theology
Covenant
A binding agreement or relationship between the divine and a people or individual, establishing mutual obligations.
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◆The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter V
“CHAPTER V. 1. Observe ⌈⌈ ye ⌉⌉ how the trees cover themselves with green leaves and bear fruit: wherefore give ye heed ⌈ and know ⌉ with regard to all ⌈ His works ⌉ , and recognize how He that liveth for ever hath made them so. 2. And ⌈ all…”
◆The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter X (part 1)
“CHAPTER X.
1.
Then said the Most High, the Holy and Great One spake, and sent Uriel to the son of Lamech, and said to him: 2.
' 〈 Go to Noah 〉 and tell him in my name "Hide thyself!" and reveal to him the end that is approaching: that th…”
◆The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter LV
“CHAPTER LV. 1. And after that the Head of Days repented and said: 'In vain have I destroyed all who dwell on the earth.' 2. And He sware by His great name: 'Henceforth I will not do so to all who dwell on the earth, and I will set a sign in…”
◆The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter LVIII
“LVIII-LXXI. The Third Parable . LVIII. The Blessedness of the Saints . CHAPTER LVIII. 1. And I began to speak the third Parable concerning the righteous and elect. p. 75 2. Blessed are ye, ye righteous and elect, For glorious shall be your…”
◆The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter LX (part 1)
“LX.
Book of Noah--a Fragment .
p.
76 Quaking of Heaven: Behemoth and Leviathan: the Elements .
CHAPTER LX.
1.
In the year five hundred, in the seventh month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the life of †Enoch†.
In that Parable…”
◆The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter LXV
“LXV. Enoch foretells to Noah the Deluge and his own Preservation . CHAPTER LXV. 1. And in those days Noah saw the earth that it had sunk down and its destruction was nigh. 2. And he arose from thence and went to the ends of the earth, and c…”
◆The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter LXXXIV
“CHAPTER LXXXIV. 1. And I lifted up my hands in righteousness and blessed the Holy and Great One, and spake with the breath of my mouth, and with the p. 113 tongue of flesh, which God has made for the children of the flesh of men, that they…”
◆The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter LXXXIX (part 1)
“LXXXIX.
1-9.
The Deluge and the Deliverance of Noah .
CHAPTER LXXXIX.
1.
And one of those four went to that white bull and instructed him in a secret, without his being terrified: he was born a bull and became a man, and built for hims…”
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◆The Mabinogion | Tale PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWCo
“And Peredur and the maiden were placed together, and the two young pages served them.
And the maiden gazed sorrowfully upon Peredur, and Peredur asked the maiden wherefore she was sad.
“For thee, my soul; for, from when I first beheld the…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWCp
“And we will go to do homage to Arthur, and to embrace the faith and be baptized.” Then said Peredur, “To Heaven I render thanks that I have not broken my vow to the lady that best I love, which was, that I would not speak one word unto any…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWCs
“Thou seest the many lovely maidens that there are in this Court; thou shalt have her whom thou best likest for the lady of thy love.” “Lady, I came not hither from my country to woo; but match yourselves as it liketh you with the comely you…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWCw
“And they went, together with the miller.
And Peredur went and sat down in the outer chamber of the tent, and she came and placed herself by his side.
And there was but little discourse between them.
And Peredur took his leave, and went t…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale KILHWCH AND OLWENx
“Were he alive, thy death he’d be.
And thereupon Kai was wroth, so that the warriors of the Island could scarcely make peace between Kai and Arthur.
And thenceforth, neither in Arthur’s troubles, nor for the slaying of his men, would Kai c…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVEDa
“Pwyll Prince of Dyved was lord of the seven Cantrevs of Dyved; and once upon a time he was at Narberth his chief palace, and he was minded to go and hunt, and the part of his dominions in which it pleased him to hunt was Glyn Cuch.
So he s…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVEDb
““Show me how I may.” “I will show thee.
Behold thus it is thou mayest.
I will make firm friendship with thee; and this will I do.
I will send thee to Annwvyn in my stead, and I will give thee the fairest lady thou didst ever behold to be…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVEDc
“And when he came to the Ford, a knight arose and spake thus.
“Lords,” said he, “listen well.
It is between two kings that this meeting is, and between them only.
Each claimeth of the other his land and territory, and do all of you stand…”
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◆The Kalevala | Rune IIe
“Here a few days pass unnoted And as many nights fly over.
When the seventh day had journeyed, On the morning of the eighth day, Wainamoinen, wise and ancient, Went to view his crop of barley, How his plowing, how his sowing, How his labors…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune VIIe
“Forged the air a hollow cover; Nowhere see we hammer-traces, Nowhere find a single tongs-mark." Thus replied the hostess, Louhi: "Him alone I'll give my daughter, Promise him my child in marriage, Who for me will forge the Sampo, Hammer me…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune IXb
“"Then the blacksmith, Ilmarinen, Came to earth to work the metal; He was born upon the Coal-mount, Skilled and nurtured in the coal-fields; In one hand, a copper hammer, In the other, tongs of iron; In the night was born the blacksmith, In…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune IXd
“"Surely thou wert void of greatness, Having neither strength nor beauty, When the moose was trampling on thee, When the roebuck trod upon thee, When the tracks of wolves were in thee, And the bear-paws scratched thy body.
Surely thou hadst…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune Xd
“From her dressing-room she hastens, To the hall she bastes and listens, Full of beauty, full of joyance, Ears erect and eyes bright-beaming, Ruddy cheeks and charming visage, Waiting for the hero-stranger.
Louhi, hostess of Pohyola, Leads…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune XIe
“Was not born in lofty station, From a tribe of noble heroes, From a worthy race descended; But I have a sword of fervor, And a spear yet filled with courage, Surely these are well descended, These were born from hero-races, Sharpened by the…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune XVIIIc
“These the words of Wainamoinen: "Come, O maiden, to my vessel, In my magic ship be seated, Then I'll give thee truthful answer." Thus Annikki, silver-tinselled, Answers ancient Wainamoinen: "With the winds I'll fill thy vessel, To thy bark…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune XIXa
“'S WOOING.
Ilmarinen, hero-blacksmith, The eternal metal-worker, Hastens forward to the court-room Of the hostess of Pohyola, Of the master of the Northland, Hastens through the open portals Into Louhi's home and presence.
Servants come w…”
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◆Meister Eckhart's Sermons (Field translation) | IIIb
“The earth cannot flee from heaven: whether it flee up or down, the heaven rains its influence upon it, and stamps its impress upon it, and makes it fruitful, whether it be willing or not.
Thus doth God with men: whoever thinketh to escape…”
◆The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 11 (part 4)
“"The Word of promise, which was before the Jews as an antitype, or as an image in a mirror, wherein the wrathful Father imagined and wherewith He extinguished His wrath, began to move essentially, as it had not moved from eternity; for when…”
◆The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 11 (part 5)
“If, then, the soul of the child is in the Holy Trinity, do you then not think that its glorious light beautifully illuminates the mother, and does not that mother rightfully put her feet upon the Moon, 1 as being exalted above all that is o…”
◆The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 11 (part 10)
“"Human reason can understand nothing about the kingdom of Christ, nor about His person or office, because the testament of Christ is celestial, and human reasoning is terrestrial; the latter seeks Christ in time, while He can only be found…”
◆The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 12 (part 2)
“1 "It was the will of God to transmute humanity, after it had become earthly, again into the celestial quality, to turn the human earth (material element) into heaven, to make out of the four elements only one, and to transform the wrath of…”
◇The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 10 (part 1)
“p.
198 CHAPTER X.
THE CHRIST.
"The inner element which holds the whole body of this world has become the eternal body of Christ; for the whole of Divinity in the word and heart of God has entered therein in eternity; and the same Divinit…”
◇The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 10 (part 3)
“It was she in whom the voice of God promised again to introduce the living, holy substance from heaven, and to generate anew and in divine power the faded image of God that was contained therein." 1 ( Grace , vii.
18.) This, however, did n…”
◇The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 10 (part 4)
“Therefore the Word and the bruiser of the head of the serpent did not enter into form within their souls; but it stood within the mind to oppose the devils and the kingdom of hell with those that were willing to surrender themselves to it."…”
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◆The Golden Verses of Pythagoras | Section 5 (part 1)
“p.
9 NOTES ON THE GOLDEN VERSES OF PYTHAGORAS FROM THE COMMENTARIES OF HIEROCLES.
The Golden Verses may be divided into two parts, the first treating of the Practical or Human Virtues, whose aim is the making of Good Men; and the second,…”
◆The Golden Verses of Pythagoras | Section 13 (part 49)
“545 Τὸν δ᾽ αὖτε προσέειπε Προμηθεὺς ἀγκυλομήτης ἦκ᾽ ἐπιμειδήσας, δολίης δ᾽ οὐ λήθετο τέχνης· Ζεῦ κύδιστε μέγιστε θεῶν αἰειγενετάων, τῶν δ᾽ ἕλε᾽, ὁπποτέρην σε ἐνὶ φρεσὶ θυμὸς ἀνώγει.
Φῆ ῥα δολοφρονέων· Ζεὺς δ᾽ ἄφθιτα μήδεα εἰδὼς 550 γνῶ ῥ᾽…”
◆The Golden Verses of Pythagoras | Section 13 (part 50)
“Τὸν δὲ μέγ᾽ ὀχθήσας προσέφη νεφεληγερέτα Ζεύς· Ἰαπετιονίδη, πάντων πέρι μήδεα εἰδώς, ὦ πέπον, οὐκ ἄρα πω δολίης ἐπιλήθεο τέχνης.
560 Ὥς φάτο χωόμενος Ζεὺς ἄφθιτα μήδεα εἰδώς· ἐκ τούτου δὴ ἔπειτα δόλου μεμνημένος αἰεὶ οὐκ ἐδίδου μελίῃσι πυρ…”
◆The Golden Verses of Pythagoras | Section 13 (part 70)
“[Ἔνθα δὲ γῆς δνοφερῆς καὶ Ταρτάρου ἠερόεντος πόντου τ᾽ ἀτρυγέτοιο καὶ οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος ἑξείης πάντων πηγαὶ καὶ πείρατ᾽ ἔασιν ἀργαλέ᾽ εὐρώεντα, τά τε στυγέουσι θεοί περ.
810 Ἔνθα δὲ μαρμάρεαί τε πύλαι καὶ χάλκεος οὐδὸς ἀστεμφής, ῥίζῃσι δ…”
◇The Golden Verses of Pythagoras | Section 5 (part 2)
“The mortal Oath--that used amongst men--has to be reverenced as an image of the other, and as leading to the greatest strength and stability of character.
And if man would reverence the Oath, then must he do all in his power to understand…”
◇The Golden Verses of Pythagoras | Section 13 (part 47)
“520 Δῆσε δ᾽ ἀλυκτοπέδῃσι Προμηθέα ποικιλόβουλον δεσμοῖς ἀργαλέοισι μέσον διὰ κίον᾽ ἐλάσσας· καί οἱ ἐπ᾽ αἰετὸν ὦρσε τανύπτερον· αὐτὰρ ὅ γ᾽ ἧπαρ ἤσθιεν ἀθάνατον, τὸ δ᾽ ἀέξετο ἶσον ἁπάντη νυκτός, ὅσον πρόπαν ἦμαρ ἔδοι τανυσίπτερος ὄρνις.
525…”
◇The Golden Verses of Pythagoras | Section 13 (part 80)
“920 Λοισθοτάτην δ᾽ Ἥρην θαλερὴν ποιήσατ᾽ ἄκοιτιν· ἣ δ᾽ Ἥβην καὶ Ἄρηα καὶ Εἰλείθυιαν ἔτικτε μιχθεῖσ᾽ ἐν φιλότητι θεῶν βασιλῆι καὶ ἀνδρῶν.
Αὐτὸς δ᾽ ἐκ κεφαλῆς γλαυκώπιδα Τριτογένειαν δεινὴν ἐγρεκύδοιμον ἀγέστρατον ἀτρυτώνην 925 πότνιαν, ᾗ κέ…”
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◆Enuma Elish: The Epic of Creation | 1i
“He opened great gates on both sides, He made strong the bolt on the left and on the right.
In the midst thereof he fixed the zenith; The Moon-god he caused to shine forth, the night he entrusted to him.
He appointed him, a being of the ni…”
◆Epic of Gilgamesh: Tablet XI — The Flood | Tablet XI, Section 1c
“Sooth, then, am I to give birth, unto (these) mine own people Only to glut (with their bodies) the Sea as though they were fish-spawn?' 125.
Gods—Anunnaki—wept with her, the gods were sitting (all) humbled, (Aye), in (their) weeping, (and)…”
◇Enuma Elish: The Epic of Creation | 1d
“rejoice and be glad; The neck of Tiamat shalt thou swiftly trample under foot.
...
rejoice and be glad; The neck of Tiamat shalt thou swiftly trample under foot.
0 my son, who knoweth all wisdom, Pacify Tiamat with thy pure incantation.…”
◇Enuma Elish: The Epic of Creation | 1e
“Be thou exalted, thou my chosen spouse, May they magnify thy name over all of them ...
the Anunnaki." She hath given him the Tablets of Destiny, on his breast she laid them, saying: Thy command shall not be without avail, and the word of t…”
◇Enuma Elish: The Epic of Creation | 1f
“She hath given him the Tablets of Destiny on his breast she laid them, saving: Thy command shall not be without avail, and the word of thy mouth shall be established.' Now Kingu, thus exalted, having received the power of Anu, Decreed the f…”
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◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 29 (part 2)
“Text [CHAPTER CXXXIII.]: (1) TO BE SAID ON THE DAY OF THE MONTH.[2] (2) Osiris Ani, the scribe, triumphant in peace, triumphant, saith: "Ra riseth (2) in his horizon, and the company of his gods follow after the god when he appeareth from h…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 34)
“Many copies of this version were written by scribes who did not understand what they were copying, and omissions of signs, words, and even whole passages are very common; in papyri of the Ptolemaic period it is impossible to read many passa…”
◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 69)
“xcii} unity of a supreme and self-existent being, his eternity, his almightiness, and external reproduction thereby as God; the attributing of the creation of the world and of all living beings to this supreme God; the immortality of the so…”
◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 6 (part 4)
“A perusal of the above Chapter shows that it is the expression of beliefs and ideas concerning the future life which belong to a very early period of civilization, and to a time when the Egyptians held most primitive views about their gods.…”
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◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Ceremonial Magic and Sorceryh
“But should the operation be performed in a retired part of a house, cc cetera, the circle may remain, as it might serve in alike future operation, but the room or building must be locked up to avoid the intrusion of strangers." The agreemen…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Qabbalah, the Secret Doctrine of Israelk
“God is One above three, three are above seven, seven are above twelve, yet all are linked together.
9.
There are twenty-two letters by which the I AM (YAH), the Lord of Hosts, Almighty and Eternal, designed and created by three Sepharim (…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Chemical Marriagef
“The feast over, the young King, holding in his hand the little black book from the altar, asked the guests if they would all be true to him through prosperity and adversity, and when they tremblingly agreed he asked that each should sign hi…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 17. The Writing Of The Starsc
“The Assyrians or Chaldeans, incited by Nebuchadnezzar or Salmanasor, gave fullest evidence of this truth by the destruction of the most splendid and most holy temple and city in the universe, and by the complete overthrow of a people whom G…”
gnosticism1
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 53
“His disciples said to him, "Is circumcision beneficial or not?" He said to them, "If it were beneficial, their father would beget them already circumcised from their mother. Rather, the true circumcision in spirit has become completely prof…”
hermeticism1
◆Corpus Hermeticum 15: The Hymn of Hermes | Section 1c
“For there are many choirs of daimons round Him, like unto hosts of very various kinds; who though they dwell with mortals, yet are not far from the immortals; but having as their lot from here unto the spaces of the Gods, 2 they watch o’er…”
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◆The Poetic Edda: Voluspo | Section 1g
“Lines 5-6, one or both of them probably interpolated, seem to symbolize the refining of gold by fire.
Hor ("The High One"): Othin.
22.
Heith ("Shining One"?): a name often applied to wise women and prophetesses.
The application of this…”