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1Note: This eighth orb is known to Initiates of the highest interior degree as “the Dark Satellite/' whose ruling spiritual hierophant is known by the name of Ob. From this name came that of Oberon and so evil and infernal is the power of this sphere that all eases of demonia, enchantment or possession came to be termed Obsession. The buried cities of the Gobi desert belong to races who were the devotees of this Ob. (This was after the Gobi had become a portion of the continent of old India and does not refer to the “Golden isle" of the sea, when the Gobi was a tropical ocean.) Hence its name, Gobi, that is, the followers of Ob, or the country of Ob. This is the reason for the awful traditions mentioned in “Isis Unveiled" as to the hidden treasures being guarded by a legion of infernal spirits. It is from this evil orb that the powers possessed by the Black Magi are derived, and, in fact, it is the Spiritual correspondence of those brothers on Earth. For, remember, there is not a class of people, or a society devoted to any subject on Earth, but what has a spiritual correspondence in the realm of spirit. The Hermetic Law is one grand truth, viz., “As it is above, so it is below, as on the Earth, so in the Sky." St. Paul mentions, or rather refers, to this “Dark Satellite" when he publicly declares: “We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against powers and principalities, princes of the air," etc. iy Google * O CHAPTER V LA CLEF HERMETIQUE SECTION II
2THE SACRED CYCLES AND NUMBERS OF THE ANCIENT HINDOOS “ ’Tis but a moment from its first evolution to its bier and shroud; Then, O why should the spirit of mortal be proud?” It would be a waste of time upon our part, and a greater waste of the time of the student of esoteric science, if we were to wade through and enumerate the whole system of these sacred cycles and numbers, or were he to attempt the task of remembering them. We shall supply the key to these numbers. This sacred mystical key will fit every cyclic lock, and only requires to be turned with a wise hand to enable the student to open every portal in the Oriental system of numbers. The Five Great Yugas Satya Yug 1,728,000 years, 4 periods, units equal 18 and 9 Treta Yug 1,296,000 years, 3 periods, units equal 18 and 9 Dvapara Yug 864,000 years, 2 periods. units equal 18 and 9 Cali Yug 432,000 years. 1 period. units equal 9 Maha Yug 4,320,000 years, 10 periods, units equal 9
3If the student goes over the above numbers, he will notice that they are all parts of the Divine Age, the Maha Yug, and that each is composed of the Cali Yug. For instance, Satya Yug, or 4 periods, is just 4 Cali Yugs, and so on; and the Cali Yug is the period of the Earth’s Pole passing over 60 degrees of its orbit, and thus forming the sextile to its own true place. The Dvapara Yug is the period of the Earth’s Pole forming the trine aspect to its true place, and passing over 120 degrees of its orbit. The Treta Yug is the period of the Earth’s Pole passing over 180 degrees of its orbit, and forming the opposition to its own place. It is the Cycle that rules the day and 104 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT
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.
1Note: This eighth orb is known to Initiates of the highest interior degree as “the Dark Satellite/' whose ruling spiritual hierophant is known by the name of Ob. From this name came that of Oberon and so evil and infernal is the power of this sphere that all eases of demonia, enchantment or possession came to be termed Obsession. The buried cities of the Gobi desert belong to races who were the devotees of this Ob. (This was after the Gobi had become a portion of the continent of old India and does not refer to the “Golden isle" of the sea, when the Gobi was a tropical ocean.) Hence its name, Gobi, that is, the followers of Ob, or the country of Ob. This is the reason for the awful traditions mentioned in “Isis Unveiled" as to the hidden treasures being guarded by a legion of infernal spirits. It is from this evil orb that the powers possessed by the Black Magi are derived, and, in fact, it is the Spiritual correspondence of those brothers on Earth. For, remember, there is not a class of people, or a society devoted to any subject on Earth, but what has a spiritual correspondence in the realm of spirit. The Hermetic Law is one grand truth, viz., “As it is above, so it is below, as on the Earth, so in the Sky." St. Paul mentions, or rather refers, to this “Dark Satellite" when he publicly declares: “We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against powers and principalities, princes of the air," etc. iy Google * O CHAPTER V LA CLEF HERMETIQUE SECTION II
2THE SACRED CYCLES AND NUMBERS OF THE ANCIENT HINDOOS “ ’Tis but a moment from its first evolution to its bier and shroud; Then, O why should the spirit of mortal be proud?” It would be a waste of time upon our part, and a greater waste of the time of the student of esoteric science, if we were to wade through and enumerate the whole system of these sacred cycles and numbers, or were he to attempt the task of remembering them. We shall supply the key to these numbers. This sacred mystical key will fit every cyclic lock, and only requires to be turned with a wise hand to enable the student to open every portal in the Oriental system of numbers. The Five Great Yugas Satya Yug 1,728,000 years, 4 periods, units equal 18 and 9 Treta Yug 1,296,000 years, 3 periods, units equal 18 and 9 Dvapara Yug 864,000 years, 2 periods. units equal 18 and 9 Cali Yug 432,000 years. 1 period. units equal 9 Maha Yug 4,320,000 years, 10 periods, units equal 9
3If the student goes over the above numbers, he will notice that they are all parts of the Divine Age, the Maha Yug, and that each is composed of the Cali Yug. For instance, Satya Yug, or 4 periods, is just 4 Cali Yugs, and so on; and the Cali Yug is the period of the Earth’s Pole passing over 60 degrees of its orbit, and thus forming the sextile to its own true place. The Dvapara Yug is the period of the Earth’s Pole forming the trine aspect to its true place, and passing over 120 degrees of its orbit. The Treta Yug is the period of the Earth’s Pole passing over 180 degrees of its orbit, and forming the opposition to its own place. It is the Cycle that rules the day and 104 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT
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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