The Rosicrucians, Their Rites and Mysteries with Chapters on the Ancient Fire- and Serpent-worshippers, and Explanations of the Mystic Symbols Represented in the Monuments and Talismans of the Primeval Philosophers |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 50
Page ix
... modern- mind ? How happens it that the most terrible fear is the fear of the invisible ? —this , too , when we are on all hands assured that the visible alone is that which we have to dread ! The ordinary reason exhorts us to dismiss ...
... modern- mind ? How happens it that the most terrible fear is the fear of the invisible ? —this , too , when we are on all hands assured that the visible alone is that which we have to dread ! The ordinary reason exhorts us to dismiss ...
Page xi
... modern readers to a consideration of this time - honoured philosophy remains to be seen ; but this he is assured of , that the admiration of all students and reflective minds will be excited by the unrivalled powers of thinking of the ...
... modern readers to a consideration of this time - honoured philosophy remains to be seen ; but this he is assured of , that the admiration of all students and reflective minds will be excited by the unrivalled powers of thinking of the ...
Page 1
... modern science , spite of its assumptions and of its intolerant dogmatism , is much at fault -nay , to a great extent , a very vain thing - is a conclusion that often presents itself to the minds of thinking persons . Thus thoughtful ...
... modern science , spite of its assumptions and of its intolerant dogmatism , is much at fault -nay , to a great extent , a very vain thing - is a conclusion that often presents itself to the minds of thinking persons . Thus thoughtful ...
Page 2
... modern world is so brilliant in them , so dark to them , as eclipsed in this novel artificial light , is the older and better and truer sunshine nearer to the ancients : because time itself was newer to the old peoples of the world ...
... modern world is so brilliant in them , so dark to them , as eclipsed in this novel artificial light , is the older and better and truer sunshine nearer to the ancients : because time itself was newer to the old peoples of the world ...
Page 36
... modern philosophers , who are continually , on account of their conceitedness , making sad mistakes , and breaking down with their plausible systems . " Progress and enlightenment are prerogatives to which no generation in particular ...
... modern philosophers , who are continually , on account of their conceitedness , making sad mistakes , and breaking down with their plausible systems . " Progress and enlightenment are prerogatives to which no generation in particular ...
Common terms and phrases
A. B. GROSART altar ancient angels architecture Bhuddist cabalistic called CHARLES Christian Church cloth extra cloth limp colour cross Crown 8vo darkness Demy 8vo divine Dragon Edited Edward Egyptian emblem England Fcap female feminine figure fire flame Fleur-de-Lis Garter gilt Gnostics gold Grëal Greek Gualdi head heaven heraldic hermetic History Holy horns human Hume ideas Illus illustrated boards Irish Harp King King Arthur Knights lamp letters light London magic matter means miracle modern moon mysterious mystic mythic nature Novels numerous obelisk occult Ophites origin Phallus philosophers Phrygian cap PICCADILLY NOVELS pillars Post 8vo Prince Pyramid reason religion Robert Flood Rosicrucians Round Table sacred Saviour says secret sense Serpent signifies Spirit stone Stories strange supernatural supposed symbol talisman Templars Temple Temple Church things Three Vols tion Tower Venus Virgin woman word worship Zodiac
Popular passages
Page 13 - Longfellow's Complete Prose Works. Including "Outre Mer." "Hyperion," " Kavanagh," "The Poets and Poetry of Europe,
Page 17 - Cyclopaedia of Costume ; or, A Dictionary of Dress — Regal, Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Military — from the Earliest Period in England to the reign of George the Third. Including Notices of Contemporaneous Fashions on the Continent, and a General History of the Costumes of the Principal Countries of Europe. By JR PLANCHE, Somerset Herald.
Page 6 - Adams (W. Davenport), Works by: A Dictionary of the Drama. Being a comprehensive Guide to the Plays, Playwrights, Players, and Playhouses of the United Kingdom and America, from the Earliest to the Present Times.
Page 6 - Complete in Three Vols. Vol. I. contains the Plays complete, including the doubtful ones; Vol. II. the Poems and Minor Translations, with an Introductory Essay by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE.
Page 13 - A History of Our Own Times, from the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880. Four Vols. demy 8vo, cloth extra, 12s. each. — Also a POPULAR EDITION, in Four Vols. cr. 8vo, cl. extra, 6s. each. A Short History of Our Own Times.
Page 20 - Taylor's (Tom) Historical Dramas: ' Clancarty," "Jeanne Dare," "'Twixt Axe and Crown," " The Fool's Revenge," " Arkwright's Wife," "Anne Boleyn,
Page 124 - For, first, there is not to be found in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men of such unquestioned good sense, education, and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves; of such undoubted integrity, as to place them beyond all suspicion of any design to deceive others; of such credit and reputation in the eyes of mankind, as to have a great deal to lose in case of their being detected in any falsehood; and at the same time, attesting facts performed in...
Page 17 - Our Place among Infinities : A Series of Essays contrasting our Little Abode in Space and Time with the Infinities Around us.
Page 20 - Syntax's (Dr.) Three Tours: In Search of the Picturesque, in Search of Consolation, and in Search of a Wife. With the whole of ROWLANDSON'S droll page Illustrations in Colours and a Life of the Author by JC HOTTEN.
Page 7 - Tobacco : Its History and Associations ; with an Account of the Plant and its Manufacture, and its Modes of Use in all Ages and Countries. By F. W. FAIRHOLT, FSA With Coloured Frontispiece and upwards of 100 Illustrations by the Author. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, js.