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1From this, the student will perceive that when they taught their children that their gods had existed in human bodies, they did not mean to convey the idea of Divine incarnation as we understand the doctrine, but that a portion of the divinity, a refracted ray, had be¬ come centered in man, and expressed itself in some special form; thus, a great warrior who brought honor and riches to his tribe or country, through his brilliant victories, was properly considered a son of Mars, because his nature expressed the Martial spirit in what was considered its highest and most potent form. A key to this beautiful Chaldean system will be found in the Astro Phrenological Chart on page 218 of this chapter. The seven principles therein shown are, of INFLUENCE OF STELLAR FORCE 221 course, only general, and indicate those groups of organs over which the planets indicated are most powerful. To descend more into details: THE PLANET SATURN ^ Saturn governs the activities of the reflective, meditative and the purely selfish sentiments, such as comparison, causality, covetousness, acquisitiveness and secrecy. THE PLANET JUPITER U Jupiter governs those activities which, in their expression, show to us the truly noble and generous side of human nature, such as benev¬ olence, veneration, spirituality and hope. THE PLANET MARS $
2Mars has chief rule of those activities which generally express themselves as selfishly aggressive. Properly, they are the passions which reveal to us the animal which resides in an active or semi¬ passive state, within each human soul, upon the material plane of ex¬ ternal life. They are known as alimentiveness, destructiveness, com¬ bativeness, and the sexual propensities. To these may be added vitativeness and construction. the sun O The Sun has the chief control of those organs whose activities express themselves in man’s higher nature as the “Lord” of material creation. They comprise the commanding and dignified elements within us, such as firmness, conscientiousness, pride, approbativeness, and self-esteem. THE PLANET VENUS $ Venus governs those faculties whose activities express them¬ selves as friendship, mirthfulness and conjugality. It also governs the organs of inhabitiveness and those which tend to form agreeable society. THE PLANET MERCURY $ Mercury, in addition to being the general messenger of the gods, rules those faculties whose activities are purely intellectual and mechanical, such as eventuality, individuality, size, form, weight, color, order, calculation and language. zed jy Google 222 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT THE MOON )
3The Moon governs those organs whose activities are termed the semi-intellectual qualities. They are very desirable expressions of character, viz.: time, tune, ideality and sublimity. She has also in¬ fluence over the domestic qualities.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
1From this, the student will perceive that when they taught their children that their gods had existed in human bodies, they did not mean to convey the idea of Divine incarnation as we understand the doctrine, but that a portion of the divinity, a refracted ray, had be¬ come centered in man, and expressed itself in some special form; thus, a great warrior who brought honor and riches to his tribe or country, through his brilliant victories, was properly considered a son of Mars, because his nature expressed the Martial spirit in what was considered its highest and most potent form. A key to this beautiful Chaldean system will be found in the Astro Phrenological Chart on page 218 of this chapter. The seven principles therein shown are, of INFLUENCE OF STELLAR FORCE 221 course, only general, and indicate those groups of organs over which the planets indicated are most powerful. To descend more into details: THE PLANET SATURN ^ Saturn governs the activities of the reflective, meditative and the purely selfish sentiments, such as comparison, causality, covetousness, acquisitiveness and secrecy. THE PLANET JUPITER U Jupiter governs those activities which, in their expression, show to us the truly noble and generous side of human nature, such as benev¬ olence, veneration, spirituality and hope. THE PLANET MARS $
2Mars has chief rule of those activities which generally express themselves as selfishly aggressive. Properly, they are the passions which reveal to us the animal which resides in an active or semi¬ passive state, within each human soul, upon the material plane of ex¬ ternal life. They are known as alimentiveness, destructiveness, com¬ bativeness, and the sexual propensities. To these may be added vitativeness and construction. the sun O The Sun has the chief control of those organs whose activities express themselves in man’s higher nature as the “Lord” of material creation. They comprise the commanding and dignified elements within us, such as firmness, conscientiousness, pride, approbativeness, and self-esteem. THE PLANET VENUS $ Venus governs those faculties whose activities express them¬ selves as friendship, mirthfulness and conjugality. It also governs the organs of inhabitiveness and those which tend to form agreeable society. THE PLANET MERCURY $ Mercury, in addition to being the general messenger of the gods, rules those faculties whose activities are purely intellectual and mechanical, such as eventuality, individuality, size, form, weight, color, order, calculation and language. zed jy Google 222 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT THE MOON )
3The Moon governs those organs whose activities are termed the semi-intellectual qualities. They are very desirable expressions of character, viz.: time, tune, ideality and sublimity. She has also in¬ fluence over the domestic qualities.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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