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

"In the Book of Hermes, "Pimander", is enunciated in distinct and unequivocal sentences, the whole trinitarian dogma accepted by the Christians. "The light is me", says Pimander, the DIVINE THOUGHT. "I am the nous or intelligence, and I am thy god, and I am far older than the human principle which escapes from the shadow. [...]

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

"Among the Church dogmas which have most seriously suffered of late at the hands of the Orientalists, the last in question stands conspicuous. The reputation of each of the three personages of the anthropomorphic godhead as an original revelation to the Christians through Divine will, has been badly compromised by inquiry into its predecessors and [...]