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1After Samael, came Michael, the Sun God, the shining chief of the Seven Intelligences, and ruled the world from the year B.C. 280 to the year A.D. 29. During this period most Nations attained the Climax of power and civilization. Toward the close of his reign, this bright Angel presented the Nations of the West with a teacher, who rivaled, in moral teachings and excelled in practical benevolence, Gautama Buddha, the greatest moral reformer the East has ever seen. This Teacher was styled by His followers, the Son of God, and was called by name Jesus, the son of Joseph and Mary. He was called the Son of God Astrologically, because He was born into the world during the reign of Michael, the Sun God. And esoterically because he was at-one with the Universal Father. And it is remarkably strange, that, no sooner did Michael’s Rule end, than the numerous priestly enemies of this noble reformer be¬ came triumphant, and brutally murdered Him, as they have done thousands of others in all ages of the world. The great religious symbol of all exoteric religious systems and dogmatic sacerdotal castes has been the Cross; inverted, it is a 114 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT bloody weapon, the sword, and past history can prove how well its devoted priesthood knew its fearful use.
2After Michael comes Anael, “Prince of the Astral Light,” the Angel of Venus and Love, who ruled from the year A.D. 29 to the year A.D. 337. These were the days of religious persecution; the days, also, of faith and love among the Christians for the doctrine of their noble Chief. It was in these days when it was said, “How these Christians love one another;” but, alas, it was also a time of great licentiousness in Rome, when women, love, lust and debauchery were the order of the day. This period will show the occult student the two opposite powers or forces of Anael’s influence. When exerted for evil, it is all that is obscene and disgusting, but, when exerted for good, it evolves that which is noble, elegant and true.
3After Anael’s rule terminated, the Angel of Mercury, or Raphael, commenced to rule, and was Governor from the year A.D. 337 to the year A.D. 646. It was during this period that the Gospels of the New Testament were forged. Christianity, under the rule of the Brain instead of simple faith and brotherly love, became proud. From being persecuted, she became the persecutor. The church be¬ came dogmatic, cunning, and thoroughly determined to succeed at all hazards. The most transparent forgeries were accepted as abso¬ lute truth. The mutilation of the works of the contemporary authors of the Apostles and the earliest Christian Fathers, and interpolating suitable passages of their own, were considered meritorious actions. It was during this reign that the celebrated Council of Nice was held, and the divinity of Jesus established—by vote. At the end of the year A.D. 646 Gabriel, the Angel of the Moon, became the Supreme Ruler, and reigned until the year A.D. 954. This period, like all Lunar periods, was one of intellectual slumber. The Dark Ages had set in, and gradually increased until Cassiel, the Angel of Saturn, took command, and goverened from the year A.D. 954 to the year A.D. 1263, and made things worse.
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1After Samael, came Michael, the Sun God, the shining chief of the Seven Intelligences, and ruled the world from the year B.C. 280 to the year A.D. 29. During this period most Nations attained the Climax of power and civilization. Toward the close of his reign, this bright Angel presented the Nations of the West with a teacher, who rivaled, in moral teachings and excelled in practical benevolence, Gautama Buddha, the greatest moral reformer the East has ever seen. This Teacher was styled by His followers, the Son of God, and was called by name Jesus, the son of Joseph and Mary. He was called the Son of God Astrologically, because He was born into the world during the reign of Michael, the Sun God. And esoterically because he was at-one with the Universal Father. And it is remarkably strange, that, no sooner did Michael’s Rule end, than the numerous priestly enemies of this noble reformer be¬ came triumphant, and brutally murdered Him, as they have done thousands of others in all ages of the world. The great religious symbol of all exoteric religious systems and dogmatic sacerdotal castes has been the Cross; inverted, it is a 114 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT bloody weapon, the sword, and past history can prove how well its devoted priesthood knew its fearful use.
2After Michael comes Anael, “Prince of the Astral Light,” the Angel of Venus and Love, who ruled from the year A.D. 29 to the year A.D. 337. These were the days of religious persecution; the days, also, of faith and love among the Christians for the doctrine of their noble Chief. It was in these days when it was said, “How these Christians love one another;” but, alas, it was also a time of great licentiousness in Rome, when women, love, lust and debauchery were the order of the day. This period will show the occult student the two opposite powers or forces of Anael’s influence. When exerted for evil, it is all that is obscene and disgusting, but, when exerted for good, it evolves that which is noble, elegant and true.
3After Anael’s rule terminated, the Angel of Mercury, or Raphael, commenced to rule, and was Governor from the year A.D. 337 to the year A.D. 646. It was during this period that the Gospels of the New Testament were forged. Christianity, under the rule of the Brain instead of simple faith and brotherly love, became proud. From being persecuted, she became the persecutor. The church be¬ came dogmatic, cunning, and thoroughly determined to succeed at all hazards. The most transparent forgeries were accepted as abso¬ lute truth. The mutilation of the works of the contemporary authors of the Apostles and the earliest Christian Fathers, and interpolating suitable passages of their own, were considered meritorious actions. It was during this reign that the celebrated Council of Nice was held, and the divinity of Jesus established—by vote. At the end of the year A.D. 646 Gabriel, the Angel of the Moon, became the Supreme Ruler, and reigned until the year A.D. 954. This period, like all Lunar periods, was one of intellectual slumber. The Dark Ages had set in, and gradually increased until Cassiel, the Angel of Saturn, took command, and goverened from the year A.D. 954 to the year A.D. 1263, and made things worse.
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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