ec4e2 to the ,primary #cb4b2 to the ,secondary #aa4e2 to the ,tertiary #b4c2 to the ,quaternary #j4e or onehalf per cent47#affd7 ,now1 as it is certain1 on ,occult data1 that the time which has elapsed since the first sedimentary deposits is #cbj1jjj1jjj years1 we are able to construct the following table3 ,,rough ,,approximations ,,of ,,length ,,of ,,geological ,,periods ,,in ,,years4 ,primordial 7,laurentian1 ,cambrian1 ,silurian73 #aga1bjj1jjj4 ,primary 7,devonian1 ,coal1 ,permian73 #ajc1jdj1jjj4 ,secondary 7,triassic1 ,jurassic1 ,cretaceous73 #cf1hjj1jjj4 ,tertiary 7,eocene1 ,miocene1 ,pliocene73 #g1cfj1jjj4 ,quaternary3 #a1fjj1jjj47affe7 ,such estimates harmonize with the statements of ,esoteric ,ethnology in almost every particular4 ,the ,tertiary ,atlantean partcycle1 from the 8apex of glory0 of that ,race in the early ,eocene to the great ,mid,miocene cataclysm1 would appear to have lasted some threeandahalf to four million years4 ,if the duration of the ,quaternary is not1 as seems likely1 rather overestimated1 the sinking of ,ruta and ,daitya would be ,post ,tertiary4 ,it is probable that the results here given allow somewhat too long a period to both the ,tertiary and ,quaternary1 as the ,third ,race goes very far back into the ,secondary age4 ,nevertheless1 the figures are most suggestive4 ,but the argument from geological evidence being in favour of only #ajj1jjj1jjj years1 let us compare our claims and teachings with those of exact ,science4 ,mr4 ,edward ,clodd17#afff7 in referring to ,m4 de ,mortillet's work ,matriaux pour l',histoire de l',homme1 which places man in the ,mid,miocene period17#affg7 remarks that3 ,it would be in defiance of all that the doctrine of evolution teaches1 and moreover win no support from believers in special creation and the fixity of species1 to seek for so highly specialized a mammalian as man at an early stage in the life history of the globe4 ,to this1 one could answer3 7a7 the doctrine of evolution1 as inaugurated by ,darwin and developed by later evolutionists1 is not only the reverse of infallible1 but it is repudiated by several great men of ,science1 e4g41 de ,quatrefages1 in ,france1 ,dr4 ,weismann1 an exevolutionist in ,germany1 and many others1 the ranks of the ,anti,darwinists growing stronger with every year27#affh7 and 7b7 truth to be worthy of its name1 and remain truth and fact1 hardly needs to beg for support from any class or sect4 ,for were it to win support from believers in special creation1 it would never gain the favour of the evolutionists1 and vice vers4 ,truth must rest upon its own firm foundation of facts1 and take its chance of recognition1 when every prejudice in the way is disposed of4 ,though the question has been already fully considered in its main aspect1 it is1 nevertheless1 advisable to combat every socalled 8scientific0 objection as we go along1 when making what are regarded as heretical and anti scientific statements4 ,let us briefly glance at the divergencies between orthodox and ,esoteric ,science1 on the question of the age of the globe and of man4 ,with the two respective synchronistic tables before him1 the reader will be enabled to see at a glance the importance of these divergencies2 and to perceive1 at the same time1 that it is not impossible--nay1 it is most likely--that further discoveries in ,geology and the finding of fossil remains of man will force ,science to confess that it is ,esoteric ,philosophy which is right after all1 or1 at any rate1 nearer to the truth4 ,,parallelism ,,of ,,life4 ,,scientific ,,hypotheses3 ,science divides the period of the ,globe's history1 since the beginning of life on ,earth 7or the ,azoic age71 into five main divisions or periods1 according to ,hckel47#affi7 ,,esoteric ,,theory3 ,leaving the classification of the geological periods to ,western ,science1 ,esoteric ,philosophy divides only the ,lifeperiods on the ,globe4 ,in the present ,manvantara the actual period is separated into seven ,kalpas and seven great human ,races4 ,its first ,kalpa1 answering to the ,primordial ,epoch is the age of the ,primeval4 ,,scientific3 ,,primordial ,,epoch3 ,laurentian1 ,cambrian1 ,silurian4 ,the ,primordial epoch1 ,science tells us1 is by no means devoid of vegetable and animal life4 ,in the ,laurentian deposits are found specimens of the ,eozoon canadense--a chambered shell4 ,in the ,silurian are discovered seaweeds 7alg71 molluscs1 crustacea1 and lower marine organisms1 also the first trace of fishes4 ,the ,primordial epoch shows alg1 molluscs1 crustacea1 polyps1 and marine organisms1 etc4 ,science teaches1 therefore1 that marine life was present from the very beginnings of time1 leaving us1 however1 to speculate for ourselves as to how life appeared on ,earth4 ,if it rejects the biblical 8creation0 7as we do71 why does it not give us another1 approximately plausible hypothesis8 ,,esoteric3 8,,primeval07#afgj73 ,devas or ,divine ,men1 the 8,creators0 and ,progenitors47#afga7 ,the ,esoteric ,philosophy agrees with the statement made by ,science 7see preceding71 demurring1 however1 to one particular4 ,the #cjj1jjj1jjj years of vegetable life 7see 8,brhmanical ,chronology07 preceded the 8,divine ,men10 or ,progenitors4 ,also1 no teaching denies that there were traces of life within the ,earth1 besides the ,eozoon canadense1 in the ,primordial ,epoch4 ,only1 whereas the said vegetation belonged to this ,round1 the zoological relics now found in the ,laurentian1 ,cambrian1 and ,silurian systems1 so called1 are the relics of the ,third ,round4 ,at first astral like the rest1 they consolidated and materialized pari passu with the new vegetation4 ,,scientific3 ,,primary3 ,devonian17#afgb7 ,coal1 ,permian4 8,fernforests1 sigillaria1 conifer1 fishes1 first trace of reptiles40 ,thus saith ,modern ,science4 ,,esoteric3 8,,primary03 ,divine ,progenitors 7,secondary ,groups71 and the two and a half ,races4 ,the ,esoteric ,doctrine repeats that which was said above4 ,these are all relics of the preceding ,round47#afgc7 ,once1 however1 the prototypes are projected out of the ,astral ,envelope of the ,earth1 an indefinite amount of modification ensues4 ,,scientific3 ,,secondary3 ,triassic1 ,jurassic1 ,cretaceous4 ,this is the age of ,reptiles1 of the gigantic megalosauri1 ichthyosauri1 plesiosauri1 etc4 ,science denies the presence of man in this period4 ,but it has still to explain how men came to know of these monsters and describe them before the age of ,cuvier6 ,the old annals of ,china1 ,india1 ,egypt1 and even of ,judea are full of them1 as demonstrated elsewhere4 ,in this period also appear the first marsupial mammals7#afgd7--;insectivorous1 carnivorous1 phytophagous2 and1 as ,prof4 ,owen thinks1 a herbiferous hoofed mammal4 ,science does not admit the appearance of man before the close of the ,tertiary period47#afge7 ,why8 ,because man has to be shown younger than the higher mammals4 ,but ,esoteric ,philosophy teaches us the reverse4 ,and as ,science is quite unable to come to anything like an approximate conclusion as to the age of man1 or even as to the geological periods1 the ,occult teaching is1 therefore1 more logical and reasonable1 even if accepted only as a hypothesis4 ,,esoteric3 8,,secondary03 ,according to every calculation the ,third ,race had already made its appearance1 as during the ,triassic there were already a few mammals1 and it must have separated before their appearance4 ,this1 then1 is the age of the ,third ,race1 in which the origins of the early ,fourth may be perhaps also discoverable4 ,we are1 however1 here left entirely to conjecture1 as no definite data are yet given out by the ,initiates4 ,the analogy is but a poor one1 still it may be argued that1 as the early mammalia and premammalia are shown in their evolution merging from one kind into a higher one1 anatomically1 so are the human races in their procreative processes4 ,a parallel might certainly be found between the monotremata1 didelphia 7or marsupialia7 and the placental mammals1 divided in their turn into three orders7#afgf7 like the ,first1 ,second1 and ,third ,root,races of men47#afgg7 ,but this would require more space than can be now allotted to the subject4 ,,scientific3 ,,tertiary7#afgh73 ,eocene1 ,miocene1 ,pliocene4 ,no man is yet allowed to have lived during this period4 ,says ,mr4 ,e4 ,clodd1 in ,knowledge3 8,although the placental mammals and the order of primates to which man is related1 appear in ,tertiary times1 and the climate1 tropical in the ,eocene age1 warm in the ,miocene1 and temperate in the ,pliocene1 was favourable to his presence1 the proofs of his existence in ,europe before the close of the ,tertiary epoch 444 are not generally accepted here40 ,,esoteric3 8,,tertiary03 ,the ,third ,race has now almost utterly disappeared1 carried away by the fearful geological cataclysms of the ,secondary age1 leaving behind it but a few hybrid races4 ,the ,fourth1 born millions of years before7#afgi7 the said cataclysm took place1 perished during the ,miocene period17#afhj7 when the ,fifth 7our ryan ,race7 had had one million years of independent existence47#afha7 ,how much older it is from its origin--who knows8 ,as the 8historical0 period began with the ,indian ryans1 with their ,vedas for their multitudes17#afhb7 and far earlier in the ,esoteric ,records1 it is useless to establish here any parallels4 ,geology has now divided the periods and placed man in the ,quaternary4 ,,scientific3 ,,quaternary3 ,palolithic ,man1 ,neolithic ,man1 ,historical ,period4 ,,esoteric3 8,,quaternary03 ,if the ,quaternary period is allowed #a1ejj1jjj years1 then only does our ,fifth ,race belong to it4 ,yet--mirabile dictu--while the noncannibal ,palolithic man1 who must have certainly antedated cannibal ,neolithic man by hundreds of thousands of years17#afhc7 is shown to be a remarkable artist1 ,neolithic man is made out to be almost an abject savage1 his lake dwellings notwithstanding47#afhd7 ,for see what a learned ,geologist1 ,mr4 ,charles ,gould1 tells the reader in his ,mythical ,monsters3 ,palolithic men were unacquainted with pottery and the art of weaving1 and apparently had no domesticated animals or system of cultivation2 but the ,neolithic lakedwellers of ,switzerland had looms1 pottery1 cereals1 sheep1 horses1 etc4 ,implements of horn1 bone1 and wood were in common use among both races1 but those of the older are frequently distinguished by their being sculptured with great ability1 or ornamented with lifelike engravings of the various animals living at the period2 whereas there appears to have been a marked absence of any similar artistic ability7#afhe7 on the part of ,neolithic man47#afhf7 ,let us give the reasons for this4 7#a7 ,the oldest fossil man1 the primitive cavemen of the old ,palolithic period1 and of the ,pre,glacial period 7of whatever length1 and however far back71 is always the same genus man1 and there are no fossil remains proving for him ,what the ,hipparion and ,anchitherium have proved for the genus horse--that is1 gradual progressive specialization from a simple ancestral type to more complex existing forms47#afhg7 7#b7 ,as to the socalled ,palolithic hatchets3 ,when placed side by side with the rudest forms of stone hatchets actually used by the ,australian and other savages1 it is difficult to detect any difference47#afhh7 ,this goes to prove that there have been savages at all times2 and the inference would be that there might have been civilized people in those days as well1 cultured nations contemporary with those rude savages4 ,we see such a thing in ,egypt #g1jjj years ago4 7#c7 ,an obstacle which is the direct consequence of the two preceding3 ,man1 if no older than the ,palolithic period1 could not possibly have had the actual time necessary for his transformation from the 8missing link0 into what he is known to have been even during that remote geological time1 i4e41 even a finer specimen of manhood than many of the now existing races4 ,the above lends itself naturally to the following syllogism3 7#a7 ,the primitive man 7known to ,science7 was1 in some respects1 even a finer man of his genus than he is now4 7#b7 ,the earliest monkey known1 the lemur1 was less anthropoid than the modern pithecoid species4 7#c7 ,conclusion3 ,even though a missing link were found1 the balance of evidence would remain more in favour of the ape being a degenerated man1 made dumb by some fortuitous circumstances17#afhi7 than in favour of the descent of man from a pithecoid ancestor4 ,the theory cuts both ways4 ,on the other hand1 if the existence of ,atlantis be accepted1 and the statement be believed that in the ,eocene age-- ,even in its very first part1 the great cycle of the ,fourth ,race men1 the ,atlanteans1 had already reached its highest point17#afij7 then some of the present difficulties of ,science might easily be made to disappear4 ,the rude workmanship of the ,palolithic tools proves nothing against the idea that1 side by side with their makers1 there lived nations highly civilized4 ,we are told that3 ,only a very small portion of the earth's surface has been explored1 and of this a very small portion consists of ancient land surfaces or fresh water formations1 where alone we can expect to meet with traces of the higher forms of animal life4 ,and even these have been so imperfectly explored1 that where we now meet with thousands and tens of thousands of undoubted human remains lying almost under our feet1 it is only within the last thirty years that their existence has even been suspected47#afia7 ,it is very suggestive also that along with the rude hatchets of the lowest savage1 explorers meet with specimens of workmanship of such artistic merit as could hardly be found1 or expected1 in a modern peasant belonging to any ,european country--unless in exceptional cases4 ,the 8portrait0 of the 8,reindeer ,feeding10 from the ,thayngin grotto in ,switzerland1 and those of the man running1 with two horses' heads sketched close to him--a work of the ,reindeer period1 i4e41 at least #ej1jjj years ago--are pronounced by ,mr4 ,laing to be not only exceedingly well done1 but the former1 the 8,reindeer ,feeding10 is described as one that 8would do credit to any modern animal painter0--by no means exaggerated praise1 as anyone may see1 by glancing at the sketch given below from ,mr4 ,gould's work4 ,now1 since we have our greatest painters of ,europe side by side with the modern ,esquimaux1 who also have a tendency1 like their ,palolithic ancestors of the ,reindeer period1 the rude and savage human species1 to be constantly drawing with the point of their knives sketches of animals1 scenes of the chase1 etc41 why could not the same have happened in those days8 ,compared with the specimens of ,egyptian drawing and sketching--#g1jjj years ago--the 8earliest portraits0 of men1 horses' heads1 and reindeer1 made #ej1jjj years ago1 are certainly superior4 ,nevertheless1 the ,egyptians of those periods are known to have been a highly civilized nation1 whereas the ,palolithic men are called savages of the lower type4 ,this is a small matter seemingly1 yet it is extremely suggestive as showing how every new geological discovery is made to fit in with current theories1 instead of fitting the theories to include the discovery4 ,yes2 ,mr4 ,huxley is right in saying1 8,time will show40 ,it will1 and it must vindicate ,occultism4 ,meanwhile1 the most uncompromising ,materialists are driven by necessity into the most ,occultlike admissions4 ,strange to say1 it is the most materialistic--those of the ,german school--who1 with regard to physical development1 come the nearest to the teachings of the ,occultists4 ,thus1 ,professor ,baumgrtner believes that3 ,the germs for the higher animals could only be the eggs of the lower animals2 444 besides the advance of the vegetable and animal world in development1 there occurred in that period the formation of new original germs which formed the basis of new metamorphoses1 etc4 444 the first men who proceeded from the germs of animals beneath them1 lived first in a larva state4 ,just so2 in a larva state1 we say too1 only from no 8animal0 germ2 and that larva was the soulless astral form of the prephysical ,races4 ,and we believe1 as the ,german professor does1 with several other men of ,science in ,europe now1 that the human races-- ,have not descended from one pair1 but appeared immediately in numerous races47#afib7 ,therefore1 when we read ,force and ,matter1 and find that ,emperor of ,materialists1 ,bchner1 repeating after ,manu and ,hermes1 that3 ,imperceptibly the plant glides into the animal1 the animal into the man7#afic7 --we need only add 8and man into a spirit10 to complete the kabalistic axiom4 ,the more so1 since we read the following admission3 ,evolved by spontaneous generation 444 that whole rich and multiform organic world 444 has developed itself progressively1 in the course of endless periods of time1 by the aid of natural phenomena47#afid7 ,the whole difference lies in this3 ,modern ,science places her materialistic theory of primordial germs on ,earth1 and the last germ of life on this ,globe1 of man1 and everything else1 between two voids4 ,whence the first germ1 if both spontaneous generation and the interference of external forces1 are absolutely rejected now8 ,germs of organic life1 we are told1 by ,sir ,william ,thompson1 came to our ,earth in some meteor4 ,this helps in no way1 and only shifts the difficulty from this ,earth to the supposed meteor4 ,these are our agreements and disagreements with ,science4 ,about the 8endless periods0 we are1 of course1 at one even with materialistic speculation2 for we believe in ,evolution1 though on different lines4 ,professor ,huxley very wisely says3 ,if any form of the doctrine of progressive development is correct1 we must extend by long epochs the most liberal estimate that has yet been made of the antiquity of man47#afie7 ,but when we are told that this man is a product of the natural forces inherent in ,matter--,force1 according to modern views1 being but a quality of ,matter1 a 8mode of motion10 etc4--and when we find ,sir ,william ,thompson repeating in #ahhe what was asserted by ,bchner and his school thirty years ago1 we fear all our reverence for real ,science is vanishing into thin air6 ,one can hardly help thinking that ,materialism is1 in certain cases1 a disease4 ,for when men of ,science1 in the face of magnetic phenomena and the attraction of iron particles through insulating substances1 like glass1 maintain that the said attraction is due to 8molecular motion10 or to the 8rotation of the molecules of the magnet10 then1 whether the teaching comes from a 8credulous0 ,theosophist innocent of any notion of ,physics1 or from an eminent man of ,science1 it is equally ridiculous4 ,the individual who asserts such a theory in the teeth of fact1 is only one more proof that3 8,when people have not a niche in their minds into which to shoot facts1 so much the worse for the facts40 ,at present the dispute between the spontaneous generationists and their opponents is at rest1 having ended in the provisional victory of the latter4 ,but even they are forced to admit1 as ,bchner did1 and ,messrs4 ,tyndall and ,huxley still do--that spontaneous generation must have occurred once1 under 8special thermal conditions40 ,virchow refuses even to argue the question2 it must have taken place some time in the history of our planet2 and there's an end of it4 ,this seems to look more natural than ,sir ,william ,thompson's hypothesis just quoted1 that the germs of organic life fell on our ,earth in some meteor2 or the other 8scientific0 hypothesis coupled with the recently adopted belief that there exists no 8vital principle0 whatever1 but only vital phenomena1 which can all be traced to the molecular forces of the original protoplasm4 ,but this does not help ,science to solve the still greater problem--the origin and the descent of ,man1 for here is a still worse plaint and lamentation4 ,while we can trace the skeletons of ,eocene mammals through several directions of specialization in succeeding ,tertiary times1 man presents the phenomenon of an unspecialized skeleton which cannot fairly be connected with any of these lines47#afif7 ,the secret could be soon told1 not only from the ,esoteric but even from the standpoint of every religion the world over1 without mentioning the ,occultists4 ,the 8specialized skeleton0 is sought for in the wrong place1 where it can never be found4 ,scientists expect to discover it in the physical remains of man1 in some pithecoid 8missing link10 with a skull larger than that of the ape's1 and with a cranial capacity smaller than in man1 instead of looking for that specialization in the superphysical essence of his inner astral constitution1 which can hardly be excavated from any geological strata6 ,such a tenacious1 hopeful clinging to a self degrading theory is the most wonderful feature of the day4 ,meanwhile1 there are specimens of engravings made by ,palolithic 8savages03 ,palolithic meaning the 8earlier ,stoneage0 man1 one supposed to have been as savage and brutal as the brutes he lived with4 ,leaving the modern ,south ,sea islander1 or even any ,asiatic race1 aside1 we defy any grownup schoolboy1 or even a ,european youth1 one who has never studied drawing1 to execute such an engraving or even a pencil sketch as good4 ,here we have the true artistic raccourci1 and correct lights and shadows without any plane model before the artist1 who copied direct from nature1 thus exhibiting a knowledge of anatomy and proportion4 ,the artist who engraved this reindeer belonged1 we are asked to believe1 to the primitive 8semianimal0 savages 7contemporaneous with the mammoth and the woolly rhinoceros71 whom some overzealous ,evolutionists once sought to picture to us as distinct approximations to the type of their hypothetical 8pithecoid man06 ,this engraved antler proves as eloquently as any fact can do1 that the evolution of the ,races has ever proceeded in a series of rises and falls1 that man is1 perhaps1 as old as incrustated ,earth1 and--if we can call his divine ancestor 8man0--is far older still4 ,even de ,mortillet himself seems to experience a vague distrust of the conclusions of modern ,archologists1 when he writes3 ,the prehistoric is a new science1 far1 very far1 from having said its last word47#afig7 ,according to ,lyell1 one of the highest authorities on the subject1 and the 8father0 of ,geology3 ,the expectation of always meeting with a lower type of human skull1 the older the formation in which it occurs1 is based on the theory of progressive development1 and it may prove to be sound2 nevertheless we must remember that as yet we have no distinct geological evidence that the appearance of what are called the inferior races of mankind has always preceded in chronological order that of the higher races47#afih7 ,nor has such evidence been found to this day4 ,science is thus offering for sale the skin of a bear1 which has hitherto never been seen by mortal eye6 ,this concession of ,lyell's reads most suggestively with the subjoined utterance of ,professor ,max ,mller1 whose attack on ,darwinian ,anthropology from the standpoint of language has1 by the way1 never been satisfactorily answered3 ,what do we know of savage tribes beyond the last chapter of their history8 ,compare this with the ,esoteric view of the ,australians1 ,bushmen1 as well as of ,palolithic ,european man1 the ,atlantean offshoots retaining a relic of a lost culture1 which throve when the parent ,root,race was in its prime4 ,do we ever get an insight into their antecedents8 ,can we ever understand what after all is everywhere the most important and the most instructive lesson to learn--how they have come to be what they are8444 ,their language proves1 indeed1 that these socalled heathens1 with their complicated systems of mythology1 their artificial customs1 their unintelligible whims and savageries1 are not the creatures of to day or yesterday4 ,unless we admit a special creation for these savages1 they must be as old as the ,hinds1 the ,greeks and ,romans far older 444 ,they may have passed through ever so many vicissitudes1 and what we consider as primitive1 may be1 for all we know1 a relapse into savagery or a corruption of something that was more rational and intelligible in former stages47#afii7 ,professor ,george ,rawlinson1 ,m4,a41 remarks3 8,the primeval savage0 is a familiar term in modern literature1 but there is no evidence that the primeval savage ever existed4 ,rather all the evidence looks the other way47#agjj7 ,in his ,origin of ,nations1 he rightly adds3 ,the mythical traditions of almost all nations place at the beginning of human history a time of happiness and perfection1 a 8golden age0 which has no features of savagery or barbarism1 but many of civilization and refinement47#agja7 ,how is the modern ,evolutionist to meet this consensus of evidence8 ,we repeat the question asked in ,isis ,unveiled3 ,does the finding of the remains in the cave of ,devon prove that there were no contemporary races then who were highly civilized8 ,when the present population of the ,earth has disappeared1 and some ,archologist belonging to the 8coming race0 of the distant future shall excavate the domestic implements of one of our ,indian or ,andaman ,island tribes1 will he be justified in concluding that mankind in the nineteenth century was 8just emerging from the ,stone age087#agjb7 ,another strange inconsistency in scientific theories is that ,neolithic man is shown as being far more of a primitive savage than ,palolithic4 ,either ,lubbock's ,prehistoric ,man1 or ,evans' ,ancient ,stone ,implements must be at fault1 or--both4 ,for this is what we learn from these works and others3 7#a7 ,as we pass from ,neolithic to ,palolithic man1 the stone implements become rude lumbering makeshifts1 instead of gracefully shaped and polished instruments4 ,pottery1 and other useful arts disappear as we descend the scale4 ,and yet the latter could engrave such a reindeer6 7#b7 ,palolithic man lived in caves which he shared with hynas and lions17#agjc7 whereas ,neolithic man dwelt in lakevillages and buildings4 ,every one who has followed even superficially the geological discoveries of our day1 knows that a gradual improvement in workmanship is found1 from the clumsy chipping and rude chopping of the early ,palolithic hatchets1 to the relatively graceful stone celts of that part of the ,neolithic period immediately preceding the use of metals4 ,but this is in ,europe1 only a few portions of which were barely rising from the waters in the days of the highest ,atlantean civilization4 ,there were rude savages and highly civilized people then1 as there are now4 ,if #ej1jjj years hence1 pigmy ,bushmen are exhumed from some ,african cavern together with far earlier pigmy elephants1 such as were found in the cave deposits of ,malta by ,milne ,edwards1 will that be a reason for maintaining that in our age all men and all elephants were pigmies8 ,or if the weapons of the ,veddhas of ,ceylon are found1 will our descendants be justified in setting us all down as ,palolithic savages8 ,all the articles which ,geologists now excavate in ,europe can certainly never date earlier than the close of the ,eocene age1 since the lands of ,europe were not even above water before that period4 ,nor can what we have said be in the least invalidated by theorists telling us that these quaint sketches of animals and men by ,palolithic man1 were executed only toward the close of the ,reindeer period--for this explanation would be a very lame one indeed1 in view of the ,geologists' ignorance of even the approximate duration of periods4 ,the ,esoteric ,doctrine teaches distinctly the dogma of the risings and falls of civilization2 and now we learn that3 ,it is a remarkable fact that cannibalism seems to have become more frequent as man advanced in civilization1 and that while its traces are frequent in ,neolithic times they become very scarce or altogether disappear in the age of the mammoth and the reindeer44447#agjd7 --another evidence of the cyclic law and the truth of our teachings4 ,esoteric history teaches that idols and their worship died out with the ,fourth ,race1 until the survivors of the hybrid races of the latter 7,chinamen1 ,african negroes1 etc47 gradually brought the worship back4 ,the ,vedas countenance no idols2 all the modern ,hind writings do4 ,in the early ,egyptian tombs1 and in the remains of the pre historic cities excavated by ,dr4 ,schliemann1 images of owl and oxheaded goddesses1 and other symbolical figures or idols1 are found in abundance4 ,but when we ascend into ,neolithic times1 such idols are no longer found1 or1 if found1 it is so rarely that archologists still dispute as to their existence 444 the only ones which may be said with some certainty to have been idols are one or two discovered by ,m4 de ,braye in some artificial caves of the ,neolithic period 444 which appear to be intended for female figures of life size47#agje7 ,and these may have been simply statues4 ,anyhow1 all this is one among the many proofs of the cyclic rise and fall of civilization and religion4 ,the fact that no traces of human relics or skeletons are so far found beyond ,post,tertiary or ,quaternary times--though ,abb ,bourgeois' flints may serve as a warning7#agjf7--seems to point to the truth of another ,esoteric statement1 which runs thus3 ,seek for the remains of thy forefathers in the high places4 ,the vales have grown into mountains and the mountains have crumbled to the bottom of the seas4 ,fourth ,race mankind1 thinned after the last cataclysm by twothirds of its population1 instead of settling on the new continents and islands that reppeared--while their predecessors formed the floors of new oceans--deserted that which is now ,europe and parts of ,asia and ,africa for the summits of gigantic mountains1 the seas that surrounded some of the latter having since 8retreated0 and made room for the table lands of ,central ,asia4 ,the most interesting example of this progressive march is perhaps afforded by the celebrated ,kent's ,cavern at ,torquay4 ,in that strange recess1 excavated by water out of the ,devonian limestone1 we find a most curious record preserved for us in the geological memoirs of the ,earth4 ,under the blocks of limestone1 which heaped the floor of the cavern1 were discovered1 embedded in a deposit of black earth1 many implements of the ,neolithic period of fairly excellent workmanship1 with a few fragments of pottery--possibly traceable to the era of the ,roman colonization4 ,there is no trace of ,palolithic man here4 ,no flints or traces of the extinct animals of the ,quaternary period4 ,when1 however1 we penetrate still deeper through the dense layer of stalagmite beneath the black mould into the red earth1 which1 of course1 itself once formed the pavement of the retreat1 things assume a very different aspect4 ,not one implement fit to bear comparison with the finelychipped weapons found in the overlying stratum is to be seen2 only a host of the rude and lumbering little hatchets 7with which the monstrous giants of the animal world were subdued and killed by little man1 we have to think87 and scrapers of the ,palolithic age1 mixed up confusedly with the bones of species now either extinct or emigrated1 driven away by change of climate4 ,it is the artificer of these ugly little hatchets1 you see1 who sculptured the reindeer over the brook1 on the antler as shown above6 ,in all cases we meet with the same evidence that1 from historic to ,neolithic and from ,neolithic to ,palolithic man1 things slope downwards on an inclined plane from the rudiments of civilization to the most abject barbarism--in ,europe again4 ,we are made also to face the 8,mammoth age0--the extreme or earliest division of the ,palolithic age--in which the great rudeness of implements reaches its maximum1 and the brutal 787 appearance of contemporary skulls1 such as the ,neanderthal1 points to a very low type of humanity4 ,but they may sometimes point also to something else2 to a race of men quite distinct from our 7,fifth ,race7 ,humanity4 ,as said by an ,anthropologist in ,modern ,thought3 ,the theory1 scientifically based or not1 of ,peyrre may be considered to be equivalent to that which divided man in two species4 ,broca1 ,virey1 and a number of the ,french anthropologists have recognized that the lower race of man1 comprising the ,australian1 ,tasmanian1 and ,negro race1 excluding the ,kaffirs and the ,northern ,africans1 should be placed apart4 ,the fact that in this species1 or rather subspecies1 the third lower molars are usually larger than the second1 and the squamosal and frontal bones are generally united by suture1 places the ,homo afer on the level of being as good a distinct species as many of the kinds of finches4 ,i shall abstain on the present occasion from mentioning the facts of hybridity1 whereon the late ,professor ,broca has so exhaustively commented4 ,the history1 in the past ages of the world1 of this race is peculiar4 ,it has never originated a system of architecture or a religion of its own47#agjg7 ,it is peculiar1 indeed1 as we have shown in the case of the ,tasmanians4 ,however it may be1 fossil man in ,europe can neither prove nor disprove the antiquity of man on this ,earth1 nor the age of his earliest civilizations4 ,it is time that the ,occultists should disregard any attempts to laugh at them1 scorning the heavy guns of the satire of the men of ,science as much as the popguns of the profane1 since it is impossible1 so far1 to obtain either proof or disproof1 while their theories can stand the test better than can the hypotheses of the ,scientists1 at any rate4 ,as to the proof of the antiquity which they claim for man1 they have ,darwin himself and ,lyell with them4 ,the latter confesses that they1 the ,naturalists-- ,have already obtained evidence of the existence of man at so remote a period that there has been time for many conspicuous mammalia1 once his contemporaries1 to die out1 and this even before the era of the earliest historical records47#agjh7 ,this is a statement made by one of ,england's great authorities upon the question4 ,the two sentences that follow are as suggestive1 and may well be remembered by students of ,occultism1 for with all others he says3 ,in spite of the long lapse of prehistoric ages during which he man must have flourished on earth1 there is no proof of any perceptible change in his bodily structure4 ,if1 therefore1 he ever diverged from some unreasoning brute ancestor1 we must suppose him to have existed at a far more distant epoch1 possibly on some continents or islands now submerged beneath the ocean4 ,thus lost continents are officially suspected4 ,that worlds1 and also races1 are periodically destroyed by fire 7volcanoes and earthquakes7 and water1 in turn1 and are periodically renewed1 is a doctrine as old as man4 ,manu1 ,hermes1 the ,chaldans1 all antiquity1 believed in this4 ,twice already has the face of the ,globe been changed by fire1 and twice by water1 since man appeared on it4 ,as land needs rest and renovation1 new forces1 and a change for its soil1 so does water4 ,thence arises a periodical redistribution of land and water1 change of climates1 etc41 all brought on by geological revolution1 and ending in a final change in the axis of the ,earth4 ,astronomers may poohpooh the idea of a periodical change in the behaviour of the ,globe's axis1 and smile at the conversation given in the ,book of ,enoch between ,noah and his 8grandfather0 ,enoch2 the allegory is1 nevertheless1 a geological and an astronomical fact4 ,there is a secular change in the inclination of the ,earth's axis1 and its appointed time is recorded in one of the great ,secret ,cycles4 ,as in many other questions1 ,science is gradually moving toward our way of thinking4 ,dr4 ,henry ,woodward1 ,f4,r4,s41 ,f4,g4,s41 writes in the ,popular ,science ,review3 ,if it be necessary to call in extramundane causes to explain the great increase of ice at this glacial period1 ,i would prefer the theory propounded by ,dr4 ,robert ,hooke in #afhh2 since1 by ,sir ,richard ,phillips and others2 and lastly by ,mr4 ,thomas ,belt1 ,c4,e41 ,f4,g4,s42 namely1 a slight increase in the present obliquity of the ecliptic1 a proposal in perfect accord with other known astronomical facts1 and the introduction of which involves no disturbance of the harmony which is essential to our cosmical condition as a unit in the great solar system47#agji7 ,the following1 quoted from a ,lecture by ,w4 ,pengelly1 ,f4,r4,s41 ,f4,g4,s41 delivered in ,march1 #ahhe1 on 8,the ,extinct ,lake of ,bovey ,tracey10 shows the hesitation1 in the face of every evidence in favour of ,atlantis1 to accept the fact4 ,evergreen figs1 laurels1 palms1 and ferns having gigantic rhizomes have their existing congeners in a subtropical climate1 such1 it cannot be doubted1 as prevailed in ,devonshire in ,miocene times1 and are thus calculated to suggest caution when the present climate of any district is regarded as normal4 ,when1 moreover1 ,miocene plants are found in ,disco ,island1 on the west coast of ,greenland1 lying between #fi #bj and #gj #cj ,n4 lat42 when we learn that among them were two species found also at ,bovey 7,sequoia couttsi1 ,quercus lyelli72 when1 to quote ,professor ,heer1 we find that 8the #8splendid evergreen' 7,magnolia inglefieldi7 #8ripened its fruits so far north as on the parallel of #gj' 0 7,phil4 ,trans41 clix4 #deg1 #ahfi72 when also the number1 variety1 and luxuriance of the ,greenland ,miocene plants are found to have been such that1 had land continued so far1 some of them would in all probability have flourished at the ,pole itself1 the problem of changes of climate is brought prominently into view1 but only to be dismissed apparently with the feeling that the time for its solution has not yet arrived4 ,it seems to be admitted on all hands that the ,miocene plants of ,europe have their nearest and most numerous existing analogues in ,north ,america1 and hence arises the question3 ,how was the migration from one area to the other effected8 ,was there1 as some have believed1 an ,atlantis8--a continent1 or an archipelago of large islands1 occupying the area of the ,north ,atlantic4 ,there is perhaps nothing unphilosophical in this hypothesis2 for since1 as geologists state1 8the ,alps have acquired #d1jjj1 and even in some places more than #aj1jjj feet of their present altitude since the commencement of the ,eocene period0 7,lyell's ,principles1 #aath ed41 p4 #bef1 #ahgb71 a ,post,miocene8 depression might have carried the hypothetical ,atlantis into almost abysmal depths4 ,but an ,atlantis is apparently unnecessary and uncalled for4 ,according to ,professor ,oliver1 8,a close and very peculiar analogy subsists between the ,flora of ,tertiary ,central ,europe and the recent ,floras of the ,american ,states and of the ,japanese region2 an analogy much closer and more intimate than is to be traced between the ,tertiary and recent ,floras of ,europe4 ,we find the ,tertiary element of the ,old ,world to be intensified towards its extreme eastern margin1 if not in numerical preponderance of genera1 yet in features which especially give a character to the ,fossil ,flora4444 ,this accession of the ,tertiary element is rather gradual and not abruptly assumed in the ,japan islands only4 ,although it there attains a maximum1 we may trace it from the ,mediterranean1 ,levant1 ,caucasus1 and ,persia 444 then along the ,himlaya and through ,china4444 ,we learn also that during the ,tertiary epoch1 counterparts of ,central ,european ,miocene genera certainly grew in ,north,west ,america4444 ,we note further that the present ,atlantic ,islands' ,flora affords no substantial evidence of a former direct communication with the mainland of the ,new ,world4444 ,the consideration of these facts lead me to the opinion that botanical evidence does not favour the hypothesis of an ,atlantis4 ,on the other hand1 it strongly favours the view that at some period of the ,tertiary epoch ,north,eastern ,asia was united to ,north,western ,america1 perhaps by the line where the ,aleutian chain of islands now extends40 7,nat4 ,hist4 ,rev41 ii4 #afd1 #ahfb1 ,art41 8,the ,atlantis ,hypothesis in its ,botanical ,aspect407 ,see1 however1 on these points1 8,scientific and ,geological ,proofs of the ,reality of ,several ,submerged ,continents40 ,but nothing short of a pithecoid man will ever satisfy the luckless searchers after the thrice hypothetical 8missing link40 ,yet1 if beneath the vast floors of the ,atlantic1 from the ,teneriffe ,pic to ,gibraltar1 the ancient emplacement of the lost ,atlantis1 all the submarine strata were to be broken up miles deep1 no such skull as would satisfy the ,darwinists would be found4 ,as ,dr4 ,c4 ,r4 ,bree remarks1 no missing links between man and ape having been discovered in various gravels and formations above the ,tertiary strata1 if these forms had gone down with the continents now covered with the sea1 they might still have been found-- ,in those beds of contemporary geological strata which have not gone down to the bottom of the sea47#agaj7 ,yet they are as fatally absent from the latter as from the former4 ,did not preconceptions fasten vampirelike on man's mind1 the author of ,the ,antiquity of ,man would have found a clue to the difficulty in that same work of his1 by going ten pages back 7to p4 #ecj7 and reading over a quotation of his own from ,professor ,g4 ,rolleston's work4 ,this ,physiologist1 he says1 suggests that as there is considerable plasticity in the human frame1 not only in youth and during growth1 but even in the adult1 we ought not always to take for granted1 as some advocates of the development theory seem to do1 that each advance in physical power depends on an improvement in bodily structure1 for why may not the soul1 or the higher intellectual and moral faculties play the first instead of the second part in a progressive scheme8 ,this hypothesis is made in relation to evolution not being entirely due to 8natural selection02 but it applies as well to the case in hand4 ,for we1 too1 claim that it is the 8,soul10 or the ,inner ,man1 that descends on ,earth first1 the psychic ,astral1 the mould on which physical man is gradually built--his ,spirit1 intellectual and moral faculties awakening later on as that physical stature grows and develops4 8,thus incorporeal spirits to smaller forms reduced their shapes immense10 and became the men of the ,third and the ,fourth ,races4 ,still later1 ages after1 appeared the men of our ,fifth ,race1 reduced from what we should call the still gigantic stature of their primeval ancestors1 to about half that size at present4 ,man is certainly no special creation4 ,he is the product of ,nature's gradual perfective work1 like any other living unit on this ,earth4 ,but this is only with regard to the human tabernacle4 ,that which lives and thinks in man and survives that frame1 the masterpiece of evolution--is the 8,eternal ,pilgrim10 the ,protean differentiation in ,space and ,time of the ,one ,absolute 8,unknowable40 ,in his ,antiquity of ,man7#agaa7 ,sir ,charles ,lyell quotes--perhaps in rather a mocking spirit--what ,hallam says in his ,introduction to the ,literature of ,europe3 ,if man was made in the image of ,god1 he was also made in the image of an ape4 ,the framework of the body of him who has weighed the stars and made the lightning his slave1 approaches to that of a speechless brute who wanders in the forests of ,sumatra4 ,thus standing on the frontier land between animal and angelic natures1 what wonder that he should partake of both67#agab7 ,an ,occultist would have put it otherwise4 ,he would say that man was indeed made in the image of a type projected by his progenitor1 the creating ,angel,force1 or ,dhyn ,chohan2 while the wanderer of the forest of ,sumatra was made in the image of man1 since the framework of the ape1 we say again1 is the revival1 the resuscitation by abnormal means1 of the actual form of the ,third ,round and of the ,fourth ,round ,man as well1 later on4 ,nothing is lost in ,nature1 not an atom3 this is at least certain on scientific data4 ,analogy would appear to demand that form should be equally endowed with permanency4 ,and yet what do we find8 ,says ,sir ,william ,dawson1 ,f4,r4,s43 ,it is farther significant that ,professor ,huxley1 in his lectures in ,new ,york1 while resting his case as to the lower animals mainly on the supposed genealogy of the horse1 which has often been shown to amount to no certain evidence1 avoided altogether the discussion of the origin of men from the apes1 now obviously complicated with so many difficulties that both ,wallace and ,mivart are staggered by them4 ,professor ,thomas in his recent lectures 7,nature1 #ahgf71 admits that there is no lower man known than the ,australian1 and that there is no known link of connection with the monkeys2 and ,hckel has to admit that the penultimate link in his phylogeny1 the apelike man1 is absolutely unknown 7,history of ,creation74444 ,the socalled 8tallies0 found with the bones of ,palocosmic men in ,european caves1 and illustrated in the admirable works of ,christy and ,lartet1 show that the rudiments even of writing were already in possession of the oldest race of men known to archology or geology47#agac7 ,again1 in ,dr4 ,c4 ,r4 ,bree's ,fallacies of ,darwinism1 we read3 ,mr4 ,darwin justly says that the difference physically and1 more especially1 mentally1 between the lowest form of man and the highest anthropomorphous ape1 is enormous4 ,therefore1 the time--which in ,darwinian evolution must be almost inconceivably slow--must have been enormous also during man's development from the monkey7#agad74 ,the chance1 therefore1 of some of these variations being found in the different gravels or freshwater formations above the tertiaries1 must be very great4 ,and yet not one single variation1 not one single specimen of a being between a monkey and a man has ever been found6 ,neither in the gravel1 not the driftclay1 nor the freshwater beds and gravel and drift1 nor in the tertiaries below them1 has there ever been discovered the remains of any member of the missing families between the monkey and the man1 as assumed to have existed by ,mr4 ,darwin4 ,have they gone down with the depression of the earth's surface and are they now covered with the sea8 ,if so1 it is beyond all probability that they should not also be found in those beds of contemporary geological strata which have not gone down to the bottom of the sea2 still more improbable that some portions should not be dredged from the oceanbed like the remains of the mammoth and the rhinoceros1 which are also found in freshwater beds and gravel and drift6444 ,the celebrated ,neanderthal skull1 about which so much has been said1 belongs confessedly to this remote period bronze and stone ages1 and yet presents1 although it may have been the skull of an idiot1 immense differences from the highest known anthropomorphous ape47#agae7 ,our ,globe being convulsed each time that it rewakens for a new period of activity1 like a field which has to be ploughed and furrowed before fresh seed for its new crop is thrown into it--it does seem quite hopeless that fossils belonging to its previous ,rounds should be found in the beds of either its oldest or its latest geological strata4 ,every new ,manvantara brings along with it the renovation of forms1 types and species2 every type of the preceding organic forms--vegetable1 animal and human--changes and is perfected in the next1 even to the mineral1 which has received in this ,round its final opacity and hardness2 its softer portions formed the present vegetation2 the astral relics of previous vegetation and fauna were utilized in the formation of the lower animals1 and in determining the structure of the primeval ,root,types of the highest mammalia4 ,and1 finally1 the form of the gigantic apeman of the former ,round has been reproduced in this one by human bestiality1 and transfigured into the parent form in the modern anthropoid4 ,this doctrine1 even imperfectly delineated as it is under our inefficient pen1 is assuredly more logical1 more consistent with facts1 and far more probable1 than many 8scientific0 theories2 that1 for instance1 of the first organic germ descending on a meteor to our ,earth--like ,ain ,suph on its ,vehicle1 ,adam ,kadmon4 ,only1 the latter descent is allegorical1 as every one knows1 and the ,kabalists have never offered this figure of speech for acceptance in its deadletter garb4 ,but the germinthemeteor theory1 as coming from such high scientific quarters1 is an eligible candidate for axiomatic truth and law1 a theory people are in honour bound to accept1 if they would be on a right level with ,modern ,science4 ,what the next theory necessitated by the materialistic premisses will be--no one can tell4 ,meanwhile1 the present theories1 as anyone can see1 clash far more discordantly among themselves than even with those of the ,occultists outside the sacred precincts of learning4 ,for what is there1 next in order1 now that exact ,science has made even of the lifeprinciple an empty word1 a meaningless term1 and insists that life is an effect due to the molecular action of the primordial protoplasm8 ,the new doctrine of the ,darwinists may be defined and summarized in the few words1 from ,mr4 ,herbert ,spencer3 ,the hypothesis of special creations turns out to be worthless--worthless1 by its derivation2 worthless1 in its intrinsic incoherence2 worthless1 as absolutely without evidence2 worthless1 as not supplying an intellectual need2 worthless1 as not satisfying a moral want4 ,we must1 therefore1 consider it as counting for nothing in opposition to any other hypothesis respecting the origin of organic beings47#agaf7 ,section ,v4 ,organic ,evolution and ,creative ,centres4 ,it is argued that ,universal ,evolution1 otherwise the gradual development of species in all the kingdoms of ,nature1 works by uniform laws4 ,this is admitted1 and the law is enforced far more strictly in ,esoteric than in ,modern ,science4 ,but we are also told1 that it is equally a law that3 ,development works from the less to the more perfect1 and from the simpler to the more complicated1 by incessant changes1 small in themselves1 but constantly accumulating in the required direction7#agag74 ,it is from the infinitesimally small that the comparatively gigantic species are produced4 ,esoteric ,science agrees with this1 but adds that this law applies only to what is known to it as the ,primary ,creation--the evolution of ,worlds from ,primordial ,atoms1 and the ,preprimordial ,,atom1 at the first differentiation of the former2 and that during the period of cyclic evolution in ,space and ,time1 this law is limited and works only in the lower kingdoms4 ,it did so work during the first geological periods1 from simple to complex1 on the rough material surviving from the relics of the ,third ,round1 which relics are projected into objectivity when terrestrial activity recommences4 ,no more than ,science1 does the ,esoteric ,philosophy admit 8design0 or 8special creation40 ,it rejects every claim to the 8miraculous10 and accepts nothing outside the uniform and immutable laws of ,nature4 ,but it teaches a cyclic law1 a double stream of ,force 7or ,spirit7 and of ,matter1 which1 starting from the ,neutral ,centre of ,being1 develops by its cyclic progress and incessant transformations4 ,the primitive germ from which all vertebrate life has developed throughout the ages1 being distinct from the primitive germ from which vegetable and animal life have evolved1 there are side laws whose work is determined by the conditions in which the materials to be worked upon are found by them1 and of which ,science--,physiology and ,anthropology especially--seems to be little aware4 ,its votaries speak of this 8primitive germ10 and maintain that it is shown beyond any doubt that3 ,the design and the 8designer01 if there be any in the case of man1 with the wonderful structure of his limbs1 and his hand especially1 must be placed very much farther back1 and is1 in fact1 involved in the primitive germ1 from which all vertebrate life certainly1 and probably all life1 animal or vegetable1 have been slowly developed47#agah7 ,this is as true of the 8primitive germ0 as it is false that that 8germ0 is only 8very much farther back0 than man is2 for it is at an immeasurable and inconceivable distance1 in ,time1 though not in ,space1 from the origin even of our ,solar ,system4 ,as the ,hind philosophy very justly teaches1 the 8,aniymsam ,anyasm10 can be known only through false notions4 ,it is the 8,many0 that proceed from the 8,one0--the living spiritual germs or centres of forces--each in a septenary form1 which first generate1 and then give the primary impulse to the law of evolution and gradual slow development4 ,limiting the teaching strictly to this our ,earth1 it may be shown that1 as the ethereal forms of the first ,men are first projected on seven zones by seven ,dhyn,chohanic ,centres of ,force1 so there are centres of creative power for every root or parent species of the host of forms of vegetable and animal life4 ,this is1 again1 no 8special creation10 nor is there any 8design10 except in the general 8groundplan0 worked out by the ,universal ,law4 ,but there are certainly 8designers10 though these are neither omnipotent nor omniscient in the absolute sense of the term4 ,they are simply ,builders1 or ,masons1 working under the impulse given them by the evertobeunknown 7on our plane7 ,master ,mason--the ,one ,life and ,law4 ,belonging to this sphere1 they have no hand in1 nor possibility of working on any other1 during the present ,manvantara1 at any rate4 ,that they work in cycles and on a strictly geometrical and mathematical scale of progression1 is what the extinct animal species amply demonstrate2 that they act by design in the details of minor lives 7of side animal issues1 etc47 is sufficiently proved by natural history4 ,in the 8creation0 of new species1 departing sometimes very widely from the parent stock1 as in the great variety of the genus ,felis--like the lynx1 the tiger1 the cat1 etc4--it is the 8designers0 who direct the new evolution by adding to1 or depriving the species of certain appendages1 either needed or becoming useless in the new environments4 ,thus1 when we say that ,nature provides for every animal and plant1 whether large or small1 we speak correctly4 ,for it is these terrestrial ,spirits of ,nature1 who form the aggregated ,nature--which1 if it fails occasionally in its design1 is neither to be considered blind1 nor to be taxed with the failure2 since1 belonging to a differentiated sum of qualities and attributes1 it is in virtue of that alone conditioned and imperfect4 ,were there no such thing as evolutionary cycles1 as an eternal spiral progress into ,matter with a proportionate obscuration of ,spirit 7though the two are one7 followed by an inverse ascent into ,spirit and the defeat of ,matter--active and passive by turn--how could we explain the discoveries of ,zoology and ,geology8 ,how is it that1 on the dictum of authoritative ,science1 one can trace the animal life from the mollusc up to the great seadragon1 from the smallest landworm up again to the gigantic animals of the ,tertiary period2 and that the latter were once crossed is shown by the fact of all those species decreasing1 dwindling down and becoming dwarfed4 ,if the seeming process of development working from the less to the more perfect1 and from the simpler to the more complex1 were a universal law indeed1 instead of being a very imperfect generalization of a mere secondary nature in the great cosmic process1 and if there were no such cycles as those claimed1 then the ,mesozoic fauna and flora ought to change places with the latest ,neolithic4 ,it is the plesiosauri and the ichthyosauri that we ought to find developing from the present sea and riverreptiles1 instead of these giving place to their dwarfed modern analogies4 ,it is1 again1 our old friend1 the goodtempered elephant1 that would be the fossil antediluvian ancestor1 and the mammoth of the ,pliocene age who would be in the menagerie2 the megalonyx and the gigantic megatherium would be found instead of the lazy sloth in the forests of ,south ,america1 in which the colossal ferns of the carboniferous periods would take the place of the mosses and the present trees--dwarfs1 even the giants of ,california1 in comparison with the ,titantrees of past geological periods4 ,surely the organisms of the megasthenian world of the ,tertiary and the ,mesozoic ages must have been more complex and perfect than those of the microsthenian plants and animals of the present age8 ,the dryopithecus1 for instance1 is more perfect anatomically1 is more fit for a greater development of brain power1 than the modern gorilla or gibbon4 ,how is all this1 then8 ,are we to believe that the constitution of all those colossal land and seadragons1 of the gigantic flying reptiles1 was not far more developed and complex than the anatomy of the lizards1 turtles1 crocodiles1 and even of the whales--in short1 of all those animals with which we are acquainted8 ,let us admit1 however1 for argument's sake1 that all those cycles1 races1 septenary forms of evolution1 and the tutti quanti of ,esoteric teaching1 are no better than a delusion and a snare4 ,let us agree with ,science and say that man--instead of being an imprisoned 8spirit10 and his vehicle1 the shell or body1 a gradually perfected and now complete mechanism for material and terrestrial uses1 as claimed by the ,occultists--is simply a more developed animal1 whose primal form emerged from one and the same primitive germ on this ,earth as the flying dragon and the gnat1 the whale and the amoeba1 the crocodile and the frog1 etc4 ,in this case1 he must have passed through the identical developments and through the same process of growth as all the other mammals4 ,if man is an animal1 and nothing more1 a highly intellectual 8exbrute10 he should at least be allowed to have been a gigantic mammal of his kind1 a 8meganthropus0 in his day4 ,this is exactly what ,esoteric ,science shows to have taken place in the first three ,rounds1 and in this1 as in most other things1 it is more logical and consistent than ,modern ,science4 ,it classifies the human body with the brute creation1 and maintains it in the path of animal evolution1 from first to last1 while ,science leaves man a parentless orphan born of sires unknown1 an 8unspecialized skeleton0 truly6 ,and this mistake is due to a stubborn rejection of the doctrine of cycles4 ,a4 ,the ,origin ,and ,evolution ,of ,the ,mammalia3 ,science ,and ,esoteric ,phylogeny4 ,having dealt almost exclusively with the question of the origin of man in the foregoing criticism of ,western ,evolutionism1 it may not be amiss to define the position of the ,occultists with regard to the differentiation of species4 ,the prehuman fauna and flora have been already dealt with generally in the ,commentary on the ,stanzas1 and the truth of much of modern biological speculation has been admitted1 e4g41 the derivation of birds from reptiles1 the partial truth of 8natural selection10 and the transformation theory generally4 ,it now remains to clear up the mystery of the origin of those first mammalian faun which ,m4 de ,quatrefages so brilliantly endeavours to prove contemporary with the ,homo primigenius of the ,secondary ,age4 ,the somewhat complicated problem relating to the 8,origin of ,species0--more especially of the varied groups of fossil or existing mammalian faun--will be rendered less obscure by the aid of a diagram4 ,it will then be apparent to what extent the 8factors of organic evolution10 relied upon by ,western ,biologists17#agai7 are to be considered as adequate to meet the facts4 ,the line of demarcation between ethereospiritual1 astral and physical evolution must be drawn4 ,perhaps1 if ,darwinians deigned to consider the possibility of the second process1 they would no longer have to lament the fact that3 ,we are referred entirely to conjecture and inference for the origin of the mammals67#agbj7 ,at present the admitted chasm between the systems of reproduction of the oviparous vertebrates and mammalia constitutes a hopeless crux to those thinkers who1 with the ,evolutionists1 seek to link all existing organic forms in a continuous line of descent4 ,let us take1 for instance1 the case of the ungulate mammals1 since it is said that in no other division do we possess such abundant fossil material4 ,so much progress has been made in this direction1 that in some instances the intermediate links between the modern and ,eocene ungulates have been unearthed2 a notable example being that of the complete proof of the derivation of the present onetoed horse from the threetoed anchitherium of the old ,tertiary4 ,this standard of comparison between ,western ,biology and the ,eastern ,doctrine could not1 therefore1 be improved upon4 ,the pedigree here utilized1 as embodying the views of ,scientists in general1 is that of ,schmidt1 based on the exhaustive researches of ,rtimeyer4 ,its approximate accuracy--from the standpoint of evolutionism--leaves little to be desired3 ,illustration3 ,ungulate ,mammals ,ungulate ,mammals ,at this1 the midway point of evolution1 ,science comes to a standstill4 ,the root to which these two families lead back is unknown47#agba7 ,illustration3 ,the ,root ,the ,root ,according to ,occultism ,schmidt's diagram represents the realm explored by ,western ,evolutionists1 the area in which climatic influences1 8natural selection10 and all the other physical causes of organic differentiation are present4 ,biology and ,palontology find their province here in investigating the many physical agencies which so largely contribute1 as has been shown by ,darwin1 ,spencer and others1 to the 8segregation of species40 ,but even in this domain the subconscious workings of the ,dhyn,chohanic wisdom are at the root of all the 8ceaseless striving towards perfection10 though its influence is vastly modified by those purely material causes which de ,quatrefages terms the 8milieu0 and ,spencer the 8environment40 ,the 8midway point of evolution0 is that stage where the astral prototypes definitely begin to pass into the physical1 and thus become subject to the differentiating agencies now operative around us4 ,physical causation supervenes immediately on the assumption of the 8coats of skin0--i4e41 the physiological equipment in general4 ,the forms of men and of other mammals previous to the separation of the sexes7#agbb7 are woven out of astral matter1 and possess a structure utterly unlike that of the physical organisms which eat1 drink1 digest1 etc4 ,the known physiological contrivances requisite for these functions were almost entirely evolved subsequently to the incipient physicalization of the seven ,root,types out of the astral--during the 8midway halt0 between the two planes of existence4 ,hardly had the 8groundplan0 of evolution been limned out in these ancestral types1 than there supervened the influence of the accessory terrestrial laws1 familiar to us1 resulting in the whole crop of mammalian species4 ons of slow differentiation were1 however1 required to effect this end4 ,the second diagram represents the domain of the purely astral prototypes previous to their descent into gross matter4 ,astral matter1 it must be noted1 is fourthstate matter1 having1 like our gross matter1 its own 8protyle40 ,there are several protyles in ,nature1 corresponding to the various planes of matter4 ,the two subphysical elemental kingdoms1 the plane of mind1 ,manas1 or fifthstate matter1 as also that of ,buddhi1 sixthstate matter1 are each and all evolved from one of the six protyles which constitute the basis of the ,object,universe4 ,the three 8states0 so called of our terrestrial matter1 known as the 8solid10 8liquid10 and 8gaseous10 are only1 in strict accuracy1 substates4 ,as to the former reality of the descent into the physical1 which culminated in physiological man and animal1 we have a palpable testimony in the fact of the socalled spiritualistic 8materializations40 ,in all these instances a complete temporary mergence of the astral into the physical takes place4 ,the evolution of physiological man out of the astral races of the early ,lemurian age--the ,jurassic age of ,geology--is exactly paralleled by the 8materialization0 of 8spirits0 787 in the sance room4 ,in the case of ,professor ,crookes' 8,katie ,king10 the presence of a physiological mechanism--heart1 lungs1 etc4--was indubitably demonstrated6 ,this1 in a way1 is the ,archetype of ,goethe4 ,listen to his words3 ,thus much we should have gained 444 all the nine perfect organic beings 444 are formed according to an archetype which merely fluctuates more or less in its very persistent parts and1 moreover1 day by day1 completes and transforms itself by means of reproduction4 ,this is a seemingly imperfect foreshadowing of the ,occult fact of the differentiation of species from the primal astral ,root,types4 ,whatever the whole posse comitatus of 8natural selection10 etc41 may effect1 the fundamental unity of structural plan remains practically unaffected by all subsequent modifications4 ,the 8unity of type0 common1 in a sense1 to all the animal and human kingdoms1 is not1 as ,spencer and others appear to hold1 a proof of the consanguinity of all organic forms1 but a witness to the essential unity of the 8groundplan0 ,nature has followed in fashioning her creatures4 ,to sum up the case we may again avail ourselves of a tabulation of the actual factors concerned in the differentiation of species4 ,the stages of the process itself need no further comment here1 for they follow the basic principles underlying organic development1 and we do not need to enter on the domain of the biological specialist4 ,,factors ,,concerned ,,in ,,the ,,origin ,,of ,,species1 ,,animal ,,and ,,vegetable4 ,basic astral prototypes pass into the physical1 the ,dhyn,chohanic impulse1 constituting ,lamarck's 8inherent and necessary0 law of development4 ,it lies behind all minor agencies3 variation transmitted by ,heredity1 ,natural ,selection1 ,sexual ,selection ,physiological ,selection1 ,isolation4 ,correlation of ,growth1 ,adaptation to ,environment4 7,intelligent as opposed to ,mechanical ,causation47 ,b4 ,the ,european ,palolithic ,races3 ,whence1 ,and ,how ,distributed4 ,is ,science opposed to those who maintain that1 down to the ,quaternary period1 the distribution of the human races was widely different from what it is now8 ,is ,science against those who1 further1 maintain that the fossil men found in ,europealthough they have almost reached a plane of sameness and unity which continues till this day1 regarded from the fundamental physiological and anthropological aspects--still differ1 sometimes greatly1 from the type of the now existing populations8 ,the late ,m4 ,littr admits this in an article published by him in the ,revue des ,deux ,mondes 7,march #ast1 #ahei7 on the ,mmoire called ,antiquits ,celtiques et ,antediluviennes by ,boucher de ,perthes 7#ahdi74 ,littr therein states that3 7a7 in these periods when the mammoths1 exhumed in ,picardy in company with manmade hatchets1 lived in the latter region1 there must have been an eternal spring reigning over all the terrestrial globe27#agbc7 nature was the contrary of what it is now1 and thus is left an enormous margin for the antiquity of those 8periods02 he then adds 7b73 ,spring1 ,professor of the ,faculty of ,medicine at ,lige1 found in a grotto near ,namur1 in the mountain of ,chauvaux1 numerous human bones 8of a race quite distinct from ours40 ,skulls exhumed in ,austria offer a great analogy with those of negro races in ,africa1 according to ,littr1 while others1 discovered on the shores of the ,danube and the ,rhine1 resemble the skulls of the ,caribs and of the ancient inhabitants of ,peru and ,chili4 ,still1 the ,deluge1 whether ,biblical or ,atlantean1 is denied4 ,but further geological discoveries made ,gaudry write conclusively3 ,our forefathers were positively contemporaneous with the rhinoceros tichorrhinus1 the hippopotamus major4 ,and he added that the soil called diluvial in geology-- ,was formed partially at least after man's apparition on earth4 ,upon this1 ,littr pronounced himself finally4 ,he then showed the necessity1 in face of 8the resurrection of so many old witnesses10 of rehandling all the origins1 all the durations1 and added that there was an age hitherto unknown to study-- ,either at the dawn of the actual epoch1 or1 as ,i believe1 at the beginning of the epoch which preceded it4 ,the types of the skulls found in ,europe are of two kinds1 as is well known3 the orthognathous and the prognathous1 or the ,caucasian and the ,negroid types--such as are now found only among the ,african and the lower savage tribes4 ,professor ,heer--who argues that the facts of ,botany necessitate the hypothesis of an ,atlantis--has shown that the plants of the ,neolithic lakevillagers are mainly of ,african origin4 ,how did these plants appear in ,europe if there were no former point of union between ,europe and ,africa8 ,how many thousand years ago did the seventeen men live whose skeletons were exhumed in the department of the ,haute ,garonne1 in a squatting posture near the remains of a coal fire1 with some amulets and broken crockery around them1 and in company with the ursus spelus1 the elephas primigenius1 the aurochs 7regarded by ,cuvier as a distinct species71 the megaceros hibernicus--all antediluvian mammals8 ,certainly they must have lived in a most distant epoch1 but not in one which carries us further back than the ,quaternary4 ,a much greater antiquity for man has yet to be proved4 ,dr4 ,james ,hunt1 the late ,president of the ,anthropological ,society1 puts it at nine million years4 ,this man of ,science1 at any rate1 makes some approach to our ,esoteric computation1 if we leave out of the computation the first two semihuman1 ethereal ,races1 and the early ,third ,race4 ,the question1 however1 arises--who were these ,palolithic men of the ,european ,quaternary epoch8 ,were they aboriginal1 or were they the outcome of some immigration dating back into the unknown past8 ,the latter is the only tenable hypothesis1 as all ,scientists agree in eliminating ,europe from the category of possible 8cradles of mankind40 ,whence1 then1 radiated the various successive streams of 8primitive0 men8 ,the earliest ,paleolithic men in ,europe--about whose origin ,ethnology is silent1 and whose very characteristics are but imperfectly known1 though expatiated on as 8apelike0 by imaginative writers such as ,mr4 ,grant ,allen--were of pure ,atlantean and 8,africo0,atlantean stocks47#agbd7 7,it must be borne in mind that by this time the ,atlantean ,continent itself was a dream of the past47 ,europe in the ,quaternary epoch was very different from the ,europe of today1 being then only in process of formation4 ,it was united to ,northern ,africa--or rather to what is now ,northern ,africa--by a neck of land running across the present ,straits of ,gibraltar--,northern ,africa thus constituting as it were an extension of the present ,spain1 while a broad sea filled the great basin of the ,sahara4 ,of the vast ,atlantis1 the main bulk of which sank in the ,miocene1 there remained only ,ruta and ,daitya and a stray island or so4 ,the ,atlantean connections of the forefathers7#agbe7 of the ,palolithic cavemen are evidenced by the upturning of fossil skulls in ,europe1 reverting closely to the type of the ,west ,indian ,carib and ancient ,peruvian--a mystery indeed for all those who refuse to sanction the 8hypothesis0 of a former ,atlantic continent to bridge what is now an ocean4 ,what are we also to make of the fact that while de ,quatrefages points to that 8magnificent race10 the tall ,cro ,magnon cavemen1 and to the ,guanches of the ,canary ,islands1 as representatives of one type1 ,virchow also allies the ,basques with the latter in a similar way8 ,professor ,retzius independently proves the relationship of the aboriginal ,american dolichocephalous tribes and these same ,guanches4 ,the several links in the chain of evidence are thus securely joined together4 ,legions of similar facts could be adduced4 ,as to the ,african tribes--themselves diverging offshoots of ,atlanteans modified by climate and conditions--they crossed into ,europe over the peninsula which made the ,mediterranean an inland sea4 ,fine races were many of these ,european cavemen1 as the ,cro,magnon1 for instance4 ,but1 as was to be expected1 progress is almost nonexistent through the whole of the vast period allotted by ,science to the ,chipped,stone age47#agbf7 ,the cyclic impulse downwards weighs heavily on the stocks thus transplanted--the incubus of the ,atlantean ,karma is upon them4 ,finally1 ,palolithic man makes room for his successor--and disappears almost entirely from the scene4 ,professor ,andr ,lefvre asks in this connection3 ,has the ,polished succeeded the ,chipped,stone ,age by an imperceptible transition1 or was it due to an invasion of brachycephalous ,kelts8 ,but whether the deterioration produced in the populations of ,la ,vzre was the result of violent crossings1 or of a general retreat northwards in the wake of the reindeer1 is of little moment to us4 ,he continues3 ,meantime the bed of the ocean has been upheaved1 ,europe is now fully formed1 her flora and fauna are fixed4 ,with the taming of the dog begins the pastoral life4 ,we enter on those polished stone and bronze periods1 which succeed each other at irregular intervals1 which even overlap one another in the midst of ethnical migrations and fusions1 at once more confused and of shorter duration than less advanced and more rudimentary ages4 ,the primitive ,european populations are interrupted in their special evolution1 and without perishing1 become absorbed in other races1 engulfed1 as it were1 by the successive waves of migration overflowing from ,africa1 possibly from a lost ,atlantis 8 far too late by ons of years and from prolific ,asia4 ,on the one hand came the ,iberians1 on the other ,pelasgians1 ,ligurians1 ,sicanians1 ,etruscans--all forerunners of the great ryan ,invasion ,fifth ,race47#agbg7 ,section ,,vi4 ,giants1 ,civilizations1 and ,submerged ,continents ,traced in ,history4 ,when statements such as are comprised in the above heading are brought forward1 the writer is1 of course1 expected to furnish historical instead of legendary evidence in support of such claims4 ,is this possible8 ,yes2 for evidence of such a nature is plentiful1 and has simply to be collected and brought together in order to become overwhelming in the eyes of the unprejudiced4 ,once the sagacious student gets hold of the guiding thread he may find out such evidence for himself4 ,we give facts and show landmarks2 let the wayfarer follow them4 ,what is adduced here is amply sufficient for this century4 ,in a letter to ,voltaire1 ,bailly finds it quite natural that the sympathies of the 8grand old invalid of ,ferney0 should be attracted to the representatives of 8knowledge and wisdom10 the ancient ,brhmans4 ,he then adds a curious statement4 ,he says3 ,but your ,brhmans are very young in comparison with their archaic instructors47#agbh7 ,bailly1 who knew nought of the ,esoteric teachings1 nor of ,lemuria1 believed1 nevertheless1 unreservedly in the lost ,atlantis1 and also in several prehistoric and civilized nations which had disappeared without leaving any undeniable trace4 ,he had studied the ancient classics and traditions extensively1 and he saw that the ,arts and ,sciences known to those we now call the 8ancients10 were-- ,not the achievements of any of the now or even then existing nations1 nor of any of the historical peoples of ,asia4444 and that1 notwithstanding the learning of the ,hinds1 their undeniable priority in the early part of their race had to be referred to a people or a race still more ancient and more learned than were even the ,brhmans themselves47#agbi7 ,voltaire1 the greatest sceptic of his day1 the materialist par excellence1 shared ,bailly's belief4 ,he thought it quite likely that3 ,long before the empires of ,china and ,india1 there had been nations cultured1 learned1 and powerful1 which a deluge of barbarians overpowered and thus replunged into their primitive state of ignorance and savagery1 or what they call the state of pure nature47#agcj7 ,that which with ,voltaire was the shrewd conjecture of a great intellect1 was with ,bailly a 8question of historical facts40 ,for1 he wrote3 ,i make great case of ancient traditions preserved through a long series of generations4 ,it was possible1 he thought1 that a foreign nation should1 after instructing another nation1 so disappear that it should leave no traces behind4 ,when asked how it could have happened that this ancient1 or rather archaic1 nation should not have left at least some recollection in the human mind1 he answered that ,time was a pitiless devourer of facts and events4 ,but the history of the ,past was never entirely lost1 for the ,sages of old ,egypt had preserved it1 and 8it is so preserved to this day elsewhere40 ,the priests of ,sas said to ,solon1 according to ,plato3 ,you are unacquainted with that most noble and excellent race of men1 who once inhabited your country1 from whom you and your whole present state are descended17#agca7 though only a small remnant of this admirable people is now remaining4444 ,these writings relate what a prodigious force your city once overcame1 when a mighty warlike power1 rushing from the ,atlantic sea1 spread itself with hostile fury over all ,europe and ,asia47#agcb7 ,the ,greeks were but the dwarfed and weak remnant of that once glorious nation47#agcc7 ,what was this nation8 ,the ,secret ,doctrine teaches that it was the latest seventh subrace of the ,atlantean1 already swallowed up in one of the early subraces of the ryan stock1 one that had been gradually spreading over the continent and islands of ,europe1 as soon as they had begun to emerge from the seas4 ,descending from the high plateaux of ,asia1 where the two races had sought refuge in the days of the agony of ,atlantis1 it had been slowly settling and colonizing the freshly emerged lands4 ,the immigrant subrace had rapidly increased and multiplied on that virgin soil2 had divided into many family races1 which in their turn divided into nations4 ,egypt and ,greece1 the ,phnicians1 and the ,northern stocks1 had thus proceeded from that one subrace4 ,thousands of years later1 other races--the remnants of the ,atlanteans--8yellow and red1 brown and black10 began to invade the new continent4 ,there were wars in which the new comers were defeated1 and they fled1 some to ,africa1 others to remote countries4 ,some of these lands became islands in course of time1 owing to new geological convulsions4 ,being thus forcibly separated from the continents1 the result was that the undeveloped tribes and families of the ,atlantean stock fell gradually into a still more abject and savage condition4 ,did not the ,spaniards in the ,cibola expeditions meet with white savage chiefs2 and has not the presence of ,african negro types in ,europe in the prehistoric ages been now ascertained8 ,it is this presence of a foreign type associated with that of the negro1 and also with that of the ,mongolian1 which is the stumblingblock of ,anthropology4 ,the individual who lived at an incalculably distant period at ,la ,naulette1 in ,belgium1 is an example4 ,says an ,anthropologist3 ,the caves on the banks of the ,lesse1 in ,south,eastern ,belgium1 afford evidence of what is1 perhaps1 the lowest man1 as shown by the ,naulette jaw4 ,such man1 however1 had amulets of stone1 perforated for the purpose of ornament2 these are made of a psammite now found in the basin of the ,gironde47#agcd7 ,thus ,belgian man was extremely ancient4 ,the man who was antecedent to the great flood of waters--which covered the highlands of ,belgium with a deposit of lehm or upland gravel thirty metres above the level of the present rivers--must have combined the characters of the ,turanian and the ,negro4 ,the ,canstadt1 or ,la ,naulette1 man may have been black1 and he had nothing to do with the ryan type whose remains are contemporary with those of the cave bear at ,engis4 ,the denizens of the ,aquitaine bonecaves belong to a far later period of history1 and may not be as ancient as the former4 ,if the statement be objected to on the ground that ,science does not deny the presence of man on ,earth from an enormous antiquity1 though that antiquity cannot be determined1 since such presence is conditioned by the duration of geological periods1 the age of which is not ascertained2 if it is argued that the ,scientists object most decidedly to the claim that man preceded the animals1 for instance2 or that civilization dates from the earliest ,eocene period2 or again1 that there have ever existed giants1 threeeyed and fourarmed and fourlegged men1 androgynes1 etc4--then the objectors are asked in their turn1 8,how do you know8 ,what proof have you besides your personal hypotheses1 each of which may be upset any day by new discoveries80 ,and these future discoveries are sure to prove that1 whatever this earlier type of man known to ,anthropologists may have been in complexion1 he was in no respect apish4 ,the ,canstadt man1 the ,engis man1 alike possessed essentially human attributes47#agce7 ,people have looked for the missing link at the wrong end of the chain2 and the ,neanderthal man has long since been dismissed to the 8limbo of all hasty blunders40 ,disraeli divided man into the associates of the apes and the angels4 ,reasons are here given in favour of an 8angelic theory0--as ,christians would call it1 as applicable to at least some of the races of men4 ,at all events1 if man be held to exist only since the ,miocene period1 even then humanity as a whole could not be composed of the abject savages of the ,palolithic age1 as they are now represented by the ,scientists4 ,all they say is mere arbitrary speculative guesswork1 invented by them to answer to1 and fit in with1 their own fanciful theories4 ,we speak of events hundreds of thousands of years old1 nay1 even millions of years old--if man date from the geological periods7#agcf7--not of any of those events which happened during the few thousand years of the pre historic margin allowed by timid and evercautious history4 ,yet there are men of ,science who are almost of our way of thinking4 ,from the brave confession of the ,abb ,brasseur de ,bourbourg1 who says that3 ,traditions1 whose traces recur in ,mexico1 in ,central ,america1 in ,peru1 and in ,bolivia1 suggest the idea that man existed in these different countries at the time of the gigantic upheaval of the ,andes1 and that he has retained the memory of it-- down to the latest ,palontologists and ,anthropologists1 the majority of scientific men is in favour of just such an antiquity4 propos of ,peru1 has any satisfactory attempt been made to determine the ethnological affinities and characteristics of the race which reared those ,cyclopean erections1 the ruins of which display the relics of a great civilization8 ,at ,cuelap1 for instance1 such are found1 consisting-- ,of a wall of wrought stones1 #c1fjj feet long1 #efj broad1 and #aej feet high1 constituting a solid mass with a level summit4 ,on this mass was another1 #fjj feet long1 #ejj broad1 and #aej feet high1 making an aggregate height of #cjj feet4 ,in it were rooms and cells47#agcg7 ,a most suggestive fact is the startling resemblance between the architecture of these colossal buildings and that of the archaic ,european nations4 ,mr4 ,fergusson regards the analogies between the ruins of 8,inca0 civilization and the ,cyclopean remains of the ,pelasgians in ,italy and ,greece1 as a coincidence-- ,the most remarkable in the history of architecture4444 ,it is difficult to resist the conclusion that there may be some relation between them4 ,the 8relation0 is simply explained by the derivation of the stocks who devised these erections1 from a common centre in an ,atlantic continent4 ,the acceptance of the latter can alone assist us to approach a solution of this and similar problems in almost every branch of ,modern ,science4 ,dr4 ,lartet1 treating upon the subject1 settles the question by declaring that3 ,the truth1 so long contested1 of the coxistence of man with the great extinct species elephas primigenius1 rhinoceros tichorrhinus1 hyna spela1 ursus spelus1 etc41 appears to me to be henceforth unassailable and definitely conquered by science47#agch7 ,it is shown elsewhere that such is also de ,quatrefages' opinion4 ,he says3 ,man has in all probability seen ,miocene times7#agci7 and consequently the entire ,pliocene epoch4 ,are there any reasons for believing that his traces will be found further back still8444 ,he may then have been contemporaneous with the earliest mammalia1 and go back as far as the ,secondary period47#agdj7 ,egypt is far older than ,europe as now traced on the map4 ,atlantoryan tribes began to settle on it when the ,british ,islands7#agda7 and ,france were not even in existence4 ,it is well known that 8the tongue of the gyptian ,sea10 or the ,delta of lower ,egypt1 became firm land very gradually1 and followed the highlands of ,abyssinia2 unlike the latter1 which arose suddenly1 comparatively speaking1 it was very slowly formed1 through long ages1 from successive layers of seaslime and mud1 deposited annually by the soil brought down by a large river1 the present ,nile4 ,yet even the ,delta1 as a firm and fertile land1 has been inhabited for more than #ajj1jjj years4 ,later tribes1 with still more ryan blood in them than their predecessors1 arrived from the ,east1 and conquered it from a people whose very name is lost to posterity1 except in the ,secret ,books4 ,it is this natural barrier of slime1 which sucked in slowly and surely every boat that approached those inhospitable shores1 that was1 till within a few thousand years ,b4,c41 the best safeguard of the later ,egyptians1 who had managed to reach it through ,arabia1 ,abyssinia1 and ,nubia1 led on by ,manu ,vn in the day of ,vishvmitra47#agdb7 ,so evident does the antiquity of man become with every day1 that even the ,church is preparing for an honourable surrender and retreat4 ,the learned ,abb ,fabre1 professor at the ,sorbonne1 has categorically declared that prehistoric ,palontology and ,archology may1 without any harm to the ,scriptures1 discover in the ,tertiary beds as many traces as they please of ,pre,adamite man4 ,since it disregards all creations anterior to the last deluge but one that which produced the diluvium1 according to the ,abb1 ,bible revelation leaves us free to admit the existence of man in the grey diluvium1 in ,pliocene1 and even ,eocene strata4 ,on the other hand1 however1 geologists are not all agreed on regarding the men who inhabited the globe in these primitive ages as our ancestors47#agdc7 ,the day on which the ,church shall find that its only salvation lies in the ,occult interpretation of the ,bible may not be so far off as some imagine4 ,already many an ,abb and ecclesiastic has become an ardent ,kabalist1 and as many appear publicly in the arena1 breaking a lance with ,theosophists and ,occultists in support of the metaphysical interpretation of the ,bible4 ,but they commence1 unfortunately for them1 at the wrong end4 ,they are advised1 before they begin to speculate upon the metaphysical in their ,scriptures1 to study and master that which relates to the purely physical--e4g41 its hints on ,geology and ,ethnology4 ,for such allusions to the septenary constitution of the ,earth and ,man1 to the seven ,rounds and ,races1 abound in the ,new as in the ,old ,testament1 and are as visible as the ,sun in the heavens to him who reads both symbolically4 ,to what do the laws in chapter xxiii of ,leviticus apply8 ,what is the philosophy of reason for all such hebdomadal offerings and symbolical calculations as3 ,ye shall count 444 from the morrow after the ,sabbath 444 that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering2 seven ,sabbaths shall be complete4444 ,and ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish1 etc47#agdd7 ,we shall be contradicted1 no doubt1 when we say that all these 8wave0 and 8peace0 offerings were in commemoration of the seven 8,sabbaths0 of the ,mysteries4 ,these ,sabbaths are seven ,pralayas between seven ,manvantaras1 or what we call ,rounds2 for 8,sabbath0 is an elastic word1 meaning a period of rest of whatever nature1 as explained elsewhere4 ,and if this is not sufficiently conclusive1 then we may turn to the verse which adds3 ,even unto the morrow after the seventh ,sabbath shall ye number fifty days fortynine1 #g #g1 stages of activity1 and fortynine stages of rest1 on the seven ,globes of the ,chain1 and then comes the rest of ,sabbath1 the fiftieth2 and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the ,lord47#agde7 ,that is1 ye shall make an offering of your flesh or 8coats of skin10 and1 divesting yourselves of your bodies1 ye shall remain pure spirits4 ,this law of offering1 degraded and materialized with ages1 was an institution that dated from the earliest ,atlanteans2 it came to the ,hebrews vi the 8,chaldees10 who were the 8wise men0 of a caste1 not of a nation1 a community of great ,adepts come from their 8,serpentholes10 who had settled in ,babylonia ages before4 ,and if this interpretation from ,leviticus 7full of the disfigured ,laws of ,manu7 is found too farfetched1 then turn to ,revelation4 ,whatever interpretation profane mystics may give to the famous chapter xvii1 with its riddle of the woman in purple and scarlet2 whether ,protestants nod at the ,roman ,catholics1 when reading 8,mystery1 ,babylon the ,great1 the ,mother of ,harlots and ,abominations of the ,earth10 or ,roman ,catholics glare at the ,protestants1 the ,occultists pronounce1 in their impartiality1 that these words have applied from the first to all and every exoteric ,churchianity--8ceremonial magic0 of old1 with its terrible effects1 and now the harmless1 because distorted1 farce of ritualistic worship4 ,the 8mystery0 of the woman and of the beast1 are the symbols of soulkilling ,churchianity and of ,superstition4 ,the beast that 444 was1 and is not1 444 and yet is4 ,and here is the mind which hath wisdom4 ,the seven heads are seven mountains seven ,continents and seven ,races on which the woman sitteth-- the symbol of all the exoteric1 barbarous1 idolatrous faiths which have covered that symbol 8with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs0 who protested and do protest4 ,and there are seven kings seven ,races2 five are fallen our ,fifth ,race included1 and one is the ,fifth continues1 and the other the ,sixth and the ,seventh ,races is not yet come2 and when he the ,race 8king0 cometh1 he must continue a short space47#agdf7 ,there are many such apocalyptic allusions1 but the student has to find them out for himself4 ,if the ,bible combines with ,archology and ,geology to show that human civilization has passed through three more or less distinct stages1 in ,europe at least2 and if man1 both in ,america and ,europe1 as much as in ,asia1 dates from geological epochs--why should not the statements of ,the ,secret ,doctrine be taken into consideration8 ,is it more philosophical or logical and scientific to disbelieve1 with ,mr4 ,albert ,gaudry1 in ,miocene man1 while believing that the famous ,thenay flints7#agdg7 8were carved by the dryopithecus monkey02 or1 with the ,occultist1 that the anthropomorphous monkey came ages after man8 ,for if it is once conceded1 and even scientifically demonstrated1 that3 ,there was not in the middle of the ,miocene epoch a single species of mammal identical with species now extant7#agdh7 --and that man was then just as he is now2 only taller1 and more athletic than we are7#agdi7--then where is the difficulty8 ,that they could hardly be the descendants of monkeys1 which are themselves not traced before the ,miocene epoch17#agej7 is1 on the other hand1 testified to by several eminent ,naturalists3 ,thus1 in the savage of quaternary ages1 who had to fight against the mammoth with stone weapons for arms1 we find all those craniological characters generally considered as the sign of great intellectual development47#agea7 ,unless man emerged spontaneously1 endowed with all his intellect and wisdom1 from his brainless catarrhine ancestor1 he could not have acquired such brain within the limits of the ,miocene period1 if we are to believe the learned ,abb ,bourgeois4 ,as to the matter of giants1 though the tallest man hitherto found in ,europe among fossils is the 8,mentone man0 7#f;ft4 #h;in471 others may yet be excavated4 ,nilsson1 quoted by ,lubbock1 states that3 ,in a tomb of the ,neolithic age 444 a skeleton of extraordinary size was found in #ahjg4 ,it was attributed to a king of ,scotland1 ,albus ,mc,galdus4 ,and if in our own day we occasionally find men and women from #g;ft4 to even #i;ft4 and #aa ft4 high1 this only proves--on the law of atavism1 or the reppearance of ancestral features of character--that there was a time when #i;ft4 and #aj;ft4 was the average height of humanity1 even in our latest ,indo,european race4 ,but as the subject has been sufficiently treated elsewhere1 we may pass on to the ,lemurians and the ,atlanteans1 and see what the old ,greeks knew of these early races and what the moderns now know4 ,the great nation mentioned by the ,egyptian priests1 from which descended the forefathers of the ,greeks of the age of ,troy1 and which1 as averred1 had fought with the ,atlantic race1 was then1 as we see1 assuredly no race of ,palolithic savages4 ,nevertheless1 even in the days of ,plato1 with the exception of priests and initiates1 no one seems to have preserved any distinct recollection of the preceding races4 ,the earliest ,egyptians had been separated from the latest ,atlanteans for ages upon ages2 they were themselves descended from an alien race1 and had settled in ,egypt some #djj1jjj years before17#ageb7 but their ,initiates had preserved all the records4 ,even so late as the time of ,herodotus1 they had still in their possession the statues of #cda kings who had reigned over their little ,atlanto,aryan subrace47#agec7 ,if we allow only twenty years as an average figure for the reign of each king1 the duration of the ,egyptian ,empire has to be pushed back1 from the days of ,herodotus1 about #ag1jjj years4 ,bunsen allowed the great ,pyramid an antiquity of #bj1jjj years4 ,more modern ,archologists will not give it more than #e1jjj1 or at the utmost #f1jjj years1 and generously concede to ,thebes1 with its hundred gates1 #g1jjj years from the date of its foundation4 ,and yet there are records which show ,egyptian priests--,initiates--journeying in a northwesterly direction1 by land1 vi what became later the ,straits of ,gibraltar2 turning ,north and travelling through the future ,phnician settlements of ,southern ,gaul2 then still further ,north1 until reaching ,carnac 7,morbihan7 they turned to the ,west again and arrived1 still travelling by land1 on the north western promontory of the ,new ,continent47#aged7 ,what was the object of their long journey8 ,and how far back must we place the date of such visits8 ,the ,archaic ,records show the ,initiates of the second subrace of the ryan family moving from one land to the other for the purpose of supervising the building of menhirs and dolmens1 of colossal ,zodiacs in stone1 and places of sepulchre to serve as receptacles for the ashes of generations to come4 ,when did this occur8 ,the fact of their crossing from ,france to ,great ,britain by land may give an idea of the date when such a journey could have been performed on terra firma4 ,it was when3 ,the level of the ,baltic and of the ,north ,sea was #djj feet higher than it is at the present day4 ,the valley of the ,somme was not hollowed to the depth it has now attained2 ,sicily was joined to ,africa1 ,barbary to ,spain4 ,carthage1 the ,pyramids of ,egypt1 the palaces of ,uxmal and ,palenque were not yet in existence1 and the bold navigators of ,tyre and ,sidon1 who at a later date were to undertake their perilous voyages along the coasts of ,africa1 were yet unborn4 ,what we know with certainty is that ,european man was contemporaneous with the extinct species of the quaternary epoch 444 that he witnessed the upheaval of the ,alps7#agee7 and the extension of the glaciers1 in a word that he lived for thousands of years before the dawn of the remotest historical traditions4 ,it is even possible that man was the contemporary of extinct mammalia of species yet more ancient 444 of the elephas meridionalis of the sands of ,st4 ,prest1 or at the least of the elephas antiquus1 assumed to be prior to the elephas primigenius1 since their bones are found in company with carved flints in several ,english caves1 associated with those of the rhinoceros hemitechus and even of the machairodus latidens1 which is of still earlier date4 ,m4 ,ed4 ,lartet is also of opinion that there is nothing really impossible in the existence of man as early as the ,tertiary period47#agef7 ,if 8there is nothing impossible0 scientifically1 in the idea1 and it may be admitted that man was already in existence as early as the ,tertiary period1 then it is just as well to remind the reader that ,mr4 ,croll places the beginning of that period #b1ejj1jjj years back2 but there was a time when he assigned to it #ae1jjj1jjj years4 ,and if all this may be said of ,european man1 how great is the antiquity of the ,lemuro,atlantean and of the ,atlantoryan man8 ,every educated person who follows the progress of ,science1 knows how all vestiges of man during the ,tertiary period are received4 ,the calumnies that were poured on ,desnoyers in #ahfc1 when he announced to the ,institute of ,france that he had made a discovery ,in the undisturbed ,pliocene sands of ,st4 ,prest near ,chartres1 proving the coxistence of man and the elephas meridionalis-- were equal to the occasion4 ,the later discovery1 in #ahfg1 by the ,abb ,bourgeois1 that man lived in the ,miocene epoch1 and the reception it was given at the ,prehistoric ,congress held at ,brussels in #ahgb1 proves that the average man of ,science will see only that which he wishes to see47#ageg7 ,the modern ,archologist1 though speculating ad infinitum upon the dolmens and their builders1 knows1 in fact1 nothing either of them or of their origin4 ,yet these weird and often colossal monuments of unhewn stones--which consist generally of four or seven gigantic blocks placed together--are strewn over ,asia1 ,europe1 ,america1 and ,africa1 in groups or rows4 ,stones of enormous size are found placed horizontally and variously upon two1 three1 four1 and as in ,poitou1 upon six and seven blocks4 ,people name them 8devil's altars10 druidic stones1 and giant tombs4 ,the stones of ,carnac in ,morbihan1 ,brittany--nearly a mile in length and numbering #aa1jjj ranged in eleven rows--are twin sisters of those at ,stonehenge4 ,the conical menhir of ,lochmariaker1 in ,morbihan1 measures twenty yards in length and nearly two yards across4 ,the menhir of ,champ ,dolent 7near ,st4 ,malo7 rises thirty feet above the ground1 and is fifteen feet in depth below4 ,such dolmens and prehistoric monuments are met with in almost every latitude4 ,they are found in the ,mediterranean basin2 in ,denmark 7among the local tumuli from twentyseven to thirtyfive feet in height72 in ,shetland2 in ,sweden1 where they are called ,ganggriften 7or tombs with corridors72 in ,germany1 where they are known as the giant tombs 7,hnengrben72 in ,spain1 where is the dolmen of ,antiguera near ,malaga2 in ,africa2 in ,palestine and ,algeria2 in ,sardinia1 with the ,nuraghi and ,sepolture dei ,giganti1 or tombs of giants2 in ,malabar2 in ,india1 where they are called the tombs of the ,daityas 7,giants7 and of the ,rkshasas1 the ,mendemons of ,lank2 in ,russia and ,siberia1 where they are known as the ,koorgan2 in ,peru and ,bolivia1 where they are termed the ,chulpas or burial places1 etc4 ,there is no country from which they are absent4 ,who built them8 ,why are they all connected with serpents and dragons1 with alligators and crocodiles8 ,because remains of 8,palolithic man0 were1 it is thought1 found in some of them1 and because1 in the funeral mounds of ,america1 bodies of later races were discovered with the usual paraphernalia of bone necklaces1 weapons1 stone and copper urns1 etc41 they are1 therefore1 ancient tombs6 ,but surely the two famous mounds--one in the ,mississippi valley and the other in ,ohio--known respectively as the 8,alligator ,mound0 and the 8,great ,serpent ,mound10 were never meant for tombs47#ageh7 ,yet one is told authoritatively that the mounds1 and the mound or dolmen builders1 are all 8,pelasgic0 in ,europe1 antecedent to the ,incas in ,america1 yet not of 8extremely distant times40 ,they are built by 8no race of dolmen builders10 who never existed save in the earlier archological fancy 7opinion of ,de ,mortillet1 ,bastian1 and ,westropp74 ,finally ,virchow's opinion of the giant tombs of ,germany is now accepted as an axiom4 ,says that ,german ,biologist3 ,the tombs alone are gigantic1 and not the bones they contain4 ,and ,archology has but to bow and submit to the decision47#agei7 ,that no gigantic skeletons have been hitherto found in the 8tombs0 is no reason for saying that the remains of giants were never in them4 ,cremation was universal till a comparatively recent period--some #hj1jjj or #ajj1jjj years ago4 ,the real giants1 moreover1 were nearly all drowned with ,atlantis4 ,nevertheless1 classical writers1 as we have shown elsewhere1 often speak of giant skeletons being excavated in their day4 ,moreover1 human fossils may be counted on the fingers1 as yet4 ,no skeleton ever yet found is older than between #ej1jjj or #fj1jjj years17#agfj7 and man's size was reduced from #ae to #aj or #ab feet1 from the time of the third subrace of the ryan stock1 which subrace--born and developed in ,europe and ,asia ,minor under new climates and conditions--had become ,european4 ,since then1 as we have said1 it has been steadily decreasing4 ,it is truer1 therefore1 to say that the tombs alone are archaic1 and not necessarily the bodies of men occasionally found in them2 and that those tombs1 since they are gigantic1 must have contained giants17#agfa7 or rather the ashes of generations of giants4 ,nor were all such cyclopean structures intended for sepulchres4 ,it is with the socalled ,druidical remains1 such as ,carnac in ,brittany and ,stonehenge in ,great ,britain1 that the travelling ,initiates above alluded to had to do4 ,and these gigantic monuments are all symbolic records of the ,world's history4 ,they are not ,druidical1 but universal4 ,nor did the ,druids build them1 for they were only the heirs of the cyclopean lore left to them by generations of mighty builders and--8magicians10 both good and bad4 ,it will always be a subject of regret that ,history1 rejecting priori the actual existence of giants1 has preserved to us so little of the records of antiquity concerning them4 ,yet in nearly every ,mythology--which after all is ,ancient ,history--the giants play an important part4 ,in the old ,norse ,mythology1 the giants1 ,skrymir and his brethren1 against whom the sons of the ,gods fought1 were potent factors in the histories of deities and men4 ,the modern exegesis1 that makes these giants the brethren of the dwarfs1 and reduces the combats of the ,gods to the history of the development of the ryan ,race1 will only receive credence amongst the believers in the ryan theory as expounded by ,max ,mller4 ,granting that the ,turanian races were typified by the dwarfs 7,dwergar71 and that a dark1 roundheaded1 and dwarfish race was driven northward by the fairfaced ,scandinavians1 or sir1 the ,gods being like unto men1 there still exists neither in history nor in any other scientific work any anthropological proof whatever of the existence in ,time or ,space of a race of giants4 ,yet that such exist1 relatively and de facto side by side with dwarfs1 ,schweinfurth can testify4 ,the ,nyam,nyam of ,africa are regular dwarfs1 while their next neighbours1 several tribes of comparatively fair complexioned ,africans1 are giants when confronted with the ,nyam,nyams1 and very tall even among ,europeans1 for their women are all above six and a half feet high4 ,in ,cornwall and in ancient ,britain the traditions of these giants are1 on the other hand1 excessively common2 they are said to have lived even down to the time of ,king ,arthur4 ,all this shows that giants lived to a later date amongst the ,celtic than among the ,teutonic peoples4 ,if we turn to the ,new ,world1 we have traditions of a race of giants of ,tarija on the eastern slopes of the ,andes and in ,ecuador1 who combated ,gods and men4 ,these old beliefs1 which term certain localities 8,los ,campos de los ,gigantes10 the 8,fields of ,giants10 are always concomitant with the existence of ,pliocene mammalia and the occurrence of ,pliocene raised beaches4 8,all the giants are not under ,mount ,ossa10 and it would be poor ,anthropology indeed that would restrict the traditions of giants to ,greek and ,bible mythologies4 ,slavonian countries1 ,russia especially1 teem with legends about the ,bogaterey 7mighty giants7 of old2 and ,slavonian folklore1 most of which has served for the foundation of national histories1 the oldest songs1 and the most archaic traditions1 speaks of the giants of old4 ,thus we may safely reject the modern theory that would make of the ,titans mere symbols standing for cosmic forces4 ,they were real living men1 whether twenty or only twelve feet high4 ,even the ,homeric heroes1 who1 of course1 belonged to a far more recent period in the history of the races1 appear to have wielded weapons of a size and weight beyond the strength of the strongest men of modern times4 ,not twice ten men the mighty bulk could raise1 ,such men as live in these degenerate days4 ,if the fossil footprints at ,carson1 ,nevada1 ,u4,s4,a41 are human1 they indicate gigantic men1 and of their genuineness there can remain no doubt4 ,it is to be deplored that the modern and scientific evidence for gigantic men should rest on footprints alone4 ,over and over again1 the skeletons of hypothetical giants have been identified with those of elephants and mastodons4 ,but all such blunders before the days of ,geology1 and even the traveller's tales of ,sir ,john ,mandeville1 who says that he saw giants fiftysix feet high1 in ,india1 only show that belief in the existence of giants has never1 at any time1 died out of the thoughts of men4 ,that which is known and accepted is1 that several races of gigantic men have existed and left distinct traces4 ,in the ,journal of the ,anthropological ,institute7#agfb7 such a race is shown as having existed at ,palmyra and possibly in ,midian1 exhibiting cranial forms quite different from those of the ,jews4 ,it is not improbable that another such race existed in ,samaria1 and that the mysterious people who built the stone circles in ,galilee1 hewed ,neolithic flints in the ,jordan valley1 and preserved an ancient ,semitic language quite distinct from the square ,hebrew character1 were of very large stature4 ,the ,english translations of the ,bible can never be relied upon1 even in their modern revised forms4 ,they tell us of the ,nephilim1 translating the word by 8giants10 and further adding that they were 8hairy0 men1 probably the large and powerful prototypes of the later satyrs so eloquently described by patristic fancy2 some of the ,church ,fathers assuring their admirers and followers that they had themselves seen these 8satyrs0--some alive1 others 8pickled0 and 8preserved40 ,the word 8giants0 being once adopted as a synonym of ,nephilim1 the commentators have since identified them with the sons of ,anak4 ,the filibusters who seized on the ,promised ,land found a prexisting population far exceeding their own in stature1 and called it a race of giants4 ,but the races of really gigantic men had disappeared ages before the birth of ,moses4 ,these tall people existed in ,canaan1 and even in ,bashan1 and may have had representatives in the ,nabatheans of ,midian4 ,they were of far greater stature than the undersized ,jews4 ,four thousand years ago their cranial conformation and large stature separated them from the children of ,heber4 ,forty thousand years ago their ancestors may have been of still more gigantic size1 and four hundred thousand years earlier they must have been in proportion to men in our days as the ,brobdingnagians were to the ,lilliputians4 ,the ,atlanteans of the middle period were called the 8,great ,dragons10 and the first symbol of their tribal deities1 when the 8,gods0 and the ,divine ,dynasties had forsaken them1 was that of a giant serpent4 ,the mystery veiling the origin and the religion of the ,druids is as great as that of their supposed fanes to the modern ,symbologist1 but not to the initiated ,occultists4 ,their priests were the descendants of the last ,atlanteans1 and what is known of them is sufficient to allow the inference that they were ,eastern priests1 akin to the ,chaldans and ,indians1 though little more4 ,it may be inferred that they symbolized their deity as the ,hinds do their ,vishnu1 as the ,egyptians did their ,mystery ,god1 and as the builders of the ,ohio great ,serpent ,mound worshipped theirs--namely under the form of the 8,mighty ,serpent10 the emblem of the eternal deity ,time--the ,hind ,kla4 ,pliny called them the 8,magi of the ,gauls and ,britons40 ,but they were more than that4 ,the author of ,indian ,antiquities finds much affinity between the ,druids and the ,brhmans of ,india4 ,dr4 ,borlase points to a close analogy between them and the ,magi of ,persia27#agfc7 others will see an identity between them and the ,orphic priesthood of ,thrace--simply because they were connected1 in their ,esoteric ,teachings1 with the universal ,wisdom ,religion1 and thus presented affinities with the exoteric worship of all4 ,like the ,hinds1 the ,greeks and ,romans--we speak of the ,initiates--the ,chaldees and the ,egyptians1 the ,druids believed in the doctrine of a succession of 8worlds10 as also in that of seven 8creations0 7of new continents7 and transformations of the face of the ,earth1 and in a seven fold night and day for each ,earth or ,globe4 ,wherever the serpent with the egg is found1 there this tenet was surely present4 ,their ,dracontia are a proof of it4 ,this belief was so universal that1 if we seek for it in the ,esotericism of various religions1 we shall discover it in all4 ,we shall find it among the ryan ,hinds and ,mazdeans1 the ,greeks1 the ,latins1 and even among the old ,jews and early ,christians1 whose modern stocks hardly comprehend now what they read in their ,scriptures4 ,in the ,book of ,god we read3 ,the world1 says ,seneca1 being melted and having rentered into the bosom of ,jupiter1 this god continues for some time totally concentred in himself and remains concealed1 as it were1 wholly immersed in the contemplation of his own ideas4 ,afterwards we see a new world spring from him1 perfect in all its parts4 ,animals are produced anew4 ,an innocent race of men is formed4 ,and again1 speaking of a mundane dissolution as involving the destruction or death of all1 he teaches us that3 ,when the laws of nature shall be buried in ruin1 and the last day of the world shall come1 the ,southern ,pole shall crush1 as it falls1 all the regions of ,africa1 and the ,north ,pole shall overwhelm all the countries beneath its axis4 ,the affrighted ,sun shall be deprived of its light2 the palace of heaven falling to decay shall produce at once both life and death1 and some kind of dissolution shall equally seize upon all the deities1 who thus shall return into their original chaos47#agfd7 ,one might imagine oneself reading the ,paurnic account by ,parshara of the great ,pralaya4 ,it is nearly the same thing1 idea for idea4 ,has ,christianity nothing of the kind8 ,it has1 we say4 ,let the reader open any ,english ,bible and read chapter iii of the ,second ,epistle of ,peter1 and he will find there the same ideas3 ,there shall come in the last days scoffers 444 saying1 ,where is the promise of his coming8 for since the fathers fell asleep1 all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation4 ,for this they willingly are ignorant of1 that by the word of ,god the heavens were of old1 and the earth standing out of the water and in the water3 whereby the world that then was1 being overflowed with water1 perished3 but the heavens and the earth which are now1 by the same word are kept in store1 reserved unto fire 444 the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved1 and the elements shall melt with fervent heat4 ,nevertheless we 444 look for new heavens and a new earth47#agfe7 ,if the interpreters choose to see in this a reference to the creation1 the deluge1 and the promised coming of ,christ1 when they shall live in a ,new ,jerusalem in ,heaven1 this is no fault of 8,peter40 ,what the writer of the ,epistle meant was the destruction of this ,fifth ,race of ours by subterranean fires and inundations1 and the appearance of new continents for the ,sixth ,root,race4 ,for the writers of the ,epistles were all learned in symbology if not in science4 ,it has been mentioned elsewhere that the belief in the septenary constitution of our ,chain was the oldest tenet of the early ,iranians1 who got it from the first ,zarathushtra4 ,it is time to prove it to those ,parss who have lost the key to the meaning of their ,scriptures4 ,in the ,avesta the ,earth is considered septempartite and tripartite at one and the same time4 ,this is regarded by ,dr4 ,geiger as an incongruity1 for the following reasons1 which he calls discrepancies4 ,the ,avesta speaks of the three thirds of the ,earth because the ,rig ,veda mentions3 ,three earths4444 ,three strata or layers1 one lying above the other1 are said to be meant by this47#agff7 ,but he is quite mistaken1 as are all exoteric profane translators4 ,the ,avesta has not borrowed the idea from the ,rig ,veda1 but simply repeats the ,esoteric ,teaching4 ,the 8three strata or layers0 do not refer to our ,globe alone1 but to three layers of the ,globes of our ,terrestrial ,chain--two by two1 on each plane1 one on the descending1 the other on the ascending arc4 ,thus1 with reference to the six ,spheres or ,globes above our ,earth1 the seventh and the fourth1 the ,earth is septempartite1 while with regard to the planes over our plane--it is tripartite4 ,this meaning is carried out and corroborated by the text of the ,avesta1 and even by the speculations--most laborious and unsatisfactory guesswork--of the translators and commentators4 ,it thus follows that the division of the ,earth1 or rather the ,earth's ,chain1 into seven ,karshvars is not in contradiction with the three 8zones10 if this word is read 8planes40 ,as ,geiger remarks1 this septenary division is very old--the oldest of all--since the ,gthas already speak of the 8septempartite earth407#agfg7 ,for3 ,according to the statements of the later ,pars ,scriptures1 the seven ,krshvars are to be considered as completely disconnected parts of the earth which they surely are4 ,for between them there flows the ocean1 so that it is impossible1 as stated in several passages1 to pass from one ,krshvar to another47#agfh7 ,the 8,ocean0 is ,space1 of course1 for the latter was called 8,waters of ,space0 before it was known as ,ether4 ,moreover1 the word ,karshvar is consistently rendered as ,dvpa1 and ,hvaniratha is rendered by ,jambudvpa 7,neryosangh1 the translator of the ,yasna747#agfi7 ,but this fact is not taken into account by the ,orientalists1 and therefore we find even such a learned ,zoroastrian and ,pars by birth as the translator of ,dr4 ,geiger's work1 passing unnoticed and without a word of comment sundry remarks of the former on the 8incongruities0 of this kind abounding in the ,mazdean ,scriptures4 ,one of such 8incongruities0 and 8concidences0 concerns the similarity of the ,zoroastrian with the ,indian tenet with regard to the seven ,dvpas--islands1 or continents1 rather--as met with in the ,purnas1 namely3 ,the ,dvpas form concentric rings1 which1 separated by the ocean1 surround ,jambudvpa1 which is situated in the centre1 and according to the ,iranian view1 the ,krshvar ,qaniratha is likewise situated in the centre of the rest1 they form no concentric circles1 but each of them the six other ,karshvars is a peculiar individual space1 and so they group themselves round above ,qaniratha47#aggj7 ,now ,qaniratha--better ,hvaniratha--is not1 as believed by ,geiger and his translator1 8the country inhabited by the ,irnian tribes10 and 8the other names0 do not mean 8the adjacent territories of foreign nations in the ,north1 ,south1 ,west1 and ,east10 but signify our ,globe or ,earth4 ,for that which is meant by the sentence which follows the last quoted1 namely1 that3 ,two1 ,vorubarshti and ,voruzarshti1 lie in the ,north2 two1 ,vidadhafshu and ,tradadhafshu1 in the ,south2 ,savahi and ,arzahi in the ,east and ,west --is simply the very graphic and accurate description of the ,chain of our ,planet1 the ,earth1 represented in the ,book of ,dzyan 7#aa7 thus3 ,illustration3 ,the ,chain of ,earth ,the ,mazdean names given above have only to be replaced by those used in the ,secret ,doctrine to present us with the ,esoteric tenet4 ,the 8,earth0 7our world7 is tripartite1 because the ,chain of the ,worlds is situated on three different planes above our ,globe2 and it is septempartite because of the seven ,globes or ,spheres which compose the ,chain4 ,hence the further meaning given in ,vendidd 7xix4 #ci71 showing that3 ,qaniratha alone is combined with imat1 8this0 7earth71 while all other ,karshvares are combined with the word 8avat10 8that0 or those--upper earths4 ,nothing could be plainer4 ,the same may be said of the modern comprehension of all other ancient beliefs4 ,the ,druids1 then1 understood the meaning of the ,sun in ,taurus1 when1 all other fires being extinguished on the first of ,november1 their sacred and inextinguishable fires alone remained to illumine the horizon1 like those of the ,magi and the modern ,zoroastrians4 ,and like the early ,fifth ,race and later ,chaldees1 like the ,greeks1 and again like the ,christians--who do the same to this day1 without suspecting the real meaning--they greeted the ,morning ,star1 the beautiful ,venus,lucifer47#agga7 ,strabo speaks of an island near to ,britannia3 ,where ,ceres and ,persephone were worshipped with the same rites as in ,samothrace and this island was ,sacred ,ierna7#aggb7-- where a perpetual fire was lit4 ,the ,druids believed in the rebirth of man1 not as ,lucian explains3 ,that the same spirit shall animate a new body1 not here1 but in a different world-- but in a series of rencarnations in this same world2 for as ,diodorus says1 they declared that the souls of men1 after determinate periods1 would pass into other bodies47#aggc7 ,these tenets came to the ,fifth ,race ryans from their predecessors of the ,fourth ,race1 the ,atlanteans4 ,they had piously preserved the teachings1 which told them how their parent ,root,race1 becoming with every generation more arrogant1 owing to the acquisition of superhuman powers1 had been gradually gliding toward its end4 ,those records reminded them of the giant intellect of the preceding races as well as of their giant size4 ,we find the repetition of those records in every age of history1 in almost every old fragment which has descended to us from antiquity4 lian preserved an extract from ,theophrastus written during the days of ,alexander the ,great4 ,it is a dialogue between ,midas1 the ,phrygian1 and ,silenus4 ,the former is told of a continent that had existed in times of old1 so immense1 that ,asia1 ,europe and ,africa seemed like poor islands compared with it4 ,it was the last to produce animals and plants of gigantic magnitudes4 ,there1 said ,silenus1 men grew to double the size of the tallest man in his 7the narrator's7 time1 and they lived till they were twice as old4 ,they had wealthy cities with temples1 and one of such cities held more than a million of inhabitants in it1 gold and silver being found there in great abundance4 ,grote's suggestion that ,atlantis was but a myth arisen from a mirage--clouds on a dazzling sky taking the appearance of islands on a golden sea--is too disingenuous to be further noticed4 ,a4 ,some ,statements ,about ,the ,sacred ,islands ,and ,continents ,in ,the ,classics1 ,explained ,esoterically4 ,all that which precedes was known to ,plato1 and to many others4 ,but as no ,initiate had the right to divulge and declare all he knew1 posterity got only hints4 ,aiming more to instruct as a ,moralist than as a ,geographer and ,ethnologist or ,historian1 the ,greek ,philosopher merged the history of ,atlantis1 which covered several million years1 into one event which he located on one comparatively small island #c1jjj stadia long by #b1jjj wide 7or about #cej miles by #bjj1 which is about the size of ,ireland72 whereas the priests spoke of ,atlantis as a continent vast as 8all ,asia and ,lybia0 put together47#aggd7 ,but1 however altered in its general aspect1 ,plato's narrative bears the impress of truth upon it47#agge7 ,it was not he who invented it1 at any rate1 since ,homer1 who preceded him by many centuries1 also speaks in his ,odyssey of the ,atlantes--who are our ,atlanteans--and of their island4 ,therefore the tradition was older than the bard of ,ulysses4 ,the ,atlantes and the ,atlantides of ,mythology are based upon the ,atlantes and the ,atlantides of ,history4 ,both ,sanchuniathon and ,diodorus have preserved the histories of those heroes and heroines1 however much their accounts may have become mixed up with the mythical element4 ,in our own day we witness the extraordinary fact that such comparatively recent personages as ,shakspere and ,william ,tell are all but denied1 an attempt being made to show one to be a nom de plume1 and the other a person who never existed4 ,what wonder then1 that the two powerful ,races--the ,lemurians and the ,atlanteans--have been merged into and identified1 in time1 with a few half mythical peoples1 who all bore the same patronymic4 ,herodotus speaks of the ,atlantes--a people of ,western ,africa--who gave their name to ,mount ,atlas3 who were vegetarians1 and 8whose sleep was never disturbed by dreams02 and who1 moreover1 ,daily cursed the sun at his rising and at his setting because his excessive heat scorched and tormented them4 ,these statements are based upon moral and psychic facts and not on physiological disturbance4 ,the story of ,atlas gives the key to this4 ,if the ,atlanteans never had their sleep disturbed by dreams1 it is because that particular tradition is concerned with the earliest ,atlanteans1 whose physical frame and brain were not yet sufficiently consolidated1 in the physiological sense1 to permit the nervous centres to act during sleep4 ,with regard to the other statement--that they daily 8cursed the sun0--this again had nothing to do with the heat1 but with the moral degeneration that grew with the ,race4 ,it is explained in our ,commentaries4 ,they the sixth subrace of the ,atlanteans used magic incantations even against the ,sun-- failing in which they cursed it4 ,the sorcerers of ,thessaly were credited with the power of calling down the ,moon1 as ,greek history assures us4 ,the ,atlanteans of the later period were renowned for their magic powers and wickedness1 their ambition and defiance of the ,gods4 ,thence the same traditions1 taking form in the ,bible1 about the antediluvian giants and the ,tower of ,babel1 and found also in the ,book of ,enoch4 ,diodorus records another fact or two3 the ,atlanteans boasted of possessing the land in which all the ,gods had received their birth2 as also of having had ,uranus for their first ,king1 he being also the first to teach them ,astronomy4 ,very little more than this has come down to us from antiquity4 ,the myth of ,atlas is an allegory easily understood4 ,atlas is the old ,continents of ,lemuria and ,atlantis1 combined and personified in one symbol4 ,the poets attribute to ,atlas1 as to ,proteus1 a superior wisdom and a universal knowledge1 and especially a thorough acquaintance with the depths of the ocean2 for both ,continents bore ,races instructed by divine ,masters1 and both were transferred to the bottom of the seas1 where they now slumber until their next reppearance above the waters4 ,atlas is the son of an ocean nymph1 and his daughter is ,calypso--the 8watery deep40 ,atlantis has been submerged beneath the waters of the ocean1 and its progeny is now sleeping its eternal sleep on the ocean floors4 ,the ,odyssey makes of him the guardian and the 8sustainer0 of the huge pillars that separate the ,heavens from the ,earth4 ,he is their 8supporter40 ,and as both ,lemuria1 destroyed by submarine fires1 and ,atlantis1 submerged by the waves1 perished in the ocean deeps17#aggf7 ,atlas is said to have been compelled to leave the surface of the ,earth1 and join his brother ,iapetus in the depths of ,tartarus47#aggg7 ,sir ,theodore ,martin is right in interpreting this allegory as meaning3 ,atlas standing on the solid floor of the inferior hemisphere of the universe1 and thus carrying at the same time the disc of the earth and the celestial vault--the solid envelope of the superior hemisphere47#aggh7 ,for ,atlas is ,atlantis1 which supports the new continents and their horizons on its 8shoulders40 ,decharme1 in his ,mythologie de la ,grce ,antique1 expresses a doubt as to the correctness of ,pierron's translation of the ,homeric word by sustinet1 as it is not possible to see3 ,how ,atlas can support or bear at once several pillars situated in various localities4 ,if ,atlas were an individual it would be an awkward translation4 ,but1 as he personifies a ,continent in the ,west said to support ,heaven and ,earth at once17#aggi7 i4e41 the feet of the giant tread the earth while his shoulders support the celestial vault--an allusion to the gigantic peaks of the ,lemurian and ,atlantean ,continents--the epithet 8supporter0 becomes very correct4 ,the term conservator for the ,greek word 1 which ,decharme1 following ,sir ,theodore ,martin1 understands as meaning and 1 does not render the same sense4 ,the conception was certainly due to the gigantic mountain chain running along the terrestrial border or disc4 ,these mountain peaks plunged their roots into the very bottom of the seas1 while they raised their heads heavenward1 their summits being lost in the clouds4 ,the ancient continents had more mountains than valleys on them4 ,atlas and the ,teneriffe ,peak1 now two of the dwarfed relics of the two lost ,continents1 were thrice as lofty during the day of ,lemuria and twice as high in that of ,atlantis4 ,thus1 the ,lybians called ,mount ,atlas the 8,pillar of ,heaven10 according to ,herodotus17#aghj7 and ,pindar qualified the later tna as the 8,celestial ,pillar407#agha7 ,atlas was an inaccessible island peak in the days of ,lemuria1 when the ,african continent had not yet been raised4 ,it is the sole ,western relic which survives1 independent1 belonging to the ,continent on which the ,third ,race was born1 developed and fell17#aghb7 for ,australia is now part of the ,eastern ,continent4 ,proud ,atlas1 according to ,esoteric tradition1 having sunk onethird of its size into the waters1 its two parts remained as an heirloom of ,atlantis4 ,this again was known to the priests of ,egypt and to ,plato himself1 the solemn oath of secrecy1 which extended even to the mysteries of ,neo ,platonism1 alone preventing the whole truth from being told47#aghc7 ,so secret was the knowledge of the last island of ,atlantis1 indeed--on account of the superhuman powers possessed by its inhabitants1 the last direct descendants of the ,gods or ,divine ,kings1 as it was thought--that to divulge its whereabouts and existence was punished by death4 ,theopompus says as much in his eversuspected ,meropis1 when he speaks of the ,phnicians as being the only navigators in the seas which wash the ,western coast of ,africa2 who did it with such mystery that very often they sunk their own vessels to make the too inquisitive foreigners lose all trace of them4 ,there are ,orientalists and ,historians--and they form the majority--who1 while feeling quite unmoved at the rather crude language of the ,bible1 and some of the events narrated in it1 show great disgust at the 8immorality0 in the ,pantheons of ,india and ,greece47#aghd7 ,we may be told that before them ,euripides1 ,pindar1 and even ,plato1 express the same disgust2 that they too felt irritated with the tales invented--8those miserable stories of the poets10 as ,euripides phrases it47#aghe7 ,but there may have been another reason for this1 perhaps4 ,to those who knew that there was more than one key to ,theogonic ,symbolism1 it was a mistake to have expressed it in a language so crude and misleading4 ,for if the educated and learned ,philosopher could discern the kernel of wisdom under the coarse rind of the fruit1 and knew that the latter concealed the greatest laws and truths of psychic and physical nature1 as well as the origin of all things--not so with the uninitiated profane4 ,for him the deadletter was religion2 the interpretation--sacrilege4 ,and this dead letter could neither edify nor make him more perfect1 seeing that such an example was given him by his ,gods4 ,but to the ,philosopher--especially the ,initiate--,hesiod's ,theogony is as historical as any history can be4 ,plato accepts it as such1 and gives out as much of its truths as his pledges permitted4 ,the fact that the ,atlantes claimed ,uranus for their first king1 and that ,plato commences his story of ,atlantis by the division of the great ,continent by ,neptune1 the grandson of ,uranus1 shows that there were continents before ,atlantis and kings before ,uranus4 ,for ,neptune1 to whose lot the great ,continent fell1 finds on a small island only one human couple made of clay--i4e41 the first physical human man1 whose origin began with the last subraces of the ,third ,root,race4 ,it is their daughter ,clito that the ,god marries1 and it is his eldest son ,atlas who receives for his part the mountain and the continent which were called by his name47#aghf7 ,now all the ,gods of ,olympus1 as well as those of the ,hind ,pantheon and the ,rishis1 were the septiform personations 7#a7 of the ,noumena of the ,intelligent ,powers of ,nature2 7#b7 of ,cosmic ,forces2 7#c7 of ,celestial ,bodies2 7#d7 of ,gods or ,dhyn ,chohans2 7#e7 of ,psychic and ,spiritual ,powers2 7#f7 of ,divine ,kings on ,earth1 or the incarnations of the ,gods2 and 7#g7 of ,terrestrial ,heroes or ,men4 ,the knowledge how to discern among these seven forms the one that is intended1 belonged at all times to the ,initiates1 whose earliest predecessors had created this symbolical and allegorical system4 ,thus while ,uranus1 or the ,host representing this celestial group1 reigned and ruled over the ,second ,race and their then ,continent1 ,cronus or ,saturn governed the ,lemurians2 and ,jupiter1 ,neptune7#aghg7 and others fought in the allegory for ,atlantis1 which was the whole ,earth in the day of the ,fourth ,race4 ,poseidonis1 or the last island of ,atlantis--the 8third step0 of ,idaspati1 or ,vishnu1 in the mystic language of the ,secret ,books--lasted till about #ab1jjj years ago47#aghh7 ,the ,atlantes of ,diodorus were right in claiming that it was their country1 the region surrounding ,mount ,atlas1 where 8the ,gods were born0--i4e41 8incarnated40 ,but it was after their fourth incarnation that they became1 for the first time1 human kings and rulers4 ,diodorus speaks of ,uranus as the first king of ,atlantis1 confusing1 either consciously or otherwise1 the ,continents2 but as we have shown1 ,plato indirectly corrects the statement4 ,the first astronomical teacher of men was ,uranus1 because he is one of the seven ,dhyn ,chohans of that ,second ,period or ,race4 ,thus also in the second ,manvantara1 that of ,svrochisha1 among the seven sons of the ,manu1 the presiding ,gods or ,rishis of that race1 we find ,jyotis17#aghi7 the teacher of ,astronomy 7,jyotisha71 one of the names of ,brahm4 ,and thus also the ,chinese revere ,tien 7or the ,sky1 ,ouranos71 and name him as their first teacher of ,astronomy4 ,uranus gave birth to the ,titans of the ,third ,race1 and it is they1 personified by ,saturn,cronus1 who mutilated him4 ,for as it is the ,titans who fell into generation1 when 8creation by will was superseded by physical procreation10 they needed ,uranus no more4 ,and here a short digression must be permitted and pardoned4 ,in consequence of the last scholarly production of ,mr4 ,gladstone in the ,nineteenth ,century1 8,the ,greater ,gods of ,olympos10 the ideas of the general public about ,greek ,mythology have been still further perverted and biassed4 ,homer is credited with an inner thought1 which is regarded by ,mr4 ,gladstone as1 8the true key to the ,homeric conception10 whereas this 8key0 is merely a 8blind40 ,poseidon is indeed essentially of the earth earthy 444 strong and selfasserting1 sensual and intensely jealous and vindictive-- but this is because he symbolizes the ,spirit of the ,fourth ,root,race1 the ,ruler of the ,seas1 that ,race which lives above the surface of the seas17#agij7 which is composed of the giants1 the children of ,eurymedon1 the race which is the father of ,polyphemus1 the ,titan1 and the oneeyed ,cyclops4 ,though ,zeus reign over the ,fourth ,race1 it is ,poseidon who rules1 and who is the true key to the triad of the ,cronid ,brothers1 and to our human races4 ,poseidon and ,nereus are one2 the former the ,ruler or ,spirit of ,atlantis before the beginning of its submersion1 the latter1 after4 ,neptune is the titanic strength of the living ,race1 ,nereus1 its ,spirit1 rencarnated in the subsequent ,fifth or ryan ,race2 and this is what the ,greek scholar of ,england has not yet discovered1 or even dimly perceived4 ,and yet he makes many observations upon the 8artfulness0 of ,homer1 who never names ,nereus1 at whose designation we arrive only through the patronymic of the ,nereids6 ,thus the tendency of even the most erudite ,hellenists is to confine their speculations to the exoteric images of ,mythology and to lose sight of their inner meaning2 and it is remarkably illustrated in the case of ,mr4 ,gladstone1 as we have shown4 ,while almost the most conspicuous figure of our age as a statesman1 he is at the same time one of the most cultured scholars to whom ,england has given birth4 ,grecian literature has been the beloved study of his life1 and he has found time amid the bustle of public affairs to enrich contemporary literature with contributions to ,greek scholarship1 which will make his name famous through coming generations4 ,at the same time1 as his sincere admirer1 the present writer cannot but feel a deep regret that posterity1 while acknowledging his profound erudition and splendid culture1 will yet1 in the greater light which must then shine upon the whole question of ,symbolism and ,mythology1 judge that he has failed to grasp the spirit of the religious system which he has often criticized from the dogmatic ,christian standpoint4 ,in that future day it will be perceived that the ,esoteric key to the mysteries of the ,christian as well as of the ,grecian ,theogonies and ,sciences1 is the ,secret ,doctrine of the prehistoric nations1 which1 along with others1 he has denied4 ,it is that doctrine alone which can trace the kinship of all human religious speculations1 or even of socalled 8revelations10 and it is this teaching which infuses the spirit of life into the lay figures on the ,mounts of ,meru1 ,olympus1 ,walhalla1 or ,sinai4 ,if ,mr4 ,gladstone were a younger man1 his admirers might hope that his scholastic studies would be crowned by the discovery of this underlying truth4 ,as it is1 he but wastes the golden hours of his declining years in futile disputations with that giant freethinker1 ,col4 ,ingersoll1 each fighting with the weapons of exoteric temper1 drawn from the arsenals of ignorant ,literalism4 ,these two great controversialists are equally blind to the true ,esoteric meaning of the texts which they hurl at each other's heads like iron bullets1 while the world alone suffers by such controversies2 since the one helps to strengthen the ranks of ,materialism1 and the other those of blind ,sectarianism of the deadletter4 ,and now we may return once more to our immediate subject4 ,many a time ,atlantis is spoken of under another name1 one unknown to our commentators4 ,the power of names is great1 and has been known since the first men were instructed by the ,divine ,masters4 ,and as ,solon had studied it1 he translated the 8,atlantean0 names into names devised by himself4 ,in connection with the continent of ,atlantis1 it is desirable to bear in mind that the accounts which have come down to us from the old ,greek writers contain a confusion of statements1 some referring to the great ,continent and others to the last small island of ,poseidonis4 ,it has become customary to take them all as referring to the latter only1 but that this is incorrect is evident from the incompatibility of the various statements as to the size1 etc41 of 8,atlantis40 ,thus1 in the ,critias1 ,plato says1 that the plain surrounding the city was itself surrounded by mountain chains1 and the plain was smooth and level1 and of an oblong shape1 lying north and south1 three thousand stadia in one direction and two thousand in the other2 they surrounded the plain by an enormous canal or dike1 #aja feet deep1 #fjf feet broad1 and #a1bej miles in length47#agia7 ,now in other places the entire size of the island of ,poseidonis is given as about the same as that assigned here to the 8plain around the city0 alone4 ,obviously1 one set of statements refers to the great ,continent1 and the other to its last remnant--,plato's island4 ,and1 again1 the standing army of ,atlantis is given as upwards of a million men2 its navy as #a1bjj ships and #bdj1jjj men4 ,such statements are quite inapplicable to a small island state1 of about the size of ,ireland6 ,the ,greek allegories give to ,atlas1 or ,atlantis1 seven daughters--seven subraces--whose respective names are ,maia1 ,electra1 ,taygeta1 ,asterope1 ,merope1 ,alcyone1 and ,celno4 ,this ethnologically--as they are credited with having married ,gods and with having become the mothers of famous heroes1 the founders of many nations and cities4 ,astronomically1 the ,atlantides have become the seven ,pleiades 7874 ,in ,occult ,science the two are connected with the destinies of nations1 those destinies being shaped by the past events of their early lives according to ,karmic ,law4 ,three great nations claimed in antiquity a direct descent from the kingdom of ,saturn or ,lemuria1 confused with ,atlantis several thousands of years before our era2 and these were the ,egyptians1 the ,phnicians 7,sanchuniathon71 and the old ,greeks 7,diodorus1 after ,plato74 ,but the oldest civilized country of ,asia--,india--can likewise be shown to claim the same descent4 ,subraces1 guided by ,karmic ,law or destiny1 repeat unconsciously the first steps of their respective motherraces4 ,as the comparatively fair ,brhmans--when invading ,india with its darkcoloured ,dravidians--have come from the ,north1 so the ryan ,fifth ,race must claim its origin from northern regions4 ,the ,occult ,sciences show that the founders1 the respective groups of the seven ,prajpatis1 of the ,root,races have all been connected with the ,pole ,star4 ,in the ,commentary we find3 ,he who understands the age of ,dhruva7#agib7 who measures #ijij mortal years1 will understand the times of the ,pralayas1 the final destiny of nations1 ,o ,lanoo4 ,moreover there must have been a good reason why an ,asiatic nation should locate its great ,progenitors and ,saints in ,ursa ,major1 a northern constellation4 ,it is #gj1jjj years1 however1 since the ,pole of the ,earth pointed to the further end of ,ursa ,minor's tail2 and many more thousand years since the seven ,rishis could have been identified with the constellation of ,ursa ,major4 ,the ryan ,race was born and developed in the far ,north1 though after the sinking of the ,continent of ,atlantis its tribes emigrated further ,south into ,asia4 ,hence ,prometheus is the son of ,asia1 and ,deucalion1 his son1 the ,greek ,noah--he who created men out of the stones of mother ,earth--is called a northern ,scythe1 by ,lucian1 and ,prometheus is made the brother of ,atlas and is tied down to ,mount ,caucasus amid the snows47#agic7 ,greece had her ,hyperborean as well as her ,southern ,apollo4 ,thus nearly all the ,gods of ,egypt1 ,greece1 and ,phnicia1 as well as those of other ,pantheons1 are of a northern origin and originated in ,lemuria1 towards the close of the ,third ,race1 after its full physical and physiological evolution had been completed47#agid7 ,all the 8fables0 of ,greece would be found to be built on historical facts1 if that history had only passed to posterity unadulterated by myths4 ,the 8oneeyed0 ,cyclopes1 the giants fabled as the sons of ,clus and ,terra--three in number1 according to ,hesiod--were the last three subraces of the ,lemurians1 the 8oneeye0 referring to the wisdomeye27#agie7 for the two front eyes were fully developed as physical organs only in the beginning of the ,fourth ,race4 ,the allegory of ,ulysses1 whose companions were devoured while the king of ,ithaca himself was saved by putting out the eye of ,polyphemus with a fire brand1 is based upon the psychophysiological atrophy of the 8third eye40 ,ulysses belongs to the cycle of the heroes of the ,fourth ,race1 and1 though a 8,sage0 in the sight of the latter1 must have been a profligate in the opinion of the pastoral ,cyclopes47#agif7 ,his adventure with the latter--a savage gigantic race1 the antithesis of cultured civilization in the ,odyssey--is an allegorical record of the gradual passage from the ,cyclopean civilization of stone and colossal buildings to the more sensual and physical culture of the ,atlanteans1 which finally caused the last of the ,third ,race to lose their allpenetrating spiritual eye4 ,the other allegory1 which makes ,apollo kill the ,cyclopes to avenge the death of his son ,asclepius1 does not refer to the three subraces represented by the three sons of ,heaven and ,earth1 but to the ,hyperborean ,arimaspian ,cyclopes1 the last of the race endowed with the 8wisdomeye40 ,the former have left relics of their buildings everywhere1 in the ,south as much as in the ,north2 the latter were confined to the ,north solely4 ,thus ,apollo--pre eminently the ,god of the ,seers1 whose duty it is to punish desecration1 killed them--his shafts representing human passions1 fiery and lethal--and hid his shaft behind a mountain in the ,hyperborean regions47#agig7 ,cosmically and astronomically this ,hyperborean ,god is the ,sun personified1 which during the course of the ,sidereal ,year--#be1hfh years--changes the climates on the ,earth's surface1 making frigid regions of tropical1 and vice vers4 ,psychically and spiritually his significance is far more important4 ,as ,mr4 ,gladstone pertinently remarks in his 8,greater ,gods of ,olympos03 ,the qualities of ,apollo 7jointly with ,athen7 are impossible to be accounted for without repairing to sources1 which lie beyond the limit of the traditions most commonly explored for the elucidation of the ,greek mythology47#agih7 ,the history of ,latona 7,leto71 ,apollo's mother1 is most pregnant in various meanings4 ,astronomically1 ,latona is the polar region and the night1 giving birth to the ,sun1 ,apollo1 ,phbus1 etc4 ,she is born in the ,hyperborean countries1 wherein all the inhabitants were priests of her son1 celebrating his resurrection and descent to their country every nineteen years at the renewal of the lunar cycle47#agii7 ,latona is the ,hyperborean ,continent1 and its ,race--geologically47#ahjj7 ,when the astronomical meaning cedes its place to the spiritual and divine--,apollo and ,athene transforming themselves into the form of 8birds10 the symbol and glyph of the higher divinities and angels--then the bright ,god assumes divine creative powers4 ,apollo becomes the personification of seership1 when he sends the astral double of neas to the battle field17#ahja7 and has the gift of appearing to his seers without being visible to other persons present17#ahjb7 a gift1 however1 shared by every high ,adept4 ,the ,king of the ,hyperboreans was1 therefore1 the son of ,boreas1 the ,north ,wind1 and the ,high ,priest of ,apollo4 ,the quarrel of ,latona with ,niobe--the ,atlantean ,race--the mother of seven sons and seven daughters1 personifying the seven subraces of the ,fourth ,race and their seven branches7#ahjc7 allegorizes the history of the two ,continents4 ,the wrath of the 8,sons of ,god10 or of 8,will and ,yoga10 at seeing the steady degradation of the ,atlanteans was great27#ahjd7 and the destruction of the children of ,niobe by the children of ,latona--,apollo and ,diana1 the deities of light1 wisdom and purity1 or the ,sun and ,moon astronomically1 whose influence causes changes in the ,earth's axis1 deluges and other cosmic cataclysms--is thus very clear47#ahje7 ,the fable about the neverceasing tears of ,niobe1 whose grief causes ,zeus to change her into a fountain--,atlantis covered with water--is no less graphic as a symbol4 ,niobe1 let it be remembered1 is the daughter of one of the ,pleiades1 or ,atlantides1 the granddaughter of ,atlas therefore17#ahjf7 because she represents the last generations of the doomed ,continent4 ,a true remark1 that of ,bailly1 which says that ,atlantis had an enormous influence on antiquity4 ,he adds3 ,if these mythical names are mere allegories1 then all that they have of truth comes from ,atlantis2 if the fable is a real tradition--however altered--then the ancient history is wholly their history47#ahjg7 ,so much so1 that all ancient writings--prose and poetry--are full of the reminiscences of the ,lemuro,atlanteans1 the first physical ,races1 though the ,third and the ,fourth in number in the evolution of ,fourth ,round ,humanity on our ,globe4 ,hesiod records the tradition about the men of the ,age of ,bronze1 whom ,jupiter had made out of ashwood and who had hearts harder than diamond4 ,clad in bronze from head to foot1 they passed their lives in fighting4 ,monstrous in size1 endowed with a terrible strength1 invincible arms and hands descended from their shoulders1 says the poet47#ahjh7 ,such were the giants of the first physical ,races4 ,the ,iranians have a reference to the later ,atlanteans in ,yasna1 ix4 #ae4 ,tradition maintains that the 8,sons of ,god10 or the great ,initiates of the ,sacred ,island1 took advantage of the ,deluge to rid the ,earth of all the ,sorcerers among the ,atlanteans4 ,the said verse addresses ,zarathushtra as one of the 8,sons of ,god40 ,it says3 ,thou1 ,o ,zarathushtra1 didst make all demons ,sorcerers1 who before roamed the world in human forms1 conceal themselves in the earth helped them to submersion4 ,the ,lemurians1 and also the early ,atlanteans1 were divided into two distinct classes--the 8,sons of ,night0 or ,darkness1 and the 8,sons of the ,sun0 or ,light4 ,the old books tell us of terrible battles between the two1 when the former1 leaving their land of ,darkness1 whence the ,sun departed for long months1 descended from their inhospitable regions and 8tried to wrench the ,lord of ,light0 from their betterfavoured brothers of the equatorial regions4 ,we may be told that the ,ancients knew nothing of the long night of six months' duration in the polar regions4 ,even ,herodotus1 more learned than the rest1 only mentions a people who slept for six months in the year1 and remained awake the other half4 ,yet the ,greeks knew well that there was a country in the ,north where the year was divided into a day and night each of six months' duration1 for ,pliny distinctly says so47#ahji7 ,they speak of the ,cimmerians and of the ,hyperboreans1 and draw a distinction between the two4 ,the former inhabited the ,palus ,motis--between #de and #ej latitude4 ,plutarch explains that they were but a small portion of a great nation driven away by the ,scythians--which nation stopped near the ,tanais1 after having crossed ,asia4 ,these warlike multitudes lived formerly on the ocean shores1 in dense forests1 and under a tenebrous sky4 ,there the pole is almost touching the head1 there long nights and days divide the year47#ahaj7 ,as to the ,hyperboreans1 these peoples1 as expressed by ,solinus ,polyhistor3 ,sow in the morning1 reap at noon1 gather their fruits in the evening1 and store them during the night in their caves47#ahaa7 ,even the writers of the ,zohar knew this fact1 as it is written3 ,in the ,book of ,hammannunah1 the ,old or the ,ancient1 we learn 444 there are some countries of the earth which are lightened1 whilst others are in darkness2 these have the day1 when for the former it is night2 and there are countries in which it is constantly day1 or in which at least the night continues only some instants47#ahab7 ,the island of ,delos1 the ,asteria of ,greek ,mythology1 was never in ,greece1 for this country1 in that day1 was not yet in existence1 not even in its molecular form4 ,several writers have shown that it represented a country or an island1 far larger than the small dots of land which became ,greece4 ,both ,pliny and ,diodorus ,siculus place it in the ,northern ,seas4 ,one calls it ,basilea1 or 8,royal027#ahac7 the other1 ,pliny1 names it ,osericta17#ahad7 a word which1 according to ,rudbeck17#ahae7 had ,a significance in the northern languages1 equivalent to the ,island of the ,divine ,kings or ,godkings-- or again the 8,royal ,island of the ,gods10 because the ,gods were born there1 i4e41 the ,divine ,dynasties of the ,kings of ,atlantis proceeded from that place4 ,let ,geographers and ,geologists seek for it among that group of islands discovered by ,nordenskild on his 8,vega0 voyage in the ,arctic regions47#ahaf7 ,the ,secret ,books inform us that the climate has changed in those regions more than once1 since the first men inhabited those now almost inaccessible latitudes4 ,they were a ,paradise before they became ,hell2 the dark ,hades of the ,greeks1 and the cold ,realm of ,shades where the ,scandinavian ,hel1 the ,goddess,queen of the country of the dead1 8holds sway deep down in ,helheim and ,niflheim40 ,yet it was the birthplace of ,apollo1 who was the brightest of ,gods1 in ,heaven--astronomically--as he was the most enlightened of the ,divine ,kings who ruled over the early nations1 in his human meaning4 ,the latter fact is borne out in the ,iliad1 wherein ,apollo is said to have appeared four times in his own form 7as the ,god of the ,four ,races7 and six times in human form17#ahag7 i4e41 as connected with the ,divine ,dynasties of the earlier unseparated ,lemurians4 ,it is those early mysterious peoples1 their countries--which have now become uninhabitable--as well as the name given to 8man0 both dead and alive1 which have furnished an opportunity to the ignorant ,church ,fathers for inventing a ,hell1 which they have transformed into a burning instead of a freezing locality47#ahah7 ,it is1 of course1 evident that it is neither the ,hyperboreans1 nor the ,cimmerians1 the ,arimaspes1 nor even the ,scyths--known to and communicating with the ,greeks--who were our ,atlanteans4 ,but they were all the descendants of their last subraces4 ,the ,pelasgians were certainly one of the root races of future ,greece1 and were a remnant of a subrace of ,atlantis4 ,plato hints as much in speaking of the latter1 whose name1 it is averred1 came from pelagus1 the 8great sea40 ,noah's ,deluge is astronomical and allegorical1 but it is not mythical1 for the story is based upon the same archaic tradition of men--or rather of nations--who were saved during the cataclysms1 in canoes1 arks1 and ships4 ,no one would presume to say that the ,chaldan ,xisuthrus1 the ,hind ,vaivasvata1 the ,chinese ,peirun--the 8,beloved of the ,gods10 who rescued him from the flood in a canoe--or the ,swedish ,belgamer1 for whom the ,gods did the same in the ,north1 are all identical as personages4 ,but their legends have all sprung from the catastrophe which involved both the ,continent and the ,island of ,atlantis4 ,the allegory about the antediluvian giants and their achievements in sorcery is no myth4 ,biblical events are revealed indeed4 ,but it is neither by the voice of ,god amid thunder and lightning on ,mount ,sinai1 nor by a divine finger tracing the record on tablets of stone1 but simply through tradition vi ,pagan sources4 ,it was not surely the ,pentateuch that ,diodorus was repeating when he wrote about the ,titans--the giants born of ,heaven and ,earth1 or1 rather1 born of the ,sons of ,god who took to themselves for wives the daughters of men who were fair4 ,nor was ,pherecydes quoting from ,genesis when giving details on those giants which are not to be found in the ,jewish ,scriptures4 ,he says that the ,hyperboreans were of the race of the ,titans1 a race which descended from the earliest giants1 and that it was that ,hyperborean region which was the birthplace of the first giants4 ,the ,commentaries on the ,sacred ,books explain that the said region was the far ,north1 the ,polar ,lands now1 the ,pre,lemurian earliest ,continent1 embracing once upon a time the present ,greenland1 ,spitzbergen1 ,sweden1 ,norway1 etc4 ,but who were the ,nephilim of ,genesis 7vi4 #d78 ,there were ,palolithic and ,neolithic men in ,palestine ages before the events recorded in the ,book of the ,beginnings4 ,the theological tradition identifies these ,nephilim with hairy men or satyrs1 the latter being mythical in the ,fifth ,race1 and the former historical in both the ,fourth and ,fifth ,races4 ,we have stated elsewhere what the prototypes of these satyrs were1 and have spoken of the bestiality of the early and later ,atlantean ,race4 ,what is the meaning of ,poseidon's amours under such a variety of animal forms8 ,he became a dolphin to win ,amphitrite2 a horse1 to seduce ,ceres2 a ram1 to deceive ,theophane1 etc4 ,poseidon is not only the personation of the ,spirit and ,race of ,atlantis1 but also of the vices of these giants4 ,gesenius and others devote an enormous space to the meaning of the word ,nephilim and explain very little4 ,but ,esoteric ,records show these hairy creatures to be the last descendants of those ,lemuro,atlantean ,races1 which begot children on female animals1 of species now long extinct2 thus producing dumb men1 8monsters10 as the ,stanzas have it4 ,now ,mythology1 built upon ,hesiod's ,theogony1 which is but a poetized record of actual traditions1 or oral history1 speaks of three giants1 called ,briareus1 ,cottus1 and ,gyges1 living in a dark country where they were imprisoned by ,cronus for their rebellion against him4 ,all the three are endowed by myth with a hundred arms and fifty heads1 the latter standing for races1 the former for subraces and tribes4 ,bearing in mind that in ,mythology every personage almost is a ,god or ,demigod1 and also a king or simple mortal in his second aspect17#ahai7 and that both stand as symbols for lands1 islands1 powers of nature1 elements1 nations1 races and subraces1 the ,esoteric ,commentary will become comprehensible4 ,it says that the three giants are three polar lands which have changed form several times1 at each new cataclysm1 or disappearance of one continent to make room for another4 ,the whole ,globe is convulsed periodically2 and has been so convulsed1 since the appearance of the ,first ,race1 four times4 ,yet1 though the whole face of the ,earth was transformed thereby each time1 the conformation of the ,arctic and ,antarctic ,poles has but little altered4 ,the polar lands unite and break off from each other into islands and peninsulas1 yet remain ever the same4 ,therefore ,northern ,asia is called the 8,eternal or ,perpetual ,land10 and the ,antarctic the 8,everliving0 and the 8,concealed02 while the ,mediterranean1 ,atlantic1 ,pacific and other regions disappear and reppear in turn1 into and above the ,great ,waters4 ,from the first appearance of the great ,continent of ,lemuria1 the three polar giants have been imprisoned in their circle by ,cronus4 ,their gaol is surrounded by a wall of bronze1 and the exit is through gates fabricated by ,poseidon--or ,neptune--hence by the seas1 which they cannot cross2 and it is in that damp region1 where eternal darkness reigns1 that the three brothers languish4 ,the ,iliad makes it ,tartarus47#ahbj7 ,when the ,gods and ,titans rebelled in their turn against ,zeus--the deity of the ,fourth ,race--the ,father of the ,gods bethought himself of the imprisoned giants that they might help him to conquer the ,gods and ,titans1 and to precipitate the latter into ,hades2 or1 in clearer words1 to have ,lemuria hurled amid thunder and lightning to the bottom of the seas1 so as to make room for ,atlantis1 which was to be submerged and perish in its turn47#ahba7 ,the geological upheaval and deluge of ,thessaly was a repetition on a small scale of the great cataclysm2 and1 remaining impressed on the memory of the ,greeks1 was merged by them into1 and confused with1 the general fate of ,atlantis4 ,so1 also1 the war between the ,rkshasas of ,lank and the ,bhrateans1 the mle of the ,atlanteans and ryans in their supreme struggle1 or the conflict between the ,devs and ,izeds1 or ,peris1 became1 ages later1 the struggle of ,titans1 separated into two inimical camps1 and still later the war between the ,angels of ,god and the ,angels of ,satan4 ,historical facts became theological dogmas4 ,ambitious scholiasts1 men of a small subrace born but yesterday1 and one of the latest issues of the ryan stock1 took upon themselves to overturn the religious thought of the world1 and succeeded4 ,for nearly two thousand years they impressed thinking humanity with the belief in the existence of ,satan4 ,but as it is now the conviction of more than one ,greek scholar--as it was that of ,bailly and ,voltaire--that ,hesiod's ,theogony is based upon historical facts17#ahbb7 it becomes easier for the ,occult ,teachings to find their way into the minds of thoughtful men1 and therefore are these passages from ,mythology brought forward in our discussion upon modern learning in this ,addendum4 ,such symbols as are found in all the exoteric creeds are so many landmarks of prehistoric truths4 ,the sunny1 happy land1 the primitive cradle of the earliest human races1 has become several times since then ,hyperborean and ,saturnine27#ahbc7 thus showing the ,golden ,age and ,reign of ,saturn from multiform aspects4 ,it was manysided in its character indeed--climatically1 ethnologically and morally4 ,for the ,third1 ,lemurian ,race must be physiologically divided into the early androgynous and the later bisexual race2 and the climate of its dwellingplaces and continents into that of an eternal spring and eternal winter1 into life and death1 purity and impurity4 ,the cycle of legends is ever being transformed on its journey by popular fancy4 ,yet it may be cleansed from the dross it has picked up on its way through many nations1 and through the countless minds which have added their own exuberant additions to the original facts4 ,leaving for a while the ,greek interpretations1 we may seek for some more corroborations of the latter in the scientific and geological proofs4 ,section ,,vii4 ,scientific and ,geological ,proofs of the ,existence of ,several ,submerged ,continents4 ,it may not be amiss--for the benefit of those who resolve the tradition of a lost ,miocene ,atlantis into an 8antiquated myth0--to append a few scientific admissions on this point4 ,science1 it is true1 is largely indifferent to such questions4 ,but there are ,scientists ready to admit that1 in any case1 a cautious agnosticism as to geological problems concerning the remote past is far more philosophical than priori denial1 or even hasty generalizations on insufficient data4 ,meanwhile two very interesting instances1 that have been lately met with1 may be pointed out as 8confirming0 certain passages in the letter of a ,master1 published in ,esoteric ,buddhism4 ,the eminence of the authorities will not be questioned 7we italicize the corresponding passages73 ,extract from ,esoteric ,buddhism1 p4 #gj4 7#a47 ,the sinking of ,atlantis 7the group of continents and isles7 began during the ,miocene period 444 and it culminated first in the final disappearance of the largest continent1 an event coincident with the elevation of the ,alps1 and second with that of the last of the fair islands mentioned by ,plato4 ,extract from a ,lecture by ,w4 ,pengelly1 ,f4,r4,s41 ,f4,g4,s4 7#a47 ,was there1 as some have believed1 an ,atlantis--a continent or archipelago of large islands occupying the area of the ,north ,atlantic8 ,there is1 perhaps1 nothing unphilosophical in the hypothesis4 ,for since1 as geologists state1 8,the ,alps have acquired #d1jjj and even in some places more than #aj1jjj feet of their present altitude since the commencement of the ,eocene epoch0 7,lyell's ,principles1 p4 #bef1 #bnd ,ed47--a ,post,miocene depression might have carried the hypothetical ,atlantis into almost abysmal depths47#ahbd7 ,extract from ,esoteric ,buddhism1 pp4 #fd1 #fe4 7#b47 ,lemuria 444 should no more be confounded with the ,atlantis ,continent than ,europe with ,america4 ,both sank and were drowned with their high civilizations and 8gods02 yet between the two catastrophes a period of about #gjj1jjj years elapsed1 ,lemuria flourishing and ending her career just about that lapse of time before the early part of the ,eocene age1 since its ,race was the ,third4 ,behold the relics of that once great nation in some of the flatheaded aborigines of your ,australia4 ,extract from an article in the ,popular ,science ,review1 v4 #ah1 by ,professor ,seemann1 ,ph4,d41 ,f4,l4,s41 ,v4,p4,a4,s4 7#b47 ,it would be premature to say1 because no evidence has yet been adduced1 that men may not have existed in the ,eocene age1 especially as it can be shown that a race of men1 the lowest we know of1 coexists with that remnant of the ,eocene flora which still survives on the continent and islands of ,australia4 ,extract from ,the ,pedigree of ,man1 p4 #ha4 ,hckel1 who fully accepts the reality of a former ,lemuria1 also regards the ,australians as direct descendants of the ,lemurians4 ,persistent forms of both his ,lemurian stems are in all probability still surviving1 of the former in the ,papuans and ,hottentots1 of the latter in the ,australians and in one division of the ,malays4 ,with regard to a former civilization1 of which a portion of these degraded ,australians are the last surviving offshoot1 the opinion of ,gerland is strongly suggestive4 ,commenting upon the religion and mythology of the tribes1 he writes3 ,the statement that ,australian civilization 8 indicates a higher grade1 is nowhere more clearly proved than here in the province of religion where everything resounds like the expiring voices of a previous and richer age4444 ,the idea that the ,australians have no trace of religion or mythology is thoroughly false4 ,but this religion is certainly quite deteriorated47#ahbe7 ,as to ,hckel's view of the relationship between the ,australians and the ,malays1 as two branches of a common stock1 he is in error when he classes the ,australians with the rest4 ,the ,malays and ,papuans are a mixed stock1 resulting from the intermarriages of the low ,atlantean subraces with the seventh subrace of the ,third ,root,race4 ,like the ,hottentots1 they are of indirect ,lemuro,atlantean descent4 ,it is a most suggestive fact--to those concrete thinkers who demand a physical proof of ,karma--that the lowest races of men are now rapidly dying out2 a phenomenon largely due to an extraordinary sterility setting in among the women1 from the time that they were first approached by the ,europeans4 ,a process of decimation is taking place all over the ,globe1 among those races1 whose 8time is up0--among just those stocks1 be it remarked1 which ,esoteric ,philosophy regards as the senile representatives of lost archaic nations4 ,it is inaccurate to maintain that the extinction of a lower race is invariably due to cruelties or abuses perpetrated by colonists4 ,change of diet1 drunkenness1 etc41 have done much2 but those who rely on such data as offering an allsufficient explanation of the crux1 cannot meet the phalanx of facts now so closely arrayed4 ,even the ,materialist ,lefvre says3 ,nothing can save those that have run their course4 ,it would be necessary to extend their destined cycle4444 ,the peoples that have been relatively most spared1 those who have defended themselves most valiantly1 ,hawaiians or ,maories1 have been no less decimated than the tribes massacred or tainted by ,european intrusion47#ahbf7 ,true2 but is not the phenomenon here confirmed1 an instance of the operation of ,cyclic ,law1 difficult to account for on materialist lines8 ,whence the 8destined cycle0 and the order here testified to8 ,why does this 7,karmic7 sterility attack and root out certain races at their 8appointed hour08 ,the answer that it is due to a 8mental disproportion0 between the colonizing and aboriginal races is obviously evasive1 since it does not explain the sudden 8checks to fertility0 which so frequently supervene4 ,the dying out of the ,hawaiians1 for instance1 is one of the most mysterious problems of the day4 ,ethnology will sooner or later have to recognize1 with ,occultists1 that the true solution has to be sought for in a comprehension of the workings of ,karma4 ,as ,lfevre remarks3 ,the time is drawing near when there will remain nothing but three great human types4 ,the time is before the ,sixth ,root,race dawns2 the three types are the white 7ryan1 ,fifth ,root,race71 the yellow1 and the ,african negro--with their crossings 7,atlanto,european divisions74 ,redskins1 ,eskimos1 ,papuans1 ,australians1 ,polynesians1 etc4--all are dying out4 ,those who realize that every ,root,race runs through a gamut of seven subraces with seven branchlets1 etc41 will understand the 8why40 ,the tidewave of incarnating ,egos has rolled past them to harvest experience in more developed and less senile stocks2 and their extinction is hence a ,karmic necessity4 ,some extraordinary and unexplained statistics as to race extinction are given by de ,quatrefages47#ahbg7 ,no solution1 except on ,occult lines1 is able to account for these4 ,but we have digressed from our direct subject4 ,let us hear now what ,professor ,huxley has to say on the subject of former ,atlantic and ,pacific ,continents4 ,he writes in ,nature3 ,there is nothing1 so far as ,i am aware1 in the biological or geological evidence at present accessible1 to render untenable the hypothesis that an area of the ,mid,atlantic or ,pacific seabed as big as ,europe1 should have been upheaved as high as ,mont ,blanc1 and have subsided again any time since the ,palozoic epoch1 if there were any grounds for entertaining it47#ahbh7 ,that is to say1 then1 that there is nothing to militate against positive evidence of the fact2 nothing1 therefore1 against the geological postulates of the ,esoteric ,philosophy4 ,dr4 ,berthold ,seemann assures us in the ,popular ,science ,review that3 ,the facts which botanists have accumulated for reconstructing these lost maps of the globe are rather comprehensive2 and they have not been backward in demonstrating the former existence of several large tracts of solid land in parts now occupied by great oceans4 ,the many striking points of contact between the present floras of the ,united ,states and ,eastern ,asia1 induced them to assume that1 during the present order of things1 there existed a continental connection between ,south,eastern ,asia and ,western ,america4 ,the singular correspondence of the present flora of the ,southern ,united ,states with that of the lignite flora of ,europe induces them to believe that1 in the ,miocene period1 ,europe and ,america were connected by a land passage1 of which ,iceland1 ,madeira1 and the other ,atlantic islands are remnants2 that1 in fact1 the story of an ,atlantis1 which an ,egyptian priest told to ,solon1 is not purely fictitious1 but rests upon a solid historical basis4444 ,europe of the ,eocene period received the plants which spread over mountains and plains1 valleys and riverbanks 7from ,asia generally71 neither exclusively from the ,south nor from the ,east4 ,the ,west also furnished additions1 and if at that period these were rather meagre1 they show1 at all events1 that the bridge was already building1 which1 at a later period1 was to facilitate communication between the two continents in such a remarkable manner4 ,at that time some plants of the ,western ,continent began to reach ,europe by means of the island of ,atlantis1 then probably just 8 just rising above the ocean47#ahbi7 ,and in another number of the same review7#ahcj7 ,mr4 ,w4 ,duppa ,crotch1 ,m4,a41 ,f4,l4,s41 in an article entitled 8,the ,norwegian ,lemming and its ,migrations10 alludes to the same subject3 ,is it probable that land could have existed where now the broad ,atlantic rolls8 ,all tradition says so3 old ,egyptian records speak of ,atlantis1 as ,strabo and others have told us4 ,the ,sahara itself is the sand of an ancient sea1 and the shells which are found upon its surface prove that1 no longer ago than the ,miocene period1 a sea rolled over what is now desert4 ,the voyage of the 8,challenger0 has proved the existence of three long ridges7#ahca7 in the ,atlantic ,ocean17#ahcb7 one extending for more than three thousand miles1 and lateral spurs may1 by connecting these ridges1 account for the marvellous similarity of the fauna of the ,atlantic islands47#ahcc7444 ,the submerged continent of ,lemuria1 in what is now the ,indian ,ocean1 is considered to afford an explanation of many difficulties in the distribution of organic life1 and1 ,i think1 the existence of a ,miocene ,atlantis will be found to have a strong elucidative bearing on subjects of greater interest truly so6 than the migration of the lemming4 ,at all events1 if it can be shown that land existed in former ages where the ,north ,atlantic now rolls1 not only is a motive found for these apparently suicidal migrations1 but also a strong collateral proof that what we call instincts are but the blind and sometimes even prejudicial inheritance of previously acquired experience4 ,at certain periods1 we learn1 multitudes of these animals swim to sea and perish4 ,coming1 as they do1 from all parts of ,norway1 the powerful instinct which survives throughout ages as an inheritance from their progenitors impels them to seek a continent1 once existing but now submerged beneath the ocean1 and to court a watery grave4 ,in an article containing a criticism of ,mr4 ,a4 ,r4 ,wallace's ,island ,life--a work devoted largely to the question of the distribution of animals1 etc4--,mr4 ,starkie ,gardiner writes3 ,by a process of reasoning supported by a large array of facts of different kinds1 he arrives at the conclusion that the distribution of life upon the land as we now see it has been accomplished without the aid of important changes in the relative positions of continents and seas4 ,yet if we accept his views1 we must believe that ,asia and ,africa1 ,madagascar and ,africa1 ,new ,zealand and ,australia1 ,europe and ,america1 have been united at some period not remote geologically1 and that seas to the depth of #a1jjj fathoms have been bridged over2 but we must treat as 8utterly gratuitous and entirely opposed to all the evidences at our command0 6 61 the supposition that temperate ,europe and temperate ,america1 ,australia1 and ,south ,america1 have ever been connected1 except by way of the ,arctic or ,antarctic ,circles1 and that lands now separated by seas of more than #a1jjj fathoms depth have ever been united4 ,mr4 ,wallace1 it must be admitted1 has succeeded in explaining the chief features of existing life distribution1 without bridging the ,atlantic or ,pacific1 except towards the ,poles1 yet ,i cannot help thinking that some of the facts might perhaps be more easily explained by admitting the former existence of the connection between the coast of ,chili and ,polynesia7#ahcd7 and ,great ,britain and ,florida1 shadowed by the submarine banks which stretch between them4 ,nothing is urged that renders these more direct connections impossible1 and no physical reason is advanced why the floor of the ocean should not be upheaved from any depth4 ,the route by which according to the ,anti,atlantean and ,lemurian hypotheses of ,wallace the floras of ,south ,america and ,australia are supposed to have mingled1 is beset by almost insurmountable obstacles1 and the apparently sudden arrival of a number of subtropical ,american plants in our ,eocenes necessitates a connection more to the ,south than the present #a1jjj fathom line4 ,forces are unceasingly acting1 and there is no reason why an elevating force once set in action in the centre of an ocean should cease to act until a continent is formed4 ,they have acted and lifted out from the sea1 in comparatively recent geological time1 the loftiest mountains on earth4 ,mr4 ,wallace himself admits repeatedly that seabeds have been elevated #a1jjj fathoms1 and islands have risen up from the depths of #c1jjj fathoms2 and to suppose that the upheaving forces are limited in power1 is1 it seems to me1 to again quote from ,island ,life1 8utterly gratuitous and entirely opposed to all the evidences at our command407#ahce7 ,the 8father0 of ,english ,geology--,sir ,charles ,lyell--was a uniformitarian in his views of continental formation4 ,we find him saying3 ,professors ,unger 7,die ,versunkene ,insel ,atlantis7 and ,heer 7,flora ,tertiaria ,helveti7 have advocated on botanical grounds the former existence of an ,atlantic ,continent during some part of the tertiary period1 as affording the only plausible explanation that can be imagined of the analogy between the ,miocene flora of ,central ,europe1 and the existing flora of ,eastern ,america4 ,professor ,oliver1 on the other hand1 after showing how many of the ,american types found fossil in ,europe are common to ,japan1 inclines to the theory1 first advanced by ,dr4 ,asa ,gray1 that the migration of species1 to which the community of types in the ,eastern ,states of ,north ,america1 and the ,miocene flora of ,europe is due1 took place when there was an overland communication from ,america to ,eastern ,asia between the fiftieth and sixtieth parallels of latitude1 or south of ,behring's ,straits1 following the direction of the ,aleutian islands4 ,by this course they may have made their way1 at any epoch1 ,miocene1 ,pliocene1 or ,postpliocene1 antecedently to the ,glacial epoch1 to ,amoorland1 on the ,east coast of ,northern ,asia47#ahcf7 ,the unnecessary difficulties and complications here incurred in order to avoid the hypothesis of an ,atlantic ,continent1 are really too apparent to escape notice4 ,if the botanical evidences stood alone1 scepticism would be partially reasonable2 but in this case all branches of ,science converge to one point4 ,science has made blunders1 and has exposed itself to greater errors than it would be exposed to by the admission of our two now invisible ,continents4 ,it has denied even the undeniable1 from the days of the ,mathematician ,laplace down to our own1 and that only a few years ago47#ahcg7 ,we have ,professor ,huxley's authority for saying that there is no priori improbability whatever against possible evidences supporting the belief4 ,but now that the positive evidence is brought forward1 will that eminent ,scientist admit the corollary8 ,touching on the problem in another place ,sir ,charles ,lyell tells us3 ,respecting the cosmogony of the ,egyptian priests1 we gather much information from writers of the ,grecian sects1 who borrowed almost all their tenets from ,egypt1 and amongst others that of the former successive destruction and renovation of the world continental1 not cosmic1 catastrophes4 ,we learn from ,plutarch that this was the theme of one of the hymns of ,orpheus1 so celebrated in the fabulous ages of ,greece4 ,it was brought by him from the banks of the ,nile2 and we even find in his verses1 as in the ,indian systems1 a definite period assigned for the duration of every successive world4 ,the returns of great catastrophes were determined by the period of the ,annus ,magnus1 or great year1 a cycle composed of the revolutions of the sun1 moon1 and planets1 and terminating when these return together to the same sign whence they were supposed at some remote epoch to have set out4444 ,we learn particularly from the ,timus of ,plato that the ,egyptians believed the world to be subject to occasional conflagrations and deluges4 ,the sect of ,stoics adopted most fully the system of catastrophes destined at certain intervals to destroy the world4 ,these1 they taught1 were of two kinds--the cataclysm1 or destruction by deluge1 which sweeps away the whole human race1 and annihilates all the animal and vegetable productions of nature1 and the ecpyrosis1 or conflagration1 which destroys the globe itself submarine volcanoes4 ,from the ,egyptians they derived the doctrine of the gradual debasement of man from a state of innocence nascent simplicity of the first subraces of each ,root,race4 ,towards the termination of each era the gods could no longer bear with the wickedness of men degeneracy into magical practices and gross animality of the ,atlanteans1 and a shock of the elements1 or a deluge1 overwhelmed them2 after which calamity1 ,astra again descended on the earth to renew the golden age dawn of a new ,root,race47#ahch7 ,astra1 the ,goddess of ,justice1 is the last of the deities to forsake the ,earth1 when the ,gods are said to abandon it and to be taken up again into heaven by ,jupiter4 ,but1 no sooner does ,zeus carry from ,earth ,ganymedes--the object of lust1 personified--than the ,father of the ,gods throws down ,astra on the ,earth again1 on which she falls upon her head4 ,astra is ,virgo1 the constellation of the ,zodiac4 ,astronomically it has a very plain significance1 and one which gives the key to the occult meaning4 ,but it is inseparable from ,leo1 the sign that precedes it1 and from the ,pleiades and their sisters1 the ,hyades1 of which ,aldebaran is the brilliant leader4 ,all these are connected with the periodical renovations of the ,earth1 with regard to its continents--even ,ganymedes1 who in astronomy is ,aquarius4 ,it has already been shown that while the ,south ,pole is the 8,pit0 7or the infernal regions figuratively and cosmologically71 the ,north ,pole is geographically the ,first ,continent2 while astronomically and metaphorically the ,celestial ,pole1 with its ,pole ,star in ,heaven1 is ,meru1 or the ,seat of ,brahm1 the ,throne of ,jupiter1 etc4 ,for in the age when the ,gods forsook the ,earth and were said to ascend into ,heaven1 the ecliptic had become parallel with the meridian1 and part of the ,zodiac appeared to descend from the ,north ,pole to the north horizon4 ,aldebaran was in conjunction then with the ,sun1 as it was #dj1jjj years ago1 at the great festival in commemoration of that ,annus ,magnus1 of which ,plutarch spoke4 ,since that ,year--#dj1jjj years ago--there has been a retrograde motion of the equator1 and about #ca1jjj years ago ,aldebaran was in conjunction with the vernal equinoctial point4 ,the part assigned to ,taurus1 even in ,christian ,mysticism1 is too well known to need repetition4 ,the famous ,orphic ,hymn on the great periodical cataclysm divulges the whole ,esotericism of the event4 ,pluto1 in the ,pit1 carries off ,eurydice1 bitten by the ,polar ,serpent4 ,then ,leo1 the ,lion1 is vanquished4 ,now1 when the ,lion is 8in the ,pit10 or below the ,south ,pole1 then ,virgo1 as the next sign1 follows him1 and when her head1 down to the waist1 is below the southern horizon--she is inverted4 ,on the other hand1 the ,hyades are the rain or ,deluge constellations2 and ,aldebaran--he who follows1 or succeeds the daughters of ,atlas1 or the ,pleiades--looks down from the eye of ,taurus4 ,it is from this point of the ecliptic that the calculations of the new cycle were commenced4 ,the student has to remember also1 that when ,ganymedes--,aquarius--is raised to heaven--or above the horizon of the ,north ,pole--,virgo or ,astra1 who is ,venus,lucifer1 descends head downwards below the horizon of the ,south ,pole1 or the ,pit2 which ,pit1 or the ,pole1 is also the ,great ,dragon1 or the ,flood4 ,let the student exercise his intuition by placing these facts together2 no more can be said4 ,lyell remarks3 ,the connection between the doctrine of successive catastrophes and repeated deteriorations in the moral character of the human race1 is more intimate and natural than might at first be imagined4 ,for1 in a rude state of society1 all great calamities are regarded by the people as judgments of ,god on the wickedness of man4444 ,in like manner in the account given to ,solon by the ,egyptian priests of the submersion of the island of ,atlantis under the waters of the ocean1 after repeated shocks of an earthquake1 we find that the event happened when ,jupiter had seen the moral depravity of the inhabitants47#ahci7 ,true2 but was it not owing to the fact that all ,esoteric truths were given out to the public by the ,initiates of the temples under the guise of allegories8 8,jupiter10 is merely the personification of that immutable ,cyclic ,law1 which arrests the downward tendency of each ,root,race after attaining the zenith of its glory47#ahdj7 ,we must admit allegorical teaching1 unless we hold with ,prof4 ,john ,fiske's singularly dogmatic opinion that a myth3 ,is an explanation by the uncivilized mind1 of some natural phenomenon2 not an allegory1 not an esoteric symbol1 for the ingenuity is wasted 66 which strives to detect in myths the remnants of a refined primeval science--but an explanation4 ,primitive men had no profound science to perpetuate by means of allegory how does ,mr4 ,fiske know81 nor were they such sorry pedants as to talk in riddles when plain language would serve their purpose47#ahda7 ,we venture to say the language of the initiated few was far more 8plain10 and their ,science,philosophy far more comprehensive and satisfying alike to the physical and spiritual wants of man1 than even the terminology and system elaborated by ,mr4 ,fiske's master--,herbert ,spencer4 ,what1 however1 is ,sir ,charles ,lyell's 8explanation0 of the 8myth08 ,certainly1 he in no way countenances the idea of its 8astronomical0 origin1 as asserted by some writers4 ,the two interpreters are entirely at variance with one another4 ,lyell's solution is as follows4 ,a disbeliever in cataclysmal changes from the absence 787 of any reliable historical data on the point1 as well as from a strong bias to the uniformitarian conceptions of geologic changes17#ahdb7 he attempts to trace the ,atlantis 8tradition0 to the following sources3 7#a7 ,barbarous tribes connect catastrophes with an avenging ,god1 who is assumed in this way to punish immoral races4 7#b7 ,hence the commencement of a new race is logically a virtuous one4 7#c7 ,the primary source of the geologic basis of the tradition was ,asia--a continent subject to violent earthquakes4 ,exaggerated accounts would thus be handed down the ages4 7#d7 ,egypt1 being herself free from earthquakes1 nevertheless based her not inconsiderable geologic knowledge on these cataclysmal traditions4 ,an ingenious 8explanation10 as all such are6 ,but proving a negative is proverbially a difficult task4 ,students of ,esoteric ,science1 who know what the resources of the ,egyptian priesthood really were1 need no such laboured hypothesis4 ,moreover1 while an imaginative theorist is always able to furnish a reasonable solution of problems which1 in one branch of ,science1 seem to necessitate the hypothesis of periodical cataclysmic changes on the surface of our planet1 the impartial critic who is not a specialist1 will recognize the immense difficulty of explaining away the cumulative evidences--namely1 the archaeological1 ethnological1 geological1 traditional1 botanical1 and even biological--in favour of former continents now submerged4 ,when each science is fighting for its own hand1 the cumulative force of the evidence is almost invariably lost sight of4 ,in the ,theosophist we wrote3 ,we have as evidence the most ancient traditions of various and wideseparated peoples--legends in ,india1 in ancient ,greece1 ,madagascar1 ,sumatra1 ,java1 and all the principal isles of ,polynesia1 as well as the legends of both ,americas4 ,among savages1 and in the traditions of the richest literature in the world--the ,sanskrit literature of ,india--there is an agreement in saying1 that1 ages ago1 there existed in the ,pacific ,ocean1 a large ,continent1 which by a geological upheaval was engulfed by the sea7#ahdc7 ,lemuria4 ,and it is our firm belief 444 that most1 if not all1 of the islands from the ,malayan ,archipelago to ,polynesia1 are fragments of that once immense submerged ,continent4 ,both ,malacca and ,polynesia1 which lie at the two extremities of the ocean1 and which1 since the memory of man1 never had nor could have any intercourse with1 or even a knowledge of each other1 have yet a tradition common to all the islands and islets1 that their respective countries extended far1 far into the ,sea2 that there were in the world but two immense continents1 one inhabited by yellow1 the other by dark men2 and that the ,ocean1 by command of the ,gods1 and to punish them for their incessant quarrelling1 swallowed them up4 ,notwithstanding the geographical fact that ,new ,zealand1 and ,sandwich and ,easter ,islands1 are at a distance from each other of between #hjj and #a1jjj leagues1 and that1 according to every testimony1 neither these nor any other intermediate islands1 for instance1 the ,marquesan1 ,society1 ,fiji1 ,tahitian1 ,samoan1 and other islands1 could1 since they became islands1 ignorant as their people were of the compass1 have communicated with each other before the arrival of ,europeans2 yet they one and all maintain that their respective countries extended far toward the ,west1 on the ,asian side4 ,moreover with very small differences1 they all speak dialects evidently of the same language1 and understand each other with little difficulty1 have the same religious beliefs and superstitions1 and pretty much the same customs4 ,and as few of the ,polynesian islands were discovered earlier than a century ago1 and the ,pacific ,ocean itself was unknown to ,europe until the days of ,columbus1 and these islanders have never ceased repeating the same old traditions since the ,europeans first set foot on their shores1 it seems to us a logical inference that our theory is nearer to the truth than any other4 ,chance would have to change its name and meaning1 were all this due but to chance alone47#ahdd7 ,professor ,schmidt1 writing in defence of the hypothesis of a former ,lemuria1 declares3 ,a great series of animalgeographical facts is explicable only on the hypothesis of the former existence of a ,southern ,continent of which the ,australian mainland is a remnant4444 ,the distribution of species points to the vanished land of the south1 where perhaps the home of the progenitors of the ,maki of ,madagascar may also be looked for47#ahde7 ,mr4 ,a4 ,r4 ,wallace1 in his ,malay ,archipelago1 arrives at the following conclusion after a review of the mass of evidence at hand3 ,the inference that we must draw from these facts is undoubtedly that the whole of the islands eastwards beyond ,java and ,borneo do essentially form a part of a former ,australian or ,pacific ,continent1 although some of them may never have been actually joined to it4 ,this continent must have been broken up not only before the ,western ,islands were separated from ,asia1 but probably before the extreme southeastern portion of ,asia was raised above the waters of the ocean1 for a great part of the land of ,borneo and ,java is known to be geologically of quite recent formation47#ahdf7 ,according to ,hckel3 ,probably ,southern ,asia itself was not the earliest cradle of the human race2 but ,lemuria1 a continent that lay to the ,south of ,asia1 and sank later on beneath the surface of the ,indian ,ocean47#ahdg7 ,in one sense ,hckel is right as to ,lemuria--the 8cradle of the human race40 ,that ,continent was the home of the first physical human stock--the later ,third,race ,men4 ,previous to that epoch the ,races were far less consolidated and physiologically quite different4 ,hckel makes ,lemuria extend from ,sunda ,island to ,africa and ,madagascar and eastwards to ,upper ,india4 ,professor ,rtimeyer1 the eminent ,palontologist1 asks3 ,need the conjecture that the almost exclusively graminivorous and insectivorous marsupials1 sloths1 armadilloes1 anteaters and ostriches1 once possessed an actual point of union in a ,southern ,continent of which the present flora of ,terra del ,fuego and ,australia must be the remains--need this conjecture raise difficulties at a moment when1 from their fossil remains1 ,heer restores to our sight the ancient forests of ,smith's ,sound and ,spitzbergen87#ahdh7 ,having now dealt generally with the broad scientific attitude on the two questions1 it will1 perhaps1 conduce to an agreeable brevity1 if we sum up the more striking isolated facts in favour of that fundamental contention of ,esoteric ,ethnologists--the reality of ,atlantis4 ,lemuria is so widely accepted1 that further pursuit of the subject is unnecessary4 ,with regard1 however1 to the former1 it is found that3 7#a7 ,the ,miocene flor of ,europe have their most numerous and striking analogues in the flor of the ,united ,states4 ,in the forests of ,virginia and ,florida are found the magnolias1 tuliptrees1 evergreen oaks1 plane trees1 etc41 which correspond with ,european ,tertiary flora1 term for term4 ,how was the migration effected1 if we exclude the theory of an ,atlantic ,continent bridging the ocean between ,america and ,europe8 ,the proposed 8explanation0 to the effect that the transition was by way of ,asia and the ,aleutian ,islands is a mere uncalledfor theory1 obviously upset by the fact that a large number of these flor only appear ,east of the ,rocky ,mountains4 ,this also negatives the idea of a ,trans,pacific migration4 ,they are now superseded by ,european continents and islands to the ,north4 7#b7 ,skulls exhumed on the banks of the ,danube and ,rhine bear a striking similarity to those of the ,caribs and ,old ,peruvians 7,littr74 ,monuments have been exhumed in ,central ,america1 which bear representations of undoubted negro heads and faces4 ,how are such facts to be accounted for except on the ,atlantean hypothesis8 ,what is now ,n4,w4 ,africa was once connected with ,atlantis by a network of islands1 few of which now remain4 7#c7 ,according to ,farrar the 8isolated language0 of the ,basques has no affinities with the other languages of ,europe17#ahdi7 but with3 ,the aboriginal languages of the vast opposite continent ,america and those alone47#ahej7 ,professor ,broca is also of the same opinion4 ,palolithic ,european man of the ,miocene and ,pliocene times was a pure ,atlantean1 as we have previously stated4 ,the ,basques are1 of course1 of a much later date than this1 but their affinities1 as here shown1 go far to prove the original extraction of their remote ancestors4 ,the 8mysterious0 affinity between their tongue and that of the ,dravidian races of ,india will be understood by those who have followed our outline of continental formations and shiftings4 7#d7 ,stones have been found in the ,canary ,islands bearing sculptured symbols similar to those found on the shore of ,lake ,superior4 ,berthollet was induced by such evidence to postulate the unity of race of the early men of the ,canary ,islands and ,america47#ahea7 ,the ,guanches of the ,canary ,islands were lineal descendants of the ,atlanteans4 ,this fact will account for the great stature evidenced by their old skeletons1 as well as by those of their ,european congeners1 the ,cro,magnon ,palolithic men4 7#e7 ,any experienced mariner has but to navigate the fathomless ocean along the ,canary ,islands to ask himself the question when or how that group of volcanic and rocky little islands has been formed1 surrounded on every side by that vast watery space4 ,frequent questions of this kind led finally to the expedition of the famous ,leopold von ,buch1 which took place in the first quarter of the present century4 ,some ,geologists maintained that the volcanic islands had been raised right from the bottom of the ocean1 the depth of which in the immediate vicinity of the island varies from #f1jjj to #ah1jjj feet4 ,others were inclined to see in these groups--including ,madeira1 the ,azores1 and the islands of ,cape de ,verde--the remnants of a gigantic but submerged continent which had once united ,africa with ,america4 ,the latter men of ,science supported their hypothesis by a mass of evidence in its favour1 drawn from ancient 8myths40 ,hoary 8superstitions10 such as the fairylike ,atlantis of ,plato1 the ,garden of the ,hesperides1 ,atlas supporting the world on his shoulders1 all of them mythoi connected with the ,peak of ,teneriffe1 did not go far with sceptical ,science4 ,the identity of animal and vegetable species1 showing either a previous connection between ,america and the remaining groups of the islands--the hypothesis of their having been drifted from the ,new to the ,old ,world by the waves was too absurd to stand long--found more serious consideration4 ,but it is only quite lately1 and after ,donnelly's book had been published several years1 that the theory has had a greater chance than ever of becoming an accepted fact4 ,fossils found on the ,eastern ,coast of ,south ,america have now been proved to belong to the ,jurassic formations1 and are nearly identical with the ,jurassic fossils of ,western ,europe and ,northern ,africa4 ,the geological structure of both coasts is also almost identical2 the resemblance between the smaller marine animals dwelling in the more shallow waters of the ,south ,american1 the ,western ,african1 and the ,south ,european coasts1 is also very great4 ,all such facts are bound to bring ,naturalists to the conclusion that there has been1 in distant prehistoric ages1 a continent which extended from the coast of ,venezuela1 across the ,atlantic ,ocean1 to the ,canarese ,islands and ,north ,africa1 and from ,newfoundland nearly to the coast of ,france4 7#f7 ,the great resemblance between the ,jurassic fossils of ,south ,america1 ,north ,africa1 and ,western ,europe is a striking enough fact in itself1 and admits of no explanation1 unless the ocean is bridged with an ,atlantis4 ,but why1 also1 is there so marked a similarity between the fauna of the 7now7 isolated ,atlantic islands8 ,why did the specimens of ,brazilian fauna dredged up by ,sir ,c4 ,wyville ,thompson resemble those of ,western ,europe8 ,why does a resemblance exist between many of the ,west ,african and ,west ,indian animal groups8 ,again3 ,when the animals and plants of the ,old and ,new ,world are compared1 one cannot but be struck with their identity2 all1 or nearly all1 belong to the same genera1 while many1 even of the species1 are common to both continents 444 indicating that they radiated from a common centre ,atlantis47#aheb7 ,the horse1 according to ,science1 originated in ,america4 ,at least1 a large proportion of the once 8missing links0 connecting it with inferior forms have been exhumed from ,american strata4 ,how did the horse penetrate into ,europe and ,asia1 if no land communication bridged the oceanic interspaces8 ,or if it is asserted that the horse originated in the ,old ,world1 how did such forms as the hipparion1 etc41 get into ,america in the first instance on the migration hypothesis8 ,again3 ,buffon had 444 remarked the repetition of the ,african in the ,american fauna1 how1 for example1 the llama is a juvenescent and feeble copy of the camel1 and how the puma of the ,new represents the lion of the ,old ,world47#ahec7 7#g7 ,the following quotation runs with ,no4 #b1 but its significance is such and the writer cited is so authoritative1 that it deserves a place to itself3 ,with regard to the primitive dolichocephal of ,america1 ,i entertain a hypothesis still more bold1 namely1 that they are nearly related to the ,guanches of the ,canary ,islands1 and to the ,atlantic populations of ,africa1 the ,moors1 ,tuaricks1 ,copts1 which ,latham comprises under the name of ,egyptian,atlantid4 ,we find one and the same form of skull in the ,canary ,islands1 in front of the ,african coast1 and in the ,carib islands1 on the opposite coast which faces ,africa4 ,the colour of the skin on both sides of the ,atlantic is represented in these populations as being of a reddishbrown47#ahed7 ,if1 then1 ,basques and ,cro,magnon ,cave,men are of the same race as the ,canarese ,guanches1 it follows that the former are also allied to the aborigines of ,america4 ,this is the conclusion necessitated by the independent investigations of ,retzius1 ,virchow1 and de ,quatrefages4 ,the ,atlantean affinities of these three types become patent4 7#h7 ,the seasoundings undertaken by ,h4,m4,s4 8,challenger0 and the 8,dolphin10 have established the fact that a huge elevation some #c1jjj miles in length1 projecting upwards from the abysmal depths of the ,atlantic1 extends from a point near the ,british ,islands southwards1 curving round near ,cape de ,verde1 and running in a southeasterly direction along the ,west ,african coast4 ,this elevation averages some #i1jjj feet in height1 and rises above the waves at the ,azores1 ,ascension1 and other places4 ,in the ocean depths around the neighbourhood of the former the ribs of a once massive piece of land have been discovered47#ahee7 ,the inequalities1 the mountains and valleys of its surface could never have been produced in accordance with any known laws for the deposition of sediment1 nor by submarine elevation2 but1 on the contrary1 must have been carved by agencies acting above the waterlevel47#ahef7 ,it is most probable that necks of land formerly existed knitting ,atlantis to ,south ,america1 somewhere above the mouth of the ,amazon1 to ,africa near ,cape de ,verde1 while a similar point of juncture with ,spain is not unlikely1 as contended for by ,donnelly47#aheg7 ,whether the latter existed or not1 is of no consequence1 in view of the fact that what is now ,n4,w4 ,africa was--before the elevation of the ,sahara and the rupture of the ,gibraltar connection--an extension of ,spain4 ,consequently no difficulty can be raised as to how the migration of the ,european fauna1 etc41 took place4 ,enough has now been said from the purely scientific standpoint1 and it is needless1 in view of the manner in which the subject has already been developed on the lines of ,esoteric ,knowledge1 to swell the mass of testimony further4 ,in conclusion1 the words of one of the most intuitive writers of the day may be cited as admirably illustrative of the opinions of the ,occultist1 who awaits in patience the dawn of the coming day3 ,we are but beginning to understand the past2 one hundred years ago the world knew nothing of ,pompeii or ,herculaneum2 nothing of the lingual tie that binds together the ,indo,european nations2 nothing of the significance of the vast volume of inscriptions upon the tombs and temples of ,egypt2 nothing of the meaning of the arrow headed inscriptions of ,babylon2 nothing of the marvellous civilizations revealed in the remains of ,yucatan1 ,mexico1 and ,peru4 ,we are on the threshold4 ,scientific investigation is advancing with giant strides4 ,who shall say that one hundred years from now1 the great museums of the world may not be adorned with gems1 statues1 arms1 and implements from ,atlantis1 while the libraries of the world shall contain translations of its inscriptions1 throwing new light upon all the past history of the human race1 and all the great problems which now perplex the thinkers of today47#aheh7 ,and now to conclude4 ,we have concerned ourself with the ancient records of the nations1 with the doctrine of chronological and psychic cycles1 of which these records are the tangible proof2 and with many other subjects1 which may1 at first sight1 seem out of place in this ,volume4 ,but they are necessary in truth4 ,in dealing with the secret annals and traditions of so many nations1 whose very origins have never been ascertained on more secure grounds than inferential suppositions1 in giving out the beliefs and philosophy of more than prehistoric races1 it is not quite as easy to deal with the subject matter as it would be if only the philosophy and evolution of one special race1 were concerned4 ,the ,secret ,doctrine was the common property of the countless millions of men born under various climates1 in times with which history refuses to deal1 and to which ,esoteric ,teachings assign dates incompatible with the theories of ,geology and ,anthropology4 ,the birth and evolution of the ,sacred ,science of the ,past are lost in the very night of ,time1 and that even which is historic--i4e41 that which is found scattered hither and thither throughout ancient classical literature--is1 in almost every case1 attributed by modern criticism to lack of observation in the ancient writers1 or to superstition born out of the ignorance of antiquity4 ,it is1 therefore1 impossible to treat this subject as one would the ordinary evolution of an art or science in some well known historical nation4 ,it is only by bringing before the reader an abundance of proofs all tending to show that in every age1 under every condition of civilization and knowledge1 the educated classes of every nation made themselves the more or less faithful echoes of one identical system and its fundamental traditions--that he can be made to see that so many streams of the same water must have had a common source from which they started4 ,what was this source8 ,if coming events are said to cast their shadows before1 past events cannot fail to leave their impress behind them4 ,it is1 then1 by those shadows of the hoary ,past and their fantastic silhouettes on the external screen of every ,religion and ,philosophy1 that we can1 by checking them as we go along and comparing them1 trace out finally the body that produced them4 ,there must be truth and fact in that which every people of antiquity accepted and made the foundation of its religions and its faith4 ,moreover1 as ,haliburton said3 ,hear one side1 and you will be in the dark2 hear both sides1 and all will be clear4 ,the public has hitherto had access to1 and has heard but one side1 or rather the onesided views of two diametrically opposed classes of men1 whose prim facie propositions or respective premises differ widely1 but whose final conclusions are the same--the men of ,science and ,theology4 ,and now our readers have an opportunity of hearing the other1 and so of learning the defendants' justification and the nature of our arguments4 ,if the public is to be left to its old opinions--namely1 on one side1 that ,occultism1 ,magic1 the legends of old etc41 are all the outcome of ignorance and superstition2 and on the other1 that everything outside the orthodox groove is the work of the devil--what will be the result8 ,in other words1 had no theosophical and mystic literature obtained a hearing for the last few years1 the present work would have had but a poor chance of impartial consideration4 ,it would have been proclaimed--and by many will still be proclaimed--a fairy tale woven out of abstruse problems1 poised in1 and based on the air2 built of soapbubbles1 bursting at the slightest touch of serious reflection1 with no foundation to stand upon4 ,even the ancient 8superstitious and credulous0 classical writers have no word of reference to it in clear and unmistakable terms1 and the symbols themselves fail to yield a hint of the existence of such a system4 ,such would be the verdict of all4 ,but when it becomes undeniably proven that the claim of the modern ,asiatic nations to a ,secret ,science and an ,esoteric ,history of the world is based on fact2 that though hitherto unknown to the masses and a veiled mystery even to the learned--because they have never had the key to a right understanding of the abundant hints thrown out by the ancient classics--it is still no fairy tale1 but an actuality2 then the present work will become but the pioneer of many more such books4 ,the statement that hitherto even the keys discovered by some great scholars have proved too rusty for use1 and that they are but the silent witnesses that there do exist mysteries behind the veil which are unreachable without a new key1 is borne out by too many proofs to be easily dismissed4 ,an instance may be given as an illustration out of the history of ,freemasonry4 ,in his ,maonnerie ,occulte1 ,ragon1 an illustrious and learned ,belgian ,mason1 rightly or wrongly reproaches the ,english ,masons with having materialized and dishonoured ,masonry1 once based upon the ,ancient ,mysteries1 by adopting1 owing to a mistaken notion of the origin of the craft1 the name of 8,free ,masonry0 and 8,free ,masons40 ,the mistake is due1 he says1 to those who connect ,masonry with the building of ,solomon's ,temple4 ,he derides the idea1 and says3 ,the ,frenchman knew well1 when he adopted the title of ,freemason1 that it was no question of building the smallest wall1 but that1 initiated into the ,mysteries veiled under the name of ,freemasonry1 which could only be the continuation or the renovation of the ancient ,mysteries1 he was to become a 8,mason0 after the manner of ,apollo or ,amphion4 ,and do not we know that the ancient initiated poets1 when speaking of the foundation of a city1 meant thereby the establishment of a doctrine8 ,thus ,neptune1 ,god of reasoning1 and ,apollo1 ,god of hidden things1 presented themselves as masons before ,laomedon1 ,priam's father1 to help him to build the city of ,troy--that is to say1 to establish the ,trojan religion47#ahei7 ,such veiled sentences with double meaning abound in ancient classical writers4 ,therefore1 if an attempt had been made to show that1 for instance1 ,laomedon was the founder of a branch of ,archaic ,mysteries1 in which the earthbound material soul1 the ,fourth ,principle1 was personified in ,menelaus' faithless wife1 the fair ,helen1 and if ,ragon had not come to corroborate what we asserted1 we might have been told that no classical author speaks of it1 and that ,homer shows ,laomedon building a city1 not founding an ,esoteric ,worship or ,mysteries4 ,who are those left now1 save a few ,initiates1 who understand the language and correct meaning of such symbolical terms8 ,but though we have pointed to many a misconceived symbol bearing on our thesis1 there still remains more than one difficulty to be overcome4 ,most important among several such obstacles is that of chronology4 ,but this could hardly be helped4 ,wedged in between theological chronology and that of the ,geologists1 backed by all the materialistic ,anthropologists1 who assign dates to man and nature which fit in with their own theories alone--what could the writer do except what she has done8 ,since ,theology places the ,deluge #bddh ,b4,c41 and the ,world's ,creation only #ehij years ago2 and since the accurate researches by the methods of 8exact0 ,science1 have led the ,geologists and ,physicists to assign to the incrusted age of our ,globe between ten million and one thousand million of years7#ahfj7 7a trifling difference1 verily672 and since the ,anthropologists1 to vary their divergence of opinion as to the appearance of man1 ask for between #be1jjj and #ejj1jjj years--what can one who studies the ,occult ,doctrine do1 but bravely present the ,esoteric calculations before the world8 ,but to do this1 corroboration by even a few 8historical0 proofs has been necessary1 though all know the real value of the socalled 8historical evidence40 ,for1 whether man appeared on ,earth #ah1jjj or #ah1jjj1jjj years ago1 can make no difference to profane history1 since it only begins about a couple of thousand years before our era1 and since1 even then1 it grapples hopelessly with the clash and din of contradictory and mutually destroying opinions around it4 ,nevertheless1 in view of the respect in which the average reader has been brought up for exact ,science1 even that short ,past would remain meaningless1 unless the ,esoteric ,teachings were corroborated and supported on the spot--whenever possible--by references to historical names of a socalled historical period4 ,this is the only guide that can be given to the beginner before he is permitted to start among the1 to him1 unfamiliar windings of that dark labyrinth called the prehistoric ages4 ,this necessity has been complied with4 ,it is only hoped that the desire to do so1 which has led the writer to be constantly bringing ancient and modern evidence as a corroboration of the archaic and quite unhistoric ,past1 will not bring on her the accusation of having sorely jumbled up1 without order or method1 the various and widely separated periods of history and tradition4 ,but literary form and method had to be sacrificed to the greater clearness of the general exposition4 ,to accomplish the proposed task1 the writer has had to resort to the rather unusual means of dividing each ,volume into three ,parts2 the first of which only is the consecutive1 though very fragmentary1 history of the ,cosmogony and the ,evolution of ,man on this ,globe4 ,in treating of ,cosmogony and then of the ,anthropogenesis of mankind1 it was necessary to show that on religion1 from the very earliest1 has ever been based entirely on fiction1 that none was the object of special revelation1 and that it is dogma alone which has ever been killing primeval truth2 finally1 that no humanborn doctrine1 no creed1 however sanctified by custom and antiquity1 can compare in sacredness with the religion of ,nature4 ,the ,key of ,wisdom that unlocks the massive gates leading to the arcana of the innermost sanctuaries can be found hidden in her bosom only2 and that bosom is in the countries pointed to by the great seer of the past century1 ,emanuel ,swedenborg4 ,there lies the ,heart of ,nature1 that shrine whence issued the early races of primeval humanity1 and which is the cradle of physical man4 ,thus far have proceeded the rough outlines of the beliefs and tenets of the archaic1 earliest ,races1 contained in their hitherto secret scriptural ,records4 ,but our explanations are by no means complete1 nor do they pretend to give out the full text1 or to have been read by the help of more than three or four keys out of the sevenfold bunch of ,esoteric interpretation2 and even this has only been partially accomplished4 ,the work is too gigantic for any one person to undertake1 far more to accomplish4 ,our main concern has been simply to prepare the soil4 ,this1 we trust we have done4 ,these two ,volumes only constitute the work of a pioneer who has forced his way into the wellnigh impenetrable jungle of the virgin forests of the ,land of the ,occult4 ,a commencement has been made in felling and uprooting the deadly upas trees of superstition1 prejudice1 and conceited ignorance1 so that these two ,volumes should form for the student a fitting prelude for other works4 ,until the rubbish of the ages is cleared away from the minds of the ,theosophists to whom these pages are dedicated1 it is impossible that the more practical teaching contained in the ,third ,volume should be understood4 ,consequently1 it entirely depends upon the reception with which ,volumes ,i and ,,ii shall meet at the hands of ,theosophists and ,mystics1 whether the last ,volume will ever be published4 ,,saty,t ,n,,sti ,,paro ,,dharmah4 ,,there ,,is ,,no ,,religion ,,higher ,,than ,,truth4 ,,end ,,of ,,volume ,,ii4 ,transcriber's ,note3 ,obvious printer's errors have been corrected4 ,,footnotes #a ,see ,genesis ii4 #ai4 ,adam is formed in verse #g1 and in verse #ai it is said3 8,out of the ground the ,lord ,god formed every beast of the field1 and every fowl of the air2 and brought them unto ,adam to see what he would call them40 ,thus man was created before the animals2 for the animals mentioned in chapter i are the signs of the ,zodiac1 while the man1 8male and female10 is not man1 but the ,host of the ,sephiroth1 ,forces1 or ,angels1 8made in his ,god's image and after his likeness40 ,the ,adam1 man1 is not made in that likeness1 nor is it so asserted in the ,bible4 ,moreover1 the ,second ,adam is ,esoterically a septenary which represents seven men1 or rather groups of men4 ,for the first ,adam1 the ,kadmon1 is the synthesis of the ten ,sephiroth4 ,of these1 the upper ,triad remains in the ,archetypal ,world as the future 8,trinity10 while the seven lower ,sephiroth create the manifested material world2 and this septennate is the ,second ,adam4 ,genesis1 and the mysteries upon which it was fabricated1 came from ,egypt4 ,the 8,god0 of the #ast chapter of ,genesis is the ,logos1 and the 8,lord ,god0 of the #bnd chapter the ,creative ,elohim1 the lower ,powers4 #b ,thus saith ,pymander3 8,this is the mystery that to this day was hidden4 ,nature being mingled with the ,heavenly ,man ,elohim1 or ,dhynis1 brought forth a wonder 444 seven ,men1 all males and females ,hermaphrodite 444 according to the nature of the seven ,governors0 7ii4 #bi71 or the seven ,hosts of the ,pitris or ,elohim1 who projected or created him4 ,this is very clear1 but yet1 see the interpretations of even our modern theologians1 men supposed to be intellectual and learned4 ,in the ,theological and ,philosophical ,works of ,hermes ,trismegistus1 ,christian 8 ,neoplatonist1 a work compiled by ,john ,david ,chambers1 of ,oriel ,college1 ,oxford1 the translator wonders 8for whom these seven ,men are intended80 ,he solves the difficulty by concluding that1 as 8the original pattern ,man ,adam ,kadmon of ,genesis i was masculinefeminine1 444 the seven may signify the succeeding patriarchs named in ,genesis0 7p4 #i74 ,a truly theological way of cutting the ,gordian knot6 #c ,george ,smith's ,chaldean ,account of ,genesis1 p4 #ajc4 #d ,compare ,zohar1 ,siphra ,dtzenioutha1 ,idra ,suta1 #bibh1 ,franck1 ,la ,kabbale1 p4 #bje4 #e ,siphra ,dtzenioutha4 #f ,as it is now asserted that the ,chaldan tablets1 which give the allegorical description of ,creation1 the ,fall1 and the ,flood1 even to the legend of the ,tower of ,babel1 were written 8before the time of ,moses0 7,smith's ,chaldean ,account of ,genesis71 how can the ,pentateuch be called a 8revelation08 ,it is simply another version of the same story4 #g ,philosophumena1 v4 #g2 ,miller's edition1 p4 #ih4 #h ,ibid41 p4 #ajh4 #i ,p4 #hf4 #aj ,see ,pliny1 iv1 c4 #ab2 ,strabo1 #aj2 ,herodotus1 vii1 c4 #aji2 ,pausanias1 vii1 c4 #d1 etc4 #aa ,chaldean ,account of ,genesis1 p4 #hb4 #ab ,see ,bund41 #gi1 #ab4 #ac ,by 8original0 we mean the ,amshaspend1 called 8,zarathushtra1 the lord and ruler of the ,vara made by ,yima in that land40 ,there were several ,zarathushtras or ,zertusts1 the ,dabistan alone enumerating thirteen2 but these were all reincarnations of the first one4 ,the last ,zoroaster was the founder of the ,firetemple of ,azareksh1 and the writer of the works on the primeval sacred ,magian religion destroyed by ,alexander4 #ad ,in ,india called a 8,day of ,brahm40 #ae x4 #hf4 #af ,see ,volcker1 ,mythological ,geography1 pp4 #ade to #agj4 #ag ,mythical ,monsters1 p4 #dg4 #ah ,it is to be remarked1 however1 that ,mr4 ,wallace does not accept ,mr4 ,sclater's idea1 and even opposes it4 ,mr4 ,sclater supposes a land or continent formerly uniting ,africa1 ,madagascar1 and ,india but not ,australia and ,india2 and ,mr4 ,a4 ,r4 ,wallace shows1 in his ,geographical ,distribution of ,animals and ,island ,life1 that the hypothesis of such a land is quite uncalled for on the alleged zoological grounds4 ,but he admits that a much closer proximity of ,india and ,australia did certainly exist1 and at a time so very remote that it was 8certainly pretertiary10 adding in a private letter that 8no name has been given to this supposed land40 ,yet the land did exist1 and was of course 8pretertiary10 for ,lemuria1 if we accept this name for the third ,continent1 had perished before ,atlantis fully developed1 and ,atlantis had sunk and its chief portions disappeared before the end of the ,miocene period4 #ai ,see ,esoteric ,buddhism4 #bj ,one more 8coincidence03 8,now it is proved that in geologically recent times1 this region of ,north ,africa was in fact a peninsula of ,spain1 and that its union with ,africa 7proper7 was effected on the ,north by the rupture of ,gibraltar1 and on the ,south by an upheaval to which the ,sahara owes its existence4 ,the shores of this former sea of ,sahara are still marked by the shells of the same ,gastropoda that live on the shores of the ,mediterranean40 7,prof4 ,oscar ,schmidt1 ,doctrine of ,descent and ,darwinism1 p4 #bdd47 #ba iii4 fol4 #aj;a4 #bb ,a4 ,winchell1 ,professor of ,geology1 ,world,life1 p4 #cfi4 #bc ,mr4 ,charles ,gould1 late geological surveyor of ,tasmania1 in ,mythical ,monsters1 p4 #hd4 #bd ,sir ,charles ,lyell1 who is credited with having 8happily invented0 the terms ,eocene1 ,miocene1 and ,pliocene1 to mark the three divisions of the ,tertiary ,age1 ought really to have settled upon some approximate length for his 8mindoffspring40 ,having left the duration of these periods1 however1 to the speculations of specialists1 the greatest confusion and perplexity are the result of that happy thought4 ,it seems like a hopeless task to succeed in quoting a single set of figures from one work1 without the risk of finding it contradicted by the same author in an earlier or a subsequent volume4 ,sir ,william ,thomson1 one of the most eminent among the modern authorities1 has changed his opinion about halfa dozen times upon the age of the ,sun and the date of the consolidation of the ,earth's crust4 ,in ,thomson and ,tait's ,natural ,philosophy1 we find only ten million years allowed since the time when the temperature of the ,earth permitted vegetable life to appear on it4 7,app4 ,e et seq42 also ,trans4 ,roy4 ,soc4 ,edin41 xxiii4 ,pt4 #a1 #aeg1 #ahfb1 where #hdg is cancelled47 ,mr4 ,darwin gives ,sir ,william ,thomson's estimate as 8a minimum of #ih and a maximum of #bjj millions of years since the consolidation of the crust40 7,see ,ch4 ,gould1 op4 cit41 p4 #hc47 ,in the same work 7,nat4 ,phil47 #hj millions are given from the time of incipient incrustation to the present state of the world4 ,and in his last lecture1 as shown elsewhere1 ,sir ,william ,thomson declares 7#ahhg7 that the ,sun is not older than #ae millions of years6 ,meanwhile1 basing his arguments as to the limits of the age of the ,sun's heat1 on figures previously established by ,sir ,william ,thomson1 ,mr4 ,croll allows #fj millions of years since the beginning of the ,cambrian period4 ,this is hopeful for the lovers of exact knowledge4 ,thus1 whatever figures are given by ,occult ,science1 they are sure to be corroborated by those of some one among the modern men of ,science who are considered as authorities4 #be ,see ,proceedings1 ,royal ,society1 ,london1 xxviii4 #bha4 #bf ,gould1 ,mythical ,monsters1 p4 #ia4 #bg ,only fortynine ,shlokas out of several hundred are here given1 and not every verse is translated verbatim1 a periphrasis being sometimes used for the sake of clearness and intelligibility1 where a literal translation would be quite unintelligible4 #bh ,the idea and the spirit of the sentence only is here given1 as a verbal translation would convey very little to the reader4 #bi ,the ,fourth ,globe1 or our ,earth4 ,all the glosses on the translation of the text of the ,stanzas and ,commentaries are the writer's4 ,in some places they may be incomplete and even inadequate from the ,hind standpoint2 but in the meaning attached to them in ,trans ,himlayan ,esotericism they are correct4 ,in every case the writer takes any blame upon herself4 ,as she has never claimed personal infallibility1 that which is given on her own authority may leave much to be desired1 particularly in the very abstruse cases where too deep metaphysic is involved4 ,the teaching is offered as it is understood2 and seeing that there are seven keys of interpretation to every symbol and allegory1 a meaning which may not be suitable from1 say1 the psychological or astronomical aspect1 will nevertheless be found quite correct from the physical or metaphysical4 #cj ,the ,planetary ,spirits4 #ca ,loka ,chakshus4 #cb ,the ,planets4 #cc ,according to ,dr4 ,a4 ,wilder's learned definition1 ,genesis1 1 is not generation1 but 8a coming out of the eternal into the ,cosmos and ,time02 8a coming from esse into exsistere10 or from 8,beness0 into 8,being0--as a ,theosophist would say4 #cd ,for a clearer explanation of the origins1 as contained in the ,esotericism of the ,bhagavad ,gita1 see the ,notes thereon published in ,the ,theosophist for ,february1 ,march and ,june1 #ahhg1 ,madras4 #ce ,see the ,sephirothal ,tree4 #cf ,zohar1 ,idra ,suta1 ,sec4 ,,vii4 #cg ,j4 ,b4 ,alden2 ,new ,york1 #ahhh3 ii4 #dcb1 #dcd4 #ch ,it has been repeatedly stated that the ,serpent is the symbol of wisdom and of ,occult knowledge4 8,the ,serpent has been connected with the god of wisdom from the earliest times of which we have any historical notice10 writes ,c4 ,staniland ,wake4 8,this animal was the especial symbol of ,thoth or ,taut 444 and of all those gods1 such as ,hermes 8 and ,seth who can be connected with him4 ,this is true also of the third member of the primitive ,chaldan triad1 ,hea or ,hoa40 ,according to ,sir ,henry ,rawlinson1 8the most important titles of this deity refer to #8his functions as the source of all knowledge and science4' ,not only is he #8the intelligent fish1' but his name may be read as signifying both #8life' and a #8serpent' an initiated ,adept1 and he may be considered as #8figured by the great serpent which occupies so conspicuous a place among the symbols of the gods on the black stones recording ,babylonian benefactions4' 0 7,the ,great ,pyramid1 p4 #ge74 ,esculapius1 ,serapis1 ,pluto1 ,esmun and ,kneph1 are all deities with the attributes of the serpent1 says ,dupuis4 ,they are all healers1 givers of health1 spiritual and physical1 and of enlightenment4 ,the crown formed of an asp1 the ,thermuthis belongs to ,isis1 ,goddess of ,life and ,healing4 ,the ,upanishads have a treatise on the ,science of ,serpents--in other words1 the ,science of ,occult ,knowledge2 and the ,ngas of the exoteric ,buddhist are not 8the fabulous creatures1 of the nature of serpents 444 being superior to man1 and regarded as protectors of the law of ,buddha10 as ,schlagintweit believes1 but real living men1 some superior to men by virtue of their ,occult ,knowledge1 and the protectors of ,buddha's law1 inasmuch as they interpret his metaphysical tenets correctly1 others inferior morally as being 8black magicians40 ,therefore it is truly declared that ,gautama ,buddha 8is said to have taught them a more philosophical religious system than to men1 who were not sufficiently advanced to understand it at the time of his appearance0 7ibid41 p4 #gb74 #ci ,compare the ,symbols of the ,bonzes4 #dj ,the ,mandragora is the ,mandrake of the ,bible1 of ,rachel and ,leah4 ,the roots of the plant are fleshy1 hairy1 and forked1 representing roughly the limbs1 the body1 and even head of a man4 ,its magical and mysterious properties have been proclaimed in fable and play from the most archaic ages4 ,from ,rachel and ,leah1 who indulged in witchcraft with them1 down to ,shakespeare1 who speaks of 8shrieking0-- 8,like mandrakes torn out of the earth ,that living mortals1 hearing them1 run mad0 --the mandragora was the magic plant par excellence4 ,these roots are without any apparent stalk1 large leaves growing out of the head of the root1 like a gigantic crop of hair4 ,they present little similitude to man when found in ,spain1 ,italy1 ,asia ,minor1 or ,syria1 but on the ,isle of ,candia1 and in ,karamania near the city of ,adan1 they have a wonderfully human form1 and are very highly prized as amulets4 ,they are also worn by women as a charm against sterility1 and for other purposes4 ,they are especially effective in 8,black ,magic40 #da ,the ,sun4 #db ,earth4 #dc ,copernicus wrote his theories on the 8,revolution of the ,heavenly ,bodies0 in the sixteenth century1 and the ,zohar1 even if compiled by ,moses de ,leon in the thirteenth century1 states that3 8,in the ,book of ,hammannunah1 the ,old 7or1 the ,ancient71 we learn 444 that the earth turns upon itself in the form of a circle2 that some are on top1 the others below2 that 444 there are some countries of the earth which are lightened1 whilst others are in darkness2 these have the day1 when for the former it is night2 and there are countries in which it is constantly day1 or in which at least the night continues only some instants40 7,zohar1 iii1 fol4 #aj;a1 quoted in ,myer's ,qabbalah1 p4 #aci47 #dd ,see also the #bast ,fargard of the ,venddd on the celestial militia4 #de ,idolat41 ,,ii4 #cgc4 #df ,science teaches that ,venus receives from the ,sun twice as much light and heat as the ,earth4 ,thus this ,planet1 precursor of the dawn and the twilight1 the most radiant of all the ,planets1 is said to give the ,earth onethird of the supply she receives1 and has two parts left for herself4 ,this has an ,occult as well as an astronomical meaning4 #dg 8,as it is above1 so below10 is the fundamental axiom of ,occult ,philosophy4 ,as the ,logos is sevenfold1 i4e41 throughout ,kosmos it appears as seven ,logoi under seven different forms1 or1 as taught by learned ,brhmans1 8each of these is the central figure of one of the seven main branches of the ancient ,wisdom ,religion02 and1 as the seven principles which correspond to the seven distinct states of ,prajn1 or ,consciousness1 are allied to seven states of ,matter and seven forms of ,force1 the division must be the same in all that concerns the ,earth4 #dh ,venus is thus 1 the ,earth 4 #di ,in the ,esoteric ,philosophy it is male and female1 or hermaphrodite2 hence the 8bearded0 ,venus in mythology4 #ej ,therefore1 putting aside its religiometaphysical aspect1 the ,cross of the ,christians is symbolically far more phallic than the ,pagan ,svastika4 ,compare vol4 i4 pp4 #cd1 #ce4 #ea ,the ansated cross is the astronomical planetary sign of ,venus1 8signifying the existence of parturient energy in the sexual sense1 and this was one of the attributes of ,isis1 the ,mother1 of ,eve1 ,hauvah1 or ,mother,earth1 and was so recognized among all the ancient peoples in one or another mode of expression40 7,from a modern ,kabalistic ,,ms47 #eb ,see ,moore's ,hind ,pantheon4 #ec ,athenus shows that the first letter of ,satan's name was represented in days of old by an arc and crescent2 and some ,roman ,catholics1 kind1 good men1 would persuade the public that it is in honour of ,lucifer's crescentlike horns that ,mussulmans have chosen the crescent for their national arms4 ,venus1 ever since the establishment of ,roman ,catholic dogmatism1 has been identified with ,satan and ,lucifer1 or the ,great ,dragon1 contrary to all reason and logic4 ,as shown by symbologists and ,astronomers3 8,the association between the serpent and the idea of darkness had an astronomical foundation4 ,the position which the constellation ,draco at one time occupied showed that the ,great ,serpent was the ruler of the night4 ,this constellation was formerly at the very centre of the heavens1 and is so extensive that it was called the ,great ,dragon4 ,its body spreads over seven signs of the ,zodiac2 and ,dupuis1 who sees in the ,dragon of the ,apocalypse a reference to the celestial serpent1 says1 #8,it is not astonishing that a constellation so extended should be represented by the author of that book as a great dragon with seven heads1 who drew the third part of the stars from heaven and cast them to the earth4' 0 7,staniland ,wake1 ,the ,great ,pyramid1 p4 #gi2 ,dupuis1 iii4 #bee47 ,only ,dupuis never knew why ,draco1 once the polestar--the symbol of ,guide1 ,guru and ,director--had been thus degraded by posterity4 8,the ,gods of our fathers are our devils10 says an ,asiatic proverb4 ,when ,draco ceased to be the 8lodestar10 the guiding sidereal divinity1 it shared the fate of all the fallen ,gods4 ,seth and ,typhon was at one time1 ,bunsen tells us1 8a great ,god universally adored throughout ,egypt1 who conferred on the sovereigns of the #ahth and #aith ,dynasties the symbols of life and power4 ,but subsequently1 in the course of the #bjth ,dynasty1 he is suddenly treated as an evil ,demon1 insomuch that his effigies and name are obliterated on all the monuments and inscriptions that could be reached40 ,the real ,occult reason will be given in these pages4 #ed ,de ,civitate ,dei1 ,,lxxi4 viii4 #ee ,shukra is the son of ,bhrigu the great ,rishi1 and one of the ,seven ,prajpati1 the founder of the ,race of ,bhrgavas1 in which ,parashu ,rma is born4 #ef ,this is a flat contradiction of ,swedenborg1 who saw1 in 8the first ,earth of the ,astral ,world10 inhabitants dressed as are the peasants in ,europe2 and on the ,fourth ,earth women clad as are the shepherdesses in a bal masqu6 ,even the famous astronomer ,huygens laboured under the mistaken idea that other worlds and planets have species of beings identical with those who live on our ,earth1 possessing the same figures1 senses1 brainpower1 arts1 sciences1 dwellings1 even to the same fabric for their wearing apparel6 7,thorie du ,monde47 #eg ,this is a modern gloss4 ,it is added to the old ,commentaries for the clearer comprehension of those disciples who study ,esoteric ,cosmogony after having passed through ,western learning4 ,the earlier ,glosses are too redundant with adjectives and figures of speech to be easily assimilated4 #eh 8,beyond0 the ,great ,range1 means1 in this case1 ,india1 as being the ,trans,himlayan region for the ,tibetan region4 #ei ,the term ,pitris is used by us in these ,shlokas to facilitate their comprehension1 but it is not so used in the original ,stanzas1 where they have distinct appellations of their own1 besides being called 8,fathers0 and 8,progenitors40 #fj ,it is erroneous to take literally the worship of the human ,bodhisattvas1 or ,manjushr4 ,it is true that1 exoterically1 the ,mahyna school teaches adoration of these without distinction1 and that ,huien,tsang speaks of some disciples of ,buddha as being worshipped4 ,but1 ,esoterically1 it is not the disciple or the learned ,manjushr personally that received honours1 but the divine ,bodhisattvas and ,dhyni,buddhas that animated 7amilakha1 as the ,mongolians say7 the human forms4 #fa ,the author of this work is ,augustus ,le ,plongeon4 ,he and his wife are well known in the ,united ,states for their untiring labours in ,central ,america4 ,it is they who discovered the sepulchre of the royal ,kan ,coh1 at ,cichen,itza4 ,the author seems to believe and to seek to prove that the ,esoteric learning of the ryans and the ,egyptians was derived from the ,mayas4 ,but1 although certainly coval with ,plato's ,atlantis1 the ,mayas belonged to the ,fifth ,continent1 which was preceded by ,atlantis and ,lemuria4 #fb ,more correctly ,in ,matrem ,deorum1 ,oratio v4 #fc ,p4 #adc4 #fd ,these seven caves1 seven cities1 etc41 etc41 stand in every case for the seven centres1 or zones1 upon which the seven primitive groups of the first ,root,race were born4 #fe ,the engraving is reproduced in the ,sacred ,mysteries of the ,mayas and the ,quiches on p4 #acd4 #ff ,see ,source of ,measures1 p4 #ejec4 #fg ,see ,isis ,unveiled1 ,,ii4 pp4 #cjj et seq41 for a proof of the antiquity of the decimal system of figures4 #fh ,see ,masonic ,review1 ,cincinnati1 ,june1 #ahhf1 ,art4 8,the ,cabbalah4--,no4 ,,vi10 p4 #aj4 #fi ,ibid41 loc4 cit4 #gj ,ibid41 p4 #aa4 #ga ,see ,source of ,measures1 pp4 #bgf1 et seq41 ,app4 ,,vii4 #gb ,art41 ,masonic ,review1 pp4 #aa1 #ab4 #gc ,in the ,book ,al,chazari1 by ,jehudaha,levi1 translated by ,dr4 ,d4 ,cassel4 #gd ,art4 cited1 pp4 #ab1 #ac4 #ge i4 pp4 #aag et seq4 #gf ,art4 cited1 p4 #b4 #gg ,ibid41 p4 #ad4 #gh ,the appellation ,akad 7or ,akkadians7 is of the same class as ,ad m1 ,hava 7,eve7 den 7,eden72 ,ak,ad meaning 8,son of ,ad10 like the sons of ,ad in ,ancient ,arabia4 ,adad1 the 8only one0 and the 8first10 was the ,adon or 8,lord0 of ,syria and consort of ,ad argat or ,aster't1 the ,syrian ,goddess4 ,and ,ganden 7,eden7 or ,gandunia was ,babylonia and ,mesopotamia4 ,in ,assyrian ,ak meant ,creator1 the letter k being pronounced kh 7ah7 gutturally4 ,according to ,swedenborg's mysticism ,adam was not a man but a church 787 of primitive light4 ,in the ,vedas1 ,aditi is the primitive light1 the ksha of the phenomenal world4 #gi ,adam,jehovah1 ,brahm and ,mars are1 in one sense1 identical2 they are all symbols for primitive or initial generative powers for the purposes of human procreation4 ,adam is red1 and so also are ,brahm,virj and ,mars--,god and ,planet4 ,water is the 8blood0 of the ,earth2 therefore1 all these names are connected with ,earth and ,water4 8,it takes earth and water to create a human soul10 says ,moses4 ,mars is identical with ,krttikeya1 ,god of ,war 7in one sense7--which ,god is born of the ,sweat of ,shiva1 ,shivagharmaja and the ,earth4 ,in the ,mahbhrata he is shown as born without the intervention of a woman4 ,and he is also called ,lohita1 the ,red1 like ,adam1 and the other 8first men40 ,hence1 the author of ,the ,source of ,measures is quite right in thinking that ,mars 7and all the other ,gods of like attributes71 8being the god of war and of bloodshed1 was but a secondary idea flowing out of the primary one of shedding of blood in conception for the first time40 ,hence ,jehovah became later a fighting ,god1 8,lord of ,hosts10 and one who commands war4 ,he is the aggressive ,zodh--or ,cain1 by permutation1 who slew his 7female7 brother1 whose 8blood crieth from the ground10 the ,earth having opened her mouth to receive the blood4 7,genesis iii47 #hj ,apollo ,karneios is certainly a ,greek transformation from the ,hind ,krishna,karna4 ,karna means radiant1 and ,karneios1 which was a title of ,apollo with the ,celts as with the ,greeks1 meant 8,sunborn40 #ha ,kumuda,pati4 #hb ,pitri,pati4 #hc ,budha1 ,mercury4 #hd ,the ,moon4 #he ,ushanas,shukra1 or ,venus1 is our ,lucifer1 the ,morning,star1 of course4 ,the ingenuity of this allegory in its manifold meanings is great indeed4 ,thus ,brihaspati 7the ,planet ,jupiter71 or ,brahmanaspati1 is1 in the ,rig ,veda1 a deity who is the symbol and the prototype of the exoteric or ritualistic worship4 ,he is priest1 sacrificer1 suppliant1 and the medium through which the prayers of mortals reach the ,gods4 ,he is the ,purohita 7,family ,priest1 or ,court ,chaplain7 of the ,hind ,olympus and the spiritual ,guru of the ,gods4 ,soma is the ,mystery ,god and presides over the mystic and ,occult nature in man and the ,universe4 ,tr1 the priest's wife1 who symbolizes the worshipper1 prefers ,esoteric truths to their mere shell1 exotericism2 hence she is shown as carried off by ,soma4 ,now ,soma is the sacred juice of that name1 giving mystic visions and trance revelations1 the result of which union is ,budha 7,wisdom71 ,mercury1 ,hermes1 etc42 that ,science in short which to this day is proclaimed by the ,brihaspatis of ,theology as ,devilish and ,satanic4 ,what wonder that by expanding the cycle of this allegory we find ,christian ,theology espousing the quarrel of the ,hind ,gods1 and regarding ,ushanas 7,lucifer71 who helped ,soma against that ancient personification of ritualistic worship 7,brahmanaspati1 the ,lord of the ,brhmans1 now become ,jupiter,jehovah7 as ,satan1 the 8,enemy of ,god06 #hf ,as shown elsewhere1 it is only the ,heavenly ,man1 ,adam,kadmon1 of the first chapter of ,genesis1 who is made 8in the image and likeness of ,god40 ,adam of the second chapter is not said to be made in that image nor in the divine likeness1 before he ate of the forbidden fruit4 ,the former ,adam is the ,sephirothal ,host2 the second ,adam is the mindless ,first human ,root,race2 the third ,adam is the ,race that separated1 whose eyes are opened4 #hg ,the ,earth4 #hh ,achyuta is an almost untranslatable term4 ,it means that which is not subject to fall or change for the worse3 the ,unfalling2 and it is the reverse of ,chyuta1 the ,fallen4 ,the ,dhyns who incarnate in the human forms of the ,third ,root,race and endow them with intellect 7,manas7 are called the ,chyuta for they fall into generation4 #hi ,this is perhaps the reason why1 in the ,bhagavad ,gt1 we are told that ,brahm had communicated to ,nrada in the beginning that all men whatsoever1 even ,mlechchhas1 outcasts and barbarians1 might know the true nature of ,vsudeva and learn to have faith in that ,deity4 #ij ,see ,asiatic ,researches1 i4 #bfe4 #ia ,book of ,god1 #fj4 #ib ,shesha1 who is also ,ananta1 the infinite1 and the 8,cycle of ,eternity0 in ,esotericism1 is credited with having given his astronomical knowledge to ,garga1 the oldest astronomer of ,india1 who propitiated him1 and forthwith knew all about the ,planets and how to read omens4 #ic ,see ,the ,history of ,indian ,literature1 p4 #bec1 by ,prof4 ,a4 ,weber3 in ,trbner's ,oriental ,series4 #id ,even the ,maya ,indians of ,guatemala had their ,zodiac from untold antiquity4 ,and 8primitive man acted in the same manner independently of time or locality in every age10 observes a ,french writer4 #ie ,ibid41 p4 #b4 #if ,the ,tirukkanda ,panchanga1 for the ,kali ,yuga #dihf1 by ,chintamany ,raghauaracharya1 son of the famous ,government astronomer of ,madras1 and ,tartakamala ,venkata ,krishna ,rao4 #ig ,of years1 #cjj million years1 or ,three ,occult ,ages4 ,the ,rig ,veda has the same division4 ,in the 8,physician's ,hymn10 7,x #ig #a7 it is said that 8the plants came into being ,three ,ages 7,triyugam7 before the gods0 on our ,earth4 7,see 8,chronology of the ,brhmans0 at the end of this ,stanza47 #ih ,forms4 #ii ,minerals4 #ajj ,vegetation4 #aja ,sarsripa1 svapada4 #ajb ,the ,earth4 #ajc ,these two must not be confused with the ,seven ,creations or ,divisions in each ,kalpa4 ,the ,primary and ,secondary ,creations are here meant4 #ajd ,in ,bereschith ,rabba1 ,parscha ,,ix4 #aje i4 #ca4 #ajf ,see ,hibbert ,lectures1 #ahhg1 ,sayce1 p4 #ci4 #ajg ,whence the identity of the ideas8 ,the ,chinese have the same traditions4 ,according to the commentator ,kwoh ,p'oh1 in the work called ,shan,hai,king1 8,wonders by ,sea and ,land10 a work which was written by the historiographer ,chung ,ku from engravings on nine urns made by the ,emperor ,y 7,b4,c4 #bbee71 an interview is mentioned with men having two distinct faces on their heads1 before and behind1 monsters with bodies of goats and human faces1 etc4 ,gould1 in his ,mythical ,monsters 7p4 #bg71 giving the names of some authors on ,natural ,history1 mentions ,shan,hai,king4 8,according to the commentator ,kwoh ,p'oh 7,a4,d4 #bgfcbd7 this work was compiled three thousand years before his time1 or at seven dynasties' distance4 ,yang ,sun of the ,ming ,dynasty 7commencing ,a4,d4 #acfh7 states that it was compiled by ,kung ,chia and ,chung ,ku 7870--as stated above4 8,chung ,ku 444 at the time of the last emperor of the ,hia dynasty 7,b4,c4 #ahah71 fearing that the emperor might destroy the books treating of the ancient time1 carried them in his flight to ,yin40 #ajh ,cory's ,ancient ,fragments1 original edition1 p4 #be4 #aji ,qabbalah1 p4 #bdf4 #aaj ,from the mineral1 vegetable1 and animal remains4 #aaa ,rounds4 #aab ,solarlunar4 #aac ,gods and ,planetary ,spirits1 especially the ,ribhus4 8,the three ,ribhus0 who also become 8thrice seven0 in number of their gifts4 #aad ,remember the 8winged races0 of ,plato1 and the ,popol ,vuh accounts of the first human race1 which could walk1 fly1 and see objects1 however distant4 #aae ,see ,mythical ,monsters1 by ,charles ,gould4 #aaf ,in the first volume of the lately published ,introduction l'tude des ,races ,humaines1 by ,m4 de ,quatrefages1 there is proof that since the ,post,tertiary ,period and even before that time--since many ,races were already scattered during that ,age on the face of the ,earth--man has not altered one iota in his physical structure4 ,and if man was surrounded for ages by a fauna that altered from one period or cycle to another1 which died out1 which was reborn in other forms--so that now there does not exist one single animal on ,earth1 large or small1 contemporary with the man of that period--if1 then1 every animal has been transformed save man himself1 this fact goes to prove not only his antiquity1 but that he is a distinct ,kingdom4 ,why should he alone have escaped transformation8 ,because1 says de ,quatrefages1 the weapon used by him1 in his struggle with ,nature1 and the ever changing geological conditions and elements1 was 8his psychic force1 not his physical strength or body10 as in the case of animals4 ,give man only that dose of intelligence and reason with which other mammalia are endowed1 and with his present bodily organization he will show himself the most helpless of creatures of ,earth4 ,and as everything goes to prove that the human organism with all its characteristics1 peculiarities and idiosyncrasies existed already on our ,globe in those far distant geological periods when there was not yet one single specimen of the nowexisting forms of mammalia1 what is the unavoidable conclusion8 ,why this3 ,since all the human races are of one and the same species1 it follows that this species is the most ancient of all the nowliving mammalia4 ,therefore it is the most stable and persevering of all1 and was already as fully developed as it is now when all the other mammalia now known had not made even their first approach to appearance on this ,earth4 ,such is the opinion of the great ,french ,naturalist1 who gives thereby a terrible blow to ,darwinism4 #aag ,they said4 #aah ,the ,monads of the 8presentments0 of men of the ,third ,round1 the huge apelike forms4 #aai ,the ,waters4 #abj ,in the ,esoteric ,system the seven 8principles0 in man are represented by seven letters4 ,the first two are more sacred than the four letters of the ,tetragrammaton4 #aba ,the ,intermediate ,spheres1 wherein the ,monads1 which have not reached ,nirvna1 are said to slumber in unconscious inactivity between the ,manvantaras4 #abb ,explained elsewhere4 ,the ,three ,fires1 ,pvaka1 ,pavamna1 and ,shuchi1 who had fortyfive ,sons1 who1 with their three ,fathers1 and their ,father ,agni1 constitute the fortynine ,fires4 ,pavamna1 ,fire produced by friction1 is the parent of the 8,fire of the ,asuras02 ,shuchi1 ,solar ,fire1 is the parent of the 8,fire of the ,gods02 and ,pvaka1 ,electric ,fire1 is the ,father of the 8,fire of the ,pitris40 7,see ,vyu ,purna47 ,but this is an explanation on the material and terrestrial plane4 ,the ,flames are evanescent and only periodical2 the ,fires--eternal in their triple unity4 ,they correspond to the four lower1 and the three higher human 8principles40 #abc ,the ,suras1 who become later the ,a,suras4 #abd tm1 ,buddhi and ,manas4 ,in ,devachan the higher element of the ,manas is needed to make it a state of perception and consciousness for the disembodied ,monad4 #abe ,catechism1 ,book iii4 ,sec4 #i4 #abf ,see ,vishnu ,purna1 ,book ,i4 ,ch4 ,v41 closing ,shloka4 ,fitzedward ,hall's rendering of the text1 in ,wilson's ,translation1 i4 #hh4 ,also ,mnava,dharma ,shstra1 i4 #cj4 #abg ,this has in ,esotericism a direct bearing upon the seven 8principles0 of the manifested ,brahm1 or ,universe1 in the same order as in man4 ,exoterically1 it is only four 8principles40 #abh ,wilson's ,translation1 i4 #ha4 #abi ,demons is a very loose word to use1 as it applies to a great number of inferior--i4e41 more material--,spirits1 or minor ,gods1 who are so termed because they 8war0 with the higher ones2 but they are no devils4 #acj ,the same order of principles in man3 tm 7,spirit71 ,buddhi 7,soul71 its vehicle1 as ,matter is the ,vhan of ,spirit1 and ,manas 7,mind71 the third1 or the fifth microcosmically4 ,on the plane of personality1 ,manas is the first4 #aca ,thus1 says the ,commentary1 the saying1 8by day the ,gods are most powerful1 and by night the ,demons10 is purely allegorical4 #acb ,this 8thinking of oneself0 as this1 that1 or the other1 is the chief factor in the production of every kind of psychic or even physical phenomena4 ,the words 8whosoever shall say to this mountain be thou removed and cast into the sea1 and shall not doubt 444 that thing will come to pass10 are no vain words4 ,only the word 8faith0 ought to be translated by 8,will40 ,faith without ,will is like a windmill without wind--barren of results4 #acc ,the same idea is found in the first four chapters of ,genesis1 with their 8,lord0 and 8,god10 which are the ,elohim and the ,androgynous ,eloha4 #acd ,p4 #cih4 #ace ,p4 #ajg4 #acf ,spirits4 #acg ,also ,spirits4 #ach vi4 #bf4 #aci ,but see the difficulties suggested later1 in the works of various ,geologists1 against this theory4 ,compare ,sir ,r4 ,s4 ,ball's articles in ,nature1 xxv1 #gihb1 #ajcajg1 ,nov4 #bd and ,dec4 #a1 #ahha4 #adj ,the ,rpas4 #ada ,the ,goddess who gave birth to these primordial monsters1 in the account of ,berosus1 was ,thalatth1 in ,greek ,thalassa1 the 8,sea40 #adb ,see1 for comparison1 the account of creation by ,berosus1 as preserved in ,alexander ,polyhistor1 and the hideous beings born from the twofold principle--,earth and ,water--in the abyss of ,primordial ,creation3 ,nars 7,centaurs1 men with the limbs of horses and human bodies71 and ,kinnaras 7men with the heads of horses7 created by ,brahm in the commencement of the ,kalpa4 #adc ,for a similar admission see ,prof4 ,lefvre's ,philosophy1 #dha4 #add xii4 #aj1cjh4 #ade ,the ,esoteric ,doctrine says that this 8,cosmic ,evolution0 refers only to our ,solar ,system2 while exoteric ,hindism makes the figures refer1 if we do not mistake1 to the whole ,universal ,system4 #adf ,another point of disagreement4 ,occultism says that the astral prototypes of the mineral1 vegetable and animal kingdoms up to man have taken that time 7#cjj million years7 to evolve1 reforming out of the castoff materials of the preceding ,round1 which1 though very dense and physical in their own cycle1 are relatively ethereal as compared with the materiality of our present middle ,round4 ,at the expiration of these #cjj million years1 ,nature1 on the way to the physical and material1 down the arc of descent1 begins with mankind and works downwards1 hardening or materializing forms as it proceeds4 ,thus the fossils found in strata1 to which an antiquity1 not of eighteen1 but of many hundreds of millions of years1 must be ascribed1 belong in reality to forms of the preceding ,round1 which1 while living1 were far more ethereal than physical1 as we know the physical4 ,that we perceive and disinter them as tangible forms1 is due to the process of materialization or crystallization referred to1 which took place subsequently1 at the beginning of the ,fourth ,round1 and reached its maximum after the appearance of man1 proceeding parallel with his physical evolution4 ,this alone illustrates the fact that the degree of materiality of the ,earth changes pari passu with that of its inhabitants4 ,and thus man now finds1 as tangible fossils1 what were once the 7to his present senses7 ethereal forms of the lower kingdoms4 ,the above ,brhmanical figures refer to evolution beginning on ,globe ,a1 and in the ,first ,round4 ,in this ,volume we speak only of this1 the ,fourth ,round4 #adg ,this difference and the change of cyphers in the last three triplets of figures1 the writer cannot undertake to account for4 ,according to every calculation1 once the three hundred millions are subtracted1 the figures ought to stand1 #a1fee1hhd1fhg4 ,but they are given as stated in the ,tamil calendar abovenamed and as they were translated4 ,the school of the late ,pandit ,daynand ,sarasvati1 founder of the rya ,samj1 gives a date of #a1ifj1heb1ihg4 ,see the rya ,magazine of ,lahore1 the cover of which bears the words3 8ryan era #a1ifj1heb1ihg40 #adh ,vaivasvata ,manu is the one ,human ,being--some versions add to him the seven ,rishis--who in the ,matsya ,avatra allegory is saved from the ,deluge in a boat1 like ,noah in the ,ark4 ,therefore1 this ,vaivasvata ,manvantara would be the 8postdiluvian0 period4 ,this1 however1 does not refer to the later 8,atlantean0 or ,noah's ,deluge1 nor to the ,cosmic 8,deluge0 or ,pralaya of obscuration1 which preceded our ,round1 but to the appearance of mankind in the latter ,round4 ,there is a great difference made1 however1 between the ,naimitika1 ,occasional or ,incidental1 ,prkritika1 ,elemental1 ,atyantika1 the ,absolute1 and ,nitya1 the ,perpetual ,pralaya2 the latter being described as 8,brahm's contingent recoalescence of the ,universe at the end of ,brahm's ,day40 ,the question was raised by a learned ,brhman ,theosophist3 8,whether there is such a thing as ,cosmic ,pralaya2 because1 otherwise1 the ,logos 7,krishna7 would have to be reborn1 and he is ,aja 7unborn740 ,we cannot see why4 ,the ,logos is said to be born only metaphorically1 as the ,sun is born daily1 or rather a beam of that ,sun is born in the morning and is said to die when it disappears1 whereas it is simply rebsorbed into the parent essence4 ,cosmic ,pralaya is for things visible1 not for the ,arpa1 ,formless1 ,world4 ,the ,cosmic or ,universal ,pralaya comes only at the end of one hundred ,years of ,brahm1 when the ,universal ,dissolution is said to take place4 ,then the ,avyaya1 say the exoteric ,scriptures1 the ,eternal ,life symbolized by ,vishnu1 assuming the character of ,rudra1 the ,destroyer1 enters into the ,seven ,rays of the ,sun and drinks up all the waters of the ,universe4 8,thus fed1 the seven ,solar ,rays dilate to seven suns and set fire to the whole ,cosmos40 #adi ,since a ,mah ,yuga is the #a1jjjth part of a ,day of ,brahm4 #aej ,op4 cit41 ,art4 8,geology40 #aea ,ibid4 ,this allows a chance even to the ,biblical 8,adam ,chronology0 of #f1jjj years4 #aeb ,modern ,science and ,modern ,thought1 #dh4 #aec ,to the ,silurian period as regards molluscs and animal life--granted2 but what do they know of man8 #aed ,ibid41 loc4 cit4 #aee ,ibid41 #di4 #aef ,winchell1 ,world,life1 #ahj4 #aeg ,op4 cit41 #di4 #aeh ,wilson's ,vishnu ,purna1 i4 #ea4 #aei i4 #cb4 #afj ,the atmosphere1 or the air1 the firmament4 #afa ,harivamsha1 i4 #cf4 #afb ,genesis1 i4 #fi4 #afc ,lords4 #afd ,they were told4 #afe i4e41 the ,jivas or ,monads4 #aff ,mother ,earth or ,nature4 #afg ,for external bodies4 #afh ,according to the wonderful chronology of ,bentley1 who wrote in days when ,biblical chronology was still undisputed2 and also according to that of those modern ,orientalists who dwarf the ,hind dates as far as they can4 #afi ,now ,shr is the daughter of ,bhrigu1 one of the ,prajpatis and ,rishis1 the chief of the ,bhrigus1 the 8,consumers10 the ,arial ,class of ,gods4 ,she is ,lakshm1 the wife of ,vishnu1 and she is ,gaur1 the 8bride of ,shiva10 and she is ,sarasvat1 the 8watery10 the wife of ,brahm1 because the three ,gods and ,goddesses are one1 under three aspects4 ,read the explanation by ,parshara1 in ,vishnu ,purna 7,i4 viii41 ,wilson's ,trans41 i4 #aai71 and you will understand4 8,the lord of ,shr is the moon10 he says1 and 8,shr is the wife of ,nryana1 the ,god of ,gods03 ,shr or ,lakshm 7,venus7 is ,indrn1 as she is ,sarasvat1 for in the words of ,parshara3 8,har or shvara1 the #8,lord' is all that is called male in the ,universe2 ,lakshm is all that is termed female4 ,there is nothing else than they40 ,hence she is female1 and 8,god0 is male ,nature4 #agj ,shr is ,goddess of1 and herself 8,fortune and ,prosperity40 #aga ,masonic ,review 7,cincinnati71 ,june1 #ahhf4 ,art4 8,the ,cabbalah4--,no4 ,,vi10 #aeag4 #agb ,the ,moon,gods4 #agc ,vishnu ,purna1 ,i4 vii41 ,wilson's ,trans41 i4 #aja4 #agd ,see ,mahbhrata1 ,mokshadharma ,parvan4 #age ,because1 as the allegory shows1 the ,gods who had no personal merit of their own1 dreading the sanctity of those selfstriving incarnated ,beings who had become ,ascetics and ,yogs1 and thus threatened to upset the power of the former by their selfacquired powers--denounced them4 ,all this has a deep philosophical meaning and refers to the evolution and acquirement of divine powers through selfexertion4 ,some ,rishi,yogs are shown in the ,purnas to be far more powerful than the ,gods4 ,secondary ,gods or temporary ,powers in ,nature 7the ,forces7 are doomed to disappear2 it is only the spiritual ,potentiality in man which can lead him to become one with the ,,infinite and the ,,absolute4 #agf ,the ,triangle becomes a ,pentagon 7fivefold7 on ,earth4 #agg ,seth1 as ,bunsen and others have shown1 is not only the 8primitive ,god0 of the ,semites--early ,jews included--but also their 8semidivine ancestor40 ,for1 says ,bunsen 7,god in ,history1 i4 #bcc1 #bcd73 8,the ,seth of ,genesis1 the father of ,enoch 7the man7 must be considered as originally running parallel with that derived from the ,elohim1 ,adam's father40 8,according to ,bunsen1 the ,deity 7the ,god ,seth7 was the primitive god of ,northern ,egypt and ,palestine10 says ,staniland ,wake1 in ,the ,great ,pyramid 7p4 #fa74 ,and ,seth became considered in the later ,theology of the ,egyptians as an 8evil demon10 says the same ,bunsen1 for he is one with ,typhon and one with the ,hind ,demons as a logical sequel4 #agh ,i ,corinth41 xv4 #dg4 #agi ,vyu ,purna2 ,harivamsha1 #agj4 #ahj ,see ,mather's ,kabbalah ,unveiled1 p4 #cjb4 #aha ,translated in ,isaac ,myer's ,qabbalah1 p4 #chf4 #ahb ,zohar iii41 #ace;a1 #bib;a1 ,idra ,zootah4 ,brody ,ed41 ,idrah ,zootah4 #ahc ,gen4 xxvi4 #ca et seq42 ,myer's ,qabbalah1 ibid4 #ahd ,zohar1 iii4 #bij;a1 ,brody ,ed4 ,indrah ,zootah1 quoted in ,isaac ,myer's ,qabbalah1 pp4 #chg1 #chh4 #ahe ii4 #e4 #ahf ,or ,mindborn4 #ahg ,fohat4 #ahh 8,huxley1 supported by the most evident discoveries in ,comparative ,anatomy1 could utter the momentous sentence that the anatomical differences between man and the highest apes are less than those between the latter and the lowest apes4 ,in relation to our genealogical tree of man1 the necessary conclusion follows that the human race has evolved gradually from the true apes40 7,the ,pedigree of ,man1 by ,ernst ,hckel1 translated by ,ed4 ,b4 ,aveling1 p4 #di47 ,what may be the scientific and logical objections to the opposite conclusion--we would ask8 ,the anatomical resemblances between ,man and the ,anthropoids--grossly exaggerated as they are by ,darwinists1 as ,m4 de ,quatrefages shows--are simply enough accounted for when the origin of the latter is taken into consideration4 8,nowhere1 in the older deposits1 is an ape to be found that approximates more closely to man1 or a man that approximates more closely to an ape40 8,the same gulf which is found today between man and ape1 goes back with undiminished breadth and depth to the ,tertiary period4 ,this fact alone is enough to make its untenability clear40 7,dr4 ,f4 ,pfaff1 ,prof4 of ,natural ,science in the ,university of ,erlangen47 #ahi ,see ,yoga ,shstra1 ii4 #cb4 #aij ,voltaire4 #aia ,mnava,dharma ,shstra1 iii4 #aif4 #aib ,matsya and ,padma ,purnas and ,kullka on the ,mnava,dharma ,shstra1 iii4 #aie4 ,we are quite aware that the ,vyu and ,matsya ,purnas identify 7agreeably to ,western interpretation7 the ,agnishvtta with the seasons1 and the ,barhishad ,pitris with the months2 adding a fourth class--,kvyas--cyclic years4 ,but do not ,christian ,roman ,catholics identify their ,angels with ,planets1 and are not the ,seven ,rishis become the ,saptarshis--a constellation8 ,they are ,deities presiding over all the cyclic divisions4 #aic ,vishnu ,purna1 ,wilson1 iii4 #aeh1 #aei4 #aid ,shll4 #ice1 #icf4 #aie ,the ,vyu ,purna shows the region called ,virjaloka inhabited by the ,agnishvttas4 #aif ,wilson1 ibid41 iii4 #ag4 ,note by ,fitzedward ,hall4 #aig ,loc4 cit41 ibid4 #aih ,see ,theosophist1 ,february1 #ahhg1 p4 #cfj4 #aii ,see ,wilson1 ii4 #bf4 #bjj ,see ,vyu ,purna4 #bja ,chhys4 #bjb ,or ,amnasas4 #bjc ,thus4 #bjd ,complexion4 #bje ,also4 #bjf ,creator4 #bjg ,phantoms4 #bjh ,image or shadow4 #bji ,this was hinted at in ,isis ,unveiled 7,i4 xxxviii471 though the full explanation could not then be given3 8,the ,pitris are not the ancestors of the present living men1 but those of the first human kind or ,adamic race2 the spirits of human races1 which1 on the great scale of descending evolution1 preceded our races of men1 and were physically1 as well as spiritually1 far superior to our modern pigmies4 ,in ,mnava,dharma ,shstra they are called the ,lunar ancestors40 #baj ,see the 8,laws of ,manu0--,mnava,dharma ,shstra1 iii4 #bjc4 #baa 8,sacred ,books of the ,east10 ,vol4 ,,iv1 ,the ,zend,avesta1 ,pt4 ,i4 lviii1 ,trans4 by ,james ,darmesteter4 #bab ,compare also what is said about ,makara and the ,kumras in connection with the ,zodiac4 #bac ,whence the subsequent assertions of ,st4 ,john's vision1 referred to in his ,apocalypse1 about1 8the great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns1 and seven crowns upon his heads10 whose 8tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven and did cast them to the earth40 7,ch4 xii47 #bad ,see ,harivamsha1 #icb4 #bae ,the verse 8did cast them to the earth10 plainly shows its origin in the grandest and oldest allegory of the ryan ,mystics1 who1 after the destruction of the ,atlantean giants and sorcerers1 concealed the truth--astronomical1 physical1 and divine1 as it is a page out of precosmic ,theogony--under various allegories4 ,its true ,esoteric interpretation is a veritable ,theodice of the 8,fallen ,angels10 so called3 the willing and the unwilling1 the creators and those who refused to create1 being now mixed up most perplexingly by ,christian ,catholics1 who forget that their highest ,archangel1 ,st4 ,michael1 who is shown to conquer 7to master and to assimilate7 the ,dragon of ,wisdom and of divine ,self sacrifice--now miscalled and calumniated as ,satan--was the first to refuse to create6 ,this has led to endless confusion4 ,so little does ,christian ,theology understand the paradoxical language of the ,east and its symbolism1 that it even explains1 in its deadletter sense1 the ,chinese ,buddhist and ,hind exoteric rite of raising a noise during certain eclipses to scare away the 8great red dragon10 which laid a plot to carry away the 8light06 ,but here 8light0 means ,esoteric ,wisdom1 and we have sufficiently explained the secret meaning of the terms ,dragon1 ,serpent1 etc41 all of which refer to ,adepts and ,initiates4 #baf ,see ,genesis and ,plato's ,timus4 #bag ,in spite of all efforts to the contrary1 ,christian ,theology--having burdened itself with the ,hebrew ,esoteric account of the creation of man1 which it understands literally--cannot find any reasonable excuse for its 8,god1 the ,creator10 who produces a man devoid of mind and sense2 nor can it justify the punishment following an act1 for which ,adam and ,eve might plead non compos4 ,for if the couple be admitted to be ignorant of good and evil before the eating of the forbidden fruit1 how could it be expected to know that disobedience was evil8 ,if primeval man was meant to remain a halfwitted1 or rather witless1 being1 then his creation was aimless and even cruel1 if produced by an omnipotent and perfect ,god4 ,but ,adam and ,eve are shown1 even in ,genesis1 to be created by a ,class of lower divine ,beings1 the ,elohim1 who are so jealous of their personal prerogatives as reasonable and intelligent creatures1 that they will not allow man to become 8as one of us40 ,this is plain1 even from the deadletter meaning of the ,bible4 ,the ,gnostics1 then1 were right in regarding the ,jewish ,god as belonging to a ,class of lower1 material and not very holy denizens of the invisible ,world4 #bah ,in ,isis ,unveiled several of these ,gnostic systems are given4 ,one is taken from the ,codex ,nazarus1 the ,scripture of the ,nazarenes1 who1 although they existed long before the days of ,christ1 and even before the laws of ,moses1 were ,gnostics1 and many of them ,initiates4 ,they held their 8,mysteries of ,life0 in ,nazara 7ancient and modern ,nazareth71 and their doctrines are a faithful echo of the teachings of the ,secret ,doctrine--some of which we are now endeavouring to explain4 #bai i4 #ah4 ,see the translation from the ,greek by ,franois1 ,monsieur de ,foix1 ,evesque d',ayre3 the work dedicated to ,marguerite de ,france1 ,reine de ,navarre4 ,edition of #aegi1 ,bordeaux4 #bbj ,asgard and the ,gods1 p4 #d4 #bba ,mr4 ,james ,darmesteter1 the translator of the ,vendidd1 speaking of it1 says3 8,the tree1 whatever it is44440--8,sacred ,books of the ,east10 vol4 iv4 p4 #bji4 #bbb ,plato's ,timus4 #bbc ,see ,asgard and the ,gods1 p4 #cje4 #bbd ,ibid41 loc4 cit4 #bbe 8,the father of the sacred fire10 writes ,prof4 ,jolly1 8bore the name of ,tvashtri 444 ,his mother was ,my4 ,he himself was styled ,akta 7anointed 7 after the priest had poured upon his head the spirituous 787 ,soma1 and on his body butter purified by sacrifice40 7,man before ,metals1 p4 #aij47 ,the source of his information is not given by the ,french ,darwinist4 ,but the lines are quoted to show that light begins to dawn even upon the ,materialists4 ,adalbert ,khn1 in his ,die ,herabkunft des ,feuers1 identifies the two signs ,symbol3 swastika and ,symbol3 swastika with dots around the center with ,arani1 and designates them under this name4 ,he adds3 8,this process of kindling fire naturally led men to the idea of sexual reproduction10 etc4 ,why could not a more dignified idea1 and one more ,occult1 have led man to invent this symbol1 in so far as it is connected1 in one of its aspects1 with human reproduction8 ,but its chief symbolism refers to ,cosmogony4 8,agni1 in the condition of ,akta1 or anointed1 is suggestive of ,christ10 remarks ,prof4 ,jolly4 8,my1 ,mary1 ,his mother2 ,tvashtri1 ,st4 ,joseph1 the carpenter of the ,bible40 ,in the ,rig ,veda1 ,vishvakarman is the highest and oldest of the ,gods and their 8,father40 ,he is the 8carpenter or builder10 because ,god is called even by the ,monotheists1 the 8,architect of the ,universe40 ,still1 the original idea is purely metaphysical1 and had no connection with the later ,phallicism4 #bbf ,the real ,manushya4 #bbg ,barishad 7874 #bbh ,the ,kavyavhana1 electric fire4 #bbi ,shuchi1 the spirit in the ,sun4 #bcj ,the ,pitris and the two ,fires4 #bca ,the form4 #bcb ,it is not clear why ,bhtas should be rendered by the ,orientalists as 8evil spirits0 in the ,purnas4 ,in the ,vishnu ,purna 7,i4 v1 ,wilson's ,trans41 ,fitzedward ,hall's note1 i4 #hc7 the ,shloka simply says3 8,fiends1 frightful from being monkeycoloured and carnivorous02 and the word in ,india now means 8ghosts10 ethereal or astral phantoms1 while in ,esoteric ,teaching it means elementary substances1 something made of attenuated1 noncompound essence1 and1 specifically1 the astral ,double of any man or animal4 ,in this case these primitive men are the ,doubles of the first ethereal ,dhyns or ,pitris4 #bcc ,see ,pymander1 ,everard's ,trans41 ,,ii4 #agbi4 #bcd ,chaldean ,account of ,genesis1 p4 #ib4 #bce ,p4 #ia4 #bcf ,ibid41 loc4 cit4 #bcg ,ibid41 loc4 cit4 #bch ,human ,monad4 #bci ,astral shadow4 #bdj ,kma ,rpa4 #bda ,shuchi1 the fire of passion and animal instinct4 #bdb ,solar ,fire4 #bdc ,nascent ,man4 #bdd ,later4 #bde ,race4 #bdf ,see ,shloka #bb4 #bdg ,see ,genesis of the ,elements1 by ,w4 ,crookes1 p4 #ba4 #bdh ,pymander1 i4 #f4 ,the opponents of ,hindism may call the above ,pantheism1 ,polytheism1 or anything they may please4 ,if ,science is not entirely blinded by prejudice1 it will see in this account a profound knowledge of ,natural ,sciences and ,physics1 as well as of ,metaphysics and ,psychology4 ,but to find this out1 one has to study the personifications1 and then convert them into chemical atoms4 ,it will then be found to satisfy both physical and even purely materialistic ,science1 as well as those who see in evolution the work of the 8,great ,unknown ,cause0 in its phenomenal and illusive aspects4 #bdi ,sc4 ,race4 #bej ,shlokas1 #aec1 #aed4 #bea ,it is symbolized in the ,pythagorean ,triangle1 the ten yods within1 and the seven points of the ,triangle and the ,square4 #beb ,whence the ,kabalistic name of 8,shells0 given to the ,astral ,form1 the ,body called ,kma ,rpa1 left behind by the ,higher ,angels in the shape of the ,higher ,manas1 when the latter leaves for ,devachan1 forsaking its residue4 #bec ,mackenzie's ,royal ,masonic ,cyclopdia1 pp4 #djidaa4 #bed viii4 #bj4 #bee ,de ,bell4 ,jud41 ii4 #ab4 #bef ,de ,gignat1 p4 #bbb;,c42 ,de ,somniis1 p4 #dee;,d42 which shows that the ,essenes believed in rebirth and many rencarnations on ,earth1 as ,jesus himself did1 a fact we can prove from the ,new ,testament itself4 #beg ,i4 vi4 #c4 #beh ,zohar1 ii4 #bbi;b4 #bei ,it is corroborated1 however1 as we have shown1 by the ,esotericism of ,genesis4 ,not only are the animals created therein after the 8,adam of ,dust10 but vegetation is shown in the ,earth before 8the heavens and the earth were created40 8,every plant of the field before it was in the earth0 7ii4 #e74 ,now1 unless the ,occult interpretation is accepted--which shows that in this ,fourth ,round the ,globe was covered with vegetation1 and the ,first 7,astral7 ,humanity was produced before almost anything could grow and develop thereon--what can the dead letter mean8 ,simply that the grass was in the earth of the ,globe before that ,globe was created8 ,and yet the meaning of verse #f1 which says that 8there went up a mist from the earth1 and watered the whole face of the ground10 before it rained1 and caused the trees1 etc41 to grow1 is plain enough4 ,it shows also in what geological period it occurred1 and further what is meant by 8heaven0 and 8earth40 ,it meant the firmament and dry incrustated land1 separated and ridden of its vapours and exhalations4 ,moreover1 the student must bear in mind that1 as ,adam ,kadmon1 the 8male and female being0 of ,genesis i1 is no physical human being but the host of the ,elohim1 among which was ,jehovah himself--so the animals1 mentioned in that chapter as 8created0 before man in the deadletter text1 were no animals1 but the zodiacal signs and other sidereal bodies4 #bfj ,book of ,dzyan1 iii4 #ai4 #bfa ,kenealy1 ,the ,book of ,god1 pp4 #aad1 #aae4 #bfb ,to those who would enquire3 ,what has ,hydrogen to do with air or oxygenation8--it is answered3 ,study first the ,,abc of ,occult ,alchemy4 ,in their anxiety1 however1 to identify ,pymander1 the 8mouth of mystery10 with ,st4 ,john the ,baptist prophetically1 the ,christian ,symbologists thus identified also the seven ,kabiri and the ,assyrian ,bulls with the ,cherubs of the ,jews and the ,apostles4 ,having1 moreover1 to draw a line of demarcation between the four and the three the latter being the ,fallen ,angels2 and furthermore to avoid connecting these with the 8,seven ,spirits of the ,face10 the ,archangels1 they unceremoniously threw out all they did not choose to recognize4 ,hence the perversion in the order of the ,elements1 in order to make them dovetail with the order of the ,gospels1 and to identify the ,angel,man with ,christ4 ,with the ,chaldees1 the ,egyptians--from whom ,moses adopted the ,chroub 7,cherubs in their animal form7--and the ,ophites2 with all these1 the ,angels1 the ,planets1 and the ,elements1 were symbolized mystically and alchemically by the ,lion 7,mikael72 the ,bull 7,uriel72 the ,dragon 7,raphael72 the ,eagle 7,gabriel72 the ,bear 7,thot,sabaoth72 the ,dog 7,erataoth72 the ,mule 7,uriel or ,thantabaoth74 ,all these have a qualificative meaning4 #bfc ,see ,hibbert ,lectures1 #ahhg1 pp4 #cgj et seqq4 #bfd ,sepher ,m'bo ,shaarim1 near the end1 translated by ,isaac ,myer1 ,qabbalah1 p4 #aaj4 #bfe ,form4 #bff ,shadow4 #bfg ,s4 ,laing1 ,modern ,science and ,modern ,thought1 p4 #ij4 #bfh ,and why not all the progenitive ,first ,races1 human as well as animal2 and why one 8remote progenitor08 #bfi ,obviously so1 on the lines of ,evolutionism1 which traces the ,mammalia to some amphibian ancestor4 #bgj ,second ,edition1 p4 #afa4 #bga ,ibid41 p4 #afb4 #bgb ,de ,quatrefages1 ,the ,human ,species1 p4 #abd2 8,international ,scientific ,series10 ,volume ,,xxvi4 #bgc ,ibid41 p4 #abe4 #bgd ,fol4 #ahf4 #bge ,odyssey1 xi4 #bihcje2 ,iliad1 iii4 #bdc4 #bgf ,hyg41 ,fab41 #hj4 ,ovid41 ,fast41 #gjj1 etc4 ,see ,decharme's ,mythologie de la ,grce ,antique1 p4 #f4 #bgg ,see ,decharme1 ibid41 p4 #feb4 #bgh ,nem41 x4 #hj et seqq4 ,theocr41 xxiv4 #aca4 #bgi ,,xxxiv4 v4 #e4 ,theocr41 xxii4 #a4 #bhj iii4 #aj4 #g4 #bha ,apollodorus1 iii4 #a4 #bhb ,castor's tomb was shown in ,sparta1 in days of old1 says ,pausanias 7iii4 #ac1 #a72 and ,plutarch says that he was called at ,argos the demimortal or demihero1 4 7,qust4 ,gr41 #bc47 #bhc ,pindar1 ,nem41 x4 #fj1 seqq41 ,dissen4 #bhd ,schol4 ,eurip41 ,orest41 #dfc1 ,dindorf4 ,see ,decharme1 op4 cit41 p4 #fed4 #bhe ,the ,monad is impersonal and a ,god per se1 albeit unconscious on this plane4 ,for divorced from its third 7often called fifth7 principle1 ,manas1 which is the horizontal line of the first manifested ,triangle or ,trinity1 it can have no consciousness or perception of things on this earthly plane4 8,the highest sees through the eye of the lowest0 in the manifested world2 ,purusha 7,spirit7 remains blind without the help of ,prakriti 7,matter7 in the material spheres2 and so does tm,buddhi without ,manas4 #bhf ,moral41 p4 #dhd;f4 #bhg ,this strange idea and interpretation are accepted by ,decharme in his ,mythologie de la ,grce ,antique 7p4 #fee74 8,castor and ,pollux10 he says1 8are nothing but the ,sun and ,moon1 conceived as twins4444 ,the ,sun1 the immortal and powerful being that disappears every evening from the horizon and descends under the ,earth1 as though he would make room for the fraternal orb which comes to life with night1 is ,pollux1 who sacrifices himself for ,castor2 ,castor1 who1 inferior to his brother1 owes to him his immortality2 for the ,moon1 says ,theophrastus1 is only another1 but feebler ,sun 7,de ,ventis1 #ag740 #bhh ,see ,book of ,enoch1 ,trans4 by ,bishop ,laurence1 #ahhc4 #bhi ,adam 7,kadmon7 is1 like ,brahm and ,mars1 the symbol of the generative and creative power typifying ,water and ,earth--an ,alchemical secret4 8,it takes ,earth and ,water to create a human ,soul10 said ,moses4 ,mars is the ,hind ,mangala1 the planet ,mars1 identical with ,krttikeya1 the 8,war,god02 he is ,gharmaja1 born of ,shiva's sweat1 and of the ,earth4 ,he is ,lohita1 the red1 like ,brahm also and ,adam4 ,the ,hind ,mars is1 like ,adam1 born from no woman and mother4 ,with the ,egyptians1 ,mars was the primeval generative ,principle1 and so are ,brahm1 in exoteric teaching1 and ,adam1 in the ,kabalah4 #bij ,abel is ,chebel1 meaning 8pains of birth10 conception4 #bia ,see ,isis ,unveiled1 ,,ii4 #cih1 where ,jehovah is shown to be ,adam and ,eve blended1 and ,hevah1 and ,abel1 the feminine serpent4 #bib ,see ,isis ,unveiled1 ,i4 #cje3 8,the union of these two ,races produced a third 444 ,race40 #bic ,genesis1 v4 #b4 #bid ,ibid41 v4 #c4 #bie ,p4 #aei4 #bif ,jod in the ,kabalah has for symbol the hand1 the forefinger and the lingam1 while numerically it is the perfect one2 but it is also the number #aj1 male and female1 when divided4 #big ,vishnu ,purna1 i4 ii43 ,wilson's ,trans41 i4 #bj4 #bih ,quoted in ,myer's ,qabbalah1 p4 #aaj4 #bii ,see ,source of ,measures1 p4 #bgg4 #cjj ,,ii4 #dfd1 et seqq4 #cja ,jeremiah1 x4 #aa4 #cjb ,isis ,unveiled1 ,,ii4 #dfb1 #dfc4 #cjc ,see for comparison ,hosea1 xii4 #f1 where it is so punctuated4 #cjd ,isis ,unveiled1 ,i4 #aef4 #cje ,race4 #cjf ,the ,moon4 #cjg ,hamsa4 #cjh ,text,book of ,physiology1 ,third ,edition1 #ahgi1 p4 #fbc4 #cji ,see the ,timus4 #caj ,see ,extracts from that ,essay in ,the ,theosophist1 of ,february1 #ahhc1 from which the following is condensed4 #caa ,compare ,ezekiel's vision 7chap4 i7 of the four ,divine ,beings who 8had the likeness of a man0 and yet had the appearance of a wheel1 8when they went1 they went upon their four sides 444 for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels40 #cab ,eugibinus1 a ,christian1 and the ,rabbis ,samuel1 ,menasseh ben ,israel1 and ,maimonides taught that 8,adam had two faces and one person1 and from the beginning he was both male and female--male on one side and female on the other like ,manu's ,brahm2 but afterwards the parts were separated40 ,the one hundred and thirtyninth ,psalm of ,david was cited by ,rabbi ,jeremiah ben ,eliazar as evidence of this3 8,thou hast fashioned me behind and before10 not beset as in the ,bible1 which is absurd and meaningless1 and this shows1 as ,prof4 ,wilder thinks1 8that the primeval form of mankind was androgynous40 #cac ,see the union of ,chokmah1 ,wisdom1 with ,binah1 ,intelligence1 or ,jehovah1 the ,demiurge1 called ,understanding in the ,proverbs of ,solomon 7vii74 ,unto men ,wisdom 7divine ,occult ,wisdom7 crieth3 8,oh1 ye simple1 understand ,wisdom2 and ye fools1 be of an understanding heart40 ,it is ,spirit and ,matter1 the ,nous and the ,psyche2 of the latter of which ,st4 ,james says that it is 8earthly1 sensual1 and devilish40 #cad ,pluralit des ,mondes1 p4 #fi4 #cae ,a hypothesis evolved in #ahha by ,mr4 ,w4 ,mattieu ,williams seems to have impressed ,astronomers but little4 ,says the author of 8,the ,fuel of the ,sun10 in ,knowledge1 ,dec4 #bc1 #ahha3 8,applying now the researches of ,dr4 ,andrews to the conditions of solar existence 444 ,i conclude that the sun has no nucleus1 either solid1 liquid1 or gaseous1 but is composed of dissociated matter in the critical state1 surrounded1 first1 by a flaming envelope1 due to the recombination of the dissociated matter1 and outside of this1 by another envelope of vapours due to this combination40 ,this is a novel theory to be added to other hypotheses1 all scientific and orthodox4 ,the meaning of the 8critical state0 is explained by ,mr4 ,w4 ,mattieu ,williams in the same journal 7,dec4 #i1 #ahha71 in an article on 8,solids1 liquids1 and ,gases40 ,speaking of an experiment by ,dr4 ,andrews on carbonic acid1 the ,scientist says that3 8,when #hh is reached1 the boundary between liquid and gas vanishes2 liquid and gas have blended into one mysterious intermediate fluid2 an indefinite fluctuating something is there filling the whole of the tube--an etherealized liquid or a visible gas4 ,hold a redhot poker between your eye and the light2 you will see an upflowing wave of movement of what appears like liquid air4 ,the appearance of the hybrid fluid in the tube resembles this1 but is sensibly denser1 and evidently stands between the liquid and gaseous states of matter1 as pitch or treacle stands between solid and liquid40 ,the temperature at which this occurs has been named by ,dr4 ,andrews the 8critical temperature02 here the gaseous and the liquid states are 8continuous10 and it is probable that all other substances capable of existing in both states have their own particular critical temperatures4 ,speculating further upon this 8critical0 state1 ,mr4 ,w4 ,mattieu ,williams emits some quite ,occult theories about ,jupiter and other ,planets4 ,he says3 8,our notions of solids1 liquids1 and gases are derived from our experiences of the state of matter here upon this ,earth4 ,could we be removed to another planet1 they would be curiously changed4 ,on ,mercury water would rank as one of the condensible gases2 on ,mars1 as a fusible solid2 but what on ,jupiter8 8,recent observations justify us in regarding this as a miniature sun1 with an external envelope of cloudy matter1 apparently of partiallycondensed water1 but redhot1 or probably still hotter within4 ,his vaporous atmosphere is evidently of enormous depth1 and the force of gravitation being on his visible outer surface twoand ahalf times greater than that on our earth's surface1 the atmospheric pressure1 in descending below this visible surface1 must soon reach that at which the vapour of water would be brought to its critical condition4 ,therefore we may infer that the oceans of ,jupiter are neither of frozen1 liquid1 nor gaseous water1 but are oceans1 or atmospheres of critical water4 ,if any fish or birds swim or fly therein1 they must be very critically organized40 ,as the whole mass of ,jupiter is #cjj times greater than that of the ,earth1 and its compressing energy towards the centre proportional to this1 its materials1 if similar to those of the ,earth1 and no hotter1 would be considerably more dense1 and the whole planet would have a higher specific gravity2 but we know by the movement of its satellites that1 instead of this1 its specific gravity is less than a fourth of that of the ,earth4 ,this justifies the conclusion that it is intensely hot2 for even hydrogen1 if cold1 would become denser than ,jupiter under such pressure4 8,as all elementary substances may exist as solids1 liquids1 or gases1 or1 critically1 according to the conditions of temperature and pressure1 ,i am justified in hypothetically concluding that ,jupiter is neither a solid1 a liquid1 nor a gaseous planet1 but a critical planet1 or an orb composed internally of associated elements in the critical state1 and surrounded by a dense atmosphere of their vapours and those of some of their compounds such as water4 ,the same reasoning applies to ,saturn and other large and rarefied planets40 ,it is gratifying to see how 8scientific imagination0 approaches every year more closely to the borderland of our ,occult ,teachings4 #caf ,the ,day after ,death1 p4 #bc4 #cag ,cremona ,ed41 iii4 #gf;a2 ,brody ,ed41 iii4 #aei;a2 ,qabbalah4 ,isaac ,myer1 p4 #dbj4 #cah ,so destroyed4 #cai ,the first occurred when what is now the ,north ,pole was separated from the later ,continents4 #cbj ,we must remember that at the head of all the ,babylonian ,gods were ,ea1 ,anu1 and the primeval ,bel2 and that ,ea1 the first1 was the ,god of ,wisdom1 the great 8,god of ,light0 and of the ,deep1 and that he was identified with ,oannes1 or the ,biblical ,dagon--the ,man,fish who rose out of the ,persian ,gulf4 #cba ,it is far later on that the ,moon became a male ,god2 with the ,hindus it was ,soma1 with the ,chaldans ,nanak or ,nanar1 and ,sin1 the son of ,mulil1 the older ,bel4 ,the ,akkadians called him the 8,lord of ,ghosts02 and he was the ,god of ,nipur 7,niffer7 in northern ,babylonia4 ,it is ,mulil who caused the waters of the ,flood to fall from ,heaven on ,earth1 because of which ,xisuthrus would not allow him to approach his altar4 ,as the modern ,assyriologists have now ascertained1 it is the northern ,nipur which is the centre whence ,chaldan 7,black7 ,magic spread2 and ,eridu 7the ,southern7 which was the primitive seat of the worship of the culture ,god1 the ,god of ,divine ,wisdom--the ,sun,god being the ,supreme ,deity everywhere4 ,with the ,jews1 the ,moon is connected with ,isral's ,jehovah and his seed1 for ,ur was the chief seat of the worship of the ,moon,god1 and ,abraham is said to have come from ,ur1 when from ,abra7h7m1 he becomes ,abraham4 #cbb ,when ,nrada1 the virginascetic1 threatened to put an end to the human race by preventing ,daksha's sons from procreating it4 #cbc x4 #f4 #cbd ,this is corroborated by a learned ,brahman4 ,in his most excellent ,lectures on the ,bhagavad ,gt 7,theosophist1 ,april1 #ahhg1 p4 #ddd7 the lecturer says3 8,there is a peculiarity to which ,i must call your attention4 ,he ,krishna speaks here of four ,manus4 ,why does he speak of four8 ,we are now in the seventh ,manvantara--that of ,vaivasvata4 ,if he is speaking of the past ,manus1 he ought to speak of six1 but he only mentions four4 ,in some commentaries an attempt has been made to interpret this in a peculiar manner4 8,the word #8,chatvrah' is separated from the word #8,manavah1' and is made to refer to ,sanaka1 ,sanandana1 ,sanatkumra1 and ,sanatsujta1 who were also included among the mindborn sons of ,prajpati4 8,but this interpretation will lead to a most absurd conclusion1 and make the sentence contradict itself4 ,the persons alluded to in the text have a qualifying clause in the sentence4 ,it is well known that ,sanaka and the other three refused to create1 though the other sons had consented to do so3 therefore1 in speaking of those persons from whom humanity has sprung into existence1 it would be absurd to include these four also in the list4 ,the passage must be interpreted without splitting the compound into two nouns4 ,the number of ,manus will then be four1 and the statement would then contradict the ,paurnic account1 though it would be in harmony with the ,occult theory4 ,you will recollect that it is stated in ,occultism that we are now in the ,fifth ,root,race4 ,each ,root,race is considered as the ,santati of a particular ,manu4 ,now1 the ,fourth ,race has passed1 or1 in other words1 there have been four past ,manus40 #cbe ,stockwell1 ,smithsonian ,contributions to ,knowledge1 xviii42 ,r4 ,w4 ,mc,farland1 ,american ,journal of ,science1 ,,iii4 xi4 #dej2 and ,croll's ,climate and ,time4 ,lemuria was not submerged by a flood1 but was destroyed by volcanic action1 and afterwards sank4 #cbf ,coste1 ,i4 iv4 #ai4 #cbg ,agruerus is ,kronos1 or ,saturn1 and the prototype of the ,isralitish ,jehovah4 ,as connected with ,argha1 the ,moon or ,ark of salvation1 ,noah is mythologically one with ,saturn4 ,but then this cannot relate to the terrestrial flood4 7,see ,faber's ,cabiri1 ,i4 #ce1 #dc1 and #de47 #cbh ,ibid41 ,,ii4 #bdj4 #cbi ,sanchuniathon says that the ,titans were the sons of ,kronos1 and seven in number2 and he calls them fireworshippers1 ,alet 7,sons of ,agni87 and diluvians4 ,alait is the ,god of ,fire4 #ccj ,ibid41 i4 #acj1 note4 #cca ,of which seven1 let us remark1 the ryans1 and not the ,semites1 were the originators1 while the ,jews got that number from the ,chaldans4 #ccb ,seven individual ,sons of ,god1 or ,pitaras1 ,pitris2 also in this case the sons of ,kronos or ,saturn 7,kla1 8,time07 and ,arkites1 like the ,kabiri and ,titans1 as their name--8,lunar ,ancestors0--shows2 the ,moon being the ,ark1 or ,argha1 on the ,watery ,abyss of ,space4 #ccc ,asiatic ,researches1 v4 #bdf4 #ccd ,kabiri1 ibid41 loc4 cit4 #cce ,orpheus apud ,proclum in ,timum1 v4 #bie4 #ccf ,arnobius1 ,contra ,gentes1 iii4 #abd2 quoted by ,faber1 op4 cit41 i4 #ace4 #ccg ,ant41 iii4 #h4 #cch ,bibl41 iii4 #agj4 #cci ,aretia is the female form of ,artes1 the ,egyptian ,mars4 ,thence the ,chaldan 7and now ,hebrew7 word 7,arets71 8,earth40 ,seyffarth1 the author of ,beitrge zur ,kenntniss 7under 8,artes10 ,mars7 quotes as follows3 8,addit ,cedrenus 7,salm4 ,i4 c73 ,stella ,martis ab gyptiis vocatur ,ertosi 7plantare1 generare74 ,significat autem hoc omnis generis procreationem et vivificationem1 omnisque substanti et materi naturam et vim ordinantem atque procreantem40 ,it is ,earth as 8source of being02 or1 as explained by the author of ,the ,source of ,measures 7p4 #ahf71 ,arts is the same in ,hebrew and ,egyptian1 and both 8combine the primal idea of earth as source2 precisely as in the ,hebrew itself1 under another form1 ,adam and ,mdim1 ,mars1 are the same1 and combine the idea of earth1 with ,adam under the form of hadamh40 #cdj ,ant41 v4 #fd4 #cda ,nonnus1 ,dionys41 xviii4 #cai4 ,quoted by ,faber1 op4 cit41 i4 #cbh4 #cdb ,see ,isis ,unveiled1 ,,ii4 #dbj et seq41 where one or two of the seven meanings are hinted at4 #cdc ,chap4 lxiv 7,sect4 xi74 #cdd ,isis ,unveiled1 ,,ii4 #dbc1 #dbd4 #cde ,ibid41 #dbc1 note4 #cdf ,one has to remember that1 in the ,hind ,philosophy1 every differentiated unit is such only through the ,cycles of ,my1 being one in its essence with the ,supreme or ,one ,spirit4 ,hence arises the seeming confusion and contradiction in the various ,purnas1 and at times in the same ,purna1 about the same individual4 ,vishnu--as the manyformed ,brahm1 and as ,brahma 7neuter7--is one1 and yet he is said to be all the twentyeight ,vysas4 8,in every ,dvpara 7or third7 age1 ,vishnu1 in the person of ,vysa1 divides the ,veda1 which is 7properly1 but7 one1 into many portions4444 ,twentyeight times have the ,vedas been arranged by the great ,rishis in the ,vaivasvata ,manvantara1 in the ,dvpara age2 and1 consequently1 eight and twenty ,vysas have passed away40 7,vishnu ,purna1 iii4 #c2 ,wilson's ,trans41 iii4 #cc1 #cd47 8,they who were all in the form of ,veda,vysa2 who were the ,vysas of their respective eras40 7,ibid41 loc4 cit41 p4 #cc47 8,this world is ,brahm1 in ,brahm1 from ,brahm 444 nothing further to be known40 ,then1 again1 in the ,harivamsha3 8,there were 7in the first ,manvantara7 seven celebrated sons of ,vasishtha1 who 7in the third ,manvantara7 were sons of ,brahm 7i4e41 ,rishis71 the illustrious progeny of rj40 7,ibid41 iii4 #f1 note47 ,this is plain3 the ,humanity of the ,first ,manvantara is that of the seventh and of all the intermediate ones4 ,the ,mankind of the ,first ,root,race is the mankind of the ,second1 ,third1 ,fourth1 ,fifth1 etc4 ,to the last it forms a cyclic and constant rencarnation of the ,monads belonging to the ,dhyn ,chohans of our ,planetary ,chain4 #cdg ,the ,dvpara ,yuga differs for each ,race4 ,all ,races have their own ,cycles1 which fact causes a great difference4 ,for instance1 the ,fourth ,sub,race of the ,atlanteans was in its ,kali ,yuga1 when they were destroyed1 whereas the ,fifth was in its ,satya or ,krita ,yuga4 ,the ryan ,race is now in its ,kali ,yuga1 and will continue to be in it for #dbg1jjj years longer1 while various 8,family ,races10 called the ,semitic1 ,hamitic1 etc41 are in their own special cycles4 ,the forthcoming ,sixth ,sub,race--which may begin very soon--will be in its ,satya 7,golden7 ,age while we reap the fruit of our iniquity in our ,kali ,yuga4 #cdh ,see ,asiatic ,researches1 viii4 #bhj4 #cdi ,see ,dowson's ,hind ,classical ,dictionary1 sub voce 8,id40 #cej ,see ,posthumous ,humanity3 ,translated by ,h4 ,s4 ,olcott ,london1 #ahhg4 #cea ,professor ,newcomb says the heat evolved by contraction would last only #ah1jjj1jjj years4 7,popular ,astronomy1 #eji47 ,while a temperature permitting the existence of water could not be reached earlier than #aj1jjj1jjj years ago4 7,winchell's ,world,life1 #cef47 ,but ,sir ,william ,thomson says that the whole age of the incrustation of the ,earth is #hj1jjj1jjj years1 though1 this year1 he has again altered his opinion and allows only #ae1jjj1jjj years as the age of the ,sun4 ,as will be shown in the ,addenda1 the divergence of scientific opinions is so great that no reliance can ever be placed upon scientific speculation4 #ceb ,the essay on ,the ,plurality of ,worlds 7#ahec7--;an anonymous work1 yet well known to have been the production of ,dr4 ,whewell--is a good proof of this4 ,no ,christian ought to believe in either the plurality of ,worlds or the geological age of the ,globe1 argues the author2 because1 if it is asserted that this ,world is only one among the many of its kind1 which are all the work of ,god1 as it is itself2 that all are the seat of life1 all the realm and dwelling of intelligent creatures endowed with will1 subject to law and capable of freewill2 then1 it would be extravagant to think that our ,world should have been the subject of ,god's favours and ,his special interference1 of ,his communications and ,his personal visit4 ,can the ,earth presume to be considered the centre of the moral and religious ,universe1 he asks1 if it has not the slightest distinction to rely upon in the physical ,universe8 ,is it not as absurd to uphold such an assertion 7of the plurality of inhabited worlds71 as it would be today to uphold the old hypothesis of ,ptolemy1 who placed the ,earth in the centre of our system8 ,the above is quoted from memory1 yet almost textually4 ,the author fails to see that he is bursting his own soapbubble with such a defence4 #cec ,man's ,place in ,nature1 p4 #eh4 #ced ,de ,clo1 ,,ii4 #ac4 #cee ,or what is more generally known as ,protoplasm4 ,this substance received the name of 8,sarcode0 from ,prof4 ,dujardin ,beaumetz far earlier than its present appellation4 #cef ,the ,monera are indeed ,protista4 ,they are neither animals nor plants1 writes ,hckel2 8the whole body of the ,moneron represents nothing more than a single thoroughly homogeneous particle of albumen in a firmly adhesive condition40 7,journal of ,microscopical ,science1 ,jan41 #ahfi1 p4 #bh47 #ceg ,behold the ,iguanodon of the ,mesozoic ages--the monster #ajj feet long--now transformed into the small ,iguana lizard of ,south ,america4 ,popular traditions about 8giants0 in days of old1 and their mention in every mythology1 including that of the ,bible1 may some day be shown to be founded on fact4 ,in nature1 the logic of analogy alone should make us accept these traditions as scientific verities4 #ceh ,these are the opinions of ,burmeister and ,czolbe4 ,see ,force and ,matter1 by ,l4 ,bchner1 edited1 by ,j4 ,f4 ,collingwood1 ,f4,r4,s4,l41 p4 #fa4 #cei ,vishnu ,purna1 ,,ii4 viii2 ,fitzedward ,hall's rendering in ,wilson's ,translation1 ii4 #bda4 #cfj ,ibid41 p4 #bdb4 #cfa ,introduction l'tude des ,races ,humaines4 #cfb ,modern ,science and ,modern ,thought1 by ,s4 ,laing1 p4 #cb4 #cfc ,esoteric ,buddhism1 p4 #gj4 #cfd ,the same fate is in store for spiritualistic phenomena and all the other psychological manifestations of the inner man4 ,since the days of ,hume1 whose researches culminated in a nihilistic ,idealism1 ,psychology has gradually shifted its position to one of crass ,materialism4 ,hume is regarded as a ,psychologist1 and yet he denied priori the possibility of phenomena in which millions now believe1 including many men of ,science4 ,the ,hylo,idealists of today are rank ,annihilationists4 ,the schools of ,spencer and ,bain are respectively positivist and materialist1 and not metaphysical at all4 ,it is ,psychism and not ,psychology2 it reminds one as little of the ,vedntic teaching as does the pessimism of ,schopenhauer and von ,hartmann recall the ,esoteric ,philosophy1 the heart and soul of true ,buddhism4 #cfe ,it must be noted that1 though the astral and physical planes of ,matter ran parallel with one another even in the earliest geological ages1 yet they were not in the same phases of manifestation in which they are now4 ,the ,earth did not reach its present grade of density till #ah1jjj1jjj years ago4 ,since then both the physical and astral planes have become grosser4 #cff ,the conception and definition of the ,absolute by ,cardinal ,cusa may satisfy only the ,western mind1 prisoned1 so unconsciously to itself1 and entirely degenerated1 by long centuries of scholastic and theological sophistry4 ,but this 8recent philosophy of the ,absolute10 traced by ,sir ,william ,hamilton to ,cusa1 would never satisfy the more acutely metaphysical mind of the ,hind ,vedntin4 #cfg ,cudworth's ,intellectual ,system1 ,i4 #cbh4 #cfh ,issued from the ,body of ,brahm when it became ,night4 #cfi ,intellectually vile4 #cgj ,still senseless ,race4 #cga ,race4 #cgb ,intensified4 #cgc ,the vehicle of ,desire4 #cgd ,higher knowledge4 #cge ,monads4 #cgf ,primitive human species4 #cgg ,inst4 ,div41 ,,ii4 viii2 quoted in ,myer's ,qabbalah1 #aaf4 #cgh ,op4 cit41 ,i4 v2 ,wilson's ,trans41 ,fitzedward ,hall's rendering1 i4 #gb4 #cgi ,ibid41 ii4 #aj4 #chj ,ibid41 i4 #hc4 #cha ,whom ,manu calls 8paternal grandfathers0 7iii4 #bhd74 ,the ,rudras are the seven manifestations of ,rudra,shiva1 the 8destroying ,god10 and also the grand ,yogi and ,ascetic4 #chb ,to speak of life as having arisen1 and of the human race as having originated1 in this absurdly unscientific way1 in the face of the modern ,pedigrees of ,man1 is to court instantaneous annihilation4 ,the ,esoteric ,doctrine risks the danger1 nevertheless1 and even goes so far as to ask the impartial reader to compare the above hypothesis 7if it is one7 with ,hckel's theory--now fast becoming an axiom with ,science--which we quote verbatim as follows3 8,how did life1 the living world of organisms1 arise8 ,and1 secondly1 the special question3 ,how did the human race originate8 ,the first of these two enquiries1 that as to the first appearance of living beings1 can only be decided empirically 66 by proof of the so called ,archebiosis1 or equivocal generation1 or the spontaneous production of organisms of the simplest conceivable kind4 ,such are the ,monera 7,protogenes1 ,protamba1 ,protomyxa1 ,vampyrella71 exceedingly simple microscopic masses of protoplasm without structure or organization1 which take in nutriment and reproduce themselves by division4 ,such a ,moneron as that primordial organism discovered by the renowned ,english zoologist ,huxley and named ,bathybius ,hckelii1 appears as a continuous thick protoplasmic covering at the greatest depths of the ocean1 between #c1jjj and #cj1jjj feet4 ,it is true that the first appearance of such ,monera has not up to the present moment been actually observed2 but there is nothing intrinsically improbable in such an ,evolution40 7,the ,pedigree of ,man1 ,aveling's translation1 p4 #cc47 ,the ,bathybius protoplasm having recently turned out to be no organic substance at all1 there remains little to be said4 ,nor1 after reading this1 does one need to consume further time in refuting the further assertion that3 8,in that case man also has1 beyond a doubt to the minds of ,hckel and his like1 arisen from the lower ,mammalia1 apes1 the earlier simian creatures1 the still earlier ,marsupialia1 ,amphibia1 ,pisces1 by progressive transformations0 7p4 #cf7--;all produced by 8a series of natural forces working blindly1 444 without aim1 without design40 ,the abovequoted passage bears its criticism on its own face4 ,science is made to teach that1 which1 up to the present time1 8has never been actually observed40 ,she is made to deny the phenomenon of an intelligent nature and a vital force independent of form and matter1 and to find it more scientific to teach the miraculous performance of 8natural forces working blindly without aim or design40 ,if so1 then we are led to think that the physico mechanical forces of the brains of certain eminent ,scientists are leading them on as blindly to sacrifice logic and common sense on the altar of mutual admiration4 ,why should the protoplasmic ,moneron producing the first living creature through selfdivision be held as a very scientific hypothesis1 and an ethereal prehuman race generating the primeval men in the same fashion be tabooed as unscientific superstition8 ,or has ,materialism obtained a sole monopoly in ,science8 #chc ,the ,rkshasas1 regarded in ,indian popular theology as ,demons1 are called the 8,preservers0 beyond the ,himlayas4 ,this double meaning has its origin in a philosophical allegory1 which is variously rendered in the ,purnas4 ,it is stated that when ,brahm created the ,demons1 ,yakshas 7from yaksh1 to eat7 and the ,rkshasas1 both of which kinds of ,demons1 as soon as born1 wished to devour their ,creator1 8those among them that called out #8,not so3 oh6 let him be saved preserved6' were named ,rkshasas40 7,vishnu ,purna1 ,i4 v42 ,wilson1 i4 #hb47 ,the ,bhgavata ,purna 7,,iii4 #bj1 #aiba2 ibid41 loc4 cit47 renders the allegory differently4 8,brahm transformed himself into night or ignorance invested with a body40 ,this the ,yakshas and ,rkshasas seized1 exclaiming1 8,do not spare it2 devour it40 ,brahm cried out1 8,do not devour me2 spare me40 ,this has an inner meaning of course4 ,the 8,body of ,night0 is the darkness of ignorance1 and it is the darkness of silence and secrecy4 ,now the ,rkshasas are shown in almost every case to be ,yogs1 pious ,sdhus and ,initiates1 a rather unusual occupation for ,demons4 ,the meaning then is that while we have power to dispel the darkness of ignorance--8devour it0--we have to preserve the sacred truth from profanation4 8,brahm is for the ,brhmans alone10 says that proud caste4 ,the moral of the fable is evident4 #chd ,the gradual evolution of man in the ,secret ,doctrine shows that all the later 7to the profane the earliest7 ,races have their physical origin in the early ,fourth ,race4 ,but it is the subrace1 which preceded the one that separated sexually1 that is to be regarded as the spiritual ancestors of our present generations1 and especially of the ,eastern ryan ,races4 ,weber's idea that the ,indo,germanic ,race preceded the ryan ,vedic ,race is1 to the ,occultist1 grotesque to the last degree4 #che ,cf4 especially ,schmidt's ,doctrine of ,descent and ,darwinism1 pp4 #ci et seqq41 and ,laing's ,a ,modern ,zoroastrian1 pp4 #ajbaaa4 #chf ,every process of healing and cicatrization in the higher animal groups--even in the case of reproduction of mutilated limbs with the ,amphibians--is effected by fission and gemmation of the elementary morphological elements4 #chg ,the term here means neither the dolichocephalic nor the brachyo cephalic1 nor yet skulls of a smaller volume1 but simply brains devoid of intellect generally4 ,the theory which would judge of the intellectual capacity of a man according to his cranial capacity1 seems absurdly illogical to one who has studied the subject4 ,the skulls of the stone period1 as well as those of ,african races 7,bushmen included7 show that the first are above rather than below the average of the brain capacity of the modern man1 and the skulls of the last are on the whole 7as also in the case of ,papuans and ,polynesians generally7 larger by one cubic inch than that of the average ,frenchman4 ,again1 the cranial capacity of the ,parisian of today represents an average of #adcg cubic centimetres compared to #aebc of the ,auvergnat4 #chh ,a4 ,lefvre1 ,philosophy1 p4 #dih4 #chi ,principles of ,zoology1 p4 #bjf4 #cij i4 #aed4 #cia ,the boneless4 #cib ,the first ,sweatborn4 ,this is explained in the ,section which follows this series of ,stanzas in the allegory from the ,purnas concerning ,kandu1 the holy sage1 and ,pramloch1 the nymph who is alleged to have hypnotized him2 a suggestive allegory1 scientifically1 as the drops of perspiration which she exuded1 are the symbols of the spores of ,science4 #cic ,this will be explained as we proceed4 ,this unwillingness to fashion men1 or create1 is symbolized in the ,purnas by ,daksha's dealings with his opponent ,nrada1 the 8strifemaking ascetic40 #cid ,androgyne ,third ,race4 ,the ,evolutionist ,professor ,schmidt alludes to 8the fact of the separation of sexes1 as to the derivation of which from species once hermaphrodite all the believers in ,creation naturally excepted are assuredly of one accord40 7,doctrine of ,descent and ,darwinism1 p4 #aei47 ,such indeed is the incontestable evidence drawn from the presence of rudimentary organs4 ,apart from such palpable traces of a primeval hermaphroditism1 the fact may be noted that1 as ,laing writes1 8a study of embryology 444 shows that in the human higher animal species the distinction of sex is not developed until a considerable progress has been made in the growth of the embryo40 7,a ,modern ,zoroastrian1 p4 #ajf47 ,the ,law of ,retardation--operative alike in the case of human races1 animal species1 etc41 when a higher type has once been evolved--still preserves hermaphroditism as the reproductive method of the majority of plants and many lower animals4 #cie ,vehicle4 #cif ,vishnu ,purna1 ,i4 vii2 ,wilson1 i4 #ajj4 #cig ,see ,five ,years of ,theosophy1 p4 #aaa4 #cih ,for explanations and a philosophical account of the nature of those ,beings1 which are now viewed as the 8evil0 and rebellious ,spirits1 the ,creators by ,kriyshakti1 the reader is referred to the chapters on 8,the ,myth of the #8,fallen ,angel1' in its ,various ,aspects10 in ,part ,,ii of this ,volume4 #cii ,vishnu ,purna1 ,,iii4 ii4 #djj ,in the oldest ,,ms4 of the ,vishnu ,purna in the possession of an ,initiate in ,southern ,india1 the ,god is not ,indra1 but ,kma1 the ,god of love and desire4 #dja ,these are the exoteric figures given in a purposely reversed and distorted way1 being the figure of the duration of the cycle between the ,first and ,second human ,race4 ,all ,orientalists to the contrary1 there is not a word in any of the ,purnas that has not a special esoteric meaning4 #djb ,vishnu ,purna1 ,i4 xv2 ,wilson1 ii4 #e4 ,compare also ,vivien's temptation of ,merlin 7,tennyson7--the same legend in ,irish tradition4 #djc x4 #abi4 #djd ,the text has3 8,from ,brahm1 continuing to meditate1 were born mind engendered progeny1 with forms and faculties derived from his corporeal nature1 embodied spirits1 produced from the limbs 7,gtra7 of ,dhmat 7allwise deity740 ,all these beings were the abode of the three qualities of ,devasarga1 or divine creation1 which1 as the fivefold creation1 is devoid of clearness of perception1 without reflection1 dull of nature4 8,but as they did not multiply themselves1 ,brahm created other mindborn sons like himself10 namely1 the ,brahmarshis1 or the ,prajpatis1 ten and seven in number4 8,sanandana and the other sons of ,vedhas 7,brahm7 were previously created10 but as shown elsewhere1 they were 8without desire or passion1 inspired with holy wisdom1 estranged from the universe and undesirous of progeny40 7,vishnu ,purna1 ,x4 vii2 ,wilson's ,trans41 i4 #ajj1 #aja47 ,these ,sanandana and other ,kumras are then the ,gods1 who after refusing to 8create progeny0 are forced to incarnate in senseless men4 ,the reader must pardon unavoidable repetitions in view of the great number of facts given4 #dje ,compare ,schlagintweit's ,buddhism in ,tibet1 pp4 #hhij4 #djf ,see ,edkins' ,chinese ,buddhism1 p4 #bjh4 #djg ,the previous ,third ,round4 #djh ,of this ,round4 #dji ,an allegorical reference to the 8,sacred ,animals0 of the ,zodiac and other heavenly bodies4 ,some ,kabalists see in them the prototypes of the animals4 #daj ,in ,hesiod1 ,zeus creates his ,third ,race of men out of ashtrees4 ,in the ,popol ,vuh the ,third ,race of men is created out of the tree ,tzita and the marrow of the reed called ,sibac4 ,but ,sibac means 8egg0 in the mystery language of the ,artufas1 or ,initiation caves4 ,in a report sent in #ahab to the ,cortes by ,don ,baptista ,pino it is said3 8,all the ,pueblos have their ,artufas--so the natives call subterranean rooms with only a single door where they 7secretly7 assemble4444 ,these are impenetrable temples 444 and the doors are always closed to the ,spaniards4444 ,they adore the ,sun and ,moon 444 fire and the great ,snake 7the creative power71 whose eggs are called ,sibac40 #daa ,there is a notable difference esoterically between the words ,sarpa and ,nga1 though they are both used indiscriminately4 ,sarpa1 serpent1 is from the root srip1 to creep1 compare1 ,lat41 serpo2 and they are called ,ahi1 from h1 to abandon4 ,the ,sarpas were produced from ,brahm's hair1 which1 owing to his fright at beholding the ,yakshas1 whom he had created horrible to behold1 fell off from the head1 each hair becoming a serpent4 ,they are called 8,sarpa from their creeping and ,ahi because they had deserted the head40 7,wilson1 i4 #hc47 ,but the ,ngas1 in the allegories1 their serpent's tail notwithstanding1 do not creep1 but manage to walk1 run and fight4 #dab ,wilson translates the word as 8demigods0 7,vishnu ,purna1 i4 #acj72 but ,raumas are simply a race1 a tribe4 #dac xii4 #aj1cjh4 #dad ,wilson1 ibid41 p4 #abc4 #dae ,ibid41 ii4 #aj4 #daf ,serpents4 #dag ,race4 #dah ,also4 #dai ,into male and female4 #dbj ,then4 #dba ,man4 #dbb ,the 8narrowheaded40 ,compare ,shloka #bd4 #dbc ,the 8narrowheaded40 #dbd ,see ,commentary on ,shloka #cf4 #dbe ,these 8animals10 or monsters1 are not the anthropoid or any other apes1 but verily what the ,anthropologists might call the 8missing link10 the primitive lower man4 #dbf ,the shame of their animal origin which our modern ,scientists would emphasize if they could4 #dbg ,the ,doctrine of ,descent and ,darwinism1 pp4 #ahf1 #ahg4 ,the 8unknown ancestry0 referred to are the primval astral prototypes4 #dbh 8,a very strong argument in favour of variability is supplied by the science of embryology4 ,is not a man in the uterus 444 a simple cell1 a vegetable with three or four leaflets1 a tadpole with branchi1 a mammal with a tail1 lastly a primate 8 and a biped8 ,it is scarcely possible not to recognize in the embryonic evolution a rapid sketch1 a faithful summary1 of the entire organic series40 7,lefvre1 ,philosophy1 p4 #dhd47 ,the summary alluded to is1 however1 only that of the store of types hoarded up in man1 the microcosm4 ,this simple explanation meets all such objections1 as the presence of the rudimentary tail in the ftus--a fact triumphantly paraded by ,hckel and ,darwin as conclusively in favour of the ,ape,ancestor ,theory4 ,it may also be pointed out that the presence of a vegetable with leaflets in the embryonic stages is not explained on ordinary evolutionist principles4 ,darwinists have not traced man through the vegetable1 but ,occultists have4 ,why then this feature in the embryo1 and how do the former explain it8 #dbi 8,the ,proofs of ,evolution10 a lecture by ,hckel4 #dcj ,vol4 i4 pp4 #chhcij4 #dca ,see ,cory1 ,ancient ,fragments1 pp4 #ba1 et seqq4 #dcb ,origin of ,species1 pp4 #ddh1 #ddi1 first edition4 #dcc ,vol4 i4 p4 #aed4 #dcd ,the sin committed with the animals4 #dce ,the ,spirits1 the 8,sons of ,wisdom40 #dcf ,who had refused to 8create40 #dcg ,mindless4 #dch ,mind4 #dci ,this verse in the ,rig ,veda 7x4 #e1 #f73 8,the ,seven ,wise ,ones ,rays of ,wisdom1 ,dhynis fashion ,seven ,paths or ,lines1 and also ,races in another sense4 ,to one of these may the distressed mortal come0--a verse interpreted solely from the astronomical and cosmic aspect1 is one of the most pregnant in occult meaning4 ,the 8,paths0 may mean ,lines 7,marydh71 but they are primarily ,beams of ,light falling on the ,paths leading to ,wisdom4 7,see ,rig ,veda1 iv4 #eac47 ,it means 8,ways0 or ,paths4 ,they are1 in short1 the seven ,rays which fall free from the ,macrocosmic ,centre1 the seven ,principles in the metaphysical1 the seven ,races in the physical sense4 ,all depends upon the key used4 #ddj ,rig ,veda1 x4 #aj1 #e1 #b4 #dda ,it is next to impossible to translate verbally some of these old ,commentaries4 ,we are often obliged to give the meaning only1 and thus retranslate the verbatim translations4 #ddb ,rudra1 as a ,kumra1 is ,nlalohita--red and blue4 #ddc ,this1 regardless of modern materialistic evolution1 which speculates in this wise3 8,the primitive human form1 whence as we think all human species sprang1 has perished this long time4 ,this we deny3 it has only decreased in size and changed in texture4 ,but many facts point to the conclusion that it was hairy and dolichocephalic4 ,african races are even now dolichocephalic in a great measure1 but the palolithic ,neanderthal skull1 the oldest we know of1 is of a large size1 and no nearer to the capacity of the gorilla's cranium than that of any other nowliving man4 ,let us1 for the time being1 call this hypothetical species homo primigenius4444 ,this first species1 or the apeman1 the ancestor of all the others1 probably arose in the tropical regions of the old world from anthropoid apes40 ,asked for proofs1 the ,evolutionist1 not the least daunted1 replies3 8,of these no fossil remains are as yet known to us1 but they were probably akin to the ,gorilla and ,orang of the present day40 ,and then the ,papuan negro is mentioned as the probable descendant in the first line4 7,pedigree of ,man1 p4 #hj47 ,hckel holds fast to ,lemuria1 which1 with ,east ,africa and ,south ,asia also1 he mentions as the possible cradle of the primitive apemen4 ,so also do many ,geologists4 ,mr4 ,a4 ,r4 ,wallace admits its reality1 though in a rather modified sense1 in his ,geographical ,distribution of ,animals4 ,but let not ,evolutionists speak so lightly of the comparative size of the brains of man and the ape1 for this is very unscientific1 especially when they pretend to see no difference between the two1 or very little at any rate4 ,for ,vogt himself showed that1 while the highest of the apes1 the ,gorilla1 has a brain of only #cj to #ea cubic inches1 the brain of the lowest of the ,australian aborigines amounts to #iice cubic inches4 ,the former is thus 8not half of the size of the brain of a newborn babe10 says ,pfaff4 #ddd ,ellis' ,polynesian ,researches1 ,vol4 ,,ii1 p4 #ch4 ,missionaries seem to have pounced upon this name ,ivi and made of it ,eve4 ,but1 as shown by ,professor ,max ,mller1 ,eve is not the ,hebrew name but a ,european transformation of 1 ,chvah1 life1 or mother of all living2 8while the ,tahitian ivi1 and the ,maori1 wheva1 meant bone1 and bone only40 7,introduction to the ,science of ,religion1 p4 #cjd47 #dde ,chaire d',hbreu au ,collge de ,france1 p4 #bj4 #ddf ,of such semianimal creatures1 the sole remnants known to ,ethnology were the ,tasmanians1 a portion of the ,australians and a mountain tribe in ,china1 the men and women of which are entirely covered with hair4 ,they were the last descendants in a direct line of the semi animal latterday ,lemurians referred to4 ,there are1 however1 considerable numbers of the mixed ,lemuro,atlantean peoples produced by various crossings with such semihuman stocks--e4g41 the wild men of ,borneo1 the ,veddhas of ,ceylon1 classed by ,prof4 ,flower among ryans 7671 most of the remaining ,australians1 ,bushmen1 ,negritos1 ,andaman ,islanders1 etc4 ,the ,australians of the ,gulf of ,st4 ,vincent and the neighbourhood of ,adelaide are very hairy1 and the brown down on the skin of boys of five or six years of age assumes a furry appearance4 ,they are1 however1 degraded men2 not the closest approximation to the 8pithecoid man10 as ,hckel so sweepingly affirms4 ,only a portion of these men are a ,lemurian relic4 7,cf4 ,esoteric ,buddhism1 pp4 #fd et seqq47 #ddg ,in calling the animal 8soulless0 we do not deprive the beast1 from the humblest to the highest species1 of a ,soul1 but only of a conscious surviving ,ego,soul1 i4e41 that principle which survives after a man1 and rencarnates in a like man4 ,the animal has an ,astral ,body1 that survives the physical form for a short period2 nevertheless its 7animal7 ,monad does not rencarnate in the same1 but in a higher species1 and has no 8,devachan0 of course4 ,it has the seeds of all the human principles in itself1 but they are latent4 #ddh ,manual of ,geology1 p4 #cjb4 #ddi ,the 8fables0 and 8myths0 about ,leda and ,jupiter1 and such like1 could never have sprung up in people's fancy1 had not the allegory rested on a fact in ,nature4 ,evolution1 gradually transforming man into a mammal1 did in his case only what it did in that of other animals4 ,but this does not prevent man from having always stood at the head of the animal world and other organic species1 and from having preceded the former4 #dej ,see the ,section on 8,the ,chronology of the ,brhmans10 p4 #fi4 #dea ,to avoid confusion1 let the reader remember that the term ,root,race applies to one of the seven great ,races1 subrace to one of its great ,branches1 and familyrace to one of the subdivisions1 which include nations and large tribes4 #deb ,in the ,section on 8,the ,fifth ,race and its ,divine ,instructors10 in the ,commentary on ,stanza ,,xii1 the nature of these 8,instructors0 is explained4 #dec ,the present yellow races are the descendants1 however1 of the early branches of the ,fourth ,race4 ,of the ,third1 the only pure and direct descendants are1 as said above1 a portion of the fallen and degenerated ,australians1 whose far distant ancestors belonged to a division of the seventh subrace of the ,third4 ,the rest are of mixed ,lemuro,atlantean descent4 ,they have since then entirely changed in stature and intellectual capacities4 #ded ,language is certainly coval with reason1 and could never have been developed before men became one with the informing principles in them--those who fructified and awoke to life the mnasic element dormant in primitive man4 ,for1 as ,professor ,max ,mller tells us in his ,science of ,thought3 8,thought and language are identical40 ,to add to this1 however1 the reflection that thoughts which are too deep for words1 do not really exist at all1 is rather risky1 for thought impressed upon the astral tablets exists in eternity whether expressed or not4 ,logos is both reason and speech4 ,but language1 proceeding in cycles1 is not always adequate to express spiritual thoughts4 ,moreover1 in one sense1 the ,greek ,logos is the equivalent of the ,sanskrit ,vch1 8the immortal 7intellectual7 ray of spirit40 ,and the fact that ,vch 7as ,devasen1 an aspect of ,sarasvat1 the ,goddess of ,hidden ,wisdom7 is the spouse of the eternal celibate ,kumra1 unveils a suggestive1 though veiled1 reference to the ,kumras1 those 8who refused to create10 but who were compelled later on to complete divine ,man by incarnating in him4 ,all this will be fully explained in the ,sections that follow4 #dee ,ptolemy1 speaking in his ninth table of the ,kabolit or ,kabul tribes1 calls them 1 ,aristophyli1 the aristocratic or noble tribes4 ,the ,afghans call themselves ,ben,issral1 children of ,is 7sa7 ral1 from ,issa1 8woman and also earth10 sons of ,mother ,earth4 ,but if you call an ,afghan ,yahoudi 7,jew71 he will kill you4 ,the names of the supposed twelve tribes of the ,jews1 and the names of the real twelve tribes of the ,afghans1 are the same4 ,the ,afghans being far older 7at any rate1 their ,arabic stock7 than the ,isralites1 no one need be surprised to find such tribal names among them as ,youssoufzic1 sons of ,joseph1 in ,punjcaure and ,boonere2 ,zablistanee 7,zebulon72 ,benmanasseh1 sons of ,manasseh1 among the ,khojar ,tartars2 ,isaguri1 or ,issachar1 now ,ashnagor in ,afghanistan1 etc4 ,the whole twelve names of the socalled twelve tribes are names of the signs of the ,zodiac1 as is now well proven4 ,in any case1 the names of the oldest ,arabic tribes1 retransliterated1 yield the names of the zodiacal signs and likewise of the mythical sons of ,jacob4 ,where are the traces of the ,jewish twelve tribes8 ,nowhere4 ,but there is a trace1 and a deep one1 that the ,jews have tried to deceive people with the help of these names4 ,for1 see what happens ages after the ten tribes had wholly disappeared from ,babylon4 ,ptolemy ,philadelphus1 desiring to have the ,hebrew ,law translated for him into ,greek 7the famous ,septuagint71 wrote to the high priest of the ,jews1 ,eleazar1 to send him six men from each of the twelve tribes2 and the seventytwo representatives 7of whom sixty were ghosts apparently7 came to the king in ,egypt and translated the ,law amid miracles and wonders4 ,see ,butler's ,hor ,biblic1 ,josephus1 and ,philo ,judus4 #def ,the ,commentary explains that the apes are the only species1 among the animals1 which has gradually1 and with every generation and variety1 tended more and more to return to the original type of its male forefather--the dark gigantic ,lemurian and ,atlantean4 #deg ,androgyne4 #deh ,dr4 ,a4 ,wilder2 who says that ,ganduniyas is a name of ,babylonia4 #dei ,vol4 i4 pp4 #ege1 #egf4 #dfj ,fokouki2 ou ,relations des ,royaumes ,bouddhiques2 par ,chy ,fa hian3 translated by ,abel ,remusat4 #dfa ,seventh year1 #ahee4 #dfb ,de ,mirville's ,des ,esprits1 ii4 #dbc4 ,see also ,moses ,maimonides1 ,more ,nevochim4 #dfc ,sciences ,occultes1 p4 #dfd4 #dfd ,rvolution du ,globe1 ,vol4 v4 p4 #bdg4 #dfe ,we read in ,de ,mirville's 8,mmoire l',acadmie0 7ii4 #dca7 of the 8nave astonishment of ,geoffroy ,st4 ,hilaire1 when ,m4 de ,paravey showed to him1 in some old ,chinese works and ,babylonian tiles1 dragons1 444 ornithorhynchuses and saurians 7aquatic animals found only in ,australia71 etc41 extinct animals that he had thought unknown on earth 444 till his own day40 #dff ,see ,isaiah1 xxx4 #f3 8,the viper and the flying serpent10 and the fiery serpents conquered by the brazen serpent of ,moses4 #dfg ,the fossils1 reconstructed by ,science which we know1 ought to be sufficient warrant for the possibility of even a ,leviathan1 not to mention ,isaiah's flying serpents1 or ,saraph ,mehophep1 words which are translated in all the ,hebrew dictionaries as 8,saraph10 enflamed or fiery venom1 and 8,mehophep10 flying4 ,but1 although ,christian ,theology has always connected both ,leviathan and ,saraph ,mehophep with the ,devil1 the expressions are metaphorical and have nought to do with the 8,evil ,one40 ,nevertheless1 the word 8,dragon0 has now become a synonym for the latter4 ,in ,bretagne the word ,drouk now signifies 8,devil10 whence1 as we are told by ,cambry 7,monuments ,celtiques1 p4 #bii71 the ,devil's ,tomb in ,england1 ,droghedanum ,sepulcrum4 ,in ,languedoc the meteoric fires and willo'thewisps are called ,drac1 and in ,bretagne ,dreag and ,wraie or wraith2 the castle of ,drogheda in ,ireland meaning the ,devil's castle4 7,de ,mirville1 ibid41 ii4 #dbc47 #dfh ,the ultramontane writers accept the whole series of draconian stories given by ,father ,kircher1 in his dipus gyptiacus1 8,de ,genesi ,draconum10 quite seriously4 ,according to that ,jesuit1 he himself saw a dragon which was killed in #affi by a ,roman peasant1 as the director of the ,museo ,barberini sent it to him1 to take the beast's likeness1 which ,father ,kircher did and had it published in one of his infolios4 ,after this he received a letter from ,christopher ,scherer1 ,prefect of the ,canton of ,soleure1 ,switzerland1 in which that official certifies to his having seen himself1 with his own eyes1 one fine summer night in #afai1 a living dragon4 ,having remained on his balcony 8to contemplate the perfect purity of the firmament10 he writes1 8,i saw a fiery1 shining dragon rise from one of the caves of ,mount ,pilatus and direct himself rapidly towards ,fluelen to the other end of the lake4 ,enormous in size1 his tail was still longer and his neck stretched out4 ,his head and jaws were those of a serpent4 ,in flying1 he emitted on his way numerous sparks 78 674444 ,i thought at first ,i was seeing a meteor1 but soon1 looking more attentively1 ,i was convinced by his flight and the conformation of his body that ,i saw a veritable dragon4 ,i am happy to be thus able to enlighten your ,reverence on the very real existence of those animals0--in dreams1 the writer ought to have added1 of long past ages4 7,ibid41 p4 #dbd47 #dfi ,as a convincing proof of the reality of the fact1 a ,roman ,catholic refers the reader to the picture of the incident painted by ,simon de ,sienne1 a friend of the poet1 on the portal of the ,church ,notre ,dame du ,don at ,avignon1 notwithstanding the prohibition of the ,sovereign ,pontiff1 who 8would not allow this triumph of love to be enthroned in the holy place02 and adds3 8,time has injured the work of art1 but has not weakened its tradition40 7,ibid41 p4 #dbe47 ,de ,mirville's 8,dragon,devils0 of our era seem to have no luck1 as they disappear most mysteriously from the museums where they are said to have been4 ,thus the ,dragon embalmed by ,ulysses ,aldovrandus and presented to the ,muse du ,snat1 either in ,naples or ,bologna1 8was there still in #agjj10 but is there no more4 7,ibid41 p4 #dbg47 #dgj ,op4 cit41 ii4 #dbb4 #dga ,ibid41 p4 #dcc4 #dgb ,ibid41 pp4 #dcb1 #dcc4 ,this is about as just as though1 a few millenniums hence1 a fanatic of some future new creed1 who was bent upon glorifying his religion at the expense of ancient ,christianity1 were to say3 ,everywhere the quadruped lamb was adored4 ,the nun1 calling it the ,agnus1 placed it on her bosom2 the priest laid it on the altar4 ,it figured in every ,paschal meal1 and was glorified loudly in every temple4 ,and yet the ,christians dreaded it and hated it1 for they slew and devoured it4 ,heathens1 at any rate1 do not eat their sacred symbols4 ,we know of no serpent or reptile eaters1 except in ,christian civilized countries1 where they begin with frogs and eels1 and must end with real snakes1 as they have begun with lamb and ended with horseflesh4 #dgc ,ibid41 p4 #dbc4 #dgd ,pantheon1 #c4 #dge ,the ,solar ,chnouphis1 or ,agathodmon1 is the ,christos of the ,gnostics1 as every scholar knows4 ,he is intimately connected with the ,seven ,sons of ,sophia 7,wisdom71 the ,seven ,sons of ,aditi1 ,universal ,wisdom1 her eighth being ,mrttnda1 the ,sun1 which ,seven are the ,seven ,planetary ,regents or ,genii4 ,therefore ,chnouphis was the ,spiritual ,sun of ,enlightenment1 of ,wisdom1 hence the patron of all the ,egyptian ,initiates1 as ,bel,merodach1 or ,bel,belitanus1 became later with the ,chaldans4 #dgf ,hermes1 or rather ,thot1 was a generic name4 ,abul ,feda shows in his ,historia ,anti,islamitica1 five ,hermes1 and the names of ,hermes1 ,nebo1 ,thot were given respectively in various countries to great ,initiates4 ,thus ,nebo1 the son of ,merodach and ,zarpanitu1 whom ,herodotus calls ,zeus,belos1 gave his name to all the great ,prophets1 ,seers and ,initiates4 ,they were all 8,serpents of ,wisdom10 as connected with the ,sun astronomically1 and with ,wisdom spiritually4 #dgg ,pantheon1 text #ae4 #dgh i4 #eee4 #dgi ,genesis1 xlix4 #ag1 #ah1 and #e1 #f4 #dhj ,dunlap1 in his ,introduction to ,sod1 the ,mysteries of ,adoni 7xi71 explains the word 8,sod0 as arcanum1 religious mystery1 on the authority of ,schindler's ,penteglott1 #abja4 8,the secret of the ,lord is with them that fear him10 says ,psalm1 xxv4 #ad4 ,this is a mistranslation of the ,christians1 for it ought to read3 8,sod ,ihoh 7the ,mysteries of ,ihoh7 are for those who fear him40 8,al ,el is terrible in the great ,sod of the ,kedeshim 7the ,priests1 the ,holy1 the ,initiated740--,psalm1 lxxxix4 #g 7ibid474 ,the ,kedeshim were very far from holy4 ,see the ,section on 8,the ,holy of ,holies10 in ,part ,,ii of this ,volume4 #dha 8,the members of the ,priest,colleges were called ,sodales10 says ,freund's ,latin ,lexicon 7iv4 #ddh74 8,sodalities were constituted in the ,idan ,mysteries of the ,mighty ,mother10 writes ,cicero in ,de ,senectute4 7,dunlap1 ibid41 p4 xii47 #dhb xxx4 #f4 #dhc ,the priests of ,baal who jumped over the fires4 ,but this was a ,hebrew term and a local one4 ,saraph means 8fiery or flaming venom40 #dhd ,book of the ,dead1 ch4 xxxix4 #dhe ,the same ram's horns are found on the heads of ,moses which were seen on some old medals by the writer in ,palestine1 one of which is still in her possession4 ,the horns1 forming part of the shining aureole on the statue of ,moses in ,rome by ,michael ,angelo1 are vertical instead of being bent down to the ears1 but the emblem is the same2 hence the ,brazen ,serpent4 #dhf ,but see ,harris' ,magic ,papyrus1 ,no4 v1 and the ramheaded ,ammon manufacturing men on a potter's wheel4 #dhg ,brasseur de ,bourbourg1 ,mexique1 pp4 #ace and #egd4 #dhh ,ulp 7,ulpl7 has an entirely ,atlantean ring about it4 ,like ,atlantis1 it is neither a ,greek nor a ,sanskrit name1 but reminds one of ,mexican names4 #dhi ,mahbhrata1 di ,parva1 ,shlokas #gghh1 #gghi4 ,the ,bhgavata ,purna 7ix4 xx4 #ca71 as explained by ,shrdhara1 the commentator1 makes ,ulp the daughter of the king of ,manipra 7see ,vishnu ,purna1 ,wilson1 iv4 #afj72 but the late ,pandit ,daynand ,sarasvat1 certainly the greatest ,sanskrit and ,paurnic authority in ,india on such questions1 personally corroborated that ,ulp was daughter of the king of the ,ngas in ,ptla1 or ,america1 #e1jjj years ago1 and that the ,ngas were ,initiates4 #dij ,isis ,unveiled1 ii4 #bic4 #dia ,fohtchou1 in ,chinese meaning literally ,buddha's lord1 or the teacher of the doctrines of ,buddha--,foh4 #dib ,this mountain is situated southwest of ,china1 almost between ,china and ,tibet4 #dic ,ibid41 pp4 #bic1 #bid4 #did ,let the reader be reminded that in the ,zohar1 and also in all the ,kabalistic works1 it is maintained that 8,metatron united with ,shekinah40 ,now ,shekinah as the ,veil 7,grace7 of ,ain ,suph1 representing the ,logos1 is that very ,tree of ,knowledge2 while ,shamal--the dark aspect of the ,logos--occupies only the bark of that tree1 and has the knowledge of evil alone4 ,as ,lacour1 who saw in the scene of the ,fall 7,genesis1 iii7 an incident pertaining to ,egyptian ,initiation1 says3 8,the ,tree of the ,divination1 or of the ,knowledge of ,good and ,evil 444 is the science of ,tzyphon1 the ,genius of ,doubt1 tzy to teach1 and phon1 doubt4 ,tzyphon is one of the ,aleim2 we shall see him presently under the name of ,nach1 the tempter0 7,les loim1 vol4 ii4 p4 #bah74 ,he is now known to ,symbologists under the name of ,jehovah4 #die ,this is the view taken and adopted by all the ,church ,fathers1 but it is not the real ,esoteric ,teaching4 ,the curse did not begin with the formation of either man or woman1 for their separation was a natural sequence of evolution1 but with the breaking of the law4 #dif ,by which human nature lives2 not even the animal--but the misguided1 sensual and vicious nature1 which men1 not ,nature1 created4 ,see the ,section 8,cross and ,circle40 #dig ,see ,zohar1 i4 #agb1 a and b4 #dih ,compare the ,section on 8,the ,mysteries of the ,hebdomad0 in ,part ,,ii of this ,volume4 #dii ,gould's ,mythical ,monsters1 p4 #a4 #ejj ,the ,unicorn3 a ,mythological ,investigation1 ,robert ,brown1 junr41 ,f4,s4,a4 ,london1 #ahha4 #eja ,mythical ,monsters1 pp4 #bd4 #ejb ,ibid41 p4 #bj4 #ejc ,ibid41 pp4 #cf1 #cg4 #ejd ,the ,human ,species1 p4 #eb4 #eje ,manual of ,geology1 p4 #cja4 #ejf ,ibid41 p4 #ag4 #ejg ,gould's ,mythical ,monsters1 p4 #af4 ,see also ,recherches1 etc41 des ,mammifres1 plate #a4 ,paris1 #ahfh to #ahgd4 #ejh ,preface to the ,shan ,hai ,king1 or 8,wonders by ,land and ,sea40 #eji ,vol4 i4 pp4 #ehi1 et seqq4 #eaj ,there are ,archologists1 who1 like ,mr4 ,james ,fergusson1 refuse any great antiquity to even one single monument in ,india4 ,in his work1 ,illustrations of the ,rock,cut ,temples of ,india1 he ventures to express the very extraordinary opinion that 8,egypt had ceased to be a nation before the earliest of the cavetemples of ,india was excavated40 ,in short1 he does not admit the existence of any cave temple anterior to the reign of ,ashoka1 and seems anxious to prove that most of these rockcut temples were executed during a period extending from the time of that pious ,buddhist king until the destruction of the ,andhra dynasty of ,magadha1 in the beginning of the fifth century4 ,we believe such a claim to be perfectly arbitrary4 ,further discoveries will show that it is erroneous and unwarranted4 #eaa ,america1 at the time of its discovery1 was called ,atlanta by some native tribes4 #eab ,since then ,donnelly's ,atlantis has appeared1 and soon its actual existence will have become a scientific fact4 #eac ,it is so divided to this day1 and ,theosophists and ,occultists1 who have learned something of the occult but undeniable power of ,dugpaship at their own expense1 know this but too well4 #ead ,see ,de ,mirville's ,pneumatologie3 ,des ,esprits1 iii4 #eg1 et seqq4 #eae ,see ,max ,mller1 ,chips1 i4 #cci2 8,popol ,vuh40 ,compare also ,holmberg1 ,ethnographische ,skizzen ber die ,vlker des ,russischen ,amerika4 ,helsingfors1 #ahee4 #eaf ,op4 cit41 pp4 #acae4 #eag ,ibid41 p4 #cjh4 #eah ,an approach to the statues at ,bamian--also a ,buddha #bjj feet high--is found near a ,jain settlement in ,southern ,india1 and appears to be the only one that remains at present4 #eai ,even ,wilson admits that ,rma and ,rvana were personages founded on historical facts4 8,the traditions of the ,south of ,india uniformly ascribe its civilization 444 and the settlement of civilized ,hinds the ,fifth ,race to the conquest of ,lank by ,rma0 7,vishnu ,purna1 iii4 #cah7--the victory of the 8,sons of ,gods0 over the ,atlantean sorcerers1 says the true tradition4 #ebj ,thus we are shown one hero1 to give an instance1 first born as the 8unrighteous but valiant monarch0 7,purusha7 of the ,daityas1 ,hiranyakashipu1 slain by the ,avatra ,narasinha 7,manlion74 ,then he was born as ,rvana1 the giant king of ,lank1 and killed by ,rma2 after which he is reborn as ,shishupla1 the son of ,rajarshi 7,king ,rishi7 ,damaghosha1 when he is again killed by ,krishna1 the last incarnation of ,vishnu4 ,this parallel evolution of ,vishnu 7,spirit7 with a ,daitya1 as man1 may seem meaningless1 yet it gives us the key not only to the respective dates of ,rma and ,krishna but even to a certain psychological mystery4 #eba ,compare ,hibbert ,lectures1 #ahgg1 ,sayce1 pp4 #acdach4 #ebb ,the ,gods became ,no,gods4 #ebc ,race4 #ebd ,yellowwhite4 #ebe ,strictly speaking1 it is only from the time of the ,atlantean1 brown and yellow giant races1 that one ought to speak of man1 since it was the ,fourth ,race only which was the first completely human species1 however much larger in size than we are now4 ,in ,man3 ,fragments of ,forgotten ,history 7by two ,chels71 all that is said of the ,atlanteans is quite correct4 ,it is chiefly this ,race which became 8black with sin10 that brought the divine names of the ,asuras1 the ,rkshasas and the ,daityas1 into disrepute1 and passed them on to posterity as the names of fiends4 ,for1 as said1 the ,suras1 ,gods or ,devas1 having incarnated in the wise men of ,atlantis1 the names of ,asuras and ,rkshasas were given to the ordinary ,atlanteans4 ,owing to the incessant conflicts of the latter with the last remnants of the ,third ,race and the 8,sons of ,will and ,yoga10 their names have led to the later allegories about them in the ,purnas4 8,asura was the generic appellation of all the ,atlanteans who were the enemies of the spiritual heroes of the ryans 7,gods740 7,man1 p4 #gg47 #ebf ,in the beginning4 #ebg ,the subraces4 #ebh ,their colours4 #ebi ,stanza ,,vii1 ,shloka #bd4 #ecj ,see ,shlokas #cb1 #cd4 #eca ,in general1 the socalled orthodox ,christian conceptions about the 8fallen0 ,angels or ,satan1 are as remarkable as they are absurd4 ,about a dozen could be cited1 of the most varied character as to details1 and all from the pens of educated lay authors1 8university graduates0 of the present quarter of our century4 ,thus1 the author of ,earth's ,earliest ,ages1 ,g4 ,h4 ,pember1 ,m4,a41 devotes a thick volume to proving ,theosophists1 ,spiritualists1 ,agnostics1 ,mystics1 metaphysicians1 poets1 and every contemporary author on ,oriental speculations1 to be the devoted servants of the 8,prince of the ,air10 and irretrievably damned4 ,he describes ,satan and his ,antichrist in this wise3 8,satan is the #8,anointed ,cherub' of old4444 ,god created ,satan1 the fairest and wisest of all ,his creatures in this part of ,his ,universe1 and made him ,prince of the ,world1 and of the ,power of the ,air4444 ,he was placed in an ,eden1 which was both far anterior to the ,eden of ,genesis 444 and of an altogether different and more substantial character1 resembling the ,new ,jerusalem4 ,thus1 ,satan being perfect in wisdom1 and beauty1 his vast empire is our earth1 if not the whole solar system4444 ,certainly no other angelic power of greater or even equal dignity has been revealed to us4 ,the ,archangel ,michael himself is quoted by ,jude as preserving towards the ,prince of ,darkness the respect due to a superior1 however wicked he may be1 until ,god has formally commanded his deposition40 ,then we are informed that 8,satan was from the moment of his creation surrounded by the insignia of royalty0 76 673 that he 8awoke to consciousness to find the air filled with the rejoicing music of those whom ,god had appointed40 ,then the ,devil 8passes from the royalty to his priestly dignity0 76 6 674 8,satan was also a priest of the ,most ,high10 etc41 etc4 ,and now--8,antichrist will be ,satan incarnate40 7,chap4 ,,iii and pp4 #efei47 ,the pioneers of the coming ,apollyon have already appeared--they are the ,theosophists1 the ,occultists1 the authors of the ,perfect ,way1 of ,isis ,unveiled1 of the ,mystery of the ,ages1 and even of the ,light of ,asia 6 6 ,the author notes the 8avowed origin0 of ,theosophy from the 8descending angels10 from the 8,nephilim10 or the ,angels of ,genesis 7vi71 and the ,giants4 ,he ought to note his own descent from them also1 as our ,secret ,doctrine endeavours to show--unless he refuses to belong to the present humanity4 #ecb ,compare x4 #h1 where it speaks of all who have come before ,jesus1 being 8thieves and robbers40 #ecc ,verse #ad4 #ecd ,luke1 x4 #ah4 #ece ,it is not correct to refer to ,christ--as some ,theosophists do--as ,buddhi1 the sixth principle in man4 ,the latter per se is a passive and latent principle1 the ,spiritual ,vehicle of tm1 inseparable from the manifested ,universal ,soul4 ,it is only in union and in conjunction with ,selfconsciousness that ,buddhi becomes the ,higher ,self and the ,divine1 discriminating ,soul4 ,christos is the seventh principle1 if anything4 #ecf xix4 #g4 #ecg ,ibid41 verse #h4 #ech xviii4 #bd4 #eci ,to make it plainer1 any one who reads the passage in ,luke1 will see that the remark follows the report of the seventy1 who rejoice that 8even the devils the spirit of controversy and reasoning1 or the opposing power1 since ,satan means simply #8adversary' or #8opponent' are subject unto us through thy name40 7,luke1 x4 #ag47 ,now1 8thy name0 means the name of ,christos1 or ,logos1 or the ,spirit of true ,divine ,wisdom1 as distinct from the spirit of intellectual or mere materialistic reasoning--the ,higher ,self in short4 ,and when ,jesus remarks on this that he has 8beheld ,satan as lightning fall from heaven10 it is a mere statement of his clairvoyant powers1 notifying to them that he already knew it1 and a reference to the incarnation of the ,divine ,ray--the ,gods or ,angels--which falls into generation4 ,for not all men1 by any means1 benefit by that incarnation1 and with some the power remains latent and dead during the whole life4 ,truly 8no man knoweth who the ,son is1 but the ,father2 and who the ,father is1 but the ,son10 as added by ,jesus then and there 7verse #bb7--the 8,church of ,christ0 less than any one else4 ,the ,initiates alone understood the secret meaning of the terms 8,father0 and 8,son10 and knew that it referred to ,spirit and ,soul on the ,earth4 ,for the teachings of ,christ were ,occult teachings1 which could only be explained at ,initiation4 ,they were never intended for the masses1 for ,jesus forbade the twelve to go to the ,gentiles and the ,samaritans 7,matth41 x4 #e71 and repeated to his disciples that the 8mystery of the kingdom of ,god0 was for them alone1 not for the multitudes 7,mark1 iv4 #aa74 #edj ,so1 for instance1 in the ,purnas1 ,pulastya1 a ,prajpati1 or son of ,brahm--the progenitor of the ,rkshasas1 and the grandfather of ,rvana1 the great king of ,lank in the ,rmyana--had1 in a former birth1 a son named ,dattoli1 8who is now known as the sage ,agastya10 says ,vishnu ,purna 7,wilson's ,trans41 i4 #aed74 ,this name of ,dattoli alone1 has six more variants to it1 or seven meanings4 ,he is called respectively1 ,dattoli1 ,dattli1 ,dattotti1 ,dattotri1 ,dattobhri1 ,dambhobhi and ,dambholi4 ,these seven variants have each a secret sense1 and refer in the ,esoteric ,commentaries to various ethnological classifications1 and also to physiological and anthropological mysteries of the primitive races4 ,for1 surely1 the ,rkshasas are not ,demons1 but simply the primitive and ferocious ,giants1 the ,atlanteans1 who were scattered on the face of the ,globe1 as the ,fifth ,race is now4 ,vasishtha is a warrant of this1 if his words addressed to ,parshara1 who attempted a bit of ,jadoo 7sorcery71 which he calls 8sacrifice10 for the destruction of the ,rkshasas1 mean anything4 ,for he says3 8,let no more of these unoffending #8,spirits of ,darkness' be consumed40 7,see for details1 ,mahbhrata1 di ,parvan1 s4 #agf2 also ,linga ,purna1 ,prvrdha1 s4 #fd2 ,wilson1 ibid41 i4 #h1 #i47 #eda ,we have a passage from a ,master's letter which has a direct bearing upon these incarnating ,angels4 ,says the letter3 8,now there are1 and there must be1 failures in the ethereal ,races of the many ,classes of ,dhyn ,chohans1 or ,devas progressed entities of a previous ,planetary ,period1 as well as among men4 ,but still1 as the failures are too far progressed and spiritualized to be thrown back forcibly from ,dhyn,chohanship into the vortex of a new primordial evolution through the lower ,kingdoms1 this then happens4 ,where a new ,solar ,system has to be evolved1 these ,dhyn ,chohans are borne in by influx #8ahead' of the ,elementals entities 444 to be developed into humanity at a future time and remain as a latent or inactive spiritual force1 in the ,aura of a nascent ,world 444 until the stage of human evolution is reached4444 ,then they become an active force and commingle with the ,elementals1 to develop little by little the full type of humanity40 ,that is to say1 to develop in man1 and endow him with his ,selfconscious ,mind1 or ,manas4 #edb ,appendix ,,xv1 pp4 #cfi1 et seqq4 #edc ,when the ,earth with its ,planetary ,chain and ,man were to appear4 #edd ,our ,earth and the physical plane of consciousness4 #ede ,when the pure1 celestial ,beings or ,dhyn ,chohans1 and the great ,pitris of various classes were commissioned--the one to evolve their ,images or ,chhys1 and make of them physical man1 the others to inform and thus endow him with divine intelligence and the comprehension of the ,mysteries of ,creation4 #edf ,the 8dynasties of kings0 who all regard themselves as the 8anointed10 reigning by the 8,grace of ,god10 whereas in truth1 they reign by the grace of ,matter1 the ,great ,illusion1 the ,deceiver4 #edg ,ibid41 loc4 cit41 verse #aj4 #edh ,see the 8,primeval ,manus of ,humanity40 #edi ,the 8,heavenly ,man10 please mark again the word1 is the 8,logos0 or the 8,son0 ,esoterically4 ,therefore1 once that the title was applied to ,christ1 who was declared to be ,god and the very ,god himself1 ,christian ,theology had no choice4 ,in order to support its dogma of a personal ,trinity it had to proclaim1 as it still does1 that the ,christian ,logos is the only true one1 and that all the ,logoi of other religions are false1 and are only the masquerading ,evil ,principle1 ,satan4 ,see whereto this has led ,western ,theology6 #eej 8,for the ,mind1 a deity abounding in both sexes1 being ,light and ,life1 brought forth by its ,word another ,mind or ,workman2 which1 being ,god of the ,fire and the ,spirit1 fashioned and formed seven other ,governors1 which in their ,circles contain the ,phenomenal ,world1 and whose disposition is called ,fate or ,destiny40 7,sect4 ix4 c4 #a1 ed4 of #aegi47 ,here it is evident that ,mind1 the ,primeval ,universal ,divine ,thought1 is neither the ,unknown ,unmanifested ,one1 since it abounds in both sexes--is male and female--nor yet the ,christian 8,father10 as the latter is a male and not an androgyne4 ,the fact is that the 8,father10 8,son10 and 8,man0 are hopelessly mixed up in the translations of ,pymander4 #eea ,the allegory of the fire of ,prometheus is another version of the rebellion of the proud ,lucifer1 who was hurled down to the 8bottomless pit10 or simply on to our ,earth1 to live as man4 ,the ,hind ,lucifer1 the ,mahsura1 is also said to have become envious of the ,creator's resplendent ,light1 and1 at the head of inferior ,asuras 7not ,gods1 but ,spirits71 to have rebelled against ,brahm2 for which ,shiva hurled him down to ,ptla4 ,but1 as philosophy goes hand in hand with allegorical fiction in ,hind myths1 the 8,devil0 is made to repent1 and is afforded the opportunity to progress3 he is a sinful man esoterically1 and can by ,yoga1 devotion1 and adeptship1 reach his status of 8one with the deity10 once more4 ,hercules1 the ,sun ,god1 descends to ,hades 7the ,cave of ,initiation7 to deliver the victims from their tortures1 etc4 ,the ,christian ,church alone creates eternal torment for the ,devil and the damned that she has invented4 #eeb ,why1 for instance1 should liphas ,lvi1 the very fearless and outspoken ,kabalist1 have hesitated to divulge the mystery of the ,fallen ,angels socalled8 ,that he knew the fact and the real meaning of the allegory1 both in its religious and mystical1 as well as in its physiological sense1 is proved by his voluminous writings and frequent allusions and hints4 ,yet liphas1 after having alluded to it a hundred times in his previous works1 says in his later ,histoire de la ,magie 7pp4 #bbj1 #bba73 8,we protest with all our might against the sovereignty and the ubiquity of ,satan4 ,we pretend neither to deny nor affirm here the tradition on the ,fall of the ,angels4444 ,but if so 444 then the prince of the ,angelic ,rebels can be at best the last and the most powerless among the condemned--now that he is separated from deity--which is the principle of every power40 ,this is hazy and evasive enough2 but see what ,hargrave ,jennings writes in his weird1 staccatolike style3 8,both ,saint ,michael and ,saint ,george are types4 ,they are sainted personages1 or dignified heroes1 or powers apotheosized4 ,they are each represented with their appropriate faculties and attributes4 ,these are reproduced and stand multiplied--distinguished by different names in all the mythologies including the ,christian4 ,but the idea regarding each is a general one4 ,this idea and representative notion is that of the allpowerful champion--childlike in his #8virgin innocence'--so powerful that this ,godfilled innocence 7the ,seraphim #8know most1' the ,cherubim #8love most'7 can shatter the world 7articulated--so to use the word--in the magic of ,lucifer1 but condemned71 in opposition to the artful constructions1 won out of the permission of the ,supreme--artful constructions 7#8this side life'7--of the magnificent apostate1 the mighty rebel1 but yet1 at the same time1 the #8,lightbringer1' the ,lucifer--the #8,morning ,star1' the #8,son of the ,morning'--the very highest title #8out of heaven1' for in heaven it cannot be1 but out of heaven it is everything4 ,in an apparently incredible side of his character--for let the reader carefully remark that qualities are of no sex--this ,archangel ,saint ,michael is the invincible1 sexless1 celestial #8,energy'--to dignify him by his grand characteristics--the invincible #8,virgin,combatant1' clothed 444 and at the same time armed1 in the denying mail of the ,gnostic #8refusal to create4' ,this is another myth1 a #8myth within myths1' 444 a stupendous #8mystery of mysteries1' because it is so impossible and contradictory4 ,unexplainable as the ,apocalypse4 ,unrevealable as the #8,revelation4' 0 7,phallicism1 pp4 #bab1 #bac47 ,nevertheless1 this unexplainable and unrevealable mystery will now be explained and revealed by the doctrines of the ,east4 ,though1 of course1 as the very erudite1 but still more puzzling author of ,phallicism gives it1 no uninitiated mortal would ever understand his real drift4 #eec 8,creation0--out of prexistent eternal ,substance1 or ,matter1 of course1 which ,substance1 according to our teachings1 is ,boundless1 ,everexisting ,space4 #eed ,the ,luciferians1 a sect of the fourth century who are alleged to have taught that the soul was a carnal body transmitted to the child by its father1 and the ,lucianists1 another and earlier sect of the third century ,a4,d41 who taught all this1 and further1 that the animal soul was not immortal1 philosophized on the grounds of the real ,kabalistic and ,occult teachings4 #eee ,this 8,central ,sun0 of the ,occultists even ,science is obliged to accept astronomically1 for it cannot deny the presence in sidereal space of a central body in the ,milky ,way1 a point unseen and mysterious1 the everhidden centre of attraction of our ,sun and ,system4 ,but this 8,sun0 is viewed differently by the ,occultists of the ,east4 ,while the ,western and ,jewish ,kabalists--and even some pious modern ,astronomers--claim that in this ,sun the ,godhead is specially present1 referring to it the volitional acts of ,god--the ,eastern ,initiates maintain that1 as the ,supradivine ,essence of the ,unknown ,absolute is equally in every domain and place1 the 8,central ,sun0 is simply the centre of ,universal ,life,electricity2 the reservoir within which that ,divine ,radiance1 already differentiated at the beginning of every 8creation10 is focussed4 ,though still in a ,laya1 or neutral condition1 it is1 nevertheless1 the one attracting1 as also the everemitting1 ,life,centre4 #eef ,op4 cit41 pp4 #bhgbhi4 #eeg ,see ,commentary to ,stanza ,,vii1 ,volume ,i4 #eeh ,the fourth and the fifth from below beginning with the ,physical ,body2 the third and the fourth1 if we reckon from tm4 #eei ,new ,aspects of ,life4 #efj ,angelic1 ,spiritual ,essences1 immortal in their ,being1 because unconditioned in ,eternity2 but periodical and conditioned in their ,manvantaric manifestations4 #efa ,op4 cit41 pp4 #ig1 #ih1 #bnd ed41 #ahhg4 #efb ,the history of ,prometheus1 ,karma1 and human consciousness1 is to be found in ,part ,,ii1 ,section ,v4 #efc ,by an ,englishman whose erratic genius killed him4 ,the son of a ,protestant clergyman1 he became a ,mohammedan2 then a rabid ,atheist2 after meeting with a ,master1 a ,guru1 he became a ,mystic2 then a ,theosophist who doubted1 despaired--threw up white for black magic1 went insane and joined the ,roman ,church4 ,then again turning round1 anathematized her1 rebecame an ,atheist1 and died cursing humanity1 knowledge1 and ,god1 in whom he had ceased to believe4 ,furnished with all the ,esoteric data to write his 8,war in ,heaven10 he made a semipolitical article out of it1 mixing ,malthus with ,satan1 and ,darwin with the ,astral ,light4 ,peace be to his--,shell4 ,he is a warning to the ,chels who fail4 ,his forgotten tomb may now be seen in the ,mussulman burial ground of ,joonaghur1 ,kathiawar1 ,india4 #efd ,the author talks of the active1 fighting1 damning ,jehovah as though he were a synonym of ,parabrahman6 ,we have quoted from this article to show where it dissents from ,theosophic teachings2 otherwise it would be quoted some day against us1 as everything published in the ,theosophist generally is4 #efe ,the ,theosophist1 vol4 iii4 p4 #fh4 #eff ,explaining the ,kabalah1 ,dr4 ,henry ,pratt says3 8,spirit was to man to the ,jewish ,rabbin1 rather6 a bodiless1 disembodied1 or deprived1 and degraded being1 and hence was termed by the ideograph ,nahash1 #8,deprived'2 represented as appearing to and seducing the human race--man through the woman4444 ,in the picture from this ,nahash1 this spirit was represented by a serpent1 because from its destitution of bodily members1 the serpent was looked upon as a deprived and depraved and degraded creature40 7,new ,aspects of ,life1 p4 #bce47 ,symbol for symbol there are those who would prefer that of the serpent--the symbol of wisdom and eternity1 deprived of limbs as it is--to the ,jod 77--the poetical ideograph of ,jehovah in the ,kabalah--the ,god of the male symbol of generation4 #efg ,zohar1 iii4 #fa;c4 #efh ,daksha1 the 8intelligent1 the competent40 8,this name generally carries with it the idea of creative power40 ,he is a son of ,brahm and of ,aditi1 and agreeably to other versions1 a selfborn power1 which1 like ,minerva1 sprang from his father's body4 ,he is the chief of the ,prajpatis1 the ,lords or ,creators of ,being4 ,in ,vishnu ,purna1 ,parshara says of him3 8,in every ,kalpa or ,manvantara ,daksha and the rest are born and are again destroyed40 ,and the ,rig ,veda says that 8,daksha sprang from ,aditi and ,aditi from ,daksha10 a reference to the eternal cyclic rebirth of the same divine ,essence4 #efi ,bhgavata ,purna1 iv4 #bd1 #d4 #egj ,no one of these ,orders is distinct from the ,pitris or ,progenitors4 ,as says ,manu 7iii4 #bhd73 8,the wise call our fathers ,vasus2 our paternal grandfathers1 ,rudras2 our paternal great grandfathers1 dityas2 agreeably to a text of the ,vedas40 8,this is an everlasting ,vedic text10 says another translation4 #ega ,as now discovered by the late ,g4 ,smith in the ,babylonian cylinder literature1 it was the same in ,chaldan ,theogony4 ,ishtar1 8eldest of ,heaven and of ,earth40 ,below him the ,igigi or ,angels of ,heaven1 and the ,annaki1 or ,angels of ,earth4 ,below these again various classes of ,spirits and 8,genii0 called ,sadu1 ,vadukku1 ,ekimu1 ,gallu--of which some were good1 some evil4 7,see ,smith's ,babylonian ,mythology1 also ,sayce's ,hibbert ,lectures1 p4 #ada47 #egb ,some superior1 others inferior1 to suit the ,karma of the various rencarnating ,monads1 which could not all be of the same degree of purity in their last births in other ,worlds4 ,this accounts for the difference of races1 the inferiority of the savage and other human varieties4 #egc 8,there are10 says ,topinard in the ,english edition of his ,anthropology1 with a preface by ,professor ,broca1 8three fundamental elements of colour in the human organism--namely1 the red1 the yellow1 and the black1 which1 mixed in variable quantities with the white of the tissues1 give rise to those numerous shades seen in the human family40 ,here is ,science again unintentionally supporting ,occultism4 #egd ,it must be remembered that the 8last remnants0 here spoken of1 refer to those portions of the 8,great ,continent0 which still remained1 and not to any of the numerous islands which existed contemporaneously with the ,continent4 ,plato's 8island10 for instance1 was one of such remnants2 the others having sunk at various periods previously4 ,an ,occult 8tradition0 teaches that such submersions occur whenever there is an eclipse of the 8,spiritual ,sun40 #ege ,see the remarks on the ,root and ,seed ,manus infra1 and the ,section on 8,the ,primeval ,manus of ,humanity10 at the end of the ,commentaries on this ,stanza4 #egf ,mr4 ,gladstone's unfortunate attempt to reconcile the ,genetic account with ,science 7see his 8,dawn of ,creation0 and 8,proem to ,genesis10 in ,the ,nineteenth ,century1 #ahhf71 has brought upon him the ,jovian thunderbolt hurled by ,mr4 ,huxley4 ,the deadletter account warranted no such attempt2 and his fourfold order1 or division1 of animated creation1 has turned into the stone which1 instead of killing the fly on the sleeping friend's brow1 killed the man himself4 ,mr4 ,gladstone has killed ,genesis for ever4 ,but this does not prove that there is no ,esotericism in the latter4 ,the fact that the ,jews and all the ,christians1 the modern as well as the early sects1 have accepted the narrative literally for two thousand years1 proves only their ignorance1 and shows the great ingenuity and constructive ability of the ,initiated ,rabbis1 who built the two accounts--the ,elohistic and ,jehovistic--,esoterically1 and purposely confused the meaning by the vowelless glyphs or wordsigns in the original text4 ,the six days 7,yom7 of creation do mean six periods of evolution1 and the seventh day is that of culmination1 of perfection--not of rest4 ,these refer to the seven ,rounds and the seven ,races with a distinct 8creation0 in each2 though the use of the words ,boker1 8dawn0 or 8morning10 and ,ereb1 8evening twilight0--which have ,esoterically the same meaning as ,sandhy1 8twilight10 in ,sanskrit--have led to a charge of the most crass ignorance of the order of evolution4 #egg ,modern ,science and ,modern ,thought1 p4 #ccg4 #egh ,dowson's ,hind ,classical ,dictionary1 sub voce4 #egi ,op4 cit41 p4 #cce4 #ehj 8,follow the law of analogy0--the ,masters teach4 tm,buddhi is dual and ,manas is triple1 inasmuch as the former has two aspects1 and the latter three1 i4e41 as a 8principle0 per se1 which gravitates1 in its higher aspect1 to tm,buddhi1 and follows1 in its lower nature1 ,kma1 the seat of terrestrial and animal desires and passions4 ,now compare the evolution of the ,races1 the ,first and the ,second of which are of the nature of tm,buddhi1 of which they are the passive ,spiritual progeny1 while the ,third ,root,race shows three distinct divisions or aspects physiologically and psychically--the earliest sinless1 the middle portions awakening to intelligence1 and the third and last decidedly animal1 i4e41 ,manas succumbs to the temptations of ,kma4 #eha ,laing1 op4 cit41 ibid4 #ehb ,the whole trouble is this3 neither ,physiologists nor ,pathologists will recognize that the cellgerminating substance1 the ,cytoblastema1 and the motherlye from which crystals originate1 are one and the same essence1 save in differentiation for certain purposes4 #ehc ,huxley1 ,proceedings of the ,royal ,institution1 iii4 #aea4 #ehd ,introduction to the ,study of the ,foraminifera1 p4 xi4 #ehe ,transactions of the ,geological ,society of ,glasgow1 vol4 iii4 ,very strangely1 however1 he has recently again changed his opinion4 ,the ,sun1 he says1 is only #ae1jjj1jjj years old4 #ehf ,bastian1 ,the ,beginnings of ,life1 ii4 #fbb4 #ehg ,laing1 ,modern ,science and ,modern ,thought1 p4 #aga4 #ehh ,in ,isis ,unveiled1 vol4 i4 p4 #chi1 this is noticed and half explained4 #ehi ,hence the philosophy in the allegory of the #g1 #aj1 and finally #ba1 ,prajpatis1 ,rishis1 ,munis1 etc41 who all are made the 8fathers0 of various beings and things4 ,the order of the seven classes1 or orders of plants1 animals1 and even inanimate things1 given at random in the ,purnas1 is found in several commentaries in the correct rotation4 ,thus1 ,prithu is the father of the ,earth4 ,he 8milks0 her1 and makes her bear every kind of grain and vegetable1 all enumerated and specified4 ,kashyapa is the 8father0 of all the reptiles1 snakes1 demons1 etc4 #eij ,see vol4 i4 pp4 #aea1 et seqq41 concerning the 8,tree of ,evolution0--the 8,mundane ,tree40 #eia ,checked and modified1 however1 by the ,law of ,retardation1 which imposes a restriction on the advance of all species when a higher type makes its appearance4 #eib ,see ,origin of ,species1 p4 #ade4 #eic ,bastian1 ,beginnings of ,life1 ii4 pp4 #fbb1 #fbc4 #eid ,vol4 ii4 p4 #bgh4 #eie ,op4 cit41 i4 #i4 #eif ,ibid41 ii4 #bhc1 #bhd4 #eig ,see his ,lettres sur l',atlantide4 #eih ,this is shown by ,faber1 again a pious ,christian1 who says that3 8,the ,notic family also 444 bore the appellations of ,atlanteans and ,titans2 and the great patriarch himself was called1 by way of eminence1 ,atlas and ,titan40 7,ibid41 ii4 #bhe47 ,and if so1 then1 according to the ,bible1 ,noah must have been the progeny of the ,sons of ,god1 the ,fallen ,angels1 agreeably to the same authority1 and of the 8daughters of men who were fair40 7,see ,genesis1 vi47 ,and why not1 since his father ,lamech slew a man1 and was1 with all his sons and daughters1 who perished in the ,deluge1 as bad as the rest of mankind8 #eii ,in that wonderful volume of ,donnelly1 ,atlantis1 the ,antediluvian ,world1 the author1 speaking of the ryan colonies from ,atlantis1 and of the arts and sciences--the legacy of our ,fourth ,race--bravely announces that 8the roots of the institutions of today reach back to the ,miocene age40 ,this is an enormous allowance for a modern scholar to make2 but civilization dates still further back than the ,miocene ,atlanteans4 ,secondaryperiod man will be discovered1 and with him his long forgotten civilization4 #fjj ,nature is the ,natural ,body1 the ,shadow of the ,progenitors4 #fja ,man is the 8,heavenly ,man10 as already stated4 #fjb ,divine ,pymander1 i4 #af4 #fjc ,the ,pymander of our museums and libraries is an abridgment of one of the ,books of ,thoth1 by a ,platonist of ,alexandria4 ,in the ,third ,century it was remodelled after old ,hebrew and ,phnician ,,mss4 by a ,jewish ,kabalist1 and called the ,genesis of ,enoch4 ,but even its disfigured remnants show how closely its text agrees with the ,archaic ,doctrine1 as is shown in the creation of the ,seven ,creators and ,seven ,primitive ,men4 ,as to ,enoch1 ,thoth or ,hermes1 ,orpheus and ,cadmus1 these are all generic names1 branches and offshoots of the seven primordial ,sages--incarnated ,dhyn ,chohans or ,devas1 in illusive1 not mortal bodies--who taught ,humanity all it knew1 and whose earliest disciples assumed their ,master's names4 ,this custom passed from the ,fourth to the ,fifth ,race4 ,hence the sameness of the traditions about ,hermes--of whom ,egyptologists count five--,enoch1 etc42 they are all inventors of letters2 none of them die2 they still live1 and are the first ,initiators into1 and ,founders of1 the ,mysteries4 ,it was only very lately that the ,genesis of ,enoch disappeared from among the ,kabalists4 ,guillaume ,postel saw it4 ,it was most certainly in a great measure a transcript from the ,books of ,hermes1 and far anterior to the ,books of ,moses1 as liphas ,lvi tells his readers4 #fjd ,uranus is a modified ,varuna1 the 8universal encompasser10 the 8all embracer10 and one of the oldest of the ,vedic ,deities--,space1 the maker of ,heaven and ,earth1 since both are manifested out of his 7or its7 seed4 ,it is only later that ,varuna became the chief of the dityas and a kind of ,neptune riding on the 8,leviathan0--,makara1 now the most sacred and mysterious of the ,signs of the ,zodiac4 ,varuna1 without whom 8no creature can even wink10 was degraded like ,uranus1 and1 like him1 fell into generation2 his functions--8the grandest cosmical functions10 as ,muir calls them--having been degraded from ,heaven to ,earth by exoteric anthropomorphism4 ,as the same ,orientalist says3 8,the attributes and functions ascribed to ,varuna in the ,vedas impart to his character a moral elevation and sanctity far surpassing that attributed to any other ,vedic ,deity40 ,but to understand correctly the reason of his fall1 like as that of ,uranus1 one has to see in every exoteric religion the imperfect and sinful work of man's fancy1 and also to study the mysteries which ,varuna is said to have imparted to ,vasishtha4 ,only 8his secrets and those of ,mitra are not to be revealed to the foolish40 #fje ,mythologie de la ,grce ,antique1 p4 #g4 #fjf ,cronus is not only 1 ,time1 but also1 as ,bral showed1 in his ,hercule et ,cacus 7p4 #eg71 comes from the root kar1 8to make1 to create40 ,whether ,bral and ,decharme1 who quotes him1 are as right in saying that in the ,vedas1 ,krnan 7sic7 is a ,creative ,god1 we have our doubts4 ,bral probably meant ,karma1 or rather ,visvakarman1 the ,creative ,god1 the 8omnificent0 and the 8great architect of the world40 #fjg ,see ,stanzas ,,iii--,x1 et seqq41 and also ,berosus' account of primeval creation4 #fjh ,the ,titanic struggle1 in ,theogony at least1 is the fight for supremacy between the children of ,uranus and ,ga 7or ,heaven and ,earth in their abstract sense71 the ,titans1 against the children of ,cronus1 whose chief is ,zeus4 ,it is the everlasting struggle going on to this day between the ,spiritual ,inner ,man and the man of flesh1 in one sense4 #fji ,just as the 8,lord ,god10 or ,jehovah1 is ,cain1 esoterically1 and the 8tempting serpent0 as well2 the male portion of the androgynous ,eve--before her 8,fall10 the female portion of ,adam ,kadmon--the left side1 or ,binah1 of the right side1 ,chokmah1 in the first ,sephirothal ,triad4 #faj ,decharme1 op4 cit41 p4 #bhd4 #faa ,in the ,egyptian legend1 called the 8,two ,brothers10 translated by ,m4 ,maspro 7the exdirector of the ,boulaq ,museum71 the original of ,pandora is given4 ,noom1 the famous heavenly artist1 creates a marvellous beauty1 a girl whom he sends to ,batoo1 after which the happiness of the latter is destroyed4 ,batoo is man1 and the girl ,eve1 of course4 7,see ,revue ,archologique1 ,march1 #ahgh1 and also ,decharme1 ibid41 p4 #bhe47 #fab ,yima is not the 8first man0 in the ,venddd1 but only in the theories of the ,orientalists4 #fac ,botia was submerged and subsequently ancient ,athens and ,eleusis4 #fad ,opera et ,dies1 v4 #ajh4 #fae ,nem41 ,,vi4 i4 #faf ,see ,apollod41 i4 #g1 #b2 and ,ovid1 ,metam41 i4 #bfj1 et seqq4 #fag ,deutsche ,mythol41 i4 #ede1 #crd edit41 and ,hanusch ,schlawische ,myth41 p4 #bce4 ,see ,decharme1 ibid41 p4 #bhh1 who gives 8nine times10 and not seven4 #fah ,hesiod1 ,opera et ,dies1 #adcaee4 #fai ,see schylus1 ,septem contra ,thebas4 #fbj ,decharme1 ibid41 pp4 #bhi1 #bij4 #fba ,races4 #fbb ,it was said4 #fbc ,in ,sanskrit ,dkin4 #fbd ,the name is used here in the sense1 and as a synonym1 of 8sorcerers40 ,the ,atlantean ,races were many1 and their evolution lasted for millions of years4 ,all of them were not bad1 but became so towards the end of their cycle1 as we1 the ,fifth ,race1 are now fast becoming4 #fbe ,the 8,gods of the ,elements0 are by no means the ,elementals4 ,the latter are at best used by them as vehicles and materials in which to clothe themselves4 #fbf ,cain was the 8sacrificer10 as shown at first in ,chap4 iv4 of ,genesis1 of 8the fruit of the ground10 of which he was the first tiller1 while ,abel 8brought of the firstlings of his flock0 to the ,lord4 ,cain is the symbol of the first male1 ,abel of the first female humanity1 ,adam and ,eve being the types of the ,third ,race4 ,the 8murdering0 is bloodshedding1 but not taking life4 #fbg ,genesis1 vi4 #fbh ,it is1 perhaps1 with an eye to this degradation of the highest and purest ,spirits1 who broke through the intermediate planes of lower consciousness1 the 8,seven ,circles of ,fire0 of ,pymander1 that ,st4 ,james is made to say 8,this wisdom 7sophia7 descendeth not from above1 but is earthly1 sensual1 devilish02 now this ,sophia is ,manas1 the 8,human ,soul10 the ,spiritual ,wisdom or ,soul being ,buddhi1 which being so near the ,absolute1 is1 per se1 only latent consciousness1 and is dependent upon ,manas for manifestation beyond its own plane4 #fbi ,this is the 8,undying ,race10 as it is called in ,esotericism1 and exoterically the fruitless generation of the first progeny of ,daksha1 who curses ,nrada1 the divine ,rishi1 for having dissuaded the ,haryashvas and the ,shabalshvas 7the sons of ,daksha7 from procreating their species1 by saying3 8,be born in the womb2 there shall not be a resting place for thee in all these regions40 ,after this1 ,nrada1 the representative of that race of fruitless ascetics1 is said1 as soon as he dies in one body1 to be reborn in another4 #fcj di ,parvan1 p4 #aac4 #fca ,vishnu ,purna1 ,wilson's ,trans41 ii4 #ab4 #fcb ,the traditions of every country and nation point to this fact4 ,donnelly quotes from ,father ,duran's ,historia ,antigua de la ,nueva ,espaa of #ahhe1 in which a native of ,cholula1 a centenarian1 accounts for the building of the great pyramid of ,cholula1 as follows3 8,in the beginning1 before the light of the sun had been created1 this land ,cholula was in obscurity and darkness 444 but immediately after the light of the sun arose in the ,east1 there appeared gigantic men 444 who built the said pyramid1 its builders being scattered after that to all parts of the earth40 8,a great deal of the ,central ,american history is taken up with the doings of an ancient race of ,giants called ,quinanes10 says the author of ,atlantis 7p4 #bjd74 #fcc ,histoire de la ,terre1 p4 #aed4 #fcd ,there are critics who1 finding no evidence for the existence of ,tertullian save in the writings of ,eusebius1 8the veracious10 are inclined to doubt it4 #fce ,heroica1 p4 #ce4 #fcf ,hist4 ,nat41 ,,vii4 xvi4 #fcg ,see for the above ,de ,mirville1 ,pneumatologie ,des ,esprits1 iii4 #dfdh4 #fch lvations1 p4 #ef4 #fci ,and that1 notwithstanding the formal prohibition at the great ,church ,council of ,elyrus in ,a4,d4 #cjc1 when it was declared that 8the form of ,god1 which is immaterial and invisible1 shall not be limited by figure or shape40 ,in #fib1 the ,council of ,constantinople similarly prohibited the faithful 8to paint or represent ,jesus as a lamb10 as also 8to bow the knee in praying1 as it is the act of idolatry40 ,but the ,council of ,nica 7#ghg7 brought this idolatry back1 while that of ,rome 7#hhc7 excommunicated ,john1 the ,patriarch of ,constantinople1 for showing himself an enemy of image worship4 #fdj ,genesis1 v4 ,treating of the ,chinese ,dragon and the literature of ,china1 ,mr4 ,charles ,gould1 in his ,mythical ,monsters 7p4 #bab71 writes3 8,its mythologies1 histories1 religions1 popular stories1 and proverbs1 all teem with references to a mysterious being who has a physical nature and spiritual attributes4 ,gifted with an accepted form1 which he has the supernatural power of casting off for the assumption of others1 he has the power of influencing the weather1 producing droughts or fertilizing rains at pleasure1 of raising tempests and allaying them4 ,volumes could be compiled from the scattered legends which everywhere abound relating to this subject40 ,this 8mysterious being0 is the mythical ,dragon1 i4e41 the symbol of the historical and actual ,adept1 the ,master and ,professor of ,occult ,sciences of old4 ,it has already been stated elsewhere1 that the great 8,magicians0 of the ,fourth and ,fifth ,races were generally called 8,serpents0 and 8,dragons0 after their ,progenitors4 ,all these belonged to the ,hierarchy of the socalled 8,fiery ,dragons of ,wisdom10 the ,dhyn ,chohans1 answering to the ,agnishvtta ,pitris1 the ,maruts and ,rudras generally1 as the issue of ,rudra their father1 who is identified with the ,god of ,fire4 ,more is said in the text4 ,now ,clement1 an initiated ,neo,platonist1 knew1 of course1 the origin of the word 8,dragon10 and why the initiated ,adepts were so called1 as he knew the secret of the ,agathodmon1 the ,christ1 the seven vowelled ,serpent of the ,gnostics4 ,he knew that the dogma of his new faith required the transformation of all the rivals of ,jehovah--the ,angels supposed to have rebelled against that 8,elohim10 as the ,titan ,prometheus rebelled against ,zeus1 the usurper of his father's kingdom--and that 8,dragon0 was the mystic appellation of the 8,sons of ,wisdom02 from this knowledge came his definition1 as cruel as it was arbitrary1 8serpents and giants signify demons10 i4e41 not 8,spirits10 but ,devils1 in ,church parlance4 #fda ,part ,,iv1 ,ch4 xxvii1 p4 #bia4 #fdb 8,what would you say to our affirmation that the ,chinese--,i now speak of the inland1 the true ,chinamen1 not of the hybrid mixture between the ,fourth and ,fifth ,races now occupying the throne--the aborigines who belong in their unallied nationality wholly to the highest and last branch of the ,fourth ,race1 reached their highest civilization when the ,fifth had hardly appeared in ,asia40 7,esoteric ,buddhism1 p4 #fg47 ,and this handful of the inland ,chinese are all of a very high stature4 ,could the most ancient ,,mss4 in the ,lolo language 7that of the aborigines of ,china7 be got at and correctly translated1 many a priceless piece of evidence would be found4 ,but they are as rare as their language is unintelligible4 ,so far1 one or two ,european ,archologists only have been able to procure such priceless works4 #fdc ,quoted in ,de ,mirville1 op4 cit41 iii4 #ec4 ,remember the same statement in the ,book of ,enoch1 as also the ladder seen by ,jacob in his dream4 ,the 8two worlds0 mean1 of course1 the two planes of ,consciousness and ,being4 ,a seer can commune with ,beings of a higher plane than the ,earth1 without quitting his armchair4 #fdd ,see the ,commentary on the ,four ,races--and on the 8,sons of ,will and ,yoga10 the immaculate progeny of the ,androgynous ,third ,race4 #fde ,in the ,kabalah the pronunciation of the fourlettered ineffable ,name is 8a most secret arcanum0--8a secret of secrets40 #fdf ,the ,chaldean ,account of ,genesis1 p4 #ha4 #fdg ,ibid41 p4 #hd1 lines #ab1 #ad and #ae4 #fdh ,returning once more to this most important subject in ,archaic ,cosmogony1 even in the ,norse legends1 in the ,sacred ,scrolls of the ,goddess ,saga1 we find ,loki1 the brother by blood of ,odin--just as ,typhon1 ,ahriman1 and others are respectively brothers of ,osiris and ,ormazd--becoming evil only later1 when he had mingled too long with humanity4 ,like all other ,fire or ,light ,gods--,fire burning and destroying as well as warming and giving life--he ended by being regarded in the destructive sense of 8,fire40 ,the name ,loki1 we learn from ,asgard and the ,gods 7p4 #bej71 has been derived from the old word liuhan1 to enlighten4 ,it has1 therefore1 the same origin as the ,latin lux1 light4 ,hence ,loki is identical with ,lucifer or ,lightbringer4 ,this title1 being given to the ,prince of ,darkness1 is very suggestive and is in itself a vindication against theological slander4 ,but ,loki is still more closely related to ,prometheus1 for he is shown chained to a sharp rock1 while ,lucifer1 also identified with ,satan1 was chained down in ,hell2 a circumstance1 however1 which prevented neither of them from acting with all freedom on ,earth1 if we accept the theological paradox in its fulness4 ,loki is a beneficent1 generous and powerful ,god in the beginnings of time1 and the principle of good1 and not of evil1 in early ,scandinavian ,theogony4 #fdi ,the ,greek mythos alluded to a few pages back1 namely the mutilation of ,uranus by his son ,cronus1 is an allusion to this 8theft0 of the divine creative ,fire by the ,son of the ,earth and ,heavens4 ,if ,uranus1 the personification of the ,celestial ,powers1 has to cease creating 7he is made impotent by ,cronus 7,chronos71 the ,god in ,time71 so1 in the ,egyptian ,cosmogony1 it is ,thot1 the ,god of ,wisdom1 who regulates this fight between ,horus and ,set1 the latter being served by the former as ,uranus is by ,cronus4 7,see ,book of the ,dead1 xvii1 line #bf47 ,in the ,babylonian account it is the ,god ,zu1 who strips the 8,father of the ,gods0 of 8umsimi0--the ideal creative organ1 not the 8crown0 767 as ,g4 ,smith thought 7op4 cit41 pp4 #aae1 #aaf74 ,for1 in the fragment ,k4 #cded 7,british ,museum71 it is said very clearly1 that ,zu having stripped the 8venerable of heaven0 of his desire1 he carried away the 8umsimi of the gods10 and burnt thereby 8the tereti the power of all the gods10 thus 8governing the whole of the seed of all the angels40 ,as the umsimi was 8on the seat0 of ,bel1 it could hardly be the 8crown40 ,a fourth version is in the ,bible4 ,ham is the ,chaldan ,zu1 and both are cursed for the same allegorically described crime4 #fej ,quoted by ,christian ,ginsburg from the ,kabalah4 #fea ,schlagintweit1 ,buddhism in ,tibet1 p4 #bdh4 ,these are the ,beings whose legendary existence has served as a groundwork upon which to build the ,rabbinical ,lilith1 and what the believers in the ,bible would term the ,antediluvian women1 and the ,kabalists the ,pre,adamite races4 ,they are no fiction--this is certain1 however fantastic the exuberance of later growth4 #feb ,op4 cit41 pp4 #aja1 #ajb4 #fec ,for suggestiveness1 we would recommend a short article by ,visconde de ,figanire1 ,f4,t4,s41 in ,the ,theosophist1 entitled 8,esoteric ,studies40 ,its author expounds therein quite an ,occult theory1 though to the world a new idea--8the progress of the ,monad concurring with the retrogression of ,form1 i4e41 with decrease of the vis formativa40 7,vol4 viii4 p4 #fff47 ,he says1 8,who knows what shape vehicled the ,ego in remote rings ,rounds1 or ,races88444 ,may not man's type 444 have been that of the ,simiad in its variety8 ,might not the ,monkeykingdom of ,rmyana fame rest on some faroff tradition relating to a period when that was the common lot1 or rather aspect1 of man80 ,and the author winds up a very clever1 though too short1 exposition of his theory by saying that which every true ,occultist will endorse3 8,with physicoethereal man there must be involution of sex4 ,as physicoastral man depended on entities of the subhuman class 7evolved from animal prototypes7 for rebirth1 so will physicoethereal man find among the graceful1 shapely orders issuing from the airplane1 one or more which will be developed for his successive embodiments when procreated forms are given--a process which will include all mankind only very gradually4 ,the ,pre8 ,adamic and ,post,adamic races were giants2 their ethereal counterparts may possibly be liliputians--beauteous1 luminous1 diaphanous--but will assuredly be giants in mind0 7p4 #fga74 #fed ,it may be objected that this is a contradiction4 ,that1 as the first ,root,race appeared #cjj1jjj1jjj years after the vegetation had evolved1 the ,seed of vegetable life could not be in the ,first ,race4 ,we say it could2 for up to man's appearance in this ,round1 the vegetation was of quite another kind to what it is now1 and quite ethereal2 this1 for the simple reason that no grass or plants could have been physical1 before there were animal or other organisms to breathe out the carbonic acid which vegetation has to imbibe for its development1 its nutrition and growth4 ,they are interdependent in their physical and achieved forms4 #fee ,zohar1 i4 #ba;a4 #fef ,ibid41 iii4 #dh;a4 #feg ,ibid41 ii4 #gf;a4 #feh ,op4 cit41 p4 #fff4 #fei ,it is stated in the ,zohar that the 8primordial worlds0 7sparks7 could not continue because man was not as yet4 8,the human form contains everything2 and as it did not as yet exist1 the worlds were destroyed40 #ffj 8,the ,sacred ,books of the ,east10 vol4 iv2 ,the ,venddd1 ,j4 ,darmesteter2 ,fargard ii4 vv4 #bg 7#gj7 and #bh 7#gd74 #ffa ,this is the meaning when the allegory and symbol are opened and read by means of the human key1 or the key to ,terrestrial ,anthroposophy4 ,this interpretation of the 8,ark0 symbolism does not in the least interfere with its astronomical1 or even theogonic keys2 nor with any of the other six meanings4 ,nor does it seem less scientific than the modern theories about the origin of man4 ,as said1 it has seven keys to it1 like the rest4 #ffb ,ibid41 v4 #cj 7#hg74 #ffc ,ibid41 v4 #ca 7#ic74 #ffd ,ibid41 v4 #dj 7#aca74 #ffe ,see also ,bund41 xv4 #fff ,ibid41 #db 7#acg74 #ffg ,bund41 xix and xxiv4 #ffh ,s4 ,l4 ,mac,gregor ,mathers1 ,kabbalah ,unveiled1 p4 #ajd4 #ffi ,zohar1 ii4 #h;b4 #fgj ,zohar1 iii4 #bgh;a2 ,myer's ,qabbalah1 p4 #bag4 #fga ,darwinian ,evolutionists who are so wont to refer to the evidence of reversion to type--the full meaning of which1 in the case of human monsters1 is embraced in the ,esoteric solution of the embryological problem--as proof of their arguments1 would do well to enquire into those instances of modern giants who are often #h1 #i1 and even #aa feet high4 ,such reversions are imperfect1 yet undeniable reproductions of the original towering man of primeval times4 #fgb ,see ,mythical ,monsters1 by ,ch4 ,gould1 from whose interesting and scientific volume a few passages are quoted further on4 ,see also1 in ,a4 ,p4 ,sinnett's ,occult ,world1 the description of a cavern in the ,himlayas filled with relics of giant human and animal bones4 #fgc ,i4e41 the ,third ,eye was at the back of the head4 ,the statement that the latest hermaphrodite humanity was 8fourarmed10 unriddles probably the mystery of all the representations and idols of the exoteric ,gods of ,india4 ,on the ,acropolis of ,argos1 there was a 1 a rudely carved wooden statue1 attributed to ,ddalus1 representing a threeeyed colossus1 which was consecrated to ,zeus ,trips1 the 8,threeeyed40 ,the head of the 8god0 has two eyes in its face and one above on the top of the forehead4 ,it is considered the most archaic of all the ancient statues4 7,schol4 ,vatic1 ad ,eurip4 ,troad41 #ad47 #fgd ,the inner vision could henceforth be acquired only through training and initiation1 save in the cases of 8natural and born magicians0--sensitives and mediums1 as they are called now4 #fge ,this expression 8petrified0 instead of 8ossified0 is curious4 ,the 8back eye10 which is of course the ,pineal ,gland1 socalled1 the small pealike mass of grey nervous matter attached to the back of the third ventricle of the brain1 is said to almost invariably contain mineral concretions and sand1 and 8nothing more40 #fgf 8,deeply placed within the head1 covered by thick skin and muscles1 true eyes1 that cannot see1 are found in certain animals10 says ,hckel4 8,among the ,vertebrata there are blind moles and fieldmice1 blind snakes and lizards4444 ,they shun the daylight1 dwelling 444 under the ground4444 ,they were not originally blind1 but have evolved from ancestors that lived in the light and had well developed eyes4 ,the atrophied eye beneath the opaque skin may be found in these blind beings in every stage of reversion40 7,hckel1 ,pedigree of ,man1 8,sense ,organs40 p4 #cdc3 ,aveling's ,trans47 ,and if two eyes could become so atrophied in lower animals1 why not one eye--the ,pineal ,gland--in man1 who is but a higher animal in his physical aspect8 #fgg ,op4 cit41 ii4 #hcj1 #hca1 ninth edition2 8,the ,thalamencephalon or ,interbrain40 #fgh ,the 8nervous ether0 of ,dr4 ,b4 ,w4 ,richardson1 ,f4,r4,s42 the nerveaura of ,occultism4 ,the 8animal spirits0 787 are equivalent to the currents of nerveauric compound circulation4 #fgi ,let us remember that the ,first ,race is shown1 in ,occult ,science1 as spiritual within and ethereal without2 the ,second1 psycho spiritual mentally1 and ethereophysical bodily2 the ,third1 still bereft of intellect in its beginning1 is astrophysical in its body1 and lives an inner life1 in which the psychospiritual element is in no way as yet interfered with by the hardly nascent physiological senses4 ,its two front eyes look before them without seeing either past or future4 ,but the ,third ,eye 8embraces ,eternity40 #fhj ,but in a very different manner to that pictured by ,hckel as an 8evolution by ,natural ,selection in the struggle for existence0 7,pedigree of ,man1 8,sense ,organs10 p4 #cce2 ,aveling's ,trans474 ,the mere 8thermal sensibility of the skin10 to hypothetical lightwaves1 is absurdly incompetent to account for the beautiful combination of adaptations existing in the eye4 ,we have shown that 8natural selection0 is a pure myth when credited with the origination of variations1 as the 8survival of the fittest0 can only take place after useful variations have sprung up1 together with improved organisms4 ,whence came the 8useful variations10 which developed the eye8 ,only from 8blind forces 444 without aim1 without design08 ,the argument is puerile4 ,the true solution of the mystery is to be found in the impersonal ,divine ,wisdom1 in its ,ideation--reflected through ,matter4 #fha ,palontology has ascertained that in the animals of the ,mesozoic age--the ,saurians especially1 such as the antediluvian ,labyrinthodon1 whose fossil skull exhibits a perforation otherwise inexplicable--the third1 or odd eye must have been much developed4 ,several ,naturalists1 among others ,e4 ,korscheldt1 feel convinced that whereas1 notwithstanding the opaque skin covering it1 such an eye in the reptiles of the present period can only distinguish light from darkness 7as the human eyes do when bound with a handkerchief1 or even tightly closed71 in the now extinct animals that eye functioned and was a real organ of vision4 #fhb ,gould's ,mythical ,monsters1 p4 #bg4 #fhc ,karma is a word of many meanings1 and has a special term for almost every one of its aspects4 ,as a synonym of sin1 it means the performance of some action for the attainment of an object of worldly1 hence selfish1 desire1 which cannot fail to be hurtful to somebody else4 ,karma is action1 the cause2 and ,karma again is the 8,law of ,ethical ,causation02 the effect of an act produced egotistically1 in face of the great ,law of ,harmony which depends on altruism4 #fhd ,objectors to the doctrine of ,karma should recall the fact that it is absolutely out of the question to attempt a reply to the ,pessimists on other data4 ,a firm grasp of the principles of ,karmic ,law knocks away the whole basis of the imposing fabric reared by the disciples of ,schopenhauer and ,von ,hartmann4 #fhe ,the doctrine and theology of the ,calvinists4 8,the purpose of ,god from eternity respecting all events0--which becomes fatalism and kills free will1 or any attempt of exerting it for good4 8,it is the pressignment or allotment of men to everlasting happiness or misery40 7,catechism47 ,a noble and encouraging doctrine this6 #fhf ,in order to make ,karma more comprehensible to the ,western mind1 which is better acquainted with the ,greek than with ryan philosophy1 some ,theosophists have made an attempt to translate it by ,nemesis4 ,had ,nemesis been known to the ,profane in antiquity1 as it was understood by the ,initiate1 this translation of the term would be unobjectionable4 ,as it is1 ,nemesis has been too much anthropomorphized by ,greek fancy to permit our using it without an elaborate explanation4 ,with the early ,greeks1 8from ,homer to ,herodotus1 she was no goddess1 but a moral feeling rather10 says ,decharme2 the barrier to evil and immorality4 ,he who transgresses it1 commits a sacrilege in the eyes of the ,gods1 and is pursued by ,nemesis4 ,but1 with time1 that 8feeling0 was deified1 and its personification became an everfatal and punishing ,goddess4 ,therefore1 if we would connect ,karma with ,nemesis1 we must do so in her triple character as ,nemesis1 ,adrasteia and ,themis4 ,for1 while the last is the ,goddess of ,universal ,order and ,harmony1 who1 like ,nemesis1 is commissioned to repress every excess1 and keep man within the limits of ,nature and righteousness under severe penalty1 ,adrasteia1 the 8inevitable10 represents ,nemesis as the immutable effect of causes created by man himself4 ,nemesis1 as the daughter of ,dik1 is the equitable ,goddess reserving her wrath for those alone who are maddened with pride1 egosm1 and impiety4 7,see ,mesomed41 ,hymn4 ,nemes41 v4 #b1 from ,brunck1 ,analecta ,,ii4 p4 #bib2 quoted in ,mythologie de la ,grce ,antique1 p4 #cjd47 ,in short1 while ,nemesis is a mythological1 exoteric ,goddess1 or ,power1 personified and anthropomorphized in its various aspects1 ,karma is a highly philosophical truth1 a most divine and noble expression of the primitive intuition of man concerning ,deity4 ,it is a doctrine which explains the origin of ,evil1 and ennobles our conceptions of what divine immutable ,justice ought to be1 instead of degrading the unknown and unknowable ,deity by making it the whimsical1 cruel tyrant1 which we call 8,providence40 #fhg ,pralaya--a word already explained--is not a term that applies only to every 8,night of ,brahm10 or the ,world's ,dissolution following every ,manvantara1 equal to #ga ,mahyugas4 ,it applies also to each 8,obscuration0 as well1 and even to every ,cataclysm that puts an end1 by ,fire or by ,water in turn1 to each ,root,race4 ,pralaya is a general term like the word 8,manu0 the generic name for the ,shishtas1 who1 under the appellation of 8,kings10 are said in the ,purnas to be preserved 8with the seed of all things1 in an ark1 from the waters of that inundation or the fires of a general volcanic conflagration1 the commencement of which we already see for our ,fifth ,race in the terrible earthquakes and eruptions of these late years1 and especially in the present year 7#ahhh71 which1 in the season of a ,pralaya overspreads the world the ,earth40 7,vishnu ,purna1 ,wilson's ,trans41 ,i4 lxxxi47 ,time is only a form of ,vishnu--truly1 as ,parshara says in the ,vishnu ,purna4 ,in the ,hind ,yugas and ,kalpas1 we have the regular descending series #d1 #c1 #b1 with ciphers1 multiplied1 as occasion requires1 for ,esoteric purposes1 but not1 as ,wilson and other ,orientalists thought1 for 8sectarian embellishments40 ,a ,kalpa may be an ,age1 or ,day of ,brahm1 or a sidereal ,kalpa1 astronomical and earthly4 ,these calculations are found in all the ,purnas1 but some differ--as for instance1 the 8,year of the seven ,rishis10 #c1jcj mortal years1 and the 8,year of ,dhruva10 #i1jij1 in the ,linga ,purna1 which are again ,esoteric1 and do represent actual 7and secret7 chronology4 ,as said in the ,brahma ,vaivarta3 8,chronologers compute a ,kalpa by the life of ,brahm4 ,minor ,kalpas1 as ,samvarta and the rest1 are numerous40 8,minor ,kalpas0 denote here every period of ,destruction1 as was well understood by ,wilson himself1 who explains the latter as 8those in which the ,samvarta wind or other destructive agents operate40 7,ibid41 p4 #ed47 #fhh ,an intuition and a presentiment of the ,shishtas may be found in ,mr4 ,sinnett's ,esoteric ,buddhism4 ,see the 8,annotations0--the 8,noah's ,ark ,theory10 pp4 #adf1 #adg1 fifth edition4 #fhi ,the fact that ,manu himself is made to declare that he was created by ,virj1 and that he then produced the ten ,prajpatis1 who again produced seven ,manus1 who in their turn gave birth to seven other ,manus 7,manu1 i4 #cccf7 relates to other still earlier mysteries1 and is at the same time a 8blind0 with regard to the doctrine of the ,septenary ,chain1 and the simultaneous evolution of seven ,humanities1 or ,men4 ,however1 the present work is written on the records of ,cis ,himlayan ,secret ,teachings1 and ,brhmanical ,esoteric ,philosophy may now differ in form as does the ,kabalah4 ,but they were identical in hoary antiquity4 #fij ,there is another ,esoteric reason besides this for it4 ,a ,vaivasvata is the seventh ,manu1 because this our ,round1 although the ,fourth1 is in the preseptenary ,manvantara1 and the ,round itself is in its seventh stage of materiality or physicality4 ,the close of its middle racial point occurred during the ,fourth ,root,race1 when ,man and all ,nature reached their lowest state of gross ,matter4 ,from that time1 i4e41 from the end of the three and a half ,races1 ,humanity and ,nature entered on the ascending arc of their ,racial ,cycle4 #fia ,the interval that precedes each ,yuga is called a ,sandhy1 composed of as many hundreds of years as there are thousands in the ,yuga2 and that which follows the latter is named ,sandhymsha1 and is of similar duration1 as we are told in ,vishnu ,purna4 8,the interval between the ,sandhy and the ,sandhymsha is the ,yuga denominated ,krita1 ,tret1 etc4 ,the four ,krita1 ,tret1 ,dvpara1 and ,kali constitute a great age1 or aggregate of four ages3 a thousand such aggregates are a ,day of ,brahm2 and fourteen ,manus reign within that term40 7,op4 cit41 ibid41 p4 #di47 ,now had we to accept this literally then there would be only one ,manu for every #d1cbj1jjj1jjj years4 ,as we are taught that it took #cjj million years for the two lower kingdoms to evolve1 and that our ,humanity is just #ah and some odd millions old--where were the other ,manus spoken of1 unless the allegory means what the ,esoteric ,doctrine teaches as to the #ad being each multiplied by #di4 #fib ,the words 8,creation10 8,dissolution10 etc41 do not correctly render the right meaning of either ,manvantara or ,pralaya4 ,the ,vishnu ,purna enumerates several3 8,the dissolution of all things is of four kinds10 ,parshara is made to say3 ,naimittika 7,occasional71 when ,brahm slumbers 7his ,night1 when1 8at the end of this ,day occurs a recoalescence of the ,universe1 called ,brahm's contingent re coalescence10 because ,brahm is this ,universe itself72 ,prkritika 7,elemental71 when the return of this ,universe to its original nature is partial and physical2 tyantika 7,absolute71 identification of the ,embodied with the incorporeal ,supreme ,spirit--,mahtmic state1 whether temporary or until the following ,mah ,kalpa3 also ,absolute ,obscuration--as of a whole ,planetary ,chain1 etc42 and ,nitya 7,perpetual71 ,mah ,pralaya for the ,universe1 ,death--for man4 ,nitya is the extinction of life1 like the 8extinction of a lamp10 also 8in sleep at night40 ,nitya ,sarga is 8constant or perpetual creation10 as ,nitya ,pralaya is 8constant or perpetual destruction of all that is born40 8,that which ensues after a minor dissolution is called ephemeral creation40 7,vishnu ,purna1 ,wilson's ,trans41 i4 #aac1 #aad47 ,the subject is so difficult that we are obliged to repeat our statements4 #fic ,but see the superb definitions of ,parabrahman and the ,logos in ,t4 ,subba ,row's ,lectures on the ,bhagavad ,gt in the early numbers of ,the ,theosophist of #ahhg4 #fid ,see preceding footnote4 #fie ,see ,manu1 i4 #cb1 #cc4 ,vaishvnara is1 in another sense1 the living magnetic fire that pervades the manifested ,solar ,system4 ,it is the most objective 7though to us the reverse7 and ever present aspect of the ,one ,life1 for it is the ,vital ,principle4 7,see ,theosophist1 ,july1 #ahhc1 p4 #bdi47 ,it is also a name of ,agni4 #fif ,op4 cit41 pp4 #acd1 #ace4 #fig ,this--in the period of ,secondary ,creation1 so called4 ,of the ,primary1 when ,earth is in possession of the three ,elemental ,kingdoms1 we cannot speak for several reasons1 one of which is1 that1 no one but a great seer1 or one naturally intuitional1 will be able to realize that which can never be expressed in any existing terms4 #fih ,hippocrates said that number seven 8by its occult virtues tended to the accomplishment of all things1 to be the dispenser of life and fountain of all its changes40 ,the life of man he divided into seven ages1 as did ,shakespeare1 for 8as the moon changes her phases every seven days1 this number influences all sublunary beings10 and even the ,earth1 as we know4 ,the teeth of a child appear in the seventh month1 and he sheds them at seven years2 at twice seven puberty begins1 at three times seven his mental and vital powers are developed1 at four times seven he is in his full strength1 at five times seven his passions are most developed1 etc4 ,thus also for the ,earth2 it is now in its middle age1 yet very little wiser for it4 ,the ,tetragrammaton1 the fourlettered sacred name of the ,deity1 can be resolved on ,earth only by becoming septenary through the manifest ,triangle proceeding from the concealed ,tetraktys4 ,therefore1 the number seven has to be adopted on this plane4 ,as written in the ,kabalah 78,the ,greater ,holy ,assembly10 v4 #aafa73 8,for assuredly there is no stability in those six1 save 7what they derive7 from the seventh4 ,for all things depend from the seventh40 7,s4 ,l4 ,mac,gregor ,mathers' ,kabbalah1 p4 #bee47 #fii ,compare ,stanzas ,,iii4 et seqq4 #gjj ,st4 ,augustin says of ,jesus3 8,he is a fish that lives in the midst of waters40 ,christians called themselves 8,little ,fishes0--,pisciculi--in their sacred ,mysteries4 8,so many fishes bred in the water1 and saved by one great fish10 says ,tertullian of the ,christians and ,christ and the ,church4 #gja ,esoteric ,buddhism1 p4 #ee4 #gjb ,this event--viz41 the destruction of the famous island of ,ruta and the smaller island ,daitya--which occurred #hej1jjj years ago in the later ,pliocene times1 must not be confounded with the submersion of the main ,continent of ,atlantis during the ,miocene period4 ,geologists cannot bring the ,miocene so near as #hej1jjj years1 whatever they may do2 it is1 in reality1 several million years ago that the main ,atlantis perished4 #gjc ,see ,the ,athenum1 ,aug4 #beth1 #ahfj4 #gjd ,mr4 ,huxley divides these races into the quintuple group of ,australoids1 ,negroids1 ,mongoloids1 ,xanthochroics and ,melanochroics--all issuing from imaginary ,anthropoids4 ,and yet1 while protesting against those who say 8that the structural differences between man and apes are small and insignificant10 and adding that 8every bone of the gorilla bears a mark by which it can be distinguished from a corresponding human bone1 and that in the present state of creation1 at least1 no intermediary being fills the gap which separates the man from the troglodyte0--the great ,anatomist goes on speaking of the simian characteristics in man6 7,see de ,quatrefages1 ,the ,human ,species1 ,p4 #aac47 #gje ,op4 cit41 ,isaac ,myer1 p4 #dbb4 #gjf ,zohar1 i4 #aai;b1 col4 #dge2 ibid41 p4 #dab4 #gjg ,the ,lemurians4 #gjh ,lava4 #gji ,marble4 #gaj ,of the subterranean fires4 #gaa ,this is the reason1 perhaps1 why even ,easter ,island1 with its wondrous gigantic statues--a speaking witness to a submerged continent with a civilized mankind on it--is hardly mentioned anywhere in modern ,encyclopdias4 ,its mention is carefully avoided except in some books of travels4 ,modern ,science has an undeniable predilection for forcing hypotheses1 built on personal hobbies1 upon the cultured public1 as wellestablished evidence3 for offering it guesses instead of knowledge1 and calling them 8scientific conclusions40 ,its specialists will evolve a thousand and one contradictory speculations rather than confess an awkward self evident fact--preminent among such specialists being ,hckel and his ,english admirers and cothinkers4 ,yet 8they are authorities0--we are sternly reminded4 ,what of that8 ,the ,pope of ,rome is also an authority and an infallible one--for his followers2 whereas the remarkable fallibility of scientific speculations is being proven periodically with every change of the moon4 #gab ,our best modern novelists1 although they are neither ,theosophists nor ,spiritualists1 nevertheless begin to have very psychological and suggestively ,occult dreams2 witness ,mr4 ,robert ,louis ,stevenson and his ,strange ,case of ,dr4 ,jekyll and ,mr4 ,hyde1 than which no grander psychological essay on ,occult lines exists4 ,has the rising novelist ,mr4 ,rider ,haggard also had a prophetic1 or rather a retrospective1 clairvoyant dream before he wrote ,she8 ,his imperial ,kor1 the great city of the dead1 whose surviving inhabitants sailed northwards after the plague had killed almost a whole nation1 seems1 in its general outlines1 to step out from the imperishable pages of the old archaic records4 ,ayesha suggests 8that those men who sailed north may have been the fathers of the first ,egyptians02 and then seems to attempt a synopsis of certain letters of a ,master quoted in ,esoteric ,buddhism1 for1 she says3 8,time after time have nations1 ay1 and rich and strong nations1 learned in the arts1 been1 and passed away1 and been forgotten1 so that no memory of them remains4 ,this the nation of ,kor is but one of several2 for time eats up the work of man unless1 indeed1 he digs in caves like the people of ,kor1 and then mayhap the sea swallows them1 or the earthquake shakes them in4444 ,yet were not these people utterly destroyed1 as ,i think4 ,some few remained in the other cities1 for their cities were many4 ,but the barbarians 444 came down upon them1 and took their women to wife1 and the race of the ,amahagger that is now is a bastard brood of the mighty sons of ,kor1 and behold it dwelleth in the tombs with its fathers' bones0 7pp4 #ahj1 #aha74 ,here the clever novelist seems to repeat the history of all the now degraded and downfallen races of humanity4 ,geologists and ,anthropologists would place at the head of humanity--as descendants of ,homo ,primigenius--the apeman1 of which 8no fossil remains are as yet known to us10 though they 8were probably akin to the ,gorilla and ,orang of the present day0 7,hckel74 ,in answer to whose 8probably10 ,occultists point to another and a greater probability--viz41 the one given in our text4 #gac ,robert ,brown1 ,the ,countries of the ,world1 vol4 iv4 p4 #dc4 #gad ,see ,stanza ,,ii4 ,this would account for the variation and great difference between the intellectual capacities of races1 nations1 and individual men4 ,while incarnating into1 and in other cases only informing1 the human vehicles evolved by the first brainless 78manasless07 ,race1 the incarnating ,powers and ,principles had to take into account1 and make their choice between1 the past ,karmas of the ,monads1 between which and their bodies they had to become the connecting link4 ,moreover1 as correctly stated in ,esoteric ,buddhism 7p4 #cj71 8the fifth principle1 or human 7intellectual7 soul1 in the majority of mankind is not even yet fully developed40 #gae ,it is said by the incarnate ,logos1 ,krishna1 in the ,bhagavad ,gt1 8,the seven great ,rishis1 the four preceding ,manus1 partaking of my nature1 were born from my mind3 from them sprang emanated or were born the human race and the world0 7x4 #f74 ,here1 by the seven ,great ,rishis1 the seven great ,rpa ,hierarchies or ,classes of ,dhyn ,chohans1 are meant4 ,let us bear in mind that the seven ,rishis1 ,saptarshi1 are the ,regents of the seven stars of the ,great ,bear1 and therefore1 of the same nature as the ,angels of the ,planets1 or the seven ,great ,planetary ,spirits4 ,they were all reborn as men on ,earth in various ,kalpas and ,races4 ,moreover1 8the four preceding ,manus0 are the four ,classes of the originally ,arpa ,gods--the ,kumras1 the ,rudras1 the ,asuras1 etc42 who are also said to have incarnated4 ,they are not ,prajpatis1 as are the first1 but their informing 8principles0--some of which have incarnated in men1 while others have made other men simply the vehicles of their 8reflections40 ,as ,krishna truly says--the same words being repeated later by another vehicle of the ,logos--8,i am the the same to all beings 444 those who worship me the sixth principle or the divine ,intellectual ,soul1 ,buddhi1 made conscious by its union with the higher faculties of ,manas are in me1 and ,i am in them40 7,ibid41 x4 #bi47 ,the ,logos1 being no 8personality0 but the ,universal ,principle1 is represented by all the divine ,powers1 born of its ,mind--the pure ,flames1 or1 as they are called in ,occultism1 the 8,intellectual ,breaths0--those ,angels who are said to have made themselves independent1 i4e41 passed from the passive and quiescent1 into the active state of ,self,consciousness4 ,when this is recognized1 the true meaning of ,krishna becomes comprehensible4 ,but see ,mr4 ,subba ,row's excellent ,lecture on the ,bhagavad ,gt 7,theosophist1 ,april1 #ahhg1 p4 #ddd74 #gaf ,op4 cit41 p4 #aeb4 #gag ,it was the northern parts of the ,toymbudhi1 or sea of fresh water1 in ,shvetadvpa1 which the seven ,kumras--,sanaka1 ,sananda1 ,santana1 ,sanatkumra1 ,jta1 ,vodhu1 and ,panchashikha--visited agreeably with exoteric tradition4 7,see the ,uttara ,khanda of the ,padma ,purna1 ,asiatick ,researches1 vol4 xi4 pp4 #ii1 #ajj47 #gah ,vishnu ,purna1 ,wilson's ,trans41 ii4 #aji4 #gai ,see ,bibliotheca ,indica1 ,trans4 of the ,goldhyya of the ,siddhntashiromani1 iii4 #badd4 #gbj ,ibid41 pp4 #ajf1 #ajg4 #gba ,p4 #cba4 #gbb ,wilson1 ibid41 p4 #acg4 #gbc ,in a lecture1 ,professor ,pengelly1 ,f4,r4,s41 quotes ,professor ,oliver to the effect 8that the present ,atlantic islands' flora affords no substantial evidence of a former direct communication with the mainland of the ,new ,world10 but adds himself that1 at the same time1 8at some period of the ,tertiary epoch1 ,n4,e4 ,asia was united to ,n4,w4 ,america1 perhaps by the line where the ,aleutian chain of islands now extends40 ,thus ,occult ,science alone can reconcile the contradictions and hesitations of ,modern ,science4 ,but again1 surely the argument for the existence of ,atlantis does not rest on ,botany alone4 #gbd ,vishnu ,purna1 ,wilson1 v4 #cha1 #chb4 #gbe ,as shown in the 8,preliminary ,notes0 to this ,volume1 it stands to reason that neither the name of ,lemuria nor even of ,atlantis are the real archaic names of the lost ,continents4 ,they have been adopted by us simply for the sake of clearness4 ,atlantis was the name given to those portions of the submerged ,fourth ,race ,continent which were 8beyond the ,pillars of ,hercules10 and which happened to keep above water after the general ,cataclysm4 ,the last remnant of these--,plato's ,atlantis1 or 8,poseidonis10 which is another substitute1 or rather a translation of the real name--was the last of the ,continent above water some #aa1jjj years ago4 ,most of the correct names of the countries and islands of both ,continents are given in the ,purnas2 but to mention them specially1 as found in other more ancient works1 such as the ,srya ,siddhnta1 would necessitate too lengthy explanations4 ,if1 in earlier writings1 the two seem to have been too faintly distinguished1 this must be due to careless reading and want of reflection4 ,if ages hence1 ,europeans are referred to as ryans1 and a reader confuses them with the ,hinds and the latter with the ,fourth ,race1 because some of them lived in ancient ,lank--the blame will not fall on the writer4 #gbf ,see ,part ,,iii1 ,section ,,vi1 of this ,volume4 #gbg ,see ,professor ,j4 ,d4 ,dana's article1 ,american ,journal of ,science1 ,,iii4 v4 #ddb1 #ddc2 ,winchell's ,world,life1 p4 #ceb4 #gbh ,speaking on periodical elevation and subsidence of the equatorial and polar regions1 and ensuing changes of climate1 ,dr4 ,winchell1 ,professor of ,geology in the ,university of ,michigan1 says3 8,as the movements here contemplated are cyclical1 the same conditions would recur again and again2 and accordingly the same fauna might return again and again to the same region1 with intervals of occupation by another fauna4 ,progressive sedimentation would preserve the records of such faunal alterations2 and there would be presented the phenomena of #8colonies1' #8repparitions1' and other faunal dislocations in the vertical and horizontal distributions of fossil remains4 ,these phenomena are well known to the student of geology40 7,op4 cit41 p4 #bha47 #gbi ,see ,american ,naturalist1 xviii4 #aebf4 #gcj ,five ,years of ,theosophy1 pp4 #cci1 #cdj4 #gca ,pedigree of ,man1 ,aveling's ,trans41 pp4 #hj1 #ha4 #gcb ,ibid41 p4 #hb4 #gcc ,op4 cit41 p4 #ha4 #gcd ,esoteric ,buddhism1 p4 #fe4 #gce 8,halfgrown babes0 in comparison with their giant brethren on other ,zones4 ,so would we now1 should a like calamity overtake us4 #gcf ,this relates to ,lemuria4 #gcg ,there are other cycles1 of course1 cycles within cycles--and it is just this which creates such a difficulty in the calculations of racial events4 ,the circuit of the ecliptic is completed in #be1hfh years1 and1 with regard to our ,earth1 it is calculated that the equinoctial point falls back #ej4a annually4 ,but there is another cycle within this one4 ,it is said that3 8,as the apsis goes forward to meet it at the rate of #aa4bd01 annually1 this would complete a revolution in one hundred and fifteen thousand three hundred and two years 7#aae1cjb74 ,the approximation of the equinox and the apsis is the sum of these motions1 #fa4cd1 and hence the equinox returns to the same position in relation to the apsis in #ba1abh years4 7,see the article on 8,astronomy0 in the ,encyclopdia ,britannica47 ,we mentioned this cycle in ,isis ,unveiled 7vol4 i71 in relation to other cycles4 ,each has a marked influence on its contemporary race4 #gch ,the ,atlanteans4 #gci ,twentyseven feet4 #gdj ,the ,lemurians4 #gda ,race4 #gdb ,compare the following ,section1 entitled 8,cyclopean ,ruins and ,colossal ,stones as ,witnesses to ,giants40 #gdc ,see ,denon's ,voyage en ,egypte1 vol4 ii4 #gdd ,see ,esoteric ,buddhism1 p4 #fe4 #gde ,cf4 the chart adapted from the ,challenger and ,dolphin soundings in ,donnelly's ,atlantis3 the ,antediluvian ,world1 p4 #dg4 #gdf ,esoteric ,buddhism1 p4 #eh4 #gdg ,history of ,english ,literature1 p4 #bc4 #gdh ,quoted in ,atlantis1 p4 #acb4 #gdi ,numbers1 xiii4 #cc4 #gej ,deut41 iii4 #aa4 #gea ,robert ,brown1 ,the ,countries of the ,world1 p4 #dc4 #geb ,mentioned on pp4 #dd1 et seqq4 #gec ,ibid41 pp4 #dc1 #dd1 et seqq41 and pp4 #caj1 #caa4 #ged ,de la ,vega1 ,,ix4 ix1 quoted in ,de ,mirville's ,pneumatologie1 iii4 #ee4 #gee ,the first and second1 in common with ,bartholdi's statue1 have an entrance at the foot1 leading by a winding staircase cut in the rock up into the heads4 ,the eminent ,french ,archologist and ,anthropologist1 the ,marquis de ,nadeylac1 in his work1 justly remarks that there never was in ancient or in modern times a sculptured human figure more colossal than the first of the two4 #gef ,essays1 xxvi4 #geg ,i ,corinth41 x4 #d4 #geh ,pneumatologie1 iii4 p4 #bhc4 #gei ,saturn is ,chronos--8,time40 ,his swallowing ,jupiterlapis may turn out one day a prophecy4 8,peter 7cephas1 lapis71 is the stone on which the ,church of ,rome is built0--we are assured4 ,but ,cronus 7,chronos7 is as sure to 8swallow0 it one day1 as he has swallowed ,jupiterlapis and still greater characters4 #gfj ,ibid41 p4 #bhd4 #gfa ,m4 ,falconnet1 op4 cit41 t4 vi1 ,mm41 p4 #eac2 quoted by ,de ,mirville1 op4 cit41 ibid41 p4 #bhe4 #gfb ,the same1 of course1 as the 8small voice0 heard by ,elijah after the earthquake at the mouth of the cave4 7,i ,kings1 xix4 #ab47 #gfc ,the rocking1 or 8logan10 stones bear various names2 such as the clachabrath of the ,celt1 the 8destiny or judgmentstone02 the diviningstone1 or 8stone of the ordeal10 and the oraclestone2 the moving or animated stone of the ,phnicians2 the rumbling stone of the ,irish4 ,brittany has its 8pierres branlantes0 at ,huelgoat4 ,they are found in the ,old and the ,new ,worlds2 in the ,british ,islands1 ,france1 ,spain1 ,italy1 ,russia1 ,germany1 etc41 as also in ,north ,america4 7,see ,hodson's ,letters from ,north ,america1 vol4 ii4 p4 #ddj47 ,pliny speaks of several in ,asia 7,hist4 ,nat41 i4 #if72 and ,apollonius ,rhodius expatiates on the rocking stones1 and says that they are 8stones placed on the apex of a tumulus1 and so sensitive as to be movable by the mind0 7,ackerman's ,arth4 ,index1 p4 #cd71 referring no doubt to the ancient priests who moved such stones by willpower from a distance4 #gfd ,see ,dictionnaire des ,religions1 l',abb ,bertrand1 ,arts41 8,herscus0 and 8,btyles02 ,de ,mirville1 ibid41 p4 #bhg1 who has 8,heraiclus02 but see ,bunsen's ,egypt1 i4 #ie4 #gfe ,see among others1 ,history of ,paganism in ,caledonia1 by ,dr4 ,th4 ,a4 ,wise1 ,f4,r4,a4,s41 etc4 #gff ,spulture des ,tartares1 arch4 vii4 p4 #bbbg4 #gfg ,voyageurs ,anciens et ,modernes1 i4 #bcj4 #gfh ,op4 cit41 ibid41 p4 #bij4 ,if ,ham was a ,titan or ,giant then were ,shem and ,japhet also ,titans4 ,they are either all ,arkite ,titans1 as ,faber shows--or myths4 #gfi ,diodorus ,siculus asserts that in the days of ,isis1 some men were still of a vast stature1 and were denominated by the ,hellenes ,giants4 8 40 #ggj ,antiquits ,celtiques1 p4 #hh4 #gga ,cambry1 ibid41 #ij4 #ggb ,op4 cit41 p4 #dgc4 8,it is difficult10 writes ,creuzer1 8not to suspect in the structures of ,tiryns and ,mycen planetary forces supposed to be moved by celestial powers1 analogous to the famous ,dactyli40 7,pelasges et ,cyclopes47 ,to this day ,science is in ignorance on the subject of the ,cyclopes4 ,they are supposed to have built all the socalled 8,cyclopean0 works whose erection would have necessitated several regiments of ,giants1 and yet they were only seventyseven in all1 or about one hundred1 as ,creuzer thinks4 ,they are called ,builders1 and ,occultism calls them the ,initiators1 who by initiating some ,pelasgians1 thus laid the foundation stone of true ,masonry4 ,herodotus associates the ,cyclops with ,perseus 8the son of an ,assyrian demon0 7,i4 vi474 ,raoul ,rochette found that ,palmonius1 the ,cyclops1 to whom a sanctuary was raised1 was the 8,tyrian ,hercules40 ,in any case1 he was the ,builder of the sacred columns of ,gadir1 covered with mysterious characters--of which ,apollonius of ,tyana was the only one in his age who possessed the key--and with figures which may still be found on the walls of ,ellora1 the gigantic ruins of the temple of ,vishvakarman1 8the builder and artificer of the ,gods40 #ggc ,hist4 ,nat41 t4 xxxvi4 p4 #eib2 ,de ,mirville1 op4 cit41 ibid41 p4 #bhi4 #ggd ,dieu et les ,dieux1 p4 #efg4 #gge ,de ,mirville1 op4 cit41 ibid41 p4 #bia4 ,messrs4 ,richardson and ,barth are said to have been amazed at finding in the ,desert of ,sahara the same trilithic and raised stones which they had seen in ,asia1 ,circassia1 ,etruria1 and in all the ,north of ,europe4 ,mr4 ,rivett,carnac1 ,b4,c4,s41 of ,allahabad1 the distinguished ,archologist1 shows the same amazement on finding the description1 given by ,sir ,j4 ,simpson1 of the cuplike markings on stones and rocks in ,england1 ,scotland1 and other ,western countries2 8offering an extraordinary resemblance0 to 8the marks on the trap boulders which encircle the barrows near ,nagpur0--the ,city of ,snakes4 ,the eminent scholar saw in this 8another and very extraordinary addition to the mass of evidence 444 that a branch of the nomadic tribes1 who swept at an early date over ,europe1 penetrated into ,india also40 ,we say ,lemuria1 ,atlantis and her ,giants1 and the earliest races of the ,fifth ,root ,race had all a hand in these betyli1 lithoi1 and 8magic0 stones in general4 ,the cupmarks noticed by ,sir ,j4 ,simpson1 and the 8holes scooped out on the face0 of rocks and monuments found by ,mr4 ,rivett ,carnac 8of different sizes varying from six inches to an inch and a half in diameter1 and in depth from one to one and ahalf inch 444 generally arranged in perpendicular lines presenting many permutations in the number and size and arrangement of the cups0--are simply written records of the oldest races4 ,whosoever examines with attention the drawings made of such marks in ,archological ,notes on ,ancient ,sculpturing on ,rocks in ,kumaon1 ,india1 etc41 will find therein the most primitive style of marking or recording4 ,something of the sort was adopted by the ,american inventors of the ,morse code of telegraphic writing1 which reminds us of the ,ogham writing1 a combination of long and short strokes1 as ,mr4 ,rivett ,carnac describes it1 8cut on sandstone40 ,sweden1 ,norway1 and ,scandinavia are full of such written records1 for the ,runic characters follow the cupmarks and long and short strokes4 ,in ,johannes ,magnus' ,infolio one may see the representation of the demi god1 the giant ,starchaterus 7,starkad1 the pupil of ,hroszharsgrani1 the ,magician71 holding under each arm a huge stone covered with ,runic characters4 ,this ,starkad1 according to ,scandinavian legend1 went to ,ireland and performed marvellous deeds in the ,north and ,south1 ,east and ,west4 7,see ,asgard and the ,gods1 pp4 #bahbba47 #ggf ,hist4 ,nat41 ,,xxxvii4 liv4 #ggg ,ibid41 ,,ii4 xxxviii4 #ggh ,charton1 ,magasin ,pittoresque 7#ahec71 p4 #cb4 ,quoted by ,de ,mirville1 op4 cit41 ibid41 p4 #bic4 #ggi ,t4 ,a4 ,wise1 ,history of ,paganism in ,caledonia1 p4 #cf4 #ghj ,op4 cit41 ibid41 p4 #bhh4 #gha ,essays on ,physiology1 p4 #add4 #ghb ,principles of ,biology1 ,appendix1 p4 #dhb4 #ghc ,we shall treat of the ,divine ,instructors in ,stanza ,,xii4 #ghd ,men4 #ghe ,of the primitive ,divine ,stock4 #ghf ,race4 #ghg ,race4 #ghh ,the ,great ,pyramid4 #ghi ,knowledge1 i4 p4 #bdc2 quoted by ,staniland ,wake1 op4 cit41 pp4 #ha1 #hb4 #gij ,nineteenth ,century1 #ahhb1 p4 #bcf2 quoted by ,staniland ,wake1 ibid41 p4 #hb4 #gia ,op4 cit41 ,,xi4 xvii4 #gib ,as shown by ,h4 ,lizeray in his ,trinit ,chrtienne ,devoile1 the ,dragon1 being placed between the immutable ,father 7the ,pole1 a fixed point7 and mutable ,matter1 transmits to the latter the influences he receives from the former1 whence his name--the ,verbum4 #gic ,symbolized by the ,egyptians under the form of a serpent with a hawk's head4 #gid ,revue ,archologique1 #ahhe4 #gie ,mackey's ,sphinxiad3 or1 ,the ,mythological ,astronomy of the ,ancients ,demonstrated by ,restoring to their ,fables and ,symbols their ,original ,meanings1 p4 #db4 #gif ,ibid41 p4 #dg4 #gig ,also translated as 8,blissful ,immortals0 by ,dr4 ,w4 ,geiger2 but the first is more correct4 #gih ,these 8seven0 became the eight1 the ,ogdoad1 of the later materialized religions1 the seventh1 or the highest 8principle10 being no longer the pervading ,spirit1 the ,synthesis1 but becoming an anthropomorphic number1 or additional unit4 #gii ,these elements are3 the cosmic1 the terrene1 the mineral1 the vegetable1 the animal1 the aqueous1 and finally the human--in their physical1 spiritual1 and psychic aspects4 #hjj ,p4 #ec4 #hja ,thalia1 lxxvii4 #hjb ,who adds that 8the ,egyptians had various ways of representing the angle of the poles4 ,in ,perry's ,view of the ,levant there is a figure representing the south pole of the ,earth in the constellation of the ,harp1 in which the poles appear like two straight rods surmounted with hawks' wings1 to distinguish the north from the south4 ,but the symbols of the poles 444 are1 sometimes1 in the form of serpents1 with the heads of hawks to distinguish the north from the south end40 7,op4 cit41 p4 #da47 #hjc ,faber and ,bishop ,cumberland would make these all the later pagan personifications of 8the ,notic ,ark1 and 444 no other than the patriarch ,noah and his family07671 as the former writer puts it in his ,cabiri 7i4 #acf72 because1 we are told1 that most probably after the ,deluge in commemoration of the event1 the pious ,noachid established a religious festival1 which was1 later on1 corrupted by their impious descendants1 who made of 8,noah and his family0 demons or herogods2 8and at length unblushing obscenity usurped the name and garb of religion0 7ibid41 i4 p4 #aj74 ,now this is indeed putting an extinguisher upon the human reasoning powers1 not only of antiquity1 but even of our present generations4 ,reverse the statement1 and after the words 8,noah and his family0 explain that what was meant is simply the ,jewish version of a ,samothracian mystery1 of ,saturn1 or ,cronus,cydyk and his ,sons1 and then we may say ,amen4 #hjd ,who were later on1 with the ,greeks1 limited to ,castor and ,pollux only4 ,but in the days of ,lemuria1 the ,dioscuri1 the 8,eggborn10 were the ,seven ,dhyn ,chohans 7,agnishvtta,kumra7 who incarnated in the ,seven ,elect of the ,third ,race4 #hje ,op4 cit41 i4 #acc4 #hjf ,clement of ,alexandria recognized the astronomical significance of ,chapters xxv et seqq4 of ,exodus4 ,he says that1 according to the ,mosaic doctrine1 the seven ,planets help in the generation of terrestrial things4 ,the two ,cherubs standing on the two sides of the sacred ,tetragrammaton represent ,ursa ,major and ,ursa ,minor4 #hjg ,vyse1 ,operations1 etc41 ii4 #beh4 #hjh ,palgrave1 ii4 #bfd4 #hji ,vyse1 ibid41 ii4 #cdb4 #haj ,p4 #eg4 #haa ,the speculation of ,mackey1 the selfmade adept of ,norwich1 in his ,mythological ,astronomy1 is a curious idea--yet one perhaps not so very far from the truth4 ,he says that the ,kabiri named ,axieros and ,axiokersa 7a7 derived their names from kab or cab1 a 8measure10 and from urim1 the 8heavens0--the ,kabirim being thus 8a measure of the heavens02 and 7b7 that their distinctive names1 implying the principle of generation1 referred to the sexes4 ,for 8the word sex was formerly understood by ax2 which 444 has1 in our time1 settled into sex4 ,and he refers to ,encyclopdia ,londiniensis1 at the word #8aspiration4' ,now if we give the aspirated sound to ,axieros1 it would become ,sax or ,sexieros2 and the other pole would be ,sexiokersa4 ,the two poles would thus become the generators of the other powers of nature--they would be the ,parents of the other powers2 therefore1 the most powerful ,gods40 7,op4 cit41 p4 #ci47 #hab ii4 #ea4 #hac i4 #iag4 #had ,decharme1 ,mythologie de la ,grce ,antique1 p4 #bgj4 #hae ,the word guebra comes from ,kabiri 7,gabiri71 and means the ,persian ancient fireworshippers1 or ,parss4 ,kabiri became ,gabiri and then remained as an appellation of the ,zoroastrians in ,persia4 7,see ,hyde's ,de ,religione ,persarum1 c4 #bi47 #haf ,i4 ix4 #gea4 #hag ,see ,macrob41 ,sat41 ,i4 iii4 c4 #d1 p4 #cgf4 #hah ,pausan41 ix4 #bb2 #e4 #hai ,herodotus1 iii4 #cg4 #hbj ,quoted in ,gould's ,mythical ,monsters1 p4 #cii4 #hba ,appendix1 p4 #ac2 quoted by ,faber1 ,cabiri1 ii4 pp4 #bhibia4 #hbb ,the ,amshaspands are six--if ,ormazd1 their chief and ,logos1 is excluded4 ,but in the ,secret ,doctrine he is the seventh and highest1 just as ,phtah is the seventh ,kabir among the ,kabiri4 #hbc ,in the ,purnas it is identified with ,vishnu's or ,brahma's ,shveta dvpa of ,mount ,meru4 #hbd ,ed4 ,fleisher1 p4 #af4 #hbe ,,ms41 #dg in ,nic4 ,cat4 #hbf ,,ms41 #ghe1 ,uri's ,cat42 quoted by ,col4 ,vyse1 ,operations at the ,pyramids of ,gizeh1 ii4 #cfd2 see ,staniland ,wake1 ,the ,great ,pyramid1 p4 #id4 #hbg ,de ,mirville1 ,pneumatologie1 iii4 #bi4 #hbh ,staniland ,wake1 ibid41 p4 #if4 #hbi ,ibid41 p4 #ig4 #hcj gypte1 iv4 #dda2 ,de ,mirville1 op4 cit41 iii4 #da4 #hca ,annales de ,philosophie ,chrtienne1 xxxii4 #ddb2 see ,de ,mirville1 ,pneumatologie1 iii4 #ah4 #hcb ,histoire de l',astronomie ,ancienne2 see ,de ,mirville1 op4 cit41 ibid41 p4 #ae4 #hcc ,de ,mirville1 ibid41 p4 #da4 #hcd ,ibid41 pp4 #af1 #ag4 #hce ,in the ,vishnu ,purna1 with careful reading1 may be found many corroborations of the same 7,book ,,ii1 chaps1 iii1 iv1 et seqq474 ,the reigns of ,gods1 lower ,gods1 and ,men are all enumerated in the descriptions of the seven islands1 seven seas1 seven mountains1 etc41 ruled by ,kings4 ,each ,king is invariably said to have seven sons1 an allusion to the seven subraces4 ,one instance will do4 ,the ,king of ,kush,dvpa had seven sons 444 8after whom the seven portions or ,varsha of the island were called4444 ,there reside mankind1 along with ,daityas and ,dnavas1 as well as with spirits of heaven ,gandharvas1 ,yakshas1 ,kimpurushas1 etc4 and ,gods40 7,wilson's ,trans41 ii4 #aie47 ,there is but one exception in the case of ,king ,priyavrata1 the son of the first ,manu1 ,svyambhuva--who had ten sons4 ,but of these1 three--,medha1 ,agnibhu1 and ,putra 7ibid41 ii4 #aja7--;became ascetics1 and refused their portions4 ,thus ,priyavrata divided the ,earth again into seven continents4 #hcf gypte1 pp4 #dejdee3 ,de ,mirville1 ibid41 pp4 #da1 #db4 #hcg ,as a general rule1 now that the very nature of the inner man has become as blind as his physical nature1 man on this ,globe is as the ,amphioxus is in the ocean4 ,seen by millions of various other fishes and creatures that surround it1 the ,amphioxus species--having neither brain nor any of the senses possessed by the other classes--sees them not4 ,who knows whether1 on the ,darwinian theory1 these ,branchiostoma are not the direct ancestors of our ,materialists8 #hch ,the ,occultists have been accused of worshipping ,gods or ,devils6 ,we deny this4 ,among the numberless hosts of ,spirits--entities that have been or that will be men--there are some immeasurably superior to the human race1 higher and holier than the highest saint on ,earth1 and wiser than any mortal without exception4 ,and there are those again who are no better than we are1 and some also who are far worse and inferior to the lowest savage4 ,it is these last that command the readiest communication with our ,earth1 who perceive and sense us1 as the clairvoyants perceive and sense them4 ,the close proximity of our respective abodes and planes of perception are1 unfortunately1 in favour of such intercommunication1 as they are ever ready to interfere with our affairs for weal or woe4 ,if we are asked how it is that none but sensitive hysterical natures1 neuro and psycho pathic persons1 see--and occasionally talk with--8spirits10 we answer the question by several other queries4 ,we ask3 ,do you know the nature of hallucination1 and can you define its psychic process8 ,how can you tell that all such visions are due merely to physical hallucinations8 ,what makes you feel so sure that mental and nervous diseases1 while drawing a veil over our normal senses 7socalled71 do not reveal at the same time vistas unknown to the healthy man1 by throwing open doors usually closed against your scientific 787 perceptions2 or that a psychospiritual faculty does not forthwith replace the loss1 or the temporary atrophy1 of a purely physical sense8 ,it is disease or the exuberance of nervous fluid which produces mediumship and visions--hallucinations1 as you call them4 ,but what does ,science know even of mediumship8 ,truly were the modern ,charcots to pay attention to the delirium of their patients from a more psychic standpoint1 ,science--,physiology especially--might be more benefited than it is now1 and truth have a wider field of fact in its knowledge4 #hci i4 #gj2 ,de ,mirville1 ibid41 p4 #bf4 #hdj ,these were the early ryans and the bulk of the ,fourth ,root,race--the former pious and meditative 7given to yogacontemplation71 the latter a fighting race of sorcerers1 who were rapidly degenerating owing to their uncontrolled passions4 #hda ,the ,northern and ,southern ,divisions of ,lemuria,atlantis4 ,the ,hyperborean and the ,equatorial lands of the two ,continents4 #hdb ,de ,rougemont1 ,peuple ,primitif1 iii4 #aeg2 ,de ,mirville1 ibid41 p4 #bi4 ,this is ,occult and refers to the property of iron which is attracted by some magnetic elements1 and repelled by others4 ,such elements1 by an ,occult process1 can be made as impervious to it as water to a blow4 #hdc ,ibid41 loc4 cit4 #hdd ,the ,first ,continent1 or ,island1 if so preferred1 8the cap of the ,north ,pole10 has never perished2 nor will it to the end of the ,seven ,races4 #hde ,see ,de ,rougemont1 ibid4 #hdf ,boulanger1 ,rgne des ,dieux1 ,introd42 see ,de ,mirville1 op4 cit41 ibid41 pp4 #cb1 #cc4 #hdg ,the ,secret ,doctrine explains and expounds what ,plato says1 for it teaches that those 8,inventors0 were ,gods and ,demigods 7,devas and ,rishis7 who had become--some deliberately1 some compelled by ,karma--incarnated in man4 #hdh ,the preceding paragraphs are condensed from ,plato1 ,legg41 l4 iv--id41 in ,crit41 et in ,politic42 ,de ,mirville1 ibid41 pp4 #cc1 #cd4 #hdi ,argyle1 ,unity of ,nature4 #hej ,book of the ,dead1 xcix4 #cc2 and clvi4 #d4 ,the reader is referred to ,stanza ,,vii1 ,shloka #a 7i4 #bdj71 wherein this verse is explained in another of its meanings1 and also to the ,book of the ,dead1 cix4 #d and #e4 ,this is a direct reference to the ,esoteric division of man's 8principles0 symbolized by the divine wheat4 ,the legend which inscribes the third ,register of the papyrus 7,book of the ,dead1 cx47 states3 8,this is the region of the ,manes disembodied men seven cubits high--to wit1 those just translated and supposed to be still sevenfold with all their #8principles1' even the body being represented astrally in the ,kma ,loka or ,hades1 before their separation2 and there is wheat three cubits high for ,mummies in a state of perfection i4e41 those already separated1 whose three higher principles are in ,devachan who are permitted to glean it40 ,this region 7,devachan7 is called 8the land of the ,re birth of ,gods10 and is shown to be inhabited by ,shoo1 ,tefnoot1 and ,seb4 ,the 8region for the ,manes seven cubits high0--for the yet imperfect ,mummies--and the region for those 8in a state of perfection0 who 8glean wheat three cubits high10 is as clear as possible4 ,the ,egyptians had the same ,esoteric ,philosophy which is now taught by the ,cis,himlayan ,adepts1 and the latter1 when1 buried1 have corn and wheat placed over them4 #hea ,i4 xiv4 ,there are ,egyptologists who have quite erroneously tried to identify ,osiris with ,menes4 ,bunsen assigns to ,menes an antiquity of #e1hfg years ,b4,c41 and is denounced for it by ,christians4 ,but 8,isis ,osiris0 reigned in ,egypt before the ,zodiac was painted on the ceiling of the temple of ,dendera1 and that is over #ge1jjj years ago6 #heb ,in the text1 8corked up0 or 8screwed up40 #hec ,zohar1 part i1 col4 #agg2 ,de ,mirville1 ibid41 p4 #hh4 #hed ,genesis1 vi4 #d4 #hee ,prlectiones ,theol41 ch4 ii2 ,de ,mirville1 ibid41 p4 #hd4 #hef ,rflexions ,critiques sur l',origine des ,anciens ,peuples4 #heg ,rabbi ,parcha4 #heh i4 #f4 #hei ,book of ,ruth and ,schadash1 fol4 #fc1 col4 #c1 ,amsterdam edition4 #hfj ,zohar1 part ii1 col4 #gc2 ,de ,mirville1 ibid41 p4 #hf4 #hfa ,ibid41 p4 #hg4 #hfb ,more ,nevochim1 xxvi4 #h4 #hfc ,sagra ,scrittura4 #hfd ii4 pp4 #ad1 #bi4 #hfe ,chap4 viii2 ,laurence's ,translation1 pp4 #g and #h4 #hff ,job1 i4 #f4 #hfg ,the ,chaldan ,book of ,numbers4 #hfh ,archology1 xxv4 #bbj1 ,london4 #hfi ,die ,phoinizier1 #gj4 #hgj ,see ,sanchuniathon in ,eusebius1 ,pr4 ,ev41 #cf2 ,genesis1 xvi4 #hga ,society of ,antiquaries of ,london1 xxv4 #bbj4 #hgb ,cartas1 #ea2 see ,isis ,unveiled1 i4 #eec1 et seqq4 #hgc ,he is thus named and included in the list of the ,dnavas in ,vyu ,purna2 the ,commentator of ,bhgavata ,purna calls him a son of ,danu1 but the name means also 8,spirit of ,humanity40 #hgd ,kashyapa is called the son of ,brahm1 and is the 8,selfborn0 to whom a great part of the work of creation is attributed4 ,he is one of the seven ,rishis2 exoterically1 the son of ,marchi1 the son of ,brahm2 while the ,atharva ,veda says1 8,the ,selfborn ,kashyapa sprang from ,time10 and ,esoterically ,time and ,space are forms of the ,one incognizable ,deity4 ,as an ditya1 ,indra is son of ,kashyapa1 as also ,vaivasvata ,manu1 our ,progenitor4 ,in the instance given in the text1 he is ,kashyapaditya1 the ,sun and the ,sungod1 from whom all the 8,cosmic0 ,demons1 ,dragons 7,ngas71 ,serpent or ,snakegods1 and ,dnavas or ,giants1 are born4 ,the meaning of the allegories given above is purely astronomical and cosmical1 but will serve to prove the identity of all4 #hge ,vishnu ,purna1 ,wilson's ,trans41 ii4 #gb4 #hgf ,all such stories differ in the exoteric texts4 ,in the ,mahbhrata1 ,krttikeya1 8the sixfaced ,mars10 is the son of ,rudra or ,shiva1 ,selfborn without a mother from the seed of ,shiva cast into the fire4 ,but ,krttikeya is generally called ,agnibh1 8,fire born40 #hgg ,hiranyksha is ruler or king of the fifth region of ,ptla1 a ,snakegod4 #hgh ,the ,elohim also feared the ,knowledge of ,good and ,evil for ,adam1 and therefore are shown as expelling him from ,eden or killing him spiritually4 #hgi ,the story told is1 that ,traka 7called also ,klanbha71 owing to his extraordinary ,yogapowers1 had obtained all the divine knowledge of ,yogavidy and the ,occult powers of the ,gods1 who conspired against him4 ,here we see the 8obedient0 ,host of ,archangels or minor ,gods conspiring against the 7future7 ,fallen ,angels1 whom ,enoch accuses of the great crime of disclosing to the world all 8the secret things done in heaven40 ,it is ,michael1 ,gabriel1 ,raphael1 ,suryal and ,uriel who denounced to the ,lord ,god those of their ,brethren who were said to have pried into the divine mysteries and taught them to men2 by this means they themselves escaped a like punishment4 ,michael was commissioned to fight the ,dragon1 and so was ,krttikeya1 and under the same circumstances4 ,both are 8,leaders of the ,celestial ,host10 both ,virgins1 both 8,leaders of ,saints10 8,spearholders0 7,shakti dharas71 etc4 ,krttikeya is the original of ,michael and ,st4 ,george1 as surely as ,indra is the prototype of ,krttikeya4 #hhj ,the 8life and the light0 of the material physical world1 the delight of the senses--not of the soul4 ,apollo is preminently the human ,god1 the ,god of emotional1 pomploving and theatrical ,church ritualism1 with lights and music4 #hha ,see ,revelation 7xii7 where we find ,apollo's mother persecuted by the ,python1 the ,red ,dragon1 who is also ,porphyrion1 the scarlet or red ,titan4 #hhb ,book of ,god1 p4 #hh4 #hhc ,no 8,god0--whether called ,bel or ,jehovah--who curses his 7supposed7 own work1 because he has made it imperfect1 can be the ,one ,infinite ,absolute ,wisdom4 #hhd ,in the ,indian allegory of ,trakmaya1 the ,war between the ,gods and the ,asuras headed by ,soma 7the ,moon1 the ,king of ,plants71 it is ,vishvakarm1 the artificer of the ,gods1 who1 like ,vulcan 7,tubal ,cain71 forges their weapons for them4 #hhe ,chaldean ,account of ,genesis1 p4 #cjd4 ,we have said elsewhere that the 8woman with child0 of ,revelation was ,aima1 the ,great ,mother1 or ,binah1 the third ,sephira1 8whose name is ,jehovah02 and the 8,dragon10 who seeks to devour her coming child 7the ,universe71 is the ,dragon of ,absolute ,wisdom--that ,wisdom which1 recognizing the nonseparateness of the ,universe and everything in it from the ,absolute ,,all1 sees in it no better than the great ,illusion1 ,mahmy1 hence the cause of misery and suffering4 #hhf ,the 8seven ,karshvares of the ,earth0--the seven ,spheres of our ,planetary ,chain1 the seven ,worlds1 also mentioned in the ,rig ,veda1 are fully referred to elsewhere4 ,there are six ,rjamsi 7,worlds7 above ,prithiv1 the ,earth1 or 8this0 7,idm71 as opposed to that which is yonder 7the six ,globes on the three other planes74 7,see ,rig ,veda1 i4 #cd2 iii4 #ef2 vii4 #ajdaa1 and v4 #fj1 #f47 #hhg ,darmesteter's ,trans41 8,sacred ,books of the ,east10 vol4 iv4 p4 #bjg4 #hhh ,ibid41 p4 #bag4 #hhi ,ibid41 p4 #bjh4 #hij ,book of the ,dead1 xvii4 #fb2 ,anubis is ,horus who melts 8in him who is eyeless40 #hia ,see ,lenoir's ,du ,dragon de ,metz4 #hib ,see also ,egyptian ,pantheon1 pp4 #bj1 #bc4 #hic ,book of the ,dead1 xvii4 #ed and #di4 #hid ,these 8,evil ,spirits0 can by no means be identified with ,satan or the ,great ,dragon4 ,they are the ,elementals generated or begotten by ignorance--cosmic and human passions--or ,chaos4 #hie ,assyrian ,discoveries1 p4 #djc4 #hif ,see ,numbers1 xxi4 #h1 #i4 ,god orders ,moses to build a brazen ,serpent 7,saraph71 to look upon which heals those bitten by the ,fiery ,serpents4 ,the latter were the ,seraphim1 each one of which1 as ,isaiah shows 7vi4 #b71 8had six wings02 they are the symbols of ,jehovah1 and of all the other ,demiurgi who produce out of themselves six sons or likenesses--seven with their ,creator4 ,thus1 the ,brazen ,serpent is ,jehovah1 the chief of the 8,fiery ,serpents40 ,and yet1 in ,,ii ,kings 7xviii4 #d7 it is shown that king ,hezekiah1 who1 like as ,david his father1 8did that which was right in the sight of the ,lord0--8brake in pieces the brazen serpent that ,moses had made 444 and called it ,nehushtan10 or piece of brass4 #hig 8,and ,satan stood up against ,israel and provoked ,david to number ,israel0 7,i ,chronicles1 xxi4 #a74 8,the anger of the ,lord ,jehovah was kindled against ,israel1 and he moved ,david 444 to say1 ,go1 number ,israel0 7,,ii ,samuel1 xxiv4 #a74 ,the two are then identical4 #hih ii4 #ah1 #bb4 #hii ,dozens of the most erudite writers have sifted thoroughly the various meanings of the name ,j'hovah 7with1 and without the ,masoretic points71 and shown their multifarious bearings4 ,the best of such works is the ,source of ,measures3 the ,hebrew ,egyptian ,mystery1 by ,j4 ,ralston ,skinner1 so often already referred to4 #ijj ,in the abovementioned work 7p4 #bcc71 verse #bf of chapter iv of ,genesis is correctly translated 8then men began to call themselves ,jehovah10 but less correctly explained1 perhaps1 as the last word ought to be written ,jah 7male7 ,hovah 7female71 to show that from that time the race of distinctly separate man and woman began4 #ija ,see for explanation the excellent pages of ,appendix vii of the same work4 #ijb ,op4 cit41 p4 #bic4 #ijc ,rabba ,battra1 #af;a4 #ijd ,in ,demonology1 ,satan is the leader of the opposition in ,hell1 the monarch of which was ,beelzebub4 ,he belongs to the fifth kind or class of ,demons 7of which there are nine according to medival ,demonology71 and he is at the head of witches and sorcerers4 ,but see elsewhere the true meaning of ,baphomet1 the goatheaded ,satan1 one with ,azazel1 the scapegoat of ,israel4 ,nature is the ,god ,pan4 #ije ,see ,isis ,unveiled1 ii4 #ahd4 #ijf ,see ,codex ,nazarus1 iii4 #gc4 #ijg ,he is also ,vulcan or ,vulcain1 the greatest ,god with the later ,egyptians1 and the greatest ,kabir4 ,the ,god of ,time was ,chiun in ,egypt1 or ,saturn1 or ,seth1 and ,chiun is the same as ,cain4 7,source of ,measures1 p4 #bgh47 #ijh ,see ,strabo1 comparing them to the ,cyclopes1 xiv4 p4 #fec sqq4 ,callim41 in ,del41 #ca4 ,stat41 ,silv41 iv4 #f1 #dg1 etc4 #iji ,mythologie de la ,grce ,antique1 p4 #bga4 #iaj ,nothing could be more awkward and childish1 we say1 than this fruitless attempt to disconnect the genealogies of ,cain and of ,seth1 or to conceal the identity of names under a different spelling4 ,thus1 ,cain has a ,son ,enoch1 and ,seth a ,son ,enoch 7also ,enos1 ,ch'anoch1 ,hanoch--one may do what one likes with unvowelled ,hebrew names74 ,in the ,cainite line ,enoch begets ,irad1 ,irad ,mehujael1 the latter ,methusael1 and ,methusael1 ,lamech4 ,in the ,sethite line1 ,enoch begets ,cainan1 and this one ,mahalaleel 7a variation on ,mehujael71 who gives birth to ,jared 7or ,irad72 ,jared to ,enoch 7number #c71 who produces ,methuselah 7from ,methusael71 and finally ,lamech closes the list4 7,see ,genesis1 iv4 v47 ,now all these are symbols 7kabalistically7 of solar and lunar years1 of astronomical periods and of physiological 7phallic7 functions1 just as in any other ,pagan symbolical creed4 ,this has been proven by a number of writers4 #iaa ,see ,analysis of ,ancient ,mythology1 ii4 #gfj4 #iab vi4 #i4 #iac ,see ,new ,encyclopdia1 by ,abraham ,rees1 ,f4,r4,s4 #iad ,see ,hebrews1 v4 #f2 vii4 #a1 et seqq4 #iae ,the olian name of ,mars was ,areus 771 and the ,greek ,ares 77 is a name over the etymological significance of which1 ,philologists and ,indianists1 ,greek and ,sanskrit scholars1 have vainly worked to this day4 ,very strangely1 ,max ,mller connects both the names ,mars and ,ares with the ,sanskrit root mar1 whence he traces their derivation1 and from which1 he says1 comes the name of the ,maruts or ,stormgods4 ,welcker1 however1 offers a more correct etymology4 7,see ,griech4 ,gtterlehre1 i4 #dae47 ,however it may be1 etymologies of roots and words alone will never yield the ,esoteric meaning fully1 though they may help to useful guesses4 #iaf ,as the same author shows3 8,the very name ,vulcain appears in the reading1 for in the first words 7,gen41 iv4 #e7 is to be found ,v'elcain1 or ,v'ulcain1 agreeably to the deepened u sound of the letter vau4 ,out of its immediate context1 it may be read as1 #8and the god ,cain1' or ,vulcain4 ,if1 however1 anything is wanting to confirm the ,cain,vulcain idea1 ,fuerst says3 #8 ,cain1 the iron point of a lance1 a smith 7blacksmith71 inventor of sharp iron tools and smith work' 0 7p4 #bgh74 #iag ,op4 cit41 p4 #ahf4 #iah ,append4 de ,cabiris ap4 ,orig4 ,gent41 pp4 #cfd1 #cgf2 and the latter statement on p4 #ceg4 ,see ,faber's ,cabiri1 i4 #h4 #iai ,some derive the word from ,paras which produced ,pars1 ,pers1 ,persia2 but it may be equally derived from ,pitaras or ,pitris1 the ,hind progenitors of the ,fifth ,race--the ,fathers of ,wisdom or the ,sons of 8,will and ,yoga0--who were called ,pitaras1 as were the divine ,pitris of the ,first ,race4 #ibj ,see for these traditions the ,collection of ,persian ,legends1 in ,russian1 ,georgian1 ,armenian1 and ,persian2 ,herbelot's narrative ,lgendes ,persanes1 8,bibliothque ,orientale10 p4 #bih1 #chg1 etc41 and ,danville's ,mmoires4 ,we give in a condensed narrative that which is scattered in hundreds of volumes in ,european and ,asiatic languages1 as well as in oral traditions4 #iba ,genesis1 iv4 #af1 et seqq4 #ibb ,the main ,continent perished in the ,miocene times1 as already stated4 #ibc ,from ,bede downwards all the chronologists of the ,church have differed among themselves1 and contradicted each other4 8,the chronology of the ,hebrew text has been grossly altered1 especially in the interval next after the ,deluge0--says ,whiston 7,old ,test41 p4 #bj74 #ibd ii4 #agj1 #aga4 #ibe ,hence king ,solomon1 whose traces are nowhere to be found outside of the ,bible4 ,the description of his magnificent palace and city dovetail with those of the ,persian tales1 though they were unknown to all ,pagan travellers1 even to ,herodotus4 #ibf ,herbelot1 op4 cit41 p4 #hbi4 #ibg ,orient4 ,trad41 p4 #ded4 ,see also ,bailly's ,lettres sur l',atlantide4 #ibh ,see ,orient4 ,collect41 ii4 #aai4 #ibi ,ibid4 ,remember that the ,rabbins teach that there are to be seven successive renewals of the ,globe2 that each will last #g1jjj years1 the total duration being thus #di1jjj years4 7,see ,rabbi ,parcha's ,wheel2 also ,kenealy's ,book of ,god1 p4 #agf47 ,this refers to seven ,rounds1 seven ,root,races1 and subraces1 the truly ,occult figures1 though sorely confused4 #icj ,tales of ,derbent4 #ica ,mergain1 or ,morgana1 the fairy sister of ,king ,arthur1 is thus shown of ,oriental descent4 #icb ,where we find her1 indeed1 in ,great ,britain1 in the romance of the ,knights of the ,round ,table4 ,whence the identity of name and fairy hood1 if both heroines did not symbolize the same historical event which passed into a legend8 #icc ,herbelot1 p4 #eic2 ,armenian ,tales1 p4 #ce4 #icd ,to this day the aborigines of ,caucasus speak of their mountains as ,kapkaz1 using the consonant p instead of the usual v 7,kavkaz or ,caucasus74 ,but their bards say that it requires seven months for a swift horse to reach the 8dry land0 beyond ,kaf1 holding ,north without ever deviating from one's way4 #ice ,bailly thought he saw in this ,horse a twelveoared ship4 ,the ,secret ,doctrine teaches that the early ,third ,race built boats and flotillas before it built houses4 ,but the 8,horse10 though a much later animal1 has1 nevertheless1 a more occult primitive meaning4 ,the crocodile and the hippopotamus were considered sacred and represented divine symbols1 both with the ancient ,egyptians and with the ,mexicans4 ,poseidon is1 in ,homer1 the ,god of the ,horse1 and assumes that form himself to please ,ceres4 ,arion1 their progeny1 is one of the aspects of that 8,horse10 which is a ,cycle4 #icf ,the severed parts must be ,norway and other lands in the neighbourhood of the ,arctic ,circle4 #icg ,cosmas ,indicopleustes in ,collect4 ,nov ,patrum1 t4 ii4 p4 #ahh2 also see ,journ4 des ,savants1 ,suppl4 #agjg1 p4 #bj4 #ich ,the two ,poles are called the 8right0 and 8left ends0 of our ,globe--the ,right being the ,north ,pole--or the head and feet of the ,earth4 ,every beneficent 7astral and cosmic7 action comes from the ,north2 every lethal influence from the ,south ,pole4 ,they are much connected with and influence 8right0 and 8left0 hand magic4 #ici ,the more one approaches the ,poles the less rotation is felt2 at the ,poles proper1 the diurnal revolution is quite neutralized4 ,hence the expression that the ,sphere is 8motionless40 #idj ,it is averred in ,occultism that the land or island1 which crowns the ,north ,pole like a skullcap1 is the only one which prevails during the whole ,manvantara of our ,round4 ,all the central continents and lands will emerge from the sea bottom many times in turn1 but this land will never change4 #ida ,bear in mind that the ,vedic and ,avestaic name of ,fohat is ,apm ,napt4 ,in the ,avesta he stands between the ,fireyazatas and the ,wateryazatas4 ,the literal meaning is 8,son of the ,waters10 but these 8,waters0 are not the liquid we know1 but ther--the ,fiery ,waters of ,space4 ,fohat is the 8,son of ther0 in its highest aspect1 ksha1 the ,mother,father of the primitive ,seven1 and of ,sound or the ,logos4 ,fohat is the ,light of the ,logos4 #idb ,this 8,water0 is the blood or fluid of ,life which animates the ,earth1 compared here to a living body4 #idc ,occult teaching corroborates the popular tradition which asserts the existence of a ,fountain of ,life in the bowels of the ,earth and in the ,north ,pole4 ,it is the blood of the ,earth1 the electromagnetic current1 which circulates through all the arteries1 and which is said to be found stored in the 8navel0 of the ,earth4 #idd ,occultism points to the ,himlayan ,chain as that 8belt10 and maintains that whether under the water or above1 it encircles the ,globe4 ,the 8navel0 is described as situated towards the setting ,sun or to the ,west of the ,himavat in which lie the roots of ,meru1 which mountain is ,north of the ,himlaya4 ,meru is not 8the fabulous mountain in the navel or centre of the earth10 but its roots and foundations are in that 8navel10 while it is in the far ,north itself4 ,this connects it with the 8,central0 ,land 8that never perishes02 the land in which 8the day of the mortal lasts six months and his night another six months40 ,as the ,vishnu ,purna has it3 8,for the ,north of ,meru there is1 therefore1 always night during day in other regions2 for ,meru is ,north of all the ,dvipas and ,varshas0 7islands and countries74 7,book ii4 chap4 viii47 ,meru is therefore neither on ,atlas as ,wilford suggests1 nor1 as ,wilson tried to show1 8absolutely in the centre of the globe10 only because 8relatively with the inhabitants of the several portions1 to all of whom the ,east is that quarter where the sun first appears40 #ide ,even the ,commentaries do not refrain from ,oriental metaphor4 ,the ,globe is likened to the body of a woman1 8,mother,earth40 ,from her neck downward1 means from the inland sea now beyond the impassable barrier of ice4 ,the ,earth1 as ,parshara says1 8is the mother and nurse1 augmented with all creatures and their qualities1 the comprehender of all the worlds40 #idf ,for the ,stanzas call this locality by a term translated in the ,commentary as a place of no latitude 7,niraksha71 the ,abode of the ,gods4 ,as a scholiast says in the ,srya ,siddhnta 7xii4 #dbdd73 8,above them goes the sun when situated at the equinoxes2 they have neither equinoctial shadow nor elevation of the pole 7akshonnati74 8,in both directions from ,meru are two polestars 7dhruvatr71 fixed in the midst of the sky1 to those who are situated in places of no latitude 7niraksha71 both these have their place in the horizon4 8,hence there is1 in those cities in that land1 no elevation of the poles1 the two polestars being situated in their horizon2 but their degrees of colatitude 7lambaka7 are ninety3 at ,meru the degrees of latitude 7aksha7 are of the same number40 7,see ,vishnu ,purna1 ,wilson's ,trans41 ii4 #bjh47 #idg ,wilford makes many mistakes4 ,he identifies1 for instance1 ,shveta dvpa1 the ,white ,island1 the 8island in the northern part of ,toyambhudi10 with ,england1 and then tries to identify it with ,atala4 7a nether region7 and ,atlantis4 ,now the ,shvetadvpa is the abode of ,vishnu 7exoterically71 and ,atala is a hell4 ,he also places it in the ,euxine or ,ikshu 7,black7 ,sea1 and then seems to connect it1 in another place1 with ,africa and ,atlas4 #idh ,asiatick ,researches1 viii4 #bhj4 #idi ,op4 cit41 ibid41 p4 #bja4 #iej ,every name in the ,purnas has to be examined at least under two aspects1 geographically and metaphysically1 in its allegorical application2 e4g41 ,nla1 the 7blue7 mountain which is one of the boundaries to the north of ,meru1 is again to be sought geographically in a mountain range in ,orissa1 and yet again in a mountain quite different from the others1 in ,western ,africa4 ,jambu dvpa is ,vishnu's dominion--the ,world1 limited in the ,purnas to our ,globe1 the region which contains ,meru only1 and again it is divided to contain ,bharatavarsha 7,india71 its best division1 and the fairest1 says ,parshara4 ,likewise with ,pushkara and all others4 #iea ,ibid41 p4 #bjb4 #ieb ,srya ,siddhnta1 ,whitney's ,trans41 v4 #e4 #iec ,asiatick ,researches1 iii4 #cjj4 #ied ,jambu1 ,plaksha1 ,shlmali1 ,kusha1 ,krauncha1 ,shka1 and ,pushkara4 #iee ,such as ,shka and ,pushkara1 for instance1 which do not yet exist1 but into which will enter such lands as some portions of ,america1 of ,africa1 and ,central ,asia1 with the ,gobi region4 ,let us bear in mind that ,upadvpas mean 8root0 islands1 or the dry land in general4 #ief ,they were called ,demons1 ,asuras1 ,giants1 and monsters1 because of their wickedness2 and thus their country was likened to ,atala--a ,hell4 #ieg ,not on the river ,nile1 surely1 but near the ,nila mountains of the ,atlas range4 #ieh ,asiatick ,researches1 iii4 #bbe4 #iei ,see vols4 viii1 x1 and xi1 of ,asiatick ,researches4 #ifj ,op4 cit41 iii4 #cbf4 #ifa ,ibid4 #ifb ,says ,wilford of the division of ,atlantis and ,bhrata or ,india1 confusing the two accounts and ,priyavrata with ,medhtithi3 8,this division was made by ,priyavrata4444 ,he had ten sons1 and it was his intention to divide the whole world between them equally4444 ,in the same manner ,neptune divided the ,atlantis between his ten sons3 one of them had 444 the extremity of the ,atlantis0--which 8is probably the old continent1 at the extremity of which is ,gades4444 ,this ,atlantis was overwhelmed with a flood2 and it seems that by the ,atlantis1 we should understand the antediluvian ,earth1 over which ten princes were born to rule1 according to the mythology of the ,west and of the ,east1 also but seven of them only sate upon the throne40 7,op4 cit41 viii4 #bhf47 ,some also are of opinion that of the seven ,dvpas six were destroyed by a flood4 ,wilford takes it to be 8,gades which included ,spain10 but it was ,plato's island--rather4 #ifc ,america1 the 8new0 world1 is thus1 though not much1 older--still it is older--than ,europe1 the 8old0 world4 #ifd ,if ,div or ,devsefid's 7the ,tradaitya's7 abode was on the seventh stage1 it is because he came from ,pushkara1 the ,ptla 7antipodes7 of ,india1 or from ,america4 ,the latter touched the walls1 so to say1 of ,atlantis1 before the latter finally sank4 ,the word ,ptla meaning both the antipodal countries and infernal regions1 these became synonymous in ideas and attributes as well as in name4 #ife ,neither ,atlantis1 nor yet ,shankhadvpa1 was ever called 8,white ,island40 ,when tradition says that 8the ,white ,island became black on account of the sins of the people10 it only means the denizens of the 8,white ,island10 or ,siddhapura1 or ,shvetadvpa1 who descended to the ,atlantis of the ,third and ,fourth ,races1 to 8inform the latter2 and who1 having incarnated1 became black with sin0 figure of speech4 ,all the ,avatras of ,vishnu are said to come originally from the ,white ,island4 ,according to ,tibetan tradition the ,white ,island is the only locality which escapes the general fate of other ,dvipas2 it can be destroyed by neither fire nor water1 for--it is the 8,eternal ,land40 #iff ,asiatick ,researches1 xi4 #bg4 #ifg ,genesis1 ix4 #a4 #ifh ,how wise and grand1 how farseeing and morally beneficent are the laws of ,manu on connubial life1 when compared with the licence tacitly allowed to man in civilized countries4 ,that those laws have been neglected for the last two millenniums does not prevent us from admiring their forethought4 ,the ,brhman was a ,grihasta1 a family man1 till a certain period of his life1 when1 after begetting a son1 he broke with married life and became a chaste ,yogi4 ,his very connubial life was regulated by his ,brhman astrologer in accordance with his nature4 ,therefore1 in such countries as the ,punjb1 for instance1 where the lethal influence of ,mussulman1 and later on of ,european1 licentiousness1 has hardly touched the orthodox ryan castes1 one still finds the finest men--so far as stature and physical strength go--on the whole ,globe2 whereas the mighty men of old have found themselves replaced in the ,deccan1 and especially in ,bengal1 by men whose generation becomes with every century--and almost with every year--dwarfed and weakened4 #ifi ,diseases and overpopulation are facts that can never be denied4 #igj ,in ,mrs4 ,anna ,swanwick's volume1 ,the ,dramas of schylus1 it is said of 8,prometheus ,bound0 78,bohn's ,classical ,library10 p4 #ccd71 that ,prometheus truly appears in it 8as the champion and benefactor of mankind1 whose condition3 444 is depicted as weak and miserable in the extreme4444 ,zeus1 it is said1 proposed to annihilate these puny ephemerals1 and to plant upon the earth a new race in their stead40 ,we see the ,lords of ,being doing likewise1 and exterminating the first product of ,nature and the ,sea1 in the ,stanzas4 8,prometheus represents himself as having frustrated this design1 and as being consequently subjected1 for the sake of mortals1 to the most agonizing pain1 inflicted by the remorseless cruelty of ,zeus4 ,we have1 thus1 the ,titan1 the symbol of finite reason and free will of intellectual humanity1 or the higher aspect of ,manas1 depicted as the sublime philanthropist1 while ,zeus1 the ,supreme ,deity of ,hellas1 is portrayed as the cruel and obdurate despot1 a character peculiarly revolting to ,athenian sentiment40 ,the reason for it is explained further on4 ,the 8,supreme ,deity0 bears1 in every ancient ,pantheon--including that of the ,jews--a dual character1 composed of light and shadow4 #iga ,the animal world1 having simple instinct to guide it1 has its seasons of procreation1 and the sexes become neutralized during the rest of the year4 ,therefore1 the free animal knows sickness but once in its life--before it dies4 #igb ,introduction to 8,prometheus ,bound10 p4 #cdj4 #igc ,from 1 8forethought40 8,professor ,kuhn10 we are told in the abovenamed volumes1 ,the ,dramas of schylus1 8considers the name of the ,titan to be derived from the ,sanskrit word ,pramantha1 the instrument used for kindling fire4 ,the root mand or manth1 implies rotatory motion1 and the word manthmi1 used to denote the process of fire kindling1 acquired the secondary sense of snatching away2 hence we find another word of the same stock1 pramatha1 signifying theft40 ,this is very ingenious1 but perhaps not altogether correct2 besides1 there is a very prosaic element in it4 ,no doubt in physical nature1 the higher forms may develop from the lower ones1 but it is hardly so in the world of thought4 ,and as we are told that the word manthmi passed into the ,greek language and became the word manthan1 to learn--that is to say1 to appropriate knowledge1 whence prometheia1 foreknowledge1 forethought--we may find1 in searching1 a more poetical origin for the 8firebringer0 than that displayed in its ,sanskrit origin4 ,the ,svastica1 the sacred sign and the instrument for kindling sacred fire1 may explain it better4 8,prometheus1 the firebringer1 is the ,pramantha personified10 continues the author1 8and finds his prototype in the ryan ,mtarishvan1 a divine 444 personage1 closely associated with ,agni1 the firegod of the ,vedas40 ,matih1 in ,sanskrit1 is 8understanding10 and a synonym of ,mahat and ,manas1 and must be of some account in the origin of the name2 ,pramatih is the son of ,fohat1 and has his story also4 #igd ,cronus is 8,time10 and thus the allegory becomes very suggestive4 #ige ,it is complained by the author of the version and translator of 8,prometheus ,bound0 that in this tracing of ,io's wanderings1 8no consistency with our own known geography is attainable0 7p4 #cgi74 ,there may be good reason for it4 ,first of all it is the journey and wandering from place to place of the ,race from which the 8tenth10 or ,kalki ,avatra1 so called1 is to issue4 ,this he calls the 8kingly race born in ,argos0 7#hhh74 ,but ,argos has no reference here to ,argos in ,greece4 ,it comes from arg or arka--the female generative power symbolized in the ,moon--the naviformed ,argha of the ,mysteries1 meaning the ,queen of ,heaven4 ,eustathius shows that1 in the dialect of the ,argians1 ,io signified the ,moon2 while ,esotericism explains it as the divine ,androgyne1 or the mystic ,ten 7#aj72 in ,hebrew #aj is the perfect number1 or ,jehovah4 ,arghya in ,sanskrit is the libation cup1 the naviform or boatshaped vessel in which flowers and fruit are offered to the ,deities4 ,arghyanth is a title of the ,mah ,chohan1 meaning the 8,lord of ,libations02 and ,arghyavarsha1 the 8,land of ,libations10 is the mystery name of that region which extends from ,kailsa mountain nearly to the ,shamo ,desert--from within which the ,kalki ,avatra is expected4 ,the ,airyna,varsedya of the ,zoroastrians1 as a locality1 is identical with it4 ,it is now said to have been situated between the ,sea of ,aral1 ,baltistan1 and ,little ,tibet2 but in olden times its area was far larger1 as it was the birthplace of physical humanity1 of which ,io is the mother and symbol4 #igf ,op4 cit41 p4 #che1 note4 #igg i4 #efi1 #egj4 #igh ,alexander1 who was better acquainted with ,attock than with ,india--for he never entered ,india proper--could not have failed to hear the ,indus1 near its very sources1 called ,nl and ,nl4 ,the mistake--if mistake it is--is thus easily accounted for4 #igi ,that ,io is identical1 allegorically1 with ,isis and the ,moon is shown by her being 8cowhorned40 ,the allegory undeniably reached ,greece from ,india1 where ,vch--the 8melodious ,cow0 of the ,rig ,veda1 8from whom mankind was produced0 7,bhgavata ,purna7 is shown in the ,aitareya ,brhmana as pursued by her father ,brahm1 who was moved by an illicit passion1 and changed her into a ,deer4 ,hence ,io1 refusing to yield to ,jupiter's passion1 becomes 8horned40 ,the ,cow was in every country the symbol of the passive generative power of nature1 ,isis1 ,vch1 ,venus--the mother of the prolific ,god of ,love1 ,cupid1 but1 at the same time1 that of the ,logos whose symbol1 with the ,egyptians and the ,indians1 became the ,bull1 as testified to by the ,apis and the ,hind ,bulls in the most ancient temples4 ,in ,esoteric ,philosophy the ,cow is the symbol of ,creative ,nature1 and the ,bull 7her calf7 the ,spirit which vivifies her1 or the 8,holy ,spirit10 as ,dr4 ,kenealy shows4 ,hence the symbol of the horns4 ,these were sacred also with the ,jews1 who placed on the altar horns of ,shittim wood1 by seizing which a criminal ensured his safety4 #ihj ,tuscul4 ,qust41 ,i4 ii4 #bj4 #iha ,strom41 ,i4 ii1 ,oper41 i4 #dfg1 ,ed4 ,potter's4 #ihb ,herodotus and ,pausanias supposed that the cause of the condemnation was that schylus1 adopting the ,theogony of the ,egyptians1 made ,diana the daughter of ,ceres1 and not of ,latona4 7,see lian1 ,var4 ,hist41 ,i4 v4 xviii2 i4 #dcc1 ,edition ,gronov47 ,but schylus was initiated4 #ihc ,the ,sabasia was a periodical festival with ,mysteries enacted in honour of some ,gods1 a variant on the ,mithraic ,mysteries4 ,the whole evolution of the ,races was performed in these ,mysteries4 #ihd ,mrs4 ,a4 ,swanwick1 op4 cit4 #ihe ,see the footnote 7p4 #dca7 concerning the etymology of or forethought4 ,prometheus confesses it in the drama when saying3 ,o holy ether1 swiftlywingd gales4444 ,behold what ,i1 a god1 from gods endure4 ,and yet what say ,i8 ,clearly ,i foreknow ,all that must happen4444 444 ,the ,destined it behoves1 ,as best ,i may1 to bear1 for well ,i wot ,how incontestable the strength of ,fate4444 7#aje7 8,fate0 stands here for ,karma1 or ,nemesis4 #ihf ,mankind is obviously divided into ,godinformed men and lower human creatures4 ,the intellectual difference between the ryan and other civilized nations and such savages as the ,south ,sea ,islanders1 is inexplicable on any other grounds4 ,no amount of culture1 no generations of training amid civilization1 could raise such human specimens as the ,bushmen1 the ,veddhas of ,ceylon1 and some ,african tribes1 to the same intellectual level as the ryans1 the ,semites1 and the ,turanians socalled4 ,the 8,sacred ,spark0 is missing in them1 and it is they who are the only inferior races on the ,globe1 now happily--owing to the wise adjustment of ,nature which ever works in that direction--fast dying out4 ,verily mankind is 8of one blood10 but not of the same essence4 ,we are the hothouse1 artificially quickened plants in ,nature1 having in us a spark1 which in them is latent4 #ihg ,the philosophical view of ,indian metaphysics places the ,root of ,evil in the differentiation of the ,homogeneous into the ,heterogeneous1 of the ,unit into ,plurality4 #ihh ,sap41 i4 #ac4 #ihi ,gautama ,buddha1 named ,shkya ,thbpa1 is the twentyseventh of the last group1 as most of these ,buddhas belong to the ,divine ,dynasties which instructed mankind4 #iij ,of these ,buddhas1 or the 8,enlightened10 the far distant predecessors of ,gautama1 the ,buddha1 who represent1 we are taught1 once living8 men1 great ,adepts and ,saints1 in whom the 8,sons of ,wisdom0 had incarnated1 and who were1 therefore1 so to speak1 minor ,avatras of the ,celestial ,beings--eleven only belong to the ,atlantean ,race1 and twentyfour to the ,fifth ,race1 from its beginnings4 ,they are identical with the ,tirthankaras of the ,jainas4 #iia ,this may account for the similarity of the artificial mounds in the ,united ,states of ,america1 and the tumuli in ,norway4 ,it is this identity that has led some ,american ,archologists to suggest that ,norwegian mariners had discovered ,america about one thousand years ago4 7,see ,holmboe's ,traces de ,bouddhisme en ,norvge1 p4 #bc47 ,there is no doubt that ,america is that 8far distant land into which pious men and heavy storms had transferred the sacred doctrine10 as a ,chinese writer suggested by his description to ,neumann4 ,but neither ,professor ,holmboe1 of ,stockholm1 nor the ,american ,archologists1 have guessed the right age of the mounds1 or the tumuli4 ,the fact that ,norwegians may have rediscovered the land that their long forgotten forefathers believed to have perished in the general submersion1 does not conflict with the other fact that the ,secret ,doctrine of the land which was the cradle of physical man1 and of the ,fifth ,race1 had found its way into the socalled ,new ,world ages and ages before the 8,sacred ,doctrine0 of ,buddhism4 #iib ,see ,physiological ,selection1 by ,g4 ,j4 ,romanes1 ,f4,r4,s4 #iic ,esoteric ,buddhism1 p4 #fe4 #iid ,exodus1 xi4 #iie ,wrote the late ,brahmachr ,bawa1 a ,yog of great renown and holiness3 8,extensive works on #8,ashtar ,vidi' and such other sciences were at different times compiled in the languages of the times from the ,sanskrit originals4 ,but they1 together with the ,sanskrit originals1 were lost at the time of the partial deluge of our county40 7,the ,theosophist1 ,june1 #ahhj1 8,some ,things the ryans ,knew407 ,for ,agnyastra1 see ,wilson's ,specimens of the ,hind ,theatre1 i4 #big4 #iif ,some wonderful1 artificiallymade beast1 similar in some way to ,frankenstein's creation1 which spoke and warned his master of every approaching danger4 ,the master was a 8,black ,magician10 the mechanical animal was informed by a ,djin1 an ,elemental1 according to the accounts4 ,the blood of a pure man alone could destroy him4 ,see ,part ,,ii1 ,section ,,xxv1 8,seven in ,astronomy1 ,science1 and ,magic40 #iig ,the four ,karmic ,gods1 called the ,four ,mahrjahs in the ,stanzas4 #iih ,mythical ,monsters1 p4 #ai4 #iii ,travels in ,egypt1 vol4 ii4 #ajjj ,the ,mythological ,astronomy of the ,ancients ,demonstrated 7p4 #c71 by a strangely intuitional ,symbologist and ,astronomer1 a kind of a selfmade ,adept of ,norwich1 who lived in the first quartet of this century4 #ajja ,see ,proctor1 ,knowledge1 i4 pp4 #bdb1 #djj4 #ajjb ,rawlinson's ,herodotus1 ii4 #cde4 #ajjc ,the ,great ,pyramid1 pp4 #cf1 #cg4 #ajjd ,staniland ,wake1 op4 cit41 pp4 #f1 #g4 #ajje ,ibid4 #ajjf ,the ,mythological ,astronomy of the ,ancients ,demonstrated1 pp4 #d1 #e4 #ajjg ,the term 8,atlantean0 must not mislead the reader to regard these as one race only1 or even a nation4 ,it is as though one said 8,asiatics40 ,many1 multityped1 and various were the ,atlanteans1 who represented several 8humanities10 and almost a countless number of races and nations1 more varied indeed than would be the 8,europeans10 were this name to be given indiscriminately to the five existing parts of the world1 which1 at the rate colonization is proceeding1 will be the case1 perhaps1 in less than two or three hundred years4 ,there were brown1 red1 yellow1 white and black ,atlanteans2 giants and dwarfs1 as some ,african tribes comparatively are1 even now4 #ajjh ,says a teacher in ,esoteric ,buddhism 7p4 #fd73 8,in the ,eocene age1 even in its very first part1 the great cycle of the ,fourth ,race men1 the ,lemuro ,atlanteans1 had already reached its highest point of civilization1 and the great ,continent1 the father of nearly all the present continents1 showed the first symptoms of sinking40 ,and on page #gj1 it is shown that ,atlantis as a whole perished during the ,miocene period4 ,to show how the continents1 races1 nations and cycles overlap each other1 one has but to think of ,lemuria1 the last of whose lands perished about #gjj1jjj years before the beginning of the ,tertiary period 7p4 #fe71 and the last of 8,atlantis0 only #aa1jjj years ago2 thus both overlapping--one the ,atlantean period1 and the other the ryan4 #ajji ,see ,trait de l',astronomie ,indienne et ,orientale1 part iii4 #ajaj ,ceylon4 #ajaa ,this is not so4 ,the forefathers of the ryan ,brhmans had their ,zodiac and ,zodiacal calculations from those born by ,kriyshakti power1 the 8,sons of ,yoga02 the ,egyptians from the ,atlanteans of ,ruta4 #ajab ,the former1 therefore1 may have registered time for seven or eight millions of years1 but the ,egyptians could not4 #ajac ,op4 cit41 p4 #f4 #ajad ,this question was amply challenged1 and as amply discussed and answered4 ,see ,five ,years of ,theosophy1 ,art41 8,mr4 ,sinnett's ,esoteric ,buddhism10 pp4 #cbecdf4 #ajae ,ruins of ,empires1 p4 #cfj4 ,volney says that1 as ,aries was in its #aeth degree #a1ddg ,b4,c41 it follows that the first degree of ,libra could not have coincided with the ,vernal ,equinox more lately than #ae1aid years ,b4,c41 to which if you add #a1gij since ,christ1 when ,volney wrote this1 it appears that #af1ihd years have elapsed since the 7,greek or rather ,hellenic7 origin of the ,zodiac4 #ajaf ,the word 8historical0 is used1 because1 although historians have almost absurdly dwarfed the dates that separate certain events from our modern day1 nevertheless1 once that they are known and accepted1 they belong to history4 ,thus1 the ,trojan ,war is a historical event1 which1 though even less than #a1jjj years ,b4,c4 are assigned to it1 really took place more nearly #f1jjj than #e1jjj years ,b4,c4 #ajag ,it is a historical fact that ,sanchuniathon compiled the full record of the ,phnician religion from annals and state documents in the archives of the older ,phnician cities1 and wrote it in ,phnician characters in #a1bej ,b4,c4 #ajah ,prof4 ,virchow1 in ,appendix ,i1 to ,schliemann's ,ilios4 ,murray1 #ahhj4 #ajai ,gosse writes of the latter3 8,she is set down a thorough heretic1 not at all to be believed1 a manufacturer of unsound natural history1 an inventor of false facts in science40 7,romance of ,natural ,history1 #bnd ,series1 p4 #bbg47 #ajbj ,pp4 #i1 #aj4 #ajba ,popular ,science ,monthly1 ,no4 #fj1 ,april1 #ahgg4 #ajbb ,dr4 ,cover writes3 8,that famous bird of ,washington was a myth2 either ,audubon was mistaken1 or else1 as some do not hesitate to affirm1 he lied about it40 #ajbc ,ibid41 pp4 #aj1 #aa4 #ajbd ,mythical ,monsters1 p4 #ac1 note4 #ajbe ,so far back as ,july1 #ahhh1 at a time when the ,,ms4 of this work had not yet left my writing table1 and ,the ,secret ,doctrine was utterly unknown to the world1 it was already being denounced as a product of my brain and no more4 ,these are the flattering terms in which the ,evening ,telegraph 7of ,america7 referred to this still unpublished work in its issue of ,june #cj1 #ahhh3 8,among the fascinating books for ,july reading is ,mme4 ,blavatsky's new book on ,theosophy 444 767 ,the ,secret ,doctrine4444 ,but because she can soar back into the ,brahmin ignorance 444 7687 is no proof that everything she says is true40 ,and once the prejudiced verdict has been given on the mistaken notion that my book was out1 and that the reviewer had read it--neither of which was or could be the case--now that it is really out1 the critic will have to support his first statement1 whether correct or otherwise1 and will get out of it1 probably by a more slashing criticism than ever4 #ajbf ,science of ,language1 p4 #afh4 #ajbg ,the ,human ,species1 p4 #bgd4 #ajbh ,see above1 the diagram of the ,genealogical ,tree of the ,fifth ,race4 #ajbi ,the ,hegelian doctrine1 which identifies ,absolute ,being or 8,beness0 with 8,non,being10 and represents the ,universe as an ,eternal ,becoming1 is identical with the ,vednta ,philosophy4 #ajcj ,the ,religions of ,india1 p4 xiii4 #ajca ,myer's ,qabbalah1 p4 #age4 #ajcb ,see ,de ,mirville1 ,pneumatologie1 iii4 pp4 #bah et seqq4 #ajcc ,op4 cit41 ibid4 #ajcd ,see ,genesis and the authorized chronology4 ,in chapter viii1 8,noah leaveth the ark0--#b1cdh ,b4,c4 ,in chapter x1 8,nimrod the first monarch10 stands over #a1iih ,b4,c4 #ajce ,annales de ,philosophie ,chrtienne1 ,june1 #ahfj1 p4 #dae4 #ajcf ,april #cj1 #ahfj4 #ajcg 8,i will mention to thee the writings 444 respecting the belief and institutions of the ,sabans10 he says4 8,the most famous is the ,book1 ,the ,agriculture of the ,nabatheans1 which has been translated by ,ibn ,wahohijah4 ,this book is full of heathenish foolishness4444 ,it speaks of preparations of ,talismans1 the drawing down of the powers of the ,spirits1 ,magic1 ,demons1 and ,ghouls1 which make their abode in the desert40 7,maimonides1 quoted by ,dr4 ,d4 ,chwolsohn2 ,die ,ssabier und der ,ssabismus1 ii4 #deh47 ,the ,nabatheans of ,mount ,lebanon believed in the seven ,archangels1 as their forefathers had believed in the seven ,great ,stars1 the abodes and bodies of these ,archangels1 which are believed in to this day by the ,roman ,catholics1 as is shown elsewhere4 #ajch ,see ,isis ,unveiled1 ii4 #aig4 #ajci i4 #ced4 #ajdj ,sayce2 cf41 p4 #aae1 #bnd ed4 #ajda ,op4 cit41 pp4 #dah1 #dai4 #ajdb ,ibid41 p4 #aah4 #ajdc ,simply1 the womb1 the 8,holy of ,holies0 with the ,semites4 #ajdd ,see the ,valentinian ,table in ,epiphanius1 ,adv4 ,hr41 ,i4 xxxi4 #b4 #ajde ,but it was not so in reality1 as witness their prophets4 ,it is the later ,rabbis and the ,talmudic scheme that killed out all spirituality from the body of their symbols2 leaving only their ,scriptures--a dead shell1 from which the soul has departed4 #ajdf ,see ,,ii ,samuel1 vi4 #afbb4 #ajdg ,psalms1 xxiv4 #c4 #ajdh ,,ii ,kings1 xxiii4 #g2 see ,dunlap1 ,sd2 ,the ,mysteries of ,adoni1 p4 #da4 #ajdi ,judges1 xxi4 #ba1 #bc et passim4 #ajej ,i ,kings1 xviii4 #bf4 #ajea ,isis ,unveiled1 ii4 #di4 #ajeb ,ibid41 ii4 #ddd4 #ajec ,the author of the ,qabbalah makes several attempts to prove conclusively the antiquity of the ,zohar4 ,thus he shows that ,moses de ,leon could not be the author or the forger of the ,zoharic works in the thirteenth century1 as he is accused of being1 since ,ibn ,gebirol gave out the same philosophical teaching #bbe years before the day of ,moses de ,leon4 ,no true ,kabalist or scholar will ever deny the fact4 ,it is certain that ,ibn ,gebirol based his doctrines upon the oldest ,kabalistic sources1 namely1 the ,chaldan ,book of ,numbers1 as well as some no longer extant ,midrashim1 the same1 no doubt1 as those used by ,moses de ,leon4 ,but it is just the difference between the two ways of treating the same ,esoteric subjects1 which--while proving the enormous antiquity of the ,esoteric ,system--points to a decided ring of ,talmudistic and even ,christian sectarianism in the compilation and glossaries of the ,zoharic system by ,rabbi ,moses4 ,ibn ,gebirol never quoted from the ,scriptures to enforce the teachings 7,myer's ,qabbalah1 p4 #g74 ,whereas ,moses de ,leon has made of the ,zohar that which it has remained to this day1 8a running commentary on the ,five ,books1 or ,pentateuch0 7ibid471 with a few later additions made by ,christian hands4 ,one follows the ,archaic ,esoteric ,philosophy2 the other1 only that portion which was adapted to the lost ,books of ,moses restored by ,ezra4 ,thus1 while the system1 or the trunk on which the primitive original ,zohar was engrafted1 is of an immense antiquity1 many of the 7later7 ,zoharic offshoots are strongly coloured by the peculiar views held by ,christian ,gnostics 7,syrian and ,chaldan71 the friends and coworkers of ,moses de ,leon who1 as shown by ,munk1 accepted their interpretations4 #ajed ,see ,franck's ,kabbala1 ,preface4 #ajee i4 #ad4 #ajef ,see ,schwartze1 op4 cit41 pagg4 #cei1 #cfa1 et seqq4 #ajeg ,sayce1 ,hibbert ,lectures1 #ahhg1 p4 #cgd4 #ajeh ,timus1 the ,locrian1 speaking of 8,arka0 ,arche1 calls her 8the principle of best things0 7 74 ,the word arcane1 8hidden10 or secret1 is derived from this4 8,to no one is the ,arcane shown except to the 444 ,most ,high0 7,codex ,nazarus7--alluding to ,nature the female1 and ,spirit1 the male ,power4 sculapius1 as a ,sun,god was called ,archagetas1 8born from the ,archa10 the divine ,virgin,mother of the ,heavens4 7,see ,kenealy1 ,book of ,god1 p4 #aj47 #ajei ,kenealy1 op4 cit41 ibid4 #ajfj ,this is composed of ten dots arranged triangularly in four rows4 ,it is the ,tetragrammaton of the ,western ,kabalists4 #ajfa ,from an ,,ms4 #ajfb ,see ,g4 ,maspro1 ,guide au ,muse ,boulaq1 #ahhd1 p4 #afh1 ,no4 #aiha4 #ajfc ,ibid41 p4 #afi1 ,no4 #aiih4 #ajfd ,ibid41 p4 #agb1 ,no4 #bjfh4 #ajfe ,the student must be aware that ,jethro is not called the 8fatherin law0 of ,moses because ,moses was really married to one of his seven daughters4 ,moses was an ,initiate1 if he ever existed1 and as such an ,ascetic1 a ,nazar1 and could never have been married4 ,it is an allegory like everything else4 ,zipporah 7the 8shining07 is one of the personified ,occult ,sciences given by ,reuel,jethro1 the ,midian priest ,initiator1 to ,moses1 his ,egyptian pupil4 ,the 8well0 by which ,moses sat down in his flight from the ,pharaoh symbolizes the 8,well of ,knowledge40 #ajff i4 pp4 #ajfajh and elsewhere4 #ajfg ,in ,hebrew the phallic symbol ,lingam and ,yoni4 #ajfh ,see ,vol4 ,i1 ,stanza ,,iv1 ,shloka #c4 #ajfi ,it is at that ,step that one arrives on the plane of the level or floor and open entrance to the ,king's ,chamber1 the ,egyptian 8,holy of ,holies40 #ajgj ,the ,candidate for ,initiation always personified the ,god of the ,temple he belonged to1 as the ,high ,priest personified the ,god at all times2 just as the ,pope now personates ,peter and even ,jesus ,christ upon entering the inner sanctuary--the ,christian 8,holy of ,holies40 #ajga ,genesis1 i4 #bg4 #ajgb ,jehovah says to ,moses3 8the summation of my name is sacr1 the carrier of the germ0--phallus4 8,it is 444 the vehicle of enunciation1 and truly enough1 as the sacr1 or carrier of the germ1 its use passed down through ages to the sacrfactum of the ,roman priest1 and the sacrfice1 and sacrment of the ,english speaking race40 7,source of ,measures1 p4 #bcf47 ,hence marriage is a sacrament in the ,greek and ,roman ,churches4 #ajgc #dto1 ,london1 #afhd1 vol4 i4 pp4 #abj1 #aba4 #ajgd ,op4 cit41 p4 #fg4 #ajge ,source of ,measures1 #aei4 #ajgf ,op4 cit41 p4 #ahg4 #ajgg ,op4 cit41 p4 #bga4 #ajgh ,from the same author4 ,see also the ,section on 8,the ,symbolism of the ,mystery ,names ,iao and ,jehovah40 #ajgi ,in ,genesis 7iv4 #bf71 it is mistranslated4 8,and he called his name ,enos man3 then began men to call upon the name of the ,lord0--which has no sense in it1 since ,adam and the others must have done the same4 #ajhj ,strictly speaking1 the ,jews are an artificial ryan race1 born in ,india1 and belonging to the ,caucasian division4 ,no one who is familiar with the ,armenians and the ,parss can fail to recognize in the three the same ryan1 ,caucasian type4 ,from the seven primitive types of the ,fifth ,race there now remain on ,earth but three4 ,as ,prof4 ,w4 ,h4 ,flower aptly said in #ahhe3 8,i cannot resist the conclusion so often arrived at by various anthropologists--that the primitive man1 whatever he may have been1 has in the course of ages diverged into three extreme types1 represented by the ,caucasian of ,europe1 the ,mongolian of ,asia1 and the ,ethiopian of ,africa1 and that all existing individuals of the species can be ranged around these types40 7,the ,president's ,address at the ,anthropological ,institute of ,great ,britain1 etc47 ,considering that our ,race has reached its fifth subrace1 how can it be otherwise8 #ajha ,whenever such analogies between the ,gentiles and the ,jews1 and later the ,christians1 have been pointed out1 it has been the invariable custom of the latter to say that it was the work of the ,devil who forced the ,pagans to imitate the ,jews for the purpose of throwing a slur on the religion of the one1 true living ,god4 ,to this ,faber says very justly3 8,some have imagined that the ,gentiles were servile copyists of the ,israelites1 and that each point of similitude was borrowed from the ,mosaical ,institutes4 ,but this theory will by no means solve the problem4 ,both because we find the very same resemblance in the ceremonies of nations far distant from ,palestine1 as we do in the rites of those who are in its immediate vicinity1 and because it seems incredible that all should have borrowed from one which was universally disliked and despised40 7,pagan ,idolatry1 i4 #ajd47 #ajhb ,luke1 i4 #bh4 #ajhc ,their consecrated ,pillars 7unhewn stones7 erected by ,abraham and ,jacob were ,lingams4 #ajhd ,op4 cit41 p4 #fg4 #ajhe ,see ,introduction to the ,old ,testament1 and also ,bishop ,colenso's ,elohistic and ,jehovistic ,writers4 #ajhf ,king's ,gnostics and their ,remains1 p4 #cbg1 #bnd ed4 #ajhg ,ibid41 p4 #cbf4 #ajhh ,such a ,pseudo,kabalist was the ,marquis de ,mirville in ,france1 who studied the ,zohar and other old remnants of ,jewish ,wisdom under the 8,chevalier0 ,drach1 an ancient ,rabbi ,kabalist converted to the ,romish ,church1 and with his help wrote half a dozen volumes full of slander and calumnies against every prominent ,spiritualist and ,kabalist4 ,from #ahdh up to #ahfj he persecuted unrelentingly the old ,count d',ourches1 one of the earliest ,eastern ,occultists in ,france1 a man the scope of whose ,occult knowledge will never be appreciated correctly by his survivors1 because he screened his real beliefs and knowledge under the mask of ,spiritism4 #ajhi ,see ,hibbert ,lectures1 #ahhg1 pp4 #ajaaae4 #ajij ,exodus1 xxii4 #bh4 #ajia ,deut41 iv4 #ai4 #ajib ,jude1 #h1 #i4 #ajic ,see ,isis ,unveiled1 ii4 #dhg1 et seqq4 #ajid ,treat1 ,kiddusheem1 #ha4 ,but see ,myer's ,qabbalah1 pp4 #ib1 #id4 #ajie ,marangone1 in his ,delle ,grandezze del ,archangelo ,sancti ,mikaele1 exclaims3 8,o grandest ,star1 who followest the ,sun who is ,christ6444 ,o living image of ,divinity6 ,o great thaumaturgist of the ,old ,testament6 ,o invisible ,vicar of ,christ in his ,church64440 ,the work is held in great honour in the ,latin ,church4 #ajif ,pneumatologie1 v4 #eaf4 #ajig ,ibid41 p4 #eae4 #ajih ,ibid41 p4 #ead4 #ajii ,isaiah1 lxiii4 #h1 #i4 #aajj ,metator and 4 #aaja ,pneumatologie1 p4 #eae4 8,la ,face et le ,reprsentant du ,verbe40 #aajb ,that which is called in the ,vendidd ,fravarshi1 the immortal part of an individual2 that which outlives man--the ,higher ,ego1 say the ,occultists1 or the ,divine ,double4 #aajc ,darmesteter's ,trans41 p4 #bjh4 #aajd ,orm4 ,ahr41 #aab1 #aac2 quoted by ,darmesteter1 8,sacred ,books of the ,east10 vol4 iv4 introd41 p4 lxxiv4 #aaje ,de ,idol41 ii4 #cgc4 #aajf ,see ,de ,mirville1 ibid41 p4 #eae4 #aajg ,ibid4 ,see also plates in ,king's ,gnostics and their ,remains4 #aajh ,p4 #eah4 #aaji ,the ,book of ,enoch the ,prophet1 p4 xlviii4 ,ed4 #ahhc4 #aaaj ,op4 cit41 pp4 xxxiv1 xxxv4 #aaaa ,saith ,uriel in the ,book of ,enoch 7xxvi4 #c73 8,those who have received mercy shall for ever bless ,god 444 the ,everlasting ,king0--who will reign over them4 #aaab ,vishnu ,purna1 ,,iii4 ii2 ,wilson's ,trans41 iii4 #ca4 #aaac ,matthew1 xxiv4 #bg4 #aaad ,luke1 x4 #ah4 #aaae ,the ,protestant ,bible defines ,behemoth innocently--8,the elephant as some think02 see marginal note 7,job1 xl4 #ae7 in the ,authorized ,version4 #aaaf ,job1 xl4 #ai4 #aaag ,astronomy1 however1 knows nothing of stars that have disappeared1 unless it be simply from visibility2 but never from existence since the science of ,astronomy became known4 ,temporary stars are only variable stars1 and it is believed that even the new stars of ,kepler and ,tycho ,brah may still be seen4 #aaah ,this refers to the 8,kings of ,edom40 #aaai ,another proof1 if any were needed1 that the ancient ,initiates knew of more than seven planets is to be found in the ,vishnu ,purna 7,,ii4 xii7 where1 describing the chariots attached to ,dhruva 7the ,pole ,star71 ,parshara speaks of 8the chariots of the nine planets10 which are attached by arial cords4 #aabj ,justin1 ,cum ,tryphone1 p4 #bhd4 #aaba ,a division indicative of time4 #aabb ,sanchuniathon calls ,time the oldest on1 ,protogonos1 the 8,first born40 #aabc ,philo ,judus1 ,cain and his ,birth1 p4 xvii4 #aabd ,principles of ,psychology1 #dgd4 #aabe ,it is suggestive of that spirit of paradoxical negation so conspicuous in our day1 that while the evolution hypothesis has won its rights of citizenship in ,science as taught by ,darwin and ,hckel1 yet both the ,eternity of the ,universe and the ,prexistence of a ,universal ,consciousness1 are rejected by modern ,psychologists4 8,should the ,idealist be right1 the doctrine of evolution is a dream10 says ,mr4 ,herbert ,spencer4 #aabf ,zohar1 #i;b4 #aabg ,verse #f4 #aabh ,mercure ,trismegiste1 ,pimandre1 chap4 i1 sec4 #af3 8,oh1 ma pense1 que s'ensuitil8 car je dsire grandement ce propos4 ,pimandre diet1 ceci est un mystre cel1 jusques ce jour d'hui4 ,car nature1 soit mestant avec l'hme1 a produit le miracle trs merveilleux1 aant celluy qui ie t'av diet1 la nature de l'harmonie des sept du pre1 et de l'esprit4 ,nature ne s'arresta pas l1 mais incontinent a produict sept hmes1 selon les natures des sept gouverneurs en puissance des deux sexes et esleuez4444 ,la gnration de ces sept s'est donne en ceste manire44440 ,and a gap is made in the translation1 which can be filled partially by resorting to the ,latin text of ,apuleius4 ,the commentator1 the ,bishop1 says3 8,nature produced in him man seven men0 7seven principles74 #aabi xxviii4 #bh4 #aacj ,ibid4 #aaca ,ibid41 #ag4 #aacb ,ibid41 #acaf4 #aacc ,ibid41 #ah4 #aacd ,ibid41 #ai4 #aace xxxi4 #af1 #ag4 ,the only ,pharaoh whom the ,bible shows going down into the ,red ,sea was the king who pursued the ,israelites1 and who remained unnamed1 for very good reasons perhaps4 ,the story was surely made up from the ,atlantean legend4 #aacf xxviii4 #ac1 #ad4 #aacg xxxi4 #ci4 #aach ,vishnu ,purna4 ,i4 xv4 #aaci ,this is pure allegory4 ,the ,waters are a symbol of ,wisdom and of ,occult ,learning4 ,hermes represented the ,sacred ,science under the symbol of ,fire2 the ,northern ,initiates1 under that of ,water4 ,the latter is the production of ,nara1 the 8,spirit of ,god10 or rather ,paramtman1 the 8,supreme ,soul10 says ,kullka ,bhatta2 ,nryana1 meaning 8he who abides in the deep0 or is plunged in the ,waters of ,wisdom--8water being the body of ,nara0 7,vyu ,purna74 ,hence arises the statement that for #aj1jjj years they remained in austerity 8in the vast ocean02 and are shown emerging from it4 ,ea1 the ,god of ,wisdom1 is the 8,sublime ,fish10 and ,dagon or ,oannes is the ,chaldan ,man,fish1 who emerges from the ,waters to teach ,wisdom4 #aadj ,chap4 v2 8,sacred ,books of the ,east10 vol4 viii4 p4 #beg4 #aada ,this is explained by the able translator of ,anugt in a footnote 7p4 #beh7 in these words3 8,the sense appears to be this3 ,the course of worldly life is due to the operations of the lifewinds which are attached to the ,self1 and lead to its manifestations as individual souls40 #aadb ,vaishvnara is a word often used to denote the ,self--explains ,nlakantha4 #aadc ,ibid41 p4 #bei4 ,translated by ,kshinth ,trimbak ,telang1 ,m4,a41 ,bombay4 #aadd ,matthew1 iii4 #aj4 #aade ,isaiah1 x4 #ai4 #aadf ,op4 cit41 i4 #acc4 #aadg #ahde1 p4 #da4 #aadh ,see ,dowson's ,hind ,classical ,dictionary for further information on above4 #aadi ,see ,five ,years of ,theosophy1 art41 8,the ,elixir of ,life40 #aaej ,the partaker of ,soma finds himself both linked to his external body1 and yet away from it in his ,spiritual ,form4 ,freed from the former1 he soars for the time being in the ethereal higher regions1 becoming virtually 8as one of the ,gods10 and yet preserving in his physical brain the memory of what he sees and learns4 ,plainly speaking1 ,soma is the fruit of the ,tree of ,knowledge forbidden by the jealous ,elohim to ,adam and ,eve or ,yahve1 8lest man should become as one of us40 #aaea ,we see the same in the modern exoteric religions4 #aaeb ,historical ,view of the ,hind ,astronomy4 ,quoting from the work in reference to 8,argabhatta0 8 ryabhatta who is said to give a near approach to the true relation among the various values for the computations of the value of 1 the author of ,the ,source of ,measures reproduces a curious statement4 8,mr4 ,bentley10 it is said1 8was greatly familiar with the ,hind astronomical and mathematical knowledge4444 ,this statement of his may then be taken as authentic4 ,the same remarkable trait1 among so many ,eastern and ancient nations1 of sedulously concealing the arcana of this kind of knowledge1 is a marked one among the ,hinds4 ,that which was given out to be popularly taught1 and to be exposed to public inspection1 was but the approximate of a more exact but hidden knowledge4 ,and this very formulation of ,mr4 ,bentley will strangely exemplify the assertion2 and1 explained1 will show that it the ,hind exoteric astronomy and sciences was derived from a system exact beyond the ,european one1 in which ,mr4 ,bentley himself1 of course1 trusted1 as far in advance of the ,hind knowledge1 at any time1 in any generation0 7pp4 #hf1 #hg74 ,this is ,mr4 ,bentley's misfortune1 and does not take away from the glory of the ancient ,hind ,astronomers1 who were all ,initiates4 #aaec ,the ,secret ,doctrine teaches that every event of universal importance1 such as geological cataclysms at the end of one ,race and the beginning of a new one1 involving a great change each time in mankind1 spiritual1 moral and physical--is precogitated and preconcerted1 so to say1 in the sidereal regions of our planetary system4 ,astrology is built wholly upon this mystic and intimate connection between the heavenly bodies and mankind2 and it is one of the great secrets of ,initiation and ,occult ,mysteries4 #aaed ,see ,darmesteter's ,vendidd1 ,introd41 p4 lviii4 #aaee ,see ,isaiah1 xiv4 #ab4 #aaef ,genesis1 vi4 #aaeg ,the ,ngas are described by the ,orientalists as a mysterious people whose landmarks are found abundantly in ,india to this day1 and who lived in ,ngadvpa1 one of the seven continents or divisions of ,bhratavarsha 7old ,india72 the town of ,nagpur being one of the most ancient cities in the country4 #aaeh xxviii4 #c1 #d4 #aaei ,not less suggestive are the qualities attributed to ,rudra ,shiva1 the great ,yog1 the forefather of all the ,adepts--in ,esotericism one of the greatest ,kings of the ,divine ,dynasties4 ,called the 8earliest0 and the 8last10 he is the patron of the ,third1 ,fourth1 and the ,fifth ,root,races4 ,for1 in his earliest character1 he is the ascetic ,dig ambara1 8clothed with the elements10 ,trilochana1 the 8threeeyed10 ,panchanana1 the 8fivefaced10 an allusion to the past ,four and the present ,fifth ,race1 for1 though fivefaced1 he is only 8fourarmed10 as the ,fifth ,race is still alive4 ,he is the 8,god of ,time10 ,saturn ,cronus1 as his 8drum0 ,damaru1 in the shape of an hourglass1 shows2 and if he is accused of having cut off ,brahma's fifth head1 and left him with only four1 it is again an allusion to a certain degree in ,initiation1 and also to the ,races4 #aafj ,gustav ,seiffarth's idea that the signs of the ,zodiac were in ancient times only ten is erroneous4 ,ten only were known to the profane2 the ,initiates1 however1 knew them all1 from the time of the separation of mankind into sexes1 whence arose the separation of ,virgo,scorpio into two4 ,this separation1 owing to the addition of a secret sign and the ,libra invented by the ,greeks1 instead of the secret name which was not given1 made twelve4 7,see ,isis ,unveiled1 ii4 #def47 #aafa ,the above is1 perhaps1 a key to the ,dala ,lama's symbolical name--the 8,ocean0 ,lama1 meaning the ,wisdom,ocean4 ,abb ,huc speaks of this4 #aafb ,zohar1 iii4 #i;b1 #aj;a1 ,brody ,ed4 ,cremona ,ed4 iii4 fol4 #d;a1 col4 #ad4 ,myer's ,qabbalah1 pp4 #daf1 #dag4 #aafc ,such was the name given in ancient ,judea to the ,initiates1 called also the 8,innocents0 and the 8,infants10 i4e41 once more 8reborn40 ,this key opens a vista into one of the ,new ,testament mysteries2 the slaughter by ,herod of the #dj1jjj 8,innocents40 ,there is a legend to this effect1 and the event1 which took place almost a century ,b4,c41 shows the origin of the tradition blended at the same time with that of ,krishna and his uncle ,kansa4 ,in the case of the ,new ,testament1 ,herod stands for ,alexander ,jannus 7of ,lyda71 whose persecution and murder of hundreds and thousands of ,initiates led to the adoption of the ,bible story4 #aafd ,zohar1 ii4 #cd4 #aafe i4 #af4 #aaff ,op4 cit41 lxxiv4 #ac4 #aafg ,ibid41 #cc4 #aafh ,p4 #af4 #aafi 8,biographical and ,critical ,essay10 p4 xxxviii4 #aagj ,histoire de la ,magic1 pp4 #af1 #ag4 #aaga ,ibid41 loc4 cit4 #aagb ,what devil could be possessed of more cunning1 craft and cruelty than the ,whitechapel murderer1 8,jack the ,ripper0 of #ahhh1 whose unparalleled1 bloodthirsty and cool wickedness led him to slaughter and mutilate in cold blood seven unfortunate and otherwise innocent women6 ,one has but to read the daily papers to find in those wife and childbeating1 drunken brutes 7husbands and fathers671 a small percentage of whom is daily brought before the courts1 the complete personifications of the devils of the ,christian ,hell6 #aagc ,psalm1 lxxxii4 #aagd ,genesis1 xvii4 #g4 #aage ,op4 cit41 p4 #bji4 #aagf ,ibid41 pp4 #add1 #ade4 #aagg ,ibid41 p4 #adf4 #aagh ,op4 cit41 p4 #i4 ,after the ,polymorphic ,pantheism of some ,gnostics came the ,exoteric ,dualism of ,manes1 who was accused of personifying ,evil and making of the ,devil a ,god--the rival of ,god himself4 ,we do not see that the ,christian ,church has so much improved on that exoteric idea of the ,manicheans1 for she calls ,god her ,king of ,light1 and ,satan the ,king of ,darkness1 to this day4 #aagi ,to quote in this relation ,mr4 ,s4 ,laing1 in his admirable work ,modern ,science and ,modern ,thought 7p4 #bbb73 8,from this dilemma the existence of evil in the world there is no escape1 unless we give up altogether the idea of an anthropomorphic deity1 and adopt frankly the scientific idea of a ,first ,cause1 inscrutable and past finding out2 and of a universe whose laws we can trace1 but of whose real essence we know nothing1 and can only suspect or faintly discern a fundamental law which may make the polarity of good and evil a necessary condition of existence40 ,were ,science to know 8the real essence10 instead of knowing nothing of it1 the faint suspicion would turn into the certitude of the existence of such a law1 and the knowledge that this law is connected with ,karma4 #aahj ,histoire de la ,magie1 pp4 #aif1 #aig4 #aaha ksha is not the ,ether of ,science1 as some ,orientalists translate it4 #aahb ,says ,johannes ,tritheim1 the ,abbot of ,spanheim1 the greatest ,astrologer and ,kabalist of his day3 8,the art of divine magic consists in the ability to perceive the essence of things in the ,light of ,nature ,astral ,light1 and by using the soulpowers of the spirit to produce material things from the unseen universe1 and in such operations the ,above and the ,below must be brought together and made to act harmoniously4 ,the ,spirit of ,nature ,astral ,light is a unity1 creating and forming everything1 and by acting through the instrumentality of man it may produce wonderful things4 ,such processes take place according to law4 ,you will learn the law by which these things are accomplished1 if you learn to know yourself4 ,you will know it by the power of the spirit that is in yourself1 and accomplish it by mixing your spirit with the essence that comes out of yourself4 ,if you wish to succeed in such a work you must know how to separate spirit and life in ,nature1 and1 moreover1 to separate the astral soul in yourself and to make it tangible1 and then the substance of the soul will appear visibly and tangibly1 rendered objective by the power of the spirit40 7,quoted in ,dr4 ,franz ,hartmann's ,paracelsus1 pp4 #afd1 #afe47 #aahc ,the real original text of ,i ,corinthians1 xv4 #dd1 rendered kabalistically and ,esoterically would read3 8,it is sown a soul body not #8natural' body1 it is raised a spirit body40 ,st4 ,paul was an ,initiate1 and his words have quite a different meaning when read ,esoterically4 ,the body 8is sown in weakness passivity2 it is raised in power0 7v4 #dc7--or in spirituality and intellect4 #aahd 8,the ,war in ,heaven0 7,theosophist1 iii4 #bd1 #cf1 #fg71 by ,godolphin ,mitford1 later in life ,murad ,ali ,beg4 ,born in ,india1 the son of a missionary1 ,g4 ,mitford was converted to ,islam1 and died a ,mahomedan in #ahhd4 ,he was a most extraordinary ,mystic1 of great learning and remarkable intelligence4 ,but he left the ,right ,path and forthwith fell under ,karmic retribution4 ,as well shown by the author of the article quoted1 8,the followers of the defeated #8,elohim' first massacred by the victorious ,jews the ,jehovites1 and then persuaded by the victorious ,christians and ,mohamedans1 continued nevertheless4444 ,some of these scattered sects 444 have lost even the tradition of the true rationale of their belief--to worship in secrecy and mystery the ,principle of ,fire1 ,light1 and ,liberty4 ,why do the ,sabean ,bedouins 7avowedly ,monotheists when dwelling in the ,mohamedan cities7 in the solitude of the desert night yet invoke the starry #8,host of ,heaven'8 ,why do the ,yezidis1 the #8,devil ,worshippers1' worship the #8,muluk,taoos'--the #8,lord ,peacock'--the emblem of ,pride and of ,hundredeyed ,intelligence and of ,initiation also1 which was expelled from ,heaven with ,satan1 according to an old ,oriental tradition8 ,why do the ,gholaites and their kindred ,mesopotamo,iranian ,mohamedan ,sects believe in the #8,noor ,illahee'--the #8,light of the ,elohim'--transmitted in anastasis through a hundred ,prophet,leaders8 ,it is because they have continued in ignorant superstition the traditional religion of the #8,light ,deities' whom ,jahveh overthrew60 7p4 #fi7--;is said to have overthrown rather2 for by overthrowing them he would have overthrown himself4 ,the ,muluk,taoos is ,maluk1 8,ruler10 as is shown in the footnote4 ,it is only a new form of ,moloch1 ,melek1 ,molech1 ,malayak1 and ,malachim--,messengers1 ,angels1 etc4 #aahe ,so does every ,yogi and even ,christian1 for one must take the ,kingdom of ,heaven by violence--we are taught4 ,why then should such a desire make of any one a ,devil8 #aahf ,acad4 des ,inscrip41 xxxix4 #fij4 #aahg ,fargard1 xix4 #dg2 ,darmesteter's ,trans41 p4 #bah4 #aahh ,vendidad1 ,far4 xx4 #ab2 op4 cit41 p4 #bbb4 #aahi ,ibid41 ,far4 xix4 #dc2 op4 cit41 p4 #bah4 #aaij ,from the ,vendidad ,sadah1 quoted by ,darmesteter1 op4 cit41 p4 #bbc4 #aaia ,see the ,gtha in ,yasna xliv4 #aaib ,op4 cit41 p4 #dda4 #aaic ,apollodorus1 ,i4 #g1 #a4 #aaid ,ovid41 ,metam41 ,i4 #ha4 ,etym4 ,m41 v4 4 #aaie ,pausanias1 ,x4 #d1 #d4 #aaif ,op4 cit41 p4 #bfd4 #aaig ,pausanias1 ,,ii4 #ai1 #e2 cf4 #bj1 #c4 #aaih ,timus1 p4 #bb4 #aaii ,strom41 ,i4 p4 #chj4 #abjj ,decharme1 ibid41 p4 #bfe4 #abja ,opera et ,dies1 #adbade4 ,according to the ,occult ,teaching1 three ,yugas passed away during the time of the ,third ,root,race1 i4e41 the ,satya1 the ,tret1 and the ,dvpara ,yuga--answering to the ,golden ,age in its early innocence2 to the ,silver1 when it reached its maturity2 and to the ,bronze ,age1 when1 separating into sexes1 it became the mighty ,demigods of old4 #abjb ,asgard and the ,gods1 pp4 #aa1 #ac4 #abjc ,op4 cit41 p4 #bff4 #abjd ,ibid41 p4 #beh4 #abje ,ibid41 p4 #beg4 #abjf ,ibid41 p4 #beh4 #abjg ,op4 cit41 p4 #ade4 #abjh ,transactions of the ,royal ,society1 ,london1 #ahfh4 #abji ,the ,age and ,origin of ,man4 #abaj ,the modern attempt of some ,greek scholars 7poor and pseudo scholars1 they would have appeared in the day of the old ,greek writers67 to explain the real meaning of the ideas of schylus--which1 as being an ignorant ancient ,greek1 he could not express so well himself--is absurdly ludicrous6 #abaa ,revue ,germanique1 #ahfa1 pp4 #cef1 et seqq4 ,see also ,mmoires de la ,socit de la ,linguistique1 i4 pp4 #ccg4 et seqq4 #abab ,quoted by ,decharme1 op4 cit41 pp4 #beh1 #bei4 ,there is the upper and nether piece of timber used to produce this sacred fire by attrition at sacrifices1 and it is the ,aran which contains the socket4 ,this is proven by an allegory in the ,vyu and other ,purnas1 which tell us that ,nimi1 the son of ,ikshvku1 had left no successor1 and that the ,rishis1 fearing to leave the ,earth without a ruler1 introduced the king's body into the socket of an ,arani--like an upper ,aran--and produced from it a prince named ,janaka4 8,it was by reason of the peculiar way in which he was engendered that he was called ,janaka40 ,see also ,goldstcker's ,sanskrit ,dictionary1 sub voce4 7,vishnu ,purna1 ,wilson's ,trans41 iii4 #ccj47 ,devaki1 ,krishna's mother1 in a prayer addressed to her1 is called 8the ,aran whose attrition engenders fire40 #abac ,the ,monad of the animal is as immortal as that of man1 yet the brute knows nothing of this2 it lives an animal life of sensation just as the first human would have lived1 on attaining physical development in the ,third ,race1 had it not been for the ,agnishvtta and the ,mnasa ,pitris4 #abad ,op4 cit41 p4 #bei4 #abae 4 ,theog41 p4 #ebh4 #abaf ,theog41 #efe4 #abag ,the ,fallen ,angels1 therefore2 the ,asuras of the ,indian ,pantheon4 #abah ,decharme1 op4 cit41 pp4 #bei1 #bfj4 #abai ,ibid41 p4 #bfc4 #abbj ,ibid41 p4 #bfa4 #abba ,die ,herabkunft des ,feuers und des ,gttertranks 7,berlin1 #ahei74 #abbb ,the italics are ours2 they show how assumptions are raised to laws in our day4 #abbc ,decharme1 op4 cit41 p4 #bfb4 #abbd ,philosoph4 ,placit41 iii4 #c4 #abbe ,baudry1 ,revue ,germanique1 #ad avril1 #ahfa1 p4 #cfh4 #abbf ,op4 cit41 pp4 #bfd1 #bfe4 #abbg ,see ,vishnu ,purna1 ,wilson's ,trans41 v4 #if1 note4 #abbh xiii4 #ee1 #ef4 #abbi 8,womb of ,light10 8,holy ,vessel10 are the epithets of the ,virgin4 #abcj ,the ,virgin is often addressed as the 8,morning ,star0 and the 8,star of ,salvation40 #abca ,wilson translates3 8,thou art kingly policy1 the parent of order40 #abcb ,vishnu ,purna1 ,wilson's ,trans41 iv4 pp4 #bfd1 #bfe4 #abcc iii4 #bij4 #abcd ,see ,joshua1 xv1 #ae4 #abce ,surt xix4 #abcf ,see ,mackenzie's ,royal ,masonic ,cyclopdia1 sub voce 8,enoch40 #abcg ,khanoch1 or ,hanoch1 or ,enoch ,esoterically means the 8,initiator0 and 8,teacher10 as well as ,enos1 the 8,son of ,man40 7,see ,genesis1 iv4 #bf47 #abch ,de ,mirville1 ,pneumatologie1 iii4 #gj4 #abci ,mackenzie1 op4 cit41 sub voc4 #abdj ,hebrews1 xi4 #e4 #abda ,de ,mirville1 ibid41 p4 #ga4 #abdb ,compare the 8thieves and robbers0 incident1 p4 #ejf1 supra4 #abdc ,de ,mirville1 ibid41 p4 #gc4 #abdd ,ibid41 p4 #gf4 #abde ,antiquities1 ix4 #b4 #abdf ,cap4 viii4 #abdg ,says the ,zohar1 8,hanokh had a book which was one with the ,book of the ,generations of ,adam2 this is the ,mystery of ,wisdom40 #abdh ,noah is heir to the ,wisdom of ,enoch2 in other words1 the ,fifth is heir to the ,fourth ,race4 #abdi ,see ,isis ,unveiled1 i4 #ege1 et seqq4 #abej ,see the illustration in ,isis ,unveiled1 ii4 #deb4 #abea ,see ,danielo's criticisms upon ,de ,sacy1 in the ,annales de ,philosophie1 p4 #cic1 deuxime article4 #abeb ,de ,mirville1 ibid41 pp4 #gg1 #gh4 #abec ,ch4 lxxix1 ,laurence's ,trans4 #abed ,ibid41 ch4 lxiv4 #abee ,ibid41 loc4 cit41 v4 #f4 #abef ,bailly1 ,astronomie ,ancienne1 i4 #bjc1 and ii4 #baf2 ,de ,mirville1 ibid41 p4 #gi4 #abeg ,de ,mirville1 ibid41 p4 #hj4 #abeh ,city of ,god1 ,,xv4 xxiii4 #abei ,op4 cit41 xxxii4 #h1 #i4 #abfj ,of the ,protestant ,biblical ,society of ,paris1 according to the version revised in #ahbd by ,j4 ,e4 ,ostervald4 #abfa ,with the ,egyptian ,gnostics it was ,thoth 7,hermes71 who was chief of the ,seven 7see ,book of the ,dead74 ,their names are given by ,origen1 as ,adonai 7of the ,sun71 ,iao 7of the ,moon71 ,eloi 7,jupiter71 ,sabao 7,mars71 ,orai 7,venus71 ,astaphai 7,mercury71 and1 finally1 ,ildabaoth 7,saturn74 ,see ,king's ,gnostics and their ,remains1 p4 #cdd4 #abfb ,see ,origen's ,copy of the ,chart or ,diagramma of the ,ophites1 in his ,contra ,celsum4 #abfc ,see ,part ,,iii of this ,volume1 ,section ,,iv1 ,b1 8,on ,chains of ,planets and their ,plurality40 #abfd ,exodus1 xxxiii4 #ah1 #ai2 see ,myer's ,qabbalah1 p4 #bbf4 #abfe ,ibid41 loc4 cit4 #abff ,supra1 p4 #dha4 #abfg ,see ,revelation1 xxii4 #af4 #abfh ,op4 cit41 ii4 #cja4 #abfi ,gnostics and their ,remains4 #abgj ,,ii ,samuel4 #abga ,by very few though1 for the creators of the material universe were always considered as subordinate ,gods to the ,most ,high ,deity4 #abgb ,op4 cit41 ii4 #bif1 #big4 ,frst gives citations from ,lydus and ,cedrenus in support of his statements4 #abgc ,see plate #gg in vol4 i of ,montfaucon's ,antiquities4 ,the disciples of ,hermes1 after their death1 go to his planet1 ,mercury--their ,kingdom of ,heaven4 #abgd ,cornutus4 #abge ,lydus1 ,de ,mensibus1 iv4 #abgf ,preparat4 ,evang41 ,i4 iii4 #b4 #abgg ,but see p4 #dhj1 supra1 concerning the ,gnostic ,priapus4 #abgh ,op4 cit41 p4 #eb4 #abgi ,ibid41 pp4 #c1 #d4 #abhj ,let the reader refer to the ,zohar and the two ,qabbalahs of ,isaac ,myer and ,s4 ,l4 ,mac,gregor ,mathers1 with interpretations1 if he would satisfy himself of this4 #abha ,ibid41 p4 #e4 #abhb ,ibid41 p4 #ab4 #abhc ,see ,book of the ,dead1 xvii4 #dedg4 #abhd ,op4 cit41 i4 #dba1 #dbb4 #abhe ,de la ,croix ,anse1 ,mem4 de l',acadmie des ,sciences1 pl4 #b1 ,nos4 #h1 #i1 also #af1 #b1 p4 #cbj2 quoted in ,natural ,genesis1 p4 #dbc4 #abhf ,vol4 xviii4 p4 #cic1 pl4 #d2 ,inman1 fig4 #ch2 ,gerald ,massey1 op4 cit41 ibid41 p4 #dbb4 #abhg ,certainly not2 for very often there are symbols made to symbolize other symbols1 and these are in turn used in ideographs4 #abhh ,the ,r of the ,slavonian and ,russian alphabets 7the ,kyriletza alphabet7 is also the ,latin ,p4 #abhi ,ibid41 p4 #dbc4 #abij ,see ,moor's ,hind ,pantheon1 plate xiii4 #abia ,see ,dowson's ,hind ,classical ,dictionary1 sub voc4 8,rudra40 #abib ,described in the ,mission des ,juifs1 by the ,marquis ,st4 ,yves d',alveydre1 the hierophant and leader of a large party of ,french ,kabalists1 as the ,golden ,age6 #abic ,v4 xxiii4 #abid ,translated from ,burnouf's ,french ,translation1 quoted by ,fitzedward ,hall1 in ,wilson's ,vishnu ,purna1 ii4 #cjg4 #abie ,the more so since he is the reputed slayer of ,tripursura and the ,titan ,traka4 ,michael is the conqueror of the dragon1 and ,indra and ,krttikeya are often made identical4 #abif ,ibid41 iv4 #bce4 #abig ,op4 cit41 ,,xii4 ii4 #bfcb2 quoted in ,vishnu ,purna1 ,wilson's ,trans41 iv4 #bcj4 ,nanda is the first ,buddhist sovereign1 ,chandragupta1 against whom all the ,brhmans were so arrayed1 he of the ,morya ,dynasty1 and the grandfather of ,ashoka4 ,this is one of those passages that do not exist in the earlier ,paurnic ,,mss4 ,they were added by the ,vaishnavas1 who1 out of sectarian spite1 were almost as great interpolators as the ,christian ,fathers4 #abih ,historical ,view of the ,hind ,astronomy1 p4 #fe1 as quoted by ,wilson1 op4 cit41 p4 #bcc4 #abii ,see ,ezekiel1 i4 #acjj ,in ,quint4 ,lib4 ,euclid4 #acja ,the ,goddess ,basht1 or ,pasht1 was represented with the head of a cat4 ,this animal was held sacred in ,egypt for several reasons4 ,it was a symbol of the ,moon1 the 8,eye of ,osiris0 or the 8,sun10 during night4 ,the cat was also sacred to ,sokhit4 ,one of the mystic reasons was because of its body being rolled up in a circle when asleep4 ,the posture is prescribed for occult and magnetic purposes1 in order to regulate1 in a certain way1 the circulation of the vital fluid1 with which the cat is preminently endowed4 8,the nine lives of a cat0 is a popular saying based on good physiological and occult reasons4 ,mr4 ,gerald ,massey gives also an astronomical reason for it which may be found in vol4 i4 pp4 #cbb1 #cbc1 of the present work4 8,the cat saw the sun1 had it in its eye by night was the eye of night1 when it was otherwise unseen by men for as the ,moon reflects the light of the ,sun1 so the cat was supposed to reflect it on account of its phosphorescent eyes4 ,we might say the moon mirrored the solar light1 because we have looking glasses4 ,with them the cat's eye was the mirror40 7,luniolatry ,ancient and ,modern1 p4 #b47 #acjb ,ezekiel1 i4 #d1 #ae1 #af1 #bj4 #acjc ,eccles41 i4 #f4 #acjd ,fol4 #hg1 col4 #cdf4 #acje ,vol4 ii4 pp4 #bii1 #cjj4 #acjf ,dogme et ,rituel de la ,haute ,magie1 i4 #abd4 ,also in ,t'sangtung ky1 by ,wei,pa,yang4 #acjg ,cocker's ,christianity and ,greek ,philosophy1 xi4 p4 #cgg4 #acjh ,the cry of despair uttered by ,count de ,montlosier1 in his ,mystres de la ,vie ,humaine 7p4 #aag71 is a warrant that the ,cause of 8excellence and goodness10 supposed by ,plato to pervade the ,universe is neither his ,deity1 nor our ,world4 8,au spectacle de tant de grandeur oppos celui de tant de misre1 l'esprit qui se met observer ce vaste ensemble1 se represente je ne sais quelle grande divinit1 qu' une divinit1 plus grande et plus pressante encore1 aurait comme brise et mise en pices en dispersant les dbris dans tout l',univers40 ,the 8still greater and still more exacting divinity0 than the ,god of this world1 supposed to be so 8good0--is ,karma4 ,and this true ,divinity shows well that the lesser one1 our inner ,god 7personal for the time being71 has no power to arrest the mighty hand of this greater ,deity--the ,cause awakened by our actions generating smaller causes--which is called the ,law of ,retribution4 #acji ,see ,isis ,unveiled1 i4 xii and xviii4 #acaj ,stobus1 ,ecl41 i4 #hfb4 #acaa ,the ,svastika is certainty one of the oldest symbols of the ,ancient ,races4 ,in our century1 says ,kenneth ,r4 ,h4 ,mackenzie 7,royal ,masonic ,cyclopdia71 the ,svastika 8has survived in the form of the mallet0 in the ,masonic ,fraternity4 ,among the many 8meanings10 given by the author1 we do not find the most important1 ,masons evidently being ignorant of it4 #acab ,isis ,unveiled1 i4 #ejh4 #acac ,ibid41 p4 #ejf4 #acad ,ibid41 p4 #egb4 #acae ,ezekiel1 ix4 #d4 #acaf ,exodus1 xii4 #bb4 #acag viii4 #bi4 #acah ,op4 cit41 p4 #bjd4 #acai ,see ,dowson's ,hind ,classical ,dictionary4 #acbj ,the ,source of ,measures1 p4 #bjd4 #acba ,ibid41 p4 #bje4 #acbb ,see ,moor's ,hind ,pantheon1 where ,vittoba's left foot1 in the figure of his idol1 bears the mark of the nails4 #acbc ,see ,dr4 ,lundy's ,monumental ,christianity1 fig4 #gb4 #acbd ,source of ,measures1 p4 #eb4 #acbe ,dogme et ,rituel de la ,haute ,magie1 ii4 #hh4 #acbf ,the 8,heavens0 are identical with 8,angels10 as already stated4 #acbg ,philosophumena1 vi4 #dh2 quoted by ,king1 op4 cit41 p4 #bjj4 #acbh ,op4 cit41 x4 #c1 #d4 #acbi ,pistis ,sophia1 pag4 #cgh2 ,king1 ibid41 loc4 cit4 #accj ,see the ,section on 8,the ,chronology of the ,brhmans10 p4 #fi1 supra4 #acca ,as confessed by ,c4 ,w4 ,king1 the great authority on ,gnostic antiquities1 these 8,gnostic0 gems are not the work of the ,gnostics1 but belong to ,pre,christian periods1 and are the work of 8magicians0 7op4 cit41 p4 #bda74 #accb ,king1 ibid41 p4 #bah4 #accc ,the lack of intuition in ,orientalists and ,antiquarians past and present1 is remarkable4 ,thus1 ,wilson1 the translator of ,vishnu ,purna1 declares in his ,preface that in the ,garuda ,purna he found 8no account of the birth of ,garuda40 ,considering that an account of 8,creation0 in general is given therein1 and that ,garuda is coternal with ,vishnu1 the ,mah ,kalpa1 or ,great ,life,cycle1 beginning with and ending with the manifesting ,vishnu1 what other account of ,garuda's birth could be expected6 #accd ,ibid41 loc4 cit4 #acce ,see ,revelation1 xvii4 #b and #aj2 and ,leviticus1 xxiii4 #ae to #ah2 the first passage speaking of the 8seven ,kings10 of whom five have gone2 and the second about the 8seven ,sabbaths10 etc4 #accf ,op4 cit41 x4 #eg4 #accg ,pistis ,sophia is an extremely important document1 a genuine ,evangel of the ,gnostics1 ascribed1 at random to ,valectinus1 but much more probably a ,pre,christian work as to its original4 ,a ,coptic ,,ms4 of this work was brought back by ,bruce from ,abyssinia and discovered by ,schwartze1 in the ,british ,museum1 quite accidentally1 and translated by him into ,latin4 ,the text and ,schwartze's version were published by ,petermann in the year #ahec4 ,in the text itself the authorship of this ,book is ascribed to ,philip the ,apostle1 whom ,jesus bids sit down and write the revelation4 ,it is genuine and ought to be as canonical as any other ,gospel4 ,unfortunately it remains to this day untranslated into ,english4 #acch ,king1 op4 cit41 p4 #bjj4 #acci ,in the ,cycle of ,initiation1 which was very long1 ,water represented the first and lower steps toward purification1 while trials connected with ,fire came last4 ,water could regenerate the ,body of ,matter2 ,fire alone1 that of the ,inner ,spiritual ,man4 #acdj ,chap4 ix4 #acda ,see the ,introduction by ,kshinth ,trimbak ,telang1 ,m4,a4 #acdb 8,sacred ,books of the ,east10 vol4 viii4 p4 #bgf4 #acdc ,ibid4 #acdd ,ibid4 #acde ,pp4 #beh1 #bei4 #acdf ,ibid41 p4 #beg4 #acdg ,ibid41 p4 #bei4 #acdh ,in the astronomical and cosmical key1 ,vaishvnara is ,agni1 son of the ,sun1 or ,vishvnara1 but in the psychometaphysical symbolism it is the ,self1 in the sense of nonseparateness1 i4e41 both divine and human4 #acdi ,here the speaker personifies the said divine ,self4 #acej ,ibid4 #acea ,compare with these 8pairs of opposites10 in the ,anugt1 the 8pairs0 of ons1 in the elaborate system of ,valentinus1 the most learned and profound ,master of the ,gnosis4 ,as the 8pairs of opposites10 male and female1 are all derived from ksha 7undeveloped and developed1 differentiated and undifferentiated1 or ,self or ,prajpati71 so are the ,valentinian 8pairs0 of male and female ons shown to emanate from ,bythos1 the prexisting eternal ,depth1 and in their secondary emanation from ,ampsiu,ouraan1 or sempiternal ,depth and ,silence1 the second ,logos4 ,in the ,esoteric emanation there are seven chief 8pairs of opposites02 and so also in the ,valentinian system there were fourteen1 or twice seven4 ,epiphanius 8copied one pair twice over10 ,mr4 ,c4 ,w4 ,king thinks1 8and thus adds one pair to the proper fifteen40 7,the ,gnostics and their ,remains1 pp4 #bfc1 #bfd47 ,here ,king falls into the opposite error2 the pairs of ons are not #ae 7a 8blind07 but #ad1 as the first on is ,that from which others emanate1 ,depth and ,silence being the first and only emanation from ,bythos4 ,as ,hippolytus shows3 8,the ons of ,valentinus are confessedly the six ,radicals of ,simon 7,magus710 with the seventh1 ,fire1 at their head4 ,and these are3 ,mind1 ,intelligence1 ,voice1 ,name1 ,reason and ,thought1 subordinate to ,fire1 the ,higher ,self1 or precisely the 8,seven ,winds0 or the 8,seven ,priests0 of ,anugt4 #aceb ,not necessarily at death only1 but during ,samdhi or mystic trance4 #acec ,all the words and sentences between parenthetical marks are the writer's4 ,this is translated directly from the ,latin translation4 ,king's translation conforms too much to ,gnosticism as explained by the ,church ,fathers4 #aced ,barbelo is one of the three 8,invisible ,gods10 and1 as ,c4 ,w4 ,king believes1 includes the 8,divine ,mother of the ,saviour10 or rather ,sophia ,achamoth 7cf4 ,pistis ,sophia1 pag4 #cei74 #acee ,pagg4 #cgh1 #cgi4 #acef ,in other ,purnas ,jatyu is the son of ,aruna1 ,garuda's brother1 both the sons of ,kashyapa4 ,but all this is external allegory4 #aceg ,,ix4 viii4 #ab1 #ac4 #aceh ,from ,burnouf's ,translation2 see ,wilson's ,vishnu ,purna1 iii4 #cjj4 #acei ,wilson1 ibid41 p4 #cjb1 note4 #acfj ,see ,vyu ,purna1 which places him in the list of the forty renowned sons of ,kashyapa4 #acfa ,the ,ordinances of ,manu1 i4 #af2 ,burnell's ,translation1 p4 #c1 note4 #acfb ,ibid41 #bg2 p4 #e4 #acfc ,vol4 i4 pp4 #cee1 et seqq4 #acfd ,orthodoxie ,maonnique ,suivie de la ,maonnerie ,occulte et de l',initiation ,hermtique1 ,j4 ,m4 ,ragon1 p4 #dcj2 see also the whole of ,chapter ,,xxvii1 8,puissance des ,nombres d'aprs ,pythagore0 for what follows4 #acfe ,the reason for it is simple1 and was given in ,isis ,unveiled4 ,in geometry1 one straight line fails to represent a perfect figure1 nor can two straight lines constitute a perfect figure4 ,the triangle is the first perfect figure4 #acff ,ragon1 ibid41 p4 #dbh1 note4 #acfg ,ibid41 p4 #dca4 #acfh ,op4 cit41 p4 #aac4 #acfi ,now what is the meaning and the reason of this figure8 ,the reason is that ,manas is the fifth principle1 and that the ,pentagon is the symbol of ,man--not only of the fivelimbed1 but rather of the thinking1 conscious ,man4 #acgj ,the reason for it becomes apparent when ,egyptian symbology is studied4 ,see further on4 #acga ,ibid41 p4 #aad4 #acgb ,ibid41 pp4 #aad1 #aae4 #acgc ,book of the ,dead1 lxxxviii4 #b4 #acgd ,philosophumena1 v4 #ad4 #acge ,see ,philosophumena1 v4 #ad4 #acgf ,so is ,brahma's fifth head1 said to be lost1 burnt to ashes by ,shiva's 8central eye02 ,shiva being also ,panchnana 8fivefaced40 ,thus the number is preserved and secrecy maintained on the true ,esoteric meaning4 #acgg 8,when the ,sun passes away behind the #cjth degree of ,makara and will reach no more the sign of the ,mnam 7,pisces7 then the ,night of ,brahm has come40 #acgh ,death of every physical thing truly2 but ,mra is also the unconscious quickener of the birth of the ,spiritual4 #acgi ,osiris is called in the ,book of the ,dead 7cxlii4 ,b4 #ag7 8,osiris1 the double crocodile40 8,he is the good and the bad ,principle2 the ,day and the ,night ,sun1 the ,god and the mortal man40 ,thus far the ,macrocosm and the ,microcosm4 #achj ,op4 cit41 p4 #aag4 #acha ,king's ,gnostics and their ,remains1 p4 #big4 #achb ,reflecting on the cross1 the author of ,the ,source of ,measures shows that this candlestick in the ,temple 8was so composed that1 counting on either side1 there were four candlesockets2 while1 at the apex1 there being one in common to both sides1 there were in fact #c to be counted on the one side and #d on the other1 making in all the number #g1 upon the selfsame idea of one in common with the cross display4 ,take a line of one unit in breadth by #c units long1 and place it on an incline2 take another of #d units long1 and lean it upon this one1 from an opposite incline1 making the top unit of the #d in length the corner or apex of a triangle4 ,this is the display of the candlestick4 ,now1 take away the line of #c units in length1 and cross it on the one of #d units in length1 and the cross form results4 ,the same idea is conveyed in the six days of the week in ,genesis1 crowned by the seventh1 which was used by itself as a base of circular measure0 7p4 #ea74 #achc ,from a ,,ms4 supposed to be by 8,st4 ,germain10 embodied by ,ragon1 op4 cit41 p4 #dcd4 #achd ,it had no such meaning in the beginnings1 nor during the earlier dynasties4 #ache ,from an unpublished ,,ms4 #achf ,from ,st4 ,germain's ,,ms4 #achg ,yet this sense1 if once mastered1 will turn out to be the secure casket which holds the keys to the ,secret ,wisdom4 ,true1 a casket so profusely ornamented that its fancywork hides and conceals entirely any spring for opening it1 and thus makes the unintuitional believe it has not1 and cannot have1 any opening at all4 ,still the keys are there1 deeply buried1 yet ever present to him who searches for them4 #achh ,vishnu ,purna1 ,i4 xv2 ,wilson's ,trans41 ii4 #bi4 #achi ,quoted in ,gerald ,massey's ,the ,natural ,genesis1 i4 #dbg4 #acij ,with the ,christians1 most undeniably4 ,with the ,pre,christian ,symbologists it was1 as said1 the ,bed or ,couch of ,torture during the ,initiation ,mystery1 the 8,crucifix0 being placed horizontally1 on the ground1 and not erect1 as at the time when it became the ,roman gallows4 #acia ,so it was1 and could not be otherwise4 ,julian1 the ,emperor1 was an ,initiate1 and as such knew well the 8mysterymeaning0 both metaphysical and physical4 #acib ,op4 cit41 ibid41 p4 #dcc4 #acic ,book of the ,dead4 xxxix4 ,apophis or ,apap is the ,serpent of ,evil1 the symbol of human passions4 ,the ,sun 7,osiris,horus7 destroys him1 and ,apap is thrown down1 bound and chained4 ,the ,god ,aker1 the 8,chief of the ,gate of the ,abyss0 of ,aker1 the ,realm of the ,sun 7xv4 #ci71 binds him4 ,apophis is the enemy of ,ra 7,light71 but the 8great ,apap has fallen60 exclaims the ,defunct4 8,the ,scorpion has hurt thy mouth10 he says to the conquered enemy 7xxxix4 #g74 ,the ,scorpion is the 8worm that never dies0 of the ,christians4 ,apophis is bound on the ,tau or ,tat1 the 8emblem of stability40 7,see the erection of ,tat in ,tatoo1 xviii47 #acid ,so have the crypts in ,cis,himlayan regions where ,initiates live1 and where their ashes are placed for seven lunar years4 #acie ,the ,natural ,genesis1 i4 #dcb4 #acif ,the ,cross and the ,tree are identical and synonymous in symbolism4 #acig lvii4 #c4 #acih ,ibid41 #e4 #acii ,sermon clx4 #adjj ,vishnu ,purna1 ,wilson's ,trans41 iii4 #agd1 note by ,fitzedward ,hall4 #adja ,hence the ,initiates in ,greece called the ,tau 1 8son of ,gaia10 8sprung from ,earth10 like ,tityos in the ,odyssey 7vii4 #cbd74 #adjb ,ragon1 ,orthodoxie ,maonnique1 etc41 pp4 #dcb1 #dcc4 #adjc ,ibid41 p4 #dcc1 note4 #adjd ,see the ,mahbhrata1 e4g41 ,,iii4 #ahi1 #c1 where ,vishnu says1 8,i called the name of water ,nr in ancient times1 and am hence called ,nryana1 for that was always the abode ,i moved in 7,ayana740 ,it is into the ,water1 or ,chaos1 the 8,moist ,principle0 of the ,greeks and ,hermes1 that the first seed of the ,universe is thrown4 8,the #8,spirit of ,god' moves on the dark waters of ,space02 hence ,thales makes of it the primordial element and prior to ,fire1 which was yet latent in that ,spirit4 #adje ,see the bronze statue of ,tripurntaka ,shiva1 8,mahdeva destroying ,tripursura10 at the ,museum of the ,india ,house4 #adjf ,ragon1 ibid41 p4 #dcc1 note4 #adjg ,there are learned ,brhmans who have protested against our septenary division4 ,they are right from their own standpoint1 as we are right from ours4 ,leaving the three aspects1 or adjunct principles out of calculation1 they accept only four ,updhis1 or ,bases1 including the ,ego--the reflected image of the ,logos in the ,krana ,sharra--and even 8strictly speaking 444 only three ,updhis40 ,for purely theoretical metaphysical philosophy1 or purposes of meditation1 these three may be sufficient1 as shown by the ,traka ,yoga system2 but for practical occult teaching our septenary division is the best and easiest4 ,it is1 however1 a matter of school and choice4 #adjh ,commentary1 ,book ix4 ,f4 #ai4 #adji ,protista are not animals4 ,the reader is asked to bear in mind that when we speak of 8animals10 the mammalians alone are meant4 ,crustacea1 fishes1 and reptiles are contemporary with1 and most have preceded1 physical man in this ,round4 ,all were bisexual1 however1 before the age of mammalia in the closing portion of the ,secondary or ,mesozoic ages1 yet nearer to the ,palozoic than the ,cnozoic ages4 ,smaller marsupial mammalia are contemporary with the huge reptilian monsters of the ,secondary4 #adaj neid1 vi4 #gbegbi4 8,first ,divine ,spirit within sustains the heavens1 the earth and watery plains1 the moon's orb and shining stars and the ,eternal ,mind diffused through all the parts of ,nature1 actuates the whole stupendous frame and mingles with the vast body of the ,universe4 ,thence proceed the race of men and beasts1 the vital principles of the flying kind and the monsters which the ,ocean breeds under its smooth crystal plane40 8,all proceeds from ,ether and from its seven natures0--said the ,alchemists4 ,science knows these only in their superficial effects4 #adaa ,compare ,descent of ,man1 p4 #afd4 #adab ,bartlett's ,land and ,water4 #adac ,source of ,measures1 p4 #fe4 ,the author explains3 8,note that in ,hebrew1 ,jared1 the father of ,enoch1 is construed to be #8the mount of descent1' and it is said to be the same with ,ararat1 on which the cubical structure of ,noah1 or foundation measure1 rested4 ,jared1 in ,hebrew1 is 4 ,the root derivations are the same with those of ,ararat1 of acre1 of earth4 ,the ,hebrew is literally1 in ,british1 ,y ,r ,d2 hence1 in ,jared1 is to be found literally1 our ,english word yard 7and also 1 for ,jah1 or ,jehovah1 is rod74 ,it is noteworthy that the son of ,jared1 viz41 ,enoch1 lived #cfe years2 and it is said of him1 by rabbinical commentators1 that the year period of #cfe days was discovered by him1 thus bringing1 again1 time and distance values together1 i4e41 year time descended1 by cordination1 through the yard1 or ,jared1 who thus was its father1 in or through ,enoch2 and truly enough1 #abif yard 7or ,jared7 #d #eahd1 the characteristic value of the solar day1 in thirds1 which1 as stated1 may be styled the parent1 numerically1 of the solar year0 7ibid474 ,this1 however1 by the astronomical and numerical kabalistic methods4 ,esoterically1 ,jared is the ,third ,race and ,enoch the ,fourth--but as he is taken away alive he symbolizes also the ,elect saved in the ,fourth1 while ,noah is the ,fifth from the beginning--the family saved from the ,waters1 eternally and physically4 #adad vii4 #b1 #c4 #adae ,five ,years of ,theosophy1 pp4 #bjb1 #bjc4 #adaf ,ibid41 p4 #bjj4 #adag ,oliver's ,pythagorean ,triangle1 p4 #ajd4 #adah ,de ,anim4 ,procr41 #ajbg4 #adai ,oliver1 ibid41 p4 #aab4 #adbj ,reuchlin ,cabala1 l4 ii2 ,oliver1 ibid41 p4 #ajd4 #adba ,in ,the ,source of ,measures1 the author shows 7pp4 #ej1 #ea7 that the figure of the cube unfolded in connection with the circle 8becomes 444 a cross proper1 or of the tau form1 and the attachment of the circle to this last gives the ansated cross of the ,egyptians4444 ,while there are but #f faces to a cube1 the representation of the cross as the cube unfolded1 as to the cross bars1 displays one face of the cube as common to two bars1 counted as belonging to either i4e41 once counted horizontally1 and once vertically2 444 #d for the upright1 and #c for the crossbar1 making seven in all4 ,here we have the famous #d and #c and #g40 ,esoteric ,philosophy explains that four is the symbol of the ,universe in its potential state1 or ,chaotic ,matter1 and that it requires ,spirit to permeate it actively2 i4e41 the primordial abstract ,triangle has to quit its onedimensional quality and spread across that ,matter1 thus forming a manifested basis on the threedimensional space1 in order that the ,universe should manifest intelligibly4 ,this is achieved by the cube unfolded4 ,hence the ansated cross as the symbol of man1 generation and life4 ,in ,egypt ,ank signified 8soul10 8life0 and 8blood40 ,it is the ensouled1 living man1 the septenary4 #adbb ,supra1 p4 #fbf4 #adbc ,oliver1 ibid41 p4 #aad4 #adbd ,pythag41 p4 #fa4 #adbe ,oliver1 ibid41 p4 #agb4 #adbf ,de ,plac4 ,phil41 p4 #hgh4 #adbg ,see ,oliver1 ibid41 p4 #ajf4 #adbh ,ibid41 p4 #ajh4 #adbi ,reuchlin1 ut supra1 p4 #fhi2 ,oliver1 ibid41 pp4 #aab1 #aac4 #adcj ,oliver1 ibid41 p4 #aah4 #adca ,bucolica1 ,ecl4 viii4 #ge4 #adcb ,philo1 ,de ,mund4 ,opif42 ,oliver1 ibid41 p4 #agb4 #adcc ,the seven ,planets are not limited to this number because the ,ancients knew of no others1 but simply because they were the primitive or primordial 8,houses0 of the seven ,logoi4 ,there may be nine and ninetynine other planets discovered--this does not alter the fact of these seven alone being sacred4 #adcd ,oliver1 ibid41 pp4 #agc1 #agd4 #adce ,ibid41 loc4 cit4 #adcf ,the ,natural ,genesis1 i4 #ede4 #adcg ,ibid4 #adch ,in ,timus1 iii42 ibid4 #adci ,oliver1 ibid41 p4 #age4 #addj ,see ,section ,f41 infra1 8,the ,seven ,souls of the ,egyptologists40 #adda ,the ,seven ,centres of ,energy evolved1 or rendered objective by the action of ,fohat upon the ,one ,element2 or1 in fact1 the 8,seventh ,principle0 of the ,seven ,elements which exist throughout manifested ,kosmos4 ,we may here point out that they are in truth the ,sephiroth of the ,kabalists2 the 8,seven gifts of the ,holy ,ghost0 in the ,christian system2 and in a mystical sense1 the seven children or sons of ,devak killed before the birth of ,krishna by ,kansa4 ,our seven principles symbolize all of these4 ,we have to part or separate from them before we reach the ,krishna or ,christstate1 that of a ,jvanmukta1 and centre ourselves entirely in the highest1 the ,seventh or the ,one4 #addb 1 is destiny1 not 8,fate10 in this case1 as it is an appellation1 not a proper noun4 7,see ,wolf's transl41 ,odyssey1 xxii4 #dac47 ,but ,moira1 the ,goddess of ,fate1 is a deity who1 like 1 gives to all their portion of good and evil 7,liddell and ,scott's ,lexicon71 and is therefore ,karma4 ,by this abbreviation1 however1 the subject to ,destiny or ,karma is meant1 the ,self or ,ego1 and that which is reborn4 ,nor is our conscience1 but our ,buddh2 nor is it again the 8counterfeit0 of ,spirit but 8modelled after10 or a 8counterpart0 7,aristoph41 ,thesmophor41 #bg7 of the ,spirit--which ,buddh is1 as the vehicle of tm4 #addc ,the ,gnostics and their ,remains1 pp4 #cg1 #ch4 #addd ,rig ,veda1 iii4 #ed4 #af2 ii4 #bi4 #c1 #d4 #adde ,prof4 ,roth 7in ,peter's ,lexicon7 defines the ,angirasas as an intermediate race of higher ,beings between ,gods and ,men2 while ,prof4 ,weber1 according to his invariable custom of modernizing and anthropomorphizing the divine1 sees in them the original priests of the religion which was common to the ryan ,hinds and ,persians4 ,roth is right4 8,angirasas0 was one of the names of the ,dhyns1 or ,deva ,instructors 7,guru,devas71 of the late ,third1 the ,fourth1 and even of the ,fifth ,race ,initiates4 #addf ,ibid41 x4 #fb4 #a1 #d4 #addg ,ibid41 x4 #ij4 #a4 #addh ,ibid41 x4 #ij4 #e4 #addi ,rig ,veda1 x4 #aac4 #e4 #adej ,ibid41 i4 #ce4 #h4 #adea ,ibid41 loc4 cit4 #adeb ,ibid41 ix4 #hf4 #bi4 #adec ,only three submerged1 or otherwise destroyed1 ,continents--for the first ,continent of the ,first ,race exists to this day and will prevail to the last--are described in the ,occult ,doctrine1 the ,hyperborean1 the ,lemurian 7adopting a name now known in ,science71 and the ,atlantean4 ,most of ,asia issued from under the waters after the destruction of ,atlantis2 ,africa came still later1 while ,europe is the fifth and the latest continent--portions of the two ,americas being far older4 ,but of these1 more anon4 ,the ,initiates who recorded the ,vedas--or the ,rishis of our ,fifth ,race--wrote at a time when ,atlantis had already gone down4 ,atlantis is the fourth ,continent that appeared1 but the third that disappeared4 #aded ,compare ,vishvakarman4 #adee ,ibid41 x4 #bj4 #a1 #af4 #adef ,nor is this ,archaic ,teaching so very unscientific1 since one of the greatest ,naturalists of the age--the late ,professor ,agassiz--admitted the multiplicity of the geographical origins of man1 and supported it to the end of his life4 ,the unity of the human species was accepted by the illustrious ,professor of ,cambridge 7,u4,s4,a47 in the same way as it is by the ,occultists--namely1 in the sense of their essential and original homogeneity and their origin from one and the same source1 e4g41 ,negroes1 ryans1 ,mongols1 etc41 have all originated in the same way and from the same ancestors4 ,these latter were all of one essence1 though differentiated1 since they belonged to seven planes which differed in degree though not in kind4 ,that original physical difference was only a little more accentuated by that of geographical and climatic conditions1 later on4 ,this is not the theory of ,agassiz1 of course1 but the ,esoteric version4 ,it is fully discussed in the ,addenda1 ,part ,,iii4 #adeg ,see the enumeration of the seven ,spheres--not the 8,karshvare of the earth10 as generally believed--in ,fargard xix4 #cj1 et seqq4 #adeh ,the seven ,worlds are1 as has been said1 the seven ,spheres of the ,chain1 each presided over by one of the seven 8,great ,gods0 of every religion4 ,when the religions became degraded and anthropomorphized1 and the metaphysical ideas nearly forgotten1 the synthesis or the highest1 the seventh1 was separated from the rest1 and that personification became the eighth ,god1 whom ,monotheism tried to unify but--failed4 ,in no exoteric religion is ,god really one1 if analyzed metaphysically4 #adei ,the six invisible ,globes of our ,chain are both 8,worlds0 and 8,earths0 as is our own1 although invisible4 ,but where could be the six invisible ,earths on this ,globe8 #adfj ,venddd1 ,s4 ,b4 ,e41 vol4 iv4 pp4 lix4 lx41 and note4 #adfa ,see ,rig ,veda1 i4 #cd2 iii4 #ef2 vii4 #aj4 #daa1 and v4 #fj4 #f4 #adfb ,venddd1 op4 cit41 p4 #ac4 #adfc ,death came only after man had become a physical creature4 ,the men of the ,first ,race1 and also of the ,second1 dissolved and disappeared in their progeny4 #adfd ,op4 cit41 p4 #ab4 #adfe ,i4 xxiv4 #a4 #adff ,vishnu ,purna1 ,wilson's ,trans41 i4 lxxx4 #adfg ,as ,parshara says3 8,these are the seven persons by whom in the several ,manvantaras created beings have been protected4 ,because the whole world has been pervaded by the energy of the deity1 he is entitled ,vishnu1 from the root ,vish1 #8to enter1' or #8'pervade'2 for all the gods1 the ,manus1 the seven ,rishis1 the sons of the ,manus1 the ,indras1 the sovereigns of the gods1 all are but the impersonated might ,vibhtayah1 potencies of ,vishnu40 7,ibid41 iii4 #ah1 #ai47 ,vishnu is the ,universe2 and the ,universe itself is divided in the ,rig ,veda into seven regions--which ought to be sufficient authority1 for the ,brhmans at all events4 #adfh ,ibid41 iii4 #ae4 #adfi ,hymn xix4 #ec4 #adgj ,vishnu is all--the worlds1 the stars1 the seas1 etc4 ,vishnu 8is all that is1 all that is not4444 ,but he is not a substance 7,vastubhta740 7,vishnu ,purna1 ,book ,,ii1 ,ch4 xii2 ,wilson's ,trans41 ii4 #cji47 8,that which people call the highest ,god is not a substance but the cause of it2 not one that is here1 there1 or elsewhere1 not what we see1 but that in which all is--,space40 #adga ,vishnu ,purna1 ,wilson's ,trans41 ii4 #cjf4 #adgb ,therefore it is said in the ,purnas that the sight at night of ,dhruva1 the polar star1 and of the celestial ,porpoise 7,shishumra1 a constellation7 8expiates whatever sin has been committed during the day40 7,ibid41 p4 #cjf47 ,the fact is that the rays of the four stars in the 8circle of perpetual apparition0--the ,agni1 ,mahendra1 ,kashyapa1 and ,dhruva1 placed in the tail of ,ursa ,minor 7,shishumra7--focussed in a certain way and on a certain object1 produce extraordinary results4 ,the ,astromagians of ,india will understand what is meant4 #adgc ,ibid41 iii4 #ae4 #adgd ,dowson's ,hind ,classical ,dictionary1 sub voc4 8,shiva10 p4 #bih4 #adge ,vishnu ,purna1 op4 cit41 ii4 #gh4 #adgf ,in the ,rmyana it is ,bla,rma1 ,krishna's elder brother1 who does this4 #adgg ,with regard to the origin of ,rudra1 it is stated in several ,purnas that his 7spiritual7 progeny1 created in him by ,brahm1 is not confined to either the seven ,kumras or the eleven ,rudras1 etc41 but 8comprehends infinite numbers of beings in person and equipments like their 7virgin7 father4 ,alarmed at their fierceness1 numbers1 and immortality1 ,brahm desires his son ,rudra to form creatures of a different and mortal nature40 ,rudra refusing to create1 desists1 etc41 hence ,rudra is the first rebel4 7,linga1 ,vyu1 ,matsya1 and other ,purnas47 #adgh ,diti is shown to have been thus frustrated in the ,dvpara ,yuga1 during that period when the ,fourth ,race was flourishing4 #adgi ,notwithstanding the terrible1 and evidently purposed1 confusion of ,manus1 ,rishis1 and their progeny in the ,purnas1 one thing is made clear3 there have been and there will be seven ,rishis in every ,root ,race1 called also ,manvantara in the sacred books1 just as there are fourteen ,manus in every ,round1 the presiding ,gods1 the ,rishis and sons of the ,manus1 being identical4 7,see ,vishnu ,purna1 ,,iii4 i2 ,wilson's ,trans41 iii4 #ai47 ,six ,manvantaras are given1 the seventh being our own1 in the ,vishnu ,purna4 ,the ,vyu ,purna furnishes the nomenclature of the sons of the fourteen ,manus in every ,manvantara1 and the sons of the seven ,sages or ,rishis4 ,the latter are the progeny of the ,progenitors of mankind4 ,all the ,purnas speak of the seven ,prajpatis of this period or ,round4 #adhj 8,chkshusha was the ,manu of the sixth period ,third ,round and ,third ,race1 in which ,indra was ,manojava0--,mantradruma in the ,bhgavata ,purna4 7,vishnu ,purna1 ,wilson's ,trans41 iii4 #ab47 ,as there is a perfect analogy between the ,great ,round 7,mahkalpa71 each of the seven ,rounds1 and each of the seven great ,races in every one of the ,rounds--therefore1 ,indra of the sixth period1 or ,third ,round1 corresponds to the close of the ,third ,race1 at the time of the ,fall or the separation of sexes4 ,rudra1 as the father of the ,maruts1 has many points of contact with ,indra1 the ,marutvn1 or 8,lord of the ,maruts40 ,rudra is said to have received his name because of his weeping4 ,hence ,brahm called him ,rudra2 but he wept yet seven times more and so obtained seven other names--of which he uses one during each 8period40 #adha ,ibid41 ii4 #bca4 #adhb ,in ,vishnu ,puran1 ,book ,,ii4 ,chap4 iv4 7,wilson1 ii4 #bje71 it is stated that the 8,earth10 8with its continents1 mountains1 oceans1 and exterior shell1 is fifty crores five hundred millions of ,yojanas in extent02 to which the translator remarks3 8,this comprises the planetary spheres2 for the diameter of the seven zones and oceans--each ocean being of the same diameter as the continent it encloses1 and each successive continent being twice the diameter of that which precedes it--amounts to but two crores or fiftyfour lakhs4444 #8,whenever any contradictions in different ,purnas are observed1 they are to be ascribed 444 to differences of ,kalpas and the like4' 0 8,the like0 ought to read 8occult meaning10 an explanation which is withheld by the commentator1 who wrote for exoteric1 sectarian purposes1 and was misunderstood by the translator for various other reasons1 the least of which is--ignorance of the ,esoteric ,philosophy4 #adhc ,the ,phnix1 although generally connected with the ,solar ,cycle of #fjj years--the ,western cycle of the ,greeks and other nations--is a generic symbol for several kinds of cycles1 ciphers being taken out or more added according to which cycle is meant4 #adhd ,see ,book of ,ali1 ,russian transl4 #adhe ,the tense is past1 because the book is allegorical1 and has to veil the truths it contains4 #adhf ,oriental ,collections1 ii4 #aai2 quoted by ,kenealy1 op4 cit41 pp4 #age1 #agf4 #adhg ,ibid41 loc4 cit4 #adhh ,op4 cit41 xvii4 #i1 #aj4 #adhi ,section ,,vi2 ,leviticus1 xxiii4 #ae1 et seqq4 #adij ,vie de ,notre ,seigneur ,jsus,christ1 ,introduction2 quoted by ,de ,mirville1 ,pneumatologie1 iv4 #ej4 #adia ,see ,suidas1 sub voc4 4 #adib ,pliny1 ,hist4 ,nat41 vii4 #ef4 #adic 8,menses in quinos dies descripserunt dies0 7lviii4 #i74 #adid ,lib4 i4 c4 #bf4 #adie ,hist4 ,nat41 vii4 #dh1 and ,life of ,numa1 #af4 #adif ,mm4 ,acad4 ,ins41 xvi4 c4 #dh2 iii4 #ahc4 #adig ,voyage en ,sibrie1 iii4 #ai4 #adih ,the spheres of action of the combined ,forces of ,evolution and ,karma are 7#a7 the ,superspiritual or ,noumenal2 7#b7 the ,spiritual2 7#c7 the ,psychic2 7#d7 the ,astroethereal2 7#e7 the ,subastral2 7#f7 the ,vital2 and 7#g7 the purely ,physical ,spheres4 #adii ,adbhutam1 see ,atharva ,veda1 x4 #aje4 #aejj ,in ,hindism1 as understood by the ,orientalists from the ,atharva ,veda1 the three ,rajamsi refer to the three 8strides0 of ,vishnu2 his ascending higher step being taken in the highest world 7,a4 ,v41 vii4 #ii1 #a2 cf4 i4 #aee1 #e74 ,it is the ,divo ,rajah1 or the 8sky10 as they think it4 ,but it is something besides this in ,occultism4 ,the sentence1 preshu ghyeshu vrateshu 7cf41 i4 #aee1 #c1 and ix4 #ge1 #b1 or again1 x4 #aad71 in ,atharva ,veda1 has yet to be explained4 #aeja ,medical ,review1 ,july1 #ahdd4 #aejb ,h4 ,grattan ,guinness1 ,f4,r4,g4,s41 in his ,approaching ,end of the ,age1 p4 #beh4 #aejc ,lancet1 #ahdb1 #ahdc4 #aejd ,having given a number of illustrations from natural history1 the doctor adds3 8,the facts ,i have briefly glanced at are general facts1 and cannot happen day after day in so many millions of animals of every kind4 ,,from ,,the ,,larva ,,or ,,ovum ,,of ,a ,,minute ,,insect ,,up ,,to ,,man1 at definite periods1 from a mere chance or coincidence4444 ,upon the whole it is1 ,i think1 impossible to come to any less general conclusion than this1 that1 in animals1 changes occur every three and a half1 seven1 fourteen1 twentyone1 or twentyeight days1 or at some definite number of weeks0--or septenary cycles4 ,again1 the same ,dr4 ,laycock states that3 8,whatever type the fever may exhibit1 there will be a paroxysm on the seventh day4444 fourteenth will be remarkable as a day of amendment 444 either cure or death taking place4 ,if the fourth paroxysm be severe1 and the fifth less so1 the disease will end at the seventh paroxysm1 and 444 the change for the better 444 will be seen on the fourteenth day 444 namely1 about three or four o'clock a4m41 when the system is most languid40 7,approaching ,end of the ,age1 by ,grattan ,guinness1 pp4 #beh to #bfi1 wherein this is quoted74 ,this is pure 8soothsaying0 by cyclic calculations1 and it is connected with ,chaldan ,astrolatry and ,astrology4 ,thus ,materialistic ,science--in its medicine1 the most materialistic of all--applies our ,occult laws to diseases1 studies natural history with its help1 recognizes its presence as a fact in ,nature1 and yet must needs poohpooh the same archaic knowledge when claimed by the ,occultists4 ,for if the mysterious ,septenary ,cycle is a law in ,nature1 and it is one1 as proven2 if it is found controlling both evolution and involution 7or death7 in the realms of entomology1 ichthyology and ornithology1 as in the kingdom of the animal mammalia and man--why cannot it be present and acting in ,kosmos1 in general1 in its natural 7though occult7 divisions of time1 races1 and mental development8 ,and why1 furthermore1 should not the most ancient ,adepts have studied and thoroughly mastered these cyclic laws under all their aspects8 ,indeed1 ,dr4 ,stratton states as a physiological and pathological fact1 that 8in health the human pulse is more frequent in the morning than in the evening for six days out of seven2 and that on the seventh day it is slower40 7,edinburgh ,medical and ,surgical ,journal1 ,jan4 #ahdc2 ibid41 loc4 cit47 ,why1 then1 should not an ,occultist show the same in cosmic and terrestrial life in the pulse of the ,planet and ,races8 ,dr4 ,laycock divides life by three great septenary periods2 the first and last1 each stretching over #ba years1 and the central period or prime of life lasting #bh years1 or four times seven4 ,he subdivides the first into seven distinct stages1 and the other two into three minor periods1 and says that3 8,the fundamental unit of the greater periods is one week of seven days1 each day being twelve hours1 and that single and compound multiples of this unit1 determine the length of these periods by the same ratio1 as multiples of the unit of twelve hours determine the lesser periods4 ,this law binds all periodic vital phenomena together1 and links the periods observed in the lowest annulose animals1 with those of man himself1 the highest of the vertebrata40 7,ibid41 p4 #bfg47 ,if ,science does this1 why should she scorn the ,occult information1 that--to use ,dr4 ,laycock's language--one ,week of the ,manvantaric 7,lunar7 ,fortnight1 of fourteen ,days 7or seven ,manus71 that ,fortnight of twelve ,hours in a ,day representing seven ,periods or seven ,races--is now passed8 ,this language of ,science fits our ,doctrine admirably4 ,mankind has lived over 8a week of seven days1 each day being twelve hours10 since three and a half ,races are now gone for ever1 the ,fourth is submerged1 and we are now in the ,fifth ,race4 #aeje ,op4 cit41 p4 #bfi4 #aejf ,see for the length of such cycles or ,yugas in ,vriddha ,garga and other ancient astronomical sections 7,jyotisha74 ,they vary from the cycle of five years--which ,colebrooke calls 8the cycle of the ,vedas10 specified in the institutes of ,parshara1 8and the basis of calculation for larger cycles0 7,miscell4 ,essays1 i4 #ajf and #ajh7--up to the ,mah ,yuga or the famous cycle of #d1cbj1jjj years4 #aejg ,the ,hebrew word for 8week0 is seven2 and any length of time divided by seven would have been a 8week0 with them--even #di1jjj1jjj years1 as it is seven times seven millions4 ,but their calculation is throughout septiform4 #aejh ,brahm creates in the first ,kalpa1 or on the first ,day1 various 8sacrificial animals0 7,pashavah71 or the celestial bodies and the ,zodiacal signs1 and 8plants10 which he uses in sacrifices at the opening of ,tret ,yuga4 ,the ,esoteric meaning shows him proceeding cyclically and creating astral ,prototypes on the descending spiritual arc and then on the ascending physical arc4 ,the latter is the subdivision of a twofold creation1 subdivided again into seven descending and seven ascending degrees of ,spirit falling1 and of ,matter ascending2 the inverse of what takes place--as in a mirror which reflects the right on the left side--in this ,manvantara of ours4 ,it is the same ,esoterically in the ,elohistic ,genesis 7chap4 i71 and in the ,jehovistic copy1 as in ,hind cosmogony4 #aeji ,op4 cit41 vv4 #gj1 #ga1 #hj2 ,the ,kabbalah ,unveiled1 ,s4 ,l4 ,mac,gregor ,mathers1 pp4 #abj1 #aba4 #aeaj 8,the ,greater ,holy ,assembly10 v4 #a1afj4 #aeaa ,see ,vishnu ,purna1 ,i4 v4 #aeab ,it is very surprising to see theologians and ,oriental scholars expressing indignation at the 8depraved taste0 of the ,hind mystics1 who1 not content with having 8invented0 the ,mindborn ,sons of ,brahm1 make the ,rishis1 ,manus1 and ,prajpatis of every kind spring from various parts of the body of their primal ,progenitor1 ,brahm4 7,see ,wilson's footnote in his ,vishnu ,purna1 i4 #ajb47 ,because the average public is unacquainted with the ,kabalah1 the key to1 and glossary of1 the much veiled ,mosaic ,books1 therefore1 the clergy imagines the truth will never out4 ,let any one turn to the ,english1 ,hebrew1 or ,latin texts of the ,kabalah1 now so ably translated by several scholars1 and he will find that the ,tetragrammaton1 which is the ,hebrew ,,ihvh1 is also both the 8,sephirothal ,tree0--i4e41 it contains all the ,sephiroth except ,kether1 the crown--and the united ,body of the ,heavenly ,man 7,adam ,kadmon7 from whose ,limbs emanate the ,universe and everything in it4 ,furthermore1 he will find that the idea in the ,kabalistic ,books1 the chief of which in the ,zohar are the 8,book of ,concealed ,mystery10 and of the 8,greater0 and the 8,lesser ,holy ,assembly10 is entirely phallic and far more crudely expressed than is the fourfold ,brahm in any of the ,purnas4 7,see ,the ,kabbalah ,unveiled1 by ,s4 ,l4 ,mac,gregor ,mathers1 chapter xxii4 of 8,the ,lesser ,holy ,assembly10 concerning the remaining members of ,microprosopus47 ,for1 this 8,tree of ,life0 is also the 8,tree of ,knowledge of ,good and ,evil10 whose chief mystery is that of human procreation4 ,it is a mistake to regard the ,kabalah as explaining the mysteries of ,kosmos or ,nature2 it explains and unveils only a few allegories in the ,bible1 and is more esoteric than is the latter4 #aeac ,simplified in the ,english ,bible to3 8,is the ,lord 66 among us1 or not80 #aead ,verse #hc2 op4 cit41 p4 #aba4 #aeae ,translators often render the word 8,companion0 7,angel1 also ,adept7 by 8,rabbi10 just as the ,rishis are called ,gurus4 ,the ,zohar is1 if possible1 more occult than the ,book of ,moses2 to read the 8,book of ,concealed ,mystery0 one requires the keys furnished by the genuine ,chaldan ,book of ,numbers1 which is not extant4 #aeaf ,verses #aaeb1 #aaeh1 #aaei2 op4 cit41 p4 #bed4 #aeag ,i ,peter1 ii4 #be4 #aeah 8,the ,greater ,holy ,assembly10 vv4 #aafj1 #aafa2 op4 cit41 p4 #bee4 #aeai ,see pp4 #dde1 #ddf1 supra4 #aebj ,op4 cit41 i4 #big1 #bnd ed4 #aeba ,it is4 ,but gneystra are fiery 8missile weapons10 not 8edged0 weapons1 as there is some difference between ,shastra and ,astra in ,sanskrit4 #aebb ,yet there are some1 who may know something of these1 even outside the author's lines1 wide as they undeniably are4 #aebc ,this connecting link1 like others1 was pointed out by the present writer nine years before the appearance of the work from which the above is quoted1 namely in ,isis ,unveiled1 a work full of such guiding links between ancient1 medival1 and modern thought1 but1 unfortunately1 too loosely edited4 #aebd ,ay2 but how can the learned writer prove that these 8beginnings0 were precisely in ,egypt1 and nowhere else2 and only #ej1jjj years ago8 #aebe ,precisely2 and this is just what the ,theosophists do4 ,they have never claimed 8original inspiration10 not even as mediums claim it1 but have always pointed1 and do now point1 to the 8primary signification0 of the symbols1 which they trace to other countries1 older even than ,egypt2 significations1 moreover1 which emanate from a ,hierarchy 7or ,hierarchies1 if preferred7 of living ,wise ,men--mortals notwithstanding that ,wisdom--who reject every approach to supernaturalism4 #aebf ,but where is the proof that the ,ancients did not mean precisely that which the ,theosophists claim8 ,records exist for what they say1 just as other records exist for what ,mr4 ,gerald ,massey says4 ,his interpretations are very correct1 but are also very onesided4 ,surely ,nature has more than one physical aspect2 for ,astronomy1 ,astrology1 and so on1 are all on the physical1 not the spiritual1 plane4 #aebg ,the ,natural ,genesis1 i4 #cah4 ,it is to be feared that ,mr4 ,massey has not succeeded4 ,we have our followers as he has his followers1 and ,materialistic ,science steps in and takes little account of both his and our speculations6 #aebh ,the fact that this learned ,egyptologist does not recognize in the doctrine of the 8,seven ,souls10 as he terms our 8principles10 or 8metaphysical #8concepts1' 0 anything but 8the primitive biology or physiology of the soul10 does not invalidate our argument4 ,the lecturer touches on only two keys1 those that unlock the astronomical and the physiological mysteries of ,esotericism1 and leaves out the other five4 ,otherwise he would have promptly understood that what he calls the physiological divisions of the living ,soul of man1 are regarded by ,theosophists as also psychological and spiritual4 #aebi ,op4 cit41 p4 #b4 #aecj ,ibid41 loc4 cit4 #aeca ,ibid41 loc4 cit4 #aecb ,ibid41 loc4 cit4 #aecc ,ibid41 p4 #d4 #aecd ,this is a great mistake made in the ,esoteric enumeration4 ,manas is the fifth1 not the fourth2 and ,manas corresponds precisely with ,seb1 the ,egyptian fifth principle1 for that portion of ,manas which follows the two higher principles1 is the ancestral soul1 indeed1 the bright1 immortal thread of the higher ,ego1 to which clings the spiritual aroma of all the lives or births4 #aece ,ibid41 p4 #b4 #aecf ,ibid41 pp4 #b1 #c4 #aecg ,signatura ,rerum1 xiv4 pars4 #aj1 #ad1 #ae2 ,the ,natural ,genesis1 i4 #cag4 #aech ,aurora1 xxiv4 #bg4 #aeci ,this is indeed news6 ,it makes us fear that the lecturer had never read ,esoteric ,buddhism before criticizing it4 ,there are too many such misconceptions in his notices of it4 #aedj 8,the ,seven ,souls of ,man10 pp4 #bf1 #bg4 #aeda ,ibid41 p4 #bf4 #aedb ,the ,theosophist1 #ahhg 7,madras71 pp4 #gje1 #gjf4 #aedc ,according to ,shvetshvatara,upanishad 7#ceg7 the ,siddhas are those who are possessed from birth of 8superhuman0 powers1 as also of 8knowledge and indifference to the world40 ,according to the ,occult teachings1 however1 the ,siddhas are ,nirmnakyas or the 8spirits0--in the sense of an individual1 or conscious spirit--of great ,sages from spheres on a higher plane than our own1 who voluntarily incarnate in mortal bodies in order to help the human race in its upward progress4 ,hence their innate knowledge1 wisdom and powers4 #aedd 8,the ,sacred ,books of the ,east10 viii4 #bhd1 et seqq4 #aede ,i propose to follow here the text and not the editor's commentaries1 who accepts ,arjuna ,mishra and ,nilakantha's deadletter explanations4 ,our ,orientalists never trouble to think that if a native commentator is a noninitiate1 he could not explain correctly1 and if an ,initiate1 would not4 #aedf ,see ,chhndogya1 p4 #bai1 and ,shankara's commentary thereupon4 #aedg ,the editor explains here1 saying1 8,i presume devoted to the ,brahman40 ,we venture to assert that the 8,fire0 or ,self is the real ,higher ,,self 8connected with10 that is to say one with ,brahma1 the ,one ,deity4 ,the 8,self0 separates itself no longer from the ,universal ,spirit4 #aedh ,the 8,supreme ,self10 says ,krishna1 in the ,bhagavad ,git1 pp4 #ajb1 et seqq4 #aedi ,as ,mahat1 or ,universal ,intelligence1 is first born1 or manifests1 as ,vishnu1 and then1 when it falls into ,matter and develops self consciousness1 becomes egoism1 selfishness1 so ,manas is of a dual nature4 ,it is respectively under the ,sun and ,moon1 for as ,shankarchrya says3 8,the moon is the mind1 and the sun the understanding40 ,the ,sun and ,moon are the deities of our planetary ,macrocosmos1 and therefore ,shankara adds that3 8,the mind and the understanding are the respective deities of the human organs40 7,see ,brihadranyaka1 pp4 #eba1 et seqq47 ,this is perhaps why ,arjuna ,mishra says that the ,moon and the ,fire 7the ,self1 the ,sun7 constitute the universe4 #aeej 8,the body in the soul10 as ,arjuna ,mishra is credited with saying1 or rather 8the soul in the spirit01 and on a still higher plane of development1 the ,self or tman in the ,universal ,self4 #aeea ,op4 cit41 p4 #agi4 #aeeb ,prov41 ix4 #a4 #aeec ,de ,quatrefages1 ,the ,human ,species1 p4 #aaa4 ,the respective developments of the human and simian brains are referred to4 8,in the ape the temporosphenoidal convolutions1 which form the middle lobe1 make their appearance and are completed before the anterior convolutions which form the frontal lobe4 ,in man1 on the contrary1 the frontal convolutions are the first to appear1 and those of the middle lobe are formed later40 7,ibid47 #aeed ,doctrine of ,descent and ,darwinism1 p4 #bij4 #aeee ,series ,,ii1 ,vol4 ,,vi1 p4 #gfi 7,ed4 #ahhf74 ,to this an editorial remark adds that an 8,f4,j4,b410 in the ,athenum 7,no4 #cjfi1 ,aug4 #ba1 #ahhf1 pp4 #bdbc71 points out that ,naturalists have long recognized that there are 8morphological0 and 8physiological0 species4 ,the former have their origin in men's minds1 the latter in a series of changes sufficient to affect the internal as well as the external organs of a group of allied individuals4 ,the 8physiological selection0 of morphological species is a confusion of ideas2 that of physiological species a redundancy of terms4 #aeef ,op4 cit41 p4 #gi4 #aeeg ,ibid41 p4 #dh4 #aeeh ,ngeli's 8principle of perfectibility02 von de ,baer's 8striving towards the purpose02 ,braun's 8divine breath as the inward impulse in the evolutionary history of ,nature02 ,professor ,owen's 8tendency to perfectibility10 etc41 are all expressive of the veiled manifestations of the universal guiding ,fohat1 rich with the ,divine and ,dhyn,chohanic thought4 #aeei ,hckel on 8,cell,souls and ,soul,cells10 ,pedigree of ,man1 ,aveling's ,trans41 see pp4 #acf1 #aej4 #aefj ,see infra1 ,m4 de ,quatrefages' expos of ,hckel1 in ,section ,,ii1 8,the ,ancestors ,mankind is offered by ,science40 #aefa ,strictly speaking1 du ,bois,reymond is an ,agnostic1 and not a ,materialist4 ,he has protested most vehemently against the materialistic doctrine1 which affirms mental phenomena to be merely the product of molecular motion4 ,the most accurate physiological knowledge of the structure of the brain leaves us 8nothing but matter in motion10 he asserts2 8we must go further1 and admit the utterly incomprehensible nature of the psychical principle1 which it is impossible to regard as a mere outcome of material causes40 #aefb ,see ,hckel's 8,present ,position of ,evolution10 op4 cit41 pp4 #bc1 #bd1 #bif1 #big1 notes4 #aefc ,op4 cit41 pp4 #cd1 #ce1 #cf4 #aefd ,measure for ,measure1 ,act ii1 ,scene #b4 #aefe ,knowledge1 ,january1 #ahhb4 #aeff ,t4 ,huxley1 ,man's ,place in ,nature1 p4 #eg4 #aefg ,op4 cit41 8,the ,proofs of ,evolution10 p4 #bgc4 #aefh ,author of ,modern ,science and ,modern ,thought4 #aefi ,op4 cit41 pp4 #ajb1 #ajc4 #aegj ,op4 cit41 ii4 #ab1 ,wilson's ,transl4 #aega ,op4 cit41 p4 #ajd4 ,in this1 as has been shown in ,part ,i1 ,modern ,science has again been anticipated1 far beyond its own speculations1 by ,archaic ,science4 #aegb ,ibid41 pp4 #ajdajf4 #aegc ,anthrop41 #crd edition1 p4 #aa4 #aegd ,theosophists will remember that1 according to ,occult teaching1 cyclic ,pralayas socalled are but 8,obscurations10 during which periods ,nature1 i4e41 everything visible and invisible on a resting ,planet--remains in statu quo4 ,nature rests and slumbers1 no work of destruction going on upon the ,globe even if no active work be done4 ,all forms1 as well as their astral types1 remain as they were at the last moment of its activity4 ,the 8,night0 of a ,planet has hardly any twilight preceding it4 ,it is caught like a huge mammoth by an avalanche1 and remains slumbering and frozen till the next dawn of its new ,day--a very short one indeed in comparison to the ,day of ,brahm4 #aege ,this will be poohpoohed1 because it will not be understood by our modern men of ,science2 but every ,occultist and ,theosophist will easily realize the process4 ,there can be no objective form on ,earth1 nor in the ,universe either1 without its astral prototype being first formed in ,space4 ,from ,phidias down to the humblest workman in the ceramic art1 a sculptor has had to create first of all a model in his mind1 then sketch it in dimensional lines1 and then only can he reproduce it in a three dimensional or objective figure4 ,and if the human mind is a living demonstration of such successive stages in the process of ,evolution1 how can it be otherwise when ,nature's ,mind and creative powers are concerned8 #aegf ,see ,a ,modern ,zoroastrian1 p4 #ajc4 #aegg 8,darwinian ,theory0 in ,pedigree of ,man1 p4 #bb4 #aegh ,the ,age and ,origin of ,man4 #aegi ,man before ,metals1 p4 #cbj1 8,international ,scientific ,series40 #aehj ,mr4 ,darwin's ,philosophy of ,language1 #ahgc4 #aeha ,cf4 his ,doctrine of ,descent and ,darwinism1 p4 #cjd4 #aehb ,a ,modern ,zoroastrian1 p4 #acf4 #aehc ,it thus appears that in its anxiety to prove our noble descent from the catarrhine 8baboon10 ,hckel's school has pushed back the times of prehistoric man millions of years4 7,see ,pedigree of ,man1 p4 #bgc47 ,occultists1 render thanks to ,science for such corroboration of our claims6 #aehd ,this seems a poor compliment to pay ,geology1 which is not a speculative but as exact a ,science as ,astronomy--save1 perhaps1 its too risky chronological speculations4 ,it is mainly a 8descriptive0 as opposed to an 8abstract0 ,science4 #aehe ,such newlycoined words as 8perigenesis of plastids10 8plastidule souls0 7671 and others less comely1 invented by ,hckel1 may be very learned and correct in so far as they may express very graphically the ideas in his own vivid fancy4 ,as facts1 however1 they remain for his less imaginative colleagues painfully cnogenetic--to use his own terminology2 i4e41 for true ,science they are spurious speculations1 so long as they are derived from 8empirical sources40 ,therefore1 when he seeks to prove that 8the origin of man from other mammals1 and most directly from the catarrhine apes1 is a deductive law1 that follows necessarily from the inductive law of the theory of descent0 7,anthropogeny1 p4 #cib1 quoted in ,pedigree of ,man1 p4 #bie47--;his no less learned foes 7du ,bois,reymond--for one7 have a right to see in this sentence a mere jugglery of words2 a 8testimonium paupertatis of ,natural ,science0--as he himself complains1 speaking1 in return1 of du ,bois,reymond's 8astonishing ignorance40 7,see ,pedigree of ,man1 notes on pp4 #bie1 #bif47 #aehf ,pedigree of ,man1 p4 #bgc4 #aehg ,anthropogeny1 p4 #cib4 ,quoted in ,pedigree of ,man1 p4 #bie4 #aehh ,the mental barrier between man and ape1 characterized by ,huxley as an 8enormous gap1 a distance practically immeasurable0 76 67 is1 indeed1 in itself conclusive4 ,certainly it constitutes a standing puzzle to the ,materialist1 who relies on the frail reed of 8natural selection40 ,the physiological differences between ,man and the ,apes are in reality--despite a curious community of certain features--equally striking4 ,says ,dr4 ,schweinfurth1 one of the most cautious and experienced of ,naturalists3 8,in modern times there are no animals in creation that have attracted a larger amount of attention from the scientific student of nature than these great quadrumana the anthropoids1 which are stamped with such a singular resemblance to the human form as to have justified the epithet of anthropomorphic4444 ,but all investigation at present only leads human intelligence to a confession of its insufficiency2 and nowhere is caution more to be advocated1 nowhere is premature judgment more to be deprecated than in the attempt to bridge over the mysterious chasm which separates man and beast40 7,heart of ,africa1 i41 #ebj4 ,ed41 #ahgc47 #aehi ,the ,descent of ,man1 p4 #afj4 ,ed4 #ahhh4 ,a ridiculous instance of evolutionist contradictions is afforded by ,schmidt 7,doctrine of ,descent and ,darwinism1 p4 #bib74 ,he says3 8,man's kinship with the apes is 444 not impugned by the bestial strength of the teeth of a male orang or gorilla40 ,mr4 ,darwin1 on the contrary1 endows this fabulous being with teeth used as weapons6 #aeij ,according even to a fellowthinker1 ,professor ,schmidt1 ,darwin has evolved 8a certainly not flattering1 and perhaps in many points not correct1 portrait of our presumptive ancestors in the phase of dawning humanity40 7,doctrine of ,descent and ,darwinism1 p4 #bhd47 #aeia ,the ,human ,species1 pp4 #ajfajh4 #aeib ,op4 cit41 p4 #gg4 #aeic ,pp4 #aji1 #aaj4 #aeid ,op4 cit41 p4 #aaj4 #aeie ,of course the ,esoteric system of ,fourth ,round ,evolution is much more complex than the paragraph and quotations referred to categorically assert4 ,it is practically a reversal--both in embryological inference and succession in time of species--of the current ,western conception4 #aeif ,according to ,hckel1 there are also 8cellsouls0 and 8atomcells02 an 8inorganic molecular soul0 without1 and a 8plastidular soul0 with1 or possessing1 memory4 ,what are our ,esoteric teachings to this8 ,the divine and human soul of the seven principles in man must1 of course1 pale and give way before such a stupendous revelation6 #aeig ,the ,pedigree of ,man1 p4 #bif4 #aeih ,a valuable confession1 this4 ,only it makes the attempt to trace the descent of consciousness in man1 as well as of his physical body1 from ,bathybius ,hckelii1 still more humorous and empirical in the sense of ,webster's second definition4 #aeii ,ibid4 #afjj ,those who take the opposite view and look upon the existence of the human ,soul--8as a supernatural1 a spiritual phenomenon1 conditioned by forces altogether different from ordinary physical forces10 mock1 he thinks1 8in consequence1 all explanation that is simply scientific40 ,they have no right it seems1 to assert that 8psychology is1 in part1 or in whole1 a spiritual science1 not a physical one40 ,the new discovery by ,hckel--one taught for thousands of years in all the ,eastern religions1 however--that animals have souls1 will1 and sensation1 hence1 soulfunctions1 leads him to make of ,psychology the science of the ,zoologists4 ,the archaic teaching that the 8soul0 7the animal and human souls1 or ,kma and ,manas7 8has its developmental history0--is claimed by ,hckel as his own discovery and innovation on an 8untrodden 8 path06 ,he1 ,hckel1 will work out the comparative evolution of the soul in man and in other animals4 ,the comparative morphology of the soulorgans1 and the comparative physiology of the soulfunctions1 both founded on ,evolution1 thus become the psychological really materialistic problem of the scientific man4 78,cellsouls and ,soulcells10 pp4 #ace1 #acf1 #acg1 ,pedigree of ,man47 #afja ,the ,pedigree of ,man1 note #bj1 p4 #bif4 #afjb ,p4 #aai4 #afjc ,see 8,transmigration of ,life,atoms10 in ,five ,years of ,theosophy1 pp4 #ecceci4 ,the collective aggregation of these atoms forms thus the ,anima ,mundi of our ,solar ,system1 the ,soul of our little ,universe1 each atom of which is of course a ,soul1 a ,monad1 a little universe endowed with consciousness1 hence with memory4 7,vol4 ,i1 ,part ,,iii1 8,gods1 ,monads1 and ,atoms407 #afjd ,op4 cit41 p4 #aai4 #afje ,in 8,the ,transmigration of ,life,atoms0 7,five ,years of ,theosophy1 p4 #ece71 we say of the ,jva1 or ,life,principle1 in order to better explain a position which is but too often misunderstood3 8,it is omnipresent 444 though on this plane of manifestation often 444 in a dormant state as in stone4444 ,the definition which states that when this indestructible force is #8disconnected with one set of atoms molecules ought to have been said it becomes immediately attracted by others1' does not imply that it abandons entirely the first set because the atoms themselves would then disappear1 but only that it transfers its vis viva1 or living power--the energy of motion1 to another set4 ,but because it manifests itself in the next set as what is called kinetic energy1 it does not follow that the first set is deprived of it altogether2 for it is still in it1 as potential energy or life latent40 ,now what can ,hckel mean by his 8not identical atoms1 but their peculiar motion and mode of aggregation10 if it is not the same kinetic energy we have been explaining8 ,before evolving such theories1 he must have read ,paracelsus and studied ,five ,years of ,theosophy without properly digesting the teachings4 #afjf ,op4 cit41 note #ba1 p4 #bif4 #afjg ,ibid41 note #ai4 #afjh ,ibid41 note #bc4 #afji ,man's ,place in ,nature1 p4 #aei4 #afaj ,op cit41 p4 #aeg4 #afaa ,ibid41 p4 #afa4 #afab ,this the way primitive man must have acted8 ,we are not aware of men1 not even of savages1 in our age1 who are known to have imitated the apes which lived side by side with them in the forests of ,america and the islands4 ,but we do know of large apes who1 tamed and living in houses1 will mimic men to the length of donning hats and coats4 ,the writer once had a chimpanzee who1 without being taught1 opened a newspaper and pretended to read it4 ,it is the descending generations1 the children1 who mimic their parents--not the reverse4 #afac ,ibid41 p4 #aea4 #afad ,it is asked1 whether it would change one iota of the scientific truth and fact contained in the above sentence if it were to read3 8the ape is simply an instance of the biped type specialized for going on all fours generally1 and with a smaller brain40 ,esoterically speaking1 this is the real truth1 and not the reverse4 #afae ,modern ,science and ,modern ,thought1 pp4 #aea1 #aeb4 #afaf ,we cannot follow ,mr4 ,laing here4 ,when avowed ,darwinists like ,huxley point to 8the great gulf which intervenes between the lowest ape and the highest man in intellectual power10 the 8enormous gulf 444 between them10 the 8immeasurable and practically infinite divergence of the human from the simian stirps0 7,man's ,place in ,nature1 p4 #ajb and note72 when even the physical basis of mind--the brain--so vastly exceeds in size that of the highest existing apes2 when men like ,wallace are forced to invoke the agency of extraterrestrial intelligences in order to explain the rise of such a creature as the pithecanthropus alalus1 or speechless savage of ,hckel1 to the level of the largebrained and moral man of today--when all this is the case1 it is idle to dismiss evolutionist puzzles so lightly4 ,if the structural evidence is so unconvincing and1 taken as a whole1 so hostile to ,darwinism1 the difficulties as to the 8how0 of the evolution of the human mind by natural selection are tenfold greater4 #afag ,a race which ,,mm4 de ,quatrefages and ,hamy regard as a branch of the same stock whence the ,canary ,island ,guanches sprung--offshoots of the ,atlanteans1 in short4 #afah ,ibid41 pp4 #ahjahb4 #afai ,pedigree of ,man1 p4 #gc4 #afbj ,professor ,owen believes that these muscles--the attollens1 retrahens1 and attrahens aurem--were actively functioning in men of the ,stone age4 ,this may or may not be the case4 ,the question falls under the ordinary 8occult0 explanation1 and involves no postulate of an 8animal progenitor0 to solve it4 #afba ,man's ,place in ,nature1 p4 #ajd4 ,to cite another good authority3 8,we find one of the most manlike apes 7gibbon7 in the ,tertiary period1 and this species is still in the same low grade1 and side by side with it at the end of the ,ice period1 man is found in the same high grade as today1 the ape not having approximated more nearly to the man1 and modern man not having become further removed from the ape than the first 7fossil7 man 444 these facts contradict a theory of constant progressive development40 7,pfaff47 ,when1 according to ,vogt1 the average ,australian brain #iice cub4 inches2 that of the gorilla #cjea1 and that of the chimpanzee only #bede1 the giant gap to be bridged by the advocate of 8,natural0 ,selection becomes apparent4 #afbb ,geo4 ,t4 ,curtis1 ,creation or ,evolution8 p4 #gf4 #afbc 8,at this period10 writes ,darwin1 8the arteries run in archlike branches1 as if to carry the blood to branchi which are not present in the higher vertebrata1 though the slits on the side of the neck still remain1 marking their former 8 position40 ,it is noteworthy that1 though gillclefts are absolutely useless to all but amphibia and fishes1 etc41 their appearance is regularly noted in the ftal development of vertebrates4 ,even children are occasionally born with an opening in the neck corresponding to one of the clefts4 #afbd ,those who with ,hckel regard the gillclefts with their attendant phenomena as illustrative of an active function in our amphibian and piscine ancestors 7see his twelfth and thirteenth stages71 ought to explain why the 8vegetable with leaflets0 7,prof4 ,andr ,lefvre7 represented in ftal growth1 does not appear in his twentytwo stages through which the ,monera have passed in their ascent to ,man4 ,hckel does not postulate a vegetable ancestor4 ,the embryological argument is thus a twoedged sword and here cuts its possessor4 #afbe ,lefvre1 ,philosophy ,historical and ,critical1 pt4 ii4 p4 #dhj1 8,library of ,contemporary ,science40 #afbf ,we confess to not being able to see any good reasons for ,mr4 ,e4 ,clodd's positive statement in ,knowledge4 ,speaking of the men of ,neolithic times1 8concerning whom ,mr4 ,grant ,allen has given 444 a vivid and accurate sketch10 and who are 8the direct ancestors of peoples of whom remnants yet lurk in outoftheway corners of ,europe1 where they have been squeezed or stranded10 he adds1 8but the men of ,palolithic times can be identified with no existing races2 they were savages of a more degraded type than any extant2 tall1 yet barely erect1 with short legs and twisted knees1 with prognathous1 that is1 projecting apelike jaws1 and small brains4 ,whence they come we cannot tell1 and their #8grave knoweth no man to this day4' 0 ,besides the possibility that there may be men who know whence they came and how they perished--it is not true to say that the ,palolithic men1 or their fossils1 are all found with 8small brains40 ,the oldest skull of all those hitherto found1 the 8,neanderthal skull10 is of average capacity1 and ,mr4 ,huxley was compelled to confess that it was no real approximation whatever to that of the 8missing link40 ,there are aboriginal tribes in ,india whose brains are far smaller and nearer to that of the ape than any hitherto found among the skulls of ,palolithic man4 #afbg ,antiquity of ,man1 p4 #bdf4 #afbh ,the actual time required for such a theoretical transformation is necessarily enormous4 8,if10 says ,professor ,pfaff1 8in the hundreds of thousands of years which you the ,evolutionists accept between the rise of palolithic man and our own day1 a greater distance of man from the brute is not demonstrable the most ancient man was just as far removed from the brute as the now living man1 what reasonable ground can be advanced for believing that man has been developed from the brute1 and has receded further from it by infinitely small gradations4444 ,the longer the interval of time placed between our times and the socalled palolithic men1 the more ominous and destructive for the theory of the gradual development of man from the animal kingdom is the result stated40 ,huxley writes 7,man's ,place in ,nature1 p4 #aei7 that the most liberal estimates for the antiquity of man must be still further extended4 #afbi ,fortnightly ,review1 #ahhb4 ,the baselessness of this assertion1 as well as that of many other exaggerations of the imaginative ,mr4 ,grant ,allen1 was ably exposed by the eminent ,anatomist1 ,professor ,r4 ,owen1 in ,longman's ,magazine1 ,no4 #a4 ,must it be repeated1 moreover1 that the ,cro,magnon ,palolithic type is superior to that of a very large number of existing races8 #afcj ,it thus stands to reason that ,science would never dream of a ,pre ,tertiary man1 and that de ,quatrefages' ,secondary man makes every ,academician and ,f4,r4,s4 faint with horror because1 to preserve the apetheory1 ,science must make man ,post,secondary4 ,this is just what de ,quatrefages has twitted the ,darwinists with1 adding1 that on the whole there were more scientific reasons for tracing the ape from man than man from the anthropoid4 ,with this exception ,science has not one single valid argument to offer against the antiquity of man4 ,but in this case modern ,evolution demands far more than the fifteen million years of ,croll for the ,tertiary period1 for two very simple but good reasons3 7a7 no anthropoid ape has been found before the ,miocene period2 7b7 man's flint relics have been traced to the ,pliocene and their presence suspected1 if not accepted by all1 in the ,miocene strata4 ,again1 where is the 8missing link0 in such case8 ,and how could even a ,palolithic savage1 a 8man of ,canstadt10 evolve into a thinking man from the brute dryopithecus of the ,miocene in so short a time8 ,one sees now the reason why ,darwin rejected the theory that only #fj1jjj1jjj years had elapsed since the ,cambrian period4 8,he judges from the small amount of organic change since the commencement of the glacial epoch1 and adds that the previous #adj million years can hardly be considered as sufficient for the development of the varied forms of life which certainly existed toward the close of the ,cambrian period40 7,ch4 ,gould1 ,mythical ,monsters1 p4 #hd47 #afca ,it may here be remarked that those ,darwinians who1 with ,mr4 ,grant ,allen1 place our 8hairy arboreal0 ancestors so far back as the ,eocene age1 are landed in rather an awkward dilemma4 ,no fossil anthropoid ape--much less the fabulous common ancestor assigned to man and the pithecoid--appears in ,eocene strata4 ,the first presentment of an anthropoid ape is ,miocene4 #afcb ,ed4 ,lartet1 8,nouvelles ,recherches sur la ,coxistence de l',homme et des ,grands ,mammifres ,fossils de la ,dernire ,priode ,gologique40 ,annales des ,soc4 ,nat41 xv4 #bef4 #afcc ,see the ,hibbert ,lectures for #ahhg1 p4 #cc4 #afcd ,from a ,report of the ,hibbert ,lectures1 #ahhg4 ,lectures on the ,origin and ,growth of ,religion1 as ,illustrated by the ,religion of the ,ancient ,babylonians4 ,by ,a4 ,h4 ,sayce4 #afce ,see supra 8,chronology of the ,brhmans40 #afcf ,nat4 ,philos41 by ,thomson and ,tait1 ,app4 ,d4 ,trans4 ,royal ,soc41 ,edin41 xxiii4 pt4 #a4 #afcg ,popular ,astronomy1 p4 #eji4 #afch ,climate and ,time1 p4 #cce4 #afci ,address1 ,liverpool ,geological ,society1 #ahgf4 #afdj ,world,life1 pp4 #agi1 #ahj4 #afda ,ibid41 pp4 #cfg1 #cfh4 #afdb ,climate and ,time4 #afdc ,quoted in ,mr4 ,ch4 ,gould's ,mythical ,monsters1 p4 #hd4 #afdd ,according to ,bischof1 #a1jjd1agg years1 according to ,chevandier's calculations #fgb1ghh years1 were required for the socalled ,coal formation4 8,the time required for the development of the strata of the ,tertiary period1 ranging from #c1jjj to #e1jjj feet in thickness1 must have been at least #cej1jjj years40 7,see ,force and ,matter1 ,bchner1 p4 #aei1 ,ed4 #ahhd47 #afde ,op4 cit41 p4 #cgi4 #afdf ,but see 8,the ,ice,age ,climate and ,time10 ,popular ,science ,review1 xiv4 #bdb4 #afdg ,review of ,klliker's ,criticisms4 #afdh ,fallacies of ,darwinism1 p4 #afj4 #afdi ,the ,genesis of ,species1 ,chap4 ,,vi1 pp4 #afjafb1 ,ed4 #ahga4 #afej ,man's ,place in ,nature1 p4 #ajb1 note4 #afea ,vol4 x4 art4 8,geology10 p4 #bbg4 8#ajj1jjj1jjj of years is probably amply sufficient for all the requirements of ,geology10 says the text4 ,in ,france1 some savants do not find it nearly 8sufficient40 ,le ,couturier claims #cej million years2 ,buffon was satisfied with #cd millions--but there are those in the more modern schools who will not be content with less than #ejj million years4 #afeb ,we are taught that the highest ,dhyn ,chohans1 or ,planetary ,spirits 7beyond the cognizance of the law of analogy71 are in ignorance of what lies beyond the visible ,planetary ,systems1 since their essence cannot assimilate itself to that of worlds beyond our ,solar ,system4 ,when they reach a higher stage of evolution these other universes will be open to them2 meanwhile they have complete knowledge of all the worlds within the limits of our ,solar ,system4 #afec ,since no single atom in the entire ,kosmos is without life and consciousness1 how much more then must its mighty globes be filled with both--though they remain sealed books to us men who can hardly enter even into the consciousness of the forms of life nearest us8 ,we do not know ourselves1 then how can we1 if we have never been trained and initiated1 fancy that we can penetrate the consciousness of the smallest of the animals around us8 #afed ,pluralit des ,mondes1 p4 #dci4 #afee ,op4 cit41 i4 #d1 #i4 #afef ,hebrews1 i4 #b4 ,this relates to the ,logos of every ,cosmogony4 ,the unknown ,light--with which he is said to be coternal and coval--is reflected in the ,first,born1 the ,protogonos2 and the ,demiurgos or the ,universal ,mind directs his ,divine ,thought into the ,chaos that under the fashioning of minor ,gods will be divided into the ,seven ,oceans--,sapta ,samudras4 ,it is ,purusha1 ,ahura ,mazda1 ,osiris1 etc41 and finally the ,gnostic ,christos1 who is in the ,kabalah1 ,chokmah1 or ,wisdom1 the 8,word40 #afeg ,the form of ,tikkun or the ,protogonos1 8,first,born10 i4e41 the ,universal ,form and ,idea1 had not yet been mirrored in ,chaos4 #afeh ,zohar1 iii4 #bib;c4 ,the 8,heavenly ,man0 is ,adam ,kadmon--the synthesis of the ,sephiroth1 as 8,manu ,svyambhuva0 is the synthesis of the ,prajpatis4 #afei ,bereshith ,rabba1 ,parsha ,,ix4 #affj ,this refers to the three ,rounds that preceded our ,fourth ,round4 #affa 8,idra ,suta10 ,zohar1 iii4 #acf;c4 8,a sinking down from their status0--is plain2 from active ,worlds they have fallen into a temporary obscuration--they rest1 and hence are entirely changed4 #affb ,gen41 xxxvi4 #dc4 #affc ,in that learned and witty work1 ,god and his ,book1 by the redoubtable 8,saladin0 of ,agnostic repute1 the amusing calculation that1 if ,christ had ascended with the rapidity of a cannon ball1 he would not yet have reached even ,sirius1 reminds one vividly of the past4 ,it raises1 perhaps1 a not illfounded suspicion that even our age of scientific enlightenment may be as grossly absurd in its materialistic negations as the men of the ,middle ,ages were absurd and materialistic in their religious affirmations4 #affd ,philosophy ,historical and ,critical1 p4 #dha4 #affe ,probably in excess4 #afff ,knowledge1 ,art4 8,the ,antiquity of ,man in ,western ,europe10 ,march #cast1 #ahhb4 #affg ,who1 in another work1 ,la ,prhistorique ,antiquit de l',homme1 some twenty years ago1 generously allowed only #bcj1jjj years to our mankind6 ,since we learn now that he places man in the ,mid,miocene period1 we must say that the much respected ,professor of ,prehistoric ,anthropology in ,paris is somewhat contradictory and inconsistent1 if not naf in his views4 #affh ,the root and basic idea of the origin and transformation of species--the heredity of acquired faculties--seems to have found lately very serious opponents in ,germany4 ,du ,bois,reymond and ,dr4 ,pflger1 the ,physiologists1 besides other men of ,science as eminent as any1 find insuperable difficulties and even impossibilities in the doctrine4 #affi ,history of ,creation1 p4 #bj4 #afgj ,the same names are retained as those given by ,science1 to make the parallels clearer4 ,our terms are quite different4 #afga ,let the student remember that the ,doctrine teaches that there are seven degrees of ,devas or 8,progenitors10 or seven ,classes1 from the most perfect to the less exalted4 #afgb ,it may be said that we are inconsistent in not introducing into this table a ,primaryage ,man4 ,the parallelism of ,races and geological periods here adopted1 is1 so far as the origin of the ,first and ,second are concerned1 purely tentative1 no direct information being available4 ,having previously discussed the question of a possible race in the ,carboniferous age1 it is needless to renew the debate4 #afgc ,during the interim between one ,round and another1 the ,globe and everything on it remains in statu quo4 ,remember1 vegetation began in its ethereal form before what is called the ,primordial1 running through the ,primary1 and condensing in it1 and reaching its full physical life in the ,secondary4 #afgd ,geologists tell us that 8in the ,secondary epoch1 the only mammals which have been hitherto discovered in ,europe are the fossil remains of a small marsupial or pouchbearer40 7,knowledge1 ,march #cast1 #ahhb1 p4 #dfd47 ,surely the marsupial or didelphis 7the only surviving animal of the family of those which were on ,earth during the presence on it of androgyne man7 cannot be the only animal that was then on ,earth8 ,its presence speaks loudly for that of other 7though unknown7 mammals1 besides the monotremes and marsupials1 and thus shows the appellation of 8mammalian age0 given only to the ,tertiary period to be misleading and erroneous1 as it allows one to infer that there were no mammals1 but reptiles1 birds1 amphibians1 and fishes alone in the ,mesozoic times--the ,secondary4 #afge ,those who feel inclined to sneer at that doctrine of ,esoteric ,ethnology1 which presupposes the existence of ,men in the ,secondary age1 will do well to note the fact that one of the most distinguished ,anthropologists of the day1 ,m4 de ,quatrefages1 seriously argues in that direction4 ,he writes3 8,there is then nothing impossible in the idea that he man 444 should have appeared upon the globe with the first representatives of the type to which he belongs by his organization40 7,the ,human ,species1 p4 #aec47 ,this statement approximates most closely to our fundamental assertion that man preceded the other mammalia4 ,professor ,lefvre admits that the 8labours of ,boucher de ,perthes1 ,lartet1 ,christy1 ,bourgeois1 ,desnoyers1 ,broca1 ,de ,mortillet1 ,hamy1 ,gaudry1 ,capellini1 and a hundred others1 have overcome all doubts1 and clearly established the progressive development of the human organism and industries from the miocene epoch of the tertiary age40 7,philosophy ,historical and ,critical1 ,pt4 ,,ii1 p4 #dii1 ,chapter ,,ii1 ,on ,organic ,evolution4 8,library of ,contemporary ,science407 ,why does he reject the possibility of a ,secondaryage man8 ,simply because he is involved in the meshes of the ,darwinian ,anthropology4 8,the origin of man is bound up with that of the higher mammals02 he appeared 8only with the last types of his class06 ,this is not argument1 but dogmatism4 ,theory can never excommunicate fact4 ,must everything give place to the mere working hypotheses of ,western ,evolutionists8 ,surely not6 #afgf ,these placentalia of the third subclass are divided1 it appears1 into villiplacentalia 7placenta composed of many separate scattered tufts71 the zonoplacentalia 7girdleshaped placenta71 and the discoplacentalia 7or discoid74 ,hckel sees in the marsupialia didelphia1 one of the connecting links genealogically between man and the moneron66 #afgg ,this inclusion of the ,first ,race in the ,secondary is necessarily only a provisional working hypothesis--the actual chronology of the ,first1 ,second1 and early ,third ,races being closely veiled by the ,initiates4 ,for all that can be said on the subject1 the ,first ,root ,race may have been ,pre,secondary1 as is1 indeed1 taught4 #afgh ,the above parallels stand good only if ,professor ,croll's earlier calculations are adopted1 namely1 of #ae1jjj1jjj years since the beginning of the ,eocene period 7see ,charles ,gould's ,mythical ,monsters1 p4 #hd71 not those in his ,climate and ,time1 which allow only twoandahalf million years1 or at the utmost three million years' duration to the ,tertiary age4 ,this1 however1 would make the whole duration of the incrusted age of the world only #aca1fjj1jjj years1 according to ,professor ,winchell1 whereas in the ,esoteric ,doctrine1 sedimentation began in this ,round approximately over #cbj1jjj1jjj years ago4 ,yet his calculations do not clash much with ours with regard to the epochs of glacial periods in the ,tertiary age1 which is called in our ,esoteric books the 8,age of the ,pigmies40 ,with regard to the #cbj1jjj1jjj of years assigned to sedimentation1 it must be noted that even a greater time elapsed during the preparation of this ,globe for the ,fourth ,round previous to stratification4 #afgi ,though we apply the term 8truly human10 only to the ,fourth ,atlantean ,root,race1 yet the ,third ,race is almost human in its latest portion1 since it is during its fifth subrace that mankind separated sexually1 and that the first man was born according to the now normal process4 ,this 8first man0 answers1 in the ,bible1 to ,enos or ,henoch1 son of ,seth 7,genesis1 iv474 #afhj ,geology records the former existence of a universal ocean1 and sheets of marine sediment uniformly present everywhere testify to it2 but it is not even the epoch referred to in the allegory of ,vaivasvata ,manu4 ,the latter is a ,deva,man 7or ,manu7 saving in an ,ark 7the female principle7 the germs of humanity1 and also the seven ,rishis--who stand here as the symbols for the seven human principles--of which allegory we have spoken elsewhere4 ,the 8,universal ,deluge0 is the ,watery ,abyss of the ,primordial ,principle of ,berosus4 7,see ,stanzas ii to viii1 in ,part ,i47 ,how1 if #ae million years are allowed by ,croll to have elapsed since the ,eocene period 7which we state on the authority of a ,geologist1 ,mr4 ,ch4 ,gould71 only #fj millions are assigned by him 8since the beginning of the ,cambrian period1 in the ,primordial age0--passes comprehension4 ,the ,secondary strata are twice the thickness of the ,tertiary1 and ,geology thus shows the ,secondary age alone to be of twice the length of the ,tertiary4 ,shall we then accept only #ae million years for both the ,primary and the ,primordial8 ,no wonder ,darwin rejected the calculation4 #afha ,see ,esoteric ,buddhism1 pp4 #ecee1 ,fourth ,ed4 #afhb ,we hope that we have furnished all the scientific data for it elsewhere4 #afhc ,it is conceded by ,geology to be 8beyond doubt that a considerable period must have supervened after the departure of ,palolithic man and before the arrival of his ,neolithic successor40 7,see ,james ,geikie's ,prehistoric ,europe1 and ,ch4 ,gould's ,mythical ,monsters1 p4 #ih47 #afhd ,resembling in a manner the pilevillages of ,northern ,borneo4 #afhe 8,the most clever sculptor of modern times would probably not succeed very much better1 if his graver were a splinter of flint1 and stone and bone were the materials to be engraved06 7,prof4 ,boyd ,dawkins' ,cave,hunting1 p4 #cdd47 ,it is needless after such a concession to further insist on ,huxley's1 ,schmidt's1 ,laing's1 and others' statements to the effect that ,palolithic man cannot be considered to lead us back in any way to a pithecoid human race2 thus they demolish the fantasies of many superficial evolutionists4 ,the relic of artistic merit here reppearing in the ,chipped,stoneage men1 is traceable to their ,atlantean ancestry4 ,neolithic man was a forerunner of the great ryan invasion1 and immigrated from quite another quarter--,asia1 and in a measure ,northern ,africa4 ,the tribes peopling the latter towards the ,north,west1 were certainly of an ,atlantean origin--dating back hundreds of thousands of years before the ,neolithic ,period in ,europe--but they had so diverged from the parent type as to present no longer any marked characteristic peculiar to it4 ,as to the contrast between ,neolithic and ,palolithic man1 it is a remarkable fact that1 as ,carl ,vogt points out1 the former was a cannibal1 the much earlier man of the ,mammoth era was not4 ,human manners and customs do not seem to improve with time1 then8 ,not in this instance at any rate4 #afhf ,op4 cit41 p4 #ig4 #afhg ,modern ,science and ,modern ,thought1 p4 #aha4 #afhh ,ibid41 p4 #aab4 #afhi ,on the data furnished by ,modern ,science1 ,physiology1 and ,natural ,selection1 and without resorting to any miraculous creation1 two human negro specimens of the lowest intelligence--say idiots born dumb--might by breeding produce a dumb ,pastrana species1 which would start a new modified race1 and thus produce1 in the course of geological time1 the regular anthropoid ape4 #afij ,esoteric ,buddhism1 p4 #fd4 #afia ,modern ,science and ,modern ,thought1 p4 #ih4 #afib ,anfnge zu einer ,physiologischen ,schpfungsgeschichte der ,pflanzen und ,thierwelt1 #ahhe4 #afic ,op4 cit41 p4 #bab4 #afid ,ibid41 p4 #aa4 #afie ,man's ,place in ,nature1 p4 #aei4 #afif ,sir ,w4 ,dawson1 ,,ll4,d41 ,f4,r4,s41 ,origin of the ,world1 p4 #ci4 #afig ,prehistoric ,antiquity of ,man1 #ahhc4 #afih ,antiquity of ,man1 p4 #be4 #afii ,india1 ,what can it ,teach ,us8 ,a course of ,lectures delivered before the ,university of ,cambridge in #ahhb4 ,lecture ,,iii41 p4 #aaj1 ,ed4 #ahib4 #agjj ,antiquity of ,man ,historically ,considered4 8,present ,day ,tracts10 ,vol4 ,,ii1 ,essay ,,ix1 p4 #be4 #agja ,op4 cit41 pp4 #aj1 #aa4 #agjb ,op4 cit41 i4 #d4 #agjc ,palolithic man must have been endowed in his day with thrice ,herculean force and magic invulnerability1 or else the lion was as weak as a lamb at that period1 for both to share the same dwelling4 ,we may as well be asked to believe that it is that lion or hyna which engraved the deer on the antler1 as be told that this piece of workmanship was done by a savage of such a kind4 #agjd ,modern ,science and ,modern ,thought1 p4 #afd4 #agje ,ibid41 p4 #aii4 #agjf ,more than twenty specimens of fossil monkeys have been found in one locality alone1 in ,miocene strata 7,pikermi1 near ,athens74 ,if man was not then1 the period is too short for him to have been transformed--stretch it as one may4 ,and if he was1 and if no monkey is found earlier1 what follows8 #agjg ,dr4 ,c4 ,carter ,blake1 ,art41 8,the ,genesis of ,man40 #agjh ,antiquity of ,man1 p4 #ecj4 #agji ,new ,series1 i4 #aae1 ,art41 8,evidences of the ,age of ,ice40 #agaj ,fallacies of ,darwinism4 #agaa ,op4 cit41 p4 #eja1 ,ed4 #ahfc4 #agab ,op4 cit41 iv4 #afb4 #agac ,see on this question ,wilson's ,prehistoric ,man1 ii4 #ed2 ,origin of the ,world1 pp4 #cic1 #cid4 #agad ,and how much more 8enormous0 if we reverse the subjects1 and say during the monkey's development from the ,third ,race ,man4 #agae ,op4 cit41 pp4 #afj1 #afa4 #agaf ,principles of ,biology1 i4 #cde4 #agag ,modern ,science and ,modern ,thought1 p4 #id4 #agah ,ibid4 #agai ,the ,darwinian theory has been so strained1 that even ,huxley was forced at one time to deprecate its occasional degeneration into 8fanaticism40 ,oscar ,schmidt presents a good instance of a thinker who unconsciously exaggerates the worth of a hypothesis4 ,he admits 7,the ,doctrine of ,descent and ,darwinism1 p4 #aeh71 that 8natural selection 444 is in some cases 444 inadequate1 444 in others 444 not requisite1 as the solution of the formation of species is found in other natural conditions40 ,he also asserts the 8intermediate grades are 444 wanting1 which would entitle us to infer with certainty the direct transition from implacental to placental mammals0 7p4 #bga72 that 8we are referred entirely to conjecture and inference for the origin of the mammals0 7p4 #bfh72 and he speaks of the repeated failures of the framers of 8hypothetical pedigrees10 more especially of ,hckel1 while regarding their attempts as valuable 7p4 #bej74 ,nevertheless he asserts 7p4 #aid7 that 8what we have gained by the doctrine of descent based on the theory of selection 444 is the knowledge of the connection of organisms as consanguineous beings40 ,knowledge1 in the face of the abovecited concessions1 is1 then1 the synonym for conjecture and theory only8 #agbj ,the ,doctrine of ,descent and ,darwinism1 p4 #bfh4 #agba ,ibid41 pp4 #bgcbge4 #agbb ,bear in mind1 please1 that though the animals--mammalians included--have all been evolved after and partially from man's castoff tissues1 still1 as a far lower being1 the mammalian animal became placental and separated far earlier than man4 #agbc ,scientists now admit that ,europe enjoyed in the ,miocene times a warm1 in the ,pliocene or later ,tertiary1 a temperate climate4 ,littr's contention as to the balmy spring of the ,quaternary--to which deposits ,m4 de ,perthes' discoveries of flint implements are traceable 7since when the ,somme has worn down its valley many scores of feet7--must be accepted with much reservation4 ,the ,somme,valley relics are postglacial1 and possibly point to the immigration of savages during one of the more temperate periods intervening between minor ages of ,ice4 #agbd 8,whence they the old cavemen came1 we cannot tell0 7,grant ,allen74 8,the palolithic hunters of the ,somme ,valley did not originate in that inhospitable climate1 but moved into ,europe from some more genial region0 7,dr4 ,southall1 ,epoch of the ,mammoth1 p4 #cae74 #agbe ,the pure ,atlantean stocks--of which the tall ,quaternary cavemen were1 in part1 the direct descendants--immigrated into ,europe long prior to the ,glacial period2 in fact as far back as the ,pliocene and ,miocene times in the ,tertiary4 ,the worked ,miocene flints of ,thenay1 and the traces of ,pliocene man discovered by ,professor ,capellini in ,italy1 are witnesses to the fact4 ,these colonists were portions of the once glorious ,race1 whose cycle from the ,eocene onwards had been running down the scale4 #agbf ,the artistic skill displayed by the old cavemen renders the hypothesis which regards them as approximations to the pithecanthropus alalus--that very mythical ,heckelian monster--an absurdity requiring no ,huxley or ,schmidt to expose it4 ,we see in their skill in engraving a gleam of ,atlantean culture atavistically reppearing4 ,it will be remembered that ,donnelly regards modern ,european civilization as a renaissance of the ,atlantean4 7,atlantis1 pp4 #bcgbfd47 #agbg ,philosophy ,historical and ,critical1 ,pt4 ,,ii4 p4 #ejd1 chap41 8,on ,organic ,evolution40 #agbh ,lettres sur l',atlantide1 p4 #ab4 #agbi ,histoire de l',astronomie ,ancienne1 pp4 #be1 et seqq4 #agcj ,lettres sur l',atlantide1 p4 #ae4 ,this conjecture is but a half guess4 ,there were such 8deluges of barbarians0 in the ,fifth ,race4 ,with regard to the ,fourth1 it was a bon fide deluge of water which swept it away4 ,neither ,voltaire nor ,bailly1 however1 knew anything of the ,secret ,doctrine of the ,east4 #agca ,for a full discussion of the relations between the old ,greeks and ,romans1 and the ,atlantean colonists1 see ,five ,years of ,theosophy1 pp4 #cjhcdf4 #agcb ,timus1 translated by ,h4 ,davis1 pp4 #cbfcbh4 #agcc ,the story about ,atlantis and all the traditions thereon were told1 as all know1 by ,plato in his ,timus and ,critias4 ,plato1 when a child1 had it from his grandsire ,critias1 aged ninety1 who in his youth had been told of it by ,solon1 his father ,dropides' friend--,solon1 one of the ,seven ,sages of ,greece4 ,no more reliable source could be found1 we should think4 #agcd ,see ,dr4 ,carter ,blake's paper 8,on the ,naulette ,jaw10 ,anthropological ,review1 ,sept41 #ahfg4 #agce ,see de ,quatrefages and ,hamy1 ,crnes des ,races ,humaines4 #agcf ,hckel's 8manape0 of the ,miocene period is the dream of a monomaniac1 which de ,quatrefages 7,human ,species1 pp4 #ajeaac7 has cleverly disposed of4 ,it is not clear why the world should accept the lucubrations of a psychophobic ,materialist--to accept whose theory necessitates the acceptance on faith of various animals unknown to ,science or ,nature1 like the ,sozura1 for instance1 that amphibian which has never existed anywhere outside ,hckel's imagination--rather than the traditions of antiquity4 #agcg ,but see the mass of evidence collected by ,donnelly to prove the ,peruvian colony an offshoot of the ,atlanteans4 #agch ,cavernes de ,prigord1 p4 #ce4 #agci ,the ingenious author of ,atlantis1 the ,antediluvian ,world1 in discussing the origin of various ,grecian and ,roman institutions1 expresses his conviction that 8the roots of the institutions of to day reach back to the ,miocene age40 ,ay1 and further yet1 as already stated4 #agdj ,the ,human ,species1 p4 #aeb4 #agda ,as we know them1 however4 ,for not only does ,geology prove that the ,british ,islands have been four times submerged and relevated1 but that the straits between them and ,europe were dry land at a former remote epoch4 #agdb ,see1 in ,isis ,unveiled 7i4 #fbg71 what ,kullka ,bhatta says4 #agdc ,les ,origines de la ,terre et de l',homme1 p4 #ded4 ,to this1 ,professor ,n4 ,joly1 of ,toulouse1 who thus quotes the ,abb in his ,man before ,metals1 expresses the hope that ,m4 ,fabre will permit him 8to differ from him on this last point0 7p4 #ahf74 ,so do the ,occultists2 for though they claim a vast difference in the physiology and outward appearance of the five ,races so far evolved1 still they maintain that the present human species has descended from one and the same primitive stock1 evolved from the ,divine ,men--our common ancestors and progenitors4 #agdd ,loc4 cit41 #ae1 #ah4 #agde ,ibid41 #af4 #agdf ,op4 cit41 #haj4 #agdg 8,the flints of ,thenay bear unmistakable trace of the work of human hands40 7,g4 de ,mortillet1 ,promenades au ,muse de ,st4 ,germain1 p4 #gf47 #agdh ,albert ,gaudry1 ,les ,enchainements du ,monde ,animal dans les ,temps ,gologiques1 p4 #bdj4 #agdi ,speaking of the reindeer hunters of ,prigord1 ,joly says that they 8were of great height1 athletic1 with a strongly built skeleton40 7,man before ,metals1 p4 #cec47 #agej 8,on the shores of the lake of ,beauce10 says the ,abb ,bourgeois1 8man lived in the midst of a fauna which completely disappeared 7aceratherium1 tapir1 mastodon74 ,with the fluviatile sands of ,orlannais came the anthropomorphous monkey 7pliopitliecus antiquus72 therefore1 later than man40 ,see ,comptes ,rendus of the 8,prehistoric ,congress0 of #ahfg at ,paris4 #agea ,de ,quatrefages1 ,the ,human ,species1 p4 #cab4 #ageb 8,in making soundings in the slimy soil of the ,nile ,valley1 two baked bricks were discovered1 one at the depth of #bj1 the other at #bd yards4 ,if we estimate the thickness of the annual deposit formed by the river at #h inches a century more careful calculations have shown no more than from three to five per century1 we must assign to the first of these bricks an age of #ab1jjj years1 and to the second that of #ad1jjj years4 ,by means of analogous calculations1 ,burmeister supposes #gb1jjj years to have elapsed since the first appearance of man upon the soil of ,egypt1 and ,draper attributes to the ,european man who witnessed the last glacial epoch1 an antiquity of more than #bej1jjj years40 7,man before ,metals1 p4 #ahc47 ,egyptian ,zodiacs show more than #ge1jjj years of observation6 ,note well also that ,burmeister speaks only of the ,delta population4 #agec ,see ,esoteric ,buddhism1 p4 #ff1 ,fifth ,edition4 #aged ,or on what are now the ,british ,isles1 which were not yet detached from the main continent in those days4 8,the ancient inhabitant of ,picardy could pass into ,great ,britain without crossing the ,channel4 ,the ,british ,isles were united to ,gaul by an isthmus which has since been submerged40 7,man before ,metals1 p4 #ahd47 #agee ,he witnessed and remembered it too1 as 8the final disappearance of the largest continent of ,atlantis was an event concident with the elevation of the ,alps10 a ,master writes 7see ,esoteric ,buddhism p4 #gj74 ,pari passu1 as one portion of the dry land of our hemisphere disappeared1 some land of the new continent emerged from the seas4 ,it is on this colossal cataclysm1 which lasted during a period of #aej1jjj years1 that traditions of all the 8deluges0 are built1 the ,jews constructing their version on an event which took place later1 on ,poseidonis4 #agef 8,the ,antiquity of the ,human ,race10 in ,man before ,metals1 by ,m4 ,joly1 p4 #ahd4 #ageg ,the scientific 8jury0 disagreed1 as usual2 while de ,quatrefages1 de ,mortillet1 ,worsa1 ,engelhardt1 ,waldemar1 ,schmidt1 ,capellini1 ,hamy1 and ,cartailhac1 saw upon the flints the traces of human handiwork1 ,steenstrup1 ,virchow and ,desor refused to do so4 ,still the majority1 if we except some ,english ,scientists1 are for ,bourgeois4 #ageh ,we take the following description from a scientific work4 8,the first of these animals the alligator designed with considerable skill1 is no less than #bej ft4 long4444 ,the interior is formed of a heap of stones1 over which the form has been moulded in fine stiff clay4 ,the great serpent is represented with open mouth1 in the act of swallowing an egg of which the diameter is #ajj ft4 in the thickest part2 the body of the animal is wound in graceful curves and the tail is rolled into a spiral4 ,the entire length of the animal is #a1ajj ft4 ,this work is unique 444 and there is nothing on the old continent which offers any analogy to it40 ,except1 however1 its symbolism of the ,serpent 7the ,cycle of ,time7 swallowing the ,egg 7,kosmos74 #agei ,it might be better1 perhaps1 for fact had we more 8specialists0 in ,science and fewer 8authorities0 on universal questions4 ,we have never heard that ,humboldt gave authoritative and final decisions in the matter of polypi1 or on the nature of an excrescence4 #agfj #eg1jjj years is the date assigned by ,dr4 ,dowler to the remains of the human skeleton1 found buried beneath four ancient forests at ,new ,orleans on the banks of the ,mississippi river4 #agfa ,murray says of the ,mediterranean barbarians that they marvelled at the prowess of the ,atlanteans4 8,their physical strength was extraordinary witness indeed their cyclopean buildings1 the earth shaking sometimes under their tread4 ,whatever they did1 was done speedily4444 ,they were wise and communicated their wisdom to men0 7,mythology1 p4 #d74 #agfb ,art4 by ,dr4 ,c4 ,carter ,blake1 #ahga4 #agfc ,but the ,magi of ,persia were never ,persians--not even ,chaldans4 ,they came from a faroff land1 the ,orientalists being of opinion that the said land was ,media4 ,this may be so1 but from what part of ,media8 ,to this we receive no answer4 #agfd ,op4 cit41 p4 #afj4 #agfe ,op4 cit41 pp4 #cac4 #agff ,civilization of the ,eastern ,iranians in ,ancient ,times1 pp4 #acj1 #aca4 #agfg ,bm haptita1 ,yasna1 xxxii4 #c4 #agfh ,cf41 for instance1 vol4 i4 p4 #d1 of the ,pahlavi ,translation2 ,bdh4 xxi4 #b1 #c4 #agfi ,footnote by ,drb ,dastur ,peshotan ,sanjn1 ,b4,a41 the translator of ,dr4 ,wilhelm ,geiger's work on the ,civilization of the ,eastern ,iranians4 #aggj ,op4 cit41 pp4 #acj1 #aca4 #agga ,dr4 ,kenealy1 in his ,book of ,god1 quotes ,vallancey1 who says3 8,i had not been a week landed in ,ireland from ,gibraltar1 444 where ,i had studied ,hebrew and ,chaldaic under ,jews of various countries 444 when ,i heard a peasant girl say to a boor standing by her1 #8,feach an ,maddin ,nag' 7,behold the morning star71 pointing to the planet ,venus1 the ,maddina ,nag of the ,chaldan0 7pp4 #afb1 #afc74 #aggb ,lib4 iv4 #aggc ,there was a time when the whole world1 the totality of mankind1 had one religion1 and when they were of 8one lip40 8,all the religions of the earth were at first one and emanated from one centre10 says ,faber very truly4 #aggd ,critias1 translated by ,davis1 p4 #dae4 #agge ,plato's veracity has been so unwarrantably impeached by even such friendly critics as ,professor ,jowett1 when the story of ,atlantis has been discussed1 that it seems well to cite the testimony of a specialist on the subject4 ,it is sufficient to place mere literary cavillers in a very ridiculous position3 8,if our knowledge of ,atlantis was more thorough1 it would no doubt appear that in every instance wherein the people of ,europe accord with the people of ,america1 they were both in accord with the people of ,atlantis4444 ,it will be seen that in every case where ,plato gives us any information in this respect as to ,atlantis1 we find this agreement to exist4 ,it existed in architecture1 sculpture1 navigation1 engraving1 writing1 an established priesthood1 the mode of worship1 agriculture1 and the construction of roads and canals2 and it is reasonable to suppose that the same correspondence extended down to all the minor details40 7,donnelly1 ,atlantis1 p4 #afd4 ,twentyfourth ,ed47 #aggf ,christians ought not to object to this doctrine of the periodical destruction of continents by fire and water2 for ,st4 ,peter speaks of the ,earth 8standing out of the water1 and in the water1 whereby the world that then was1 being overflowed with water1 perished1 but is now reserved unto fire0 7,,ii4 iii4 #eg4 ,see also the ,lives of ,alchemystical ,philosophers1 p4 #d1 ,london1 #ahae74 #aggg ,see ,hesiod's ,theogony1 #ejgeji1 and ,odyssey1 i4 #eaec4 #aggh ,mmoires de l',acadmie des ,inscriptions1 p4 #agf4 #aggi schylus1 ,prometheus ,vinctus1 #cea1 #dbi1 etc4 #aghj iv4 #ahd4 #agha ,pyth41 i4 #bj2 ,decharme1 op4 cit41 p4 #cae4 #aghb ,this does not mean that ,atlas is the locality where it fell1 for this took place in ,northern and ,central ,asia2 but that ,atlas formed part of the ,continent4 #aghc ,had not ,diocletian burned the ,esoteric works of the ,egyptians in ,a4,d4 #bif1 together with their books on ,alchemy1 8 02 ,csar #gjj1jjj rolls at ,alexandria2 ,leo ,isaurus #cjj1jjj at ,constantinople 7eighth cent472 and the ,mahommedans all they could lay their sacrilegious hands on--the world might know to day more of ,atlantis than it does4 ,for ,alchemy had its birthplace in ,atlantis during the ,fourth ,race1 and had only its renaissance in ,egypt4 #aghd ,professor ,max ,mller's ,lectures--,on the ,philosophy of ,mythology--are before us4 ,we read his citations of ,heracleitus 7#dfj ,b4,c471 declaring that ,homer deserved 8to be ejected from public assemblies and flogged02 and of ,xenophanes 8holding ,homer and ,hesiod responsible for the popular superstitions of ,greece10 and for ascribing 8to the gods whatever is disgraceful and scandalous among men 444 unlawful acts1 such as theft1 adultery1 and fraud40 ,finally the ,oxford ,professor quotes from ,professor ,jowett's translation of ,plato1 where the latter tells ,adaimantus 7,republic7 that 8the young man in the state should not be told that in committing the worst of crimes1 he is far from doing anything outrageous1 and that he may chastise his father as ,zeus did with ,cronus 444 in any manner that he likes1 and in this will only be following the example of the first and greatest of the gods4444 ,in my opinion1 these stories are not fit to be repeated40 ,to this ,prof4 ,max ,mller observes that3 8the ,greek religion was clearly a national and traditional religion1 and1 as such1 it shared both the advantages and disadvantages of this form of religious belief02 while the ,christian religion is 8an historical and1 to a great extent1 an individual religion1 and it possesses the advantage of an authorized codex and of a settled system of faith0 7p4 #cdi74 ,so much the worse if it is 8historical10 for surely ,lot's incident with his daughters would only gain1 were it 8allegorical40 #aghe 1 ,hercules ,furens1 #acdf1 ,dindorf's ,edition4 #aghf ,critias1 #dba4 #aghg ,neptune or ,poseidon is the ,hind ,idaspati1 identical with ,nryana 7the ,mover on the ,waters7 or ,vishnu1 and like this ,hind ,god he is shown crossing the whole horizon in three steps4 ,idaspati means also the 8,master of the ,waters40 #aghh ,bailly's assertion that the #i1jjj years mentioned by the ,egyptian priests do not represent 8solar years0 is groundless4 ,bailly knew nothing of ,geology and its calculations2 otherwise he would have spoken differently4 #aghi ,see ,matsya ,purna1 which places him among the seven ,prajpatis of the period4 #agij ,iliad1 xxiv4 #gi4 #agia ,op4 cit41 p4 #abf4 #agib ,the equivalent of this name is given in the original4 #agic ,deucalion is said to have brought the worship of ,adonis and ,osiris into ,phnicia4 ,now this worship is that of the ,sun1 lost and found again in its astronomical significance4 ,it is only at the ,pole that the ,sun dies out for such a length of time as six months1 for in latitude #fh it remains dead only for forty days1 as in the festival of ,osiris4 ,the two worships were born in the north of ,lemuria1 or on that ,continent of which ,asia was a kind of broken prolongation1 and which stretched up to the polar regions4 ,this is well shown by de ,gebelin's ,allegories d',orient1 p4 #bdf1 and by ,bailly2 though neither ,hercules nor ,osiris are solar myths1 save in one of their seven aspects4 #agid ,the ,hyperboreans1 now regarded as mythical1 are described 7,herod41 iv4 #ccce2 ,pausanius1 i4 #ca1 #cb2 v4 #g1 #h2 x4 #e1 #g1 #h7 as the beloved priests and servants of the ,gods1 and of ,apollo chiefly4 #agie ,the ,cyclopes are not the only 8oneeyed0 representatives in tradition4 ,the ,arimaspes were a ,scythian people1 and were also credited with but one eye4 7,gographie ,ancienne1 ii4 #cba47 ,it is they whom ,apollo destroyed with his shafts4 #agif ,ulysses was wrecked on the isle of a1 where ,circe changed all his companions into pigs for their voluptuousness2 and after that he was thrown into ,ogygia1 the island of ,calypso1 where for some seven years he lived with the nymph in illicit connection4 ,now ,calypso was a daughter of ,atlas 7,odys41 xii471 and all the traditional ancient versions1 when speaking of the ,isle of ,ogygia1 say that it was very distant from ,greece1 and right in the middle of the ,ocean2 thus identifying it with ,atlantis4 #agig ,hygin41 ,astron4 ,potique1 ii4 #ae4 #agih ,nineteenth ,century1 ,july1 #ahhg4 #agii ,diod4 ,sic41 ii4 #cjg4 #ahjj ,to make a difference between ,lemuria and ,atlantis1 the ancient writers referred to the latter as the ,northern or ,hyperborean ,atlantis1 and to the former as the ,southern4 ,thus ,apollodorus says 7,mythology1 ,book ii73 8,the golden apples carried away by ,hercules are not1 as some think1 in ,lybia2 they are in the ,hyperborean ,atlantis40 ,the ,greeks naturalized all the ,gods they borrowed and made ,hellenes of them1 and the moderns helped them4 ,thus also the ,mythologists have tried to make of ,eridanus the river ,po1 in ,italy4 ,in the myth of ,phaeton it is said that at his death his sisters dropped hot tears which fell into ,eridanus and were changed into amber6 ,now amber is found only in the northern seas1 in the ,baltic4 ,phaeton1 meeting with his death while carrying heat to the frozen stars of the boreal regions1 awakening at the ,pole the ,dragon made rigid by cold1 and being hurled down into the ,eridanus1 is an allegory referring directly to the changes of climate in those distant times when1 from a frigid zone1 the polar lands had become a country with a moderate and warm climate4 ,the usurper of the functions of the ,sun1 ,phaeton1 being hurled into the ,eridanus by ,jupiter's thunderbolt1 is an allusion to the second change that took place in those regions when1 once more1 the land where 8the magnolia blossomed0 became the desolate forbidding land of the farthest north and eternal ice4 ,this allegory covers then the events of two ,pralayas2 and if well understood1 ought to be a demonstration of the enormous antiquity of the human races4 #ahja ,iliad1 xvii4 #dcadec4 #ahjb ,ibid41 #cbbccf4 #ahjc ,see ,apollodorus for this number4 #ahjd ,see 8,the ,sons of ,god and the ,sacred ,island40 #ahje ,so occult and mystic is one of the aspects of ,latona that she is made to reappear even in ,revelation 7xii71 as the woman clothed with the ,sun 7,apollo7 and the ,moon 7,diana7 under her feet1 who being with child 8cried1 travailing in birth1 and pained to be delivered40 ,a great red ,dragon stands before the woman ready to devour the child4 ,she brings forth the manchild who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron1 and who was caught unto the throne of ,god--the ,sun4 ,the woman fled to the wilderness still pursued by the ,dragon1 who flees again1 and casts out of his mouth water as a flood1 when the ,earth helped the woman and swallowed the flood2 and the ,dragon went to make war with the remnant of her seed who kept the commandments of ,god4 7,see xii4 #a1 #ag47 ,anyone who reads the allegory of ,latona pursued by the revenge of jealous ,juno1 will recognize the identity of the two versions4 ,juno sends ,python1 the ,dragon1 to persecute and destroy ,latona and devour her babe4 ,the latter is ,apollo1 the ,sun1 for the manchild of ,revelation1 8who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron0 is surely not the meek 8,son of ,god10 ,jesus1 but the physical ,sun1 8who rules all nations02 the ,dragon being the ,north ,pole1 gradually chasing the early ,lemurians from the lands which became more and more ,hyperborean and unfit to be inhabited by those who were fast developing into physical men1 for they now had to deal with the climatic variations4 ,the ,dragon will not allow ,latona 8to bring forth0--the ,sun to appear4 8,she is driven from heaven1 and finds no place where she can bring forth10 until ,neptune1 the ,ocean1 in pity1 makes immovable the floating isle of ,delos--the nymph ,asteria1 hitherto hiding from ,jupiter under the waves of the ,ocean--on which ,latona finds refuge1 and where the bright ,god ,delius is born1 the ,god1 who no sooner appears than he kills ,python1 the cold and frost of the ,arctic region1 in whose deadly coils all life becomes extinct4 ,in other words1 ,latona ,lemuria is transformed into ,niobe,atlantis1 over which her son ,apollo1 or the ,sun1 reigns--with an iron rod1 truly1 since ,herodotus makes the ,atlantes curse his too great heat4 ,this allegory is reproduced in its other mystic meaning 7another of the seven keys7 in the just cited chapter of ,revelation4 ,latona became a powerful ,goddess indeed1 and saw her son receive worship 7solar worship7 in almost every fane of antiquity4 ,in his ,occult aspect ,apollo is patron of number ,seven4 ,he is born on the seventh of the month1 and the swans of ,myorica swim seven times round ,delos singing that event2 he is given seven chords to his ,lyre--the seven rays of the ,sun and the seven forces of ,nature4 ,but this is only in the astronomical meaning1 whereas the above is purely geological4 #ahjf ,see ,ovid1 ,metamorphoses1 vi4 #ahjg ,lettres sur l',atlantide1 p4 #acg4 #ahjh ,hesiod1 ,opera et ,dies1 #adc4 #ahji ,hist4 ,nat41 iv4 #ab4 #ahaj ,marius4 #ahaa ,op4 cit41 c4 #af4 #ahab ,isaac ,myer's ,qabbalah1 p4 #aci4 #ahac ,diod41 ii4 #bbe4 #ahad ,op4 cit41 xxxvii4 #b4 #ahae ,vol4 i4 pp4 #dfbdfd4 #ahaf ,these islands were 8found strewn with fossils of horses1 sheep1 oxen1 etc41 among gigantic bones of elephants1 mammoths1 rhinoceroses10 etc4 ,if there was no man on ,earth at that period 8how came horses and sheep to be found in company with the huge antediluvians80--asks a ,master in a letter4 7,esoteric ,buddhism1 p4 #fg47 ,the reply is given above in the text4 #ahag ,op4 cit41 iv4 #bcibfb4 #ahah ,a good proof that all the ,gods1 and religious beliefs1 and myths have come from the ,north1 which was also the cradle of physical man1 lies in several suggestive words which have originated and remain to this day among the northern tribes in their primeval significance2 but1 although there was a time when all the nations were of 8one lip10 these words have received a different meaning with the ,greeks and ,latins4 ,one such word is mann1 man1 a living being1 and manes1 dead men4 ,the ,laplanders call their corpses to this day manee 7,voyage de ,rnard en ,laponie1 i4 #ahd74 ,mannus is the ancestor of the ,german race2 the ,hind ,manu1 the thinking being1 from man2 the ,egyptian ,menes2 and ,minos1 the ,king of ,crete1 judge of the infernal regions after his death--all proceed from the same word or root4 #ahai ,thus1 for instance1 ,gyges is a hundredarmed and fiftyheaded monster1 a ,demigod in one case1 and a ,lydian1 the successor of ,candaules1 king of the country1 in another version4 ,the same is found in the ,indian ,pantheon1 where ,rishis and the ,sons of ,brahm are reborn as mortals4 #ahbj ,op4 cit41 viii4 #ac4 #ahba ,the continents perish in turn by fire and water2 either through earthquakes and volcanic eruptions1 or by sinking and the great displacement of waters4 ,our continents have to perish by the former cataclysmal process4 ,the incessant earthquakes of the past years may be a warning4 #ahbb ,see ,decharme's ,mythologie de la ,grce ,antique4 #ahbc ,denis1 the ,geographer1 tells us that the great sea north of ,asia was called glacial1 or ,saturnine 7v4 #ce74 ,orpheus 7v4 #ajgg7 and ,pliny 7iv4 #af7 corroborate the statement by showing that it was its giant inhabitants who gave it the name4 ,and the ,secret ,doctrine explains both assertions by telling us that all the continents were formed from ,north to ,south2 and that as the sudden change of climate dwarfed the race that had been born on it1 arresting its growth1 so1 several degrees southward1 various conditions had always produced the tallest men in every new humanity1 or race4 ,we see it to this day4 ,the tallest men now found are those in ,northern countries1 while the smallest are ,southern ,asiatics1 ,hinds1 ,chinamen1 ,japanese1 etc4 ,compare the tall ,sikhs and ,punjabees1 the ,afghans1 ,norwegians1 ,russians1 ,northern ,germans1 ,scotchmen1 and ,english1 with the inhabitants of ,central ,india and the average ,european on the continent4 ,thus also the ,giants of ,atlantis1 and hence the ,titans of ,hesiod1 are all ,northerners4 #ahbd ,having already given several instances of the vagaries of ,science1 it is delightful to find such agreement in this particular case4 ,read in connection with the scientific admission 7cited elsewhere7 of the ,geologists' ignorance of even the approximate duration of periods1 the following passage is highly instructive3 8,we are not yet able to assign an approximate date for the most recent epoch at which our northern hemisphere was covered with glaciers4 ,according to ,mr4 ,wallace1 this epoch may have occurred no more than seventy thousand years ago1 while others would assign to it an antiquity of at least two hundred thousand years1 and there are yet others who urge strong arguments on behalf of the opinion that a million of years is barely enough to have produced the changes which have taken place since that event40 7,fiske1 ,cosmic ,philosophy1 i4 #cjd1 ,ed4 #ahgd47 ,prof4 ,lefvre1 again1 gives us as his estimate one hundred thousand years4 ,clearly1 then1 if ,modern ,science is unable to estimate the date of so comparatively recent an era as the ,glacial ,epoch1 it can hardly impeach the ,esoteric ,chronology of ,race,periods and ,geological ,ages4 #ahbe ,cited in ,schmidt's ,doctrine of ,descent and ,darwinism1 pp4 #cjj1 #cja4 #ahbf ,philosophy ,historical and ,critical1 p4 #ejh4 #ahbg ,human ,species1 pp4 #dbh1 et seqq4 #ahbh ,art41 8,the ,first ,volume of the ,publications of the ',challenger1'0 p4 #b1 ,nov4 #dth1 #ahhj4 #ahbi ,op4 cit41 ,art41 8,australia and ,europe formerly one ,continent0 7v4 #ai1 #be74 ,undoubtedly a fact1 and a confirmation of the ,esoteric conception of ,lemuria1 which originally not only embraced great areas in the ,indian and ,pacific ,oceans1 but projected round ,south ,africa into the ,north ,atlantic4 ,its ,atlantic portion subsequently became the geological basis of the future home of the ,fourth ,race ,atlanteans4 #ahcj ,ibid41 i4 #adc4 #ahca ,cf41 the published reports of the 8,challenger0 expedition2 also ,donnelly's ,atlantis1 p4 #dfh and pp4 #dfef1 ,chap41 8,the ,testimony of the ,sea40 #ahcb ,even the cautious ,lefvre speaks of the existence of ,tertiary men on 8upheaved lands1 islands and continents then flourishing1 but since submerged beneath the waters10 and elsewhere introduces a 8possible ,atlantis0 to explain ethnological facts4 ,cf41 his ,philosophy ,historical and ,critical1 pp4 #dgh and #ejd4 ,mr4 ,donnelly remarks with rare intuition that 8modern civilization is ,atlantean 444 the inventive faculty of the present age is taking up the great delegated work of creation where ,atlantis left it thousands of years ago0 7,atlantis1 p4 #agg4 ,twentyfourth ,ed474 ,he also refers the origin of culture to the ,miocene times4 ,it is1 however1 to be sought for in the teachings given to the ,third ,race men by their ,divine ,rulers--at a vastly earlier period4 #ahcc ,an equally 8curious0 similarity may be traced between some of the ,west ,indian and ,west ,african fauna4 #ahcd ,the ,pacific portion of the giant ,lemurian ,continent christened by ,dr4 ,carter ,blake1 the ,anthropologist1 8,pacificus40 #ahce 8,subsidence and ,elevation10 ,geological ,magazine1 pp4 #bda1 #bde1 ,june1 #ahha4 #ahcf ,antiquity of ,man1 p4 #dib4 #ahcg ,when ,howard read1 before the ,royal ,society of ,london1 a paper on the first serious researches that were made on the aerolites1 the ,geneva ,naturalist ,pictet1 who was present1 communicated1 on his return to ,paris1 the facts reported to the ,french ,academy of ,sciences4 ,but he was forthwith interrupted by ,laplace1 the great ,astronomer1 who cried3 8,stop6 we have had enough of such fables1 and know all about them10 thus making ,pictet feel very small4 ,globularshaped lightnings or thunderbolts have been admitted by ,science only since ,arago demonstrated their existence4 ,says de ,rochat 7,forces ,non definies1 p4 #d73 8,every one remembers ,dr4 ,bouilland's misadventure at the ,academy of ,medicine when he had declared ,edison's phonograph #8a trick of ventriloquism'60 #ahch ,principles of ,geology1 i4 #i1 #aj4 #ahci ,ibid4 #ahdj ,the ,cyclic ,law of ,race,evolution is most unwelcome to ,scientists4 ,it is sufficient to mention the fact of 8primeval civilization0 to excite the frenzy of ,darwinians2 it being obvious that the further culture and science is pushed back1 the more precarious becomes the basis of the apeancestor theory4 ,but as ,jacolliot says3 8,whatever there may be in these traditions submerged continents1 etc41 and whatever may have been the place where a civilization more ancient than that of ,rome1 of ,greece1 of ,egypt1 and of ,india1 was developed1 it is certain that this civilization did exist1 and it is highly important for science to recover its traces1 however feeble and fugitive they be40 7,histoire des ,virges2 les ,peuples et les ,continents ,disparus1 p4 #ae47 ,donnelly has proved the fact from the clearest premises1 but the ,evolutionists will not listen4 ,a ,miocene civilization upsets the 8universal ,stone age0 theory1 and that of a continuous ascent of man from animalism4 ,and yet ,egypt1 at least1 runs counter to current hypotheses4 ,there is no ,stone age visible there1 but a more glorious culture is apparent the further back we are enabled to carry our retrospect4 #ahda ,myths and ,myth,makers1 p4 #ba4 #ahdb ,violent minor cataclysms and colossal earthquakes are recorded in the annals of most nations--if not of all4 ,elevation and subsidence of continents is always in progress4 ,the whole coast of ,south ,america has been raised up #aj to #ae feet and settled down again in an hour4 ,huxley has shown that the ,british ,islands have been four times depressed beneath the ocean and subsequently raised again and peopled4 ,the ,alps1 ,himlayas and ,cordilleras were all the result of depositions drifted on to seabottoms and upheaved by ,titanic forces to their present elevation4 ,the ,sahara was the basin of a ,miocene sea4 ,within the last five or six thousand years the shores of ,sweden1 ,denmark and ,norway1 have risen from #bjj to #fjj feet2 in ,scotland there are raised beaches with outlying stacks and skerries surmounting the shore now eroded by the hungry wave4 ,the ,north of ,europe is still rising from the sea1 and ,south ,america presents the phenomenon of raised beaches of over #a1jjj miles in length1 now at a height varying from #ajj to #a1cjj feet above the sealevel4 ,on the other hand1 the coast of ,greenland is sinking fast1 so much so that the ,greenlander will not build by the shore4 ,all these phenomena are certain4 ,why then may not a gradual change have given place to a violent cataclysm in remote epochs--such cataclysms occurring on a minor scale even now1 e4g41 the case of ,sunda ,island with the destruction of #hj1jjj ,malays8 #ahdc ,for the opinions of ,jacolliot1 after long travels through the ,polynesian ,islands1 and his proofs of a former great geological cataclysm in the ,pacific ,ocean1 see his ,histoire des ,virges2 les ,peuples et les ,continents ,disparus1 p4 #cjh4 #ahdd ,august1 #ahhj4 #ahde ,doctrine of ,descent and ,darwinism1 pp4 #bcf1 #bcg4 ,cf4 also his lengthy arguments on the subject1 pp4 #bcabce4 #ahdf ,op4 cit41 i4 #bb1 #bc1 ,ed4 #ahfi4 #ahdg ,pedigree of ,man1 p4 #gc4 #ahdh ,cited in ,schmidt's ,doctrine of ,descent and ,darwinism1 p4 #bch4 #ahdi ,for further facts as to the isolation of the ,basques in ,europe and their ethnological relations1 see ,joly1 ,man before ,metals1 p4 #caf4 ,b4 ,davis is disposed to concede1 from an examination of the skulls of the ,guanches of the ,canary ,islands and modern ,basques1 that both belong to a race proper to those ancient islands1 of which the ,canaries are the remains6 ,this is a step in advance indeed4 ,de ,quatrefages and ,hamy also both assign the ,cro,magnon men of ,south ,france and the ,guanches to one type--a proposition which involves a certain corollary which both these writers may not care to father4 #ahej ,families of ,speech4 #ahea ,cf41 ,benjamin1 ,the ,atlantic ,islands1 p4 #acj4 #aheb ,westminster ,review1 ,jan41 #ahgb4 #ahec ,schmidt1 ,doctrine of ,descent and ,darwinism1 p4 #bbc4 #ahed ,professor ,retzius1 ,smithsonian ,report1 #ahei1 p4 #bff4 #ahee ,see the investigations of ,united ,states ship 8,dolphin0 and others4 #ahef ,scientific ,american1 ,july #bhth1 #ahgg4 #aheg ,see his chart1 ,atlantis1 p4 #df1 though he deals with only a fragment of the real ,continent4 #aheh ,donnelly1 ,atlantis1 p4 #dhj4 #ahei ,maonnerie ,occulte1 p4 #dd4 #ahfj ,vide ,sir ,william ,thompson and ,mr4 ,huxley4