An exposition of the mysteries or religious dogmas and customs of the ancient Egyptians, Pythagoreans, and Druids. Also an inquiry into the origin, history, and purport of freemasonryauthor, 1835 - 403 páginas |
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Página vii
... Apuleius : and the Amour of Cupid and Psyche . Also : a Sketch of the Life and Doctrines of Pythagoras , the founder of the sect that bore his name : and the Doctrines and Customs of the Druids , the priests of the ancient Britons ...
... Apuleius : and the Amour of Cupid and Psyche . Also : a Sketch of the Life and Doctrines of Pythagoras , the founder of the sect that bore his name : and the Doctrines and Customs of the Druids , the priests of the ancient Britons ...
Página 107
... Apuleius describes the state of the mysteries even in his time : " There was an influx of a crowd of those who had been initiated in the sacred rites of the goddess , consisting of men and women of every degree and of every age ...
... Apuleius describes the state of the mysteries even in his time : " There was an influx of a crowd of those who had been initiated in the sacred rites of the goddess , consisting of men and women of every degree and of every age ...
Página 126
... Apuleius , the supernal and infernal gods pas- sed in review . To each of these they sung a hymn ; which Clemens calls the theology of images , or idols . amongst the works ascribed to Orpheus . then came the Aporreta , delivered in the ...
... Apuleius , the supernal and infernal gods pas- sed in review . To each of these they sung a hymn ; which Clemens calls the theology of images , or idols . amongst the works ascribed to Orpheus . then came the Aporreta , delivered in the ...
Página 136
... Apuleius , concludes the ennumeration of her various mystic rites , in these words " The Egyptians skilled in ancient learning , worship- ping me by ceremonies perefectly appropriate , call me by my true name , queen Isis . " But the ...
... Apuleius , concludes the ennumeration of her various mystic rites , in these words " The Egyptians skilled in ancient learning , worship- ping me by ceremonies perefectly appropriate , call me by my true name , queen Isis . " But the ...
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... Apuleius . The first of which will show us of what use the mysteries were esteemed to society ; and the second , of what use to religion . An inquiry into Eneas ' adventure to the shades , will have this farther advantage , the ...
... Apuleius . The first of which will show us of what use the mysteries were esteemed to society ; and the second , of what use to religion . An inquiry into Eneas ' adventure to the shades , will have this farther advantage , the ...
Términos y frases comunes
allegory ancient antiquity Anubis Apollo appears Apuleius Bacchus body brethren called candidate celebrated celestial ceremonies Ceres Christian custom darkness dead death degree Deity Diodorus Siculus divine doctrine dog-star Druids earth Egypt Egyptians Eleusinian mysteries emblem fable feasts figure freemasonry freemasons give given gods grand master Greeks hand hath heaven Hebrews Hercules hierophant Hiram holy honor Horus human initiated institution Isis king learned light lodge Lord manner masonry masons means Mithras moon Moses mystagogue myste mystic nations nature night Nile observed oracles origin Osiris pagan pass perfect person Phenician Plato Plutarch polytheism principles Pythagoras Pythagorean reason received religion religious remarks rendered representation represented rites royal arch sacred says secret serpent signifies society solemn soul stars stone supposed symbol Tartarus taught temple tetractys things tion truth Typhon veneration whole word worship writers zodiac
Pasajes populares
Página 125 - He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment ; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Página 323 - And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them : And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them : and they perished from among the congregation.
Página 99 - Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God. Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
Página 294 - Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors : And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory: The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, even lift them up, ye everlasting doors : And the King of glory shall come in.
Página 313 - There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
Página 314 - And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord: and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
Página 296 - NOW when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.
Página 294 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart...
Página 309 - Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
Página 294 - The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof ; -the world, and they that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.