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On Silence And Its Ancient Symbols.
impure , for that the mouth is a material substance , and that the true Avorship of the Deity consists in " pure silence and pure contemplations concerning him . " He also , in his fantastic but entertaining dissertation on Homer's " Cave of the Nymphs , " informs us that among the Egyptians the doors of temples Avere held sacredand that on them Avas inscribed the precept" Speak
, , not as ye pass through doors or gates . " * Iamblichus also speaks of Hermes Trismegistus as " worshipped by silence alone , "f corresponding , in some wise , to the ineffable names of Jehovah and of the city of Rome . NOAV Ave learn that Harpocrates Avas the constant attendant of the whole assemblage of the godsJ a fact which shows the
, general character and catholicity ; so to say , of silence as a religious principle . In later times we find that the image of this god was used by the Romans as a device for their seals , in token of the inviolable respect due to correspondence ^ With the usual taste for the marvellous , Avhich always associates strange circumstances with the birth of great people , the
young Harpocrates is reported to have sprung forth into this Avorld of troubles with as much prudence as Minerva from the brain of Jove . Damascius || very truly says that his birth was mystical , inasmuch as he sprang from the Avomb holding his finger to his lips . Sucking their fingers is a natural habit Avith a good many babies , but our baby-god made a better use of his .
In process of time the Romans ( whom Varro had taught to misunderstand the mythology of Greece and Egypt ) Avorshipped Angerona , or Angeronia , in the same guise ; % Avhile it is even stated that the symbolism was extended further , by the mouth of the deity being closed and sealed . ** Some critics likewise make the Sabine deity Consus + t synonymous with Angerona .
The early heretics , whose confused notions of the Pythagorean philosophy were strangely blended Avith their corruptions of Christianity , applied the fingers not only to the lips , but to the nostrils likeAvise . Jf
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On Silence And Its Ancient Symbols.
impure , for that the mouth is a material substance , and that the true Avorship of the Deity consists in " pure silence and pure contemplations concerning him . " He also , in his fantastic but entertaining dissertation on Homer's " Cave of the Nymphs , " informs us that among the Egyptians the doors of temples Avere held sacredand that on them Avas inscribed the precept" Speak
, , not as ye pass through doors or gates . " * Iamblichus also speaks of Hermes Trismegistus as " worshipped by silence alone , "f corresponding , in some wise , to the ineffable names of Jehovah and of the city of Rome . NOAV Ave learn that Harpocrates Avas the constant attendant of the whole assemblage of the godsJ a fact which shows the
, general character and catholicity ; so to say , of silence as a religious principle . In later times we find that the image of this god was used by the Romans as a device for their seals , in token of the inviolable respect due to correspondence ^ With the usual taste for the marvellous , Avhich always associates strange circumstances with the birth of great people , the
young Harpocrates is reported to have sprung forth into this Avorld of troubles with as much prudence as Minerva from the brain of Jove . Damascius || very truly says that his birth was mystical , inasmuch as he sprang from the Avomb holding his finger to his lips . Sucking their fingers is a natural habit Avith a good many babies , but our baby-god made a better use of his .
In process of time the Romans ( whom Varro had taught to misunderstand the mythology of Greece and Egypt ) Avorshipped Angerona , or Angeronia , in the same guise ; % Avhile it is even stated that the symbolism was extended further , by the mouth of the deity being closed and sealed . ** Some critics likewise make the Sabine deity Consus + t synonymous with Angerona .
The early heretics , whose confused notions of the Pythagorean philosophy were strangely blended Avith their corruptions of Christianity , applied the fingers not only to the lips , but to the nostrils likeAvise . Jf