]> 2026-04-22T17:04:59+00:00 Lares 0 en Lares These were of three kinds: ''Lares familiares'', the guardians and invisible presidents of the family circle; ''Lares parvi'', small idols used for divinations and augury: and ''Lares præstites'', which were supposed to maintain order among the others. The Lares are the ''manes ''or ghosts of disembodied people. Apuleius says that the tumulary in scription, ''To the gods manes who lived'', meant that the Soul had been transformed in a ''Lemure ''; and adds that though “the human Soul is a demon that our languages may name genius”, and “is an ''immortal god ''though in ''a certain sense she is born at the same time as the man in whom she is'', yet we may say ''that she dies in the same way that she is born''”. Which means in plainer language that ''Lares ''and ''Lemures ''are simply the shells cast off by the EGO, the high spiritual and immortal Soul, whose ''shell'', and also its astral reflection, the ''animal ''Soul, die, whereas the higher Soul prevails throughout eternity [[Category: Theosophical Glossary (CTD terms)]]<span style="color: grey; font-size: 90%; font-style: italic;"> (<span style="font-style: italic; border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="'Theosophical Glossary' by H. P. Blavatsky">TG</span>)</span>. <span style="border-bottom:1px dotted gray; cursor:help;" title="Latin">Lat.</span> These were of three kinds: ''Lares familiares'', the guardians and invisible presidents of the famil... Lares Lares Lares 2023-03-30T20:46:24Z 2460034.3655556 Lares