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EOSICEUCIAN PHILOSOPHY
This, from the first part of Faust, the prologue in heaven.
And also in the second part of Faust, spirits of air greet
the rising sun with the words :
"Sound unto the spirit ear proclaims the new born day
is here ;
Rocky gates are creaking, rattling,
Phoebus' wheels are rolling, singing
What sound intense the light is bringing/ 3
QUESTION Xo. 159.
What is the esoteric significance of the use of the names
of the twelve sons of Jacob in connection with the twelve
signs of the zodiac, and are these used in connection with
the earth's zodiac or the sun's zodiac, or both ?
Answer: There is only one zodiac, the twelve constella-
tions which we call Aries, Taurus, etc. These are the stars,
located in a narrow belt about eight degrees each side of
the ecliptic, or the sun's path, as viewed from the earth.
The twelve sons and one daughter of Jacob are identified
with the twelve constellations, because Josephus mentions
that the Israelites wandering in the wilderness carried em-
blems of these twelve groups of stars on their banner. In
the 49th chapter of Genesis and the 33rd chapter of Deu-
teronomy, Jacob pronounces blessings upon his twelve sons
in such a manner that it is impossible to one who knows