‘For this same reason, I have brought to the world the Mysteries of the Light that untie all the ties that you have with the spirit of my adversary.
The Light which frees the soul of the influences that govern it – and transforms it in the Light, refining it and guiding it to my Father’s Kingdom, the First Emanation and the First Mystery.’
Pistis Sophia, Jesus Christ to Mary Magdalene
Not only are there seven planets, but these must have had their representations on Earth in the seven holy ‘fortresses’ of the seven ‘white’ Kings of Atlantis. In the Secret of the West, Merezhkovsky says: ‘Atlantis perished, but its gods were saved. There are seven of them: The Cretan Adonis-Adonai, the Egyptian Osiris, the Babylonian [...]
Certain old initiations were often described as a search for the ancestors; and between the seeker and his ancestors were the waters of the womb out of which he had been born. Initiation awakened the ancestral memory (latent in all people) by teaching the neophyte to extend his ordinary memory beyond the moment of his [...]
It came to pass then, when the First Mystery had finished setting forth these words unto the disciples, that he said unto them: “Who hath understood the solution of these words, let him come forward and say it in openness.” Mary again came forward and said: “My Lord, concerning these words with which Pistis Sophia [...]
Thou hast endowed me with thy Light and saved me; Thou hast led me to the upper Gods of Chaos. May the offspring of evil now be driven out, who follow me, and may they sink down among the lower Gods of Chaos; and let them not come near the upper Gods, that they may [...]
When his love he doth espy, let her shine as gloriously as the Venus of the sky ~ William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream It wasn’t the flickering light in the upper storey window that drew the Watcher’s attention, for many lights vied for his attention that evening. It was a melody drifting upwards through [...]
And for a sure ground of our true calcination, Work wisely only kind with kind. For kind to kind has appetite and inclination. He who does not know this, in knowledge is blind, And may wander forth as mist in the wind, Knowing never with profit where to alight, Because he conceives not our words [...]
Spell for being transformed into a Phoenix
I have flown up like the primeval ones, I have become Khepri, I have grown as a plant, I have clad myself as a tortoise, I am the essence of every God, I am the seventh of those seven Uraei who came into being in the West, Horus who makes the brightness with his person, [...]
The worship of Adonis was practised by the Semitic peoples of Babylonia and Syria, and the Greeks borrowed it from them as early as the seventh century before Christ. The true name of the deity was Tammuz: the appellation of Adonis is merely the Semitic Adon, ‘lord’, a title of honour by which his worshippers [...]
One! Oman! Take heed! Two! What saith deep midnight’s voice indeed? Three! I slept in my sleep Four! From deepest dream I’ve woke and plead: Five! The world is deep, Six! And deeper than the day could read. Seven! Deep is woe Eight! joy deeper yet than woe can be: Nine! Woe saith: Hence! Go! [...]
The joy which results from truth and the belief which results from joy – here is the key which opens the door to understanding the Arcanum of the world as a work of art. For it is this Arcanum which will reveal the world to us as a work of divine creative art, ie, the [...]
And what is it to work with love? It is to weave the cloth with threads drawn from your heart, even as if your beloved were to wear that cloth. Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
The aim of conscious love is to bring about rebirth, or spiritual childhood. Everybody with perceptions beyond those of male and female must be aware of the change that comes over the man or woman, however old in years, who loves. It is usually instinctive; yet it symbolizes the still more marvelous change occurring when [...]
Look, you have been told everything. Lift up your eyes and look at the cloud and the light within it and the stars surrounding it. The star that leads the way is your star.” Judas lifted up his eyes and saw the luminous cloud, and he entered it. Those standing on the ground heard a [...]
This devoted and favorite Apostle initiated by Jesus Christ Himself was called ‘Judas.’… Judas was not only the most faithful and devoted of all the near followers of Jesus Christ, but also, only thanks to his Reason and presence of mind all the acts of this Sacred Individual could form that result [of being] the [...]
If you want what visible reality can give, you’re an employee. If you want the unseen world, you’re not living your truth. Both wishes are foolish, but you’ll be forgiven for forgetting that what you really want is love’s confusing joy. Rumi
Grant us the grace of pure vision
May God, who in the mystery of his vision and power transforms his white radiance into many-coloured creation, from whom all things come and into whom they all return, grant us the grace of pure vision…. He is the sun, the moon and the stars. He is the fire, the waters, and the wind… Thou [...]
He feels anew the faith of all on earth, The power of salvation streaming thence; But as he looks, he feels his very soul Pervaded by a new and unknown sense: Who added to the cross the wreath of roses? It is entwined by blooming clusters dense, Profusely spreading just as though they could Endow [...]
The spirit child within my soul I feel freed of enchantment. In heart-high gladness has The holy cosmic Word engendered The heavenly fruit of hope, Which grows rejoicing into worlds afar Out of my being’s godly roots. Rudolf Steiner, Calendar of the Soul, Christmas
Face to face and silver silence Fills the spaces left between us. In the mind our eyes will wander, See therein love’s sweetest pleasure. Nerves are bad – my tongue is frozen – Still my heart is speaking volumes. In our veins the blood grows warmer; By degrees the sun gets nearer. How [...]
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