The tarot of the Bohemians : the most ancient book in the world : for the exclusive use of initiates by Papus 1865-1916

Author:Papus, 1865-1916 [Papus, 1865-1916]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Tarot
Publisher: London : G. Redway
Published: 1896-05-30T16:00:00+00:00

Indeterminable Principle

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PARABRAHM :

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Brahma

Vishnu

Creator

SivaTransformer

Preserver

Here is an analysis of this conception applied toCosmogony :—

PRIMITIVE HINDU COSMOGONY, ACCORDING TO THE

RIG-VEDA.

There was neither being nor no-being, nor ether, nor theroof of the heavens; nothing enveloping nor enveloped.There was neither death nor immortality ; nothingseparated the darkness of night from the light of day.

But That One, the He, breathed alone with Her, whoselife was sustained in his breast. Of all those who haveexisted since that time, no other then existed. Thedarkness covered them like an ocean, which cannot belightened. This universe was indistinct, like the fluidsmingled with the waters ; but this mass, which wascovered by a crust, was at last organized by the powerof contemplation.

The first wish was formed in its intelligence, and itbecame the original productive seed. This productiveseed became Providence or sensitive souls; and Matter orElements, She who was supported in his breast was theinferior part, and He who observes was the superior part.Who can know exactly, and who in this world can assert,from whom or how this creation took place ? The godsare posterior to this creation of the world.

KABBALISTTC THEOGONY.

Indeterminable Princ iple

EX SOPH

The Absolute

Divine Trinity :

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Chocmah Binah

Absolute Wisdom Absolute Intelligence

GO

KetherAbsolute Equilibrist Power

We might carry these comparisons much further ; butit is useless to prolong our studies unreasonably. Thecurious reader can refer to the works on the ancientthéogonies,1 and see the universal harmony that exists inthe primitive principles of all religions.

It will be sufficient if we determine the universalityof the three first principles, which we name, like theChristians, in order to be clearly understood—

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God the Father God the Son

GO

God the Holy Spirit

These principles once denned, we shall see them inaction throughout creation.

The first principle had manifested its existence toitself in the second principle named by Christians :

1 See particularly P. Renand, Nouvelle Symbolique, Paris, 1877.8vo.

the Son. Lastly, these two principles had embodiedthemselves in the third, which gave them substance.This is why we have named the Holy Spirit the bodyof God.

Now the same law of creation acting in the affinitiesof the first principle with the second, will manifest itselfin the action of the first ternary upon itself, to give birthto the following Trinitv :—

God the Father, the principle of Will, is entirely self-reflected in the rough Adam, the principle of Power ; Godthe Son, the principle of Intelligence, is self-reflected inthe gentle Eve, the principle of Authority. Lastly, God asa whole, or God the Holy Spirit, clothed these two mysticalunities in a body, and made a realit}7 of them in thebalanced creation of Adam-Eve, or of Humanity.

Humanity, the image of Love, also contains in itself arough, astringent principle (see Jacob Boëhm1), and agentle, insinuating principle (Jacob Boëhm). The first ofthese principles, symbolized by Adam, is the origin of bruteForce, of Power in all its manifestations. The second,symbolized by Eve, is the origin of feminine Grace, ofAuthority. We have seen that Power and Authority findtheir equilibrium in Love.

Each man. a reflected molecule of humanity made inits image, contains in himself an Adam, the source of theWill—this is the Brain ; an

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