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*** PREMIUM EBOOK ***Pythagoras of Samos is often described as the first pure mathematician. But he is also an extremely important figure in the development of Greek philosophy. No authentic writings of Pythagoras have survived, and almost nothing is known for certain about his life. However, his impact on successive thinkers has been enormous. "PYTHAGORAS AND THE DELPHIC MYSTERIES", written from an esoteric perspective, is a good introduction to the man and his thought.

The destruction of Atlantis was accomplished by a series of catastrophes varying in character from great cataclysms in which whole territories and populations perished, to comparatively unimportant landslips such as occur on our own coasts to-day. When the destruction was once inaugurated by the first great catastrophe there was no intermission in the minor landslips which continued slowly but steadily to eat away the continent. Four of the great catastrophes stand out above the rest in magnitude. The first took place in the Miocene age, about 800,000 years ago. The second, which was of minor importance, occurred about 200,000 years ago. The third--about 80,000 years ago--was a very great one. It destroyed all that remained of the Atlantean continent, with the exception of the island to which Plato gave the name of Poseidonis, which in its turn was submerged in the fourth and final great catastrophe of 9564 B.C.Now the testimony of the oldest writers and of modern scientific research alike bear witness to the existence of an ancient continent occupying the site of the lost Atlantis.Before proceeding to the consideration of the subject itself, it is proposed cursorily to glance at the generally known sources which supply corroborative evidence. These may be grouped into the five following classes:First, the testimony of the deep-sea surroundings.Second, the distribution of fauna and flora.Third, the similarity of language and of ethnological type.Fourth, the similarity of religious belief, ritual, and architecture.Fifth, the testimony of ancient writers, of early race traditions, and of archaic flood-legends.

"People all want to know how to open the secret door of success. For each man there is success, but it seems to be behind a door or wall. In the Bible reading, we have heard the wonderful story of the falling of the walls of Jericho. Of course all biblical stories have a metaphysical interpretation. We will talk now about your wall of Jericho: the wall separating you from success." FSS

Men speak of “building up a business,” and, indeed, a business is as much a building as is a brick house or a stone church, albeit the process of building is a mental one. Prosperity, like a house, is a roof over a man’s head, affording him protection and comfort. A roof presupposes a support, and a support necessitates a foundation. The roof of prosperity, then, is supported by the following eight pillars which are cemented in a foundation of moral consistency:-1. Energy2. Economy3. Integrity4. System5. Sympathy6. Sincerity7. Impartiality8. Self-reliance

Written more than two thousand years ago, the scripture on Tao and Virtue is a guide to cultivating a life of peace, serenity, and compassion. It is the foundational philosophical work of all Taoism and one of the true classics of spiritual literature. Usually translated as the "Way", the Tao is the mysterious process through which everything in the Universe happens. The Tao Te Ching is actually the second-most translated book after the Bible.

« In Wuthering Heights the reader is shocked, disgusted, almost sickened by details of cruelty, inhumanity, and the most diabolical hate and vengeance, and anon come passages of powerful testimony to the supreme power of love—even over demons in the human form. The women in the book are of a strange fiendish-angelic nature, tantalising, and terrible, and the men are indescribable out of the book itself. Yet, towards the close of the story occurs the following pretty, soft picture, which comes like the rainbow after a storm…. We strongly recommend all our readers who love novelty to get this story, for we can promise them that they never have read anything like it before. It is very puzzling and very interesting, and if we had space we would willingly devote a little more time to the analysis of this remarkable story, but we must leave it to our readers to decide what sort of book it is. » Douglas Jerrold’s Weekly Newspaper, 15 January 1848.