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 PhilosophersChatto and Windus, 1879 - 372 σελίδες |
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... tion arising from ignorance . What is fear ? It is a shrinking from possible harm , either to the body , or to that thing which we denominate the mind that is in us . The body shrinks with instinctive nervous alarm , like the sensitive ...
... tion arising from ignorance . What is fear ? It is a shrinking from possible harm , either to the body , or to that thing which we denominate the mind that is in us . The body shrinks with instinctive nervous alarm , like the sensitive ...
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... tion of this wonderful secret of the preparation and the starting of these ( almost ) immortal flames . St. Austin mentions a lamp that was found in a temple dedicated to Venus , which , notwithstanding that it was exposed to the open ...
... tion of this wonderful secret of the preparation and the starting of these ( almost ) immortal flames . St. Austin mentions a lamp that was found in a temple dedicated to Venus , which , notwithstanding that it was exposed to the open ...
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... tion , or to enlarge further on the strange persuasions of the Rosicrucians . There is related , upon excellent authority , to have hap- pened an extraordinary incident at Venice , that made a very great stir among the talkers in that ...
... tion , or to enlarge further on the strange persuasions of the Rosicrucians . There is related , upon excellent authority , to have hap- pened an extraordinary incident at Venice , that made a very great stir among the talkers in that ...
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... tion for it , their impudence and egotism is most audacious . They speak of all mankind as infinitely beneath them ; their pride is beyond idea , although they are most humble and quiet in exterior . They glory in poverty , and declare ...
... tion for it , their impudence and egotism is most audacious . They speak of all mankind as infinitely beneath them ; their pride is beyond idea , although they are most humble and quiet in exterior . They glory in poverty , and declare ...
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... tion to him , and which are in print . The Venetian nobleman was now on a footing of suffi- cient intimacy with Signor Gualdi to say to him one evening , at his own house , that he understood that he had a fine collection of pictures ...
... tion to him , and which are in print . The Venetian nobleman was now on a footing of suffi- cient intimacy with Signor Gualdi to say to him one evening , at his own house , that he understood that he had a fine collection of pictures ...
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