At last the spirit of rebellion entered the creation in the form of Lucifer

By Manly P. Hall – “Man wandered hopelessly in the gloom of mortality, living and dying without light or understanding in his servitude to lucifer angelthe Demiurgus and his host of spirits.

At last the spirit of rebellion entered the creation in the form of Lucifer, who in the guise of a serpent tempted man to revolt against the mandates of Jehovah (the Demiurugs). (more…)

The Wise Men call it THE ALL

“THAT which is the Fundamental Truth—the Substantial Reality—is beyond true naming, but the Wise Men call it THE ALL.” – The THE ALLKybalion

All thinkers, in all lands and in all times, have assumed the necessity for postulating the existence of this Substantial Reality. All philosophies worthy of the name have been based upon this thought. Men have given to this Substantial Reality many names—some have called it by the term of Deity (under many titles); others have called it “The Infinite and Eternal Energy”; others have tried to call it “Matter”—but all have acknowledged its existence. It is self-evident—it needs no argument.

In these lessons we have followed the example of some of the world’s greatest thinkers, both ancient and modern—the Hermetic Masters—and have called this Underlying Power—this Substantial Reality—by the Hermetic name of “THE ALL,” which term we consider the most comprehensive of the many terms applied by Man to THAT which transcends names and terms. (more…)

Unfolding blossoms upon the sacred rod of the Mysteries – the spinal column

A hint concerning the unfoldment of spiritual understanding according to the secret science of the Mysteries is found in the story of Spinal cord 5Aaron’s rod that budded, and also in Wagner’s great opera, Tannhäuser, where the budding staff of the Pope signifies the unfolding blossoms upon the sacred rod of the Mysteries–the spinal column.

By Manly P. Hall

The Female Philosophers

There have been many great female philosophers over the last two thousand years. The meaning of word philosopher is from the Greek word philo, which means love and sophia which means wisdom. Rather than chasing vanity, and a material life, these women had chosen that path of wisdom. (more…)

Wisdom (Sophia) & Knowledge (Gnosis) Shall be the Stability of Thy Times

This image is of the entranceway relief sculpture by Lee Lawrie, located at the RCA Building, Rockefeller Centre, New York City.wisdom and stability shall be

The quote is from the Scripture in Isaiah 33:6: “And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of your times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.”

Lee Lawrie was trained in Beaux-Arts’ Classicism, and his long career exceeded 300 works throughout the United States. Other works include the freestanding statue of Atlas on Fifth Avenue, the Los Angeles Central Library, the University of Chicago’s Rockefeller Chapel, the allegorical relief panels of the United States Senate, the Louisiana State Capitol, the statue of George Washington at the National Cathedral in Washington DC and the Harkness Tower of Yale University.

 

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