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Deconstructing the Washington Monument – Sirius, Masonry & Egypt

In Part I of three chapters, Bernard Pietsch demonstrates how architecture communicates through design, number and geometry. He explains why the form of our national monument, based on the shape of the ancient Egyptian obelisk, ranks among the world’s greatest… Continue reading →

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Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians – Gallery

Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians from the 16th and 17th Centuries. A few translations in English. Original texts archived at the University of Wisconsion Digital Collections. View Gallery

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Ancient Mysteries, Initiation and Modern Freemasonry – John Algeo

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1913913188318395102 What have the ancient Mysteries of Eleusis, Isis, and Mithra got to do with modern Freemasonry? JOHN ALGEO, PhD, served for 9 years as president of the Theosophical Society in America. The THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY in America is a branch… Continue reading →

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Scientists Crack Mysterious "Copiale Cipher"

Scientists Crack Mysterious “Copiale Cipher”: An American-Swedish collaboration has finally cracked The Copiale Cipher, a mysterious 18th century document that no one could read – until now
… Dr Knight and his colleagues found that The Copiale Ci… Continue reading →

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Pythagoras – 22 Years in the Mystery Schools of Egypt

Pythagoras was a Greek philosopher who was responsible for important developments in the history of mathematics, astronomy, and the theory of music. He founded the Pythagorean Brotherhood and formulated principles that influenced the thoughts of Plato and Aristotle. The influence… Continue reading →

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A Musical Message Discovered In Plato’s Works : NPR

It sounds like something out of a Dan Brown novel, but a scholar in Manchester, England, claims to have found hidden code in the ancient writings of Plato. If true, the secret messages would have made the ancient philosopher and… Continue reading →

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Mithraism

Mithraism was a mystery religion with devotees sworn to secrecy. Nothing could be spoken or written down. What little is known of Mithra, the god of justice and social contract, has been deduced from reliefs and icons found in temples.… Continue reading →

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Manly P. Hall

Symbolism is the language of the Mysteries, [and] all Nature, for every law and power active is manifested through the medium of symbol to communicate thoughts which transcend the limitations of language

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Paul Foster Case

Paul Foster Case was born in Fairport, New York. His mother was a teacher and his father was the head librarian of the town library, in which Paul Case was literally born. For a man whose thirst for hidden knowledge… Continue reading →

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Symbolism of the Rose Cross

The cross is a symbol that is about as universal and ancient as any symbol that has emerged out of man’s psyche. The cross symbolizes the meeting at right angles of horizontals and perpendiculars. Forces going in quite opposite directions… Continue reading →

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Alchemical Dreams: Rebirth of the Great Work

In the mid-1990’s Terence McKenna and Mystic Fire’s Sheldon Rocklin teamed up to make this rich and exciting film. Little did they know that this would be their last film. Filmed in Prague with Terence portraying his usual erudite rendition… Continue reading →

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