The Ark of the Covenant
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| "The Ark, that great spiritual principle, surrounded by its loving workers, is calling all to follow It." -The Initiates of the Flame Manly P. Hall Pg 60 |
"an ark symbolical of the human spirit was placed in it." - Freemasonry And Catholicism By Max Heindel pg. 16
"All have, like the Jewish people, lost much of their power and glory when they lost the sacred Ark. In ancient Chaldea and Phoenicia the Ark was well known. India celebrates it as the Lotus, and the ancient Egyptians tell how the moon god Osiris was imprisoned in an ark. In all the Mystery Religions of the world, individually and cosmically, the ark represent the fountain-head of wisdom." -The Initiates of the Flame Manly P. Hall Pg 55
"Far above, the Ark—the source of life—floats over the waters of oblivion on high, and sends its messages down to the lower man through the cable tow." - Anatomy of Man Manly P. Hall pg. 36
"The Rod that Budded, the Pot of Manna, and the Tablets of the Law: In these three things contained within the Ark we see the threefold spirit contained within the ark of man's bodies. "-The Initiates of the Flame Manly P. Hall Pg 58
"In the brain of man, between the wings of the kneeling cherubim, is the mercy seat, and there man speaks with his God as the priest of the tabernacle spoke to the spirit of the Lord hovering between the wings of the Angels.
Man is again the Ark, and within him are the three principles, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit—the tablets of the law, the pot of manna, and the rod that budded. But as in the case of the ancient Israelites, when they became crystallised the pot of manna and the rod that budded were removed from the Ark, and all that was left were the tablets or the letters of the law...
....the material reasons from which the spiritual life has gone."-The Initiates of the Flame Manly P. Hall Pg 59
...when the good prince Osiris, the deeper truth, returned to his own land, he became the victim of a hideous plot. What is this mysterious chest, so beautiful in its outer appearance but so fatal in its application? Plato, wise in the wisdom of the Egyptians would have answered that it was the body that lures the soul into the sorrows of generation. If this interpretation be projected into the social sphere, the chest becomes symbolic of material organization. Witness the application of this thought to Christianity where the pomp and glory of the outer show of a vast ecclesiastical mechanism has all but destroyed the simplicity and dignity of the primitive revelation..." - Freemasonry of the Ancient Egyptians, by Manly P Hall pg. 148-150
"The acacia would have been selected as the symbol of Hiram Abiffs "immortality" for very specific reasons. It was of acacia wood that God ordered that the Ark of the Covenant be made, the ark that was to be housed in the Sanctum Sanctorum of Solomon's temple, where, the Grand Master made his plans for the next day's work."- Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry by John J. Robinson Pg. 270-271
"Hiram was pulled from the grave by King Solomon, he was buried beneath (sometimes “near”) the Sanctum Sanctorum of the temple, which was being built to house and honor the Ark of the Covenant."- Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry by John J. Robinson Pg. 222
"Originally a Temple was a certain area of ground or space set aside for sacred purposes, or for worship, where men and women could congregate to make their offerings and to meditate. It was holy ground. It did not mean a structure, but rather a place. It was customary to have in this area, a focal point represented by a small structure or altar, which alluded to the presence of Sod. This central point became known as the Sanctum Sanctorium and the altar became known as the ark or the Shekinah. Later when actual structures were erected to house or protect the sacred ground, the Shekinah or ark continued to be placed in the center. It was the place where the consciousness of God was thought to descend to the mundane. There has come down to us today the belief in most all religions that wherever man may dedicate a place, a thing or a condition to God, there the presence of God dwells and makes that place, by virtue of its ? dedication, holy and sacred."- ROSICRUCIAN
DIGEST Vol. XI JANUARY, 1934 No. 12
...when the good prince Osiris, the deeper truth, returned to his own land, he became the victim of a hideous plot. What is this mysterious chest, so beautiful in its outer appearance but so fatal in its application? Plato, wise in the wisdom of the Egyptians would have answered that it was the body that lures the soul into the sorrows of generation. If this interpretation be projected into the social sphere, the chest becomes symbolic of material organization. Witness the application of this thought to Christianity where the pomp and glory of the outer show of a vast ecclesiastical mechanism has all but destroyed the simplicity and dignity of the primitive revelation..." - Freemasonry of the Ancient Egyptians, by Manly P Hall pg. 148-150
"The acacia would have been selected as the symbol of Hiram Abiffs "immortality" for very specific reasons. It was of acacia wood that God ordered that the Ark of the Covenant be made, the ark that was to be housed in the Sanctum Sanctorum of Solomon's temple, where, the Grand Master made his plans for the next day's work."- Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry by John J. Robinson Pg. 270-271
"Hiram was pulled from the grave by King Solomon, he was buried beneath (sometimes “near”) the Sanctum Sanctorum of the temple, which was being built to house and honor the Ark of the Covenant."- Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry by John J. Robinson Pg. 222
"Originally a Temple was a certain area of ground or space set aside for sacred purposes, or for worship, where men and women could congregate to make their offerings and to meditate. It was holy ground. It did not mean a structure, but rather a place. It was customary to have in this area, a focal point represented by a small structure or altar, which alluded to the presence of Sod. This central point became known as the Sanctum Sanctorium and the altar became known as the ark or the Shekinah. Later when actual structures were erected to house or protect the sacred ground, the Shekinah or ark continued to be placed in the center. It was the place where the consciousness of God was thought to descend to the mundane. There has come down to us today the belief in most all religions that wherever man may dedicate a place, a thing or a condition to God, there the presence of God dwells and makes that place, by virtue of its ? dedication, holy and sacred."- ROSICRUCIAN
DIGEST Vol. XI JANUARY, 1934 No. 12
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