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HPB-SD(ed.1) v.2 p.1 st.12 sl.47-49 ch.Curse (view source)
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{{Style P-No indent|evolution of the Fourth Race, there came enmity between its seed, and the “ Serpent’s ” seed, the seed or product of ''Karma ''and divine wisdom. For the seed of woman or lust, ''bruised the head ''of the seed of ''the fruit of wisdom and knowledge'', by turning the holy mystery of procreation into animal gratification ; hence the law of Karma “ bruised the ''heel ”'' of the Atlantean race, by gradually changing physiologically, morally, physically, and mentally, the whole nature of the Fourth Race of mankind, * until, from the healthy King of animal creation of the Third Race, man became in the Fifth, our race, a helpless, scrofulous being, and has now become the wealthiest heir on the globe to constitutional and hereditary diseases, the most consciously and intelligently bestial of all animals ! †}} | {{Style P-No indent|evolution of the Fourth Race, there came enmity between its seed, and the “ Serpent’s ” seed, the seed or product of ''Karma ''and divine wisdom. For the seed of woman or lust, ''bruised the head ''of the seed of ''the fruit of wisdom and knowledge'', by turning the holy mystery of procreation into animal gratification ; hence the law of Karma “ bruised the ''heel ”'' of the Atlantean race, by gradually changing physiologically, morally, physically, and mentally, the whole nature of the Fourth Race of mankind, * until, from the healthy King of animal creation of the Third Race, man became in the Fifth, our race, a helpless, scrofulous being, and has now become the wealthiest heir on the globe to constitutional and hereditary diseases, the most consciously and intelligently bestial of all animals ! †}} | ||
This is the real curse from the physiological standpoint, almost the only one touched upon in the Kabalistic esotericism. Viewed from this aspect, the curse is undeniable, for it is evident. The intellectual evolution, in its progress hand-in-hand with the physical, has certainly been a curse instead of a blessing — a gift quickened by the “ Lords of Wisdom,” who have poured on the human ''manas ''the fresh dew of their own spirit and essence. The divine Titan has then suffered in vain ; and one feels inclined to regret his benefaction to mankind, and sigh for those days so graphically depicted by Æschylus, in his “ Prometheus Bound,” when, at the close of the first Titanic age (the age that followed that of ethereal man, of the pious Kandu and Pramlochâ), nascent, physical mankind, still mindless and (physiologically) senseless, is described as — | This is the real {{Style S-Small capitals|curse}} from the physiological standpoint, almost the only one touched upon in the Kabalistic esotericism. Viewed from this aspect, the curse is undeniable, for it is evident. The intellectual evolution, in its progress hand-in-hand with the physical, has certainly been a curse instead of a blessing — a gift quickened by the “ Lords of Wisdom,” who have poured on the human ''manas ''the fresh dew of their own spirit and essence. The divine Titan has then suffered in vain ; and one feels inclined to regret his benefaction to mankind, and sigh for those days so graphically depicted by Æschylus, in his “ Prometheus Bound,” when, at the close of the first Titanic age (the age that followed that of ethereal man, of the pious Kandu and Pramlochâ), nascent, physical mankind, still mindless and (physiologically) senseless, is described as — | ||
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{{Style P-No indent|Matarisvan, a divine . . . . personage, closely associated with the fire god of the Veda, Agni. . . . .” Mati, in Sanskrit, is “ understanding,” and a synonym of mahat and ''manas'', and must be of some account in the origin of the name : ''Promati ''is the son of Fohat, and has his story also.}} | {{Style P-No indent|Matarisvan, a divine . . . . personage, closely associated with the fire god of the Veda, Agni. . . . .” Mati, in Sanskrit, is “ understanding,” and a synonym of {{Style S-Small capitals|mahat}} and ''manas'', and must be of some account in the origin of the name : ''Promati ''is the son of Fohat, and has his story also.}} | ||
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Kronos is “ time,” and thus the allegory becomes very suggestive. ''( See closing pages of this Sub-section. )'' | <nowiki>*</nowiki> Kronos is “ time,” and thus the allegory becomes very suggestive. ''( See closing pages of this Sub-section. )'' | ||