isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter x (the devil)

“The Book of Job is a complete representation of ancient initiation, and the trials which generally precede this grandest of all ceremonies. The neophyte perceives himself deprived of everything he valued and afflicted with foul disease. His wife appeals to him to adore God and die; there was no more hope for him. Three friends [...]

Grateful Day, Everyone…

“Do you think it is just your physical efforts which accomplish things in the outer world?  Beloved Ones, it is the Light, the Energy of your Presence, which goes forth before you and accomplishes what you desire. When you realize Harmony is the IMPERATIVE thing in your feeling, so this energy may flow forth and [...]

isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter x (the devil)

"But we ought, perhaps, to explain the ancient use of allegory and symbology. The truth in the former was left to be deduced; the symbol expressed some abstract quality of the Deity, which the laity could easily apprehend. Its higher sense terminated there; and it was employed by the multitude thenceforth as an image to [...]