Isis Unveiled: ScienceJ.W. Bouton, 1877 - Occultism and science |
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... whole ocean surpasses the single drop in volume and potency . Ex nihilo nihil fit ; prove the soul of man by its wondrous powers - you have proved God ! In our studies , mysteries were shown to be no mysteries . Names and places that to ...
... whole ocean surpasses the single drop in volume and potency . Ex nihilo nihil fit ; prove the soul of man by its wondrous powers - you have proved God ! In our studies , mysteries were shown to be no mysteries . Names and places that to ...
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... whole truth . Men of letters and various authorities , who hide their real belief in deference to popular prejudices . The mercenaries and parasites of the Press , who prostitute its more than royal power , and dishonor a noble ...
... whole truth . Men of letters and various authorities , who hide their real belief in deference to popular prejudices . The mercenaries and parasites of the Press , who prostitute its more than royal power , and dishonor a noble ...
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... whole question of phenomena rests on the correct comprehension of old philosophies . Whither , then , should we turn , in our perplexity , but to the ancient sages , since , on the pretext of superstition , we are refused an explanation ...
... whole question of phenomena rests on the correct comprehension of old philosophies . Whither , then , should we turn , in our perplexity , but to the ancient sages , since , on the pretext of superstition , we are refused an explanation ...
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... whole of this combination of the progression of numbers in the idea of creation is Hindu . The Being existing through himself , Sway- ambhu or Swayambhuva , as he is called by some , is one . He emanates from himself the creative ...
... whole of this combination of the progression of numbers in the idea of creation is Hindu . The Being existing through himself , Sway- ambhu or Swayambhuva , as he is called by some , is one . He emanates from himself the creative ...
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... whole Cosmos , even beasts must have in them something divine . This , also , is the doctrine of Bud- dhists and the Hermetists , and Manu endows with a living soul even the plants and the tiniest blade of grass . The dæmons , according ...
... whole Cosmos , even beasts must have in them something divine . This , also , is the doctrine of Bud- dhists and the Hermetists , and Manu endows with a living soul even the plants and the tiniest blade of grass . The dæmons , according ...
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Page 13 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Page 205 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Page 122 - AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Page 355 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Page 125 - Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices, to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
Page 270 - I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of Days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool : his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
Page 215 - And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
Page 86 - Were our minds and senses so expanded, strengthened, and illuminated as to enable us to see and feel the very molecules of the brain; were we capable of following all their motions, all their groupings, all their electric discharges, if such there be; and were we intimately acquainted with the corresponding states of thought and feeling, we should be as far as ever from the solution of the problem. ' How are these physical processes connected with the facts of consciousness ? ' The chasm between...
Page 574 - For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Page 558 - And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil : and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.