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== H. P. Blavatsky == | == [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] == | ||
'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Chaldeans}}'''. At first a tribe, then a caste of learned Kabbalists. They were the ''savants, ''the magians of Babylonia, astrologers and diviners. The famous Hillel, the precursor of Jesus in philosophy and in ethics, was a Chaldean. Franck in his ''Kabbala ''points to the close resemblance of the “secret doctrine” found in the ''Avesta ''and the religious metaphysics of the Chaldees. | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|Chaldeans}}'''. At first a tribe, then a caste of learned Kabbalists. They were the ''savants, ''the magians of Babylonia, astrologers and diviners. The famous Hillel, the precursor of Jesus in philosophy and in ethics, was a Chaldean. Franck in his ''Kabbala ''points to the close resemblance of the “secret doctrine” found in the ''Avesta ''and the religious metaphysics of the Chaldees. | ||
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H. P. Blavatsky
Chaldeans. At first a tribe, then a caste of learned Kabbalists. They were the savants, the magians of Babylonia, astrologers and diviners. The famous Hillel, the precursor of Jesus in philosophy and in ethics, was a Chaldean. Franck in his Kabbala points to the close resemblance of the “secret doctrine” found in the Avesta and the religious metaphysics of the Chaldees.
Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Chaldeans