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(''b'') The modern Commentary explains the words as a reference to a well-known astronomical fact, that Mercury receives seven times more {{Page SD 3d ed|ed=1|v=2|p=28|title=the secret doctrine.}}light and heat from the Sun than the Earth, or even the beautiful Venus, which receives but twice the amount falling on our insignificant Globe. Whether the fact was known in antiquity may be inferred from the prayer of the “Earth Spirit” to the Sun as given in the text.‡ The Sun, however, refuses to people the Globe, as it is not ready to receive life as yet. | (''b'') The modern Commentary explains the words as a reference to a well-known astronomical fact, that Mercury receives seven times more {{Page SD 3d ed|ed=1|v=2|p=28|title=the secret doctrine.}}light and heat from the Sun than the Earth, or even the beautiful Venus, which receives but twice the amount falling on our insignificant Globe. Whether the fact was known in antiquity may be inferred from the prayer of the “Earth Spirit” to the Sun as given in the text.‡ The Sun, however, refuses to people the Globe, as it is not ready to receive life as yet. | ||
Mercury, as an astrological Planet, is still more Occult and mysterious than Venus. It is identical with the Mazdean Mithra, the Genius, or God, “established between the Sun and the Moon, the perpetual companion of the ‘Sun’ of Wisdom.” Pausanias (Bk. v.) shows him as having an altar in common with Jupiter. He had wings to express his attendance upon the Sun in its course; and he was called the Nuntius and Sun-wolf, “''solaris luminis particeps''.” He was the leader and evocator of Souls, the great Magician and the Hierophant. Virgil depicts him as taking his wand to evoke from Orcus the souls plunged therein—''tum virgam capit, hac animas ille evocat Orco''.§ He is the Golden-coloured Mercury, the Χρυσοφαὴς Ἑρμῆς whom the Hierophants forbade to name. He is symbolized in Grecian mythology by one of the “dogs” (vigilance), which watch over the celestial flock (Occult Wisdom), or Hermes Anubis, or again | Mercury, as an astrological Planet, is still more Occult and mysterious than Venus. It is identical with the Mazdean Mithra, the Genius, or God, “established between the Sun and the Moon, the perpetual companion of the ‘Sun’ of Wisdom.” Pausanias (Bk. v.) shows him as having an altar in common with Jupiter. He had wings to express his attendance upon the Sun in its course; and he was called the Nuntius and Sun-wolf, “''solaris luminis particeps''.” He was the leader and evocator of Souls, the great Magician and the Hierophant. Virgil depicts him as taking his wand to evoke from Orcus the souls plunged therein—''tum virgam capit, hac animas ille evocat Orco''.§ He is the Golden-coloured Mercury, the Χρυσοφαὴς Ἑρμῆς whom the Hierophants forbade to name. He is symbolized in Grecian mythology by one of the “dogs” (vigilance), which watch over the celestial flock (Occult Wisdom), or Hermes Anubis, or again Agatho- | ||
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{{Style P-No indent|He is the Argus watching over the Earth, mistaken by the latter for the Sun itself. It is through the intercession of Mercury that the Emperor Julian prayed to the Occult Sun every night; for, as says Vossius:}} | {{Style P-No indent|dæmon. He is the Argus watching over the Earth, mistaken by the latter for the Sun itself. It is through the intercession of Mercury that the Emperor Julian prayed to the Occult Sun every night; for, as says Vossius:}} | ||
{{Style P-Quote|All the theologians assert that ''Mercury and the Sun are one''... He was the most eloquent and the most wise of all the Gods, which is not to be wondered at, since ''Mercury is in such close proximity to the Wisdom and the Word of God'' [the Sun] that he was confused with both.*}} | {{Style P-Quote|All the theologians assert that ''Mercury and the Sun are one''... He was the most eloquent and the most wise of all the Gods, which is not to be wondered at, since ''Mercury is in such close proximity to the Wisdom and the Word of God'' [the Sun] that he was confused with both.*}} | ||
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And who that is acquainted with the ''Purânas'', the ''Book of the Dead'', the ''Zendavesta'', the Assyrian Tiles, and finally the ''Bible'', and has observed the constant occurrence of the number seven in these records of people from the remotest times upwards unconnected and so far apart, can regard as a coincidence the following fact, given by the same explorer of ancient Mysteries? Speaking of the prevalence of seven as a mystic number, among the inhabitants of the “Western Continent” of America, he adds that it is not less remarkable. For: | And who that is acquainted with the ''Purânas'', the ''Book of the Dead'', the ''Zendavesta'', the Assyrian Tiles, and finally the ''Bible'', and has observed the constant occurrence of the number seven in these records of people from the remotest times upwards unconnected and so far apart, can regard as a coincidence the following fact, given by the same explorer of ancient Mysteries? Speaking of the prevalence of seven as a mystic number, among the inhabitants of the “Western Continent” of America, he adds that it is not less remarkable. For: | ||
{{Style P-Quote|It frequently occurs in the ''Popul-Vuh''. We find it besides in the ''seven families'' said by Sahagun and Clavigero to have accompanied the mystical personage named ''Votan'', the reputed founder of the great city of Nachan, identified by some with Palenque. In the ''seven caves''§ from which the ancestors of the Nahualts are | {{Style P-Quote|It frequently occurs in the ''Popul-Vuh''. We find it besides in the ''seven families'' said by Sahagun and Clavigero to have accompanied the mystical personage named ''Votan'', the reputed founder of the great city of Nachan, identified by some with Palenque. In the ''seven caves''§ from which the ancestors of the Nahualts are re-}} | ||
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{{Style P-Quote|{{Style P-No indent|to have emerged. In the ''seven cities'' of Cibola, described by Coronado and Niza.... In the ''seven Antilles''; in the ''seven heroes'' who, we are told, escaped the Deluge.}}}} | {{Style P-Quote|{{Style P-No indent|ported to have emerged. In the ''seven cities'' of Cibola, described by Coronado and Niza.... In the ''seven Antilles''; in the ''seven heroes'' who, we are told, escaped the Deluge.}}}} | ||
Heroes, moreover, whose number is found the same in every Deluge story—from the seven Rishis who were saved with Vaivasvata Manu, down to Noah's ark, into which beasts, fowls, and living creatures were taken by “sevens.” Thus we see the figures 1, 3, 5, 7, as perfect, because thoroughly mystic, numbers playing a prominent part in every Cosmogony and evolution of living Beings. In China, 1, 3, 5, 7, are called “celestial numbers” in the canonical “Book of Changes”—''Yi King'', or ''transformation'', as in “evolution.” | Heroes, moreover, whose number is found the same in every Deluge story—from the seven Rishis who were saved with Vaivasvata Manu, down to Noah's ark, into which beasts, fowls, and living creatures were taken by “sevens.” Thus we see the figures 1, 3, 5, 7, as perfect, because thoroughly mystic, numbers playing a prominent part in every Cosmogony and evolution of living Beings. In China, 1, 3, 5, 7, are called “celestial numbers” in the canonical “Book of Changes”—''Yi King'', or ''transformation'', as in “evolution.” | ||
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{{Style P-Quote|To the fulness of the world in general with its chiefest content, man, the term Elohim-Jehovah applies. In extracts from Sohar, the Rev. Dr. Cassell [a Kabalist], to prove that the Cabbalah sets forth the doctrine of the Trinity, among other things says: “Jehovah is Elohim (Alhim)” ... By ''three'' steps God, (Alhim) and Jehovah become the same, and though separated, each and together they are of the same One.†}} | {{Style P-Quote|To the fulness of the world in general with its chiefest content, man, the term Elohim-Jehovah applies. In extracts from Sohar, the Rev. Dr. Cassell [a Kabalist], to prove that the Cabbalah sets forth the doctrine of the Trinity, among other things says: “Jehovah is Elohim (Alhim)” ... By ''three'' steps God, (Alhim) and Jehovah become the same, and though separated, each and together they are of the same One.†}} | ||
Similarly, Vishnu becomes the Sun, the visible symbol of the | Similarly, Vishnu becomes the Sun, the visible symbol of the Im- | ||
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{{Page SD 3d ed|ed=3|v=2|p=42|title=the secret doctrine.}} | {{Page SD 3d ed|ed=3|v=2|p=42|title=the secret doctrine.}} | ||
{{Style P-No indent|Deity. Vishnu is described as “striding through the seven regions of the Universe in ''three steps''.” But with the Hindûs this is an ''exoteric'' account, a surface tenet and an allegory, while the Kabalists give it out as the Esoteric and final meaning. But to proceed:}} | {{Style P-No indent|personal Deity. Vishnu is described as “striding through the seven regions of the Universe in ''three steps''.” But with the Hindûs this is an ''exoteric'' account, a surface tenet and an allegory, while the Kabalists give it out as the Esoteric and final meaning. But to proceed:}} | ||
{{Style P-Quote|Now Light, as shown, is 20612 to 6561, as the proper enunciation of the integral and numerical relation of diameter to circumference of a circle. God (Alhim, that is, 31415 to One, a modified form of the above) is the reduction of this, so as to obtain a standard unit ''One'', as the basis, in general, of all calculation and all mensuration. But for the production of animal life, and for especial ''time measure'', or the lunar year, that influence which causes conception and embryotic development, the numbers of the Jehovah measure (the “''man even Jehovah''” measure), viz., 113 to 355, have to be specialized.* But this last ratio is but a modified form of Light, or 20612 to 6561, as a ''pi value'', being only a variation of the same (that is 20612 to 6561 is 31415 to one, and 355 to 113 is 31415 or Alhim or God), and in such a manner that one can be made {{Page SD 3d ed|ed=1|v=2|p=39|title=the numbers of creation.}}to flow into and be derived from the other:—and these are the three steps by which the ''Unity'' and sameness can be shown of the Divine names. That is, the two are but variations of the same ratio, viz., that of ''pi''. The object of this comment is to show the same symbolic measuring use for the Cabbalah, as taught, with that of the Three Covenants of the ''Bible'', and with that of Masonry as just noticed.}} | {{Style P-Quote|Now Light, as shown, is 20612 to 6561, as the proper enunciation of the integral and numerical relation of diameter to circumference of a circle. God (Alhim, that is, 31415 to One, a modified form of the above) is the reduction of this, so as to obtain a standard unit ''One'', as the basis, in general, of all calculation and all mensuration. But for the production of animal life, and for especial ''time measure'', or the lunar year, that influence which causes conception and embryotic development, the numbers of the Jehovah measure (the “''man even Jehovah''” measure), viz., 113 to 355, have to be specialized.* But this last ratio is but a modified form of Light, or 20612 to 6561, as a ''pi value'', being only a variation of the same (that is 20612 to 6561 is 31415 to one, and 355 to 113 is 31415 or Alhim or God), and in such a manner that one can be made {{Page SD 3d ed|ed=1|v=2|p=39|title=the numbers of creation.}}to flow into and be derived from the other:—and these are the three steps by which the ''Unity'' and sameness can be shown of the Divine names. That is, the two are but variations of the same ratio, viz., that of ''pi''. The object of this comment is to show the same symbolic measuring use for the Cabbalah, as taught, with that of the Three Covenants of the ''Bible'', and with that of Masonry as just noticed.}} | ||
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{{Style P-Quote|Man was created by the Sephiroth (Elohim-Javeh, also) and they engendered by common power the ''earthly'' Adam.}} | {{Style P-Quote|Man was created by the Sephiroth (Elohim-Javeh, also) and they engendered by common power the ''earthly'' Adam.}} | ||
Therefore in ''Genesis'' the Elohim say: “Behold Man is become ''as one of us''.” But in Hindû Cosmogony or “Creation,” Brahmâ-Prajâpati ''creates'' Virâj and the Rishis, spiritually; therefore the latter are | Therefore in ''Genesis'' the Elohim say: “Behold Man is become ''as one of us''.” But in Hindû Cosmogony or “Creation,” Brahmâ-Prajâpati ''creates'' Virâj and the Rishis, spiritually; therefore the latter are dis- | ||
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{{Style P-No indent|called the “Mind-born Sons of Brahmâ”; and this specified mode of ''engendering'' precluded every idea of Phallicism, at any rate in the earlier human nations. This instance well illustrates the respective ''spirituality'' of the two nations.}} | {{Style P-No indent|tinctly called the “Mind-born Sons of Brahmâ”; and this specified mode of ''engendering'' precluded every idea of Phallicism, at any rate in the earlier human nations. This instance well illustrates the respective ''spirituality'' of the two nations.}} | ||