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{{Style P-No indent|to obtain clear perception of it, one has first of all to admit the postulate of a universally diffused, omnipresent, eternal Deity in Nature ; secondly, to have fathomed the mystery of electricity in its true essence ; and thirdly, to credit man with being the septenary symbol, on the terrestrial plane, of the One Great Unit (the Logos), which is Itself the Seven-vowelled sign, the Breath crystallized into the Word. * He who believes in all this, has also to believe in the multiple combination of the seven planets of Occultism and of the Kabala, with the twelve zodiacal signs ; to attribute, as we do, to each planet and to each constellation an influence which, in the words of Ely Star (a French Occultist), “ is proper to it, beneficent or maleficent, and this, after the planetary Spirit which rules it, who, in his turn, is capable of influencing men and things which are found in harmony with him and with which he has any affinity.” For these reasons, and since few believe in the foregoing, all that can now be given is that in both cases the symbol of Hansa (whether “ I,” “ He,” Goose or Swan) is an important symbol, representing, for instance, Divine Wisdom, Wisdom in darkness beyond the reach of men. For all exoteric purposes, Hansa, as every Hindu knows, is a fabulous bird, which, when given milk mixed with water for its food (in the allegory) separated the two, drinking the milk and leaving the water ; thus showing inherent wisdom — milk standing symbolically for spirit, and water for matter.}} | {{Style P-No indent|to obtain clear perception of it, one has first of all to admit the postulate of a universally diffused, omnipresent, eternal Deity in Nature ; secondly, to have fathomed the mystery of electricity in its true essence ; and thirdly, to credit man with being the septenary symbol, on the terrestrial plane, of the One Great {{Style S-Small capitals|Unit}} (the Logos), which is Itself the Seven-vowelled sign, the Breath crystallized into the {{Style S-Small capitals|Word}}. * He who believes in all this, has also to believe in the multiple combination of the seven planets of Occultism and of the Kabala, with the twelve zodiacal signs ; to attribute, as we do, to each planet and to each constellation an influence which, in the words of Ely Star (a French Occultist), “ is proper to it, beneficent or maleficent, and this, after the planetary Spirit which rules it, who, in his turn, is capable of influencing men and things which are found in harmony with him and with which he has any affinity.” For these reasons, and since few believe in the foregoing, all that can now be given is that in both cases the symbol of Hansa (whether “ I,” “ He,” Goose or Swan) is an important symbol, representing, for instance, Divine Wisdom, Wisdom in darkness beyond the reach of men. For all exoteric purposes, Hansa, as every Hindu knows, is a fabulous bird, which, when given milk mixed with water for its food (in the allegory) separated the two, drinking the milk and leaving the water ; thus showing inherent wisdom — milk standing symbolically for spirit, and water for matter.}} | ||
That this allegory is very ancient and dates from the very earliest archaic period, is shown by the mention (in Bhagavata Purâna) of a certain caste named “ Hamsa ” or “ Hansa,” which was the “ one caste ” ''par excellence ; ''when far back in the mists of a forgotten past there was among the Hindus only “ One Veda, One Deity, One Caste.” There is also a range in the Himalayas, described in the old books as being situated north of Mount Meru, called “ Hamsa,” and connected with episodes pertaining to the history of religious mysteries and initiations. As to the name of Kâla-Hansa being the supposed vehicle of Brahmâ-Prajâpati, in the exoteric texts and translations of the | That this allegory is very ancient and dates from the very earliest archaic period, is shown by the mention (in Bhagavata Purâna) of a certain caste named “ Hamsa ” or “ Hansa,” which was the “ one caste ” ''par excellence ; ''when far back in the mists of a forgotten past there was among the Hindus only “ One Veda, One Deity, One Caste.” There is also a range in the Himalayas, described in the old books as being situated north of Mount Meru, called “ Hamsa,” and connected with episodes pertaining to the history of religious mysteries and initiations. As to the name of Kâla-Hansa being the supposed vehicle of Brahmâ-Prajâpati, in the exoteric texts and translations of the | ||
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Whether the genus of the bird be ''cygnus'', ''anser'', or ''pelecanus'', it is no matter, as it is an aquatic bird floating or moving on the waters like the Spirit, and then issuing from those waters to give birth to other beings. The true significance of the symbol of the Eighteenth Degree of the Rose-Croix is precisely this, though poetised later on into the motherly feeling of the Pelican rending its bosom to feed its seven little ones with its blood. | <nowiki>*</nowiki> Whether the genus of the bird be ''cygnus'', ''anser'', or ''pelecanus'', it is no matter, as it is an aquatic bird floating or moving on the waters like the Spirit, and then issuing from those waters to give birth to other beings. The true significance of the symbol of the Eighteenth Degree of the Rose-Croix is precisely this, though poetised later on into the motherly feeling of the Pelican rending its bosom to feed its seven little ones with its blood. | ||
† The reason why Moses forbids eating the pelican and swan, classing the two among the unclean fowls, and permits eating “ bald locusts, beetles, and the grasshopper after his kind ” (Leviticus xi. and Deuteronomy xiv.) is a purely physiological one, and has to do with mystic symbology only in so far as the word “ unclean,” like every other word, ought not to be read and understood literally, as it is esoteric like all the | † The reason why Moses forbids eating the pelican and swan, classing the two among the unclean fowls, and permits eating “ bald locusts, beetles, and the grasshopper after his kind ” (Leviticus xi. and Deuteronomy xiv.) is a purely physiological one, and has to do with mystic symbology only in so far as the word “ unclean,” like every other word, ought not to be read and understood literally, as it is esoteric like all the | ||
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{{Style P-No indent|Self-Existent), and penetrating into the Mundane Egg, it emerges from it at the end of the divine incubation as Brahmâ or Prajâpati, a progenitor of the future Universe into which he expands. He is Purusha (spirit), but he is also Prakriti (matter). Therefore it is only after separating himself into two halves — Brahmâ-vâch (the female) and Brahmâ-Virâj (the male), that the Prajâpati becomes the male Brahmâ.}} | {{Style P-No indent|Self-Existent), and penetrating into the Mundane Egg, it emerges from it at the end of the divine incubation as Brahmâ or Prajâpati, a progenitor of the future Universe into which he expands. He is Purusha (spirit), but he is also Prakriti (matter). Therefore it is only after separating himself into two halves — Brahmâ-vâch (the female) and Brahmâ-Virâj (the male), that the Prajâpati becomes the male Brahmâ.}} | ||
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{{Style P-No indent|rest, and may as well mean “ holy ” as not. It is a blind, very suggestive in connection with certain superstitions — ''e.g''., that of the Russian people who will not use the pigeon for food ; not because it is “ unclean,” but because the “ Holy Ghost ” is credited with having appeared under the form of a Dove.}} | |||
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