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1Note: The Ten Ages, or Cali Yugs, are also, in the East, shown under the symbol of the Ten Avaters; the Goddess Cali, of the old Hindoos, being a kind of geological Isis, or Queen of geological formations. And lastly, while the whole of this is strictly true, so far as this; the physical or material plane is concerned; yet it must, by the laws of correspondence, be considered in its truly occult sense. The four ages are the four Great Cycles of human evolution; First, the Golden, the classical, Saturnian age; then the less spiritual or Silver Age; then the Cop¬ per; and lastly the Iron Age; the dense or material barbarian age or state, spirit in its descent, becoming more and more gross, until the lowest point of the age of Earth, or the Iron Age, was reached, and man entered upon the first human cycle. This, of course, teaches that our first progenitors were truly spiritual, or angelic, and that each age in the scale of involution made them more material; and directly the lowest point of the arc was reached, then material evolution commenced. But, of course, all these spiritual verities will open out to your mind as you carefully think over this brief paper. .. .. Original from uigiuzed by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 106 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT We will now turn from the theoretical to the practical Cycles of the old Hindoos and esoterically explain THE FOUR CELEBRATED AGES OF ANTIQUITY
2In the first place, we have taught that the Hindoos’ esoteric, or Divine, year consisted of 360 common years, and that the whole of their cycles bear a direct relation to arithmetical progression and proportion, such as 1, 2, 3, 4 and 4, 3, 2, 1; also 2, 4, 6, 8 etc. We have thoroughly explained Polar Motion, etc., therefore, if we calculate the motion of the North Pole from the period of its being perpendicular to, and coinciding with, the North Pole of the Ecliptic, over a distance of 90 degrees, when it would be horizontal, or in the plane of its orbit, we shall obtain four distinct periods, bearing the mystical relation of 4, 3, 2, 1, which will be found to have a remarkable character in the country round Benares, or latitude 27 degrees North (2 and 7 equal 9). Benares is the ancient seat of learning in India, and at one time was the center of their occult schools; but their sacred place, or temple of observation, was termed the Mountain of Light in latitude 27 degrees. By using the Divine Year as a Key, we find the meaning of the following periods or ages; Common Polar Divine Years Motion Years 259,200, 4 times 9 equals 36 degrees and 720 194,400, 3 times 9 equals 27 degrees and 540 129,600, 2 times 9 equals 18 degrees and 360 64,800, 1 times 9 equals 9 degrees and 180 Golden Age Silver Age Copper Age Iron Age 648,000, 10 times 9 equals 90 degrees and 1,800
3Thus, during the passage of the Pole from one point of the quad¬ rant to the other, occurred the mystical ages, which also correspond to fire, air, water and earth. These Periods will be found to differ by 64,800 years, or 180 Divine Years, from one another, and each portion of the angle moved over consists of the mysterious number 9, multiplied by 4, 3, 2, 1; thus, 4 times 9 degrees equals 36 degrees; 3 times 9 degrees equals 27 degrees; 2 times 9 degrees equals 18 degrees; and 1 times 9 degrees equals 9 degrees; and bearing in mind that our place of observation is Benares, or 27 degrees North latitude, we find that during 720 Divine Years the Tropics passed from the equator to 36 degrees latitude, North and South; and from LA CLEF HERMETIQUE—SECTION II 107 this point during 540 more the Tropics passed up to 63 degrees latitude, North and South; and also from this position, during a further 360 Divine Years, it reached up to 81 degrees North latitude; and lastly, during a period of 180 Divine Years from this era, the Tropics reached the Pole, when every portion of the globe had a Tropical summer and an Arctic winter. But, to better express our meaning, we will briefly describe these four ages.
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: The Ten Ages, or Cali Yugs, are also, in the East, shown under the symbol of the Ten Avaters; the Goddess Cali, of the old Hindoos, being a kind of geological Isis, or Queen of geological formations. And lastly, while the whole of this is strictly true, so far as this; the physical or material plane is concerned; yet it must, by the laws of correspondence, be considered in its truly occult sense. The four ages are the four Great Cycles of human evolution; First, the Golden, the classical, Saturnian age; then the less spiritual or Silver Age; then the Cop¬ per; and lastly the Iron Age; the dense or material barbarian age or state, spirit in its descent, becoming more and more gross, until the lowest point of the age of Earth, or the Iron Age, was reached, and man entered upon the first human cycle. This, of course, teaches that our first progenitors were truly spiritual, or angelic, and that each age in the scale of involution made them more material; and directly the lowest point of the arc was reached, then material evolution commenced. But, of course, all these spiritual verities will open out to your mind as you carefully think over this brief paper. .. .. Original from uigiuzed by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 106 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT We will now turn from the theoretical to the practical Cycles of the old Hindoos and esoterically explain THE FOUR CELEBRATED AGES OF ANTIQUITY
2In the first place, we have taught that the Hindoos’ esoteric, or Divine, year consisted of 360 common years, and that the whole of their cycles bear a direct relation to arithmetical progression and proportion, such as 1, 2, 3, 4 and 4, 3, 2, 1; also 2, 4, 6, 8 etc. We have thoroughly explained Polar Motion, etc., therefore, if we calculate the motion of the North Pole from the period of its being perpendicular to, and coinciding with, the North Pole of the Ecliptic, over a distance of 90 degrees, when it would be horizontal, or in the plane of its orbit, we shall obtain four distinct periods, bearing the mystical relation of 4, 3, 2, 1, which will be found to have a remarkable character in the country round Benares, or latitude 27 degrees North (2 and 7 equal 9). Benares is the ancient seat of learning in India, and at one time was the center of their occult schools; but their sacred place, or temple of observation, was termed the Mountain of Light in latitude 27 degrees. By using the Divine Year as a Key, we find the meaning of the following periods or ages; Common Polar Divine Years Motion Years 259,200, 4 times 9 equals 36 degrees and 720 194,400, 3 times 9 equals 27 degrees and 540 129,600, 2 times 9 equals 18 degrees and 360 64,800, 1 times 9 equals 9 degrees and 180 Golden Age Silver Age Copper Age Iron Age 648,000, 10 times 9 equals 90 degrees and 1,800
3Thus, during the passage of the Pole from one point of the quad¬ rant to the other, occurred the mystical ages, which also correspond to fire, air, water and earth. These Periods will be found to differ by 64,800 years, or 180 Divine Years, from one another, and each portion of the angle moved over consists of the mysterious number 9, multiplied by 4, 3, 2, 1; thus, 4 times 9 degrees equals 36 degrees; 3 times 9 degrees equals 27 degrees; 2 times 9 degrees equals 18 degrees; and 1 times 9 degrees equals 9 degrees; and bearing in mind that our place of observation is Benares, or 27 degrees North latitude, we find that during 720 Divine Years the Tropics passed from the equator to 36 degrees latitude, North and South; and from LA CLEF HERMETIQUE—SECTION II 107 this point during 540 more the Tropics passed up to 63 degrees latitude, North and South; and also from this position, during a further 360 Divine Years, it reached up to 81 degrees North latitude; and lastly, during a period of 180 Divine Years from this era, the Tropics reached the Pole, when every portion of the globe had a Tropical summer and an Arctic winter. But, to better express our meaning, we will briefly describe these four ages.
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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