admits that if less unjust and violent measures had been adopted the interest of the state and the safety of the throne might have justified the abolition of the order funck brentano op cit p the bourgeoisie whenever it has conquered power has destroyed all feudal patriarchal and idyllic relations it has pitilessly torn asunder all the many coloured feudal bonds which united men to their ' natural superiors ' and has left no tie twixt man and man but naked self interest and callous cash payment the communis manifesto eliphas l vi histoire de la magie p e j castle op cit a q c vol xx part i p ibid part ii p loiseleur op cit pp histoire de la magie p dr f w bussell religious thought and heresy in the middle ages p les sectes et soci t s secr tes p history of the assassins p f t b clavel histoire pittoresque de la franc ma onnerie p loiseleur op cit p ibid p ibid p dixit sibi quod non crederet in eum quia nichil erat et quod erat quidam falsus propheta et nichil valebat immo crederet in deum celi superiorem qui poterat salvare michelet proc s des templiers ii cf ibid p quidem falsus propheta est credas solummodo in deum celi et non in istum loiseleur op cit p raynouard op cit p wilhelm ferdinand wilcke geschichte des tempelherrenordens ii eliphas l vi histoire de la magie p j m ragon cours philosophique et interpr tatif des initiations anciennes et modernes dition sacr e l'usage des loges et des ma ons seulement p in a footnote on the same page ragon however refers to john the baptist in this connexion j b fabr palaprat recherches historiques sur les templiers p ibid p eliphas l vi histoire de la magie p eliphas l vi la science des esprits pp raynouard op cit p matter histoire du gnosticisme iii eliphas l vi histoire de la magie p m gr goire histoire des sectes religieuses ii matter histoire du gnosticisme iii ibid iii p jewish encyclopodia article on mand ans gr goire op cit iv jewish encyclopodia and hastings' encyclopodia of religion and ethics articles on mand ans codex nasarous liber adam appellatus trans from the syriac into latin by matth norberg vol i sed johanne hac tate hierosolym nato jordanumque deinceps legente et baptismum peragente veniet jeschu messias summisse se gerens ut baptismo johannis baptizetur et johannis per sapientiam sapiat pervertet vero doctrinam johannis et mutato jordani baptismo perversisque justiti dictis iniquitatem et perfidiam per mundum disseminabit article on the codex nasarous by silvestre de sacy in the journal des savants for november p cf passage in the zohar section bereschith folio matter op cit iii de sacy op cit p also attributes the codex nasarous to the eighth century matter op cit iii jewish encyclopodia article on mand ans loiseleur op cit p ibid p matter op cit iii the sabbatic goat is clearly of jewish origin thus the zohar relates that tradition teaches us that when the israelites evoked evil spirits these appeared to them under the form of he goats and made known to them all that they wished to learn section ahre moth folio a de pauly v eliphas l vi dogme et rituel de la haute magie ii some notes on various gnostic sects and their possible influence on free masonry by d f ranking reprinted from a q c vol xxiv pp the templars chapter iii secret societies and subversive movements nesta webster