| Bethlehemthreat of hell, and the performance of elaborate rites and ceremonies." - The Paganism in OurBethlehem, 62:of Bacchus) the Christians might perform their rites undisturbed." - Esoteric Christianity, byBethlehem, 193:were widespread, and were to be found in the rites of Mithra. By this purification a man was 'bornBethlehem, 194:author of the Epistle thinking of those Mithraic rites with which everybody at that time must haveBethlehem, 236:singing his return to life, there were mournful rites celebrated in honor of his suffering and hisBethlehem, 237:mysteries were enacted in [237] secret, and the rites of initiation were administered only to thoseBethlehem, 237:to enact the whole of the initiation ceremonial rites and ritual publicly, before the world atExternalisation, 414:He will draw near to you"; that it will - in its rites and ceremonies - be concerned with theExternalisation, 514:with each administration of any of the holy rites in the succession of lives, becomes stronger,Externalisation, 517:with the inner significance of the various rites, ceremonies, colors and rituals, and with the workExternalisation, 542:will render obsolete these ancient ceremonial rites. In this message I would like to consider withExternalisation, 571:his failure to be impressed or attentive to old rites and ceremonies, to ancient and obsolete butFire, 644:will be further aided by the Guardians of the Rites of Initiation. Yet all three effects are feltFire, 824:and in this round it is hastened by the rites of initiation and by the strenuous and abnormalFire, 882:Yajna Vidya - The performance of religious rites in order to produce certain results. CeremonialFire, 1241:the discipline and who passes through initiatory rites which will enable him to tread those sevenInitiation, 138:agency of words, to describe the method and the rites whereby spiritual liberation is finallyMagic, 264:standing alone in the vortex of initiatory rites, bereft of all on which he may have leant (be itMeditation, 175:Later on, revelations can be made as to the rites and ceremonies through which you can get in touchMeditation, 175:and the lower elementals can all be harnessed by rites. The rites are of three kinds: ProtectiveMeditation, 175:elementals can all be harnessed by rites. The rites are of three kinds: Protective rites, whichMeditation, 175:rites. The rites are of three kinds: Protective rites, which concern your own protection. Rites ofMeditation, 175:rites, which concern your own protection. Rites of appeal, which call and reveal the elementals.Meditation, 176:which call and reveal the elementals. [176] Rites that control and direct them when summoned. InMeditation, 176:of character and nobility of soul. Through rites and ceremonies you can sense the devas and reachMeditation, 178:initiate or an adept he needs not the protective rites, for it is a law in the occult world thatMeditation, 191:of the Deity and the performance of religious rites in unison is so much a part of the public lifeMeditation, 197:and esoteric bodies. In the old, so-called pagan rites the value of rhythm was well understood andProblems, 139:by those who lay the emphasis upon forms, upon rites and ceremonies, upon ritual and pomp, onProblems, 158:by sincere men as they participate in the rites of their religion and take advantage of theRays, 331:in powerful ritual and in organized detailed rites, the history of man's moving forward upon theRays, 331:they contain much besides that which the Masonic rites can reveal or that religious rituals andReappearance, 151:by sincere men as they participate in the rites of their religion and take advantage of the |
