The Job Mysteries force MAN to abandon his servitude to illusion. No longer are titles, positions and status the ideal of existence, but the relinquishing of mechanical spiritless being now becomes the focus and aim. The human apprentice begins to manifest the concept of being instead of the concept of having. In the “Book of Job,” Job begins as a man of material substance, but his inner being is shuffled, antagonized, tortured and “raked of over the coals.” This process acted as a type of educational system (initiation) to purge Job of the superfluous ego based materials that clouded or veiled his energetic connection and mission of self mastery and divine attunement.

The Job Mysteries suggest that MAN presents himself before the divine in nakedness to display his purity and absence of doubt and contradiction. In the Masonic mysteries this purity is symbolized by the pure white (unsoiled) lamb cloth that covers the genitalia. As Job was entitled blameless and upright, it was universal education system that forced him to earn his vibration of “being” instead of his title of “having.”

The Job Mysteries are the conquering of the Higher Self over the lower self. We now know that education is the process of extracting the best from within not the introduction of that which is without.

- Zothyrius Ali El (www.moorsgate.com)

Calvinism
Christian Fundamentalism comes in two flavors - Calvinist and Evangelical. They differ with regard to the nature of their Gods. Calvinists believe that there is one God who is omniscient, omnipotent and exists outside time. As a result He already knows all events past and future. Therefore those who are damned to suffer eternal agony in hell are already damned at the moment of conception. Its the same for those who are saved.

God creates people in the full knowledge that they are bound to suffer endless unbearable pain. Obviously there is no place for compassion in Calvinism. There is nothing corresponding to the Mahayana ideal of an Enlightened Being pledged to rescue all sentient beings from a sea of suffering.

Fortunately this harsh and grim belief system is not evangelical and does not attempt to propagate itself. Obviously there’s no point in trying to save souls by seeking converts when God has already decided who is damned and who is saved.

Evangelical Fundamentalism
In Evangelical (as distinct from Calvinist) Fundamentalism there are two Gods - Jehovah and Satan - both are in competition to gather the most souls. Neither is omnipotent or omniscient. If either were omnipotent he would have zapped his adversary long ago. Similarly if either were omniscient he would long ago have been victorious because he would be able to know his enemy’s every move in advance.

Evangelical fundamentalists believe that God reacts to events, so he is subject to time and cannot predict his own thoughts in advance. For example he can become angry with people and send floods to destroy them.

…and then there’s other schools of thought such as Arminianism.

(Thanks, Sean Robsville.)

A new find for me, Sub Rosa is an electronically-distributed magazine where “science and magic, history and myth meet”. The newest release features content based around Manly P. Hall and Aleister Crowley’s works, to name a few, and is an interesting read. They also have a blog called The Daily Grail which is worth a read.

Found at Opposing Digits.

Nikola Tesla was an interesting person… More revealed meanings on Tesla are here on Google Video.

In a related note, Sun-Sentinel.com has a story on the rise of Athiest groups, and mentions Letter to Christian Nation and The God Delusion — both books we’ve mentioned here — as being top-sellers at Amazon.

Pretty interesting… What do you think?