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[QUOTE]Originally posted by cassia: [QB] What was that original question? The AE system of mysteries ... Out of my head ... Jump on me for sources ... In AE ... - There was a variety of different kinds of priests, each having a different specialty. (Remember, "church & state" were not divided. Further, priests were considered extention of the pharaoh, a little like the Roman Catholic pope today.) - Some priestly positions were passed down through families, and so training would have begun for those from early childhood. - Some priestly positions were quite honestly part time. There are a kazillion cross-referenced accounts this - 4 month stints; 1 season per "shift" - 2 seasons off. The original question could refer to either secret initiatory societies OR magics. I will respond to the former. First, at least. The Masons ... Do not realisticly think that their magic is based in Egyptian "stuff". By the time the Masons came into existance, Egypt was Moslem. Obviously, the hieroglyphic language was lost - and nobody even knew for sure what the pyramids were all about. Masonic "stuff" comes out of the Greek mysticism in fact, with a dash of Kabbala. Whatever the Greeks had written was what the Masons extrapolated from. As an example of what I mean, you can tell their roots by their treatment of the 4 quarters, and their usage of the Arch Angels (VERY busy, those four, since they are used in the mystical systems of all the "peoples of the Book" ... ya know, Raphie, Mickie, Uri & Gab?) ... Masons were born of the crusades, people!!! Masons do not worship "the sun and the moon", as such. To be a Mason is to believe that there is one omnipotent God ... but who the individual Mason decides that omnipotent One is, and how many layers of divinity lie between "it" and us is not dictated. Therefore, people from every religion in the world can in fact be a Mason. Historically, the Masons were impressed with certain honestly Egyptian "amulets of power", like composition right angles and plummets. And they liked that Eye of Heru, too! They built up a truly beautiful philosophy surrounding it all - which had nothing to do with Egyptian philosophy, for the reasons stated above. (For good pictures of the right angle & plummet amulets, check out Carol Andrews' Amulets of Ancient Egypt, Pgs 85 - 86.) I will unequivically state that until the latter half of this century, mystical systems purporting to be AE weren't. Will resend with appropriate chronology. The Masonic thing just made my eyes cross a little ... (A synopsis of AE basic magics would be no short post. I could post a book list ...) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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