isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter vii (defending the secret science)

“But before we are forced to believe the accusations, may we not be permitted to inquire into the historical characters of their accusers? Let us begin by asking upon what ground does the Church of Rome build her claim of supremacy for her doctrines over those of the Gnostics? Apostolic succession, undoubtedly. The succession, traditionally, [...]

isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter vii (defending the secret science)

“It is generally held by all the symbolical writers that the Ophites were found guilty of practicing the most licentious rites during their religious meetings. The same accusation was brought against the Manichaeans, the Carpocratians, the Paulicians, the Albigenses – in short, against every Gnostic sect which had the temerity to claim the right to [...]

Grateful Day, Everyone…

“If you will enjoy commanding everything to become the Cosmic Victory of the Cosmic Christ, you will imprint upon the ethers about you the Patterns of Perfection; and the Power of the Sacred Fire will draw forth from Our Octave the Manifestations of that Victory! Had you ever thought of just acknowledging the Victory of the [...]

isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter vii (defending the secret science)

“As a last word, the Christian Gnostics sprang into existence toward the beginning of the second century, and just at the time when the Essenes most mysteriously faded away, which indicated that they were the identical Essenes, and moreover pure Christists, viz.: they believed and were those who best understood what one of their own [...]