Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-01-05
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,ceiying, FoTYEa751is155 Ea75 is155irit iiii5 Of tbat Y
hrst conceptions Then tits that religion,
always one ike the Supreme Reason,
changes its garments, snd sUTrebders the
anCieut rites tC the covetOusness and
knayery Of reereant priests, uletanoF..
phosed by their Dishonesty and ignoranea
into cbsriatans and juRgers.
Truth, veiled IN symbols, nnisinterpre-
ted and misunderstood, bas been trans
mUted into the strange error that there
exists q Power or Principle Of Evil,
antsgonistic to the Deity, fallen Angel,
the rival Of God aud SON etines successful
over bin that the Universe therefore is
in perfect and failure and that things
therein have gone quite contrary 20 the
intentions sno viii Of the Deity 20 REM
sdy which, the Evil Principle win some
day be overcome as 70 g small part of
! mankind, aud stouement and Teparation
be made by Goo 10 man in another life,
for the wrongs Inflicted on him by On
I impotence 10 this.
But the world teens everywhere with
/ lie, and is peoplsd with iDnumersble
I myrisds Of beings sensitive 20 pain. L.
/ was not created for man sioue; and 1t is
not only precisely whst the Divine and
Perfect Wisdom intended, but il is all
/ that a material world, peoplsa by beings
| " ID material bodies, cOaid by possibility
/ be. The millennium on this earth is The
real UtOpis, fabulous and impossible, Of
] visionary dresmers. Nan is what the
I Deity meant hs should be, imperfect.
/ feeble, fallible, liable 10 err and sensi-
[ tive 10 pain, bat Capable of i'm prove
ment aud prOgressioB, sud of beToisnl
that CAP smile at agony, be content with
destitUtiOn, preserve an equal mind
under the lssh Of injustice, aud without
unmRnly fear await the apprOach OF
death and count the pulses Of his life
I Wholly unknown to most men, ard mis-
understood by all others, except the
Adepts, the X aba!a and Hermeticism are
generally beld IN slight esteem, and be-
lieyeG To contain only an iHcoheTent
mysticism We shall seek now simply
% dispel this illusion.
The opening OF toe Sonar, Of It's frst
hook, the SIphra de ZsDlutha, the Book
OF Oecultati0u or Mystery, Is thus rem
dered by an Adept; and one is astOnished
az the profuuoity of its views and the
grand simplicity OF its images
"The understanding 0f The Occult, Is
the knowledge Of the Eduilibrium.
a. Forces Juat ere produced, without
being balanced. perish in the void.
the Princes Of the Giants. They fell like
rootless trees, and their place ID found no
more.
at was BY tbe conflict Of Forces not
in equiiibrinm that the waste earth was
naked and iormiess, when the Breath Of
God made for Itself place in Heaven
and pressed down the Baass OF the waters.
f" All the aspirations Of Nature were
then toward the Unity Of Form, toward
the living Synthesis Of the powers in
equilibrium and the forehead of God,
crowned with Light, lifted itself above
the vast Sea, and was reflected in the
waters below.
"His two eyes appeared rayiDg with
brilIancy, shooting forth two jets of
fame which crossed with the rays of re-
fieetion.
F." The forehead Of God and his two
eyes formed q triangle ia Heaven, and
the reflection formed a triangle ia the
waters.
"Tbus was the number Six revealed
which was the number Of the Universal
Creation"
aThs Mercy or Bsnissi'y Of God,p