169. It is the secret of the great reverence shown in the East for this colour. It is the colour of theYogidress in India, and of theGelupkasect (“Yellow caps”) in Thibet. It symbolizespure bloodand sunlight, and is called “the stream of life.” Red, as its opposite, is the colour of theDugpas, and black magicians.—Ed.
169. It is the secret of the great reverence shown in the East for this colour. It is the colour of theYogidress in India, and of theGelupkasect (“Yellow caps”) in Thibet. It symbolizespure bloodand sunlight, and is called “the stream of life.” Red, as its opposite, is the colour of theDugpas, and black magicians.—Ed.
170. Vide “Gospel according to St. Mark,” in therevisededition printed for the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, 1881.
170. Vide “Gospel according to St. Mark,” in therevisededition printed for the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, 1881.
171.Vide“The Soldier’s Daughter,” in this number, by the Rev. T. G. Headley, and notice the desperate protest of thistrueChristian, against theliteralacceptance of the “blood sacrifices,” “Atonement by blood,” etc., in the Church of England. The reaction begins: anothersign of the times.
171.Vide“The Soldier’s Daughter,” in this number, by the Rev. T. G. Headley, and notice the desperate protest of thistrueChristian, against theliteralacceptance of the “blood sacrifices,” “Atonement by blood,” etc., in the Church of England. The reaction begins: anothersign of the times.
172. Thus while the three Synoptics display a combination of the pagan Greek and Jewish symbologies theRevelationis written in the mystery language of the Tanaïm—the relic of Egyptian and Chaldean wisdom—and St John’s Gospel is purely Gnostic.
172. Thus while the three Synoptics display a combination of the pagan Greek and Jewish symbologies theRevelationis written in the mystery language of the Tanaïm—the relic of Egyptian and Chaldean wisdom—and St John’s Gospel is purely Gnostic.
173. “The claim of Christianity to possess Divine authority rests on the ignorant belief that the mystical Christ could and did become a Person, whereas the gnosis proves the corporeal Christ to be only acounterfeitcounterfeitPresentment of the trans-corporeal man; consequently, historical portraiture is, and ever must be, a fatal mode of falsifying and discrediting the Spiritual Reality.” (G. Massey, “Gnostic and Historic Christianity.”)
173. “The claim of Christianity to possess Divine authority rests on the ignorant belief that the mystical Christ could and did become a Person, whereas the gnosis proves the corporeal Christ to be only acounterfeitcounterfeitPresentment of the trans-corporeal man; consequently, historical portraiture is, and ever must be, a fatal mode of falsifying and discrediting the Spiritual Reality.” (G. Massey, “Gnostic and Historic Christianity.”)
174. This sentence analyzed means “Shall you, who in the beginning looked to theChrist-Spirit, nowendby believing in a Christ of flesh,” or it means nothing. The verb ἐπιτελοῦμαι has not the meaning of “becoming perfect,” but of “ending by,” becoming so. Paul’s lifelong struggle with Peter and others, and what he himself tells of his vision of a Spiritual Christ and not of Jesus of Nazareth, as in theActs—are so many proofs of this.
174. This sentence analyzed means “Shall you, who in the beginning looked to theChrist-Spirit, nowendby believing in a Christ of flesh,” or it means nothing. The verb ἐπιτελοῦμαι has not the meaning of “becoming perfect,” but of “ending by,” becoming so. Paul’s lifelong struggle with Peter and others, and what he himself tells of his vision of a Spiritual Christ and not of Jesus of Nazareth, as in theActs—are so many proofs of this.
175. See “Supern. Relig.,” vol. ii., chap. “Basilides.”
175. See “Supern. Relig.,” vol. ii., chap. “Basilides.”
176. It was asked in “Isis Unveiled,” were not the views of the Phrygian Bishop Montanus, also deemed aHERESYby the Church of Rome? It is quite extraordinary to see how easily that Church encourages the abuse of oneheretic, Tertullian, against anotherheretic, Basilides, when the abuse happens to further her own object.
176. It was asked in “Isis Unveiled,” were not the views of the Phrygian Bishop Montanus, also deemed aHERESYby the Church of Rome? It is quite extraordinary to see how easily that Church encourages the abuse of oneheretic, Tertullian, against anotherheretic, Basilides, when the abuse happens to further her own object.
177. Does not Paul himself speak of “PrincipalitiesandPowersin heavenly places” (Ephesians iii. 10; i. 21), and confess that there begodsmany andLordsmany (Kurioi)? And angels, powers (Dunameis), andPrincipalities? (See 1 Corinthians, viii. 5; and Epistle to Romans, viii. 38.)
177. Does not Paul himself speak of “PrincipalitiesandPowersin heavenly places” (Ephesians iii. 10; i. 21), and confess that there begodsmany andLordsmany (Kurioi)? And angels, powers (Dunameis), andPrincipalities? (See 1 Corinthians, viii. 5; and Epistle to Romans, viii. 38.)
178. Tertullian: “Præscript.” It is undeniably owing only to a remarkably casuistical, sleight-of-hand-like argument that Jehovah, who in theKabalais simply a Sephiroth, the third, left-hand power among the Emanations (Binah), has been elevated to the dignity of theOneabsolute God. Even in the Bible he is but one of theElohim(See Genesis, chapter iii. v. 22. “The Lord God” making no difference between himself and others.)
178. Tertullian: “Præscript.” It is undeniably owing only to a remarkably casuistical, sleight-of-hand-like argument that Jehovah, who in theKabalais simply a Sephiroth, the third, left-hand power among the Emanations (Binah), has been elevated to the dignity of theOneabsolute God. Even in the Bible he is but one of theElohim(See Genesis, chapter iii. v. 22. “The Lord God” making no difference between himself and others.)
179. This ishistory. How far thatre-writingof, and tampering with, the primitive gnostic fragments which are now become the New Testament, went, may be inferred by reading “Supernatural Religion,” which went through over twenty-three editions, if I mistake not. The host of authorities for it given by the author, is simply appalling. The list of the English and German Bible critics alone seems endless.
179. This ishistory. How far thatre-writingof, and tampering with, the primitive gnostic fragments which are now become the New Testament, went, may be inferred by reading “Supernatural Religion,” which went through over twenty-three editions, if I mistake not. The host of authorities for it given by the author, is simply appalling. The list of the English and German Bible critics alone seems endless.
180. The chief details are given in “Isis Unveiled,” vol. ii pp. 180-183,et seq.Truly faith in the infallibility of the Church must bestone-blind—or it could not have failed being killed and—dying.
180. The chief details are given in “Isis Unveiled,” vol. ii pp. 180-183,et seq.Truly faith in the infallibility of the Church must bestone-blind—or it could not have failed being killed and—dying.
181. See Hieronymus: “De Viros,” illust. cap. 3; Olshausen: “Neuen Test.,” p. 32. The Greek text of Matthew’s Gospel is the only one used or ever possessed by the Church.
181. See Hieronymus: “De Viros,” illust. cap. 3; Olshausen: “Neuen Test.,” p. 32. The Greek text of Matthew’s Gospel is the only one used or ever possessed by the Church.
182. By Captain Wm. C. Eldon Serjeant. Published by Geo. Redway, York Street, Covent Garden. Price 7s. 6d.
182. By Captain Wm. C. Eldon Serjeant. Published by Geo. Redway, York Street, Covent Garden. Price 7s. 6d.
183. “Autocentricism; or, the Brain Theory of Life and Mind,” being the substance of letters written to the Secular Review (1883-4). By Robert Lewins, M.D. “The New Gospel of Hylo-Idealism, or Positive Agnosticism.” By Herbert L. Courtney.
183. “Autocentricism; or, the Brain Theory of Life and Mind,” being the substance of letters written to the Secular Review (1883-4). By Robert Lewins, M.D. “The New Gospel of Hylo-Idealism, or Positive Agnosticism.” By Herbert L. Courtney.
184. “Autocentricism,” &c., p. 10.
184. “Autocentricism,” &c., p. 10.
185.Christ—A Galilean peasant! [Ed.]
185.Christ—A Galilean peasant! [Ed.]
186. Nor does Dr. Lewinsknow: assumption is no proof. [Ed.]
186. Nor does Dr. Lewinsknow: assumption is no proof. [Ed.]
187. “Autocentricism,” &c., p. 33.
187. “Autocentricism,” &c., p. 33.
188. Ibid, p. 19.
188. Ibid, p. 19.
189. Deuce,i.e., Devil, is the synonym ofDeus.
189. Deuce,i.e., Devil, is the synonym ofDeus.
190. “Correl.ofVital with Chem. and Physical Forces.” Appendix.
190. “Correl.ofVital with Chem. and Physical Forces.” Appendix.
191. “Fragments of Science.”
191. “Fragments of Science.”
192. We Theosophists, who do notlimitnature, do not see the “cause of causes” or theunknowabledeitybehindthat which is limitless, but identify that abstract Nature with the deity itself, and explain its visible laws as secondary effects on the plane of Universal Illusion.
192. We Theosophists, who do notlimitnature, do not see the “cause of causes” or theunknowabledeitybehindthat which is limitless, but identify that abstract Nature with the deity itself, and explain its visible laws as secondary effects on the plane of Universal Illusion.
193. We call thenoumenal—the “ideal.”
193. We call thenoumenal—the “ideal.”
194.Note.—This was shown by the preceding figure; a weak aspect in horary astrology can only symbolize a weak result. Hence, though the weakly good semisextile was sufficient to indicate convalescence from a self-limited disease like pneumonia, yet it did not denote complete restoration to health. Had the significators been applying to a Trine, I should have judged not only convalescence from the acute attack, but a continuance of a vigorous old age.
194.Note.—This was shown by the preceding figure; a weak aspect in horary astrology can only symbolize a weak result. Hence, though the weakly good semisextile was sufficient to indicate convalescence from a self-limited disease like pneumonia, yet it did not denote complete restoration to health. Had the significators been applying to a Trine, I should have judged not only convalescence from the acute attack, but a continuance of a vigorous old age.
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Since footnotes have sometimes been moved to follow a paragraph, all references are to their position in the printed text.3.1.2How art thou [f]allen from HeavenRestored.20.1in which the Zoroast[r]ian MitraInserted22.1.1tha[t] John sawRestored.22.2.9it literally means ‘to howl.’[”]Added.38.4I have p[re/er]suaded my auntTransposed.44.16chapters of the Bha[ga]vadgitaInserted.51.1self-contained and harmonious within[.]Added.55.31the high plateaux of Central Asia[.]Added.55.40some amount of injustice in it[.]Added.60.6Count Tolstoi considers it nec[e]ssaryInserted.67.2in [leasurely] fashionsic69.13in the Villa Torcello[.]Added.72L.33my books been par[a/o]diedReplaced.75L.55by [C/G]. H. PemberReplaced.79R.43But asLu[fic/cif]erhopes shortly to dealTransposed.74R.15[“]That the first human beingsAdded.80R.33[“]The famous cynic, Cratus,Removed.84.41his theosop[h]ical views.Inserted.85.19the social respectabili[l/t]y it panders toReplaced.87.40[innoculated] with vice,sic87.41in his subsequent life[.]Added.104.44it grew importunate[.]Added.116.8the Hindu philosophical tenet[.]Added.122.24if he changes his a[l/t]titudeReplaced.122.33that marriage is consummated.[”]Added.124.32[“]Not one would have the courageAdded.131.3By [C/G]. H. Pember, M.A.Replaced.132.32by such cavalier treatment[.]Added.134.12this [insistance] upon the lettersic147.29are pearls of wisdom[.]Added.147.32of the Ros[i]cruciansInserted.152.28‘the Great Goddess[’]Added.152.29in the minds of Theosophists.[”]Added.158R.43is the day[-]house of ♅Inserted.164.6members of that society who[ who] always findRemoved.172.15and a benefic[i]ent powerRemoved.179.3.12principle of the Theosophists,[)]Added.185.35all occupied with [“/‘]Fou;[”/’]Replaced.195.22clos[e] to the great fireRestored.204.45Life-renewal and Life-tran[s]missioninserted.201.26draw it from you[r] own beautiful soul!Added.205.38and is himself examined of no man.[”]Added.206.1not for my life, assuredly[,/.]Replaced.206.13because it can giveme[,] pleasure.Removed.206.17I am surr[r]ounded with a whole worldRemoved.206.31may be made comfortable.[”]Added.209.36within his soul.[”]Removed.218.44most wonderfull[l]yRemoved.217.23aim of this work[,] the bias of the writerAdded.224.33the irrational[i]tyInserted.226.40the p[h]yschic-astral and the divine-astralRemoved.230.11in[ ]dulge in the practiceRemoved.233.3before the seventee[n]th centuryInserted.233.27cons[e]quently the great cryInserted.236.27pheno[nem/men]a of modern spiritualismTransposed.256.7the lustre of the firma[n/m]entReplaced.260.38uplifted to his were Fleta’s eyes[.]Added.261.17but [eat] nothing moresic>263.39pushed the door open[,/.]Replaced.265.38a passionate and adoring eagerness[.]Added.273.59[l]ife of the SpiritRestored.278.44the only one to see me[,/.]Replaced.283.15repugnant to a belie[t/f] in this lawReplaced.284.31in a position to apprecia[i/t]eReplaced.292.17as in the Jubilee[e] coinageRemoved.292.28The question of what interpreta[ta]tionRemoved.293.68.2(1 Corinthians xi, 11.[)]Added.296.7or [“/‘]problematical[”/’] Mahatma?”Replaced.299.29since it beg[u/a]n by a “play of words,”Replaced.301.1.5the Word of Truth, th[e]Makheruof Egypt.Restored.301.1.6The preserved mummy was the bod[y]Restored.301.15[“]χρηστός ἑστιν επι τους,”Added.302.16and even by unbelievers,[”]sic302.1.1[“]Christianus quantum interpretationeAdded.303.2.3or devoted to oracul[e/a]r servicesReplaced.304.25“the son of Iaso orIeso, the [“]healer,”Removed.305.4of this rema[r]kable form.Inserted.305.36with [“/‘]oil that was taken from the woodReplaced.305.37he is called the Christ:[”/’]Replaced.305.41also as the Horus of both sexes.[”]Added.305.2.1for in[t]itiation into the GreekRemoved.306.34the name of the Christ as the e[n/m]balmed mummyReplaced.306.47With the Greek [t]erminalsRestored.307.30our Christology is mummified mythology.”Removed.309.2.1[“]The word שיהshiac,Removed.310.19([“]λεγόμενος,” surnamed “χρηστος.”)Added.303.3.3[(]here Socrates is theChréstos)Added.303.4.12circle and solar year,[”]sic311.36tran[s]gress> that law?Inserted.313.1while parasit[i]es eat slowlyRemoved.317.9in the [mechanicism] of the Universesic317.13pessimism is ro[u/o]ted in the recognitionReplaced.322.29and that[“] systemAdded.326.22from any obligatory duty.[”]Removed.326.28thrown the blame and responsibi[i]ltyRemoved.327.55whether in[ it] its dead letter,Removed.330L.14having di[r/s]burdened our heartReplaced.332L.18they disarm cri[c/t]icismReplaced.333R.61even altars unto Baal[”]Added.334R.51[“]where the women wove hangings for the grove”Added.335L.44and the [“]Kaivalyanita.”Added.334L.29and by the famine....[’/”]Replaced.349.32knew that man to be a savage[.]Added.351.36recognised it as his own room[,/.]Replaced.360.23it was exceedingly solid and well fastened[.]Added.361.20[“]I may not readily understand you.Added.366.13were all in all to us![”]Added.367.27that reigneth over all![”]Added.372.23cannot subsist witho[n/u]t the spiritual forceInverted.373.42have themselves an organic form[,/.]Replaced.375.8—probably many[.]Added.386.25should he meet him in Heaven[,/.]Replaced.387.25[me] Ambrose’s swordsic?389.34[“/‘]thou> must beReplaced.390.19as you shall hear.[”]Added.404.11vegetable forms [a]s well?Restored.406.30from not[—/-]living matter.[’]”Replaced/Removed.407.1.1[“]missing link”Restored.409.47(actual or possible)[”]Added.411.3the root of [uo/ou]r present constitutionTransposed.412.19in accepting the doct[r]ine of AtonementInserted.413.16the[,] Church wishes the truth,Removed.417.19and transfer it [to ]the shouldersInserted.434.29an hono[n/u]rable reputationInverted.436.1.14to the [‘]Lord’ for a burnt-offeringRestored.437.19must be thed[’]evilworshipsic447.35they were set in[.]Added.447.27which was habitual with him[.]Added.450.2learned to surrender his love.[”]Added.456.14follow and s[ie/ei]ze her thoughtsTransposed.469.7[“]No one said aughtAdded.472.3.1[“]breaks through the Brahmarandrasic474.5three-fold r[h]ythmInserted.477.7it would never [h/b]e his.Replaced.477.27by personal craving or desire[.]Added.481.10the quickest violet[.]Added.484.10the very ar[ô/o]ma of our thoughtsReplaced.486.5the i[n]diosyncrasies of a nationRemoved.490.12“Faith is the key of Christendom,[’/”]Replaced.494.41only a coun[f/t]erfeit PresentmentReplaced.495.23but for destruction.[”]Added.502.35the Deit[r]y is either an anachronism,Removed.502.39in the tract entitle[s/d] “Autocentricism, or the Brain Theory of Life and Mind.”Replaced.503.10which certifies it[s] own nomenal existence.Added.503.13the nöetic or hyloic basis[.]Added.503.14admits of sci[e]ntific researchInserted.503.28such states of rapture the relatio[u/n]sReplaced.
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Some longer stories and articles are continued from number to number of the publication. Where the continued text appears in this volume, the ‘to be continued’ note a the bottom of each section is linked to the next. On occasion, the promised continuation is not to be found in thi text, and no link is provided.
On p.236, the footnote now numbered 56 was referenced both in the title of the review and on the repetition of that phrase in the body of the review. The first of these has been removed as redundant. On occasion, diacritical marks in foreign words were not printed, and have not been added here.
The copious quotations give rise to the occasional puzzle with quotation marks, which make it difficult to say what the authors intended. Where there is no simple resolution, the text is given here as printed. The problematic paragraphs appear on p.151, p.164, p.179, p.205, p.277, p.295, p.305.
Other errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected as noted below.
The references are to the page and line in the original. Where the page is printed in columns, ‘L’ and ‘R’ refer to the left and right columns. Those referenced with three numbers indicate the page, footnote and line within the note. Since footnotes have sometimes been moved to follow a paragraph, all references are to their position in the printed text.