With Adam and Eve, original sin enters which consisted of one being dissimilar to the generation which had gone before. Lucifer had intended from his nature to speed along human evolution; to give to humanity too soon the sense of an ego within the soul. Expulsion from Paradise meant that Earth forces could now intermingle …
I was asked a question “do Anthroposophists (spiritual scientists) believe that they are gods or even greater than gods?” I replied with the following that I will share here: I think there is much more to this question than a mere yes or no. This may sound like “what is the meaning of life?” Well, …
The following passage from Paul’s Letter to the Romans is about the fulfillment of the Mosaic Law through Christ-Jesus. Below I offer an explanation of what this letter means. 1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as …
John’s Gospel was revered by early Christian fathers and mystics alike. Not only is its structure deeply esoteric, so is each scene. Let’s examine one such scene of Chapter 20, the Easter scene. The chapter begins with Mary Magdalene coming, “on the first day of the week”, i.e. Sunday, to the tomb where the body …
What is mysticism? Simply put, mysticism is the practice or pursuit of a path to the spirit. The term “Mystery” derives from the Greek word “mysterion” (plural mysteria μυστήρια) which means the practice of an experience of a reality surpassing normal human understanding, a spiritual reality perceived as essential to the nature of life. It …
Why 153 Fish? Let’s start with the scene in John 21:10-11 [King James Version], “Jesus said to them, ‘Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.’ So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of fish, a hundred and fifty three of them; and although there were so many, the …
Edward R. Smith (The Burning Bush, see its website) and others have also proclaimed that the Christ Impulse manifests as fusion as opposed to fission. For humanity, the key “fusion” event happened in the Temple when the Nathan-Jesus who was 12 with the Solomon-Jesus who may have been 14 or even 15 fused! The spiritual members …
During the Age of Taurus (roughly from 3000 BCE to 800 BCE), the bull and the calf were venerated. As this Age transitioned to Aries, the Mithraic Mysteries arose where one was now to overcome the bull within: Note the symbol of the snake. Mithraism apparently grew out of Persia and became popular throughout …
This theme has been one that has caught my attention for the past 15 years or so. We all know that Leonardo da Vinci was an incredible genius and is known as The Renaissance Man. The inventions in his notebooks were way ahead of his time. Did young Leonardo receive special training in Florence from …
My ancestors were often Congregational ministers. I even have roots that go to the Mayflower. This background led me, in my early teens, to wonder how it was that Christianity spread so easily if what spread is the same as what one meets in churches today. To get a handle on this question, I had …
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