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Zohar: Genesis: Chapter LXXXIV. Abraham's Descent into Egypt for Initiation into the Higher Mysteries

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"On observing this general depravation of manners and modes of living, it is written, 'And Abraham went down into Egypt to sojourn there.' Here the question may arise, what was the reason and object of his going down into Egypt? It was because at that time Egypt was a great center of learning, of Theosophy and the science of the Divine Mysteries, and therefore referred to in scripture as 'the garden of the Lord like the land of Egypt.' In it, as in the garden of Eden, of which it is stated, 81b…

Zohar: Genesis: Chapter LXXXIV. Abraham's Descent into Egypt for Initiation into the Higher Mysteries

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