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 |
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... whole Book is but the translation and exposition of his highly - prized and very scarce works ) , our own countryman * Robert Flood or Fludd ( Robertus de Fluctibus ) , the famous physician and philosopher ( 1574-1637 ) . 66 LONDON ...
... whole Book is but the translation and exposition of his highly - prized and very scarce works ) , our own countryman * Robert Flood or Fludd ( Robertus de Fluctibus ) , the famous physician and philosopher ( 1574-1637 ) . 66 LONDON ...
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... nature they sought to trample on the pollutions and the great degradation of this his state in flesh . They trusted the great lines of Nature , not in the whole , but in part , as they believed Nature was in certain senses.
... nature they sought to trample on the pollutions and the great degradation of this his state in flesh . They trusted the great lines of Nature , not in the whole , but in part , as they believed Nature was in certain senses.
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... whole forming a " capital , " " chapter , " " chapitre , " " chapel , " " cancel , ' or " chancel , " — hence our word , and the sublime judicial office of " Chancellor , " and " Chancery . " 66 Lagar , the speaking stone . " We may.
... whole forming a " capital , " " chapter , " " chapitre , " " chapel , " " cancel , ' or " chancel , " — hence our word , and the sublime judicial office of " Chancellor , " and " Chancery . " 66 Lagar , the speaking stone . " We may.
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... whole first chapter of Genesis is said to be contained in this latter emblem - this magnificent , all - includ- ing " Tau . " Three bent spikes , or nails , are unmistakably the same symbol that Belus often holds in his extended hand on ...
... whole first chapter of Genesis is said to be contained in this latter emblem - this magnificent , all - includ- ing " Tau . " Three bent spikes , or nails , are unmistakably the same symbol that Belus often holds in his extended hand on ...
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... whole occult theosophy to the initiate , which the leaders of the Templars undoubtedly were . The difference between these two figures , fig . 8 and fig . 9 , is , that the " fly " of the ensign marked fig . 9 is bifurcated ( or cloven ) ...
... whole occult theosophy to the initiate , which the leaders of the Templars undoubtedly were . The difference between these two figures , fig . 8 and fig . 9 , is , that the " fly " of the ensign marked fig . 9 is bifurcated ( or cloven ) ...
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