The Light of Egypt; Or, The Science of the Soul and the Stars - Volume 2

stial universe have been considered as mere imaginary figures, or emblems, invented by an early, primitive people to distinguish

ysical aspects of the month, under, or into, which they were consecrated by the Sun's passage during the annual journey, so that

great concession toward this CHILDISH KNOWLEDGE is, of course, quite excusable when we are constantly told, or reminde

purely physical symbolism above mentioned. And perhaps it is as well that such a benighted condition prevails, and that the Divine, heavenly goddess is unsought an

nothing but the symbol of maturing vegetation and the long summer's day in the glorious splendor of Castor and his starry mate and brother, Pollux? It would, indeed, seem so, so dead is the heart and callous the spiritual understanding of our own benighted day. To the initiate of Urania's mysteries, however, these dead, symbolic pictures become endowed with life; these emblems of rural labor or rustic art transform themselves from the hard, chrysolitic shell and expand into the fully developed spiritual flowers of spiritual entities,

is advised to ponder deeply upon the outlines presented. The subject is too vast to present in one or two chapters. Therefore we hope that this revelation may incite the student t

our task, and attempt to usher our student into the weird labyrinth of Sol

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LIGENCE; THAT WHICH KNOWS, and gives unto each Deific atom of life that distinguishing, universal, yet deathless force which not only constitutes its spiritual identity and physical individuality, but enables it to pronounce, in the presence of its Creator, those mystic words: "I am that I am." In other words, this beautiful constellation symbo

astrological month and the first sign of the Zodiac. We can read a perfect parallel in the astral influx upon the human body, as set forth in the "Light of Egypt," vol. I, which says Aries symbolizes the sacrifice and represents the springtime, the beginning of a new year.

tual being, the lord of material creation-Man; and in its cosmic relations, as shown unde

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nd wonders at the m

r words, it is the mind's attention to its own ideas. In the Kabbalah it represents that peculiar state of ex

t paradise within the angelic spheres of its parents, and reveals to us the first surprise of intelligence in embryo, the first sensation of consciousness, so to say-conscious of its Divine selfhood. Hence "He (the male spirit of pure fire, Aries), glorious in his golden (solar) wool, turns (expressing reaction) and wonders at

and a symbol of servitude, we see that matter is ever the servant of spirit, a necessary means for the manifestation of intelligence, again recognized in the fecundating forces of this astrological sign on every plane of its action. And it is ruled by Venus, the love element in Nature, her sympathies ever finding expression in this beautiful sign. What can be clearer, more

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bead, and calls the Twins (Gemini) to rise.

positive. We have witnessed act I of the soul's drama, and, as some have said, tragedy, and in this, the third of the shining twelve, we find the opening scene

hen, that after the male spirit of pure, ethereal, divine fire (Aries) bad conceived the first idea, and Taurus, the material envelope, had given that idea objective e

head, (that is demanding)," and calls the twins (the twin souls) to rise (to appear or evolve forth)," and as a first rude shock caus

r fear and mut

he soul's drama is one of profo

wn image (the action of Aries and Taurus); in His own image (mind) created He him, male and femal

e esteemed sacred, finds its original and perfect

, of the Divine Ego of its dual forces, sensation and aspiration, called forth by the action of Aries and Taurus. How beautifully has the poet expressed this first pulsation of Divine love: "They clasp for fear," etc. Evolved by the Divi

s astrological aspect, as it is representatively expressed by refraction upon the human organism. We find that this sign (the representativ

things spiritual and things temporal, we must conclude, with the man Jesu

bscurity; has neglected the cunning of the left hand and debauched the pure love of the divine state. Consequently, the executive forces within him are unbalanced, thus rendering him the slave of material forms, instead of bei

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Twins with a

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inine force we are observing. In other words, it is that period (or rather one of them) wherein the Kabbalah expresses the re

ns equalizing, hence HARMONY, which is indee

point in the arc of the Divine Soul's Angelic Cycle. From this glorious,

e Ego sees that it is good and rests from its labor. But as this exalted state is purely subjective, and ideal, it must of necessity, to satisfy the longing for further unfoldment a

allel. Within subjective realms the Divine soul has inspired and assimilated all that is possible to that angelic state, and knows a period of blissful rest. But the longings of its immortal nature urge on the soul. So we see that the sign Cancer symbolizes tenacity to life; to live we must breathe and eat and assimilate

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which, as we find throughout Nature, travel in pai

DUAL SOUL of the Divine Ego is once more impelled forward; but, as all evolution works in spirals, it cannot ascend higher without first apparently descending lower; so ever onward in it

rtion, symbolized by the heart, and, like a magnetic tractor, the soul's affinities are drawn downward, and, as if in defiance of

aults of heaven, the interested soul bows in reverence and awe befo

nterpolated one single line. They are as beautifully clear to the

logical sign. They are too clear, magnificent and impressive to escape notice. To the majority of students the resem

e downward portion of the arc, as qualities and attributes of the soul (reflected in the physical man as traits and qualities). Again we are told, "this sign reveals to us the ancient sacrifice and the laws of its compensation." In the imperiousness of a deathless courage, the soul defies all consequences and responsibilities. Surely,

the constellation, and all that it implies. The reflection is clear, natural and beautiful. When we reflect upon this awful period in the involution of the dual souls of the Divine Ego, as symb

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Virgo calms h

their mystic import aright. Virgo is the reaction of th

stellation, we see the first ideas of maternal instinct arise. This is a necessary result of the impulsive action of the heart in Leo-the reaction from a state of imperious, defiance. The heat of rage or energy and

wherein the VIRGIN WIFE stands before the tree of knowledge, of good and evil, where she is fascinated by the allurements of matter and is unconsciously becoming enveloped in the coils of the serpent. In other words, after the cosmic force had SHAKEN ITS MANE in defiance of

e conception of pure love of the soul for its other half, upon the astrological plane, becomes refracted and reacts as compassion and pity. Again, the soul, within subjective realms, sees how good material things are, and its refraction represents the assimilating functions of the human organis

forms a perfect analogy to the constellati

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ght are weighed

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reach the grand climax of the soul's

important mysteries connected with the human soul. It is the grand transition are between the spiritual world and the astr

ere it stands, in the celestial balance, between the two, giving way to temptation, takes the forbidden fruit and instantly awakes from its purely spiritual

at last the n

's spiritual sight, and, leaving the realms of innocence an

HAT I AM;" no longer an embryo, but being within the UNIVERSAL SOUL of being. Before closing this symbolic constellation, we must reveal the mystery of its BI-SEXUAL NATURE. In the higher or first portion of the sign it is {}, positive to some extent, and masculine. The soul is still within the Garden of Eden and pure, clad in the raiment of God, and is represented by the Chaldean statues of "The Bearded Venus," or Venus, the Angel of Libra,

astrological aspect, is a very extern

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own, the heavie

Scorpio from th

ts to the four quarters of the world. This sword is, according to Genesis,

eat realms of the astral world; the way to physical life in concrete forms; and the way to life eternal through the realms of the Sylphs, Gnomes, Undines and Salamanders. They are the basis of all matter, known as Air, Earth, Water and Fire. Here we see that, through the evolution of sex and its accompanying desire for procreation, these blind forces of Nature find their avenue of expression. Spiritual consciousness almost lost, and without reason, the soul becomes the prey, so to say, of these forces of the astral world, which is the realm of design. The sou

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follows with

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and the soul is now rapidly losing the last vestiges of its spiritual conscience. In other words, Sagittarius symbolizes that state of the soul wh

ny direction that may afford proper opportunity. Here we see the expression of that deathless, fiery force,

he "Tower of Babel" and the utter dispersion of the people (entities) to the four corners of the Earth, and fi

and order; hence government. In this expression, we find the bow (strength or force) ready to let fly its arrows of energy in any direction the opportunity may afford; when refracted upon the human organism and reflected upon the external plane, these forces manifest as the restless spiri

apri

orns the twist

th, inertia and rest; hence Kronos, or Saturn, the symbol of death, is lord of this state and condition. It is the

he crystal, are the only avenues of its lonesome expressions. But, as the lowest point, it is also the pr

drawn down into coils of matter, imprisoned by material forces. It has penetrated the lowest depths, and can go no farther. Rest here, is to gather strength, force. Mark well the difference and parallel between Cancer and Capricorn, opposite points in the arc. Cancer is the symbol of exalted rest within angelic realms; Capricorn the symbol of rest in dense matter. From the former state the soul is impe

comotion, viz., the joints, bending, pliable, movable." The analogy is perfect. The soul, which has been pliant, bending to material forces, now reverses this action, and bows the knee in awe and reverence to the higher powers of its be

Aqua

rius' urn a fl

ing speed upon its weird, toilsome, upward, journey through purely organic forms, from vegetable to animal; and, as all organic forms have their primary origin in water, so does this celestial urn express the primary conception of this

itual allegory of the shining constellation, the more we are impressed with the divine wisd

development of functions expressed through countless forms, on the lower planes of existence. The sacrifice of its angelic innocence, the imperious defiance and deathless courage, symbolized by Leo, have obtained th

e natural emblem of the changeable, moveable, migratory forces, of the body, forming a perfect parallel with i

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waves cold Pisce

, and make the

round, or rung, in the Cycle of Necessity; and its next state is that of incarnated man. It has triumphed over every sphere below, and defied, in turn, every power above, an

responsibility, it will, in its next state, become subject to those same powers when reflected from a different plane.

this constellation is {}, or completion

material destiny. The foundation has been laid, the material and resources are at hand, for his kingdom is exclusive. With his own hands he must build his temple (the symbol of the perfected man), each stone accurately measured, cut

beautiful system, and the complete accord of each part,

ing as th

at made us