Astrology

Hundreds of centuries have passed since Man first turned his eyes to the sky seeking to understand and penetrate into its mysteries.

Like a vigilant observer, he watched all the movements of the stars and all the accidents of nature manifested in the firmament, and impressed them on his memory. When Man adopted the regimen of communal and collective life, his observations, which previously had been individual, became the object of the methodical and systematical study of many persons who tried to excel in the subject. Thus we see that forty centuries before Christ, Chaldea and Egypt vied with each other in the Science of Astrology.

The star - this luminous point is space, shining in a dim and twinkling light, this light, which seems the most inoffensive object to the eyes of a traveller crossing the moors of his country - this star, from its far distant regions, acts with an indubitably concentrated force and power on the destiny of those who observe or admire it or of those who enjoy its sight.

Besides their radical and profound influence on human beings, stars spontaneously affect every being that confronts their rays due to their continual vibration in space, whether it is at their rise or during the period of their course in the nocturnal sky.

The effects of this stellar action are more evident on persons who live in natural surroundings, such as shepherds and other toilers of the soil because, during their nightly rest, the stars are often the objects of their contemplative gaze. Then, fascinated by this wavering and continually disturbed ray, they manifest a mystical and exalted state - at times fortunate, but often degenerating into a mystical madness, according to the nature of the star or stars that have had an impact on them.

In olden times, Chaldea and Egypt were renowned for their great progress in the Science of Astrology. In spite of the terrible measures taken to keep it secret, in spite of the mortal oath to which the lnitiate-Adepts were submitted, Astrology crossed the boundaries of the countries where it was first studied and became known in ancient Greece, lonia, and Rome. Through this last, it reached the heart of ancient Gaul, where the Druids and Druidesses were prepared to receive this revelation.

The coming of Christianity struck a terrible blow to the Science of Astrology: the Sanctuaries of Chaldea and Egypt fell to ruins, as well as those of Greece and Rome. From what was a sacred Science, Astrology became an occult one in the hands of the intellectual human mass.

The rules, keys, and fundamental secrets that constituted this Science were insufficiently revealed to the profane, and have thus long since been forgotten or lost. In spite of the attempts of erudite, indefatigable and sincere persons, Astrology has become a collection of axioms, theories and arbitrary propositions, which are constantly being altered, and are now an entirely disfigured image of the original and bear no relation to it.

Thus, the Astrology of today, which had its origin in Chaldea and Egypt, though still containing some degree of truth, cannot satisfy the Man of our century, nor conciliate peevish materialistic Science, which is averse to all attempts at spiritualization.

While Chaldean-Egyptian Astronomy was going through the fatal destiny that we have just described, some pious men, dispersed along the coasts of the Eastern Mediterranean, conserved a Science that they named 'ASTROSOPHY', attributing its origin to the School of Pythagoras.

Two human beings, whom we name 'DEON' and 'DEA', have received from one of those lnitiate-Adepts the elements of this Astrosophy which he called 'Orphic', with the mandate to transmit it to the Brethren of the West.

It is thanks to this transmission, which was made to us by DEON and DEA the founders of the Order of the Lily and the Eagle, that we can commune today with those of our readers who are interested in that tradition, through the hospitable columns of the Review 'EON'.