Tuesday, May 08, 2007
ALBERT PIKE AND ELIPHAS LEVI
Eliphas Levi, THE HISTORY OF MAGIC
The system of Swedenborg is no other than the Kabalah, minus the principle of hierarchy; it is the temple without the key-stone and without base...(p. 290)
Albert Pike, MORALS AND DOGMA, 30th Degree, Knight Kadosh
Swedenborg's system was nothing else than the Kabalah, minus the principle of the Hierarchy. It is the Temple, without the keystone and the foundation.(p. 823)
Eliphas Levi, THE HISTORY OF MAGIC
It is opportune at this point to say a few further words concerning that Hermetic science cultivated from the first Christian centuries by Ostanes, Romarius, Queen Cleopatra, the Arabian Geber, Alfarabius and Salmanas, by Morien, Artephius and Aristeus. Understand in an absolute manner, this science may be called the Kabalah in realisation, or the Magic of Works. It has therefore three analogous degrees--religious realisation, philosophical realisation and physical realisation.(p. 206)
Albert Pike, MORALS AND DOGMA, 32nd Degree, Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret
The Hermetic Science of the early Christian ages, cultivated also be Geber, Alfarabius, and others of the Arabs, studied by the Chiefs of the Templars, and embodied in certain symbols of the higher Degrees of Freemasonry, may be accurately defined as the Kabalah in active realization, or the Magic of Works. It has three analogous Degrees, religious, philosophical, and physical realization.(p. 840)
