the imitation of christ, the 1st book: chapter xiii (resisting temptation)

OF RESISTING TEMPTATION “So long as we live in the world, we cannot be without trouble and trial. Wherefore it is written in Job, The life of man upon the earth is a trial. And therefore, ought each of us to give heed concerning trials and temptations, and watch unto prayer, lest the devil find [...]

Blessed Night, Loves 😊

I Pray All Is Well With Everyone... And Your Hearts And Minds Are Full Of Love, Joy, And Compassion... For All God's Children... And All God's Creation! Now Look... We Go On And On And On In Toxic And Unproductive Repetition In This Country... Day After Day... Year After Year... While This Nation Allows Its Own [...]

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

“And now that we have shown this identity between Michael and Satan, and the Saviours and Dragons of other people, what can be more clear than that all these philosophical fables originated in India, that universal hot bed of metaphysical mysticism? “The world”, says Ramatsariar, in his comments upon the Vedas, “commenced with a contest [...]

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

“St. John is known to have traveled in Asia, a country governed by Magi and imbued with Zoroastrian ideas, and in those days full of Buddhist missionaries. Had he never visited those places and come in contact with Buddhists, it is doubtful whether the Revelation would have been written. Besides his ideas of the dragon, [...]

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 [...]