Preface : * "The House of the Hidden Places", by W. Marsham Adams, [1895], p. vii PREFACE. THE singular correspondence which may be traced between the passage-chambers of the Grand Pyramid--called by the Egyptians of old The "Khut," or "Lights"--and the various stages traversed, according to the creed...
Chapter V. The Mystery Of The Depths : * "The House of the Hidden Places", by W. Marsham Adams, [1895], p. 147 CHAPTER V. THE MYSTERY OF THE DEPTHS. LIGHT is the first principle of created life. There is no life without growth; there is no growth without light. Colour, perfume, savour, every varied object of sense vanishes if light be...
Untitled : * There were many speculative attempts to explain the internal architecture of the Great Pyramid of Giza in the 19th century. Most of them were composed with an eye to Christian dispensational prophecies. Adams, on the other hand, thought that the blueprint for the Great Pyramid was the recently...
Chapter Iv. The Mystery Of The Heavens : * "The House of the Hidden Places", by W. Marsham Adams, [1895], p. 110 CHAPTER IV. THE MYSTERY OF THE HEAVENS. OF all the natural images familiar to the mind none is more radiant, and none more tranquil, than that of the rolling year as it circles perpetually about the feet of God. Even...
Chapter Iii. The Hidden God : * "The House of the Hidden Places", by W. Marsham Adams, [1895], p. 80 CHAPTER III. THE HIDDEN GOD. DEEPLY embedded in the heart of some ancient forest, we find here and there a massive and hoary boulder, its antiquity far exceeding that of the venerable trees, and its whole appearance telling...
Chapter Ii. The House Of Osiris : * "The House of the Hidden Places", by W. Marsham Adams, [1895], p. 42 CHAPTER II. THE HOUSE OF OSIRIS. AMONG the innumerable transformations witnessed by the present century of revolution, none has a more startling character than that of the resurrection of primval Egypt. For more than a thous...
Chapter I. The Pyramid Of Light : * "The House of the Hidden Places", by W. Marsham Adams, [1895], p. 1 THE HOUSE OF THE HIDDEN PLACES. CHAPTER I. THE PYRAMID OF LIGHT. CLOSE to the verge of the immense desert which stretches its arid wastes across the whole breadth of the continent to the shore of the Western Ocean, just...
Chapter Vii. The Illumination Of The Adept : * "The House of the Hidden Places", by W. Marsham Adams, [1895], p. 225 CHAPTER VII. THE ILLUMINATION OF THE ADEPT. INITIATION achieved, and Ordeal undergone, the character both of building and of Ritual seem to undergo a transformation. Not that the air of mystery is in any way lessened, rather...
Title Page : * "The House of the Hidden Places", by W. Marsham Adams, [1895], THE HOUSE OF THE HIDDEN PLACES A CLUE TO THE CREED OF EARLY EGYPT BY W. MARSHAM ADAMS John Murray: London [1895] THE "STONE OF GOD." Throne in the Luminous Hall of Truth. The Path of Light in the House of the Hidden Places (350 Kb)...
Chapter Vi. The Initiation Of The Postulant : * "The House of the Hidden Places", by W. Marsham Adams, [1895], p. 190 CHAPTER VI THE INITIATION OF THE POSTULANT. As the created light is the primary force manifested in the system of creation, so also is the Uncreate, or Self-Begotten Light (Kheper-Ra), the prime mover and creator whether...