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{{Style P-No indent|from Adam and the Patriarchs down to Noah is made to apply to phallic and astronomical uses, the one regulating the other, as the lunar periods, for instance. Hence, too, their ''genesis ''begins after their coming out of the Ark, and the close of the flood — at the Fourth Race. With the Aryan people it is different.}} | {{Style P-No indent|from Adam and the Patriarchs down to Noah is made to apply to phallic and astronomical uses, the one regulating the other, as the lunar periods, for instance. Hence, too, their ''genesis ''begins after their coming out of the Ark, and the close of the flood — at the Fourth Race. With the Aryan people it is different.}} | ||
Eastern Esotericism has never degraded the One Infinite Deity, the container of all things, to such uses ; and this is shown by the absence of Brahmâ from the Rig Veda and the modest positions occupied therein by Rudra and Vishnu, who became the powerful and great Gods, the “ Infinites ” of the exoteric creeds, ages later. But even they, “ Creators ” as the three may be, are not the direct creators and “ forefathers of men.” The latter are shown occupying a still lower scale, and are called Prajâpatis, the Pitris (our lunar ancestors), etc., etc. — never the “ One Infinite God.” Esoteric philosophy shows only ''physical ''man as created ''in the image ''of the Deity ; but the latter is but “ the ''minor gods.''” It is the {{Style S-Small capitals|Higher-Self}}, the real Ego who alone is divine and {{Style S-Small capitals|god}}. | Eastern Esotericism has never degraded the One Infinite Deity, the container of all things, to such uses ; and this is shown by the absence of Brahmâ from the Rig Veda and the modest positions occupied therein by Rudra and Vishnu, who became the powerful and great Gods, the “ Infinites ” of the exoteric creeds, ages later. But even they, “ Creators ” as the three may be, are not the direct creators and “ forefathers of men.” The latter are shown occupying a still lower scale, and are called Prajâpatis, the Pitris (our lunar ancestors), etc., etc. — never the “ One Infinite God.” Esoteric philosophy shows only ''physical ''man as created ''in the image ''of the Deity ; but the latter is but “ the ''minor gods.''” It is the {{Style S-Small capitals|Higher-Self}}, the real {{Style S-Small capitals|Ego}} who alone is divine and {{Style S-Small capitals|god}}. | ||