Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

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Since the seed i!i especially sensitive to sexual magnetism, we
are not snrprise1l that a great deal of Paganism ~as p01·ely &ex
worship, which assumed many phases, from the worship of a
gt·een tt·ee as the symbol of sex, to the obscene debaucheries
muler the name of sact·ed prostitution which were celebt·ated in
hnnot· of Venu!l and othet· fP-male deities of various nation!!.
The second principle, Discrimination, is embodied in the
nutritive system, and is manifeRted in its work of choosing the
goo•l and refusing the evil elements of nutrition. This principle
cleat·ly appmus in the Hebrew religion, wherein the idea of
nne Gnd, distinct and superior to all others, was the most
prominent feature. Thh~ idea of choosing between the tt•ne
God and the many false gods of the pagans, rnns throughout
the whole Hebrew Bible; and all the evils which befell that
. nation, were, according to their prophetR, to be attributed to
the fact, that, after they had covenanted before Mount Sinai to
serve"the one trne God, they refused to be faithful to their
covenant, notwithRtanding the many warning!! they .received of
the evil re11nlts which would follow their unfaithfulness.
The thirtl principle, Order, is embodied in the heart. Tlu~
or•ler of nreation is generation, which demand~t that a pair, the
ma!e a111l his female, he joined as one in the creation of offspring
in their image and likeness. This thought i!l perceived in the
wor.ls nf the Divine Father to the Divine Mother, concerning
the creation of man: "Let us make man in our image, after
•mr likeness: and let them have the dominion."
God sai•l tn his J>t'Ople, " I am mart·ied unto yon." ,J er. 111.
14. Go•l'11 oovAnant with his hrael iR spoken of as a holy
marriage: hut this marriage is not consummate