Warwick L Nixon Wrote:
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> In what specific ways did the Greeks emulate the
> Egyptians?
> Are you seriously suggesting that the Greek
> Pantheon was in any way derived from the beliefs
> of the AE's??
I certainly know better than to argue the Greeks with you.
As you said yourself some people do associate the Greek Gods
with the Egyptians. My only point is that The Emerald Tablets
of Hermes Can be taken to describe building structures with the
use of cold water geysers and that if "pillar of water born in
a cave" is substituted for "Hermes" then the meaning is direct
and perfect.
These are the attributes of Hermes so it's not as though great
liberties are being taken. Read the Latin version and decide
for yourself if this could be exactly what these are. If it is
then there is simply no need for the long explanations often seen.
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www.the-book-of-thoth.com]
0) When I entered into the cave, I received the tablet zaradi, which was inscribed, from between the hands of Hermes, in which I discovered these words:
Another Arabic Version (from the German of Ruska, translated by 'Anonymous').
1) True, without falsehood, certain, most certain.
2) What is above is like what is below, and what is below is like that which is above. To make the miracle of
the one thing.
3) And as all things were made from contemplation of one, so all things were born from one adaptation.
4) Its father is the Sun, its mother is the Moon.
5) The wind carried it in its womb, the earth breast fed it.
6) It is the father of all 'works of wonder' (Telesmi) in the world.
6a) Its power is complete (integra).
7) If cast to (turned towards- versa fuerit) earth,
7a) it will separate earth from fire, the subtile from the gross.
8) With great capacity it ascends from earth to heaven. Again it descends to earth, and takes back the power
of the above and the below. 9) Thus you will receive the glory of the distinctiveness of the world. All obscurity will flee from you. 10) This is the whole most strong strength of all strength, for it overcomes all subtle things, and penetrates all
solid things. 11a) Thus was the world created. 12) From this comes marvelous adaptions of which this is the proceedure. 13) Therefore I am called Hermes, because I have three parts of the wisdom of the whole world. 14) And complete is what I had to say about the work of the Sun, from the book of Galieni Alfachimi. [From Latin in Steele and Singer 1928: 492. ]
I just love to copy and paste this line and could do it all day.
8) With great capacity it ascends from earth to heaven. Again it descends to earth, and takes back the power of the above and the below.
This is exactly how you build with a geyser using counterweights.
I didn't say this. It was said in some very ancient times and trans-
lated into Latin and then English. If you don't like this transla-
tion there are many others at the link and they are not contradictory.
It was said by someone named pillar who describes himself using terms
that mean pillar of water and he was born in a cave.
I were making stuff up to prove geysers I'd be making up stuff like
this. It's all there and there's no need to reinvent the wheel.
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Man fears the pyramid, time fears man.