Shamballa/The New Jerusalem

Insight, Lecture, Quote, Remembering

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April 12, 1925 was the last Leading thought given by Rudolf Steiner

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The Road to Shamballa | music by Three Dog Night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnyh6i9NvmE

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The 10th Stage: (Part 11 of the 12 part series) Encountering the Inner Layers of the Earth as a Rosicrucian/Christian Initiation, in relation to the Beatitudes and the 9-fold human being.

10 is the number of completion. We then begin a new sequence. Humanity having achieved the initiation as a 9-fold being, works on as the 10th Hierarchy, to co-create the building of the ‘New Jerusalem’ – Shambhalla – the Earth as a Sun. It is for this that we strive.

Here is where I ended my lecture on Easter 2016.

For today’s offering, I have decided to include below my undigested notes on this theme, which deserves its own lecture.

“The growth of the New Jerusalem has been ongoing since the Mystery of Golgotha. When the human being has entirely fulfilled his time on earth he will have reached the stage in which he not only weaves the heavenly substance into his own body through his senses, but in which he extends the heavenly substance through what we call spiritual knowledge and art into what will be the external city. The Old Jerusalem was built from below upwards; the New Jerusalem will be built in all reality from above downwards”. ~From The Book of Revelation, by Rudolf Steiner, Lecture 9, Dornach, 13 September 1924

Some thoughts from lecture 12 of The Apocalypse of St. John By Rudolf Steiner

It is only possible for humanity to reach freedom & love through the descent of evil into the abyss.

The clairvoyant Jupiter-human will live consciously under moral conditions. The astral body already transformed through the ego will be capable of working into the etheric body. This is possible thru the Christ-being. Only later will humanity, with the aid of the Father, be able to work into the physical body.

The “first death” is the laying aside of the very last physical body. Humanity then goes on living in the spiritualized earth with all that has been brought into the etheric body with the aid of Christ. They live in harmony with the Christ-principle.

The etheric body of those who have rejected it will be adapted to the physical body & will live in disharmony & burning desire. Those who have thrust away the forces which the Jupiter-consciousness can give them, will remain behind, sunk down below. It is the corrupted intelligence that falls prey to the beast; therefore the number of the beast is the number of humanity. The Sorat-principle originating from other world-ages, must satisfy itself with these materialists who have hardened into matter on the earth. These will be the hosts of Sorat.

But it will still be possible to convert a certain number. Not till the Venus-incarnation does the final decision come.

In the further spiritualizing of the earth there will no longer be etheric bodies. Those who have received Christ will cast them off without trouble; the others will feel it as a “second death”.

“…This is the plan which is called the New Jerusalem. They live in a new heaven and a new earth, that is, Jupiter. This new Jupiter will be accompanied by a satellite, composed of those who are excluded from the life in the spiritual, who have experienced the second death and are, therefore, unable to attain the Jupiter consciousness”.

Those who have reached the true goal on earth, sketch out the plan for the Jupiter-evolution: the New Jerusalem.

The regularity of the New Jerusalem is pictured in the cube of the 7th Seal.

7th apocalyptic sealfrom a sketch by Rudolf Steiner

In Chicago we were fortunate to have Christian Community priest Richard Dancey, who is an amazing storyteller, bring us the Legend of Shambhala over the years. It is a long & winding tale, which I could never hope to bring in this format. But it is so interesting that I thought I would share a few words about the origins of this myth:

Shambhala =”the golden place of peace/tranquility/happiness/just-so”.

In Tibetan Buddhist & Hindu traditions, Shambhala is a mythical kingdom hidden in the interior of the Earth.

Hindu texts such as the Vishnu Purana mention Shambhala as the birthplace of Kalki, the final incarnation of Vishnu who will usher in a new Golden Age – Satya Yuga.

The Kalachakra, a Buddhist text, prophesies that when the world declines into war & greed, & all seems lost, the 25th Kalki king, Lord Maitreya, will emerge from Shambhala with a huge army to vanquish “Dark Forces” & usher in a worldwide Golden Age. (Some scholars put this date at 2424 AD)

The legends, teachings & restorative practices associated with Shambhala are older than any of these organized religions.

Shambhala may very well have been an indigenous belief system, of ‘sun worshipers’ yet to come, with amazing healing abilities, wisdom & long life.

The idea of Shambhala is said to have “outer”, “inner”, &”alternative” meanings. As the 14th Dalai Lama noted during his 1985 Kalachakra initiation, Shambhala is not an ordinary place: “Although those with special affiliation may actually be able to go there through their karmic connection, nevertheless it is not a physical place that we can actually find. We can only say that it is a pure land, a pure land in the human realm. And unless one has the merit & the actual karmic association, one cannot actually arrive there”.

During the late-19th century, HP Blavatsky co-founder of the Theosophical Society, alluded to the Shambhala myth, giving it currency for Western occult enthusiasts. Madame Blavatsky, who claimed to be in contact with a Great White Lodge of Himalayan Adepts, mentions it in several places.

Later esoteric writers further emphasized & elaborated on the concept of a secret land inhabited by a hidden mystic brotherhood whose members labor for the good of humanity.

Alice A. Bailey claims ‘Shamballa is an extra-dimensional or spiritual reality on the etheric plane, a spiritual centre where the governing deity of Earth, Sanat Kumara, dwells as the highest Avatar of the Planetary Logos of Earth, and is said to be an expression of the Will of God’.

Nicholas and Helena Roerich led a 1924-1928 expedition aimed at Shambhala.

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French Buddhist Alexandra David-Néel associated Shambhala with Balkh in present day Afghanistan, also offering the Persian Sham-i-Bala, “elevated candle” as an etymology of its name.

In a similar vein, the Gurdjieffian J. G. Bennett published speculation that Shambalha was Shams-i-Balkh, a Bactrian sun temple.

“…The more insight men achieve, the greater and mightier will Christ appear to them to be! When once their gaze can penetrate into Shamballa, they will be able to understand much of what is indeed contained in the Gospels but for the recognition of which they will need to experience a kind of event of Damascus. Thus at the time when men are more sceptical of the original records than they have ever been, the new form of belief in Christ Jesus will arise when we grow into the realm where He will first be encountered: the mysterious land of Shamballa”. ~from The Second Coming of Christ in the Etheric World, lecture 2, by Rudolf Steiner

Tomorrow, dear friends I will offer up a synopsis of Encountering the Inner Layers of the Earth as a Rosicrucian/Christian Initiation, in relation to the Beatitudes and the 9-fold human being for easy study; including a list of all my research resources.

Until Soon

Blessings & peace –

~hag = Hazel Archer Ginsberg 

Leo meets Attila/Rose-Well/9th stage

Insight, Lecture, Quote, Remembering, Rudolf Steiner Quote, Soul to Soul

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TODAY is the Feast day of Leo the Great, Pope who convinced Attila the Hun to withdraw from Italy in 452 AD.

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POD (Poem Of the Day)

~Digging to dis-cover

The root of the rose

Only to reach

The well

~hag

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The 9th Stage: (Part 10 of the 12 part series) Encountering the Inner Layers of the Earth as a Rosicrucian/Christian Initiation, in relation to the Beatitudes and the 9-fold human being.

And so it is that 10 days after Ascension we come to: Whitsun or Pentecost, which correlates to the 9th stage in the Rosicrucian/Christian Initiation. I think of it as a Uniting with The Sophia – The Isis or Wisdom of Christ.

Of course this theme, which is of special interest to me, another focus of my spiritual scientific research, deserves its own series of lectures, but for now it will suffice to say: The Cosmic Being of the Sophia belongs to the Highest Heavenly realms. In relation to the earth, we can see this Divine Being connected to the sphere of the Sun as a star. Her highest member connected with humanity is at the level of The Spirits of Wisdom, her lowest member is the being of Anthroposophia.

In the past Lucifer had slain her, the task of the initiate is to re-member her, bringing Wisdom into the purified soul of humanity.

Without the marriage of Wisdom & Love, we cannot hope to understand & live into the Love that Christ brings.

In our time the Being of Anthroposophia working as the youngest member of the Cosmic Sophia is responsible for the path that leads to free thinking, loosened from the physical brain in anticipation of the age of Spirit Man. She is therefore leading humanity in the modern path of initiation, with the help of the cosmic intelligence of Michael, to unite us with the Love of Christ, which has been made available to human beings through the work of Christian Rosenkreutz & Rudolf Steiner.

In the stage of Spirit Man, the purified physical body – receives the substance of Atma & is able to truly live within its ideals.

The 9th layer is in opposition to Spirit-Man. Steiner called it “the last carapace of the Earth‘s immaterial Core,” & spoke of a relationship between this realm and the functions of the human brain and the forces of human and animal reproduction.  The spirit of the planet lives here; what Steiner called the ‘Earth Brain’ in his Mystery Dramas.

But here too lurks the sun demon, the being of the anti-Christ, Sorath.

When Christ, the “I” bringer, penetrated this primal point, redeeming the lost souls of the dead, the Resurrection took place, 1st at the gates of hell. With the Resurrection at dawn on Easter Sunday, what was preserved at the earth’s core from the Saturn condition, the archetype of the physical body, was renewed, & from the grave of the earth rose the ‘New Adam’ – the Resurrection body of Christ, which waits to be drawn towards humanity for “The New Jerusalem”. Here at the core, a golden sun is pulsing – the origin of the legend of Shambhalla.

To this Sorath, the “I” destroyer, and his minions the Asuras, work to oppose. The substance of this 9th realm, seeking to destroy this golden future, is the epitome of black magic, sowing hate, discord & separation. Here is where Dante put Cain, the brother killer.

Only the might of spiritualized love united with purified Wisdom, held by the most sublime initiate, can transform all that is physical, even the body of the earth herself.

The 9th Beatitude cautions us that to achieve such greatness we must face much resistance:  “Blessed are you when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in Heaven.”  

Rudolf Steiner encourages us with: “Blessed are you, who are especially called to carry the Name of Christ out into the world!”

This is the 9-fold human being – Spirit-Man in the making.

Until soon

Blessings & Peace –

~hag = Hazel Archer Ginsberg 

Chartres/Magdalen/8th stage

Insight, Lecture, Quote, Remembering, The Bridging Project: Life & Death

Chartres Cathedral

TODAY is the Feast Day of Fulbert of Chartres, Bishop of Chartres from 1006 to 1028. A highly esteemed teacher – his pupils called him “venerable Socrates”. He was a strong opponent of the rationalistic tendencies which had infected some dialecticians of his time.

Letters he wrote from 1004–1028 gave much insight into life in his day. He also wrote poetry & many sermons on the Blessed Virgin Mary. He was responsible for the advancement of the Nativity of the Virgin’s feast day on September 8.

When, in about 1020, the cathedral of Chartres burned down, Fulbert at once began to rebuild it in greater splendor.

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Magdalen of Canossa

April 10th is also the Feast Day of St. Magdalen of Canossa. Born in northern Italy in 1774, Magdalen knew her mind—and spoke it. At age 15 she announced she wished to become a nun. After trying out her vocation with the cloistered Carmelites, she realized her desire was to serve the needy without restriction. For years she worked among the poor & sick, & with delinquent or abandoned girls.

In her mid-twenties Magdalen began offering lodging to poor girls in her own home. In time she opened a school, which offered practical training & religious instruction. As other women joined her in the work, the new Congregation of the Daughters of Charity emerged. Over time, houses were opened throughout Italy.

They focused on the educational & spiritual needs of women, which continues to this day.

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According to Rudolf Stiner’s Calendar of the Soul, this is the Birth Day of the prophets Daniel & Ezekiel. As well as the day Wagner received the inspiration for Parsifal in Zurich, 1857.

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Calendar of the Soul: Third Week [April 10, 2016 – April 16, 2016]

Thus to the World-All speaks,

In self-forgetfulness

And mindful of its primal state,

The growing human I:

In you, if I can free myself

From fetters of my selfhood,

I fathom my essential being.

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The 8th Stage: (Part 9 of the 12 part series) Encountering the Inner Layers of the Earth as a Rosicrucian/Christian Initiation, in relation to the Beatitudes and the 9-fold human being.

Not until the distant future will humanity be able to develop the higher members which correlate to the 8th & 9th stages. Steiner referred to them in his lectures on esoteric Rosicrucianism, correlating them to the innermost layers of the interior earth.

As we continue into these final stages on the path, we see that they are a heightened development of the 1st & 2nd stages, related to the physical & etheric bodies.

In his Rosicrucian writings Steiner used a lexicon in keeping with the time before the Mystery of Golgotha, but for our purposes we will continue to use the life of Christ as our narrative, calling the 8th stage of the Christian Initiation: The Ascension.

For 40 days after the Resurrection, the apostles received esoteric teachings from the Risen Christ. When the Christ returned ‘to sit at the right hand of the Father’ at the Ascension, He became the bridge between the above and below; opening the way for humanity to become the 10th hierarchy.

Since the 20th century, The Christ can be experienced in the etheric of the earth, & because of the Ascension, the human soul can begin to come into contact with the cosmic sphere where Christ derived the forces for His Resurrection Body – The macrocosmic sphere of the Father, where the Atma, or future Spirit man, is derived.

Also at this high stage of initiation the disciple can begin to know the Christ Being, as the Lord of Karma.

As to the 8th & 9th Beatitudes, Steiner brings us back to Occult science, reminding us that as we evolve from epoch to epoch, we don’t just jump right into the new paradigm; there are always some souls who are ahead of the curve, & others that take a while longer to acclimatize.

For example, what the Christ-Impulse brings, enters into evolution for ALL of humanity, – but it doesn’t enter all at once, it comes in such a way that something still remains from the earlier stages of evolution, leaving the way open for Freedom. It is therefore necessary that those who, in freedom, understand the Christ-Impulse, should stand firm. If they are inwardly permeated by the force that proceeds from the Christ-seed, & stand firm on that foundation, they will be able to develop the force of steadfastness illustrated in the 8th Beatitude which corresponds to the Life-Spirit:

“Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.”

Here we see it thru Steiner: “Blessed are they who stand under the new order, who stand under Christ and who suffer persecution from that which remains over from the old order!” 

Now is a good time to stop & hear a reminder from the good Dr. Steiner to “beware superiority”. He warns us that, especially when the student rises up to the higher levels on the path, there is a danger of thinking we know better than others that may still be working thru the old dispensation. There is a danger of becoming the persecutor ourselves, of criticizing, or feeling the need to censor those on a different path.  Having a righteous attitude, calling other anthroposophers “heretic” because they strive in their own way, will only open the student up to the forces of the adversaries that lay in wait on the path.

The 8th layer of the inner earth is in opposition to the Life-Spirit. It is called The Splinterer or Fragmenter. In the Pythagorean School it was called ‘Sphere of Numbers”. The occult schools refer to it as the Shatterer.

Steiner describes this 8th layer: “Everything evil is prepared, organized and brought into the world from here. Quarrelsome people are so constituted that this layer has a special influence on them. This region is the seat of all disharmony, immorality and unrest. Everything there strives against the other; it is the opposite of love. If a black magician were to succeed in reaching it, and some do have the power, the evil in him would grow tremendously more powerful.”

But if humanity succeeds in progressively ridding itself of the immorality of trying to dictate or impose their will onto others, but instead, replaces this unrest with the love & compassion of allowing free will, this zone will calm down.

This will in turn influence the attitudes of all human beings. In the 8th stage of Initiation We must all work together in harmony in order to overcome this disruptive force. That is why this layer was laid into the earth, so that human beings could develop harmony, like a protective sheath for ourselves within the group. All the work we do with our study groups, & the festivals, to build community, make us earnest warriors working together with the guidance of Michael.

The Ascension is the seed of the Second Coming, and the Second Coming is the fulfillment of the Ascension.

This builds the sacred space for the mystery of the Sophia. (Do a Hallelujah & say amen) Which we will explore next…

Until soon

Blessings & peace –

~hag = Hazel Archer Ginsberg 

3 Marys/Francis Bacon/pod/7th stage

Lecture, Quote, Remembering, Rudolf Steiner Quote, The Bridging Project: Life & Death

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Today is the birthday of Mary Cleophas, who was at the crucifixion with Mary Magdalen & Mary the mother of Jesus.

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It is also the death day of Francis Bacon 1626. In Karmic Relationships Steiner indicates that in a former life he was, Harun al Rashid.

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POD (Poem Of the Day)

~ I’ve seen pain shed

Piled up like thin worn out husks

Skin cast off at the door of the tomb

These burn up, their ashes fall

& are carried to the stream of unknowing

They form a slit in the river that grows food

A true life ended nourishes another

~hag

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The 7th Stage: (Part 8 of the 12 part series) Encountering the Inner Layers of the Earth as a Rosicrucian/Christian Initiation, in relation to the Beatitudes and the 9-fold human being.

The Resurrection is the sublime consequence of the journey into hell. It is a sublime experience achieved through sacrifice.  At this stage the initiate acquires the power of healing.

It correlates to the 7th layer of the inner earth called Earth Mirror or Mirror Earth. It is even more sensitive to human influences than the Fire Earth above it. It is like a prism which decomposes everything reflected in it & brings to expression its polar counterpart.

“It reflects as reversed morality all that is good.”   

It is up to human beings to transform the forces of this layer into moral healing forces. When humanity has advanced enough to engender the highest sacrifice (the mystic death) then everything a-moral in this Mirror Earth will be overcome, & transformed into right relationship.

The 7th Beatitude shows us the way:  “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.”

The Sermon on the Mount now rises to the Spirit-Self.

Here humanity no longer works alone; at this stage of evolution we must appeal to the divine Spiritual worlds, which, through Christ, have been brought into connection with the earth.

In former times, strife & disharmony entered humanity through the ego-nature, as it still does today- but in the future, peace will be poured out over the earth through the Christ-Impulse. And those who take up the Christ-Impulse will become the founders of this peace, which in the future will gradually develop as Spirit-Self.

In a new sense we will become ‘children of God’, because we will consciously bring into the world the spirit from the Spiritual Realms.

Steiner’s Beatitude: “Blessed are they who bring peace — or harmony into the world; for they shall be the children of God!”  

This completes the 7-fold human being.

Where will the next stage take us?

Until soon

Blessings & Peace –

~hag = Hazel Archer Ginsberg 

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Hoditz/Hadrian/pod/6th layer

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Those who work with the Original indications in the Calendar of the Soul know that Rudolf Steiner lists the birth & death days, as well as other significant occurrences of various individualities, along with the dates in the calendar.  He said of this: “What is presented here can be useful to those who wish to follow the path of mankind’s spiritual development” ~Rudolf Steiner

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For TODAY April 8, 2016 he lists the death day of Wilhelm von Humbolt 1835, Prussian philosopher, diplomat, founded University of Belin.

‘The Present Age’ published by T.H. Meyer, carries on this tradition, adding more contemporary people.

Ludwig Polzer-Hoditz

For today we see Ludwig Polzer-Hoditz, who we know as being one of Rudolf Steiner’s most valued & independent-minded colleagues. He was born in Prague to an aristocratic family with royal connections. Leaving behind his background traditions, he became a key player in Steiner’s regenerative threefold social impulses, working tirelessly for a genuinely unified, free Europe.

According to Meyer, on this day in 1928, Ludwig Polzer-Hoditz had an experience that brought to the surface one of his past incarnations as Hadrian, 76 AD – 10 July, 138 AD, who was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. He is known for building Hadrian’s Wall, which marked the northern limit of Britannia. He also rebuilt the Pantheon and constructed the Temple of Venus and Roma. He is considered to have been a humanist, & he is regarded as one of the ‘Five Good Emperors’.

Hadrian was born into a Hispano-Roman family. During his reign, he traveled to nearly every province of the Empire. An ardent admirer of Greece, he sought to make Athens the cultural capital of the Empire and ordered the construction of many opulent temples in the city. He used his relationship with his Greek lover Antinous to underline his love of Greek culture leading to the creation of one of the most popular cults of ancient times. He spent extensive amounts of time with the military; he usually wore military attire and even dined and slept amongst the soldiers. Late in his reign he suppressed the Bar Kokhba revolt in Judaea, renaming the province Syria Palaestina.

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POD (Poem Of the Day)

~Cracked open

Will the seed

Laid into the void

Progress & grow?

The gods circle round

Hunting for ideas that lie dormant

Thoughts unexpressed

Seeds that remain uncultivated

These they plant in the clay of another life

Better able to fill the void

With fertile fruit

~hag

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The 6th Stage: (Part 7 of the 12 part series) Encountering the Inner Layers of the Earth as a Rosicrucian/Christian Initiation, in relation to the Beatitudes and the 9-fold human being.

This next stage is called: The Entombment, because the initiate can begin to perceive that drop of the divine entombed within the heart, shining in the blood. It is also called The Descent or Hallowing of Hell. As we have previously seen, the disciple freed from the body becomes one with the earth. Being one with the Earth they find themselves again within the life of the cosmos. Being united with the all, they bring the all with them, just as the Christ did on Holy Saturday.

Here the 6th layer of the interior earth is called into play, the Fire Earth. Steiner spoke about this even as Mount Vesuvius was erupting during his lecture ‘The Interior of the Earth & Volcanic Eruptions’ in Berlin 1906. Steiner spoke about the 6th layer as being “able to feel pleasure and pain, so to speak, and is more or less like a human being who is ‘sky high’ one moment and ‘down in the dumps’ the next.”

He warned us that “human passions have a tremendous effect upon the Fire Earth. The more human passions increase, the more restless it becomes”. It is “composed of pure will, of elemental life forces in constant movement permeated with drives and passions” – a veritable reservoir of unresolved will forces. Steiner commented that “if you exert pressure on this substance it offers opposition and fights back.”  

This reminds me of an article I read a few weeks ago in Time magazine. It said that up until 2009 Ohio hadn’t registered an earthquake for 300 million years! But since they started fracking in Ohio, there have been over 995 earthquakes between 2009 &2015!

To me this is a perfect illustration that when the Fire Earth becomes disturbed by human passions, by human greed, it exerts even greater pressure on the Fruit Earth causing earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. This is intimately connected with the human will; and Steiner tells us that this is the source of the eruptions that destroyed Lemuria!

Steiner goes on to further describe this 6th layer: “When human will is evil and chaotic it acts magnetically on this layer and disrupts it. When the human will is free from egotism, it is able to appease this fire.”  

The 6th Beatitude is the antidote to this layer & refers to the Consciousness Soul. Here at last the Ego is free & pure; it becomes conscious of itself. The initiate can truly perceive that drop of the eternal entombed within the heart, shining in the blood. This transformation actually causes changes in the constitution of our blood which works upon the physical body.

“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”

The 6th Beatitude thru Steiner:  “Blessed are they, who are pure in blood and heart, the expression of the Ego, who allow nothing to enter there but the pure Ego-nature; for they will recognize God therein!”

Christ’s descent into hell on Holy Saturday takes Him to the ‘primal ground of the creator’, to The Father God in the microcosm. Here the blood flowed – a luminous seed planted in the depths – so that the earth can become a future sun.

The initiate who becomes a receptacle for the Christ-force, able to experience the Christ within, by pouring out their Ego into the Consciousness Soul, will be able to find their way to the Father God in the depths.  And The tomb becomes an altar.

Blessings & Peace Dear Ones

Until tomorrow

Xox

~hag = Hazel Archer Ginsberg