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The Origins of Liberalism: The Roman Cult of Liber
In the Ancient Roman Empire, the notion of political freedom, or what in Latin is called Libertas was one of the main goals of many of their citizens who were not born into aristocratic or elite families. It was through hard work for the Empire, merit, luck, and...
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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...
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Third Section of the Lecture on the First Degree | Chapter 6
"We have been saying a good deal about a lodge; I want to know what constitutes a lodge?" Ans. "A certain number of Free and Accepted Masons duly assembled in a room, or place, with the Holy Bible, p. 44 [paragraph continues] Square and Compass, and other Masonic...
Second or Fellow Craft Degree Initiation | Chapter 7
p. 49 I will now introduce the reader to the second degree of Masonry. It is generally called passing, as will be seen in the lecture. I shall omit the ceremonies of opening and closing, as they are precisely the same as in the first degree, except two knocks are used...