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REPRINTED VERBATIM

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COPY OF

A

_{RARE PAMPHLET,}

DATE

CIRCA

_1836, .

WITH

AN INTRODUCTION

RICHARD

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INTRODUCTION.

THE

_present

number

of the T.P.S. pamphlets, a reprint of a curious

and

very rare work,

may

not

_appear

to

some

readers to

have

a _very direct bearing

on

theosophical teachings.

Those

who

have

got

beyond

the

A

B

C

of

_Theosophy,

however, will find in this issue a

_good

deal of

material for serious _thought. It deals withoneof the

most

_puzzling

and

deeply interesting

problems which

the _past has left for solution to the future _{the destiny of the Jewish} race,

and

the fate of the

_Holy

Land.

The

_plot of the

work

(if that expression be allowed) is based

_{upon two}

ideas,

which

taken singly are so well

known

as to be almost tiresome;

namely, the ancient belief of the_{Jews, based}

_{upon prophecy and}

national pride, that eventually they will _{recover posession} of _Judea,

and

_gather

together once

more

at Jerusalem, after their long exile from the land of their ancestors a belief _onlyless intensethan the_longing for its realiza-tion.

The

other idea is that contained in the _legend of the

_Wandering

Jew

firmly believed in

by

all

Christendom

from the apostolic ages until but _recently,still half-believed

_by

millions,

and

to

which

the doctrine of reincarnation, especially immediate reincarnation_{for a specificpurpose, lends,} if

not _{plausibility,} at least a

new

intellectual interest.

These two

ingre-dients of the _plot

when

_{put together} enter, as it _were, into chemical combination, for _{they give} rise to

an

idea

which

differs in its charac-teristics

from

both of the

_components.

As

a

_punishment

for a thoughtless

word

spoken

by

a foolish

and

_ignorantmortal evento a

_god

(in disguiseat thetime), the eternal

and

miserable activity of the

Wander-ing

Jew

is a _purposeless piece of

unworthy

revenge, as little crediblein this

more

humane

and

_{enlightened age} asthe _{miracle required}to

consum-mate

it.

As

a _practical settlement of the _{Jewish question, the return of}

the

Hebrew

nation, or

even

a considerable_{part of the Jews,}to _Syria

seems

patently absurd. All travellers describe the

Holy

Land

as barren

and

poorinthe _extreme,a _{land which,}ifit ever flowed with "milk

and

_honey,"

hasforcenturies

been

believedto

have

withered

under

theterriblecurse of

an

angry

God.

Could anyone

but a child imagine for one instant that so

thoroughlypractical apeople astheJews, a race, moreover, pre-eminently fondofthe luxuries oflife,

would

voluntarily

abandon

thevarious countries

which

for centuries

have been

their homes,

abandon

their _hereditary

occupations,

abandon

civilization,

and

undertake the frightful labour of reclaiminga rocky

and

ariddistrict, a labour from

which

even

back-woods

pioneers inured to hardship

would

shrink

and

all for a religio-senti-mentalidea?

But

_putthese

two

incredible notions together,

and

allis_changed.

What

if it be the mission of the so-called

_{Wandering Jew}

to _preserve in the

Hebrew

mind

the recollection of the former_glories of the race,

and

to

keep

alive the _longing once

more

to revive

them

?

The

moment

that idea finds _entry to the _mind, the _legend ceases to be _childish,

and

the longingis

no

_longerunaccountable.

The

two

_{thingsexplain}eachother,

and

taken_{together they} raise the_{Jewish question to a} level far

above

that oc-cupied

by

the superstitions of the ignorant, or the calculations of individual self-interest.

To

the

_Jew

himselfit is

no

lessthanthe_fingerof

_Jehovah

that

becomes

manifest from this _{larger point of view.}

_Through

allthe centuries, as_{they believe,}

He

has been_disciplining

and

_preparing

them

for theirfinal

triumph. Already the _despised outcasts of a _{thousand years}

_ago

are the mastersof _kings

and

republics alike.

There

are a score of

_Jews

_{to-day each}

one

of

whom

is a _greater

_power

in the world than an

_army

of a

hundred

thousand men.

Were

they to

combine

_{they could purchase} Palestine ten

timesover,

and

then

keep

a million of Christian

workmen

_{joyfully slaving} at starvation

_wages

for_{twenty years} in _doingthe

work

of

_making

the _country once

more

a_{garden while they stood}

_by

to_superintend.

_Perhaps

the

_Jews

are right. It

may

be that the finger of

Jehovah

is _guiding their destinies in the direction of _Jerusalem.

We

know

that to be

_worshipped

there,

and

by them

alone,

was

once

His

greatest glory.

Far

be it from theosophists

to

_deny

that such

_may

still be the case,

and

ifit sobe, then, forthe

Jews

themselves, all that need be

done

to _complete his _purposes will be accomplished.

To

the _{theosophist, however, Jerusalem,}

even

_Judea, is

not the

whole

of this earth, nor this earth the

whole

Universe.

And

a _{higherguidance than} that

_by

human

will in the case of the _{Jews, does} not _implya

_monopoly

of divine solicitude for one littletribeof people, nor

a

_monopoly

of

_{power and}

wisdom

for the celestial _being

who

has chosen

them

for_{his special favour.} Ifitbe true that the affairsofthe _Jewish race

are

under

higher guidance, thenlogic

and

justicerequire us to believe that a

similar_guidanceisvouchsafedto all

_{mankind, and}

to the inhabitants of the

myriad

worldsthat roll in _space. Is it so? Is there_{being enacted} before

our eyes a

tremendous

drama

of creation, in

which

individual

men

are as microscopic animalculi?

Does

it _get rid of _{the idea of a directing}

_power

to call "_spontaneous

_development

"

what

our _{ancestors, equally ignorant,} called Divine Providence?

Who

is toask these_questions?

And

of

whom

can they be asked? Will the Christian listen for their

answer from

the

mouth

of a

_Jew

? Will a _theosophist seek it

from

a _theologian? Will

those who know go toschool tothose

who

invent fables?

Above, behind, inside of _every material _thing there is a _great,

an

eternal, incomprehensible, sustaining

power

absolute

and

_impersonal,

the Divine Spirit.

Far

lower in the scale of existence there are powers, personal

and

non-eternal, creatures

who

had

a _beginning

and

will

have

an

end.

Men

call these lower _fashioning

_powers

col-lectively a personal

God

; not only

jumbling

them

together, but

confounding

them

with the

unknowable

Absolute. Is

one

of these

minor

powers, the

Jehovah

of the ancient

Hebrews,

now

pulling the wires that attachhis _people to him,

and

turning their steps towards the"

promised

land" once

more

? It is said that _{wealthy Jewish bankers}

have

at this

moment

actual _{legal right} of _possession to Palestine, holdingit in

mort-gage

from the Sultan. It is said that_{Jewish statesmen}

have

arranged for the_completion

and

ratification of the transfer of the_property to the mort-gagees,

upon

the fulfilmentof certain _diplomatic conditions

which

events are _{rapidly bringing} about.

At

the _present

moment

a _{large part} of Palestine,

and

nearly the

whole

ofJerusalem, is said to be

owned

_by

_Jews.

What

doesit all

mean

?

The

T.P.S., in _republishing this little work, disclaims all _political

purpose, as needs hardly tobe said. It contains

some

bitter_sayings con-cerningpeople long since dead,

and

events

now

almost " ancient_history,"

all of

which

the T.P.S.

would

gladly

have

omitted in the _reprint,

had

it

not been that to

do

so

would have

_spoiled the consecutiveness of the

argument

ornarrative therein contained.

From

internal evidencethe

Hebrew

Talisman

was

written about _1836.

No

one ever discovered

who

the writer was.

The

edition

was

soon exhausted,

and

till

now

has never been

THE

HEBREW

TALISMAN.

IThas been_latelyasserted that so

much

had been

said

_{and sung}

aboutthe

Wandering Jew

that _nothingfurther could be

made

of the subject

by any

writer,

however

highlygiftedwiththe quality of invention. Insolent Gentiles!

Learn

tobe

more

humble

in _thought

and

less

_peremptory

in assertion:

/

am

the _{Wandering Jew.} I

am

that

doomed

one of

whom

so

_many

have

written;

and

/have

smiled in very scorn atthe descriptiongiven ofme,

and

of

_my

mode

_{of being,}

_by

_personages

who

are nearly as ignorant of allthat relates to

me

as are those stolid worthies

who

pronounce

me

to be a nonentity;

and

my

perpetuated misery a fable

and

a figment.

I

am

_spoken

of as _being

_{an undying}

_exception to all

human

rule; yet

has

_my

_body

died

and been

_consigned to the loathsome vault

and

the

sleek

_{damp worm}

_upwardsoftwoscore times since that awful

_day

when

the veilofthe temple

was

rent in _twain,

when

the earth

_{groaned and}

was

con-vulsed inher

_agony

of

_sympathy

_{with the dying one};

and

when

He, turning

his effulgentorbs in _anger

_upon

me

_exclaimed, "

_Tarry

thouuntil I

come!"

Undying!

I

have

been

_wept

over in

most

of the nations

which

exist,

and

in

_many

which

have

_long ceased to be; I

have

been

the victim of

the rack

and

of the block; I

have

pined in the terrible

dungeon

of the _Inquisition

which

shuts out

_{hope and which}

echoes to

no sound

save the

moan

of the miserable _captive or execration of the brutal gaoler;

my

body

has blazed in the Auto da

Fe

of Spain

and

Por-tugal,

where

hecatombs' of

my

miserable long suffering race, the youth, the maiden,the matron, theelder,

have been immolated

; living, burning, sacrifices, offered

on

the altars of Christian meekness.

_Undying

!

Take

but abrief_portion of

_my

_long

and

awful_history,

and

put

an end

to the senseless _figments of _{lively imaginations}; to the absurd belief that the

mortal _portion of

man

can outlast the rock,

and what

is frailcan remain

for _longcenturies _unbroken, or

what

isdestructible _{remain undestroyed.}

Years, long, agonised years,

have

flown, yet it

seems

butas_yesterday!

God

!

how

_happy,

how

haughty

in _gladness,

was

I then.

_My

house,

over-looking the sea

and shaded on

the land side

_by

_groves of _oranges

and

of the

Grecian

Isles.

_Though

I

was

_{fullytwenty years,} in tlu world's esti-mation,

what

knew

the world of

_my

_age? older than

_my

_{beloved Zoe,} I

was

deartoheras the gushingfountain tothe _PilgrimofZahara.

Our

_daughter, fairest

_among

even the _{sunny-eyed daughters}ofGreece,

and

our son, the noblest

_boy

that ever

_gave

fair_promise of heroic

_{manhood, were even}

asa proverb for _beauty, as

we

ourselves

were

for _prosperity

and

concord.

Happy

days

!

Too

happy,

by

far, to be the

_permanent

lot of

him

who

had

mocked

at the _prophet of _Calvary,

and

who

has seen _empires smitten

_down,

and

_wept

his

own

_repeated

ruin in the ruin of successive nations.

We

sat

one

evening in luxurious ease,

exchanging

glances of

mingled

love

and

pride, as our beautiful children

abandoned

themselvesto their innocent mirth

and

_displayed

some

new

grace in _every

new

attitude.

Of

a

sudden

the air feltleaden in its

oppressiveness, a dire consciousness rushed

upon

my

mind,

and

I once

more

became

aware

of

_my

terrible _identity. I

_gasped

for breath,

and

vainly

attemped

to _give utterance to

_my

_agony

; the

metempsychosis

of

the ancients, fabulous to them, [was

no

_longer a fable;

and

I,

who

in

outward appearance and

corporeal

members was

a

merchant

of Greece,

the

husband

ofa_{loving wife}

and

the father of beloved children,

was

once

more

aroused tothe

_maddening

truth, that in soul I

was

theaccursed

one

of

_Judea

; the survivor of

many

ages

! the

unpitied

mourner

of innumer-able relatives the

dead

of divers nations!

This

fatal, this abhorred, consciousness

_{comes upon}

_my

soul in the fortieth _year of

_{whatsoever body}

it inhabits ;

and

to thisconsciousness

some

terrible calamity certainly

and

speedily succeeds.

As

I stood with dilated nostrils, glazed eyes,

and

stricken limbs,

_my

Zoe

started _{suddenly from} the anxious

and

_{endearing posture she}

had

assumed on

_witnessing the horrible

_{change which had}

come

over

_me,

_and,

shrieking, "

The

Osmanlie

!

"

rushed towards our children.

A

_struggle a piercingshriek, the wild war-cryof thebloody brood of

Mahomet

;

and

I

was

childless

and

wifeless!

How

I reached the sea side I

know

not; but

Ididreach it

and

was

_speedily

on board

a vessel of

my

_{own, and bounding}

overthe blue waters.

_Days

and

_{nights passed} by, the

good

shipcleft her

way

through the heaving waters; but

no pang

forwife or child,

no

thought

for

_my

_{present preservation or future}course once crossed

my

mind.

A

dry

and

burning

agony

oppressed

my

brain;

and

but one thought

was

existent

there

_my

horrible

_my

accursed identity;

and

when

my

lips

gave

utterance

to

_my

thoughtstheir soleaccents

were

"

_Tarry

thou until I

come

!

"

At

_length thisone horror

made

_way

forthe

accumulated

reminiscences of _eighteen

hundred

_yearsof miseryI _Aye, that, that is the _surpassing curse of

_my

tremendous

doom

!

No

sooner

have

my

un-tortured existence_passed

_{away, no}

sooner

do

I

awaken

to a consciousness of

what

I _{am, than} I

am

_goaded

to _despair

_by

distinct

_{and harrowing}

remembrance

ofall that I

have

_{been, done,}

and

suffered. All

who

loved

me

and

are lost to

me

rise

_up

_again to

_my

mental

view

;

and

the

moral

evils of _long centuries are

_superadded

to the

tremendous

curse

which

extends

_my

_{spiritual evil to}thecrack of

doom.

The

_good

_ship

bounded

on,

and

the very excess of

_my

_{misery aroused}

me

to

an

activity of

which

I

had

_previously

been

incapable.

Of

maritime

affairs, I had,inthis

one

of

_my

_many

_lives,

had abundant

_experience;

and

as the horizon

_gave

tokens of

_{an approaching}

_tempest, I_{took the helm,}

and

the

command

ofthevessel. If I

had

not _alreadyfelt

aware

that

_my

bodily existence

was

about to

undergo

another change, a

_phenomenon

which

I

now

observed

would have persuaded

me

of that fact.

Our

_ship

defied alikethe

wind and

the

waves,

and

swept

rapidly through the latter in the face of the former ! I then

knew

that 1

was

approaching

my

death

place; that I

was

speeding

towards

land

which

should afford

me

another

grave,

and

my

spirit,

my

doomed

spirit! another body.

Oh,

thatterrible

chill, that paralysis of the heart, that

numbing

yet agonisingsinking of thesoul,

which

precedethe mortal

pang

! _All, all

were

with

me

and upon

me

; yet I

gazed

in pity

upon

my

devoted

crew who,

poor fools!

were

pitting their

manhood

and

theirskill against inexorable fate.

_{They knew}

not, alas! that to be attached to

me

was

to die; to

be

bound up

with

my

lot _{but another phrase} for _{miserablyperishing.}

Seamen

by

nature,

you

insular_peopleare_{familiar, at least}

_by

description, with every

phase

ofocean's rage

and

ocean's convulsion.

No

new

descrip-tion of _ship-wreck is _necessary to _you.

Let

it suffice thento_saythat I

saw

_my

_{shipmates, without}

an

exception, swallowed

up

by

the howling waters,

and

was

myself

dashed upon

the coast

which

we

had

long been approaching,

and which

I

had

_{longrecognized} as theonce barbarous land in_which,

when

a

Roman

centurion, I

had combated

the fierce

and

savage inhabitants;

and which

I

had

more

recently visited as amerchant,

and

marvelled at for its_wealth, itsluxuries,

and

its civilization.

Need

I

name

your

England.

The

valour

and

the

wisdom

of their ancestors,

had

encircledher

brows

with the

diadem

of_empire

and had

placed within her

hands

theSceptreof

maritime dominion,

and

clasp'd

around

her waist the golden girdleof the world,

She had

become

the

mart

of nations,

and

her shipscovered the waters _{of the globe,}

and

her

immense

metropolis

was

the

emporium

of the earth.

mor-f

tality, to seek anotlier mortal residence. Impelled

by

the resistless but

unseen

hand which

scourges me,

my

disembodied _{spirit glided}

onward

till

it reacheda smallbut _{beautiful cottage,}

and

there at

an open

casement, it

paused

;

and

stood dim,

shadowy,

and

invisible to mortal eye,

though

silvered

and

_shining in the full

calm

beams

of the

moon.

In the

room

sat

a

_{young and}

beautiful

woman

_gazing in

_{agony which}

could not _weep,

_upon

the pale

and

waxen

_visage of her

_{dead boy}

herbeautiful, her only one.

Anon came

the _felt,

_though

_unspoken, fiat ;

and

my

spirit enteredthe life-less _body.

The

_{infant's feeble cry,}

and

the mother's shriek of frantic_joy

announced

the reanimation of the

mourned

one.

The

father

and

the

domestics rushed in,

and

the wonderful event is talked of to this

hour

in the beautiful _villageof .

I

have

_already

shown

that _during the first _fortyyearsof

each

_bodily

existence, I

am

unconscious of _aught that _{distinguishes}

me

fromthe rest of

_my

race. I

have

but _lately been roused

from

my

_ignorance: the curse

ofconsciousness

came

over

me

ere I

_{wept above}

the_graveofher

who

had

wept

her child'sdeath,

and

knelt in _gratitude for his _recovery. I

am

once

more

alone in _{the world,}

and

once

more

aware

that I

am

the accursed oneof_Judea.

Reader you have

seen

me

_though

you

know

it not.

A

_{single night}has

bleached

_my

hair, I

wear

the

_haggard

features_{of three score,}

and

as

_my

mean

person,

and worn

yet intelligent features are contrasted, as I _pass

throughthe populous streets of

your

new

Babel, with

_my

sordid

_garments

and

_my

anxious

and

almost _{ferocious looks, the passengers turn}

and

_gaze

upon

me

in wonder, as to

_my

_pursuits,

_my

_{circumstances,}

and

_my

character.

I

am

_aged

; but I cannot again die until

my

mission be complete.

Hitherto, in all

_my

_bodily lives I have _silently suffered;

and

in all

my

bodilydeaths I

have

"

Died,likethe wolf,insilence."

But

the time has at length

come when

the cause

and

_{the object of}

_my

marvellous

and

doomed

existence

must

be

made known

; that the pride of

the Gentiles

may

be abated,

and

that the scattered_people ofIsrael

_may

know

that _{theyverily shall} be a

_{kingdom mighty}

to save

and

to _destroy,

and

that _they shall see the advent of their _Messias,

and

the utter confusion

and abasement

ofthe insolent

and

false followers ofthe

Nazarine

!

"

Tarry

!

"

Aye, I

have

indeed tarried;

and

I

must

_tarryyet alittle

while ere the

_mighty

_spell can

be

_utterly broken,

and

the

Lion

of

_Judah

triumphant over the nations. In

what

nation

have

I not lived

and

suffered? In

what

nation

have

I not exerted a _mighty,

_though

unseen, power, in _producing that _gradual rise of

_my

scattered

and

erring, but still sacred

and

_{peculiar, people,}

which

will so shortly terminate in the rebuilding of the

Temple

of _Jerusalem in the subjection of the

Kings

of the Gentilesto the

_sway

ofthe _long tried, longsuffering,

and

atlength restored, peopleofthe

Most

_High

?

The

false

powers

will at _{length be smitten}

down

_by

the true;

and

the _temporal

triumph

of

God's

chosen people illustrated

and

consummated

_by

the

veri-table advent ofthe veritable Messias. "_Tarry!"

_Tyrant

! I

have

_tarried;

I

have

wieldedthe

_power

of the

_{thousand powers which may}

not resist the

word

of authority

spoken by

him

who

has looked

unmoved

and unrebuked

upon

the glories of the Shechinah,

who

has lifted the veil ofthe temple, penetratedinto the_holyofholies,

and

learned the

words

of

_{power engraven}

upon

the signet of the master of all

_{wisdom, and}

of all

_{demons, good and}

evil the _marvellous,the glorious

Solomon.

Ill _{taught, as are}the

_myriads

who

_puttheir vain trust in the _prophet

who

died

on

Calvary,

and

led

away

as_theyare

_by

a

thousand

vain conceits

and

_{cunningly devised} fables,

even

they

have

some

faint _{understanding} of the

wisdom

of _{the great}

Solomon,

whose

name

be reverenced ! Selah!

But

_they

have

_only a

_glimmering

of light; they can seeonly

an

atom

of

the vast

whole

of his

wisdom

and

his

_might

; it isneedful therefore that

they should learn

from

me

what

their false _philosophy

would

never teach them,

what

their false faith shall _{vainly forbid}

them

to believe.

_They

must believe the truth, for it shall chastise

them

; the

word

is spoken,

Judah

shall rejoiceover their _{confusion, yea,} Israel shall_{be very glad.}

Though

the _bigoted

and

vain

Nazarenes

know

that _{the great}

Solomon

builded to the

_{Most High}

a _temple of _{exceeding beauty}

and

_exceeding

costliness,marvelloustothink of,

though

they

know

that his

wisdom

filled

the nations of the earth with wonder,

and

caused

_King

Hiram

and

the

Queen

of

Sheba

to look

_upon

him

with

much

reverence;

though

they

know

that inwealth, as in

_{wisdom, Solomon}

was

_pre-eminent

_among

the

mighty

onesof the earth,

insomuch

that

none

other prince than he could

have

builded that _temple,

which

he dedicated to the _worshipof the

one

only

God

; yet, so

narrow-minded and

grovelling are these Nazarenes,

that_theydivine not, neitherwill _theyconfess, that the wealth

and power

of the great

Solomon were

but the natural consequence of that ineffable

wisdom

which

was

bestowed upon

him

when

his soul, in a night dream, replied wisely

and

worthily to the _question that

was

vouchsafedto

him

from above.

IO

a

more

than

Cimmerian

darkness, that _{they they}! in the petty pride of

the ten thousand contradictions

which

_they call _{philosophy, take}

_upon

themselves to

_deny

the interference of the_supernal

_powers

in the _progress of

mundane

affairs; though a single glance at their

own

version of the

history of the wise son of

David

would,

one

would

suppose, suffice to

show

them

that onlyby the aid of those powers, subjected to his

unspeak-able

_wisdom,

could

_{Solomon have amassed and expended}

the treasures

which

upreared the temple.

From

the cedar that is

on

Lebanon

to the

hyssop that

groweth

upon

the wall,

Solomon

knew

the nature

and

the propertiesof every thing that springeth

up

from the _pregnantearth ; and,

divinelytaught

and

divinely authorised, he

had

elixirspotent for all

pur-poses,

and words

of might

which

the

demons

hear in their far_abodes,

and

which, hearing, they

must

obey.

As

an

instance of the unbelieving

and

deceitful natureof the scribes

who

from the

_day

of _{Calvary even} to_{the present} hour

have

laboured in their vocation to

hoodwink

the _worldly

and

_{fat-hearted generations,}

and

to

_{keep them unaware}

ofthe

_powers

ofthat

_magic

which,partiallyrevealed

to Moses,

was

entirely unveiled to the steadfast

and

eagle glance of

Solomon,

I

_may

_demand,

who

_among

the multitudinoussectsofthe

Nazarene

has

_{any knowledge}

of that

wondrous and

invaluableroot,

BAARA

?

That

wondrous

root

which

could only be

drawn

from its _{parent earth,}

on

being sprinkled with

human

blood, unless at the

_expense

of the instant deathof the _{animal compelled} to

draw

it ? I venture _{affirm that not one,} save Fabricius, hasever alludedto this

wondrous

root, except in

what

the Christians as ignorantly as insolently term "

Talmudical

_/oW."

And

_yet

it is _{perfectly true} that it is the _quality of this root, as is averred

_by

sundry writers of our despised

and

persecuted race, to cast out evil

demons

_{from people possessed}; and,

though

it is never

known

to

more

than one personofour race,a _preparation of this root, aided

_by

the

words

of

_might

_engraven

_upon

the _signet of

Solomon,

is

potent excedinglyin

tasking thehidden powers,

and

in _{discovering the}

most

hidden _things.

Poor

fools! these Gentiles! But

_{by magic}

_{divinely taught}

and

divinely authorised,

how

deem

they that Moses, that

_mighty

chieftain _{in Israel,} foiled the

_Egyptian

_Magii at their

own

_weapons,

and vexed

the land of

Egypt

with

many

plagues, even until the peculiarpeople of

God

made

a

glorious

Exodus

from the land of

bondage

?

Do

_they

deem

that

_{by any}

other

means

than magic, so taught,

and

so authorised,

_Joshua

the son of

Nun

could

have

made

the sun stand still

_upon

_Gibeon,

and

the

moon

in the valley ofAjalon?

j

wor-II

shipping people

who

call themselves Christians, might teach

them

thatits

power

in the _casting out of devils,

was

well

known

to our fathers,

and

demonstrated even to those appointed scourges of Judah, the heathen

Romans,

whose

names

be

Anathema,

Anathema

Maranatha.

For

the priest Eleazer did cast out

by

its

means

the

demon

which

had

_possessed a certain

man

;

and

that the bloody

and

sagacious Vespasian

who

was

there

present

when

this merciful deed

was

done, might be convinced that the

demon

did indeed _depart,

_though

the _{exceeding tenuity} of _spiritual existences will not allow

them

to be visibleto other eyes,than those from

which

occult sciencehas

removed

the scales the venerable Eleazer

com-manded

that a vessel _{should be placed} at a considerable distance

from

the person possessed, the

which

vessel, in obedience to the

commands

of Eleazer, the

demon,

in _{departingdid forcibly}

throw

down

and

_empty.

But

_my

_proper task will not allow

me

to

bestow

further time

_upon

the crude notions or the blind

and

fanatical bigotry of the detested

Naza-renes.

The

all but omnipotent signet of

Solomon

was deposited

by

that greatest of earthly princesin the

_Temple

of _Jerusalem;

and

in the Hoi}' of

Holies, entered only

by

the great

High

Priest, reposed that

gem

of price

and power

unspeakable.

When

the temple

was

plundered

by

the _heathen,

and

when

_{our people}

were

despitefully treated

and

led into _captivity fortheir sins thevessels ofsilver

and

the vessels of _gold

were

_grasped

_by

the _unholy

hands

ofthe conquering soldiery

Nebuchadonozor and Cyrus

bore

away

thewealth of Jerusalem; but not the signet,

which

was

from the beginning destined to

work

out the salvation of

_Judah

when

hersins should be_{fullyexpiated,}

and

her people once

more an

_{acceptable people} in _{the sight of the} Lord.

But

_though

the

dim

light of tradition caused every successive high

priest carefully to

guard

against the discoveryof the _{precious treasure,}

even

the _{high priest}

knew

not all the

wonders

of that treasure. It

was

reserved for me, the

doomed,

the _{mysterious, the ever-changing} in _body, the unchangeable, the _everlasting in _spirit, to learn, even while hosts barbaric pressed towards the

Holy

of Holies, the saving wealth that rested therein.

And

thus it

_happened.

In the seventieth_year after the death of

him

whom

the

Nazarenes

call_Messias,

and on

theseventeenth

_day

ofthe

month

called

Panemus,

in the

_{Syro-Macedonian}

tongue, but in the

Hebrew

_Jamuz,

thedread

_enemy

of our nation, the

Roman

Titus

had

so farreduced the

doomed

defendersofthe

_Holy

_City, that _{the daily}sacrifice could

no

longerbe offered;

and

then

knew

allthosein

whom

theonly true

religion

had produced

the spirit of

prophecy

that the temple

would

indeed

fall. 'S -,-.

12

I

need

not recountthe horrors of the _succeeding

_days

01 _{the siege} ; or

isit not written in the

book

of _{the apostate}

_Josephus

how

the temple

was

polluted

by

the blood of our _people, shed

_by

each otheras well as

_by

the

Romans

?

How

that famine

was

abroad

glaring with fierce eyes,

and

made

horribly visible in gaunt

and

spectral forms ?

How

that a

mother

maddened

_by

famine slew herchild, yea, her first-born

and

her only one,

and

_banquetted in horrible eagerness

upon

his roasted

_body

? Alas! the

apostate

Jew

and

divers writers

_among

the Nazarenes,

have

dilated but too truly

and

too _sufficiently

_upon

the awful scenes that _passedin _every street, aye, in every housein the devoted _city of the _living

God.

Let

me

then hasten to that _concluding scene,

which

gave

the

Holy

of Holies to the flames; but at the

same

time

gave

to

me

that Talisman, which,

eighteen

hundred

years later,

was

to rebuild the city

and

the temples,

and

preparethe people of

God

forthe

dominion

of the

whole

earth,

and

forthe advent of the veritable Messias. Selah !

Let

it be done. It is about to be done.

Urged

by

I

know

not

what

divine _fury, I

had descended

from the

Upper

City,

where

I

had

been gazing

_upon

the_{flaming sword,}

which

illu-minated

the heavens, even at _mid-day. I _passed unscathed _through the

outer court of the _temple,

now

_polluted

_by

the bodies of the dying

and

the _dead,

and

_slippery with

much

blood. _Scarcely

had

I

made

_my

way

beyond

the partition wall,

which

had been

erected for the_separation

ofthe

_Jews

from the _unbelieving Gentiles;

when, from one

of the

many

apartments that

were on

the north sideof the _{holy house,} a _{lurid pillar} of

fire_suddenly shot

_{upward, and}

in an instant ten

thousand

_fierytongues

darted from it in _{everydirection,}

and

a _cry ofhorror

and alarm

arosefrom

ten

thousand combatants

within

and around

the _temple.

To

cleaveto the

earth the _destroying

Roman,

who

was

in the_veryact of _leaping into the inner court, after_snatching

from

its blaze the torchwith

which

he

had

now

firedthe_holy house,

was

but the

work

of

an

instant ; that done, I _pressed

forward

_up

the _acclivity

which

led to the altar of

Burnt

_Offering,

where

the

_High

_Priest,

who

had

succeeded the _fugitives,

_{Joseph and}

Jesus,

was

surrounded

_by

combatants,

and

in

an

evident

_agony

of_anxietyto

make

his

way

into the

_Holy

of Holies.

With

_{a loud cry} I

threw

_{myself forward} into thethrong

and

the strife; but

though

I

was

swift, I

was

too _tardyto

savethevenerable

man, who,

at the _very

moment

that I _gained his side,

was

transfixed

_by

a

Roman

dart. I raised

him

and

bore

him

towards

the Sanctuary, but though life

was

fast _gushing forth

from

his _ghastly

_wound,

he

was

a _{Jewish priest} still true to his

God,

his faith,

and

hisoffice.

" Pollute not the_holyplace! Forbear, set

me

down

here," he exclaimed;

and

in _{a niche,}

which

was

_{as yet} unthreatened

_by

the _{devouringelement,}

I set

him down, and

raised his_{drooping head,}

_{and wiped}

_{the big}

13

death

rom

his loftybrow, alltenderly, as

would

a nursing

mother

support

and

_{tend a dying}child.

His

_breathing

came

shorter

and

shorter,

and

his limbs

became

rigid;

but the agonies ofdeath

had

_{no power}

over the energies of religion ;

and

he did _{not expire} till he

had

commanded me

to penetrate the

Holy

of Holies,

and

to snatch thence

and from

the _very centre of the ark, the

Talisman

ofourpeople,

even

the signet of the wise

Solomon

the

Shem-ama-phorah.

Not

even

thebehest of the_highpriest

would have

caused

_any

other

_Jew

to enter that_mysterious

and most

sacred place.

But

I!

what had

_I, the

wanderer,to fear?

I _passed the brazen _pillars,

_Joachim

and

Booz,

and

I reached the golden cherubim, ten cubitsin height,

whose

outspread wings, reaching

from

the southern wall to the northern wall of the

_Holy

_{of Holies,}

had

hithertoconcealed for _agesits _{sacred mysteries from unpermitted eyes.}

I _{paused, but} fora

moment

; thegolden gates

were

passed, the

cheru-bim

no

_longer hidtheark

from

_my

_gaze; and,

God

!

_{by what}

a galaxy of

glories

was

I dazzled!

The

floor

and

the walls

were

of fine

gold,

glit-tering with the splendour of ten

thousand

fires,

and

reflecting

back

the

many

coloured

and

_{living lights} that flashed

from

_Onyx

and

from Sapphire ; from Chrysolite

and from Amethyst

;

and from

every precious

stone from every part of the earth.

Having

drawn

aside with resolute

hand

theembroidered veil of_purple

and

scarlet, behold !I stoodwithinthe

Holy

ofHolies ;

and

there overagainst the eastern

end

I beheld

an

altar

of solid

and unornamented

gold.

Upon

either side of the altar

was

a hollow candlestick of _gold,

adorned

with lilies

and pomgranates

of

_gems

and

fretted_gold.

But

upon the table !

Even

/ shook in _every fibre with

much

awe, as Ilooked

_upon

the ark of shittim

_{wood, which}

in

Hebrew

is

called Eron. It

was

five _{spans long}

_by

three in _height

and

breadth;

and

was

_strongly

ornamented

with plates of fine gold,

and on

the _top

were

two cherubims

of thelike _{precious material.} In that _{lay the palladium}of

our people the seal of

Solomon

;

and

I I!

was

tostretch forth

my

hand

and

seizeit !

The

lidofthe ark_{yielded to}

_my

mere

touch,

and mine

eyesfell

_upon

the precioussignet. It consisted of a singlecincture of massivegold, setwith a _single

_gem

; but such a

gem.

Well

might the fiends, well might the

powers

ofearth

and

hellshrink from the steadfast _gaze of its _possessor,

engraven the ineffable

name

of

_{God, and around}

it in _{mingled radiance}

Diamond,

of_Sapphire, of

_{Ruby, and Emerald,}

the

_seeming

oftenthousand

eyes

gleamed

with divine ardour to

which

the lurid lightnings of the

stormiest

heaven

are but as a

meteor

that dances

_upon

the morass. I stood asonefascinated, terrified, petrified; I

would

fain

have

stretched out

my

hand, but

my

arm

was

_paralyzed; I

would have

cried aloud,but

my

tongue

clove to the root of

_my

mouth.

As

I stood thus entranced a shout in the outer _portion of the _temple

announced

the arrival of Titus

and

his followers. In a few

moments

the

_Holy

_{of Holies, the Ark,} the _very Seal

of

_{Solomon, would}

be bared to the _gaze of _{the profane, violated}

_by

the

hands

of the

foeman

and

the robber. I stretched forth

_my

hand

and

graspedthe signet; a report as of ten

thousand

thunders

shook

the

whole

fabric

around

me,

and

I felt_myselfseized

_by

a _{giant hand,}

whose

_grasp

deprived

me

of

my

senses at the very

moment

that I

saw

the _majestic

though

somewhat

corpulent form of Titus within the hitherto sacred

place.

How

long I

remained

entranced I

know

not.

When

I at length

awakened

to a sense of

_my

situation, I

was

_far, far

_away

from the bloodshed

and

_tumult,

from

the _trampling of the victors,

and

the _passionate but

unheeded

entreaties of the dying

and

the

captive.

The

moon,

the _pale-visaged Astarte of the Phoenicians,

was

highin _{heaven, shedding}

around

a flood _{of silvery light}

such

as she can never

_{bestow upon}

thisland of cloud

and

fog. I _lay beneath a _majestic palm,

and

close beside

me

_gushed

a fountain,

making

a delightful

music

in the otherwise

unbroken

silence of_{the night.} It

was

_by

_{slow degrees} that

all thescenes through

which

I

had

so _{recentlypassed}

became

_clearly

and

completely recalledto

my

memory

; and,

oh

God

! with

what

horrordid I

not thrill

when

I discovered that the _{signet of}

Solomon was

no

_longer in

my

possession!

I should

have

raved,

Heaven

pardon

me, I believe I should

have

blasphemed

; but before I could _give utterance to

my

agony, there arose

beside

me

a _{low, sweet,} musical, but withal,

most

solemn

and

_majestic voice

and

the

_{mighty change}

that

had come

over

_my

_spirit

and

freed it

from the dull

and

_{inapprehensive obtuseness} of

mere

_mortality, enabled

me

to

know

that that voice

came

from

no

created mortal. I

knew

that the voice

was

a voice

from

_above,

and

_my

heart _leaped with

an

_exceeding

gladness, for I heard

much

_mercy,

and

was

blessed with a

most

wondrous

mission,

and

witha trust

which

_they

who

sit

_upon

the blood-stained thrones ofthe _{perverted earth}

might envy

with a

power

to

which

_they

must

speedily

bow

down

in _humility

and

in dread.

It

was

revealed to

me

that _though the curse of

him

of

Nazareth

must

should be at hand,his

_power

should

_go

on _increasing

_among

_{the nations,} the cursehishate

and

_{tyranny has}laid

_upon

me

should be converted into a _saving

_mercy

to Israel,a _{pillar of light to guide}

_{and guard}

the wanderers of_Judah.

Words

of

_{might were}

_graven

_upon

_my

_soul, even the

words

of the signet.of

Solomon

which

all Genii

must

obey,

and

I

was

sentforth to live _{the bodily}life

and

die_{the bodily} deathin_{divers places}

; but with ever

one_task,onetrust toteach the_trampled

_Jew

to

become

_very

_mighty

in despoilinghis oppressors, very cunningin _{availing himself of}theirhearts' leprosy avarice.

Ages

upon

ages

have

rolled

_by

;

where

populouscities

and

the_palacesof_{kings once}stood, the bat

and

theowl

and

all obscene

and

grovelling reptiles are

now

the sole lords, the sole tenants;

and where

I

have

battledwith the _gaunt wolf,

and

disputed with the bear his forest haunt,

hundreds

of thousands of

human

_{beings dwell}in cities _{of strength}

and

_splendour ; the

many

wearing outtheir lives in squalor

and

intoil,that

has little

_{recompense and no}

_cessation, the few _looking

down

in insolent

and

unsparing scorn

upon

those

who

starve,that the tyrant

and

thecheat

may

fare

_sumptuously

every day. Allnations

have

beenin turn the scene

of

_my

exertions; all ranks, allpursuits,

have

inturnbeen

made

subservient to the

_Holy

_{and Appointed end}

; Jerusalem,

Oh

beloved Jerusalem, I

have

toiled to _uprear thee in

_{power and}

in_{great splendour} !

The

appointed hour is at

hand

;

and

then

HE

cometh, at

whose

benignant

and

resistless

word

the curse of

_my

foe,the fellcurse that

was

_{pronounced upon}

me

on

Calvary, shall be removed,

and

my

spirit shall

have

rest.

Whether

leading the

war

galley of Venice to the discomfiture

and

slaughter ofthe

Paynims,

or pursuing the business of a

merchant

inSpain, with the terrorsof_{the Inquisition} ever beforeme,ifdiscoveredin

_my

secret practice of the sacred faith of

my

forefathers; whether passing

my

youth

in thesweettranquilityofan Alpinevalley, or

amid

the roar of waters

and

thecrashofbattle;

whether

inone age wielding the

sword and

the lance

of the condottieri in the cause

now

of one

and

now

of theother of the

venomous

little _{republics of}Italy, or in another aiding therevolt of Massa-niello at Naples, or cateringto the

amusements

ofLouis

XIV.

at Paris; in

all _times, inall characters,in all _places, fromthe instant that

my

spirit, in

each new body has

been

called

anew

to self-knowledge,

by

the sweet low whisper oh!

how

full of

hope

to the

Wanderer

!"

Tarry

thou

until /

come,"

all

_my

_energies

have

been devoted totheperformanceof

my

task.

The

bigotry of a whole people,

and

the cupidityof theirtyrant could easily degrade the

Jew

in social condition; debar

him

from this or that

privilege,

condemn

him

to this

or that burthen,

and

brand

him

with an

out-ward and

visible token of his

debasement

; but the

Jew

.could ah.va>:.

i6

could always

mock

the sufferings

and

_sway

the fate of the _haughtiest

and

bloodiest of his_oppressors.

_Aye

! the Talismanic

power

has ever

been

at

work

; in every land hath itsinfluence at

some

time

been

felt, in every land

have

I at

some

time

made

one

of

_my

_people a

_{mighty man,}

in _the despoil-ing of the princes

and

the people

who

believe in theprophet of Nazareth.

Jehovah

!

how

have

Iscorned the

enemies

of _{thy people,}

when

I

have

seen

them

_{waiting with pallid} cheek

and downcast

_eyes forthe fiat of the enriched

_Jew

to_consign

them

to instant

and

utter_beggary, or to aid

them

tostruggle

on

a little_longerinthe

_hope

of_gain to themselves, butin reality onlyto swell hisgains

and add

to the righteoususury

which

shall raise

_up

thy peculiar people,

and

make

glorious the towersof Zion.

Alas!

how

easier far it is _{to give the}

Talisman

_by

which

riches

can be

commanded,

than it isto_inspire a

human

heart with that intense love of the _{antique abiding} place of our race,

which

alone

can

justify

me

in bestowing the potency

and

the splendour of riches!

How

often

have

I

not

had

to lament the backsliding,

and

the degenerate self-love of

my

chosen instruments?

With

what

_disgust

have

I not taken

from

them

their

abused

trust; with

what

scorn

have

I not seen

them

reduced todespair

and

self-destruction,

by

the deprivation of that

which

I

bestowed on

them, not for their

own

_{pettypurposes, but} that Israel

_might

be

redeemed from

herdebasement.

Ask

who

enabled

Neckar

for a timeto _support theboundless

extrava-gance

of the Court of Louis

XVI.

and Marie

Antoinette,

and

history, the

jest

book

ofwise

men

and

the oracle of fools, will tell

_you

that it

was

his

genius. I can tell another tale! It

was

/, it

was

the talismanic

_power

which

I

_gave

him

fora brief _breathing space, to inspire his friendswith

admiration

and

his_{enemies with envy.} I

withdrew

that _power,

and

there arose thatsceneofbloodshed

and

confiscation

which

was

_{especiallynecessary}

toenable

_my

_{peopleto spoil}allthe nations ofEurope,

even

asourforefathers

by

divine

commandment

did_{spoil their}

_Egyptian

task-masters. Verily the

Jews have had

their _revenge!

From

the revolution of

France

_sprang

bloody

and

expensive

wars

; from those

wars

sprang royal indigence

and

national extremity,

which

raised

_up

that Christian

Moloch

of loan_jobbery

and

public debts wherein the present race battens

on

the _spoils

and

devours the labour of its _offspring;

and

now,now

was

the time

when

the

Jewish people might banquet in the halls _{of princes,}

where once

their_very presence

would have

been

deemed

pollution.

Now

was

thetime

when

the aggrandisementof

_my

_{people could} not without sin be_neglected.

_England

became

theresortof thousands of _{our oppressed people};

and

if

England

17

wealth boundless

and

with

_dupes

innumerable.

A

chieftain of _{our people}

became

_{as necessary, then,} in

_England,

as _formerly in _Venice, in

_Genoa,

in

_Antwerp,

in _Bruges, or

more

_recently in Paris.

From

the death of

Louis

XVI.

to_{the consulship} of

_Napoleon

_Buonaparte, I _{rarely conferred}

the visibletalisman, for

however

brief a _{space of time,}

_upon

_any

one; it

was

_necessary that ALL

_my

_{people should}

_{be up and}

_{doing, that} each should be

_amassing

_{his portion}; there

was

a harvest too _large for

any

singlereaper;

and

leaving tothemselvesthe native wit ofthe

Jew

and

the

native_propensity of the Gentile to overshoot his mark,

by

indulging his

own

bad

passions, I looked _{calmly on, seeing} in _{every bloody}battlefield the _precursor of a

new

loan in _every

new

loan the

most

_{perfect of}

human

inventionsfor the transfer of the wealthof the Gentile to _{the strong} boxes of the_Jew.

The

result fully justified

my

reliance

on

the _{self-destroying} talents of

the

Nazarenes

; the

Jews

of

England

amply

avenged

the

Norman

atrocities

of the older

_day

;

and what

the

Norman

took

from

the

Saxons by

the

stroke of thebattle-axe

and

the

broad

sword, the

_Jews

now

took from the atonceinsolent

and

_{ignorant descendants} of those

Normans

_by

the stroke of that far _mightier

_weapon

the_pen.

The

first of

_my

_people

whom

I_pitched

_upon

to wield the Talismanic influence in

_England

was

one

whose

name

willin

an

instant_{be recognized}

by

allthe votaries

and

_{highpriests of}

_Mammon,

whether

_Jew

or Christian. I alludeto

Solomon

Salvador. I found

him

a _{comparatively poor}

man

;

I

made

him

in a brief_spacethe marvelofall

who

knew

him.

The

wildest speculation he could undertake

was

sure toprosper;

and

the

magnates

of

the _{nation sought} his advice

when

troubled with the

common

and

_very

painful disease ofImpecuniosity.

Thissuccess

was

asbriefas it

was

brilliant.

The

fool! did he suppose

that

_power

was

entrustedtohim, thatwealth

was

_{placed within}hisreach

for the _{bidding, merely} that

he

should calla

mountainous mass

of brick

and

mortar after his

_name,

fill it with luxuriesfrom every_{quarter of the}

globe,

and

then spread the

banquet and

illuminate the saloon to

welcome

the _high-born fool

and

the _high-bornharlot,

and

make

glad their hearts with

wine

and

music, while thetowersof _Jerusalem lay in ruin,

and

the

remnant

of_{our people} sat cowering beneath the insolent trampling ofthe

the

men

of blood? Fool, thrice foolish! I_deprived

him

ofthe talismanic.. power,

and

his wealth melted

_away

from

him

fast as the

snow

melts '

beneath the ardent

beams

of the sun.

His

familiar friends

saw

that he

waxed

_poor,

and

inthe short-sighted

wisdom

of this world theyattributed his downfall to

_imprudent

speculation, to extravagant expenditure, to