The Secret Teachings of All Ages

AMERICAN INDIAN SYMBOLISM 193

The ceremony of the peace pipe—The historical Hiawatha—The Popol Vuh A foundational sacred text of the Kʼicheʼ Maya people, documenting their creation myths and history.—American Indian sorcery—The Mysteries of Xibalba The underworld in Maya mythology, where initiates underwent trials to overcome death.—The Midewiwin The Grand Medicine Society, a secretive religious organization of various Indigenous groups in North America..

THE MYSTERIES AND THEIR EMISSARIES 197

The Golden Chain of Homer original: "Aurea Catena Homeri." A philosophical concept representing the divine hierarchy linking the heavens to the earth.—Hypatia, the Alexandrian Neo-Platonist A school of mystical philosophy based on the teachings of Plato that sought to reconcile spiritual experience with logic.—The "divine" Cagliostro—The Comte de Saint-Germain An 18th-century European adventurer and occultist often claimed to possess the secret of eternal life.—The designing of the American flag—The Declaration of Independence.

CONCLUSION 201

BIBLIOGRAPHY 205

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