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Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

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EDITORIAL.<br />

"DIVIlUON OF THR ZoJHAC BY THK AscJRX1'A. The manner in<br />

which the ancients divided the zodia.~ into twelve parts Wall both<br />

simple and ingenioUI~. Having no in~ta·ument.~ that would measure<br />

time exactly, "they took a ves11el. with a small hole in the bottom.<br />

and having tilled it with water. suffered the same to diKtill. drop by<br />

drop, into another veHHel set beneath to receive it, beginning at the<br />

moment when some star t·nse, and l'ontinning till it rose the following<br />

night, when it would have perfot·med one nwnt. V{ ere thA t>Xpt>rinJPnt. t.•·ie«l.<br />

it would he fonn1l that the evapm·ation of t.he water wonld preclude<br />

the po!!!libility of anything like 1111 IWCtll'ate •livi11ion.<br />

While we lmow t.hat he haM ltet•t>pted llnthm·ity for what he<br />

RayR. yt-t it is Mt.range that even •· aceeptecl antho.-itit>!l" so frPqnt>ntly<br />

«ll'llw upon t.heit• imaginat.ion for explanation~ of thing~<br />

they dn not mulerst.and. If the anthm·it)· ha•l Raid that the an·<br />

cients had nRed RI\IHI fur the pnrroRt' of marking tlu~ diviMillliR<br />

of the zo,liac, it wonld have hPen more J•easonahle: for w.­<br />

know that the ho~t~·g-)a!IA iR a very ohl methotl of mea11nring<br />

time. Bnt. even this wrn.J,l not >~tnn•l the teRt of inveRtigation.<br />

as the sigu.; of the zodiac :ne not ,livi«led into equal spaces of<br />

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