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I believe in the
Holy Ghost, Whose seven spirits are as the seven rays of light; |
= The Nous, or Sun, of the microcosm, the Spirit of Wisdom, the ray of
whose angel, Phoibos, is the red of the innermost sphere. |
The Holy Catholic Church, Or, kingdom of heaven within, man; |
= Hermes, or Peter, the
Spirit of Understanding, and rock whereon the true Church is built, the
guardian and interpreter of the holy mysteries. |
The Communion of Saints, Or, the elect; |
= Aphrodite, Venus, love, the Spirit of Counsel, or principle of
sympathy, harmony, and light, whereby heaven and earth are revealed to each
other and drawn together. |
The Forgiveness of Sins, Or, passing-through of souls; |
= Iacchos, the initiator, Lord of transmigration, whereby alone
Karma
is satisfied and sins wiped out by expiation and repentance. As the Spirit of
Power, he represents the force whereby creation and redemption alike are
accomplished, the direction only being reversed. |
The Resurrection (which is the redemption) of the
Body, From material
limitations; |
=Ares, or Mars, the war-god, and Spirit of Knowledge, of whom comes
contention, at the cost of suffering and death, for the divine knowledge
whereby man learns the secret of transmutation, which is the crowning
conquest of matter by spirit. |
The Life Everlasting; |
= Zeus and Hera, rulers of heaven, the dual Spirit of Righteousness or
godliness, which is justice, or the perfect balance, and the secret of
eternal generation. |
And the Amen, [A] Or, final consummation. |
= Saturn, or Satan, the Spirit of the Fear of the Lord, being the angel
– unfallen – of the outermost sphere, and keeper of the boundary of the
divine kingdom, within which is the perfection, and without which, the
negation of being. |
[The man fully regenerate needs no “moon” to
reflect to him the “sun.” Wherefore Gabriel, having, no function to fulfil in
the perfected kosmos, is indrawn, and does not appear in these mysteries. See
Part I, No, XIV, part 2, “Concerning the Genius.”]
(173:1) Home. Received September 18, 1884.
Referred to in Life of Anna Kingsford, vol. ii, p. 213.
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