[174]Ibid.377.
[174]Ibid.377.
[175]Vol. II. Justin Martyr.First Apology, §§ liv., lxii., and lxvi.
[175]Vol. II. Justin Martyr.First Apology, §§ liv., lxii., and lxvi.
[176]Vol. II. Justin Martyr.Second Apology, § xiii.
[176]Vol. II. Justin Martyr.Second Apology, § xiii.
[177]Vol. VII. Tertullian,On Baptism, ch. v.
[177]Vol. VII. Tertullian,On Baptism, ch. v.
[178]The student might read Plato's account of the "Cave" and its inhabitants, remembering that Plato was an Initiate.Republic, Bk. vii.
[178]The student might read Plato's account of the "Cave" and its inhabitants, remembering that Plato was an Initiate.Republic, Bk. vii.
[179]Eliphas LéviThe Mysteries of Magic, p. 48.
[179]Eliphas LéviThe Mysteries of Magic, p. 48.
[180]Bonwick.Egyptian Belief, p. 157. Quoted in Williamson'sGreat Law, p. 26.
[180]Bonwick.Egyptian Belief, p. 157. Quoted in Williamson'sGreat Law, p. 26.
[181]The festival "Natalis Solis Invicti," the birthday of the Invincible Sun.
[181]The festival "Natalis Solis Invicti," the birthday of the Invincible Sun.
[182]Williamson.The Great Law, pp. 40-42. Those who wish to study this matter as one of Comparative Religion cannot do better than readThe Great Law, whose author is a profoundly religious man and a Christian.
[182]Williamson.The Great Law, pp. 40-42. Those who wish to study this matter as one of Comparative Religion cannot do better than readThe Great Law, whose author is a profoundly religious man and a Christian.
[183]Ibid.pp. 36, 37.
[183]Ibid.pp. 36, 37.
[184]The Great Law, p. 116.
[184]The Great Law, p. 116.
[185]Ibid.p. 58.
[185]Ibid.p. 58.
[186]Ibid.p. 56.
[186]Ibid.p. 56.
[187]Ibid.pp. 120-123.
[187]Ibid.pp. 120-123.
[188]See on this the opening of the Johannine Gospel, i. 1-5. The name Logos, ascribed to the manifested God, shaping matter—"all things were made by Him"—is Platonic, and is hence directly derived from the Mysteries; ages before Plato, Vâk, Voice, derived from the same source, was used among Hindus.
[188]See on this the opening of the Johannine Gospel, i. 1-5. The name Logos, ascribed to the manifested God, shaping matter—"all things were made by Him"—is Platonic, and is hence directly derived from the Mysteries; ages before Plato, Vâk, Voice, derived from the same source, was used among Hindus.
[189]SeeAnte, pp. 124.
[189]SeeAnte, pp. 124.
[190]SeeAnte, pp. 93-94.
[190]SeeAnte, pp. 93-94.
[191]SeeAnte, p. 85.
[191]SeeAnte, p. 85.
[192]II. Cor. iv. 18.
[192]II. Cor. iv. 18.
[193]II. Cor. v. 7.
[193]II. Cor. v. 7.
[194]Heb. v. 14.
[194]Heb. v. 14.
[195]S. Luke xv. 16.
[195]S. Luke xv. 16.
[196]Ibid.xiv. 26.
[196]Ibid.xiv. 26.
[197]S. Matt. v. 28.
[197]S. Matt. v. 28.
[198]Heb. xi. 27.
[198]Heb. xi. 27.
[199]S. Matt v. 45.
[199]S. Matt v. 45.
[200]S. Luke ix. 49, 50.
[200]S. Luke ix. 49, 50.
[201]S. Matt xvii. 20.
[201]S. Matt xvii. 20.
[202]II. Cor. vi. 8-10.
[202]II. Cor. vi. 8-10.
[203]Col. iii. 1.
[203]Col. iii. 1.
[204]S. Matt. v. 8, and S. John xvii. 21.
[204]S. Matt. v. 8, and S. John xvii. 21.
[205]Gen. i. 2.
[205]Gen. i. 2.
[206]S. John i. 3.
[206]S. John i. 3.
[207]The Christian Creed, p. 29. This is a most valuable and fascinating little book, on the mystical meaning of the creeds.
[207]The Christian Creed, p. 29. This is a most valuable and fascinating little book, on the mystical meaning of the creeds.
[208]Ibid.p. 42.
[208]Ibid.p. 42.
[209]A name of the Holy Ghost.
[209]A name of the Holy Ghost.
[210]Ibid.p. 43.
[210]Ibid.p. 43.
[211]Ante, p. 124.
[211]Ante, p. 124.
[212]S. Matt. xviii. 3.
[212]S. Matt. xviii. 3.
[213]2 S. Peter iii. 15, 16.
[213]2 S. Peter iii. 15, 16.
[214]A. Besant.Essay on the Atonement.
[214]A. Besant.Essay on the Atonement.
[215]Ibid.
[215]Ibid.
[216]Brihadâranyakopaniṣhat, I. i. 1.
[216]Brihadâranyakopaniṣhat, I. i. 1.
[217]Bhagavad Gîtâ, iii. 10.
[217]Bhagavad Gîtâ, iii. 10.
[218]Brihadâranyakopaniṣhat, I. ii. 7.
[218]Brihadâranyakopaniṣhat, I. ii. 7.
[219]Muṇḍakopaniṣhat, II. ii. 10.
[219]Muṇḍakopaniṣhat, II. ii. 10.
[220]Haug.Essays on the Parsîs, pp. 12-14.
[220]Haug.Essays on the Parsîs, pp. 12-14.
[221]Rev. xiii. 8.
[221]Rev. xiii. 8.
[222]W. Williamson.The Great Law, p. 406.
[222]W. Williamson.The Great Law, p. 406.
[223]A. Besant.Nineteenth Century, June, 1895, "The Atonement."
[223]A. Besant.Nineteenth Century, June, 1895, "The Atonement."
[224]Heb. i. 5.
[224]Heb. i. 5.
[225]Ibid., 2.
[225]Ibid., 2.
[226]C.W. Leadbeater.The Christian Creed, pp. 54-56.
[226]C.W. Leadbeater.The Christian Creed, pp. 54-56.
[227]Ibid.pp. 56, 57.
[227]Ibid.pp. 56, 57.
[228]S. Matt. xxv. 21, 23, 31-45.
[228]S. Matt. xxv. 21, 23, 31-45.
[229]Is. liii. 11.
[229]Is. liii. 11.
[230]S. Matt. xvi. 25.
[230]S. Matt. xvi. 25.
[231]S. John xii. 25.
[231]S. John xii. 25.
[232]Heb. vii. 16.
[232]Heb. vii. 16.
[233]Light on the Path, § 8.
[233]Light on the Path, § 8.
[234]Heb. vii. 25.
[234]Heb. vii. 25.
[235]Heb. v. 8, 9.
[235]Heb. v. 8, 9.
[236]I Tim. iii. 16.
[236]I Tim. iii. 16.
[237]Annie Besant.Theosophical Review, Dec., 1898, pp. 344, 345.
[237]Annie Besant.Theosophical Review, Dec., 1898, pp. 344, 345.
[238]C. W. Leadbeater.The Christian Creed, pp. 61, 62.
[238]C. W. Leadbeater.The Christian Creed, pp. 61, 62.
[239]I Cor. xv. 44.
[239]I Cor. xv. 44.
[240]I Thess. v. 23.
[240]I Thess. v. 23.
[241]See Chapter IX., "The Trinity."
[241]See Chapter IX., "The Trinity."
[242]SeeAnte, pp. 84, 99, 100.
[242]SeeAnte, pp. 84, 99, 100.
[243]2 Cor. xii. 2, 4.
[243]2 Cor. xii. 2, 4.
[244]S. Matt. v. 48.
[244]S. Matt. v. 48.
[245]S. John xvii. 22, 23.
[245]S. John xvii. 22, 23.
[246]2 Cor. v. 1.
[246]2 Cor. v. 1.
[247]1 Cor. xv. 28.
[247]1 Cor. xv. 28.
[248]This mistranslation was a very natural one, as the translation was made in the seventeenth century, and all idea of the pre-existence of the soul and of its evolution had long faded out of Christendom, save in the teachings of a few sects regarded as heretical and persecuted by the Roman Catholic Church.
[248]This mistranslation was a very natural one, as the translation was made in the seventeenth century, and all idea of the pre-existence of the soul and of its evolution had long faded out of Christendom, save in the teachings of a few sects regarded as heretical and persecuted by the Roman Catholic Church.
[249]S. John iii. 13.
[249]S. John iii. 13.
[250]Heb. v. 9.
[250]Heb. v. 9.
[251]Rev. i. 18.
[251]Rev. i. 18.
[252]H. P. Blavatsky.The Voice of the Silence, p. 90, 5th Edition.
[252]H. P. Blavatsky.The Voice of the Silence, p. 90, 5th Edition.
[253]S. John. xvii. 5.
[253]S. John. xvii. 5.
[254]1 Cor. xv. 20.
[254]1 Cor. xv. 20.
[255]Chhândogyopaniṣhat, VI. ii., 1.
[255]Chhândogyopaniṣhat, VI. ii., 1.
[256]Deut. vi. 4.
[256]Deut. vi. 4.
[257]1 Cor. viii. 6.
[257]1 Cor. viii. 6.
[258]An error: En, or Ain, Soph is not one of the Trinity, but the One Existence, manifested in the Three; nor is Kadmon, or Adam Kadmon, one Sephira, but their totality.
[258]An error: En, or Ain, Soph is not one of the Trinity, but the One Existence, manifested in the Three; nor is Kadmon, or Adam Kadmon, one Sephira, but their totality.
[259]Quoted in Williamson'sThe Great Law, pp. 201, 202.
[259]Quoted in Williamson'sThe Great Law, pp. 201, 202.
[260]H. H. Milman.The History of Christianity, 1867, pp. 70-72.
[260]H. H. Milman.The History of Christianity, 1867, pp. 70-72.
[261]Asiatic Researches, i. 285.
[261]Asiatic Researches, i. 285.
[262]S. Sharpe.Egyptian Mythology and Egyptian Christology, p. 14.
[262]S. Sharpe.Egyptian Mythology and Egyptian Christology, p. 14.
[263]See Williamson'sThe Great Law, p. 196.
[263]See Williamson'sThe Great Law, p. 196.
[264]Loc. Cit., pp. 208, 209.
[264]Loc. Cit., pp. 208, 209.
[265]S. John i. 3.
[265]S. John i. 3.
[266]Jer. li. 15.
[266]Jer. li. 15.
[267]SeeAnte, pp. 179-180.
[267]SeeAnte, pp. 179-180.
[268]Athanasian Creed.
[268]Athanasian Creed.
[269]Rev. iv. 8.
[269]Rev. iv. 8.
[270]S. Luke. i. 38.
[270]S. Luke. i. 38.
[271]Ibid, 35.
[271]Ibid, 35.
[272]Book of Wisdom, viii. 1.
[272]Book of Wisdom, viii. 1.
[273]Vol. IV. Ante-Nicene Library. S. Clement of Alexandria.Stromata, bk. V., ch. ii.
[273]Vol. IV. Ante-Nicene Library. S. Clement of Alexandria.Stromata, bk. V., ch. ii.
[274]SeeAnte, p. 262.
[274]SeeAnte, p. 262.
[275]SeeAnte, p. 207.
[275]SeeAnte, p. 207.
[276]Gen. i. 1.
[276]Gen. i. 1.
[277]Job xxxviii. 4; Zech. xii. 1; &c.
[277]Job xxxviii. 4; Zech. xii. 1; &c.
[278]Gen. i. 2.
[278]Gen. i. 2.
[279]Gen. i. 2.
[279]Gen. i. 2.
[280]SeeAnte, p. 262.
[280]SeeAnte, p. 262.
[281]SeeAnte, p. 262.
[281]SeeAnte, p. 262.
[282]S. John i. 3.
[282]S. John i. 3.
[283]Bhagavad Gîtâix. 4.
[283]Bhagavad Gîtâix. 4.
[284]1 Cor. xv. 27, 28.
[284]1 Cor. xv. 27, 28.
[285]S. John xiv. 6. See also the further meaning of this text on p. 272.
[285]S. John xiv. 6. See also the further meaning of this text on p. 272.
[286]Heb. xii. 9.
[286]Heb. xii. 9.
[287]Numb. xvi. 22.
[287]Numb. xvi. 22.
[288]Gen. i. 26.
[288]Gen. i. 26.
[289]S. Matt. v. 48.
[289]S. Matt. v. 48.
[290]S. John xvii. 5.
[290]S. John xvii. 5.
[291]S. John v. 26.
[291]S. John v. 26.
[292]S. Matt. i. 22.
[292]S. Matt. i. 22.
[293]Heb. ii. 18.
[293]Heb. ii. 18.
[294]Much of this chapter has already appeared in an earlier work by the author, entitled,Some Problems of Life.
[294]Much of this chapter has already appeared in an earlier work by the author, entitled,Some Problems of Life.
[295]S. James i. 17.
[295]S. James i. 17.
[296]Gen. xxviii. 12, 13.
[296]Gen. xxviii. 12, 13.
[297]See Chapter xii.
[297]See Chapter xii.
[298]Heb. i. 14.
[298]Heb. i. 14.
[299]S. Matt. x. 29.
[299]S. Matt. x. 29.
[300]Acts xvii. 28.
[300]Acts xvii. 28.
[301]T. H. Huxley.Essays on some Controverted Questions, p. 36.
[301]T. H. Huxley.Essays on some Controverted Questions, p. 36.
[302]S. Luke xxii. 41, 43.
[302]S. Luke xxii. 41, 43.
[303]S. John i. 11.
[303]S. John i. 11.
[304]Rev. iii. 20.
[304]Rev. iii. 20.
[305]H. P. Blavatsky.Key to Theosophy, p. 10.
[305]H. P. Blavatsky.Key to Theosophy, p. 10.
[306]Is. xxxiii. 17.
[306]Is. xxxiii. 17.
[307]On the Mysteries, sec. v. ch. 26.
[307]On the Mysteries, sec. v. ch. 26.
[308]Ps. xl. 7, 8, Prayer Book version.
[308]Ps. xl. 7, 8, Prayer Book version.
[309]S. Luke, v. 18-26.
[309]S. Luke, v. 18-26.
[310]Ibid.vii. 47.
[310]Ibid.vii. 47.
[311]G. R. S. Mead, translated.Loc. cit., bk. ii., §§ 260, 261.
[311]G. R. S. Mead, translated.Loc. cit., bk. ii., §§ 260, 261.
[312]Ibid.§§ 299, 300.
[312]Ibid.§§ 299, 300.
[313]S. Matt. xii. 36.
[313]S. Matt. xii. 36.
[314]Ibid.ix. 2.
[314]Ibid.ix. 2.
[315]Loc. cit.iii. 9.
[315]Loc. cit.iii. 9.
[316]Ibid.vi. 43.
[316]Ibid.vi. 43.
[317]Ibid.ix. 30.
[317]Ibid.ix. 30.
[318]Seeante, Chap. VIII.
[318]Seeante, Chap. VIII.
[319]This is the cause of the sweetness and patience often noticed in the sick who are of very pure nature. They have learned the lesson of suffering, and they do not make fresh evil karma by impatience under the result of past bad karma, then exhausting itself.
[319]This is the cause of the sweetness and patience often noticed in the sick who are of very pure nature. They have learned the lesson of suffering, and they do not make fresh evil karma by impatience under the result of past bad karma, then exhausting itself.
[320]S. Luke, vii. 48, 50.
[320]S. Luke, vii. 48, 50.
[321]Loc. cit., ix. 31.
[321]Loc. cit., ix. 31.
[322]S. Matt. vii. 1.
[322]S. Matt. vii. 1.
[323]Loc. cit., bk. ii. § 305.
[323]Loc. cit., bk. ii. § 305.
[324]Rev. iii. 20.
[324]Rev. iii. 20.
[325]G. Bruno, trans. by L. Williams.The Heroic Enthusiasts, vol. i., p. 133.
[325]G. Bruno, trans. by L. Williams.The Heroic Enthusiasts, vol. i., p. 133.
[326]Ibid., vol. ii., pp. 27, 28.
[326]Ibid., vol. ii., pp. 27, 28.
[327]Ibid., pp. 102, 103.
[327]Ibid., pp. 102, 103.
[328]Rev. iv. 5.
[328]Rev. iv. 5.
[329]The phrase "force and matter" is used as it is so well-known in science. But force is one of the properties of matter, the one mentioned as Motion. SeeAnte, p. 264.
[329]The phrase "force and matter" is used as it is so well-known in science. But force is one of the properties of matter, the one mentioned as Motion. SeeAnte, p. 264.
[330]Job xxxviii. 7.
[330]Job xxxviii. 7.
[331]See on forms created by musical notes any scientific book on Sound, and also Mrs. Watts-Hughes' illustrated book onVoice Figures.
[331]See on forms created by musical notes any scientific book on Sound, and also Mrs. Watts-Hughes' illustrated book onVoice Figures.
[332]Seeante, p. 138 and p. 302.
[332]Seeante, p. 138 and p. 302.
[333]In the Sacrament of Penance the ashes are now usually omitted, except on special occasions, but none the less they form part of the rite.
[333]In the Sacrament of Penance the ashes are now usually omitted, except on special occasions, but none the less they form part of the rite.
[334]Seeantep. 329.
[334]Seeantep. 329.
[335]Christian Records, p. 129.
[335]Christian Records, p. 129.
[336]The Great Law, pp. 161-166.
[336]The Great Law, pp. 161-166.
[337]Seeante, p. 151.
[337]Seeante, p. 151.
[338]Diegesis, p. 219.
[338]Diegesis, p. 219.
[339]1 Pet. iii. 4.
[339]1 Pet. iii. 4.
[340]2 Kings vi. 17.
[340]2 Kings vi. 17.
[341]1 Cor. x. 16.
[341]1 Cor. x. 16.
[342]Jer. xliv.
[342]Jer. xliv.
[343]Gen. xiv. 18, 19.
[343]Gen. xiv. 18, 19.
[344]The Great Law, pp. 177-181, 185.
[344]The Great Law, pp. 177-181, 185.
[345]Lev. xvii. 11.
[345]Lev. xvii. 11.
[346]Rom. xii. 1.
[346]Rom. xii. 1.
[347]Isaiah liv. 5; lxii. 5.
[347]Isaiah liv. 5; lxii. 5.
[348]Eph. v. 23-32.
[348]Eph. v. 23-32.
[349]Athanasian Creed.
[349]Athanasian Creed.
[350]2 Pet. i. 20.
[350]2 Pet. i. 20.
[351]1 Seeante, p. 102.
[351]1 Seeante, p. 102.