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{{Page|443|the mystery of blackness.}} | {{Page|443|the mystery of blackness.}} | ||
The Esoteric doctrine of the East having thus furnished and struck the key-note — which is as scientific as it is philosophical and poetical, as may be seen, under its allegorical garb — every nation has followed its lead. It is from the exoteric religions that we have to dig out the root-idea before we turn to esoteric truths, lest the latter should be rejected. Furthermore, every symbol — in ''every ''national religion — may be read esoterically, and the proof furnished for its being correctly read by transliterating it into its corresponding numerals and geometrical forms — by the extraordinary agreement of all — however much the glyphs and symbols may vary among themselves. For in the origin those symbols were all identical. Take, for instance, the opening sentences in various cosmogonies : in every case it is either a ''circle'', an ''egg'', or a ''head | The Esoteric doctrine of the East having thus furnished and struck the key-note — which is as scientific as it is philosophical and poetical, as may be seen, under its allegorical garb — every nation has followed its lead. It is from the exoteric religions that we have to dig out the root-idea before we turn to esoteric truths, lest the latter should be rejected. Furthermore, every symbol — in ''every ''national religion — may be read esoterically, and the proof furnished for its being correctly read by transliterating it into its corresponding numerals and geometrical forms — by the extraordinary agreement of all — however much the glyphs and symbols may vary among themselves. For in the origin those symbols were all identical. Take, for instance, the opening sentences in various cosmogonies : in every case it is either a ''circle'', an ''egg'', or a ''head''. {{Style S-Small capitals|Darkness}} is always associated with this first symbol and surrounds it, — as shown in the Hindu, the Egyptian, the Chaldeo-Hebrew and even the Scandinavian systems — hence black ravens, black doves, black waters and even black flames ; the ''seventh ''tongue of Agni, the ''fire-god ''being called “ ''Kali'',” “ the black,” as it was a black flickering flame. Two ''black ''doves flew from Egypt and settling on the oaks of Dodona, gave their names to the Grecian gods. Noah lets out a ''black ''raven after the deluge, which is a symbol for the Cosmic pralaya, after which began the real creation or evolution of our earth and humanity. Odin’s black ravens fluttered around the Goddess Saga and “ whispered to her of the past and of the future.” What is the real meaning of all those black birds ? They are all connected with the primeval wisdom, which flows out of the pre-cosmic Source of all, symbolised by the Head, the Circle, the Egg ; and they all have an identical meaning and relate to the primordial Archetypal man (Adam Kadmon) the creative origin of all things, which is composed of the Host of Cosmic Powers — the Creative Dhyan-Chohans, beyond which all is darkness. | ||
Let us inquire of the wisdom of the Kabala — even veiled and distorted as it now is, — to explain in its numerical language an approximate meaning, at least of the word “ raven.” This is its number value as given in the “ Source of Measures.” | Let us inquire of the wisdom of the Kabala — even veiled and distorted as it now is, — to explain in its numerical language an approximate meaning, at least of the word “ raven.” This is its number value as given in the “ Source of Measures.” | ||
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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}}. | ||