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HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.12 sl.47-49 ch.Curse: Difference between revisions
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''A fall disgraceful'', not to be endured . . . . ” (v. 980).}} | ''A fall disgraceful'', not to be endured . . . . ” (v. 980).}} | ||
“ Dark Epaphos ” was the Dionysos-Sabazius, the son of Zeus and of Demeter in the Sabasian Mysteries, during which the “ father of the gods,” assuming the ''shape of a Serpent'', begot on Demeter, Dionysos, or the solar Bacchus. Io is the moon, and at the same time the Eve ''of a new race'', and so is Demeter — in the present case. The Promethean myth is a prophecy indeed ; but it does not relate to any of the cyclic Saviours who have appeared periodically in various countries and among various nations, in their transitionary conditions of evolution. It points to the last of the mysteries of cyclic transformations, in the series of which mankind, having passed from the ethereal to the solid physical state, from spiritual to physiological procreation, is now carried onward on the opposite arc of the cycle, toward that second phase of its primitive state, when ''woman knew no man'', and human progeny ''was created'', ''not begotten.'' | “ Dark Epaphos ” was the Dionysos-Sabazius, the son of Zeus and of Demeter in the Sabasian Mysteries, during which the “ father of the gods,” assuming the ''shape of a Serpent'', begot on Demeter, Dionysos, or the solar Bacchus. Io is the moon, and at the same time the {{Style S-Small capitals|Eve}} ''of a new race'', and so is Demeter — in the present case. The Promethean myth is a prophecy indeed ; but it does not relate to any of the cyclic Saviours who have appeared periodically in various countries and among various nations, in their transitionary conditions of evolution. It points to the last of the mysteries of cyclic transformations, in the series of which mankind, having passed from the ethereal to the solid physical state, from spiritual to physiological procreation, is now carried onward on the opposite arc of the cycle, toward that second phase of its primitive state, when ''woman knew no man'', and human progeny ''was created'', ''not begotten.'' | ||
That state will return to it and to the world at large, when the latter shall discover and really appreciate the truths which underlie this vast problem of sex. It will be like “ the light that never shone on sea or land,” and has to come to men through the Theosophical Society. That light will lead on and up to the ''true spiritual intuition. ''Then (as expressed once in a letter to a theosophist), “ the world ''will have a race of Buddhas and Christs'', for the world will have discovered that individuals ''have it in their own powers to procreate Buddha-like children — or demons.''” “ When that knowledge comes, all dogmatic religions, and with these the demons, will die out.” | That state will return to it and to the world at large, when the latter shall discover and really appreciate the truths which underlie this vast problem of sex. It will be like “ the light that never shone on sea or land,” and has to come to men through the Theosophical Society. That light will lead on and up to the ''true spiritual intuition. ''Then (as expressed once in a letter to a theosophist), “ the world ''will have a race of Buddhas and Christs'', for the world will have discovered that individuals ''have it in their own powers to procreate Buddha-like children — or demons.''” “ When that knowledge comes, all dogmatic religions, and with these the demons, will die out.” | ||
If we reflect upon the serial development of the allegory, and the character of the heroes, the mystery may be unriddled. Kronos is of course “ time ” in its cyclic course. He swallows his children — the | If we reflect upon the serial development of the allegory, and the character of the heroes, the mystery may be unriddled. {{Style S-Small capitals|Kronos}} is of course “ time ” in its cyclic course. He swallows his children — the | ||
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