An Exposition of the Mysteries; Or, Religious Dogmas and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Pythagoreans, and Druidsauthor, 1835 - 403 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 46
Page 5
... feasts were to be cele- brated . The use of these figures appeared so convenient , that they by degrees extended it to more things than the order of the calendar . Several symbols , fit to inform the people of certain truths , by some ...
... feasts were to be cele- brated . The use of these figures appeared so convenient , that they by degrees extended it to more things than the order of the calendar . Several symbols , fit to inform the people of certain truths , by some ...
Page 10
... feasts . Wherefore , instead of representing it under the form of a star , which might not distinguish it from another , they delineated it under the figure relative to its func - ` tion and name . They called it the star - dog , the ...
... feasts . Wherefore , instead of representing it under the form of a star , which might not distinguish it from another , they delineated it under the figure relative to its func - ` tion and name . They called it the star - dog , the ...
Page 13
... feasts of each season , and to the works in com- mon to be done . Let us begin with the symbols of the sun . That luminary , as it was the grandest object in nature , had also its peculiar character or mark in the symbolical writing ...
... feasts of each season , and to the works in com- mon to be done . Let us begin with the symbols of the sun . That luminary , as it was the grandest object in nature , had also its peculiar character or mark in the symbolical writing ...
Page 14
... feast there . Plutarch often mentions the feasts of Osiris's tomb , and informs us , that when the Egyptians were reproached with placing in heaven gods whose tombs they showed , their reply was , that the bodies of these gods had been ...
... feast there . Plutarch often mentions the feasts of Osiris's tomb , and informs us , that when the Egyptians were reproached with placing in heaven gods whose tombs they showed , their reply was , that the bodies of these gods had been ...
Page 18
... feasts of Hope , celebrated at the winter solstice , when they saw this star check his movement , and change his route to return towards them . But if the hope of his approach was so sensibly felt , what joy would not be experienced ...
... feasts of Hope , celebrated at the winter solstice , when they saw this star check his movement , and change his route to return towards them . But if the hope of his approach was so sensibly felt , what joy would not be experienced ...
Other editions - View all
An exposition of the mysteries or religious dogmas and customs of the ... John Fellows Limited preview - 1835 |
Common terms and phrases
ancient antiquity Anubis Apollo appears Apuleius Bacchus body brethren called candidate celebrated celestial ceremonies Ceres character Christian custom darkness dead death degree Deity Diodorus Siculus divine doctrine dog-star Druids earth Egypt Egyptians Eleusinian mysteries emblem fable feasts figures freemasonry freemasons give given gods grand master Greeks hand hath heaven Hebrews hierophant Hiram holy honor Horus human initiated institution Isis king laws learned light lodge Lord manner masonry masons means Mithras moon Moses mystagogue myste mystic nations nature Nile oath observed oracles origin Osiris pagan pass perfect person Phenician Plato Plutarch polytheism priests principles Pythagoras Pythagorean reason received religion religious remarkable rendered represented rites royal arch sacred sacrifices says secret serpent signifies society soul stars supposed symbol Tartarus taught temple tetractys things tion truth Typhon veneration Virgil whole word worship writers zodiac
Popular passages
Page 341 - 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.
Page 41 - I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
Page 312 - 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.
Page 331 - 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.
Page 314 - 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.
Page 312 - 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; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor swom deceitfully.
Page 327 - 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.
Page 208 - Enter ye in at the straight gate ; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because, straight is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Page 312 - 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.
Page 326 - And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.