Priesthood

Where each worldview places it
In "Darkness", the men who envied Orpheus's power over the herd. They banded together and subverted the simple worship of nature's God into symbols and rituals to control the "sheeple"[1].
Aliases
Controls / directs
the Sheeple, through symbol languageopposes Nature's God[1]
Answers to / controlled by
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Lineage
They succeeded Orpheus by imitating him[1]. The serpent represents "the full body of the priesthood"[1].
Dates
ancient
Places
EgyptChaldeaIndiaGreeceRomeIsrael
Key events
  • ancient: build towers on high places
  • "those who controlled those eminences became powerful"[1]
Members / notable people
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Author's claims · 2
  1. 01"The simplicity of men and the cunning of their priests has destroyed or corrupted all the religions of the world"[1].
  2. 02Its symbols "are still used upon the sheeple of the world today"[1].
Sources · 1

Notes

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g The Hour of the Time (1992–1994), Hour 43 - Darkness.