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

“It will be perceived from these extended illustrations that the Satan of the Old Testament, the Diabolos or Devil of the Gospels and Apostolic Epistles, were but the antagonistic principle in matter, necessarily incident to it, and not wicked in the moral sense of the term. The Jews, coming from the Persian country, brought with [...]

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

“Job hearkens to the words of wisdom, and then the “Lord” answers Job “out of the whirlwind of nature”, God's first visible manifestation: “Stand still, O Job, stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God; for by them alone thou canst know God. 'Behold, God is great, and we know him not', Him who [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]