cosmology
Gender
The Hermetic doctrine that a masculine-feminine generative principle operates on every plane of being, not only the biological — present at all times as a structural feature of creation itself. Distinct from divine_marriage (a specific reunification event or symbol) and aeons (paired divine beings arranged in syzygies, not a universal structural claim).
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The Secret Doctrine | Page 3 (part 2)
“The latter is either "awake" or "asleep." The Svabhavikas, or philosophers of the oldest school of Buddhism (which still exists in Nepaul), speculate only upon the active condition of this "Essence," which they call Svabhavat, and deem it f…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 3 (part 3)
“The esoteric symbol of Kali Yuga is the five-pointed star reversed, thus -- the sign of human sorcery, with its two points (horns) turned heavenward, a position every [[Footnote(s)]] ------------------------------------------------- * See t…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 3 (part 4)
“The orthodox Brahmins, those who rise the most against the Pantheists and Adwaitees, calling them Atheists, are forced, if Manu has any authority in this matter, to accept the death of Brahma, the creator, at the expiration of every "Age" o…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 3 (part 5)
“But this view does not prevent him from believing in its existence so long as it lasts, to wit, for one Mahamanvantara; nor from applying Akasa, the radiation of Mulaprakriti,* to practical purposes, connected as the World-Soul is with all…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 3 (part 7)
“Herbert Spencer has of late so far modified his Agnosticism, as to assert that the nature of the "First Cause,"* which the Occultist more logically derives from the "Causeless Cause," the "Eternal," and the "Unknowable," may be essentially…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 3 (part 8)
“Moreover, the Secret Doctrine teaches: -- ( c ) The fundamental identity of all Souls with the Universal Over-Soul, the latter being itself an aspect of the Unknown Root; and the obligatory pilgrimage for every Soul -- a spark of the former…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 4 (part 1)
“The Secret Doctrine by H.
P.
Blavatsky -- Vol.
1 [[Vol.
1, Page 25]] PART I .
COSMIC EVOLUTION.
--------------------- SEVEN STANZAS TRANSLATED WITH COMMENTARIES FROM THE SECRET BOOK OF DZYAN.
[[Vol.
1, Page 26]] Nor Aught nor Nought…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 4 (part 2)
“T HE ROOT REMAINS, THE LIGHT REMAINS, THE CURDS REMAIN, AND STILL O EAOHOO IS ONE.
6.
T HE ROOT OF LIFE WAS IN EVERY DROP OF THE OCEAN OF IMMORTALITY, AND THE OCEAN WAS RADIANT LIGHT, WHICH WAS FIRE, AND HEAT, AND MOTION.
D ARKNESS VANIS…”
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The Kybalion (Three Initiates) | Chapter II (part 1)
“CHAPTER II THE SEVEN HERMETIC PRINCIPLES "The Principles of Truth are Seven; he who knows these, understandingly, possesses the Magic Key before whose touch all the Doors of the Temple fly open."--The Kybalion.
The Seven Hermetic Principle…”
The Kybalion (Three Initiates) | Chapter II (part 4)
“The Hermetists have grasped this Principle, finding its universal application, and have also discovered certain means to overcome its effects in themselves by the use of the appropriate formulas and methods.
They apply the Mental Law of Ne…”
The Kybalion (Three Initiates) | Chapter II (part 5)
“Every Male thing has the Female Element also; every Female contains also the Male Principle.
If you would understand the philosophy of Mental and Spiritual Creation, Generation, and Re-generation, you must understand and study this Hermeti…”
The Kybalion (Three Initiates) | Chapter V (part 2)
“Well, then, secondly, Man pro-creates or reproduces his kind by the process of begetting, which is self-multiplication accomplished by transferring a portion of his substance to his offspring.
But this will not do, because THE ALL cannot t…”
The Kybalion (Three Initiates) | Chapter V (part 3)
“You speak of the Fatherhood of God, and the Motherhood of Nature--of God, the Divine Father, and Nature the Universal Mother--and have thus instinctively acknowledged the Principle of Gender in the Universe.
Is this not so?
But, the Herme…”
The Kybalion (Three Initiates) | Chapter V (part 4)
“And at the end of the Grand Cycle of Aeons, when THE ALL shall draw back into itself all of its creations--you will go gladly for you will then be able to know the Whole Truth of being At One with THE ALL.
Such is the report of the Illumin…”
The Kybalion (Three Initiates) | Chapter VIII (part 6)
“Only those whose minds have been carefully trained along the lines of the Hermetic Philosophy for years--yes, those who have brought with them from other incarnations the knowledge acquired previously--can comprehend just what is meant by t…”
The Kybalion (Three Initiates) | Chapter XIII (part 1)
“CHAPTER XIII GENDER "Gender is in everything; everything has its Masculine and Feminine Principles; Gender manifests on all planes."--The Kybalion.
The great Seventh Hermetic Principle--the Principle of Gender--embodies the truth that ther…”
The Kybalion (Three Initiates) | Chapter XIII (part 2)
“The Cathode, or Negative Pole, is the Mother Principle of Electrical Phenomena, and of the finest forms of matter as yet known to science.
So you see we are justified in refusing to use the term "Negative" in our consideration of the subje…”
The Kybalion (Three Initiates) | Chapter XIV (part 1)
“CHAPTER XIV MENTAL GENDER Students of psychology who have followed the modern trend of thought along the lines of mental phenomena are struck by the persistence of the dual-mind idea which has manifested itself so strongly during the past t…”
The Kybalion (Three Initiates) | Chapter XIV (part 4)
“Many have sought for an explanation of these varied phases of phenomena under the theories of the various "dual mind" teachers.
And in a measure they are right, for there is clearly a manifestation of two distinct phases of mental activity…”
The Kybalion (Three Initiates) | Chapter XIV (part 5)
“The student who has familiarized himself with the phenomena generally spoken of as "psychic" will have discovered the important part played in the said phenomena by that force which science has styled "Suggestion," by which term is meant th…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 11. The Psychic Element In Mental Disturbance-d
“The older faiths knew this, but popular Christianity, which has no roots in tradition, has forgotten it.
Protestant Christianity threw away its occult aspect at the Reformation.
All the pagan pantheons have gross aspects of divinities as…”
Psychic Self-Defence (Dion Fortune) | 13. The Motives Of Psychic Attack. I-b
“According to the Qabalists, Lilith was the first wife of Adam, who used to visit him in his dreams while he was as yet alone in the Garden of Eden, and the Lord God became so perturbed at these goings-on that He created Eve as a counter- at…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter II (part 2)
“The ancients used a dot in the centre of a circle as the symbol of this idea, the representation of the Unity-principle ( the dot ) in the centre of eternity ( the circle , a line without beginning or end).
According to these demonstration…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter III (part 2)
“The results of this consideration are: (1) That all the numbers in their evolution, reproduce the 4 first; (2) That the last of these 4 first, the figure 4, represents the unity at a different octave.
The sequence of the numbers may theref…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter IV
“CHAPTER IV. ANALOGY BETWEEN THE SACRED WORD AND NUMBERS. The Kabbalistic Word and the Series of Numbers--Explanation of the Tetractys of Pythagoras--Figuration of the General Law. NUMBERS AND THE KABBALISTIC WORD. This sequence of numbers 1…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter V (part 2)
“The first series will be formed of the ace, or 1, representing the active , of the 2 personating the passive , of the 3 for the neuter , and lastly of the 4, which represents the transition from one series to another.
1, 2, 3, 4 therefore…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter V (part 3)
“Ut us, however, return to our deduction, and by summing up the results obtained, we shall find-- Representations of the Yod : The King The 1 or Ace The 4 The 7 Representations of the He : The Queen The 2 The 5 The 8 Representations of the V…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter VI (part 1)
“GENERAL KEY TO MINOR ARCANA CHAPTER VI.
THE KEY TO THE MAJOR ARCANA.
The Major Arcana--1st Ternary--2nd Ternary--1st Septenary--2nd Septenary--The Three Septenaries and the Ternary of Transition.
THE MAJOR ARCANA.
THE fundamental differ…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter VI (part 2)
“FIRST SEPTENARY.--The application of one law to very different terms has led us so far; we must not abandon this system, but persevere and say-- If in one ternary exist an active term = yod , a passive term = he , and a neuter term = vau ,…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter VII (part 1)
“CHAPTER VII.
CONNECTION BETWEEN THE MAJOR AND MINOR ARCANA.
GENERAL AFFINITIES.
KEY OF THE TAROT.
Domination of the 1st Septenary--Affinities of the 2nd Septenary in the Tarot, Card by Card--Ditto of the 3rd Septenary--General Affinitie…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 15
“THE HIGH PRIESTESS. THE HIGH PRIESTESS. 2. ב 2nd Hebrew letter (Beth). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE SECOND CARD OF THE TAROT. The Beth hieroglyphically expresses the mouth of man as the organ of speech. Speech is the production of man's i…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 16
“THE EMPRESS. THE EMPRESS. 3. ג 3rd Hebrew letter (Gimel). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE THIRD CARD OF THE TAROT. The hieroglyphic meaning of the letter Gimel is the throat, the hand of man half closed in the act of prehension. Hence it sig…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 17 (part 1)
“THE EMPEROR.
THE EMPEROR.
4.
ד 4th Hebrew letter (Daleth).
ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE FOURTH CARD OF THE TAROT.
The hieroglyphic meaning of Daleth is the womb.
It suggests the idea of an object giving plentiful nourishment, the so…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 19 (part 1)
“THE LOVERS.
THE LOVERS.
6.
ו The 6th Hebrew letter (Vau).
ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE SIXTH CARD OF THE TAROT.
The hieroglyphic sign for the Vau is the eye, all that relates to light and brilliancy.
The eye establishes the link bet…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 21
“7. ז 7th Hebrew letter (Zain). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE SEVENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. Hieroglyphically the Zain expresses an arrow, and therefore it suggests the idea of a weapon , of the instrument which man uses to rule and conquer , a…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 22
“JUSTICE. JUSTICE. 8. ח 8th Hebrew letter (Heth). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE EIGHTH CARD OF THE TAROT. Hieroglyphically the Heth expresses a field. From it springs the idea of anything that requires labour, trouble, an effort. Continued…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 23
“THE HERMIT. THE HERMIT. 9. ט 9th Hebrew letter (Teth). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE NINTH CARD OF THE TAROT. Hieroglyphically the Teth represents a roof, and suggests the idea of a place of safety, a protection. All the ideas arising from…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 29
“DEATH. DEATH. 13. מ 13th Hebrew letter (Mem). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE THIRTEENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. The hieroglyphic meaning of the Mem is a woman, the companion of man, it therefore gives rise to ideas of fertility and formation. It…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 30
“TEMPERANCE. TEMPERANCE. 14. נ 14th Hebrew letter (Nun). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE FOURTEENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. The hieroglyphic sense of the Nun is the offspring of the female; a son, a fruit of any kind, all things produced. This let…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 37
“THE SUN. THE SUN. 19. ק 19th Hebrew letter (Qoph). ORIGIN OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE NINETEENTH CARD OF THE TAROT. HIEROGLYPHICALLY the Qoph expresses a sharp weapon, everything that is useful to man; defends him; makes an effort for him. The…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XIV (part 3)
“An indeterminable and unnamable principle, of which we are content to assert the existence only-- 2.
This synthetic principle, when analyzed , is found to consist of a Trinity thus constituted-- Neuter ∞ SYNTHETIC PRINCIPLE Negative - NEGA…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XIV (part 6)
“The second, symbolized by Eye, is the origin of feminine Grace, of Authority.
We have seen that Power and Authority find their equilibrium in Love.
Each man, a reflected molecule of humanity made in its image, contains in himself an Adam,…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XIV (part 7)
“That the social organization of China has been maintained for so many centuries, is solely due to the principle of basing everything upon the family.
The characteristics of the human Ternary are: Adam, Necessity, the image and reflection o…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XIV (part 9)
“In order to know, I seek in the vertical column containing the word Mother , and at the bottom I find Man or Humanity.
The Mother is the Active preserving Principle of Humanity .
3.
I add to the word Humanity the word placed in the small…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XVI (part 1)
“CHAPTER XVI.
THE ASTRONOMICAL TAROT.
Egyptian Astronomy--The Four Seasons--The Twelve Months----The Thirty--six Decani--The Planets--Absolute Analogy with the Tarot--Figure containing, the Application of the Tarot to Astronomy--Key to the…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XVI (part 2)
“Creative Decan .
Yod .
TWO.
2nd Decan or Passive Decan of the Month.
Forming or Preserving Decan .
He .
THREE.
3rd Decan or Equilibrist Decan .
Vau .
FOUR.
Transition between the third Decan of the actual series, to the first Deca…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XVI (part 6)
“With regard to the arcanum 0 (ש), which is unnumbered in the Tarot, although it is eminently passive in itself, it must not be included in the feminine series, for reasons easily discerned in the study of the exact signification of each arc…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XVII (part 4)
“But since, as our sciences prove to us, the Kosmos itself is in a state of evolutive movement, and since according to their teachings this movement clearly inclines towards a progressive synthesis, which spiritualizes the living being by en…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 46 (part 3)
“This representation, which geometricians name projection upon the plane of the Equator, gives the second figure (the 4 circles of the centre only); to it, for the sake of clearness in the symbols, has been added an equilateral triangle insc…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 46 (part 5)
“He first descends through the spiritual decade (Sceptre and Cup) (see the figure), traversing numbers of increasing complexity: King, 1, 4, 7, then 10 By this 10, the multiple unity, limit of materialization, which unites the two portions o…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 46 (part 6)
“The watery trigon ( , , ), corresponding to the Pentacle and to the letters ההה, comprising, this time, the final E of the name of 4 letters twice repeated, and the E of the name of 3 letters--the dominant character, the inferior feminine.…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 46 (part 8)
“The first E, the celestial Mother (arcana II.), is found in the arcana VI., X., XIV.
and XVIII., that is to say, Beauty, Form, the Angel of Temperance, which balances the movements of life, and the aurora of the divine Sun; Diana the Moon.…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Chapter XVIII (part 1)
“CHAPTER XVIII.
THE KABBALISTIC TAROT.
Deductions by Etteila upon the Book of Thoth--Example of the Application of the Tarot to the Kabbalah, the Hierogram of Adam by Stanislas de Guaita.
DEDUCTIONS BY ETTEILA UPON THE BOOK OF THOTH.
WE…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 48 (part 1)
“EXAMPLE OF THE APPLICATION OF THE TAROT TO THE KABBALAH.
THE HIEROGRAM OF ADAM, BY STANISLAS DE GUAITA.
In asserting that the hierogram of Adam conceals the most profound arcana of the living Universe, we shall not astonish those who have…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 48 (part 2)
“Lastly, in יהוה (IEVE), as in אדמ-הוה (Adam-Eve), Vau (ו) represents the fecundity of this union, and the last He (ה) symbolizes natura naturata (issued from natura naturans , increased by the mixed principle).
These four letters, יהוה (IE…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 52 (part 1)
“SECOND LESSON.
MINOR ARCANA.
SIGNIFICATION FROM THE DIVINING POINT OF VIEW.
THE Tarot pack is composed of 78 cards or plates; 22 of them bear symbolical names (the Juggler, Sun, Moon, Hanged Man, etc.), and they should be separated from…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 52 (part 3)
“It symbolizes a Bachelor.
QUEEN OF CUPS.
A fair woman, a friend .
The woman loved.
The Mistress.
KNIGHT OF CUPS.
A young fair man, a friend .
The young man loved.
The Lover.
KNAVE OF CUPS.
A fair child .
A messenger.
Birth .
AC…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 53
“THIRD LESSON. MAJOR ARCANA. SIGNIFICATION FROM THE DIVINING POINT OF VIEW. WE now know the signification of the minor arcana, and need only study the major arcana. As we have already stated, the major arcana consist of 22 symbolical cards,…”
The Tarot of the Bohemians (Papus) | Page 55 (part 1)
“FIFTH LESSON.
FORTUNE-TELLING BY THE TAROT.
I.--RAPID PROCESS: What must we do if we wish to draw out the horoscope of any matter?
1.
You should take the minor arcana and separate the suit of cards that refers to the kind of consultatio…”
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Revelations of Divine Love | Chapter LIV
“"Faith is nought else but a right understanding, with true belief and sure trust, of our Being: that we are in God, and God is in us: Whom we see not" And because of this great, endless love that God hath to all Mankind, He maketh no dispar…”
Revelations of Divine Love | Chapter LVIII-a
“"All our life is in three: 'Nature, Mercy, Grace.' The high Might of the Trinity is our Father, and the deep Wisdom of the Trinity is our Mother, and the great Love of the Trinity is our Lord" God, the blessed Trinity, which is everlasting…”
The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 2 (part 3)
“This other will is the sensitivity and conceivability of the primordial will, by means of which that which is nothing finds itself to be something.
By so doing the inconceivable causeless will issues by means of that which it has eternally…”
The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 2 (part 7)
“The light of God has also the quality of the fire, but in it the wrath is changed into love; hate and bitter pain into mild beneficence and sweet desire or satisfaction." ( Menschwerdung , i.
5–16.) "The fountain of love is a clasping and…”
The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 3 (part 8)
“Without it the form of the spirit would not be knowable; it is the corporeity of the spirit.
To be sure, it is not a bodily, tangible substance, like the bodies of men, but has nevertheless substantial and visible qualities which the spiri…”
The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 6 (part 4)
“Then in the spirit of external nature there originated a male and a female kind—namely, in the fiery Mercury the male, and in the watery the female one." ( Clavis , 86.) "On the third day the fiery and the watery Mercury have again entered…”
The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 6 (part 7)
“That which Sol (the sun) is spiritually becomes corporeal in Luna (the moon)." ( Signature , ix.
24.) After the world of stars had begun to exist, the sidereal life appeared by the power of the former—that is to say, that living organisms…”
The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 7 (part 1)
“p.
140 CHAPTER VII.
MAN.
"God created man in His own image.
Male and female ( in one ) created He them." Man in his cosmic aspect is a being very superior to that which is commonly looked upon as a "man," and which is described in books…”
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The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 8 (part 10)
“The passage reads:-- mes Pepi pen au atf Tem an xepert pet an Gave birth to Pepi this father Tmu [when] not was created heaven, not xepert ta an xepert reth an mest neteru an xepert met was created earth, not were created men, not were born…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 9 (part 1)
“THE ABODE OF THE BLESSED.
The Egyptian heaven.
The gods of the Egyptians dwelt in a heaven with their ka's , and khu's , and shadows, and there they received the blessed dead to dwell with them.
This heaven was situated in the sky, which…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 10 (part 1)
“THE GODS OF THE BOOK OF THE DEAD.
The following are the principal gods and goddesses mentioned in the pyramid texts and in the later versions of the Book of the Dead:-- Nu represents the primeval watery mass from which all the gods were ev…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 75)
“heaven nor earth, and when neither gods had been born, nor men created, the god Tmu was the father of human beings, even before death came into the world.
The first act of Tmu was to create from his own body the god Shu and the goddess Tef…”
The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 43 (part 76)
“These eight elements were called Nu and Nut, Heh and Hehet, Kek and Keket, and Enen and Enenet, or Khemennu, the "Eight," and they were considered as primeval fathers and mothers. They are often represented in the forms of four male and fou…”
biblical4
Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) | 1:26-2:14
“[1:26] And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that c…”
Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) | 2:15-3:11
“[2:15] And Jehovah God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
[2:16] And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
[2:17] but of the tree of the knowl…”
Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) | 4:8-5:2
“[4:8] And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
[4:9] And Jehovah said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my…”
Genesis (American Standard Version, 1901) | 7:2-7:24
“[7:2] Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee seven and seven, the male and his female; and of the beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female:
[7:3] of the birds also of the heavens, seven and seven, male and female, to ke…”
jewish_mysticism3
The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha) | 1a
“CHAPTER V.
1.
(It is written) Isa.
i.
4: "Woe unto the sinful nation, unto the people heavy with iniquity, unto the seed of evildoers, &c." (Here the author of the "Siphra Dtzenioutha" reasoneth concerning the small word HVI, "woe," whi…”
The Kabbalah Unveiled | Introduction, Section 1j
“(Here a reason is adduced from the proposed text itself, showing how the last letter of this form of the Tetragrammaton, namely, I, Yod , may be said to symbolize the bride, since p.
57 [paragraph continues] God himself might behold in tha…”
Sefer Yetzirah (The Book of Formation) | Section 1c
“These three mothers again represent in the Microcosm or Human form, male and female; the Head, the Belly, and the Chest; the bead from the fire, the belly from water, and the chest from the air lieth between them.
5.
These three mothers d…”
hermeticism1
Corpus Hermeticum 1: Poimandres | Section 1b
“But when He raised His head, I see in Mind the Light, [but] now in Powers no man could number, and Cosmos grown beyond all bounds, and that the Fire was compassed round about by a most mighty Power, and [now] subdued had come unto a stand.…”
hinduism1
The Bhagavad Gita | Chapter IX, Section 1a
“CHAPTER IX.
Now I will speak to you, who are not given to carping, of that most mysterious knowledge, accompanied by experience, by knowing which you will be released from evil.
It is the chief among the sciences, the chief among the myst…”
native_american1
The Soul of the Indian | Chapter V-a
“THE UNWRITTEN SCRIPTURES A Living Book.
The Sioux Story of Creation.
The First Battle.
Another Version of the Flood.
Our Animal Ancestry.
A missionary once undertook to instruct a group of Indians in the truths of his holy religion.
H…”
neoplatonism1
Select Works of Plotinus | Select Works, Section 476
“Section 2 2. But individuals are brought into being by the union of the Reason-Principles of the parents, male and female: this seems to do away with a definite Reason-Principle for each of the offspring: one of the parents- the male let us…”
renaissance_hermeticism1
Paracelsus: The Aurora of the Philosophers | Section 1o
“There are also two matters of the Stone, Sol and Luna, formed together in a proper marriage, both natural and artificial.
Now, as we see that the man or the woman, without the seed of both, cannot generate, in the same way our man, Sol, an…”