Who or What is The Mystery of Mystery? | |
Layman Hid Jest User ID: 2124527 United States 09/30/2018 07:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you had known what I have done and know, you would have begged me to stay. Quoting: Layman Hid Jest But you aren't worthy. Oh Jesus Christ... That would be wise. Glory be to God in the high heauens, and peace in earth, and towards men good will. - Luke 2:14 (Geneva Bible, 1560) Can't make it to church? Out on the road? Join us for church live on Ustream. [link to www.ustream.tv (secure)] |
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The Serpent's Maiden (OP) User ID: 76682459 United States 10/20/2018 12:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Tau Apiryon’s excellent examination of the Creed in his book Mystery of Mystery for some general context: “Nevertheless, the Generative Power expressed by the names CHAOS and PHALLUS (or PHALLE) is distinct from that expressed by the name BABALON. Whereas CHAOS represents raw generative power or creative energy, BABALON represents the influence which captures, restricts, concentrates, directs and applies that raw Energy as a refined and focused Force for the Accomplishment of the Great Work.” On the Mystery of Baphomet he continues: “Thus, the symbolism of the Serpent and the Lion can be taken as referring to the ‘Lust’ or desire which perpetually drives the wheel of birth, life and death.” If I were to disservice the doctrine by further simplifying it, it might go something like this: Chaos is the generative energy, Babalon is the medium by which it becomes manifest and Baphomet is the force that draws them together. [link to www.goldenthread-oto.org] |
The Serpent's Maiden (OP) User ID: 76682459 United States 10/20/2018 12:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The concepts behind CHAOS, BABALON, and BAPHOMET are big, universal ideas; some might say ineffable ideas. The specific names of CHAOS, BABALON, and BAPHOMET represent a particular application of that ineffable, universal force. These Mysteries of Mystery are not mysterious because the Priest or Priestess has not yet chosen to reveal them to the congregants, or because a member needs to be a specific degree in order to fully understand them – there is not a highly guarded answer key hidden away by the Supreme Adepts. Nor do they announce the existence of a corporal God in the classic Roman or Christian sense. Nor do these mysteries demand any supernatural explanation. Nor do they demand faith or any sort of denial of our current understanding of nature. Quite the opposite, the congregant is acknowledging that, at this time, we have an imperfect understanding of the forces that have birthed the universe and created the profundity of life within the web of nature. And although they remain mysterious, these forces are very real and they remain ever constant and ever operative. [link to www.goldenthread-oto.org] Okay I figured it out...that makes sense now.... |