HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 ch.Preliminary Notes: Difference between revisions

The Secret Doctrine is not alone in speaking of primeval men born simultaneously on the seven divisions of our Globe. In the ''Divine ''“ ''Pymander ”'' of Hermes we find the same Seven primeval men * evolving from Nature and “ Heavenly Man,” in the collective sense of the word, namely, from the Creative Spirits ; and in the fragments (collected by George Smith) of Chaldean tablets on which is inscribed the Babylonian Legend of Creation, in the first column of the ''Cutha ''tablet, seven human beings with the faces of ravens (black,s warthy complexions), whom “ the (Seven) great gods created,” are mentioned. Or, as explained in lines 16 and 18 — “ In the midst of the Earth they grew up and became great . . . . Seven kings, brothers of the same family.” These are the Seven Kings of Edom to whom reference is made in the Kabala ; the first race, which was ''imperfect'', ''i.e.'', was born before the “ balance ” (sexes) existed, and which was therefore destroyed. (Zohar, ''Siphrah Dzeniouta'', ''Idrah Suta'', 2928, ''La Kabbale'', p. 205.) “ ''Seven Kings'', brethren, appeared and begat children, 6,000 in number were their peoples (Hibbert Lectures, p. 372). The god Nergas (death) destroyed them.” “ How did he destroy them ? ” “ By bringing into equilibrium (or balance) those who did not yet exist ” (''Siphrah Dzeniouta''). They were “ destroyed,” as a race, by being merged in their own progeny (by exudation) ; that is to say, the sexless race reincarnated in the bisexual