AODA.org - Welcome The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz: A Pictoral Key. The following is a pictorial key to the spiritual journey. It is archetypical, that is, these images/energies are present in each one of us, and the journey is also the same for each one us. Look carefully, feel, and see if it resonates with you. The images are drawings from Johfra Bosschart, a Dutch modern artist (1919-1998). Johfra is a rather unknown painter. Nevertheless his works are magnificent. The images give a quick overview of the spiritual journey. If you want to read the text of The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz, there is a PDF file you can download at the Hermetics.org website. The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz The Evening before Easter: Here is the student at the beginning of the alchemical Great Work (the retorts on the floor). The Rescuing Cord: After becoming spiritually aware, the student feels himself trapped in the material world, where so many people, although unaware, want to be rescued from the perils of life. CRC is given a travel penny.
Freemasons of California - Mill Valley Lodge #356 The set of First, Second and Third Degree Tracing Boards represented on this page were the gift of Wor. Bro. Thomas D. Worrel to Mill Valley Lodge No. 356. These evocative interpretations of the First, Second and Third Degree Tracing Boards were originally painted by Lady Frieda Harris. Her designs were undoubtedly influenced by her artistic training and experience. With regard to Freemasonry, Lady Frieda Harris was a Co-Mason. Lady Harris was born Marguerit Frieda Bloxam in 1877. © Copyright. Library of Avalon | Perhaps the only publicly-accessible esoteric library in Europe Sri Ramana Maharshi on Self-Enquiry Disciple: What is the difference between meditation and Self-enquiry? Master: Meditation is possible only if the ego is retained; there is the ego and the object meditated upon. This method is indirect. However, if we seek the ego-source, the ego disappears and what remains is the Self. This method is the direct one. Q: (On another occasion) What is the difference between meditation and vichara? M: Meditation can be upon an object, external or otherwise. Inquiry consists in retaining the mind in the Self. Who is the meditator? Meditation is one approach that will drive away other thoughts. The only enquiry leading to Self-realization is seeking the Source of the “I” with in-turned mind and without uttering the word “I.” Meditation should be on the Self. The experience of Self is possible only for the mind that has become subtle and unmoving as a result of prolonged meditation. All kinds of thoughts arise in meditation. The purport of prescribing meditation on the pranava is this.
Golden Dawn Tradition | Holy Order of the Golden Dawn | Temple Initiation Pranique, pranic, prana (respirien, breatharian, aerivoro, inédie) : le Site ! The Book of Aquarius - Alchemy and The Philosophers' Stone Iran and Persia - Are They the Same? The names Iran and Persia are often used interchangeably to mean the same country. Iran is the legal name. Persia, was an ancient kingdom within Iran. Iran came to be known as Persia in the West thanks to classical Greek authors during whose time Persia was the dominant kingdom in Iran. The name 'Persia' comes from 'Pers' which is in turn the European version of 'Pars' - an area that is today a province of Iran (see the map at the bottom of this page). 2,500 years ago, when the present provinces of Iran were kingdoms [at one time Iran (then Airan) consisted of 240 kingdoms*], Pars was known as Parsa, and the kings of Parsa established an empire that came to be known in the West as the Persian Empire - the largest empire the world have ever known to that point. Iran is a relatively modern contraction of the name Airyana Vaeja (the ancient homeland of the Airya or Aryans). Migration of Ancient Iranians & Growth of Greater Iran Extent of Iran. Formation of Persia » Top