Commentary Continued. Q. Bacchus And Osiris : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], BACCHUS AND OSIRIS THE SAME. Q"Now that "Osiris" is really the same with Bacchus, nobody can be supposed to know better than you, "O Clea", not only as you are chief of his priestesses at "Delphi", but moreover as you are initiated, in right of both your parents...
Commentary Continued. Bbb. Proclus On Prayer : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 304 PROCLUS ON PRAYER. BBB"To a perfect and true prayer however, there is required a conformation of our life with that which is divine; and this accompanied with all purity, chastity, discipline, and order, through which our concerns being introduced to the Gods...
Commentary Concluded. Israels' Prophecy Of Justice : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 348 JUSTICE. ISRAELS' PROPHECY OF JUSTICE. Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith...
Hymn To The Sovereign Sun : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 351 "MY PORT PATERNAL IN THE COURTS OF LIGHT." HYMN TO THE SOVEREIGN SUN. 'Tis thine by heat apparent to exalt Corporeal natures from the sluggish earth, Inspiring vivid, vegetative power; And by a nature secretly divine, And from the base alloy of matter free...
Commentary Concluded. Third Prophecy. Enoch's : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 317 THIRD PROPHECY. ENOCH'S PROPHECY OF WORLD PEACE AND THE GIVING FORTH OF BOOKS. "And now I know this mystery, that sinners will alter and pervert the words of righteousness in many ways, and will speak wicked words, and lie, and practise great deceits, *...
Title Page And Front Matter : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], COMTE DE GABALIS BY THE ABB N. DE MONTFAUCON DE VILLARS. RENDERED OUT OF FRENCH INTO ENGLISH WITH A COMMENTARY. "When a thing is hidden away with so much pains, merely to repeal it is to destroy it"." TERTULLIAN. PUBLISHED BY THE BROTHERS, and printed at The Old Bourne...
Commentary Continued. H. Benvenuto Cellini : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], BENVENUTO CELLINI SEES A SALAMANDER. HThe People of the Elements have power over matter which enables them to transform their appearance at will. They frequently make themselves visible under the form of animals as did Melusina. Hence interest attaches to the following...
Commentary Continued. Ww. Recent Tidings : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], RECENT TIDINGS OF THE ELEMENTARY PEOPLES? WWThe following document is "278 of 1912" in the records of the British Government Observatory at Bombay, India. "At 7.30 p.m. on the 17th February, 1912, in Lat. 23 37 01, Long. 67 20, E., 19 miles off the nearest point...
Commentary Continued. Ss. Servius Tullius : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], SERVIUS TULLIUS. SS"The birth of Servius Tullius was as marvellous as it was humble. Ocrisia, a handmaid of the queen, and one of the captives taken at Corniculum, when bringing some cakes as an offering to the household genius, saw an apparition of the god in the fire...
Commentary Concluded. First Prophecy : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 313 p. 314 FIRST PROPHECY. THE MAGI'S PROPHECY OF WORLD PEACE AND A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE. It is the opinion and belief of the majority of the most ancient sages... that there will come a fated and predestined time when the earth will be completely leveled, united...
Commentary Continued. Ff. Behemoth And Leviathan : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 268 BEHEMOTH AND LEVIATHAN. FFIn Athanasius' " Life of St. Antony," at the words, "the weapons which are 'in the navel of his belly,'" * reference is made to the parallel passage in Job xl, 16, where the Lord says of Behemoth, "his force is in the navel of his belly...
Discourse Iv : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 114 p. 115 AWAITED the Comte de Gabalis at my house, as we had arranged at parting. He came at the appointed hour and accosting me with a smiling air said, "Ah well, my Son, which of the Invisible Peoples does God give you most inclination for, and would you prefer...
Commentary Continued. W. Sambethe, Daughter : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], SAMBETHE, DAUGHTER OF NOAH. WThe theologian's opinion that the most ancient of the Sibyls was the daughter of Noah is based upon the following internal evidence of the Sibylline Books. "'O the great Joy that I had when I escap'd the great Destruction, when my Husb...
Commentary Continued. Ddd. The Sabat : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 306 THE SABBAT. DDDThe following definition of the Sabbat is translated from the "Dictionnaire Infernal" by Collins de Plancy, and is cited as a typical example of those imbecilities which the Comte deprecates. "The Sabbat is the assembly of devils, sorcerers...
Untitled : * The core of this book is an anonymous English translation of a French 'novel of ideas' originally published in 1670. The Abb de Villars, the author, was a French clergyman born in 1635 in Alet, near Toulouse in the south of France. He came to Paris in 1667, where he wrote a number of books, most...
Commentary Continued. Y. Temple Of Hercules : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], TEMPLE OF HERCULES IN ARMENIA. Y"In their march they captured the city of Ninos, the most ancient capital of Assyria, and a fortress, historically famous, as the spot where in the last battle between Darius and Alexander the power of Persia fell. Gotarzes meantime w...
Commentary Continued. Gg. The Holy Language : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], THE HOLY LANGUAGE DESCRIBED BY EMMANUEL SWEDENBORG. GG"The most ancient manner of writing was that of representing things by persons, and by words, by which was understood something altogether different from what was expressed. In such manner, indeed, that nothing w...
Commentary Continued. Aaa. Cherubim : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], CHERUBIM, AAASignifies in Hebrew fulness of knowledge. This name is used by Cabalists to denote Beings of that Heavenly Hierarchy ranking below the Seraphim, and charged with the duty of adjudging and of answering prayers according to the Law. Ezekiel thus describes...
Commentary Continued. Ii. Book Of The Wars : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], BOOK OF THE WARS OF THE LORD. II"Wherefore it is said in the book of the Wars of the Lord, What he did in the Red Sea, and in the brooks of Arnon." NUMBERS xxi, 14. This is the only known reference to this work extant. From its title, Hebrew scholars conclude th...
Commentary Continued. A. Map Of The Horoscope : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 202 p. 203 p. 204 A COMMENTARY CONTINUED. p. 205 p. 206 MAP OF THE HOROSCOPE. HE charted observation which an astrologer makes of the state of the heavens at the hour of a child's birth and from which he seeks to determine the events of the child's life. By...
Commentary Continued. E. Averroes : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], 1126 A.D. AVERROES, 1198 A.D. EAn Arabian philosopher born at Cordova in Spain, and at one time Cadi of Seville. He revered Aristotle, and translated his works into Arabic with commentaries which express his conception of the relation between philosophy and religi...
Commentary Continued. D. Sylphs Of Cardan : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], 1501 A.D. JEROME CARDAN, 1576 A.D. DThe son of Facius Cardan, a learned jurist and mathematician of Milan, Italy. During his lifetime he was celebrated as an occultist, mathematician and physician. To-day he is remembered chiefly for his treatise on Algebra, published...
Commentary Continued. Qq. Gertrude, Nun : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], GERTRUDE, NUN OF THE MONASTERY OF NAZARETH IN THE DIOCESE OF COLOGNE. QQ"Now this evil had begun with a certain Gertrude who had been shut up in the monastery at the age of fourteen... Moreover, I found out that the said girl had written to her lover outrageous letters...
Commentary Continued. Fff. Karoli Magni Et : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], KAROLI MAGNI ET LUDOVICI PII CHRISTIONISS:--CAPITULA. FFFThere are assuredly some who perform diverse evil FFF deeds, whom the divine law also frowns upon and condemns, p. 307 and for whose diverse ill deeds and crimes the people are grievously punished with famine...
Commentary Continued. L. Panic Terrors. Orig : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], PANIC TERRORS. ORIGIN OF THE TERM. L"For having privily taken the measure of Osiris's body, he (Typho) caused a chest to be made exactly of the same size with it, as beautiful as might be, and set off with all the ornaments of art. This chest he brought into his...
Commentary Continued. The Birth Of Jesus : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], ZZ THE BIRTH OF JESUS AS RELATED IN THE KORAN The Moslem world acknowledges and reverences the divine mission of Jesus, "And to Jesus, son of Mary, gave we clear proofs "of his mission", and strengthened him by the Holy Spirit," (Koran Sura 2,) and holds that he w...
Commentary Continued. N. Jansenists : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], JANSENISTS. 1585 A.D. CORNELIUS JANSEN, 1638 A.D. NBishop of Ypres, Holland. His principal work "Augustinus," based upon a profound study of St. Augustine's doctrines of grace, free will and predestination, gave rise to the doctrine called Jansenism, which tends...
Commentary Continued. Xx. Tyresias : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], TYRESIAS, XXA native of Thebes, was the most celebrated prophet of all antiquity, and during his lifetime honoured as a God. His daughter Manto instituted the famous Oracle of the Clarian Apollo which foretold the untimely death of Germanicus.
Commentary Continued. Ee. Sleep : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 265 SLEEP. EE"In sleep the soul is vigorous, and free from the senses, and the obstruction of the cares of the body, which lies prostrate and deathlike.... When we are not asleep, our faculties are employed on the necessary affairs of life, and so are hindered...
Commentary Continued. S. King Saul : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 239 KING SAUL. SNow Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. Then said Saul unto his servants, "Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her." And his servants said...
Commentary Continued. Dd. The Inmates : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 254 THE INMATES OF THE CAVE, OR THE STORY OF THE SEVEN SLEEPERS. DD"Hast thou reflected that the Inmates of THE CAVE and of Al Rakim were one of our wondrous signs? When the youths betook them to the cave they said, "O our Lord! grant us mercy from before thee...
Discourse V : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 161 HEN the illustrious personage had taken his departure, on my return from accompanying him to the door, I found the Comte de Gabalis in my study. "It is a great pity," said he, "that the nobleman who has just left you is one day to become one of the seventy-two...
Commentary Continued. J. The Egg And Serpent : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], THE EGG AND SERPENT SYMBOL. J"The serpent, separate or in combination with the j circle, egg, or globe, has been a predominant symbol among many primitive nations. It prevailed in Egypt, Greece, and Assyria, and entered widely into the superstitions of the Celts...
Commentary Continued. Yy. Merlin's Prophecy : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], MERLIN'S PROPHECY OF THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR AND OF AERIAL AND SUBMARINE WARFARE. YYTHE CONQUEST OF THE AIR. "Nitentur, posteri transvolare superna." Posterity shall endeavour to fly above the highest places. AERIAL WARFARE. In tempore illo loquentur lapides & mare quo...
Commentary Continued. Eee. Zedekias : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], ZEDEKIAS. EEEA Jewish physician who lived in the ninth century. He was greatly in favour with the Emperor Charles the Bald, whose medical attendant he had been. He is said, further more, to have been so great a wizard that once in the presence of the court he ate...
Commentary Continued. Vv. Roman Worship : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 298 ROMAN WORSHIP OF A SUPREME DEITY WITHOUT IMAGE OR STATUE. VV"Numa forbade the Romans to represent the Deity in the form either of man or beast. Nor was there among them formerly any image or statue of the Divine Being; during the first hundred and seventy years...
Commentary Continued. Hh. Moses An Initiate : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], MOSES AN INITIATE. HHNo less an authority than St. Paul, himself an Initiate, declares that "Moses was learned. in all the wisdom of the Egyptians," ("Acts vii, 22"). The Greek word Sophia (Wisdom) has the same root and cabalistically the same number (780) as the Greek...
Commentary Continued. Pp. Cassiodorus Renius : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], CASSIODORUS RENIUS OR REYNA, 1520-30 A.D.--1594 A.D. PPWas born at Seville in Spain. His chief work was pp a scholarly translation of the Old and New Testaments p. 293 into Spanish. His defence of Magdalen of the Cross occurs in a rare treatise on the fourth chapter...
The Book : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. x THE BOOK. Across the title page of the first edition of Comte de Gabalis, published at Paris in the year 1670, runs the cryptic phrase from Tertullian "Quod tanto impendio absconditur etiam solummodo demonstrare destruere est," [ When a thing is hidden away with...
Ancient Persian Monument : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 160 Ancient Persian Monument "By permission of the Directorate, R. R. Gallerie Di Firenze". ANCIENT PERSIAN MONUMENT. ANCIENT PERSIAN MONUMENT.--Throughout antiquity it was usual symbolically to represent the lower nature and passions of man, or accurately speaking...
Commentary Continued. I. Book Of Enoch : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 219 BOOK OF ENOCH. I"Enoch the great grandfather of Noah, who had that surname (Edris) from his great knowledge, for he was favoured with no less than thirty books of divine revelations, and was the first who wrote with a pen, and studied the sciences of astronomy...
Hermes : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 66 p. 67 GREEK COIN, 350 B.C., FROM PHENEUS IN ARCADIA. BRITISH MUSEUM. p. 68 HERMES, the messenger of the gods, was said by the Greeks to typify and preside over the powers of the mind and to be the patron of gymnastic games. He is represented as bearing a caduceus...
Commentary Concluded. Fourth Prophecy. Micah's : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 318 FOURTH PROPHECY. MICAH'S PROPHECY OF WORLD PEACE AND FREEDOM OF RELIGION. But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people...
Commentary Continued. P. Moses And Eli : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], MOSES AND ELIAS FASTED FORTY DAYS. P"Moses".--"And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments." EXODUS xxxiv, 28. "Elias".--"...
Commentary Continued. Hhh. Bishop Of Lyons : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], 779 A.D. AGOBARD, 840 A.D. BISHOP OF LYONS. HHHThe record of the date of the birth inscribed by his own hand is extant in Bede's Martyrology, which is preserved at Rome. This book states that Agobard was born in Spain and came to France when three years of age...
Discourse I : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 1 AY the soul of the Comte de GABALIS I be now in the presence of God, for they have just written me that he has died of apoplexy. The Amateurs will not fail to say that this manner of death usually befalls those who deal incautiously with the secrets of the Sages...
Abb'e N. De Montfaucon De Villars : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. xii ABB N. DE MONTFAUCON DE VILLARS. Before the Abb de Villars met the Comte, he had been prepared for a work which has insured him the gratitude and reverence of those seekers for truth who have followed in his footsteps. May we, to-day, be as humble servants...
Commentary Continued. Cc. King Rodriguez Warning : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 252 KING RODRIGUEZ WARNING, 711 A.D. CC"Now it came to pass that the King Don Rodrigo called to mind how he had been required to put a lock upon the doors of the house which was in Toledo. And after they were unlocked, the king pushed the door with his hand, and he...
Commentary Concluded. Second Prophecy : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 315 SECOND PROPHECY. THE SIBYLLINE PROPHECY OF WORLD PEACE AND THE REIGN OF JUSTICE. The Kingdom of God shall come upon good Men; for the Earth, which is the producer of all things, shall yield to Men the best, and infinite Fruits;... and the Cities shall be full...
Commentary Continued. Bb. Curtius Rufus : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 251 CURTIUS RUFUS. BB"Of the birth of Curtius Rufus, whom some affirm to have been the son of a gladiator, I would not publish a falsehood, while I shrink from telling the truth. On reaching manhood he attached himself to a qustor to whom Africa had been allotted...
Commentary Concluded. Seventh Prophecy. Merlin's : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 329 SEVENTH PROPHECY. MERLIN'S PROPHECY OF WORLD PEACE AND ENLIGHTENMENT. A man shall grasp the lion within the earth, and the brightness of gold shall blind the eyes of those who behold it. Silver shall be of brilliant whiteness upon the circumference and shall...
Commentary Continued. F. Saint Paul An Initiate : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 212 DISCOURSE II. F AINT PAUL AN INITIATE. Authority for this statement is found in St. Paul's own I CORINTHIANS, ll., 6, 7. We speak wisdom among the initiated, not the wisdom of this age (but of the life-giving Force), nor of the archons of this age who pass away...
Commentary Continued. T. The Oracle Of Dodona : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], THE ORACLE OF DODONA. T"They went therefore in their consternation to consult the Oracle at Dodona; for those who dwell on p. 240 this mainland, as the Aetolians and their neighbours the Acarnanians and Epirots, believe in the oracular responses they get from doves...
Commentary Continued. O. Jean Bodin : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], 1530 A.D. JEAN BODIN, 1596 A.D. OThe celebrated French publicist, "regarded as the father of Political Science in France, and if one except Machiavelli, in Europe as well," whose book, "The Republic, made him the Montesquieu of the sixteenth century." This learned m...
Commentary Continued. Nn. Nymph Of Stauffenberg : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], NYMPH OF STAUFFENBERG. NNNow we will add a true story concerning a Nymph of Stauffenberg. She was of marked beauty and took her seat by the roadside waiting for the master whom she had chosen for herself. These things, it is true, are thought by some theologians to be...
Commentary Continued. R. Muhammed : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 237 571, A.D. MUHAMMED. 632, A.D. PROPHET OF GOD AND BRINGER OF LIGHT TO ISLAM. R"The word this man spoke has been the life-guidance now of a hundred-and-eighty millions of men these twelve-hundred years. The hundred-and-eighty millions were made by God as well...
Commentary Continued. K. Those Reserved : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], THOSE RESERVED FOR GREATER THINGS. KReference is here made to those great souls, priests "for ever after the order of Melchizedek" or the Unspoken Name. They are Christs of former periods of evolution bound to earth by their desire to lift mankind to their own level...
Commentary Continued. Kk. Noah, Vesta And Egeria : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], NOAH, VESTA AND EGERIA. KKAmong all races there exists the tradition of a great flood. And in the more evolved civilisations and religions a profound allegory has been framed upon this circumstance, the mystery of which is somewhat illuminated by the Comte's...
Commentary Continued. X. Justin Martyr's Statement : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 243 JUSTIN MARTYR'S STATEMENT. X"Neither will it be difficult for you to learn the true religion in some measure from that antient Sybil, who, by a very powerful inspiration, instructs you in her oracular responses, and which come nearest to the dodtrine...
Commentary Continued. Oo. Magdalen Of The Cross : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], MAGDALEN OF THE CROSS. OO"The mention of these Nunnes puts me in mind of that famous story in Wierus of Magdalena Crucia, first a Nunne, and then an Abbatesse of a Nunnery in Corduba in Spain. Those things which were miraculous in her were these; that she could tell...
Commentary Continued. M. The Great Pan Is Dead : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], THE GREAT PAN IS DEAD. MCleombrotus continued saying: "And what is more, it was not alone Empedocles who said that there were evil spirits, hut also Plato, Xenocrates, and Chrysippus. Democritus, too, when he desired and prayed that he might meet fortunate spirits...
Commentary Continued. C. Numbers Of Pythagoras : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], NUMBERS OF PYTHAGORAS. CA Greek Initiate of the sixth century B.C., known as the Son of Apollo the Sun God, or Son of the Sun, and the first to take the name of Philosopher, lover of Wisdom. Pythagoras publicly recognised the power of woman to achieve Initiation by...
Commentary Concluded. Fifth Prophecy. Elder : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 319 FIFTH PROPHECY. ELDER EDDA PROPHECY OF WORLD PEACE AND RETURN OF THE ANCIENT WISDOM. "The bond shall be broken, the Wolf 1 run free; hidden things I know; still onward I see the great Doom of the Powers, the gods of war. I see uprising a second time earth...
Commentary Continued. B. Harmony Of The World : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 207 HARMONY OF THE WORLD. BThroughout the universe there vibrates a resonant tone known to Occultists as the Bindery Note. When man, by discipline of the mind, is able to shut off all sense perception, he becomes conscious of an ever-vibrating rhythmic throb...
Commentary Continued. Ll. Prince De Mirande : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 289 PRINCE DE MIRANDE AND THE CABALA. GIOVANI FRANCESCO PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA, 1463 A.D.--1494. A.D. LLIn the year 1486, this celebrated Italian Philosopher, fell in with an impostor who showed him sixty Hebrew Codices and persuaded him that they had been compiled by...
Commentary Continued. G. Plato, His Place : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 216 429 B.C. PLATO, 347 B.C. HIS PLACE AS A PHILOSOPHER. G"Yes, there is a mother-dotrine, a synthesis of religions and philosophies. It develops and deepens as the ages roll along, but its foundation and centre remain the same. We have still to show...
Discourse Iii : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 69 FTER dinner we returned to the labyrinth. I was pensive and my pity for the Comte's madness, which I fully realised would be hard to cure, prevented my being as much amused at all that he had told me as I should have been, could I have had any hope of restoring...
Discourse Ii : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 21 HE Comte wished me to pass the entire night in prayer XIX, and the next morning at daybreak sent a note to say that he would be at my house at eight o'clock, and that, if agreeable to me, we would make an excursion together. I awaited XX him, he came, and after...
Commentary Continued. Ccc. Lord Of Bavaria : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], LORD OF BAVARIA. CCC"Sabine in his comment on the I oth of Ovid's Metamorphoses, at the tale of Orpheus, telleth us of a gentleman of Bavaria, that for many months together bewailed the loss of his dear wife; at length the Devil in her habit came and comforted him...
Commentary Concluded. Seven Ancient Prophecies : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 309 p. 310 COMMENTARY CONCLUDED p. 311 p. 312 SEVEN ANCIENT PROPHECIES OF WORLD PEACE. TRUTH IS JUSTICE AND THE MESSENGER OF PEACE TO MANKIND. "The paternal self-begotten intellect disseminated in all things the bond of love, heavy with fire, that all things might...
Commentary Continued. Tt. Hercules : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], HERCULES. TTThroughout the world's history, the life stories of the supreme Spiritual teachers, or Saviours of mankind, have been so identical in incident that a thoughtful comparison of them leads inevitably to the conclusion that to be "a priest forever after...
Commentary Concluded. Muhammed's Prophecy Of Truth : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 347 TRUTH. MUHAMMED'S PROPHECY OF TRUTH. "TO ITS OWN BOOK SHALL EVERY NATION BE SUMMONED." 1. "Men have rent their great concern, one among another, into sets; every party rejoicing in that which is their own; Wherefore leave them till a certain time, in their...
Commentary Continued. Uu. Master Defined : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 297 MASTER DEFINED. UUA Master is an evolved being who has perfected a mental body in which he can function consciously while out of his physical vehicle. A Master, through that degree of Divine Force * which his rapidly-evolving Solar Body enables him to contact...
Commentary Continued. Jj. Sacred Fire : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 288 SACRED FIRE. JJAs for the sacred fire, the vestal virgins took it up, together with other holy relics and fled away with it: though some will have it, that they have not the charge of any thing but that ever-living fire which Numa appointed to be worshipped...
Commentary Continued. V. Oracle Of Celius : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], V 1450 A.D. CELIUS RHODIGINUS, 1525 A.D. LOUIS RICCHIERI RHODIGINUS. An Italian philologist who made a valuable and ably annotated collection of the opinions of the ancient Greek and Latin scholars on occult and other subjects. ORACLE OF CELIUS RHODIGINUS. Lest any one...
Commentary Continued. Mm. Japhet : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], JAPHET. MMThe Comte's identification of Zoroaster with Japhet is merely a manner of stating that these names represent equivalent manifestations of the same Divine Force. In Masonry the Cabalistic tradition as to this Force has been maintained. When the order...
Commentary Continued. Rr. Romulus : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], ROMULUS. RRBIRTH.--But, in my opinion, the origin of so great a city, and the establishment of an empire next in power to that of the gods, was due to the Fates. The vestal Rhea, being deflowered by force, when she had p. 294 brought forth twins, declares Mars to be...
Commentary Continued. Z. Plato On Man's Place : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], PLATO ON MAN'S PLACE IN NATURE. Z"But with respect to the most principal and excellent species of the soul, we should conceive as follows: that divinity assigned this to each of us as a dmon; and that it resides in the very summit of the body, elevating us from earth...
Commentary Continued. Thotmes Iii : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 267 Thotmes III, showing on the brow the uraeus or Sacred Serpent, emblem of the Double Bridle of Leviathan. "British Museum. Photograph, Mansell & Co., London." "Page 279".
Commentary Concluded. Prophecy Of The Messenger : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 349 THE MESSENGER. PROPHECY OF THE MESSENGER AND OF THE STONE THAT SHALL BE SET UP IN EGYPT. In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the Lord of Hosts; one shall be called "The City of the Sun." In that day shall...
Commentary Continued. U. Divine Power Of Letters : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], DIVINE POWER OF LETTERS. UThe sacred significance of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet is paralleled by that attached to those of the Sanskrit alphabet as used in the Sacred Writings of India. "The god said--'Out of the will-power of the Supreme Being there originated...
Commentary Continued. Ggg. Magicians Sent : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], MAGICIANS SENT BY GRIMALDUS, DUKE OF BENEVENTUM. GGGA few years ago a certain folly was spread abroad. There had been a great mortality among cattle; and it was said that Grimaldus, Duke of Beneventum, had sent men with powders to scatter over fields, mountains...
Commentary Continued. Aa. Sir Thomas Browne : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 250 SIR THOMAS BROWNE ON MAN'S PLACE IN NATURE. AA"We are onely that amphibious piece between a corporal and spiritual Essence, that middle form that links those two together, and makes good the Method of God and Nature, that jumps not from extreams, but unites...
Commentary Concluded. Sixth Prophecy. Bible : * "Comte de Gabalis" [1913], p. 322 SIXTH PROPHECY. BIBLE PROPHECY OF WORLD PEACE DECLARING THE MANNER OF ITS ACCOMPLISHMENT. How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; th...
