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The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus Christ: Section XII: Lamed: ... | Sacred Texts Archive

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1. In every age since time began 🕰️ have seven 7️⃣ sages lived.
2. At first of every age 📆 these sages meet to note the course of nations, people, tribes, and tongues.
3. To note 📊 how far toward justice ⚖️, love 🫶, righteousness 🛡️ the race 👥 has gone.
4. To formulate the code of laws, religious postulates 📜 and plans of rule best suited to the coming age ♾️.
5. An age has passed, and lo, another age had come; the sages must convene.
6. Now, 📍 Alexandria (Egypt) was the center of the world’s best thought 🧠, and here in Philo’s home the sages met.
7. From China 🇨🇳 came Meng-ste (Mengzi, or Menicius [?]); from India 🇮🇳 Vidyapati came; from Persia 🇮🇷 Kaspar came; from Assyria (Syria 🇸🇾, Turkey, Iran, Iraq) Ashbina came; from Greece 🇬🇷 Apollo; Matheno was the Egyptian 🇪🇬 sage, and Philo was the chief of Hebrew thought.
8. The time was due; the council met and sat in silence 😶 for seven days.
9. And then Meng-ste arose and said, “The wheel of time has turned once more; the race is on a higher ☁️ plane of thought.”
10. “The garments that our fathers wove have given out; the cherubim have woven celestial cloth; have placed in our hands and we must make for men new garbs.”
11. “The sons of men are looking up for greater light. No longer do they care for gods hewn out of wood 🪵, or made of clay 🗿. They seek a God not made with hands 🕊️. ”
12. “They see the beams of coming day, and yet they comprehend them not. 🤷”
13. “The time is ripe, and we must fashion well these garments for the race 📜.”
14. “And let us make for men new garbs of justice ⚖️, mercy 😓, righteousness 🛡️, and love 🫀, that they may hide their nakedness when shines the light of coming day.”
15. And Vidyapati said, “Our priests have all gone mad 😱; they saw a demon 👹 in the wilds and at him cast their lamps and they are broken up 🔨, and not a gleam of light 🌚 has any priest for men.”
16. “The night is dark; the heart of India 🇮🇳 calls for light 🔦.”
17. “The priesthood cannot be reformed; it is already dead; its greatest needs are graves 🪦 and funeral chants 🗣️.”