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seen, is Mercy in Judgment. Thus merged we have the manna, the
ultimate consummation of Liberality from Wisdom: 444
Portia: I will become as liberal as you;
I'll have that doctor for my bedfellow…
…I had it of him: pardon me, Bassanio;
For, by this ring, the doctor lay with me.
Bassanio: Sweet doctor, you shall be my bedfellow:
When I am absent, then lie with my wife.
Lorenzo: Fair ladies, you drop manna in the way
Of starved people.
The lines above are perhaps the most important philosophical
statement in all Shakespeare’s works. Portia is just Pallas Athena in
another guise. In Greek myth, Athene always displayed great mercy in a
criminal trial at the Areiopagus. 445 When the judges’ votes were equal,
she always cast her vote to liberate the accused.
In ancient Vedic terms, the two pillars B and I representing Mercy
in Judgment and Justice, are the first Principle of Creation and Truth
called Brahmâ and the third Principle of Transformation, Destruction and
Regeneration called Shiva. The consummate Pillar of Beauty that
represents Liberality is Vishnu, the second Principle of All Pervading
Light.
The Scottish Rite sees the ultimate expression of Liberality in
Christ’s unselfish dying words that seek Mercy in the judgment of his
enemies Eli, Eli Lama Sabachthani meaning my God, my God, why hast
thou forsaken me, have pity on and forgive my enemies. 446
The play Initiation of Plato also explains the veiled nature of the
Wisdom of Liberality. Plato argues that Science can remove the veil of
Isis. The Priest or Patriarch counters it cannot: 447
First Patriarch: Approach without fear. Which is the most beautiful and
noble study to which man can devote himself in passing through
the world?
Plato: That which has for its object the knowledge of what he is, whence
he comes, and whither he goes; that which leads to a search for
the laws of nature within and without him.
First Patriarch: Isis and Osiris, the moon and the sun, both symbolize
nature; when they represent it by Isis a veil covers her. What is its
sense?
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