Bureaucrats, Interface administrators, Administrators (Semantic MediaWiki), Curators (Semantic MediaWiki), Editors (Semantic MediaWiki), Suppressors, Administrators, trusted
11,091
edits
m
no edit summary
No edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
| image = SB-01-187.jpg | | image = SB-01-187.jpg | ||
| notes = | | notes = | ||
}} | }} | ||
| Line 33: | Line 31: | ||
... | ... | ||
{{Style P-HPB SB. Article separator}} | {{Style P-HPB SB. Article separator}} | ||
<center>Banner of Light</center> | <center>Banner of Light</center> | ||
<center>BOSTON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1876</center> | <center>BOSTON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1876</center> | ||
{{HPB-SB-item | {{HPB-SB-item | ||
| volume = 1 | | volume = 1 | ||
| Line 50: | Line 48: | ||
| untitled = | | untitled = | ||
| source title = Banner of Light | | source title = Banner of Light | ||
| source details = vol. XL No. 5, p. 1 | | source details = vol. XL No. 5, October 28, 1876, p. 1 | ||
| publication date = 1876-10-28 | | publication date = 1876-10-28 | ||
| original date = | | original date = | ||
| notes = | | notes = | ||
| archivist notes = This is published in "A Modern Panarion", p. 88 as "Huxley and Slade." | |||
| categories = | | categories = | ||
}} | }} | ||
| Line 66: | Line 65: | ||
In the Chaturhôtri Mantra (Book V, ch. iv, § 23, of the Aitareya-Brâhmana ) the Goddess Earth (iyam), who is termed the Queen of the Serpents (sarpa-râjñî), for she is the mother of everything that moves (sarpat), was in the beginning of time completely ''bald''. She was nothing but ''one round head'', which was soft to the touch (i.e., a “gelatinous mass”). Being distressed at her baldness, she called for help to the great Vâyu, the Lord of the ''airy'' regions; she prayed him to teach her the ''Mantra'' (invocation or sacrificial prayer, a certain part of the Veda), which would confer on her the magical power of creating things (generation). He complied, and then as soon as the Mantra was pronounced by her “in the proper metre” she found herself covered with hair (vegetation). She was now hard to the touch, for the ''Lord of the air had breathed upon her''—(the globe had cooled) . She had become of a variegated or motley appearance, and suddenly acquired the power {{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on|1-188}} | In the Chaturhôtri Mantra (Book V, ch. iv, § 23, of the Aitareya-Brâhmana ) the Goddess Earth (iyam), who is termed the Queen of the Serpents (sarpa-râjñî), for she is the mother of everything that moves (sarpat), was in the beginning of time completely ''bald''. She was nothing but ''one round head'', which was soft to the touch (i.e., a “gelatinous mass”). Being distressed at her baldness, she called for help to the great Vâyu, the Lord of the ''airy'' regions; she prayed him to teach her the ''Mantra'' (invocation or sacrificial prayer, a certain part of the Veda), which would confer on her the magical power of creating things (generation). He complied, and then as soon as the Mantra was pronounced by her “in the proper metre” she found herself covered with hair (vegetation). She was now hard to the touch, for the ''Lord of the air had breathed upon her''—(the globe had cooled) . She had become of a variegated or motley appearance, and suddenly acquired the power {{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on|1-188}} | ||
{{HPB-SB-footer-footnotes}} | |||