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The Endurance of Ayman al-Zawahiri.

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Figure  1 .  Ayman al-Zawahiri photo from Dabiq.  ‘Virtue, without which terror is destructive; terror, without which virtue is impotent. Terror is only justice prompt, severe and inflexible; it is then an emanation of virtue…’ Maximilien Robespierre, On the Principles of Political Morality (1794). Though advanced in age Zawahiri is as elusive as ever, he has outlived Osama bin Laden, and is now the paramount leader of al-Qaeda. Engaged in Islamist activism , since 15, frequently imprisoned and tortured. Zawahiri has endured, survived and he still thrives, secreted away either in Afghanistan or Pakistan. The following quote is from an article in Foreign Policy by Harold Doornbos and Jennan Moussa, on August 16, 2016: “ Zawahiri was perhaps the most difficult person in the world to contact — he had not been seen in public in years, and is still in hiding, most probably somewhere in Pakistan or Afghanistan. Here then is a look at Dr Ayman al-...

Thoth: Hermis Trismegistus .

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Thoth was written about from ancient times till the present. Freemasons, Rosicrucian’s and many cults and covens throughout millennia has hailed him, as a god or their guiding “ force ”. He has been identified by Alesiter Crowley in his book The Book of Thoth, as Satan or the fallen Cherub Lucifer.  While Crowley may have never called him Lucifer explicitly, all the attributes of Thoth correspond to those of Lucifer. “ Thoth Hermes Trismegistus is portrayed by the Egyptians as the moon god with the body of a man, head of an ibis, and a crescent moon over his head. His symbol was the winged serpent staff. He was the god of wisdom, letters, and time. But he was not only known to the Egyptians. To the Sumerians he was Ningizzida”.   In Manly Hall’s “ The Secret Teachings of all Ages , he went in depth into Thoth calling him by his Greek name Hermes Trismegistus or Hermes Thrice Great. I will delve into Hall’s book and his utterances on Hermes in another post coming soon o...