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  clime。    The   only  difference   is  one  of  mental    peculiarity  and   national
  custom;     along   with   climatic   conditions。   Hindoo;    Chaldean;    Chinese;
  Persian; Egyptian; Scandinavian; Druidic and ancient Mexican are all the
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  samedifferent names and drapery; to suit the people only; but essentially
  the same in the fundamental ideas conveyed。
  THE CREATION OF THE WORLD
  The   simple   story   of   creation   begins   at   midnight;   when   the   Sun   has
  reached the lowest point in the arcCapricorn。 All Nature then is in a state
  of coma in the Northern Hemisphere; it is winter time; solar light and heat
  are at their lowest ebb; and the various appearances of motion; etc。; are the
  Sun's   passage   from  Capricorn   to   Pisces;   60   degrees;   and   from   Pisces   to
  Aries; 30 degrees; making 90 degrees; or one quadrant of the circle。 Then
  begin in real earnest the creative powers; it is spring time。 The six days are
  the   six   signs   of   the   northern   arc;   beginning   with   the   disruptive   fires   of
  Aries。 Then; in their order; Taurus; Gemini; Cancer; Leo; Virgo; then Libra;
  the seventh day and the seventh sign; whose first point is opposite Aries
  and is the opposite point of the sphere; the point of equilibrium; equal day
  and   equal   night;   it   is   autumn。   It   is   the   sixth   sign   from   Aries;   the   first
  creative   action;   and   so   the   sixth   day   following   the   fiery   force;   wherein
  God created the bi…sexual man。 See Genesis; 1:5…27: 〃So God created man
  in His own image; in the image of God created He him; male and female
  created He them。〃
  It   is   the   seventh;   or   day   of   the   Lord   (man);   the   climax   of   material
  creation and Lord of all living things; and be rests in the blissful Garden of
  Eden。 This seventh day and seventh sign is the concealed sacred Libra the
  perfect    union    of  the   sexes。   Then    comes     the  fall  from    Libra;   through
  Scorpio; and banishment from the Garden of Eden。 That is the victory of
  Satan; or Winter; over Summer; etc。 It is useless to repeat the same old; old
  story。 The yearly journey of the Sun around the constellated dial of Deity
  is the Astro basis of all primitive cosmology。
  THE SCHEME OF REDEMPTION
  In addition to the creation of the world and the fall of man through sin;
  we   find   all   people   in   possession   of   a grand   scheme   of   redemption;   and;
  like   the   former;   we   shall   find   them   all   essentially   the   same。   They   all
  require a mediator between the angry God and disobedient man; and they
  all require that this mediator shall be Divine; or semi…Divine。 Nothing less
  can    satisfy   Deity's    demands;     or;  rather;   let  us  say   man's    own    carnal
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  imagination。   It   is   simply   another   turn   of   our   cosmic   kaleidoscope;   and
  behold! the actors have changed。 Capricorn becomes the stable of the Goat;
  in the manger of which the young Savior of the world is born。 As a type of
  all; we will take the Gospel Savior。 It is again midnight。 The Sun enters
  the   sign   Capricorn   on   the   twenty…   first   of   December。   This   is   the   lowest
  point of the arc; South; and for three days he is stationary; or in darkness。
  And now it is Christmas Eve。 He (the Sun or Savior) begins to move; and
  at   midnight     is  born    as  the   celestial   Virgo    is  rising  upon    the   Eastern
  quadrant of the skies; hence the Sun…God is born of a Virgin。 Then comes
  the   flight   to   escape   Kronos;   or   Saturn   (ruling   Capricorn);   who   kills   the
  young babes。 There is a period of   silence in the God's history while   the
  Sun is in transit through the signs Capricorn and part of Aquarius。 That is;
  he is hidden or obscured by the clouded skies of this period。 We hear of
  him but once again until he; the Sun…God; or Savior; is thirty years old; or
  has   transited   thirty   degrees   of   space。   He   has   entered   the   sign   Aquarius
  (symbolical of the Man。) Now begins the period of miracles。
  Let    us    digress    for   a   space;    and    refer   to   our   chapter     on    the
  constellations。      We    shall   find   a  perfect   analogy     between      this  miracle…
  working   period       and   the   constellations   Aquarius   and       Pisces;   as   therein
  given。 The first miracle we read of is turning water into wine。 This may be
  seen   in   a   threefold   aspect。  The   Sun…God   changes   by   his   life…   forces   the
  waters   of   winter   into   the   rich   vintage   of   the   harvest;   where   the   Virgin
  (Virgo) Mother again appears。 Again; the wine becomes the bloodthe life
  offered up on the vernal cross to strengthen; renew and make merry with
  new life our Earth and its people。 The devil (or winter); with his powers of
  darkness; is defeated and man saved。 The final triumph is the crucifixion
  in   Aries;   the   vernal   equinox;   about   the   twenty…first   of   March;   quickly
  followed by the resurrection; or renewal of life。 Then the God rises into
  heaven; to sit upon the throne at the summer solstice; to bless his people。
  We read; that; the Savior of mankind was crucified between two thieves。
  Very   good。   The   equinoctial   point   is   the   dividing   line   between   light   and
  darkness;   winter   and   summer。   In   other   words;   the   Sun   is   resuming   his
  northern arc; to replenish the Earth with his solar force and preserve his
  people from death in the coming winter。 The life of a Buddha; a Krishna or
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  a Christ; are all found in their completeness in the life of Horus; while the
  Father; Son and Holy Ghost are Isis; Horus and Osirus。 The same trinity;
  under different   names; are   found in   all nations。  It is the Sun;  Moon  and
  Human Soul; which is the only true mediator of Man。
  There is another version of this celestial crucifixion; wherein the Sun…
  God…Savior;   after   the   supper   of   the   harvest   in   Virgo;   is   crucified   at   the
  autumnal equinox upon the equator。 We read that he was dying from the
  sixth   to   the   ninth   hoursthree   hours;   three   signs;   or   from   the   21st   of
  September to the 21st of December; when he is laid in the tomb。 This is
  the   lowest   point   of   the   Sun's   journey   in   the   southern   hemisphere;   and
  darkness holds the balance in our northern hemisphere。 The three days in
  the tomb are the three months; or three signs; before the vernal equinox; or
  the   resurrection;     the   rising  out   of  the   South   to   bring   salvation    to  the
  northern portion of our Earth。
  We have now only to glance over various diverging lines of the same
  cosmology        and    the   same     redemption。       All   these    allegories    typified
  TRUTHS。 They  all   teach   the   Initiate   the   mysteries of   creation;   of   man's
  destiny and his necessary Cycle of Material Probation。 Some of the most
  beautiful parables may be read in this light。 Abraham; and the story of his
  wanderings in the deserts of Asia Minor; of Lot and his unfaithful wife;
  are to be seen still written in the heavens。 Hagar and Ishmael are still there;
  so also are Esau and his brother Jacob; the story of Joseph and his brethren;
  of   Sampson   and his   twelve  labors。 This   is   the  same   beautiful   story。 The
  Sun;   shorn   of   his   glory;   or   solar   force;   at   the   autumnal   equinox;   stands
  upon     the   equator   between   the   two   pillars   of   the   temple   (or   light    and
  darkness);      and    pulls   down     the   temple     (or   signs)   into   the   southern
  hemisphere。 And behind this we have the eternal truth of the soul; when;
  giving way to the allurements of matter (Delilah); the soul is shorn of its
  spiritual covering; or conscience; and sinks into matter and death。 And the
  story of David and Goliath can be read to…day as clearly as of yore。
  They   are   eternal;   spiritual   verities   of   human   nature;   and   record;   not
  only the history of the human race; its mutations and transmutations; but
  of the individual man and the suffering and delusive joys of his material
  life。 Aye; more! It is the record of all his past existence and a type of his
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  eternal destiny in the future。
  Another turn of our cosmic kaleidoscope;