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The Mystery of the Ages

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Chapter 5

CHAPTER V.

0RIENTAL THEOSOPHY,

PART I THE THEOSOPHY OF THE BBAHMINS, MAGI, AND DRUIDS.

 

Whence are the Hindus P Their ancient "Wisdom-Religion." Indian Caste a reproduction after the Egyptian. A Hiero-&aristocracy. Occult Temples and monumental poetry. The Trimurti. The Vedas. Hindu Philosophy. The Darsanas. Many names for the One Being. Selections from the Bhagavat&-Purana. "The Practice of Devotion." "Acquisition of Deliverance." "Distinction of Nature." "The Yoga of Devotion." "Time Infinite which ends all" Tat-books of Hindu Theosophy.

 

The Theosophy of the Magi. All equally pure and each one a priest. Soldiers of Light against powers of darkne88. Selections from the "Desatir." An Epitome of Occult knowledge from the Book of the Prophet Jyafram. Theosophical aspect of the Magian System. Magi and Brahmins. The War between Ahura-Mazda and Angra Mainyu purely spiritual and esoteric. Zoroaster. The first translation of the Zend-Avesta by Anquetil du Perron. Zoroaster a contemporary of Abraham. Origin of the Kabbala. The mysterious " Brethren." The Gnostic doctrine according to the Coder Nazar-.1. Did the Kabbalists borrow of the Gnostics en-soph "the Eternally Boundless One" of the Zend-A vesta. Platonism deduced out of the theosophic dogmas of Zoroaster. Radical Principles of the Kabbalistic doctrine. The practical direction taken by the Magi on the Occult. A journey through Heaven and Hell. Arda Viraf. The Spirit of Zoroastrian Religion. The mystery of the Fire Element. The Logos, the Persian "Honover." The advent of the New Dispensation. Our Lady of Light.

 

Theosophy of the Druid& Druidism identical with Oriental Theosophy. Druid Monuments. Adept of Druidism still existing. "Lu Hommes de La religion Blanche." The ante-Christian Theosophy of the West. The Bard& Druid Triads and Barclic Aphorisms. Druidic idea of the Spheres of Existence. Similarity to Esoteric Buddhism. Books on Druid Theosophy •