cosmology
Astral Light
The universal fluid or medium of occult philosophy — Lévi's Great Magical Agent — that transmits will, thought, and magical influence between minds and matter, and preserves the impress of all forms and actions as a book of consciences; cognate with akasha and the anima mundi. Distinct from cosmic_sympathy (a doctrine of hidden affinity) in being a substantival medium that can be charged, directed, and abused.
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◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Ancient Mysteries and Secret Societies Which Have Influenced Modern Masonic Symbolismd
“THE DRUIDIC MYSTERIES OF BRITAIN AND GAUL "The original and primitive inhabitants of Britain, at some remote period, revived and reformed their national institutes.
Their priest, or instructor, had hitherto been simply named Gwydd, but it…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Isis, the Virgin of the Worldg
“At one of her ears was the moon and at the other the sun, to indicate that these two were the agent and patient, or father and mother principles of all natural objects; and that Isis, or Nature, makes use of these two luminaries to communic…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Life and Philosophy of Pythagorash
“This fifth element, or ether, was called by the Hindus akasa .
It was closely correlated with the hypothetical ether of modern science, and was the interpenetrative substance permeating all of the other elements and acting as a common solv…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Pythagorean Mathematicsk
“The tetrad--4--was esteemed by the Pythagoreans as the primogenial number, the root of all things, the fountain of Nature and the most perfect number.
All tetrads are intellectual; they have an emergent order and encircle the world as the…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Human Body in Symbolisma
“THE oldest, the most profound, the most universal of all symbols is the human body.
The Greeks, Persians, Egyptians, and Hindus considered a philosophical analysis of man's triune nature to be an indispensable part of ethical and religious…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Hiramic Legendc
“Upon CHiram's refusal to reveal the Master's Word , the ruffian struck him on the throat with the rule, and the wounded Master then hastened to the west gate, where Jubelo, armed with a square, awaited him and made a similar demand.
Again…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Hiramic Legendd
“Among the manuscripts of Dr.
Sigismund Bastrom, the initiated Rosicrucian, appears the following extract from von Welling concerning the true philosophic nature of the Masonic CHiram: "The original word חירם, CHiram, is a radical word cons…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Hiramic Legendf
“The arrant enemies of universal democracy have ever been the crown, the tiara, and the torch.
Thus CHiram symbolizes that ideal state of spiritual, intellectual, and physical emancipation which has ever been sacrificed upon the altar of hu…”
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