“They have seven great commandments which are imparted equally to all the uninitiated; and yet, even these well-known articles of faith have been so mixed up in the accounts of outside writers, that, in one of the best Cyclopaedias of America (Appleton’s), they are garbled after the fashion that may be seen in the comparative tabulation below; the spurious and the true order parallel:
Correct version of the Commandments as imparted orally by the teachers:
1. The unity of God, or the infinite oneness of Deity.
2. The essential excellence of Truth.
3. Toleration; right given to all men and women to freely express their opinions on religious matters, and make the latter subservient to reason.
4. Respect to all men and women according to their character and conduct.
5. Entire submission to God’s decrees.
6. Chastity of body, mind, and soul.
7. Mutual help under all conditions.
Garbled version reported by the Christian missionaries and given in pretended expositions:
1. (2) “’Truth in words’, meaning in practice, only truth to the religion and to the initiated; it is lawful to act and to speak falsehood to men of another creed.”
2. (7) “Mutual help, watchfulness, and protection.
3. (?) To renounce all other religions.”
4. (?) “To be separate from infidels of every kind, not externally but only in heart.”
5. (1) “Recognize God’s eternal unity.”
6. (5) “Satisfied with God’s acts.”
7. (5) “Resigned to God’s will.”
As will be seen, the only exposé in the above is that of the great ignorance, perhaps malice, of the writers who, like Sylvestre de Sacy, undertake to enlighten the world upon matters concerning which they know nothing. “Chastity, honesty, meekness, and mercy”, are thus the four theological virtues of all Druzes, besides several others demanded from the initiates: “Murder, theft, cruelty, covetous, slander”, the five sins, to which several other sins are added in the sacred tablets, but which we must abstain from giving.”
H. P. Blavatsky
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