In the Great Red Dragon Hotema explains how all ancient religions were based on Grand Cosmic Unity. That bibles were put together along hundreds of years originally to please Constantine and compiled from what was culled from Ptolemy's vast literary scrolls and manuscripts. For instance the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac became the Twelve Apostles, and many other alterations. In addition within the pages of this book Hotema expounds upon masturbation and warns against excessive copulation which can negatively accelerates the aging illusion of the physical system. The greater the pleasure experienced thru the physical, the greater damage suffered by the mental.
In his writings, Hilton Hotema emphasizes that the Creative Power stands as the most captivating attribute across all ages, with the secrets of life revealing no greater enigma than that of sexual energy. This book, though only about one hundred pages, presents a fascinating esoteric study of this creative power. My first encounter with the author through The Great Red Dragon has left me profoundly inspired. Readers who enjoy the writings of Dr. George W. Carey, Samael Aun Weor, William Walker Atkinson, and Manly P. Hall will surely be captivated by the esoteric themes explored in this work.
The author shows how the Bible is a book of Phallism, Sexualism, of Redemption based on the conquest of carnal lust. I strongly recommend this book and feel inspired to present a compelling excerpt.
The Masters studied Man as a Creative Being. Their motto was: “Man, know thy Self, and thou wilt know the Universe and the gods.” That was their message to man, inscribed on the walls of their Temples.
In their work the Masters discovered profound secrets regarding the Creative Functions of the Human Body. These secrets became a Sacred Science, and was concealed from those who were morally unworthy to receive it. For the power which its possession confers, would be destructive to them and injurious to their fellowman.
It is sufficient here to state that within himself man contains all the universes, systems, planets and globes.
Man is the Microcosm of the Macrocosm. He is the epitome of all worlds and all powers. He is the focusing and condensing point of countless electromagnetic currents which, in energizing, become what may be called the living, conscious, vital electricity, of incredible voltage, but hardly comparable to the form of electricity known to physicists.
As condensed and refined in the laboratory of the human body, this vital electricity is so powerful that, when not controlled, it can “burn one to death,” figuratively speaking, —and that is exactly what it is doing today. It is consuming the masses by inches and degrees.
This magic power is variously symbolized in the Bible, and in one place is mentioned as the bush that burned with fire, but was not consumed (Ex. 3:2; Acts 7:30).
This powerful force is a double-edged sword that cuts both ways. It exalts or degrades, improves or destroys, depending on the conditions. If activated unnaturally without the power to control, it would give its deadly sting to him in whom it were so unwisely awakened. That is the main reason why secrecy was always maintained regarding the Sacred Science.
The Mysterious Tree
We meet up with the Sacred Science in this esoteric passage:
“Of every tree of the Garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die” (Gen. 2:16, 17).
First, we must realize that we are dealing with ancient symbology and allegory. It is obvious that the subject here is Man.
The Garden represents man’s body, called the Temple of God; and the care thereof was the great lesson of Life with the Ancient Masters.
The allegory deals with the care of the body. The Trees symbolize the parts and processes of the body. Man may freely use and enjoy all parts and processes of his body, with one vital exception.
Not only is man told these things, but he is definitely warned as to what the penalty or consequences will be if he uses that one excepted vital function.
The nature of that excepted function is revealed in the phrase “Knowledge of Good and Evil.
Here then, thinly veiled, is presented the very core and center of the Secret Science of the Ancient Masters.
It is therefore proper, consistent and scientific in our search for the esoteric knowledge contained in the ancient science, that we notice, consider, and capitalize that one vital exception; and then to proceed in our processes in a direct manner through infinite time to infinite results, discarding and rejecting all irrelevant, inconsistent, and immaterial statements and passages in the Bible, most of which are the result of spurious interpolations and ascititious distortions. For in no other way can we be certain of reaching our legitimate goal.
The student who follows this discussion closely, will no longer be one of those puzzled persons who do not understand the Bible.
Great title for a distasteful work on sex and procreation, concerning the higher nature of Man. The author firmly believes that sex is superfluous and even harmful to the betterment of the spiritual individual.