Post by Indilwen on Aug 16, 2012 11:37:00 GMT 12
THE VEIL OF ISIS..
A statue covered in a black veil was erected on the presumed tomb of Isis, close to Memphis. On the statue’s pedestal was engraved the following inscription: “I am everything that was, [QUID FUIT], everything that is [QUID EST], that will be [QUID ERIT] and no mortal has yet dared to lift my veil. ”
Beneath this veil are hidden all the mysteries and the knowledge of the past… Pulling back Isis’ veil represents the revelation of the light, and to succeed in doing so is to become immortal.
Because the path was followed voluntarily and concerned no-one but the individual him or herself, Egyptian religion never had the missionary spirit. It was tolerant of the world and kind to its children. Egypt would only ever look to its temples for its worldly conscience. The country never wanted to impose it on others, which is why it was reluctant to receive visits from some Greek students, whom they reproached for their ignorance and chatter. They were Homer, Solon, Pythagoras, Democritus, Eudoxus, Herodotus, Iamblichus, Plato, Plutarch and Thales.
However, by a paradox lost in the mists of time, it was the Greeks who sang the praises of Egypt everywhere, spreading the worship of Isis and Osiris throughout Europe. It was they who revealed some of the secrets of the ancient priests. Respectful, they kept what they had learned from this Knowledge closed up in the sanctuaries. Skilled in the art of the written word, they let Isis’ veil once again cover the initiatory secrets to which they became the heirs.
Now at the beginning of the third millennium, Knowledge and Light seem shrouded in darkness, myths and divinities have slipped from our sight. There is no Homer to sing when the gods appear, no longer a pharaoh to welcome the sun. However, all eyes turn to Egypt when the night takes over peoples consciences. The celestial lights still shine in this mirror of the sky, and all you have to do is take a look and open your mind, as Guillaume Apollinaire claimed: “it’s high time to light up the stars again.”
“Do you forget then, Asclepius, that Egypt is the image of the sky, […] the place where all those operations that govern and initiate the celestial forces are transferred and projected here below? More than that, it must be said that our land is the whole world’s Temple.”
Hermes Trismegistus, Corpus Hermeticum II
A statue covered in a black veil was erected on the presumed tomb of Isis, close to Memphis. On the statue’s pedestal was engraved the following inscription: “I am everything that was, [QUID FUIT], everything that is [QUID EST], that will be [QUID ERIT] and no mortal has yet dared to lift my veil. ”
Beneath this veil are hidden all the mysteries and the knowledge of the past… Pulling back Isis’ veil represents the revelation of the light, and to succeed in doing so is to become immortal.
Because the path was followed voluntarily and concerned no-one but the individual him or herself, Egyptian religion never had the missionary spirit. It was tolerant of the world and kind to its children. Egypt would only ever look to its temples for its worldly conscience. The country never wanted to impose it on others, which is why it was reluctant to receive visits from some Greek students, whom they reproached for their ignorance and chatter. They were Homer, Solon, Pythagoras, Democritus, Eudoxus, Herodotus, Iamblichus, Plato, Plutarch and Thales.
However, by a paradox lost in the mists of time, it was the Greeks who sang the praises of Egypt everywhere, spreading the worship of Isis and Osiris throughout Europe. It was they who revealed some of the secrets of the ancient priests. Respectful, they kept what they had learned from this Knowledge closed up in the sanctuaries. Skilled in the art of the written word, they let Isis’ veil once again cover the initiatory secrets to which they became the heirs.
Now at the beginning of the third millennium, Knowledge and Light seem shrouded in darkness, myths and divinities have slipped from our sight. There is no Homer to sing when the gods appear, no longer a pharaoh to welcome the sun. However, all eyes turn to Egypt when the night takes over peoples consciences. The celestial lights still shine in this mirror of the sky, and all you have to do is take a look and open your mind, as Guillaume Apollinaire claimed: “it’s high time to light up the stars again.”
“Do you forget then, Asclepius, that Egypt is the image of the sky, […] the place where all those operations that govern and initiate the celestial forces are transferred and projected here below? More than that, it must be said that our land is the whole world’s Temple.”
Hermes Trismegistus, Corpus Hermeticum II