The cradle of Gnosticism is probably to be looked for in Syria, and even in Palestine
This quote is by Bro.' Albert Pike (33°) from his Gnostic Masonic masterpiece, Morals and Dogma. Pike explains that the cradle of Gnosticism is probably to be looked for in Syria, and even in Palestine which I have said before was originally located on the Holy...
The Gnostics derived their leading doctrines and ideas from Plato and Philo, the Zend-avesta and the Kabala
By Albert Pike (33°) - "The Gnostics derived their leading doctrines and ideas from Plato and Philo, the Zend-avesta and the Kabalah, and the Sacred books of India and Egypt; and thus introduced into the bosom of Christianity the cosmological and theosophical...
A War for Your Soul
A secret shared in the light is but a mystery still to the profane. Most are drawn to the dark depths in the sea of the insane. A war for their soul, many of them lost before they began to speak. Soldiers of the matrix carrying bricks in the heat. Building the very...
Labyrinths were symbolic of the involvement and illusions of the lower world
“Labyrinths were symbolic of the involvement and illusions of the lower world through which wanders the soul of man in its search for truth. In the labyrinth dwells the lower animal man with the head of a bull (the Minotaur or Serapis), who seeks to destroy the soul...
The Mysteries taught that the divine energies from the gods descended upon the top of the Pyramid
By Manly P. Hall - "The twelve signs of the zodiac, like the Governors' of the lower worlds, are symbolized by the twelve lines of the four triangles--the faces of the Pyramid. In the midst of each face is one of the beasts of Ezekiel, and the structure as a whole...
Obama: So let there be no doubt, Islam is a part of America
The United States of America is one of the few countries in the world that practices religious freedom and the right of very individual to be a member of whatever religion they choose to align their souls with. The American law and most enlightened people do not...
Why haven’t the Knights Templar taken ‘affirmative’ action against the Muslim threat?
This is official statement by the modern Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani (OSMTH), also known as Knights Templar International on why they have not taken action against Muslim attacks and refugees fleeing war torn countries. The Ordo Supremus Militaris...
Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change
"Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of...
The white magician labors entirely with the finer forces of the elemental planes
"The white magician labors entirely with the finer forces of the elemental planes. He is a builder - not a destroyer - and seeks to liberate rather than to dominate his fellow creatures." - By Manly P. Hall
I don’t believe God gave us the powers of reason and logic and intended us to forsake their use
Tattoos and the Mark of the Beast
What is the true Mark of the Beast? This question has been asked for many centuries, since it was written in the Book of Revelation, that in the end days, people small and great, rich and poor will be required to receive that mark of the beast. This event in our time...
As this food nourishes the body, so may the Bread of Wisdom nourish the mind
"He who is coming unto himself, who from the unconscious and the dead is beginning to return to consciousness and rise into life, self-consecrates his every act for ever deeper realization of the mystery of his divine nature; for now no longer is he an embryo within...
Modern Gnostics do the exact opposite of the herd mentality
We modern Gnostics understand that the masses of people and their alleged needs to live are often controlled by media, corporations, propaganda and meaningless events such as Black Friday. Often we do the exact opposite of the herd mentality because we know that what...
The word mystery comes from the Greek word myo and means “to close or shut”
The word mystery comes from the Greek word myo and means “to close or shut.” From this same root comes the word mystes, which means “[an] initiate”. The initiates of the sacred mysteries were a distinct group of enlightened humans who were a separate class from those...
Gnostic concepts have actually been incorporated into the dogmas of the Christian Church
Manly P. Hall had written in The Secret Teachings of All Ages, "Even today there are evidences of Gnostic philosophy in the modern world, but they bear other names and their true origin is not suspected. Many of the Gnostic concepts have actually been incorporated...
The Statue of Liberty Was Originally Modeled After a Muslim Woman
“I hate to bust your bubble, the statue isn’t facing Manhattan,” U.S. Park Ranger Kenya Finley said as visitors were again allowed to ascend to the top in 2009. “It’s facing France, but you can see Brooklyn first.” Yes, the Statue of Liberty faces the country France...
The Statue of Liberty (Isis)
The Statue of Isis was first known as Liberty Enlightening the World, but is now more commonly called, the "Statue of Liberty." However, we must ask ourselves, "Is she truly enlightening the world, or is she actually the Goddess who keeps our illumination in the...
True love is to love someone no matter what they do, or say
People talk about love, and claim that love will conquer all, but more often than not, their love is discriminatory based on how they feel a person should be and or act. They do this by secretly condemning the people who step out of, or threaten their own self made...
The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are
At last the spirit of rebellion entered the creation in the form of Lucifer
By Manly P. Hall - “Man wandered hopelessly in the gloom of mortality, living and dying without light or understanding in his servitude to the Demiurgus and his host of spirits. At last the spirit of rebellion entered the creation in the form of Lucifer, who in the...
The Wise Men call it THE ALL
"THAT which is the Fundamental Truth—the Substantial Reality—is beyond true naming, but the Wise Men call it THE ALL." - The Kybalion All thinkers, in all lands and in all times, have assumed the necessity for postulating the existence of this Substantial Reality. All...
Unfolding blossoms upon the sacred rod of the Mysteries – the spinal column
A hint concerning the unfoldment of spiritual understanding according to the secret science of the Mysteries is found in the story of Aaron’s rod that budded, and also in Wagner’s great opera, Tannhäuser, where the budding staff of the Pope signifies the unfolding...
The Female Philosophers
There have been many great female philosophers over the last two thousand years. The meaning of word philosopher is from the Greek word philo, which means love and sophia which means wisdom. Rather than chasing vanity, and a material life, these women had chosen that...
Wisdom (Sophia) & Knowledge (Gnosis) Shall be the Stability of Thy Times
This image is of the entranceway relief sculpture by Lee Lawrie, located at the RCA Building, Rockefeller Centre, New York City. The quote is from the Scripture in Isaiah 33:6: "And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of your times, and strength of salvation:...
US Presidents & Founding Fathers Who Smoked Marijuana
Many U.S. Presidents in the course of our country's history had smoked marijuana, and some grew hemp on their estates. Can you guess how many out of the five Presidents pictured below have smoked marijuana? Would you be surprised that the majority, three out of these...
The Serpent entwined round an [Orphic] Egg referred to the creation of the Universe
By Albert Pike - "Among the Egyptians, the serpent was a symbol of Divine Wisdom; and, with its tail in its mouth (Ouroboros), of Eternity. In the ritual of Zoroaster, it was a symbol of the Universe. In China, the ring between 2 Serpents was the symbol of the world...
Mental Transmutation is the Art of Mental Chemistry
"Mental Transmutation means the art of changing and transforming mental states, forms, and conditions, into others. So you may see that Mental Transmutation is the Art of Mental Chemistry." - The Kybalion The truth is, that beneath the material chemistry, astronomy...
True Hermetic Transmutation is a Mental Art
"Mind (as well as metals and elements) may be transmuted, from state to state; degree to degree; condition to condition; pole to pole; vibration to vibration. True Hermetic Transmutation is a Mental Art."—The Kybalion. As we have stated, the Hermetists were the...
Karl Marx on Freemasonry
Marx Quote -" I should not be surprised, indeed, to find the Pope setting down the whole insurrection to their account." "1871 Interview with Karl Marx, the prophet, Pope and head of L'Internationale" Landor: ...what is the International Society? Dr. Marx: You...
In the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration
“My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists.” Nikola Tesla