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{{Style P-No indent|Commentary. * Thus we are taught that the great Pyramids were built under their direct supervision, “ when ''Dhruva ''(the then Pole-star) was at his lowest culmination, and the Krittika (Pleiades) looked over his head (were on the same meridian but above) to watch the work of the giants.” Thus, as the first Pyramids were built at the beginning of a Sidereal year, under Dhruva (Alpha Polaris), it must have been over 31,000 years (31,105) ago. Bunsen was right in admitting for Egypt an antiquity of over 21,000 years, but this concession hardly exhausts truth and fact in this question. “ The stories told by Egyptian priests and others of time-keeping in Egypt, are now beginning to look less like lies in the sight of all who have escaped from biblical bondage,” writes the author of “ ''The Natural Genesis.''” “ Inscriptions have lately been found at Sakkarah, making mention of two Sothiac cycles . . . registered at that time, now some 6,000 years ago. Thus when Herodotus was in Egypt, the Egyptians had — as now known — observed at least five different Sothiac cycles of 1,461 years. The priests informed the Greek inquirer that time had been reckoned by them for so long that the sun had twice risen where it then set, and twice set where it then arose. This . . . can only be realized as a fact in nature by means of two cycles of Precession, or a period of 51,736 years,” (vol. ii, p. 318. But see in our Book II., “ {{Style S-Small capitals|Chronology of the Brahmins}}.”)}} | {{Style P-No indent|Commentary. * Thus we are taught that the great Pyramids were built under their direct supervision, “ when ''Dhruva ''(the then Pole-star) was at his lowest culmination, and the Krittika (Pleiades) looked over his head (were on the same meridian but above) to watch the work of the giants.” Thus, as the first Pyramids were built at the beginning of a Sidereal year, under Dhruva (Alpha Polaris), it must have been over 31,000 years (31,105) ago. Bunsen was right in admitting for Egypt an antiquity of over 21,000 years, but this concession hardly exhausts truth and fact in this question. “ The stories told by Egyptian priests and others of time-keeping in Egypt, are now beginning to look less like lies in the sight of all who have escaped from biblical bondage,” writes the author of “ ''The Natural Genesis.''” “ Inscriptions have lately been found at Sakkarah, making mention of two Sothiac cycles . . . registered at that time, now some 6,000 years ago. Thus when Herodotus was in Egypt, the Egyptians had — as now known — observed at least five different Sothiac cycles of 1,461 years. The priests informed the Greek inquirer that time had been reckoned by them for so long that the sun had twice risen where it then set, and twice set where it then arose. This . . . can only be realized as a fact in nature by means of two cycles of Precession, or a period of 51,736 years,” (vol. ii, p. 318. But see in our Book II., “ {{Style S-Small capitals|Chronology of the Brahmins}}.”)}} | ||
Mor Isaac (''See ''Kircher’s ''Œdipus'', ''vol. ii.'', ''p. ''425) shows the ancient Syrians defining their world of the “ Rulers ” and “ active gods ” in the same way as the Chaldeans. The lowest world was the {{Style S-Small capitals|Sublunary}} — our own — watched by the “ Angels ” of the first or lower order ; the one that came next in rank, was Mercury, ruled by the “ {{Style S-Small capitals|Archangels}} ” ; then came Venus, whose gods were the {{Style S-Small capitals|Principalities}} ; the fourth was that of the {{Style S-Small capitals|Sun}}, the domain and region of the highest and mightiest gods of our system, the solar gods of all nations ; the fifth was Mars, ruled by the “ {{Style S-Small capitals|Virtues}} ” ; the sixth — that of ''Bel ''or Jupiter — was governed by the {{Style S-Small capitals|Dominions}} ; the seventh — the world of Saturn — by the Thrones. These are the worlds of form. Above come the four higher ones, making seven again, since the three ''highest ''are “ unmentionable and unpronounceable.” The eighth, composed of 1,122 stars, is the domain of the ''Cherubs ; ''the ninth, belonging to the ''walking ''and numberless stars on account of their distance, has the seraphs ; as to the tenth — Kircher, quoting Mor Isaac, says that it is composed “ of invisible stars that could be taken, they said, for clouds — so massed are they in the zone that we call ''Via Straminis'', the | Mor Isaac (''See ''Kircher’s ''Œdipus'', ''vol. ii.'', ''p. ''425) shows the ancient Syrians defining their world of the “ Rulers ” and “ active gods ” in the same way as the Chaldeans. The lowest world was the {{Style S-Small capitals|Sublunary}} — our own — watched by the “ Angels ” of the first or lower order ; the one that came next in rank, was Mercury, ruled by the “ {{Style S-Small capitals|Archangels}} ” ; then came Venus, whose gods were the {{Style S-Small capitals|Principalities}} ; the fourth was that of the {{Style S-Small capitals|Sun}}, the domain and region of the highest and mightiest gods of our system, the solar gods of all nations ; the fifth was Mars, ruled by the “ {{Style S-Small capitals|Virtues}} ” ; the sixth — that of ''Bel ''or Jupiter — was governed by the {{Style S-Small capitals|Dominions}} ; the seventh — the world of Saturn — by the {{Style S-Small capitals|Thrones}}. These are the worlds of form. Above come the four higher ones, making seven again, since the three ''highest ''are “ unmentionable and unpronounceable.” The eighth, composed of 1,122 stars, is the domain of the ''Cherubs ; ''the ninth, belonging to the ''walking ''and numberless stars on account of their distance, has the seraphs ; as to the tenth — Kircher, quoting Mor Isaac, says that it is composed “ of invisible stars that could be taken, they said, for clouds — so massed are they in the zone that we call ''Via Straminis'', the | ||
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{{Style P-No indent|Milky Way ; ” and he hastens to explain that “ these are the stars of Lucifer, engulfed with him in his terrible shipwreck.” That which comes after and beyond the tenth world (our Quaternary, or the ''Arupa ''world), the Syrians could not tell. “ All they knew was that it is there that begins the vast and incomprehensible ocean of the infinite, the abode of the true divinity without boundary or end.”}} | {{Style P-No indent|Milky Way ; ” and he hastens to explain that “ these are the stars of Lucifer, engulfed with him in his terrible shipwreck.” That which comes after and beyond the tenth world (our Quaternary, or the ''Arupa ''world), the Syrians could not tell. “ All they knew was that it is there that begins the vast and incomprehensible ocean of the infinite, the abode of the true divinity without boundary or end.”}} | ||
Champollion shows the same belief among the Egyptians. Hermes having spoken of the Father-Mother and Son, whose spirit (collectively the divine fiat) shapes the Universe, says : — ''Seven Agents ''(mediums) were also formed, to contain the material (or manifested) worlds, within their respective ''circles ''and the action of these agents was named destiny.” He further enumerates seven and ten and twelve orders, which would take too long to detail here. | Champollion shows the same belief among the Egyptians. Hermes having spoken of the Father-Mother and Son, whose spirit (collectively the {{Style S-Small capitals|divine fiat}}) shapes the Universe, says : — ''Seven Agents ''(mediums) were also formed, to contain the material (or manifested) worlds, within their respective ''circles ''and the action of these agents was named {{Style S-Small capitals|destiny}}.” He further enumerates seven and ten and twelve orders, which would take too long to detail here. | ||
As the “ ''Rig Vidhana ”'' together with the “ ''Brahmanda Purâna ”'' and all such works, whether describing the magic efficacy of the Rig-Vedic ''Mantras ''or the future Kalpas, are declared by Dr. Weber and others to be ''modern compilations ''“ belonging probably only to the time of the Purânas,” it is useless to refer the reader to their mystic explanations ; and one may as well quote simply from the archaic books utterly unknown to the Orientalists. These works explain that which so puzzles the scholars, namely that the ''Saptarshi'', the “ mind-born sons ” of Brahmâ, are referred to in the ''Satapatha Brâhmana ''under one set of names ; in the ''Mahabhârata ''under another set ; and that the Vayu Purâna makes even ''nine ''instead of ''seven ''Rishis, by adding the names of Bhrigu and Daksha to the list. But the same occurs in every exoteric Scripture. The secret doctrine gives a long genealogy of Rishis, but separates them into many classes. Like the Gods of the Egyptians, who were divided into seven, and even twelve, classes, so are the Indian Rishis in their Hierarchies. The first three groups are the Divine, the Cosmical and the Sub-lunary. Then come the Solar Gods of ''our ''system, the Planetary, the Sub-Mundane, and the purely human — the heroes and the ''Manoushi.'' | As the “ ''Rig Vidhana ”'' together with the “ ''Brahmanda Purâna ”'' and all such works, whether describing the magic efficacy of the Rig-Vedic ''Mantras ''or the future Kalpas, are declared by Dr. Weber and others to be ''modern compilations ''“ belonging probably only to the time of the Purânas,” it is useless to refer the reader to their mystic explanations ; and one may as well quote simply from the archaic books utterly unknown to the Orientalists. These works explain that which so puzzles the scholars, namely that the ''Saptarshi'', the “ mind-born sons ” of Brahmâ, are referred to in the ''Satapatha Brâhmana ''under one set of names ; in the ''Mahabhârata ''under another set ; and that the Vayu Purâna makes even ''nine ''instead of ''seven ''Rishis, by adding the names of Bhrigu and Daksha to the list. But the same occurs in every exoteric Scripture. The secret doctrine gives a long genealogy of Rishis, but separates them into many classes. Like the Gods of the Egyptians, who were divided into seven, and even twelve, classes, so are the Indian Rishis in their Hierarchies. The first three groups are the Divine, the Cosmical and the Sub-lunary. Then come the Solar Gods of ''our ''system, the Planetary, the Sub-Mundane, and the purely human — the heroes and the ''Manoushi.'' | ||