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Lessons and discussions on spiritual growth, sun gazing, use of spiritual tools such as music, crystals and incense, and related matters. Based on the teachings of the ancient mystery schools, the Gnostics, and Gene Savoy.
2021-06-23 09:41
“Just as man, as a social being, cannot in the long run exist without a tie to the community, so the individual will never find the real justification for his existence and his own spi… Read More
2021-06-21 09:40
“The mandragora officinarum or mandrake, is accredited with possessing the most remarkable magical powers. Its narcotic properties were recognized by the Greeks, who employed it to dea… Read More
2021-06-18 09:37
“The master answered and said, “I tell you the truth, none will be saved unless they believe in my cross, for the kingdom of God belongs to those who have believed in my cross. B… Read More
2021-06-16 09:51
“Where the matter may be effected agreeably unto both the Gods and men in common, there can be no just cause of grief or sorrow. For where the fruit and benefit of an action well begun… Read More
2021-06-14 09:33
Tempted By Satan
“I answered and said to him [Jesus], “Master, we can obey you if you wish, for we have forsaken our fathers and our mothers and our villages, and followed you. G… Read More
2021-06-11 09:50
“There is a romance between the active principle of God and the passive principle of Nature. From the union of these two principles is produced the rational creation. Man is a composit… Read More
2021-06-09 09:49
“Disciple: It is very hard to be always looking forwards into Eternity; and consequently, to attain to this single Eye, and simplicity of Divine Vision. The entrance of a Soul naked in… Read More
2021-06-07 09:38
“THE LAW IS BY THE DEMIURGE It remains for us to say who this god is who ordained the law; but I think this too has been shown you in what we have already said, if you have listened to… Read More
2021-06-04 09:49
“In Love, everything renews. In Love, there is eternal bliss. I say Love is a nice world where I can rest; in Love is paradise.
“Love is this that rectifies all mistakes. For me… Read More
2021-06-02 09:38
Soul Song
“From the writings of the ancient philosophers of all races, from the songs of the great poets of all peoples, from the preachings of the prophets of all religions and times… Read More
2021-05-31 09:44
“God made us so that we might become partakers of the divine nature and sharers in His eternity, and so that we might come to be like Him through deification by grace. It is through di… Read More
2021-05-28 09:44
“Most people confuse ‘self-knowledge’ with knowledge of their conscious ego-personalities.Anyone who has and ego-consciousness at all takes it for granted that he knows him… Read More
2021-05-26 09:48
“If some belong to the order of the priesthood, they will be able to go within the veil with the high priest. So the veil was not torn at the top, since it would have been open only to… Read More
2021-05-24 09:48
“For those to whom it has been given to become Children of God; and to be born from above of the Spirit, who have within them Christ shining and refreshing them, are led in many differ… Read More
2021-05-21 09:49
Expansion of Consciousness
“The Illuminated Vision of the World closely is connected with the sense of the ‘Presence of God,’ or power of perceiving the Absolute. It is the… Read More
2021-05-19 09:48
“A brief history of the Judeo-Christian tradition begins with the king and high priest, Lord Melchizedek. Melchizedek taught the founding principles of spirituality on earth at the ver… Read More
2021-05-17 09:35
“This is a well-known sententious saying of the philosopher’s, ‘Let fire and Azoc suffice thee’. Fire alone is the whole work and the entire art. Moreover, they who b… Read More
2021-05-14 09:37
Mother Truth, Father Knowledge
“Truth is the mother, knowledge the father. Those who think that sinning does not apply to them are called free by the world. Knowledge of the truth can… Read More
2021-05-12 09:50
Living Book of the Sun
“He who cannot accept truth looks only on the surface and makes conclusions which his mind can accept. The same thing happens with him who does not understand th… Read More
2021-05-10 09:49
“Understand this well: the measureless splendor of God, which together with the incomprehensible brightness, is the cause of all gifts and of all virtues—that same Uncomprehended… Read More
2021-05-07 09:44
“Domestic animals may be the bull and the donkey and other species. Others are wild and live in the deserts. A man plows the field with a domestic animal, and from the fruit of his lab… Read More
2021-05-05 09:49
“Eliphas Levi commits a great blunder in always identifying the Astral Light with what we call Akasa. On the lowest planes of what we call Ether, the noumenon of which is Akasa; and ev… Read More
2021-05-03 09:49
What If Only Matter Exists?
“If Matter is taken to be the only existent, and all other things as modifications of Matter, it is not legitimate to set up a single genus to embrace both… Read More
2021-04-30 09:39
The Place We Came From
“Each one will speak concerning the place from which they have come forth, and to the region from which they received their essential being they will hasten to r… Read More
2021-04-28 09:48
The Devil’s Trickery
“When Adam and Eve (after the biting of the ‘apple’) beheld themselves, then they perceived the monstrous image and bestial form, and they felt i… Read More
2021-04-26 09:54
Sacred Plants
“Albert G. Mackey calls attention to the fact that each of the ancient Mysteries had its own peculiar plant sacred to the gods or goddesses in whose honor the rituals wer… Read More
2021-04-23 09:48
“To look back upon things of former ages, as upon the manifold changes and conversions of several monarchies and commonwealths. We may also foresee things future, for they shall all be… Read More
2021-04-21 09:52
Perfection
“That is the gospel of him whom they seek, which he has revealed to the perfect through the mercies of the father as the hidden mystery, Jesus the anointed. Through him he e… Read More
2021-04-19 09:48
Mummification
“Servius, commenting on Virgil’s Aeneid, observed that ‘the wise Egyptians took care to embalm their bodies, and deposit them in catacombs, in order that the… Read More
2021-04-16 09:48
“If you suffer yourself to be always looking into Nature and the things of Time, and to be leading the will, and to be seeking somewhat for thyself in the desire, it will be impossible… Read More
2021-04-14 09:50
“Concerning the fullness, it is I. I was sent down in the body for the seed that had fallen away. And I came down to their mortal model. But they did not recognize me, thinking I was a… Read More
2021-04-12 09:50
“The success of a person depends on their faith: their faith in God, their neighbor and themselves. Be glad when you meet a smart person, it is a blessing for you. …
“Ther… Read More
2021-04-09 09:48
The Great God
“Through a primary revelation of the first one, which is unknown to all, I saw the God that is greater than perfection, and the triple power that exists in all. I was see… Read More
2021-04-07 09:50
Infinite Spirit
“How shall we approach this subject, which even the most advanced minds in the flesh today can but faintly comprehend? How can the finite express or comprehend the infi… Read More
2021-04-05 13:38
“All these Zen mondo may sound nonsensical and the reader may come to the conclusion that when the subject is ‘living in the light of eternity’ they are altogether irreleva… Read More
2021-04-02 09:48
“Zarathustra knew that Spirit directs the course of human evolution. … He had worked in the etheric body since the entrance of the Luciferic nature. It was therefore necessary t… Read More
2021-03-31 09:47
“For the sake of love all the saints resisted sin, not showing any regard for this present life and they endured many forms of death, in order to be seperated from the world and unifie… Read More
2021-03-29 09:38
Arrogant God of Matter
“Opening his eyes he saw a vast quantity of endless matter, and he turned arrogant, saying, ‘I am god, and there is no one but me.’ “When he sa… Read More
2021-03-26 09:43
“In Dante, the transcendent and impersonal aspect of illumination is seen in its most exalted form. It seems at first sight almost impossible to find room within the same system for th… Read More
2021-03-24 09:44
Slavery of Fear
“The most common, yet most unknown, form of slavery is that where you are ruled by the thought around you. You may be in the employ of another person. You do your best… Read More
2021-03-22 09:47
The Great Angel
“Now, as for that angel, I cannot speak of his power. His appearance is like fine gold and his raiment is like snow. No, truly, my mouth cannot bear to speak of his pow… Read More
2021-03-19 09:49
Philosopher’s Stone Allegory
“The philosophers have prefixed most occult names to this matter of the [Philosopher’s] Stone, grounded on mere similitude. Arnold, observing t… Read More
2021-03-17 10:00
“In mysticism, that love of truth which we saw as the beginning of all philosophy leaves the merely intellectual sphere and takes on the assured aspect of a personal passion. Where the… Read More
2021-03-15 09:43
“The rays of the Sun are a bearer of great good. And each ray that comes out of God brings great blessing to the people. It is alive. I am not saying that the Light is only a vibration… Read More
2021-03-12 10:48
Spiritual Hunger and Thirst
“Could we receive God Himself into our comprehension. He would give Himself to us without intermediary; but this is impossible to us because we are too narr… Read More
2021-03-10 10:48
“This is the revelation of the All Glorious One, who was with us on Earth as a Master and now dwells in the Place of Eternal Brightness.
“I am as I was, the devoted friend of the… Read More
2021-03-08 10:48
Perfect Human
“One day in Judea Jesus went to his students. He found them all sitting together as they all were practicing group piety. When he came near, they were giving a prayer of… Read More
2021-03-05 10:48
“Let your Will be strong, but without anger, and your Thoughts be pure from that which infects the lower strata of the earth’s atmosphere. Let the Fire of the Divine Will penetra… Read More
2021-03-03 10:40
“In order to free the fiction of the Sovereign State—in other words, the whims of the chieftains who manipulate it—from every wholesome restriction, all socio-political mov… Read More
2021-03-01 10:49
The Fiery Devourers
“Reality: on that of manifested, hence illusive, being, its particles are fiery lives which live and have their being at the expense of every other life that they c… Read More
2021-02-26 10:43
Acts and Motion Without Time
“Just as Act is timeless, so there is no reason why Motion also should not primarily be timeless, time attaching to it only in so far as it happens to have… Read More
2021-02-24 10:59
In the Light of Meekness
“Where the soul stands before God, and mixes with the Will of the justice of the Father, who sets His Will before Him (in the breaking of the darkness) in the… Read More
2021-02-22 10:48
“The Working of Blessed Love. It were bitterer than death to me if ever I did that which is good, without God.
“This is the nature of the great love which is of God. She does not… Read More
2021-02-19 10:52
“Mans veneration for trees as symbols of the abstract qualities of wisdom and integrity also led him to designate as trees those individuals who possessed these divine qualities to an… Read More
2021-02-17 10:43
John the Baptizer and Jesus
“There was a man sent from God. His name was Yohanan. He came as a witness in testimony of the light so that all might believe through him. He was not the l… Read More
2021-02-15 10:46
“Thy speech is not right, O man! If thou supposes that he that is of any worth at all, should be apprehensive of either life or death, as a matter of great hazard and danger; and shoul… Read More
2021-02-12 11:02
Hermes and Isis
“Thoth Hermes Trismegistus, the founder of Egyptian learning, the Wise Man of the ancient world, gave to the priests and philosophers of antiquity the secrets which hav… Read More
2021-02-10 10:48
“Know then, my beloved son, that if thou wilt keep the Light of Nature within its own proper bounds, and make use thereof in just subordination to the Light of God; thou must consider… Read More
2021-02-08 10:54
“The other world the world beyond, is a world of purity. Man’s opportunities lie in purity. The good life lies in purity. Where there is impurity, it always brings suffering. Dis… Read More
2021-02-05 10:50
Trusting the Spirit
“When man learns of the existence of his spiritual mind and begins to recognize its promptings and leadings, he strengthens his bond of communication with it, and c… Read More
2021-02-03 10:49
“Once upon a time Life and Death met at the bedside of a seriously ill man. They stood one on the right side, the other on the left, staring intently at each other. “Why did you… Read More
2021-02-01 10:48
God Is
“A monk asked Ho-un of Rosozan, a disciple of Nangaku Yejo, ‘How do we speak and not speak?’ This is the same as asking: How do we transcend the law of contradiction… Read More
2021-01-29 10:50
“But those who suppose that obedience in all things is required, or that responsibility in political affairs is transferred from the subject to the sovereign, reduce themselves to a gr… Read More
2021-01-27 10:49
“The leader of ancient Persian civilization, who was sent by the guardian of the Sun oracle to the people under consideration, maybe designated by the same name ad the historical Zarat… Read More
2021-01-25 10:50
“Yeshua said, A person cannot mount two horses or bend two bows, and a servant cannot serve two masters, or the servant will honor one and offend the other. No one who drinks aged wine… Read More
2021-01-22 10:46
“Man is an Island. And its name is Loneliness. Around it is a sea of raging passions. And the waves that beat against its shores, are not they taking away a part of its outer fringe, t… Read More
2021-01-20 10:46
Authors of Evil
“The greatest authors and instigators of evil are ignorance, self-love and tyranny. Each depends on the other two and is supported by them: from ignorance of God comes… Read More
2021-01-18 10:45
Share Spiritual Wealth
“If there is a rich man, and he makes a costly repast, he spreads out of his wealth and the treasure that he has, and is under no fear that he will run short of… Read More
2021-01-15 10:49
“Of the Two Golden Chalices of Sorrow and of Comfort. I, slothful sinner that I am, kneel down at my hour of prayer, and it seemed to me as if God were unwilling to give me the least m… Read More
2021-01-13 10:48
“It really seems as though the mystics’ attainment of new levels of consciousness did bring with it the power of perceiving a splendor always there, but beyond the narrow range o… Read More
2021-01-11 10:48
“Purity means power. Steel is at once the purity of iron, and the power of iron. Highly refined spirit comes of the purest thought, and is the most powerful thought. Christ felt the ev… Read More
2021-01-08 10:48
“The Magi in their wisdom asserted that all creatures might be brought to one unified substance, which substance they affirm may, by purifications and purgations, attain to so high a d… Read More
2021-01-06 10:45
The One Reality
“Of all those forms of life and thought with which humanity has feed its cravings for truth, mysticism alone postulates, and in the persons of the great initiates prove… Read More
2021-01-04 10:48
Rescued From Samsara
“We who are miserable and with no hope would have stayed in the torture of samsara, not finding the end of your path. You set up the ladder of wisdom, you let us s… Read More
2021-01-01 10:50
Outer and Inner Suns
“The reason why men can have no [spiritual] achievement is due to the fact that they look toward the west. They admire the sunset and sleep when the Sun rises. The… Read More
2020-12-30 10:43
Touch of God
“Understand this well: when we turn within ourselves in contemplation, the fruitive unity of God is like to a darkness, a somewhat which is unconditioned and incomprehensi… Read More
2020-12-28 10:49
THE SHIP OF GOD
“Deep companion of the beings of light! In your mercy, give me your strength and help me with your own hand. Dress my soul, O Lord, and speak to me. Help me when enemie… Read More
2020-12-25 10:49
As We Sow
“When you build, build as forever and your fame shall be sung among the great in the Everlasting Halls.
“He who has done you one good turn will be more ready to do you… Read More
2020-12-23 10:57
“Even though life is hard, even though it is sometimes difficult to smile, we have to try. Just as when we wish each other, ‘Good morning,’ it must be a real ‘Good mo… Read More
2020-12-21 10:50
“Use only one vessel, one fire, one instrument.
“The door to success lies in the unity of will and purpose and the proper adaptation of the means to the end. There are many roads… Read More
2020-12-18 10:51
Rudolf & Frosty as Christian Symbols –
Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Frosty the Snowman
You know Dasher, and Dancer, and
Prancer, and Vixen,
Comet, and Cupid, and
Donder and B… Read More
2020-12-16 10:50
The Perfect Man (or Woman)
“The Adam of dust requires the Soul of Life to be breathed into him: the two middle principles, which are the sentient life of the irrational animal and the… Read More
2020-12-14 10:50
“Every soul, authentically a soul, has some form of rightness and moral wisdom; in the souls within ourselves there is true knowing: and these attributes are no images or copies from t… Read More
2020-12-12 11:02
In All Things and Places
“When mine eyes are dim with weeping, And my tongue with grief is dumb; And it is as if Thou wert sleeping When my heart calleth, ‘Come;’ When I hu… Read More
2020-12-11 10:52
A Piece of Heaven in Us
“Thou will say, ‘God dwells in Heaven.’ O! Thou blind mind, full of darkness; the Heaven where God dwells is also in thee, as Adam was both upon Ear… Read More
2020-12-09 12:58
Lion and Sun Allegory
“The lion is the king of the animal family and, like the head of each kingdom, is sacred to the sun, whose rays are symbolized by the lion’s shaggy mane. Th… Read More
2020-12-07 10:49
Do Nothing Contrary to the Proper Constitution of Man
“Through the substance of the universe pass all particular bodies, being all of the same nature, and all joint workers with the un… Read More
2020-12-05 10:51
“The Egyptian Sphinx is closely related to the Greek legend of Oedipus, who first solved the famous riddle propounded by the mysterious creature with the body of a winged lion and the… Read More
2020-12-04 10:48
“Look, this is the message!
The call, the call, is once again heard.
I came and they were gathered.
I came and the gods were happy.
I came and they were gathered round me.
Look, this i… Read More
2020-12-02 10:52
An Earnest Disciple
“Herein is described the manner of passing the Gulf which divides the two principles of states of Heaven and Hell. …
“The disciple being very earnest t… Read More
2020-11-30 10:49
“Love infers limitless happiness in which the universe is immersed. You are living in the world, but you have closed your mind and your heart, but you have to know that God’s goo… Read More
2020-11-28 10:54
“When we learn to trust the Spirit, it responds by sending us more frequent flashes of illumination and enlightenment. As one unfolds in Spiritual Consciousness he relies more upon his… Read More
2020-11-27 10:49
“There was one oracle-sanctuary of special importance, which in the universal decline had preserved the ancient cult in its purest form. It was one of the Christ oracles; and on that a… Read More
2020-11-25 10:44
“How prosaic and emotionally indifferent Zen is! When it sees a mountain id declares it a mountain; when it comes to a river, it just tells us it is a river. When Chokei (Chang-ching)… Read More
2020-11-23 10:43
“If we are made, as we are, in the image of God, let us become the image both of ourselves and of God, or rather let us all become the image of the One whole God, bearing nothing earth… Read More
2020-11-21 10:51
Intuitive Consciousness
“In many temperaments of the unstable or artistic type, the intuitional consciousness of the Absolute becomes ungovernable: it constantly breaks through, obtain… Read More
2020-11-20 10:49
Power of Helpful Thought
“The corner-stone in the power and charm of a persons thought is this, expressed in words, ‘I want to help you in whatever way I can. I want to help buil… Read More
2020-11-18 10:45
“ The lion took my beautiful daughter. He seized her, dragged her into his lair with his great dragon. When she was in the pit, the lion screamed. His companions gathered. The dragon w… Read More
2020-11-16 11:10
Magic of the Divine Ternary
“The Devil attempted with his whole force and endeavor to darken the Light; nor was he wholly frustrated in his hopes, for he deprived all Greece of it, and… Read More
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