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What Are Angels? February 21, 1965 Outline Tacoma, Washington According to history, Jesus and the disciples journeyed from Jericho to Bethany. Nathaniel walked closely beside Jesus, discussing the relationship of children to the kingdom of heaven and the part parents played in it, when and how to teach children, as Guardians, when the High Priest, a Sadducee, did not believe in angels. He asked how to teach children about heavenly ministering angels. Jesus explained about the Order of the Angelic Hosts, which are a separate order of created beings, entirely different from the orders of mortal creations, which take on flesh. Angels are not members of the group called the Sons of God, and not the glorified spirits of mortal men, who have passed through the mansions of the Soul. Men travel though their own Order by soul Initiations, but never become members of the Angelic Orders. Angels are servants of the Most High God. The angels that Jacob saw "ascending and descending the ladder" were taking Initiations through their own Orders. Angels are protectors, lest we "dash our foot against a stone." To gain their protection, we must give up earth’s "impossible" and accept God’s "possible," which is easy to accept, hard to give up! Mix everything with joy. No matter what, declare, "All is good." I must be sure that my prayer pattern follows my soul’s needs. Most people follow a weak pattern, such as, "I am doing so much better." Than what? Compared with the past? Compared with God! Our goal is Ascension for more Light, Love, Power and Life. Anyone can measure on the outer. On the inner, it takes "time" and "space" to show the life of an individual.
What Is a Messiah? February 28, 1965 Outline Tacoma, Washington A Messiah is a "promised deliverer," one who carries a message of hope and inspiration. To the waiting Jews, the expected Messiah would combine the "servant of the Lord" with a threefold office as prophet, priest and king. When Jesus refused to become a king, he failed his followers’ expectations. They had many ideas about the expected Messiah, but the main one was that he must take over the kingdom of Judea and rule them, driving out the Roman conquerors. Many, including Judas Iscariot, expected him to announce himself "any day now." They expected their Messiah to be the "liberator of the oppressed," an "anointed one" for whom John the Baptist had prepared the way, announcing that he was the "anointed one" so long awaited. John the Baptist preached "destruction" unless they turned to the "new" Messiah. John was heroic as a harbinger, but tactless as a preacher. He attracted throngs to "hear about," to "watch for," and to "see the new Messiah." No wonder Judas Iscariot worked to gather the young scions of Jerusalem to put Jesus on a throne, the Throne of Judah. He and the other Zealots had long since accepted that a new kingdom would unfold and they would restore the throne when the new Messiah appeared. Jesus refused the crown, but announced himself often, first to the Samaritan woman at the well of Sychar. He proved by his every word and action that he was a Descended God, an "anointed one" for his own to recognize and accept him. All true prophets of the Lord are anointed. Are these prophets the only Messiahs? No. Everyone who builds hope in hearts, everyone who helps even one person out of bondage is a Messiah, and wears a portion of the Mantle of Messiahship. The truth they speak is always part of a messianic message, even if their words fall on stony ground to be rejected. Each has woven a part of his mantle of Messiahship, a piping on the collar, a cape. Some weave it to the fingertips, decide they have given too much and unravel it to the elbows again. The Mantle of Messiahship is the golden robe of the 33rd Degree.
Miracles March 2, 1965 Outline Tacoma, Washington What is a revolution? A revolving! Every so often in a civilization, the masses underneath start moving. As they stretch to find room for growth, they push up, reaching for the warmth of the sun. They begin to revolve, moving everything around, resulting in a revolution. New ideas usually start a revolution. People, being pushed, start to revolve until even earth moves from a static condition to a new point. God has given us a secret weapon to aid us in this revolution. It is now changing the balance of power from darkness to Light, from evil to good. This weapon of God-given Power lies in one small four-letter word, good. Good is God’s name upon earth. "I AM good" is the most powerful healing statement we can ever use. "I AM" has but one idea, it can’t be anything else, it can be degraded or dragged down from its high place. Do you want miracles? Declare "I am good. You are good. This is good." Even if you knew nothing else but this, miracles would follow. A man started driving from Chicago to Cleveland in the early darkness of a winter afternoon. He had driven for half an hour when his headlights went out, and all he had left were the parking lights. First he feared, then he prayed and told God that He would have to send His Light through the lamps, in the name of Jesus the Christ. The Highway Patrol was very strict along the way, and he knew he’d be stopped, so he prayed again. Sure enough, he heard the siren coming and pulled over. The blustering officer wouldn’t let him explain why he had no lights. He said, "You can’t fool me now by turning your lights off! I’m arresting you for blinding the five cars that you passed. Turn on your lights and follow me." The driver tried to explain, but the officer said, "Move over. I’ll turn ‘em on." He got in the car and fiddled ands fussed, but no light. He even looked under the hood and was finally convinced that the car had no lights. Still he asked, "How did you blind those five other drivers?" The patrolman, who escorted the man to the next town, where a mechanic found the broken connection, remained unconvinced that five men could be wrong! "This is good. I AM loves for you. I AM loves you. I AM declares you are healed. You are now healed. Your body is filled with Light." Now, stop straddling the fence. Move up into your higher octave of life. Strike a higher chord, "This is good."
Pythagorus: The Establishment of His Three Degrees June 8, 1965 Cleveland, Ohio Pythagoras, born about 600 B.C., was a seeker after truth and wisdom who established the Greek mysteries which he brought from Egypt. He first coined the term, "philosopher." Philosophy is the study of wisdom, and he taught pure wisdom. The legend of his birth is that his mother conceived him immaculately under o’ershadowing by Apollo. In the Greek myths, when two came together under love they were said to be o’ershadowed by the sun god Apollo. This meant their marriage was "made" or recorded in heaven. Pythagoras’ father was Mnesarchus and his mother was Parthesis. On a journey to Greece they visited the Delphic oracle, who prophesied that a son would be born to them and would have great wisdom. He was born in Phoenicia. His mother visited the temple of the Pythian priestess and in their honor changed her name to Pythesis and named her son Pythagoras. Pythia is a name used in mysteries and secret orders to this day. Since Pythagoras was the son of a traveling merchant, he spent his early years traveling and became familiar with various countries. He was initiated into fourteen mystery schools including the great pyramid in Egypt. Fourteen is the number of choice and separation. He was also a member of the Essenes, a Hebrew sect descended from Abraham, who received the Kabbalah from an angel of the Lord. Within the fourteen we have the three, falling into the four. You can make a heavenly choice, but watch your step because you have the three higher Breaths falling into the four elements of earth, water, air and fire. The 14th Path means that you move from one thing to another, in and out, up and down. "In and out" means you have a choice of accepting the situation on the outer, increasing your work on the outer and accomplishing greatly. Yet you must be careful not to enjoy praise or apple polishing, not to yield to self aggrandizement. "Up and down" means a change in your state of consciousness. Take the up path, decide to let the outer go, and take inner credits. Lay a gift of praise on the altar and say, "Father, I have it here. I am putting self upon the altar." Then you may move up and ask for further Illumination. Or you have the choice of moving out and accepting on earth. Do you want to be a teacher and start a class and change position and move out on earth? Do not let go of God but, remember, you are not yet as perfect as your Father in Heaven is perfect. Keep your lines up for Illumination. Three Pythagorean Degrees Pythagoras studied the Kabbalistic system, a mystical system of numbers. This colored his life. In later years he interpreted under the Kabbalah and added to it. He was a high king of a Division and the highest wisdom came through to him. He studied mathematic principles and became a super mathematician. At the age of sixty he married one of his disciples and had seven sons. At age 100 he looked fifty. He was martyred by the few whom he refused admission to his school in Crotona. Time has proven that he taught truth; his teachings are remembered and still taught. The Laws of Pythagoras still stand. He gathered all of the mysteries then known and established them in three degrees patterned after the teachings of Solomon. He required five years’ training and preparatory work from each candidate who desired to study with him. This training period included abstinence and complete silence. He married a former student! Pythagoras taught mathematics as a means of "proving" God from observation and reason. His basis was logic, reason, discretion, discrimination and discernment. He taught grammar, rhetoric and logic to cultivate and improve the ability to reason and to think. Don’t just think you are thinking! He taught mathematics because he conceived that the ultimate benefit of man consisted of the science of numbers. Mathematics is a high science. On earth we begin with geometry that is based on mathematics and algebra. Geometry begins with a hypothetical dot extending into space as a line and plane. When you study geometry, mathematics begins to touch the absolute. For higher math, the Kabbalistic system gives great illumination. It is based on twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet, which are also numbers. The study of numerology comes from these numbers. Arithmetic is the science of numbers, then comes algebra and then geometry. Numbers are our daily portions, and we use them in everything we do. For the child, spelling comes next. Geometry represents the mystic value of God. It gives the key of how to contact Him. Grammar, rhetoric and logic are absolute, yet can entail idle words. The three teachings of Pythagoras include: (1) Geometry as purely metaphysical form the Wisdom Ray. (2) Music as a study of the Principles of Light, Color, Tone, Number and Form. (3) Astronomy as a study of the Principle of Light itself. Pythagoras conceived the idea that man is indebted to these three subjects for a knowledge of what is good and useful. The three degrees of Pythagoras’ teachings are axioms: 1) Being is being. 2) Being is real (I AM THAT I AM). (3) Being is logic. Each of these three axioms deals with the Trinity. Reality is part of the Love Ray. These three Absolutes are but one Principle forming a single whole of the idea and the form, qualified and unqualified. The idea holds the form within itself. This is all preliminary to his first degree. While the neophytes were all living in absolute silence, he was training them for these three degrees. It was Pythagoras who first taught the mathematical philosophy of the three falling into the four. The problems of Euclid are problems of principle. In philosophy, Pythagoras taught the identity of reason and reality. In religion, he taught providence, the divine action that makes reality the "good." In Christianity, they call this the Holy Spirit. Remember that Christos is light in Greek. In the material world of manifestation, Pythagoras taught that divine substance takes on form. This philosophy is a true method of obtaining a knowledge of the divine laws of purifying the soul from its imperfections. There are seven steps:
If you’re like a toadstool, here today and gone tomorrow, you are useless. You poison your soul and produce dry rot. Put a straight line through to the Source for a miracle. You must put that line up with a burning desire, fervor and love. If you put your line up and it’s mixed with idle words, self, grief, etc., your Guards and your Begotten Fathers have to get out the charts and unscramble all your lines. It’s a tremendous amount of work for them. Under religion, Pythagoras taught the immortality of the soul and the necessity of a personal holiness and purity to prepare oneself for admission into the society of the gods. We call this Ascension. He also taught the Omnipotence of God, that there is one God, Supreme and unapproachable, who conceived the universe by His intelligence before He created it through His Power and Will. Initiations prevented humanity from becoming engulfed in lower earthly matters. The soul was not a mere conception or abstraction, but a reality including in itself life and thought, whose essence it was to live and to think. His tests of air, water and fire were represented as means by which they could purify and release the soul. From these teachings sprang the doctrine of transmigration of souls, but Pythagoras taught it as an allegory showing that the individual could descend and become like an animal. He never intended this as a literal doctrine, but used it to show how evil dragged the soul down, and that the souls of the vicious dead did not pass into bodies of those animals to whose nature their vices had the most affinity. Pythagoras taught that by the practice of virtue, the soul could rescue itself to ascend. From this practice came the interpretation that we must expiate here below the crimes committed in a prior life. The ancient Egyptians held that the migrations of animals and birds to another body could take 3,000 years. Some held that even plants entered animals. For example, they believed the laurel, the noblest of plants, to enter the lion, the noblest of beasts. Both were consecrated to the sun god, Apollo. They held in the Orient that virtuous souls would return if they had only sinned mildly. Pythagoras was responsible for the particular mode of instruction in the Fellowcraft degree in Freemasonry. He arranged the use of assemblies as they employ them to this day in Masonic Temples, especially the East and West ends. The motion begins in the East and proceeds West in every lodge because the master of the lodge represents the rising sun and must be seen first in the East. The concept of the lodge is that it mystically extends Up to heaven. Some Persian and all Druid temples had no roofs. Pythagoras brought forth these concepts that have lived through the centuries. Plato later spiritualized the philosophy of Pythagoras.
Jupiter, Jove and Zeus June 15, 1965 Cleveland, Ohio As the mysteries spread over the known earth, they brought them from Lemuria (Mu) to Atlantis to Egypt. Each new country had a new name for the same old god. The names of the gods were those of the descended androgynous beings who opened this Great Day of Manifestation. Jupiter, Jove or Zeus, though called the father of the gods, had a beginning himself. Saturn, or Cronus, was his father and Rhea was his mother. There had to be a beginning for these gods in the dim mists of time. Myths were the first written stories of the gods. The beginning of the gods on earth was the descent of the androgynous beings and in Greece it was to Mt. Olympus that they descended. Saturn and Rhea were Titans. Were both the sons and daughters of earth and the sons and daughters of God filled the ranks of the Titans. It was written that they sprang from chaos (dark). We are told that Saturn and Rhea descended to earth just before the lights descended when the earth was dark and void. "They sprang from chaos" means before a Day of Manifestation begins. "And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown" (Genesis 6:1-4). Another account of creation tells us that the earth and Erebus and Eros (love) were the first beings. Eros issued forth from the "egg of night that floated over chaos." By his own arrow and torch, Eros pierced and vivified all things. He produced life and joy wherever he went. Light came from Eros. Saturn and Rhea were not the only Titans. The males were Oceanus, Hyperion, Iapetus and Ophion. The females were Themis, Mnemosyne and Eurynome. These were the elder gods, whose dominion they later transferred to others. Saturn yielded to Jupiter, Oceanus to Neptune, Hyperion to Apollo. Hyperion was the father of Apollo, the sun god, and of Diana (Astarte)and Aurora. Hyperion was the original sun god and was gifted with the splendor and beauty later bestowed upon Apollo. Ophion and Eurynome ruled over Mt. Olympus, which they thought of as the high spot on earth. The Olympian mountains stayed above water throughout the sinking of Lemuria and later of Atlantis. The descended gods chose Olympus so they could remain there during the continental changes when evil took over. After each deluge, a new Day of Manifestation began. If it were not for the losses now in Vietnam and other wars, the price to pay for the salvation of earth would have been much higher because this time the destruction would be by fire, not water. Ophion and Eurynome ruled until Saturn and Rhea dethroned them. The mystery behind the myth is that they run heaven according to periods of thirty zodiacal degrees and the thrones change at regular intervals. So these descended gods changed their seasons of planting, harvest and rest. Saturn became known as a monster who swallowed his own children to keep his dominion. The meaning behind the myth is that the planet Saturn, as it moves in orbit, appeared to the ancients to swallow the other stars in its wake in the heavens (astronomers call this an occultation). At different seasons they would follow Saturn and disappear. When grown, Jupiter (Zeus) espoused Metis (prudence). She was a restraining influence on Jupiter’s joyous abandonment. She gave Saturn a drink that made him disgorge his children (when the planets reappeared in the skies). Jupiter and his brothers and sisters rebelled against Saturn. The Titans were descended gods who took on flesh. They imprisoned many in Tartarus, an island. They condemned Atlas, a Titan, to bear the heavens on his shoulders. On Saturn’s dethronement, his three sons divided his dominions. Jupiter (Zeus) ruled the heavens, Neptune (Poseidon) the ocean, and Pluto (Hades) the underworld, the realm of the dead. Earth and Olympus were common property not apportioned to one god. They did set up Jupiter as king of the gods and men. The planet Jupiter rules the sign of Sagittarius, the Gate of Ascension. Men descend to earth through the sign of Capricorn. Only the descended gods descend through Sagittarius. The children of earth can ascend through Sagittarius if they have earned the right to go through the Gates. The descended gods had to learn to bargain with men and agree and adjust. They let their sheaths get heavy. These were precipitated bodies that became visible. Thunder was Jupiter’s weapon. He bore a shield call the Aegis, made by Vulcan. The eagle was his favorite bird and it bore his thunderbolts. Our American eagle with its symbolic thunderbolts symbolizes this. In our Adamic Civilization, we are tied up to these original descended gods. Within the U.S., our high ones come from the twelve Tribes and the twelve Golden Cities. There are 12,000 to a tribe, who were the first gods who descended. Revelation describes two sets of 12,000. These were the Elect, those whom the descended gods took home with them. The Elect are neophytes who are learning Law. The descended gods persuade them to go back home. It is still the job of the descended gods to teach the world to move up and get evil under foot. Vulcan, or Hephaestus, was the celestial artist, artisan or architect. He was the son of Jupiter and Juno. His mother, displeased at the sight of him, flung him from heaven to earth, crippling him. The distinction here is that they were ruling from heaven in this myth, rather than on earth. We must figure then that Jupiter and Juno were ruling from the planet Jupiter when they created Vulcan. It took him one full day to fall from heaven to earth. He landed on the island of Lemnos. Mars (Ares), the god of war, was his brother, the son of Jupiter and Juno. Apollo also ruled archery, poetry, music and prophecy. Because he was the sun god, he cast light on men and events. Apollo is related to the Temple of the Sun. You enter at the west and walk west. In the center is a glorious fountain of great lights. The number seven is in the center, the Master’s Purple Seven. On the right is a great archway, curtains drawn, red, blue, or purple. One curtain is decorated with a great eye. You enter the cloud continent of the City of the Sun through a wall of fire. Golden glory comes through the curtain in rays. Behind it is the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail. Down to the left is a wide archway into the Temple of the Sun. The curtains at the right open into the first Hall of Records; the second is in the Court of Allah. The Hall is where you go to face past thoughts, words and actions, and for certain ceremonies. The Temple of the Sun is also our home and we go there at night. Apollo was the brother of Diana (Astarte), the moon goddess. She was the daughter of Jupiter and Latona. Venus (Aphrodite), the goddess of love and beauty, wore a helmet that represented love but covered the head, which was one reason she became a goddess of physical love and was misunderstood. This relates to the Lakes of Fire of Aphrodite and Zeus, for cleansing. Aphrodite is Zeus’ queen. Both Fires are in the same Realm. This is the reality behind the myth. Aphrodite was the daughter of Zeus and Dione. She sprang from the foam of the sea (to man) and came out of the water to the isle of Cyprus, where the four seasons met her and led her to the assembly of the gods on Mt. Olympus. When they saw her beauty, each wanted her for their wife. Zeus owed Hephaestus (Vulcan) a great debt of gratitude for his thunderbolts, so he gave her to him. Aphrodite was not enthusiastic about this. She wore the Cestas, the girdle of love, which had the power of inspiring love. On the inner, it is called the girdle of Aphrodite and it covers the seat of the Creative Fire. This is one of the great gifts of the gods and is a reward for tremendous conquering. Eros was the son of Venus and Mars. He was her constant companion. Mischievous, he shot darts of love into men and caused all the trouble resulting from the desire of the gods for the children of men. The darts, which represent the flame of desire, brought the gods down in consciousness. Anteros was the avenger of slighted love. Venus had complained to Themis (justice) that Eros remained a child and never grew up. Themis said he should have a brother and then he would grow up. Anteros is also the champion of reciprocal affection. These two are like Cain and Abel: Eros is "love"; Anteros is "against love." The fallen god Anteros could have taken over the fixed star, Antares, on revenge, but Beliol got there first, took over and plotted most of the evil on earth from there. These legends tie up the fall of the gods. When these Androgynous Beings came to earth, they quaffed the Cup of Lethe, forgetfulness, and turned away from the Light. Minerva (Pallas Athena) was the goddess of wisdom. She wore the famous winged helmet of the warrior gods. She was the offspring of Zeus without a mother. It is said she sprang fully formed from his head, completely armed. This shows there is no limitation in creation. Love and Wisdom create from the same Mind. Wisdom is armor against the false. Mercury (Hermes) was the son of Jupiter and Maia (earth, air, fire and water as one). His influence is neutral, and it also means being closer to earth than to the higher gods. Mercury was not only the messenger that brought the word of the gods to men, but was also the ruler of communication, commerce, gymnastics, physical dexterity and thieves. He wore a winged cap and sandals, which represent the fans of Pharaoh opened through ascended mental process. While he rules intellect, he also rises to rule Wisdom with Uranus. They credit him with the invention of the lyre made from the shell of the tortoise. There were nine strings in honor of the nine Muses. Nine was the number of salvation and was sacred. The three Graces presided over banquets, dance, all social enjoyment and the arts. They are Euphrosyne, Aglalia and Thalia. Themis, law sat by Jove to counsel him. She was the mother of the three Fates, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, who spun the thread of destiny and were armed with shears with which they could cut off a span of life if they chose. "Fate has sheared me." They cut off life lines when necessary. They cut the line of fate when one has misused too much soul substance. The Fathers do this because they will not allow one to lose their soul. When we move up to the path of destiny, we no longer need the three Fates. They call them the Norns in Nordic myths. The Furies punished evil with secret stings. They punished the crimes of those who escaped or defied public justice. They represent the conscience. Serpents wreathed their heads, and were terrible to see. They were Electra, Tisiphone and Megaera. Nemesis was the avenging goddess, representing the righteous anger of the gods, especially against the proud and arrogant. Pan was the god of flocks and shepherds. Arcadia was his favorite residence. Satyrs were deities of the fields and woods. Half-man and half-goat, they were covered with bristling hair and had cloven feet. They watched over the woods. Momus was the god of laughter, mimicry and memory. Plutus was the god of wealth. These gods and goddesses represent the Principles of Love, Wisdom, Faith, Honor and Joy.
The Mysteries of Bacchus and the Oracles June 22, 1965 Cleveland, Ohio Jason, who sought the golden fleece, was a descended god. The fleece is a symbol of protection. The earth has passed through three great Ages (Saturn, Sun and Moon) and is currently in the Earth Age. Two more great Ages, Venus and Vulcan, are yet to come. They called Pythagoras the great divulger of philosophy and numbers. He divulged the Kabbalistic system and brought down the teachings given to Abraham. He personally visited every sanctuary in the world, including Judea where he submitted to circumcision so he could be initiated into the Kabbalistic mysteries. He ascended so high in consciousness while he was there that Ezekiel and Daniel communicated the Kabbalistic work to him with only a few reservations because he was not a Hebrew. When he learned all that he could in Judea, he was still dissatisfied. He went to Egypt where, with untold difficulties, he was initiated into the mystical Egyptian mysteries with all their training and initiations. This was a gigantic feat in itself. This took place during King Amasis’ reign. He must have been a descended god because, through his help, Pythagoras was admitted into the sacred priesthood of Egypt. The power of Pythagoras’ genius filled the void created by the deficiencies of the Egyptians’ communications. So he became a master and revealer. He worked hard every step of the way. Remember that he moved up in consciousness to receive law. The sayings of Pythagoras were intellectual and philosophical rather than mystical. He defined God as "a living and absolute verity clothed with light." The world was "clothed in number and manifested through form." He taught that the vibration of light condensed energy into mass. Einstein developed his theory of relativity from this. He taught that all things are descended from the Tetractys, which is composed of molecules or anything arranged in groups of four, called the quaternary (4). For instance, it takes four molecules to make salt. We declare that everything is descended from the Pair. He said, "God is the supreme music in nature, God is harmony." In that statement, he gave a fundamental Principle: (1) Light, (2) Color and (3) Tone. Pythagoras taught that names contained a triple hierarchy, or that they expressed on three levels. This coincides with Solomon’s Kabbalistic teachings and with the first three degrees of Masonry. We read Solomon: Sol-om-on, and each syllable is a name of God: Sol is Arabic, om is East Indian and on is Persian. The three phases of a name or word are (1) simple, the word expresses, (2) hieroglyphic, the word conceals, and (3) symbolic, the word signifies. This relates to Masonry in the following way: "The word expresses" means the expression of Love, compassion and all the virtues; "the word conceals" means the mysteries of the myths, twelve mystery schools and initiations; and "the word signifies" means it deals with symbols through number and form. Pythagoras boiled Kabbala down to this essence. These are his teachings direct, and they have to have considerable substance to live all these years. He enveloped his doctrine with symbols to protect it from the profane, although he evaded the symbols that resulted in idolatry. Abraham carried the holy Kabbala from Chaldea and Joseph taught it to the Egyptian priesthood. Moses rediscovered and purified it when the vibration in Egypt was lowered. The mysteries are concealed in symbols in the King James Bible. Jesus revealed the mysteries of the New Testament to St. John(Revelation) and they contain all the figures of the Apocalypse. Originally, people studied the mysteries to begin a new life of virtue. Bacchus was associated with Osiris and, as a god in the temple, was o’ershadowed by Osiris. He instituted the Dionysian mysteries of pure wisdom that he brought onto Greece and Persia. These mysteries taught that purity and holiness are necessary parts of earth living. You could not live these mysteries if you were impure. Born of a virgin on December 25, Bacchus performed great miracles for the good of humanity. In particular, he rose from the dead on March 25 and was called the Savior. Under his mysteries and ceremonial instructions, they showed Bacchus as an infant in the temple. There was, through him even then, a direct connection between Christmas and Easter. Both of these high holy days were observed long before Christianity. This was not pagan but was a true ceremony of the descended gods. We relate the dates of Christmas and Easter to the sun’s passage into the signs of Capricorn and Aries, the winter solstice and the vernal equinox. We call Capricorn the Gate of the Gods, and Cancer is the Gate of Men and the House of the Mother. Aries is the self House of Fire. Easter is preceded by forty days of sacrifice of self and Holy Week is when you go into the cleansing fires. You must add lunar aspects to this to get the full Light and Power from God to man. Hercules is related to the sun gods. Moon aspects were delayed and interfered with the entrance of Hercules (who wore a lion’s skin) into Aries. Bacchus wore the horns of a bull. He is also associated with Ceres, Demeter and Isis, who wore crowns of cows’ horns. With Ceres, Bacchus presided over all man’s blessings. People prayed to them as liaison deities. From these emanations of the high ones, every good and beautiful thing of earth evolved. The Bacchanalian mysteries ruled over nature and beauty (Taurus) and furnished the germ-principle of every good. Bacchus is masculine and Ceres is feminine. She receives and preserves the germ as a depository. She often was identified with a serpent, and snakes were sacred to her. Jupiter-Ammon, a sun god, and Apis the Egyptian bull, all figured onto the mysteries of Bacchus. During the mysteries of the horned bull, the temple priests held snakes in their hands and cried aloud, "Evoe!" which means "serpent" in the oriental tongues. This caused Clement of Alexandria to say that the Persians evoked the evil of Eve. There was a fan encircled by serpents, which was used to blow chaff away from grain. Serpents symbolize wisdom. Evoe was the name for all serpents. Bacchus had left earth long before the second Bacchus came and defamed that name. |
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