Grail Project Quotes
“Religions are the great healing-systems for the ills of the soul. Neuroses and similar illnesses arise, one and all, from psychic complications. But once a dogma is disputed and questioned, it has lost its healing power. A person who no longer believes that a God who knows suffering will have mercy on him, will help and comfort him and give his life a meaning, is weak and a prey to his own weakness and becomes neurotic.”
Jung, C. G. (1961). Freud and psychoanalysis (2nd ed.). (R. F. C. Hull, Trans.), Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1913) Paragraph 746.
Jung, C. G. (1961). Freud and psychoanalysis (2nd ed.). (R. F. C. Hull, Trans.), Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1913) Paragraph 746.
Identification with one particular function at once produces a tension of opposites. The more compulsive the one-sidedness, and more untamed the libido which streams off to one side, the more daemonic it becomes. When a man is carried away by his uncontrolled, undomesticated libido, he speaks of daemonic possession or magical influences. In this sense manas and vac are indeed mighty demons, since they work mightily upon men. All things that produced powerful effects were once regarded as gods or demons.
Thus, among the Gnostics, the mind was personified as the serpent-like Nous, and speech as logos. Vac bears the same relation to prajapati as Logos to God. The sort of demons that introversion and extraversion my become is a daily experience for us psychotherapists. We see in our patients and can feel in ourselves with what irresistible force the libido streams inwards or outwards, with what unshakable tenacity an introverted or extroverted attitude can take root.
The monsters of Brahman” is in complete accord with the psychological fact that at the instant of its appearance the libido divides into two streams, which as a rule alternate periodically but at times may appear simultaneously in the form of a conflict, as an outward stream opposing an inward stream. The daemonic quality of the two movements lies in their ungovernable nature and overwhelming power. This quality, however, makes itself felt only when the instinct of the primitive is already so stunted as to prevent a natural and purposive counter-movement to one-sidedness, and culture not sufficiently advanced for man to tame his libido to the point where he can follow its introverting or extroverting movement of his own free will and intention. ~Carl Jung, Psychological Types, The Type Problem in Poetry, Paragraph 347.
Thus, among the Gnostics, the mind was personified as the serpent-like Nous, and speech as logos. Vac bears the same relation to prajapati as Logos to God. The sort of demons that introversion and extraversion my become is a daily experience for us psychotherapists. We see in our patients and can feel in ourselves with what irresistible force the libido streams inwards or outwards, with what unshakable tenacity an introverted or extroverted attitude can take root.
The monsters of Brahman” is in complete accord with the psychological fact that at the instant of its appearance the libido divides into two streams, which as a rule alternate periodically but at times may appear simultaneously in the form of a conflict, as an outward stream opposing an inward stream. The daemonic quality of the two movements lies in their ungovernable nature and overwhelming power. This quality, however, makes itself felt only when the instinct of the primitive is already so stunted as to prevent a natural and purposive counter-movement to one-sidedness, and culture not sufficiently advanced for man to tame his libido to the point where he can follow its introverting or extroverting movement of his own free will and intention. ~Carl Jung, Psychological Types, The Type Problem in Poetry, Paragraph 347.
Q: What do you seek?
A: The Grail.
Q: What is the Grail?
A: It has different forms.
Q: How do you seek the unknown?
A: By following the path.
Q: Where does the path begin?
A: At this gate.
Q: Where does it end?
A: At this gate.
Q: How do you know you are on the path?
A: The Grail guides me.
Q: Is the Quest easy?
A: The path is long and the task heavy.
Q: How shall you accomplish the task?
A: All who go forth on the Quest achieve their heart's desire.
Q: What do you take with you?
A: Courage, love and dedication.
Q: How will you bring back what you find?
A: In my heart.
Q: Where is the Grail hidden?
A: ln the maze in the heart of this castle.
Enter, with my blessing.
A: The Grail.
Q: What is the Grail?
A: It has different forms.
Q: How do you seek the unknown?
A: By following the path.
Q: Where does the path begin?
A: At this gate.
Q: Where does it end?
A: At this gate.
Q: How do you know you are on the path?
A: The Grail guides me.
Q: Is the Quest easy?
A: The path is long and the task heavy.
Q: How shall you accomplish the task?
A: All who go forth on the Quest achieve their heart's desire.
Q: What do you take with you?
A: Courage, love and dedication.
Q: How will you bring back what you find?
A: In my heart.
Q: Where is the Grail hidden?
A: ln the maze in the heart of this castle.
Enter, with my blessing.
The fame of the knights of Camelot is based more upon their honor, integrity and spiritual values than upon their martial skills. The Knights of the Round Table were sworn to such feminine values as to be merciful, courageous, hospitable, faithful, to uphold integrity and to respect all women. They dedicated themselves to the quest for the Holy Grail. What more feminine symbol is there than the image of the vessel, the sacred womb of the mother? In patriarchal times, the Grail legends speak to the deepest parts of our souls in an archetypal quest for
the feminine aspects of divinity.
the feminine aspects of divinity.
"The quest for the Grail, as, set before us in Parsifal, brings man's evolutionary search for the secret of his own identity and his true goal in life right up to the present. It poses the crucial challenge that will determine the individual, social and ecological future. When rightly understood, this quest reveals to ran that in the deep consciousness of his soul he must kindle warmth and enthusiasm for his role on earth as a being of spirit, the servant and redeemer of nature rather than its exploiter. It requires him to see in himself Amfortas, as well as Parsifal. This last and greatest of Wagner' s operas calls upon modern man to overcome apathy and doubt, and to commit himself to the service of the good. As well that the men of today can rise above the narrow scientific thinking that now confuses and confines the human spirit, they can find truly creative solutions to the problems and sickness of our civilization. They may tap the source from which Wagner drew; for as Wagner once remarked to a friend,' I am convinced that there are universal currents of Divine Thought, and that anyone who can feel these vibrations is inspired, provided he is conscious of the process and possesses the knowledge and skill to realize them' . ." --M.G.H. Gilliam, Freedom Destined, Franz Winkler
"Today, the reason we haven't found our grail, the key to who we are as women, is because we look for it in worlds of false power, the very worlds that took it away from us in the first place. Neither men nor work can restore our lost scepter. Nothing in this world can take us home. Only the radar in our hearts can do that, and when it does, ... 'We will light up like lamps, and the world will never be the same again.' " --Marianne Williamson
"So in the deeper dynamics of the Arthurian and Grail legends are to be found in Celtic mythology. These concern Merlin attempt to establish a new dynasty by genetic engineering; aided by the Lady of the Lake, and magically hindered by Morgun Le Fay. The native aristocratic line, represented by Igraine who, according to tradition, was an atlantean princess who had found refuge as the wife of one of the chiefs of the Cornish peninsula-Gorlois of Tintagel. The old Atlantean line was based upon principles of inherited clairvoyance through a particular quality of the blood. This is the basis of the Sang Real.." --Gareth Knight
"The theme of the Grail romance is that the land, the country, the whole territory of concern has been laid waste. It is called a wasteland. And what is the nature of the wasteland? It is a land where everybody is living an inauthentic life, doing as other people do, doing as youre told, with no courage for your own life. That is the Wasteland. And that is what T.S. Eliot meant in his poem the Waste Land." --Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
"What is the shadow work of the new hero? What are the questions we must live? What agonies must we voluntarily endure? What are the monsters against which we must do battle? To what new tasks are we called?
The spiritual heroes of our age are those who have the courage to become conscious of what we have ignored, to inhabit and lay claim to the destructive consequences of our collective actions. Psychologists call it "reowning our projections." The old spiritual names for it were repentance, remorse, and making amends. it requires a broken and contrite heart and a new mind.
For better and for worse, the world is rapidly becoming a single collective of unequal and troubled nations. Isolation is a thing of the past. So as we enter a new century, we are faced with a great choice. Either we continue to drift toward the Great Techno-Economic-Military Collective, or we begin the bold experiment of creating a new communal order.
The heroic task for the twenty-first century is nothing less than the nearly unimaginable task of changing our fundamental organizing principles, ideals, and values to create a global body-politic, a compassionate community." -Sam Keen, Hymns to an Unknown God
"These stories (Medieval Grail Romances) tell us that the Grail was guarded by the Fisher King, a descendant of Joseph of Arimathea, whose successor is to prove his fitness for the office by asking a mysterious question. But the future Grail-Winner is unaware of his destiny and knows nothing of the Grail, so he fails to put the question, and thus involves the world in mysterious enchantments which cease only when the question is put correctly. Coupled with the Grail is the Holy Lance the Roman soldier used to pierce Jesus side on the Cross, which still reveals traces of his blood, and which in some versions is called the spear of vengeance." --Noel Currier-Briggs, The Shroud & the Grail
1. The Grail is closely linked with Christ's passion.
2. It is a vessel containing traces of his blood and sweat.
3. It is a series of changing scenes or images relating to Jesus.
4. It is a dish, or platter, on which is seen a bleeding head.
5. It is some kind of magical stone.
6. It is intimately linked with Joseph of Arimathea.
7. It is used for special Celebration of the Mass.
8. It is housed in a mystical castle variously called CORBENIC and variants or Munsalvaesche.
9. It causes those who see it to tremble.
"The legends of the Grail have an enthralling atmosphere of mystery, of some tremendous secret which stays tantalizingly just outside the mind's grasp, in the shadows beyond the edge of conscious awareness. The outlines of the secret which stays tantalizingly just outside the mind's grasp, in the shadows beyond the edge of conscious awareness. The outlines of the secret become clearer as writer after writer takes up the theme and makes his own sense of it, but we are never told in plain language exactly what the Grail means....The inner mystery of the Grail cannot be explained, because it is "that which the heart of man cannot conceive nor the tongue relate..." -- Richard Cavendish, King Arthur and the Grail: The Arthurian Legends and their Meaning
"They were fair knights indeed, very young and high spirited, and they swore that they would go, and full of excitement they entered the castle. They stayed there for a long while. And when they left they lived as hermits, wearing hair shirts and wandering through the forests, eating only roots; it was a hard life, but it pleased them greatly, and when people asked them why they were living thus, they would only reply: Go where we went, and you will know why." --N. Bryant, The High Book of the Holy Grail
"It is old Titurelï daughter,
Carrier of the Grail, who lives in eternal youth
By the fragrance of the apartment,
Until the daughter of a new King
Takes on the burden and the dignity.
She dies in the end, painlessly, is reborn
Instantly in another part of the earth,
And is called Beate or Renate,
Living by the lot of mortals; to love, to suffer
Without knowledge, yet mindful of her home
And the unicorn, and pure service." --Albrect Von Schaeffer
"Any student of magic who reaches beyond the superficial levels so profusely available in publications will have realized that magic is somehow concerned with genetics. Our ancestors, from whom we inherit our magic as well as our physical characteristics, were most concerned to perpetuate certain blood lines that held special abilities. If the Grail legends are considered in this light, they are found to be replete with indications of genetic magic, especially aimed at spiritual regeneration attuned to physical regeneration." --John Matthews, At the Table of the Grail
"Whence, whence alas, shall we seek our direction!
When that we fear our hateful neighbors' might
Who long have gaped to get Arcadian's treasure.
Shall we now find a guide of such affection,
Who for our sakes will think all travail light,
And make his pain to keep us safe his pleasure???"
--Arcadia, by Francis Bacon
"The quest for the Grail begins with the question of what exactly one is looking for. Whatever it may be, it is something which has an immediate, dramatic, widespread effect whenever it is rediscovered. People's minds are stunned into a new way of thinking, and the change is reflected in a new, idealistic form of society. yet, besides creating a sensation, it has a further, long-lasting quality. It serves as a constant fount of inspiration and wisdom, sanctifying the lives of those who possess it. When it is lost, harmony and good order vanish with it. " -- John Michell & Christine Rhone, Twelve Tribe nations: and the Science of Enchanting the Landscape
"In the myth of Parsifal's search for the Holy Grail we have such a spiritual prescription of our own time. The Grail myth arose in the l2th century; many people feel that our modern age began about then, that the ideas, attitudes and concepts we are living with today had their beginning in the days when the Grail myth took' form. " --Robert Johnson, HE
"The Grail myth speaks of masculine psychology." --Robert Johnson
"With this point, we have come full circle in our argument, and repeat that a great symbol, such as the Holy Grail, may manifest in several different modes simultaneously. The difference is actually in the perception or level of consciousness of the recipient, as is clearly shown at the conclusion of the Quest." --Bob Steward, At the Table of the Grail edited by John Matthews
"So in the deeper dynamics of the Arthurian and Grail legends are to be found in Celtic mythology. These concern Merlin attempt to establish a new dynasty by genetic engineering; aided by the Lady of the Lake, and magically hindered by Morgun Le Fay. The native aristocratic line, represented by Igraine who, according to tradition, was an atlantean princess who had found refuge as the wife of one of the chiefs of the Cornish peninsula-Gorlois of Tintagel. The old Atlantean line was based upon principles of inherited clairvoyance through a particular quality of the blood. This is the basis of the Sang Real.." --Gareth Knight, Merlin and the Grail
"The Holy Grail (covered with a cloth of white samite) entered through the great door, and at once the palace was filled with fragrance as though all the spices of the earth had been spilled abroad. It circled the Hall along the great tables, and each place was furnished in its wake with the food the occupants desired. When all were served, the Holy Grail vanished they knew not where nor whither; and those who had been mute regained their speech, and many gave thanks to our Lord for the honour he had done them in filling them with the Grace of the holy vessel." --Walter Map (1189 A.D.)
"Come forward, servant of Jesus Christ, and thou shalt behold what thou has desired to see.� Then Galahad stepped forward and looked within the sacred Vessel. And when he looked in, he began to tremble violently, as soon as mortal flesh began to gaze on the things of the spirit. Then Galahad stretched forth his hand towards Heaven, and said: Lord, I adore thee and thank thee that thou hast brought my desire to pass, for now I see clearly what tongue could not tell nor heart conceive. Here I behold the motive of courage and the inspiration of prowess; here I see the marvel of marvels." -Walter Map (1189 A.D.)
"We need not believe that the Glastonbury legends are records of facts; but the existence of these legends is a Very Great Fact." --E.A. Freeman
"Read a typical modern novel and you will find that it revolves around the subject of the lostness and the loneliness of the alienated man. It is, the great subject now, for we are all Fisher Kings. You have only to walk down the street and look at the faces to see the countenance of the Fisher King. We are all wounded, and it shows." --Robert Johnson, HE
"So it is important to understands this strange injunction that a man is not to have carnal relationship with any woman if he is to find the Grail. This is the most important thing in the whole Grail myth. If we can understand it, we will have a jewel in our hands.. again, please remember that this is a bit of instruction on how man shall manage or relate to his interior feminine woman, his 'anima' . It has nothing to do with how a man relates to a flesh and blood woman. People don't really know this. They don' t have this dimension available for thinking. Therefore they apply the injunction outwardly and the myth and the medieval ages and the whole movement of chivalry are largely misunderstood. One is no closer to happiness or the Grail by leaving flesh and blood woman alone. When we take this inner law and try to apply it outwardly, we end up being puritanical and guilt ridden, which practically all of us are, and we still have no laws for our inner conduct. There is little information in the grail myth about what to do with flesh and blood women , but there is a great deal about what to do with that inner woman. This is the information we need so badly." --Robert Johnson, HE!
"Unscrupulous opportunism, astuteness, cunning, brutality, and an every-wary perception into the weaknesses of others to be exploited to immediate advantage such can be the attitude of an aspirant to the Holy Gail who decides to substitute drugs in place of Christian morality."
"But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water." -- St. John 19
"The quest for the Grail, as, set before us in Parsifal, brings man's evolutionary search for the secret of his own identity and his true goal in life right up to the present. It poses the crucial challenge that will determine the individual, social and ecological future. When rightly understood, this quest reveals to ran that in the deep consciousness of his soul he must kindle warmth and enthusiasm for his role on earth as a being of spirit, the servant and redeemer of nature rather than its exploiter. It requires him to see in himself Amfortas, as well as Parsifal. This last and greatest of Wagner' s operas calls upon modern man to overcome apathy and doubt, and to commit himself to the service of the good. As well that the men of today can rise above the narrow scientific thinking that now confuses and confines the human spirit, they can find truly creative solutions to the problems and sickness of our civilization. They may tap the source from which Wagner drew; for as Wagner once remarked to a friend,' I am convinced that there are universal currents of Divine Thought, and that anyone who can feel these vibrations is inspired, provided he is conscious of the process and possesses the knowledge and skill to realize them' . ." --M.G.H. Gilliam, Freedom Destined. Franz Winkler
We have to finish it. We have to carry it on. Even though we don't talk about grails and castles and enchanted maidens, still it is our myth to be completed in our lives. The myth has taken us to exactly the point where modern people are now. Collectively speaking we are stuck at the point where the French poem ends. So if you want a quest, if you want something meaningful for your life, pick up the grail myth where it now lies in you." --Robert Johnson
"Two forces face each other across the world of matter. One tends to draw the earth down into a cauldron of disintegration; the other has the power of transforming it upwards. Man, having wrested from the gods the spear of power, the knowledge must set the course he and his world are going to take. Whatever delusions we may still nurture about so-called progress, in the end science will serve only total good or total evil. It will either redeem the world or destroy it' depending on the source whence man receives his inspirations: Grail or Antigrail." --For Freedom Destined, Franz E. Winkler
"The Grail romances repose eventually, not upon a poet's imagination, but upon the ruins of an august and ancient ritual, a ritual which once claimed to the accredited guardian of the deepest secrets of life. 'Driven from its high estate by the relentless force of religious evolution-for after all Adonis , Attis, and their coveners, were but the 'half-gods' whose needs must yield place when 'the Gods' themselves arrive it yet lingered on; openly, in folk practice, in Fast and Feast, whereby the well-being of the land might be assured; secretly, in cave or mountain-fastness, or island isolation, where those who craved for a more sensible (not necessarily sensuous) contact with the unseen Spiritual forces of Life than the orthodox development of Christianity afforded, might, and did, find satisfaction. Were the Templars such? Had they, when in the East, come into touch with a survival of the Nazarene, or some kindred sect? It seems exceedingly probable. If it were so we could the Knights of the Grail, and the doom which fell upon them. That they were held to be Heretics is very generally admitted but in what their Heresy consisted no one really knows; little credence can be attached to the stories of idol worship often above, a Creed which struck at the very root and vitals of Christianity, we can understand at once the reason for punishment, and the necessity for secrecy. In the same way we can now understand why the Church knows nothing of the Grail; why the Vessel, surrounded as it, is with an atmosphere of reverence and awe, equated with the central Sacrament of the Christian Faith, yet appears in no Legendary, is figured in no picture, comes on the scene in no Passion play. ' The Church of the eleventh and twelfth centuries knew well what the Grail was, and we, when we realize its genesis and "true lineage, need no longer wonder why a theme; for some short space so famous and so fruitful a source of literary inspiration, vanished utterly and completely from the world of literature. --From Ritual to Romance, Jessie L. Weston
"Like most Arthurian cycle stories 'Parsival' is not set in "real" historical time. Facets of medieval life covering centuries are compressed into one semi-imaginary period. History is not the issue because Parsival's has always been (on one level) an initiatory tale, an adventure in spiritual alchemy. Parsival is the holy fool in the tarot deck moving with perfect innocence into the world of pain, edges, limitations, desire, pleasure. If he finds the Grail he keeps his innocence and puts on ultimate wisdom and power as well. The spiritual grail, then, is a benediction; a self-transforming enlightenment; a recognition of the total field in which the individual is an inseparable waveform,. and like a wave cannot be re- moved from the medium, the whole, and so is the whole. So no human being can seek and find the grail because there's no place to go and look. Rather, the nature of the self has to be revealed."
Parsival Or a Knights Tale
The adventure of the Grail--the, quest within for those creative values by which the Waste Land is redeemed--has become today for each the unavoidable task." --Joseph Campbell,
Occidental Mythology
The famous Glastonbury Thorn, said to have been Joseph's staff, which he planted in the earth at Glastonbury where it took root and grew, blossoming forever after on Holy Night, was cut down by the Puritans in the l7th century; but offshoots of the original tree still grow there, beside the Blood Spring." We have not seen the end of the Holy Grail, nor of its avowed servitors." --Corinne Heline
"The Grail itself is a mysterious, other-worldly object associated with the Crucifixion. Usually it is the cup of the Last Supper but sometimes it is a large dish or platter or even a miraculous stone. The basic story has many variants according to who is telling it, but the essential ingredients are a castle, and ancient custodian, known as the Fisher-King, who is himself wounded in some way, a miraculous object associated with Christ's blood from the Crucifixion and a Knight Errant. Now as Edessa, from time immemorial, had been famous for its fish-ponds, the king who ruled over the city was in a very real sense a 'Fisher-King'. These kings had in the past mostly been called Abgar and this name, according to Professor Segal, means 'lame' in Syriac or "having an umbilical hernia' in Arabic. The Mandylion, for which Edesa was famous worldwide, was supposedly made 'by no human hands' but by Christ wiping his face on a towel. It was therefore believed to be impregnated with his blood. Not only that, but it was said to have cured the first Abgar of his lameness when first shown to him by the Apostle Thaddaeus. With all these close associations, the conclusion was inescapable: the Abgars were the Fisher-Kings, the Mandylion was the Grail and Edessa was its secret castle....." -- Adrian G. Gilbert, Magi
"The omnipresence of the Grail motif in all civilizations, and as far back as there is any record, attests to its universal significance and promises the world-wide restoration of the Grail Mystery, probably in some not far-distant day." --Corinne Heline, Mysteries of the Holy Grail
"Wherever there is an occult or mystical group who are honest and sincere, who are working not to amass earthly treasure or to build up a powerful organization but to achieve the greatest good for the greatest number, to bring about the universal understanding that all men are brothers because they and children of the same Father-Mother God, there the Grail descends, and its nearness is known in ever-increasing measure in the benediction of love, peace and beauty, wisdom and strength." --Heline Corinne, Mystery of the Holy Grail
"What impels a man or woman on this great venture is not the expectation of arrival but a sense of vocation. Something calls my name and demands that I respond. The voice does not say, "Eliminate all suffering, and create the heavenly city." It says, "The gifts you have are needed to heal the dis-ease of your time. You are an architect-shape space care-fully to create better buildings and a more humane city for all citizens. you re a banker-work to create a more sustainable economy. you are a farmer-tend the land so it will be fertile for generations to come. You are a physician-attend to the healing of the whole person. You are a cook-prepare meals that delight the palate and nourish the body. you re a parent-take time to enjoy and guide your children. you are a CEO-create and market only those products that increase the common good. You are a soldier-minimize violence, keep the peace, and when you must fight, do so without hatred or the bitterness of revenge. You are a television producer-create stories that dignify, increase empathy, and inspire compassion. And so on.
The voice that calls us forth and inspires us to undertake the journey is always specific. So long as we respond to the needs of our world by offering both our compassion and our skill, we will not fall into despair at the overwhelming quantity of need. The spiritual life is based on a refusal to despair that arises from concerned action and humble agnosticism. We don't know enough to despair. Despair is hidden arrogance-I have seen the future, and it doesn't work. Hope is rooted in trust in the Unknown God. We do not know the final destiny of the individual soul or the commonwealth of beings; therefore we work, wait, and hope. and it is enough.' -- Sam Keen, Hymn to an Unknown God
"Churchill had as a personal physician and advisor one Walter Johannes Stein (1891-1957), an Austrian expatriate and Anthroposophist. It was from Stein's theories that Trevor Ravenscroft would develop the ideas expressed in The Spear of Destiny. Additionally, Stein believed in the special destiny of the British "race." He wrote a book in 1928 entitled World History in the Light of the Holy Grail: The Ninth Century; published in English as The Ninth Century and the Holy Grail, and promoted the idea that the true grail would be made manifest in the world as a global form of finance capital.
Stein derived this idea from his belief that the blood of Christ had entered the soil at Golgotha, transforming the whole Earth into the physical Body of Christ. This "esoteric fact" was to be realized through the development of "a world-embracing economy." This economy, "directed from a universal point of view," would be predicated on the dissolution of national frontiers. It would be directed by a nebulous body called the "Order of Christ"-presumably a dedicated band of friendly, hardworking government bureaucrats (cf. the IRS, UN, etc.) Stein held that "The creation of a system of World Economy is the real mission of the Anglo-Saxon/Germanic people." Stein was in fact brought to England in 1933 by British business magnate Daniel Nicol Dunlop to aid in the operations of the World Power Conference (later known as the World Energy Conference). His work included acting as an advisor to Winston Churchill. Dr. Stein was also a homeopathic practitioner, and Churchill became his patient. Stein's ideas were probably utilized by Churchill to some extent, and in any case they certainly fed the idea of a special place for the British in opposition to the German National Socialists, who were dedicated to the abolition of usury."
_Stephen E. Flowers and Michael Moynihan
The Secret King: The Myth and Reality of Nazi Occultism
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Books: "The Glastonbury Zodiac" K.M. Maltwood
Book: "The Mighty Works of Britain" by K.M. Maltwood
Book: "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" by Michael Baigent et.al.
Book: "The Messianic Legacy"
Book: "The Marian Conspiracy" by Graham Phillips
Book: "Arthurian Legends" Ed. by Mike Ashley
Books: "The Cauldron and the Grail" by Hank Harrison 3 Vols
Book: "The Keys To Avalon: The True Location of Arthur's Kingdom Revealed" by Steve Blake et. al.
Book: King Arthur and the Grail Quest: Myth and Vision from Celtic Times to the Present: by John Matthews
Book: "Pendragon: The Definitive Account of the Origins of Arthur" by S. Blake & S. Lloyd
"What is the shadow work of the new hero? What are the questions we must live? What agonies must we voluntarily endure? What are the monsters against which we must do battle? To what new tasks are we called?
The spiritual heroes of our age are those who have the courage to become conscious of what we have ignored, to inhabit and lay claim to the destructive consequences of our collective actions. Psychologists call it "reowning our projections." The old spiritual names for it were repentance, remorse, and making amends. it requires a broken and contrite heart and a new mind.
For better and for worse, the world is rapidly becoming a single collective of unequal and troubled nations. Isolation is a thing of the past. So as we enter a new century, we are faced with a great choice. Either we continue to drift toward the Great Techno-Economic-Military Collective, or we begin the bold experiment of creating a new communal order.
The heroic task for the twenty-first century is nothing less than the nearly unimaginable task of changing our fundamental organizing principles, ideals, and values to create a global body-politic, a compassionate community." -Sam Keen, Hymns to an Unknown God
"These stories (Medieval Grail Romances) tell us that the Grail was guarded by the Fisher King, a descendant of Joseph of Arimathea, whose successor is to prove his fitness for the office by asking a mysterious question. But the future Grail-Winner is unaware of his destiny and knows nothing of the Grail, so he fails to put the question, and thus involves the world in mysterious enchantments which cease only when the question is put correctly. Coupled with the Grail is the Holy Lance the Roman soldier used to pierce Jesus side on the Cross, which still reveals traces of his blood, and which in some versions is called the spear of vengeance." --Noel Currier-Briggs, The Shroud & the Grail
1. The Grail is closely linked with Christ's passion.
2. It is a vessel containing traces of his blood and sweat.
3. It is a series of changing scenes or images relating to Jesus.
4. It is a dish, or platter, on which is seen a bleeding head.
5. It is some kind of magical stone.
6. It is intimately linked with Joseph of Arimathea.
7. It is used for special Celebration of the Mass.
8. It is housed in a mystical castle variously called CORBENIC and variants or Munsalvaesche.
9. It causes those who see it to tremble.
"The legends of the Grail have an enthralling atmosphere of mystery, of some tremendous secret which stays tantalizingly just outside the mind's grasp, in the shadows beyond the edge of conscious awareness. The outlines of the secret which stays tantalizingly just outside the mind's grasp, in the shadows beyond the edge of conscious awareness. The outlines of the secret become clearer as writer after writer takes up the theme and makes his own sense of it, but we are never told in plain language exactly what the Grail means....The inner mystery of the Grail cannot be explained, because it is "that which the heart of man cannot conceive nor the tongue relate..." -- Richard Cavendish, King Arthur and the Grail: The Arthurian Legends and their Meaning
"They were fair knights indeed, very young and high spirited, and they swore that they would go, and full of excitement they entered the castle. They stayed there for a long while. And when they left they lived as hermits, wearing hair shirts and wandering through the forests, eating only roots; it was a hard life, but it pleased them greatly, and when people asked them why they were living thus, they would only reply: Go where we went, and you will know why." --N. Bryant, The High Book of the Holy Grail
"It is old Titurelï daughter,
Carrier of the Grail, who lives in eternal youth
By the fragrance of the apartment,
Until the daughter of a new King
Takes on the burden and the dignity.
She dies in the end, painlessly, is reborn
Instantly in another part of the earth,
And is called Beate or Renate,
Living by the lot of mortals; to love, to suffer
Without knowledge, yet mindful of her home
And the unicorn, and pure service." --Albrect Von Schaeffer
"Any student of magic who reaches beyond the superficial levels so profusely available in publications will have realized that magic is somehow concerned with genetics. Our ancestors, from whom we inherit our magic as well as our physical characteristics, were most concerned to perpetuate certain blood lines that held special abilities. If the Grail legends are considered in this light, they are found to be replete with indications of genetic magic, especially aimed at spiritual regeneration attuned to physical regeneration." --John Matthews, At the Table of the Grail
"Whence, whence alas, shall we seek our direction!
When that we fear our hateful neighbors' might
Who long have gaped to get Arcadian's treasure.
Shall we now find a guide of such affection,
Who for our sakes will think all travail light,
And make his pain to keep us safe his pleasure???"
--Arcadia, by Francis Bacon
"The quest for the Grail begins with the question of what exactly one is looking for. Whatever it may be, it is something which has an immediate, dramatic, widespread effect whenever it is rediscovered. People's minds are stunned into a new way of thinking, and the change is reflected in a new, idealistic form of society. yet, besides creating a sensation, it has a further, long-lasting quality. It serves as a constant fount of inspiration and wisdom, sanctifying the lives of those who possess it. When it is lost, harmony and good order vanish with it. " -- John Michell & Christine Rhone, Twelve Tribe nations: and the Science of Enchanting the Landscape
"In the myth of Parsifal's search for the Holy Grail we have such a spiritual prescription of our own time. The Grail myth arose in the l2th century; many people feel that our modern age began about then, that the ideas, attitudes and concepts we are living with today had their beginning in the days when the Grail myth took' form. " --Robert Johnson, HE
"The Grail myth speaks of masculine psychology." --Robert Johnson
"With this point, we have come full circle in our argument, and repeat that a great symbol, such as the Holy Grail, may manifest in several different modes simultaneously. The difference is actually in the perception or level of consciousness of the recipient, as is clearly shown at the conclusion of the Quest." --Bob Steward, At the Table of the Grail edited by John Matthews
"So in the deeper dynamics of the Arthurian and Grail legends are to be found in Celtic mythology. These concern Merlin attempt to establish a new dynasty by genetic engineering; aided by the Lady of the Lake, and magically hindered by Morgun Le Fay. The native aristocratic line, represented by Igraine who, according to tradition, was an atlantean princess who had found refuge as the wife of one of the chiefs of the Cornish peninsula-Gorlois of Tintagel. The old Atlantean line was based upon principles of inherited clairvoyance through a particular quality of the blood. This is the basis of the Sang Real.." --Gareth Knight, Merlin and the Grail
"The Holy Grail (covered with a cloth of white samite) entered through the great door, and at once the palace was filled with fragrance as though all the spices of the earth had been spilled abroad. It circled the Hall along the great tables, and each place was furnished in its wake with the food the occupants desired. When all were served, the Holy Grail vanished they knew not where nor whither; and those who had been mute regained their speech, and many gave thanks to our Lord for the honour he had done them in filling them with the Grace of the holy vessel." --Walter Map (1189 A.D.)
"Come forward, servant of Jesus Christ, and thou shalt behold what thou has desired to see.� Then Galahad stepped forward and looked within the sacred Vessel. And when he looked in, he began to tremble violently, as soon as mortal flesh began to gaze on the things of the spirit. Then Galahad stretched forth his hand towards Heaven, and said: Lord, I adore thee and thank thee that thou hast brought my desire to pass, for now I see clearly what tongue could not tell nor heart conceive. Here I behold the motive of courage and the inspiration of prowess; here I see the marvel of marvels." -Walter Map (1189 A.D.)
"We need not believe that the Glastonbury legends are records of facts; but the existence of these legends is a Very Great Fact." --E.A. Freeman
"Read a typical modern novel and you will find that it revolves around the subject of the lostness and the loneliness of the alienated man. It is, the great subject now, for we are all Fisher Kings. You have only to walk down the street and look at the faces to see the countenance of the Fisher King. We are all wounded, and it shows." --Robert Johnson, HE
"So it is important to understands this strange injunction that a man is not to have carnal relationship with any woman if he is to find the Grail. This is the most important thing in the whole Grail myth. If we can understand it, we will have a jewel in our hands.. again, please remember that this is a bit of instruction on how man shall manage or relate to his interior feminine woman, his 'anima' . It has nothing to do with how a man relates to a flesh and blood woman. People don't really know this. They don' t have this dimension available for thinking. Therefore they apply the injunction outwardly and the myth and the medieval ages and the whole movement of chivalry are largely misunderstood. One is no closer to happiness or the Grail by leaving flesh and blood woman alone. When we take this inner law and try to apply it outwardly, we end up being puritanical and guilt ridden, which practically all of us are, and we still have no laws for our inner conduct. There is little information in the grail myth about what to do with flesh and blood women , but there is a great deal about what to do with that inner woman. This is the information we need so badly." --Robert Johnson, HE!
"Unscrupulous opportunism, astuteness, cunning, brutality, and an every-wary perception into the weaknesses of others to be exploited to immediate advantage such can be the attitude of an aspirant to the Holy Gail who decides to substitute drugs in place of Christian morality."
"But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water." -- St. John 19
"The quest for the Grail, as, set before us in Parsifal, brings man's evolutionary search for the secret of his own identity and his true goal in life right up to the present. It poses the crucial challenge that will determine the individual, social and ecological future. When rightly understood, this quest reveals to ran that in the deep consciousness of his soul he must kindle warmth and enthusiasm for his role on earth as a being of spirit, the servant and redeemer of nature rather than its exploiter. It requires him to see in himself Amfortas, as well as Parsifal. This last and greatest of Wagner' s operas calls upon modern man to overcome apathy and doubt, and to commit himself to the service of the good. As well that the men of today can rise above the narrow scientific thinking that now confuses and confines the human spirit, they can find truly creative solutions to the problems and sickness of our civilization. They may tap the source from which Wagner drew; for as Wagner once remarked to a friend,' I am convinced that there are universal currents of Divine Thought, and that anyone who can feel these vibrations is inspired, provided he is conscious of the process and possesses the knowledge and skill to realize them' . ." --M.G.H. Gilliam, Freedom Destined. Franz Winkler
We have to finish it. We have to carry it on. Even though we don't talk about grails and castles and enchanted maidens, still it is our myth to be completed in our lives. The myth has taken us to exactly the point where modern people are now. Collectively speaking we are stuck at the point where the French poem ends. So if you want a quest, if you want something meaningful for your life, pick up the grail myth where it now lies in you." --Robert Johnson
"Two forces face each other across the world of matter. One tends to draw the earth down into a cauldron of disintegration; the other has the power of transforming it upwards. Man, having wrested from the gods the spear of power, the knowledge must set the course he and his world are going to take. Whatever delusions we may still nurture about so-called progress, in the end science will serve only total good or total evil. It will either redeem the world or destroy it' depending on the source whence man receives his inspirations: Grail or Antigrail." --For Freedom Destined, Franz E. Winkler
"The Grail romances repose eventually, not upon a poet's imagination, but upon the ruins of an august and ancient ritual, a ritual which once claimed to the accredited guardian of the deepest secrets of life. 'Driven from its high estate by the relentless force of religious evolution-for after all Adonis , Attis, and their coveners, were but the 'half-gods' whose needs must yield place when 'the Gods' themselves arrive it yet lingered on; openly, in folk practice, in Fast and Feast, whereby the well-being of the land might be assured; secretly, in cave or mountain-fastness, or island isolation, where those who craved for a more sensible (not necessarily sensuous) contact with the unseen Spiritual forces of Life than the orthodox development of Christianity afforded, might, and did, find satisfaction. Were the Templars such? Had they, when in the East, come into touch with a survival of the Nazarene, or some kindred sect? It seems exceedingly probable. If it were so we could the Knights of the Grail, and the doom which fell upon them. That they were held to be Heretics is very generally admitted but in what their Heresy consisted no one really knows; little credence can be attached to the stories of idol worship often above, a Creed which struck at the very root and vitals of Christianity, we can understand at once the reason for punishment, and the necessity for secrecy. In the same way we can now understand why the Church knows nothing of the Grail; why the Vessel, surrounded as it, is with an atmosphere of reverence and awe, equated with the central Sacrament of the Christian Faith, yet appears in no Legendary, is figured in no picture, comes on the scene in no Passion play. ' The Church of the eleventh and twelfth centuries knew well what the Grail was, and we, when we realize its genesis and "true lineage, need no longer wonder why a theme; for some short space so famous and so fruitful a source of literary inspiration, vanished utterly and completely from the world of literature. --From Ritual to Romance, Jessie L. Weston
"Like most Arthurian cycle stories 'Parsival' is not set in "real" historical time. Facets of medieval life covering centuries are compressed into one semi-imaginary period. History is not the issue because Parsival's has always been (on one level) an initiatory tale, an adventure in spiritual alchemy. Parsival is the holy fool in the tarot deck moving with perfect innocence into the world of pain, edges, limitations, desire, pleasure. If he finds the Grail he keeps his innocence and puts on ultimate wisdom and power as well. The spiritual grail, then, is a benediction; a self-transforming enlightenment; a recognition of the total field in which the individual is an inseparable waveform,. and like a wave cannot be re- moved from the medium, the whole, and so is the whole. So no human being can seek and find the grail because there's no place to go and look. Rather, the nature of the self has to be revealed."
Parsival Or a Knights Tale
The adventure of the Grail--the, quest within for those creative values by which the Waste Land is redeemed--has become today for each the unavoidable task." --Joseph Campbell,
Occidental Mythology
The famous Glastonbury Thorn, said to have been Joseph's staff, which he planted in the earth at Glastonbury where it took root and grew, blossoming forever after on Holy Night, was cut down by the Puritans in the l7th century; but offshoots of the original tree still grow there, beside the Blood Spring." We have not seen the end of the Holy Grail, nor of its avowed servitors." --Corinne Heline
"The Grail itself is a mysterious, other-worldly object associated with the Crucifixion. Usually it is the cup of the Last Supper but sometimes it is a large dish or platter or even a miraculous stone. The basic story has many variants according to who is telling it, but the essential ingredients are a castle, and ancient custodian, known as the Fisher-King, who is himself wounded in some way, a miraculous object associated with Christ's blood from the Crucifixion and a Knight Errant. Now as Edessa, from time immemorial, had been famous for its fish-ponds, the king who ruled over the city was in a very real sense a 'Fisher-King'. These kings had in the past mostly been called Abgar and this name, according to Professor Segal, means 'lame' in Syriac or "having an umbilical hernia' in Arabic. The Mandylion, for which Edesa was famous worldwide, was supposedly made 'by no human hands' but by Christ wiping his face on a towel. It was therefore believed to be impregnated with his blood. Not only that, but it was said to have cured the first Abgar of his lameness when first shown to him by the Apostle Thaddaeus. With all these close associations, the conclusion was inescapable: the Abgars were the Fisher-Kings, the Mandylion was the Grail and Edessa was its secret castle....." -- Adrian G. Gilbert, Magi
"The omnipresence of the Grail motif in all civilizations, and as far back as there is any record, attests to its universal significance and promises the world-wide restoration of the Grail Mystery, probably in some not far-distant day." --Corinne Heline, Mysteries of the Holy Grail
"Wherever there is an occult or mystical group who are honest and sincere, who are working not to amass earthly treasure or to build up a powerful organization but to achieve the greatest good for the greatest number, to bring about the universal understanding that all men are brothers because they and children of the same Father-Mother God, there the Grail descends, and its nearness is known in ever-increasing measure in the benediction of love, peace and beauty, wisdom and strength." --Heline Corinne, Mystery of the Holy Grail
"What impels a man or woman on this great venture is not the expectation of arrival but a sense of vocation. Something calls my name and demands that I respond. The voice does not say, "Eliminate all suffering, and create the heavenly city." It says, "The gifts you have are needed to heal the dis-ease of your time. You are an architect-shape space care-fully to create better buildings and a more humane city for all citizens. you re a banker-work to create a more sustainable economy. you are a farmer-tend the land so it will be fertile for generations to come. You are a physician-attend to the healing of the whole person. You are a cook-prepare meals that delight the palate and nourish the body. you re a parent-take time to enjoy and guide your children. you are a CEO-create and market only those products that increase the common good. You are a soldier-minimize violence, keep the peace, and when you must fight, do so without hatred or the bitterness of revenge. You are a television producer-create stories that dignify, increase empathy, and inspire compassion. And so on.
The voice that calls us forth and inspires us to undertake the journey is always specific. So long as we respond to the needs of our world by offering both our compassion and our skill, we will not fall into despair at the overwhelming quantity of need. The spiritual life is based on a refusal to despair that arises from concerned action and humble agnosticism. We don't know enough to despair. Despair is hidden arrogance-I have seen the future, and it doesn't work. Hope is rooted in trust in the Unknown God. We do not know the final destiny of the individual soul or the commonwealth of beings; therefore we work, wait, and hope. and it is enough.' -- Sam Keen, Hymn to an Unknown God
"Churchill had as a personal physician and advisor one Walter Johannes Stein (1891-1957), an Austrian expatriate and Anthroposophist. It was from Stein's theories that Trevor Ravenscroft would develop the ideas expressed in The Spear of Destiny. Additionally, Stein believed in the special destiny of the British "race." He wrote a book in 1928 entitled World History in the Light of the Holy Grail: The Ninth Century; published in English as The Ninth Century and the Holy Grail, and promoted the idea that the true grail would be made manifest in the world as a global form of finance capital.
Stein derived this idea from his belief that the blood of Christ had entered the soil at Golgotha, transforming the whole Earth into the physical Body of Christ. This "esoteric fact" was to be realized through the development of "a world-embracing economy." This economy, "directed from a universal point of view," would be predicated on the dissolution of national frontiers. It would be directed by a nebulous body called the "Order of Christ"-presumably a dedicated band of friendly, hardworking government bureaucrats (cf. the IRS, UN, etc.) Stein held that "The creation of a system of World Economy is the real mission of the Anglo-Saxon/Germanic people." Stein was in fact brought to England in 1933 by British business magnate Daniel Nicol Dunlop to aid in the operations of the World Power Conference (later known as the World Energy Conference). His work included acting as an advisor to Winston Churchill. Dr. Stein was also a homeopathic practitioner, and Churchill became his patient. Stein's ideas were probably utilized by Churchill to some extent, and in any case they certainly fed the idea of a special place for the British in opposition to the German National Socialists, who were dedicated to the abolition of usury."
_Stephen E. Flowers and Michael Moynihan
The Secret King: The Myth and Reality of Nazi Occultism
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Books: "The Glastonbury Zodiac" K.M. Maltwood
Book: "The Mighty Works of Britain" by K.M. Maltwood
Book: "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" by Michael Baigent et.al.
Book: "The Messianic Legacy"
Book: "The Marian Conspiracy" by Graham Phillips
Book: "Arthurian Legends" Ed. by Mike Ashley
Books: "The Cauldron and the Grail" by Hank Harrison 3 Vols
Book: "The Keys To Avalon: The True Location of Arthur's Kingdom Revealed" by Steve Blake et. al.
Book: King Arthur and the Grail Quest: Myth and Vision from Celtic Times to the Present: by John Matthews
Book: "Pendragon: The Definitive Account of the Origins of Arthur" by S. Blake & S. Lloyd
from Hesse's Glass Bead Game:
Worship
In the beginning was the rule of sacred kings
Who hallowed field, grain, plow, who handed down
The law of sacrifices, set the bounds
To mortal men forever hungering
For the Invisible Ones' just ordinance
That holds the sun and moon in perfect balance
And whose forms in their eternal radiance
Feel no suffering, nor know death's ambience.
Long ago the sons of the gods, the sacred line,
Passed, and mankind remained alone,
Embroiled in pleasure and pain, cut off from being,
Condemned to change unhallowed, unconfined.
But intimations of the true life never died,
And it is for us, in this time of harm,
To keep, in metaphor and symbol and in psalm,
Reminders of that sacred reverence.
Perhaps some day the darkness will be banned,
Perhaps some day the times will turn about,
The sun will once more rule us as our god,
And take the sacrifices from our hand.
Worship
In the beginning was the rule of sacred kings
Who hallowed field, grain, plow, who handed down
The law of sacrifices, set the bounds
To mortal men forever hungering
For the Invisible Ones' just ordinance
That holds the sun and moon in perfect balance
And whose forms in their eternal radiance
Feel no suffering, nor know death's ambience.
Long ago the sons of the gods, the sacred line,
Passed, and mankind remained alone,
Embroiled in pleasure and pain, cut off from being,
Condemned to change unhallowed, unconfined.
But intimations of the true life never died,
And it is for us, in this time of harm,
To keep, in metaphor and symbol and in psalm,
Reminders of that sacred reverence.
Perhaps some day the darkness will be banned,
Perhaps some day the times will turn about,
The sun will once more rule us as our god,
And take the sacrifices from our hand.
Analytical Psychology: Notes of the Seminar Given in 1925 By C. G. Jung
The words "many are called, but few are chosen" are singularly appropriate here, for the development of personality from the germ-state to full consciousness is at once a charisma and a curse, because its first fruit is the conscious and unavoidable segregation of the single individual from the undifferentiated and unconscious herd. This means isolation, and there is no more comforting word for it. Neither family nor society nor position can save him from this fate, nor yet the most successful adaptation to his environment, however smoothly he fits in. The development of personality is a favor that must be paid for dearly. But the people who talk most loudly about developing their personalities are the very ones who are least mindful of the results, which are such as to frighten away all weaker spirits.
Yet the development of personality means more than just hatching forth monsters, or of isolation. It also means fidelity to the law of one's own being.
For the word "fidelity" I should prefer, in this context, the Greek word used in the New Testament, nioris, which is erroneously translated "faith." It really means "trust," "trustful loyalty." Fidelity to the law of one's own being is a trust in this law, a loyal perseverance and a confident hope; in short, an attitude such as a religious man should have towards God. It can now be seen how portentous is the dilemma that emerges from behind our problem: personality can never develop unless the individual chooses his own way, consciously and with moral deliberation. Not only the casual motive - necessity - but conscious moral decision must lend its strength to the process of building the personality.
If the first is lacking, then the alleged development is a mere acrobatics of the will: If the second, it will get stuck in unconscious automatism. But a a man can make a conscious decision to go his own way only if he holds that way to be the best. If any other way were held to be better, then he would live and develop that other personality instead of his own. The other ways are conventionalities of a moral, social, political, philosophical, or religious nature. The fact that the conventions always flourish in one form or another only proves that the vast majority of mankind do not choose their own way, but convention, and consequently develop not themselves but a method and a mode of life at the cost of their own wholeness. ~Carl Jung; The Development of Personality.
Yet the development of personality means more than just hatching forth monsters, or of isolation. It also means fidelity to the law of one's own being.
For the word "fidelity" I should prefer, in this context, the Greek word used in the New Testament, nioris, which is erroneously translated "faith." It really means "trust," "trustful loyalty." Fidelity to the law of one's own being is a trust in this law, a loyal perseverance and a confident hope; in short, an attitude such as a religious man should have towards God. It can now be seen how portentous is the dilemma that emerges from behind our problem: personality can never develop unless the individual chooses his own way, consciously and with moral deliberation. Not only the casual motive - necessity - but conscious moral decision must lend its strength to the process of building the personality.
If the first is lacking, then the alleged development is a mere acrobatics of the will: If the second, it will get stuck in unconscious automatism. But a a man can make a conscious decision to go his own way only if he holds that way to be the best. If any other way were held to be better, then he would live and develop that other personality instead of his own. The other ways are conventionalities of a moral, social, political, philosophical, or religious nature. The fact that the conventions always flourish in one form or another only proves that the vast majority of mankind do not choose their own way, but convention, and consequently develop not themselves but a method and a mode of life at the cost of their own wholeness. ~Carl Jung; The Development of Personality.
Everything exists forever, unfailing, involved by very existence in eternity. Individuals have their separate entities, but are at one in the [total] unity. The complex, so to speak, of them all, thus combined, is Intellect; and Intellect, holding all existence within itself, is a complete living being, and the essential Idea of Living Being. In so far as Intellect submits to contemplation by its derivative, becoming an Intelligible, it gives that derivative the right also to be called “living being.” ~Plotinus, Enneads, 6th Tractate; Paragraph 21
We may here adduce the pregnant words of Plato: “Inasmuch as Intellect perceives the variety and plurality of the Forms present in the complete Living Being....” The words apply equally to Soul; Soul is subsequent to Intellect, yet by its very nature it involves Intellect
in itself and perceives more clearly in that prior. There is Intellect in our intellect also, which again perceives more clearly in its prior, for while of itself it merely perceives, in the prior it also perceives its own perception. ~Plotinus, Enneads, 6th Tractate, Paragraph 22.
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/plotinus/enneads
We may here adduce the pregnant words of Plato: “Inasmuch as Intellect perceives the variety and plurality of the Forms present in the complete Living Being....” The words apply equally to Soul; Soul is subsequent to Intellect, yet by its very nature it involves Intellect
in itself and perceives more clearly in that prior. There is Intellect in our intellect also, which again perceives more clearly in its prior, for while of itself it merely perceives, in the prior it also perceives its own perception. ~Plotinus, Enneads, 6th Tractate, Paragraph 22.
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/plotinus/enneads
"Know that the sun is your father,the moon your mother. The wind bears you in its womb and the earth nurses you. You are more than your body, more than your emotions, and more than your mind. You are something else. From you will come the golden flower,the alchemical essence. Of this no man may speak. Such matters must be transmitted in mystical terms like employing fables and parables. The purpose of life is to square the circle. The four, the three and the two must become one. From the marriage of the opposites,the royal marriage of king and the queen is born the philosophers stone,the fifth essence".- Carl Gustav Jung
In the "Secret of the Golden Flower" it is related that consciousness must inseminate the unconscious. In spiritual alchemy it is said that consciousness is as the Sun and the Emerald Tablet of Hermes says it is the Father. The unconscious is as the moon and is the Mother. The moon is originally dark, cold. Without the Sun it would never be seen. Yet it is this dark and cold womb that is the mother, which as Fulcanelli has said, "absorbs the rays of the sun, and secretly nurtures them in hear heart".
The Sun's nature is such that it is radiant and outpouring of itself. It cannot receive, it is not its nature. It can only see himself in the reflection of the moon. This is very worthwhile to meditate on for that is how consciousness works.As Hermes has said, it is the work of the Sun. Without the Sun, the moon would not exist, it would stay hidden and dark. Yet without the Moon, the Sun would not know itself. Here is the oroborous biting its tail. Which came first, consciousness or the unconscious ? Existence or none existence? Being or none being. It always takes two to tango.
But if the Moon is the mother and the Sun is the Father, and an insemination is taken place as the "Secret of the Golden Flower" relates, then what is their generation, their child ? To know this we must mix, blend, circulate and incubate the seed of the Sun with the egg of the Moon. What is a perfect mixture then of the Sun and the Moon? What is the perfect mixture of consciousness with unconsciousness?
What is the perfect mixture of being and none being ? What is the perfect mixture of what is and what is not ? First of all, as we said, neither would exist without the other. This would then be that in-between substance that all alchemists seek. That thing which as Hermes says, "this is the greatest Force of all powers, because it overcomes every subtle thing and penetrates every solid thing". It is the Stone of the wise. It is the perfect body as the subtle body, for it penetrates all solid things, and it is also substantial in that it overcomes all subtle things.
This is the Lunar Astral Body, embodying the rays of the Spiritual Sun. This is Mercurius as both male and female, and is the alchemical Hermaphrodite. It is the perfect reconciliation of matter and spirit. This is truly a metaphysical experience in every sense of the word, as the body is introduced into a new state, experiencing corporeality as a function of the state of Light. The Light also becomes a function of the new corporeality. The spiritual alchemists say that this is their Stone as being the volatilization of that which was fixed, and the fixation of that which was the volatile. It is the establishment of heaven on earth as The Great Work. --Steve Kalec |
In the "Secret of the Golden Flower" it is related that consciousness must inseminate the unconscious. In spiritual alchemy it is said that consciousness is as the Sun and the Emerald Tablet of Hermes says it is the Father. The unconscious is as the moon and is the Mother. The moon is originally dark, cold. Without the Sun it would never be seen. Yet it is this dark and cold womb that is the mother, which as Fulcanelli has said, "absorbs the rays of the sun, and secretly nurtures them in hear heart".
The Sun's nature is such that it is radiant and outpouring of itself. It cannot receive, it is not its nature. It can only see himself in the reflection of the moon. This is very worthwhile to meditate on for that is how consciousness works.As Hermes has said, it is the work of the Sun. Without the Sun, the moon would not exist, it would stay hidden and dark. Yet without the Moon, the Sun would not know itself. Here is the oroborous biting its tail. Which came first, consciousness or the unconscious ? Existence or none existence? Being or none being. It always takes two to tango.
But if the Moon is the mother and the Sun is the Father, and an insemination is taken place as the "Secret of the Golden Flower" relates, then what is their generation, their child ? To know this we must mix, blend, circulate and incubate the seed of the Sun with the egg of the Moon. What is a perfect mixture then of the Sun and the Moon? What is the perfect mixture of consciousness with unconsciousness?
What is the perfect mixture of being and none being ? What is the perfect mixture of what is and what is not ? First of all, as we said, neither would exist without the other. This would then be that in-between substance that all alchemists seek. That thing which as Hermes says, "this is the greatest Force of all powers, because it overcomes every subtle thing and penetrates every solid thing". It is the Stone of the wise. It is the perfect body as the subtle body, for it penetrates all solid things, and it is also substantial in that it overcomes all subtle things.
This is the Lunar Astral Body, embodying the rays of the Spiritual Sun. This is Mercurius as both male and female, and is the alchemical Hermaphrodite. It is the perfect reconciliation of matter and spirit. This is truly a metaphysical experience in every sense of the word, as the body is introduced into a new state, experiencing corporeality as a function of the state of Light. The Light also becomes a function of the new corporeality. The spiritual alchemists say that this is their Stone as being the volatilization of that which was fixed, and the fixation of that which was the volatile. It is the establishment of heaven on earth as The Great Work. --Steve Kalec |
I believe that we have the choice: I preferred the living wonders of the God. I daily weigh up my whole life and I continue to regard the fiery brilliance of the God as a higher and fuller life than the ashes of rationality. The ashes are suicide to me. I could perhaps put out the fire but I cannot deny to myself the experience of the God. Nor can I cut myself off from this experience. I also do not want to, since I want to live. My life wants itself whole.
Therefore I must serve my self I must win it in this way. But I must win it so that my life will become whole. For it seems to me to be sinful to deform life where there is yet the possibility to live it fully. The service of the self is therefore divine service and the service of mankind. If I carry myself I relieve mankind of myself and heal my self from the God.
I must free my self from the God, since the God I experienced is more than love; he is also hate, he is more than beauty, he is also the abomination, he is more than wisdom, he is also meaninglessness, he is more than power, he is also powerlessness, he is more than omnipresence, he is also my creature. ~Carl Jung; Red Book.
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