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Originally posted by Tamahu
Masonic lodges were keepers of this knowledge of The Great Arcanum before degenerating into elitist social clubs that lost the meanings of their own symbols and rituals.
Originally posted by tyranny22
interesting thread. not sure of how we got here from the title, but since we're on the subject ... you guys seem to know of ancient civilizations and their beliefs...
what's up with the Sumarians? what's the snake represent in this culture? also, why are many of their statures depicting abnormally large eyes? does it have something to do with their religion?
do masons study these cultures?
Originally posted by Tamahu
Masonic lodges were keepers of this knowledge of The Great Arcanum before degenerating into elitist social clubs that lost the meanings of their own symbols and rituals.
So you think the masons have lost thier own knowledge?
what's up with the Sumarians? what's the snake represent in this culture? also, why are many of their statures depicting abnormally large eyes? does it have something to do with their religion?
do masons study these cultures?
The more serious ones do, yes.
Originally posted by RedPill
I can understand the Rothschild connection to banking but the Shriners? Any more details on that?
Originally posted by Rockpuck
To say "Ka" meant something in one language is NOT to say it means the same in another. Simply doesn't work that way..
Unless the language is a direct descendant it is possible, however Arabic is a descendant from Aramaic and other Semitic (northern Arab race) languages, like HEBREW
Amazingly, there are still many ka-words holding a religious meaning: ka ka'ba kabala kachina qadar Kaddish Kalam Kali calix Kama Kamadhenu cantata cantor capitulor Kapelle (chapel) Karaite cardinal karma cathedra cathedral katholikos catholic catechesis (for comparison: Lakshi lama Lamaism - only three la-words).
The ka-soul of ancient Egypt was of human shape and returned the the Other World when someone died; ka was the principle of vitality, also present in food, and of creativity. Ka'ba: pre-Islamic and Islamic House of God. Kabala or cabala comes from Hebrew qaballah for tradition, lit. something received, i.e. handed down; if qa means down, it has the same meaning as ancient Greek kata, which is present in catholic from kata holou, according to the whole, in katechesis, literally din down, in cathedra and cathedral from sit down, always implying that God in one form or another comes down from heaven in order to teach us. Qadar: fate in Islam. Kachina: ancestral spirits deified by the Hopi Indians.
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Originally posted by Tamahu
But if students of Masonic Occultism study the works of the likes of Eliphas Levi, Wynn Westcott, MacGregor Mathers, Goethe, Kenneth Mackenzie, H.P. Blavatsky, John Yarker, Godfrey Higgins, Thomas Taylor, Manly P. Hall, etc.; then they'll see that Samael Aun Weor lifted the veil in regard to many things written by said Initiates/Adepts/Masters.
It just clicks, like: "Oh, now I get it."
Originally posted by Rockpuck
It should also be noted that only in Christianity (and Judaism) is the Snake representing Temptation.. evil.. wicked souls and the devil ect.
Originally posted by Masonic Light
I must strongly disagree. I do recommend that anyone interested in the subject read Samael Aun Weor, but personally I have no doubt that he was an impostor without true knowledge, and that his works only obscure the subject because of this lack of knowledge.
This is why I recommend that all who study Weor balance it by also studying Paul Foster Case, Israel Regardie, Dion Fortune, and Aleister Crowley. These four present the Western Kabalaistic Tradition in its purity, minus the bizarre and often nonsensical notions of Weor.
Also, I would like to add that I believe that Paul Case is the best for beginners...it was through his work that I myself "finally got it", to paraphrase Tamahu.
Originally posted by Tamahu
Performing the rituals taught by Aleister Crowley is a certain way to bury one deeper in the Klipoth(Hell Realms) real quick.
Originally posted by Cug
You do know he taught the same rituals that Westcott, Mathers, Levi, Blavatsky and many others taught?
But you wouldn't know it because your so afraid of sex (well at least finishing the act) that you resort to vulgar language to describe a sexual practice.
You hatred is a black cloak over your soul my friend.