 | George Oliver - 1829 - 318 páginas
...texes." § Vid. Signs and Symbols. p. 180. D LECTURE III. CEREMONY OF INITIATION AMONGST THE BRAHMINS. THE periods of initiation were regulated by the increase...the moon;* and the mysteries were divided into Four Steps or Degrees ealled Char Asherum, which were equally the dispensers of virtue in a greater or less... | |
 | George Oliver - 1841 - 348 páginas
...calyx of the lotos, the point within a circle,§ and the intersection of two equilateral triangles. The periods of initiation were regulated by the increase and decrease of the moon ;[| and the * Maur. Ind. Ant. vol. ii. p. 156. f A specimen of this obscene emblem is preserved in the Museum of... | |
 | 1845 - 402 páginas
...MYSTERIOUS INSTITUTIONS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD. NUMBER III. CEREMONY OF INITIATION AMONGST THE BRAHMINS. THE periods of initiation were regulated by the increase...the moon ; and the mysteries were divided into Four Steps or Degrees called Char Asherum, which were equally the dispensers of virtue in a greater or less... | |
 | Robert Macoy - 1855 - 356 páginas
...calyx of the lotos, the point within a circle,29 and the intersection of two equilateral triangles. The periods of initiation were regulated by the increase and decrease of the moon;30 and the mysteries were divided into Four Steps, or Degrees, called Cluir Asherum, which were... | |
 | Edward Vaughan Kenealy - 1870 - 766 páginas
...in the following passage : — The periods of Initiation, he says, were regula ted by the encrease and decrease of the moon, and the Mysteries were divided into four steps or degrees called Char Asherum, which were equally the dispensers of perfection in greater or... | |
 | 1874 - 906 páginas
...was used for initiations ; as were the still vaster caverns of Salsette, with their 300 apartments. The periods of initiation were regulated by the increase and decrease of the moon. The mysteries were divided into four steps or degrees. The Candidate might receive the first at eight... | |
 | Charles William Heckethorn - 2005 - 377 páginas
...other sacred animals, all carved oat of the living rock, are especially noteworthy. In the sacellnm, only accessible to the initiated, the supreme Deity...occupation in prayers, fastings, ablutions, and the stndy of astronomy. In the hot season he sat exposed to five fires, four blazing around him, with the... | |
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Deity was represented by the lingam, which was used more or less by all ancient nations to represent His creative power, though in India it was also typified by the petal and calyx of the lotus. 42. Initiation. — The periods of initiation were regulated... 