The Great Law: A Study of Religious Origins and of the Unity Underlying ThemLongmans, Green, and Company, 1899 - 431 pages |
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Page xii
... Osiris born of a virgin at the winter solstice . Isis and the Virgin Mary similarly represented . Birth of Osiris and of Jesus similarly announced . The Babylonian Tammuz and his virgin - mother Ishtar . Tammuz also the husband of ...
... Osiris born of a virgin at the winter solstice . Isis and the Virgin Mary similarly represented . Birth of Osiris and of Jesus similarly announced . The Babylonian Tammuz and his virgin - mother Ishtar . Tammuz also the husband of ...
Page xiii
... Osiris . The Ark of the Bacchic and Eleusinian Mysteries . The Ark in the king's chamber of the Great Pyramid . The sepulchre of Jesus . Pp . 71-89 CHAPTER V SOLAR SYMBOLS Dual aspect of the Serpent symbol . Emblem of the principle of ...
... Osiris . The Ark of the Bacchic and Eleusinian Mysteries . The Ark in the king's chamber of the Great Pyramid . The sepulchre of Jesus . Pp . 71-89 CHAPTER V SOLAR SYMBOLS Dual aspect of the Serpent symbol . Emblem of the principle of ...
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... Osiris . The Mexicans " Most Holy Supper . " The killing and eating of the god . Peruvian sacramental rites . The Dionysiac festival in its dual aspect . Mithraic sacrament of bread and wine . The Eleusinian rite . Celtic and ...
... Osiris . The Mexicans " Most Holy Supper . " The killing and eating of the god . Peruvian sacramental rites . The Dionysiac festival in its dual aspect . Mithraic sacrament of bread and wine . The Eleusinian rite . Celtic and ...
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... Osiris , Isis , and Horus . Theban triad of Amon , Mut , and Chonsu . Trinity of Osiris , Cneph , and Ptah . Trinity of Ptah , Sekhet , and Nefer Tûm . Subsequent approach towards Neo - Platonic ideas . Archaic trinity of Chaldæa ...
... Osiris , Isis , and Horus . Theban triad of Amon , Mut , and Chonsu . Trinity of Osiris , Cneph , and Ptah . Trinity of Ptah , Sekhet , and Nefer Tûm . Subsequent approach towards Neo - Platonic ideas . Archaic trinity of Chaldæa ...
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... Osiris and Typhon , Baal and Moloch , or Mithra and Ahriman , they were recognised as the lords of life and death , and so treated as symbols of rebirth , whether it were rebirth of men , of worlds , of solar - systems , or of the ...
... Osiris and Typhon , Baal and Moloch , or Mithra and Ahriman , they were recognised as the lords of life and death , and so treated as symbols of rebirth , whether it were rebirth of men , of worlds , of solar - systems , or of the ...
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Page 141 - And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil : and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life...
Page 267 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, 0 Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 330 - And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge ; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not Love, I am nothing.
Page 333 - If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
Page 284 - For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) but to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 388 - The Father is made of none, neither created, nor begotten. The Son is of the Father alone, not made, nor created, but begotten. The Holy Ghost is of the Father and of the Son; neither made nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding.
Page 331 - Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Love never faileth...
Page 330 - And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
Page 268 - O LORD, thou art my God! I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
Page 118 - John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water : but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose : he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire...