I loved thee, though I told thee not,
Right early and long,
Thou wert my joy in every spot,
My theme in every song.
And when I saw a stranger face
Where beauty held the claim,
I gave it like a secret grace
The being of my name.
And all the charms of face or voice
Which I in others see
Are but a recollected choice
Of what I felt for thee.
John Clare, The Secret
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest betwen the cherubims, shine forth. Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseth stir up thy strength, and come and save us. Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. O Lord God [...]
The constant formation of the universe
I am telling you facts, facts that are connected with the intentions not only of certain individuals who are joined together in brotherhoods but also of other beings who influence such brotherhoods and whose influence is also sought by those brotherhoods, beings who are not incarnated in the flesh like human beings but ones who [...]
In the last days of 1932, Hitler was contemplating suicide….at this nadir of his career, he turned to an old friend, Erik Jan Hanussen, a famous astrologer and master of several occult disciplines who had – it was said – taught Hitler everything. Although he had never cast Hitler’s astrological chart before, now in the [...]
The King hath brought me into his chambers
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will [...]
The father in the parable of the prodigal child had neither sent his son far from his paternal home in order to lead a life of debauchery, nor had he prevented him from leaving and forced him to lead a life which was pleasing to him (the father). All he did was to await his [...]
Holy Goddess with the beautiful hair
I begin to sing of Demeter, the holy goddess with the beautiful hair. And her daughter [Persephone] too. The one with the delicate ankles, whom Hadês seized. She was given away by Zeus, the loud-thunderer, the one who sees far and wide. Demeter did not take part in this, she of the golden double-axe, she [...]
The Shepherd, Mind of all masterhood, hath not passed on to me more than hath been written down, for full well did he know that I should of myself be able to learn all, and hear what I should wish, and see all things. He left to me the making of fair things; wherefore the [...]
The most fundamental message of the Christian faith is in the life of Christ, his message and his praxis. He called for complete liberation…he came to develop a new solidarity between men….he spoke of the poor and oppressed and he lived for the poor and oppressed. As revolutionaries, we affirm that Christ’s importance was that [...]
Note, lastly, what the Truth must be; 1. In the first Hierarchy: evoked by the utterance of prayer, work of the Angels; heard in study and reading, work of the Archangels; announced through example and preaching, work of the Principalities. 2. In the second Hierarchy: joined with refuge and place of indulgence, work of the [...]
‘When I touch that flower’, he said rapturously, ‘I am touching infinity. It existed long before there were human beings on this Earth and will continue to exist for millions of years to come. ‘Through that flower I talk to the infinite, which is only a silent force. This is not a physical contact. It [...]
While you cultivate the soul and embrace unity, Can you keep them from separating? Focus your vital breath until it is supremely soft; Can you be like a baby? Cleanse the mirror of mysteries, Can you make it free from blemish? Love the people and enliven the state; Can you do so without cunning? Open [...]
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast [...]
Love has permanently found its Master
We could say that God accepts with love the demands of love. Through his love for another person, the lover contracts an infinite debt – a debt also with regard to God as the guardian of his beloved. At this point all comparisons become impossible, and love has permanently found its Master. Kierkegaard
One can no longer deny the fact that, in the psychic domain, nothing dies and that the whole past lives present in the diverse layers of the depths of consciousness – the ‘unconscious’ or subconsciousness – of the soul…. …For this reason nothing perishes and nothing is lost in the domain of the psyche; essential [...]
The resurrection within Christianity of the Hindu and Buddhist spiritual life, to which the church owes the arising of the whole monastic movement and the founding of religious orders in late antiquity, as not the last event of its kind in churh history. Others followed according to the law that all truth and love of [...]
Everyone must face and deal with the three temptations. However, if one approaches the spiritual world across the ‘threshold’ that is guarded by the ‘Guardian’, then one has the task of recognising the forces of the three temptations in one’s own being and of ridding oneself of them. This means leaving them on this side [...]
The mystery of the spear wound points us towards spiritualisation of the physical body. The special, pure elixir that flows from the side of the Lord is certainly an esoteric reference to an esoteric process of development that occurred – for the first time, yet symptomatically for all human beings – here on earth within [...]
And to be sure, the Resurrection is a victory, but it is at the same time the emergence out of this night into the world that has no desire to understand. Once again, the Lord enters into his relationship, not only with the Mother, but also with the disciples, who constantly fail to understand and [...]
I call upon Thee, o living God, radiant with illuminating fire. O unseen parent of the sun! Pour forth thy light giving power and energise thy divine spark. Enter into this flame and let it be agitated by the breath of Thy Holy Spirit. Manifest Thy power and open for me the temple of almighty [...]
Then Almitra spoke, saying, we would ask now of death. And he said: You would know the secret of death. But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life? The owl whose night-bound eyes are blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light. If you would indeed [...]
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