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• March 16, 2025C-Entries, Glossary, People

  Chaldeans

  First a Semitic tribe, but later the magi of Babylonia, astrologers and diviners. From among them came “the wise men from the East.” We know little of Chaldaean astrology, but […]

• March 16, 2025C-Entries, Glossary, People

  Chaldaean Oracle.

  An Oracle venerated as highly by the Chaldaeans as was the one at Delphi, by the Greeks. It taught that “Though Destiny may be written in the stars, it is […]

• February 15, 2025B-Entries, Glossary, People

  Babylonian

  An astrologer: so-called because the Babylonians were famed for their knowledgeof Astrology. DeVore, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of Astrology. New York: Philosophical Library, 1947.

• February 15, 2025B-Entries, Glossary, People

  Bel. (Lord)

  The Babylonian form of Baal. He was a member of the supreme triad of deities:  Anu, god of the heavens; Bel, god of the Earth; and Ea, god of the […]

• February 15, 2025B-Entries, Glossary, People

  Buddha

  Gautama Siddhartha, founder of Buddhism in the 6th century B.C., was classed by  his followers as the perfect example of a divine godly man. His religion taught tolerance,  universal compassion, […]

• January 4, 2025People

  Adept

  One who has attained to proficiency in any art or science. It may be said of a skilled astrologer who, through spiritual development, has attained to superior powers and transcendental knowledge concerning the origins and destiny of mankind. Formerly said of an alchemist who had attained the 'great secret' - presumably that concerning the 'transmutation of metals'. Its modern application is to the transmutation of unfavorable cosmic stimuli and the baser emotions into nobler impulses - thereby achieving the triumph of mind over matter, and of the spiritual over the carnal.