There are few people who know the full force of the different movements of the heart. The vast majority of men are only sensitive to five or six passions, in the circle of which their lives are passed and which define the boundaries of their imaginations. Take away love and … Continue reading
Psychic Distortion
The True Will, on the other hand, means that a person is acting according to his real, unfallen nature. This is the purified will, because it will only one thing. In this case, what one believed through custom, habit, conditioning, and so on, no longer suffices. Such a person chooses his beliefs because he wills them. Continue reading
Demonic Possession
The Fall introduced distortions into the three functions of the soul: Thinking, Feeling, Willing. The centre of gravity fell from the Real I to the I of the personality. Continue reading
Members of the Crew
Exoterism lives in “processes”, esoterism in tragedies and dramas. … The ancient mysteries were tragedies and dramas— it is here where their esoteric character lies. Exoterism corresponds to the mentality and psychology of a passenger, esoterism to that of a member of the crew. Continue reading
The Stages of the Fall
In order to achieve the alchemical transformation, the stages of the Fall of man documented in Genesis need to be understood. Although there are four levels of interpretation of sacred texts, the historical or literal, the allegorical, and the moral levels are not our concern here. Continue reading
Self Knowledge
I am worm, I am slave, I am king, I am God. ~ Gabriel Derjavine The “to be silent” therefore precedes the “to know”, the “to will” and the “to dare”. This is why the Pythagorean school prescribed five years silence to beginners or “hearers”. One dared to speak there … Continue reading
The Bondage of Spirits
Ahriman In the essay On Magic, Giordano Bruno discusses the existence and action of non-human spirits. The practice of invoking god, demons, and heroes is the branch of magic called theurgy. He calls this the “magic of the hopeless” because they often become the vessels of evil demons. A safer … Continue reading
Things have always been pretty bad
the suffering inside the Church “would have originated not from external enemies, but from within the same Church” … ~ Pope Benedict XVI The title was motivated by the idea that, as bad as things seem today, things were bad in yesteryear. So I used the story of Abraham from … Continue reading
Fedeli d’Amore
This is the clue to the alchemical transformation. The etheric and astral bodies need to be purified. Eva represents the astral body in the Fall, so the opposite of the Fall is Mary. The goal, then, is the transmutation of the chaotic soul into the pure mirror of the divine word. Continue reading