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{{Style P-No indent|ments of ''cruelty ''are in their habitations. O my soul, come not thou into their ''secret ; ''unto ''their assembly.''” * Now in the original, the words “ their secret ” really are “ their Sod.” † And Sod was the name for the great mysteries of Baal, Adonis and Bacchus, who were all sun-gods and had serpents for symbols. The Kabalists explain the allegory of the fiery serpents by saying that this was the name given to the tribe of Levi, to all the ''Levites'', in short, and that Moses was the chief of the ''Sodales.'' ‡ It is to the mysteries that the original meaning of the “ Dragon-Slayers ” has to be traced, and the question is fully treated of hereafter.}} | {{Style P-No indent|ments of ''cruelty ''are in their habitations. O my soul, come not thou into their ''secret ; ''unto ''their assembly.''” * Now in the original, the words “ their secret ” really are “ their {{Style S-Small capitals|Sod}}.” † And Sod was the name for the great mysteries of Baal, Adonis and Bacchus, who were all sun-gods and had serpents for symbols. The Kabalists explain the allegory of the fiery serpents by saying that this was the name given to the tribe of Levi, to all the ''Levites'', in short, and that Moses was the chief of the ''Sodales.'' ‡ It is to the mysteries that the original meaning of the “ Dragon-Slayers ” has to be traced, and the question is fully treated of hereafter.}} | ||
Meanwhile it follows that, if Moses was the chief of the Mysteries, he was the Hierophant thereof, and further, if, at the same time, we find the prophets thundering against the “ abominations ” of the people of Israel, that there were two schools. “ Fiery serpents ” was, then, simply the epithet given to the Levites of the priestly caste, after they had departed from the ''good law'', the traditional teachings of Moses : and to all those who followed ''Black Magic. ''Isaiah, when referring to the “ rebellious children ” who will have to carry their riches into the land whence come “ the viper and ''fiery ''flying ''serpent ”'' (''xxx. ''6), or Chaldea and Egypt, whose Initiates had already greatly degenerated in his day (700 B.C.), meant the sorcerers of those lands. § But these must be carefully distinguished from the “ Fiery Dragons of Wisdom ” and the “ Sons of the Fire Mist.” | Meanwhile it follows that, if Moses was the chief of the Mysteries, he was the Hierophant thereof, and further, if, at the same time, we find the prophets thundering against the “ abominations ” of the people of Israel, that there were two schools. “ Fiery serpents ” was, then, simply the epithet given to the Levites of the priestly caste, after they had departed from the ''good law'', the traditional teachings of Moses : and to all those who followed ''Black Magic. ''Isaiah, when referring to the “ rebellious children ” who will have to carry their riches into the land whence come “ the viper and ''fiery ''flying ''serpent ”'' (''xxx. ''6), or Chaldea and Egypt, whose Initiates had already greatly degenerated in his day (700 B.C.), meant the sorcerers of those lands. § But these must be carefully distinguished from the “ Fiery Dragons of Wisdom ” and the “ Sons of the Fire Mist.” | ||