MOSES AN INITIATE.
HHNo less an authority than St. Paul, himself an Initiate, declares that "Moses was learned. in all the wisdom of the Egyptians," (Acts vii, 22).
Initiate. From the Latin Initiatus. The designation of anyone who was received into and had revealed to him the mysteries and secrets of either Masonry or Occultism.
Initiate
Generally, the term has two uses:
First, to refer to one who has approached occult studies through systematic training in the mysteries, either through a Coven or other (usually secret) organization.
Initiate One who is essentially a blend of scientific and religious training; one who has been re-oriented to certain phases of divine existence which are not yet recognized by the average human being; one who, ...
The Initiate
The ever increasing number of initiates on Earth must be regarded as one of the first indications of the gradual externalization of the Hierarchy, ...
"The Initiate"
(Justin Moreward Haig)
Much of what is termed Love is purely Maya--that is to say, Illusion.
Initiates often said they pledged a vow of fidelity. Scottish witches told of putting one hand on their crown and the other upon the sole of one foot and dedicating all between their two hands to the service of the Devil.
Initiates of the Egyptian Mysteries were sometimes called scarabs; again, lions and panthers. The scarab was the emissary of the sun, symbolizing light, truth, and regeneration.
Initiates will notice also that these heathen philosophers have made one further march towards the truth when they say that the Sun and Moon must be united before the reabsorption (see almost any Tantra, in particular Shiva Sanhita). [76]
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The initiate is now an adept. He sees truth directly and understands nature in her true form. He can approach God without the separation imposed by the space/time continuum and its quantum mechanics weave.
The initiates had a number of proverbs or aphorisms peculiar to themselves, some of which were very characteristic and Theosophical in tone.
-- The Initiates of Greece & Rome (Adept Series).
-- The Masters and the Path.
-- The Masters Revealed: Madam Blavatsky and the Myth of the Great White Lodge (Suny Series in Western Esoteric Traditions).
4. The initiates of the true Rosicrucian wisdom know that there is a certain force in the observance of the equinoxes.
5. Abraham evidently means his guardian angel.
Egyptian initiates were also called scarabs because they pushed along the egg of their regeneration.
Mrs Paterson initiated Spare into the mysteries of the witches' sabbath, which he claimed to have attended with her on several occasions.
The Perfecti, initiated by the Consolamentum after years of preparation, were dedicated to the strict asceticism mandated by their dualist theology. The Credentes, the ordinary believers, could not be held to that standard.
The way I was initiated, or introduced into the higher formations of my path, or in other words, the paths of the Tree of Life, was through watching, and becoming involved with a Goetic Magician.
THEOSOPHIST. Among Initiates of every country; among profound seekers after truth -- their disciples; and in those parts of the world where such topics have always been most valued and pursued: in India, Central Asia, and Persia.
Esoteric knowledge is that which is specialised or advanced in nature, available only to a narrow circle of "enlightened", "initiated", or highly educated people. In contrast, exoteric knowledge is knowledge that is well-known or public.
NASA - Explosions in Space May Have Initiated Ancient Extinction on Earth
Global Amphibian Assessment
Pressure points: 12 tipping points of climate change ...
It refers to the Inquisitors' early tactic against Witch covens, where a deep-cover agent was sent to infiltrate a coven, and upon being initiated was to betray the coven members.
For an educational system to be successful in teaching the child right values and morality both in the home and at school, a totally different approach must be initiated.
Aleister Crowley, nee: Edward Alexander, was a member of the Golden Dawn and was initiated into the R.R. et A.C. by Mathers. Crowley left or was expelled from the Order, depending on which sources one follows.
The Golden Dawn is a repository for hidden knowledge where the initiate can develop and learn to grow in the principles of the mysteries of life, the "Magic of Light" and self mastery at his or her own pace.
In this context, according to Reuss, no documents could be published because the initiated were well aware that Masonic bodies which cultivated the Templer and Rosicrucian traditions had been forbidden to make written records.
He was initiated into its Isis-Urania temple on March 7, 1890, taking the magical name Daemon est Deus Inverus ('The Devil is God Reversed').
They should not initiate conversation, but only respond if conversation is called upon to speak. Initially one should come in silently and sit close to the family member of the deceased. They should respond to cues from the mourners.
It is can be something that is only available to those persons that have been initiated and it is usually something that is hidden away or concealed.
Refers to the common habit among modern witches of claiming to have been initiated at an early age by a grandmother who belonged to a Fam-Trad but who is conveniently dead, doesn't speak English, and/or is otherwise unavailable for questioning.
Each stage confers on the initiate a deeper understanding of the meaning and purpose of God's Plan, a fuller awareness of his/her part in that Plan, and an increasing ability to work consciously and intelligently towards its fulfillment.
But the point of being born again, or initiated, isn't to have the Gods come down in a big halo of white light and sprinkle fairy dust on your bottom, it's to become a different and better person than you were through a sudden change.
 See also: Spirit, World, Ritual, Spiritual, Light
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