isis unveiled: chapter X (outside the walls…)

""And why do they prophesy the overthrow of Christianity by science? Listen:...we must perish by science because we teach mysteries, and because the Christian mysteries are in radical antagonism with modern science....Mystery is the negation of common sense; science repels it; science condemns it; she has spoken - Anathema! Ah! you are right; if Christian [...]

isis unveiled: chapter X (outside the walls…)

"It is sometimes as interesting as instructive to follow the two great rivals, science and theology, in their frequent skirmishes. Not all of the sons of the Church are as unsuccessful in their attempts at advocacy as the poor Abbe Moigno, of Paris. This respectable, and no doubt well-meaning divine, in his fruitless attempt to [...]

isis unveiled: chapter X (outside the walls…)

"ΤΕΣ δε γαρ εκ τριαδος παν πνευμα πατερ εκερασε. - TAY.: Lyd. de Mens., 20. "The more powerful souls perceive truth through themselves, and are of a more inventive nature. Such souls are saved through their own strength, according to the oracle." - PROCLUS in I Alc. "Since the soul perpetually runs and passes through [...]