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... Vishnu or Kreeshna , with his foot on the serpent's head ; and another has the same god encompassed in the folds of a serpent , which is in the act of biting his heel.17 In the same mythology , a monster compounded of a man and an eagle ...
... Vishnu or Kreeshna , with his foot on the serpent's head ; and another has the same god encompassed in the folds of a serpent , which is in the act of biting his heel.17 In the same mythology , a monster compounded of a man and an eagle ...
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... Vishnu and Siva are equally represented as encompassed by curl- ing serpents , to denote their divine original . In China we again find this loathsome reptile raised to divine honours and worshipped . A Ring supported by two Serpents ...
... Vishnu and Siva are equally represented as encompassed by curl- ing serpents , to denote their divine original . In China we again find this loathsome reptile raised to divine honours and worshipped . A Ring supported by two Serpents ...
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... . During the prevalence of the waters , the god Vishnu , stretched at length , slept beneath the surface on the bosom of Devi , who for that purpose had assumed the shape of a monstrous serpent , whose folds 114 SIGNS AND SYMBOLS .
... . During the prevalence of the waters , the god Vishnu , stretched at length , slept beneath the surface on the bosom of Devi , who for that purpose had assumed the shape of a monstrous serpent , whose folds 114 SIGNS AND SYMBOLS .
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... Vishnu was seen gloriously arrayed as the Rainbow ; and Devi flew away in the form of a Dove.25 You will smile , when I relate the tradition , as it was preserved in China ; but I have good authority to bear me out , and will therefore ...
... Vishnu was seen gloriously arrayed as the Rainbow ; and Devi flew away in the form of a Dove.25 You will smile , when I relate the tradition , as it was preserved in China ; but I have good authority to bear me out , and will therefore ...
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... Vishnu , it is represented as issuing from the troubled waters of the deluge . It was esteemed the principal instrument used to compose the agitation of the elements , which produced and attended that awful event . In the British myste ...
... Vishnu , it is represented as issuing from the troubled waters of the deluge . It was esteemed the principal instrument used to compose the agitation of the elements , which produced and attended that awful event . In the British myste ...
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adoration amongst ancient animal antiquity appear Apron Beauty Brahma brethren brother Cabiric called candidate celebrated celestial centre ceremony Ceres Ceridwen Cherubim Christ Christian circle creation Creator dæmons darkness death degree Deity Deluge derived divine doctrine Druids duty earth east Egypt Egyptians emblem emblematical esteemed eternal eyes favour figure Freemasonry Freemasons glory gods Grand Lodge heathen heaven hence hieroglyphics holy honour human Idol idolatry initiation institution Jehovah Jews king Ladder Lectures light Lion Lord mankind Masonic Masonry Master mind Mithras Moon moral Moses mysteries nations nature Noah observed Order origin Osiris patriarch perfect Persian Pillars placed practice preserved priests primitive principles Prose Edda purity Pythagoras reference religion represented rites sacred says seated secret serpent Shekinah sons of Noah stone symbol temple Tetractys Tetragrammaton throne tion Triad true truth universal virtue Vishnu wings Wisdom word worship
Pasajes populares
Página 252 - He that setteth not by himself ; but is lowly in his own eyes...
Página 129 - As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.
Página 293 - Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Página 160 - And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
Página 133 - Thus death reigns in all the portions of our time. The autumn with its fruits provides disorders for us, and the winter's cold turns them into sharp diseases, and the spring brings flowers to strew our hearse, and the summer gives green turf and brambles to bind upon our graves.
Página 213 - And He brought me to the door of the court ; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall.
Página 176 - Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father's house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my God : and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house : and of all that thou shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Página 100 - And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
Página 74 - By four cherubic shapes ; four faces each Had wondrous ; as with stars, their bodies all, And wings, were set with eyes; with eyes the wheels Of beryl, and careering fires between...
Página 155 - He, who through vast immensity can pierce, See worlds on worlds compose one universe, Observe how system into system runs, What other planets circle other suns, What varied being peoples every star, May tell why Heaven has made us as we are.