hmin, and the puranas contain references to some of them in veiled terms, which no matter-of-fact orientalist has yet endeavoured to make out, nor could he if he would. these sacredastronomicalcycles are of immense antiquity, and most of them pertain, as stated, to the calculations of narada and asuramaya. the latter has the reputation of a giant and a sorcerer. but the antediluvian giants (the gibborim of the bible) were not all bad or sorcerers, as christiantheology, which sees in every occultist a servant of the evil one, would have it; nor were they worse than many of "the faithful sons of the church" a torquemada and a catherine de medicis certainly did more harm in their day and in the name of their master than any atlanteangiant or demigod of antiquity ever did; whether his name
aces, born on the lemurian continent, separated from their earliest tribes into the righteous and the unrighteous; into those who worshipped the one unseen spirit of nature, the ray of which man feels within himself- or the pantheists, and those who offered fanatical worship to the spirits of the earth, the dark cosmic, anthropomorphic powers, with whom they made alliance. these were the earliest gibborim "the mighty men of renown in those[[footnote(s* the "gods of the elements" are by no means the elementals. the latter are at best used by them as vehicles and materials in which to clothe themselves* cain was the sacrificer, as shown at first in chap. iv. of genesis, of "the fruit of the ground" of which he was first tiller, while abel "brought of the firstlings of his flock" to the lord
t the existence of tertullian save in the writings of eusebius "the veracious" are inclined to doubt it[[vol. 2, page] 279 christendom is idolatrous. tated everywhere the use of titanic powers, and which tradition associates in all countries with the ideas about giants, volcanoes and magic (page 48) in the same work above cited of the abbe pegues, the author wonders why in bible and tradition the gibborim (giants, the mighty ones) the rephaim, or the spectres (phantoms, the nephilim, or the fallen ones (irruentes- are shown "as if identical, though they are all men, since the bible calls them the primitive and the mighty ones- e.g, nimrod. the "doctrine" explains the secret. these names, which belong by right only to the four preceding races and the earliest beginning of the fifth, allude
e epoch when lemuria was submerged, after it had been nearly destroyed by volcanic fires. the fourth race was still smaller, though gigantic in comparison with our present fifth race, and the series culminated finally in the latter (see the following sub-section on "cyclopean ruins, and colossal stones as witnesses to giants) these are, then, the "giants" of antiquity, the ante- and post-diluvian gibborim of the bible. they lived and flourished one million rather than between three and four thousand years ago. the anakim of joshua, whose hosts were as "grasshoppers" in comparison with them, are thus a piece of israelite fancy, unless indeed the people of israel claim for joshua an antiquity and origin in the eocene, or at any rate in the miocene age, and change the millenniums of their chr
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rakshasas with the cainites "the accursed" the cause of the noachian deluge (see the work of abbe gorresio, who "etymologises" pulastya's name as meaning the "rejected" hence cain, if you please. pulastya dwells in kedara, he says, which means a "dug-up place" a mine, and cain is shown in tradition and the bible as the first worker in metals and a miner thereof! while it is very probable that the gibborim (the giants) of the bible are the rakshasas of the hindus, it is still more certain that both are atlanteans, and belong to the submerged races. however it may be, no satan could be more persistent in slandering his enemy, or more spiteful in his hatred, than the christian theologians are in cursing him as the father of every evil. compare their vituperations and opinions given about the
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e to the ministering angels of the throne of judgement. the galagallim these are eight in number and each has eleven angels which accompany them; they are ruled by galgalliel, who rules over the globe of the sun; and they rule under the dominion of the seven great angelick princes. the hosts and choir of angels the host of angels are eleven in number and these are their names: sallisim, parashim, gibborim, sebahim, geduthim, memunnim, sarim, haylim, mesarethim, malhakim and degalim. the angels of the twelve signs aries malchidael taurus asmodel gemini ambriel cancer muriel leo verchiel virgo hamaliel these are the angels which assist the magician in all his experiments; all according to their offices. it is unlawful that you should call upon the seraphim, but all the rest may be called upo
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imparted. as we bequeathed the daimonic seed unto man through his daughters, that he may be bred upward unto godhood. now these are the names of the chiefs of the watchers: first i, samyaza, then arstikapha, armen, kakabael, turel, rumyel, danyal, kael, barakel, azazal, armers, bataryal, basasael, ananel, turyal, simapiseel, yetarel, tumael, tarel, rumel, azazyel. and we took wives who begat the gibborim, elevating the race of man with daimonic seed. these gibborim were of great stature, and were the heroes, the mighty and renown, of ancient days. our gift supplemented that of satanael's, being the gift of the arts of civilization, the knowledge of kosmos and earth. verily did we become the fathers of civilization, of all arts among man. these are the arts which we did teach unto man: aza
nd our brotherazazyel and cast him into the desert wilderness, throwing upon him pointed stones, until he was buried in darkness, after which on final judgement he is to be cast into fire. and upon azazyelwar held the whole responsibility for the change of earth, as he had taught man so much of the arts of civilization and the secrets of earth and kosmos. and to gabriel did demiurge command the gibborim our sons, be slaughtered. we wept at the deaths of our children, the mighty of earth, for nephilim, gibborim, watchers and man could prevail not against the wiles and numbers of demiurge and his host. and michael declared unto me that the greatest crime had been committed by laying with the daughters of man, to enjoy a carnal life and children, for such is not angels and sons of god. and
ns, be slaughtered. we wept at the deaths of our children, the mighty of earth, for nephilim, gibborim, watchers and man could prevail not against the wiles and numbers of demiurge and his host. and michael declared unto me that the greatest crime had been committed by laying with the daughters of man, to enjoy a carnal life and children, for such is not angels and sons of god. and when our sons, gibborim, shall be slain before our eyes, we shall be bound underneath earth, after which we would burn and perish. demiurge himself, excited at the blood of gibborim upon earth, as is his nature, shouted in frenzy at samyaza "then shall the children of man be servile, and all nations shall pay me divine honours, and bless me, and shall adore me "the civilisation of man shall be destroyed as the p
shall endure. we shall again illuminate the hearts and minds of man. the gift of satanael abideth with man since the days of adam, unto eternity. no matter how many times you purge earth, the spark of intelligence and selfhood shall again become manifest. even your final judgement after this deluge is witness to your inability to keep quenched the spark within man, and the spirits of nephilim and gibborim and watchers shall return to inspire man lest he again become as the beasts of the field "our sonsgibborim shall incarnate in the bodies of man, of those who are mighty and wise, to inspire and counsel them. they shall come to be called 'evilspirits' and 'demons' by the ignorant and fearful, but the wise they shall be known as 'daimons, for these shall be the guardian geniuses of the gr