This section is from the book "Psychosophy", by Cora L.V. Richmond. Also available from Amazon: Psychosophy.
There was, however, no recognition by them (the Hebraic tribes) of the one obscure and almost unknown tribe, the Nazarites - "Can any good come out of Nazareth?" is ever the typical expression of the scorn of those in high places when the humble teacher appears. But they were those who "prepared the way for Jesus to appear." This is where the sacred order of succession was lost sight of among the Hindus and other Oriental people. They expected another Buddha - even as "Israel" expected a Messiah, but they had lost or did not heed the "Sign." The "Wise Men," the "Magi" were Persians who knew the meaning of the "Cycles" and knew the Symbol of the Angel that would appear when the Messiah was to come: The pentagram or five pointed star.
Evidently the account of "the Beginning," of "Creation," the Edenic state, the Creation of Adam and Eve (typical) are re-statements of the primal history of the "Book of the Beginnings," a preparation or introduction for the "Revelations" that are to follow. The "Sacred Name" (veiled), the "Sacred Numbers" (Sepharoth), and the accompanying Symbols, denote Oriental origins. The "One God" (Om), whose mystic or real name was veiled - as in Egypt and India (the Primal Infinite). If today nearly all of art and science (including mathematics) can be traced through Greece to Egypt, the rare Idealism that crept into the Jewish writings, and much of the Sacred symbolism, must be considered as coming from India and Persia.
 
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