272 ROSICRUCIANCOSMO-CONCEPTION
demanded separate fields, so those two planets were thrown
off, Venus first, and then Mercury. Each was given such
proximity to the central orb as insured the rate of vibration
necessary for its evolution. The inhabitants of Mercury are
the furthest advanced, hence are closer to the Sun.
Some of the inhabitants of each planet were sent to the
Earth to help nascent humanity and are known to occult
scientists as the “Lords of Venus” and the “Lords of
Mercury.”
The Lords of Venus were leaders of the masses of our
people. They were inferior beings of the Venus evolution,
who appeared among men and were know as “messengers of
the Gods.” For the good of our humanity they led and
guided it, step by step. There was no rebellion against their
authority, because man had not yet evolved an independent
will. It was to bring him to the stage where he would be able
to manifest will and judgment that they guided him, until he
should be able to guide himself.
It was known that these messengers communed with the
Gods. They were held in deep reverence and their
commands were obeyed without question.
When under the tuition of these Beings mankind had
reached a certain stage of progress, the most advanced were
placed under the guidance of the Lords of Mercury, who
initiated them into the higher truths for the purpose of
making them leaders of the people. These Initiates were then
exalted to kingship and were the founders of the dynasties of
Divine Rulers who were indeed kings “by the grace of God,”
i.e., by the grace of the Lords of Venus and Mercury, who
were as Gods to infant humanity. They guided and
instructed the kings for the good of the people and not for
self-aggrandizement and arrogation of rights at their