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Notes

Chapter I

(1) The Teachings of the Egyptians. This was called Sophia by the Greeks and meant Wisdom
Teaching. It included (a) Philosophy and the Arts and Sciences (b) religion and magic and (c)
secret methods of communication both linguistic and mathematical. Read The Stromata of
Clement of Alexandria, Bk. 6, p. 756 and 758; also Diodorus I, 80; also Ancient Mysteries by C.
H. Vail, p. 22–23; The Stromata of Clement of Alexandria, Bk. 5, c. 7 and 9.

(2) The Peri Physeos. This was the name given to one of the earliest books on science apart from
the manuscripts of the Egyptians. The name means "Concerning nature". Read Ancient
Mysteries by C. H. Vail, p. 16.

Chapter II

The period of Greek philosophy was unsuitable for the production of Greek philosophers.
Because (a) Persian domination did not only enslave the Greeks but kept them in a constant state
of fear (b) It also kept them busy organizing Leagues in constant self-defense against aggression
and (c) The city states could not agree, and the Peloponnesian wars kept them in constant
warfare with each other. Read Sandford's Mediterranean World, c. 12, p. 203, 205; c. 13 and 15,
p. 225, 255; also c. 18, p. 317, 319; also The Tutorial History of Greece, c. 27, 28 and 29.

Chapter III

(1) The Summum Bonum. This means (a) The Greatest Good (b) the lifting of man from the level
of a mortal and advancing him to the level of a God (c) the salvation of the soul (d) the purpose
of philosophy (e) the goal of the Egyptian theory of salvation. Read C. H. Vail's Ancient
Mysteries, p. 25.

(2) The Grand Lodge of Luxor. The ruins of the ancient Grand Lodge of Luxor are found today
on the banks of the Nile in Upper Egypt in the ancient city of Thebes. It was built by Pharaoh
Amenothis III. It was the only Grand Lodge of the ancient world. It had branches or minor
lodges throughout the ancient world; in Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America
and probably in Australia. These were some of the places:—(a) Palestine at Mt. Carmel (b) Syria
at Mt. Herman in Lebanon (c) Babylon (d) Media, near the Red Sea (e) India, on the banks of the
Ganges (f) Burma (g) Athens (h) Rome (i) Croton (j) Rhodes (k) Delphi (l) Miletus (m) Cyprus
(n) Corinth (o) Crete (p) Central and South America, especially Peru (q) Among the American
Indians and among the Mayas, Aztecs and Incas of Mexico.

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