Isis Unveiled: chapter I (an axiom of hermetic philosophy)

"According to the claims of the Babylonian priests, corroborated by Eupolemus, the city of Babylon, owes its foundation to those who were saved from the catastrophe of the deluge; they were the giants and they built the tower which is noticed in history.   These giants who were great astrologers and had received moreover from [...]

Isis Unveiled: chapter I (an axiom of hermetic philosophy)

"In order to demonstrate that the notions which the ancients entertained about dividing human history into cycles were not utterly devoid of a philosophical basis, we will close this chapter by introducing to the reader one of the oldest traditions of antiquity as to the evolution of our planet.   At the close of each [...]

Isis Unveiled: chapter I (an axiom of hermetic philosophy)

"How many of our inveterate skeptics belong, notwithstanding their materialism, to Masonic Lodges? The brothers of the Rosie-Cross, mysterious practitioners of the mediaeval ages, still live - but in name only. They may "shed tears at the grave of their respectable Master, Hiram Abiff"; but vainly will they search for the true locality, "where the [...]

Isis Unveiled: chapter I (an axiom of hermetic philosophy)

"Speaking of ancient geographers, Plutarch remarks in Theseus, that they  "crowd into the edges of their maps parts of the world which they do not know about, adding notes in the margin to the effect that beyond this lies nothing but sandy deserts full of wild beasts and unapproachable bogs."   Do not our theologians [...]