the secret teachings of all ages português

The theory of numbers-The numerical values of letters-Method of securing the numerical Power of words-An introduction to the Pythagorean theory of numbers-The sieve of Eratosthenes-The meanings of the ten numbers. Pythagoras and the School of Crotona-Pythagoric fundamentals-The symmetrical solids-The symbolic aphorisms of Pythagoras-Pythagorean astronomy-Kepler's theory of the universe. The ever-burning lamps-The oracle of Delphi-The Dodonean oracle-The oracle of Trophonius-The initiated architects-The Seven Wonders of the world. Plato's initiation in the Great Pyramid-The history of the Bembine Table-Platonic theory of ideas-The interplay of the three philosophical zodiacs-The Chaldean philosophy of triads-The Orphic Egg. Primitive astronomical instruments-The equinoxes and solstices-The astrological ages of the world-The circular zodiac of Tentyra-An interpretation of the zodiacal signs-The horoscope of the world. The Solar Trinity-Christianity and the Sun-The birthday of the Sun-The three Suns-The celestial inhabitants of the Sun-The midnight Sun. The birthdays of the gods-The murder of Osiris-The Hermetic Isis-The symbols peculiar to Isis-The Troubadours-The mummification of the dead. The opening of the Great Pyramid by Caliph at Mamoun-The passageways and chambers of the Great Pyramid-The riddle of the Sphinx-The Pyramid Mysteries-The secret of the Pyramid coffer-The dwelling place of the Hidden God. Suppositions concerning identity of Hermes-The mutilated Hermetic fragments-The Book of Thoth-Poimandres, the Vision of Hermes-The Mystery of Universal Mind-The Seven Governors of the World. The life and writings of Thoth-Hermes Trismegistus Plato's Atlantis in the light of modern science-The Myth of the Dying God-The Rite of Tammuz and Ishtar-The Mysteries of Atys and Adonis-The Rites of Sabazius-The Cabiric Mysteries of Samothrace. The Eleusinian Mysteries-The Lesser Rites-The Greater Rites-The Orphic Mysteries-The Bacchic Mysteries-The Dionysiac Mysteries.Ītlantis and the gods of antiquity The Ancient Mysteries and Secret Societies, Part III The Gnostic Mysteries-Simon Magus and Basilides-Abraxas, the Gnostic concept of Deity-The Mysteries of Serapis-Labyrinth symbolism-The Odinic, or Gothic, Mysteries. The Ancient Mysteries and Secret Societies, Part II This Book is dedicated to the Rational Soul of the WorldĬhapters The Ancient Mysteries and Secret Societies which have influenced modern Masonic symbolism Īncient systems of education-Celsus concerning the Christians-Knowledge necessary to right living-The Druidic Mysteries of Britain and Gaul-The Rites of Mithras-The Mithraic and Christian Mysteries contrasted. An Encyclopedic outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic and Rosicrucian symbolical philosophyīeing an Interpretation of the Secret Teachings concealed within the Rituals, Allegories, and Mysteries of all Ages

The secret teachings of all ages português