Journal Entry #4

5 Things I understand
1. The doctrine of Pluto was an epoch-making in the history of human geneis and its' creator was forced to consult with the priest of Memphis in order to obtain initiation to its mysteries.
2. The orgies of Bacchus were mystical tumults; the apostles of mania have always had recourse to disordered movements, frenetic agitations and horrible convulsions.
3. Anarchy being the point of departure and the palmary characteristic of dissident mysticism, religious concord is impossible between sectarians.
4. Barbarians words and signs unknown, or even utterly unmeaning, are the best in Black Magic.
5. Those who slandered the Magi commited themselves to enormities of which they accused them and were abandoned to all excesses of shameless sorcery.

4 Questions
What is Earth considered in the planetary system based on the beliefs of Zohar?
How many envelopes does a soul shed?
What is the relationship between the earth and evil?
What is the formula for phantoms?

3 words I do not know
pg 109 Wantoness- A licentious act by one man towards the person of another without regard to his rights; as, for example, if a man should attempt to pull off another's hat against his will in order to expose him to ridicule, the offence would be an assault, and if he touched him it would amount to a battery
pg 113 Agglomeration- a jumbled cluster or mass of varied parts
pg 115 Gnostics- Of, relating to, or possessing intellectual or spiritual knowledge

2 literary elements
1. "The state of permanent hallucination is death."Pg 119- Metaphor
2. "Intoxicating gases, like the Grotto of the Dog near Naples" pg 125-Simile

One sentence Summary
Mystics did not care for the humans and wouldbuse them as sacrifices because of their veiws toward mystics.