isis unveiled: chapter chapter VII (thou great first cause)

"Every sentence of Pythagoras, like most of the ancient maxims, has a dual signification; and, while it had an occult physical meaning, expressed literally in its words, it embodied a moral precept, which is explained by Iamblichus in his Life of Pythagoras. This "Dig not fire with a sword", is the ninth symbol in the [...]

isis unveiled: chapter chapter VII (thou great first cause)

"Formerly, magic was a universal science, entirely in the hands of the sacerdotal savant. Though the focus was jealously guarded in the sanctuaries, its rays illuminated the whole of mankind. Otherwise, how are we to account for the extraordinary identity of "superstitions", customs, traditions, and even sentences, repeated in popular proverbs so widely scattered from [...]

Blessed Night, Loves 😊

I Pray All Is Well With Everyone...And Your Hearts And Minds Are Overflowing With Love, Joy, And Compassion...This Holiday Season...For All Of God's Children, Everywhere; And With Spirits Full Of Gratitude - Giving Thanks For Each And Every Day That We Are Here - Let Us Generously Radiate Those Higher Qualities Of Love And Light...All [...]

isis unveiled: chapter chapter VII (thou great first cause)

"We are at the bottom of a cycle and evidently is a transitory state. Plato divides the intellectual progress of the universe during every cycle into fertile and barren period. In the sublunary regions, the spheres of the various elements remain eternally in perfect harmony with the divine nature, he says; "but their parts", owing [...]

isis unveiled: chapter chapter VII (thou great first cause)

"It is sufficient for one to express belief in the existence of a mysterious sympathy between the life of certain plants and that of human beings, to assure being made the subject of ridicule. Nevertheless, there are many well-authenticated cases going to show the reality of such an affinity. Persons have been known to fall [...]