I gave a talk on the Rose Croix and the Qabalah last night at our Rose meeting. Strange thing was that, even though I had done my homework, while I was giving the talk, I suddenly saw even more meanings in the surroundings than I had suspected in the past.
Tipareth/Beauty as the shepherd which gave meaning the to s... Severity and Mercy as Science and Religion (among other opposites) .. the N & S columns.
The three permanent atoms being the three kings (which we were discussing yesterday) were emblazoned in light before me.
Funny how I posted about a possible meaning of the three kings, baby Jesus and the stable yesterday, and then last night the significance of the shepherd was bought to my attention.
And I had to change my mind about what is MOST important of the three - to Know, Love or Serve God. I though Knowing God was a prerequisite to Loving and Serving. But I see clearly now that Serving (your fellow man) comes first, then Loving and Knowing God follows on quite naturally. (ie no need to sit on mountain tops etc).
Synchronicity.
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting…trailing clouds of glory do we come from God, who is our home -Wordsworth
Using a moral science such as the Qabalah it is possible to accelerate markedly one's progress up the ladder.
In the 17th century it would seem that many brethren were well educated in the inherited traditions and perhaps it was assumed that each brother would have inner practices to support their ritual.
Using a moral science such as the Qabalah it is possible to accelerate markedly one's progress up the ladder.
Indeed, something I know form personal experience. One day in Borders bookshop a book literally fell at my feet and I mentioned it to a chap in UGLEs SRIA (I know not technically UGLEs but to illustrate that some in UGLE do understand these things) confirmed precisely this to me.
As soon as I delved into the book, life, and my life, made so much more sense, almost instantly as I drew the tree.
I would suggest that for anyone with sufficient sensitivity, it can open doors.
As a side note - not been around much as life is getting in the way, and I am dealing with a range of issues that are challenging me across the spectrum. Quite exciting as it has been a while since I have delved so deeply into inner work. The last time I did this level of inner work I was lost and confused, broken, trying to make sense of life, now, a decade and a half later it is actually quite empowering, even if some of lifes challenges would seem contrary (eg I have been diagnosed with spinal stenosis ending my running and physical harsh adventuring). But this is only one small part of the challenges at the moment and it has blown my socks off as it has actually empowered me. Daft as that may sound to some. Anyhow once I fully explore and put to bed a few more issues and life challenges and surmount the obstacles I will be around more again.
While life can be a right pain in the ass at times, it is also quite exciting and empowering when you get beneath its skin.
Good to hear from you again. I hope your medical condition is not too disturbing.
No, not at all.
I have numbness in my body that is now subsiding, but I do have some weight bearing issues in one specific direction on one arm. My doctor seems to think it is a lot worse from the mri ( yet I have no pain etc) though she did make it very clear to me the things that could happen that would require an iimmediate rush to casulty and the potential to loose motor control of my body.
More of a pain in the proverbial really, much more annoyed about having to give up running et all, than about potentially becoming crippled from the neck or waist down in an instant.
Mind you given the extremes that I have put my 20.5-27 stone body through over the past decade, a nerve problem caused by spinal stenosis, is fair dues. I enjoyed every second as I pushed myself to my limits.
Anyhow this is a minor thing really in the scheme of things. I am bust and going to be very busy over the next year dealing with a range of difficult issues that are testing me. Quite exciting even if they are mostly a pain in the ass. Still that is life!
The preparatory work for the genuine secrets of a Master Mason includes:
- the work of the EA - morality and virtue - the work of FC - hidden secrets of nature and science.
Having made such progress as qualifies him/her, the FC may approach the secrets of a MM that include:
- Knowledge of the temple within man - Knowledge of the planetary temple that extends from E to W and N to S - Knowledge of the temple(s) in the heavens.
The usual techniques for access seem not to have been known by the London brethren but they can still be recovered outside Masonry.
I'm still grappling with the secrets of nature and science, guess I am a FC. When I retire... I hope to have enough energy left to do more on the next step.
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting…trailing clouds of glory do we come from God, who is our home -Wordsworth
I noticed something the other day in the lodge, the centre of the floor of the temple seemed to bulge upward - not physically but etherically. As I passed my eye (slid my eye-beam) across the floor there was a distinct bulge upwards of more than 30 cm (1 foot) as my eye passed over the pavement in the centre.
I interpret this as Earth energies coming up in the temple.
>Or where u hold sacred space ... this happens as just ur doing
Earlier in the day the brethren had connected to the "Angel of Australia" and in the evening there was an energy field in the SE corner of the temple that, to my testing, was an energy anchor from that being. That was also the first time that I noticed the bulging floor but I suspect that they are independent events
Secrets are all around us in nature and throughout the cosmos. Every aspect of our lives and our undertakings has its hidden meanings. They are gradually revealed to us as we evolve as human beings and evolve beyond ordinary humanity. When we come to understand symbolism we understand much more about our existence and our true purpose.
Distant peaks emerge....clear as day. The hermit's lantern turns to guide the way. Hermit's Way - F. J. Rogers