isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter i (the church)

"The Egyptian Isis was also represented as a Virgin Mother by her devotees, and as holding her infant son, Horus, in her arms. In some statues and basso-relievos, when she appears alone, she is either completely nude or veiled from head to foot. But in the Mysteries, in common with nearly every other goddess, she [...]

isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter i (the church)

"Some years ago, certain travelers saw in Barri, Italy, a statue of the Madonna, arrayed in a flounced pink skirt over a swelling crinoline! Pious pilgrims who may be anxious to examine the regulation wardrobe of their God's mother, may do so by going to Southern Italy, Spain, and Catholic North and South America. The [...]

Blessed Night, Loves 😊

I Pray All Is Well With Everyone...And Your Hearts And Minds Are Full Of Love, Joy, And Compassion...For Yourselves And Everyone Else...All Over The World. And Regardless Of The Negative Conditions All Around...Or Those Groups Or Individuals Trying To Rule Over Or Impose Their Unjust Concepts...Upon Everyone Else; Let Us All Hold Steadfast To Our [...]

isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter i (the church)

"We have also read with great advantage the topographical descriptions of Hell and Purgatory in the celebrated treatise under that name by a Jesuit, the Cardinal Bellarmin. A critic found that the author, who gives the description from a divine vision with which he was favored, "appears to possess all the knowledge of a land-measurer" [...]

isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter i (the church)

"Mr. Gladstone went to the trouble of making a catalogue of what he terms the "flowers of speech", disseminated through these Papal discourses. Let us cull a few of the chosen terms used by this vicegerent of Him, who said that "whosoever shall say Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell-fire." They are selected from [...]