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{{Style P-No indent|the bodies subject to him in his system. Of these bodies the poor little number of ''primary ''and ''secondary ''planets known to astronomy, looks wretched enough, in truth. * Therefore, it stands to reason that there are a great number of planets, small and large, that have not been discovered yet, but of the existence of which ancient astronomers — al of them initiated adepts — must have certainly been aware. But, as their relation to the gods was sacred, it had to remain arcane, as also the names of various other planets and stars.}} | {{Style P-No indent|the bodies subject to him in his system. Of these bodies the poor little number of ''primary ''and ''secondary ''planets known to astronomy, looks wretched enough, in truth. * Therefore, it stands to reason that there are a great number of planets, small and large, that have not been discovered yet, but of the existence of which ancient astronomers — al of them initiated adepts — must have certainly been aware. But, as their relation to the gods was sacred, it had to remain arcane, as also the names of various other planets and stars.}} | ||
Besides which, even the Roman Catholic theology speaks of “ ''seventy ''planets that preside over the destinies of the nations of this globe ;” and, save the erroneous application, there is more truth in this tradition than in exact modern astronomy. The seventy planets are connected with the ''seventy ''elders of the people of Israel ''(Numb. ''11, 16'' ) ''because the ''regents ''of these planets are meant, not the orbs themselves ; and the word seventy is a play and a ''blind ''upon the 7 × 7 of the subdivisions. Each people and nation, as said already, has its ''direct ''Watcher, Guardian and Father in Heaven — a Planetary Spirit. We are willing to leave their own national God, Jehovah, to the descendants of Israel, the worshippers of ''Sabaoth ''or {{Style S-Small capitals|Saturn}} ; for, indeed, the ''monads ''of the people chosen by him are his own, and the Bible has never made a secret of it. Only the text of the English (Protestant) Bible is, in disagreement, as usual, with those of the Septuagint and the Vulgate. Thus, while in the former one reads ''(in Deuter. ''xxxii., 8 ''and ''9'' ) ''“ When the most high (not Jehovah) divided to the nations their inheritance . . . he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel,” in the ''Septuagint ''the text reads “ according ''to the number of the Angels ”'' (Planet-Angels), which is more concordant with truth and fact. Moreover, all the texts agree that “ the Lord’s ( Jehovah) ''portion ''is his people ; Jacob ''is ''the lot of ''his ''inheritance ” (Deut. xxxii. 9) ; and this settles the question. The “ Lord ” Jehovah took ''for his portion ''Israel — what have other nations to do with that particular ''national ''Deity ? Let then, the “ angel Gabriel ” watch over Iran and “ Mikael-Jehovah ” over the Hebrews. These are not the gods of other nations, and it is difficult to see why Christians | Besides which, even the Roman Catholic theology speaks of “ ''seventy ''planets that preside over the destinies of the nations of this globe ;” and, save the erroneous application, there is more truth in this tradition than in exact modern astronomy. The seventy planets are connected with the ''seventy ''elders of the people of Israel ''(Numb. ''11, 16'' ) ''because the ''regents ''of these planets are meant, not the orbs themselves ; and the word seventy is a play and a ''blind ''upon the 7 × 7 of the subdivisions. Each people and nation, as said already, has its ''direct ''Watcher, Guardian and Father in Heaven — a Planetary Spirit. We are willing to leave their own national God, Jehovah, to the descendants of Israel, the worshippers of ''Sabaoth ''or {{Style S-Small capitals|Saturn}} ; for, indeed, the ''monads ''of the people chosen by him are his own, and the Bible has never made a secret of it. Only the text of the English (Protestant) Bible is, in disagreement, as usual, with those of the Septuagint and the Vulgate. Thus, while in the former one reads ''(in Deuter. ''xxxii., 8 ''and ''9'' ) ''“ When the {{Style S-Small capitals|most high}} (not Jehovah) divided to the nations their inheritance . . . he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel,” in the ''Septuagint ''the text reads “ according ''to the number of the Angels ”'' (Planet-Angels), which is more concordant with truth and fact. Moreover, all the texts agree that “ the Lord’s ( Jehovah) ''portion ''is his people ; Jacob ''is ''the lot of ''his ''inheritance ” (Deut. xxxii. 9) ; and this settles the question. The “ Lord ” Jehovah took ''for his portion ''Israel — what have other nations to do with that particular ''national ''Deity ? Let then, the “ angel Gabriel ” watch over Iran and “ Mikael-Jehovah ” over the Hebrews. These are not the gods of other nations, and it is difficult to see why Christians | ||
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