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Post by Tamrin on Sept 15, 2008 16:51:33 GMT 10
Hypatia of AlexandriaResource page maintained by Howard A. Landman. Hosts a number of biographical works on Hypatia, as well as extensive annotated links. [Linked Above]
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Post by Tamrin on Sept 28, 2008 10:35:57 GMT 10
Hypatia (5th century C.E.), her name means, the ‘Most High.’ She was the last head of the Neo-Platonic School in Alexandria, renowned for its museum and the greatest library in antiquity. In his Encyclopedia (p.61), Albert Mackey says: From this school we derive … the system of symbolism and allegory which lay at the foundation of the Masonic philosophy. To no ancient sect, indeed, except perhaps to the Pythagoreans, have the Masonic teachers been so much indebted for the substance of their doctrines, as well as the esoteric method of communicating them, as that of the School of Alexandria. The manner of her death was as follows: Having loyally supported Orestes, the pagan Prefect of Egypt, and having refused to restrict herself and her school to exclusively Christian doctrines, she incurred the wrath of Cyril, the fanatical Patriarch of Alexandria, (later declared to be a Father of the Church and a Saint). In March of 415, he incited a mob of his monks against her. While she was going about her business, the ruffians stopped her chariot, dragged her into the Caesarean Church, stripped her naked and clubbed her to death. They then tore her limb from limb, scrapped the flesh from her bones and carried her remains to a place called the Cindron, where they burnt them to ashes; these they took and cast into the sea, to be lost and buried among the sands, so that no trace of their prey would remain among men. References:M. Alic, 1986, Hypatia's Heritage: A History of Women in Science from Antiquity to the Late Nineteenth Century, Women's Press, London M.P. Hall, 1975, The Secret Teachings of All Ages (20th edition), Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles C. Kingsley, 1968, Hypatia, J.M. Dent & Sons, London A.G. Mackey, 1917, Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, McClure Publishing, Philadelphia
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Post by Tamrin on Sept 28, 2008 10:43:09 GMT 10
The Martyrdom of Hypatia
by J. Augustus Knapp for M.P. Hall
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Post by Tamrin on Nov 25, 2008 6:36:33 GMT 10
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Post by Tamrin on Mar 12, 2011 21:24:28 GMT 10
Today marks the anniversary of Hypatia's slaughter in 415 CE. May the memory of her life and death caution us against fundamentalism in any religion. All Glory to the Most High!
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Post by Tamrin on Nov 21, 2021 16:25:16 GMT 10
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