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Chaldeans

Also: • Kasdim •

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 (TG).


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Shortly: At first a tribe, then a caste of learned Kabbalists. They were the savants, the magians of Baby...