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'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Ladder}}'''. There are many “ladders” in the mystic philosophies and schemes, all of which were, and some still are, used in the respective mysteries of various nations. The ''Brahmanical Ladder ''symbolises the ''Seven ''Worlds or ''Sapta Loka''; the ''Kabalistical Ladder'', the seven lower Sephiroth; ''Jacob’s Ladder ''is spoken of in the Bible; the ''Mithraic Ladder ''is also the “Mysterious Ladder”. Then there are the Rosicrucian, the Scandinavian, the Borsippa Ladders, etc., etc., and finally the ''Theological Ladder ''which, according to Brother Kenneth Mackenzie, consists of the four cardinal and three theological virtues. | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|Ladder}}'''. There are many “ladders” in the mystic philosophies and schemes, all of which were, and some still are, used in the respective mysteries of various nations. The ''Brahmanical Ladder ''symbolises the ''Seven ''Worlds or ''Sapta Loka''; the ''Kabalistical Ladder'', the seven lower Sephiroth; ''Jacob’s Ladder ''is spoken of in the Bible; the ''Mithraic Ladder ''is also the “Mysterious Ladder”. Then there are the Rosicrucian, the Scandinavian, the Borsippa Ladders, etc., etc., and finally the ''Theological Ladder ''which, according to Brother Kenneth Mackenzie, consists of the four cardinal and three theological virtues. | ||
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H. P. Blavatsky
Ladder. There are many “ladders” in the mystic philosophies and schemes, all of which were, and some still are, used in the respective mysteries of various nations. The Brahmanical Ladder symbolises the Seven Worlds or Sapta Loka; the Kabalistical Ladder, the seven lower Sephiroth; Jacob’s Ladder is spoken of in the Bible; the Mithraic Ladder is also the “Mysterious Ladder”. Then there are the Rosicrucian, the Scandinavian, the Borsippa Ladders, etc., etc., and finally the Theological Ladder which, according to Brother Kenneth Mackenzie, consists of the four cardinal and three theological virtues.
Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Ladder