The Great Red Dragon By Professor Hilton HotemaANCIENT SCRIPTURES Ptolemy Philadelphus (309-246 B.C.), ruler of Egypt, was a learned man. He offered a rich reward for the best religious scrolls and manuscripts for his great litrary. Inpelled by a desire for this reward, wise men of many nations went to Alexandria with their precious writings; and Ptolemy secured sone 280,000 ‘scrolls and manuscripts of the most valuable writings in the vorld. In comparing the various works, Ptolemy made the most startling discovery of the age. Yo his amazement he found that all systems of religion were the sane in basic principles. How could it have been otherwise? All men spring from the same sources they all inhabit the same Universe, in which all clenents and forces, all suns and stars, all nountains and men, all water aml women, are basically the same. Churehward said that inscriptions on stone tablets found all over the world indicate that all the earth was originally colonized by one people, from one source, and that was the lost continent of Mu or Lemuria. Furthermore, the evidence shows that all religious systems are but copies of one original system, and vary in different countries only as the custons of of the people vary. So all ancient religions, based on this Grand Cosmic Unity, were basic— ally the same for all nations and for all races,--one prani, harmonious systen of worship, And Ptolemy had inscribed over the doormy of his chief Temple this sentence: "Experience is the guide of ali morality." The evidence shows that this Grand Unity of Religion prevailed in prin- ciple through the ages until the 4th century A. }. Then there came a shocking ‘change under the: leadership of Constantine the Great, in his founding of the Roman State Church. Then the "Fathers of the Church" went into vigorous action for the success of their newly created institution, and for the suppression of all competition. To Alexandria they went, and culled what they wanted from Ptolemy's vast Librery of scrolls and manuscripts. ‘They copied, interpolated, twisted and distorted these ancient writings for the making of their Bible, To make their work more effective, they person- alized the ancient symbols and literalized the ancient allegories. Under their scheming hands startling changes occurred. The Sun of the Universe became "the only begotten Son of God" (Jn. 3:16). The twelve signs of the ancient Zodiac became the twelve apostles of “lktheir gospel Jesus (Lu. 6:13). ‘The Redemption of Man became a blood~washing process, in hich all sarts of criminals and murderers were cleansed of their sins by their belief in a Nopucified savior" (Mk. 16:16; Rev. 1:5). To aid in the promotion of the new religion, Constantine issued an edict freeing all criminals and slaves upon condition that they exbrace the new re- Ligion. ‘This was only the beginning of the atrocious work. For a thousand years the people of Europe were to witness and to suffer the most horrible catastro- phe ever recorded in the annals of history. Read the "Holy Inquisition," and “The Bible, Clurch and God" by Wn, McCarthy. to enforce this newly invented, unscientific ani preposterious religion upon the masses of the Roftan world, ‘required the destruction of ancient 1it- erature and ancient history, the burning of manuscripts and libraries, the demolition of ancient tneples, the slaughter of more than seventy million peo- ple, and the plunging of the Ronan Empire into a state of intellectual dark- ness that lasted more than a thousand years. Then ancient history was re-written by the church, to serve its ends and to hide the facts; an that is the history contained in modern encyclopedias. That world-wide crime could not forever be concealed. Fragments and tray ces of the Grand Unity of Ancient Religion were preserved by inscriptions on Stone moruments and temples of all nations, and in symbol and allegory which could be interpreted only by Initiates of the Ancient Mysteries. Creative Power In a-] ages the most awe-inspiring attribute in the Universe is the Crea~ tive Power. ‘The mysteries of Life hold ro greater secret than that of procrea~ tion. That power naturally inheres in all living things in all kingdoms of existence. In every age, this deepest mystery of Life attracted the attention of the great philosophers and scientists. The Key to the Secret of Life, opined they, Tay in the Creative Function. It could be nowhere else. ‘The Cosmic Principle of Creation of Iumanity inheres in the Creative Cen- ters of Man for Creative Action; and that action determines man's status in life. Accordingly, a study of the Creative Function was, with the Ancient Mast- exs, scientific in intent and pure in purpose. In their scientific and ealted state of Mind, they regarded as most sacred and most vital that part of Man possessing the mysterious power of Création. In possessing that Cosmic Power, Man is a Creator in his om right, He is an inteperdent creature, He is the God of his om being and existence. He has in himself the power of propagation ard perpetuity. He oan never become extinct. For he has within himself the power to go on forever. a2