Theos-Talk Archives (May 2000 Message tt00292)

"The Occult Doctrine has naught to do with the Biblical division of Shem,
Ham and Japhet, and admirers, without accepting it, the latest Huxleyan,
physiological division of the human races into their quintuple group of
Australioids, Negroids, Mongoloids, Xanthochroi, and the 5th variety of
Melanochroi. Yet is says that the triple division of the blundering Jews is
closer to the truth. It knows but of three entirely distinct primeval races
whose evolution, formation and development went pari passu and on parallel
lines with the evolution, formation, and development of three geological
strata; NAMELY; the BLACK, the RED-YELLOW, and the BROWN-WHITE RACES."
- H.P. Blavatsky in: B:CW X:213 Fn.

>>  Anti-Semite sounds fancier than "Jew Hater". In the Old Testament, Noah
> > had
> >  three sons, Shem, Ham, and Yapheth (which translate, more or less, to
"good
> >  reputation", "good mind", and "good looks"). The Middle Eastern people,
> > Biblically
> >  speaking, were descendents of Shem, hence, "Semitic". I can look up the
exact
> >  names and dates,. but essentially a German newspaper devoted to the
> > anti-Jewish
> >  cause in the 19th Century called itself the "Anti-Semite", and the term
> > took. The
> >  newspaper had nothing to do with Arabs, so that even though Arabs are
> > technically
> >  Semites, the term "anti-semitism" refers only to Jews, although it has
been
> > used
> >  as a layer of confusion by Jew-hating Arab leaders (saying "I'm not
> > anti-Semitic;
> >  I'm a Semite myself!" begs the real question, "Do you hate Jews?").
> >
> >      Bart Lidofsky
> >   >>
> >
> > Thanks Bart. Your explanation is useful. It does raise the further
question
> > of who then, are the descendants of Ham, and Yapheth? If the Middle
Eastern
> > peoples (Arabs and Jews) are the descendants of Shem, Who are the
descendants
> > of the other two brothers? Any thoughts on this? Thanks.
> >
> > Louis
> >
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