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{{Style P-Title|THE VEIL OF ISIS.}}

{{Style P-Title|THE VEIL OF ISIS.}}

{{Style P-Epigraph|“Ego sum qui sum.”|—An axiom of Hermetic Philosophy.|200px}}

{{Style P-Epigraph|“Ego sum qui sum.”|—An axiom of Hermetic Philosophy.|200px}}

{{Style P-Quote|“We commenced research where modern conjecture closes its faithless wings. And with us, those were the common elements of science which the sages of to-day disdain as wild chimeras, or despair of as unfathomable mysteries.”|—Bulwer’s “Zanoni.”}}

{{Style P-Quote|“We commenced research where modern conjecture closes its faithless wings. And with us, those were the common elements of science which the sages of to-day disdain as wild chimeras, or despair of as unfathomable mysteries.”|signature=—Bulwer’s “Zanoni.”}}

There exists somewhere in this wide world an old Book—so very old that our modern antiquarians might ponder over its pages an indefinite time, and still not quite agree as to the nature of the fabric upon which it is written. It is the only original copy now in existence. The most ancient Hebrew document on occult learning—the {{Style S-Italic|Siphra Dzeniouta}}—was compiled from it, and that at a time when the former was already considered in the light of a literary relic. One of its illustrations represents the Divine Essence emanating from {{Style S-Small capitals|Adam}}{{Footnote mark|*|fn50}} like a luminous arc proceeding to form a circle; and then, having attained the highest point of its circumference, the ineffable Glory bends back again, and returns to earth, bringing a higher type of humanity in its vortex. As it approaches nearer and nearer to our planet, the Emanation becomes more and more shadowy, until upon touching the ground it is as black as night.

There exists somewhere in this wide world an old Book—so very old that our modern antiquarians might ponder over its pages an indefinite time, and still not quite agree as to the nature of the fabric upon which it is written. It is the only original copy now in existence. The most ancient Hebrew document on occult learning—the {{Style S-Italic|Siphra Dzeniouta}}—was compiled from it, and that at a time when the former was already considered in the light of a literary relic. One of its illustrations represents the Divine Essence emanating from {{Style S-Small capitals|Adam}}{{Footnote mark|*|fn50}} like a luminous arc proceeding to form a circle; and then, having attained the highest point of its circumference, the ineffable Glory bends back again, and returns to earth, bringing a higher type of humanity in its vortex. As it approaches nearer and nearer to our planet, the Emanation becomes more and more shadowy, until upon touching the ground it is as black as night.