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MorganP+se alsorotes that according this methodoffiguriDg,rhe James ro Greel tern rlgprla which sigrLifies lowernind, has666 asits nmerical the equivalnt. is alsoweti hrom ro h tint 'Irtoous,Jesus, for its has eabbalisrs numerical valueanot}ersacred and secret number 888.Adding rhe digitsof th nun$rr 666 and again adding dre digits of the sunr gives the sacred runber g-the syn$ol o{ ma.ninhisumegenerate ad aisothepathofhis state Th fourreenth chaprr opens with the Lanrbstanding MounrZbn (rhe on eastern honzon).aboutHim gathered 1d1,000 the widr rherlane otGod writ_ ten in their foreheads. angeJ An rhereupon annources fJl ofBabylon_the the city ofcontusionor woddliness. Thosepcrish*.ho do rot or,rcorne {orldliness and enterinto thercdizatioxtharspiit ald not rnatter is endurirg;for, hrung no interesrs other tLan thosewhich are ruteial, they are swptto destructionwirh marerial rhd wortci. rrnd St..fohnbeheld tihcunrothe Solr One ofMan(Pdseut ridingupona clixrd(thesubsances ofthe nrvisible wortrl)and beaingin his handa sharpsickte. with ttresicklethe Shinnrg and One reapert dle earth. This is a synbol ofrhe I darorreleasing thesphere inro ofreatiryihe highernatures thosewho. svrnbolized ripenedgrain,haveteached of by the

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The frfteclth to cighteclthchapt Lsinclusirecontainan accouru ofscvcr (thePleiades)*hopour theirvialsupon drecarth.The contents angels oftheir lials (ihloosened ererg) ofth CosrdcBu ) arccalledthe seven lastpiagrres. Ilerc also is nrtroduccda snnbolic ligure.termed'ihe harlot of Babrtou" whichis descriledasanomaDseated upon a scarlet-colored harirrg beast sorcn headsand ten horns. The wonan was arrayed;r purple a!.1 scarltand bedecked with golcl, prcciousstoncs. pearls. and haling in het hald a golcier op lnl ol abominations. {igure This mavbe an eflort(probablv rerpolatcd)n) i vilill'Cy'bele. Artenis, the GreatMod,er goddess or ofartiquitv B.ause the pagnns venrated ifalerDrozz tlrroug! sy ols appropriate the lanri drc io rnre gendatik princ\,le th.y weraccused the earl,v bI Christians ofrvorshiping a courtesan. nearl,v lhe ancientNlysteries As all irrcludeda test of the neophyte'sroralcl,aracter: temphcss mima1s,ul)is hereportray.ed th (thr as apagang,ddess. In the nineteenth trventieth and cLapters serlorth tL. preparation is ofthat mystical sa.rament ed thenrarriagc ca ofdre L.urL. Thc brideis the sdn o{ the reophytc, rvhichattains conscious innrrtalitl b,\'uniting itselftoits own spiri tualsource.The heavens opened oncemoreandSt.John sawa whiteliorsc.and the rider (tlte iXumnrednLird) which satupon it u as c:alle<1 Faithfit antl'tiuc. Out ofhis nouth issued sharnswordand the arniesol heaven a followedafter hin. t\rn the plainsofheavenwas foughtthe mysticAmageddo the last greatrarbetween Jightanddarlatess. fofces The olevil urdcr tht Persian Ahriman batdedaga;rt th forccsof good undtr Ahura-Mazda. Evil was l.anquish.d rnd the beasr aDdihe lilse prophercastinto a lakeoffiery brinsrone. Satarwasbound for a thousardyars. Then fo orvedthe lastjudguenq thc booLs wereopentd,nrduding trookoflifc.Thc dtad srn judged tht according to thdr $ork andthosc vhosemm.s wcrcnot in thcbook o1li1b werecastinto a sea oflire. To dreneophvte. Arnagerldon represents lart struggle the bet\'!een the fleshand the ryirit when.finalh overcomitgthe world.the illunnred url riscsto urirn vith its spiritualSe1f. Thcjudgnent signifies weighnrg th of$e fromtheMysteries l'he risingofthedeadfrorn soulandwasborrowed ofosiris. their graves axd frorrrtle seaofillusior represerit! consuuution of tl,c the process c'fhuman regeneratn',. scaoffrrcirto whichdrosc cast*ho lail Tl,t arc in the ordeal olinitiationsignifies liery sphere ofthe aninallorld. the

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In the twnty-first dd twentyrecond chaptersarepicturd the nw haven ard the new earthto be established the closeofAhrinan's reign.St.John, at canied in the spirit to a greatard high mountain(the bmin),behelddre New as The Holy City Jerusalendescending a bride adomed for her husband. reprsents regenrated perfected the and world,the truedasilar of theMason, Ibr the city wasa perfect cube,it beirg writte4'1he lergth and dre breaddrald theheightofit areequal." Tle foundation olthe Holy Cityconsisted ofahundred and fortl-four sti,nesin twelverows,{ion whictl ii b evident that th Nw patterned after the grater universe in Jerusalem represents the microc.osm, which it stands.The twelvegatesofdis syn$otic dodecaledron arethe signsof the zodiacthrough which the celesrial inpuises descendinto the inferior world; jwels de $e prciousstonesof the zodiacal dre signq and the transparent goldnsrrets the strean$ofspiritual liBht alorrgwhich the initiate passes are on his path towardsthe sur. There is no nateriJ tenpte ir tlat cit1., God and tbr the Lamb are dre tn,ple; and there is neither sun nor noon, for God and the Lamb are the light. The glorified and spiritualized iaitiate is here depicted asa ciq:This cirywill ultimatel,v unitedwith thespirirofGod andabsorbedinro be the Divine Eftrlgency. And St.Johnbehelda rivr,the Waterof Life, which proceeded of dre out drone of t}le Lanb. The river representsdre stran pouring Fon tlre FiBt Logos,which is the life of aI things and the activecauseof all creation.There alsowasthe Tree oflife (the spirit) bearingtwelvemanDeroffruit, whoseleaves werefor the healingofthe natiorn. By dre treeis als<i rpresntd year,which the every month yields son good for the naintenance of existing creatures. Jesus thentels St.Johntlat He is the root and the offspring ofDavid and thebriglrt andnorning star(Venus). St.John concludes with thewords, ofou "The grace LordJesus Chnst be with you all. Aner.''