Long before the introduction of idolatry into religion

[Marty Champions]

"Long before the introduction of idolatry into religion, the early priests caused the statue of a man to be placed in the sanctuary of the temple. This human figure symbolized the Divine Power in all its intricate manifestations. Thus the priests of antiquity accepted man as their textbook, and through the study of him learned to understand the greater and more abstruse mysteries of the celestial scheme of which they were a part. It is not improbable that this mysterious figure standing over the primitive altars was made in the nature of a manikin and, like certain emblematic hands in the Mystery schools, was covered with either carved or painted hieroglyphs. The statue may have opened, thus showing the relative positions of the organs, bones, muscles, nerves, and other parts. After ages of research, the manikin became a mass of intricate hieroglyphs and symbolic figures. Every part had its secret meaning. The measurements formed a basic standard by means of which it was possible to measure all parts of cosmos. It was a glorious composite emblem of all the knowledge possessed by the sages and hierophants."

maybe one of the most masteful books of all time writtin in 1920. tell me if the above stuff you read aint cool as fuck



























For once, a book which really lives up to its title. Hall self-published this massive tome in 1928, consisting of about 200 legal-sized pages in 8 point type; it is literally his magnum opus. Each of the nearly 50 chapters is so dense with information that it is the equivalent of an entire short book. If you read this book in its entirety you will be in a good position to dive into subjects such as the Qabbala, Alchemy, Tarot, Ceremonial Magic, Neo-Platonic Philosophy, Mystery Religions, and the theory of Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry. Although there are some questionable and controversial parts of the book, such as the outdated material on Islam, the portion on the Bacon-Shakespeare hypothesis, and Hall's conspiracy theory of history as driven by an elite cabal of roving immortals, they are far out-weighed by the comprehensive information here on other subjects.

For many years this book was only available in a large format edition which was hard to obtain and very expensive. However, an affordable paperback version has finally been released (see sidebar).

PRODUCTION NOTES: I worked on this huge project episodically from 2001 to June 2004. This because of the poor OCR quality, which was due to the miniscule type and large blocks of italics; this necessitated retyping many parts of the text manually. To give an idea of how massive this project was, the proof file for this is 2 megabytes, about 8 times the size of a normal 200 page book. The raw graphics files are 63 megabytes, which I've processed down to about 11 megabytes. The thumbnails alone are 1 megabyte, which is about my graphics budget for a regular book.

While the book itself is not covered by copyright in the US due to lack of formal renewal, many of the large color illustrations that front each chapter in the paper edition did have registrations and renewals entered for them. So these are omitted from this etext. However, all of the black and white illustrations are included here. Note that many of the graphics had to be quite large because of the amount of detail, so I have thumbnailed every image in the book. In the book all of the illustration captions are in italics; I have reversed this in the etext for legibility.



http://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/sta/index.htm

[benchmstr]

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[Marty Champions]

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great post you have my undivided attention just think bench all i can teach you or you teach me
?

[Marty Champions]

i wonder what i can learn from other posters like bench 

[no one]

ok i bust your balls all the time, so this time im going to try to have a normal conversation with you- sepecailly after you got me to laugh at the 'olive oil binge' crack.

ok, so who is this guy- i followed the link to the author but have never heard of him. have any background on him i can look at? is he like a stitchen or a grahamn hancock? how do you know whes not just some crackpot writing up something that reads like fiction?

[Rami]

I wish I could help Bench somehow,



chamomile tea and some ginger, damn... I don't know.

[Marty Champions]

I wish I could help Bench somehow,



chamomile tea and some ginger, damn... I don't know.

hell who you kiddin i want bench to help ME, he seems to have all the answers just have a look..

benchs stats:

benchs 400+
sleeps 2hours
runs, liftweights constantly

tell me if that isnt a true failcan

[Rami]

hell who you kiddin i want bench to help ME, he seems to have all the answers just have a look..

benchs stats:

benchs 400+
sleeps 2hours
runs, liftweights constantly

tell me if that isnt a true failcan

true

 bench isn't giving away much factual knowledge that have brought him to those heights


we are all ears!

[Marty Champions]

ok i bust your balls all the time, so this time im going to try to have a normal conversation with you- sepecailly after you got me to laugh at the 'olive oil binge' crack.

ok, so who is this guy- i followed the link to the author but have never heard of him. have any background on him i can look at? is he like a stitchen or a grahamn hancock? how do you know whes not just some crackpot writing up something that reads like fiction?

im reading this chapter "the human body in symbolism" http://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/sta/sta17.htm

what is written makes sense to me

i agree with you on sitchen, he is just ONE guy who has a theory and has a very questionable intentions and his colleagues in that feild seem to lack substantial amounts of reverence for him

[benchmstr]

true

 bench isn't giving away much factual knowledge that have brought him to those heights


we are all ears!

you havent tried asking yet....

bench

[Marty Champions]

true

 bench isn't giving away much factual knowledge that have brought him to those heights


we are all ears!

true but 'bench' is just IS just like god hiding behind the curtains, we just assume he IS what he says he is and we can only hope for answers and pictures of his existance  

[EL Mariachi]

i just fucked daddywaddy's mom 

[Marty Champions]

bench?

[Marty Champions]

The initiates of old warned their disciples that an image is not a reality but merely the objectification of a subjective idea.

[benchmstr]

The initiates of old warned their disciples that an image is not a reality but merely the objectification of a subjective idea.

but what did it say about kung fu?

bench

[Shockwave]

Ask Bench about firearms.
The man is a certified killing machine. 

[Marty Champions]

Ask Bench about firearms.
The man is a certified killing machine. 

wow but im not really impressed with materialsm ,

i mean i can buy a gun too like so what

[Marty Champions]

u gotta ask yourself whats more fun

guns, cars?

or

a great story or potential truth?

some are born materialists seemingly for that is the side they reveal most

[Shockwave]

wow but im not really impressed with materialsm ,

i mean i can buy a gun too like so what

Youre missing the point.
To say, I can buy a gun but so what, is like saying anyone can be a pro bodybuilder, so what.
There is a lot to firearms.
And when the end of the world comes, and mayhem and anarchy ensues, youre sure gonna wish you new a thing or two about firearms. So Bench's info COULD potentially be invaluable. 

[benchmstr]

wow but im not really impressed with materialsm ,

i mean i can buy a gun too like so what

its not about having them, or using them.....just like the fast cars...its not about the car...

i simply enjoy working on them...guns have always been a part of my life, and job....but the fact is i just enjoy working on them, and building them.....working with my hands is my favorite thing to do on this planet....thats one of the main reasons why i built a guest house in my garage..just incase i got tired, or needed a break i wouldnt have to leave the shop..

bench

[Marty Champions]

Youre missing the point.
To say, I can buy a gun but so what, is like saying anyone can be a pro bodybuilder, so what.
There is a lot to firearms.
And when the end of the world comes, and mayhem and anarchy ensues, youre sure gonna wish you new a thing or two about firearms. So Bench's info COULD potentially be invaluable. 

yah bro real deep, a gun is a gun

[benchmstr]

yah bro real deep, a gun is a gun

no...just no..

bench

[Shockwave]

yah bro real deep, a gun is a gun

Epic fail.
As Bench has said, its about the engineering behind them, and the love of working on mechanical things and creating with your hands.
Same reason Im going to school at SAM (Race engines), its about the love of building/creating.
So just cause youre current obsession is all things abstract/creationist/however you want to describe it, some of us love building things.
Firearms are no different, a gun is not a gun, and to think so, youre just as close minded as the people you rail against.

[benchmstr]

Epic fail.
As Bench has said, its about the engineering behind them, and the love of working on mechanical things and creating with your hands.
Same reason Im going to school at SAM (Race engines), its about the love of building/creating.
So just cause youre current obsession is all things abstract/creationist/however you want to describe it, some of us love building things.
Firearms are no different, a gun is not a gun, and to think so, youre just as close minded as the people you rail against.

houston?

bench

[Marty Champions]

yah bro real deep, a gun is a gun

focusing on defense mechanisms show insecurties , what are you so afriad of